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Par at TPC Summerlin now 71

It might not seem like much, but a change to the third hole at TPC Summerlin figures to affect scores at this week’s Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

IN BRIEF

TENNIS

Ex-UNLV star Riley seeks strong Shriners Open effort

Chris Riley hasn’t won on the PGA Tour since 2002. But he’s had a pretty good 2009 season, good enough to keep him motivated for the rest of the year and into 2010.

New head of NAC appointed

Las Vegas lawyer Francisco Aguilar will succeed John Bailey as commissioner of the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Rothwell steps up into the spotlight

After years of bouncing around from one upstart organization to another, Ben Rothwell finally signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in August.

Limelight lures kicker to Vegas

Today’s Q&A is with senior kicker and punter Kyle Watson, a white player from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., who began his college career at historically black college Texas Southern.

State official ’caused us a lot of problems’

CARSON CITY — The executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners resigned Friday because “he realized he had caused us a lot of problems,” the board president said Monday.

Relay participants mourn

Jeremy Kunz started a 171-mile relay race Friday in Logandale, an endeavor he’d undertaken twice before.

IN BRIEF

HIGH RATE OF SPEED

Candidate unveils bid

A man who calls himself “a conservative first, a Republican second” is the latest to jump into the race for the congressional seat held by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.

No rush for H1N1 vaccine

A dozen or fewer of the 550 emergency first responders with the Las Vegas Fire Department received the inhaled H1N1 FluMist vaccine Saturday, an indication they are probably concerned about the problems that could arise from a vaccination involving a live virus, an official said Monday.

Worker in NLV denies helping in escape plot

A North Las Vegas Detention Center officer who was arrested last week told investigators she didn’t try to help an inmate escape, according to her arrest report.

Shooting report specifies drug use

On the night of his shooting spree, Joseph Patrick Lamoureux was on at least 14 different drugs, including anxiety pills, steroids and anti-depressants that Veterans Affairs doctors had prescribed for combat stress and respiratory problems.

Sports bets at your fingertips

Kelly Allbright of Atlanta quickly became a fan of In-Running Wagering, a mobile gambling system offered at Lagasse’s Stadium sports book inside Palazzo. After a weekend of wagering on college and professional football, Allbright had made so many wagers using the hand-held device that he lost count.

Smoke, mirrors and dropouts

If you’re failing a class, do you stand a better chance of passing a test if you take the exam seven times instead of two?

IN BRIEF

WASHINGTON

Fleet of followers

A Seattle woman tweets from an airport that JetBlue’s birthday present to her was forgetting to put her wheelchair on her flight. Seven minutes later, an airline official tweets back that the crew will work quickly to make things right.

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