Delayed pay raises?

If you’re lucky and skilled enough to be working, if you’re lucky and skilled enough to have suffered no loss of income or benefits amid this turbulent economy, the last thing you’re going to do is demand that your employer promise future wage growth to “make up” for the lack of a raise this year.

Kentucky’s woes thrill Louisville

Alumni and supporters of the University of Louisville woke up winners this morning, but they were smiling even before their Cardinals routed Arizona in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Wranglers’ midgame surge tames Aces

It took the Wranglers better than half the game to show how desperate they were. But once that desperation kicked in Friday night, they also showed how good they can be.

Shadow Ridge back on track

Somewhere out there might be a blueprint for the perfect softball game.

Rain gives Gordon pole, prime pit stall

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jeff Gordon will start from the pole position in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway after steady rain washed out qualifying Friday.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Local boxer ‘a natural’

Jesus Magdaleno has dreamed of being a world champion ever since his father put a pair of boxing gloves on his hands when he was 6 years old.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

IN BRIEF

FOOTBALL

Off-roaders pack street

A brisk, sunny Friday afternoon on Fremont Street might have looked the same 20 years ago as entrants to the Mint 400 slowly pushed their vehicles to tech inspection.

Total too high for Big East twosome

Pittsburgh forward DeJuan Blair can be a force on the offensive end of the court. It helps that he’s built like a defensive end at 6 feet 7 inches and 265 pounds.

Panel asked for bottom line on higher education funding

CARSON CITY — Chancellor Jim Rogers urged legislators Friday to tell him the exact figure at which they will fund the Nevada System of Higher Education, not just offer more guesses on how much money will be available.

Report calls for plan to survey surgical centers

A federal report requested by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley in the wake of the 2008 hepatitis outbreak in Southern Nevada recommends that the Department of Health and Human Services develop and implement a plan to conduct recurring, periodic national surveys of randomly selected ambulatory surgical centers.

IN BRIEF

TRUCK DRIVER INJURED

Implants of heart, kidney go well for Las Vegas man

Thursday evening Chuck Besen told his fiancée that the six months he had spent in the hospital waiting for a heart and kidney transplant was causing him to go “stir crazy.”

Judge decides no misconduct among jurors for Maestas

A District Court judge denied child killer Beau Maestas’ plea to be resentenced Friday, saying he found no misconduct occurred while jurors contemplated Maestas’ fate.

Teacher faces 64 child porn charges

A Boulder City middle school teacher and youth soccer coach faces 64 counts of possessing child pornography after authorities found photos and videos at his home and on an electronic storage device that also contained his classroom materials.

MGM makes debt payment, project continues

The $8.7 billion CityCenter development avoided a bankruptcy filing and potential shutdown Friday when casino operator MGM Mirage made a $200 million funding payment, allowing construction work to continue on the 76-acre Strip site.

Court corrects reference to attorney

New information shows that Las Vegas City Council candidate Jennifer L. Taylor did not work on a lawsuit that her opponent in the race is trying to use to paint her as an anti-consumer attorney.

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