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Resolutions? Get real. – 289th Edition

ASK HEALTH AND WELLNESS experts about New Year resolutions and you’re likely to get some variation of this answer: “I don’t believe in them.” Most people, they say, start the year with great, big intentions but have settled comfortably back into their bad habits by March.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Local heroes – 288th Edition

Saving artBy lasvegascitylife.com

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Settle or meddle? – 287th Edition

You can’t put a price on a neighborhood. But if you were to try to come up with an amount to cover what’s happened on Sun Valley Drive, it would probably be a pretty large sum.By lasvegascitylife.com

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What a drag it is getting towed – 286th Edition

On July 23, 2007, Cheryl Gearhart started the morning the way she always did, at 5:15 a.m., by walking her dog. She put the rescued pup on a leash and walked out the door when she noticed her car — a brand-new Mazda 3 hatchback — was missing.By lasvegascitylife.com

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John Fredericks – 285th Edition

Interview conducted by AMY KINGSLEY John Fredericks used to be a well-known morning weatherman on KSNV Channel 3. Now he’s like a lot of Las Vegans, unemployed and riding out the economy in a foreclosed home. He’s back after an ill-fated move to Missoula, Mont., where he and his dog, L.J., lived in a donated [...]

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Man on the street – 284th Edition

Editor’s note: For the last few weeks, a homeless man we’ll call “Dave” has been sending us dispatches from the so-called Corridor of Hope. We’ve excerpted them here. If some of his stories are hard to confirm independently, together they present a vivid picture of the texture of life in the homeless community.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Dear Santa – 283th Edition

Everyone wants a tablet. iPads, Kindles, Androids, Playbooks — if it has a screen, it’s on a wish list. But what if you can’t afford an app, much less a tablet, and don’t even have a place to plug it in?By lasvegascitylife.com

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The right to write – 282th Edition

If Legacy High School’s athletic logo looks familiar, well, that’s because it is. The burnt orange longhorn silhouette is strikingly similar to the logo used by University of Texas at Austin. It’s the same shape and rusty color, plus a few contours and shadows that highlight the steer’s broad nose and forehead.By lasvegascitylife.com

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Occupy Caesars Palace? – 281th Edition

Rosie Seals looks like someone who put her hell-raising behind her a long time ago. The 88-year-old grandmother lives in a subsidized eggshell cottage and uses a walker to get around. She’s hard of hearing, but speaks loud enough.By lasvegascitylife.com

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