Monday PMs

Monday, July 29, 2002 | 7:30 a.m.

Here are the top Nevada stories in sight at this hour for PMs of Monday, July 29. 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:

Nevada convenes special session to cap medical malpractice awards

Census shows Nevada remains divorce capital

Bras across the Las Vegas Strip to raise breast cancer awareness

Ruiz keeps WBA heavyweight belt when Johnson disqualified

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE:

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.

Moved previously. National version also moving.

AROUND THE STATE:

Bras across the Las Vegas Strip to raise breast cancer awareness

LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas Strip took on a new meaning for women - and men - on Sunday as 10,000 bras were strung from the Mandalay Bay resort to the Stratosphere hotel-casino to raise breast cancer awareness.

BC-NV--Strip Bras. Developing.

By Lisa Snedeker.

Pursuing AP Photo.

Census shows Nevada remains divorce capital

LAS VEGAS - Nevada continues to be the nation's divorce capital, clinging to a title it first captured more than a century ago. Nevada has the highest percentage of divorced residents in the country at 13.8 percent, recently released figures from Census 2000 show. The national average is 9.7 percent.

BC-NV--Divorce Capital. Developing.

SPORTS:

Ruiz keeps WBA heavyweight belt when Johnson DQ'd

LAS VEGAS - Once again, John Ruiz got the job done.

BC-BOX--Ruiz-Johnson. 710 words. Also moved on some national sports lines.

By Ken Peters. AP Photos.

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