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Pedaling the way to go for Las Vegas tailor

“It can be tough when you rely on a bike for transportation,” says Las Vegas tailor Michael Starks. “I ended up on the hood of a car when somebody turned on me,” he said. ” I got hurt pretty bad, just skinned and bruised, but it took me about a week to feel better.”
Even so, Starks says, he might never drive a car again.

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Fear of surgery haunts Las Vegas man with 100-pound scrotum

Wesley Warren Jr. stands in his living room with more than 100 pounds of scrotum hanging between his legs, but you can’t take your eyes off his haggard face.
The more he talks about what doctors might do wrong in surgical procedures designed to correct the scrotal elephantiasis that became part of his life three years ago, the more unfocused his reddened eyes become.

Nevada drivers push cellphone use to limit

A woman recently pulled over by Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Kevin Honea was shocked the trooper stopped her for talking on her cellphone while driving.

Warning from Las Vegas ER nurse: Always ask questions

She’s seen a lot in her 30 years as a registered nurse in hospitals in Las Vegas and elsewhere across the country.
Yet some of what she’s seen should make us all concerned.

Good news and bad news on I-15 work

Crews are about seven months from completing the widening of Interstate 15 and the addition of access roads that will flank the highway between Tropicana Avenue and Blue Diamond Road.