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• Roundtable says trade spurs Nevada jobs

  03-03-2015 23:47
  
  Nevada’s exports support more than 350,000 jobs, according to Business Roundtable, a business organization made up of firms employing nearly 16 million workers nationally. The commercial group, providing various highlights of Nevada’s and other states’ exports in a release from Washington, D.C., said in 2013 the Silver State exported nearly $16 billion in goods and services. It said $8.7 billion in goods and
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would bar suits against shooters in justified killings

  03-03-2015 23:47
  
  Nevada Assembly Republicans argued in favor of a bill Tuesday that would expand the rights of people who kill someone in self-defense, although critics said it would breed a culture of “shoot first, ask questions later.” Republican Assemblywoman Shelly Shelton presented AB 171, which would extend protections to people defending their vehicles or homes from an invader and provide civil immunity for people who c
  
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• Business Roundtable says trade spurs Nevada jobs

  03-03-2015 23:47
  
  Nevada’s exports support more than 350,000 jobs, according to Business Roundtable, a business organization made up of firms employing nearly 16 million workers nationally. The commercial group, providing various highlights of Nevada’s and other states’ exports in a release from Washington, D.C., said in 2013 the Silver State exported nearly $16 billion in goods and services. It said $8.7 billion in goods and
  
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• Libyan forces carry out air strikes on airport, oil terminals

  03-03-2015 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rival Libyan forces carried out tit-for-tat air strikes on oil terminals and an airport on Tuesday, escalating their battle for control of the oil-producing country days before United Nations peace talks are to resume in Morocco.
  
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• 2 men, 1 woman arrested after threat closes Canadian mall

  03-03-2015 22:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police arrested two men and a woman in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Tuesday after a threat forced a shopping mall to close, just weeks after an alleged mass shooting plot in Halifax was foiled.
  
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• Snowden ready to return to US, lawyer says

  03-03-2015 22:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A lawyer for Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said he’s ready to leave Russia where he has political asylum and return to the United States, as long as he gets a fair trial.
  
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• ‘Jihadi John’ was denied entry to Tanzania in 2009

  03-03-2015 22:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified as Islamic State killer “Jihadi John,” was denied entry to Tanzania in 2009 at the request of British security services, a Tanzanian police source said on Tuesday.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would cap public employee retirement payouts

  03-03-2015 22:11
  
  Nevada Republicans are looking to significantly change how the state’s public employee benefits system operates. The Assembly Committee on Government Affairs reviewed the first details of AB 190 on Tuesday to committee rooms in Las Vegas and Carson City packed with worried public employees. Reno Republican Assemblyman Randy Kirner sponsored the bill, which would require newly hired public employees to switch to
  
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• Shelter employees described homeless man killed by LAPD as ‘gentle and kind’

  03-03-2015 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Surveillance footage, police and homeless community activists paint wildly different pictures of the man, Africa, who was shot and killed by Los Angeles police Sunday after he scuffled with officers. — one who could be violent, benevolent, troubled and altruistic.
  
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• Report: ‘Pattern’ of discrimination against African Americans in Ferguson

  03-03-2015 21:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Justice Department civil rights investigation has concluded that the Ferguson Police Department and the city’s municipal court engaged in a “pattern and practice” of discrimination against African Americans, targeting them disproportionately for traffic stops, use of force, and jail sentences.
  
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• Air Force veteran fired 23 shots before he was killed by police

  03-03-2015 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed by a Metro sniper on Feb. 25 fired 23 rounds from an assault rifle during the two hour standoff, Las Vegas police said during a press conference Tuesday.
  
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• Bill to change Nevada PERS brings debate in Assembly panel

  03-03-2015 20:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Assembly bill seeking to change the public employees retirement system in Nevada for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan generated a lengthy debate Tuesday with government employee groups opposed and some business groups supportive.
  
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• Two men arrested, third man sought in Pahrump home invasion

  03-03-2015 19:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in Nye County are asking for the public’s help in locating a man they say helped rob an elderly Pahrump couple and their disabled daughter early Saturday morning.
  
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• Third man sought in Pahrump home invasion

  03-03-2015 19:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in Nye County are asking for the public’s help in locating a man they say helped rob an elderly Pahrump couple and their disabled daughter early Saturday morning.
  
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• Villarrica volcano erupts in southern Chile, villages flee — VIDEOS

  03-03-2015 18:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Volcano Villarrica in southern Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday, sending a plume of ash and lava high into the sky, and forcing the evacuation of nearby communities.
  
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• Villarrica volcano erupts in southern Chile, thousands flee — VIDEOS

  03-03-2015 18:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Volcano Villarrica in southern Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday, sending a plume of ash and lava high into the sky, and forcing the evacuation of nearby communities.
  
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• Report: Engineer in Calif. train crash has died

  03-03-2015 18:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An engineer who was hospitalized after a train derailment in Southern California has died, local television news reported on Tuesday, citing police.
  
