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For kids, two of the most dreaded words you can utter are "healthy snack." But this doesn't have to be the case if you take advantage of the magic of dipping.

If you've got a good tomato, the best thing to do to it is as little as possible.

By Russ ParsonsLos Angeles Times

The Public Utilities Commission has set a Monday hearing to give the public a chance to comment on Southwest Gas applications to raise rates in northern Nevada.

Health professionals from around the state meet with state officials this week to learn about legislation changing how they report to the state and respond to infections.

A Washington state firm has purchased Medallic Art Company in Dayton, a move that could possibly bring about 200 new jobs to the area.

BOSTON - The Boston College football team has its eye on a new recruit: You.

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - TCU football coach Gary Patterson said Tuesday he was happy that college football media picked his Horned Frogs as the preseason favorite to win the 2009 Mountain West Conference.

Do you remember when Pele was supposed to make soccer mainstream in the United States? And what about when, 30 years later, David Beckham was supposed to do the same thing?

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The three medical clinics at the center of last year's hepatitis outbreak have filed for bankruptcy, in a move that threatens to delay the first civil trial involving a patient infected with hepatitis C, which is...

RENO (AP) - Five workers laid off last year from a northern Nevada mine have filed a civil lawsuit against a Canadian mining firm, claiming they were denied severance pay, notice, medical claims and retirement contributions required under...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Health professionals and state regulators plan to meet this week in Las Vegas to talk about new requirements for reporting and responding to health care infections.

WASHINGTON (AP) - CIT Group Inc.'s board approved a deal late Sunday with major bondholders to keep the company out of bankruptcy with a $3 billion rescue loan, the New York Times reported.

CHICAGO (AP) - Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - With construction on its $3 billion resort halted, Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort is canceling meetings and conventions scheduled for the first half of 2010.

While Gov. Jim Gibbons stood before reporters and snipped a ribbon marking the completion of grading of USA Parkway across Storey County last week, Vince Griffith was thinking about the next seven miles of the parkway.

Hotels in the Reno-Tahoe area are slashing rates in an effort draw visitors.Montbleu Resort, Casino and Spa at South Lake Tahoe, for instance, advertised $39 rooms during June.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The State Bar of Nevada says it's donating more than $120,000 to nine Nevada nonprofit organizations to boost legal service and education around the state.

Anything Grows, 2578 S. Curry St., new general business, Stan Pardue, ownerCaterpillar's, 314 S. Carson St., new general business, Nathaniel Killgore, ownerDiamond Carpet Cleaning, 187 Crown Point Dr., new general business

The Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Gardnerville want to remind residents that this week is National Independent Retailers Week, celebrating the uniqueness that locally-owned businesses bring to a community.

With the many "For Sale" and "For Lease" signs adorning commercial buildings in all parts of Carson City, it's not news that the market for these properties has lost steam.

Paul Enos joins NBC advisory board

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A drug deal plays out, California-style:

Boddapati graduates with master of science degree

Computer classes help hone job skills

It was a tough day for the Nevada Bighorns summer college baseball team which dropped a doubleheader against the Redding Colt 45s on Saturday at John L. Harvey Field.The Bighorns lost the opener 11-3 and the nightcap 6-1.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Former Ohio State coach John Cooper remembers when he was a young assistant going to coaching conventions hoping to catch a glimpse of Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler and Bear Bryant.

WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.

Our spring weather was perfect to encourage the fungal disease "late blight" that infects tomatoes, potatoes and sometimes eggplants and peppers. This disease caused the great potato famine in Ireland in the 1840s to 1850s by killing...

Everything's coming up roses - and lavender, daisies, yucca and more - in Debbie Dean's garden on Lee Street in Carson City.Dean said reasons for creating the horticultural haven were many.

NEW YORK (AP) - Notre Dame and Army will play the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium next year, rekindling a tradition that took off after Knute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech more than 80 years ago.

Once again, Northern Nevada racers and race fans are short one track. Nevada Motorsports Productions, the operators of the clay oval at Reno-Fernley Raceway have ceased operations and will not re-open this season. I received an e-mail from promoter...

June Joplin, owner of Carson City's Comma Coffee, said she was "disappointed but not surprised" at the State Health Board's decision Friday to deny a variance that would allow a cat in her store.

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Only 14 shopping days remain for the San Francisco Giants to prove to their loyal fans they are serious about getting to the National League playoffs. The Giants, as usual, need our help. So we have a...

RENO - A new report released Thursday shows while fewer businesses relocated or expanded in western Nevada in the past year because of the recession, more jobs were created.

WASHINGTON - Relentlessly rising unemployment is triggering more home foreclosures, threatening the Obama administration's efforts to end the housing crisis and diminishing hopes the economy will rebound with vigor.

On her 13th birthday Saturday, Faithann Hodorowicz will be a regular teenage girl, laughing and chatting with friends at a pizza party in her honor.

Carson City will not be reducing bus service next school year, despite earlier plans to do so, Superintendent Richard Stokes said.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers have amended a the health care overhaul bill to allow workers who lose their jobs to keep their employer-provided care until they get new coverage.

Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told colleagues Thursday that members of Congress should be required to join any federal public health benefits plan created by Congress.

WASHINGTON - Democrats' health care bills won't meet President Barack Obama's goal of slowing the ruinous rise of medical costs, Congress' budget umpire warned on Thursday, giving weight to critics who say the...

RENO - Coaches in the Western Athletic Conference often praise their conference rivals, but most of the time it is to avoid ruffling any feathers. Mike Leach, though, sounds genuine when he tells people that he has much respect for the Nevada...

STATELINE (AP) - Douglas County school trustees have approved a pilot, four-day school week for George Whittell High School at Lake Tahoe.

Trinity Winslow is on a one-woman mission to get people to buy American, and she's fighting that battle one dress at a time.

Dutch Bros. to donate proceedsDutch Bros. Coffee, 1449 S. Carson St., will donate $1 from every drink sold from 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday to Relay For Life of Carson City.

"If there's a lesson in streetwatching it is that people do like basics - and as environments go, a street that is open to the sky and filled with people and life is a splendid place to be," observes the great advocate for...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The prospects for a quick budget-balancing deal between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top lawmakers dimmed late Wednesday as negotiations broke down over education funding.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A state prosecutor said Wednesday a complaint filed by a woman in an alleged extortion attempt of Louisville coach Rick Pitino won't be prosecuted because it lacks supporting evidence.

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