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• Man taken into custody after northeast valley barricade, police say

  17-03-2015 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police have emptied a northeast valley residence where a man who shot at a truck was barricaded.
  
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• Man barricaded in home after shooting at car, police say

  17-03-2015 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police say a man who shot at a car is barricaded in a northeast valley home, and they’re trying to get him out.
  
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• Infant taken to hospital after falling into pool

  17-03-2015 23:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An infant has been taken to the hospital after Las Vegas police got a call saying the baby fell into a pool.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Lawmakers introduce ‘right to die’ legislation

  17-03-2015 23:10
  
  A bipartisan group of Nevada senators is introducing a bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide. SB 336 was introduced in the Nevada Senate on Monday evening and would allow terminally ill patients to take medication ending their lives. Republican senators Ben Kieckhefer and Patricia Farley joined several Democratic senators in sponsoring the bill. The measure would allow doctors to prescribe a lethal drug to co
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would require court order to suspend hunting license

  17-03-2015 23:10
  
  A Nevada Republican who’s had a public feud with state wildlife officials is sponsoring a bill that would require a court order to suspend a hunting license. Assemblyman Ira Hansen is sponsoring AB142, which is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The bill eliminates the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s demerit point system for suspending or revoking a hunting license, an
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would let students use state dollars at private schools

  17-03-2015 23:10
  
  A bill introduced this week in the Nevada Legislature would allow students to apply for the portion of state funds designated for their public education and use it for private school tuition. Republican Sen. Scott Hammond is sponsoring SB302, which was introduced Monday and would create education savings accounts. Parents could obtain a grant equal to 90 percent of their child’s per-pupil state and local funding
  
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• Five arrested after Carson City shooting

  17-03-2015 22:35
  
  Five arrests have been made by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office after a report of multiple shots heard Tuesday in the area of the 1400 North Edmonds Drive in East Carson City.Christopher Maddox, 22, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing an officer and discharging a weapon in a public place. Bail was set at $2,500. Also arrested on suspicion of the following were:Mona Crabtree, 46, obstructing an
  
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• Four found guilty in massive Las Vegas HOA fraud case

  17-03-2015 22:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal jury Tuesday convicted four defendants in the massive scheme to take over and defraud Las Vega-area homeowners associations. Prosecutors contended the multi-million-dollar scheme was carried out between 2003 and 2009.
  
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• Syria claims it brought down US surveillance plane

  17-03-2015 22:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Syria’s state news agency SANA said on Tuesday its air defenses brought down a U.S. surveillance plane in the coastal province of Latakia.
  
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• Kinderland celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

  17-03-2015 21:57
  
  The annual Kinderland St. Patrick’s Day parade took place Tuesday morning. …
  
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• Four arrested after shooting on Edmonds

  17-03-2015 21:57
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Deputies are on scene at the 1400 block of North Edmonds after a report of multiple shots heard in the area of 1400 North Edmonds Drive in East Carson City. One person, not involved in the shooting was hit by the shots.The incident occurred when deputies reported on scene at 10:42 a.m. when shots still were being fired in the middle of the street. No injuries were reported. At this time, tw
  
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• Dead body found in Carson City near Lone Mountain Cemetery

  17-03-2015 21:31
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputies and Carson City Search & Rescue are investigating a body found at 10:52 a.m. Tuesday at Lone Mountain, above the Lone Mountain Cemetery at Roop Street and Winnie Lane.The area near the cemetery at Northridge and New Ridge has been blocked off as an investigation is ongoing. The body was found by a hiker. Deputies arrived at the scene and verified two sh
  
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• Clark County Schools head raises concern about charter school racial balance

  17-03-2015 20:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County charter schools, where enrollment is 66 percent white, are on the path to re-segregation, public school superintendent Pat Skorkowsky told business leaders Tuesday.
  
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• Investigating ongoing in to dead body found near Lone Mountain Cemetery

  17-03-2015 20:47
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Officers and Carson City Search & Rescue are currently investigating a body that was found about 11 a.m. Tuesday near Lone Mountain Cemetery.The area near the cemetery at Northridge and New Ridge has been blocked off as an investigation is ongoing. The body, believed to be a male, was found by a hiker. …
  
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• Lawsuit: Vegas water authority hid red ink from rural ranches

  17-03-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Retired Las Vegas Valley Water District comptroller Randall Buie claims he was forced out of his job for refusing to go along with accounting he considered fraudulent and misleading.
  
