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January 13, 2008 - 10:00 pm

A story in Saturday's Review-Journal included the incorrect date for the next meeting of the state Supreme Court's Commission on the Preservation, Access and Sealing of Court Records. The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday. Southern Nevada residents can attend the meeting, which will be teleconferenced with officials in Carson City, at the Supreme Court Courtroom on the 17th floor of the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave., in downtown Las Vegas.

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