Hilton SuperContest going strong

A sustained run of popularity is rare in Las Vegas. Even the “Rat Pack” of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop rode a wave that lasted only about a decade.

She knows winning not only thing

Is Anna Kournikova making a comeback or what? With the U.S. Open going strong — and being where she reached the fourth round in 1996 at age 15 — it would appear that Annamania, or whatever you want to call it, is happening again.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

U.S. athletes should be ashamed for not singing

Johnson’s ability, team have Cup leaders wary

FONTANA, Calif. — While Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards are 1-2 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings and building strong cases for starting the Chase for the Championship as the favorites, there is a shadow looming behind them.

Top News

For the second time in six days, a small plane from North Las Vegas Airport crashed into a valley home.

Wreckage removed in probe of plane crash into LV home

Federal investigators on Saturday removed the wreckage from the twin-engine plane that crashed into a house on Thursday and will be using the evidence to determine the cause of the crash.

Nevada not yet ready to cry wolf

CARSON CITY — Wolves may be headed back to Nevada, but don’t grab your hunting rifle.

in brief

SALEM, Oregon

Surgeon explains scuffles

Dr. James Tate is under fire at University Medical Center in connection with a scuffle at the hospital with the family of an injured teenager, which caused him to lose his privileges as a trauma surgeon.

NEON THIS WEEK

Judas Priest at The Pearl

O.J. associate has advertising plans

O.J. Simpson associate Tom Riccio will be a walking, talking sponsorship opportunity during the O.J. trial, which starts Sept. 8.

Predator accidents blamed on crew error

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. — As the U.S. military scrambles to get more robotic warplanes like the Predator aloft, it is confronting an unexpected adversary: human error.

Reporter’s Notebook

DURING AN EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING at the Review-Journal, opinion writers scoffed and rolled their eyes at the notion that better funding for public education would necessarily improve student performance.

THIS WEEK

MONDAY — LABOR DAY

Playing God with human rights

The Democrats have finished their convention and the Republicans are about to start theirs. The “party faithful” remain a-twitter, while the rest of us sift through the “sis-boom-bah” in hopes of understanding who the candidates really are and who would be the better president.

Friday is Jury Rights Day — Do you know yours?

To grasp why the Bill of Rights leads off by barring Congress from “establishing” any religion, “or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” you must understand that in 18th century England there was no “separation of church and state.” The English monarch to this day includes in her title “Fidele Defensor” — Defender of the Faith. Which helps explain why even our right to a jury trial stems directly from this era.

Will voices of reason rise up for tax increases?

This fall’s battle for the presidency between Barack Obama and John McCain is going to get epic and bloody. But it’ll be kid stuff compared with the Nevada Legislature’s spring melee.

Economy still slow

The final state tax collection numbers are in for 2007-08 and, as expected, the fiscal year closed with a whimper.

POW card up his sleeve

John McCain was on Jay Leno’s show, cracking wise about being old. He said his Social Security number was 8. He said we should remember that he was the one who warned us the British were coming.

We’re facing an education crisis

Like most Americans, I spent August closely following our Olympic athletes as they competed against the world’s best. As always, they made us proud.

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