News Headlines for Blue Diamond, Nevada

In Nevada, A Tax Base Disappearing Act (NPR)
After years of tremendous growth, parts of the state now have some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. The loss of property tax revenue is hitting Clark County, in southern Nevada, especially hard.

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Nevada brothel owner gets 15 years for child porn (Billings Gazette)
CHEYENNE - A former Nevada brothel owner has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his conviction on two child pornography charges in Wyoming.

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Nevada brothel owner gets 15 years for child porn (KTVQ Billings)
Associated Press - July 18, 2008 3:45 PM ET CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A former Nevada brothel owner has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his conviction on two child pornography...

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'Should Nevada City buy local or buy Sacramento?' (The Union)
Well, here we go again. "Should I buy local or should I buy Sacramento?" Let me think. ... Nevada County certainly wants you to buy local. Grass Valley wants you to buy local and I'll bet Nevada City wants you to buy local too.

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Asthma high in Nevada County (The Union)
If you're still recovering from the smoky air that enveloped Nevada County for the past few weeks, you're not alone.

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News Briefs: New Nevada City stop signs; 911 call over room cleaning (The Union)
Nevada City: Hold your horses, look for new stop signs

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Nevada cable companies agree to block child porn (Las Vegas Sun)
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 (3:03 p.m.) Nevada state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto says Nevada's two largest cable companies have joined a nationwide push to limit access to child pornography on the Internet.

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More economic problems for Nevada (KVBC Las Vegas)
New unemployment numbers are out and they show more people in Nevada are out of work. Statewide unemployment jumped to 6.4 percent in June, which is two-tenths of a percent higher than May's unemployment rate. And it's almost one percent higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.5 percent.

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Concerns lingering over Nevada sex-offender law (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
CARSON CITY - Another revision of the Nevada attorney general's position on a new sex-offender law has left critics of the law confused - and glad that a federal judge has blocked enforcement of the law pending further review.

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Starbucks to close 18 stores in Nevada (Las Vegas Sun)
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 (10:42 a.m.) Starbucks Corp. says it will close 18 stores in Nevada. The Seattle-based coffee company on Friday identified all 600 stores nationwide that it plans to close in a bid to boost its business and weed out unprofitable locations.

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