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Las Vegas OKs shared services pact to help North Las Vegas

The cities of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas will study sharing everything from animal control to traffic services under an agreement approved Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council.

Dethatch lawn now before it gets colder

Q: Is it too cold to dethatch my Bermuda grass lawn? Do I have to wait until next year? What about overseeding? Is it also too late? If I need to wait, then when?

‘Wheel of Death’ removed from Zarkana show

Cirque du Soleil officials say they’ve temporarily removed the “Wheel of Death” stunt from one of their Las Vegas Strip shows after an acrobat was injured while performing on it over the weekend.

Las Vegas man offers testicle for sale

A Las Vegas man is hoping to get paid to have one of his testicles removed. In a trailer for the upcoming episode of TLC’s “Extreme Cheapskates,” Parisi says that he plans to participate in a medical trial in which one of his testicles will be removed in exchange for $35,000.

Advisory governing board OK’d for UMC

Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved an ordinance that will give University Medical Center an advisory governing board.

Parents hope for recovery as daughter, 6, remains in coma

Tiffany Ward is the mother of 6-year-old Brazyl, who was hit by a car while crossing a southwest valley street on Thursday. She has spent the last five days at University Medical Center at the bedside of her daughter, whose condition remained critical this week.

Clark County looks for ways to save costs at shooting complex

Clark County commissioners talked Tuesday about ways to rescue the shooting complex, but didn’t approve any new ways to save money. The facility lost $1.1 million in fiscal year 2013.

What’s in a name comes wholly from one’s perspective

I found myself reading another article today on the Internet about how the (National Football League franchise) Washington Redskins have a racial slur as a name. I have been watching this story for a while now, and I honestly thought it would die out by now. I’m am curious as to why, as the years go by, I see more and more special interest groups making huge fusses about small issues. I mean, come on, I have been watching football since I was a very young boy. I was always aware of the term “redskin” as a derogatory term used toward Native Americans in the past but never once thought to myself that the Washington Redskins football team had any motive to name their team the Redskins in order to put down or taunt the Native Americans of the United States. I honestly feel that with each generation passing, the skin of our children gets thinner and thinner. Pretty soon you won’t be able to do anything without offending some small special interest group.