May 18, 2013

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Frugal Bank Robber

He's not especially greedy, but he's a bank robber nonetheless and Reno police are looking for him.

A Family Affair

Three down, one to go. Taking classes at the University of Nevada, Reno has been a family affair for four members of Reno's Fyfe family the past few years.

Biggest Month Ever For Nevada Casinos

Gamblers with extra cash from Nevada tax rebates helped to give the state's casinos their biggest month ever - a one-point-zero-six (b) billion win in October.

Conscience Clause for Pharmacist

State Board of Pharmacy takes public testimony which would set guidelines as to when a pharmacists could refuse to fill a prescription

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Kinder Amigos

There are 820 students at Smithridge Elementary School in southeast Reno and about 700 of them speak Spanish as a first language. We went to Vicki Fitzgerald's kindergarten class where only one out of 27 students speak English fluently.

Local Guard Choppers Downed In Afganistan

Three Chinook helicopters from Northern Nevada were shot down in Afghanistan by enemy fire. One was destroyed, but all the crew members Nevada residents survived.

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Lovelock Soldier Dies In Iraq

A soldier from Lovelock died in Iraq on Tuesday. 20-year-old Army Pfc Thomas Siekert died in Bayji, Iraq on Tuesday. He was not killed in action. He was assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.

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Stranded Snowmobilers Found

Two snowmobilers were stranded late Wednesday night somewhere near Incline Village and rescue crews had a hard time battling a storm as they tried to find them.

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Double the Rebate

Consider it an early Christmas present...the DMV made a mistake and gave some seniors two rebate checks.

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Foster Grandparents

It's the "date that will live in infamy." Wednesday, local elementary-school students got a real-life history lesson with first-hand memories of Pearl Harbor, from "foster grandparents."

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Pharmacist Conscience Clause

State Board of Pharmacy will consider adopting new regulations which would allow pharmacists to not fill a prescription they find morally objectoinable--with certan provisions.

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Toll Road Sought For Storey County

Two years after he first floated the idea, Storey County Commissioner Greg "Bum" Hess is renewing his call for the first toll road in Nevada in more than a century.

SWAT Stand-Off Ends Peacefully

After six hours of tense negotiations, a stand-off between the Reno SWAT team and a 26-year-old armed gunman barricaded in his apartment, comes to an end.

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Court Case Gets National Attention

A national television audience has its eyes glued to the trial of a Gardnerville man. Court T-V is streaming the case worldwide over the web.

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Smallpox Vaccination Study

Smallpox Vaccine

six washoe county public health workers were vaccinated nearly three years ago. Their experience is part of a study which appears in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

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New Voter Registration System Not Ready

State and local election officials meet Thursday in Las Vegas to work out final details of an alternative to a statewide voter registration system that won't be ready for the start of Nevada's 2006 election cycle.

No Bowl For UNR Band

The Wolf Pack will play in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve....its first bowl game in a decade. The UNR marching band assumed they were going too, but just found out they're staying home.

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Holiday Shopping Mood

A new survey is out, and local retailers may want to pay attention...because it affects their holiday mood.

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Reward Offered In Stabbing Death

A $2,500 dollar reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a half dozen suspects in a fatal stabbing on the southeast side of Reno over the weekend.

Dead Casino Gunman A Felon

The man who died in a gun battle that injured two sheriff's deputies at a Lake Tahoe casino showed suicidal tendencies and bought firearms at a local dealer just hours before Saturday's shooting.

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More Rebate Checks Mailed

More than 91-thousand rebate checks, totaling nearly eight (m) million dollars, have been mailed to Nevadans who didn't get earlier rebates of motor vehicle fees.

Casino Shooting

Sunday the Douglas County Sheriff's office released the name of the man who died in Saturday's shoot out at a South Lake Tahoe Casino.

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