From the time a person goes missing, every minute is crucial. To investigators, time can mean the difference between safely returning the individual home or finding a body. To a family, time can mean waiting until the relative is found or preparing to hear the worst. To hospitals, time can mean stabilizing a “Jane Doe,” trying to identify the person, finding her family and then contacting police.
That “Chickens for Checkups” ad, which pokes fun at Sue Lowden for saying people can barter with doctors, should wear a union label or maybe a Democratic Party bumper sticker. Most of the $300,000 spent so far on the sharp TV attack comes from U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s biggest backers, who are seeing some success in tearing down his toughest Republican foe and influencing the GOP primary.
MGM Mirage said Friday it would take steps toward paying some 600 subcontractors who worked on the $8.5 billion CityCenter development and are now caught in the middle of a legal skirmish between the casino operator and general contractor Perini Building Co.
Former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice E.M. “Al” Gunderson, who sat on the high court during an era marked by infighting, died Thursday at his Las Vegas home. He was 80.
Gov. Jim Gibbons on Friday aggressively defended his decision to involve Nevada in a controversial lawsuit aimed at blocking implementation of a major federal reform of the nation’s system of paying for health care.
NEW YORK — The venerable court-police drama “Law & Order” has been axed. NBC announced Friday that the show would end its historic 20-year run on May 24.
NEW YORK — For wireless subscribers, commitment is out and short-term relationships are in. Customers have been shifting away from two-year contracts toward “prepaid” cell phone service, which often costs less and does not require contracts.
WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says “mama grizzles” will punish Washington in November’s midterm elections. Palin on Friday told an anti-abortion rights group that women will lead a Republican wave and stop the Democratic agenda. Palin said female activists – “mama grizzlies” – will help the party “take this country back.” Palin said Barack Obama is “the most pro-abortion president ever to occupy the White House.”
CANNES, France — Gordon Gekko is out of prison and out of money. He’s not quite through with Wall Street, though. Reuniting with director Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas reprises his Academy Award-winning role as financial viper Gekko in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” whose premiere Friday at the Cannes Film Festival could not be more timely as frenzied gyrations continue to rock the stock market.