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Henderson’s 2013 packed with changes

From Clark County Museum additions to shopping center expansions and celebrations of the city’s 60th anniversary, the calendar was packed throughout 2013.

 
Budget deal reached following Boehner’s attack on far right

Battle-fatigued and suddenly bipartisan, the House voted Thursday night to ease across-the-board federal spending cuts and prevent future government shutdowns, acting after Speaker John Boehner unleashed a stinging attack on tea party-aligned conservative groups campaigning for the measure’s defeat.

Tell-all book recounts Nevada’s key role in ’12 presidential race

When President Barack Obama hunkered down for three days at Lake Las Vegas for debate prep last year, his entourage had a poor first impression of the “palm-fringed sprawl of unfinished lots, half-built homes and desiccated golf courses.”

Valid reasons to oppose Internet gambling

Howard Stutz’s Nov. 24 column (“Look out, Net bets, Adelson’s after you”) employed a medieval practice used to avoid confronting unpopular positions. When you can’t defend the message, attack the messenger.

Politics: a dirty game for men and women

When Nevada’s first female congresswoman, Barbara Vucanovich, ran for re-election in 1992, her male opponent called her an “old bag.” Another male foe once falsely accused the conservative Republican of accepting mafia money to fund her campaign.

Challenging time for Christian adoption movement

To many Christian evangelicals, their commitment to finding homes for the world’s orphans is something to celebrate — and they will, gathering at hundreds of churches across America to direct their thoughts and prayers to these children.

In life and especially in death, JFK changed TV

It’s a measure of how long ago President John F. Kennedy died that, at the time, television was described as a young medium. With the shooting in Dallas, TV grew up.

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