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Las Vegas pickleball in play across the valley

With steely eyes, the two, two-person teams stare at each other across the parquet floor. In the moments before the serve, they size each other up and adjust the grip on their paddles. With a distinctive “pa-thwock,” the ball is in play, and the modern-day gladiators move into the challenge, for this is pickleball.

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New York Post television writer Michael Starr plans to sign copies of his new book “Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd. Barnes & Noble.

The Orleans plans to host debut Asian Food Festival

Festival season is well underway, but there is one that Las Vegas hasn’t seen the likes of yet. The Asian Food Festival and Trade Show will debut on Saturday and Sunday at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave.

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Daniel DiRisio, 19, received the Biola University Academic and Service Scholarship for the 2011-12 school year. The school is in La Mirada, Calif.

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Restrictions on cellphones will bolster safety, police say

After years of revving up law enforcement and lawmakers’ tempers and fatality statistics, cellphone use while driving is on a direct collision course with unlawfulness.

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