VOLLEYBALL: Hannah Goddard, Aggies top Bulldogs

Hannah Goddard had 17 kills, three aces and two blocks to lead Arbor View’s girls volleyball team to a 16-25, 25-23, 26-24, 26-24 victory over host Centennial on Thursday.

GIRLS SOCCER: Jones scores twice, lifts Gorman by Palo Verde

Arlie Jones scored two second-half goals, including the winner off of Taylor Cox’s corner kick with six minutes left in the match Thursday to help Bishop Gorman’s girls soccer team to a 2-1 win over visiting Palo Verde.

Smith, Crusaders take Sunset golf match

Sydney Smith shot par 72 to earn medalist honors and help Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team to victory in a Sunset League match at Highland Falls on Thursday.

Jaguars relentless in 76-6 victory over Dragons

Desert Pines’ football team scored on its first play from scrimmage Thursday night. And the Jaguars never let up.

Backing Cubs might finally pay off

When hired as manager, Joe Maddon was considered the ideal kindergarten cop for the Chicago Cubs. Expectations were realistic for his first year. The postseason was only a possibility. But it’s October, and already those kids are all grown up.

Iowa State will keep it close against Red Raiders

Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury has been through the grinder the past two weeks, losing a heartbreaker in a shootout with Texas Christian before getting blown out at Baylor.

Jobless rate huge, Trump guesses

Republican Party presidential front-runner Donald Trump wowed a capacity crowd Thursday at TI’s Mystere Theater.

Las Vegas not Frank’s kind of town anymore?

Frank Sinatra impressionist Bob Anderson is taking his show on the road, saying “This is no longer a Sinatra, Darin, Bennett, Mathis or Tom Jones town. It is a Britney Spears town.”

Astros, Rangers win series openers on road

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — George Springer and Colby Rasmus homered, and Collin McHugh pitched six solid innings as the Houston Astros defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2 Thursday night in the opener of an American League Division Series.

Rubio smacks political establishment at Las Vegas rally

Voters can preserve the American dream, but only if they’re willing to bring some new blood to the country’s political establishment, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio told a throng of receptive retirees at a Las Vegas rally Thursday night.

POWER Act helps businesses raise efficiencies

When it comes to our nation’s energy policies, we can and we must invest in the kinds of innovation and technologies that will conserve our precious energy resources, protect consumers and businesses from volatile energy markets, and preserve our environment for future generations.

EDITORIAL: College speech crackdowns

American universities are notoriously hostile to free speech — even student speech that occurs off campus. A recent court ruling in Kansas marked an important victory for student rights, but the decision doesn’t go far enough to rein in unconstitutional policies that infringe on core student freedoms.

EDITORIAL: Obama’s distaste for oil a barrier to job creation

Congress and President Barack Obama have an opportunity to put thousands of Americans to work almost immediately without spending a dime of federal tax money. Unfortunately, those jobs would be created by the oil industry, and oil is a partisan issue, even with the country’s labor participation rate at its lowest level in decades.

Baseball takes the spotlight as top TV sports options

The baseball playoffs take center stage today as the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets open their respective series to kick off a classic fall weekend of sports on TV.

NASA Mars rover finds clear evidence for ancient lakes

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Three years after landing in a giant Martian crater, NASA’s Curiosity rover has found what scientists call proof that the basin had repeatedly filled with water, bolstering chances for life on Mars, a study published on Thursday showed.

UNLV faces opportunity to win fans to Sam Boyd Stadium

The day could’ve been all back slaps and smiles, but it also was one of opportunity. And first-year UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez wasn’t about to pass up an opportunity on Monday, especially when everyone was in a good mood after watching the Fremont Cannon get painted red at the Student Union.

Another death linked to cucumber salmonella outbreak

Another person has died after eating cucumbers linked to a multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Las Vegas police unions sue Metro in federal court

Three Las Vegas police unions are challenging the constitutionality of a new state law that prohibits local governments from allowing employees any paid leave to serve as representatives of labor organizations.

 
El Faro had holes, other structural issues, former crew members say

Three former crew members of El Faro, a ship that apparently sank during Hurricane Joaquin, told CNN the ship had structural problems and questioned whether it should have sailed with a major storm in the region.

Nevada Security Site radiation reported below annual limit

The total annual radiation dose from activities at the Nevada National Security Site in 2014 was well below the Department of Energy limit, according to a report summary released Thursday by the department’s Nevada Field Office.

Breathe better to move better: Train to breathe like a pro athlete

From an early age, we’re taught that breathing is part of our autonomic nervous system, like digesting food, so unless there’s a problem, it’s not something we need to think about. But, unlike digestion, we actually have the ability to control our respiration — and for good reason. Arguably, the way we breathe has the power to impact every aspect of our health and wellness, from how we think and feel to how we move.

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