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A matter of biology, genetics?

For decades it’s been assumed poor people and minorities are likely to live shorter, sicker lives, and are likely to die earlier from a host of illnesses (including many cancers), because poor people and minorities get inferior care.

Celebrity deaths, blame-game pitfalls

Three larger-than-life men with strong ties to Las Vegas have died in much the same horrible way. They abused prescription drugs, lived beyond the realm of normal life and were surrounded by a select circle of family, friends and employees who either enabled their demise or tried in vain to prevent it.

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Water, water everywhere

Consumers know less about the water they buy in bottles than the stuff they can drink virtually free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers said in new reports this week.

Time for a second ‘stimulus’?

This country’s businesses, consumers and workers are desperately fighting the Dumpster fire that has engulfed the shredded American economy. They’d spit on the flames if they could get close enough.

Governor’s e-mails

If a government employee or elected official uses taxpayer-funded resources to communicate with anyone, that correspondence is a public record.

Firemen’s pensions past due for reform

In the years immediately preceding their retirements, Clark County Fire Department personnel routinely receive artificially fattened up paychecks that substantially increase their retirement pay, according to a Review-Journal analysis of department payrolls.

Education ‘consultants’

As part of its continual clamoring for more and more of your money, the education establishment argues that teachers and administrators are highly trained professionals who deserve to be paid far better for their creative, specialized expertise.

Internet sales taxes

When California pols imposed strict new regulations on vehicle emissions and demanded automakers meet a quota for selling “green” cars in the state, it would have been interesting had Ford or General Motors told them to stick it, opting instead to close their Golden State dealerships.

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