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• North Las Vegas Police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run crash

  03-02-2015 23:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas Police has asked for help locating the driver in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
  
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• North Las Vegas Police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run

  03-02-2015 23:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas Police has asked for help locating the driver in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
  
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• NLV police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run

  03-02-2015 23:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A red Toyota Tacoma travelling east on East Cheyenne Avenue near North Carroll Street hit a man and 4-year-old boy.
  
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• No charges for fire captain who shot man through front door

  03-02-2015 23:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas Fire Department captain will not face criminal charges for shooting a man through his front door in June, Clark County prosecutors have decided.
  
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• Catalyst Fund called Nevada’s ‘most efficient’ economic development tool

  03-02-2015 22:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A $10 million fund set up to entice businesses to come to Nevada is “the most efficient economic development tool” in the state and has surpassed projections for job creation, the head of Nevada’s economic development agency told a panel of lawmakers Tuesday.
  
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• Biologists ask public to report blinged-out burrowing owls

  03-02-2015 22:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Have you seen a smallish owl with some blueish bling? The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wants to know about it.
  
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• Official: Nevada needs to focus on attracting high-wage jobs

  03-02-2015 22:43
  
  Economic development officials say the state needs to start promoting businesses that pay higher wages. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development chief Steve Hill told a Nevada state Senate finance committee Tuesday that the office is poised to fund and support businesses that meet the state’s average wage through a number of proposed bills and budget changes. Hill said the department has proposed a bill that would
  
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• Nevada Senate Democrats angry over redistricting rules

  03-02-2015 22:43
  
  Nevada Senate Democrats say they’re outraged over a legislative rule that could potentially govern the process of drawing new voting district boundaries. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford said in a statement on Monday that Republicans inserted last-minute language governing the redistricting process into the Senate’s rules to avoid a public review component. Senate Democrats voted unanimously against the rule
  
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• Measles investigated near Reno and confirmed in Clark County

  03-02-2015 22:43
  
  RENO — Health officials say they’re investigating two possible measles cases near Reno and are confirming another in Clark County. Authorities said Monday that unvaccinated people should stay away from Spanish Springs Elementary School near Reno to avoid possible exposure as a student’s diagnosis is confirmed. Another person may have infected co-workers at a separate, undisclosed workplace. Meanwhile, southern Nevada
  
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• Fallon settles federal complaints about hiring disabled

  03-02-2015 22:43
  
  FALLON — The city of Fallon has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to settle allegations the city engaged in a pattern of discrimination by requiring job applicants to disclose disabilities and/or medical information before they were offered city jobs. The Justice Department first notified Fallon in July 2013 it was investigating alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mayor Kenneth Tedfor
  
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• Bill would require HPV vaccine for Nevada school enrollment

  03-02-2015 22:43
  
  A bill introduced in the state Senate would require Nevada children to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted disease HPV in order to enroll in public or private school or daycare. SB117 was introduced Monday but hasn’t been scheduled for a hearing. State law already requires some vaccines for enrollment, including diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, rubella and measles. Children can be excused for religio
  
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• Chief Vegas cab regulator downplays use of masks at Uber bust

  03-02-2015 22:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It didn’t take long for Uber to enter the conversation in the state Legislature.
  
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• Las Vegas man pleads guilty in telemarketing scheme that netted $5 million

  03-02-2015 21:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas man who was part of a trio accused of bilking small-business owners out of over $5 million in a telemarketing scheme has pleaded guilty to a grant fraud charge, according to the Nevada U.S. attorney’s office.
  
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• Britain to be first country to allow ‘three-parent’ IVF babies

  03-02-2015 21:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a “three-parent” IVF technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics see as a step towards creating designer babies.
  
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• Britain first to allow ‘three-parent’ babies

  03-02-2015 21:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a “three-parent” in vitro fertilization technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics see as a step towards creating designer babies.
  
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• Henderson woman pleads guilty in real estate fraud

  03-02-2015 21:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Illegal scheme netted millions in effort to raise restitution money ordered in prior theft conviction
  
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• Former Henderson woman pleads guilty in real estate fraud

  03-02-2015 21:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Henderson woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in what federal authorities say was a $3 million real estate scheme that involved using $232,000 of the ill-gotten gains to pay restitution in a state criminal theft case.
  
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• Ex-Nevada lawmaker Steven Brooks receives 3 years’ probation in gun case

  03-02-2015 20:43
  
  LAS VEGAS — A former Nevada lawmaker whose arrests and expulsion from the Legislature drew intense interest two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ probation on a felony gun charge. A judge in Las Vegas told Steven Brooks he’ll spend the first six months in intensive supervision to ensure he remains sober, takes prescription medications and obtains mental health evaluation and treatment. The probation runs
  
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• Sentence upheld in slaying of Olympic boxer in Las Vegas

  03-02-2015 20:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Roger Randolph, a Las Vegas man who was sentenced to 21 years to life in state prison in the slaying of 1996 Olympic bronze medal boxer Rhoshii Wells in a Las Vegas apartment courtyard, has had his conviction upheld by the Nevada Supreme Court.
  
