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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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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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French president Francois Hollande signs gay marriage into law despite national protests
French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching ...
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Las Vegas is fine just the way it is
"Clean up the Strip," come on. Las Vegas is and always will be an adult entertainment town. No one is forcing you to take the "smut" books and fliers. How many times do we see mom and dad taking their kids in casinos, and making the kids stand aside while the parents play? If you want clean, family fun, take them to Disneyland. Leave Vegas as it is, and should be. We like ...
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Landing gear issue leads to planes belly landing
NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...
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Museum informs entertains thousands
Touring the Discovery Children's Museum with a group of first-graders from Givens Elementary School seemed like a smart idea. I could follow them around, watch their reactions, see what they liked best. It would be a reality-based column. The reality was Thursday, there were eight schools at the new museum, about 950 elementary students. I lost the first-graders (or they lost me) soon after ...
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PHOTOS Whisker winners are bearded wonders
Winners in the Whiskerino contest Friday at Helldorado Days downtown included, from left, Jason Crawford for best mustache, Robert Borbour for longest beard, Kevin Fitzpatrick who won the audience favorite vote and Jim Barfield for best ...
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Las Vegas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Crimes www.priateofficer.com
--Las Vegas attorney Stanley A. Walton, 54, has pleaded guilty to a charge brought against him in February 2011 that he participated in a scheme to obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions using straw buyers and false loan applications, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Walton pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, to one count of ...
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Ramjass Reno-Singh in ‘Solo’ field
JASON RAMJASS and Kristi Reno-Singh, the country’s leading juniors, will spearhead the field of players participating in the Solo Open Junior Badminton Tournament at Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena, ...
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Reno's roads in contention
Reno is in need of road improvement projects around the city, the residents of Reno agreed with this when they voted in favor of fuel taxes to fund these projects, but with many projects needing to be done and costs increasing there is disagreement about how to prioritize the funds.
In 2008, a number of road project in and around Reno were presented to voters, which would be funded by incremental increases in fuel taxes over the next ten years. Broadly speaking, there are six main road infrastructure projects. Read more
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