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Officer James Manor had his flashing lights off and his siren silenced when he plowed his speeding patrol car into a truck attempting a left turn, Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Wednesday.

Manor was driving 109 mph before the May 7 crash and 90 mph at the moment of impact with a pickup driven by Calvin Darling. Manor died in the crash, which occurred as police responded to a 911 call from a 14-year-old girl claiming domestic battery.

Gillespie called the officer's speed "excessive and unsafe."

The revelations could erase charges Darling faces.

MONDAY

POLL: REID IN TROUBLE

A new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll finds nearly half of Nevadans have had enough of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the powerful Democrat heads into his re-election campaign.

About a third of the state's voters would re-elect Reid if the 2010 election were held today, but 45 percent say they would definitely vote to replace him.

The poll of 625 Nevada voters carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

TUESDAY

TAX BILL UNVEILED

Legislative leaders emerged from a late-night, closed-door meeting with a tentative agreement to increase taxes. But the lawmakers involved said the bill was preliminary and intended to start debate.

Senate Bill 429 would increase sales taxes by 0.35 percent, boost the top payroll tax rate to 1.17 percent, raise motor vehicle registration taxes and double business license fees.

WEDNESDAY

TABISH LINKED TO GANG

Rick Tabish got protection from a white supremacist prison gang by giving up information on new arrivals, former Aryan Warrior Michael Kennedy said in federal court.

Tabish, who is doing time for grand larceny and burglary in connection with casino executive Ted Binion's 1998 death, worked as a clerk at High Desert State Prison.

He provided the gang with data on incoming inmates and the home addresses of police and correction officers, Kennedy told jurors.

Tabish, who was acquitted of Binion's murder in a 2004 retrial, has not been charged in connection with the Aryan Warrior case.

THURSDAY

'DADDY' GANS MOURNED

Danny Gans' life offstage was revealed as friends, fans and colleagues gathered in the Encore Theater for his memorial service.

The service before a crowd of 1,048 included memories from Gans' three children, Andrew, Amy and Emily, who talked about everyday life with their famous father.

Donny Osmond was the only entertainer to speak.

Gans, 52, died at home on May 1. The official cause of death is pending results of a toxicology test.

FRIDAY

TAX BILL PASSES

Gov. Jim Gibbons promised to veto a $781 million tax package passed by state lawmakers. Including higher room taxes in Reno and Las Vegas, already approved, taxes in the next biennium would increase by some $1 billion under the plan.

The state Senate approved the package by a vote of 17-4.

Minutes later, the Assembly added its approval in a nearly party-line 29-13 vote.

All 28 Democrats plus Assemblyman John Carpenter, R-Elko, voted in favor.

Gibbons would not say when he would act. He has five days, not counting today.