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WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

First ring girl - sorry, UFC octagon girl - Arianny Celeste got booked on a domestic battery charge. Then champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. reported to jail to start serving his three-month sentence for domestic violence.

It looks as if the Clark County Detention Center is just a few key arrests away from a major pay-per-view event.

Quick, someone arrest Mills Lane, Michael Buffer and - oh, I don't know - Manny Pacquiao?

Also, we should probably try to get Justin Bieber in there somehow. Without parole if possible.

HENRY BREAN

About 200 people were expected to attend a nudist gathering at Alexis Park Resort Friday and Saturday.

When discussing whether to write about the Nudist Clubhouse Expo, an R-J reporter said, "How do you cover nudists? That defeats the purpose of the nudity, doesn't it?"

(Get it? These people don't want to be covered.)

Then an R-J photographer asked, "Why are they having an Expo? What do you sell to nudists? They don't need anything."

The nudist group planned to close out their gathering with a trip to KISS mini golf, where the balls and putters glow in the dark.

Good luck getting that image out of your head.

SONYA PADGETT

This just in from the Virginia-based Salt Institute: Dangerous narcotics nicknamed "bath salts" should not be confused with "legitimate bathing salts" people use to soothe aching muscles.

So says a news release sent to an R-J police reporter who wrote recently about the illegal kind of bath salts.

But we suspect the release might be a hoax. It's pretty hard to believe that the vice president of science and research for the Salt Institute is a guy named Morton.

HENRY BREAN

TWEET OF THE WEEK: @TheFakeESPN (parody sports account) Mayweather already involved in jailhouse scuffle but fight was postponed when other inmate wanted 50% of the cigarettes.

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