IN BRIEF

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE

Canadian jet makes emergency landing

A Canadian CF-18 Hornet aircraft dropped its external fuel tanks and made an emergency landing at Nellis Air Force Base Saturday shortly after taking off from McCarran International Airport, Nellis officials said.

The Hornet was en route to El Centro, Calif., when it declared an in-flight emergency shortly after noon and was directed to land at the base, a Nellis spokesman said.

The Hornet jettisoned its external fuel tanks, which landed on federal property 15 miles north of Nellis and one mile west of Interstate 15.

Civilians were on the ground about 600 yards from the fuel tanks' landing site. None of them was injured.

The incident is under investigation.

LESS THAN FIVE HOURS

Garth Brooks tickets sell out for 20 shows

Garth Brooks mused that the public may have moved on when he announced he was coming out of retirement.

Was he ever wrong.

Tickets for Brooks' first 20 shows at Wynn Las Vegas sold out in less than five hours. The resort said in a statement released Saturday afternoon that the resort reached its maximum capacity for callers at 141,934 and those who called in after got busy signals.

Officials said the ticket Web site had more than 5.4 million page views with 40,000 waiting to buy tickets online at one point.

The best-selling solo act in history will play shows Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays of select weeks beginning Dec. 11.

EMERGENCY LANDING

Experts destroy bomb jettisoned by F-16

Military explosives experts destroyed a 500-pound bomb Saturday that had been jettisoned in Utah by an F-16 pilot making an emergency landing.

The pilot jettisoned two bombs and two fuel tanks on Thursday when he experienced problems seconds after takeoff. The plane landed safely at the base 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. The pilot was not injured.

One of the bombs unexpectedly exploded on impact in a remote area. The second bomb landed in the same area but didn't explode as it burrowed about 17 feet underground.