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Suit may block BLM roundup of mustangs in Nevada
RENO (AP) — An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned round up of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month. more...
11/23/2009 3:50pm
Suit may block BLM roundup of mustangs in Nevada
RENO (AP) — An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned round up of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month.
  11/23/2009 3:50pm
Procedural vote sends health bill to Senate floor
WASHINGTON — Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their health care legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the chamber voted to begin formal debate of a sweeping measure to guarantee medical coverage for nearly...
  11/21/2009 11:42pm
Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods...
  11/21/2009 11:40pm
Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.
  11/21/2009 11:33pm
Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
  11/21/2009 11:32pm
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack...
  11/21/2009 6:41pm
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
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...
  11/23/2009 11:46am
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
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