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• Teen arrested in toddler’s attempted kidnapping caught on video

  11-03-2015 23:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on kidnapping charges in Washington state stemming from an attempted abduction of a toddler that was caught on video and thwarted by the baby’s older siblings and other witnesses.
  
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• Unsolved Vegas mysteries: From Savoy matchbooks to Tropicana tile, the truth is out there

  11-03-2015 23:45 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  For a city as young as Las Vegas, it’s amazing how little we really know.
  
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• Man dies after being tased during struggle outside halfway house

  11-03-2015 23:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities in central Ohio are investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who was tased twice by police in a struggle outside a halfway house where he had been staying.
  
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• Discovery Children's Museum celebrates two years at Symphony Park

  11-03-2015 23:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  With a new leader and the attention it deserves, we can’t wait to see what happens in year three.
  
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• Discovery Children Museum celebrates two years at Symphony Park

  11-03-2015 23:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  With a new leader and the attention it deserves, we can’t wait to see what happens in year three.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill to change PERS system referred to panel for review

  11-03-2015 23:27
  
  A Republican-backed bill that would significantly change the Nevada Public Employees’ Retirement System was referred Wednesday to another Assembly committee for further review of its financial impact. The Assembly Government Affairs committee took a split vote that will send AB190 to the Ways and Means Committee without an endorsement, after system officials testified it would cost the state $800 million a year
  
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• Ely State Prison inmates refuse food as form of protest

  11-03-2015 23:27
  
  LAS VEGAS — Nevada state corrections officials say some inmates refused food for two days at the maximum-security Ely State Prison to call attention to claims they’re not getting enough to eat. The Department of Corrections confirmed a report about the inmate action by a Las Vegas-based nonprofit advocacy group called Nevada Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants, or CURE. Prison officials say in a stat
  
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• 2 gold mines paying $591K in fines for Nevada pollution

  11-03-2015 23:27
  
  RENO — The world’s two largest gold-mining companies have agreed to pay nearly $600,000 in combined penalties in a deal with U.S. and Nevada environmental regulators that signals more stringent enforcement of pollution laws in the state that leads the nation in gold production. Newmont USA is paying $395,000 and Barrick Goldstrike Mines $196,000 as part of an agreement with the state and U.S. Environmental Pro
  
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• Contemporary Arts Center kicks off its book club with Dave Hickey's 'Pirates and Farmers'

  11-03-2015 23:20 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  After film screenings and a pop-up exhibit, CAC starts a new art-ed adventure with the former notable resident's essay collection.
  
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• Contemporary Arts Center kicks off book club with Dave Hickey’s ‘Pirates and Farmers’

  11-03-2015 23:20 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  After film screenings and a pop-up exhibit, CAC starts a new art-ed adventure with the former notable resident's essay collection.
  
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• Clark County's public art program will brighten up Child Haven facility with creative flair

  11-03-2015 23:10 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Three artists will present their proposals next week for the art renovation project.
  
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• Knee injury prompts police rescue at Red Rock trail

  11-03-2015 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police search and rescue are rescuing an injured hiker from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
  
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• Vegas economic development group backs Sandoval’s business tax

  11-03-2015 22:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The organization that boosts economic development in Southern Nevada is backing Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposal to impose new licensing fees to fund education despite the potential impact that would have on attracting companies to the state.
  
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• Recall launched against NLV Municipal Judge Ramsey

  11-03-2015 22:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A recall effort against embattled North Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Catherine Ramsey was launched Wednesday.
  
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• Scientists believe chances higher of large Calif. earthquake

  11-03-2015 22:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  California has a 7 percent chance of experiencing an earthquake of magnitude 8 or larger over the next three decades, U.S. government scientists said on Tuesday, higher than thought before.
  
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• ISIS widens effort to include exploit children in violent acts

  11-03-2015 21:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  ISIS’ recent video showing a child shooting a man whom the extremist group claimed was an Israeli spy is the latest example of how the militants exploit children in their propaganda.
  
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• ISIS widens effort to exploit children in violent acts

  11-03-2015 21:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  ISIS’ recent video showing a child shooting a man whom the extremist group claimed was an Israeli spy is the latest example of how the militants exploit children in their propaganda.
  
