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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Nevada stories: 105 news summaries

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Blackmail Triggered Senator's Affair Confession: Aides

Cuckolded husband demanded money from Ensign after tryst, according to sources

Jun 17, 09 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. John Ensign went public with the news of his extramarital affair after the woman's husband tried to blackmail him, insiders tell Politico. The Nevada Republican had the affair with a staffer while he was separated from his wife, according to current and former aides. He gave her a severance... More »

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blackmail • Nevada • John Ensign • scandal • senator • extramarital affair

(Newser) - John Ensign, a Republican senator from Nevada said to be considering a presidential run in 2012, admitted today that he had an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer, reports Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. "It's absolutely the worst thing I've ever done in my life," he said... More »

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Republican • Senate • GOP • Nevada • Senate GOP • John Ensign • scandal • senator • US Senate • extramarital affair

(Newser) - President Obama jetted to Las Vegas yesterday for a glitzy fundraiser for Harry Reid, the Washington Post reports. Aides estimate the shindig, which cost revelers between $50 and $2,400, pulled in $2 million for Reid’s contentious reelection battle. Though Obama and Reid haven’t always seen eye-to-eye,... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Reid • Las Vegas • fundraiser • Nevada • Caesars Palace • re-election

 DMVs: Please Stop Smiling 


May 26, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four states are demanding that motorists stop saying cheese when they get their driver's license photo, and more may follow suit, reports USA Today. It's not the grinch patrol. Smiles can interfere with technology used to make sure people don't apply for illegal licenses, say officials in Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada,... More »

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Arkansas • Indiana • Virginia • photograph • driving • Nevada • driver's license • smiling

 OJ Appeals Vegas Convictions 

Says jury selection unfair; cites judicial misconduct

May 26, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(AP) - OJ Simpson is appealing to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his conviction on Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Today's filing alleges the ex-football star's conviction in a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers was tainted by judicial misconduct, a lack of racial diversity on the jury... More »

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crime • Las Vegas • kidnapping • appeal • OJ Simpson • Nevada • sports memorabilia • armed robbery

(Newser) - Harry Reid may have a tough time getting Nevadans to re-elect him in 2010, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. If the election were today, 45% would definitely vote against him and another 17% would consider it, a new poll shows. About a third of voters would keep the Senate... More »

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Harry Reid • Nevada • approval ratings • opinion polls • Senate majority leader • Election 2010

 Dethroned 
 Miss Nevada: 
 'Um, Hello?!' 

Double standard isn't fair, she whines

May 13, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of all those seething as Donald Trump allowed Carrie Prejean to keep her crown yesterday was Miss Nevada 2007—also a beauty queen in the 21st century, also a victim of naughty photos surfacing, but instead stripped of her crown and not very happy about yesterday's turn of events. “... More »

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nudity • beauty pageant • Nevada • nude photo • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

Nevada Deals 20 Years to
Thieving Chinese Bankers

Embezzlers tried to launder stolen $500M through Vegas casinos

May 7, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two managers who scammed the Bank of China for nearly $500 million and fled to the US have been sentenced to more than 20 years each by a Nevada court, the BBC reports. The men's wives—who helped them launder the cash through Las Vegas casinos—were given 8-year sentences.... More »

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China • fraud • Las Vegas • money laundering • Nevada • embezzlement • bank fraud • Bank of China

(Newser) - A Nevada brothel featured on an HBO reality show is offering Rod Blagojevich the chance to recoup some of the cash he missed out on by being barred from leaving the country to film for NBC, Gawker reports. The former Illinois governor’s PR flak is taking “very seriously”... More »

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reality TV • HBO • Nevada • brothel • Rod Blagojevich • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Cathouse

 CIA Unlocks Real 'X-Files' 

Military personnel laugh off UFO rumors

Apr 10, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades, the government barely acknowledged the existence of Area 51, the mysterious military base in Nevada where it allegedly stores frozen extraterrestrials and alien spacecraft. But now, with the CIA declassifying the site’s top-secret programs, insiders are coming forward to dispel the myths, ABC News reports. If anything,... More »

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CIA • UFO • extraterrestrial life • Nevada • Area 51

