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Las Vegas Sun

If leading the country’s fifth-largest school district isn’t daunting enough, try doing so in the midst of a massive reorganization, a budget deficit of at least $60 million and a continual firestorm of pushback from unions and trustees.

Express

Scientists may have underestimated the effect of cosmic rays on humans as they leave Earth’s atmosphere and are exposed to the deadly radiation.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Imagine Fremont Street free of profane language. Or a downtown Las Vegas landscape where cattle, horses, burros, sheep and goats run free.

Market Watch

A group of college professors is rallying in support of consumers’ right to sue. Some 423 law school, university and college professors are sending a letter to two senators, encouraging them to support a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has passed.

Business Insider

NASA is dead-set on sending astronauts to Mars within the next 15 to 20 years. China has said it hopes to send people there between 2020 and 2030, and even Russia is floating plans to put boots on the red planet.

Las Vegas Sun

The first ad in MGM Resorts International’s massive new “Welcome to the Show” campaign featured cinema-like video of the company’s properties and attractions interspersed with written text such as “Mankind was not born to be bored” and “We invented MGM to entertain the human race.”

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas-based data-center company Switch Ltd. is angling to go public. The company filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 8 for an initial public offering under the name Switch Inc.

ZDNet

Mom couldn't find a company to create a robotic hand for her daughter, so she came up with a novel solution.