Word: nevadas
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...September 25, 2006: Las Vegas, Nevada A bus driver pulls over to drop off students. One student gets off the bus and then shoots at it. Three bullets hit the back of the bus, but none of the 34 students on board are injured...
...She’s focused on that work, as we all are here.” Shaheen was unavailable for comment. Deirdre Murphy, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), confirmed yesterday that Shaheen had met privately with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and DSCC Chairman Sen. Charles E. Schumer ’71 of New York, but said she could not comment on the specifics of the meeting. “We believe that Governor Shaheen would a great candidate, and polls have shown John Sununu to be considered extremely vulnerable...
...weeks ago, the Nevada Democrats took the first step when they backed out of a contract with Fox News. Fox was planning on televising a Democratic Primary debate in Nevada. But after Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes implied that Barack Obama was a terrorist, the Democrats decided to pull the plug. (Of course, these types of remarks are hardly unexpected from Roger Ailes—he was the Chief Media Strategist for President George H.W. Bush when he founded Fox News...
...Nevada Democrats have realized is that Fox is beyond being a “Republican” news channel. Fox doesn’t just hire journalists with conservative ideology. Instead, it employs partisan mouthpieces. CNN might be perceived as liberal but its reporters don’t have a comparable track record of blatant inaccuracy. If Fox wants to correct what it perceives as a liberal bias in the media, fine. But muddying the public discourse with falsehood and provocative rhetoric is a disservice...
...coverage to all the estimated 47 million Americans who lack it and to curb costs that have sent premiums soaring four times as fast as wages. On March 24, seven candidates showed up for a health-care forum that I moderated in Las Vegas, sponsored by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the Service Employees International Union, and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. (Though all the Republican contenders were invited, none accepted. Senator Joe Biden was the only Democrat to decline...