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• Tahoe ski resorts rejoice after storm dumps roughly 2 feet of snow

  04-12-2014 23:47
  TAHOE-TRUCKEE, Calif. — Lake Tahoe’s ski resorts are rejoicing after a moderate winter storm dumped roughly 2 feet of snow this week at high elevation areas throughout the region. As of Thursday morning, Northstar California is reporting 19 inches of new snow the past 48 hours at its upper-mountain elevation of 8,300 feet. In all, the resort near Truckee is reporting 31 inches of snow at upper m
  
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• Fernley Comfort Inn and Suites robbed at gun point

  04-12-2014 23:39
  
  The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a male subject who allegedly robbed the Fernley Comfort Inn and Suites with a gun. The man is described as 5-feet 8-inches with a medium build. He was wearing a blue University of Nevada, Reno sweatshirt, dark pants and a white mask. Deputies were dispatched at 9:53 p.m. Wednesday. The male subject left with an undisclosed amount of cash and was last seen walking north toward Interstate 80.
  
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• U.K. team goes for land speed record in 1,000 mph car

  04-12-2014 23:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  What has a jet engine, a rocket booster and travels on a set of aluminum wheels? It’s the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car and it has plans to hit the world land speed record at 1,000 mph.
  
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• Santas — lots of them — are coming to town

  04-12-2014 22:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  This year’s Great Santa Run, a fundraiser for Opportunity Village, will invade downtown and result in the closure of several city streets from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday.
  
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• CDC: Flu vaccine may not be good match for most common flu strain

  04-12-2014 22:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A sampling of flu cases so far this season suggests the current flu vaccine may not be a good match for the most common seasonal flu strain currently circulating in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
  
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• Las Vegas police classify couple’s death as murder-suicide

  04-12-2014 22:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Homicide detectives classified the death of an elderly couple found Wednesday evening in a northwest valley home as a murder-suicide, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
  
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• Coroner IDs Las Vegas couple dead in murder-suicide

  04-12-2014 22:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The elderly man and woman found dead Wednesday evening after what detectives classified as a murder-suicide were identified Thursday afternoon by the Clark County Coroner’s office.
  
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• Phoenix cop shoots, kills unarmed black man during scuffle

  04-12-2014 21:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Phoenix police officer shot to death an unarmed black man during a struggle and authorities said the officer believed the individual had a gun, in the latest fatal incident amid national turmoil over the policing of black communities.
  
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• Police seek armed robber who hit business near UNLV

  04-12-2014 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a robber they say walked into a business near UNLV pointing a gun.
  
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• Ex-ACLU official suing casino, city of Reno

  04-12-2014 21:23
  
  RENO — A former board member of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Florida chapter has filed a racial profiling lawsuit against Reno police and a downtown casino after he was charged with trespassing for refusing to produce identification. Ali Amir Abdul-Aziz claims security guards assaulted and held him for more than an hour at the Eldorado Casino Resort in September 2012 before confirming his company has an account there and he’s a
  
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• Ex-ACLU official is suing casino and the Reno police

  04-12-2014 21:23
  
  RENO — A former board member of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Florida chapter has filed a racial profiling lawsuit against Reno police and a downtown casino after he was charged with trespassing for refusing to produce identification. Ali Amir Abdul-Aziz claims security guards assaulted and held him for more than an hour at the Eldorado Casino Resort in September 2012 before confirming his company has an account there and he’s a
  
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• American mom brutally murdered at Abu Dhabi mall; woman arrested

  04-12-2014 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in the United Arab Emirates have arrested a local woman on suspicion of stabbing to death an American teacher in a toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall.
  
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• CSN to rename building for former president Paul Meacham

  04-12-2014 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Board of Regents voted unanimously on Thursday to name the building after Paul Meacham, the college’s longest president and the first black president of a college in Nevada.
  
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• Tule Springs Fossil Beds bill clears House

  04-12-2014 20:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A defense policy bill that also would give the go-ahead to create a national monument at Tule Springs in Southern Nevada was approved Thursday in the U.S. House
  
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• Silicon Valley homeless camp cleared out

  04-12-2014 20:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police and social-workers on Thursday began clearing away one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments, a cluster of flimsy tents and plywood shelters that once housed more than 200 people in the heart of wealthy Silicon Valley.
  
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• New $1 fee coming for Thomas & Mack event tickets

  04-12-2014 20:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s going to cost a buck more to attend events at the Thomas & Mack Center. The $1 facility fee will support the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ ongoing improvements to the aging home to the Runnin’ Rebels. The fee will be added to all tickets for all Thomas & Mack events starting in July.
  
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• Storms dump heavy rain on Calif.; flash floods follow

  04-12-2014 20:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A dayslong storm took a parting shot as it moved out of drought-stricken California Thursday, dumping more heavy rain that triggered flash floods and stranded more than three dozen people in their cars.
  
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• Dozens stranded as storms dump heavy rain on Calif.

