Beware of adult themes and abundant slang in ‘Rusty Summer’

Let’s get this out in the open: “Rusty Summer” is OK. A six out of 10, just slightly better than middling. In its favor, I liked the characters in this book; they’re all decent people, the kind you’d want in your corner. I was truly drawn to their good hearts. What I didn’t like was the overabundance of slang here.

Literary Las Vegas: Mary Crocco

Las Vegas author Mary Crocco visited the Pine Ridge Reservation and drove through the Badlands of South Dakota doing research for her novel “In Kala’s Hands: A Lakota Sioux Proclamation.”

Scorpion ‘juice’ could provide hope for cancer patients

Definitely, there‘s an ick factor when Dr. Jim Olson describes using "€œscorpion juice"€ to help people with cancerous brain tumors. But once you abolish the vision of him milking venom from Israeli Deathstalker scorpions, the ick decreases. Since he doesn‘€™t.

Blue Man Group won’t waste time in cross-casino move

The Blue Man Group is known to move fast, and that won’t change when it relocates from the Monte Carlo, where it plans to close Oct. 11, to the Luxor, where it plans to reopen Nov. 18 in a move mandated by its theater being torn down.

UNLV fills out basketball schedule

In need of winning big this season, Dave Rice is not taking the easy way out. He lined up one big game after another.

Ex-official: guardianship system ‘isn’t that bad’

Clark County‘s guardianship system, which has left thousands of elderly and mentally incompetent residents vulnerable to financial abuse, "isn‘t that bad," according to a man who has worked in — and financially benefited from — the system for over 35 years.

Nevada fishing report: July 16, 2015

A group of anglers fishing out of Cauville Bay did well last week, landing several smallmouth bass in the 9- to 14-inch range using a small silver minnow swimbait, then switching to silver rattle traps and landing an 18½ inch largemouth.

Man arrested after Henderson stabbing

Henderson police arrested a man suspected of stabbing a person he didn‘t know in the neck Monday afternoon, police said.

Teacher accused of forcing former student to eat feces

Police in South Korea arrested a university professor after he allegedly beat a former student with a baseball bat and forced him to eat feces and drink human urine.

15 easy credit card hacks

With many credit card options on the market — from rewards points, to cash-back bonuses and more — the quest to save money and navigate credit card incentives has become a little more complicated.

Can you really rely on Social Security in retirement?

Despite concerns about the future of Social Security, American workers are increasingly expecting to rely on Social Security retirement benefits from this government program. According to Gallup‘s annual Economy and Personal Finance survey, 36 percent of non-retirees — about 10 percentage points higher than a decade ago — say they‘re counting on Social Security to be a major source of their retirement income.

Bryant ‘was raised the right way’

When Kris Bryant was introduced at the All-Star Game and tipped his cap, the guy sitting alongside at Buffalo Wild Wings said the Cubs’€™ rookie third baseman must have grown a good four or five inches since the first time he saw him on a baseball diamond.

Arizona accident victim dies in Vegas hospital

A Lake Havasu City, Ariz., man critically injured in a July 8 motorcycle accident in Arizona has died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas.

8 startups that turned these millennials to millionaires

Only 13 percent of millennials report career ambitions of climbing the corporate ladder to become a president or CEO, according to a Bentley University-commissioned survey.

Failed stadium idea yields 3 new Las Vegas parks

City Council members on Wednesday gave preliminary approval for some $26 million in bonds to help build those projects and spruce up seven other city parks, pools and community centers over the next decade.

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