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Air Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017

TMCC President On Training Employees For The New Nevada Workforce

Carson City Arts Group To Hear 'Vegas Culture On The Rise'

Henderson Hires Library Director Who Knows System Like A Book

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  • Truckee Meadows Community College is on the front lines of developing employees for the diversified economy of the New Nevada. 

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People marching in the "#NoMuslimBanEver" rally in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the march was in response to President Trump's most recent travel ban, which has now been partially blocked by a federal judge in Hawaii.
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Federal Judge In Hawaii Blocks Trump's Third Attempt At Travel Ban

Oct 17, 2017
President Trump's third executive order restricting travel from some countries to the U.S. was to go into effect on Wednesday. The judge didn't rule on the limits affecting North Korea and Venezuela.
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Book Reviews
'Smile' by Roddy Doyle

Not Much To 'Smile' About In Roddy Doyle's Intense New Novel

Oct 18, 2017
The Irish novelist is known for his sense of humor — but his latest, about a man abused in his youth by Catholic priests, is distressing and at times almost unbearable. It's also his best book yet.
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Goats and Soda

If A Pile Of Poo Has An Emoji, Shouldn't A Mosquito Have One Too?

Oct 18, 2017
There are 2,666 emojis for tweeting and texting. A mosquito is not one of them. Global health campaigners are trying to change that.
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Shots - Health News
Gregory Matthews has glaucoma and uses prescription eyedrops. The dropper's opening creates a bigger drop than he needs, causing him to run out of his medication before the prescription is ready to refill.

Drug Companies Make Eyedrops Too Big, And You Pay For The Waste

Oct 18, 2017
When eyedrops dribble down your face, it's not your fault. Drugmakers have long known that their drops of medicine exceed the capacity of the human eye. Why didn't companies make the drops smaller?
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Debbie Wolfe looks at the antique pitcher that once belonged to her grandmother after finding it the burned ruins of her home on Tuesday in Santa Rosa, Calif.

A Third Of California's Fire Evacuees Still Waiting To Go Home

Oct 18, 2017
Some 34,000 of the 100,000 people forced to flee the blazes are still under evacuation orders. Authorities they were getting close to containing the largest of the fires in northern California.
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Code Switch

A Year Of Love And Struggle In A New High School

Oct 18, 2017
When this new, boys-only, public school in Washington D.C. opened its doors in August 2016 to a class of roughly 100 freshmen of color, NPR and Education Week were there. All. Year.
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A United Airlines jet taxis to a gate at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in June.

Officers Fired After Forcible Removal Of United Airlines Passenger

Oct 18, 2017
David Dao, a 69-year-old Kentucky doctor was injured as he was dragged from a United Express flight in April. Video taken by fellow passengers went viral, sparking outrage.
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Amazon Studios Exec Roy Price Resigns Following Harassment Allegations

Oct 17, 2017
Price was suspended last week after producer Isa Hackett, who works on the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle, said he had "repeatedly and persistently" propositioned her.
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Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, earlier this month.

NFL And Players Meet, But Punt On Anthem Controversy

Oct 17, 2017
There were hopes that an NFL meeting would bring some clarity in the league's policy that says players "should" stand during the traditional pregame performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner."

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