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  • August 2008

    • Obama Rips McCain on 'Disaster' Economics

      Reno Gazette-Journal  |  Aug 18, 08 3:57 AM CDT

      Obama Rips McCain on 'Disaster' Economics

      (Newser) - Barack Obama yesterday blasted John McCain’s attacks on his economic policies by slamming the GOP record as a "disaster," reports the Reno Gazette-Journal . McCain “claimed my economic plan would lead to economic disaster,” Obama said. “I’ve got news for John McCain. My plan is not going to bring economic disaster. We already have economic disaster from John McCain’s president." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • speech  • Reno  • campaign stops

  • April 2008

    • 5.2 Quake Again Rattles West

      CNN  |  Apr 30, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      5.2 Quake Again Rattles West

      (Newser) - The latest in a series of shakers to rattle the West was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck a rural area 190 miles northwest of Sacramento last night. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. Quakes have recently rattled Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, and Reno, where a swarm of hundreds of tremors building in strength the past six weeks are making scientists—and residents—jittery. More »

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      California  • earthquake  • Sacramento  • Reno  • Lake Tahoe

    • Scientists Warn Reno to Brace for Major Quake

      Associated Press  |  Apr 27, 08 6:25 AM CDT

      Scientists Warn Reno to Brace for Major Quake

      (Newser) - Scientists are warning Reno residents to prepare for a major quake following a series of smaller rumbles that have shaken the area for two months, AP reports. The strongest was Friday night’s magnitude 4.7 tremor, which cracked walls and rattled products off store shelves. Now, “a magnitude 6 quake wouldn't be a scientific surprise,” said a seismologist. More »

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      earthquake  • Nevada  • natural disaster  • Reno

  • January 2008

    • Nev. Caucuses Fascinating Next to SC

      Mother Jones  |  Jan 18, 08 9:25 PM CST

      Nev. Caucuses Fascinating Next to SC

      (Newser) - Just hours before voting begins in Nevada, its newly bumped-up caucuses are more crucial for Democrats than South Carolina's primary, blogs Sasha Abramsky of Mother Jones . Yes, Nevada has powerful unions, but it's more complex than that: outlying areas are conservative and rural, and the state is a third non-white. "For the Democrats, there’s a lot to play for in Nevada," Abramsky writes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Democrats  • John Edwards  • Las Vegas  • Nevada caucus  • Reno  • trade unions

    • Nev. Flood Victims Start Cleanup

      Reno Gazette-Journal  |  Jan 7, 08 1:36 PM CST

      Nev. Flood Victims Start Cleanup

      (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 east of Reno, after an irrigation canal's earthen levee ruptured on Saturday, producing a 50-foot-wide wall of water. More »

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      flood  • Nevada  • flooding  • Reno  • Gov. Jim Gibbons  • Fernley High School

  • December 2007

    • Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

      New York Times  |  Dec 16, 07 1:55 PM CST

      Even in Jail, Francis Still Not a Guy Gone Mild

      (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 use of minors in sex acts, possession of contraband, and tax evasion—suggests otherwise. More »

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      Florida  • Nevada  • Oklahoma  • Girls Gone Wild  • Joe Francis  • Reno  • soft porn

  • September 2007

    • Reno Thrives Although Most Bets Are Off

      Economist  |  Sep 29, 07 3:44 PM CDT

      Reno Thrives Although Most Bets Are Off

      (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 powerful casinos blocking their path, the Economist reports. More »

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

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