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• US Navy cargo ship runs aground near Okinawa

  22-01-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An American naval cargo ship has run aground off the Japanese coast, east of Okinawa, and efforts are underway to refloat it, the U.S. Navy said Thursday.
  
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• Gitmo Navy commander relieved of duties during investigation

  22-01-2015 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The commander of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay has been relieved of his duties after an investigation uncovered evidence of an inappropriate relationship between him and a civilian woman whose husband was found dead earlier this month.
  
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• Sentence upheld for Arizona sovereign citizens movement activist

  22-01-2015 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the convictions of Arizona resident Shawn Rice, who was an activist in the anti-government “sovereign citizens” movement, but it ordered a recalculation of his sentence and remanded the case back to U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.
  
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• Citations, vehicle impoundment cases tied to Uber concluded

  22-01-2015 22:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Transportation Authority on Thursday wrapped up the adjudication of 24 citations and vehicle impoundment cases connected to the illegal operation of the Uber ride-sharing app.
  
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• Number of Nevada driver authorization cards grows to almost 24,000

  22-01-2015 22:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nearly 24,000 driver authorization cards have been issued in Nevada since the program allowing people in the country illegally to attain driving privileges began a year ago, the state Department of Motor Vehicles reported Thursday.
  
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• Man accused in Las Vegas Walgreens killing pleads not guilty

  22-01-2015 21:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jin Ackerman, accused of fatally shooting a northwest valley Walgreens employee during a robbery, pleaded not guilty Thursday.
  
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• Vehicle in crash that hurt 2 may be stolen, Las Vegas police say

  22-01-2015 21:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of two vehicles involved in a west valley crash that hospitalized two people Thursday morning may have been stolen, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 4.5 magnitude quake shakes remote area of Northern Nevada

  22-01-2015 20:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled a remote area where Nevada, California and Oregon meet Thursday morning.
  
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• Benzer to plead guilty in Las Vegas HOA scheme

  22-01-2015 20:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Leon Benzer, the alleged mastermind of a massive scheme to take over homeowners associations in the Las Vegas Valley, is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court Friday.
  
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• State details solutions for $162 million shortfall

  22-01-2015 19:39
  
  Nevada officials say they’ve found a way to fill most of the $162 million shortfall in the state’s budget through a combination of reserve funds and unpaid days off for public employees. State budget officials detailed the proposal to lawmakers at an Interim Finance Committee meeting on Thursday after announcing the budget shortfall in December. Legislators were asked to approve moving around $108 million from reserve f
  
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• Reid says he expects recovery after eye surgery

  22-01-2015 19:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada said Thursday he expects to recover vision in his right eye following surgery that will restructure broken bones in his face and drain blood that has gathered in the front and back of the socket.
  
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• Nevada set to release latest high school graduation rates

  22-01-2015 19:23
  
  Education officials are set to announce the graduation rate for Nevada’s Class of 2014. The Nevada Department of Education is expected to release annual statistics on Thursday. The rate for the Class of 2013 was 70.7 percent, which was more than 7 percentage points higher than the year before. The dramatic jump was driven by Clark County School District’s efforts to better track which students dropped out and which had
  
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• Another 5K Nevadans enroll in HealthCare.Gov before deadline

  22-01-2015 19:23
  
  LAS VEGAS — Officials say nearly 5,000 more Nevadans signed up for insurance through HealthCare.Gov in the week before a key enrollment deadline. More than 52,000 people had enrolled in the program as of Jan. 16. Signing up by then ensured consumers would have coverage that started Feb. 1. The open enrollment period for the federal insurance marketplace ends Feb. 15. People who don’t sign up by then may not be able to b
  
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• Reid to undergo eye surgery next week

  22-01-2015 19:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid will undergo surgery on his right eye next week after doctors determined it is a “necessary step to assist in recovering full vision” after an accident suffered while exercising, his office announced Wednesday. The statement said Reid is expected to be released from the hospital quickly after the operation, but will need to remain home for several days to min
  
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• Program gives veterans option for non-VA medical care

  22-01-2015 19:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When Air Force veteran Merle Voight was diagnosed with breast cancer early last year, the 49-year-old was in shock. The former nurse recalled working on the oncology floor, seeing chemotherapy patients vomit as they also lost weight and most of their hair. That image frightened her, but a Non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical care program helped turn a scary event into one of hope.
  
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• Smoke alarm forces jet from McCarran to return

  22-01-2015 18:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A smoke alarm in an Allegiant Air jet flying out of McCarran International Airport Thursday morning forced the plane to be turned back, according to an airport spokeswoman.
  
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• Falling fuel prices bolster Southwest Airlines’ fourth quarter

  22-01-2015 16:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southwest Airlines, the busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport, on Thursday reported solid fourth-quarter profits boosted by plunging fuel prices.
  
