Former Nevada lobbyist and developer Harvey Whittemore surrendered to a minimum-security prison on the central California coast Wednesday to begin serving a two-year sentence for making illegal campaign contributions as his lawyers prepare to argue his case before a federal appeals court.

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A New Mexico physician’s assistant who also is a medical marijuana patient says one of the state’s largest health care providers violated her rights when it fired her following a positive drug test.

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Hawaii residents were furiously stocking up on essentials as two hurricanes churned toward the islands Wednesday and weather officials asked the whole state to prepare for flash flooding.

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Getting to the Grand Canyon Skywalk used to include a teeth-chattering drive over a washboard road fraught with dips and twists.

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Martha Bellisle, an investigative and legal affairs reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal, has been named an Associated Press reporter in Seattle.

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A draft state report released Wednesday on a possible explanation why well water in a central Wyoming gas field smells foul and tastes bad points away from leaky gas wells as a source of the problem.

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Sprint is replacing its longtime CEO Dan Hesse with Brightstar CEO Marcelo Claure on the heels of a report that it is dropping its bid for rival wireless carrier T-Mobile.

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Robots and artificial intelligence could either kill low-skill jobs or create new types of work over the next decade.

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Barbara Corcoran, “Shark Tank” investor AGE: 65 HOMETOWN: Edgewater, New Jersey          LIVES IN: Manhattan EDUCATION: Thomas Aquinas College CAREER: Founder of New York real estate brokerage The Corcoran Group and Barbara Corcoran Inc., the company that sets up her media and TV appearances, including “Shark Tank” FAMILY: Husband Bill, children Tom and Kate HOBBIES: Skiing, going to the beach LAST BOOK READ: Reread “Wuthering Heights,” by Emily Bronte; “it was as delicious as I remembered it.” FAVORITE QUOTE: When she consulted a large developer about a complex problem, he told her, “You’re a smart girl.

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Barbara Corcoran expects entrepreneurs to listen to what she says, and then do what they want.

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