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• Photos of Pluto moons give a view into yet-unseen space territory

  20-02-2015 23:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two white specks appearing next to Pluto in the blackness of space may look like faint blips on a screen. Don’t be fooled.
  
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• Nevada construction defect reform bill sent to governor

  20-02-2015 21:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Republican-backed bill overhauling Nevada’s construction defect law, the first in a long line of GOP priorities for the 2015 session, cleared its final legislative hurdle Friday in the state Senate.
  
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• Nevada construction defect reform bill OK’d by Senate, sent to governor

  20-02-2015 21:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Republican-backed bill overhauling Nevada’s construction defect law was approved Friday by the state Senate on a party-line vote.
  
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• Report: Before mother was fatally shot, son told her to call police

  20-02-2015 21:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New details surfaced Friday on the arrest of a 19-year-old man in the deadly Feb. 12 shooting that initially was described as a case of road rage.
  
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• Arrest report: Man told friend about his role in fatal shooting

  20-02-2015 21:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New details surfaced Friday on the arrest of a 19-year-old man in the deadly Feb. 12 shooting that initially was described as a case of road rage.
  
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• Scofield and Gov’t Mule again seek blues-rock-jazz nirvana

  20-02-2015 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tandem tour celebrates 20 years of the Mule and release of 1999 live recording.
  
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• Psychologist: Accused in ‘American Sniper’ case faked mental issues

  20-02-2015 20:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A psychologist testified in court on Friday that the man charged with murdering U.S. Navy sniper Chris Kyle and another man on a Texas shooting range two years ago has been faking schizophrenia and knew what he did was wrong, media reports said.
  
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• Three Square Food Bank receives $10 million gift

  20-02-2015 20:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The money will go to the nonprofit’s endowment to help provide financial sustainability, said Brian Burton, president and chief executive officer for Three Square.
  
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• Engelstad Foundation gives $10 million to Three Square Food Bank

  20-02-2015 20:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Engelstad Family Foundation on Friday morning announced a $10 million gift for Three Square Food Bank to help put an end to hunger in Southern Nevada.
  
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• Woman, neighbor injured in dog attack

  20-02-2015 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 65-year-old woman was severely injured Friday when she was attacked by neighborhood dogs in front of her northeast valley home, Las Vegas police said. Her 69-year-old neighbor also was injured when he came to her aid with a baseball bat and stones.
  
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• Two people hospitalized after dog attack

  20-02-2015 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were hospitalized Friday after they were attacked by dogs in the northeast valley, Las Vegas police said, and an officer shot one of the dogs.
  
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• Las Vegas woman, neighbor injured in dog attack

  20-02-2015 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The daughter of a 65-year-old woman who was severely injured Friday in a dog attack said the family intends to press charges against the owner of the animals.
  
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• Education Notebook, Feb. 26-March 4, 2015

  20-02-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• Homes destroyed as twin cyclones slam into northern Australia

  20-02-2015 18:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A powerful cyclone slammed into northeast Australia on Friday, destroying homes and causing flash floods, while a second storm severed communications to a northern island where heavy damage was expected.
  
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• Mich. parents charged with torture of son found in basement

  20-02-2015 17:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The parents of a 12-year-old Detroit boy reported missing for 11 days before he was found last June by police emaciated in his family’s basement have been charged with torture and child abuse, prosecutors said on Friday.
  
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• Inmate from Clark County dies at UMC

  20-02-2015 16:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Nevada inmate serving a sentence for attempted battery died in early February, according to Nevada Department of Corrections officials.
  
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• Idaho college director faces charges for offering scholarships for sex

  20-02-2015 16:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The financial aid director for a community college in northern Idaho, who was accused of offering scholarships to students in exchange for sex, is no longer employed at the school, its president said on Thursday.
  
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• Tolbert steps down after three playoff seasons

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  Nate Tolbert officially stepped down as Carson High School girls basketball coach following Wednesday night’s playoff loss to Reno High.Tolbert, who coached at Whittell before assisting Todd Ackerman for several years at CHS, compiled a 37-40 overall record in his three-year stint. He made the playoffs all three years, including a second-place finish in the Sierra League in the 2012-13 season when he
  
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• Nevada Legislature: K-12 needs $200 million more needed just to keep up

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  Rising enrollments and teacher step increases will require the state to pump more than $200 million more into the K-12 education budget just to maintain current levels of service.Superintendent of Education Dale Erquiaga told a joint session of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees Thursday rising enrollments will cost $36.3 million in 2016, $69.7 million in 2017 for a total of $106 million.He
  
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• Nevada Legislature: First of GOP tort reform bills heard in Senate Judiciary

