TULSA, Okla. — Lee Cummard scored 26 points, including five free throws in the final 36 seconds, as Brigham Young held off Tulsa 74-68 to snap the Golden Hurricane’s 28-game nonconference home winning streak.
NEW YORK — Home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record in October, and Las Vegas again was among leaders in losses, according to a closely watched index released Tuesday.
Big plays and big men proved to be an effective combination for Serra (Calif.) on Tuesday.
The C word (character) often is difficult to notice in professional sports, perhaps because we are so conditioned to accept the S word (selfish) when describing athletes. Things such as heart and effort and accountability aren’t how we usually first depict those with tens of millions attached to their bank accounts for playing a game.
BOISE, Idaho — Ralph Friedgen’s initial reaction was to put Da’Rel Scott and the six other Maryland players who broke curfew leading up to the Humanitarian Bowl on a bus with a one-way ticket back to College Park, Md.
Thursday’s NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field has received plenty of hype. And rightly so, given the success of last season’s event in Buffalo where the Sabres and Penguins skated through the snow at Ralph Wilson Stadium in front of 70,000 fans. But the guy responsible for making it happen says things will be better the second time around, snow or no snow.
No. 18 Louisville prepares as if UNLV’s leading scorer will play today.
Sophomore India Chaney tied a career high with 16 points Tuesday night, helping the UNLV women’s basketball team defeat Utah State 65-47 at Cox Pavilion.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada panel looking for ways to save money gave Gov. Jim Gibbons a report on Tuesday that suggests various steps, including major cuts in benefits to state workers and retirees, to save more than $600 million over five years.
10-year-old collected 900,000 business cards before succumbing to leukemia.
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges that he mishandled state funds while serving as treasurer.
For New Year’s Eve, organizers of the annual fireworks show on the Strip are trying something new: shooting off pyrotechnics from parking lots and garages instead of the rooftops of Las Vegas’ famed casino resorts.
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CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has no plans to have Kirk Montero sworn in as Nevada’s tourism director now that a state panel has opposed the appointment, a spokesman said Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — In two weeks, Gov. Jim Gibbons will give lawmakers a two-year spending plan that mirrors the nation’s economic chaos — a plan that may be $2.3 billion below the estimated $8.1 billion needed to maintain current government services.
After being arrested in the shooting of three SWAT officers, Emmanuel Dozier sat in the back of a police patrol vehicle Sunday night.
Don’t ask Robbie Maddison, Australia’s Evel Knievel, to compare himself to Robbie Knievel or their dueling New Year’s Eve jumps tonight.
RENO — The tough economy means the skies above Reno will be dark this New Year’s Eve for the first time since 2000.
This week readers want to know what the Las Vegas Beltway and Summerlin Parkway interchange will look like when it’s done and when Hollywood Boulevard near Sahara Avenue be opened. And the Road Warrior offers some New Year’s resolutions.
WASHINGTON — Nevada Democrats on Tuesday joined a campaign to build momentum for a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus plan being formed by President-elect Barack Obama, and challenged the state’s two Republicans in Congress to get behind it as well.
A pro-business coalition created to fight organized labor’s card-check campaign has decided, unlike its union foes, to adopt a name that clearly represents its intentions.
“Corruptissima republica plurimae leges,” warned Publius Cornelius Tacitus: “The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.”
DJ Bibingkahan Restaurant, 2680 S. Maryland Parkway, received 40 demerits Dec. 16. Violations included coconut milk and condensed milk not stored properly. GRADE: C
I’m probably a few hours early — depending on when you’re reading this — but I’m taking this opportunity to wish each and every one of you all the best in 2009.
The fireworks on the Strip are still free, but with all of the economizing being done out of prudence or necessity, it’s a good bet plenty of people will be ringing in 2009 at home tonight. And that most of those parents out there will be celebrating with their kids.
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