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Defense commercial creates courtroom controversy

Updated April 12, 2000, 7:37 p.m. ET

The Ted Binion murder trial took another step toward sheer entertainment when defense consultant Bill Cassidy created a television commercial to gauge public opinion. On Wednesday, controversy over the ad hit a boiling point as lawyers argued over its fairness, and about Cassidy's role in the trial.

Controversial TV ad drawing interest

April 07, 2000

A 15-second television commercial soliciting public opinion about the Ted Binion murder trial and financed by the defense is believed to be the first advertisement of its kind in the country.

Ralston: Ensign, Berkley leads are far from insurmountable

March 07, 2000

A poll in the current issue of The Ralston Report shows that John Ensign and Rep. Shelley Berkley "have gargantuan leads" in their races for Congress.

But political analyst Jon Ralston, founder of the 8-year-old newsletter, said Ensign and Berkley are probably as far ahead as they will be between now and Election Day.

Children's hospital proposed at UMC

March 07, 2000

University Medical Center administrators have embarked on a proposal that could bring the Clark County-operated facility a full-fledged children's hospital.

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