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• Foster/adoptive parent training in Carson City

  13-01-2015 23:47
  
  The Division of Child and Family Services will hold foster/adoptive parent training Saturday, Sunday and Jan. 24 in Carson City. The training is 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Valley View room on the third floor of Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. The training curriculum utilized is P.R.I.D.E. (Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education) and consists of nine, three-hour sessions designed to educate and
  
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• Family services holds foster parent training

  13-01-2015 23:47
  
  The Division of Child and Family Services will hold foster/adoptive parent training Saturday, Sunday and Jan. 24 in Carson City. The training is 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Valley View room on the third floor of Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. The training curriculum utilized is P.R.I.D.E. (Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education) and consists of nine, three-hour sessions designed to educate and
  
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• Division of Child and Family Services foster/adoptive parent training this weekend

  13-01-2015 23:47
  
  The Division of Child and Family Services will hold foster/adoptive parent training Saturday, Sunday and Jan. 24 in Carson City. The training is 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Valley View room on the third floor of Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center. The training curriculum utilized is P.R.I.D.E. (Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education) and consists of nine, three-hour sessions designed to educate and
  
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• Canned goods part of Ala. school plan to thwart armed intruders

  13-01-2015 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When is a can of beans more than just a can of beans? When it’s a weapon of self-defense for students to throw at an armed intruder who has just entered their school.
  
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• Jury convicts man in ex-wife’s slaying

  13-01-2015 23:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County jury took about three hours Tuesday to convict a 37-year-old man of first-degree murder in the brutal beating death of his ex-wife.
  
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• Mistrial declared in S.C. police chief’s murder case

  13-01-2015 22:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after a jury said it was deadlocked in the case against a white former police chief accused in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man.
  
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• No foul play suspected in toddler’s death

  13-01-2015 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 3-year-old boy was found dead in a Las Vegas long-term hotel Tuesday, but police don’t suspect foul play in the death.
  
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• Metro investigates child’s death at long-term hotel

  13-01-2015 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 3-year-old boy was found dead in a Las Vegas long-term hotel Tuesday morning.
  
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• Metro investigates child’s death at Budget Suites

  13-01-2015 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 3-year-old boy was found dead in a Las Vegas long-term hotel Tuesday morning.
  
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• Sister mourns brother killed in central valley shooting

  13-01-2015 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As homicide detectives work to unravel the events behind the shooting death of Rodney Primm, loved ones are mourning the loss of a man they called outgoing and friendly. “He’s my big brother,” Rachelle Primm, 42, of Las Vegas said. “He was always there for everybody.”
  
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• Car stolen in fatal shooting, Las Vegas police say

  13-01-2015 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one of the people involved in a fatal shooting in the central valley stole a car from the man who died, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
  
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• Memories of O.J. Simpson trial fresh 20 years later

  13-01-2015 21:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It was called the trial of the century and the first true reality show. O.J. Simpson went on trial for the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman 20 years ago, in what would become a wall-to-wall televised proceeding.
  
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• Rare wolves to get more area to roam in Southwest

  13-01-2015 20:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rare wolves in the American Southwest will be allowed more room to roam but some could be marked for death if they prey too heavily on elk and deer prized by hunters, under a rule issued by federal officials on Monday.
  
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• Tourist group expects 41.6 million Vegas visitors this year

  13-01-2015 19:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority isn’t satisfied with attracting a mere 40 million visitors to the city in 2014.
  
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• 5-year-old playing with handgun shoots, wounds boy

  13-01-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 5-year-old boy was expected to survive after he was shot by another 5-year-old boy in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sunday evening.
  
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• Progressives tell their side before Sandoval’s big speech

  13-01-2015 18:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s Republican-controlled Legislature needs to pass a more broadly based tax, and its members need to stop saying money won’t cure the woes at the state’s low-performing schools, former Assemblyman Jason Frierson said Tuesday. The Democrat’s remarks at a Las Vegas union hall were part of the Progressive State of the State, a speech designed to give a left-leaning counterpoint to the official State
  
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• Before Sandoval’s big speech, progressives tell their side

  13-01-2015 18:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — Progressives in Nevada are giving their version of the annual state of the state address two days before the Republican governor gives his. Former Nevada Assemblyman Jason Frierson is delivering the speech Tuesday evening at the Las Vegas office of the Service Employees International Union. Immigration activist Astrid Silva will give the speech in Spanish. The speech is organized by the Progressive Leadership
  
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• $1M suit says Nevada police blew drug informant’s cover

  13-01-2015 18:59
  
  RENO — Facing new drug charges on top of an already long criminal history, James Corgan figured it would be best to cut a deal with authorities investigating drug-trafficking in northeast Nevada. Corgan says state detectives assured him his identity would remain secret if he became a confidential informant, so he agreed in 2012 to lead them to a house in Elko where he routinely bought methamphetamine. Days later, authorit
  
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• Rowe Elementary evacuated after small fire; no one hurt

  13-01-2015 18:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Students and staff evacuated Rowe Elementary School in Las Vegas for a short while Tuesday after a small pump room fire, according to the Clark County School District.
  
