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Five years after needling medical staff, acupuncture now a staple at Nellis hospital: Friday, May 24, 2013; Health Care:; By Brian Nordli; Sandra Moncayo sits in a patient’s room awaiting her regular acupuncture treatment at Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center situated on Nellis Air Force Base on a mid-May morning. The military hospital has become an unlikely center where Eastern and Western medicine collide. It’s a place where military doctors combine the holistic practice of acupuncture with their medical expertise to treat pain for countless airmen and veterans.

World Series of Poker online partnership was years in the making: Friday, May 24, 2013; Gaming:; By Ed Komenda; Caesars is preparing to launch a fully functional WSOP.com during the World Series of Poker to perhaps become the second website in Nevada to roll out real-money poker tables. And if all goes as planned, WSOP.com will go live before the July 6 Main Event.

FEC fine a 'sad end to a sad story' for Ensign: Friday, May 24, 2013; Politics:; By Karoun Demirjian; Two years ago, the Federal Election Commission deciding to fine former Sen. John Ensign $32,000 for breaking campaign finance laws would have been big news. But in a week filled with scandals, the punishment failed to stir anyone.

Gaming industry research in spotlight at Las Vegas conference: Friday, May 24, 2013; business:; By Ed Komenda; The largest gaming conference on the planet is coming back to Las Vegas. It’s the 15th International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking, and it’s slated to start Monday at Caesars Palace.

Meet five additions to Las Vegas nightlife and entertainment: Friday, May 24, 2013; By Andrea Domanick; Las Vegas adds yet another club to its nightlife ranks this weekend with the grand opening of Light at Mandalay Bay. The highly anticipated collaboration between Cirque du Soleil and nightlife operators The Light Group is just the latest addition to a slate of new nightlife and entertainment options that have transformed the Strip in the past six months.

Lucky No. 11? Legislature may take another stab at capping ER bills: Friday, May 24, 2013; Nevada Legislature 2013:; By Andrew Doughman; Having an emergency and going to the hospital might be less financially burdensome if the Legislature passes a constitutional amendment this year. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, wants emergency room bills to be constitutionally capped, a move she says will save constituents from expensive hospital bills incurred when they’re taken to out-of-network hospital emergency rooms.

As summer approaches, painful reminders abound about deadly heatstroke: Friday, May 24, 2013; By Riley Snyder; It took 15 minutes for the trunk of Jody Esposito’s car to turn from a good spot for hide-and-seek to an overheated deathtrap on May 6, 2001. Fifteen minutes is all it took for Jody Esposito to realize that Michael Esposito, her 5-year-old son, was missing from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. By the time she checked her car, she found Michael unconscious, on his side with orange vomit dripping out of his mouth. Four days later, Jody Esposito made the decision to cut off Michael’s life support.

Pedestrian hit outside crosswalk is in critical condition: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By Brian Nordli; A man is in critical condition after he was hit by a car Thursday while walking outside of a marked crosswalk on Sahara Avenue.

In complaint over Skorkowsky selection, lack of transparency alleged: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Amid some public concern about the transparency of Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky's appointment on Tuesday, a complaint has been filed with the Nevada Attorney General's office alleging a violation of the state's open meeting law.

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By David Crary and Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press; The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

Independent review finds nothing 'inappropriate' at Rawson-Neal but details needed improvements: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By Conor Shine; An outside review of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, which has been scrutinized in past months for its practice of busing mentally ill patients out of state, found room for improvement and flaws in the facility’s discharge procedures, but didn’t uncover any wrongdoing or negligence by hospital staff.

Reid bill would preserve Nevada’s chunk of Grand Canyon: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By Karoun Demirjian; Sen. Harry Reid announced Thursday that he has introduced legislation to create the Gold Butte Conservation Area, a public land site in Clark County that would include 220,000 acres of wilderness.

Tears, smiles, hugs mark Air Force officer's emotional homecoming at children's school: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Jordan Powell was listening to her principal talk about the significance of Memorial Day when she received the surprise of a lifetime. Her dad, an Air Force pilot who had just returned home from Afghanistan, suddenly appeared at her classroom door. "Daddy!" the 10-year-old cried out. "I missed you."

Suspect in bomb scare at Henderson bank faces terrorism charges: Thursday, May 23, 2013; By Riley Snyder; A Henderson man who threatened to blow up a Boulder Highway Bank of America on Tuesday has been formally charged and could face up to 20 years in prison.

Secretary of state calls GOP suit a political 'smear' to derail bills: Thursday, May 23, 2013; Nevada politics:; By Cy Ryan; Secretary of State Ross Miller says a GOP lawsuit to force him to turn over his records is a “political smear” aimed at derailing legislative bills to make campaign financing more transparent.