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Nevada leads country in foreclosure rate for 56th straight month despite decreases

Nevada's Foreclosure Rate Highest In The Nation, Attracts Thieves For the past 56 months, Nevada has led the country in foreclosure rates. RealtyTrac recently reported the startling fact. In Nevada, according to the report, one of every 118 properties was given a.

Bishop Finn and diocese are indicted

Protests Continue Over Priest's Reinstatement Following Child Porn Revelations In September 2012, Bishop Robert Finn was convicted of a single misdemeanor of failing to notify law enforcement of suspected child abuse. Finn and his diocese failed to disclose that obscene pictures of.

Rep. Curry Todd Arrested for DUI

Nashville, Tn - Local state representative Curry Todd has been arrested in Nashville. He is charged with DUI and possession of a handgun while under the influence. Police picked him up around 11:15 Tuesday night. Todd is a Republican from Collierville. According.

How to file a complaint against a co-worker or another nurse

Las Vegas Investigation Points To Patient Abuse At Las Vegas’ North Vista Hospital, a state investigation found a patient was ignored by the staff and bruises and eye injuries were caused by workers. According to the state report, the August 2018 incident.

DEA Marijuana Seizures Nearly Double

Seizure of Marijuana by DEA Declines, but Drugs Arrests Spike There is an ever-growing tension between the federal government and state governments across the country when it comes to the enforcement of certain marijuana laws. A number of states, Nevada included, have.

Cal. Capital Appeal Proposal

The California Supreme Court has issued this press release with a proposal to modify the system of appealing all capital cases directly to the Supreme Court. In noncapital felony cases, the appeal lies to the intermediate appellate court, the Court of Appeal,.

False Positives

False Positives Often Send Innocent People To Jail While many of today's medical tests are accurate, false negative or positives do occur. The problem of false test results are so numerous the National Institute of Health issued a whitepaper on the subject.

Occupy Las Vegas Mission Statement-Final Version

Occupy Las Vegas: The Spirit Lives On When the tsunami rolled from New York, down the east coast through the plains and over the Rocky Mountains, America started to take notice. When the surge engulfed nations around the planet, governments paid attention.

Online ‘lynch mob’ led Casey Anthony’s defense team to adapt, jury consultant says

Casey Anthony's trial from May to July 2011 may not have been the "trial of the century," but it did keep the nation riveted for six weeks. Anthony, accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, stood trial for murder and the televised.

Law Enforcement, Courts, & Prisons: Crimes and Crime Rates

National Crime Statistics Released — Nevada Isn't Looking Good Just how bad is the crime in Las Vegas? No one knows for sure. Reclassifications, shifting populations and other factors muddy the waters on statistics. The only thing city agencies can agree on.