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• Carson Tahoe Health & Sierra Surgery awarded accreditation

  13-01-2015 18:19
  
  Carson Tahoe Health & Sierra Surgery Hospital Awarded Healthcare Quality Accreditation Hospitals recognized for providing state-of-the-art quality of care Carson Tahoe Health and Sierra Surgery Hospital received 3-year accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality. The accreditation process is voluntary and includes an unannounced on-site survey administered by CIHQ. Accreditation is given only to hosp
  
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• Carson City hospital awarded accreditation

  13-01-2015 18:19
  
  Carson Tahoe Health & Sierra Surgery Hospital Awarded Healthcare Quality Accreditation Hospitals recognized for providing state-of-the-art quality of care Carson Tahoe Health and Sierra Surgery Hospital received 3-year accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality. The accreditation process is voluntary and includes an unannounced on-site survey administered by CIHQ. Accreditation is given only to hosp
  
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• Carson City hospital awarded accrediation

  13-01-2015 18:19
  
  Carson Tahoe Health & Sierra Surgery Hospital Awarded Healthcare Quality Accreditation Hospitals recognized for providing state-of-the-art quality of care Carson Tahoe Health and Sierra Surgery Hospital received 3-year accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality. The accreditation process is voluntary and includes an unannounced on-site survey administered by CIHQ. Accreditation is given only to hosp
  
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• 26 measles cases linked to Disneyland outbreak

  13-01-2015 18:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  California has confirmed more cases of measles in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park last month, health officials said on Monday, raising the number of infected people to 26.
  
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• Boehner: House will vote for Homeland Security funding

  13-01-2015 17:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives will vote to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security this week while blocking President Barack Obama’s actions on immigration, House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday.
  
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• Father faces murder charge in infant’s death

  13-01-2015 17:39
  
  A first-degree murder charge was filed Monday against a Gardnerville Ranchos man accused of causing the death of his infant daughter. Trent Getty, 23, is being held in Sacramento jail pending extradition back to Douglas County. Ava Getty was brought in to the emergency room at about 2:13 a.m. Jan. 7. According to court documents, her father provided very little information about what happened to the baby. He left
  
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• Paris magazine will feature Mohammad cartoon on cover

  13-01-2015 16:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Charlie Hebdo will publish a front page showing a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad holding a sign saying “Je suis Charlie” in its first edition since Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical newspaper.
  
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• Journalists killed, but attackers’ war already lost

  13-01-2015 09:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  They slaughtered the harmless harlequins of Paris last week. The literary pranksters of Charlie Hebdo, armed with ink pens, keyboards and a wicked sense of humor, were gunned down by the sort of insane fanatics who generated so much of the satire magazine’s material in recent years.
  
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• Malaysian leader’s involvement in Vegas illegal gambling case a hot topic back home

  13-01-2015 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A top Malaysian government official and his ruling political party have come under fire in light of his intervention in a high-profile Las Vegas illegal sports betting case.
  
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• Yosemite climbers push to finish El Capitan ascent

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — One of two climbers attempting a grueling ascent up a half-mile of sheer granite in California’s Yosemite National Park was making a push Monday to catch up with his partner. Kevin Jorgeson, 30, of Santa Rosa, California, has been behind Tommy Caldwell, 36, of Colorado, for about a week as they try to scale El Capitan’s Dawn Wall without climbing aids other t
  
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• Wild horses graze along Washoe Lake

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  A pair of wild horses graze along the dry lake bed of Washoe Lake on Monday. …
  
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• Sandoval: Too many unknowns in Obama’s community college plan

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday there’s no way he can respond to the president’s community college proposal until details of the plan are released. President Barack Obama on Friday proposed a program that would provide all Americans with up to two years of community college for free. The plan would cost an estimated $60 billion during the next 10 years. “Community college should be free for those willing to
  
