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Election officials taking registration forms at four area malls on Saturday
The Clark County Election Department is holding Voter Registration drives at four area malls from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, which is also the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 General Election without appearing in person at a department office. Election officials will accept Voter Registration forms at:

Hispanic Institute voter registration drive has Nevada link
News this week that The Hispanic Institute successfully registered 10,000 Hispanics in Nevada is yet another sign there is more to Campaign 2010 than Tea Party outrage. Although the organization has a national reach, Washington, D.C.-based THI is quite familiar with the political landscape in the Silver State.

Obama's chief of staff canceled Alaska voter registration
New Obama Chief of Staff Pete Rouse dropped his Alaska Voter Registration on March 18th, after keeping it for decades. A Daily News profile of Rouse last year brought up his Alaska Registration. The story described how Rouse came to Alaska in 1978 and worked as Chief of Staff for Alaska Republican Lt. Gov. Terry Miller. Rouse returned to Washington D.C. in 1983 but kept his Alaska Voter Registration. Heres how the profile described it: Rouse continued to keep many personal ties in Alaska --...

Voter Registration Deadline This Monday
The deadline to register to vote for the November 2010 election is this Monday, October 4. Registration information must be postmarked by Monday in order to make the deadline. Click here to register or for more information. And remember: Friends don't let friends forget to register to vote. Colorado Pols :: Voter Registration Deadline This Monday

Voter Registration Application
function. Georgia counties issue Voter Registration cards after reviewing and processing applications. You may register to vote

Obama's chief of staff canceled Alaska voter registration
Erika Bolstad Erika Bolstad covers Alaska issues, including the congressional delegation, from Washington, D.C., for McClatchy Newspapers. Before joining the bureau in 2007, she spent seven years as a reporter at the Miami Herald, where she covered politics, government and the state legislature. E-mail Erika at [email protected] . Sean Cockerham Sean Cockerham writes about Alaska state politics. He's worked for the ADN in Anchorage and Juneau, covered the legislature for the Fairbanks Daily...

Statement by the President on National Voter Registration Month
I join all those observing National Voter Registration Month and renew the call for all qualified citizens to register to vote if they haven’t done so already.   Many states have early deadlines and Registration requirements for those wishing to participate in this fall’s Elections, and I encourage everyone to get informed and get involved.   A healthy, vibrant Democracy depends on the full participation of its citizens – and that’s something we can...

Voter registration deadline nears
The Voter Registration deadline in Arkansas is Monday. Secretary of State Charlie Daniels sent a reminder to Arkansans on Friday that new Voters must fill out a Registration application before the deadline to cast their ballots in the Nov. 2 election. More information is available at votenaturally.org .

Little Known Law Could Boost Youth Voter Registration Before Election, If Action Taken Now
( - promoted by Paul Rosenberg ) The nation is experiencing one of the greatest mobilization efforts ever seen for a Midterm Election. And young Voters, as a result of their rising turnout rates in recent cycles, are increasingly becoming the target of those efforts. With Voter Registration deadlines fast approaching in many states, get-out-the-vote groups should take an additional look at the highly mobile college population and take advantage of a little-known Federal Voter Registration law...

Voter-registration deadline by mail or online is Monday, Oct. 4
Monday is the deadline to register online or by mail for the Nov. 2 General Election. To register via online or by mail or to transfer or update their Voter-registration status, people can go to: https://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/voterinformation/Pages/RegistertoVote.aspx Washington is one of eight States that allow Voter Registration and Registration updates via the Internet. The November Election includes the high-profile U.S. Senate battle between Incumbent Patty Murray and challenger...

County wins war against carbon monoxide emissions
Clark County air quality officials are breathing easier with an announcement Wednesday that after 32 years of battling carbon monoxide tailpipe emissions the war against that pollutant is over. They said in a news release that the Environmental Protection Agency has reclassified the Las Vegas Valley as an official attainment area for carbon monoxide, meaning the threat of federal sanctions against the County has dissipated with approval of a long-term plan that shows the valley will meet the...

As Expected, Kangaroo Inquest Clears Metro Cops That Killed Erik Scott
It was always a foregone conclusion that the coroner's inquest would exonerate the three Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers that fired seven bullets into Erik Scott just outside the crowded doorway of an area Costco. The inquest process has cleared officers involved in a shooting since the days of disco, in more than 200 total incidents. In a process that allows Law Enforcement officials and the prosecution to shape the Testimony and witness list without possibility of...

