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Brigham Young - Pioneer Prophet

Nov 06, 2012
Brigham Young was the man who led the Latter-day Saints to the Great Basin and established the Church's headquarters in Salt Lake City. His latest biographer, John Turner, calls that his signal achievement, which makes him the greatest colonizer of the Western United States.
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Inside Stories From A Mob Sting

Sep 18, 2012
What does it take to infiltrate a mob family? Former FBI agent Jack Garcia is coming to the Mob Museum to share tales of intrigue from more than 100 undercover assignments. They include a three-year tour getting inside New York's Gambino family.
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Two Spirits

Sep 18, 2012
"Two Spirits" tells the story of transgender teen Fred Martinez. But it's not just another hate crime story.
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The Future Of University Medical Center

Sep 14, 2012
University Medical Center has been struggling with its role as the "safety net" hospital for some years. The hospital is saddled with indigent care and emergency care that other hospitals will not do and has problems making money because of the administrative tangle of being a county operation. So what should happen with the hospital? Sell it? Subsidize it? Or even close it?
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Senators Clash On Internet Poker

Sep 14, 2012
Nevada's two senators are at loggerheads over how to proceed with a bill to legalize Internet poker. The bill has bipartisan support among Nevadans, especially the governor and the casinos, who think it will boost the sagging local economy. But Senate Republicans are less than enthusiastic, and it will take 15 to get the bill to pass.
 

 

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Sands To Build Eurovegas

Sep 12, 2012

Las Vegas Sands has announced a deal to spend $20 billion building a casino complex including six casinos, twelve hotels and three golf courses near Madrid. The project has aroused an unusual coalition of opponents - left-wing activists and Catholic bishops - who say the complex will bring problem gambling and bankruptcies. So can Las Vegas Sands repeat its success in building mega-resorts in Macau and Singapore? Or could this be more like Eurodisney?

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Obama Pitches College Education in Las Vegas

Aug 27, 2012
President Obama has been stumping in Nevada for the last two days. He's made his pitch for more college education and also talked up the need to reform the tax system. We look at what the president said, how the crowd reacted and whether his appearances changed the minds of any Nevada voters.
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Are We Ignoring the Drought?

Aug 23, 2012
The nation is currently stuck in middle of the worst drought in 50 years. But are we acting like it's a crisis? No, says author Charles Fishman, and we should.
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What's on Your Mind?

Aug 21, 2012
Nevada is set to get presidential visitations - lots of them. In fact, the president and his opponents will be visiting Nevada quite a few times over the next two months.
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New Leadership at Nevada Cancer Institute

Aug 20, 2012
The Nevada Cancer Institute has had a very tumultuous time in the last year or two. It has gone through a bankruptcy and is now a part of University of California, San Diego Health System.
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Congressman Paul Ryan in Nevada

Aug 17, 2012

It's only days since Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney added Congressman Paul Ryan to the ticket. And the consensus is that adding the architect of Republican budget plans has changed the race. It's not just about the economy any longer. It's about the deficit, Medicare and Medicaid and the size of the federal government. So how will Nevada Republicans react to Ryan. Some local Republicans join us to discuss the choice and Ryan's speech in Las Vegas.

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Urban Planning and Climate Change

Aug 14, 2012

Climate scientists say that last month was the hottest July on record. Some urban developers see this as a cue not only to adopt sustainable practices to avoid global warming, but as an opportunity to completely re-evaluate the way cities are designed.

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Sixty Miles of Border

Jul 31, 2012
Terry Kirkpatrick spend nearly three decades in a job that burns many people out in months. He was a special agent for the US Customs Service.
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Moral Hazard of Drone Warfare

Jul 30, 2012
We all cheered when the Navy Seals captured and killed Osama bin Laden. Many of his cohorts in Al Qaeda and the Pakistan Taliban have been killed by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.
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ACLU files complaint claiming Henderson school lax on bullying intervention

Jul 24, 2012

For all the increased awareness of bullying and its consequences, at least one Nevada school has apparently failed to effectively address it.

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The Berkley Ethics Investigation

Jul 11, 2012

Congresswoman Shelley Berkley will face further scrutiny from the House Ethics Committee. The watchdog decided to formally investigate allegations that the Las Vegas congresswoman lobbied to influence the Administration's decisions about kidney medicine at UMC in ways that helped her husband's medical practice. She has also sponsored legislation that improves federal support for kidney services. So will this hurt Berkley's campaign for Nevada's US Senate seat?

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Nevada's own SB1070

Jul 03, 2012

The United States Supreme Court has given its answer on Arizona's SB1070 - the law that requires police to check the immigration status of people they suspect of being in the country illegally. Now Assemblyman Ira Hansen is asking for a similar bill to be prepared for the 2013 session of the legislature. Hansen tells us why he thinks Nevada needs its own law to check on immigrants legal status and how he assesses the chances of it passing.

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A Conversation with Japan's Ambassador

Jun 26, 2012
The Ambassador of Japan is visiting Nevada to talk about trade and he joins us in studio. Ichiro Fujisaki will discuss trade between his country and Nevada, the wider issues on the future of Asia and the Pacific and what it will take to improve US exports to Asia.
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William Hill comes to Nevada

Jun 25, 2012
William Hill, the British bookmaker has just won approval for its acquisition of three Nevada sportsbooks. It comes with a budget to beef up the sportsbooks and mobile gaming apps that have been rolled out by American Wagering.
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Zoning Businesses near the Strip

Jun 22, 2012
No one quite planned it this way but in the neighborhood of Sahara Avenue and Paradise Road there are businesses that run all night, or would like to, but there are residential neighborhoods where people would like to sleep all night. So how can the city council balance those interests? Do neighbors need to find a quieter area or should businesses be happy to accommodate their neighbors.
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Lost Vegas

Jun 22, 2012
The Clark County Museum has put together an exhibit of the old resorts of Las Vegas - the El Rancho, The Dunes from the days before the luxury mega-resort came to dominate the tourist corridor. It's called 'Lost Vegas: Bulldozed and Imploded Casinos of the Las Vegas Valley.
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Shakeup at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jun 19, 2012

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has seen bureaucratic turmoil in recent months as the chairman departs and Congress tries to appoint two new members. The issue that's driven all the turmoil is whether or not former Chairman Gregory Jaczko was sticking to the commission's business or trying to stymie Yucca Mountain. We look at what's been happening and how it will affect the future of Yucca Mountain.

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Judicial Misconduct

Jun 13, 2012
On Friday, District Judge Valorie Vega was charged with three counts of judicial misconduct. The judge denies she did anything wrong but does concede that there were procedural irregularities.
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The Last Camel Charge

Jun 12, 2012
When the United States Army first tried to expand its control into the Southwest before the Civil War, it was an experiment. The desert had often deserted Spanish explorers and so the United States Army tried a different tack.
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Political Messes

Jun 11, 2012
We're in the middle of early voting season and politicians everywhere are hoping that things run smoothly, at least through Election Day. Right now, however, things are not working out that way.
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