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• NAACP applauds move to remove Assembly speaker

  06-12-2014 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The decision of Assembly Republicans to pick a new speaker designate on Tuesday has muted criticism about the caucus leadership, and the focus now is back on policy, from taxes and education funding to economic diversification, an official with the NAACP said Friday.
  
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• Thousands of Santas run, walk through Las Vegas

  06-12-2014 23:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of Santa Clauses took to the pavement on Saturday morning for the Great Santa Run hosted by Opportunity Village.
  
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• Thousands of Santas build up a sweat in Las Vegas

  06-12-2014 23:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of Santa Clauses took to the pavement on Saturday morning for the Great Santa Run hosted by Opportunity Village.
  
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• RJ, chamber launch ‘Newsfeed’ breakfast discussions

  06-12-2014 23:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce have joined forces for a new breakfast series that aims to ignite conversations about important community issues.
  
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• Feds want to save sage grouse with conditions, interior secretary says

  06-12-2014 22:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a meeting of Western governors in Las Vegas on Saturday that the U.S. government’s goal is to find a way to save the sage grouse without having to list it as an endangered species.
  
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• Suspect named in fatal Vegas shooting

  06-12-2014 21:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kolby Edwards, 29, has been identified by homicide setectives as the suspect from an early Saturday morning fatal shooting that left one dead in the north valley, Las Vegas police said
  
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• 1 dead after north valley shooting, homicide detectives investigate

  06-12-2014 21:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Homicide Detectives were investigating an early Saturday morning fatal shooting that left one dead in the north valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Senator Square: Music departments to host holiday concerts

  06-12-2014 21:55
  
  The Instrumental Music Department (bands and orchestra) is having its annual Winter/Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Carson City Community Center. Donations are welcome. CHORAL NEWS Carson High School has had a number of their singing Senators recognized for their vocal talents already this year. Two outstanding members of the Concert Choir and Chamber Choir were chosen by audition to be members of the American Choral Dir
  
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• Suspect who fatally shot man in central valley identified

  06-12-2014 20:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police on Saturday identified the man they suspect fatally shot another man during an altercation in a central valley apartment complex Friday evening.
  
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• Las Vegas slaying suspect arrested

  06-12-2014 20:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police on Saturday identified the man they suspect fatally shot another man during an altercation in a central valley apartment complex Friday evening.
  
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• Fatal central valley shooting suspect arrested

  06-12-2014 20:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police on Saturday identified the man they suspect fatally shot another man during an altercation in a central valley apartment complex Friday evening.
  
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• Potholes to report? Call these numbers

  06-12-2014 19:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If you’ve got a pothole complaint to voice, such as multiple Road Warrior readers did last week about the condition of Eastern Avenue and the ramps leading to the 215 Beltway, all you have to do is call the right office.
  
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• 14 ridiculous hotel amenities

  06-12-2014 19:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hotel amenities these days are as much a ploy to get you to gush about them to your friends back home as they are to make your stay comfortable. This list of over-the-top hotel amenities is worth bringing up because each is a rare one-off, not available in all sizes.
  
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• Sandoval to discuss water issues with Western governors in Vegas

  06-12-2014 18:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Facing dwindling water supplies, Western states are struggling to capture every drop with dam and diversion projects that some think could erode regional cooperation crucial to managing the scarce resource.
  
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• Sandoval to discuss water issues with 8 governors in Vegas

  06-12-2014 18:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Facing dwindling water supplies, Western states are struggling to capture every drop with dam and diversion projects that some think could erode regional cooperation crucial to managing the scarce resource.
  
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• Firefighters extinguish abandoned building fire; est. $20k damage

  06-12-2014 17:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It took Las Vegas Fire and Rescue ten minutes to extinguish a blaze at a central valley vacant-building early Saturday morning, a department spokesman said.
  
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• Al-Qaida commander indicted in NYC bomb plot killed by Pakistani soldiers

  06-12-2014 16:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pakistani soldiers killed a top al-Qaida operative Saturday who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York’s subway system, the military said in a statement.
  
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• Obama condemns Al Qaeda militants who killed 1 American, S. African

  06-12-2014 16:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “I also offer my thoughts and prayers to the family of a non-U.S. citizen hostage who was also murdered by these terrorists during the rescue operation,” the statement read. “Their despair and sorrow at this time are beyond words.”
  
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• American man killed during rescue operation in Yemen

  06-12-2014 16:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An American photojournalist and a South African teacher held by al-Qaida militants in Yemen were killed Saturday during a U.S.-led rescue operation that President said he ordered because of “imminent danger” to U.S. hostage.
  
