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February 12, 2012

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Group wants donated drug-hunting K9s back from state

Group of powerful Republican business types want donated drug-hunting K9s back from state following defection of K9 NHP troopers from assignment.

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Perry sends letter to state troopers

Department of Public Safety Director Chris Perry capitulates on merging Highway Patrol K-9 program with Metro, but warns defecting troopers to fulfill their assignments.

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Toto, I don’t think we’re in Utah

Why can't Nevadans be more like Utahns and less like the people in D.C.? That's what Governor Gibbons wants to know and why he's decided it's time to blow up ...

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Marijuana petition flawed

Legalizing marijuana may be a positive step toward concentrating law enforcement and detention efforts where they are needed most, but even proponents of legalizing marijuana should be concerned about the ...

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Dead baby’s mother tried to get pregnant

The tragedy surrounding the birth of Roshunda Abney’s baby raises so many distressing yet obvious questions. How did University Medical Center emergency room personnel ignore a patient’s wails?

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Conan Pope’s pardon denied for killing father

The Nevada Pardons Board turned down an application for pardon Wednesday morning from Conan Pope, who was 15 years old when he killed his abusive father. The board, which consists ...

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Med Board Pres: Enough is Enough!

The president of Nevada’s Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Charles Held, is fighting back against what he calls “political rhetoric, inflammatory journalism, and outright untruths…” (I’ve posted the news release to the right.)

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Gans-owned pharmacy markets sexual dysfunction drug

Vegas weddings. Vegas stories. Vegas throat. And now Vegas Mixx. Leave it to a local pharmacy to whip up a concoction that may have therapeutic value in treating premature ejaculation, ...

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Fitting end to MA fiasco

Like other medical assistants throughout the state Betty Guerra was to return to work this week. But unlike the others caught up in the fiasco resulting from the sudden effort by the Board of Medical Examiners to enforce a long-ignored statute that says who may administer drugs, Guerra faces 10 felony counts for injecting Botox and suturing.

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Medical assistants may inject

The uproar caused by our story regarding disparate treatment of medical assistants has resulted in much ado about nothing and a return to the status quo. Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley ...

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