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Legislators cut budget pain for rural Nevada colleges
CARSON CITY -- Two rural Nevada colleges will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees Saturday. Lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees agreed to add $1 million a year to reduce losses Great Basin and Western Nevada colleges would realize under a new higher education funding formula. The action holds the ...
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Legislative money panels adopt Sandoval mental health funding
CARSON CITY -- The Legislature's money committees on Saturday approved nearly $6.5 million in new funding for mental health programs, using money from a windfall tobacco settlement as recommended by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The additional funding includes $1.4 million for a second Program for Assertive Community Treatment team in Southern Nevada. The PACT team will work with mental health ...
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Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion
Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her ...
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Former Philadelphia cop billed as hero now faces charges
PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ...
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Majority of possible Powerball combinations purchased
A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday's ...
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Maryland man has car devoted to Dolly Parton
In this May 2 photo, Paul T. Woodal Jr. poses for photos next to his Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from one of country music's most beloved artists, Dolly ...
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Kansas City museum raising cash to re-create historic Hughes flight
This 2012 photo provided by the National Airline History Museum shows its Lockheed Constellation, or Connie, as the propeller-driven aircraft was known, in Kansas City, ...
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Attacks kill 16 in Iraq 8 police kidnapped
Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. A bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques ...
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Probe begins after Connecticut commuter trains crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Three patients remained in critical condition Saturday morning, with two of those stable, according to officials at two Bridgeport hospitals. The crash happened Friday ...
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Expect Thompsons memoir to be classy
Linda Thompson is finally writing a memoir detailing her long romances with Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner and David Foster. But it's not a dirty tell-all. It's the kind of well-tempered book we would expect from this Oscar-nominated lyricist and mother of Brody and Brandon Jenner. "I got offers right away to write books -- big money offers" after Elvis died, Thompson tells me ...
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Women sad angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home
An insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced Monday, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the historic property in a picturesque downtown ...
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Bear euthanized after entering Lake Tahoe condo
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -; Nevada wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear that entered an Incline Village condominium, saying the bruin posed a danger to the ...
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Victims Marines failed to safeguard water supply
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -; A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing ...
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O.J. Simpson asked pals to bring guns to Vegas memorabilia confrontation former lawyer
O.J. Simpson not only lied about knowing that two of his pals were packing heat during a confrontation with memorabilia dealers - he was the one who asked them to bring the guns, his former lawyer testified yesterday.Miami attorney Yale Galanter’s revelation contradicted much of what The Juice told a Las Vegas court about the 2007 criminal stint that landed him in prison, landing a heavy ...
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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote is imminent
Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ...
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Nevadans help California fuel $600 million Powerball jackpot
Robert Constantion, of Las Vegas, right, is almost at the ticket counter after a nearly four-hour wait at the Lotto Store just inside the California border at Primm, Friday, May 17, 2013. The Powerball jackpot will be worth more than $600 million by the Saturday evening ...
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Afghan lawmakers block law on womens rights
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ...
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Veer Towers showcase Nevada spirit
The Veer Towers represent Nevada’s contribution to the world of modern design and architecture and a trend that has emerged out of places like Dubai to push the boundaries of construction.
Nevada’s skyline or the skyline of Las Vegas at least, has more in common with the skylines of Dubai or Macau than the rest of the United States. The gleaming modern casinos and skyscrapers, the glittering lights of The Strip, the flashing neon signs of various hotel-casino resorts, these are the quintessential images of the city and they’re the perceptions that market the state throughout the US and indeed the world. The newly developed Veer Towers are no different, although their design certainly is. Read more
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