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November 22, 2009

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Privacy breach at UMC
Sunday, November 22, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Confidential info about accident victims seems to be leaking from hospital
Rumors circulated last summer that information about accident victims was being leaked from University Medical Center to lawyers who specialize in filing personal-injury lawsuits. Hospital officials knew of the rumors but did not pursue them after a cursory investigation. “I thought it was a nonissue,” Kathy Silver, UMC’s chief executive, told Las Vegas Sun reporter Marshall Allen for a story that ran Friday.
Driven to distraction
Sunday, November 22, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Action must be taken to limit danger of vehicles like the stripper-mobile
After gaining international attention and a mention in a Jay Leno monologue, the stripper-mobile, which stopped operating after a short-lived run on the Strip, is back in the news. As Joe Schoenmann reported in Thursday’s Las Vegas Sun, the owner of the truck says he is working with someone interested in leasing it. That is a shame.
New Year’s extravaganza
Sunday, November 22, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Strip fireworks should erase memories of disappointing show last year
Let’s face it: The New Year’s fireworks display that rang in 2009 was a bust. The fireworks, unlike in past years, were shot from a much lower elevation instead of from the resorts’ rooftops on the Strip. High-rise resorts obstructed the view for those who were on the Strip to see what usually is a knockout display.
Attacking waste and fraud
Saturday, November 21, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Obama intends to crack down on improper expenditures that cost taxpayers
It is maddening enough when you learn that 5 percent of federal spending is improper, with improper in a lot of cases meaning fraudulent. It is even worse when you hear not the percentage of improper spending, but the actual dollar amount. A new federal report cites that number for the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 — more than $98 billion.
Pipe dream posing problems
Saturday, November 21, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Tax avoidance scheme by small tobacco companies is legal but worrisome
The federal government should have known how small, independent tobacco companies would react when it disproportionately increased the tax on their primary product.
Known but to God
Saturday, November 21, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Poor operations at Arlington result in mistakes, new grave for an ‘unknown’
Down from the famed Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, near the edge of the cemetery, is a grave marked by a plain white headstone inscribed with the word “unknown.” Cemetery officials put it up this year after news stories brought an issue to light.
Keep government open
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sun editorial: Henderson City Council’s closed-door meetings fail to provide transparency
During the past several months the Henderson City Council has gone into closed meetings to handle a few serious matters that could have been taken care of in public. We hope this is not the beginning of a pattern.
Protecting school food
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sun editorial: FDA should put inspection reports on Internet to give buyers more information
In 2007, 101 students in four Racine, Wis., schools were sickened within hours of eating tacos served in their cafeterias. Health officials determined that the tortillas made the children ill.
An ethical loophole
Friday, November 20, 2009
Sun editorial: Retired military officers allowed to advise both Pentagon, defense contractors
In the late 1980s the Army started bringing back retired generals to mentor other officers and help run war games and other exercises. The thought was that the Army would benefit from the experience of retirees who could offer unvarnished advice without worrying about their careers.
GOP and Palinpaloozza
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sun editorial: Former vice presidential nominee starts book tour amid divisions in ranks
Sarah Palin is receiving wall-to-wall media coverage as she rolls out her new book, “Going Rogue” — and the Fox News crowd and right-wing radio talk show hosts are swooning over her. Rush Limbaugh, after reading an advance copy of her memoir, even went so far as to say it was “one of the most substantive policy books I’ve read.” Talk about a schoolboy crush.
Promising, patient research
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sun editorial: UNLV biologist working on natural solution to quagga mussels in Lake Mead
Scientists and lake managers in several states are trying everything from power washers to electric jolts to kill or at least manage quagga mussels.
Why report an injury?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sun editorial: Workers and employers find plenty of incentives to lie about workplace injuries
For years the Occupational Safety and Health Administration trumpeted reports that the number of workplace injuries — estimated to be around 1.3 million a year — was decreasing. Under the Bush administration, officials said that was a sign that their approach to workplace safety, which was hands-off, was working.
Millions seeking food
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sun editorial: Federal study finds that a record number of Americans struggled to get food
Nearly one in six Americans struggled with getting enough to eat at some point last year, according to the Agriculture Department. That equates to 49.1 million people, including 16.7 million children, the highest number since the government started keeping records on “food insecurity” in 1995.
Progress on bus safety
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sun editorial: Obama administration says it will propose new requirements in light of accidents
Of the dozens of motor coach crashes throughout the country in recent years, one of the more terrible occurred in January 2008. A motor coach traveling at night was descending a dry, rural road in Utah when it struck a guardrail. The bus veered sideways, slipped down a 40-foot embankment and overturned onto drainage rocks — which tore the roof off — before landing on its wheels.
A shortsighted vision
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
SUN EDITORIAL: Recruiting a nuclear power plant is on the mind of eastern Nevada mayor
The mayor of Ely in eastern Nevada foresees a day when the mines that give employment to residents of his small city begin petering out. So a goal of starting now on a plan to diversify Ely’s economy would be understandable.
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