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Nevada Passes Law Permitting Autonomous Cars
KickingTiresNevada passed legislation today that would allow autonomous cars to operate on its highways. Specifically, the law authorizes Nevada???s Department of Motor Vehicles to come up with rules that would allow for the free operation of autonomous vehicles on...Tags: Google Inc., Health Organizations, Health, Justice System, Judges
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Do prisoners -- and O.J. -- deserve homestead exemptions?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsO.J. Simpson will live in a Nevada prison for at least the next seven years, after his conviction on armed robbery and other charges from a 2007 effort to seize memorabilia in Las Vegas. Does Simpson deserve to keep the......Tags: Homes, Justice System, Politics, O.J. Simpson, Elections
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Rock the Vote: Some numbers: Breaking records?
Spin CycleRock the Vote sends out some numbers that seem to confirm the anecdotal impressions of big turnout of young voters -- or, at least, student voters, which aren't the only category of young voters. Here's some of their comparisons: Drexel......Tags: Virginia Tech, Education, Colleges and Universities, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Florida State University
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Dems to auto execs: no plan, no money
The Swampby Frank James Congressional Democrats have volleyed the auto-bailout ball back into the Big Three automakers' court. Lawmakers asked the auto industry chieftains who appeared on Capitol Hill this week to provide a plan by early December of what......Tags: Vehicles, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, House (movie), Services and Shopping
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Di$stress stat of the day: Winnings in Vegas plunge
Spin CycleWinnings fell 14.7 percent on the Strip in Las Vegas in January -- the fourth straight month of double-digit declines, the state of Nevada reports. Full local report is here. OK, OK, anti-pessimists, you're right. More importantly, it was......Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Nevada
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GM's Wagoner: Obama demands a price
The Swampby Mark Silva General Motors' troubles may or may not have started when it decided that it could make $10,000 a copy putting leather bucket seats and mobile DVD-players on pickup truck chassis and calling them sport utility vehicles, fleet-mileage......Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Associated Press, White House, Services and Shopping, United States
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'Top Chef Masters' cast announced
Reality CheckFor the next season of Top Chef, it's all about the well-known, not the unknown, as 24 chefs vie for the prize on Top Chef Masters, which debuts June 10.You can read the full press release here. Neil Patrick Harris,......Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), New Orleans, Christopher Lee, Lost (tv program), Restaurants
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Obama in Vegas: 'Politics,' GOP guv says
The Swampby Mark Silva The Republican governor of Nevada is complaining that President Barack Obama is happy to go to Las Vegas to raise money for the Democrats while driving the city's convention business down. The complaint of Gov. Jim Gibbons......Tags: Republican Party, Family, Sheryl Crow, Democratic Party, Politics
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Obama for Reid: 'Good to be in Vegas'
The Swampby Mark Silva "It is good to be back in Vegas.'' Neil Diamond? No, Barack Obama - uttering the words that a certain city wanted to hear, if not an apology, an affirmation. "I was telling people, I am back......Tags: Health Insurance, Health, Republican Party, Private Health Care, Family
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Ensign affair: Showstopper? Slate-clean?
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 1:20 pm EDT In an era when a senior Republican senator from Idaho is undone by a toe-tapping stop at an airport's men's room and a popular Democratic governor from New York loses his......Tags: David Vitter, Gun Control, Republican Party, Family, Interior Policy
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Michelle Obama heads to Nevada
The Swampby Lisa Mascaro Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will get a little help in his re-election bid next week as he welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama to Nevada to tout healthy living initiatives in Reno and Las Vegas. Michelle Obama......Tags: Michelle Obama, Elections, Ceremonies, Republican Party, U.S. Presidential Election Early Voting (2008)
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Obama calls for energy tax credits
The Swampby Michael Muskal President Obama on Friday called on Congress to approve another $5 billion for clean-energy manufacturing tax credits as a way to stimulate job creation. Speaking at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Obama praised the popularity of.......Tags: Barack Obama, State Budgets, Colleges and Universities, Credit and Debt, Harry Reid
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