Giant Vegas Project May File for Bankruptcy

Kerkorian-Dubai megaconstruction will miss debt payment

Mar 27, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - City Center, the sprawling $8.6 billion Las Vegas development and the largest private construction project in history, will likely fail to make a $220 million debt payment today and may file for bankruptcy. The project is a collaboration between Kirk Kerkorian's MGM Mirage and Dubai World, a conglomerate owed... More »

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Kirk Kerkorian • Las Vegas • MGM Mirage • Dubai • casino • Dubai World • Nevada • Howard Stern Grid

 Nevada Lawmaker 
 Seeks Hooker Tax 

$5-per-day levy on clients proposed to boost state coffers, help sex workers

Mar 25, 09 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Nevada lawmaker is seeking a new tax on the world's oldest profession, NPR reports. Democratic State Sen. Bob Coffin has introduced a bill that would tax anybody using the services of a prostitute—in the state's 25 legal brothels or elsewhere—$5 per day, with the proceeds going to... More »

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prostitution • Nevada • brothel • taxation • Nevada Brothel Association

(Newser) - Harry Reid is at the height of his power, possibly the most influential man in the Senate and in Nevada political history—all of which makes him a prime target for Republicans in 2010, the LA Times reports. The GOP already has run an ad attacking the “super-spending... More »

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Harry Reid • Nevada • Senate majority leader • Election 2010 • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - An Army mechanic stationed in Iraq surprised his son by popping out of an oversize present at the boy’s 6th birthday party, the Nevada Appeal reports. Casey Hurles hadn’t seen son Gabriel since June; when he learned his leave would coincide with the birthday, he hatched a... More »

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US military • soldier • father • Nevada • birthday party • son • leave • surprise

(Newser) - A liberal group is launching an ad blitz tomorrow that pressures GOP senators to make a choice—Barack Obama or Rush Limbaugh, Politico reports. The ad—running in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Nevada—blasts House Republicans for voting against the stimulus package at Limbaugh's urging and asks, "Will our senator... More »

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Senate • Rush Limbaugh • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Nevada • economic stimulus package

 Brothels to Nevada: 
 Tax Us, Please 

Brothel owners see taxes as insurance to keep them legal

Jan 26, 09 3:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Nevada's brothel owners are offering to fork over tax money to the state to help cover its debts—but legislators are reluctant to increase the state's involvement in the $50-million-a-year sex business, reports the New York Times. Nevada's 25 legal brothels pay hefty taxes to their home counties, but are... More »

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prostitution • taxes • Las Vegas • Nevada • Reno • brothel • sex industry • Nevada Brothel Association • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Shady Lady Ranch

 32M Lack Basic Reading Skills 

Study says Illiteracy crisis getting worse

Jan 9, 09 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - One in seven American adults in the US—about 32 million people—have such low literacy skills that they cannot read a newspaper story or a prescription bottle, a new federal study says. "They really cannot read paragraphs (or) sentences that are connected," says an Education Department researcher.... More »

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Florida • immigration • California • New York • Department of Education • literacy • Mississippi • Nevada • learning disabilities • National Assessment of Adult Literacy • ProLiteracy

8 States Poised to Lose House Seats: Census

Sun Belt boom may be ending

Dec 23, 08 10:01 AM CST
(Newser) - After a generation, the Sun Belt’s population boom may be ending, new Census data suggest. Over the year ending July 1, more people left Florida than moved there for the first time in some 30 years; after 23 years in the top four fastest-growing states, Nevada fell to eighth... More »

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Florida • Congress • housing market • Michigan • House of Representatives • Utah • Nevada • Sun Belt

Rare Snow Blankets
Vegas Strip

Schoolkids get first snow day in 30 years
as traffic snarls

Dec 18, 08 4:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The heaviest snowfall in nearly 30 years has left the Vegas Strip looking like a winter wonderland, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Local schoolkids are getting their first snow day since 1979. Traffic is snarled across the city as the weather stuns snow-novice drivers, and strands hundreds of tourists in... More »

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weather • Las Vegas • Nevada • snow • snowstorm • Las Vegas Strip

OJ to Be Sentenced Today

Prosecutors pushing
for 18 years on
felony robbery raps

Dec 5, 08 3:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Clark County inmate #2648927—better known as OJ Simpson—is to be sentenced today and probation authorities have recommended he serve at least 18 years, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Simpson was found guilty in October of 11 felonies for ripping off two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas... More »

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robbery • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • sentencing • jail • Nevada

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