Ingredients12 ounces butter4 cups sugar3 tablespoons lime zest, fresh8 eggs8 cups all-purpose flour3½ teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon salt3 cups pistachiosMethod For Pistachio Lime BiscottiPreheat oven to 320ºF. In a mixing bowl using a paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth.

The prognosis: death. The doctors had all but given up on Steven Baugh, who says he'd been diagnosed with a form of sickle cell anemia at age 12.

Don't dismiss Vegas' classic urban form. You'll love strip malls after this tour that traces the DNA of an emerging new cityThe pearly glitz of the Las Vegas Strip should not cause us to neglect all of Las Vegas' other strips.

If the governor wants local government to pay for local needs, fine. Let's secedeDid you know that Nevada has the smallest state government per capita in the whole United States of America? It's true!It's still too darned big, of course (it was on the news), so Nevada legislators and a new governor will soon be cutting public employee salaries and benefits, curtailing services for the mentally ill, slashing education funding and taking other steps to make state government even smaller.

Inner peace sells, but who's buying? We all are. A seasoned, stress-busting insider offers insights on the modern industry of peddling wellnessIt used to be that massage therapy was for injured athletes, psychotherapy was for the mentally ill, and boxing was for, um, boxers.

I'm the last guy you'd expect to try yoga. What I discovered stretched my understanding of the practice - and (pop!) of myself AFTER SPENDING MY YOUTH CONVINCED OF MY INDESTRUCTIBILITY, I'M SPENDING MY MIDDLE AGE IN DENIAL ABOUT MY FRAGILITY I don't bend well.

Spas used to be about massages and mud baths. Now they embrace alternative medicine and exotic therapies from around the globe.

Your fellow Las Vegans - from police to performers to passionate outdoorsmen - share their secrets to staying in shapeForget the exercise vids and pricey equipment. Want to eat better and get in shape? Take some advice from your friends and neighbors - your fellow Las Vegans.

Maybe you can't bound up 20 flights of stairs like a Cirque acrobat - especially while lugging that baggage you acquired during the sugar- and fat-saturated Bacchanalia known as the holidays. What can a mere, out-of-shape mortal do? Two local experts say getting started is easier than you think.

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