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Jun 14, 2013 | Tarkanian, Part II
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UNLV's Runnin' Rebels were coached by a man who was thought to be something of a rebel himself. |
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Jun 7, 2013 | Tarkanian, Part I
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To make it into the Basketball hall of fame, Jerry Tarkanian must have done something right. |
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May 23, 2013 | The 17th Part II
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There was a time in Nevada when your ballot would not have included contenders for the U.S. Senate. |
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May 17, 2013 | The 17th
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The means for putting U.S. Senators in office used to come with plenty of controversy. |
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May 3, 2013 | Frank Wright
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Nevada has a colorful past. And getting the facts straight about events that helped shape the Silver state was important to Frank Wright. |
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Mar 29, 2013 | Mark Twain
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When two brothers set out for Nevada about 150 years ago, little did they know that one of them would become a literary legend. Senator Richard Bryan has the story... |
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Mar 8, 2013 | The Dickersons
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You'll have to go back a century to look at the career of one Nevadan who helped shape the state. |
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Feb 22, 2013 | William R. Wilkerson, part 2
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You might not normally hear 'Nevada' and 'Communism' mentioned in the same sentence. But there was a time when it wouldn't have been unusual. |
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Feb 1, 2013 | William R. Wilkerson, part 1
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The ties between Hollywood and Las Vegas go back to an interesting time in America. |
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Jan 11, 2013 | Houssels
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From horse racing to 'the Showboat' -- one Las Vegan has plenty of stories to tell. |
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