Six arrested in fake credit card scam

PALA, Calif. – Authorities have arrested six suspected members of a fraud ring that uses fake credit cards to get cash advances from Indian casinos in San Diego County.

Clarification

In Jane Ann Morrison’s Saturday column about hospital safety, a paragraph about a magazine’s report should have read: “A 185-word statement said nothing about the average ratings for infections, the high number of readmissions indicating a problem, the poor communications rating and excess scanning.”

Serena caps comeback with Wimbledon title

WIMBLEDON, England – For Serena Williams, the low point came in early 2011, when she spent hours laying around her home, overwhelmed by a depressing series of health scares that sent her to the hospital repeatedly and kept her away from tennis for 10 months.

Everything is on the table? Really?

Nevada Assembly Democrats rolled out their latest economic recovery plan recently which was short on … well, everything – including new ideas and specifics.

Sleeping giant: ObamaCare ruling may awaken activists

Most Nevadans have read or heard about the landmark ObamaCare decision on whether Congress has the power to force Americans to buy health insurance.

School district inching forward

Changing the culture of underachievement in the Clark County School District remains a work in progress – but the key word here is progress.

So-called ‘job creators’ just killed an entire industry

Politicians love to bellow these days about how they’re doing everything they can to help small businesses create jobs. But with a stroke of the pen on Friday, President Barack Obama put thousands of small “roll-your-own” tobacco shops out of business.

Good luck, Tick!

It’s bill-writing time! While it seems like just yesterday the 2011 Legislature adjourned, it’s already time for the intrepid Legislative Counsel Bureau to start posting the requests lawmakers and committees have made for new laws to be considered during the 2013 session.

Out There

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Book signings and events, July 8-14

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

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