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The rural angle
You’re about to become very important, Ely. You, too, Winnemucca. And Yerington, you’ll be a sight for sore eyes.
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Glenn Beck: the whitest of white, the blackest of black
The 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. could have even more political, social and historical significance in American hist...
Aug 30, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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New federal rule on ozone levels has unintended consequences for Nevada
It seems funny to call them “unintended consequences” when we know what they’re going to be beforehand, so let’s just talk about the consequences — intended or not — of the Environmental Protectio...
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Parade of rural pride
It was the annual Goldfield Days parade Aug. 21. Now, it’s not the flashiest or longest parade you’ll ever see, but it traveled in style through the middle of the town.
Aug 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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top political Headlines
By LIZ SIDOTI 2010-09-05T06:16:48Z
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs - or know someone who has - now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections....
Sun Sep 05 01:16:48 -0500 2010
By DAN JOLING 2010-09-04T23:21:06Z
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate....
Sat Sep 04 18:21:06 -0500 2010
By PHILIP ELLIOTT 2010-09-04T20:07:04Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid....
Sat Sep 04 15:07:04 -0500 2010
By PAUL DAVENPORT and AMANDA LEE MYERS 2010-09-04T22:11:23Z
PHOENIX (AP) -- A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up....
Sat Sep 04 17:11:23 -0500 2010