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• Inmate, 70, dies at Yerington jail

  25-02-2015 23:47
  
  Lyon County deputy sheriffs discovered a 70-year-old incarcerated person unresponsive at 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Sheriff’s Office detention facility in Yerington. Although an ambulance was immediately requested, the person was pronounced dead by a deputy sheriff coroner prior to the ambulance’s arrival. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending next of kin notification. According to a Lyon County Sher
  
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• Inmate, 70, dies at Lyon County jail

  25-02-2015 23:47
  
  Lyon County deputy sheriffs discovered a 70-year-old incarcerated person unresponsive at 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Sheriff’s Office detention facility in Yerington. Although an ambulance was immediately requested, the person was pronounced dead by a deputy sheriff coroner prior to the ambulance’s arrival. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending next of kin notification. According to a Lyon County Sher
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Man arrested on suspicion of two counts of petit larceny

  25-02-2015 23:47
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.TUESDAYAt 3:37 p.m., a 26-year-old transient was arrested on suspicion of two counts of petit larceny after security at Walmart tried to stop him from leaving the store. He fled but was caught in the neighborhood behind the store. He also was charged with possession of marijuana paraphernalia, presc
  
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• ‘Giant pile of metal’: 70+ vehicles involved in Maine accident

  25-02-2015 23:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 70 vehicles were involved in a major pileup on a snowy highway outside Bangor, Maine, on Wednesday, with at least 17 people injured, two seriously, state police said.
  
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• Dim the lights for Tark: The Strip flips the switch to honor the hometown hero

  25-02-2015 23:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Reports said that only eight people in history have been honored this way, with Tark joining the likes of JFK, Frank Sinatra and Elvis.
  
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• Local teens engage in the sex-ed debate on ‘The Daily Show’

  25-02-2015 23:15 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  “Kids today have so many cute questions. Why do the doggies have tails? Why does the moon follow us? What’s a rusty trombone?”
  
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• North Las Vegas makes pitch for power to enact More Cops

  25-02-2015 23:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas is seeking a legislative fix that would allow it to take action when Clark County gets cold feet on political “hot potatoes” such as the More Cops sales tax.
  
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• Snowy weather delays execution of Georgia woman

  25-02-2015 23:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman set to become the first female prisoner executed by the state of Georgia in 70 years has had her death by injection delayed until Monday due to inclement weather, the governor’s office said.
  
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• Jury to decide on evidence in case of videotaped sex acts

  25-02-2015 22:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas judge ruled Wednesday that a jury must decide on 28 charges against a woman who prosecutors say participated in videotaped sex acts with children.
  
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• Judge: Jury should decide fate of woman charged in videotaped sex acts

  25-02-2015 22:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas judge ruled Wednesday that a jury must decide on 28 charges against a woman who prosecutors say participated in videotaped sex acts with children.
  
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• Coroner IDs man killed in Primm McDonald’s stabbing

  25-02-2015 22:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who was fatally stabbed at a McDonald’s in Primm on Sunday morning has been identified.
  
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• The new Siegfried and Roy Park will host public sculpture

  25-02-2015 22:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Clark County's public art fund will be used for the first time for the project.
  
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• Police rescue video shows incredible views of snowy Red Rock

  25-02-2015 22:11 via reviewjournal.com
  Las Vegas police video of a rescue helicopter bound to pick up three stranded hikers offers dramatic views of the Ice Box Canyon snow covered cliffs and walls.
  
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• Musical features plenty of ‘Nice Work’ at Smith Center

  25-02-2015 21:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Back in 1926, when “Oh, Kay!” — the inspiration for “Nice Work If You Can Get It” — hit Broadway, the essential element was a snappy score, delivered by equally snappy performers. Happily, “Nice Work” carries on in that tradition in a run at The Smith Center through Sunday.
  
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• NY police responding to building collapse in midtown Manhattan

  25-02-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New York police said a building partially collapsed on Manhattan’s West Side on Wednesday and no information was available about casualties.
  
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• 1 injury reported in partial building collapse in NYC

  25-02-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New York authorities said a three-story building undergoing construction work partially collapsed on Manhattan’s West Side on Wednesday.
  
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• 1 injured in partial building collapse in NYC

  25-02-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A three-story building undergoing demolition partially collapsed on Manhattan’s West Side on Wednesday, injuring a construction worker and raining rubble onto a parked school bus and its driver.
  
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• State Department official faces charges in soliciting sex from a minor

  25-02-2015 20:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A senior U.S. State Department official was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor after talking online with a detective posing as the child, officials and media said.
  
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• Nevada lawmakers hear testimony on concealed weapon law changes

  25-02-2015 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  First of three bills under consideration would require Nevada to honor concealed weapons permits issued by all other states.
  