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• Falling fuel prices bolster Southwest Airlines’ 4th quarter

  22-01-2015 16:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southwest Airlines, the busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport, on Thursday reported solid fourth-quarter profits boosted by plunging fuel prices.
  
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• Hundreds out of homes after massive NJ apartment fire

  22-01-2015 16:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hundreds of residents were displaced from their homes after a massive fire ripped through a New Jersey apartment complex, officials said, but no serious injuries were reported.
  
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• Local woman teaches valley residents the finer points of woodworking

  22-01-2015 11:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It may have started as a male-dominated profession, but after more than 30 years in the trade, Jamie Ann Yocono has proved that women can thrive in the woodworking industry. Besides making a profit from her work, she has inspired a generation of women and men to pursue creative projects through the classes she teaches at her business, Wood It Is!, 2267 W. Gowan Road, No. 106.
  
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• Duo offers area math tutoring tailored to students’ needs

  22-01-2015 10:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  During their years of teaching math classes part-time at UNLV, student Chris Southworth and graduate Jessica Robinson have seen many freshman students struggle with basic equations. Math classes become so problematic that they’ve witnessed students resort to switching majors, completely altering their career paths and their lives.
  
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• Duo offer area math tutoring tailored to students’ needs

  22-01-2015 10:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  During their years of teaching math classes part-time at UNLV, student Chris Southworth and graduate Jessica Robinson have seen many freshman students struggle with basic equations. Math classes become so problematic that they’ve witnessed students resort to switching majors, completely altering their career paths and their lives.
  
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• Study: Many public-sector retirees making more than they did on job

  22-01-2015 09:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Most people who make the decision to retire have to figure out how to live on fewer dollars, but that is not always the case with Nevada state and local government employees, a new analysis has found.
  
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• The Valley’s theater scene, at a glance

  22-01-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  From Super Summer Theatre to Las Vegas Little Theatre, and everything in between.
  
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• The next wave of Vegas music: 10 acts to hear this year

  22-01-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  From brooding country to sunny psychedelia, dancey R&B to matte-black punk, local artists that will make you sit up and listen.
  
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• Flying rock musicians! Outtakes from a Weekly photo shoot

  22-01-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Not all great ideas see the light of day.
  
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• Senators drill Miners

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  It took longer to set up the mats and chairs for Wednesday’s dual wrestling match than it did for Carson High to demolish the Miners. Armed with seven forfeit wins, the Senators improved to 3-1 in Sierra League action with an easy 72-12 win on Senior Night at Morse Burley Gymnasium. The match lasted less than 30 minutes. Carson goes to the Tim Brown Invitational this weekend in Sacramento
  
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• RIDERS on the RANGE

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  Iron sculptor Paolo Cividino’s ‘Explorers’ overlook Carson City from the 5th St. bridge Wednesday at sunset. …
  
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• Review: Carson High School play ‘All My Sons’ brings generations together

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  On Saturday evening, two friends and I attended Carson High School’s production of Arthur Miller’s play, “All My Sons.” which won both the Tony and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award in 1947. It was Miller’s first success on Broadway and it’s representative of Miller’s view of drama as tragedy in the classic Greek mode. The dramatic “tragic” structure relies on having an optimistic view of the world in
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Man arrested on suspicion of home felony invasion

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. THURSDAY • At 12:12 a.m., Maxwell Simon, 32, was arrested on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon after a reported stabbing at the Whisley Tavern Bar on Highway 50 East. The victim was taken to Renown Medical Center in Reno by Careflight, bleeding from a stab wound to the back. Bail on the felony coun
  
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• Carson City community band playing Sunday

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  Capital City Community Band will present its “Help the Band Play On” concert — which willpays for the band’s liability insurance and other expenses — at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church of Carson City, at Division and King streets. The concert will feature vocalists Sonja and Curtis Radig performing “As Time Goes By.” There will also be a salute to the men and women of the armed forces.
  
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• Carson City area live entertainment listings

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  Craig Fletcher will perform with Mick Valentino at 6:30 p.m. today at Glen Eagles, 3700 N. Carson St. Fletcher will perform with Terri Campillo and Rocky Tatarelli at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and with Gerry Wright and Campillo at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Glen Eagles. Mark Wilson will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at Living the Good Life, 1480 N. Carson St. Vegas Road Show will perform at 6 p.m. today and at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at
  
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• $3 million project in the works at Carson City airport

  22-01-2015 08:27
  
  The first step in a multi-year process leading to a $3 million airport apron reconstruction project was taken Wednesday by Carson City’s Airport Authority. Authority members voted unanimously to approve working with Atkins North America, Inc. to handle design and bidding matters, but proceeding is contingent upon receipt of a $150,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The authority also must come up wi
  
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• Mile High teams with Carson City students for jazz extravaganza

  22-01-2015 08:19
  
  It’s big-band jazz times three when the Mile High Jazz Band, Carson High Jazz Band, and Carson Middle School Jazz Band present their 12th annual combined concert, the Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza, at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in the Bob Boldrick Theater of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St. The concert, with the Mile High Jazz Band Association and the Carson City Band Association as sponsors t
  
