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  • October 2008

    • Wreckage Is Fossett's; No Body Found

      CNN  |  Oct 2, 08 10:21 AM CDT

      Wreckage Is Fossett's; No Body Found

      (Newser) - Search teams have confirmed that the wreckage helicopters spotted earlier in California’s Inyo National Forest is indeed the plane that Steve Fossett was piloting when he disappeared last year. One searcher said the crash, which looked to have been a head-on crash into a mountain, was "so severe I doubt someone would've walked away from it,” but they’ve yet to find any sign of the billionaire adventurer’s body. More »

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      California  • Nevada  • missing person  • Steve Fossett  • aviator

    • Wreckage Spotted Near Fossett Papers

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Oct 2, 08 6:41 AM CDT

      Wreckage Spotted Near Fossett Papers

      (Newser) - An aerial spotter has located what appears to be plane wreckage close to the place where a hiker found ID cards belonging to missing billionaire Steve Fossett, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . A team has been dispatched to do a ground search of the mountainous area in eastern California close to the Nevada border. Fossett's plane vanished shortly after takeoff near Reno a year ago. More »

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      California  • airplane  • Nevada  • missing person  • Steve Fossett  • aviator

  • September 2008
  • August 2008

    • West Turning Blue, Dems Say

      Politico  |  Aug 29, 08 12:54 PM CDT

      West Turning Blue, Dems Say

      (Newser) - The Mountain West has historically gone for the GOP, but thanks to aggressive grass-roots organizing, Democrats believe they have a shot at turning red states blue, Politico reports. More field offices, opened much earlier than the GOP's, have boosted registration in Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada. “This presidential cycle is different,” says the head of New Mexico’s Democratic Party. “The ground game is completely different.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • Nevada  • Colorado  • New Mexico  • young voters  • the Hispanic vote  • grassroots

    • 'Black Mailbox' a Mecca for UFO Believers

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 21, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      'Black Mailbox' a Mecca for UFO Believers

      (Newser) - A faded, handmade mailbox on a lonely stretch of Nevada highway has become an unlikely tourist attraction, the Los Angeles Times reports. The "Black Mailbox," belonging to a nearby ranching couple, has become a magnet for UFO believers who suspect it is a postbox for extraterrestrials. Some spend nights camped out by the box, waiting, or communing with like-minded souls. More »

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      Nevada  • aliens  • UFO  • Area 51

    • West Primed for Dems' Taking

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 18, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      West Primed for Dems' Taking

      (Newser) - The West has long been a Republican stronghold, but Democrats have a chance there in November, Ken Salazar writes in the Los Angeles Times . Salazar himself beat the Republican establishment to win a Colorado Senate seat in 2004. Independents are now the region’s largest voting bloc, he writes, and communities are frustrated by 7 years of “feeling like an afterthought in Washington's policies.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Nevada  • Colorado  • Democrat  • New Mexico  • independents  • independent voters  • Ken Salazar

    • Reid Takes the Long View

      Politico  |  Aug 12, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Reid Takes the Long View

      (Newser) - Harry Reid has positioned himself among the Democratic elite in Washington, but that doesn't mean the Senate majority leader is taking his eye off of the 2010 election in his home state of Nevada, reports Politico. Reid is maintaining his power position in the Senate while discreetly launching a campaign to keep his seat and avoid the fate of Tom Daschle in 2004. More »

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      Republicans  • Democrats  • Harry Reid  • Nevada  • senator  • Tom Daschle  • 2010 election

    • 32 Research Monkeys Die in Overheated Lab

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 08 6:15 AM CDT

      32 Research Monkeys Die in Overheated Lab

      (AP) - Thirty-two research monkeys at a Nevada laboratory died because their human handlers left the room fatally hot, said officials for the drug company that runs the facility. Charles River Laboratories representatives have met with USDA officials to discuss new measures to avoid a repeat of the accident that involved a faulty heating system, according to the company. The USDA reportedly cited the lab for dozens of violations of the Animal Welfare Act the last three years. More »

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      Nevada  • animal rights  • PETA  • monkey  • animal testing

  • July 2008

    • Obama Looks to Tip Scales by Boosting Black Vote

      Washington Post  |  Jul 28, 08 3:54 PM CDT

      Obama Looks to Tip Scales by Boosting Black Vote

      (Newser) - The Obama campaign’s national voter-registration effort has deployed 3,000 volunteers, with one major focus on expanding the African-American voter base dramatically. One volunteer hits the sweltering streets of Macon, Ga., with the Washington Post in tow. "You see how mentally shackled and jaded people are, because they've seen politicians let them down in the past," she observes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Florida  • Georgia  • Ohio  • Nevada  • voter registration  • black voters

    • Fossett Search Is on Again

      Reno Gazette-Journal  |  Jul 15, 08 9:36 AM CDT

      Fossett Search Is on Again

      (Newser) - Ten months after Steve Fossett disappeared, a new search for the adventurer's body began yesterday under the guidance of a Canadian geologist and adventure racer who is scouring the Sweetwater Mountains on the Nevada-California border with a team of 10, reports the Reno Gazette-Journal. A competing search party has narrowed possible crash sites to about 150 using satellite imagery. More »

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      California  • Nevada  • pilot  • aviation  • Steve Fossett  • adventure travel  • searchers

    • June Foreclosures Jump 53%

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 7:19 AM CDT

      June Foreclosures Jump 53%

      (AP) - The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the US housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by 53% over June a year ago, according to data released today. One in every 501 US households was hit with a foreclosure filing last month. More »

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      California  • Florida  • housing crisis  • foreclosure  • Michigan  • Nevada  • mortgage defaults

  • June 2008

    • Gas Prices Screw Nev. Brothels

      Associated Press  |  Jun 30, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Gas Prices Screw Nev. Brothels

      (Newser) - Here's one more casualty of soaring oil prices: Nevada brothels catering to lonely truckers are seeing business plummet. Sky-high diesel prices means that long-haul truckers have less discretionary income, so many brothels are offering promotions to give business a boost. At one establishment, customers get double what they pay for if they use a government stimulus check. More »

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      oil price  • Nevada  • diesel  • brothel  • truckers

    • Emergency Declared in Calif. Fires

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 29, 08 9:18 AM CDT

      Emergency Declared in Calif. Fires

      (Newser) - President Bush declared a region stretching from Nevada to the Pacific Ocean a federal disaster area, the Los Angeles Times reports, as more than 1,000 fires raged across northern California. Some 17,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, which threaten 6,800 homes. “We don’t have any of the fires under control,” said a state fire department spokeswoman. More »