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• Four Las Vegas casino workers face deportation as Bosnian war criminals

  28-02-2015 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have identified four Las Vegas casino workers among 300 Bosnian immigrants who they believe concealed their involvement in wartime atrocities including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and are trying to deport at least 150 of them, The New York Times reported Saturday.
  
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• 4 Las Vegas casino workers face deportation as Bosnian war criminals

  28-02-2015 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The immigrants were among refugees fleeing the violence in Bosnia after a war that erupted in 1992 with the collapse of Yugoslavia.
  
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• Two Carson City businesses cited for selling alcohol to minors

  28-02-2015 22:19
  
  Two Carson City business failed an “Alcohol Sale to Minors Compliance Check” on Wednesday conducted by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.Deputies checked 27 business and two — Capital City Liquor, 1511 N. Carson St., and Westside Pour House, 110 W. Telegraph St., failed the check. The check was completed by the Sheriff’s Office Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Team and consisted of two deputies and one un
  
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• Two Carson City business cited for selling alcohol to minors

  28-02-2015 22:19
  
  Two Carson City business failed an “Alcohol Sale to Minors Compliance Check” on Wednesday conducted by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.Deputies checked 27 business and two — Capital City Liquor, 1511 N. Carson St., and Westside Pour House, 110 W. Telegraph St., failed the check. The check was completed by the Sheriff’s Office Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Team and consisted of two deputies and one un
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Week 5 features debate on equal pay, miniature horses

  28-02-2015 22:19
  
  Protests over public lands and a push to close the gender pay gap promise to be among the highlights of the fifth week of the Nevada legislative session. But lawmakers are also throwing a bone to their four-legged friends with a measure to make peace between dogs and the police. Here are stories to watch this week: REPUBLICANS RACE TO EQUAL PAY Democrats held a loud rally last week in Carson City promoting equal p
  
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• Death threats before Putin’s political opponent brutally killed

  28-02-2015 22:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nemtsov had enemies politically and personally. Even among the opposition, his outsized character pulled some into his orbit and pushed others away, at times polarizing the fractious team of oppositionists.
  
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• Grants will fund expanded impaired driver enforcement in Carson City

  28-02-2015 21:55
  
  Local law enforcement including the Carson City Sheriff’s Office have received grant money from the Department of Public Safety to fund programs looking for impaired drivers and motorcycle riders.CCSO Sgt. Scott McDaniel said the money will pay overtime for deputies to be out looking for impaired drivers. He said Carson City will join other area law enforcement agencies in the effort called Joining Forces, which
  
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• Helicopter transporting injured 11-year-old to hospital

  28-02-2015 21:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 11-year-old girl is being transported from a youth camp on Mount Charleston Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Autopsy shows teen girl fatally shot by cops was hit from left

  28-02-2015 21:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 17-year-old girl fatally shot by Denver police was struck by bullets fired through the left side of the car she was in, autopsy results showed on Friday, which her family says contradicts official reports she tried to run down the officers.
  
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• Roof collapse forces evacuation from ice skating rink

  28-02-2015 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Part of the snow-covered roof of a Massachusetts skating rink collapsed on Saturday as a youth hockey team was practicing, but no one was hurt, authorities said.
  
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• 15 tons of marijuana seized at California border

  28-02-2015 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. customs officers at a California border crossing seized more than 15 tons of marijuana hidden inside a tractor-trailer shipment designated as a cargo of mattresses, the biggest narcotics bust ever at that port of entry, officials said on Friday.
  
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• Lanes re-open after I-15 two-vehicle onramp crash

  28-02-2015 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The two right lanes were closed because of a crash involving a 4-door Volkswagen and minivan that happened about 10:50 a.m., according to Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Loy Hixson.
  
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• 3 people injured after I-15 onramp crash

  28-02-2015 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The two right lanes of westbound Tropicana Avenue at the southbound Interstate 15 onramp are closed after the crash.
  
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• Road report: Carson Street closure pushed back to March 8

  28-02-2015 20:03
  
  The following information applies to the period of March 2 through 8.Carson Street will not be closed on Sunday, March 1, as initially planned. On Sunday, March 8, Carson Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from William to Fifth streets. Detours will be signed. While the closure will begin at 8:30 a.m. for the entire length, portions of the road will be re-opened as the survey is completed in each se
  
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• Carson City road report: Carson Street closure pushed back to March 8

  28-02-2015 20:03
  
  The following information applies to the period of March 2 through 8.Carson Street will not be closed on Sunday, March 1, as initially planned. On Sunday, March 8, Carson Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from William to Fifth streets. Detours will be signed. While the closure will begin at 8:30 a.m. for the entire length, portions of the road will be re-opened as the survey is completed in each se
  
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• ISIS court orders release of 29 Christian hostages

  28-02-2015 19:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An ISIS court in northern Syria has ordered the release of 29 Assyrian Christian hostages among more than 200 captured by the Sunni extremist group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday, citing an Assyrian commander.
  
