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• US vet accused of trying to help ISIS, pleads not guilty

  18-03-2015 23:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. Air Force veteran pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to trying to provide support for the Islamic State militant group.
  
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• Kansas City high school finds 27 positive TB cases

  18-03-2015 23:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Twenty-seven people have tested positive for tuberculosis at a suburban Kansas City high school where a student was recently found to have an active case.
  
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• U.S. drone strike killed al Shabaab leader Garaar in Somalia: Pentagon

  18-03-2015 23:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Pentagon says a U.S. drone strike in southern Somalia has killed Adnan Garaar, an al Shabaab leader believed to be the mastermind of a 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed 67 people.
  
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• Las Vegas might see rain tonight

  18-03-2015 23:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Weak showers to the south of Las Vegas will move north this evening, bringing sprinkles and potential for showers over the valley.
  
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• US, Japanese authorities investigate threats against Caroline Kennedy

  18-03-2015 23:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  American and Japanese authorities are working to ensure the safety of U.S. personnel in Japan after media reports of death threats against U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.
  
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• Mercedes-Benz to Sponsor U.S. Version of Rock in Rio

  18-03-2015 23:08
  The automaker carefully selected a musical event it thought would have a brand-conscious audience.
  
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• Source: Former Nev. Rep. Steven Horsford won’t run for Congress in 2016

  18-03-2015 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, who was swept from office in a Republican wave last fall, plans to return to public relations rather than try to regain the seat.
  
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• Carson High seeks judges for senior projects

  18-03-2015 22:28
  
  Carson High School is currently seeking community volunteers to help judge senior projects. The high school is going to provide training to help judges understand all that’s expected of them.Senior Projects are mandatory and for every student to complete in order to get their diploma. Students select a project and develop a portfolio based upon completion of the project. The students then present in front of the
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would require parental notification for abortions

  18-03-2015 21:55
  
  A Nevada Republican is sponsoring a bill requiring parental notification before a minor can receive an abortion. Republican Assembly Speaker John Hambrick is sponsoring AB 405, which was introduced Tuesday night in the Assembly and referred to the Health and Human Services Committee. The bill would require physicians to send a written notification to parents or guardians of a minor seeking an abortion and requires
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill allowing concealed guns on colleges passes hurdle

  18-03-2015 21:55
  
  A bill allowing concealed firearms on college campuses and airports has passed out of a Nevada Assembly committee. The Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to approve AB 148 and a host of other gun-related bills on Wednesday on mostly party-line votes with unanimous Republican support. The “campus carry” bill was amended to include language allowing for guns to be kept in locked cars in the parking lots of schoo
  
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• Sale of Review-Journal to New Media closes

  18-03-2015 21:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Review-Journal is now the flagship in a nationwide company with more than 125 daily newspapers, hundreds of weekly newspapers, digitial sites and niche publications.
  
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• Hardy’s first bill would restrict federal land buys

  18-03-2015 21:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy of Nevada introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a measure that would restrict federal land purchases until the government gets its budget in balance.
  
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• Elderly woman dies after January crash, Metro says

  18-03-2015 21:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who was involved in a southwest valley car crash in late January died 10 days later, Metro announced Wednesday.
  
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• Henderson business leaders back Uber’s return

  18-03-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Business leaders in Henderson are endorsing the return of Uber’s ride-hailing service to the state, saying existing transportation services need the competition. Scott Muelrath, president and CEO of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, said it’s harder to get reliable transportation in the Las Vegas Valley’s outlying areas, such as the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort, the site of a Wednesday news conference by the chamber and San Francisco-based Uber.
  
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• Meadows students learn about philanthropy, finance through MicroBank club

  18-03-2015 21:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Students at The Meadows School are learning to manage their money firsthand through The Meadows School MicroBank, one of the first such high school entities in the U.S. Its intent is to help entrepreneurs in developing countries get ahead by providing small loans through the nonprofit crowdfunding site kiva.org.
  
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• Valley’s first Islamic cemetery approved over neighborhood opposition

  18-03-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County Commissioners have given their blessing to plans for the valley’s first Islamic cemetery, but many neighbors have yet to make their peace with the project.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Log: Man arrested on suspicion of discharging a weapon

  18-03-2015 20:49
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.TUESDAY• At 10:38 a.m., a 22-year-old was arrested on suspicion of discharging a weapon potentially endangering people or property after deputies responded to reports of some one firing a gun in the 1500 block of North Edmonds. He reportedly told the arresting officer he was “being stupid” and
  
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• Missouri executes brain-damaged man who killed deputy

  18-03-2015 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Missouri on Tuesday executed by lethal injection a man convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy nearly a quarter century after the man had lost part of his brain in a sawmill accident, the state corrections department said.
  
