The Blonde Effect
Marketers have long known the power of a pretty face. But new research into the economics of charitable giving says people are just as apt to open their wallets for a chance to win a prize.
Marketers have long known the power of a pretty face. But new research into the economics of charitable giving says people are just as apt to open their wallets for a chance to win a prize.
Three professors at the University of Nevada, Reno are suing the state Board of Regents over changes in procedures for challenging bad evaluations they say violate their academic freedom.
Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s requirement that women bartenders wear makeup at its casinos does not amount to sex discrimination, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday in a split decision.
Whether it's getting to the grocery store or your job, if you can't drive, it can be really difficult to get around town. That's why CitiFare buses parked in front of the Center for Independent Living to teach people how to use the wheelchair ramps.
Police shot a man who was holding a knife to a woman's throat in a domestic disturbance this morning at a Reno apartment.
A federal judge has given a Reno ninth-grader permission to recite a poem at a state competition that administrators at his charter school had sought to block because they say it contains profanity.
Pollution from an old sulfur mine on the east slope of the Sierra in California is overflowing into a creek that runs into the East Fork of the Carson River, which flows into Nevada.
11 year old Madeline Souza wrote an essay in her fifth grade class about what she would do if she was principal for a day. Her essay was selected by General Mills Box Tops for education grant program to earn her school money to implement the plan.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved an overall 3.5 percent increase in electric rates for Sierra Pacific Power Company's northern Nevada customers to reflect the continuing rise in fuel and energy costs.
The Tahoe bears are coming out of hibernation
Authorities are searching for a man who reportedly fled after being shot in the leg and handcuffed by a private security guard in downtown Reno.
International Game Technology has donated 500-thousand dollars to Truckee Meadows Community College for a new manufacturing technology program.
It took nearly 2-years but a former Reno nurse is finally on a path to gain custody of her granddaughter.
Incline Village residents upset about high taxes have dropped their lawsuit aimed at ousting Washoe County Assessor Robert McGowan
A huge non-nuclear explosion expected to generate a mushroom cloud in the Nevada desert will meet state air quality regulations, officials said Wednesday.
Americana Inn is used by local SWAT Team members to help train for real life hostage and vehicle assault scenarios. The motel is abandoned and will soon be demolished to make way to RTC transit center.
The top five candidates for governor squared off this morning, in a roundtable breakfast, at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino. On the menu...economic development.
a Reno student is suing his school...over what he calls obvious "censorship". 14-year-old Jacob Behymer Smith, is *not being allowed to recite a WH Auden poem... because it contains what some consider "foul" language.
Support for Sen. Harry Reid has slipped since he became Senate minority leader in November 2004, according to anewspaper poll.
Hospital Emergency Rooms and some clinics do not ask citizenship status of patients. Experts say priority is to treat the patient regardless of that status or ability to pay. Because of that its tough to say what impact illegal immigrants have on the $227-million dollars in uncompensated care hospitals provide statewide.
Nevada basketball coach Mark Fox has signed a new five-year contract that will keep with the Wolf Pack through 2011.
A contract U.S. Postal Service worker faces a May 8 apearance in federal court next month on charges of stealing hundreds of letters in search of cash and gift cards.
It's become a yearly tradition: as the temperatures go up, so do the gas prices. But this spring, experts say there are more factors driving up prices than just seasonal demands.
Incline Village residents, at odds for years with Washoe County Assessor Robert McGowan over property taxassessments, got to argue their case for having him removed fromoffice.
They've been in iraq for seven months, many serving in dangerous frontline roles in the war on terror. But tonight a group of Marine reservists based here in Reno came home, and were met with cheers, tears and open arms.