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• Lawsuit alleges Vegas water authority cooked books on rural ranch profits

  17-03-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Retired Las Vegas Valley Water District comptroller Randall Buie claims he was forced out of his job for refusing to go along with accounting he considered fraudulent and misleading.
  
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• Metro cop suspected of roughing up prostitute

  17-03-2015 20:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas police officer is charged with battery after using unnecessary force against a woman suspected of being a prostitute in January, according to the Clark County district attorney’s office.
  
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• Las Vegas cop on leave, suspected battering prostitute

  17-03-2015 20:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas police officer accused of using unnecessary force on a woman suspected of being a prostitute faces a misdemeanor battery charge and has been relieved of duty with pay, officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Friend of accused Boston bomber testifies about ‘strict’ brother

  17-03-2015 20:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told a high school friend his older brother was “very strict” and might not like him because he was not Muslim, the friend testified on Tuesday.
  
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• 2 plead guilty in robbery of armored car at Palace Station

  17-03-2015 19:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two of three defendants charged in the 2009 robbery of an armored car driver outside Palace Station have pleaded guilty.
  
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• 2 plead guilty in 2009 robbery of armored car at Palace Station

  17-03-2015 19:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two of three defendants charged in the 2009 robbery of an armored car driver outside Palace Station have pleaded guilty.
  
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• 2,000 geese fall dead from sky in Idaho; disease suspected

  17-03-2015 19:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Avian cholera is suspected in the deaths of at least 2,000 snow geese that fell dead from the sky in Idaho while migrating to nesting grounds on the northern coast of Alaska, wildlife managers said Monday.
  
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• Will Robert Durst’s ‘killed them all’ confession be admissible in court?

  17-03-2015 19:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robert Durst will be transferred to Los Angeles to face a first-degree murder charge. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. When he goes to trial, could those 11 words be admitted in court? Here’s what several legal experts think.
  
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• Room packed for hearing on county animal shelter contract

  17-03-2015 19:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners listened to testimony from a packed chamber Tuesday morning about the future of animal shelter services in the valley.
  
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• County OKs 5-year shelter contract with Animal Foundation

  17-03-2015 19:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners voted 6-1 Tuesday to grant a five-year contract to continue sheltering animals at The Animal Foundation after a tide of criticism was mounted against the county’s animal shelter provider.
  
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• Father, children found dead after 24-hour standoff in Missouri

  17-03-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 24-hour standoff at a Missouri apartment complex ended on Monday evening, when police broke into the home and found the dead bodies of a man and two of his children, officials said.
  
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• As California Drought Enters 4th Year, Conservation Efforts and Worries Increase

  17-03-2015 17:38
  The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is supposed to provide 30 percent of the state’s water, is at its second-lowest level on record.
  
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• Bill to change Nevada’s speed limit to 80 mph clears committee

  17-03-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sponsor of a bill seeking to raise Nevada’s speed limit on some highways tapped the brakes Tuesday with an amendment lowering the permissible speed by 5 mph to 80 mph.
  
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• Bill to boost Nevada’s maximum speed limit trimmed to 80 mph, clears Senate

  17-03-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sponsor of a bill seeking to raise Nevada’s speed limit on some highways tapped the brakes Tuesday with an amendment lowering the permissible speed by 5 mph to 80 mph.
  
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• Henderson police looking for man who robbed bank

  17-03-2015 16:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they say robbed a bank in the east valley on Monday.
  
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• Henderson ice cream warehouse proposal draws lawsuit

  17-03-2015 16:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Neighbors are fighting a proposed Blue Bell ice cream distribution center in Henderson, with one filing a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop the project.
  
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• Passenger yelling ‘jihad’ subdued on flight from Washington, D.C.

  17-03-2015 14:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A United Airlines flight had to make a U-turn in the sky after an unruly passenger ran toward the cockpit screaming “jihad, jihad,” according to a government official with direct knowledge of the incident.
  
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• Coroner identifies man killed in west Las Vegas shooting

  17-03-2015 14:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man shot and killed in the west valley early Tuesday morning as 28-year-old Las Vegan Jason Remer.
  
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• 1 man dead after shooting in west Las Vegas

  17-03-2015 14:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead after a west valley shooting early Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• What would a solar eclipse look like from the moon? — VIDEO

  17-03-2015 07:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Viewing the solar eclipse from Earth is a pretty amazing site. But what would it look like from the moon?
  
