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• Truck fire slowing I-15 traffic near Mesquite

  28-01-2015 23:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One lane is open on northbound Interstate 15 near Mesquite after a semi-truck caught fire Monday afternoon, Nevada Department of Transportation said.
  
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• Woman pleads guilty in child abuse case

  28-01-2015 23:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 39-year-old North Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty to felony child abuse Wednesday for keeping a filthy home where eight children lived.
  
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• Weekly Q&A: Shake Shack creator Danny Meyer brings his burgers to the Strip

  28-01-2015 23:35 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  “We would never suggest this is the only burger or the last burger you should have. We just want to make sure Shake Shack makes your rotation.”
  
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• Downtown’s casinos are in need of a flavor boost

  28-01-2015 23:34 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  New noodles at the California are a good start.
  
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• The best way to bet on the Super Bowl just might involve soccer

  28-01-2015 23:31 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Prop it up for the Big Game this year!
  
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• Props! The best way to bet on the Super Bowl just might involve soccer

  28-01-2015 23:31 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
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• To Trifecta, with love: A farewell letter as the Arts District stronghold closes shop

  28-01-2015 23:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "You made it possible for me to buy a real piece of art, because you saw the look in my eyes and wanted me to have it."
  
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• A Big Game battle of the beers: Which city's suds rank supreme?

  28-01-2015 23:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Super Bowl suds: Taste testing brews from Seattle and Boston. Which team's hometown takes the win?
  
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• Three Las Vegas Big Game parties to consider

  28-01-2015 23:29 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Bar bite buffets, open bars and butler-style service. Where are you watching this Super Sunday?
  
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• Photographing the sexy shoes (and socks?) of AVN's annual porn convention

  28-01-2015 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "I planned to do a gallery on porn porn porn and shoes, but the porn booths were either disappointing or too graphic for the paper."
  
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• 5.7 earthquake strikes Northern California

  28-01-2015 22:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  
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• 5.7 earthquake strikes near Northern California coast

  28-01-2015 22:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  
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• Reid revives veterans compensation bill

  28-01-2015 22:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill that would provide full benefits to retired veterans who collect both pension checks and disability payments was reintroduced in Congress this week.
  
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• Police: Woman slashed children’s throats to quiet them

  28-01-2015 22:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A young mother in Washington state has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say she cut her children’s throats in an attempt to keep them quiet.
  
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• Ill. cops arrest couple wanted for abducting their children in Las Vegas

  28-01-2015 21:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Illinois police have arrested a couple wanted for abducting their two children in 2006 in Las Vegas.
  
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• School choice supporters rally at Nevada Capitol

  28-01-2015 21:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Several hundred charter, online, private and home-schooled students, parents and administrators converged on the state Capitol grounds Wednesday to promote school choice in Nevada.
  
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• Former prison officer gets probation in cell phone smuggling case

  28-01-2015 21:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Nevada Department of Corrections officer was sentenced to five years probation Wednesday in a scheme to get smartphones into High Desert State Prison.
  
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• Metro evacuates office complex searching for man after traffic stop

  28-01-2015 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A business complex near the intersection of Cimarron Road and Sahara Avenue is being evacuated while Las Vegas police search for someone who fled the scene of a traffic stop Monday morning.
  
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• Romney team targets Hillary Clinton over wealth

  28-01-2015 21:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As Mitt Romney heads to the nation’s poorest state Wednesday, his political team is fighting back against perceptions that his wealth could be a political liability if he runs for president again.
  
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• See a car with bad exhaust? DMV wants you to tell on them

  28-01-2015 21:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thanks to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ Smog Spotter program, it’s never been easier to rat out your fellow motorists.
  
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• Nevada’s DMV is searching for snitches to help clear the air

  28-01-2015 21:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Don’t get mad the next time you find yourself stuck in traffic behind some vehicle belching smoke.
  
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• Suit by Vegas market worker alleges wage theft

  28-01-2015 20:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former employee has filed a class-action lawsuit that claims the Mariana’s supermarket chain has been depriving her and others of overtime wages by forcing them to perform “off-the-clock work.”
  
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• Lawsuit by Las Vegas market worker alleges wage theft

  28-01-2015 20:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former employee has filed a class-action lawsuit that claims the Mariana’s supermarket chain has been depriving her and others of overtime wages by forcing them to perform “off-the-clock work.”
  
