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• Two Bobs: strong but opposing voices on Vegas soccer stadium

  14-12-2014 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One Bob might push a controversial and dragged-out $200 million stadium deal across the finish line on Wednesday The other Bob has been the deal’s loudest opponent.
  
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• Newsfeed issue series to launch with legislative preview

  14-12-2014 23:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The big names set to decide Nevada’s biggest issues will sit down next month for a legislative panel discussion co-hosted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  
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• Man injured in apartment fire in southeast Las Vegas

  14-12-2014 23:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was hospitalized following an apartment fire in the southeast valley on Sunday, the Clark County Fire Department said.
  
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• Ferguson grand jury struggled with witnesses’ credibility

  14-12-2014 22:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The grand jury in the case of Michael Brown’s shooting didn’t just face an onslaught of witnesses with conflicting memories of what happened the day white police officer Darren Wilson killed Brown, an unarmed black teenager.
  
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• Clark teacher earns second nod as GRAMMY finalist

  14-12-2014 09:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Charles Cushinery isn’t just one of 10 finalists nationwide for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award. The Clark High School orchestra teacher and music department coordinator is a finalist for the second time.
  
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• Clark High School teacher earns second nod as GRAMMY finalist

  14-12-2014 09:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Charles Cushinery isn’t just one of 10 finalists nationwide for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award. The Clark High School orchestra teacher and music department coordinator is a finalist for the second time.
  
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• State higher education agency copies think tank report for grant

  14-12-2014 09:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In academia, plagiarism is considered high crime. But what if the culprit comes from the agency that oversees higher education in the state?
  
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• Nevada higher education agency copies think-tank report for grant

  14-12-2014 09:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In academia, plagiarism is considered high crime. But what if the culprit comes from the agency that oversees higher education in the state?
  
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• Washington Digest: House approves spending bill

  14-12-2014 09:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With only hours to spare, the U.S. House last week approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown.
  
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• This Week, Dec. 14-20

  14-12-2014 09:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
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• SANTA’S HELPERS IN CARSON CITY

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  Friends To All prepare to go out into Carson City to deliver presents to seniors. Groups dressed as Santa and Santa’s Helpers logged over 100 stops as they made their rounds visiting and delivering gifts Saturday. This year the group gave special appreciation and honor to the man who inspired the program, Raymond Smith, who passed away in September. Ray’s enthusiasm in bringing the joy of a visit from Santa Claus to so many in
  
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• SANTA PARADE IN CARSON CITY

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  Santa Claus waves from the upper deck of the ‘USS Nevada’ during the Downtown 2020 club’s Olde Time Christmas Santa Parade Saturday morning in Carson City. Terry Hembree, Kinley, 2, Deegan, 4, and Hunter Selby, 7, ride the ‘USS Nevada during the parade Saturday morning in Carson City. The ‘USS Nevada’ leaves 3rd Street in Carson City Saturday morning as p
  
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• Rock bottom for Nevada

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  RENO — David Carter’s wish is that his Nevada Wolf Pack men’s basketball team hit rock bottom Saturday night. “I hope so,” the Wolf Pack coach said after a 65-55 loss to the Cal State Fullerton Titans in front of a crowd of 4,858 at Lawlor Events Center. “I know I’m at the bottom, trying to figure this out.” The Wolf Pack, 2-7, has now lost seven games in a row for its longest slide since it lost eight in
  
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• Prep roundup: CHS quartet wins titles at Lowry

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  WINNEMUCCA — Brandon Basa (106), Brady O’Keefe (145), Connor Sievers (195) and Brady Rivera (215) walked away with titles at the Cody Louck Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday at the Winnemucca Events Center. Carson finished third as a team. Lowry won the tournament with 264 points followed by Spanish Springs at 214.5 and Carson at 206. “Spanish Springs had more kids wrestling back than we did,” CHS coach Paul Carter said. “N
  
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• Joseph Elliott, who represented Carson City, dies at 70

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  Joseph Elliott, who served Northern Nevada as an assemblyman and journalist, died on Nov. 26. He was 70. Elliott graduated from Clovis (Calif.) High and attended Fresno State before enlisting in the U.S. Navy and eventually served in Vietnam. After leaving the Navy, Elliott moved to Reno to be near his father and fell in love with Northern Nevada’s rugged terrain. He earned a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Neva
  
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• IT’S A DATE — TO MARRY IN CARSON CITY

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  Gardnerville residents Welcome Fraley and Cheryl Miller, who have been together for 25 years, decide to wed on the sequential date of 12/13/14 that won’t happen for a long time to say the least at the Carson City Courthouse Saturday. Alan Mayoral-Ortiz, left, and Sara Escobedo, right, wait to get married with their children Carlos, 1, and Alan, 11, at the Carson City Courthouse. It was the last sequential ca
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors tackling bargaining agreements

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  A jammed Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting agenda for Thursday includes public hearings and probable action on collective bargaining agreements forged with law enforcement representatives. Reviewed will be the city fiscal impact from the pacts, which cover three or four years and involve associations representing various bargaining units. They cover three years with the Deputy Sheriff’s Association and the Fraternal Order of Police,
  
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• Black named new WNC Fallon director

  14-12-2014 08:43
  
  Sherry Black, who has been with Western Nevada College since 1987, has been named the new director of the Fallon Campus. Currently, Black serves as director of Career and Technical Education, a position she assumed in 2013. WNC President Chet Burton said Thursday Black’s new assignment officially begins at the start of the spring semester. Burton said he based Black’s appointment on the needs in a two-county area. “I received
  
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• Reid: ‘Right-wing wackos’ had my name removed

