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• Fourth Street to be closed for King parade Monday

  15-01-2015 23:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 15-block portion of Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas will be closed for eight hours on Monday for the city’s 33rd Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
  
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• Panel proposes 6-point reform plan for Clark County child welfare

  15-01-2015 23:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reform proposals for Clark County juvenile justice and welfare systems include a public awareness campaign and pushing for more in-home services to keep children with their families.
  
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• Swift Foundation accepting literary efforts applications

  15-01-2015 22:43
  
  The Bessie Minor Swift Foundation announced Wednesday it’s accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations in Carson City and surrounding areas. Grants will be awarded to programs that promote literacy, reading and writing skills and programs in the arts, languages and sciences. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15 and recipients will be announced on May 1. The Fund will consider applications for grants
  
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• Swift Foundation accepting literary effort applications

  15-01-2015 22:43
  
  The Bessie Minor Swift Foundation announced Wednesday it’s accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations in Carson City and surrounding areas. Grants will be awarded to programs that promote literacy, reading and writing skills and programs in the arts, languages and sciences. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15 and recipients will be announced on May 1. The Fund will consider applications for grants
  
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• Filipino veterans bill resubmitted

  15-01-2015 22:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill seeking to sort out compensation for Filipinos who fought alongside U.S. troops during World War II was resubmitted in Congress this week.
  
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• Nevada rancher’s son makes video appearance in Vegas court

  15-01-2015 22:19
  
  LAS VEGAS — A judge told the adult son of Southern Nevada rancher and states’ rights advocate Cliven Bundy on Thursday that he faces prison time following his arrest on parole violations and a drug court arrest warrant. Cliven Lance Bundy, 35, appeared in custody via closed-circuit video from the Clark County jail and said nothing as Senior Clark County District Court Judge Joseph Bonaventure set a Jan. 22 probation rev
  
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• Duke cancels plan to use chapel tower for Muslim call to prayer

  15-01-2015 22:03 via lasvegassun.com
  Duke University has canceled its plan to use the tower of its chapel for a weekly, amplified call to prayer for Muslims. In a release Thursday, the university said Muslims will instead gather on the quadrangle before ...
  
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• US Navy renaming costal combat ships ‘frigates’

  15-01-2015 21:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Thursday said the Navy would rename the modified Littoral Combat Ships it plans to build as frigates, given their enhanced capabilities.
  
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• Could Bush, Romney presence in 2016 race push out Christie?

  15-01-2015 20:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dominates almost any room he enters but is suddenly facing questions about his relevance in the 2016 presidential race.
  
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• Man returns to Douglas in death of infant daughter

  15-01-2015 20:03
  
  A Gardnerville Ranchos man accused of murder in the death of his infant daughter has been returned to Douglas County. Trent Getty, 23, waived extradition in Superior Court in Sacramento and is scheduled to appear in East Fork Justice Court on Friday morning. He is being held in Douglas County Jail without bail. Getty faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 2-month-old Ava Getty, who was unresponsive wh
  
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• Pope: Humans mostly responsible for climate change

  15-01-2015 19:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis said on Thursday he believed that man was primarily responsible for climate change and that he hoped this year’s Paris conference would take a courageous stand to protect the environment.
  
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• Most Americans think police ‘routinely lie’ to serve selves, survey says

  15-01-2015 19:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  While most Americans approve of the work being done by their local police, nearly a third feel that some officers “routinely lie to serve their own interests,” a survey released on Thursday by Reuters and the IPSOS polling organization showed.
  
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• Former lawyer shot by Metro officer gets probation

  15-01-2015 19:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former attorney who ran an unsuccessful bid for Clark County District Attorney was sentenced Thursday to five years probation on three felony charges stemming from a roadside confrontation with Las Vegas police.
  
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• Belgian police kill 2 in anti-terrorism raid

  15-01-2015 19:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Belgian police killed two men who opened fire on them during one of about a dozen raids on Thursday against a group that was about to launch “terrorist attacks on a grand scale,” a federal prosecutor said.
  
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• 2 killed by Belgian police in anti-terrorism raid

  15-01-2015 19:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were killed during a Belgian police counter-terrorism operation in the town of Verviers on Thursday, local media said, raising concerns about security in Europe a week after Islamists killed 17 people in Paris.
  
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• F-35 Lightning II jet will help develop combat tactics at Nellis

  15-01-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New jet will be used by a cadre of experienced pilots for doctorate-level training to develop and validate the combat tactics playbook for the U.S. military’s most expensive weapons system.
  
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• Henderson police announce Super Bowl season DUI crackdown

  15-01-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities will be cracking down on impaired drivers starting Friday and through Feb. 2, the day after the big game.
  
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• Body of missing North Las Vegas man found in wash

  15-01-2015 17:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man whose body was found in a wash in the northeast valley on Wednesday was the same man with Alzheimer’s disease who had gone missing last week.
  
