Read more Reno stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15329/reno.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:15:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65032/fun-cities-forbidden-for-federal-travel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGovernment agencies have been warned not to hold meetings in cities employees might actually enjoy visiting, the Wall Street Journal reports. Places like Reno, Orlando, and Las Vegas are all considered untouchable. “We do have guidance that says avoid locations … that give the appearance of being lavish,” said one...http://www.newser.com/story/65032/fun-cities-forbidden-for-federal-travel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:38:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48949/brothels-to-nevada-tax-us-please.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNevada's brothel owners are offering to fork over tax money to the state to help cover its debts—but legislators are reluctant to increase the state's involvement in the $50-million-a-year sex business, reports the New York Times . Nevada's 25 legal brothels pay hefty taxes to their home counties, but are...http://www.newser.com/story/48949/brothels-to-nevada-tax-us-please.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Jan 2009 3:16:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41801/att-to-cap-bandwidth-of-some-users.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAT&T is capping users’ Internet bandwidth in Reno as an experiment, suggesting that the practice of limiting usage may soon become widespread, Wired reports. Depending on the service plan, new broadband customers will be held to 20 to 150 gigabytes of usage monthly. Current customers will soon face limits if...http://www.newser.com/story/41801/att-to-cap-bandwidth-of-some-users.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Nov 2008 15:44:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35130/obama-rips-mccain-on-disaster-economics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama yesterday blasted John McCain’s attacks on his economic policies by slamming the GOP record as a "disaster," reports the Reno Gazette-Journal . McCain “claimed my economic plan would lead to economic disaster,” Obama said. “I’ve got news for John McCain. My plan is not going to bring economic disaster....http://www.newser.com/story/35130/obama-rips-mccain-on-disaster-economics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 Aug 2008 3:57:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26098/52-quake-again-rattles-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe latest in a series of shakers to rattle the West was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck a rural area 190 miles northwest of Sacramento last night. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. Quakes have recently rattled Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe, and Reno, where a swarm of...http://www.newser.com/story/26098/52-quake-again-rattles-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Apr 2008 7:50:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25801/scientists-warn-reno-to-brace-for-major-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists are warning Reno residents to prepare for a major quake following a series of smaller rumbles that have shaken the area for two months, AP reports. The strongest was Friday night’s magnitude 4.7 tremor, which cracked walls and rattled products off store shelves. Now, “a magnitude 6 quake...http://www.newser.com/story/25801/scientists-warn-reno-to-brace-for-major-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Apr 2008 6:25:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16791/nev-caucuses-fascinating-next-to-sc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust hours before voting begins in Nevada, its newly bumped-up caucuses are more crucial for Democrats than South Carolina's primary, blogs Sasha Abramsky of Mother Jones . Yes, Nevada has powerful unions, but it's more complex than that: outlying areas are conservative and rural, and the state is a third non-white....http://www.newser.com/story/16791/nev-caucuses-fascinating-next-to-sc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jan 2008 21:25:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15801/nev-flood-victims-start-cleanup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWater is receding and residents are returning to their homes today in parts of Nevada and California beset by flooding over the weekend, the Reno Gazette Journal reports. Dozens of people had to be rescued by helicopter and boat after rising flood waters inundated their homes in Fernley, 30 miles...http://www.newser.com/story/15801/nev-flood-victims-start-cleanup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Jan 2008 13:36:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14172/even-in-jail-francis-still-not-a-guy-gone-mild.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWild antics usually sell videotapes for Joe Francis, the iconoclast behind “Girls Gone Wild.” But now they’ve landed the 34-year-old entrepreneur in jail and a slew of legal trouble. “I am not a criminal,” Francis insists, but his trail of civil suits and charges—including use of minors in sex...http://www.newser.com/story/14172/even-in-jail-francis-still-not-a-guy-gone-mild.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Dec 2007 13:55:32 CST