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>> something that one of the seven wonders of the world so people come from all over. >> reporter: but now like everywhere in this state tourism is down here. a new road sign directing people around town to reach the dam is not helping, at least according to petra gomez. >> we are not that great. the economy's bad and then, you know, like i told you about the sign, it went -- business went probably almost 90% down for us. >> our local sales tax revenue is down. that's a major portion of our budget. our property tax revenue is down and that's related to the real estate crash that we and other a...

You'll see, you know, greater penetration from the renewable energy market and i think over time that you will be able to offset some of the use of fossil fuels and ultimately we'll have a cleaner environment. >> reporter: and that could mean more sunny days in the town that built the dam, the town the dam built. when we come back, vegas loves shrimp. can't get enough of them. so, what's the big idea with that white building in the desert north of town? >> the size of this building is a 36,000 square foot fabricated structure. >> reporter: and making it on to the wine list and doing a little m...

things coin sided at the same time and came up with the name of a suspect. >> police didn't take questions saturday saying the investigation is too sensitive at this point. a grim story of northern nevada. rescuers halted the attempts to rescue a 28-year-old man that fell down an abandoned mine. he was breathing and moving the hands but a spokesman said the conditions are just too dangerous to continue. a federal grand jury in arizona expanded the list of charges against jared lee loughner to 49. he's accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others in aattempt to assassinate...

folks seem to be looking, if the firm goes down, where do the tentacles expand to. that determines whether the company is systemic or if they have counter parties in europe and in asian. it's really how far do their tentacles spread into the financial sector. in today's world. isn't everything interconnected? >> that's a huge issue. so many firms are interconnected. a hedge fund that does a lot of swaps with participants around the county, they would have a bigger impact because people start calling their positions, they would be unable to make good on their decisions. i can guarante...

>> we needed the press to be our friend. >> to be your friend? >> to report the news the way we want it to be reported. >> reporter: even when her own campaign called a news conference, she bolted for the door before anyone could answer a question. >> why won't you answer what remedies mean? it is a simple question? >> reporter: why is she running away? she would have to explain this. >> we need to look at personalizing the social security and medicare programs. >> your plan calls for transitioning -- >> that is a harry reid lie. >> your program says transition out -- >> to a persona...