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• Mars one-way mission candidate says venture won’t work

  18-03-2015 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A contender for a one-way mission to Mars says the venture is unrealistic and will not work, according to an essay by the candidate published on Wednesday.
  
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• Wet ‘n’ Wild gets OK to serve alcohol again this year

  18-03-2015 20:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners approved a permit Wednesday that will allow Wet ‘n’ Wild to serve alcoholic drinks at the water park.
  
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• Failed soccer stadium project cost Vegas $3.1 million

  18-03-2015 19:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The city of Las Vegas spent $3.1 million on a failed soccer stadium project in Symphony Park, according to a staff report presented to City Council members Wednesday.
  
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• Teen arrested for mass shooting threat on social media

  18-03-2015 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Texas teenager was arrested for placing a threat on social media to launch a mass shooting at a Dallas-area high school on Wednesday, officials said.
  
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• Woman killed in Bullhead City accident named

  18-03-2015 19:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bullhead City police have released the name of the Fort Mohave woman killed in a Tuesday traffic accident as Doreen L. Romero Ford, 59.
  
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• Driver injured in rollover near Indian Springs

  18-03-2015 19:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was critically injured in a single-vehicle rollover near Indian Springs on Wednesday morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Driver critical after rollover near Indian Springs

  18-03-2015 19:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was critically injured in a single-vehicle rollover near Indian Springs on Wednesday morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• 30 face DUI charges after St. Patrick’s Day checkpoint

  18-03-2015 19:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 2,000 cars passed through Metro’s checkpoint on Paradise near Tropicana, and 30 drivers face DUI charges.
  
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• Good News for Medical Marijuana

  18-03-2015 19:07
  Sen. Barbara Boxer’s support will lend political heft to a bill that would permit the medicinal use of marijuana in states that allow it.
  
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• Sandoval challenges legislators to adequately fund education

  18-03-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval, bolstered by supportive comments from three former governors, challenged state lawmakers Wednesday to come together and adequately fund education and propel Nevada into a 21st Century economy.
  
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• Business, civic, education groups speak out for Sandoval tax plan

  18-03-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A coalition of some of the state’s largest business, civic and education groups come together Wednesday to give their strong support for Gov. Brian Sandoval’s business license fee proposal and education priorities.
  
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• No charges against officers who fatally shot fleeing man

  18-03-2015 18:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Florida prosecutors won’t seek charges against a dozen police officers who unleashed a hail of bullets that killed a fleeing black man and injured four bystanders on a crowded South Beach street during Memorial Day Weekend celebrations in 2011.
  
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• Suspect caught in Arizona shooting spree

  18-03-2015 18:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police captured a suspect on Wednesday in a shooting spree that killed one person and wounded five others in Mesa, Arizona, acting Police Chief John Meza told local television station Fox 10 News.
  
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• 4 injured in Arizona shooting

  18-03-2015 18:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least four people were injured on Wednesday in a shooting in multiple locations in Mesa, Arizona, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported on its website.
  
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• 1 dead, 5 injured in Arizona shooting

  18-03-2015 18:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was shot and killed and five others were injured in a shooting on Wednesday that unfolded across multiple locations in Mesa, Arizona, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported on its website.
  
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• NC man arrested in stabbing deaths of 3 children; 2 others injured

  18-03-2015 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 18-year-old man stabbed three young brothers to death and injured their sister and mother at a home in eastern North Carolina, police said on Wednesday.
  
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• Robert Durst sent to mental health facility in Louisiana

  18-03-2015 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Accused murder and millionaire Robert Durst was transferred from the Orleans Parish Prison to a mental health facility in St. Gabriel, La., Tuesday evening.
  
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• Attorney: Durst ‘suicidal’; sent to Louisiana mental health facility

  18-03-2015 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California on a charge of first-degree murder, is suicidal, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday, as court documents showed he was being moved to a jail specializing in mentally ill patients.
  
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• Gunmen open fire on tourists, kill 19, at Tunisian museum

  18-03-2015 17:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia’s national museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians on Wednesday in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that has largely escaped the region’s “Arab Spring” turmoil.
  
