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• Kansas gun store owner dies after botched robbery leads to shootout

  09-01-2015 23:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The owner of a gun store died on Friday in a shootout with four men who were attempting to rob the business in Shawnee, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, police said.
  
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• 4 shot in attempted robbery of Kansas City-area gun store

  09-01-2015 23:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four people were shot, three critically, during an attempted robbery at a gun store in a Kansas City, Missouri, suburb on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
  
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• Reports: Romney considering 2016 presidential run

  09-01-2015 23:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mitt Romney, the Republican U.S. presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors on Friday that he is considering another White House run in 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  
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• Man lured victims by telling them woman was in labor

  09-01-2015 22:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who authorities said lured two victims by telling them his girlfriend was pregnant before he beat and robbed them has been indicted, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Man lured victims by telling them girlfriend was in labor

  09-01-2015 22:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who authorities said lured two victims by telling them his girlfriend was pregnant before he beat and robbed them has been indicted, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• New Navy super gun shoots projectiles at 4,500 mph — VIDEO

  09-01-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun is capable of launching projectiles at 4,500 mph and hitting targets 100 miles away.
  
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• Girl thrown from bridge by dad was alive during fall, police say

  09-01-2015 21:28 via reviewjournal.com
  A 5-year-old Florida girl was likely alive when her father dropped her 62 feet off a bridge into the choppy waters of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg police said on Friday.
  
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• New scoreboard, sound system at Mackay Stadium eyed for 2015

  09-01-2015 21:15
  
  RENO — The University of Nevada’s plans for an extensive renovation of Mackay Stadium is scheduled to be complete for the 2016 season opener. But a Wolf Pack fan is campaigning to get a new scoreboard and sound system in place earlier. Brantly Compton tells the Reno Gazette-Journal that the $2.5 million in upgrades could be done this year if enough money comes in by mid-February. The state Board of Regents approved pl
  
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• Murder trial postponed in killing of Sparks trespasser

  09-01-2015 21:15
  
  RENO — The lawyer for a Sparks man accused of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed trespasser intends to challenge the competency of the prosecution’s “star witness” — a second trespasser who survived the shooting at the vacant, rundown duplex. Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan granted a defense motion Friday to postpone until May the trial that was scheduled to begin Jan. 20 for 73-year-old Wayne Burga
  
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• CES: Everything Old Is New Again

  09-01-2015 20:43
  The biggest trends at International CES were actually technological concepts that have been around for decades, if not centuries.
  
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• Metro asks for help finding pair of wanted brothers

  09-01-2015 20:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in finding a pair of brothers wanted on multiple outstanding warrants.
  
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• Michigan orders evacuations after 50-70 car pileup, hazmat situation on interstate

  09-01-2015 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one person was killed and six cars and semi-trailers set afire in a pileup of 50 to 70 vehicles on Friday in Michigan. Hazardous materials officials ordered the evacuation of everyone living within 3 miles of the crash.
  
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• Evacuation order near scene of fatal 50-70 car pileup in Mich. lifted

  09-01-2015 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one person was killed and six cars and semi-trailers set afire in a pileup of 50 to 70 vehicles on Friday in Michigan. Hazardous materials officials ordered the evacuation of everyone living within 3 miles of the crash.
  
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• Nevada high court upholds dismissal of Fallon ‘leukemia cluster’ lawsuit

  09-01-2015 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Fallon-area company that was alleged to have been responsible for a leukemia cluster that affected 16 children between 1997 and 2002.
  
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• Education Notebook, Jan. 15-21, 2015

  09-01-2015 19:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• Justices uphold verdict in ‘Pacman’ Jones strip club melee in Vegas

  09-01-2015 19:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury verdict of more than $12 million against former Tennessee Titans football player Adam “Pacman” Jones for a melee in a Las Vegas strip club in 2007 that led to the shootings of two security officers.
  
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• Albuquerque bus crashes into home, 7 injured

  09-01-2015 19:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Albuquerque city bus collided with another vehicle then rammed into a woman’s house on Thursday, injuring seven people, police said.
  
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• Reid: Recovery of vision ‘not a slam dunk’

  09-01-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada said Friday he suffered a serious injury to his right eye in a gruesome New Year’s Day accident , and that full recovery of his vision “is not anything that is a slam dunk.”
  