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• Teri’s Notebook: Carson City duo is incredible and has a paddle

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  Justin Thistle, a 2000 Carson High School graduate, has got a game for you. A part of his Justincredible Entertainment business, he recently added the Incredible Game Show, mimicking shows like “Jeopardy,” “Family Feud,” “Minute to Win It” and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” “I am always motivated by new and exciting features for events,” he said. “I have always felt that there should be more for people to pa
  
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• Prep roundup: Carson falls to Elko

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  ELKO — Elko High outscored Carson 20-14 in the fourth quarter to grab a 56-48 win Friday night at the Red Lion Invitational at Elko High School. Carson, 1-1, plays West-Salt Lake City today at 2 p.m. The game was won at the foul line. Elko went 24-for-33 and Carson went 5-for-10. “It was a very physical game,” Carson coach Carlos Mendeguia said. “I thought they were just as physical as us if not more. “We missed a lot of easy shots.
  
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• Package of six Nevada lands bills clear the House

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  A package of seven Northern Nevada lands bills cleared the House of Representatives this week and the two authors say they’re confident the Senate will also approve them. Six of the measures were authored by Republican Mark Amodei, the other by Democrat Steven Horsford. All were supported by both. Amodei said the measures were included in the National Defense Authorization Act, a move designed to help the Senate bring the legislation to a v
  
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• Disapppoining finish doesn’t ruin good year for Senators

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  For the fifth time in seven years, Carson High football coach Blair Roman labeled the season a success. Roman guided the Senators to a 9-3 record and a berth in the regional finals against Reed. The Raiders never trailed in edging the Senators, 28-25, last Saturday at Bishop Manogue High School. “I’m disappointed in the result of the last game is an accurate description,” Roman said. “Everybody is disa
  
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• Disappointing finish doesn’t ruin good year for Senators

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  For the fifth time in seven years, Carson High football coach Blair Roman labeled the season a success. Roman guided the Senators to a 9-3 record and a berth in the regional finals against Reed. The Raiders never trailed in edging the Senators, 28-25, last Saturday at Bishop Manogue High School. “I’m disappointed in the result of the last game is an accurate description,” Roman said. “Everybody is disa
  
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• Carson City’s WNC restores car for Circles program

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  CARSON CITY — Wrecking yards are packed with cars that are crushed like an accordion. Many of them, however, just need the time, labor and expertise of auto body repair personnel to make them look and operate like new again. A Chevrolet Cobalt with serious body damage was donated earlier this fall to Western Nevada College’s Career and Technical Education Division with a mission — restore the vehicle as
  
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• Carson City’s Capitol shines bright with Festival of Lights

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  From tots and the tottering to some bearded guy all in red and white, folks enjoyed holiday hoopla at Carson City’s Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights Friday evening. The white bearded dude came in an old fire truck that backed onto the Capitol grounds. He was deposited to greet kids of all ages and someone called him Santa, probably bec
  
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• Carson City duo is incredible and has a paddle

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  Justin Thistle, a 2000 Carson High School graduate, has got a game for you. A part of his Justincredible Entertainment business, he recently added the Incredible Game Show, mimicking shows like “Jeopardy,” “Family Feud,” “Minute to Win It” and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” “I am always motivated by new and exciting features for events,” he said. “I have always felt that there should be more for people to pa
  
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• BLM issues draft Carson City District plan

  06-12-2014 08:51
  
  Residents are being asked to review a draft resource plan and environmental impact statement for the Bureau of Land Management’s 4.8 million acre Carson City District. A public meeting on the plan and the statement is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden and from 2-4 p.m. on Jan. 24, at the Carson City Plaza Hotel and Event Center, 801 South Carson St. Additional public meetings are anticipated in coordination w
  
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• Mackay Stadium to get $11.5 million facelift

  06-12-2014 08:43
  
  LAS VEGAS – The University of Nevada athletics department has received approval from the state’s Board of Regents to proceed on an $11.5 million plan to renovate Mackay Stadium. Initial plans for the renovation include additional restrooms, new stadium club and loge seating and the addition of chairback seating in seven sections to increase the fan gameday experience. The plans also call for new ADA accessible seating areas and the wideni
  
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• Las Vegas protesters sound call for justice in fatal police shootings

  06-12-2014 07:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Demonstrators stormed downtown Las Vegas’ First Friday issuing a call for justice and showing their solidarity with other “die-ins” staged across the country in response to recent officer-involved shootings in which African-American men were killed and law enforcement faced no consequences.
  
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• State, county work to resolve capacity issue at Child Haven

  06-12-2014 05:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada officials are working with Clark County Department of Family Services to increase Child Haven’s capacity for the second time in five months. Clark County’s emergency shelter for abused and neglected children saw its latest surge in population last week when it was housing 97 residents, exceeding its state-approved capacity of 70.
  
