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• FBI to review fatal shooting of Utah man carrying sword

  21-02-2015 23:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The police killing of Darrien Hunt in Sarasota Springs last September raised tensions in the mostly white city some 30 miles south of Salt Lake City, and came a month after a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, fatally shot an unarmed black teen.
  
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• 2 children dead after New Jersey house fire

  21-02-2015 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The blaze broke out on Friday evening at a residence in Orange, outside of Newark, NJ Advance Media reported, citing the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
  
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• Carson City road report: Carson Street is not closed Sunday; will be closed March 1

  21-02-2015 21:23
  
  The following information applies to the period of Feb. 23-March 1. Carson Street will not be closed on Sunday, Feb. 22, as initially planned. On Sunday, March 1, Carson Street will tentatively be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. from Musser to Fifth streets, and the intersection at Carson and Fifth streets will be closed from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., weather pending. Detours will be signed. The sidewalk will be clos
  
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• Uncertainty in Nevada as federal highway funding in limbo

  21-02-2015 21:07
  
  Per-capita federal highway funding going to Nevada, which had been climbing, fell 6 percent from 2008 to 2013 and faces an uncertain future even as the state’s population grows and infrastructure ages. Gridlock in Congress over a highway bill that would keep the money flowing has made it difficult for transportation officials to plan for the long term, and they’re increasingly relying on action closer to home
  
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• Boulder City nonprofit for abused children in turmoil

  21-02-2015 20:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Questions about a consultant’s pay and employee complaints about management have lead to investigations, resignations and new rules at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.
  
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• Carson City’s Matt Williams has 2016 option picked up by Washington Nationals

  21-02-2015 19:39
  
  VIERA, Fla. — The Washington Nationals have picked up the 2016 option on manager Matt Williams’ contract. The NL East champions made the announcement Saturday. As a rookie manager last year, Williams guided the Nationals to a league-best 96 victories. Washington lost in the NL Division Series to San Francisco. Williams was chosen as the NL Manager of the Year last season. The former All-S
  
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• West Coast ports labor dispute ends as tentative agreement is reached

  21-02-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The agreement, confirmed in a joint statement by the two sides, was reached three days after U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez arrived in San Francisco to broker a deal with the help of a federal mediator who had joined the talks six weeks earlier.
  
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• Minneapolis cop shot after responding to burglary

  21-02-2015 17:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The officer, whose name authorities have not released, was taken by his partner to a hospital and is in a stable condition with wounds that are not life threatening, police said.
  
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• Astronauts spacewalk over station to prepare for U.S. space taxis — VIDEO

  21-02-2015 17:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The work will prepare docking ports for upcoming flights by Boeing Co and privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.
  
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• Teri Vance: Carson City nursing student looking for help; locals win award

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  Carson High School graduate and nursing student Emily Field is raising money for a trip to India with the International Relief’s Medical Mission Team.“We will be bringing medications and medical supplies to help these people improve health, and saves lives,” she explained on her fundraising page. “We will be providing humanitarian outreach to address the physical needs of some of the
  
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• Storey County Fire receives solid ratings

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  The Storey County Fire Protection District has completed its Insurance Service Organization Public Protection Classification Program for fire suppression services, maintaining its Level 3 designation for five miles from the stations in Virginia City, Virginia Highlands and Lockwood. In addition, the fire district received a rating of 3 for the fire station at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, which was previously
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Controller hoping new system helps collect $92 million owed state

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  Controller Ron Knecht says he and his staff are hoping a new electronic tracking system will help them collect at least some of the $92 million owed to the state.But his assistant controller Jim Smack admitted the reality is they will probably collect only a small portion of the debt, some of which is a decade or more old.Smack said the effort is worth waiting for until that new system is online at the end of Marc
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill aims to breathe new life into Nevada film tax credits

