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FLASHPOINT for Nov 19, 2006

Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006 | 7:18 a.m.

I have been to many events after covering politics for 20 years. But none compares to the Nevada Cancer Institute fundraiser I attended Thursday. Sure, maybe it wasn't a political event per se. But there were plenty of those types there as well as many community luminaries. The event raised $5.3 million for the center founded by Heather Murren, a former Wall Street powerhouse, who along with her husband, MGM Mirage executive Jim Murren, have defied the odds since they came up with the idea five years ago. And the event had all the accoutrements in its James Bond theme - dancing girls, Dana Carvey's hilarious impressions and a premiere of the new 007 flick. I just hope in this case what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.

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