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• Ex-CIA director David Petraeus pleads guilty to federal charge

  03-03-2015 18:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former CIA director and U.S. Army General David Petraeus has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information in a case arising from his affair with a female Army Reserve officer, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
  
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• North Las Vegas police looking for burglary suspect

  03-03-2015 18:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police on Tuesday released a video of a man they say broke into a home and then used a stolen credit card to shop.
  
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• Nevada school bond bill hits block wall in Assembly panel

  03-03-2015 18:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A controversial bill that would extend a bond rollover program to address pressing school construction needs failed to win a committee vote Tuesday that would have sent it to the full Assembly without a recommendation.
  
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• Nevada school bond bill clears panel, heads to Assembly floor

  03-03-2015 18:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A controversial bill that would extend a bond rollover program to address pressing Nevada school construction needs rose from the dead Tuesday in an Assembly committee when a second vote sent the measure to the full Assembly without a recommendation.
  
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• Families file suit in 2014 killings near Calif. college campus

  03-03-2015 18:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The families of three victims slain during a southern California rampage last year that left dead six college students and the killer are suing the county, the sheriff’s department and the apartment building where the victims were killed.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Vote change: School bond rollover, prevailing wage bill passes committee

  03-03-2015 18:19
  
  A Nevada Assembly committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would extend school construction bonds and suspend prevailing wage requirements for school projects, shortly after killing it in a split vote.A motion to advance SB119 to the floor of the Assembly without a recommendation failed on a 7-7 vote. But the Assembly Government Affairs Committee reconsidered the measure later in the morning and two Republican oppo
  
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• Nevada Legislature: GOP rift continues over bond rollover, prevailing wage bill

  03-03-2015 18:19
  
  The crack in the GOP Assembly caucus widened Tuesday as conservative members balked at passing Senate Bill 119 out of the Government Affairs Committee.That bill lifts the requirement school and university construction projects pay prevailing wages to tradesmen — a change long sought by conservative lawmakers and strongly opposed by Democrats.But it also allows school districts to add 10 years to the life of thei
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bond rollover, prevailing wage bill fails committee vote

  03-03-2015 18:19
  
  A Nevada Assembly committee has failed to pass a bill that would extend school construction bonds and suspend prevailing wage requirements for school projects. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee held a vote on Tuesday to move SB119 to the floor of the Assembly without a recommendation. The motion failed on a 7-7 vote, with Democrats and Republicans John Moore and Glenn Trowbridge voting against the measure.
  
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• GOP rift continues over bond rollover, prevailing wage bill

  03-03-2015 18:19
  
  The crack in the GOP Assembly caucus widened Tuesday as conservative members balked at passing SB119 out of the Government Affairs Committee.That bill lifts the requirement school and university construction projects pay prevailing wages to tradesmen — a change long sought by conservative lawmakers and strongly opposed by Democrats.But it also allows school districts to add 10 years to the life of their bonds
  
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• Youth injured in bicycle crash in northwest Las Vegas

  03-03-2015 17:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A juvenile bicyclist was transported to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle at a northwest valley middle school Tuesday morning.
  
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• 1 injured in stabbing in downtown Las Vegas

  03-03-2015 17:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A downtown stabbing suspect led police on a pursuit on U.S. Highway 95 Tuesday morning.
  
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• Suspected drunken driver ruins police motorcycle, Summerlin’s morning commute

  03-03-2015 16:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Traffic backed up for miles after a suspected drunken slammed into the police Harley-Davidson parked on the shoulder of the busy road.
  
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• Eastbound Summerlin Parkway reopens hours after crash

  03-03-2015 16:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Metro motorcycle officer who had pulled over a driver on Summerlin Parkway at Buffalo Drive Tuesday morning suffered minor injuries when a car crashed into both the motorcycle and the pulled over SUV, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Crash closes eastbound Summerlin Parkway near Buffalo

  03-03-2015 16:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Eastbound Summerlin Parkway near Buffalo Drive is shut down after a Tuesday morning injury crash, according to traffic websites.
  
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• Apartment fire near Eastern, US 95 displaces 30

  03-03-2015 15:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two adults and two children were displaced Tuesday morning following an apartment blaze near Eastern Avenue and U.S. Highway 95, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
  
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• Former superintendent charged in cheating scandal dies

  03-03-2015 08:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Atlanta school Superintendent Beverly Hall, who was deemed too ill from breast cancer to stand trial with a dozen former educators accused in a standardized test cheating scandal, has died, WSB-TV reported on Monday.
  
