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House passes automatic COLA for veterans benefits
WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday approved a bill that would automatically adjust cost-of-living increases for veterans benefits. The measure by Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Jon Runyan, R-N.J., was passed by voice vote.It would adjust Veterans Administration benefits each year much in the way that Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation. Under current law Congress must approve ...
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Senate panel approves sweeping immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next ...
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Nevada Assembly overwhelmingly OKs oral chemo cancer insurance bill
CARSON CITY -- A bill that would require insurance companies that provide cancer coverage to pay a bigger share of the cost of new oral chemotherapy medications passed the Assembly with a unanimous vote Tuesday. Changes made to Senate Bill 266 in the Assembly will have to be agreed to by the Senate before the bill can go to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his consideration. The bill was sponsored by ...
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Driver flees after hitting teen in southwest valley
A teenager was hospitalized Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle that jumped the curb then left the scene, Las Vegas police said. The teen, who was on a sidewalk, was hit about 2:45 p.m. near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, police said. Police found the vehicle in the 5700 block of Rochelle Drive. Police said one person was in custody, but it was unclear at the time if the person was ...
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Clark County appoints permanent juvenile justice services director
John "Jack" Martin will officially take the helm of the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services. The Clark County Commission on Tuesday voted to ratify Martin's appointment as director. He had been serving as acting director since October. Martin's annual base salary will be $129,685, according to Dan Kulin, Clark County spokesman. Martin replaces Russ Jennings, ...
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Reid fundraiser draws designer audience
Far from Searchlight, Sen. Harry Reid held a cocktail party fundraiser Friday in New York City hosted by Marianne Nestor Cassini, who runs Oleg Cassini Inc., the fashion design company named after her late husband.Women's Wear Daily sent ...
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Denis Democrats wont be able to raise Nevada taxes for education this session
CARSON CITY -- Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis conceded in a floor speech Tuesday that Democrats will not be able to raise taxes this session to provide the $300 million in education improvement they sought. "At the end of the day we will do nothing to help our kids," said the Las Vegas Democrat. "It is really a shame." Contact Capital Bureau Chief Ed Vogel ...
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IRS official to refuse to testify at House hearing
Cliff Toye of Tabernacle, N.J., takes part in a tea party rally Tuesday outside the Internal Revenue Service offices in Cherry Hill, N.J. The rally was to protest extra IRS scrutiny of conservative ...
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Psychiatric exam ordered for suspect in slaying of 5 in Northern Nevada
FERNLEY -- A judge on Tuesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 25-year-old Northern Nevada man accused of killing two couples in two homes in the rural town of Fernley and a newspaper deliveryman off an Interstate 80 exit in Sparks during the Mother's Day weekend. Jeremiah Bean appeared calm during a short hearing at which Fernley Justice of the Peace Robert J. Bennett granted a ...
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Search nearly complete after Oklahoma tornado
Justin Stehan salvages photographs from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie ...
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Las Vegas urology clinics agree to pay $1 million settlement in medical billing case
A local urology practice will pay $1 million to the U.S. Department of Justice for improperly billing numerous federal health care organizations, according to Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden. Las Vegas Urology, which has seven Las Vegas locations, improperly billed health care agencies such as Medicare, TRICARE, and others from 2005 to 2010. The company settled with the Justice Department ...
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Las Vegas Urology Agrees to $1 Million Settlement
LAS VEGAS -- The two men facing murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old high school student appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning. Michael Solid, 21, and Jacob Dismont, 18, made ...
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Consultant at Desai trial More clinic patients better sales price
In the mid-2000s, Dr. Dipak Desai was shopping his clinics around and, as his business consultant testified Tuesday, facilities with higher volumes of traffic garnered the higher sales price. Lawrence Preston, a health care consultant, said endoscopy clinics could go for around $5 million or $6 million. Most of the national companies that expressed interest in Desai's Shadow Lane facility ...
