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Voter registration could be key to Obama in 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of registered Democrats has fallen in key states carried by President Barack Obama in 2008 in what could be an early warning sign for his re-election campaign. Democrats fared well among an estimated 15 million new...Tags: North Carolina, Iowa, Barack Obama, Florida, Elections
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Don't Go West, Young Man
"Go West, Young Man..." When Horace Greeley printed those words he was talking about what awaited farmers and their families in the fertile valleys of parts of the west. Thousands of families took up that mantra, accepted the challenges of actually...Tags: Baton Rouge, U.S. Department of the Interior, Water Restrictions, Idaho, Utah
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Nevada legislation raises stink over air fresheners
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Critics say a Nevada bill banning air fresheners and candles in public places would lead to stinky rooms and prohibit priests from using candles in Mass. Las Vegas Democratic Assemblyman Paul Aizley on Monday presented the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Las Vegas, Migraine, Laws, Asthma
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Dion returns to recession-hit Vegas with new show
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Celine Dion is returning to Las Vegas with a mod tribute to Old Hollywood, complete with a 31-person orchestra. Dion hopes to mirror or surpass her previous success at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. But Las Vegas went through...Tags: Cirque du Soleil, Entertainment, Celine Dion, Television
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Nevada bill targets teen truancy via drivers' licenses
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Clark County School District is hoping to tackle truancy with a large bill tying incentives such as teen drivers' licenses and parents' hunting licenses to school attendance. The Assembly Education Committee on Monday...Tags: Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency, Clark County, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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PETA protests pigeon racing at Tyson's U.S. home
HENDERSON, Nevada (AP) — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demonstrated outside Mike Tyson's suburban home to protest the former boxing champion's role in pigeon racing. Henderson police spokesman Todd Rasmussen said Tuesday the PETA...Tags: New York City, Brooklyn (New York City), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Mike Tyson, Human Interest
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Police: Body likely belongs to missing Nevada girl
WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada police chief says a body found in a shallow grave in the desert near the Utah border is likely that of a teenager who went missing while walking home from her high school last week. West Wendover police chief...Tags: Utah
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Report: Immigration law not enforced consistently
ATLANTA (AP) — A new report says illegal immigrants who commit even minor offenses are being turned over to federal authorities for deportation by local law enforcement. However, other agencies are focused on deporting more violent criminals....Tags: Colorado, Migration, Career and Workplace, Crimes, Politics
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Defense lawyer: Nev. boy's abduction staged by mom
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An attorney for a man accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old Nevada boy in 2008 in hopes of recovering $4.5 million in drug money says the boy's mother and grandmother staged the kidnapping. Lawyer Robert Draskovich told a federal...Tags: Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bob Marley's heirs fight for his image in Nevada court
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer told a federal jury in Las Vegas that Bob Marley's children don't want to see the reggae legend portrayed as a bobblehead or a plush toy. Attorney Jill Pietrini used closing arguments in a lawsuit to cast a business...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Las Vegas, Bob Marley, Defendants
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Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle says she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded. The former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said...Tags: Jared Lee Loughner, Tea Party Movement, Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Sharron E. Angle
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Slain Las Vegas dancer's sister curses defendant
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — The older sister of a Las Vegas Strip dancer who was strangled and dismembered stood up in a Nevada courtroom and cursed the woman's former boyfriend at his arraignment. Jason Griffith didn't respond to the outburst...Tags: Dance, Justice System, Judges, Cirque du Soleil, Entertainment
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