What would you do if there was a way to determine - with almost near certainty - what you might die from? Would you want to know? Would you want your doctor to know? Would you want your kids to know?

The mysterious and diverse world of bacteria just got its very own expansion pack. A total of 35 new groups, or phyla, of bacteria have been discovered in groundwater in Rifle, Colorado. The finding will likely add a bunch of new species to the tree of life — species that are quite different from other bacteria, scientists note. But here's what's really remarkable: the number of new bacterial groups is almost the same as the number of known animal phyla on Earth. We were always outnumbered, but you still might want to let the magnitude of this discovery sink in.

Chivalry is not dead in the U.S. courts of appeal, according to a new study.

Finally, the Internal Revenue Service is considering ideas to rewrite current gambling-related tax rules, including possibly lowering the threshold for mandatory reporting of slots and bingo winnings from $1,200 to $600, reports Bloomberg Business.

Men and women on active duty in the U.S. military who are stationed in Nevada will no longer have to pay extra fees to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill that authorizes $27 million for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine and aims to take a bite out of the state's chronic doctor shortage.

Before the recession sunk its claws into the Strip, Circus Circus routinely contributed $70 million to $80 million a year in cash flow to the balance sheet of MGM Resorts International.

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Thursday that authorizes $27 million for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, a project that could take a bite out of a doctor shortage that's exacerbated by a growing, aging population and health care reform laws.

Brian Sandoval, who gave up a lifetime appointment as a federal judge to run for Nevada governor, said he liked the job so much that he was turning his back on a U.S. Senate bid that he would've been highly favored to win.