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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota said Sunday it will soon announce a plan for dealing with braking problems in its Prius hybrid amid reports that the world's largest automaker plans to issue a recall for the latest model of the vehicle in Japan. more...
02/06/2010 10:53pm
Roop Street will be closed to through traffic between William Street and Stewart Street for the week because of utility work. Two-way traffic will be maintained on Roop Street from William Street south to Washington Street, but southbound traffic will...
  02/06/2010 10:24pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Imagine having your airfare and housing all set up for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, then learning that event tickets purchased months ago won't be delivered.
  02/05/2010 2:08am
Carson City Toyota owner Dick Campagni said Wednesday that his dealership will extend the service department's hours to accommodate fixes for the eight Toyota models recalled for faulty accelerators.
  02/03/2010 11:09pm
Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of “The Princess and The Frog” pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging...
  01/29/2010 11:58pm
WIth the 2010 Census upon us, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong wants to remind residents to be smart when giving out personal information.
  01/29/2010 10:00pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Toyota dealers across the country were swamped with calls Wednesday from concerned drivers but had few answers a day after the company announced it would stop selling and building eight models because of faulty gas pedals.
  01/27/2010 11:13pm
In the wake of a recent escape, the Tonopah Conservation Camp was shut down Wednesday morning, and the inmates transferred to other camps, while the staff started intensive training.
  01/27/2010 9:55pm
WASHINGTON — Toyota suspended U.S. sales of some of its most popular vehicles — including the best-selling car in America, the Camry — to fix sticking gas pedals that could make the cars accelerate without warning.
  01/26/2010 11:39pm
Carson City Health Department's food-service inspections for Jan. 11-13 (all scores are on a 100-point scale, with points deducted depending on the severity of violations:
  01/26/2010 11:23pm
It has no smell or taste and you can't see it, but this gas can accumulate to harmful levels when trapped indoors. If you haven't tested your home for it, you could be exposing your family to a known carcinogen that can cause lung cancer...
  01/23/2010 6:36pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare Thursday when he pulled out a set of small boxes containing holy scrolls, leading the captain to divert the flight to Philadelphia, where the...
  01/21/2010 11:13pm
A Carson City dispatcher likely saved a newborn's life Wednesday morning.

When a call came in to emergency dispatch at 8:22 a.m., communications supervisor Cindy Merrell heard a distraught mother, barking dogs and a crying toddler.
  01/25/2010 6:13pm
EDITOR'S NOTE: This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages throughout the flu season. Readers interested in knowing more about this topic are urged to visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu or www.flu.gov.
  01/19/2010 7:13pm
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who left Haiti and flew to the U.S. following the earthquake opened a restricted door at a busy terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, setting off an alarm that led to the evacuation of hundreds of...
  01/16/2010 11:47pm
Barbara and Marlin Hancock were moments away from sending bail money to their jailed nephew in Canada on Thursday morning when suddenly it hit them.

Why would they have to use a Moneygram to do that?
  01/18/2010 1:21pm
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