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• Nevada Department of Transportation looking for cash to fund pedestrian safety improvements

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  Director Rudy Malfabon told the Nevada Department of Transportation Board on Monday the state may be able to put as much as $10 million more into pedestrian safety efforts this year. Malfabon said there has been growing concern among not only his staff but the public over fatalities, including in Carson City. Michael Shields died Nov. 11 after he was hit by a motorcycle while crossing Stewart Street at Telegraph Street. The
  
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• Google eyeing Carson City outdoor treks

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  Carson City’s Visitors Bureau was contacted by Google to participate in a Google Trekker project regarding outdoor trails, the Visitors Bureau’s board learned Monday. That word from Kyle Horvath of the bureau staff came during a report he and Joel Dunn, the executive director, gave on Carson City’s recent victory at USA Today in a survey involving which is the best state capital to visit. Nevada’s capital won first
  
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• Copper mine moves forward in Yerington

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  The new year is shaping up to be an eventful one for Nevada Copper. After working since early 2011 to get 10,400 acres of federal land transferred to the City of Yerington, Nevada Copper in mid December finally saw that goal realized. The transfer of land allows Nevada Copper to proceed with plans to develop a large open-pit copper mine on 3,800 acres of former federal land that surrounds the company�
  
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• Carson City Mayor to give state of the city address on Jan. 28

  13-01-2015 06:43
  
  Time for change is the theme and Mayor Robert Crowell will step into the spotlight come Wednesday, Jan. 28, when he speaks on the state of the city at a Carson City Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The luncheon, open to the public for $17 in advance or $20 at the door, is scheduled to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on that final Wednesday of the first month in 2015 at the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino. The chamber’s adv
  
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• John Bullis: Retirement plan loan is income in year of default

  13-01-2015 06:35
  
  Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Scroggins discovered that the form 1099-R they received for year 2010 was correct. Mr. Scroggins got a loan of $29,700 from his employer’s 401(k) plan in 2007. He made monthly payments to repay the loan until October 2010. He lost his job because of an undescribed disability and stopped making the monthly payments. The balance owed on the loan in October 2010 was $17,459. The retirement plan a
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Try growing your own mushrooms

  13-01-2015 06:35
  
  Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms indoors is a fast-growing hobby. A colleague used to grow them in her bathtub. The North American Mycological Association (NAMA) says, “You too can grow mushrooms at home. It’s easier than you think!” It recommends beginner growers buy a “mushroom cultivation kit.” A kit comes with spawn — the “seed” for new mushrooms and a sterilized growing medium called a
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Man arrested on suspicion of felony home invasion

  13-01-2015 06:11
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. FRIDAY • At 9 a.m., a Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery charge for assaulting her roommate during an argument at their Granite Way residence. Bail was set at $3,000. • At 11:14 a.m., a 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving with a revoked license and making thr
  
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• UNLV vigil honors those killed in Paris terrorist strikes

  13-01-2015 05:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens of people gathered at UNLV Monday afternoon for a candlelight memorial for the victims of the terror attacks in Paris.
  
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• Metro investigates central valley homicide

  13-01-2015 05:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating a homicide in the central valley.
  
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• Nevada prison system announces 2 inmate deaths

  13-01-2015 04:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Department of Corrections on Monday announced the death of two inmates who died in December.
  
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• A smoke-filled subway car left a woman dead and 2 others critically injured

  13-01-2015 03:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A total of 84 patients were transported to area hospitals, and scores more were evaluated at the scene, said Khalid Naji-Allah, a program analyst with the District of Columbia Fire Department.
  
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• R&B singer The Weeknd arrested, released in Las Vegas

  13-01-2015 03:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  R&B singer The Weeknd was arrested over the weekend after a brawl on the Strip in which a cop got punched in the face, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Coroner: November death of NLV boy, 1, heart-related

  13-01-2015 01:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office has released the cause of death of a 1-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in a North Las Vegas home in November.
  
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• Ex-Miami assistant named Nevada women’s volleyball coach

  13-01-2015 00:51
  
  RENO — A former assistant coach at Nevada has been named the new head coach of the Wolf Pack women’s volleyball team. Athletic Director Doug Knuth announced Monday that 47-year-old Lee Nelson has been hired for the job after working the last three years as an assistant at the University of Miami. The Hurricanes went to the NCAA Tournament each of those years. Nelson served as a Nevada assistant in 1999. He played coll
  
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