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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Gov. Jim Gibbons

Gov. Jim Gibbons stories: 5 news summaries

FBI Corruption Probe
Clears Nevada Gov.

No charges after investigation into defense contractor ties

Nov 3, 08 1:42 AM CST
(Newser) - No charges will be filed against Nevada's governor after an 18-month FBI investigation into his ties with defense contractors, reports the Washington Post. Jim Gibbons, a former Vietnam fighter pilot, was suspected of helping to engineer federal contracts for defense firms in exchange for gifts while he was a... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • junk bonds • Nevada • Gov. Jim Gibbons • defense contractors • Dawn Gibbons • eTreppid Technologies • Sierra Nevada Corp. • U.S. Attorney Steven Durham • Warren Trepp

Vegas Waitress Sues Nevada Guv in Alleged Rape Attempt

Says Gibbons, cronies covered up incident

Oct 15, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just months after a messy—and overly public—divorce, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has been slapped with a lawsuit by the Vegas cocktail waitress who claims he assaulted her two years ago and then covered up the police investigation, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Chrissy Mazzeo says she's been "... More »

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 Nev. Guv Texted
 'Other Woman'... 867 Times

Gibbons sent 867 messages in 6 weeks, denies affair

Jun 11, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons swears he’s just friends with Kathy Karrasch. Very friendly: during one six-week span last year, Gibbons and Karrasch exchanged 867 texts from his state-owned cell phone, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Gibbons is mired in a messy divorce, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife says it’... More »

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divorce • adultery • Nevada • Gov. Jim Gibbons • political scandal • celebrity divorces

Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

Gossip flies while
GOP worries about November fallout

Jun 10, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a state that boasts Sin City as its main attraction, Nevada is utterly transfixed with Gov. Jim Gibbon’s marital woes. Ever since he filed for divorce last month, Gibbons has been followed around like a starlet, with pictures of him with various alleged “other women” routinely cropping... More »

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divorce • adultery • Nevada • governor • Gov. Jim Gibbons • political scandal • celebrity divorces

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

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