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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Two arrested on suspicion of felony burglary from Walmart

  02-03-2015 23:31
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.FRIDAY• At 1:25 p.m., a 30-year-old was arrested on suspicion of two traffic warrants at Fall and David streets. He was also charged with driving on a suspended license and no proof of insurance. Bail was set at $2,576.• At 4:14 p.m., a 58-year-old was arrested on suspicion of bring drunk in pub
  
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• Nurse sues Dallas hospital over Ebola infection

  02-03-2015 23:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The first person infected with Ebola in the United States, nurse Nina Pham, sued a Texas hospital on Monday, saying it did not do enough to prevent her from contracting the deadly virus and invaded her privacy after she was diagnosed with it.
  
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• Israel’s Netanyahu warns US on nuclear deal with Iran

  02-03-2015 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Monday that the nuclear deal it is negotiating with Iran could threaten Israel’s survival and insisted he had a “moral obligation” to speak up about deep differences with President Barack Obama on the issue.
  
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• Spring spike at the pump hits Carson City

  02-03-2015 22:59
  
  Gasoline pump prices increased significantly in Carson City, Nevada and across the nation in the past week, according to GasBuddy.com.The fuel survey website showed regular unleaded gas lowest and cost $2.34 per gallon at two 7-Eleven outlets on Monday, which compared with $2.17 a gallon as the low a week earlier at two other stations. The $2.34 figure was posted Monday by 7-Eleven at 3701 N. Carson S
  
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• Defense agency visited Yucca, says no intention to use site

  02-03-2015 22:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officials from a Pentagon agency toured the tunnels of Yucca Mountain last month but do not intend to do work at the Nevada site, a spokesman said Monday.
  
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• 2 crashes causing major traffic delays on I-15 and Sahara

  02-03-2015 22:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two simultaneous accidents on northbound Interstate 15 just north of Sahara Avenue are causing traffic delays Monday afternoon.
  
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• Ohio Amish to get new sentences after hate crime reversal

  02-03-2015 22:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sixteen members of a breakaway Amish group were due to be resentenced on Monday after an Ohio appellate court ruled in August that they did not commit a hate crime when they cut the beards and hair of fellow members of their religious faith.
  
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• White House task force calls for more oversight of local police

  02-03-2015 22:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A White House-commissioned task force released a report on Monday recommending increased oversight of local police forces in response to what President Barack Obama has described as “simmering distrust” between police and communities they serve.
  
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• Prosecutors want death penalty for man charged in Muslims’ killings

  02-03-2015 22:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Carolina prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man who police say kept detailed notes on parking at his condominium complex before gunning down three young Muslims in a neighboring unit, according to documents released on Monday.
  
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• Bill introduced to regulate e-cigarettes like tobacco

  02-03-2015 21:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Use of electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine would be regulated the same as tobacco under a bill introduced in the Nevada Senate on Monday.
  
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• Ex-brother-in-law of judge sentenced in fraud scheme

  02-03-2015 21:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The central figure in a multimillion-dollar investment scam perpetrated by a Clark County judge and others was sentenced Monday to 6 and a half years in federal prison.
  
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• Assemblyman back at work after arrest on DUI charge

  02-03-2015 21:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Assemblyman Richard Carrillo was back at work in the Nevada Legislature on Monday following his arrest last week on alleged drunken driving and a weapons charge.
  
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• Man killed by BLM officers near Red Rock was tased twice, shot 7 times

  02-03-2015 20:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  D’Andre Berghardt Jr. was tased twice and shot seven times by Bureau of Land Management officers in an incident on state Route 159 near Red Rock last year, investigating officers testified in a fact-finding hearing Monday morning.
  
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• 2 seriously hurt in collision with dump truck

  02-03-2015 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men were transported to the hospital with serious injuries after a south valley crash Monday morning.
  
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• Poll: Nevadans favor Sandoval tax increase plan

  02-03-2015 19:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A majority of likely Nevada voters back Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to raise taxes to bring in more money for education, with 56 percent backing his proposed higher business license fee and 41 percent opposing the idea, according to a new poll released Monday.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Republicans push bill calling for equal pay

  02-03-2015 19:31
  
  Lawmakers will review a Republican-backed bill seeking to reduce Nevada’s wage gap between men and women. The Senate Committee on Judiciary will hold a hearing on Republican-sponsored SB 167 on Monday. Senate Majority leader Michael Roberson is sponsoring the bill and said the proposal will empower the state’s equal rights commission to levy fines and strengthen protections against discriminatory employment pr
  
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• Man gets 4 to 10 years in prison in Vegas puppy shop fire

  02-03-2015 19:31
  
  LAS VEGAS — Apologies didn’t sway a Nevada judge who sentenced a 28-year-old man to four to 10 years in prison for setting fire to a pet shop where 27 dogs were rescued after sprinklers doused flames. Kirk Bills said Monday he was sorry to animal rights advocates and his family members in the courtroom, and said he wished he could take back what he’d done. Defense attorney Roger Bailey asked for leniency and
  
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• Deliberations resume in Jodi Arias’ death penalty retrial

  02-03-2015 19:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A jury in Phoenix is due to resume deliberating on Monday whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2008, after a penalty phase retrial ended last week in the closely watched case.
  
