Sunday AMs

Saturday, July 27, 2002 | 8:04 a.m.

Here are the top Nevada stories in sight at this hour for AMs of Sunday, July 28. If you have questions about stories, call News Editor Tom Tait in Las Vegas at (702) 382-7440. For reruns, contact the AP Service Desk at (212) 621-1595.

HEADLINES:

Endangered Species Act under fire at hearing on Nevada trout

Nevada convenes special session to cap medical malpractice awards

WBA heavyweight champ Ruiz fights unbeaten Johnson

ENVIRONMENT:

Endangered Species Act under fire at hearing on Nevada trout

ELKO, Nev. - To some, it's a dead-end Forest Service road leading to an outhouse in one of the more remote mountain forests in the West. To others, a symbol of federal land managers' overzealous enforcement of wildlife protection laws they say is undermining the rural way of life. Western Republicans' latest push to rewrite the Endangered Species Act returned to Elko County for the second time in three years Saturday where a congressional field hearing tried to get to the bottom of just how "threatened" the threatened bull trout really is.

BC-NV--Endangered Species. 905 words. Will be topped from afternoon hearing.

By Scott Sonner.

AP Photos planned.

HEALTH:

Nevada convenes special session to cap medical malpractice awards

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Four days after President Bush called for nationwide ceilings on medical malpractice awards, state lawmakers planned to meet Monday in a rare special session to impose such caps in Nevada.

BC-NV--Nevada-Malpractice. 795 words.

By Brendan Riley.

SPORTS:

WBA heavyweight champ Ruiz fights unbeaten Johnson

LAS VEGAS - WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz faces unbeaten Kirk Johnson on Saturday night.

BC-BOX--Ruiz-Johnson. Expected to start at 7 p.m. PDT.

By Ken Peters.

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- BC-BOX--Ruiz-Johnson-Undercard.

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