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• Nevada gun law reforms in the Legislative bullseye

  25-02-2015 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State lawmakers took up the first of three 2nd Amendment bills Wednesday, with the Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing testimony on a bill that would require Nevada to recognize concealed carry weapon permits issued to individuals from all other states.
  
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• Laxalt takes immigration stance to Capitol Hill

  25-02-2015 19:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Wednesday presented Congress the case against President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, delivering an argument he said should focus on constitutional law and not partisan politics.
  
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• Woman pleads not guilty in dog mauling

  25-02-2015 19:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge set bail at $40,000 Wednesday for the own of owner of four dogs that mauled a 65-year-old Las Vegas woman and her neighbor.
  
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• Public Employee retirement reform bill dies in committee

  25-02-2015 19:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Legislation to add members of the general public to the PERS oversight board rejected by lawmakers.
  
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• Nevada official testifies before Congress on immigration

  25-02-2015 19:31
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told a congressional committee on Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration was an unconstitutional federal overreach. Laxalt, a Republican, testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington against the action by Obama that aimed to spare nearly 5 million immigrants from deportation. Nevada has joined 25 other states in a lawsuit that se
  
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• Laxalt to Congress: Obama immigration action unlawful

  25-02-2015 19:31
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told a congressional committee on Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration was an unconstitutional federal overreach. Laxalt, a Republican, testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington against the action by Obama that aimed to spare nearly 5 million immigrants from deportation. Nevada has joined 25 other states in a lawsuit that se
  
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• Laxalt tells Congress Obama immigration action unconstitutional

  25-02-2015 19:31
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told a congressional committee on Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration was an unconstitutional federal overreach. Laxalt, a Republican, testified before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington against the action by Obama that aimed to spare nearly 5 million immigrants from deportation. Nevada has joined 25 other states in a lawsuit that se
  
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• What to Do in Lake Tahoe

  25-02-2015 19:18
  The cobalt blue lake straddling California and Nevada offers cowboy-chic in the north, casinos and clubs in the south, and plenty of skiing in between.
  
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• Gloria Lee ordered to serve 5 to 14 years in pet shop arson

  25-02-2015 18:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gloria Lee, who set fire to the Prince and Princess Pet Boutique fire with 27 dogs inside, was sentenced Wednesday to 5 to 14 years in prison.
  
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• Truck driver in train crash has many driving violations, DUI

  25-02-2015 17:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The truck driver arrested in a rail crash that injured 50 people in California had been cited for multiple driving violations in his home state of Arizona, including a 1998 conviction for driving under the influence, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday.
  
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• Site of Calif. train crash was known trouble area

  25-02-2015 17:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The rail crossing where a California commuter train plowed into a truck was a known transportation hazard and the scene of a fatal accident as recently as last year, raising questions about why a highway overpass has not been built there.
  
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• Attorney: Truck-train crash was an accident, driver looked for help

  25-02-2015 17:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A lawyer for the driver whose truck was hit by a California commuter train in a wreck that injured 50 people said on Wednesday the crash was an accident and that his client left the scene only to try to find help.
  
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• FAA: Southwest for now can use planes that missed inspection

  25-02-2015 17:15
  
  DALLAS — Federal officials have agreed to let Southwest Airlines Co. keep flying planes that missed an inspection of a backup rudder system if the planes are checked in the next five days. Southwest grounded 128 planes — about one-fifth of its fleet — on Tuesday after discovering the missed inspections. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said the airline canceled about 80 flights Tuesday and expected to cance
  
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• Several workers injured in NJ house explosion

  25-02-2015 16:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than a dozen New Jersey utility and emergency service workers were injured, two of them seriously, in a house explosion while they were responding to reports of a gas leak on Tuesday, officials said.
  
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• Las Vegas police shoot man dead in northeast valley

  25-02-2015 15:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro shot and killed a 43-year-old man they said was suicidal after a standoff early Wednesday outside a northeast valley apartment.
  
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• 1 man dead after officer-involved shooting in northeast Las Vegas

  25-02-2015 15:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead Wednesday morning after an officer-involved shooting in northeast Las Vegas, according to Metro police.
  
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• 1 dead after officer-involved shooting in northeast Las Vegas

  25-02-2015 15:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead Wednesday morning after an officer-involved shooting in northeast Las Vegas, according to Metro police.
  
