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Things to do in Paradise/Downtown

Event highlights this week include the Vegas StrEATs food truck, arts and music festival, Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” on ice and The Knights of Columbus’ Saturday Night Stomp swing dance party.

Improv contest to raise funds to fight cancer

Plays and musicals are popular ways in which admission prices benefit select charities. But Nicolas “Kopy” Kopatich is taking this idea to the next level with a 96-person comedy improv tournament.

Dining pick of the week: Laurita’s Taco Shop

Real Mexican food, 24 four hours a day. That’s a real treat, and at Laurita’s, there is so much more than tacos.

School breaks put extra strain on struggling families

Thousands of students in the Clark County School District rely on their schools for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Extended breaks from school, such as the two weeks at the end of last month, can be especially trying for struggling families.

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Nurses spend Thanksgiving week tending to leprosy patients in India

From the beginning of their careers, nurses vow to devote their time and energy to serving patients and making a positive difference in people’s lives. Two nurses in Las Vegas took this vow to a new level, caring for residents with leprosy in two southeast India colonies.

Adultery tends to cause more problems than it heals

Not sure I agree that adultery indicates human brokenness. Adultery certainly indicates a broken marriage, but if the marriage fails to fulfill the human need, isn’t it natural, isn’t it indicative of a person seeking wholeness, for that person to consider outsourcing? How does that indicate a human brokenness? And as far as evil not being a part of nature and only being a human trait, are humans not a part of nature? I know I’m getting technical here, but we were created by nature, too. — T.F., Detroit

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