Trial set for Utah doctor over pain pill charges

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    Associated Press State Wire: Utah (UT), July 12, 2011 State and regional, 1pp
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      Defense attorneys are trying to discredit witnesses scheduled to testify against a Brigham City doctor about to go on trial for improperly prescribing 3.5 million painkillers over a four-year period. Trial is set to begin Monday for orthopedic surgeon Dewey C. MacKay. Authorities say MacKay, 64, is charged with 129 counts for prescribing more than 1.9 million hydrocodone pills and 1.6 million oxycodone pills to patients without legitimate needs...