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  CARSON CITY — Nevada Sen. Aaron Ford said a film tax credit program launched a year ago has helped attract nine TV shows and films and more than $69 million in spending to the state. Ford argued that the state needs to continue the effort. The Senate Revenue Committee on Friday reviewed SB94, a bill that would fix some of the administrative kinks in the current law and help resto
  
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• Local sports roundup: Tigers hang tough early before Reno pulls away

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  For six minutes on Friday night, the Douglas High girls basketball team scrapped right with two-time defending state champion Reno.But then towering Mallory McGwire and the Reno Huskies stepped on the accelerator and took off en route to a 61-28 victory in the Northern Division I Region Tournament semifinals at Carson High School. By winning, Reno (25-3) advanced to a 4 p.m. game today against Bishop Ma
  
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• IRS warns of email tax scams

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  The Internal Revenue Service today warned return preparers and other tax professionals to be on guard against bogus emails making the rounds seeking updated personal or professional information that in reality are phishing schemes.“I urge taxpayers to be wary of clicking on strange emails and websites,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “They may be scams to steal your personal information.”Specifically
  
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• Former Carson City fire chief still values home, family, service

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  Stacey Giomi just can’t leave Carson City, the place he didn’t relish coming to some 38 years ago.The city’s former fire chief, now in his new executive post at Nevada Health Centers, said when his parents moved to Nevada’s state capital he was a teenager who would have preferred staying in California’s Bay Area. He was 15 in 1977, and was facing a new world.“To come from the Bay Area,” he
  
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• Carson looks to end regional title drought

  21-02-2015 08:19
  
  Carson High’s boys basketball team ended a long drought recently when it won its first league basketball title since 2003.The Senators will be out to end an even longer drought when it will battle the Galena Grizzlies in the NIAA Division I regional final today at Morse Burley Gymnasium.Carson, according to school records, hasn’t won a regional basketball title since 1995 when Pete Padget
  
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• A peaceful reminder of what is right with Nevada

  21-02-2015 07:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The male great horned owl greeted visitors from his perch high in an Austrian pine, where he kept a constant watch on his mate as she nested in a nearby poplar. They are the perennial guests of Muffy and David Vhay, Deer Run’s proprietors and patron saints.
  
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• Las Vegas Academy’s ‘Aida’ powerfully uplifting

  21-02-2015 06:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Despite the Romeo and Juliet ending and the somber theme of imperialist domination of an oppressed people, Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida” as performed by the Las Vegas Academy Theatre will uplift your heart.
  
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• ‘The Weird’ provides delicious fun

  21-02-2015 06:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  These short plays never take themselves too seriously as they reveal a love of the comedy horror genre. But don’t be fooled by the goofy fun, there are undertones addressing serious issues.
  
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• 2 arrested in southwest valley pot grow house bust

  21-02-2015 03:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men trying to flee a southwest valley marijuana grow house while a warrant was being served were arrested after narcotics detectives found hundreds of plants Friday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Live Room Escape will let you pay to escape from scary, tricky situations

  21-02-2015 03:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You’re trapped in an chilly garage, chained to a wall. A dirty ceiling light flickersallowing just enough light to see your fellow prisoners. The sounds of a chainsaw, the ticking of a clock echo throughout the room. Your heart rate increases, and your ability to focus fades. Sound like fun?
  
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• Suspects wanted in Topsy Lane Walmart thefts

  21-02-2015 02:35
  
  The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two persons of interest in an attempted theft at the Walmart Store located at 3770 Highway 395 near Topsy Lane in Carson City. On Jan. 28 at approximately 7:25 p.m., the two males entered the store and went to the electronics department. The male wearing the “Vans” sweatshirt gathered several item
  
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• Richard Whitley named interim director of the Health and Human Services Department

  21-02-2015 02:35
  
  Richard Whitley has been named interim director of the Health and Human Services Department replacing Romaine Gilliland.Whitley was administrator of the Health Division and became it’s chief after it was reorganized during the 2013 Legislature into the Division of Public and Behavioral Health Administration.Gilliland was named director in June after longtime HHS Director Mike Willden was appointed Chief of Staff
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Construction defects bill headed for Sandoval’s desk

