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December 7, 2009

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Historical CD may help pique kids' interest
By scanning historical photos, saving them onto a CD, adding a script and recorded voices, Anita Watson is making state history a little more lively for Nevada students.
10,000 shovels arrive in Nevada; Gov. Guinn backs protest
Scott Sonner
WELLS, Nev. - Gov. Kenny Guinn added his backing to a protest against the Forest Service in Elko today as an estimated 10,000 shovels arrived in Nevada in a show of support from loggers, ranchers and miners across the country.
Rebels inch by Rams in final seconds
Steve Addy
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- UNLV coach Bill Bayno got what he prayed for and his Rebels got what they richly deserved here Saturday.
DA weighing options in death penalty reversal in Reno case
Brendan Riley
CARSON CITY, Nev. - Jack Mazzan, off death row for the first time in 20 years as a result of a successful appeal, could be a free man in a month unless prosecutors decide to retry him for the 1978 murder of a Reno judge's son.
10,000-shovel parade protests Forest Service roads policy
Scott Sonner
ELKO, Nev. - Disgruntled Westerners shipped thousands of shovels to northeast Nevada Saturday to protest the Clinton administration's environmental policies and lend support to local citizens feuding with the Forest Service over a washed out road.
NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 78, COLORADO ST. 75
Johnson 3-9 4-4 10, Stewart 5-8 0-0 10, Kambala 10-12 3-4 23, Diggs 5-15 3-4 15, Dickel 3-6 7-10 15, Brotherson 2-6 0-0 4, Dotson 0-1 0-0 0, Richardson 0-0 1-2 1, Epps 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-57 18-24 78.
Black Nurses Association increasing exposure via education, outreach
Not everyone knows that Friday is Black Nurses Day. Nor do many people know there is a black nurses' association in the Las Vegas Valley, which is something the association would like to change.
Transferring the past to the future
As museums and libraries across the country work diligently to transfer their exhibits and photos onto compact discs, the Nevada State Archives office is on its way to making its photograph collection publicly accessible.
Cowboy Poetry gathering celebrates the Western frontier
Scott Sonner
ELKO, Nev. - They come from all over to learn how to make horsehair rope, sell their sheep and cattle on the Internet and listen to lectures about environmental ranching.
Super Bowl XXXIV a game of hopes, dreams, destiny
Mike Lopresti
ATLANTA -- So what happens when there are two teams of destiny, and only one trophy?

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