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• Man shot by police taken to hospital
  A man who pointed a shotgun at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers was struck by gunfire Sunday afternoon near Desert Inn and Sandhill roads, police said.
• Reporters' Notebook
  Randy Thomas, director of networking systems for the Clark County School District, gave a brief explanation about complications posed by wireless laptops. The talk admittedly was "nerdy" but did not go unappreciated by at least one School Board member.
• Top News
  Who tools around the Strip with $1,300 in cash in a borrowed purse? Who reaches for lip balm and comes up with a bag of cocaine instead, right in front of a cop?
• Homicide at Sunrise Children's Hospital fuels speculation
  Hooked up to tubes and monitors, tiny babies who lack the body fat to maintain their body temperatures lie in hospital incubators that keep them warm.
• Fator grows his audience on road
  The security of a big contract hasn't kept Terry Fator from hitting the road to win new fans.
• CLARIFICATION
  The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon was omitted from the TV Week and today's TV page. The telethon will air live from the South Point from 6 p.m. today until 5 p.m. Monday on KTNV-TV, Channel 13, except for two news breaks, for 30 minutes at 11 p.m. today and for an hour at 6 a.m. Monday.
• Rare red fox found in Sierra Nevada
  RENO -- Scientists are hailing the confirmed find of a Sierra Nevada red fox about 90 miles south of Reno, a native sub­species feared extinct in the range since the last verified sighting in 1990.
• Police seek pair who robbed, killed man who won at casino
  SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Police are searching for two robbers who ran over and killed a man after he won several thousand dollars at a Southern California casino.
• Funeral scheduled for girl found dead in Colorado
  MONUMENT, Colo. -- The funeral for a girl who was found dead in the crawl space of a vacant home in Monument, Colo., will be Friday.
• This Week
  Tuesday
• Attorney defends Burning Man fans
  RENO -- David Levin represents entrepreneurs, investors and developers in his legal practice. As an aside, he is a Burning Man barrister, offering free legal advice to those who run afoul of the law at the annual counterculture festival in the Nevada desert.
• Bus riders adjust to express route switcheroo
  The name is gone and, in some cases, so are the vehicles featured in the marketing blitz to lure Las Vegans into taking public transportation.
• Woman found dead amid clutter became compulsive
  The hot, arid desert was a poetic refuge for Billie Jean Davis, a single mom recovering from a divorce.
• Republican's talk about taxing groceries crossed party line
  Memo to Assembly Minority Leader Pete Goicoechea: Harriet Trudell would like to wring your neck.
• Border Patrol finds success in curbing illegal immigration, targets Las Vegas
  Thanks to new fencing and the sour economy, there's been a dramatic decline in illegal traffic in the Yuma sector. Now, the U.S. Border Patrol is focusing on Las Vegas to thwart human and drug smuggling from Mexico.
• Man arrested after false bomb threat
  A man walked into Arizona Charlie's Saturday morning claiming to have a bomb around his chest, prompting an evacuation of the Boulder Highway casino for several hours.
• UNLV-Wisconsin: No. 12 Badgers beat Rebels 41-21 at Sam Boyd Stadium
  John Clay has extended the Badgers' lead on a 17-yard run at the 6:22 mark. Wisconsin has scored 17 unanswered points. Catch the game on Versus (Ch. 38).