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FBI looking at UMC records leak: Agent says ‘multiple federal laws’ might have been violated; By Marshall Allen · Saturday, November 21, 2009; The FBI said it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.
Loss of some sleep just the price of progress at Tenaya Way: By Sam Skolnik · Saturday, November 21, 2009; Construction workers began their labor on the city’s Tenaya Way overpass project early Friday morning. Incredibly early. The overpass is part of a $7.8 million project officially called the Tenaya Way Overpass and Bonanza Trail improvement project. It will link Tenaya by bridge over Summerlin Parkway, connecting Washington and points north to Westcliff Drive and points south.
county government System fails to catch contractor’s family tie with county: Forms were filled out, but illegal contract got through; By Joe Schoenmann · Saturday, November 21, 2009; Over the past several years, a Clark County employee’s architectural firm has gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars in county architectural contracts in violation of state law. County Commissioner Steve Sisolak discovered the problem relatively easily and is questioning how and why county staff hadn’t. As a result, the county is investigating and planning changes to try to prevent similar violations in the future.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION Smatresk vows more openness: By Emily Richmond · Saturday, November 21, 2009; UNLV President Neal Smatresk’s meeting with the Faculty Senate — and his pledge of better communication about budgetary decisions — appears to have helped smooth some ruffled feathers.
Pathological gambling: A Primer: · Saturday, November 21, 2009; Addiction is a lay term absent from manuals that define psychiatric disorders. Gambling addiction, most often called pathological gambling by academics and the scientific community, is best described as a pattern of self-destructive behavior centered around gambling.
Commissioner’s response to report of leak nothing new: Las Vegas Sun · Friday, November 20, 2009; In a Sun story Friday about leaks of UMC patient information, Clark County Commissioner and UMC board of trustees Chairman Lawrence Weekly said he had heard about the leaks but he had not talked to officials of the county-owned hospital about the matter because he was not sure whether it was illegal for private patient information to leave the hospital.
Finding replacement for Judge Teuton likely to take months: By Cy Ryan · Friday, November 20, 2009; CARSON CITY – It will be several months before a replacement is named for Clark County Family Court Judge Robert Teuton, who was ordered out of the job by the Nevada Supreme Court this month.
FBI, hospital in talks over leak of patient records: By Richard A. Serrano · Friday, November 20, 2009; The FBI said Friday that it has begun "evaluating" the unauthorized release of confidential patient records after officials at University Medical Center met with them in an attempt to determine how the materials have been compromised.
McCarran passenger count drops 1.3 percent in October: By Mary Manning · Friday, November 20, 2009; McCarran International Airport traffic continued its decline in passenger counts in October, but the trend showed signs of easing. The passenger count dropped 1.3 percent in October compared to last year, from 3,560,497 passengers last October to 3,513,663 this year.
Judge in Station Casinos case refuses creditors' request: By Cy Ryan · Friday, November 20, 2009; RENO – A federal bankruptcy judge has refused, for the time being, a request by the unsecured creditors of Station Casinos to hire another firm to aid in seeing whether there was any fraud or unsavory dealings in the handling of its finances.
New sign installed for Las Vegas Arts District: By Kristen Peterson · Friday, November 20, 2009; Installed this morning on Casino Center Boulevard near Coolidge Avenue, the yellow, red, blue and white sign reads "18b Arts District" and is an interpretation of a logo designed about four years ago by the Las Vegas Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Fontainebleau contractors say sales process is flawed: By Steve Green · Friday, November 20, 2009; Contractors that claim to be owed $424 million today objected to the Fontainebleau Las Vegas sales process in which Penn National Gaming could pick up the unfinished project for less than $102 million.
Joint venture will acquire Hughes Center owner: By Steve Green · Friday, November 20, 2009; A big nationwide real estate deal announced today includes the high-end, 115-acre Hughes Center office and business complex in Las Vegas. Its owner, Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership of Fort Worth, Texas, has been taken over by Barclays Capital, part of London-based banking giant Barclays Bank Plc.
courts Man enters insanity plea in fatal 2008 shooting: By Cara McCoy · Friday, November 20, 2009; A man charged with fatally shooting another man he accused of sleeping with his wife and sexually assaulting his 6-week-old baby pleaded not guilty today to murder by reason of insanity.
'New Moon' star talks 'Twilight': Expect more action and more emotion, Ashley Greene says; By Melissa Arseniuk · Friday, November 20, 2009; Ashley Greene says “Twilight” fans can expect more action and emotion in “New Moon.” The latest installment of the “Twilight” series opens in theaters today.