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Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but they seem to be escalating
News Comments Updated: Jan 30, 2013 5:10pm‘It can’t possibly be coincidence’: Conspiracy theories have always been with us, but with the Internet and the chaos of modern life, they seem to be escalating — even the Sandy Hook massacre isn’t...
New faces: Observations on the changing demographics of East Fremont
News Comments Updated: Jan 30, 2013 5:09pmAs if I were standing beside a pretty-people conveyor belt, its contents ranging in circumference from reedy part-time model to former University of Iowa defensive end, the entirety of Commonwealth...
Props on the mayor’s State of the City address
News Comments Updated: Jan 16, 2013 5:25pmIT TOOK CAROLYN GOODMAN six dolls and an egg timer to get through her second State of the City address.The Las Vegas mayor employed bobbleheads of herself and her husband and predecessor, Oscar...
The mental health dilemma
News Comments Updated: Jan 23, 2013 4:58pmQuality of care aside, a bigger problem looms in Nevada’s mental healthcare system: We can’t make patients use it.—In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.,...
Urban farmers spur a small agricultural renaissance in the valley
News Comments Updated: Jan 16, 2013 3:39pmThe desert is not a good place to grow food. It’s too hot. There’s not enough water. The sandy soil supports mostly cacti and creosote.But while the desert environment poses real challenges, Southern...
There and back again: Adventures on a Cat bus
News Comments Jan 09, 2013 5:05pmThe RTC bus is surprisingly on time as it slows to a stop at the curb on Water Street in downtown Henderson. It’s new, clean and shiny on the outside, a rolling billboard to naysayers who whine that...
Norovirus is so common the Health District doesn’t bother keeping stats on it
News Comments Jan 09, 2013 4:55pmIT’S THE MOST COMMON CAUSE of acute gastroenteritis — a severe case of the stomach yucks.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noroviruses are three times more common than food...
Wanna keep your resolutions? Here’s how.
News Comments Updated: Jan 09, 2013 4:51pmNerves that fire together wire together.That’s the simplified science behind how habits are formed, says Dr. Joe Dispenza, author of Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind. Each time we...
Clinic provides free medical care in exchange for three good deeds
News Comments Updated: Jan 10, 2013 1:24pmElliot Shin remembers the exact moment he discovered his calling. It came in the form of a kiss.Shin was a college student at Rutgers University in New Jersey when a group of Christian friends asked...
