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Pahrump Valley learning fast

The way coach Jill Harris sees it, her Pahrump Valley girls volleyball team just doesn’t know any better.

Cruz Pedregon speeds ahead

A year ago, three of four contenders for the Funny Car championship were upset in the first round of the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

Giants deliver as big favorites

With everything seemingly in favor of the New York Giants, the betting public jumped on board Sunday, and Eli Manning delivered a victory that looked too easy.

Coughlin is inch away from Pro Stock repeat

Jeg Coughlin wore the smile of a champion after winning the Pro Stock title in the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Surgery gives Shivers new lease on career

At 29, Chris Shivers is the same age as Justin McBride, his fellow two-time Professional Bull Riders world champion.

VOTING Q&A

HOW DO I KNOW WHERE TO VOTE?

Winners must seize their opportunities, not any false sense of entitlement

Advice for Tuesday’s winners: Don’t get puffed up with any false sense of entitlement. Just because voters elected you to office doesn’t mean they believe you deserve any special privileges. Winners need to realize that deep within the smelly swamp of entitlement awaits the potential of indictments.

New Lake Tahoe boating rules take effect

STATELINE — Boaters face new restrictions at Lake Tahoe under rules that took effect Saturday to deal with the threat of invasive mussels.

Rural voters feel power

CALIENTE — Usually, places like this go unnoticed. Small towns. But sometimes they can have broad influence, if the stars align in a certain way. This could be one of those times.

Ensign says Democrats will take U.S. ‘way left’

WASHINGTON — Seeking the last word before Election Day, Sen. John Ensign charged Sunday that federal spending and taxes will go up if Democrats win big in Senate races on Tuesday.

Federal probe clears Gibbons

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has cleared Gov. Jim Gibbons and closed its investigation of allegations that the former congressman took unreported gifts from a friend in exchange for millions of dollars in federal contracts, the governor’s defense attorney said.

Kayaking park poses fish threat, agency says

SPARKS — A new white-water park for kayakers could conflict with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s strategy to re-establish the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout in the Truckee River, agency officials warned.

Third-party candidates for vice president debate

Any of the three candidates who debated on a UNLV stage Sunday night theoretically could be the next vice president of the United States after the votes are counted on Tuesday.

Addicts’ treatment sobering

Darren Stewart is learning to live without alcohol and cocaine for the first time in nearly 20 years, having recently replaced the vices with trees and cool mountain breezes.

McCain, Palin to make stops in state

On this Election eve, the members of the Republican ticket will make their last campaign stops in Nevada, while the prospective Democratic first lady is scheduled to campaign in the state for her husband.

IN BRIEF

PROPOSITION 8

Trombonists jam at Bootlegger

It was a jam session for the ages at the Bootlegger Bistro on Sunday.

DARUS SUHARTO

DARUS SUHARTO, 39 TORONTO POSITION 6: $12,520,000

Cashman Equipment to open new headquarters

Cashman Equipment is moving some of its operations into new headquarters in Henderson this weekend, along with about 60 employees, Chief Executive Officer MaryKaye Cashman said.

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