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Multiple lawsuits agains telemarketers, donors for deceptive practices and fraud. As part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent charities, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. is filing today eight lawsuits against 53 individuals, 17 telemarketers and 12 charities that "shamelessly exploited" people's generosity and squandered millions of dollars of donations intended to help police, firefighters and veterans.
Legislature?s debate on worker safety should focus on re-creating Nevada?s agency. Raising the federal
When he started working for Dr. Dhiresh Joshi in February 2006, Dr. Fadi El Salibi was a ?J-1 doctor,? a participant in a government program to bring foreign physicians to medically needy communities.
With the Legislature reaching its halfway point this week and no light yet at the end of the tax tunnel as the train wreck looms, I was offered a unique fly-on-the-wall look at the private meetings of the so-called core group of legislators:
FLASHPOINT Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:00 EDT
One of the thoughts that came into my mind after MGM
Mexican cartels forcing our hand as American cities see increased drug violence. Long in the making, a plan by the federal government to respond in force to the growing drug violence along the Mexican border began unfolding last week.
Gas, sewer utilities both say: The other guy. CARSON CITY ? This story starts at your toilet, and the piece of pipe that connects it and the rest of your home?s plumbing system to the sewer main under the street.
WASHINGTON ? So often the political behavior here is breathlessly described as outrageous and unbelievable ? until power changes hands and the other side does the exact same thing.
More bad news surfaced at the Clark County Government Center late Friday.
Five local homes show that opportunity lies in depth of market?s fall. At the height of the real estate boom, home buyers were braced to pay upward of $400,000 for a two-story stucco house. Good news for sellers, bad news for buyers. ¶ That was then. ¶ These days, buyers are buoyant over the great deals in the valley, and sellers are wondering what happened to the value of their homes, and when the free fall is going to bottom out. ¶ Home prices have practically halved from their peak in July 2006. The median price of a new home that month was $355,435. It has dropped nearly 40 percent. The median price for an existing home ? $289,500 in July 2006 ? has fallen 51 percent, according to SalesTraq, a real estate analysis firm. What sold for $400,000 nearly three years ago can probably be had for $200,000 today. ¶ Though there is some indication that prices are beginning to stabilize at the lowest end of the market, the middle and high ends are still fluid. ¶ Here?s what your money will bu
THE ALLEGATION: Driven by greed, physicians charge Medicare, government insurance plans for patient exams that never happened. As she sat by her hospitalized husband all day, day after day Raye Kraft noticed how certain doctors would stop for a moment at his door and then head to the nurses station, writing notes about his condition in his medical chart.
A family of three making $25,000 a year in Las Vegas pays about 10 percent of its income in state and local taxes.
WHERE I STAND Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:00 EDT
To fix our ills, we must admit our role in creating them. It is OK to be mad these days, even angry, but we should be clear about two things.
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo announced Monday three days of national mourning following a weekend stampede at Abidjan stadium that killed at least 19 fans before a World Cup football qualifier.
Ivorian authorities vowed Monday to punish those responsible for the Abidjan stadium stampede that killed at least 19 fans before the national team played a World Cup qualifying match.
Animated comedy "Monsters vs. Aliens" scared up huge earnings at the North American box office this weekend, scoring the biggest opening of the year with a whopping 59.3 million dollars.
Ivorian authorities vowed Monday to punish those responsible for the Abdijan stadium stampede that killed at least 19 fans as the national team played a World Cup qualifying match.
Scattered shoes left behind by the victims and scraps of paper bearing their names formed a grim memorial Monday to the stadium stampede that killed 19 fans as the Ivory Coast played a World Cup qualifying match.
Los Angeles event caps 24-hour call to action on climate change. Picture it ? you're walking a bustling city street in the evening, or you're sitting at home watching brightly-lit TV on your flatscreen ? and the lights suddenly go out.
Six volunteers from Europe and Russia will on Tuesday allow themselves to be locked up in a capsule in Moscow for over three months to simulate the conditions for an eventual manned mission to Mars.
Scattered shoes left behind by the victims and scraps of paper bearing their names formed a grim memorial Monday to the stadium stampede that killed 19 fans as the Ivory Coast played a World Cup qualifying match.
