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August 18, 2008 - 1:29pm

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.

The National Clean Energy Summit will feature presentations from former president Bill Clinton, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and billionaire political advocate T. Boone Pickens.

The summit, scheduled to be held at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, begins with a keynote speech from Clinton Monday afternoon and continues with a series of panels Tuesday.

Western governors, including Arizona's Janet Napolitano (D), Colorado's Bill Ritter (D) and Utah's Jon Huntsman (R), are on the list of panelists, as is state Sen. Dina Titus (D-Henderson), who is challenging for U.S. Rep. Jon Porter's (R-Henderson) seat in Congress.

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June 22, 2008 - 9:29am

Cartoon caption contest winner

What did Hillary Clinton say to Barack Obama to cause him to react in such a concerned way?

And why is Bill Clinton there looking for the fist bump?

Click here to view the winner and runner-ups from this week's cartoon caption contest.

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June 16, 2008 - 6:48am

This week's Cartoon Caption Contest

Care to come up with a caption for this cartoon? Click more for the rules and prizes!

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June 9, 2008 - 9:12am

10 questions for U.S. Rep. Jon Porter

U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City).U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City).LAS VEGAS -- Facing probably the toughest reelection campaign of his career, U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City) took some time last week to answer PolitickerNV.com's questions about the state of his race, his opponent and the man heading up the Republican ticket this fall.

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June 2, 2008 - 2:19pm

Clinton out?

Remarks by former President Bill Clinton hint that the end of the campaign for Hillary Clinton may be near, saying that this may be the "last day" that he is involved in a campaign of this kind.

Staffers have been summoned to New York amid rumors that they are being released from employment following tomorrow's primaries.

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May 17, 2008 - 2:35pm

Clinton Convention Speech Part 3

RENO-Former Pres. Bill Clinton wraps up his convention speech with a call for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq and for Democrats to come together in the fall.

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May 17, 2008 - 2:17pm

Clinton Convention Speech Part 2

RENO-Former Pres. Bill Clinton continues his call for party unity.  Clinton notes that compared to some of the primary fights he has witnessed, this campaign has been relatively tame.

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May 17, 2008 - 11:51am

Clinton Convention Speech Part 1

RENO-Former Pres. Bill Clinton speaks at the Nevada Democratic Convention in Reno.  Unexpectedly, Clinton said little about his wife’s candidacy for president, instead focusing on calls for unity among Democrats.

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May 17, 2008 - 10:04am

Nevada Democratic Convention kicks off in Reno

The floor of the Nevada Democratic Convention at the Sierra Grand Resort in Reno.The floor of the Nevada Democratic Convention at the Sierra Grand Resort in Reno.RENO-The Nevada Democratic Convention has been gaveled to order and business has begun.  The morning's festivities will include former Pres. Bill Clinton speaking on behalf of N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton and, reportedly, actor Kal Penn speaking on behalf of Ill. Sen. Barack Obama.

Presidential preference voting will occur this afternoon along with elections of national delegates.

Former U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan has taken the podium as temporary chairman and is regaling the crowd with calls to elect a Democratic president, bring the troops home from Iraq, elect Dina Titus and Jill Derby to congress, give Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley a veto-proof majority and make Steven Horsford state Senate Majority Leader.

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