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Metro Police decline comment on cellphone tracking

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are declining to comment on the ACLU’s investigation of cell phone tracking by police.

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911 transcript of emergency call from former Henderson Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion’s home

Here’s a transcript of a call between former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion’s 15 year-old daughter and 911 on February 3, 2012.

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Group wants donated drug-hunting K9s back from state

Group of powerful Republican business types want donated drug-hunting K9s back from state following defection of K9 NHP troopers from assignment.

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Perry sends letter to state troopers

Department of Public Safety Director Chris Perry capitulates on merging Highway Patrol K-9 program with Metro, but warns defecting troopers to fulfill their assignments.

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Toto, I don’t think we’re in Utah

Why can’t Nevadans be more like Utahns and less like the people in D.C.? That’s what Governor Gibbons wants to know and why he’s decided it’s time to blow up Nevada’s public school system. The governor wants to know why student achievement in the Silver State is not golden. A potential answer: Nevada’s ...

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Marijuana petition flawed

Legalizing marijuana may be a positive step toward concentrating law enforcement and detention efforts where they are needed most, but even proponents of legalizing marijuana should be concerned about the latest effort. The initiative would legalize pot for adults but could land them in prison (remember Jessica Williams?) for getting in ...

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Dead baby’s mother tried to get pregnant

The tragedy surrounding the birth of Roshunda Abney’s baby raises so many distressing yet obvious questions. How did University Medical Center emergency room personnel ignore a patient’s wails?

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Conan Pope’s pardon denied for killing father

The Nevada Pardons Board turned down an application for pardon Wednesday morning from Conan Pope, who was 15 years old when he killed his abusive father. The board, which consists of the Nevada Supreme Court, the attorney general and the governor, voted six to two. Justices Mark Gibbons and Michael ...

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Med Board Pres: Enough is Enough!

The president of Nevada’s Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Charles Held, is fighting back against what he calls “political rhetoric, inflammatory journalism, and outright untruths…” (I’ve posted the news release to the right.)

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Gans-owned pharmacy markets sexual dysfunction drug

Vegas weddings. Vegas stories. Vegas throat. And now Vegas Mixx. Leave it to a local pharmacy to whip up a concoction that may have therapeutic value in treating premature ejaculation, a real problem for a significant percentage of men and their partners, only to botch it by marketing and distributing it ...

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