Fans stampeded in an Abidjan stadium during a World Cup match featuring top European-based stars on Sunday killing at least 19 people and injuring 132, a minister said.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will return to her desk on Monday after an embarrasing incident when she "mistakenly" submitted an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband.
Prince William, who is training to become a full-time military helicopter pilot, wants to fight in Afghanistan, a newspaper said Sunday, citing the royal.
South Korea in February recorded its biggest current account surplus for four months due to a sharp fall in imports, the central bank said Monday.
Despite their global ambitions, Chinese automakers are still not big enough to take over their troubled foreign rivals, analysts and company officials said.
The harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, used by CIA operatives on suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaida have yielded little valuable intelligence, The Washington Post reported late Saturday.
Seven-time major champion Karrie Webb of Australia captured her first LPGA title in two years here Sunday, firing a five-under par 67 final round to win the Phoenix LPGA International.
Maurice Jarre, Oscar-winning composer of music for films including "Doctor Zhivago" and "Lawrence of Arabia", died overnight Sunday in Los Angeles aged 84.
One of the great names in wine-making, Domaines Barons de Rothschild, said Sunday it plans to develop a vineyard in China to take advantage of growing interest in wine here.
Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party led rivals by a large margin but appeared to lose some base support in local elections Sunday marked by deadly violence.
Fans stampeded in an Abidjan stadium during a World Cup match featuring top European-based stars on Sunday killing at least 19 people and injuring 132, a minister said.
Andrew Strauss gathered 79 from 61 balls to lead England to a nine-wicket victory under the Duckworth-Lewis Method over West Indies in the rain-affected fourth One-day International at Kensington Oval on Sunday.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Sunday accused fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra of stoking unrest, as protests that have plunged the kingdom into fresh turmoil entered a fourth day.
A heavily-armed gunman shot dead eight people, many elderly and infirm patients, in a North Carolina nursing home Sunday, authorities said, announcing that the shooter was in custody.
Perennial powerhouses North Carolina and Michigan State advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball semi-finals Sunday to complete the Final Four.
Mike Bibby scored 21 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks over the Los Angeles Lakers 86-76 on Sunday, a setback for the Lakers in their bid for the National Basketball Association's top record.
The unthinkable is happening in once-booming Dubai where credit not many months ago was as easy as the lifestyle -- the world financial crisis is spawning a rising number of loan defaulters.
Montenegro's veteran Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic claimed an absolute majority in general elections held Sunday amid a looming economic crisis for the EU and NATO hopeful nation.
England beat West Indies by nine wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis Method in the rain-affected fourth of five one-day Internationals at Kensington Oval here on Sunday.
The Pentagon may seem an unlikely promoter of alternative energy, but the biggest consumer of oil in the United States is looking at ways to become just that by partnering with private firms.
Iran is still "a couple of years" away from having enough highly enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon, the commander of US forces in the Middle East said Sunday.
GM CEO Rick Wagoner will be resigning at President Barack Obama's behest, US media reported Sunday just hours before Obama was to unveil an auto industry rescue package.
Recordbreaking Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed is to be given a well deserved rest but will be ultimately aimed at the Breeders Cup Classic, his trainer Eoin Harty said on Sunday.
Toulouse beat Stade Francais 15-11 in a top-of-the-table French Top 14 clash on Sunday night to retain top spot in the title race.
Toulouse beat Stade Francais 15-11 in a top-of-the-table French Top 14 clash on Sunday night to retain top spot in the title race.
Fans desperate to see top football stars stampeded in an Abidjan stadium during a World Cup on Sunday killing at least 19 people and leaving hundreds injured, many in critical condition, a medical source said.
Fans stampeded in an Abidjan stadium during a World Cup football match Sunday killing at least 19 people and leaving hundreds injured, many in critical condition, a medical source said.
A wall collapsed in an Abidjan stadium on Sunday sparking crowd panic that left at least 19 dead during a World Cup football match between Ivory Coast and Malawi, a medical source said.
Iraqi forces clashed with anti-Al-Qaeda militants in Baghdad for a second straight day on Sunday, as US troops ordered fighters to hand over weapons or face reprisals.