  21-02-2015 02:19
  
  Legislation making extensive changes designed to reduce the number and impact of construction defects litigation won final legislative passage Friday.Assembly Bill 125 now heads to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s desk for his signature.The measure was approved on a party line vote by the 11 Republican Senators present on the floor. All eight Democrats in attendance voted no. Senators Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, a
  
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• Massive fire spews flaming debris onto Dubai streets

  21-02-2015 02:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fire broke out early Saturday at a luxury apartment skyscraper in Dubai, engulfing several floors on at least three sides of the building and spewing flaming debris to the ground.
  
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• Hearing set in Gardnerville infant’s death

  21-02-2015 02:11
  
  Minden, Nev. — A preliminary hearing was set for March 13 for a father accused in the death of his infant daughter.Trent Getty’s attorney, Maria Pence, appeared on his behalf in East Fork Justice Court. Getty waived his appearance in the case. He is denying the charge of first-degree murder.The preliminary hearing will determine if a crime was committed and if prosecutors have sufficient evidence
  
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• Pending pesticide decision slows Nevada medical pot dispensary operations

  21-02-2015 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s first legal marijuana dispensaries can’t open yet because a state advisory committee hasn’t figured out what pesticides growers will be allowed to use on plants.
  
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• First medical pot spots can’t open without pesticide decision

  21-02-2015 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s first legal marijuana dispensaries can’t open yet because a state advisory committee hasn’t figured out what pesticides growers will be allowed to use on plants.
  
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• Banner year for Park Service reached as far as Great Basin

  21-02-2015 01:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  America’s National Parks saw record-breaking visitation in 2014, part of an upward trend that even found its way to one of the system’s quietest corners: Nevada’s own Great Basin National Park.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Dayton woman arrested on suspicion of possession

  21-02-2015 01:47
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.THURSDAY• At 1:55 p.m., a Dayton woman was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia after a stop by another deputy investigating a petit larceny case. She was held in lieu of a total of $5,000 bail after the deputy allegedly found a meth pipe on her person.
  
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• Escaped Idaho inmate shot, wounded after jailbreak

  21-02-2015 01:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Idaho homeowner shot and wounded an escaped inmate who had made his getaway by slithering across crawl space above the jail ceiling and then fleeing on foot through the facility’s front door, authorities said on Friday.
  
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• Overhaul of Flamingo Road will impede traffic through ‘16

  21-02-2015 01:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Motorists who use Flamingo Road should brace themselves. A $40.3 million overhaul of 14 miles of Flamingo begins next month and people driving one of the city’s primary east-west routes will see the number of traffic lanes reduced and work zones in place through October 2016.
  
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• Flamingo Road construction will impede traffic through ‘16

  21-02-2015 01:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Motorists who use Flamingo Road should brace themselves. A $40.3 million overhaul of 14 miles of Flamingo begins next month and people driving one of the city’s primary east-west routes will see the number of traffic lanes reduced and work zones in place through October 2016.
  
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• Vegas neonatologist wants to help premature babies

  21-02-2015 00:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dr. Farooq Abdulla, a neonatologist with the Foundation for Positively Kids in Las Vegas, wants to provide ongoing evaluation to infants born prematurely during the first three years of their lives. The goal is to ensure the children develop to their fullest potential.
  
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• Las Vegas neonatologist wants to better track preemies

  21-02-2015 00:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dr. Farooq Abdulla, a neonatologist with the Foundation for Positively Kids in Las Vegas, wants to provide ongoing evaluation to infants born prematurely during the first three years of their lives. The goal is to ensure the children develop to their fullest potential.
  
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• Arizona man convicted in roommate’s death

  21-02-2015 00:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Kingman, Ariz., man was convicted Friday in the beating death of his roommate.
  
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