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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
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...
11/21/2009 12:04am
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
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...
  11/21/2009 12:04am
Unemployment drops for first time in a year
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.
  11/21/2009 12:03am
Senator: USPS to resume North Pole Santa letters
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.
  11/21/2009 12:01am
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
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.
  11/20/2009 11:01pm
UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
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...
  11/20/2009 10:50pm
Suicides triple in Lyon County
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.
  11/20/2009 1:19pm
Lawmakers defer action on prison furlough plan
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.
  11/20/2009 12:35am
Palin book tour coming to Reno
RENO (AP) — Sarah Palin is bringing her book tour to Reno next month.
  11/20/2009 12:34am
Rural housing program receives national award
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.
  11/20/2009 12:32am
Supreme Court defends no furloughs decision
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.
  11/20/2009 12:32am
Heller introduces bill to eliminate rape kit testing backlog
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.
  11/20/2009 12:32am
Welfare told to sign contract but not given the money to pay for it
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.
  11/20/2009 12:31am
Volunteers come together at GE Energy
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...
  11/20/2009 12:27am
Supervisors OK funds for ‘Nutcracker,' ‘Peanutcracker'
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.
  11/20/2009 12:16am
Carson City Library hosts gang forum
A forum at the Carson City Library today will bring city leaders and teens together to discuss the community's role in combating gangs.
  11/20/2009 12:13am
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