Jim Gibbons

. -- Few things get a state talking like a first lady scorned. Although Nevadans yawn at quickie divorces, drive-through weddings, topless showgirls and legalized prostitution, the divorce proceedings between Gov. Jim Gibbons and his estranged wife, Dawn, have transfixed folks here like a daytime soap opera. "I don't want to know all the details -- it makes me feel prurient," says Carol Hendricks, 79, at the Comma Coffee shop across from the state Legislative Building.

The FBI is investigating whether Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons properly reported gifts or payments from a software company that was awarded secret military contracts when he was in Congress. Gibbons, a Republican who left the House last year after being elected to lead the state, denied any wrongdoing, saying, "They can look as deeply as they need to, and I encourage them to do so, but there would have been absolutely no influence." A federal law enforcement official confirmed the FBI probe Thursday.

For 10 years, Jim Gibbons has represented a big chunk of Nevada in Congress, enjoying the advantages of incumbency as he coasted to one easy reelection after another. But as he tries to move up to statewide office this fall, Gibbons isn't promoting all those years spent in Washington. Instead, the Republican lawmaker has focused on attacking his Democratic opponent as a tax-raising liberal and talking up his knowledge of Nevada "corner to corner."

Five-term U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, said he'd be willing to take a polygraph to prove he did not assault a Las Vegas cocktail waitress. Chrissy Mazzeo, 32, has said Gibbons pushed her up against a wall at a Las Vegas restaurant Oct. 13 and made a sexual advance while he and a prominent GOP operative were walking her to her truck. Gibbons, 61, says she tripped and he caught her, then walked away.

Dist. Atty. David Roger said in Las Vegas that authorities have reopened their investigation into a cocktail waitress' claim that a Republican congressman running for governor assaulted her in a parking garage after a night of drinking. Roger said the case involving Rep. Jim Gibbons -- which had been closed after the waitress, Chrissy Mazzeo, dropped her complaint -- is under investigation again.

Las Vegas police said they would recommend that no criminal charges be filed against Republican Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons, who was accused by a cocktail waitress of assaulting her in a parking garage three weeks before election day. The investigation into Chrissy Mazzeo's accusation has been completed and sent to Clark County Dist. Atty. David Roger, police said.

Nevada Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons will not be prosecuted on allegations that he assaulted a cocktail waitress in a parking garage three weeks before the election, authorities said Wednesday. There was insufficient evidence to prove criminal charges against Gibbons beyond a reasonable doubt, Clark County Dist. Atty. David Roger said. "You may consider the case against Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons closed," he said.

Gov. Jim Gibbons, who is estranged from his wife, used his state cellphone to send more than 850 text messages in one month last year to a woman he says is a friend, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. That cost the state $130, according to documents obtained by the newspaper. The governor's spokesman said Gibbons had reimbursed the state.