Las Vegas Faces Its Deepest Slide Since the 1940s
Source: New York Times There are many cities across the country that are beginning to see the first glimpses of the end of the Recession. This is not one of them. The nations gambling capital is staggering under a confluence of economic forces that has sent Las Vegas into what officials describe as its deepest economic rut since casinos first began rising in the desert here in the 1940s. Even as city leaders remain hopeful that gambling revenues will rebound with the nations economy,...

Las Vegas's Worried Water Czar
But the basic divide is between optimists and pessimists — those who think the river’s flow will keep pace with the rich past, and those that don’t. Pat Mulroy , the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, serving Las Vegas and its suburbs, is a pessimist. She had expected the glass of Lake Mead to become half-empty. As I wrote in an article in The New York Times on Tuesday, now it is. More accurately, it is 61 percent empty after an enervating 11-year...

Southern Nevada fire restrictions to be lifted Friday
Las Vegas REVIEW-JOURNAL Seasonal fire restrictions on public lands in Southern Nevada will be listed Friday, officials said Thursday.

Las Vegas hotel 'death ray' leaves guests with severe burns
Last updated at 11:53 AM on 29th September 2010 Guests at a new hotel in Las Vegas have complained of receiving severe burns from a 'Death Ray' of sunlight caused by the unique design of the building. Due to the concave shape of the Vdara hotel, the strong Nevada sun reflects off its all-glass front and directly onto sections of the Swimming Pool area below. The result has left some guests with burns from the powerful Rays and even plastic bags have been recorded as melting in the heat. Death...

NY Times: Las Vegas Faces Worst Economic Slump Since 1940s
Even as city leaders remain hopeful that gambling revenues will rebound with the nation’s economy, experts project that it will not be enough to make up for an even deeper realignment that has taken place in the course of this Recession: the collapse of the Construction Industry, which was the other economic pillar of the city and the state. Unemployment in Nevada is now 14.4 percent, the highest in the nation and a stark contrast to the 3.8 percent Unemployment Rate here just 10 years...

Taua gets 4 TDs, No. 25 Nevada beats UNLV 44-26
Related Articles Las Vegas (AP) Vai Taua rushed for three touchdowns and caught a fourth as No. 25 Nevada rolled past intrastate rival UNLV 44-26 on Saturday night to win the Battle for the Fremont Cannon. The Rebels could do little to stop the Wolf Pack’s rushing attack, led by Taua’s 188 yards. Nevada scored five touchdowns on the ground on 374 total rushing yards and never punted. In a rivalry marked by bad blood between northern and southern Nevadans, Wolf Pack fans...

RJ goes pink to fete good health
You could say the Las Vegas Review-Journal was "in the pink." Thursday's special pink edition of the paper was a toast to good health and a way for Nevada's largest newspaper to raise awareness about the fight against Breast Cancer.

Postal Service Expects $6 Billion Loss This Year
Washington (AP) The Postal Service expects to lose about $6 Billion this year because of steep declines in mail volume. The announcement comes a day after Regulators refused to allow the post office to raise the cost of mailing a letter by 2 cents. Postmaster General John Potter says the post office is still considering whether to appeal that decision or make a new Rate Hike request. The latest loss is a bit less than the $7 Billion the post office had been expecting. But its on top of...

Actor Tony Curtis dies at age 85
Tony Curtis, the Hollywood heartthrob who fashioned a career as a respected actor in such films as Sweet Smell of Success , The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot , has died at the age of 85. Curtis, the father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis, died Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a Cardiac Arrest, the Associated Press reports, quoting the Clark County Coroner. Click here for more. (Posted by Doug Stanglin) Tags: Tony Curtis

Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies at 85
breaking news Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis has died at age 85, the Clark County, Nev., coroner said Thursday. Coroner Mike Murphy said the 85-year-old actor died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a Cardiac Arrest. Entertainment Tonight first reported the news of Curtis's death, citing a representative for the actor's daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis. More U.S. news

Solar power!
Solar power! A friend just sent me a link to a red hot horror story : Las Vegas hotel guests left with severe burns from 'Death Ray' caused by building's design Guests at a new hotel in Las Vegas have complained of receiving severe burns from a 'Death Ray' of sunlight caused by the unique design of the building. Due to the concave shape of the Vdara hotel, the strong Nevada sun reflects off its all-glass front and directly onto sections of the Swimming Pool area below. The result has left...