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• Mass. mom found with babies’ bodies charged with murder

  16-12-2014 23:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 31-year-old Massachusetts woman who authorities discovered living with the bodies of three dead babies tucked inside a closet in her rodent-infested house was charged on Tuesday with two counts of murder, prosecutors said.
  
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• Fire destroys Silver Springs residence

  16-12-2014 23:15
  
  Lyon County firefighters responded on Monday afternoon to a structure fire in Silver Springs. Central Lyon County Fire District Chief John Gillenwater said the home on Tamarack and East 2nd streets was “quite a distance out” and was fully involved when they arrived on scene. With support from Mason Valley and Lyon County, he said they used water tenders to douse the flames. “The good news is we never ran out of water,” he s
  
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• Fire destroys Silver Springs home

  16-12-2014 23:15
  
  Lyon County firefighters responded on Monday afternoon to a structure fire in Silver Springs. Central Lyon County Fire District Chief John Gillenwater said the home on Tamarack and East 2nd streets was “quite a distance out” and was fully involved when they arrived on scene. With support from Mason Valley and Lyon County, he said they used water tenders to douse the flames. “The good news is we never ran out of water,” he s
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Man arrested on suspicion of domestic battery

  16-12-2014 23:15
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. MONDAY • At 6:48 p.m., deputies responding to a report of a woman screaming at a South Roop Street apartment complex arrested a 55-year-old on suspicion of domestic battery-first offense. He allegedly pinned a woman to the bed and choked the victim. Bail was set at $3,000. The Nevada Appeal only names people arrested on susp
  
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• Ball gets rolling for new EPA labs, offices in Las Vegas

  16-12-2014 22:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A $7.85 million advance from Congress will get the ball rolling on moving the Environmental Protection Agency’s Las Vegas labs and offices into new quarters at the Harry Reid UNLV Technology and Research Park, according to the U.S. senator whose name is on the sign.
  
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• Clark County pays diversity director to settle discrimination claim

  16-12-2014 21:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved an $80,636 settlement with the county’s diversity director after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal wage discrimination lawsuit on her behalf.
  
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• Prosecutors to file more charges against trio in child sex abuse case

  16-12-2014 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prosecutors said Tuesday that they expect to add new charges to the long list of allegations against three people accused of videotaping sexual abuse of at least eight children.
  
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• McCarran gets explosive-sniffing canines

  16-12-2014 20:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The TSA introduced four specially trained dogs to sniff passengers for residue or odors from explosive devices Tuesday at McCarran International Airport.
  
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• Clark County picks ex-parks and rec director to fill Assembly seat

  16-12-2014 20:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously picked Glenn Trowbridge to fill the Assembly District 37 seat vacated by Wesley Duncan.
  
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• ‘The Interview’ New York premiere cancelled in wake of threats

  16-12-2014 20:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A spokesperson for Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema has confirmed that Thursday’s premiere of Sony’s Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy “The Interview” has been canceled in the wake of the ominous message sent by Sony hackers on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Sony hackers threaten 9/11 attack on theaters showing ‘The Interview’

  16-12-2014 20:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Sony hackers have threatened a 9/11-like attack on movie theaters that screen Seth Rogen and James Franco’s North Korean comedy “The Interview,” substantially escalating the stakes surrounding the release of the movie. Some of their message read “The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.”
  
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• Chancellor defends Nevada higher ed against plagiarism allegations

  16-12-2014 19:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the wake of plagiarism allegations against the Nevada System of Higher Education, the chancellor is rolling out an explanation.
  
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• Family of man shot, killed by police at Ohio Wal-Mart file lawsuit

  16-12-2014 19:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After killing a man at an Ohio Wal-Mart, police interrogated his girlfriend, accusing her of lying, threatening her with jail time and suggesting she could be on drugs, according to a video posted on The Guardian’s website. The man, John Crawford III, was holding an air rifle he had picked up off a store shelf when police shot him.
  