  14-12-2014 08:35
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he knows who’s responsible for removing his name from an outdoor-recreation center at his alma mater in Utah. The Nevada Democrat told the Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/1wocuTh ) that “right-wing wackos in Utah” were to blame. Reid’s name was removed from Southern Utah University’s Outdoor Engagement Center in Cedar City in August, several months after a group of Re
  
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• LIVING NATIVITY IN CARSON CITY

  14-12-2014 08:35
  
  Lindsay Campbell, 16, portrays Joseph while Christine Connely, 14, plays Mary during First United Methodist Church’s living nativity on W. Musser St. Saturday night. The living nativity runs again tonight from 6:30-8pm and is free to the public. Canned food donations are gladly accepted. Cars drive by the manger scene Saturday night at First United Methodist Church in downtow
  
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• K-9 FUNDRAISER IN CARSON CITY

  14-12-2014 08:35
  
  Sierra Veterinary Hospital displays silent auction and raffle items as well as a white board with goals for it’s fundraiser Saturday in Carson City. Katara Ehlen, 7, and her younger sister Lilith, 6, spend some time with K9 officer Tarzan at Sierra Veterinary Hospital’s fundraiser on Saturday. The hospital held an open house to raise money to buy protective vests for the Carson City Sheriff’s
  
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• 5,000 wreaths placed in memorial ceremony

  14-12-2014 08:35
  
  Family members and guests made Saturday a special day of remembrance at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley by laying more than 5,000 wreaths on gravesites and along the columbarium containing the remains of servicemen and women who served in the armed forces. Even more special for the national “Wreaths Across America” program, which honors veterans in all 50 states and at
  
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• SILVER DOLLARS AND WOODEN NICKELS: Silver and Snowflakes a ‘Nietz’ thing in Carson City

  14-12-2014 08:27
  
  The Nevada Appeal’s Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels feature recognizes achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out other acts that missed the mark. SILVER DOLLAR: While this community has embraced the Silver and Snowflake event which was held last week, the main reason why is because of two people, Fred and Maxine Nietz, who have poured their hearts and souls into the event for 24 years before
  
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• Moody column: New format for WNC baseball; Carson City’s Paoli honored

  14-12-2014 08:27
  
  In seven years of covering Western Nevada College baseball, I’ve never liked the format of doubleheaders on back-to-back days. Whenever I asked about it, I was told the reason for Friday and Saturday games was to keep the student-athletes in classes longer. I often wondered if that was the case, why not just play Saturdays and Sundays. Well, the Scenic West Conference has unveiled a schedule which includes a
  
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• Local graduates from the University of Nevada, Reno

  14-12-2014 08:27
  
  The following students graduated from University of Nevada, Reno, on Dec. 6. Helaine Berris, Carson City, Bachelor of Science, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources. Ceasar Medina, Carson City, Bachelor of Science, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources. Miguel Torres, Carson City, Bachelor of Science, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources. Jencie Lejeune, Carson City, Master
  
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• Veterans say legitimate claims routinely denied or ignored

  14-12-2014 08:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Veterans have come forward with complaints about tactics employed by the Veterans Benefits Administration, which demands that veterans prove their injuries were service-related but can deny claims without proving anything.
  
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• Man mowed down at Vegas car wash doesn’t recall being hit

  14-12-2014 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas car wash employee says he does not recall the moment a car plowed into his back and another man’s leg before speeding off while they were cleaning another car Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Man mowed down at car wash doesn’t recall being hit

  14-12-2014 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas car wash employee says he does not recall the moment a car plowed into his back and another man’s leg before speeding off while they were cleaning another car Thursday afternoon.
  
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• North Las Vegas cop who was fired, rehired, is fired again

  14-12-2014 06:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A North Las Vegas police officer who was fired in 2007 won his job back in September, along with back pay and attorney’s fees estimated at $500,000. Then in November, the city fired Timothy Frabbiele the day after they reinstated him.
  
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• High Roller feels the love: 12/13/14

  14-12-2014 05:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lyle and Daphne Hoffman of Las Vegas renewed their vows after 32 years of marriage Saturday. On a special day, at a special place and with special friends.
  
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• 12/13/14: Lucky in love? High Roller has your number

  14-12-2014 05:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lyle and Daphne Hoffman of Las Vegas renewed their vows after 32 years of marriage Saturday. On a special day, at a special place and with special friends.
  
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• Snow tickles Vegas mountains, expected to quickly melt

  14-12-2014 01:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Overnight snow produced enough of a dusting to stick on Mount Charleston and the Sheep Range mountains. But National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Outler said sunny skies on Sunday and Monday will likely prevent any further snow until Tuesday.
  
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• Las Vegas burglary suspect surrenders after barricade situation

  14-12-2014 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A barricade situation in the northwest valley ended after three hours Saturday when a burglary suspect surrendered to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Las Vegas burglary call leads to barricade situation

  14-12-2014 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating a barricade situation that erupted in the northwest valley on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Metro report describes rape case involving Arizona cop

  14-12-2014 00:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A police report provides new details in one of the cases against former Bullhead City, Ariz., police Sgt. Jesse Hoag who is accused of forcing himself upon two women he met at the same Laughlin bar during separate October incidents.
  
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• ‘Stand with Us’: Police killings prompt thousands to protest

  14-12-2014 00:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of protesters marched across the country Saturday — past the White House in the nation’s capital, along iconic Fifth Avenue in New York and in front of Boston’s Statehouse — to call attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and urge lawmakers to take action.
  
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• Nevada GOP leaders warn rebellious Assembly members of recalls

  14-12-2014 00:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Republican Party Executive Board on Saturday passed a resolution calling for rebellious members of the Assembly GOP caucus to unite or face recall elections.
  
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