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EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells
...uranium could not be tied to the mine. They maintained the high concentrations were due to a naturally occurring phenomenon beneath Nevada's mineral-laden mountains.The new discovery has Pauly, McGinnis and others renewing a call for the EPA to declare the... |more
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More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff
...added 8,800 jobs, the fourth-highest in the country, mostly in professional and business services, education and health care.Nevada, meanwhile, saw its unemployment rate drop to 13 percent, from 13.3 percent. That's the first decline in its rate since November... |more
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Nevada jobless rate dips to 13 percent in October
...the second-highest in the nation behind Michigan and nearly 3 percentage points above the national average of 10.2 percent.In Nevada's urban hubs, the jobless rate dropped to 13 percent from 13.9 percent in the Las Vegas area, and 12.2 percent from 13.1 percent... |more
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Past CNN head, Bush aide named to broadcast board
...chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment .- Susan McCue, a former top aide to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and founding president of poverty-fighting The ONE Campaign.- Michael Meehan, a Democratic strategist who has been a senior adviser... |more
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High-roller files civil suit against Harrah's
.... for alleged breach of contract, conspiracy and negligence.Terrance "Terry" Watanabe also filed a complaint Thursday with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. He accuses Harrah's of violating state gambling regulations, cheating him, and plying him with prescription... |more
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High school football playoffs: Sheldon, Burbank post first-round upsets
...Asher Gotzmer rushed for three scores for Placer, which led 43-0 at the half. Miners roll Napa cringes every time it draws Nevada Union in the playoffs. The Miners moved to 3-0 lifetime against the Indians in the postseason with a 62-12 showing Friday. If... 3:49 AM |more
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Nevada City has Gold Rush personality
That is, of course, until you spot a guy with some serious dreadlocks walking down Broad Street, or notice the Tibetan prayer flags inside a shop window or nosh at the cafe dishing up spicy Jamaican tofu scramble. It's a Sierra foothills boomtown with 3:22 AM |more
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Shaw leads way as Nevada men defeat Houston 112-99
RENO, Nev. — Joey Shaw scored 26 points to lead Nevada to a 112-99 victory over Houston on Saturday night. Brandon Fields added 24 points and Armon Johnson 22 points and 12 assists for the Wolf Pack (2-1), who led by as many as 26 points in the second |more
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Neighbors' fears over Nevada mine validated
YERINGTON, Nev. — Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. But she can look through the window from her kitchen table, just past her |more
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Nevada grabs records, beats New Mexico State 63-20
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Nevada rushed for 575 yards - and shattered some NCAA record in the process - as the Wolf Pack beat New Mexico State 63-20 Saturday night. Luke Lippincott had 162 yards on 19 carries, putting him at 1,028 yards for the season. He |more

