A list in the Sports section Thursday of the National Football League's AFC and NFC statistical leaders was based on games played through Dec. 17, not through last weekend. Corrected statistics appear today.

12/25/07

A panel of three pictures that accompanied an article Tuesday about recalled toys and their effect on charity gift drives incorrectly included pictures of two toys that have not been subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls.

Perchlorate pact at hand - at last

Rialto and San Bernardino are finally on the cusp of settling their portion of the perchlorate-cleanup lawsuit Rialto filed in 2004.

That suit named not just San Bernardino, but the U.S. Department of Defense and some 40 companies that Rialto wants to hold responsible for the perchlorate contamination in its groundwater. The federal lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in October, but if county supervisors approve the settlement that Rialto City Council signed onto last week, the county will no longer be among the defendants.

That's good. We hate to see local governments suing each other, pitting one set of taxpayers' money against another in legal fees, instead of working out a suitable accommodation. In this case, far better to spend money on cleaning up the contamination than on dueling lawyers.

MONTE CARLO FIRE FORCES OUT THOUSANDS Strip resort remains closed ...

Flames and smoke rise from the Monte Carlo late Friday morning. The blaze sent burning debris raining onto the ground below and forced the evacuation of guests and staff.
Photo by John Gurzinski.


Charles Anderson, right, rubs his face as he waits with his mother-in-law, Ethel Daniels, second from left, and her sister, Naomi Williams, at the MGM Grand Garden on Friday.
Photo by John Locher.


A Clark County firefighter sprays a hot spot on the southern side of the Monte Carlo.
Photo by Jeff Scheid.


Emergency vehicles from multiple departments line the Strip outside the Monte Carlo on Friday. Las Vegas Boulevard was closed to traffic between Tropicana and Harmon avenues.
Photo by Jeremy Lyverse/Review-Journal.

Stop Sign? Not in Her Vocabulary!

The actress, also appearing in Showtime's "Weeds," is smokin' hot these days, as high a dramatic highlight as the corn once soared in the mythical Kansas town in which her CBS series is set. If Bonnie Richmond were a real-life neighbor, would the actress who plays her go over to borrow a cup of some radioactive sugar? Would she confide in her?

"Absolutely," says Stern. "There's a strange phenomenon of people choosing to confide in deaf people; I know I'm not alone in this."

A willing ear? "I've had people tell me their life stories at random events like birthday parties or when I'm having a drink at a bar -- even on the dance floor at clubs."

Direct and dynamic, Stern doesn't dance around any topics. "My whole family is like that," she says of her parents and brother and sister, who are "forever curious about other people and their lives, which probably adds to that sense of profound attention." .

TV Lookout: Highlights March 2-8

EST on ABC.

_ Fun facts about your body: It can withstand six times its weight when running and 12 times its weight when squatting. The human rib cage is built so tough that it can support half a ton while still protecting vital organs. For more cool facts, catch a four-hour miniseries, "Human Body: Pushing the Limits," which explores physical and mental feats of the body under the most challenging circumstances. In the first two hours, airing Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on Discovery Channel, human muscles, ligaments, joints and bones are seen at work as a man survives the fury of a tornado, or is pinned beneath a half-ton boulder. Then the power of sight gets a close look, with a lifeguard capable of spotting someone in trouble among thousands, and a firefighter battling thick black smoke to see his way to safety.