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• Judge sets bail for Metro detective accused of robbing prostitute

  30-01-2015 23:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas judge set bail Friday for a Metro detective accused of attacking a woman after a quarrel over a prostitution fee.
  
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• Judge sets bail for Metro detective accused of attacking prostitute

  30-01-2015 23:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas judge set bail Friday for a Metro detective accused of attacking a woman after a quarrel over a prostitution fee.
  
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• CSN building named for first black president of a Nevada college

  30-01-2015 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In a Friday ceremony Building D at the College of Southern Nevada’s West Charleston campus was named for Paul Meacham.
  
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• Paleontologists discover ‘dragon’ dinosaur species in China

  30-01-2015 22:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The long skeleton was found in 2006 by some local farmers digging for a fishpond in Qijiang city in China’s southwestern Chongqing province.
  
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• Nevada to pursue immigration lawsuit despite Sandoval-Laxalt rift

  30-01-2015 22:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval met with Attorney General Adam Laxalt to discuss a lawsuit Nevada joined with 25 other states to challenge President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration and decided to continue with the legal action, the attorney general’s office said Friday.
  
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• U.S. military developing world’s first ‘smart bullet’ — VIDEO

  30-01-2015 20:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Given the project code name, EXACTO, it aims to create the first small caliber bullet that could steer itself.
  
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• U.S. developing a bullet that can steer itself — VIDEO

  30-01-2015 20:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Given the project code name, EXACTO, it aims to create the first small caliber bullet that could steer itself.
  
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• Education Notebook, Feb. 5-11, 2015

  30-01-2015 19:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• Ex-boyfriend stabs woman’s current boyfriend, steals car

  30-01-2015 19:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is in critical condition after Las Vegas police said a woman’s ex-boyfriend stabbed her current boyfriend and then stole a car from the couple.
  
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• Romney to announce he will not make 2016 presidential run

  30-01-2015 17:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will not make a third run for president, CNN has confirmed, and will tell supporters on an 11 a.m. phone call he believes it’s “best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity” to become the nominee.
  
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• Romney says he will not run for president in 2016

  30-01-2015 17:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will not make a third run for president, he told supporters on a Friday morning call, saying he believes it’s “best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity” to become the nominee.
  
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• Wrecks clearing, but NHP advises slowing going on valley roads

  30-01-2015 16:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Slick roads and crashes throughout the Las Vegas Valley made for congested morning commutes Friday.
  
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• Wet roads blamed for Friday truck accidents

  30-01-2015 16:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Wet roads are likely the cause of two semitrailer crashes Friday morning, causing major traffic congestion.
  
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• Wet roads blamed for Friday accidents around valley

  30-01-2015 16:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Wet roads are likely the cause of multiple highway crashes Friday morning, causing major traffic congestion.
  
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• Friday rainfall may tie 1986 record

  30-01-2015 16:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Slick roads and crashes throughout the Las Vegas Valley made for congested morning commutes Friday.
  
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• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe opens to large crowd

  30-01-2015 16:19
  
  STATELINE, Nev. — Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe celebrated its grand opening with a mass of people Wednesday night as crowds eagerly awaited a taste of Tahoe’s newest source for lodging and entertainment. Guests watched as Jon and David Park, members of the family that own the property, shattered an ice-sculpted guitar with sledgehammers and said
  
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• Suge Knight faces murder charge in hit-and-run death

  30-01-2015 16:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two men were run over, one fatally, Thursday in Compton, California, authorities said Friday.
  
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• Regulators issue final volumes in Nevada nuclear dump report

  30-01-2015 08:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — Findings released Thursday by analysts in the federal agency with the power to give the go-ahead for a proposed national nuclear waste dump in Nevada appear to provide wiggle room for adopting rules to open the repository, if decision-makers want to go forward. “Conditions (to open the repository) could be included,” Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff said, “if there is a commission decision to authoriz
  
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• Judge narrows suit against Catalyst

  30-01-2015 08:59
  
  In a verbal order issued from the bench, District Judge James Todd Russell on Thursday sharply narrowed the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the governor’s Catalyst Fund. That fund, with some $20 million to help bring businesses to Nevada, has been challenged as a violation of the constitutional provisions barring direct contributions of money by the state to for-profit businesses. The Nevada Policy Research I
  
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• Governor’s business fee proposal: Everyone pays

  30-01-2015 08:59
  
  Governor lays out business tax plan based on national system Gov. Brian Sandoval laid out details of his proposed Business License Fee, a plan based on the North American Industry Classification System. That system, known as NAICS, breaks all businesses — from utilities and construction to purely service oriented such as lawyers — into different classifications for tax and statistical purposes. Sandoval’s Business Lic
  
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• celebrating WINTERFEST

  30-01-2015 08:59
  
  The underclassmen chosen for the Carson High Winterfest Royalty Court on Thursday night at the Arlington Square ice rink were left to right: Freshmen Zach Schmidt and Lauren Lemburg, juniors Ojo Ventura and Jocelyn Adrian and sophomores Juliana Williams and Danny Dudley. The Winterfest King and Queen will be chosen tonight during Carson’s girls and boys basketball games against Damonte Ranch at Mor
  
