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		<title>Nevada Worst for Teen Pregnancy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2009/09/09/nevada-worst-for-teen-pregnancy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nevada has the highest percentage of teenage pregnancies compared to any other state in the country. 
The non-profit agencies that counsel teenagers say the lack of education and the economy are to blame for the increase. A national study shows that 113 teens for every 1,000 in the state are pregnant. 
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		<title>New UFO Mystery Surfaces</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/07/28/new-ufo-mystery-surfaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Knapp of the Eyewitness News I-Team has a story about a new UFO mystery. A large object with a turquoise hue plummeted out of the sky earlier this summer and plowed into the earth south of Las Vegas near Needles, California. You can read all about it but we&#8217;d love to know &#8212; do you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I-Team: Las Vegas Safety Derailed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/07/07/i-team-las-vegas-safety-derailed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tons of deadly cargo passes through Las Vegas every day aboard Union Pacific rail cars. Although rail is statistically the safest transport system in the country, accidents do happen, such as the close call in Las Vegas 11 months ago.
Read the full story
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		<title>Budget Solution Seen Through Yucca Mountain</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/26/budget-solution-seen-through-yucca-mountain/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/26/budget-solution-seen-through-yucca-mountain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State of Nevada faces almost a billion dollar budget shortfall. The Nuclear Energy Institute says there is a solution that requires no increase in taxes or cutting programs, but it comes with one very large string attached.
The NEI says the federal government could give the state $1 billion next year, effectively erasing the budget [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>BLOG: Tell Us Your Ideas to Solve Rising Gas Prices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/19/blog-tell-us-your-ideas-to-solve-rising-gas-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/19/blog-tell-us-your-ideas-to-solve-rising-gas-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gas prices just keep going up and up around the country and here in Las Vegas. We want to know what you think can be done to help Las Vegans deal with the problem of rising gas prices.
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Foreclosure Nightmare Stories</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/13/foreclosure-nightmare-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/13/foreclosure-nightmare-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nevada leaders want to help you stay in your home and right now you can take advantage of resources to make sure that happens. Have you been having problems with your home? Share your stories here.
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Governor Gibbons&#8217;s Divorce Proceedings Go Very Public</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/13/governor-gibbonss-divorce-proceedings-go-very-public/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/06/13/governor-gibbonss-divorce-proceedings-go-very-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Jim Gibbons, who wants a divorce from first lady Dawn Gibbons, used his state-owned cell phone to send more than 860 text messages in one month last year to a woman he describes as a longtime friend. His wife has accused him of having a girlfriend. This very public couple is having a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Gibbons Lashes Out Over Divorce</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/05/28/governor-gibbons-lashes-out-over-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/05/28/governor-gibbons-lashes-out-over-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 04:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Jim Gibbons&#8217; divorce has become a full blown scandal. First Lady Dawn Gibbons has accused her husband of having an affair with a married woman. She wants the court to open up the proceedings, which the governor had sealed.
At a news conference Wednesday, the governor snapped at reporters who asked about the first lady&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hepatitis Investigation Finds Common Link</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/05/22/hepatitis-investigation-finds-common-link/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/05/22/hepatitis-investigation-finds-common-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Nevada Health District has linked the hepatitis C virus back to one person, on one day, for at least half of the confirmed cases.
This entire investigation started at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada on Shadow Lane. Seven of the eight confirmed acute cases of hepatitis linked to unsafe medical practices came from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heller Proposes English-Only Ballots</title>
		<link>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/05/07/heller-proposes-english-only-ballots/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2008/05/07/heller-proposes-english-only-ballots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Las Vegas Now Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nevada Congressman Dean Heller has introduced a bill that would require all voter ballots to be printed in English only.
A provision to the Voting Rights Act requires cities and counties to provide bilingual ballots if 5-percent of the voting citizens speak little English. But Heller&#8217;s bill seeks to repeal that rule.
Read the rest&#8230;
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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