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• Two airliners have safely landed after receiving bomb threats

  24-01-2015 23:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Passengers left the planes safely, and bomb-sniffing dogs were searching them, McCranie said.
  
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• Bomb threats force 2 U.S. airline flights to land

  24-01-2015 23:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bomb threats against two U.S. airline flights on Saturday prompted North American air defense fighter planes to scramble to accompany them to their destination in Atlanta, an airport spokesman said.
  
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• Man arrested in kidnap attempt at Henderson mall

  24-01-2015 22:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A knife-wielding man who tried to kidnap a woman at the Galleria at Sunset mall on Thursday was arrested that day, Henderson police said Saturday.
  
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• Body found Friday morning identified by coroner

  24-01-2015 21:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police said late Friday morning that the death was being investigated as a suicide.
  
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• Police investigating death of woman found near Stratosphere

  24-01-2015 21:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded at 10:21 a.m. to West St. Louis and Fairfield avenues where a woman’s body was found laying in the street, according to Metro spokesman Lt. Terry Bernard.
  
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• Large asteroid on its way to fly by Earth

  24-01-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You’re wondering, doesn’t this happen all the time? Yes and no.
  
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• Nevada governor seeks to expand autism care program

  24-01-2015 19:39
  
  Plans seeking more money for education and wholesale changes to the tax code are certain to spark debate in Nevada this session, but they weren’t the only dramatic shifts Gov. Brian Sandoval called for in his State of the State address. The Republican governor also announced a proposal to pump tens of millions into a program that lawmakers recently considered cutting altogether: child autism support. Advocates acknowledge
  
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• Nevada considering strict condom regulation for porn films

  24-01-2015 19:23
  
  LAS VEGAS — Adult film production migrated from California to Nevada after voters in Los Angeles County approved a law requiring condom use on set. Now, a condom use requirement could follow. Nevada health officials said Friday that they’re considering strict brothel-style regulations for a booming adult film industry following the announcement last month that two male performers tested positive for HIV following a vide
  
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• Video purports 1 of 2 Japanese ISIS hostages was beheaded

  24-01-2015 18:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A picture and audio clip posted online Saturday purport to show that one of two Japanese hostages held by ISIS has been killed after a deadline for ransom passed. It also appears to relay the group’s new demand for the other’s freedom: a prisoner exchange.
  
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• US working to verify audio recording of Islamic State militants

  24-01-2015 18:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. intelligence community is working to verify a recording that purports to announce the execution of a Japanese citizen held by Islamic State militants, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday.
  
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• Japan condemns Islamic State for hostage video

  24-01-2015 18:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called the apparent killing of a Japanese captive by Islamic State militants “outrageous and impermissible,” and again called for the group to release a second Japanese national they are holding.
  
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• Driving on ‘wrong’ side of the road in Henderson

  24-01-2015 18:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Don’t be afraid. Another diverging diamond interchange — an innovation whose time has come — is opening on U.S. Highway 95 Henderson.
  
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• Average cost of a Nevada smoker? $1.3 million

  24-01-2015 17:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The average Nevada smoker spends more than $1.3 million in their lifetime, including the cumulative economic toll of a pack per day over several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub.
  
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• 78-year-old pedestrian hit overnight, in serious condition

  24-01-2015 16:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is hospitalized with serious injuries after a hit-and-run crash overnight Friday in the southeast valley, police said.
  
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• Teri’s Notebook: Governor’s nod to Carson City’s Stewart Indian School propels project forward

  24-01-2015 08:51
  
  When Gov. Brian Sandoval announced during last week’s State of the State address his support for creating a “Native American historic experience” at Stewart Indian School, I wondered what exactly that meant. So I made a call to Sherry Rupert, the director of the Nevada Indian Commission, to find out. She was still brimming with excitement. “When he mentioned it, I just pop
  
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• Renewables could spur NV job growth

  24-01-2015 08:51
  
  More than 90,000 jobs in Nevada by 2030 are possible if new renewable energy projects ramp up, according to a report released by A Renewable America (ARA). The report from the ARA, a project of the Wind Energy Foundation, finds the Silver State’s renewable electricity sector could create more than $5 billion in wages and benefits, along with 92,000 jobs from new project investment over the next 15 years. The report also f
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Suspect arrested on suspicion of drug sales

