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Internal memo: UNLV dental school overpaid professor by $460,000

UNLV dental school paid Dr. George McAlpine $460,000 … in profit-sharing, but his practice never turned a profit … according to a memo obtained by the Review-Journal McAlpine said his boss, Karen West, approved the payments. But the memo says he should pay the money back.

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