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• Cimarron-Memorial Career Tech Academies get financial boost

  16-12-2014 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At Cimarron-Memorial High School, $50,000 is the magic number. Not only did the school’s robotics team recently receive a new tooling machine worth that amount, its information technology program also received computing equipment worth $50,000.
  
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• Dunkin’ Donuts opens Carson City location

  16-12-2014 18:51
  
  Emphasizing creation of 100 jobs, Dunkin’ Donuts co-owner Nicole Hansen and Mayor Robert Crowell marked the official opening of the chain’s Carson City outlet Tuesday. It is the first of several Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and baked goods restaurants Hansen and her husband, Drew, are planning along with a third partner in their Northern Nevada franchise. “This is just the beginning, as we are looking to open nine additional restaurants in t
  
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• Fiore claims compliance with IRS over tax liens

  16-12-2014 18:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas Republican lawmaker Michele Fiore said Tuesday she is fully in compliance with the Internal Revenue Service over more than $1 million in tax liens against her home health care businesses.
  
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• MGM Resorts, Perini resolve lawsuit over defective Harmon at CityCenter

  16-12-2014 18:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A global settlement was announced this morning as a trial was set to begin over the defective building of the now-demolished Harmon Hotel on the Strip. The trial began with jury selection more than seven weeks ago and was expected to last a year.
  
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• Suspect in 6 Pa. killings found dead

  16-12-2014 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The body of an Iraq War veteran suspected of fatally shooting six family members in Pennsylvania was discovered on Tuesday following a two-day manhunt, a district attorney said.
  
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• Schools close as manhunt for suspect in 6 Pa. killings continues

  16-12-2014 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pennsylvania police on Tuesday searched for an Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six family members, including his 14-year-old niece, in a shooting spree in communities near Philadelphia.
  
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• Body found near Pa. killing suspect’s home; ID pending

  16-12-2014 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The district attorney has confirmed a body was found near the home of the suspect linked to six Pennsylvania killings. Identification of the body is pending.
  
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• Sydney hostage-taker well-known to police

  16-12-2014 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The self-styled sheikh behind a siege at a Sydney cafe had been charged as an accessory to murder and with multiple sexual offences. He also harbored deep grievances against the Australian government.
  
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• Grand Menorah Lighting Tuesday in downtown Las Vegas

  16-12-2014 16:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Fremont Street Experience will celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah on Tuesday with the downtown Las Vegas’ Grand Menorah Lighting Ceremony.
  
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• 132 students, 9 staff killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan school

  16-12-2014 16:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 132 students and nine staff members were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and opened fire, witnesses said, in the bloodiest massacre the country has seen for years.
  
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• 130 dead, mostly children, in Taliban attack on Pakistan school

  16-12-2014 16:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 130 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and opened fire, witnesses said, in the bloodiest massacre the country has seen for years.
  
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• Time capsule to remember Nevada’s Sesquicentennial

  16-12-2014 07:31
  
  In a letter to Nevada’s future leader, Gov. Brian Sandoval expressed his delight in serving in the state’s top office and outlined the activities and effort put into celebrating the sesquicentennial last year. “I told the person that no matter what the state looks like in 50 years, I know they will have the same sense of pride that we all do,” Sandoval said.
  
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• Ken Beaton: 70th anniversary of first day of Battle of Bulge

  16-12-2014 07:31
  
  Can you name any of the U.S. Army divisions that valiantly fought in the Battle of the Bulge 70 years ago? Did you mention the Screaming Eagles, the 101st Airborne Division? You earned partial credit for your answer. If you answered 22 Infantry, 11 armored and 3 airborne divisions, you win! The “Battling Bastards of Bastogne” were the 101st Airborne Division with the 10th Combat Brigade (3,000 men with 60 of the newe
  
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• John Bullis: If it sounds too good to be true...