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• Police seek suspect in attempted armed robbery

  02-03-2015 19:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man in connection with an attempted armed robbery in a southwest valley parking lot.
  
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• Police looking for suspect in attempted armed robbery

  02-03-2015 19:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man in connection with an attempted armed robbery in a southwest valley parking lot.
  
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• Toronto mystery tunnel built for ‘personal reasons’

  02-03-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A mysterious tunnel discovered in Toronto near one of the venues for this summer’s Pan American Games was build for “personal reasons” by two men who had no criminal intent, police said on Monday.
  
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• Islamic group to sue FBI in death of Boston bombing suspect’s friend

  02-03-2015 18:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Florida Islamic group announced on Monday it has filed a formal notice with the FBI that it plans to sue the agency for $30 million in the death of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
  
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• Man gets 4 to 10 years in pet shop arson

  02-03-2015 18:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 28-year-old man was ordered to serve 4 to 10 years in prison Monday for his role in the Prince and Princess Pet Boutique fire.
  
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• Homeless man fatally shot by LAPD was robbery suspect, police say

  02-03-2015 18:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in Los Angeles fatally shot a homeless man in the city’s so-called Skid Row district after trying to subdue him with a Taser gun during a struggle that was caught on video, the police department said on Monday.
  
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• Rain winding down in Southern Nevada

  02-03-2015 17:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wet weather will be hanging around, but don’t let rainy days and Mondays get you down.
  
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• Rain winding down in Las Vegas Valley

  02-03-2015 17:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wet weather will be hanging around, but don’t let rainy days and Mondays get you down.
  
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• Rollover closes lanes on 215 Beltway near Losee Road

  02-03-2015 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The North Las Vegas Fire Department is working to extricate a person trapped in a pickup truck that rolled over on the northern 215 Beltway Monday morning.
  
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• 1 injured in rollover on 215 Beltway near Losee Road

  02-03-2015 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is being transported by helicopter to the hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a rollover crash on the northern 215 Beltway Monday morning.
  
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• Rainbow near Oakey reopens after Metro police car crash

  02-03-2015 17:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southbound Rainbow Boulevard near Oakey Boulevard is closed early Monday morning after a Las Vegas police unit crashed into a lightpole, officials say.
  
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• Metro police car crash closes lanes at Rainbow, Oakey

  02-03-2015 17:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southbound Rainbow Boulevard near Oakey Boulevard is closed early Monday morning after a Las Vegas police unit crashed into a lightpole, officials say.
  
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• Bill would require hospitals to prepare, instruct those assisting patients

  02-03-2015 17:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill making its way through the Nevada Legislature hopes to change that by helping prepare home caregivers for the tasks they will face and keeping them in the loop when decisions are about aftercare.
  
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• Tech startup changes direction

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  One of Reno’s most visible tech start-ups is changing course.Pinoccio, the two-year old maker of wireless microcontrollers for do-it-yourself applications, is expanding into the market for industrial applications. The company is adding Filament Network, a new product line of industrial-strength microcontrollers for commercial customers, and also changing its name to SWFL Inc.Its original
  
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• Repeat of water woes

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District will announce a record low annual water allocation tomorrow at its monthly board of directors meeting.The bad news is not unexpected, given the warm winter so far, and many Fallon farmers have already heard the worst: the allocation will likely be between 10 to 15 percent of normal.“That’s not a bad estimate. We are in a very, very dry period,” said Rusty J
  
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• Poor snow causes Squaw Valley to cancel March 4-8 FIS World Cup event

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — Squaw Valley has canceled a week of World Cup skicross and snowboardcross races in early March due to poor snow levels at the resort.While Squaw received more than two feet of snow in a wet storm that hit the Sierra a week ago, the amount needed to build the World Cup courses is significant, according to a Friday U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association statement, “
  
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• Planning designs for Reno market

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  Seattle-based outdoor-gear maker Cascade Designs will move about 100 jobs, nearly one-fifth of its workforce, to a new manufacturing and distribution facility in the Reno area as it seeks to keep costs down while expanding. The company said it needs to grow, but doing so in the Seattle area is too expensive. The main reason is the skyrocketing cost of real estate, especially for
  
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• Palnning designs for Reno market

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  Seattle-based outdoor-gear maker Cascade Designs will move about 100 jobs, nearly one-fifth of its workforce, to a new manufacturing and distribution facility in the Reno area as it seeks to keep costs down while expanding. The company said it needs to grow, but doing so in the Seattle area is too expensive. The main reason is the skyrocketing cost of real estate, especially for
  
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• In his own words: Scott Machabee

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  Northern Nevada Business Weekly: Tell us about your company and the duties of your position.Scott Machabee: My grandfather, Delbert Machabee and Frank Morrill started the company in 1940 as Morrill & Machabee, Inc. — an office supplies and stationery business in downtown Reno. The company sold business machines through the 1960s and office suppl
  
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• Hotel revenue at highest since 2008