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• County resolution opposes Vegas tourism district tied to stadium project

  03-02-2015 20:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution opposing the city of Las Vegas-proposed tourism improvement district that would clear the way for a parking garage to be built that would be available for events at a potential downtown soccer stadium project.
  
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• Assemblyman says he never secretly recorded any GOP caucus meetings

  03-02-2015 20:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Republican lawmaker who confirmed Saturday that Las Vegas police are investigating allegations of attempted extortion in exchange for his vote for Nevada Assembly speaker said Tuesday he has never surreptitiously recorded any caucus meetings.
  
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• Smith and Mason valleys have groundwater reduced by 50 percent

  03-02-2015 19:55
  The state engineer Tuesday issued an order cutting the amount of groundwater that may be pumped this growing season in Smith Valley and Mason Valley by 50 percent.A spokeswoman said the objective is to protect existing water rights and wells and the long-term water supply in those valleys.During the past four years of drought conditions, those two valleys have seen “unprecedented groundwater pumping and water level declin
  
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• Cuban regime detained 140 political prisoners in January, ‘has not changed’

  03-02-2015 19:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cuba has temporarily detained about 140 political prisoners in January since Washington announced it was seeking to restore diplomatic relations with Havana, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.
  
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• Ousted Assemblyman Brooks gets probation for gun charge

  03-02-2015 19:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks was handed another term of probation on a felony gun charge Tuesday.
  
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• Givens Elementary worker no longer employed after ‘inappropriate behavior’

  03-02-2015 19:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Givens Elementary School employee is no longer working for the Clark County School District after “inappropriate behavior” with other employees at the Summerlin school.
  
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• Givens Elementary worker arrested, no longer employed after ‘inappropriate behavior’

  03-02-2015 19:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Givens Elementary School employee was arrested and is no longer working for the Clark County School District after “inappropriate behavior” with other employees at the Summerlin school.
  
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• Ex-CCSD janitor accused of videotaping coworkers as they used the bathroom

  03-02-2015 19:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Givens Elementary School janitor is accused of videotaping coworkers as they used the bathroom, the Clark County School District said Tuesday.
  
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• Coroner ID’s bicyclist killed in east valley

  03-02-2015 18:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the bicyclist who was killed in an east valley crash that involved two other vehicles.
  
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• ISIS video appears to show Jordanian pilot burned alive in cage

  03-02-2015 18:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Video and still images apparently show a Jordanian military pilot being burned alive while confined in a cage, according to online posts from ISIS supporters Tuesday. But a Jordanian official said the pilot was actually killed a month ago.
  
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• ISIS video appears to show Jordanian pilot burned alive

  03-02-2015 18:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pictures published on ISIS’s official al Furqan media site apparently show Jordanian military pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh being burned alive while confined in a cage.
  
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• One man shot in northwest Las Vegas

  03-02-2015 18:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man person was shot in the leg after knocking on a door of a home in the northwest valley Tuesday morning.
  
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• Woman killed in Monday’s I-15 crash identified

  03-02-2015 17:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman who was killed Monday afternoon at the Spaghetti Bowl was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday.
  
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• Ga. man faces murder charges in death of wife, 4 others

  03-02-2015 17:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Georgia man was arrested on Monday in Mississippi and charged with the murder of his wife and four other people whose bodies were found in a house on Saturday night, police said.
  
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• Man dies after rollover crash on Lee Canyon Road

  03-02-2015 17:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was found dead after a rollover crash on Lee Canyon Road near U.S. Highway 95 Tuesday morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Law enforcement investigate report of dead body in vehicle

  03-02-2015 17:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A person was reported dead inside a vehicle on northbound U.S Highway 95 near the turnoff for Lee Canyon Tuesday morning, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Stadium fight is spicing up this year’s city election

  03-02-2015 07:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  City Hall’s soccer fans couldn’t help but smirk at the apparent failure late last week of a petition drive designed to halt a government subsidy for a $200 million downtown stadium.
  
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• John R. Bullis: What is the ‘nanny’ tax?

