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May 16, 2008

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Dropping out to go to work
More teens quit school to help financially needy families
Published Thu, May 15, 2008 (2 a.m.), Updated Thu, May 15, 2008 (7:14 p.m.)
By Emily Richmond
The number of Clark County teens dropping out of high school so they can work has jumped dramatically, and officials suspect the economic downturn is to blame.
The Wynn sues Barkley, claims $400,000 gambling debts unpaid
NBA legend, a self-described gambling addict, will have a chance to repay
Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Jeff German
Wynn Las Vegas filed a lawsuit in District Court on Wednesday to force former National Basketball Association star Charles Barkley to pay back $400,000 in gambling markers the casino alleges it extended him last year.
Petition seeks OK for hemp in energy research
Looking in on: Carson City: Backers fight association with marijuana
Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Cy Ryan
Two years after voters rejected a proposal to allow Nevadans to possess 1 ounce of marijuana for personal use, a plan has surfaced to permit research into using industrial hemp, a relative of marijuana, to generate energy.
Porter: OK tax for GI Bill I support? I’ll see
Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Lisa Mascaro
Rep. Jon Porter faces a tough choice. Two provisions he crossed party lines to support are lumped together as an amendment to the Iraq war spending bill that President Bush has vowed to veto because it strays above the $108 billion he has requested.
Eight years ago, Republic Services agreed to pay to clean up Sunrise Landfill in exchange for a garbage contract extension.
Landfill decree avoids big issue
County deal with EPA won’t settle who will pay for cleanup
Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Tony Cook
Clark County is preparing to sign a consent decree that would let it off the hook with federal authorities who want the Sunrise Landfill properly closed, but would leave unanswered the key question of who will pay for the work — the garbage company or county ratepayers.
Ledgers kept in the Clark County clerk's office at the Regional Justice Center represent about 1,300 deposits that were put down by lawyers filing lawsuits and that were never returned. The money was kept in a trust fund that earned $5.4 million in interest, which under state law belongs to the county.
Blunders yield bonanza
Millions in interest on unreturned attorney deposits can stay in coffers
Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Brian Eckhouse
Shoddy accounting by a government usually drains coffers. But the county’s mishandling of one particular fund for more than a decade produced a windfall of extra interest on millions of dollars.
University system Chancellor Jim Rogers, speaking here to the Board of Regents, agreed to reinstate diversity luncheons just hours after nixing them.
Rogers giveth and taketh away, until he gets what he wants
Miffed at lack of support for fundraiser, he pulls diversity luncheon funds
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By Charlotte Hsu
Leaders of Las Vegas’ minority communities have met monthly over the past couple of years to munch on catered salads and sandwiches while chatting about diversity in higher education.
Dr. Dipak Desai, center, owned the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where dangerous injection practices have led to eight confirmed cases of hepatitis C.
Desai, colleagues may take the Fifth, stalling lawsuits for years
Nevada Health Crisis:
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By Jeff German
As if the massive case weren’t complex enough, the first lawsuits over the hepatitis outbreak that health officials linked to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada are facing another major obstacle.
Letter to his boss faults Clark
Lawmakers cite delay in Desai investigation
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By Marshall Allen
Two state legislators say the executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has ignored the public interest by delaying the investigation of doctors who may have caused the largest hepatitis C scare in the nation.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., speaks about gas prices as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, listen Wednesday.
Voters, pick your fix for gas prices
Two choices: GOP says supply is king; Dems want more energy options
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By Lisa Mascaro
So the next time you’re filling up the tank, here’s a pop quiz to consider as the dollars click by: What’s the best way to lower your gasoline bill?

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