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Archive for February 7, 1998

1998 Las Vegas Stars Schedule: All times Pacific; 12:43 p.m.

Attorney General joins in investigation of American Family Publishers: Del Papa said the probe centers on "prize notifications" mailings by American Family, which some consumers claim is misleading. The envelopes of the letter sometimes say a person is a winner or is on the ...; 11:31 a.m.

School unsure if it will discipline student who took mercury from lab: Two boys and three girls were exposed to the chemical, but no one was injured, Mulvenon said. It takes prolonged exposure to mercury to pose a danger, he said.; 11:16 a.m.

Man loses bid to have murder, child abuse charges dropped: Ortiz is scheduled to go on trial March 16 on a charge he murdered the 4-year-old son of his longtime girlfriend, Ana Isabel Romero, 30.; 11:13 a.m.

Reno City Public information officer arrested: The Nevada Highway Patrol said her car was southbound on Hunter Lake Drive when it drifted into a parked truck. Spangler was alone and escaped unharmed.; 11:12 a.m.

Disbarred attorney pleads guilty to charge of extortion: Klaber said he called John Wilbur Reese of North Carolina on behalf of a woman in August 1996 and demanded he pay off $865 in telephone credit card debt Reese allegedly owed the woman.; 11:10 a.m.

Man to plead guilty to attack on deputy: In exchange for his guilty plea to a charge of resisting a peace officer with a deadly weapon, prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.; 11:09 a.m.

Columnist Sandy Thompson: Hearing master wants to make child support fairer: Sandy Thompson; His proposals place the focus on the child and not warring parents. The emphasis would not be on the dissolution of a union, but the welfare of the child.; 10:41 a.m.

Editorial: No. 1 priority is residents' safety: Last week, the Las Vegas City Council was forced to take such an extraordinary step when it declared as unsafe the Aladdin Villas apartment complex in Meadows Village, ordering it vacated.; 10:40 a.m.

Columnist Jeff German: Los Angeles mob criticized for lack of smarts: "They were smart enough to recognize that this was fertile ground," said one law enforcement official who has made a career out of chasing the mob. "They saw that Chicago's presence here wasn't as strong ...; 10:40 a.m.

A penny saved as a student learns: Melissa Schorr; Some people use their bodies to make a buck.; 10:38 a.m.

Practice makes purchase: * Dental Hygienists clinic, Community College of Southern Nevada campus. Wanted: "more difficult cases, people who haven't seen a dentist in a few years." Call 651-5510 to schedule an appointment for cleanings, X-rays, fluoride treatments, ...; 10:37 a.m.

Obscurity intensifies Gaucher disease's risk: Karen Zekan; It's silent, and deadly.; 10:35 a.m.

UNLV student goes to work at Winter Olympics: UNLV senior Sonny Minx is waking up a day ahead of the rest of us.; 10:08 a.m.

Columnist Bill Hanlon: States should take charge of College accreditation: Bill Hanlon; ACCREDITATION OF COLLEGES is big business in this country. Most people assume that if a school is accredited, it means it has a degree of quality. So much for assumptions.; 10:06 a.m.

WHere I Stand - Mike O'Callaghan: A true conservative warned us about special prosecutors: SOMETHING GOOD oftentimes comes from uncomfortable and even painful situations. At least that is the philosophy of many Americans who have suffered physically or mentally. If this is true, then it has been necessary for ...; 5:34 a.m.

Improvements should create voter-friendly elections: WITH ELECTION SEASON upon us again, I thought it might be helpful to give Clark County voters a heads-up about some of the changes we're making to streamline the voting process.; 5:32 a.m.

Gates' apology insincere; voters will repudiate her: Having Jesse Scott get a posse together against the media is ludicrous. People are getting fed up with "racist" being hurled every time a person of color does something wrong and gets censured for it. ...; 5:26 a.m.

First Lady spins fable of right-wing conspiracy: May I humbly suggest that he ought to order the FBI to arrest all those traitors without delay. The names of these right-win plotters are known -- they are listed on the FBI files surreptitiously ...; 5:26 a.m.

letter: Weapons of mass destruction could hit this nation: Even in God's good graces, how long can be hold our own against weapons of "mass" destruction. It's reality-check time.; 5:26 a.m.

Columnist Scott Dickensheets: King of the Kitchen? What a crock (pot): Scott Dickensheets; I LEARNED to cook in the usual way: by putting stuff on the stove, then asking probing, intelligent questions of the experts.; 5:18 a.m.

Downtown Paiute reservation struggles against urban squeeze: Martin Kuz; Tonia Means has detained Lila Carter in her office. As the acting chief of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribal Police, Means knows the tricks of interrogation, how to coax answers from a hesitant subject. Sitting ...; 5:01 a.m.

Agency assures there's justice in your scales: It never ceases to amaze Nevada Weights and Measures officials that people trust flawed car gasoline gauges and supermarket courtesy scales far more than the finely tuned devices the agency inspects annually.; 4:58 a.m.

Unknowingly, Cab company weighs in close to standard: While companies that sell gasoline are supposed to inform the Nevada Weights and Measures Section that they are opening a new retail outlet -- and, for the most part, they do -- sometimes a situation ...; 4:57 a.m.

1996-97 UNLV Runnin' Rebels Statistics: Full names: Tyrone Nesby, Keon Clark, Jermaine Smith, Tony Lane, Warren Rosegreen, Damian Smith, Mark Dickel, Kevin James, Eric Lee, Corky Ausborne, Grant Rice, Donovan Stewart.; 4:22 a.m.

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