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Police investigating suspicious death at Las Vegas house
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 12:26 p.m. Metro Police homicide detectives were investigating a suspicious death Tuesday at a house in the 8000 block of Green Pasture Avenue in northwest Las Vegas. Police were called about 11 a.m. after a woman was found dead in the house in the area of Lone Mountain Road and Durango Drive, police spokesman Sgt. John Shehan said. A homicide unit was dispatched because ...
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Incident fuels speculation of Pope Francis as exorcist
VATICAN CITY -- Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him. The television station of the Italian bishops' conference reported ...
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Key figure indicted in Las Vegas HOA scheme claimed Attorney General Masto approved his plan
Leon Benzer, indicted in a scheme to take over homeowners associations in the Las Vegas Valley, says he had approval from Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez ...
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Arias reverses on death penalty asks jurors for life sentence
Jodi Arias told a jury on Tuesday that she can contribute to society through volunteer programs in prison. She was allowed to address the jury as part of the penalty phase, following her conviction in the death of Travis Alexander. Arias, shown here during a May 1 court appearance, could get the death ...
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Nevada gun background checks bill clears Senate Finance
Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed in Newtown, Conn., in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December, speaks on Tuesday in Carson City during a rally to require background checks on private sale gun purchases in Nevada. Gilles Rousseau, left, whose daughter Lauren was among the staff killed that day, also spoke at the rally. Senate Bill 221 passed the Senate Finance ...
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The Hangover Part III revisits Las Vegas
New Delhi, May 21 : The third installment of "The Hangover" series will take the lead characters of the movie back to Las Vegas, where the plot of the first movie was ...
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Photographer describes destroyed Oklahoma school rescue of children
A child is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School Monday after a tornado struck the school in Moore, Okla. The tornado, as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph, roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and landing a direct blow on this elementary ...
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Nevada Senate kills special license plate bill
CARSON CITY -- In a rare vote that killed a bill, the Senate late Monday evening on a 10-11 vote rejected an Assembly-approved bill that would have limited the designs charitable groups can place on special license plates. Assembly Bill 243 was among only four bills that have been killed this session, which has just two weeks to go, according to Senate Secretary David Byerman. Sen. Don ...
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Mohave County jail inmate died from ulcer examiner finds
KINGMAN, Ariz. -- The weekend death of a Mohave County jail inmate was blamed on complications from a gastric ulcer, according to a preliminary finding by a medical examiner. The final cause of death for Gilberto Alvarado Avila Jr. will be determined once a toxicology analysis is complete, Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said. Avila had been in the Kingman ...
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Police closing missing Utah womans case
This evidence photo released Monday by the West Valley City Police Department shows a journal collected from Josh and Susan Powell's house. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime ...
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Attorneys appointed for two Las Vegas men jailed in iPad killing
Two men will remain jailed without bail pending another court appearance in the death of a teenage boy who police say fell beneath the wheels of their vehicle when he refused to give up his iPad. A judge on Tuesday appointed attorneys to represent 21-year-old Michael Samuel Solid and 18-year-old Jacob "Jake" Dismont. Another hearing was set Thursday to consider bail amounts and pick a ...
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Clark County approves $1.2 billion 2014 budget
Clark County commissioners Monday approved a $1.2 billion budget for the next fiscal year that reflects a cautious outlook in response to the local economy's slow climb out of the recession. The budget isn't marked by the steep cuts made in the years immediately following the economic collapse in 2008. Nor does it have a rosy outlook with revenue growing rapidly. Instead, there's ...
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Healthcare building has contraversial design in Las Vegas
Among architectural enthusiasts and professionals it is one of the most controversial creations Las Vegas has seen in years, and most surprisingly it is not a flashy casino built to resemble a cruise ship or the Sydney Opera Houses, but a health clinic that specializes in treatment for brain ailments.
Opened to the public in 2009, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, which is a Las Vegas branch of the Cleveland Clinic, was designed by Frank Gehry of Santa Monica-based Gehry Partners and resembles a half-finished assortment of steel facades and outlandish patterns, presenting the viewer with an intense sense of irony. Read more
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