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Nevada sales plunge 6.2 percent in October (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Nevada merchants sold $3.73 billion in goods and services in October, a 6.2 percent decrease from the same month a year ago, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Monday.

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Nevada’s No. 2 pleads not guilty to money charges (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Nevada’s lieutenant governor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to four felony charges accusing him of mishandling a multibillion-dollar state college savings program when he was state treasurer.

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Nevada sales plunge 6.2 percent in October (San Francisco Chronicle)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Nevada merchants sold $3.73 billion in goods and services in October, a 6.2 percent decrease from the same month a year ago, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Monday. Gross revenue collections from sales and use taxes totaled $274.6 million, a 7.4…

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Suspect arrested in Nevada County vandalism spree (The Sacramento Bee)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Authorities said a 19-year-old man angry over a speeding ticket allegedly vandalized more than 55 mailboxes in Lake Wildwood. The vandalism took place during the evenings of Dec. 25 and 26. With help of Lake Wildwood Security, Nevada County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Nolan Gail Saturday on suspicion of felony […]

Freight train derails, takes out Nevada bridge (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

A freight train derailed in northern Nevada, triggering a bridge collapse and major disruptions in rail service on one of the country’s main east-west lines, Union Pacific officials said. The derailment occurred Saturday morning in a remote area along the…

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Train derailment in Nevada will not disrupt freight, Amtrak service; parallel line to be used (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

RENO, Nev. - A freight train derailment in Nevada will not disrupt rail service on one of the country’s main east-west lines as initially feared, Union Pacific officials said Sunday.

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