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• The top 5 donors to Nevada state political campaigns

  28-01-2015 20:35
  
  A well-connected Republican PAC, casinos and a gun control group funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg were among the top five entities that donated to Nevada state races during the 2014 election cycle, the Center for Public Integrity said Wednesday. The totals come from disclosures made by candidates and state political parties, as well as state and federal records of 140 independent groups that spent mone
  
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• Meet the top 5 donors to Nevada state political campaigns

  28-01-2015 20:35
  
  A well-connected Republican PAC, casinos and a gun control group funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg were among the top five entities that donated to Nevada state races during the 2014 election cycle, the Center for Public Integrity said Wednesday. The totals come from disclosures made by candidates and state political parties, as well as state and federal records of 140 independent groups that spent mone
  
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• 8-year-old shows up at school with gunshot wound

  28-01-2015 20:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman was found Tuesday morning with a gunshot to her lower leg after a confrontation what police thought were car thieves. Her son showed up to school with a minor gunshot wound to his leg after the gun battle. Later that day the father was arrested fora large amount of marijuana found in the home.
  
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• Police investigate stabbing near Cashman Center

  28-01-2015 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating a stabbing they say is linked to a robbery near Cashman Center on Wednesday.
  
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• Clark County GOP complaint targets PAC seeking legislator recalls

  28-01-2015 19:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Republican Party filed a complaint Wednesday with Nevada election officials alleging illegal contributions by a GOP activist for a political action committee seeking to recall fellow Republicans who haven’t taken a firm stance against Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed tax package.
  
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• Spy agency employee confesses to flying drone that crashed at White House

  28-01-2015 19:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An employee of a U.S. spy agency has confessed to operating a small drone that crashed on the grounds of the White House, the agency said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of incidents that raised questions about the president’s security.
  
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• Ex-Saudi airman gets life in prison in rape case

  28-01-2015 19:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Saudia Arabian airman convicted of raping a 13-year-old boy in a Circus Circus hotel room bathroom in 2012 has received the maximum punishment for his crime.
  
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• Northern Nevadan sentenced in state credit card fraud

  28-01-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Nevada Transportation Department employee from Fallon has been sentenced to 18 to 48 months in state prison for his fraudulent use of a state credit card to support a gambling addiction.
  
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• Police: Utah parents, worried about apocalypse, killed children, selves

  28-01-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The mysterious deaths of five Utah family members in their Springville home baffled authorities at first.
  
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• Four indicted in Vegas-based telemarketing scheme

  28-01-2015 18:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four people have been indicted in a telemarketing scheme in Las Vegas that defrauded small businesses.
  
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• Jordan willing to deal with ISIS in prisoner swap

  28-01-2015 16:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jordan on Wednesday indicated it is willing to release a longtime prisoner if ISIS releases one of its pilots — one of the latest developments surrounding the terror group’s apparent threat to kill the pilot and a Japanese hostage.
  
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• DMV’s Dash Pass brings new headaches

  28-01-2015 16:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Go to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles website, and chances are good it’s the first thing you’ll notice: a pop-up ad for the agency’s new Dash Pass system.
  
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• Volunteers take to streets for county’s annual homeless count

  28-01-2015 09:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 200 volunteers flooded the streets of Clark County on foot and in vehicles during the early hours of Wednesday morning to help conduct the annual homeless count.
  
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• Washoe Lake then and now

  28-01-2015 08:51
  
  Anna Pittenger submitted this photo of two photos of Washoe Lake. The top photo was taken from the gazebo overlooking Washoe Lake in September 2011. The bottom photo was taken Sunday at the gazebo. …
  
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• Carson City hospital defends denial of Medicaid inmates

  28-01-2015 08:51
  
  Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center’s decision to stop accepting Medicaid eligible inmates as patients reared its head in the legislative overview of the governor’s budget on Tuesday. Carson Tahoe Health CEO and President Ed Epperson last fall defended the decision citing the disproportionate cost to the capital’s hospital. He said the impact was “devastating.” The problem developed after the Affordabl
  
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• 100 more correctional officers ‘badly needed’

  28-01-2015 08:51
  
  Lawmakers were told Tuesday the Nevada Department of Corrections badly needs the 100 additional correctional officers the governor has proposed adding to ensure adequate staffing at Nevada’s prisons. Director Greg Cox told the combined Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees unlike most other state agencies prisons can’t just shut down a staff post if someone is on vacation, sick or off duty. “This has n
  
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• Valentine’s Day Crawl slated

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  Take the guesswork out of Valentine’s Day at the Devil Made Me Do It Saloon Crawl, Saturday, Feb. 14, in Virginia City, with colored cups that indicate relationship status — single, taken or open to suggestions. The crawl includes stops at more than 10 of Virginia City’s saloons with drink samples and specialty cocktails available throughout the afternoon and evening. Crawl cups are $15 and can be ordered in advance o
  
