Reno

RENO, Nev. - The University of Nevada, Reno, has been awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to develop and operate the National Geothermal Institute.

RENO, Nev. - About 200 people, many of them unemployed, joined a protest in Reno over what they call an "epidemic" of jobs in economically troubled Nevada going to out-of-state companies and workers.

LOS ANGELES - Jaime Escalante transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school by motivating struggling inner-city students to master advanced math, became one of America's most famous teachers and inspired the movie "Stand and Deliver." He died Tuesday at age 79 after battling cancer for several years, family friend Keith Miller said.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's budget is so far out of balance that by one account the state could lay off every worker paid from the general fund and still be $300 million in the red.