  24-01-2015 08:51
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. THURSDAY • At 12:49 p.m., Ismael Castaneda, 24, was arrested on suspicion of drug sales after a traffic stop for speeding in the Fairview Drive, South Carson Street area. The sales charge was a warrant issued by Eastfork Township in Douglas County. He was also charged with speeding and driving without a va
  
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• Carson City government step: Lean into Kaizen

  24-01-2015 08:51
  
  Kaizen is coming to Carson City. Kaizen is a system of continuous improvement embedded in the Lean management efficiency city operations, after training, City Manager Nick Marano wants. Business Development Manager Michael Salogga will serve as program coordinator and Rishi Malhotra, a Moss Adams LLC representative with pertinent experience, will oversee the program to achieve operational changes in city government. Moss Ad
  
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• Prep roundup: Shine, Rivera post 2-0 marks at tournament in Sacramento

  24-01-2015 08:43
  
  SACRAMENTO — Nolan Shine and Brady Rivera were the only Carson High wrestlers to post undefeated records on the first day of the Brown Invitational Friday. Shine (160) and Rivera (220) both posted 2-0 records. Three other wrestlers — Brandon Basa (113), Spencer Rogers (126) and heavyweight Sheldon Miller — are all still alive with 2-1 records. “We have five guys still going,” CHS coach Paul Carter said. “We’re
  
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• Manogue too much for Carson girls

  24-01-2015 08:43
  
  Carson High’s helter-skelter style of play causes problems for a lot of teams. Bishop Manogue isn’t one of them. Bishop Manogue blitzed Carson’s mistake-prone offense for 28 points in a span of less then five minutes in the first quarter en route to an easy 82-42 Sierra League win Friday night at Morse Burley Gym. The loss dropped Carson to 5-5 in league play and 10-10 overall. The Sen
  
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• CHS is head of the class

  24-01-2015 08:43
  
  Carson moves into first place tie in league Guess who the hottest team is in Northern Nevada basketball? If you guessed the Carson Senators, go to the head of the class. Carson moved into a tie for first place in the Sierra League after knocking off Bishop Manogue, 45-38, Friday night in a Sierra League game at Morse Burley Gym. The Senators, by virtue of their sixth straight league win sinc
  
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• Losers in pot battles head right to courts

  24-01-2015 08:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  From the news coming out of Washoe County, you’d almost think there’s a glaucoma epidemic erupting at Lake Tahoe’s Incline Village. Not one, but three licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries have been issued to companies with plans to open pot shops at Incline and nearby Crystal Bay.
  
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• Is Beers’ stadium fight over? It might be

  24-01-2015 07:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas Councilman Bob Beers spent two weeks collecting an estimated 8,300 signatures for an initiative to put a stadium funding question on the June 2 municipal election ballot, some 50 more than needed. The official count of those signatures won’t be completed until sometime next week.
  
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• Scientists develop water-repellent metal using lasers

  24-01-2015 07:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Water often damages metals, causing rust, wear and decay. Thanks to an innovative laser process, however, metal is getting its revenge.
  
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• CCSD expands special programs, limits busing options

  24-01-2015 05:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County School District officials continue to flesh out the details of their evolving transportation plans for students attending next year’s expanded magnet programs. As the district grows its magnet programs in the 2015-16 school year from about 5,000 students to 8,000, transportation costs are rising. To counter those costs, officials introduced a controversial zoning plan that largely restricts busing to only those students choosing to attend the closest campus offering their desi
  
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• AVN 2015: A wine tasting at the porn convention?

  24-01-2015 05:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  Porn stars and pinot noir—because why not, right?
  
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• Taped confession of woman charged in May homicide played at trial

  24-01-2015 03:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prosecutors played the videotaped confession of Elita “Gaby” Maldonado on Friday at her murder trial in Las Vegas. Maldonado, 31, is accused of fatally stabbing 49-year-old William Sanford in his Las Vegas apartment after he paid her $200 for sex.
  