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• New US travel, trade rules with Cuba go into effect Friday

  15-01-2015 16:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Americans will face fewer obstacles in traveling to Cuba under new regulations announced by the Obama administration Thursday, continuing a promise to thaw relations with the country the president started last month.
  
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• Kamran Zand's high-powered, high-pressure life selling luxury real estate

  15-01-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Kamran Zand is in the business of selling an image. And business is good.
  
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• Body failing and mind on fire, The Amazing Johnathan reflects on his gloriously unhinged legacy

  15-01-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "Not doing my show, at first it didn’t bug me. It’s starting to bug me now. I think when you stop working, you die."
  
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• School of Rock launches Green Valley location

  15-01-2015 08:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “It’s a real music school,” said Teddi Tarnoff, head of Las Vegas Valley School of Rock locations. “We’re teaching them songs, and they’re learning how to play in a band, but they’re getting as close to a real rock experience as humanly possible.”
  
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• THEY MADE IT! Historic climb completed

  15-01-2015 08:19
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A pair of Americans on Wednesday completed what had long been considered the world’s most difficult rock climb, using only their hands and feet to ascend a 3,000-foot vertical wall on El Capitan, the forbidding granite pedestal in Yosemite National Park that has beckoned adventurers for more than half a century. Tommy Cald
  
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• Sandoval unveils budget plan tonight

  15-01-2015 08:19
  
  Today is the day Gov. Brian Sandoval lifts the veil on his plans to balance Nevada’s budget for the coming two years. His State of the State speech to the combined membership of the 2015 Legislature is set for 6 p.m. today in the Assembly Chambers. That plan, he has promised, will improve and reform funding for education — which he has said is going to be the top priority of his second term. But at
  
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• CHS not taken down by changes, wins big

  15-01-2015 08:19
  
  RENO — It wasn’t the normal Carson High line-up that took the mat against Galena, and it didn’t matter. Thanks to six forfeits, the Senators won their second consecutive Sierra League match, hammering the host Grizzlies, 66-12, Wednesday night. Carson has won two straight since opening the season with a loss to Damonte Ranch. The Senators were missing 138-pounder Kellen McDermott (skin
  
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• Carson City RTC chooses leaders, hears reports

  15-01-2015 08:19
  
  Carson City’s Regional Transportation Commission elected 2015 leadership Tuesday and heard a report on expanded Jump Around Carson (JAC) bus service. The commission chose Supervisor Brad Bonkowski as the RTC chairman and Commissioner Jim Smolenski as vice chairman, respectively, without dissent and with no other nominees for either spot. Two members of the Board of Supervisors have seats on the commission. The other this
  
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• Carson City fire chief wants to go high tech

  15-01-2015 08:19
  
  Battalion Chief Robert S. Schreihans said he wants to improve technology in the Carson City Fire Department. Schreihans, who has been named to start soon as Carson City’s next fire chief, is going to receive a salary ranging from $96,197 to $153,915 a year. City Manager Nick Marano said Wednesday the range called for by a Pontifex compensation study would be used as city government negotiates with Schreihans, t
  
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• Carson City’s Hein, I Am They releases debut album

  15-01-2015 08:11
  
  At 15 years old, Matt Hein never imagined he would become a musician, much less hear himself singing on the radio someday. The now 28-year-old, Carson City resident is guitarist and lead vocalist for the band I Am They, which is set to release its self-titled debut album Jan. 27. “I grew up in a musical home, but didn’t pick up a guitar until I was 15,” Hein said. “My friends use to make fun of my voice.
  
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• Family seeks missing Silver Springs woman

  15-01-2015 05:55
  
  The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about a missing Silver Springs woman. Alea Clark, 32, has been missing since Jan. 4, according to family members. Clark is described as 5-feet 10-inches with blonde hair. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said she was last seen in Silver Springs and is believed to be in the Dayton area. The case is still under investigation. Anyone with information on Cla
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office seeks men in connection with vehicle burglary

  15-01-2015 05:31
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s detectives are looking for two men in connection with a vehicle burglary that occurred Dec. 30. The crime occurred between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of Medical Parkway. The victim’s purse containing cash and credit cards was taken. Detective Sam Hartley said those credit cards were used the same day in numerous businesses in Carson
  
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• CCSD partnership with private sector yields first reports on budgetary issues

  15-01-2015 04:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District released the first reports from an initiative announced last year to bring business leaders in to analyze the district’s budget.
  
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• CCSD partnership with private sector yields budget reports

  15-01-2015 04:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District released the first reports from an initiative announced last year to bring business leaders in to analyze the district’s budget.
  
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• Brain injury to boy in foster care prompts lawsuit against county, state

  15-01-2015 04:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The mother and maternal grandparents of a boy who suffered severe brain injury in 2012 while in foster care are suing Nevada and Clark County. The federal civil rights lawsuit alleges Clark County’s child welfare system isn’t compliant with state and federal laws and claims the state fails to provide oversight.
  
