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Newsmakers, Jan. 15-21, 2015

Air Force Airman 1st Class William J. Link graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Link is the son of Kerry Layton of Las Vegas and Willy Link of Butte, Mont.

Henderson man’s death prompts family to sue Actos drug manufacturer

Relatives of a Henderson man have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Japanese company that makes the diabetes drug Actos. The case, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, claims Actos caused the bladder cancer that led to Moshe Bitton’s death on Oct. 23, 2013.

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Las Vegas Book Briefs for Jan. 15-21, 2015

Literary happenings coming up include a Jan. 15 presentation by paralympics medalist, “Dancing With the Stars” competitor, Las Vegas native Amy Purdy.

Teen life on the edge explored in ‘A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me”

Beginning with his earliest memory and moving forward to young adulthood, Jason Schmidt shares a powerful, emotional coming-of-age tale of an unstable childhood, of the beginning of AIDS and of people living on the edge of society with little to nothing, all told in a voice dripping with sarcasm, irony and anger.

 
Former Clark County School District workers sent to prison

District Judge Stefany Miley on Wednesday ordered former Clark County School District workers Craig Ballew and Ivy Rasmussen each to serve 8 to 20 years in prison on more than a dozen conspiracy, theft and elderly exploitation charges.

Unconventional intoxicants include nutmeg, choking

When former emergency medical technician Shelly Cochran responded to a call a few years back, she found a young woman suffering from an overdose. The woman’s choice of drug? Nutmeg.