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• Douglas, Nev., transportation proposal would raise gas, sales taxes

  24-01-2015 03:47
  
  GARDNERVILLE — Gas taxes, sales taxes and utility operator fees are three of the revenue sources the champions of Douglas County’s connectivity plan are exploring to pay for transportation improvements. In presentations given at the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday and to The Record-Courier on Tuesday, Connectivity co-champions Jacques and Dominique Etchegoyhen said it’s time for
  
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• $275,000 Lake Tahoe rescue boat to replace sunken Marine 9

  24-01-2015 03:47
  
  INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — A larger and better-equipped boat will patrol the Incline Village portion of Lake Tahoe this year, officials said Wednesday. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office recently bought a 28-foot Titan T280 Pilot aluminum boat with twin 300-horsepower Mercury outboard motors. The roughly $275,000 vessel “will be equipped with the most technologically advanced” radar, sonar and G
  
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• CCSD graduation rate declines slightly

  24-01-2015 03:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District’s graduation rates for the second year continue to hover around 71 percent, with 16,604 students receiving diplomas in 2014. However, the 70.9 percent graduation rate was lower than the 2013 high of 71.5 percent, when 16,194 students graduated.
  
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• Bias finding prompts new trial in Vegas FBI agent murder

  24-01-2015 03:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt said Friday that his office has appealed a federal judge’s decision that could result in the release of a death row inmate convicted of killing an FBI agent.
  
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• Accident slows traffic on southbound I-580 in Carson City

  24-01-2015 01:55
  
  Traffic is backed up in the southbound lane of I580 near the Highway 50 onramp in Carson City. A vehicle reportedly traveling northbound rolled over and came to rest in the southbound lane, according to dispatch traffic. The accident was reported about 4:30. The driver suffered minor injuries. …
  
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• Crash slows I-15 North near Russell

  24-01-2015 01:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A two-vehicle crash is causing heavy delays on northbound Interstate 15, near Russell Road, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• DNA ties prisoner to 2 of 6 serial killings from 1976

  24-01-2015 01:39
  
  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — DNA evidence linked an Oregon prisoner to at least two of the six serial killings of young women that terrified the San Francisco Bay Area and a city in Nevada four decades ago, investigators say. He is suspected of the other slayings. The San Mateo district attorney’s office charged Rodney Halbower, 66, on Thursday with two counts of murder during the course of rape for the deaths of P
  
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• Carson City Sen. Dean Heller named chairman of finance subcommittee

  24-01-2015 01:39
  
  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., will chair the Senate Finance Committee’s subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy in the new congressional session. He’s the first Nevada senator to chair a subcommittee on finance, one of the most powerful committees in Congress. He said the post will allow him to fully address issues and concerns important to Nevada’s estimated 380,000 seniors. Membership on the Financ
  
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• AG vows appeal of order granting new trial in murder case

  24-01-2015 01:39
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has vowed to appeal the federal district judge’s order granting a new trial to Nevada death-row inmate Jose Echavarria. Echavarria, 54, was convicted of the 1990 murder of FBI agent John Bailey. Echavarria also was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, attempted robbery and, while in custody, attempted escape. A federal court judge on Jan. 16 granted him a new trial based on allegations of
  
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• 1 injured in East valley rollover crash

  24-01-2015 01:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Injuries from an east valley vehicle rollover sent a person to the hospital Friday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Police seek man in store robberies

  24-01-2015 01:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man connected to the January robberies of two stores.
  
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• Man linked to store robberies sought by police

  24-01-2015 01:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man connected to the January robberies of two stores.
  
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• Pedestrian deaths piling up, triggers search for solutions

  24-01-2015 01:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas has long been considered hazardous for pedestrians and 2015 has done little to change that perception. After pedestrian deaths dipped slightly in 2014 compared to the previous year, a deadly January weekend that saw three pedestrians killed in a 30-hour period reignited concerns about the safety of thousands of people walking Clark County streets every day.
  
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• Carson City crime: Rise of burglaries seen in West Winnie Lane and Washington Street

  24-01-2015 00:59
  
  Since October, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office has reported an increase in residential burglaries. Several of them have occurred along the main corridors of the west side of Carson City on West Winnie Lane and Washington Street. The burglaries are occurring during the daytime while the residents are away from the homes. Detectives received information from a citizen who lived on Bath Street that she had an encounter with
  
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• Street thongs and flaming insects: Vegas by the (Fake) Numbers

  24-01-2015 00:33 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  There’s no science here. Just silliness. But tell us we’re wrong about the mantis.
  
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• Reid workout accident happened in his bathroom

  24-01-2015 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The violent accident that has threatened Sen. Harry Reid’s vision and marked the first few weeks of his tenure as Senate minority leader took place in the bathroom of his home.
  
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• Threesome 101: Tips for a successful ménage à trois from the porn convention floor

  24-01-2015 00:16 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Don't forget to send a thank-you card! No, really ...
  
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