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  The first in what is expected to be a series of tort reform bills introduced by the Republican majority was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, said Senate Bill 134 was an attempt to prevent onerous bond requirements from effectively preventing a business from appealing a huge jury verdict.Traditionally, the company appealing a judgment has been
  
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• Nevada initial unemployment claims decrease in January

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to 15,572 in January, the lowest for that month since 2007.A spokesman for the Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation said historically, seasonal layoffs cause claims to rise from November through January but those increases are now tapering off more quickly than in recent years.Chief Economist Bill Anderson said there were 18,122 initial claims in Decemb
  
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• Carson City School Board, Supervisors focus on training workers

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  Carson City leaders Thursday celebrated community collaboration with the focus on preparing young people for future challenges and a changing world of work.On the mundane level, it was a combined meeting of the city’s Board of Supervisors in a 6 p.m. session with the Carson City School Board of Trustees. But the Carson City Community Center’s Sierra Room was filled with representatives of the Carson City Libra
  
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• Carson City nursing care facility clears first step with Board of Supervisors

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  It would be placed close to the site of the old hospitalA congregate care nursing facility with a memory care unit won a preliminary blessing Thursday from Carson City’s Board of Supervisors.The board voted 4-0, with one abstention, for introduction on first reading of an ordinance authorizing zoning eventually for nearly five acres that would allow multi-family housing rather than a public community designation
  
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• Capitol art in Carson City helping Always Lost

  20-02-2015 08:59
  
  Jonathan Triplett paints a rendition of the Capitol building in Carson City Thursday. Triplett stated proceeds from the sale of his painting will be donated to WNC’s ‘Always Lost’. Always Lost: A Meditation on War includes the 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning Iraq War combat photographs by David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer (courtesy of The Dallas Morning News) with literary work by Professor Marilee
  
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• Local sports roundup: WNC baseball rolls to end skid

  20-02-2015 08:51
  
  Karnos pitches a gem in easy win for WildcatsHENDERSON — A gem by sophomore pitcher Max Karnos along with offensive executive and aggressive baserunning added up to a 12-0 Western Nevada College baseball victory over College of Southern Idaho on Thursday.Karnos (2-1) no-hit the Golden Eagles through six innings and Kody Reynolds and Jake Bennett supplied three hits apiece as the Wildcats stemmed a five-game losi
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors approve $7.7 million Big MAC contract

  20-02-2015 08:51
  
  Ground breaking for Carson City’s “Big MAC” on Russell Way was slated next month to start building a recreational facility for which a $7.7 million contract was approved Thursday.The Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Thursday, with one abstention, in approving the pact forged between city staff and Miles Construction, Inc.Though it took some two decades from conception to contract, that snail’s pace until now
  
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• Carson boys top Manogue in double overtime; advance to regional finals (video)

  20-02-2015 05:23
  
  Kyle Steele went from goat to hero in a span of two plays.Steele committed a key turnover with 23.1 seconds left in the first overtime, but then hit a step-back jump shot with 1.7 seconds left in the second overtime to give Carson a thrilling 61-60 victory over Bishop Manogue in the NIAA Division 1 regional basketball semifinals before a capacity crowd Thursday night at
  
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• Carson boys top Manogue in double overtime; advance to regional finals

  20-02-2015 05:23
  
  Kyle Steele went from goat to hero in a span of two plays.Steele committed a key turnover with 23.1 left in regulation, but hit a step-back jump shot with 1.7 left in the second overtime to give Carson a thrilling 61-60 double-overtime win over Bishop Manogue in the Division 1 regional semifinals before a capacity crowd Thursday night at Morse Burley Gymnasium.The win
  
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• DimLights4Tark organizer gets ultimate view of tribute

  20-02-2015 05:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After playing a big role in making DimLights4Tark happen, Tony Cordasco was invited to see the lights-dimming tribute to coaching legend Jerry Tarkanian aboard a helicopter.
  
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• New assemblyman’s campaign expenses reveal a lot

  20-02-2015 05:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  John Moore won a seat in the Assembly in November despite doing little campaigning, less fundraising, and having an outstanding arrest warrant for a traffic offense on file at the City of Las Vegas.
  
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• Metro’s “Fight to Take Back the City” event set for Saturday

  20-02-2015 04:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The inaugural “Fight to Take Back the City” event, designed to “empower people to stand up and fight for their community,” is set for Saturday at Cashman Field.
  
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• Prosecutors detail Judge Jones’ ‘integral’ role in investment scheme

  20-02-2015 03:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors say former Family Court Judge Steven Jones, who is to be sentenced Wednesday for his role in an investment scheme, betrayed the public’s trust.
  