  04-12-2014 20:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A dayslong storm took a parting shot as it moved out of drought-stricken California Thursday, dumping more heavy rain that triggered flash floods and stranded more than three dozen people in their cars.
  
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• Southern Nevadans take all top Legislature leadership posts

  04-12-2014 19:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With Assemblyman John Hambrick of Las Vegas being named Assembly speaker earlier this week, the top leadership in both parties and in both houses of the Nevada Legislature is from Southern Nevada for possibly the first time in state history.
  
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• Eric Garner’s stepdad: ‘They killed my son’

  04-12-2014 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The stepfather of Eric Garner broke down while discussing a grand jury’s decision to not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner’s chokehold death.
  
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• Lake Mead to allow dives to wreckage of WWII bomber — PHOTOS

  04-12-2014 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The National Park Service is looking for dive companies to run tours of a World War II-era B-29 bomber that crashed and sank to the bottom of Lake Mead.
  
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• Lake Mead to allow dives to wreckage of World War II bomber

  04-12-2014 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thanks to the historic drought on the Colorado River, the National Park Service is now offering a unique new business opportunity at shrinking Lake Mead.
  
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• Vegas fog disrupts some flights at McCarran

  04-12-2014 18:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The dense fog that shrouded the Las Vegas Valley overnight is disrupting some airline schedules at McCarran International Airport, airport officials said Thursday morning.
  
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• Coroner IDs inmate found dead in Henderson jail

  04-12-2014 18:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An inmate at the Henderson Detention Center who was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday afternoon was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday.
  
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• White ex-S.C. police chief faces murder charge in black man’s death

  04-12-2014 17:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A white former police chief in Eutawville, South Carolina, has been indicted on a murder charge in the 2011 shooting death of a black man in the town hall parking lot, a county clerk’s office said on Thursday.
  
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• Weather, problem valves delay Orion launch to Friday

  04-12-2014 16:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Wind gusts and sticky fuel valves conspired to keep NASA’s new Orion spacecraft on the launch pad Thursday, delaying a crucial test flight meant to revitalize human exploration.
  
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• Our favorite photos of 2014

  04-12-2014 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  An epic punch! An armful of pigs! Gutsiness in a G-string! Weekly takes a look back at our best photos of the year.
  
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• Upcoming live entertainment in Carson City area

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  Craig Fletcher will perform with Mick Valentino at 6:30 p.m. today at Glen Eagles, 3700 N. Carson St. Fletcher will perform with Terri Campillo and Rocky Tatarelli at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and with Gerry Wright and Campillo at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Glen Eagles. Jimmy Mallett and Jack Clifton will perform from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bella Fiore Wines, 224 S. Carson St. Escalade will perform at 6 p.m. toda
  
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• Soup feast to be part of Carson City’s Festival of Lights event

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  Everyone is welcome to join the soup feast and keep an artisan bowl to remember the hungry in the community from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday. The event is being held in conjuntion with the Carson City Chamber’s Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights. All proceeds will go to FISH. Cost is $12 which includes one artisan bowl and admission to enjoy locally made soup donated by Carson City restaurants and organizations. A silent auction consisting of
  
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• Roper to head Nevada Division of Forestry

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  CARSON CITY — Bob Roper has been named as the new administrator of the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Roper brings to the position extensive leadership experience and proven management capability. He will join the Division on Feb. 2. Roper, current chairman — beginning in 2004 – of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Wildland Fire Policy Committee, was Fire Chie
  
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• Officials upbeat about Carson City’s animal services

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  City Manager Nick Marano and the Nevada Humane Society, which now runs Carson City’s animal services and shelter, are upbeat about animal services operations despite some challenges. A big challenge, according to the woman running those operations, is an old shelter facility that’s still being used and where on Wednesday afternoon there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark bringing in the humane society to take over
  
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• Luis named Carson City ADA

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  CARSON CITY — Carson City District Attorney-Elect Jason Woodbury on Wednesday announced he will appoint Kristin Luis to be Assistant District Attorney. “Kristin embodies every principle I want the D.A.’s office to reflect,” said Woodbury. “She’s honest. Her judgment is sensible and consistent. And she’s the hardest working person I’ve ever known.” Luis presently serves as the Juvenile Court Special Master and Disc
  
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• Gov.: Revenue can’t meet demands

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  The governor and 2015 Legislature will have $6.33 billion in General Fund revenue to spend on the fiscal 2016-2017 state budget. That’s the total projected by the five-member Economic Forum on Wednesday. Chairman Ken Wiles described the projections as “cautiously optimistic,” a description agreed to by the other members as well. That number is roughly a half billion more than the $5.8 billion the forum approved at its May 2013 meeting �
  
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• Dayton woman is charged with murdering her husband

