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Nev. Flood Victims Start Cleanup

Helicopter and boat rescues near Reno

Jan 7, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Water is receding and residents are returning to their homes today in parts of Nevada and California beset by flooding over the weekend, the Reno Gazette Journal reports. Dozens of people had to be rescued by helicopter and boat after rising flood waters inundated their homes in Fernley, 30 miles... More »

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flood • flooding • Nevada • Reno • Fernley • Fernley High School • Fallon Naval Air Station • Gov. Jim Gibbons • gophers

Western US Storms Kill 3

Some areas get up to 9 feet of snow; Nevada levee bursts, causes floods

Jan 6, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Weather conditions have yet to clear up on the West Coast, where storms have deposited 5 or more feet of snow on mountain ranges, caused severe flooding and blackouts, and killed at least three people. Higher Sierra Nevada peaks have gotten up to 9 feet of snow, the AP reports,... More »

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weather • California • storm • flood • Nevada • snowstorm

US Population Reaches 303.2M

It's up slightly from last year

Dec 27, 07 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The US population will be 303.2 million on New Year's Day, the Census Bureau says, a 0.9% increase from last year. The nation is projected to add one person every 13 seconds in the new year—a birth every 8 seconds, a death every 11 seconds, and one... More »

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California • Louisiana • population • Nevada • US Census

Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

Fiery 'Girls Gone Wild' chief faces myriad
legal hurdles

Dec 16, 07 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Wild antics usually sell videotapes for Joe Francis, the iconoclast behind “Girls Gone Wild.” But now they’ve landed the 34-year-old entrepreneur in jail and a slew of legal trouble. “I am not a criminal,” Francis insists, but his trail of civil suits and charges—including... More »

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Florida • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Oklahoma • Nevada • Reno • Bay County • soft porn • Roy Black • Quincy Jones

Vegas to Build Mob Museum

Attraction will display history of crooks who helped build the city

Dec 11, 07 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Las Vegas will create a museum showcasing the Mob's role in turning a tiny desert settlement into America's gambling mecca. The $50 million project is slated to be completed in 2010. "Let's be brutally honest, warts and all. This is more than legend. It's fact," said the mayor.... More »

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FBI • organized crime • Las Vegas • mob • museums • Mafia • Nevada

Brothel Owner Backs Paul

GOP hopeful gets some X-rated support

Nov 26, 07 5:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,... More »

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prostitution • Ron Paul • Nevada • Tucker Carlson • libertarianism • brothel • Dennis Hof • prostitute • endorsement

Best States for Small Business

Some states love small business a little more than others. CNNMoney names the top 10

Nov 25, 07 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - If you want your seed of genius to grow, plant it in the right soil. CNNMoney finds the most small-business-friendly states:
  1. South Dakota: No tax personal income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate capital gains and low energy costs.
  2. Nevada: No income, capital gains, corporate income, or corporate
... More »

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Florida • Texas • South Carolina • Washington • Michigan • small businesses • Virginia • South Dakota • Alabama • Wyoming • small business • Nevada

Hillary, Rudy
in a Dead Heat
in Nevada

Clinton leads Dems,
but looks to steady ship
at tonight's debate

Nov 15, 07 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Presidential frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are tied in a head-to-head Nevada matchup, according to a CNN poll taken just ahead of tonight's Dem debate in what is now an early-primary state. But Clinton dominates her rivals for the party's nod, with 51% to Barack Obama’s 23% and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Rudy Giuliani • debate • Nevada • town hall meeting

Activists Push 'Grass' Roots Campaigns

Pot penalties go up
in smoke in two municipalities

Nov 10, 07 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Two Rocky Mountain municipalities have pared back penalties for cannabis users, joining a growing group of US cities, Time reports. Hailey, Idaho (pop. 8,500) and Denver joined the list this week during elections. Voters in the Mile-High City, whose mayor has admitted past pot use, are letting users... More »

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Alaska • Denver • marijuana • rehabilitation • marijuana legalization • Nevada • Hailey, Idaho • Marijuana Policy Project • SAFER • NORML

Housing Woes May Take Toll
on GOP

As foreclosures mount in exurbs, Republican voters shift allegiances

Nov 6, 07 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Having played a central role in the GOP’s 2004 organizing success, America's exurbs are swinging to the left as a result of the housing crunch, the LA Times reports. With sliding home prices and soaring foreclosure rates, voters in high-growth counties across the country are growing anxious and turning... More »

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Florida • housing market • Nevada • exurbs • independents • political organizing