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• Airstrikes target Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria — VIDEO

  28-02-2015 19:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S.-led coalition launched 11 air strikes in Iraq and nine in Syria since early Friday against Islamic State militants, the Combined Joint Task Force said.
  
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• Questions remain in Missouri shooting rampage that left 8 dead

  28-02-2015 19:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities continued to search for answers on Saturday in the murders of seven people in a small Missouri town as details emerged of the alleged shooter’s criminal background and local media reported the identities of another three victims.
  
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• Bicyclist in hospital after Saturday morning crash

  28-02-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The bicyclist was transported to Summerlin Hospital.
  
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• Pahrump man faces charges in sexual assault of 6-year-old girl

  28-02-2015 17:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 39-year-old Pahrump man was arrested Saturday for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl, according to a Nye County Sheriff’s release Saturday morning.
  
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• Pahrump man arrested for sexually assaulting 6-year-old girl

  28-02-2015 17:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 39-year-old Pahrump man was arrested Saturday for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl, according to a Nye County Sheriff’s release Saturday morning.
  
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• Scooter rider critical after Friday night crash

  28-02-2015 17:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was transported to the hospital with critical injuries after a central valley crash Friday night.
  
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• Motorcyclist critical after Friday night crash

  28-02-2015 17:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A motorcyclist was transported to the hospital with critical injuries after a central valley crash Friday night.
  
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• Reynolds, Carson City’s WNC wrap up sweep

  28-02-2015 08:27
  
  Kody Reynolds just might be the toughest out in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, and he’s swinging the bat better than his solid .319 average would indicate.Reynolds went 4-for-6 and drove in three runs to lead Western Nevada College to a doubleheader sweep of College of Southern Idaho, 5-4 and 5-3, Friday afternoon at John L. Harvey Field.The sweep gives WNC a 3-1 record aft
  
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• Carson City’s WNC softball goes 1-2

  28-02-2015 08:27
  
  Western Nevada College opened its Scenic West Athletic Conference season by dropping two of three games to nationally ranked College of Southern Idaho at Edmonds Sports Complex.CSI won the opener, 11-2, and the third game, 20-10. The losses were five-innning mercy rule affairs. WNC took the middle game, 9-8, in extra innings.Originally, the teams were supposed to play two games Friday and two
  
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• Silver State Health Exchange names new board leaders

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  The Silver State Health Exchange has elected Leslie Johnstone as its new board chairman.Johnstone is the former director of the Public Employees Benefits Program who also has extensive experience in the private sector.She replaces Barbara Smith-Campbell who’s retiring form the board to work on her private company.In addition, Marie Kerr will become vice chairman following the resignation of Lynn Etkins who’s l
  
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• Sandoval plan would centralize teacher professional development money under state board

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  Education Superintendent Dale Erquiaga on Friday laid out the governor’s plan to centralize funding for teacher professional development under the state Board of Education.Erquiaga said the Regional Professional Development Programs have historically received nearly all the funding, much of it federal.He said the goal of the proposed “Great Teaching and Leading Fund” is to ensure those regional programs foll
  
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• Proposed collective bargaining bill is debated

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  Local governments say they need the ability to reopen collective bargaining agreements in times of fiscal emergencies.But union officials told members of the Senate Government Affairs Committee SB168 goes too far and called for what firefighters spokesman Rusty McAllister termed “a more reasonable approach.”Sponsor Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, said the 2011 session approved allowing the subject to be part
  
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• JOB FAIR

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  Click-Bond’s Rase Heinrich looks at a Carson City Job Fair attendee’s resume Friday. More than 500 people attended the event at the community center according to Lynn Ellis, city Health and Human Services workforce case manager. …
  
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• January gaming win up by 7.75 percent

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  A strong increase Baccarat win fueled a 7.75 percent overall increase in statewide gaming win for January.Baccarat was up 69.2 percent or $56.3 million to a total of $137.8 million for the month.Total gaming win was $952.7 million in January.Because of the impact of Baccarat, the Las Vegas Strip was up 15.4 percent for the month, a total of $576.8 million.Even with almost no Baccarat tables, Washoe County reported
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Woman arrested on suspicion of meth possession

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.THURSDAY• At 8:40 a.m., a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery-first offense after deputies were dispatched to the area of College Parkway and Airport Road to investigate a reported domestic dispute. He was also charged with a failure to appear warrant and held in lieu of
  
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• Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada youth of year named for her resilience, determination

  28-02-2015 08:19
  
  At first glance, you may be tempted to make an assumption about Autumn Cuellar. But you’d be wrong.“People judge me from the outside, and they don’t get to know me,” she said. “I’m smart, and I can do a lot of things.”Autumn, 17, was born with a rare form of cerebral palsy, which has significantly affected her motor skills and her speech. But Matt Sampson, program dir
  
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• You might take Ed Vogel for granted, but not his work

  28-02-2015 08:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Whether he was patrolling the halls of the Legislature or roaming the backroads of his adopted Silver State, for 37 years Ed Vogel was a remarkably durable and reliable scribe.
  
