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Too Little, Too Much: How Poverty and Wealth Affect Our Minds

Oct 04, 2018
We all know the downsides of being poor. But what about the downsides of being rich? This week, we explore the psychology of scarcity...and excess.
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What You Don't Know About Taxes

May 06, 2011
We've all heard the statistics: 47% of the population doesn't pay taxes. Or the wealthy pay most of the taxes.
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The Crit

Jun 13, 2008
Every Tuesday evening since 1992, 30 to 50 bicycle racers from around the valley gather to practice their pack racing on a 1.1 mile course mapped around the lakes of Las Vegas.
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Ice Sculptor Sounds

Jun 09, 2008
Ice Occasions of Las Vegas creates several thousand ice sculptures every year for parties and events. We leave you with sounds from their ice sculpting freezer.
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You-Niverse Mural

Jun 06, 2008
Artist and teacher Omar Ramirez developed the "You-Niverse" project - a series of community projects to enhance neighborhood participation in beautifying the community. The first of the projects is a mural that is currently being painted at the Innovations International Charter School.
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Major Sports in Las Vegas

Nov 14, 2006
Last Tuesday Sacramento voters rejected a measure that would have raised taxes to build a new arena for the Sacramento Kings. Now there's talk that the NBA franchise could move to, among others, Anaheim or Las Vegas.
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Voting Machines

Nov 06, 2006
Michelle Shafer, VP Communications, Sequoia Voting Systems Prof. Ed Felten, Director, Ctr for IT Policy, Princeton U ...on the reliability and security of our voting machines
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Registrar

Nov 06, 2006
Larry Lomax, Clark Co Registrar of Voters ...on his role in Election 2006
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Getting Out the Vote

Nov 06, 2006
Paul Adams, Chairman, NV Republican Party Kirsten Searer, Spokesperson, NV Democratic Party ...on their hopes for tomorrow's polling
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Vision Dixie

Oct 25, 2006
Lin Alder, Director, Citizens for Dixie's Future Jim Eardley, Commissioner, Washington Co, Utah Scott Hirschi, Director, Washington Co Economic Development Council ..
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Gibbons Incident

Oct 23, 2006
Dave Damore, UNLV Political Science Erik Herzik, UNR History ...on Rep. Jim Gibbons' recent political difficulties
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American Security

Oct 23, 2006
Michael Scheuer, Terrorism Analyst, CBS ...on the state of American Security
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Immigrant Farm Laborers

Oct 23, 2006
Prof. Philip Martin, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis Jason Resnick, Western Growers Assn ...on shortages in the immigrant farm labor market
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Taser Use

Oct 17, 2006
Deputy Chief Michael Ault, LV Metropolitan PD Lee Rowland, ACLU of Nevada ...on the use of Tasers by police
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Institute for Security Studies

Oct 11, 2006
Jeff German, Reporter, LV Sun Steve Sisolak, Regent, NV System for Higher Education Scott Smith, Director, Institute for Security Studies, UNLV ..
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Day Labor

Oct 11, 2006
Miguel Barrientos, United Immigrant Families Adrian Romero, Day Laborer Prof Nik Theodore, Center for Urban Economic Dev, Univ of Illinois ...on day labor in the Las Vegas Valley and beyond
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Metro Tasers

Oct 10, 2006
Deputy Chief Michael Ault, LV Metropolitan PD Allen Lichtenstein, ACLU of Nevada ...on the use of Tasers by police
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Foreclosures

Sep 25, 2006
Rick Sharga, VP Marketing, RealtyTrac Kenneth LoBene, Director, LV Field Office, HUD Dan Ebihara, Staff Attorney, Clark County Legal Services David Krieger, Bankruptcy Attorney, Haines & Krieger Jay Brinkmann, VP, Research and Economics, Mortgage Bankers Assn ..
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Job Creation

Sep 20, 2006
Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, Business Week Jeremy Aguero, Principal, Applied Analysis Stanley Scott, Nevada Job Connect Somer Hollingsworth, President & CEO, Nevada Development Auth ..
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Sam Schmidt

Sep 15, 2006
Sam Schmidt, Ex-driver and racecar team owner ...on his skill as a top driver and the new challenges presented by his paralysis
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Vegas-bound

Aug 31, 2006
Fidencio Rivera, Deputy Chief US Marshal ...on national fugitives' apparant fondness for our city
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Warren Jeffs in Custody

Aug 29, 2006
John Dougherty, Reporter, Phoenix New Times Trooper Kevin Honea, Spokesperson, Nevada Highway Patrol ...on FLDS leader, Warren Jeffs, now in FBI custody
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Online Gambling

Aug 17, 2006
The boss of online betting giant BetOnSports.com is in jail and the company has shut down US operations.
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10,000 Year Warning

Jun 29, 2006
Prof Ward Goodenough [Ret], Anthropologist & Linguist Roger Nelson, Chief Scientist, Waste Isolation Pilot Program ...on warnings designed to last ten millennia
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Stepping Out

Jun 29, 2006
Rick Barron, VP of Planning and Engineering, Astoria Homebuilders Robert Herr, Deputy Dir, Public Works, City of Henderson Richard Rosan, president of the Urban Land Institute ..
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