Primary Leapfroggers Will Lose Half of Delegates: GOP

RNC vows to penalize 5 states

Oct 23, 07 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five state delegations will lose half their votes if they hold their primaries, as currently scheduled, before the official start date of February 5, the RNC ruled yesterday. The party’s national chairman said the penalty shouldn’t come as a surprise, because the 2008 rules were adopted at the... More »

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Florida • Iowa • RNC • South Carolina • presidential primaries • Nevada • primary leapfrogging

Packers Great Max McGee Dies

McGee scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history

Oct 21, 07 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Max McGee, the Green Bay Packer legend who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history, died yesterday after falling from the roof of his Minnesota home. McGee played 12 seasons with the Cheeseheads and served two years in the Air Force, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says. The Nevada... More »

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Air Force • Green Bay Packers • Super Bowl • football • obituary • Nevada • Max McGee • Vince Lombardi • Packers Hall of Fame • Packer Radio Network • Chi Chi's

West's Water Woes May Be Permanent

Diminishing snowcap, shrinking reservoirs could 'wipe out' states

Oct 21, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials out West are worried about water, the New York Times reports, and not just for the short-term. In what the Times calls the "other water problem" caused by global warming, snowcaps that feed the the Colorado River—which quenches the thirst of 30 million people in seven states—... More »

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environment • California • drought • global warming • water • Arizona • New Mexico • Utah • Wyoming • Nevada • Colorado

Last-Minute Stay Spares Nev. Murderer

State puts lethal
injection on hold until next year's ruling

Oct 16, 07 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nevada stayed a convicted killer's execution today, 90 minutes before he was to receive lethal injection, BBC reports. William Castillo's stay is the latest in a series of postponements by states awaiting a US Supreme Court ruling on lethal injection. The ACLU, which appealed Castillo's case, calls the method "... More »

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lethal injection • Nevada • US Supreme Court • Nevada Supreme Court

Reno Thrives Although Most Bets Are Off

Tribal gambling hurts city, but Renoans
find ways to adapt

Sep 29, 07 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reno's lost billions to Native American casinos, yet the Nevada town is growing again, even thriving. How did Renoans react when Tribal casinos lured away their business? They put up shop as gambling consultants and sold even more slot machines. Now downtown is growing: Developers are free to build without... More »

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gambling • casino • Native American • Nevada • red tape • Reno • Wal-Mart

Search for Fossett Will Resume

New analysis reveals what could be missing aviator's track

Sep 26, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Air Force experts analyzing satellite images say they've found what may be signs of adventurer Steve Fossett's track in the rugged terrain near Death Valley in Nevada. This weekend planes and ground crews will comb an area stretching 100 miles southeast of the airstrip Fossett  took off from Sept. 3,... More »

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aviation • pilot • Nevada • Steve Fossett

Search for Fossett Grounded

'Nobody is giving up' on adventurer; rescuers remain on standby

Sep 19, 07 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nevada authorities said today they're calling off the active air search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared Sept. 3 after taking off from an airstrip near Reno. "Nobody is giving up on this man," said one official, adding that crews will be kept ready to investigate new... More »

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disappearance • aviation • pilot • Nevada • Steve Fossett • search • aviator

Fossett Search Drastically Reduced

More than 2 weeks after aviator vanished, tips are drying up

Sep 18, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Searchers are dramatically scaling back efforts to find missing adventurer Steve Fossett as the rescue mission enters its third week and tips dry up. At one point, 45 aircraft plied the skies looking for wreckage, but the Nevada Civil Air Patrol is suspending its efforts, limiting searchers to five National... More »

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National Guard • disappearance • aviation • rescue • pilot • Nevada • Steve Fossett • search • aviator

No Signals Mean Fossett Likely Dead: Experts

Millionaire aviator missing 10 days in Nevada desert

Sep 12, 07 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the search for Steve Fossett entered its 10th day, experts told the Telegraph the millionaire adventurer’s chances of survival were slim. Fossett hasn’t been seen or heard from since he left a Nevada airstrip Sept. 3, and authorities haven’t received signals from his plane or watch.... More »

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crash • disappearance • aviation • pilot • desert • Nevada • Steve Fossett

Surfers Scour Google Earth for Signs of Aviator

Internet volunteer army pores over photos in Fossett search

Sep 11, 07 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - An army of web surfers—even the guy in the next cubicle—has joined the search for missing aviator Steve Fossett. Google Earth has released fresh images of the Nevada desert, and surfers can scour chunks of wilderness for aircraft wreckage. One problem: "We're finding them left and right—... More »

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Google • Google Earth • aviation • pilot • desert • Nevada • Steve Fossett • Mechanical Turk • airplane • Amazon.com

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