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  DAYTON — A Dayton woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband. Lyon County sheriff’s deputies say they arrested Kristyn Verdun after they responded to reports of a shooting at a Dayton home on Gordon Lane about 11 p.m. Sunday. They found her husband, Robert Verdun, in a bathroom with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to a Reno hospital, where he later died. Kristyn Verdun was being held W
  
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• Carson City Symphony’s holiday concert set

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  This year’s Holiday Treat concert, the 31st by the Carson City Symphony, at 4 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Community Center, will include performances by Carson City Symphony Chorus and Norma Conway’s Victorian Dancers. The program, conducted by David Bugli, will include several works, including Variations on “My Dancing Day,” “The Bells of Christmas,” music from “The Polar Express,” “A Most Won
  
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• Carson City students write to Santa for good cause

  04-12-2014 07:47
  
  Project is part of ‘Believe’ campaign to benefit Make-A-Wish program Parker Hale, 7, knew exactly what to ask for when he wrote a letter to Santa on Wednesday. “I want a Nashville Predators hockey helmet and a jersey,” he said. “I like hockey, and they’re my favorite team. I also want a pet turtle.” But the Seeliger Elementary second-graders had a greater purpose in penning their letters. “It’s to help sick kids,” said Eva
  
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• Deep Carson team kicks off season tonight in Elko

  04-12-2014 07:39
  
  When Carson High’s boys basketball team kicks off its 2014-15 season tonight in Winnemucca against Spring Creek, coach Carlos Mendeguia will have one of the deepest teams in recent memory. Mendeguia returns seven players — Dilyn (22 points, 48 assists) and Jared Rooker (33 points, 11 steals), Kyle Steele (219 points, 87 rebounds), Ian Schulz (50 points, 48 rebounds), Asa Carter (133 points, 58 r
  
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• Carson streak ends — with an asterisk

  04-12-2014 07:39
  
  Damonte defeats Senator team that wasn’t at full strength RENO — The streak is over, and so probably is Carson High’s reign as Sierra League wrestling champions. Damonte Ranch thumped the Senators, 58-18, Wednesday night in the league opener for both schools, snapping Carson’s 30-match win streak. The Senators hadn’t lost a Sierra League dual since the 2007 season. Whether Damonte wants to admit it, this win should have a
  
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• Land to expand may come, but UNLV needs money to move

  04-12-2014 06:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  UNLV is only a couple of U.S. congressional votes away from expanding its acreage six times over. But Nevada’s largest university is still a whole state legislative session away from obtaining the seed money to develop the land.
  
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• Police investigate deaths of 2 people in northwest valley home

  04-12-2014 06:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro homicide detectives on Wednesday evening were investigating the deaths of two older people in the northwest valley.
  
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• 2 found dead in northwest valley home

  04-12-2014 06:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro homicide detectives on Wednesday evening were investigating the deaths of two older people in the northwest valley.
  
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• 4 vehicles catch fire at Venetian parking garage

  04-12-2014 06:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four vehicles were on fire at The Venetian parking garage Wednesday night, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
  
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• CCSD moves to fire janitor with criminal past

  04-12-2014 05:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County School District moved Wednesday to dismiss Michael P. Curley, the Valley High School janitor who the Review-Journal found had pleaded guilty in June to two counts of gross misdemeanor conspiracy to commit stalking.
  
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• Ferguson, race and ‘the talk,’ America’s most difficult conversation

  04-12-2014 05:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "As long as black parents believe it will increase the odds of their children surviving police encounters, they will have the talk."
  
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• Education officials expect shift in school choice priorities

  04-12-2014 04:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Leaders of the state’s two largest charter school sponsors – the Clark County School District and the State Public Charter School Authority – met for the first time Wednesday to plan for the coming legislative session that many expect will focus on expanding school choice.
  
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• Orion spaceship has NASA flying high

  04-12-2014 04:43
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With the imminent debut of its Orion spacecraft, NASA is on a high not felt since the space shuttle days. Shuttle veterans, in fact, are leading the charge in this morning’s two-orbit, 4½-hour test flight, meant to shake out the capsule before astronauts climb aboard — eventually, perhaps, to visit Mars. “We haven’t had th
  
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• Amsterdam festival lights up the night

  04-12-2014 04:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As a canal boat slides along Amsterdam’s elegant Herengracht canal, a man walking over a bridge pushes down and pulls up on a bicycle pump. As he does, a model tulip — its flower glowing purple — rises sedately from beneath the water.
  
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• Library book 65 years overdue accumulates $475 late fee

  04-12-2014 04:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An overdue copy of “Gone with the Wind” has been returned to a high school library in Washington state, 65 years past its due date.
  
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• Cat survives monthlong trip in moving box

  04-12-2014 04:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A cat has used up at least one of its nine lives after surviving a monthlong trip in a moving box with no food or water.
  
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• Metro to name buildings for three former sheriffs

  04-12-2014 03:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A trio of Las Vegas police buildings at the agency’s Martin Luther King Drive headquarters will be named after three prominent sheriffs from the past 50 years.
  
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