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Jane Ann Morrison

Mob Museum panel reveals new story

The stories about the mob and the media were amusing and riveting at a recent Mob Museum panel, but I’d heard most of them, covered them or lived them. Except for this one.

How to donate your body to science

When they die, Joy and Harlan Dotson wish to donate their bodies to science, preferably a local medical school. But they don’t know how to go about it.

Consumer protection bill for eye health DOA

Assembly Bill 129 would have banned the use of smartphone apps to get prescriptions for contact lenses and glasses unless a full exam was performed by an optometrist or physician.

Challenging childhood helped shape county commissioner

Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick credits her experiences, contacts with caring people and challenging childhood for making her the strong person she is today.

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When to applaud at Philharmonic? Whenever you want, conductor says

When I attended my first Las Vegas Philharmonic concert Feb. 4, I was surprised that so many applauded after movements, the separate parts of a musical composition. This seemed like a serious music crowd. Didn’t they know better?

Rocky road to Dublin? Maybe not with direct flights …

Nonstop flights are the best, and I am particularly fond of Ireland. So the news that Aer Lingus wants direct flights between Dublin and Las Vegas sparked my pitiful rendition of “Molly Malone.”

So many expectations, so few results

I sometimes write about things that are expected to happen. Then they don’t. Here are three recent examples.

Amazon says Alexa doesn’t eavesdrop, but some skeptics wonder

Wynn Resorts Ltd. recently announced it is placing an Amazon Echo in every Las Vegas guest room. How many visitors know that their requests could be stored and retrieved, not by the hotel, but by Amazon?

Aligned with ‘right, honest and kind’ is new for Dario Herrera

Dario Herrera says he has turned his life around. Again. “As long as you align your actions with what is right, honest and kind, you’ll be OK,” he said at a mentoring session. Good advice. If only he had followed it when he was younger.

Why not move 2 Las Vegas courts to 1 building?

During her State of the City speech when Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman stressed cooperation among government entities, she mentioned the city may leave the county’s Regional Justice Center and build its own municipal courthouse.

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