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• University system asks lawmakers to restore professor pay raises

  25-02-2015 08:35
  
  University officials asked a combined hearing of the Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees on Tuesday to restore the merit pool funding that provides professors and other professionals with raises.The $40.92 million recommended by the Board of Regents to provide professors with merit increases was cut to just $6.18 million by the governor’s office. That is enough to cover step increases for the s
  
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• SIGN ME A SONG

  25-02-2015 08:35
  
  Carson High School American Sign Language II student Jourdan Snyder signs the song “Thanks for the Memories” at the school’s Sign Me A Song presentation on Tuesday night. …
  
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• Carson City Nugget’s Alatte Coffee & Wine Bar opens

  25-02-2015 08:35
  
  Calling it “a fresh, new concept,” Dean DiLullo of the Carson Nugget touted the latest offering there during Tuesday’s opening of the downtown casino’s Alatte Coffee & Wine Bar.It was an informal, first day opening for the upgraded and renovated libation spot in the southwest sector of the 507 N. Carson St. gaming establishment. The casino is undergoing extensive
  
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• Carson City hospital: Adios, image angst

  25-02-2015 08:35
  
  If you’re worried about your image, Carson Tahoe Health has you in mind when it comes to putting you at ease with mood-makeover options and medical technology upgrades.The health care firm held an open house Tuesday featuring what it calls the state’s first patient-centered “caring suite,” replete with mood lighting of choice, a big screen television on the ceiling that can put up virtually any
  
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• Prepaid tuition deadline Saturday

  25-02-2015 08:27
  
  The deadline to enroll in the Nevada Prepaid Tuition Program for the 2015 open enrollment period is Saturday. The Nevada Prepaid Tuition program enables parents, grandparents and other family members to lock in future college tuition rates at today’s prices. “Parents should act fast to take advantage of the Nevada Prepaid Tuition Program benefit of locking in today’s tuition costs,” State Treasurer Dan Sch
  
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• Community spotlight: Hostler advances to national free-throw event

  25-02-2015 08:27
  
  Doug Hostler won the Elks Club Region 7 free-throw championship and earned the right to advance to the nationals finals in Springfield, Mass., in April.Hostler competed in the 12-13 division.Thomas Burchett, competing in the 10-11 division, placed fourth in the regional competition. The region brings together boys and girls from Nevada, C
  
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• Carson City’s WNC rolls, tunes up for SWAC

  25-02-2015 08:27
  
  Western Nevada College tuned up for its Scenic West Athletic Conference opener with a 15-6 nonleague victory over Sierra College at John L. Harvey Field Tuesday afternoon.The win gives WNC a 9-7 record heading into Thursday’s home conference opener (1 p.m.) against College of Southern Idaho. The series was originally supposed to be played in Twin Falls, but a gloomy weather forec
  
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• Carson City’s Quilling takes a chance on baseball

  25-02-2015 08:27
  
  After spending three years away from baseball, former Carson High athlete Chance Quilling elected to give the game another try.Quilling, who started for the Carson High baseball team as a junior before turning to track his senior year, enrolled at Sierra College in Rocklin this past fall and made the squad.He got a chance to play in his hometown again and in front of some of his CHS friends,
  
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• African-American heritage celebrated at Legislature in Carson City

  25-02-2015 08:27
  
  From Douglas County’s highest tax payer who could neither read nor vote, to the doctor who performed the first simultaneous removal of a gall bladder and appendix in Nevada, African-Americans have consistently participated in the evolution of Nevada’s 150 year heritage.150 Facts about the African-American Experience in Northern Nevada is the title of an exhibit previewing at the Nevada State Legisla
  
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• Press policy isn’t only Henderson misstep

  25-02-2015 08:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sordid little tale of Henderson’s “talk and be terminated” policy was all about protecting Henderson government’s comfortably incestuous status quo.
  
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• Southwest grounds 128 planes over missing hydraulic checks

  25-02-2015 07:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southwest, the largest U.S. carrier by domestic traffic, said it canceled about 80 flights on Tuesday.
  
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• Former mob enforcer offering ‘Casino’ tour

  25-02-2015 07:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 20th anniversary celebration of the mob classic “Casino” won’t lack for authenticity. Nobody knows the city’s mob destinations better than former mobster Frank Cullotta, who will be leading two-hour tours of famous scenes from “Casino.”
  
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• Nevada Attorney General Laxalt to testify before Congress

  25-02-2015 05:39
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt is scheduled to testify before a Congress panel on a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration. The recently elected Republican will speak before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C. He plans to testify about why Nevada joined 25 other states in filing a lawsuit to block the president’s order to s
  
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• Jury finds Eddie Ray Routh guilty in ‘American Sniper’ trial

  25-02-2015 04:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A verdict has been reached in the trial of the man accused of killing Chris Kyle, subject of the hit film “American Sniper,” and Kyle’s friend at a Texas firing range two years ago.
  
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