SANDRA CHEREB

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Nevada GOP to release results via Twitter, Google

Results of the Nevada Republican presidential caucus will be released through Twitter and Google, the first time the social network will play a central role in announcing the outcome of a political presidential contest.

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Video, photos capture terror at Nev. IHOP shooting

It was a terrifying sequence of events captured on surveillance cameras as a gunman sprayed the parking lot of a Carson City IHOP with a barrage of bullets before storming into the restaurant with an assault rifle, killing four people.

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Authorities: Cubs have small chance after mom shot

The odds are against the survival of two Lake Tahoe bear cubs that were orphaned when a deputy loaded the wrong kind of bullet into his weapon and shot the mother after the animal broke into a garage cluttered with garbage, authorities said Tuesday.

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Nevada Guard to honor comrades killed in shooting

Three members of the Nevada National Guard shot in a rampage at an IHOP restaurant were remembered by their colleagues Sunday who offered tributes of the victims' selflessness, humor and sense of duty.

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Details emerge of quiet, troubled IHOP gunman

Eduardo Sencion appears to have had more problems than his family and friends realized.

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3 Guard members killed in Nevada IHOP rampage

The burst of bullets came suddenly in Nevada's capital.

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Gunman kills 4 at NV IHOP, including Guard members

A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday in an outburst of violence that killed five people, wounded seven others and put Nevada's capital city on high alert.

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Gunman kills 3 at Nevada IHOP, including guardsmen

A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday in an outburst of violence that killed four people, wounded eight others and put Nevada's capital city on high alert.

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Gunman kills 3 at Nevada IHOP, including guardsmen

A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday in an outburst of violence that killed four people, wounded eight others and put Nevada's capital city on high alert as the shooter unloaded his assault rifle in a bustling business district.

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IHOP gunman dead after killing 3, wounding 6

A man with a rifle opened fire Tuesday at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada's capital, killing two National Guard members, another person and himself in a hail of gunfire during the morning breakfast hour, authorities and witnesses said.

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Mining eras clash on Nevada's historic Comstock

More than 150 years after the discovery of one of the world's richest silver veins touched off a mining frenzy that drew thousands of people west and made Virginia City a wealthy boomtown, a mining company wants to resume digging for riches in the dusty hills southeast of Reno.

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APNewsBreak: Roethlisberger trial to stay in Reno

The civil sexual assault case against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be held in Reno, the Nevada Supreme Court said Thursday in an order rejecting an appeal by the NFL star.

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APNewsBreak: Nevada court upholds election ruling

The Nevada Supreme Court says state Republican and Democratic party leaders can choose their candidate to run for the state's open U.S. House seat.

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Nevada high court hears special election case

Nevada Supreme Court justices peppered lawyers for the Republican and Democratic parties with questions Tuesday as they were swept into the political fray over how to fill a vacant U.S. House seat.

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Nev. court: Legislature can't raid local coffers

Gov. Brian Sandoval will consider extending some expiring taxes to help plug a $656 million hole after the state's Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers can't siphon money from local governments to pad the state's coffers, an administration official said Friday.

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Nev. judge: Parties get a say in special election

A Nevada judge ruled Thursday that political parties can pick who will represent them on the ballot for the Silver State's first special election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat.

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Wild horses wouldn't be wildlife in Nevada

Wild horses — symbols of the American West that receive protections from the federal government — would have less standing than mollusks when it comes to Nevada water law under a measure that seeks to deny mustangs and burros status as wild animals.

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Nev. governor names Heller to Ensign's Senate seat

U.S. Rep. Dean Heller will enter next year's U.S. Senate race from the perch of incumbency after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday named Heller to succeed John Ensign next month.

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Reid takes on Old West, says time to ban brothels

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid took aim at the world's oldest profession Tuesday, telling state lawmakers the time has come to have an adult conversation about Nevada's legal sex trade if the state hopes to succeed in the 21st century.

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Nevada jobless rate hits new high in December

Nevada's unemployment rate hit a new high in December, jumping to 14.5 percent despite employers adding 2,700 jobs, officials said Friday.

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Nevada casino winnings down 5.9 percent in Nov.

A three-month rally of bigger winnings by Nevada casinos came to a halt in November, when casinos won $822 million, or 5.9 percent less than the same month a year earlier, state regulators reported Tuesday.

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Nevada casino winnings up 11 percent in October

Nevada casinos won $888.6 million in October, an 11 percent increase over the same month a year ago, gambling regulators said Thursday in a report some analysts said is a sign that the state's battered economy has turned a corner toward recovery.

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Nev. panel sends audit on state contractors to AG

A legislative panel voted Wednesday to forward concerns about state employees being paid as consultants to the Nevada attorney general's office for review of any criminal wrongdoing.

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APNewsBreak: Nev. benefit extension won't help all

A compromise between the White House and congressional Republicans to extend unemployment benefits won't help Nevadans nearing the end of their 99 weeks of eligibility, a state official said Tuesday.

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Vegas arena initiative to go before lawmakers

An initiative to create a special taxing district to fund a sports arena on the Las Vegas Strip has qualified to go before the 2011 Legislature, but opponents on Monday said they haven't ruled out a court challenge.

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