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• USAF Band to perform in Carson City

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  Mayor Robert Crowell, representing the City of Carson City, and the Carson City Chamber of Commerce is collaborating to bring the United States Air Force Band of Washington D.C. to the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center for a free concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 4. “Carson City is proud to sponsor the first-ever performance of the United States Air Force Band for a free concert in our c
  
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• Tiger girls on board for win

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  MINDEN — Leonna Mortimer and the Douglas High girls basketball team crashed the glass Friday night, and in the process, ran off with a 64-52 victory in its rivalry game against Carson. Douglas (9-2 league, 17-4 overall) pulled down 17 offensive rebounds and 37 overall on its way to winning the Sierra League contest at Randy Green Court. Mortimer led the Tigers with a double-double, as the 5-foot-7 se
  
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• Prep roundup: Virginia City ‘Hess’ the edge over Excel

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  SPARKS — Clint Hess scored 32 points to lead Virginia City to a 55-46 win over Excel Christian in a Division IV boys basketball game Tuesday. VC improved to 9-0 in league heading into Friday’s game at Smith Valley. Christian Lindsay added nine for the Muckers. Jeff Behymer-Smith led Excel with 17 points BOWLING Carson outscores Manogue Carson improved to 4-0 in high school bowling after a 42.5-2.5 win over Bi
  
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• Pack frustrated by UNLV

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack suffered through yet another one of its frustrating and seemingly never-ending growing pains Tuesday night. “It hurts a lot,” junior center A.J. West said after a 67-62 loss to the UNLV Rebels in front of an energetic crowd of 7,578 at Lawlor Events Center. “But we just have to put this behind us.” The Wolf Pack has now lost five games in a row to fall to 6-13 overall and 2-5
  
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• Joining Forces enforcement program coming next month

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  Just under 70 percent of fatalities in Clark and Washoe counties year-to-date have been road users without the benefit of a vehicle to buffer them, or “vulnerable” road users. The state’s two largest counties have already seen 13 lives lost in less than three weeks into the New Year; seven of these were pedestrians, and one each for motorcycle and ATV riders. As is true with 99 percent of all crashes, these tragedie
  
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• Glover returns as Douglas baseball program’s head man

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  MINDEN — A familiar face is returning as head coach of the Douglas High School baseball program. John Glover, who previously served as the Tigers head coach from 2003-10, is coming back at the helm when varsity team tryouts are held on Feb. 23-24. He’s taking over for Bruce Jacobsen, who recently stepped down as head coach but will remain on the staff as an assistant. “It’s like I never left,�
  
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• Drop in the bucket still helps, even if just a little

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  Rain brought welcome relief to Carson City greenery and residents Tuesday, though it was insufficient to make even a dent in the ongoing drought. “Think of it this way,” said Dawn Johnson, a meteorologist at the Reno office of the National Weather Service: “If you filled a thimble and put it in a bucket, it’s such a drop in the bucket.” She said reports in the area were from a trace to a few tenths of a
  
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• Community roundup: Carson Middle wins South Tahoe event

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  The Carson Middle School eighth grade girls basketball team took first place at the South Tahoe Optimist Tournament on Jan. 23-24. The team beat Pau Wa Lu in the finals and went 6-1 overall. No other information was provided. Thus far the team is 15-2 overall and 4-1 in league play. Eagle Valley spikers sweep CMS Eagle Valley’s seventh and eighth-grade volleyball teams beat Carson Middle School in a recent leag
  
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• CHS roars past Tigers

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  MINDEN — Fast starts have been the norm for Carson High this season, and the Senators followed that trend on Tuesday night. The Senators held arch-rival Douglas scoreless for three big stretches en route to an easy 48-23 Sierra League win on Randy Green Court. The big win was Carson’s seventh straight and moved the Senators to 9-2 in Northern Division I play and 12-6 overall heading into Friday’s
  
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• Bunco Night raises funds for dental services for local children

  28-01-2015 08:43
  
  A regional community coalition is hosting a Feb. 7 fundraiser it describes as “a fun night of good food and Bunco for a great cause.” Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner is at 6 and Bunco begins at 7 at the Dayton Community Center, 170 Pike Street. Cost is $25, which includes dinner and dessert. Lisa Selmi, one of the organizers of the event, explains, “Your ticket for dinner and Bunco will help fund much-neede
  
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