Enjoy the taste of eating right with healthy, tasty snacks

While health is a main concern for many Americans, the majority are still choosing food based on taste rather than nutrition. This Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) is hoping to change perceptions and shed light on the fact that healthy food can taste good by promoting the theme: Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right during National Nutrition Month.

Brewing up fresh ideas in the kitchen: How to incorporate craft beer into your cooking

For those that are experienced in the kitchen, wine may be a familiar ingredient to cook with, but many people don’t even consider using craft beer in their recipes. While it may not be commonplace quite yet, more and more people are learning that craft beer can add a flavorful dimension to a variety of dishes.

Misconceptions exposed – multivitamins and nutritional supplements

How often do you eat a cup of sauteed spinach? How about three servings of fatty fish, like salmon, per week? Probably not very often, but those are examples of foods and portions that are packed with the recommended amounts of essential nutrients. Research shows that Americans aren’t making the nutrition grade and, therefore, can lack important vitamins and minerals like folic acid, vitamin E, vitamin K and even vitamin C.

Building your professional brand

Personal branding is an elusive topic to most people, yet it is important for career success. Wise professionals with career success know it can mean the difference between landing that dream job and never getting noticed.

Re-energized Happy Campers come through at crossroads

It’s a grown-man record, the kind of album that results from punks becoming fathers and husbands, their outlook on life expanding right along with their families.

Locals only: Bend elbows, raise glasses, earn medals

Let’s face it, so many of the events at the Winter Olympics sound like they were created during a long night of drinking. So what better way to celebrate the games in Sochi than with the Beerlympics?

Clark County School Board delays decision on seeking property tax increase

Gun-shy about asking voters for another property tax increase after hearing a resounding 2-to-1 “No” 15 months ago, the Clark County School Board on Thursday balked at deciding whether to repeat the request on November’s ballot.

For Caesars, waiting is the smartest part

Olivia Newton-John was just a pen stroke away from signing a deal to perform at the Flamingo when her sister was diagnosed with brain cancer last year.

Rebels blown out by Colorado State

Always honest in his assessment of UNLV’s performance, junior forward Khem Birch offered a quick response to a question about the team’s defensive effort. “I would give it an ‘F.’ We didn’t come to play at all,” Birch said.

Athletes of the Week

BOYS BASKETBALL Josh Villaros

Separating truth from fiction about antlers

Whether you read an article about big game hunting in an outdoor magazine, watch a deer or elk hunting video on the Internet, or share stories about hunting while sitting around a fall campfire, at some point the discussion will focus on antlers. Personally, I prefer the antler stories told around the campfire, but you always need to keep in mind that antlers are like the fish that got away: They grow a little bigger each time their story is told.

Fishing report, Feb. 6, 2014

■ LAKE MEAD — It has been trying times out on the lake with only light fishing action. Anglers have had a difficult time netting shad, so striper fishermen have been using anchovies as a substitute. Most fish are generally 3 pounds or less. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are holding in about 25 feet of water or toward the back of coves near brush. Casting jigs or dark plastics has enticed some response.

LEFTOVERS: Cromartie: NFL should go to pot

Based on current trajectory of public opinion and political trade winds, marijuana probably will be legal for social use all over the nation within the next decade.

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