Diabetes is a serious disease that affects nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States. Early diagnosis is critical to successful treatment and delaying or preventing some of its complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, stroke, amputation and death.
Between the kids playing trampoline on the couch or taking the “throw” in throw pillows literally, the family dog decorating the carpet with her hair, and the overall wear and tear the room gets, it may be hard to imagine living large in your living room anymore. The good news is, refreshing the room and making it a showpiece of your home again needn’t cost a bundle.
The way we talk with our friends, the way we date, eat, watch TV, even the way we vote has been transformed by the sudden and overwhelming popularity of social media technology. Our activities in the actual world are becoming ever more deeply intertwined with our activities in the virtual world. In their ongoing efforts to find new supporters and strengthen bonds with the ones they already have, charities, too, are flocking to social media.
After a long, hard winter across most of the country, people are looking forward to the rites of spring. And one of those cherished activities is the great American remodeling project.
WASHINGTON — NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting. On Tuesday, conservative activist James O’Keefe posted a hidden-camera video in which NPR executive Ron Schiller bashed the tea party movement as “racist” and “xenophobic” and said NPR would be better off without federal funding. Ron Schiller is not related to Vivian Schiller.
China Joe’s, 6126 W. Lake Mead Blvd., received 27 demerits Feb. 25. Violations included raw shell eggs held at room temperature. GRADE: C.
WASHINGTON — Roughly two-thirds of homeowners in Nevada with a mortgage had negative home equity, the worst in the country, data released Tuesday by housing data firm CoreLogic show.