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• Gunmen kill 19, mostly tourists, in attack at Tunisian museum

  18-03-2015 17:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia’s national museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians on Wednesday in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that has largely escaped the region’s “Arab Spring” turmoil.
  
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• Campus carry gun bill sent to Nevada Assembly floor

  18-03-2015 17:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill that would allow those with concealed weapons permits to take their weapons onto the state’s college campuses won approval Wednesday in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
  
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• Woman who jumped to her death on overpass identified

  18-03-2015 16:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman who crashed her car into a barricade on the Interstate 15 flyover at the Spaghetti Bowl and then jumped to her death Tuesday evening has been identified.
  
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• 3 killed, 4 injured in drive-by shooting at California market

  18-03-2015 15:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people were killed and four hurt during an apparent drive-by shooting at a corner store in northern California on Tuesday night, police said.
  
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• Pine View Estates lawsuit seeks to clear up title

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  The original owner of the property where Pine View Estates sits said Friday it’s not his intention to evict the community’s residents.Mark Kizer said he filed the lawsuit to clear up uncertainty around the title to the land.“I did not start this lawsuit with the intent to evict any of the residents of the Pine View development from their homes,” he said. “My preferred outcome would be to transfer ownersh
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Panel hears 2 bills requiring identification to vote

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  A Nevada Republican-backed measure to require identification to vote met heated opposition during a hearing on Tuesday.The Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee held hearings on AB253 and AB256, both of which require voters to show a government-issued identification card, such as a driver’s license, or an identification card specifically created for the purpose of voting.“In our world today
  
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• Local sports roundup: Carson bowlers take crown

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  Carson High’s bowling team knocked off Reed, 39-6, to win the HDIBP championship.The championship match was bowled in a bakers format, meaning three people per team.The group of Tyler Lethcoe, Matt Liddell and Matt Hinton combined for games of 170, 253, 139, 171, 166 and 174. Conlin Herrick, Skylar Belcher and Dustin Floyd rolled games of 197, 172, 268, 245, 206 and 21
  
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• Davidson named to Board of Regents

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Robert Davidson, founder of the Davidson Academy, to fill the Board of Regents seat vacated by Ron Knecht.Knecht resigned from the District 9 seat when he won election to the office of State Controller in November.“Bob Davidson has supported Nevada’s education system for many years through his philanthropic efforts and as founder of the Davidson Academy of Nevada,” Sandoval said
  
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• Cutting away at cancer in Carson City

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  William Webster, 10, shows his support for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation by having his head shaved on Tuesday at Red’s Highway 395 grill. …
  
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• Community spotlight: Cockerills grab tourney win at Thunder Canyon

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  Charlie and Kathy Cockerill teamed up to shoot a net 61 to win the Thunder Canyon Country Club’s Partners’ Better Ball-Shamble event on March 15.Tom Ridgway and Gayle Block, and Jeff Gussow with a blind draw, tied for second with a 62. Dave and Shirley Westfall and Andrew Sels and Robert Tinnin tied for fourth with 64s.There was a seven-way tie for sixth place at 64.Swann, Flamer winEmpire Ranch eventGeoff Swa
  
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• Carson City Cultural Commission sends plan to Supervisors

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  Body makes recommendation at lengthy meetingCarson City’s Cultural Commission recommended Tuesday the Board of Supervisors recognize a previous community cultural plan as the cultural master plan for the city.The unanimous vote sent the recommendation on to the governing board, but discussion before the action was the Carson City Arts Assessment and Creative Capital Community Plan needed updating and the commiss
  
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• Azevedo sparks Senators to win

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  SPARKS — Whether it’s summer ball or a high school game, Cody Azevedo has been a fixture at the No. 9 spot in the order for the Carson Senators for the last year.And Tuesday afternoon, Azevedo enjoyed his best game in recent memory.Azevedo drove in three runs, including a two-run single in the top of the sixth, that snapped a 3-all tie and sparked the Senators to an 8-5 win over Reed at L
  
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• 234 bills introduced as deadline passes

  18-03-2015 08:16
  
  In the first two days of this week, lawmakers introduced more than 200 pieces of legislation.The reason: Monday was the deadline for bill introductions by individual lawmakers — a deadline leadership extended by a day because of the backlog of bills in the legal division.Those same lawmakers worked into the evening to continue bringing bills to the floor as bill drafters delivere
  
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