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Reid's energy summit kicks off Monday in Las Vegas

A two-day conference on creating clean energy technology -- co-hosted by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Searchlight) -- will bring prominent politicians from around the country to Las Vegas, beginning Monday. (PolitickerNV.com, Daniel Trudeau)

Link: http://www.politickernv.com/danieltrudeau/2239/reids-energy-summit-kicks...

Titus to skip Democratic convention

WASHINGTON -- State Sen. Dina Titus has chosen not to interrupt her campaign for Congress, and will skip the Democratic National Convention in Denver, an aide said Monday.

The candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat in the House "is going to stay in the district. She decided she could get a lot done here," spokesman Andrew Stoddard said. (Review Journal, Steve Tetreault)

Link: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27122969.html

Gloves are off in critical race

The race for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District is on.

Republican Rep. Jon Porter and Democratic challenger Dina Titus quickly dispatched with the formalities at a 30-minute debate Monday night and got straight to what Sen. Hillary Clinton famously called the “fun part” of campaigning. (Las Vegas Sun, Michael Mishak)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/19/gloves-are-critical-race/

Three years later, challenge renewed

Three years ago, Bill Clinton issued his first challenge to Nevada business leaders to make the state a mecca for renewable energy companies, and they can point to some evidence they took him seriously. (Las Vegas Sun, Phoebe Sweet)

Link: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/19/three-years-later-challenge-...

Union activists protest at GOP headquarters

Dressed as grim reapers with cutout faces of U.S. Sen. John McCain, a small parade of union activists carried a cardboard coffin filled with foreclosure notices through a Reno parking lot Monday, hoping to convince voters that the Republican presidential contender isn’t the right candidate to turn the economy around. (Gazette Journal, Anjeanette Damon)

Link: http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080818/NEWS18/80818061