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Nevada tribes push for satellite polling places on reservations

Tribal leaders in Northern Nevada are asking a U.S. judge to order the state and two counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied a federally protected equal opportunity to vote in the November elections.

Jury selection begins today in Oregon standoff trial

The trial of seven anti-government activists, including ranchers Ammon and Ryan Bundy, for leading an armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon was set to begin on Wednesday.

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Zia Records owner dies at age 45

Brian Faber, the owner and vice president of Zia Records, which has two shops in Las Vegas, died Sunday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and stroke, a statement posted on Zia Records’ blog said.

Nevada’s Blood Donation Day goes national, expands to a week

Would you give up an hour of your time to save a life? Southern Nevadans are urged to do that during National Blood Donation Week — a concept that began last year in Nevada and is now spreading across the nation.

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