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  Average room rates at hotels in Washoe County increased a whopping 33 percent in January over the same period last year, the sixth straight month that rates have risen, according to figures released by the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority.Despite a slow start to the ski season and the absence of Safari Club International, data from the RSCVA show taxable room revenues for hotels in Reno, Sp
  
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• Holding yourself accountable

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  Accountability is tied to success. When you are accountable, you are incredible. Here are some tools that can help you and hold others accountable, too.Get an accountability partner. Exercise is easier to act on when you have a workout partner or hire a personal fitness trainer. Who can you team up with to hold you to a higher standard? Any goal can be less challenging with an accountabilit
  
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• Geothermal in U.S. stalls as global grows

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  The market for geothermal energy last year remained stagnant in the United States as it continued to grow in the rest of the world.Only two new power plants were brought online in the U.S. and many projects here nearly ready to produce energy remain stalled because they lack a power purchase agreement with a utility.“Growth is strong worldwide, but the U.S. market is in a lull,” said Karl Gawell,
  
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• Gendergate: From closed to open

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  As a woman and a feminist (though there was a time when I dared not admit that in the workplace), I have years of experience in high technology companies. Working in human resources, part of my role was hiring for technology positions. Later in my career, I was focused on hiring and retaining people for tech jobs. All along my journey, the progress I saw toward achieving gender parity in jobs, pay, an
  
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• Fish farmers frame future facility

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  Nevada Sea Dream is coming to Carson Valley and bringing Chilean sea bass and Atlantic salmon with it.The company, which operates under Israel-based Microdel, received a special use permit in December to build an indoor fishery in Gardnerville starting sometime after July.“This is the future of aquaculture and where we get our food from,” said spokeswoman Bonnie Li
  
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• Clear Capital signs with Truckee airport; 100-125 jobs to stay local (updated)

  02-03-2015 08:07
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. — After years of circling the runway and last week getting the all clear, Clear Capital and its 100-125 local jobs have decided to land at the Truckee Tahoe Airport. Kevin Marshall, president of the real estate valuations and analytics company that’s called Truckee home since forming in 2001, signed a construction and lease agreement with the airp
  
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• Video time lapse of Sunday’s sunset

  02-03-2015 08:03
  
  This time lapse video made on an iPhone shows Sunday’s sunset. The video starts at 5:20 p.m. and ends about 6:30 p.m. The video is also available here.Have something to share? Maybe you see something happening in Carson City or have information to report — tell us about it! Just use #CarsonCityLive and we will regram the photo on Instagram, retweet on Twitter, or share it on Facebook. …
  
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• Newmont settles suit in 2011 death at Nevada gold mine

  02-03-2015 07:47
  
  RENO — A lawyer for the Utah family of a contract worker at a Nevada gold mine that paid more than $100,000 in U.S. safety fines after he was killed there in 2011 says they’ve settled a wrongful death suit with Newmont USA, subject to a judge’s final approval. Newmont had claimed a tire repair contractor held any civil liability for its 21-year-old employee overcome by toxic fumes while fixing a giant tracto
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court denies high roller’s appeal over debts

  02-03-2015 07:47
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has denied an appeal by a high roller accused of failing to pay $384,000 in gambling debts to four Las Vegas casinos. Harel Zahavi, a former ice cream mogul in Southern California, was ordered to pay $379,000 in restitution after being convicted in 2011 of four felony counts of passing a check without sufficient funds with the intent to defraud. In his appeal, he challenged a 1995 state la
  
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• Lawmakers revisit allowing concealed guns at campuses

  02-03-2015 07:47
  
  Staunchly conservative Republicans in the Nevada Legislature are revisiting legislation to allow concealed weapons on college campuses.The bill, which is scheduled for a hearing Thursday in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, would allow permit holders to bring concealed firearms on to college campuses, K-12 schools, daycare centers and non-secure parts of airports.Similar proposals were heard during the last two
  
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• Auction of car collection raises $9.5M for Nevada education

  02-03-2015 07:47
  
  LAS VEGAS — An auction of a late Las Vegas philanthropist’s antique car collection has raised $9.5 million to support education in Nevada. Some 3,000 bidders from across the country attended the auction of Jim Rogers’ more than 230 classic cars on Saturday in Las Vegas. A 1962 Rolls-Royce Mulliner Drophead Coupe fetched the most by selling for $320,000, according to Mecum Auctions. All net proceeds will go t
  
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• Video shows LAPD shoot, kill homeless man in Skid Row

  02-03-2015 05:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The video posted on Facebook shows a group of officers in a confrontation with the man, who witnesses identified only as “Africa,” about noon, according to Los Angeles Times.
  
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• #CarsonCityLive: We did a contest. Plus, snow in Carson City!

  02-03-2015 05:04
  
  Week of Feb. 23-28 — We know you have incredible content to share on social media, so each week we are putting together a special post featuring all of the pictures and tweets under our tag #CarsonCityLive. Maybe you're driving home and are in awe of the sunset or Nevada's landscape, so stop and take a photo to share with us! Maybe you see something happening in Carson City or have information to report — te
  
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