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Pioneers unable to keep Huskies collared

Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team would have done just about anything to shave the last three minutes off of its second game Saturday.

Pondering mysteries of time as new year looms

I think Einstein was right: Time doesn’t really exist. It’s an agreed-upon group illusion, designed to sell watches and clocks. And to tell me when to pay my quarterly taxes. And to count down the moments maybe to provide rhythm and context to this thing called life.

How to appeal when Medicare won’t pay

If you disagree with a coverage or payment decision made by Medicare, you can appeal, and you’ll be happy to know that around half of all appeals are successful, so it’s definitely worth your time.

Fundraiser held to empower children at charter school

For a fifth year, 100 Black Men of Las Vegas and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Las Vegas Chapter, held a joint fundraiser to buy toys and bicycles for students at The 100 Academy of Excellence.

New Smarter Balanced tests mark critical, positive step

In the spring, Nevada students in grades three through eight will take a historic step into the future of education when they take new state tests that are fully aligned to the Nevada Academic Content Standards for English language arts and mathematics.

Premieres pace 2014 in the arts

Teller’s magical production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and the arrival of a new music director for the Las Vegas Philharmonic added vibrancy to the local arts scene in 2014.

EDITORIAL: NSHE-plagiarism issue highlights double-standard

If a student is found to have plagiarized an assignment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the school’s extensive academic misconduct policy comes into play. The student is given the initial notification of suspicion of plagiarism, followed by a meeting, which can then lead to a formal hearing, followed by a number of possible sanctions if the student is found guilty.

EDITORIAL: Promoting police

Last weekend, New York City police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were ambushed while sitting in their patrol car, executed by a lone shooter. The attack certainly resonated here in Las Vegas, where on June 8, Metro officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo were ambushed and killed by two shooters as they had lunch at a pizza place.

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