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New Documents Show Increased Cancer Risk For Baby Boomers After Nuclear Testing

Politics Daily | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Baby Boomers, Cancer Deaths, Aging, Nuclear Weapons, Cancer Rates, Generation, Nuclear Testing, Nevada, Cancer, Cancer Risk, Cold War, Living News

Even with a half century's hindsight, the U.S. government's willingness to risk the health of the nation's children seems somewhere between unfathomab...

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New Medical Marijuana Policy: Obama Administration Will Not Seek Arrests For People Following State Laws

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pain, White House, Marijuana, Marijuana Policy Project, Orgeon, Doj, Eric Holder, Decriminalization, Nevada, Marijuana Laws, Obama, War on Drugs, Patients, New Mexico, Colorado, Prescriptions, California, Suppliers, Washington State, State Laws, Weed, Michigan, Medicine, Maryland, Montana, Users, Medical Marijuana, Vermont, Rhode Island, Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Agency, Maine, New Medical Marijuana Policy, Health, Hawaii, US Attorneys, Alaska, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under...

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Unemployed In Las Vegas: Struggling Nevadans Speak

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Las Vegas Unemployed, Nevada, Welfare, Nevada Unemployed, Food Stamps, Job Search, Unemployed Americans, Jobless, Joblessness, Las Vegas, Impact News

Writer Becky Bosshart was laid off from her Las Vegas newspaper job while writing a series on the recession and unemployed Nevadans. Nevada is one of ...

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Gun Show Loopholes Tracked By New York City; Dealers Allowed Purchase To Undercover Gun Buyers Who Admitted Spotty Records

The Associated Press | Sara Kugler | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc, Mayor Bloomber, Background Checks, Sting, Gun Show, New York City, Gun Show Loophole, Nevada, Undercover, Ohio, Bloomberg, Tennessee, Semiautomatic Weapons, Fbi, Occasional Sellers, Atf, New York News

NEW YORK (AP)-- New York City officials secretly videotaped dozens of firearm purchases they say were illegal at gun shows in states that have not clo...

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Shawn Chacon, Former Rockies Pitcher, Arrested For Gambling Violations

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Gambling, Nevada, Shawn Chacon, Colorado, Rockie Pitcher Arrested, Greeley Colorado, Colorado Rockies, Denver News

GREELEY, Colo. — Authorities say they have arrested former major league pitcher Shawn Chacon at a Colorado bowling alley on charges related to u...

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WSJ: Ensign's Senate Prospects Grow Cloudy

wsj.com | NAFTALI BENDAVID | Posted 10.03.2009 | Home

Read More: GOP Scandals, Senate, Mitch McConnell, John Ensign, Cynthia Hampton, Ensign Affair, Cynthia-Hampton-Ensign, Republican-Affairs, Nevada, Republican Senators, Republicans, Home News

Sen. John Ensign's future grew more unsettled Friday as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to offer his support or express confidence in ...

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Dr. Coburn's Peculiar Privilege

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Law, Marriage, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, Oklahoma, Sex, Doctors, John Ensign Affair, Health Care, Bioethics, Medicine, Extra-Marital-Affairs, Physician-Patient Privilege, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

Senator Coburn claims physician-patient privilege to avoid testifying against Ensign. But this is not a "Get out of Jail Free" card for physicians who acquire knowledge outside of their work as doctors.

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Harry Reid Becomes GOP Target In Nevada

Wall Street Journal | JIM CARLTON | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Reid Reelection, Gop, Re-Election, Harry Reid, Democratic, Dnc, Republicans, Democrats, 2010 Election, Senate Majority Leader, Carson City, Politics News

Mr. Reid, 69 years old, is facing mounting criticism in his home state and is trailing in the polls against two Republican challengers for his Senate ...

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Never Mind "Civil" Discourse -- Any Real Discourse Would Be Welcome

Ellen Sterling | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Nevada, Clark County Democratic Party, Health Care for America Now, Las Vegas, Healthcare Reform Debate, Organizing for America, White House, Politics News
Ellen Sterling

A forum on health care was so very civil that it was almost coma-inducing. There was no debate and no need to repeatedly warn people to be civil. Everyone agreed with everyone else.

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Does John Ensign Think David Vitter Should Resign?

Senate Guru | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, John Ensign, Louisiana, La-Sen, Nv-Sen, Republican Hypocrisy, Prostitutes, David Vitter, Marital Infidelity, Politics News
Senate Guru

According to his own explicit standard, Republican Senator John Ensign must think that Republican Senator David Vitter should resign.

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Sen. Ensign's Dad Could Lose Casino Project Over Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ensign Father, Ensign Mistress, Gop, John Ensign, Ensign, Ensign Affair, Casino, Nevada, C-Street, Michael Ensign, Politics News

Michael Ensign, the father of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), may be finding his business deals threatened after he admitted to giving his son's mistress and...

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Sen. Ensign: "I Fully Plan On Running For Reelection"

The Las Vegas Sun | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Republican Party, Cynthia Hampton, John Ensign, Las Vegas, Ensign Affair, Nevada, John Ensign Affair, Doug Hampton, Politics News

Republican Sen. John Ensign said Monday that not only does he have no intention of resigning in light of his affair and his parents' payout to the wom...