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• Reid: Recovery from eye injury ‘not a slam dunk’

  09-01-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sen. Harry Reid said Friday that full recovery from the serious injury to his right eye in a gruesome New Year’s Day accident “is not anything that is a slam dunk.”
  
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• Search team detects ‘pings’ that may be from AirAsia black box

  09-01-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Indonesian search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet detected pings they believed were from the plane’s black box flight recorders on Friday.
  
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• 1 injured in rollover accident in Indian Springs

  09-01-2015 18:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle rollover crash in Indian Springs on Friday, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Crash on U.S. 95 near downtown cleared

  09-01-2015 18:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A multivehicle crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Casino Center Boulevard is tying up traffic Friday morning, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Accident on US 95 near downtown cleared

  09-01-2015 18:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A multivehicle crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Casino Center Boulevard is tying up traffic Friday morning, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Accident on US 95 near downtown blocking traffic

  09-01-2015 18:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A multivehicle crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Casino Center Boulevard is tying up traffic Friday morning, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Coroner IDs couple, rules deaths as murder-suicide

  09-01-2015 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The couple who died late Tuesday night in what Las Vegas police called an apparent murder-suicide in the southwest valley have been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Man accused in slaying behind Las Vegas strip mall could face death penalty

  09-01-2015 17:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man accused of raping and killing a woman behind a Las Vegas strip mall could face the death penalty, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Intruder shot dead in home had been out of jail less than a year

  09-01-2015 17:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man police said was shot and killed after breaking into a home in the west valley had been out of prison for less than a year, prison records show.
  
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• Coroner IDs man killed in home robbery attempt

  09-01-2015 17:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who police said was shot and killed after breaking into a home in the west valley has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Golden Gate Bridge closing to install new collision barrier

  09-01-2015 16:59
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden Gate Bridge will shut down to private vehicles for 52 hours starting at midnight Friday so workers can install a moveable median barrier designed to prevent head-on collisions, part of an effort to increase safety along the iconic structure. Transit buses, emergency vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists will be able to cross the bridge while the barrier is being installed, the Golden Gate Bridge Highway
  
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• Source says Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Paris attacks

  09-01-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for orchestrating the deadly terrorist attack on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the founder of the magazine The Intercept, Jeremy Scahill tells CNN.
  
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• Source: Brothers wanted in deadly Paris shooting killed

  09-01-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers wanted in the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, have been killed by security forces in a town where they’d been surrounded, a local mayor said.
  
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• French police involved in 2 standoffs related to magazine attack

  09-01-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two intense standoffs with gunmen were underway in and around Paris early Friday afternoon — one involving the two brothers wanted in the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the other a hostage situation at a kosher grocery store.
  
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• Explosions, gunfire heard at site of hostage situation near Paris

  09-01-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  French anti-terrorist police stormed a small printing works in northern France where the two chief suspects in Wednesday’s attack on a Paris newspaper had taken a hostage, explosions and gunfire ringing out around the building.
  
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• Brothers in Paris attack killed; hostages, gunman die in 2nd siege

  09-01-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two brothers suspected of a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages.
  
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• Brothers in deadly Paris shooting, 2nd hostage-taker killed

  09-01-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two brothers suspected of attacking the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday while their hostage was freed, a police official said.
  
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• CCSD closer to changing policies on student bullying

  09-01-2015 08:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District is one step closer to updating its bullying policy, including ordering principals to inform parents within one school day that a student is either a victim of bullying or accused of bullying.
  
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• Tribal Legislative Forum to be at Carson City’s Stewart Complex

  09-01-2015 07:47
  
  The Nevada Indian Commission has scheduled a Tribal Legislative Forum for Jan. 15 at the Stewart complex in south Carson City. Sherry Rupert, executive director of the commission, said the purpose is to learn more about the legislature and the legislative process so those attending can be effective advocates for tribal issues. Former Assembly Speaker John Oceguera, ex-state Senator and Assemblyman Ernie Adler and former Assemblywoman Lucy Flo
  
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• Swing era jazz & blues group visiting Minden

  09-01-2015 07:47
  
  The third concert in Carson Valley Arts Council’s 2014-2015 concert series will feature music by Bay Area singer Lavay Smith, called the “Queen of Classic Jazz and Blues,” and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 at the CVIC Hall on Esmeralda Avenue in Minden. Smith celebrates the Swing Era of the 1940s and evokes an era of glamorous retro divas. Her second album, titled “Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Mis
  