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• Juvenile offenders more aggressive, tougher to handle

  17-03-2015 07:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Top officials in Southern Nevada’s juvenile justice machine say they don’t see a growing problem in the placement of troubled young offenders. There is plenty of evidence that they should be.
  
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• Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife for state constitutional amendment

  17-03-2015 06:42
  
  Support for upgrades at Carson City’s Rifle Range and for a Nevada constitutional amendment to make hunting a right, rather than a privilege, came from a local wildlife management panel Monday.But the city’s Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife withheld support from a petition aimed at banning fox-hunting competitions, as well as legislation providing an exemption from hunter safety education requirements.The boa
  
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• Bids open next month for final phase of Carson bypass

  17-03-2015 06:42
  
  Nevada Department of Transportation officials open bids to construct the final phase of the Carson bypass project on April 2.The NDOT Board headed by Gov. Brian Sandoval is expected to formally award the project at the May 11 meeting, which will enable the contractor to start work in June.The final phase consists of paving the freeway from Fairview Drive where it now ends to Highway 395 and U.S. 50 up S
  
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• ‘A Story of Courage in the Holocaust’ to be presented in Carson City

  17-03-2015 06:42
  
  Courage and compassion to do the right thing are major themes in “Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust,” a book by Marty Brounstein, a California author who will be featured at 7 p.m. May 6 at First Christian Church, 2211 Mountain Drive. Brounstein heads The Practical Solutions Group, a consultant firm that specializes in leadership and organization effectiveness. He is the author o
  
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• Las Vegas ushers in St. Paddy’s Day — PHOTOS

  17-03-2015 06:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign went green Monday, March 16, 2015 as part of an early celebration for St. Patrick’s Day.
  
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• #CarsonCityLive: Happy St. Patricks Day! Here are a few contest entries

  17-03-2015 05:43
  
  Week of March 10-17 — Happy St. Patricks Day! You may have seen this flyer around Carson City — and we want to say thank you to those who printed it out and took a photo telling us why you feel lucky to live in Carson City. We will announce the winners soon! For now, here are some of the entries that we received for the contest using our tag #CarsonCityLive. Silver Saddle Ranch, Carson City NV #Ca
  
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• McDonald’s employees claim hazardous working conditions in 19 cities

  17-03-2015 05:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Over the past two weeks, 28 workers in 19 cities filed complaints against McDonald’s about injuries they suffered on the job. Many say they’ve been burned on bubbling cooking oil or hot grills, a union-backed group said Monday.
  
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• Ferguson police shooting suspect allegedly beaten while in custody

  17-03-2015 05:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A lawyer for the man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week said on Monday his client was beaten when he was taken into custody, an allegation police called “completely false.”
  
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• 2 ‘persons of interest’ investigated in missing SoCal woman case

  17-03-2015 05:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police searching for a 22-year-old woman who vanished near a Southern California university that has seen a string of attacks on female students said on Monday that they were investigating two “persons of interest” in the case.
  
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• No injuries reported in fire that displaced 6 people, 4 dogs

  17-03-2015 04:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six people and four dogs were displaced from their home after a fire Monday afternoon in the west valley, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
  
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• No injuries reported in fire that displaced 6 people

  17-03-2015 04:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six people and four dogs were displaced from their home after a fire Monday afternoon in the west valley, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
  
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• Money committees ahead of schedule

  17-03-2015 04:13
  
  Senate Finance Chairman Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, told his committee on Monday that lawmakers are a full week ahead of schedule in reviewing the governor’s proposed budget.“We’re about to begin closing budgets a week ahead of our calendar,” Kieckhefer said following a briefing by fiscal staff on the process of closing the individual agency budgets.That process will start March 23 instea
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Two arrested on suspicion of domestic battery

  17-03-2015 04:13
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.FRIDAYAt 3:10 p.m., Drake Martin, 20, was arrested on suspicion on four counts of sexual assault of a person under age 14. He was held in lieu of $250,000 bail.At 9 p.m., a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of violating his parole-probation prohibition against drinking at the Carson Nugget.
  
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• Police investigate downtown hotel room robbery

  17-03-2015 03:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three people involved in the January robbery at a downtown hotel room.
  
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• Downtown hotel room robbery under investigation

  17-03-2015 03:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three people involved in the January robbery at a downtown hotel room.
  
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