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Ensign Apologizes For Affair, Gets Round Of Applause From GOP Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, John Ensign, Sex Scandal, Sex, Bob Corker, Sen. John Ensign, Sen. Bob Corker, Politics News

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) apologized to his Republican colleagues at Tuesday's weekly conference lunch, his first meeting with them since the sex scan...

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Ensign Mistress' Salary Doubled During Affair

Las Vegas Sun | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ensign, Doug Hampton, Cynthia Hampton, Battle Born PAC, Battle Born Political Action Committee, Las Vegas, Ensign, Ensign Affair, Brandon Hampton, Nevada, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Las Vegas Sun, Politics News

The one-time mistress and campaign treasurer of Sen. John Ensign saw her salary double during the time of the affair, according to federal election do...

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Ensign Mistress's Son Was Paid By GOP Senate Committee During Affair

Politico | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cynthia Hampton, John Ensign, Battle Born PAC, Ensign, Ensign Affair, Nrsc, Nevada, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Doug Hampton, Politics News

The son of the couple at the center of the sex scandal that has engulfed Sen. John Ensign was being paid by National Republican Senatorial Committee i...

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Ensign Quits Senate GOP Leadership Post After Admitting Affair

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ensign, Republican Policy Committee, Rpc, Ensign, Senator John Ensign, Nevada, Ensign Affair, Senate, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada has stepped down from his leadership post one day after admitting he carried on a marital aff...

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Harry Reid Abruptly Pulls Support For Levitating Train To Disneyland

Associated Press | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Harry Reid, Harry Reid, Nevada Senator, Disneyland, Levitating Train, Nevada, Nevada Train, Politics News

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is no longer supporting a proposal to build a magnetic levitating train between Disneyland and Las...

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Not in My Backyard: Fear of the Guantánamo Legion of Doom

Warren Holstein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Yucca Mountain, John McCain, Ramsi Yousef, George W. Bush, Guantanamo Detainees, 9/11, Guantanamo, Nevada, Nimbyism, Richard Reid, Nimby, Gitmo, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Shoe Bomber, Zacharias Moussaoui, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Gop, Enhanced Interrogations, Prisons, 20/20, World Trade Center, Waterboarding, Afghanistan, Gitmo Detainees, Republican Party, Republicans, Torture, George Bush, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Yup, that's right, the self-same prison system that has held Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Son of Sam is apparently no match for a bunch of unarmed, sensory-deprived foreigners.

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Reading The Pictures: Lara Logan And The Predator

Michael Shaw | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media

Read More: 60 Minutes Predator, Current Events, War, Militarism, Media, Cbs, Predator, Air Force, Drones, Las Vegas, Foreign Policy, Nevada, Politics, Defense, Military, Afghanistan, Target Practice, 60 Minutes, Sexy, Lara Logan, Lara Logan Drones, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-05-14-lauralogan_shaw_fp.jpgWhat better way for 60 Minutes to shill for the military than to soften the reality of hell-from-the-sky by focusing on the lovely Lara Logan from 10,000 feet?

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Moonshadows: Part 2

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nevada, Fiction, Sigma Nu, Sailing, Grant Whitney Harvey, Malibu, Moonshadows, Billy Gladsten, Usc, Reno, California, Western Literature, Novelette, Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

All day he had been readying himself for an encounter with her. But now, in the suddenness of it all, every bit of preparation was out the window.

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Bees Swarm Nevada Capitol Building

North Lake Tahoe Bonanza | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bees, Bee Swarm Nevada, Nevada Capitol, Bee Swarm, Bee Swarm Nevada Capitol, Nevada, Nevada Bees, Politics News

A swarm of more than 1,000 bees paid visit to the Capitol complex Monday, gathering on a small tree next to the Blaisdel Building. Buildings and Grou...

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Nevada Unemployment Is 10.4%, Highest Since 1983

Las Vegas Now | Posted 05.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Nevada Unemployment, Nevada, Nevada 10.4%, Unemployment, Unemployment Nevada, Business News

Nevada's jobless rate surged nearly half a percentage point from February to March, rising from an adjusted 10 percent to 10.4 percent. That's the hig...

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Gov Gibbons Insults President In Press Release After Sending Polite Invitation

Las Vegas Sun | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Nevada Governor, Nevada Economy, Jim Gibbons, President Obama, Gov. Jim Gibbons, Barack Obama, Governor Jim Gibbons, Politics News

On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Gibbons invited President Barack Obama to meet with him. In a polite letter, Gibbons said he understood Obama would be in town in...

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Reid Gets Help For 2010 Race With New Ad

MSNBC | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Elections, Harry Reid, Nevada, Americans United for Change, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, Politics News

Other than The Replacements -- Roland Burris and Kirsten Gillibrand -- likely no other Democratic senator will have a bigger target on his or her back...

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Whitman's Sampler: The Ex-eBay CEO's Moves Mirror the Republican Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darrell Issa, Meg Whitman, California, Bobby Jindal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Climate Change, Sarah Palin, George Allen, Nevada, California Republican Party, Gray Davis, Ebay, John McCain, Glenn Beck, Jerry Brown, Adam Mendelsohn, Willie Brown, Steve Schmidt, George Stephanopoulos, Politics News
William Bradley

Whitman, pushing policies that resonate on the far right of American politics even as some doubt her sincerity, has her work cut out for her in winning the governorship of blue state California.

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