  03-02-2015 06:19
  
  It is not enough to pay income tax, and when you die, there may be a death tax. If you have household employees (not independent contractors), you as the employer must withhold and pay FICA taxes on their wages if the cash wages paid during 2014 or 2015 total $1,900 or more. The employment taxes for household employees is reported on Schedule H of form 1040 of the employer (the one who pays the wages). This “na
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Dry Northern Nevada winter means it is time to water trees, shrubs

  03-02-2015 06:19
  
  Little to no rain in January doesn’t bode well for trees and shrubs come spring and summer. Unless you provide them with the water lacking from Mother Nature, you probably will see plants dying back on top or losing limbs and branches. This is particularly true for plants such as birches and roses or for those newly planted this past year. While we may enjoy the beautiful sunny weather we have been having, cold
  
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• Nevada Legislature: John Hambrick elected Assembly Speaker

  03-02-2015 05:07
  
  The threatened revolt to try block election of John Hambrick as Assembly Speaker — feared by some, hoped for by others — never materialized as the 2015 Nevada Legislature opened for business Monday. Hambrick, R-Las Vegas, was nominated without opposition an elected without a dissenting vote by Assemblyman Randy Kirner, R-R
  
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• Carson High School Safe & Sober 5K Saturday morning

  03-02-2015 04:27
  
  A 5K run/walk to raise money for Carson High School’s Safe & Sober 2015 commencement, which has an unbroken record of zero fatality graduation nights, is scheduled Saturday morning. The safe and sober grad night program boasts an unblemished record dating to 1988, when it began, and this weekend’s 5K event is just the fifth time it will serve as the chief fundraising tool to bolster the safe night fun later in the year.
  
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• Lake Tahoe Brewing Company hosts grand opening Wednesday in Carson City

  03-02-2015 04:19
  
  A grand opening event is set Wednesday afternoon for Lake Tahoe Brewing Co., a new drinking and food establishment in downtown Carson City. The company, which has another location in Truckee, Calif., will host the official opening replete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. in the refurbished Carson City micro-brewery spot at 302 N. Carson St. The same building formerly housed High Sierra Brewery, a firm
  
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• Washoe County notified of two possible measles cases

  03-02-2015 03:55
  
  The Washoe County Health District received notifications Monday of two possible measles cases. At this time, laboratory confirmation is pending; however, symptoms are consistent with measles. No cases have been reported in Northern Nevada outside of Washoe County. One case attended Spanish Springs Elementary School during the infectious period and the Washoe County Health District is requiring the Washoe County School Dis
  
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• Washoe County notified of two possible measle cases

  03-02-2015 03:55
  
  The Washoe County Health District received notifications Monday of two possible measles cases. At this time, laboratory confirmation is pending; however, symptoms are consistent with measles. No cases have been reported in Northern Nevada outside of Washoe County. One case attended Spanish Springs Elementary School during the infectious period and the Washoe County Health District is requiring the Washoe County School Distr
  
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• Holly Madison accuses 1923 Bourbon and Burlesque of secretly recording showgirls

  03-02-2015 03:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reality TV star and Las Vegas showgirl Holly Madison claims in lawsuit filed Monday that managers at Mandalay Bay’s 1923 Bourbon and Burlesque watched secret, intimate recordings of her and other women in their dressing room.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in fatal Strip carjacking

  03-02-2015 02:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  James Montgomery has pleaded guilty to charges he killed a California highway patrolman and another man after a carjacking on the Strip.
  
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• Former teacher contacted girl he kidnapped, prosecutors say

  03-02-2015 02:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Las Vegas kindergarten teacher disobeyed a judge’s orders to stay away from the 16-year-old girl he is accused of kidnapping for a weeks-long affair, prosecutors said.
  
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• Slide in gas prices comes to halt, GasBuddy analyst says

  03-02-2015 02:03
  
  Gasoline prices in Nevada and the nation edged up last week, but Carson City still featured a host of gas stations well below the state and national pump prices Monday morning. Those were survey results from GasBuddy.com, a website tracking the price of unleaded regular, which showed Sunday an average of $2.21 per gallon statewide and $2.05 a gallon nationwide. The report indicated those prices were a 1.6 cents
  
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• Super Bowl: Patriots win garners $3.26 million for Nevada sports books

  03-02-2015 01:31
  
  Nevada sports books won a total of $3.26 million from bets made on this year’s Superbowl. Gaming Control Board Chairman A.J. Burnett said that is a 2.8 percent hold on $115.98 million in total bets made on the game. The New England Patriots won the game 28-24. Burnett emphasized those are the “unaudited figures” for the betting — essentially a quick snapshot of what happened Super Bowl Sunday. That is not only less
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Sen. Debbie Smith to miss opening few weeks

  03-02-2015 01:31
  
  A Nevada state senator will miss the first weeks of the legislative session due to an undisclosed medical condition. Democratic state Sen. Debbie Smith said she is seeking out-of-state medical care due to an undisclosed illness. The Sparks lawmaker said in a statement issued Monday that she was feeling fine and will release more information about her condition soon. Smith was elected to the state Senate in 2012 a
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Multiple DUI and domestic battery charges during weekend

  03-02-2015 01:31
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. FRIDAY • At 7:26 p.m., a 27-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of petit larceny and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after allegedly taking items from Walmart without paying. She was jailed in lieu of $750 bail plus another $500 for a contempt of court warrant. The 20-year-old with her was
  
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