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• Ex-judge Jones’ ‘intregral’ role in investment scheme laid out

  20-02-2015 03:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors say former Family Court Judge Steven Jones, who is to be sentenced Wednesday for his role in an investment scheme, betrayed the public’s trust.
  
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• Ex-judge Jones’ ‘integral’ role in investment scheme laid out

  20-02-2015 03:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors say former Family Court Judge Steven Jones, who is to be sentenced Wednesday for his role in an investment scheme, betrayed the public’s trust.
  
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• Nevada lawmakers urged to OK aviation tax abatements

  20-02-2015 02:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada is poised to “take off” as a major player in the aviation industry and could reap near immediate economic benefits by enacting aviation tax abatements, a transportation economist told state legislators Thursday.
  
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• Prosecutors: Dr. Desai should enter fraud plea in Las Vegas

  20-02-2015 02:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors filed court papers Thursday opposing Dr. Dipak Desai’s push to plead guilty in Reno to a health care fraud conspiracy stemming from the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak.
  
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• Henderson pulls firing policy for news media contact

  20-02-2015 02:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The city of Henderson has revoked a policy that said employees could be fired for talking to the media.
  
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• Former guard recruiter convicted in 2013 armory shooting

  20-02-2015 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Tennessee National Guard recruiter was found guilty by a federal jury on Thursday of multiple charges in connection with the wounding of three superiors in a shooting at an armory near Memphis in October 2013, prosecutors said.
  
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• Plan for new Henderson charter school runs into neighborhood opposition

  20-02-2015 02:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officials at Coral Academy of Science, a charter school with three campuses, want to open its fourth in a long-vacant Henderson shopping center, but more than 600 residents of Sun City MacDonald Ranch have signed a petition to oppose it.
  
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• New Henderson charter school runs into neighborhood opposition

  20-02-2015 02:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officials at Coral Academy of Science, a charter school with three campuses, want to open its fourth in a long-vacant Henderson shopping center, but more than 600 residents of Sun City MacDonald Ranch have signed a petition to oppose it.
  
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• Man convicted in Silver Saddle Saloon slaying, rejects sex charges

  20-02-2015 02:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Harold Marin was caught red-handed — literally — and on Thursday a Clark County jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the slaying of a woman outside the Silver Saddle Saloon.
  
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• Land owner cuts off access to Anniversary Narrows near Lake Mead

  20-02-2015 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A private landowner has closed off access to a narrow slot canyon beloved by hikers at the northwestern edge of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
  
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• Reno limousine company, Calif. company file suit against NTA

  20-02-2015 02:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A small Reno limousine company and a California-based moving company have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas challenging the Nevada Transportation Authority’s system of approving transportation operating certificates.
  
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• Companies challenge system of OK’ing transportation operating certificates

  20-02-2015 02:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A small Reno limousine company and a California-based moving company have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas challenging the Nevada Transportation Authority’s system of approving transportation operating certificates.
  
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• Nevada aviation tax abatements get bipartisan support

  20-02-2015 02:03
  
  Experts say expanding tax breaks to aviation businesses would quickly create good-paying jobs in Nevada. Senate and Assembly members held a hearing Thursday for SB 93 and AB 161. The bills would exempt aerospace companies from paying a significant portion of sales and use tax. Economist Mike Tretheway estimates that could create about 1,400 to 3,100 jobs over five years, and lead to a net gain in tax revenue. Bill
  
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• Pedro Martinez is finalist for Boston school superintendent

  20-02-2015 01:55
  
  Former Washoe County school superintendent Pedro Martinez is one of four finalists for the job of superintendent of Boston Public Schools. Boston’s Superintendent Search Committee said in a statement Thursday the other finalists are Dana Bedden, superintendent of Richmond Public Schools; Tommy Chang, a superintendent within Los Angeles Unified School District; and Guadalupe Guerrero, deputy superintendent at San
  
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• LA police investigating suspicious items near venue for Oscars

  20-02-2015 01:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad cordoned off a shopping strip a short distance from the Hollywood venue for the upcoming Oscars show where a man emerged from his car with a propane tank after driving recklessly in the area, police said.
  
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• False bomb threat shuts down area near Sunday’s Academy Awards

  20-02-2015 01:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bomb scare, which later turned out to be false, shut down the busy intersection of Hollywood & Highland for more than two hours on Thursday. The incident took place just steps away from the Dolby Theater, home to Sunday’s Academy Awards.
  
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• Arrest made in 1974 homicide cold case

  20-02-2015 00:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 58-year-old man was in custody on Thursday in connection with the shooting death four decades ago of his teenage friend in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town, prosecutors said.
  
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