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MundoFox joins battle for Spanish viewers

News Corp. on Monday launched its new Spanish-language TV network in Las Vegas and on 49 other stations nationwide in a bid to edge out Univision and Telemundo as the largest network in the growing Hispanic market.

Rules on readmissions may bite Las Vegas-area hospitals

Las Vegas hospitals stand to lose several million dollars of revenue in the coming year because the federal government has determined they have excessive readmissions of patients.

Literary Las Vegas: L. M. Smith

Henderson author L. M. Smith started crafting stories and poems as a child and has always been fascinated by mythology and the paranormal. She embraces both along with a bit of sci-fi in her novel “The Citizens.”

Dining Pick of the Week: Pizza Fusion

Old-fashioned pizza is served here, and that means chemical-free foods, be they organic veggies, hormone-free meats or all-natural cheeses.

STEVEN KALAS: TV show sparks debate on whether America is the ‘greatest’

In “The Newsroom,” actor Jeff Daniels plays Will McAvoy, news anchor and journalist. In the clip, he’s sitting onstage, apparently between a liberal and a conservative. The panel is taking questions from a roomful of college students. Jennie, a sophomore, comes to the microphone and asks, “Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?”

Nonprofit granting wishes for hospice patients seeks support in Las Vegas

University of Notre Dame student Caitlin Crommett started DreamCatchers, a nonprofit group that grants final wishes for senior citizens in hospice care, in California as a high school student. Now she’s looking to expand the club to schools and hospices in the Las Vegas Valley.