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Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid WASHINGTON (AP) — Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes. more...
  03/16/2010 6:55am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S.
  03/16/2010 6:30am
CARSON CITY (AP) — Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has formed an education task force to coordinate the state's application for federal grant money and recommend overall reforms.
  03/15/2010 4:09pm
Barack Obama, Connie Anderson
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap...
  03/15/2010 10:53am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A candidate running for Nevada secretary of state is being sued over the sale of a small airplane.
  03/14/2010 9:05pm
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife has been released from a Virginia hospital, where she was taken after being seriously injured in a traffic accident.
  03/14/2010 8:45pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said...
  03/14/2010 8:39pm
RENO (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife continues to recover at a Virginia hospital, where she was taken after being seriously injured in a traffic accident.
  03/13/2010 10:00pm
The Nevada Commission for Cultural Affairs on Thursday awarded $3 million in grants to 23 historic preservation projects including the Brewery Arts Center and Stewart Indian School.
  03/13/2010 9:42pm
Tom Keeton, a District 1 candidate for the Carson City School Board was elected chairman of the Carson City Republican Central Committee during the county convention Saturday at Carson High School.
  03/13/2010 9:40pm
Carson City officials are scheduled Thursday to take on the weighty job of cutting the city's general fund by

$10 million.
  03/13/2010 9:28pm
Outgoing state Sen. Mark Amodei of Carson City was repeatedly skewered Friday night by friends and colleagues over his legendary tardiness.
  03/12/2010 11:51pm
RENO — A federal judge on Friday heard arguments on how much of a lawsuit should proceed in a case filed against Gov. Jim Gibbons by a woman fired from a state job.
  03/12/2010 10:04pm
A spokesman for Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., says claims Nevada gets only 67 cents for every dollar it sends to the federal government are wrong.
  03/12/2010 10:03pm
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway.
  03/12/2010 10:03pm
Gov. Jim Gibbons on Friday signed the legislation implementing a series of budget cuts and fee increases to fill an $805 million shortfall in the state budget.
  03/12/2010 10:00pm
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