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• NASA: ‘There’s your new spacecraft, America!”

  06-12-2014 04:27
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest space vehicle, Orion, accomplished its first test flight with precision and pizazz Friday, shooting more than 3,600 miles out from Earth for a hyperfast, hot return not seen since the Apollo moon shots. For a space agency still feeling the loss of its shuttles, the four-hour voyage o
  
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• Carson City’s Stacey Giomi retiring; Tarulli to be interim chief

  06-12-2014 04:19
  
  Fire Chief Stacey Giomi will retire on Feb. 2 and Tom Tarulli, now assistant fire chief, will become Carson City’s interim fire chief. That announcement by Giomi and city government Friday was accompanied both by the chief’s acknowledgement it was a tough choice to leave for another opportunity and by high praise from Mayor Robert Crowell, as well as City Manager Nick Marano. “It was a very, v
  
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• Multiple people stabbed on Michigan train

  06-12-2014 03:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suspect was taken into custody by police in Michigan on Friday after multiple victims were stabbed aboard an Amtrak train in the small city of Niles, a police dispatcher said.
  
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• Audit: Data from Clark, Washoe could drive up death penalty cost

  06-12-2014 03:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Death penalty cases may cost Nevada even more than a recent audit shows because prosecutors in Clark and Washoe counties didn’t provide key figures to the state.
  
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• 1 person killed, another injured in central valley apartment shooting

  06-12-2014 03:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a Friday night shooting near a central valley middle school, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Sewell teacher surprised with $100,000 grant win

  06-12-2014 03:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Third-grade teacher Brenda Moynihan came up with Sewell Elementary School’s idea for a Farmers Insurance grant and wrote a 30-page application to support her idea for expanding access to technology in the Henderson school’s community. On Friday, she found out she had succeeded.
  
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• California man gets 30 years to life in rape and slaying of Metro worker

  06-12-2014 02:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Derrick Valentine was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life in prison for the rape and strangulation of 35-year-old Melodie Walker, an employee with the Metro Police Department.
  
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• Man charged after teen takes gun to school

  06-12-2014 02:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Los Angeles man was charged with multiple criminal counts on Friday after prosecutors said he allowed his 14-year-old son to take a loaded gun from the family’s home to confront three other teenagers in the neighborhood.
  
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• Lawsuit claims state bar leaked disciplinary details about lawyer

  06-12-2014 01:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas attorney David Phillips filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday that accuses the State Bar of Nevada of leaking confidential information about him to the press.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run

  06-12-2014 01:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man police say fled the scene of a fatal crash that killed a bicyclist in November has been arrested, Henderson police said Friday.
  
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• Carson City deputies searching for purse-snatcher who mugged 99 year old

  06-12-2014 01:07
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s deputies are looking for the teenaged girl who mugged a 99-year-old Carson City woman Thursday afternoon. The victim told investigators she had just pulled into the driveway of her home when she was approached by what she described as a girl about 18, dressed all in black. Sgt. Scott McDaniel said the girl asked if that was a certain address and the victim told her no. Then, when she turned her back on the girl, McDani
  
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• $18-million parking garage approved for UNLV

  06-12-2014 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Friday approved a public-private partnership between a land developer and UNLV to build a 610-space parking garage and a new home for the UNLV police department by January 2016.
  
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• Police brutality protests continue around the country

  06-12-2014 00:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About 100 protesters in Cleveland blocked a bridge over the Cuyahoga River for about 20 minutes, police indicated on their Twitter feed. Protests in the growing movement against police brutality are on tap in dozens of communities across the nation on Friday, with more planned over the weekend.
  
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• FBI-Caesars search case to narrow to father, son

  06-12-2014 00:51
  LAS VEGAS — Five defendants are poised to take plea deals in a federal illegal Internet gambling case in Nevada that stemmed from a disputed FBI raid last summer at high-roller suites in Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip, defense attorneys said Friday. Hearings to change pleas have been scheduled next Tuesday and Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, court records show. The group plea deal, and dropped charges agains
  
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• Nevada State College president awarded 3 percent raise

  06-12-2014 00:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada State College president Bart Patterson was given a new 3½-year contract by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Friday.
  
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• Attorney: State Supreme Court ruling a victory for HOAs

  06-12-2014 00:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas attorney on Friday said the Nevada Supreme Court gave a legal victory to homeowners associations and their residents when it ruled that “house flippers” who fully paid off liens to quickly sell their investments at huge profits cannot now recoup some of that money.
  
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• Police ID driver they say killed pedestrian

  06-12-2014 00:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police on Friday identified the man they say was under the influence when he hit and killed a 30-year-old pedestrian during a crash Thursday evening.
  
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