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• On eve of Nevada visit, Sen. Rand Paul likens president to petulant teenager

  15-01-2015 04:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama is abusing his executive powers on everything from immigration to health care like “a frustrated teenager” breaking rules when he doesn’t get his way, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday.
  
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• Service dogs provide servicemen with freedom

  15-01-2015 03:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Army veteran Tony Ray Silva’s dog, Freedom, couldn’t have a more fitting name.
  
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• Man with Alzheimer’s missing for a week, police say

  15-01-2015 02:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 73-year-old man whose family has not seen him in a week has been reported missing, according to North Las Vegas police.
  
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• Henderson man’s death prompts family to sue Actos drug manufacturer

  15-01-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Relatives of a Henderson man have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Japanese company that makes the diabetes drug Actos. The case, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, claims Actos caused the bladder cancer that led to Moshe Bitton’s death on Oct. 23, 2013.
  
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• Joanne Goodwin on women in Las Vegas—perception and reality in the 20th century

  15-01-2015 01:53 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Putting women back into history.
  
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• Parvovirus outbreak in South Tahoe

  15-01-2015 01:39
  
  An outbreak of the canine parvovirus, a contagious viral disease that can be deadly to dogs, has led to the precautionary closure of the dog park located on Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. South Lake Tahoe is seeing an abnormal amount of parvovirus cases, according to the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. In the past 10 days, 11 cases were reported — two of which were fatal. The disease in adult va
  
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• Parvovirus outbreak in South Lake Tahoe

  15-01-2015 01:39
  
  An outbreak of the canine parvovirus, a contagious viral disease that can be deadly to dogs, has led to the precautionary closure of the dog park located on Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. South Lake Tahoe is seeing an abnormal amount of parvovirus cases, according to the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. In the past 10 days, 11 cases were reported — two of which were fatal. The disease in adult va
  
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• Villalobos, defendant in CalPERS corruption case, dies in Reno

  15-01-2015 01:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Alfred Villalobos, the former CalPERS board member facing federal corruption charges, died on Tuesday, a California newspaper reported.
  
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• Defendant in CalPERS corruption case dies in Reno

  15-01-2015 01:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Alfred Villalobos, the former CalPERS board member facing federal corruption charges, died on Tuesday, a California newspaper reported.
  
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• Democratic aide: Reid likely to return to Senate next week

  15-01-2015 01:31
  
  BC-US--Reid Returning,123 Democratic aide: Reid likely to return to Senate next week Eds: APNewsNow. By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — A Senate Democratic aide says Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is likely to return to the Senate next week after missing the first two weeks of business due to injuries sustained in a fall at his new home in Nevada. Reid is suffering from broken facial bones and ribs after sl
  
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• Dispensary sues state, says it failed to follow shop law

  15-01-2015 01:23
  
  RENO — A legal battle is brewing over the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in Washoe County. A dispensary filed a lawsuit saying that the state’s ranking system undermines a provision intended to guard against monopolies. Lawyers for Washoe Dispensary LLC said that Tryke Companies Reno LLC should not be awarded two licenses — one in Sparks and one in unincorporated Washoe County. They say doing so breaks a
  
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• Dispensary sues state, says it failed to follow pot shop law

  15-01-2015 01:23
  
  RENO — A legal battle is brewing over the licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in Washoe County. A dispensary filed a lawsuit saying that the state’s ranking system undermines a provision intended to guard against monopolies. Lawyers for Washoe Dispensary LLC said that Tryke Companies Reno LLC should not be awarded two licenses — one in Sparks and one in unincorporated Washoe County. They say doing so breaks a
  
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• With creative courses, the Writer’s Block makes getting literary more colorful

  15-01-2015 00:35 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  “Writing is fun” is the message behind upcoming children’s workshops at the new Downtown bookshop.
  
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• Report card: Are the roots of Nevada education healthy?

  15-01-2015 00:35 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Nevada's D grade in the early-childhood education index of the latest Education Week Quality Counts report is not about academic performance.
  
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• Carson City resident Joseph David Winters killed in rollover

  15-01-2015 00:27
  
  A Carson City man was killed after his vehicle rolled over at Lake Tahoe early this morning. Joseph David Winters, 27, was eastbound on Highway 50 at around 2 a.m. when his 2001 Jeep Wrangler left the roadway and hit the guardrail twice, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The Jeep rotated and crossed the highway and struck a raised curb. The vehicle overturned ejecting Winters. Douglas County Sheriff’s d
  
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• Bye, Blue Angel—motel comes down, but the iconic figurehead will remain

  15-01-2015 00:21 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Demolition has begun
  
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• Bye, Blue Angel: Motel comes down, but the iconic figurehead will remain

  15-01-2015 00:21 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Demolition has begun.
  
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