  16-12-2014 07:31
  
  The Federal Trade Commission say scams against the elderly are increasing. You have heard about the telephone calls “your grandchild is in trouble, send money now ...” that are not true. But it is not only the telephone scams of various types to be concerned about. Family members account for nearly 60 percent of the cases of senior financial exploitation. Friends, neighbors and paid home care aides also can be involved in scams
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Gift ideas for the gardener on your list

  16-12-2014 07:31
  
  Ho! Ho! Ho! Or, when speaking to gardeners, that probably should be Hoe! Hoe! Hoe! What presents are you giving the gardeners in your life this holiday season? I started looking online for unusual gift ideas for gardeners and found some curious ones. For you wine drinking gardeners out there, and I’m sure there are a few, consider buying a four-pack of Plant Nannies to recycle your bottles and water your plants. With these handy
  
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• Carson High Football | Senators celebrate seniors, season

  16-12-2014 07:31
  
  The annual season-ending Carson High football dinner isn’t your normal awards banquet. It is all about the seniors, and giving the group one last send-off before preparations start toward the 2015 season. The 2014 season was another great one. It represented a fifth league/conference title in the past seven years. The Senators went 9-3 and reached the Division I regional finals, losing 28-25 to eventual state runner-up Reed. Coac
  
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• Carson City Sen. Dean Heller named to finance, other key committees

  16-12-2014 07:31
  
  Newly in the majority, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., has been named to a series of committee posts including the powerful Senate Finance Committee. “Each of these committees provides an avenue for me to best serve the people of Nevada,” the Carson City native said. In addition to Finance, Heller won seats on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, Veterans Affairs and the Special Committee on Aging. He
  
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• CCSD court motion blames bullied 13-year-old for her own death

  16-12-2014 05:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The day before the first anniversary of Hailee Lamberth’s suicide, the family of the 13-year-old who is suing the Clark County School District over the bullying she experienced was shocked by a court filing that equated Hailee’s act with “murder.”
  
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• Lawyers grill FBI agent about Caesars search warrants

  16-12-2014 03:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Defense lawyers grilled an FBI agent Monday about whether he misled a federal judge into approving search warrants in a July 9 raid at Caesars Palace on a multimillion-dollar international betting ring.
  
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• Child struck by car in The Lakes

  16-12-2014 03:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 11-year-old girl was hospitalized Monday evening after being struck by a car in the west valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• State panel hires 2 experts to guide child welfare reforms

  16-12-2014 03:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The state blue ribbon committee created to spearhead improvements to Clark County child welfare and the court system has hired two additional experts to guide its work before the 2015 Legislature begins.
  
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• Frank Sinatra’s old Tahoe casino scheduled to reopen in a year

  16-12-2014 03:15
  
  The famed Cal Neva, a North Lake Tahoe hotel-casino once owned by Frank Sinatra, will reopen to the public on Dec 12, 2015 — on what would have been Ol’ Blue Eyes’ 100th birthday, officials announced Friday. Crews currently are renovating the 10-story, 191-key resort that straddles the California-Nevada state line, featuring a full interior and exterior property overhaul that will c
  
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• Al Kramer exiting Carson City treasurer’s office for state

  16-12-2014 02:27
  
  Carson City Treasurer Al Kramer will leave his elected post next month to become Nevada’s deputy state treasurer for investments. Kramer, prior to his first election in 1995 as treasurer for the consolidated city that is Nevada’s state capital, had worked as deputy state treasurer for operations in the office to which he is returning. He will work for incoming state Treasurer Dan Schwartz. Kramer didn’t give a specific date for his leav
  
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• Police: Man struck by a car in Sept. died a week later

  16-12-2014 02:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 73-year-old man struck by a car in September in the southeast valley died about a week later, Las Vegas police announced Monday.
  