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• Carson Valley resident releases memoir of disasters

  30-01-2015 08:59
  
  Federal Emergency Management Agency inspector Robert Winter released his memoir, “Dust in the Wind: Real FEMA Disaster Stories” in October. The book contains a wealth of stories from the front lines of disasters all around the U.S., as well as information for anyone who might be potentially caught in an earthquake, flood, the path of a hurricane or other disaster. The Gardnerville Ranchos resident
  
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• Gov., Starbucks team up to help disabled

  30-01-2015 08:51
  
  Starbucks Coffee Company and Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation have come together to create the Starbucks Inclusion Academy, a new on-the-job training program at the Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant & Distribution Center that helps people with disabilities gain work experience in manufacturing and distribution. Governor Brian Sandoval officially launched the program at a special graduati
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Arrange sober ride home after Super Bowl

  30-01-2015 08:51
  
  Carson Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott McDaniel is urging Super Bowl fans who plan to see the game somewhere other than their home to arrange for a sober ride before Sunday. “During events such as these, people have a tendency to over indulge and lose track of just how much alcohol they have consumed,” he said. He said football fans should arrange for a designated driver or taxi to get them home ahead of time to avoid a possible
  
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• Sassafras opens for business in Carson City; grand opening Saturday, Feb. 7

  30-01-2015 08:43
  
  Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint, after a “soft” reopening run-through afternoons and evenings this week, intends to serve both lunch and dinner starting Monday and have a grand reopening on Feb. 7. So said Jayme Watts Thursday as she and her husband, Anthony Fish, prepared for another evening of dinner service leading up to their first weekend. She said there was an outside chance hours might be longer this weekend, but s
  
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• Darrell Moody: CHS students need to pack the stands the rest of the season

  30-01-2015 08:43
  
  With this being the final day of Spirit Week at Carson High, I fully expect the stands to be jammed for tonight’s game against Damonte Ranch. Anything less than a full house would be a mjor disappointment. It was nice to see the big student turnout for the game at Douglas, but I was preplexed at the small student turnout for the game against Manogue last Friday, and that game was for first place. The fans who h
  
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• Cisco tech guru: ‘Smart everything’ looms

  30-01-2015 08:43
  
  The Cisco kidder entertained with quips but bedazzled with serious stuff Thursday as he warned the 21st century was going to ratchet the pace of change toward warp speed. Howard Charney, who actually goes by the title senior vice president of Cisco Systems, Inc., wasn’t kidding when he kidded his listeners at a Northern Nevada Development Authority breakfast meeting in Carson City’s Carson Nugget casino downt
  
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• Carson City WNC squads begin season

  30-01-2015 08:43
  
  WNC squads begin 2015 season today The Western Nevada softball and baseball squads kick off their respective seasons today in Henderson. Leah Wentworth’s softball squad opens with a tripleheader. At 8 a.m., the Wildcats will play Central Arizona, and then play Pima at 10:30 a.m. and Yavapai at 3:30 p.m. The Wildcats will also play three games on Saturday at 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. DJ Whittemore’s baseball squad o
  
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• Former Bullhead City officer accused in sex assault won’t be prosecuted

  30-01-2015 08:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County district attorney’s office said Thursday it will not prosecute a former Bullhead City, Ariz. police sergeant for an alleged sexual assault in Laughlin last October. The announcement came at a Laughlin Justice Court arraignment hearing for Jesse Hoag, 37.
  
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• Las Vegas Valley veterans with disabilities get free scuba training

  30-01-2015 05:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pair of Southern Nevada veterans with physical disabilities got their first time in the water Thursday with the Dive Pirates Foundation.
  
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• Henderson police looking for M Resort sportsbook robbers

  30-01-2015 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are asking the public for help in identifying two men who robbed a casino sportsbook Wednesday night.
  
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• Bank error delays North Las Vegas employee paychecks

  30-01-2015 01:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Payday will come a day late for some North Las Vegas employees. A Bank of America processing error caused a delay with paychecks for municipal employees, said city spokesman Mitch Fox.
  
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• Nevada households fare poorly in financial study

  30-01-2015 01:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada households earned poor marks in everything from subprime credit scores to financial assets in a nationwide study released Thursday.
  
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• Sandoval releases details of proposed business license fee tax

  30-01-2015 01:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday that his proposed business license fee to raise $438 million to fund much of his public education agenda would mean lower tax collections than under the many other tax proposals debated in Nevada over the past dozen years.
  
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• Gov. Sandoval details new business fee plan to fund Nevada education reform

  30-01-2015 01:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday that his proposed business license fee to raise $438 million to fund much of his public education agenda would mean lower tax collections than under the many other tax proposals debated in Nevada over the past dozen years.
  
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• Officials approve Ride Genie app for taxi rides

  30-01-2015 00:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A smartphone application designed by a Las Vegas company will soon be available for customers to hail taxis the same way people request rides from Uber.
  
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• Report gives Yucca positive review, stops short of full endorsement

  30-01-2015 00:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Analysts at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday completed a safety review that gives Yucca Mountain generally positive marks, but stops short of recommending it be granted a license to operate as a nuclear waste site.
  
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