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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6 for the third day of his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill.
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Kavanaugh Accuser's Classmate: 'That It Happened Or Not, I Have No Idea'

Sep 20, 2018
After saying on social media that the incident "did happen," a former classmate of Christine Blasey Ford tells NPR she does not have firsthand knowledge of it.

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Air Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018

Las Vegas Housing Is Booming, Does That Mean Another Bust Is On The Horizon?

Aaron Ford On His Run For Nevada Attorney General

Recycling Fraud An Ongoing Issue For California, States With Deposit Laws

  • Coming up on Thursday's program... 

  • Recycling is generally seen as a good thing. So why were eight people busted for bringing recycling from Nevada to California? The problem is deposit laws designed to encourage recycling. 

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Heller Predicts Kavanaugh Will Be Confirmed

Sep 20, 2018

Republican Sen. Dean Heller is predicting that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed despite what he called the “hiccup” of a recent allegation that the judge sexually assaulted a woman when they were both teenagers. 

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Tours Of Scotty's Castle In Death Valley To Resume

Sep 20, 2018

Reservations are being taken for tours of the grounds at Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley National Park, even though repair work is still being done in the area following a flood in 2015.

A ranger will take visitors around the grounds to see the damage first-hand.

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Life Is Beautiful Festival Begins Friday

Sep 20, 2018

The Life is Beautiful festival begins Friday and there are a number of street closures planned for downtown Las Vegas through the weekend as a result. 

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UNLV Faculty, Staff Go Through Active Shooter Training

Sep 20, 2018

Faculty and staff at UNLV underwent training on handling an active shooter situation Wednesday.  

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The fix was in for this rhesus macaque drinking juice on the Ganges River in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. No gambling was required to get the reward.

In Lab Turned Casino, Gambling Monkeys Help Scientists Find Risk-Taking Brain Area

Sep 20, 2018
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a brain region in monkeys that influences their desire to take big risks. When this area is inactivated, the monkeys tend to hedge their bets.
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Then-candidate Donald Trump holds an LGBT rainbow flag during an October 2016 presidential campaign rally at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo.

Trump Officials 'Did Not Want' Census Survey To Ask About Sexual Orientation

Sep 20, 2018
Four federal agencies under President Obama requested new sexual orientation and gender identity questions for the American Community Survey. Under President Trump, the proposal stalled.
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Friend or foe? A California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) gives observers the eye at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.

Octopuses Get Strangely Cuddly On The Mood Drug Ecstasy

Sep 20, 2018
The drug makes the usually antisocial creatures much more interested in friendly contact with other octopuses. It's one more sign that the chemistry of social behavior has deep evolutionary roots.
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Bob Dylan, pictured in 1974, while working on what would become <em>Blood on the Tracks.</em>

Hear An Early Outtake Of Bob Dylan's 'If You See Her, Say Hello'

Sep 20, 2018
Bob Dylan's Bootleg series continues this fall with Vol. 14, More Blood on the Tracks, which includes the first take he ever recorded of "If You See Her, Say Hello."
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