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House orders new Benghazi probe; Nevadans split

House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to pursue questions old and new in a search for truth. Nevada’s four representatives split along party lines.

Reid: Koch brothers are bad, Sheldon Adelson is not bad

In U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s view, the Republican billionaire and politically active free-spending Koch brothers are evil. But the Senate majority leader from Nevada is OK with Republican billionaire and politically active free-spending Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson.

VA to scour appointment lists following Phoenix allegations

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to scour patient appointments at medical facilities including the center in North Las Vegas following allegations that waiting lists were manipulated at VA hospitals and clinics in Arizona, Texas and Colorado.

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Facebook leads police to kidnap suspect in Northern Nevada

Police used social media to track a kidnapping suspect from the San Francisco Bay Area to a hotel-casino in Northern Nevada where he was arrested on kidnapping, assault and pornography charges.

Cooperative Extension’s 100 years reflect Nevadans’ ever-new needs

When the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension was founded, agents who represented the southern region had to endure two days of dusty driving — not to mention two nights of camping that could only be considered extremely rustic — to reach offices in Reno. Of course, they probably were used to roughing it.

Nevadan confirmed to head BLM

WASHINGTON – Neil Kornze, a Nevadan raised in Elko, was confirmed on Tuesday to become director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Government in full force to corral cattle, First Amendment

I pulled the Subaru past the orange temporary fencing next to a trash-strewn Interstate 15 overpass Saturday morning and into a government-issued “First Amendment Area.”

Wild horse design on Nevada’s state quarter proves popular

In Nevada, you either love wild horses or hate them. Clearly more residents love them because in a public vote a scene of wild horses running across the desert was selected for the front of Nevada’s state quarter.

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