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• Navy Reserve celebrates 100 years of service today

  03-03-2015 06:51
  
  The Navy Reserve is marking its centennial anniversary today with a series of events starting in Washington, D.C., and continuing at installations around the country during the year. The events will highlight the history of the Navy Reserve and the contributions Reserve sailors have made to the nation’s security.“Our Centennial commemoration is a truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight t
  
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• Groups rally against push to control federal land

  03-03-2015 06:51
  
  Several hundred people gathered Monday at rallies in Utah and Nevada to demonstrate their opposition to efforts by some Western states to seize control of federal lands. At a rally held Monday in Nevada in front of the state Legislature, several dozen people showed displeasure with a legislative resolution asking for 7.2 million acres of public lands to be handed over to state offi
  
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• Carson City RACC set for downtown design oversight

  03-03-2015 06:51
  
  Downtown design won’t take a detour to consider two lanes, Carson City’s Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee (RACC) was told Monday.At a meeting to talk timing of the design period and the RACC role as a public forum for input and review, a new member asked about considering two lanes and angle parking along the west side of Carson Street downtown. He was told it isn’t in the cards.“I�
  
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• John Bullis: Some Social Security benefits can be overlooked

  03-03-2015 06:19
  
  One of our fairly new clients had a pleasant surprise recently. We finally got more information on her life and situation. It turns out since she is over age 66 and had been married a long time ago to a man that worked for wages that were subject to Social Security tax. She was divorced years ago but had been married for more than 10 years.We suggested she apply for Social Security benefits. She said, �
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Learn to be a gardener for life

  03-03-2015 06:11
  
  I recently wrote I couldn’t imagine my life without being able to work in our yard. I also mentioned University of Nevada Cooperative Extension would be holding classes for the maturing gardener. Our workshop series “Gardening Smarter as We Mature” will begin March 11 and continue on April 8 and May 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at local Cooperative Extension offices.About 65 percent of the A
  
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• Nevada: Prison for Pet Shop Arsonist

  03-03-2015 06:00
  Judge David Barker of Clark County District Court sentenced a man on Monday to four to 10 years in prison for setting fire to a pet shop where 27 puppies and dogs were rescued after sprinklers doused flames.
  
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• Henderson police announce DUI patrols

  03-03-2015 05:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police announced Monday that they would be joined by neighboring police departments in conducting DUI patrols for much of March. The “saturation patrols” will start Wednesday and run through March 23, Henderson police wrote in a release Monday.
  
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• Proposed state control of federal public lands divides Nevada interests

  03-03-2015 04:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  CARSON CITY — A Senate resolution that asks Congress to convey more than 7 million acres of federal land to state control generated a large volume of testimony on both sides of the issue at a Monday hearing, but the issue appeared to be as polarizing as ever. Ranchers, farmers and some rural Nevadans supported Senate Joint Resolution 1, while conservation and wildlife groups argued against any such land transfer.
  
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• Did Hillary Clinton break federal laws via email?

  03-03-2015 04:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have violated federal records laws by using a personal email account for all of her work messages, the New York Times reported on Monday.
  
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• Witness describes payoffs, rigging elections in HOA fraud trial

  03-03-2015 03:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ralph Priola was a busy man during the height of the massive scheme to take over and defraud Las Vegas-area homeowners associations between 2006 and 2008. The onetime casino executive and right-hand man of the scheme’s mastermind, former construction company boss Leon Benzer, testified Monday how he paid off lawyers and HOA board members and spearheaded election rigging at more than a half-dozen HOAs targeted in the multimillion-dollar scheme.
  
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• Ga. woman’s execution still planned despite supporter outcry

  03-03-2015 03:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kelly Renee Gissendaner’s supporters want last week’s postponement of her execution made permanent.
  
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• Ga. woman’s execution postponed over ‘cloudy’ drugs

  03-03-2015 03:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kelly Renee Gissendaner’s execution has been postponed because the drugs that were supposed to be used “appeared cloudy,” the Georgia Department of Corrections said Monday night.
  
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• Senate Republicans may introduce stand-alone school bond rollover bill

  03-03-2015 02:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Senate Republican leaders announced they will introduce a stand-alone, emergency bill authorizing school districts to roll over bonding authority for school construction projects unless the Assembly passes a comprehensive measure that includes prevailing wage exemptions by the end of the week.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Proposal would allow governor and lieutenant governor ticket

  03-03-2015 02:03
  
  Nevada Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchinson is proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the governor and lieutenant governor to be jointly elected. Hutchinson presented SJR 3 to the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections alongside former Gov. Robert List on Monday afternoon. The proposal would allow gubernatorial candidates to select a running mate as the lieutenant governor rather than a sep
  
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• Ten escape Yerington’s Rite of Passage Silver State Academy during riot, fire

  03-03-2015 01:15
  
  Law enforcement and firemen from several agencies in the Yerington area responded to a report of a fire and riot at the Rite of Passage Silver State Academy Saturday night.Lyon County sheriffs’ spokesman Michael Carlton said the initial call from ROP was to report a fire. He said two buildings were fully engulfed in flames when his deputies and firemen arrived and were destroyed.Lyon County deputies, the Nevada
  
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• Colorado teen’s body found, death under investigation

  03-03-2015 01:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The remains of an 18-year-old girl who vanished in western Colorado late last year have been found and the police are treating the teen’s death as suspicious, authorities said.
  
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• Snowy Mount Charleston sees string of crashes

  03-03-2015 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An hour after the Nevada Department of Transportation lifted a snow-chain restriction on state Route 156, the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to two crashes in Lee Canyon Monday afternoon.
  
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