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• Saving Nevada’s piece of Americana

  09-01-2015 07:47
  
  An unusually light breeze uncommon for early January swept across the Loneliest Highway in America east of the Lahontan Valley. A swirl of dust headed toward one of the old, wooden buildings that houses a motel at the Middlegate Station, a popular grill and watering hole almost midway between Fallon and Austin visitors say serves the best hamburgers this side of the Sierra Neva
  
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• Foster/adoptive parent training to be offered in Carson City

  09-01-2015 07:47
  
  The Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) will hold foster/adoptive parent training on Jan. 17, Jan.18 and Jan. 24 in Carson City. Training runs from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Training sessions will be held at Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center, Valley View Room, 3rd Floor, at 1600 Medical Parkway. Lunch and snacks will be provided, courtesy of Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. The training curriculum utilized is P.R.I.D.E. (Parent
  
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• DMV moves to make temporary tags more secure

  09-01-2015 07:47
  
  The Department of Motor Vehicles is upgrading the security on temporary vehicle tags to make them less vulnerable to fraud. Temporary tags are issued when a new or used vehicle is purchased from a dealer until the owner can officially register and license the vehicle. DMV Director Troy Dillard said the new tags are web-based and computer generated. He said they can be quickly verified as genuine by law enforcement and include security feature
  
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• Carson City’s guitar man

  09-01-2015 07:47
  
  Carson City’s Leonard Paschini once played lead guitar in a California rock band called The Bitter Seeds. Now retired in Carson City after working with wood all his adult life, Paschini makes guitars he loves to play. He has made them for years, a passion in part stemming from his music making, 40 years as a high-end fence contractor and a decade in the furniture restoration business. The guitar-building craft provides
  
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• Fredlund tees up donation for Carson City disc golf course

  09-01-2015 07:39
  
  Carson City’s Bob Fredlund donated $1,000 for the first hole of a planned disc golf course near Flint Drive and Rifle Range Road, Vern Krahn, city parks planner. said Thursday. Fredlund, when telephoned about the contribution, said it was under the auspices of his Nevada Style Real Estate and Construction Services. He said his family participates in the sport. “I play golf and I play Frisbie golf,” said the Coldwell Banker real estate a
  
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• For role in Carson City wrestling, Pulsipher, Greiner to be honored Saturday

  09-01-2015 07:39
  
  Cleo Pulsipher, who helped start the Carson Bulldogs wrestling program and also coached several sports at Carson High, and former 1975 state champion Bobby Greiner are going to be inducted into the Carson High Wrestling Hall of Fame on Saturday night. The two will be the main guests at the annual HOF dinner which goes from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Carson Nugget Ballroom. Pulsipher, who taught for 30 years, said he found out a couple of weeks ago f
  
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• Court: Nevada should say what’s in prison food; Furlong says Carson City OK

  09-01-2015 07:39
  
  LAS VEGAS — A convicted pedophile’s complaint about Nevada prison food has the state Supreme Court ordering an accounting of what’s in unnamed sack lunches and “chef’s choice” dinners given to inmates, and whether the meals are healthful. A strongly worded ruling by a three-judge panel declared it isn’t enough for the top state health officer, Dr. Tracey Green, to simply state that prisoners aren’t malnourished. “Green’s r
  
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• Luncheon is more old-school conclave than speakers bureau stint

  09-01-2015 06:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nelson Sardelli and the gang at F.I.O.R.E were kind enough to invite me to address the group’s monthly luncheon Thursday at the Italian American Club. The buffet was great, but the characters in the crowd were even better.
  
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• Las Vegas mayor spins plan for creating ‘world-class city’

  09-01-2015 05:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mayor Carolyn Goodman used her annual State of the City address to ask: “What kind of a city do you want Las Vegas to be?” Also calls on city leaders to redouble their efforts to land a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Las Vegas.
  
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• President Obama proposes free community college

  09-01-2015 05:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama wants to make two years of community college free and universally available, a proposal he said on Thursday he would flesh out in his State of the Union speech later this month.
  
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• Obama proposes 2 years of free community college

  09-01-2015 05:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama wants to make two years of community college free and universally available, a proposal he said on Thursday he would flesh out in his State of the Union speech later this month.
  
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• Man wanted in fatal Las Vegas shooting arrested in California

  09-01-2015 04:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man suspected of fatally shooting another man during an argument in Las Vegas in December has been arrested in Northern California.
  
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