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The Southern Nevada Health District received more injectable H1N1 vaccine, but the shots still were not being offered to one high-risk group identified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

People between the ages of 25 and 64 with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes or asthma can get the vaccine in Reno, but health officials in Southern Nevada continue to save their limited number of shots for others deemed more at risk from the virus.


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  • The health district on Saturday started giving shots again to high-risk groups at two public clinics.

    The current priority groups include pregnant women, caregivers of children younger than 6 months, medical personnel who deal directly with patients, and children and young adults between the ages of 6 months and 24 years, including a subgroup of those.

    As of Friday, 20 people in Clark County had died after contracting the H1N1 virus.

    MONDAY

    LAWYER: NO GUN DRAWN

    An attorney who was shot multiple times by a Las Vegas police officer during a traffic stop denied a police report that he pulled a gun from his pocket.

    Raymond James "Jim" Duensing, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress, said he always carries a gun and a knife but didn't pull either out. Instead, he said he was shot after he panicked and ran during a traffic stop.

    Duensing, 32, posted his account on a political Web site.

    TUESDAY

    CHILDREN FALL FROM CAR

    Two mothers were arrested after three toddlers fell out of a moving vehicle packed with unrestrained kids.

    Las Vegas police said seven children under the age of 10 were riding unrestrained in a five-passenger PT Cruiser sedan when a passing motorist saw two of the children fall out of the moving vehicle.

    The third child fell out while police were trailing the vehicle.

    All of the children survived.

    The driver, Nancy Lopez, was booked on a charge of drunken driving, seven counts of child endangerment, and other charges. Vanessa Ramirez, the 19-year-old mother of 14-month-old twins who fell from the vehicle, also was charged with child endangerment.

    WEDNESDAY

    SCHOOL BUILDING EBBS

    Following a slight decline in enrollment, Clark County School District officials said they do not foresee building any new schools for at least the next three to five years.

    If the projection proves true, it would end a lengthy, growth-fueled building binge that saw dozens of new schools open across the valley.

    THURSDAY

    TWO DIE IN POLICE HANDS

    Two men died in a four-day period while being subdued by Las Vegas police officers, including an agitated man who died after being restrained by the neck, the department announced.

    Weapons were not used in the incidents. Medical examiners with the Clark County coroner's office haven't determined how either man died.

    Seven officers and two sergeants have been placed on routine paid administrative leave as the cases are reviewed by department officials.

    FRIDAY

    OFFICER CLEARED

    A Clark County coroner's jury ruled justifiable the fatal Sept. 29 shooting of 15-year-old Tanner Chamberlain by Las Vegas police.

    The unanimous decision came after jurors viewed a 10-second video of the incident. It showed Chamberlain holding a knife while standing behind his mother and pulling her backward, the sound of a gunshot, and the boy falling to the ground.

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