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  • Study Wiser use of prescription medicines could cut health costs

    TRENTON, N.J. -- If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude. The new findings by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics improve on numerous prior ...

  • In Berlin speech Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

    President Barack Obama delivers a speech Wednesday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, touching on nuclear stockpiles and climate change in a wide-ranging ...

  • Deal signed with Motorola for police radio system

    Las Vegas police have officially adopted Motorola Solutions as the department's new radio provider. The $26 million deal was approved by the department's fiscal affairs committee in February, a department spokesman said. The deal comes after two years of complaints from officers about dropped calls and dead zones wit the Desert Sky radio system. That system, unveiled in 2010, cost $42 ...

  • Dynasty hotel-casino could open in Las Vegas by 2015

    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 12:36 p.m. Clark County commissioners have green-lighted plans for a new 26-story hotel-casino on Flamingo Road. Currently home of the Fortune Hotel & Suites just west of Paradise Road, the plot of land between the Tuscany and the recently fire-damaged Key Largo could be transformed into The Dynasty Hotel & Casino as soon as 2015. While the property has never ...

  • Man dies when his bicycle hits tractor-trailer

    A man was killed Wednesday morning after his bicycle collided with a tractor-trailer, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. Troopers responded at 8:15 a.m., and the bicyclist was pronounced dead on scene. The 35-year-old man was going southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Sloan when the accident occurred near mile marker 17, Trooper Jeremie Elliott said. Contact Rochel Leah Goldblatt ...


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Corridors of Blood [DVD]

Corridors of Blood [DVD]

Robert Days Corridors of Blood brought together the leading icons of two different generations of horror films: Boris Karloff, who helped define the classic era of American horror with his roles in Universal films like Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1 ... ...

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  • Egyptian tourism minister quits over Luxor governor

    CAIRO--Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...

  • Temperatures cool down for the first day of summer

    People might have been wondering whether the weather would relent, and as we head into the official days of summer, the brief respite has appeared. It's still hot, but the 17-day streak of triple-digit temperatures is expected to end with a mild and breezy 97 degrees today, according to the National Weather Service. The wind is kicking in with gusts of 20-30 mph today and Thursday, but the ...

  • U.S. Senate bill would extend mortgage tax break

    WASHINGTON -- A bill introduced Wednesday in Congress would extend a tax break for homeowners who obtain mortgage modifications or complete short sales for their homes. The Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act would continue the law that waives taxes on mortgage debt that is erased when a troubled homeowner receives loan assistance. The tax break, which was created in 2007, is good until the end ...

  • Reno students ingest substance at Safe and Sober party

    RENO -- Washoe County deputies are investigating after some students at a Catholic high school in Reno ingested an illegal substance at a "Safe and Sober" graduation party. The acting president of Bishop Manogue High School, Jim Toner, said at least one student was taken to the hospital after the June 1 party. He says it's unfortunate that the actions of a few students tarnished ...

  • Fatal accident closes Las Vegas Boulevard in Sloan

    A man was killed Wednesday morning after his bicycle collided with a tractor-trailer, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. Troopers responded at 8:15 a.m., and the bicyclist was pronounced dead on scene. The 35-year-old man was going southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Sloan when the accident occurred near mile marker 17, Trooper Jeremie Elliott said. The accident closed down the ...

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