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Rideshop Series makes for a free-wheeling Friday — PHOTOS

The third annual Rideshop Skate Series along Sixth Street in downtown Las Vegas brought out skaters of all levels on Friday. A skate competition and live music were also part of the event sponsored by Zappos.com.

Boston Scientific to pay $100 million for transvaginal mesh injury

A Delaware jury on Thursday ordered Boston Scientific to pay $100 million to a woman who said she was injured by transvaginal mesh, a device that is the subject of more than 25,000 lawsuits against the company.

Author separates ‘good hoods’ from ‘bad gangsters’

After 48 years researching the mob, author and gaming consultant Bill Friedman knows the difference between “good hoods” and “bad gangsters,” and his new book “30 Illegal Years To The Strip” examines the differences between the two.

Next advancement in robotic surgery seen in Las Vegas

In robotic surgery, procedures are completed with small tools attached to a robotic arm, and the surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer. Sunrise Hospital will have the first case of a robotically rebuilt bladder in Las Vegas coming up on April 28.

After ordeal, Las Vegas man has robotically rebuilt bladder

Charlie Metzger’s surgery to give him a new urinary bladder played out like an anti-smoking public service announcement. But the four keyhole incisions created during the first case of robotically rebuilt bladder in Las Vegas belie the extent nightmare he has endured.

Most days are Memorial Days for honor guards

Southern Nevada’s military honor guards can be seen at a variety of events around town. But their most somber — and, members say, most fulfilling — duty lies in offering final goodbyes to veterans.

To avoid debt, student dumps Ivy League schools for Alabama

A star student from Tennessee, turned down all eight prestigious Ivy League schools and instead iss headed to the academically humble-if-football-proud, University of Alabama instead simply to avoid the debt.