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• South Lake Tahoe’s Maddie Bowman taxes gold at X Games

  22-01-2015 05:31
  
  ASPEN, Colo., — With light snow falling and the bright lights of ESPN illuminating the night, Maddie Bowman launched the 2015 Winter X Games in record-setting fashion Wednesday. Bowman, the undisputed ski queen of the halfpipe, won the Women’s Ski Superpipe for the third consecutive year as the X Games got off to an early start at Buttermilk. “When I came into these Games, I realized I could do a three-peat
  
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• South Lake Tahoe’s Maddie Bowman takes gold at X Games

  22-01-2015 05:31
  
  ASPEN, Colo., — With light snow falling and the bright lights of ESPN illuminating the night, Maddie Bowman launched the 2015 Winter X Games in record-setting fashion Wednesday. Bowman, the undisputed ski queen of the halfpipe, won the Women’s Ski Superpipe for the third consecutive year as the X Games got off to an early start at Buttermilk. “When I came into these Games, I realized I could do a three-peat
  
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• Three arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking in Lyon County

  22-01-2015 04:19
  
  A one-month investigation resulted in the arrest of three suspected drug traffickers. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday night Michael Perez, 36, of Dayton, Alfonso Tello, 56 of Mound House and Lorenna Tello, 33 of Dayton were each being held on $1 million bail for Level III trafficking of a controlled substance. They are all being held in the Lyon County Detention Facility. Two search warrants wer
  
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• Nevada man gets life in prison for hatchet killing, attack

  22-01-2015 03:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 42-year-old Nevada man was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty in a 2013 hatchet killing and attack.
  
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• Metro’s Hispanic Citizen’s Academy bound for Mexican Consulate

  22-01-2015 03:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For the first time in its eight years of existence, Las Vegas police will teach their Hispanic Citizen’s Academy will be based at the Mexican Consulate.
  
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• How to do AVN right: Make the most out of your day at the porn convention

  22-01-2015 03:20 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  You know you’ve been dying for some homemade, organic sex butter, don’t be shy ...
  
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• A community garden in the Las Vegas Arts District? Maybe

  22-01-2015 03:18 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Art and arugula and maybe a little Bloomberg money.
  
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• Newly created Nevada appeals court resolves first cases

  22-01-2015 03:15
  
  Less than three weeks after they were sworn in as Nevada’s first appellate court judges, appellate Chief Justice Michael Gibbons Wednesday signed the three member panel’s first decisions. The first case decided by the voter-approved court upheld the conviction of Johnny William Johnson on two counts of attempted murder in Las Vegas. In addition, the court, which also includes Jerome Tao and Abbi Silver, has resolved 11
  
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• Carson City Horseshoe Club closure a mystery

  22-01-2015 03:15
  
  The Carson Horseshoe Club has closed, at least temporarily, and with no indication of when the downtown casino might reopen for business. A sign posted on the door says “temporarily closed until further notice.” Efforts to contact principals of Nevada Treasure Chest, Inc., doing business as The Carson Horseshoe Club at 402 N. Carson St., were unsuccessful over two days. Several calls to the club’s posted ca
  
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• Man jailed after suffering stroke sues Vegas police

  22-01-2015 02:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man claims he was suffering from a stroke in January 2013 and Las Vegas police falsely arrested him and jailed him for several days without providing medical attention.
  
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• Las Vegas street gang leader gets 23 years in federal prison

  22-01-2015 02:43
  
  LAS VEGAS — A leader of a street gang known as the Las Vegas Playboy Bloods has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy and drug distribution charges to avoid trial in a security guard slaying case. Federal prosecutors say 31-year-old Markette Tillman of Las Vegas was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty last July to racketeering conspiracy and possession of crack c
  
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• Vegas for Real: Yes, people live here

  22-01-2015 02:31 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Catherine Borg's Scouted aims to present a more dimensional view of Las Vegas.
  
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• Medicaid growth trims Nevada mental health services

  22-01-2015 02:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Medicaid expansion has dramatically reduced Nevada’s general fund costs for providing mental health services, state officials told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday.
  
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• Medicaid growth trims Nevada mental health costs

  22-01-2015 02:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Medicaid expansion has dramatically reduced Nevada’s general fund costs for providing mental health services, state officials told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday.
  
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• Nevada food stamp program expects federal fine

  22-01-2015 01:31
  
  Nevada health department officials are expecting a financial penalty from the federal government over simmering issues with the state’s food stamp program. Welfare program administrator Steve Fisher told a legislative budget committee Wednesday he expects the penalty because of delays in processing food stamp applications and a high error rate. States are required to hit certain benchmarks for accuracy and timeliness to r
  
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• How to tell if your girlfriend is a trained assassin

  22-01-2015 01:18 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Just to be sure, sleep with one eye open
  
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