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| WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's... more... |
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The percentage of Nevadans out of work went down in October for the first time since February 2008. While the seasonally adjusted rate fell three-tenths to 13 percent, the unadjusted rate fell a full percentage point to 12.6 percent. |
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| ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades. | |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. | |
| BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an... | |
| The number of recorded suicides in Lyon County in 2009 has tripled compared to 2008, amounting to 27 so far this year, Sheriff Allen Veil said. | |
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The Interim Finance Committee on Thursday deferred action on a plan to allow the Department of Corrections avoid furloughs. The Board of Examiners has already approved funding to cover added prison salary costs this year. |
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| RENO (AP) — Sarah Palin is bringing her book tour to Reno next month. | |
| The Nevada Rural Housing Authority was recently honored for the management of its Rental Assistance Program by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. | |
| Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hardesty defended the court's decision not to impose furloughs on the court staff, telling lawmakers the court made the necessary budget reductions in other ways. | |
| Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., have introduced legislation designed to eliminate the nationwide backlog in testing rape DNA kits. | |
| Lawmakers on Thursday told state Welfare Administrator Romaine Gilliland to sign a $10.7 million contract even though they withheld part of the money to pay for it. | |
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The assembly line looked a little different at the GE Energy plant in Minden on Thursday afternoon. There were no cutting-edge products or high-tech machines, just a line of tables, 700 cardboard boxes, loads of goodies, and more than 50 volunteers... |
| Sierra Nevada Ballet's Christmas Peanutcracker and Pinkerton Ballet Theatre's Annual Nutcracker Ballet will get a financial boost from the Redevelopment Authority to bring the two holiday classic performances to Carson City once again this year. | |
| A forum at the Carson City Library today will bring city leaders and teens together to discuss the community's role in combating gangs. | |
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Local cancer specialists Wednesday objected to the government task force recommendation that most women don't need breast cancer screening until age 50. |
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