Books don’t sweat rare losing day

It was LaDainian Tomlinson who crossed the goal line on a 2-yard run and carried the New York Jets to their second win-and-cover thriller of the week. Tomlinson’s touchdown was far from the deciding play of Sunday’s game, though.

Cancer patient faces death with dignity

Ginger Fisher holds her granddaughter, Gwendolynn Castro, in their home last week. Fisher, who has terminal ovarian cancer, is doing nothing to stop her cancer from spreading. “Sure I may miss seeing Gwendolynn make her first steps,” Fisher said. “But I won’t miss the worry and the pain.”

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Odds favor Republican gains in Nevada Legislature, some say

CARSON CITY — In little more than two weeks, the Nevada Legislature — where Democrats hold healthy majorities in both houses — might be dominated by more conservative members of the Republican Party.

Liberace Museum strikes final notes

On Sunday, the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas closed in financial ruin. It was 32. And yet for the past month, the museum has been packed with six times as many customers as usual, ever since news broke internationally of the museum’s oncoming death.

Police: No plane crash near Moapa

A Las Vegas police official said that reports of a plane crashing near Moapa this afternoon were unfounded.