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• Cop fired for using excessive force on female inmate — VIDEO

  11-03-2015 21:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 16-year veteran police officer has been fired for using “egregiously disproportionate” force to subdue a woman who had been taken into custody for resisting arrest in the latest incident involving alleged police brutality in Denver.
  
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• Protesters block Carson Street over AG Laxalt’s joining immigration suit (with video)

  11-03-2015 21:44
  
  More than 100 protesters demanding Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt back off his support of the lawsuit challenging the president’s immigration amnesty blocked Carson Street in front of Laxalt’s office on Wednesday.But PLAN Director Bob Fulkerson’s stated objective of getting eight or nine protesters including himself arrested was foiled wh
  
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• Ex-UNLV worker gets prison for $300K in electronics thefts

  11-03-2015 21:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former University of Nevada, Las Vegas employee was sentenced to two to five years in prison for stealing about $300,000 from the school by using credit cards to purchase electronics such as iPods and cameras for personal use or for to resell.
  
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• Activists block capital street in protest against AG Laxalt

  11-03-2015 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About 100 activists wanting to meet with Attorney General Adam Laxalt over his decision to join a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s action on immigration blocked the highway in front of the state Capitol on Wednesday.
  
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• After 19 years, the pioneering hiphopsite.com calls it a day

  11-03-2015 21:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "Not that many people can say they fueled a movement."
  
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• Fantasizing about sweet partnerships that would pamper fans of the 51s

  11-03-2015 21:21 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Forget peanuts!
  
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• Protesters block Carson Street over AG Laxalt’s joining immigration suit

  11-03-2015 21:13
  
  More than 100 protesters demanding the Nevada Attorney General back off his support of the lawsuit challenging the president’s immigration amnesty blocked Carson Street in front of Adam Laxalt’s office on Wednesday in downtown Carson City.But PLAN Director Bob Fulkerson’s stated objective of getting eight or nine protesters including himself arrested was at least temporarily foiled when law enforcement diver
  
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• Ferguson police chief to resign

  11-03-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, will resign later on Wednesday, Fox News reported, citing police sources.
  
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• Ferguson police chief resigns

  11-03-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, resigned on Wednesday, following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report that found widespread racially biased abuses in the city’s police department and municipal court.
  
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• DOE on agency’s Yucca visit: Nothing to see here

  11-03-2015 21:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Department of Energy has moved to end speculation over the future of Yucca Mountain, telling Congress there are no plans in the works to put the once-proposed radioactive waste site to new use.
  
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• Georgia police chief who shot wife in bed resigns

  11-03-2015 20:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suburban Atlanta police chief who faces possible indictment for shooting his wife in bed on New Year’s Day, partially paralyzing her, resigned on Wednesday.
  
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• Man gets 16 to 45 years for role in skate park shooting

  11-03-2015 20:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was sentenced to 16 to 45 years in prison Wednesday for his role in a shooting that left a teenager paralyzed.
  
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• Do you see the eyeball? Experiencing pareidolia at Corner Store Furniture

  11-03-2015 20:30 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Pareidolia: the psychological phenomenon of seeing things that aren’t true.
  
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• Canadian buys Las Vegas’ most expensive home of 2015 for $7.7M

  11-03-2015 20:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Canadian buyer has spent $7.7 million to purchase an unfinished, 15,000-square-foot Crown penthouse at One Queensridge Place in Peccole Ranch, on the Las Vegas Valley’s west side.
  
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• $7.7 million Las Vegas condo sale sets new price bar

  11-03-2015 20:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Canadian buyer has spent $7.7 million to purchase an unfinished, 15,000-square-foot Crown penthouse at One Queensridge Place in Peccole Ranch, on the Las Vegas Valley’s west side.
  
