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Cytherea’s comeback: The rise and fall of a Mormon girl who charted a new course in adult entertainment
News Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 6:02pmBy some research-based estimates, 40 percent of women do what Cytherea does when she has an orgasm. But until the self-proclaimed Goddess of Gush arrived in California’s San Fernando Valley in the...
As Republicans rethink their immigration stances, President Obama comes to Vegas to push reform
News Comments Feb 06, 2013 6:30pmMy, what a difference an election makes.A year ago, Republican candidates for president were toeing the same harsh line against undocumented immigrants that had boosted the fortunes of Tea Party...
The dangerous illusion of abortion rights
News Comments Feb 06, 2013 6:26pmAs a young, politically active woman in Chicago, Linda Turner knew women who had illegal abortions. It was a potentially dangerous choice — it carried the threat of imprisonment or harsh financial...
The inquest’s new clothes
News Comments Updated: Feb 13, 2013 4:18pmSometimes, as in the newly adopted procedure to examine cop-involved shootings, new doesn’t mean improved. An argument for openness and citizen involvement.—In acting to disband the coroner’s inquest...
Miki Sudo eats the wings
On the scene Comments Updated: Feb 13, 2013 4:36pm2 minutes, 28 seconds: Miki Sudo has eaten 30 wingsBleach blond and lean, Sudo’s the only woman in the Wing Bowl; the only contestant clocking in under 130 pounds; the only opponent who, between...
The county angles for a deal to move Rhodes’ Red Rock home-building plan
News Comments Jan 30, 2013 5:37pmEditor’s note: This is the latest in a story CityLife has been following for some time, the saga of one man’s attempt to plant a ton of residential development within befouling distance of Red Rock:...
Activities for legislators in Carson City when they’re not keeping the state going
News Comments Jan 30, 2013 5:35pmGET TO KNOW YOUR LOBBYIST: Carson has several nice golf courses, including Eagle Valley, Silver Oak, Sunridge and Empire Ranch,GET TO KNOW YOUR LOBBYIST A BIT MORE: Carson City’s pubs depend on the...
February almanac: On this day in our city’s history …
News Comments Jan 30, 2013 5:34pmFeb. 1, 1946: A large group of “incensed housewives” march on city hall to protest an abandoned pig farm in their neighborhood having been turned into a “bawdy house of prostitution”— where hogs,...
Time for the Legislature to convene, waffle, debate, posture — and maybe get something done.
News Comments Updated: Feb 06, 2013 6:01pmLike it or not, it comes every two years: a bitter Groundhog Day of failed schools and frayed social safety nets, liberal and conservative platitudes, droning testimony, recrimination and ass-...
Steven Brooks’ public collapse presents a challenge to our system
News Comments Updated: Feb 12, 2013 11:47amBy now, you’ve probably seen the photo of Assemblyman Steven Brooks with his shirt off. It’s a hazy photo, maybe taken with a cell phone, of Brooks bare-chested, staring at the camera, lips parted,...
