In the June/July 2009 issue, we gave you the dumbbell snatch exercise to test your explosive speed/strength (see below). If you've never performed this move before, you need to spend a month working on it before it will provide a useful measurement of your power level. Follow the program below for three weeks, and then take the test.

Mexico City Thursday fully lifted all swine flu restrictions imposed on the sprawling metropolis, as global health authorities puzzled over the origins and severity of the A(H1N1) virus.

Small gain in county graduation rate

NEVADA GAMING ATTORNEY . With a wide-ranging career as a corporate attorney, Nevada gaming regulator and gaming attorney in private practice, Mark Clayton has an industry perspective few can match. Clayton joined Lionel Sawyer & Collins in January after four years as a member of the Gaming Control Board.

Conventional candidate can?t compete in money, connections. There?s a well-traveled route toward political involvement in the suburbs. The people running for city council seats typically come from community groups and homeowners associations.

Insurgo Theater Movement?s bold production of ?Medea? runs hot and cool. Everyone in Corinth knows Medea has been dumped by her husband. It?s the talk of the town ? you can hear her wailing and sobbing from blocks away.

Producer Adam Steck is evacuating Australia one act at a time.

A lot of people think I have a pretty neat job, and most of the time I agree there are worse occupations than writing about sports.

After nearly 110 days filled with less mystery than a pull of a Megabucks handle, lawmakers are poised to enact the tax package that could have been foretold six months ago and are stuck on the same kind of minutiae that holds up every session.

It?s happening in Reno, but this brouhaha over The Man

Gov. Jim Gibbons continues to play the role of state?s laughingstock. With all the weighty issues that have landed on President Barack Obama?s desk, we?re certain he?s not losing any sleep over how to handle the Jim Gibbons problem.

If forced to be more transparent, credit card issuers expected to ding their best customers. Fast-moving bills in Congress that would enable credit card holders to fully understand their obligations and to be protected from exorbitant interest rates will not, in all likelihood, be taken sitting down by the credit card industry.

President Obama continues to make gains on environmental, energy fronts. President Barack Obama?s announcement Tuesday of a national fuel standard for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States is a major victory for the environment that also has the potential to decrease this country?s reliance on foreign oil.

Head of state agency feels as if he has one hand tied behind his back. WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama?s proposed slashing of the Yucca Mountain budget has had a perhaps unexpected fallout: It also likely cut the money the state of Nevada relies on to fight the project.

More oversight, limit on revolving door await final OK by Assembly. CARSON CITY ? Assemblywoman Debbie Smith has made tighter oversight of government consultants a focus this session.

The Sun reported incorrectly on Monday that land developer Olympia Group had filed for bankruptcy protection. The bankruptcy protection was sought by November 2005 Land Investors LLC, of which Olympia Group is a partner.

Standoff emerges after agreements between parties break down. CARSON CITY ? With the clock ticking down to the final days of the 2009 Legislature, legislative leaders were at a standoff on several crucial elements of the budget late Tuesday night.

Proposed hikes are scoured for unintended consequences. CARSON CITY ? Every piece of legislation has the potential to create consequences its authors never intended.

Alternative to property tax grab to be considered. In a curious turn of events, Assembly leaders said late Tuesday afternoon they will work with Clark County administrators on an alternative to the state?s plan to take roughly $60 million from the county?s general fund.

The city?s name for the 61-acre brownfield acquired by Las Vegas nine years ago ? Union Park ? made sense. The $6 billion site was formerly part of the Union Pacific rail yard, after all.

"Smishing" uses fake mobile messages to harvest personal data . Texas authorities are warning consumers about the latest high-tech scam targeting cell phone users, called "smishing."

Claim alleged restaurant printed too many numbers on receipts. Olive Garden has settled a suit alleging that it printed the last six digits of customers' credit card numbers on receipts, in violation of federal law.

Largest shortfall in 35-year history. There are many obscure government agencies in Washington you've probably never heard of. If you have a pension, you might want to start paying closer attention to one called the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Decision hailed as victory for consumer protections. President Obama today ordered federal government agencies to sweep their regulatory histories going back ten years for any regulation that would preempt or block stronger state laws and remove them, reversing a long-running trend towards "preemption" of laws that protect consumers at the state level.

New cases of the swine flu virus soared in Japan and Canada Thursday but the World Health Organisation held back from declaring a pandemic due to doubts fuelled by the mildness of symptoms.

The number of swine flu cases in Japan soared towards 300 Thursday and Canada announced a big jump in infections as the global epidemic showed no signs of letting up.

London Mayor Boris Johnson accused the far-right British National Party of a "political stunt" over plans for its leader to attend a royal garden party, vowing to cancel his invitation.

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The number of worldwide swine flu infections surged past 10,000 on Wednesday, as the epidemic gathered pace in the United States and the first case was recorded in Tokyo.

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