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• Interstate 11 project nearing construction

  28-02-2015 07:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Boulder City residents will soon see construction around the Eldorado Mountains as the Interstate 11 project inches closer to groundbreaking.
  
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• Northeast valley toddler injured in accidental shooting

  28-02-2015 06:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A toddler wounded in what appears to be an accidental shooting in the northeast valley on Friday night is expected to survive, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Putin critic gunned down in Moscow

  28-02-2015 06:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed Friday night in central Moscow, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said in a statement Saturday, prompting immediate speculation from fellow opposition figures that the killing was targeted.
  
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• Israeli competition challenges safe-cracking skills of 4 Clark County school teams

  28-02-2015 05:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Call them either Bycraft’s Five or a reincarnation of the Hole in the Wall gang, but a team of four juniors and one senior from Green Valley High School are ready to crack some safes. Science teacher Mike Bycraft and members of the Henderson school’s engineering club are headed to Israel in March to compete in an international safe-cracking competition. Three other Clark County schools are also participating.
  
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• Man charged in shooting death of Las Vegas mother abused as infant, defense lawyers say

  28-02-2015 05:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The suspected gunman in the Feb. 12 shooting death of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers was physically abused as an infant, according to defense attorneys who said that detail may matter as the case progresses.
  
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• Man charged in death of Las Vegas mother abused as infant, defense lawyers say

  28-02-2015 05:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The suspected gunman in the Feb. 12 shooting death of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers was physically abused as an infant, according to defense attorneys who said that detail may matter as the case progresses.
  
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• Witnesses testify on roles in scheme to defraud homeowners associations

  28-02-2015 04:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A key player in the scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations testified Friday how he helped rig elections to further the massive conspiracy directed by his cousin, former construction company boss Leon Benzer.
  
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• Fatal shooting by BLM rangers to be reviewed Monday

  28-02-2015 03:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The public can attend or watch a televised fact-finding review Monday of a police shooting in February 2014 that killed a man near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
  
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• High School basketball: Virginia City Muckers fall in state semifinals

  28-02-2015 02:51
  
  LAS VEGAS — Everything that could go wrong for Virginia City did, and the result was a short stay at the NIAA Division IV State Championship.The Muckers shot an absolutely frigid 19 percent from the field (8-for-44) and 23 percent from the line (5-for-22), and were outrebounded 43-28 in a 26-23 loss to Pahranagat Valley Friday afternoon at the Orleans Arena.“I’ve never been involved in a game like that befor
  
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• Missing circus performer found

  28-02-2015 02:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An acrobat reported missing in Atlanta by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been found, a production company said on Friday.
  
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• Inmate, 52, dies in Northern Nevada

  28-02-2015 02:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Nevada inmate serving up to nine years for possession of a stolen vehicle died Thursday, according to Nevada Department of Corrections officials.
  
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• South Carolina college under fire for stance on homosexuality

  28-02-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A small, Christian college in South Carolina said on Friday it had not banned gay students or homosexuality from its campus under its controversial new “Statement on Human Sexuality,” which calls the practice sinful.
  
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• Police seek suspect in downtown shooting

  28-02-2015 02:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police on Friday were looking for a man they said is linked to a Thursday night shooting downtown.
  
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• Attorney General: School board broke law to cut off critic

  28-02-2015 02:03
  
  RENO — The Washoe County School Board broke the state’s open meeting law during a session in October when it cut off a woman who was criticizing the school superintendent, the Nevada Attorney General’s Office said Friday. It’s the second time in less than a year that the board overseeing schools in the Reno-Sparks area has been found in violation of the law related to dealings with ex-Superintendent Pedro
  
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• Attorney General: School board broke law, cut off critic

  28-02-2015 02:03
  
  RENO — The Washoe County School Board broke the state’s open meeting law during a session in October when it cut off a woman who was criticizing the school superintendent, the Nevada Attorney General’s Office said Friday. It’s the second time in less than a year that the board overseeing schools in the Reno-Sparks area has been found in violation of the law related to dealings with ex-Superintendent Pedro
  
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• Las Vegas Monorail strikes deal with company staging Rock in Rio festival

  28-02-2015 02:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Monorail Co. is partnering with the company that is bringing the two-weekend Rock in Rio music festival to Las Vegas in May.
  
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• Las Vegas Monorail strikes deal with company staging music festival

  28-02-2015 02:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Monorail Co. is partnering with the company that is bringing the two-weekend Rock in Rio music festival to Las Vegas in May.
  
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