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• Mountain lion in Jacks Valley

  11-03-2015 20:06
  
  Jacks Valley resident Laurie O’Bryne said she woke up Tuesday morning to mountain lion tracks outside her front door. She wanted to warn others, especially hikers in northern Douglas County, that the lions are out there.Active lions in Jacks Valley are nothing out of the ordinary, said Chris Healy, public information officer at Nevada Department of Wildlife.He said the lions are in search of food an
  
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• Ind. lawmaker admits sexting with woman in Anthony Weiner case

  11-03-2015 19:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Indiana lawmaker apologized on Tuesday following online reports that he traded sexually explicit text messages with a woman involved in a similar controversy with a former New York congressman, the Indianapolis Star newspaper reported.
  
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• Boston Marathon jury sees pieces of bomb, backpack used in attack

  11-03-2015 19:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The jury hearing the Boston Marathon bombing trial on Wednesday saw pieces of one of the pressure-cooker bombs that ripped through the crowd at the race’s finish line in 2013, killing three people and injuring 264.
  
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• Woman to plead guilty in dog mauling

  11-03-2015 19:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The owner of four dogs that mauled a 65-year-old Las Vegas woman and her neighbor agreed to plead guilty Wednesday.
  
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• Former corrections officer fatally shoots man in NYC subway

  11-03-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former New York City corrections officer fatally shot a man in a busy Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday night, according to police and the New York Times.
  
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• Fugitive who killed U.S. marshal dies after gun battle

  11-03-2015 18:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fugitive who authorities say shot and killed a deputy U.S. marshal during a gun battle at a Louisiana motel died of his wounds early on Wednesday, the local coroner’s office said.
  
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• 3 sent to federal prison in massive Vegas tax fraud scheme

  11-03-2015 18:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three men have been sentenced to federal prison terms and ordered to pay more than $35 million in restitution in a massive tax fraud scheme that left thousands of victims across the country in its wake.
  
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• Mom of Las Vegas teen killed in crash calls DUI collisions ‘senseless’

  11-03-2015 18:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two families that each lost a teenage daughter in a car crash police blame on a man accused of drunken driving thanked Las Vegas on Wednesday for the outpouring of support since the deaths.
  
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• 4 tips for keeping a family together during military deployment

  11-03-2015 18:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Having been deployed for a year during Operation Iraqi Freedom, I thought it would be helpful to illustrate how my family made it through the ordeal. Without question, it is extremely difficult to leave and be away from loved ones for an extended deployment.
  
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• Former Henderson cop gets four years probation in DUI

  11-03-2015 18:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Henderson police officer accused of driving the wrong way down U.S. Highway 95 while off duty was sentenced to up to four years probation Wednesday.
  
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• PERS reform bill advances to Assembly money panel

  11-03-2015 17:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill seeking to change the public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan was passed out of a Nevada Assembly committee on Wednesday on a split vote with no recommendation.
  
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• Water main break on Strip closes northbound lanes, may affect businesses

  11-03-2015 17:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A water main break on the Strip, between Harmon and Tropicana avenues, has closed two northbound lanes, according to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
  
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• Water main break on Strip closes 2 northbound lanes

  11-03-2015 17:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A water main break on the Las Vegas Strip, between Harmon and Tropicana avenues, has closed two northbound lanes, according to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
  
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• Main break on Strip closes northbound lanes, affecting businesses

  11-03-2015 17:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A contractor hit a pipe that is affecting service to businesses along Las Vegas Boulevard between Harmon and Tropicana avenues.
  
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• Pedestrian injured in crash at Rainbow, Twain; lanes reopened

  11-03-2015 15:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The northbound lanes of Rainbow Boulevard at Twain Avenue have reopened after a woman was struck by a car and critically injured early Wednesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Pedestrian injured in crash at Rainbow, Twain; lanes closed

  11-03-2015 15:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman is in critical condition after being struck by a car early Wednesday morning at the Rainbow Boulevard and Twain Avenue intersection, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 11 presumed dead after military helicopter crashes off Florida coast

  11-03-2015 14:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Eleven U.S. military members were presumed dead Wednesday morning, according to a U.S. Defense official, after their Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into water off the Florida Panhandle during a nighttime training mission.
  
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• Sunny day for North Las Vegas — PHOTOS

  11-03-2015 07:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee was on hand for the opening of the second SolarCity operation center in the Las Vegas Valley at their new facility in North Las Vegas on Tuesday.
  
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