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Gas prices going up despite oil below $50 a barrel

Motorists are paying a little more at the pump, even though the cost of crude oil remains below $50 per barrel — just one of several factors that go into calculating gasoline prices.

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Sizing up Nevada’s bottom-of-the-barrel reputation on public education

Almost any way you measure it, the state ranks among the worst in the U.S. in terms of delivering a quality education. And underlying problems like poverty and a lack of English proficiency make it hard to move the needle.

Pool safety tips from a reporter who almost drowned

“Drowning doesn’t look like anything. It’s silent,” Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Larry Hadfield told me this week. “When someone drowns, they’re taking in water. There’s no screaming.”

Judges ban Las Vegas doctor from serving as expert witness in 2 cases

In a victory for personal injury attorneys in Las Vegas, two local judges took the unusual step of banning Dr. Derek Duke from testifying as an expert witness in two cases, finding him biased against personal injury plaintiffs.

 
Culinary hypocrisy on full display at health center opening

Some people go to great lengths to hide their intellectual dishonesty. Not the leaders of Culinary Local 226. Last week, they sent out a news release and invited Gov. Brian Sandoval to join the celebration of their glaring hypocrisy.

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