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• Former reality TV star pleads guilty to kidnapping Las Vegas prostitute

  16-12-2014 02:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former “Ice Road Truckers” reality-television star pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and extorting a Las Vegas prostitute, just as he was scheduled to face a jury on the charges.
  
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• Nevada: Guard Who Was Shot Kills Gunman on Bus

  16-12-2014 02:23
  The authorities say a wounded security guard shot back and killed a passenger who opened fire when he was kicked off a public bus a little before 2 a.m.
  
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• World War II hero Leonard dies months after receiving final medal

  16-12-2014 02:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  World War II veteran Davis “Dave” B. Leonard, who received a French Legion of Honor medal just this year for gallantry during the U.S.-led Normandy Invasion and for his role in liberating France from Nazi Germany, died Friday. He was 91.
  
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• Carson City NxLevel course for small business returns

  16-12-2014 01:55
  
  A NxLevel for Entrepreneurs business planning course begins next month in Carson City and ends in April, officials announced Monday. Michael Salogga, Carson City business development manager and the instructor, and Kathy Carrico, Nevada SBDC training director, made the announcement and said the program provides people who want to start or grow a business the tools to proceed. The SBDC designation from America’s SBDC Nevada office in Reno st
  
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• Cooperation keys latest pact to protect Lake Mead

  16-12-2014 01:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Eighty years ago, Arizona sent national guard troops in commandeered ferryboats to try to stop California from diverting more water from the Colorado River.
  
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• Metro approves maintenance contract for radios

  16-12-2014 01:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police seem to have finally found a usable radio system after nearly three years of problems with their old one.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Man arrested on six misdemeanor charges

  16-12-2014 01:15
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. FRIDAY • At 11:30 p.m., a 26-year-old was arrested on suspicion of DUI-first offense after deputies responded to an accident at Menlo and Green Court. The pickup truck was damaged in the middle of the road and a female passenger was transported to Renown hospital. The male driver was charged with DUI both alcohol and drugs f
  
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• Remains of fisherman found at Lake Mead show he drowned

  16-12-2014 01:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office has released the cause of death for a fisherman whose body was found in October at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, eight months after he’d been reported missing.
  
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• Fisherman found at Lake Mead drowned

  16-12-2014 01:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office has released the cause of death for a fisherman whose body was found in October at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, eight months after he’d been reported missing.
  
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• Obama: ‘We’re going to destroy’ Islamic State

  16-12-2014 00:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a tough warning to Islamic State militants, saying a U.S.-led coalition will permit no safe haven to the group and will destroy it eventually.
  
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• Man sentenced to maximum sentence for rape

  16-12-2014 00:43
  
  David Stone was sentenced to life plus life in prison on Monday after his conviction on two counts of raping a 12-year-old boy. Each of the life sentences carries a minimum 35 years in prison, under the law, the only sentence that can be imposed in cases of juvenile rape. Since Judge Todd Russell made the two sentences consecutive, that means the 62-year-old Stone wouldn’t be eligible for parole until he is 134 years old. It took a jury of
  
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• Man gets maximum sentence for 2 counts of rape

  16-12-2014 00:43
  
  David Stone was sentenced to life plus life in prison on Monday after his conviction on two counts of raping a 12-year-old boy. Each of the life sentences carries a minimum 35 years in prison, under the law, the only sentence that can be imposed in cases of juvenile rape. Since Judge Todd Russell made the two sentences consecutive, that means the 62-year-old Stone wouldn’t be eligible for parole until he is 134 years old. It took a jury of
  
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• Carson man gets maximum sentence for 2 counts of rape

  16-12-2014 00:43
  
  David Stone was sentenced to life plus an additional count of life in prison on Monday after his conviction on two counts of raping a 12-year-old boy. Each of the life sentences carries a minimum 35 years in prison, under the law, the only sentence that can be imposed in cases of juvenile rape. Since Judge Todd Russell made the two sentences consecutive, that means the 62-year-old Stone wouldn’t be eligible for parole until he is 134 years
  
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