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• Police: None dead in bus stop crash

  30-03-2015 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people were critically injured in a hit-and-run crash at Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway according to Las Vegas police, and traffic is blocked at the intersection.
  
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• Metro detains 2 people in bus stop crash

  30-03-2015 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people are in custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured three people Monday afternoon at a bus stop near Sahara Avenue and Maryland parkway, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Child killed in bus stop crash; Metro detains 2 people

  30-03-2015 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people are in custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash that injured two people and killed a third Monday afternoon at a bus stop near Sahara Avenue and Maryland parkway, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• 1 dead in bus stop crash

  30-03-2015 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A hit-and-run crash at Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway has turned fatal, according to Las Vegas police, and traffic is blocked at the intersection.
  
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• Blogger attacked, hacked to death in Bangladesh

  30-03-2015 23:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A blogger was hacked to death by assailants using machetes in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday, the second attack in five weeks on a critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority nation.
  
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• Work on $650 million Lake Mead pump station starts

  30-03-2015 23:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Southern Nevada Water Authority is about to launch the next phase of a 12-year building binge expected to last until 2020 and cost almost $1.5 billion.
  
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• Mich. man says he was racially profiled, assaulted during traffic stop

  30-03-2015 23:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Floyd Dent and the police officers in Inkster, Michigan, who stopped him in January agree that he was pulled over in a traffic stop, that Dent is African-American and the officer who bloodied and then arrested him that night is white.
  
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• Conservative Nevada lawmakers pitch alternate budget

  30-03-2015 23:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A group of conservative Nevada lawmakers Monday proposed an alternative to Gov. Sandoval’s $7.3 billion general fund budget that they say will fund the governor’s priorities without raising taxes.
  
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• Missouri state official found dead in apparent suicide

  30-03-2015 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Less than a month after Missouri’s state auditor killed himself, one of the official’s top aides has also been found dead in what appears to be a suicide, police said Monday.
  
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• 2 charged in 2014 Nye County brothel robbery

  30-03-2015 21:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jessie Aulelava, a Loomis armored truck driver, is charged with two counts of grand larceny after police say he and Shiva Zamiri, a brothel employee, took an undisclosed amount of money.
  
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• Mental evaluation ongoing for Nye County sheriff’s deputy

  30-03-2015 20:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Nye County sheriff’s deputy accused of pushing and threatening his wife with a gun Sunday morning remains under medical evaluation, officials said Monday.
  
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• Witnesses in Boston bombing trial tell of grisly deaths

  30-03-2015 19:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two of the people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing were torn apart by one of the blasts that ripped through runners and onlookers at the finish line, medical examiners testified on Monday as prosecutors wound up their case against accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and defense attorneys began calling witnesses.
  
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• UC Berkeley student goes missing after USC Spring Break frat party

  30-03-2015 19:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A $50,000 reward is being offered for the safe return of a University of California, Berkeley student who disappeared after leaving a fraternity party at another campus early on Saturday, the school’s athletics department and media reports said on Monday.
  
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• Missing UC Berkeley student found dead near USC

  30-03-2015 19:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A University of California, Berkeley student who had been missing since leaving a fraternity party at another campus at the weekend has been found dead, a Los Angeles police spokesman said on Monday.
  
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• Reid calls visa whistleblowers ‘a bunch of whiners’

  30-03-2015 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sen. Harry Reid acknowledges using his clout to speed visa applications for wealthy foreign investors in the SLS Las Vegas resort, and says whistleblowers who had a problem with that are “a bunch of whiners.”
  
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• Nevada lawmakers debate PERS bills

  30-03-2015 18:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bills seeking modest changes to the state public employees retirement system to reduce the cost of pension benefits for new hires were debated at length Monday in a legislative hearing.
  
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• Man gets 34 to life in beating death of ex-wife

  30-03-2015 18:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man convicted of stalking and killing his ex-wife was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison Monday.
  
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• 8 dead, 10 injured after church van runs stop sign, crashes into ditch

  30-03-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A van with 18 people inside ran a stop sign, crossed a four-lane highway and plunged into a shallow water-filled ditch. Eight people died. Ten others, including a 4-year-old child, were injured, according to police.
  
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• Apartment fire closes Tropicana at McLeod

  30-03-2015 18:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Westbound Tropicana Avenue near McLeod Drive is closed because of a building fire, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Restoring historic Stewart Indian School a priority for lawmakers

  30-03-2015 18:32
  
  Generations of Nevada’s Native Americans passed through the doors of the Stewart Indian School, some enduring painfully harsh treatment as their culture was stripped away while others left in later years with fond memories of time spent with members of other tribes. For nearly a century, thousands of Indian students from around the western United States were enrolled in the boarding school on the outskirts of Carson City to get an education and learn vocational skills like masonry and farming.
  
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• Uber advocates, foes clash toe-to-toe for first time in Nevada

  30-03-2015 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two transportation heavyweights went toe-to-toe for the first time in the state on Monday in the high-stakes fight over whether the ride-hailing company Uber would be allowed to operate legally in Nevada. By most accounts, Monday’s battle ended in a draw.
  
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• Taxi drivers protest letting Uber operate legally

  30-03-2015 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens of Southern Nevada taxi drivers rallied Monday in front of the Grant Sawyer Building, protesting proposed legislation that would enable transportation network companies, such as Uber, to operate legally in the state.
  
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• Man shot, killed by Boulder City police

  30-03-2015 18:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was shot and killed by police in Boulder City late Sunday night, police say.
  
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• Fiery NLV car crash that killed man ruled suicide

  30-03-2015 17:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The driver who died in a fiery North Las Vegas single-vehicle crash Saturday morning took his own life, the Clark County coroner’s office said Monday morning.
  
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• Man in critical condition after being hit by taxi

  30-03-2015 16:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a taxi early Monday morning, police say.
  
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• Man shot, killed after ramming gate at NSA headquarters

  30-03-2015 16:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Guards shot one man dead and seriously wounded a second when the men tried to ram a vehicle into the entrance gate at the Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters of the National Security Agency, on Monday, CNN reported.
  
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• 1 man killed, 1 injured after ramming gate at NSA headquarters

  30-03-2015 16:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Guards shot one man dead and seriously wounded a second when the men tried to ram a vehicle into the entrance gate at the Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters of the National Security Agency, on Monday, CNN reported.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured in incident at Fort Meade Army base

  30-03-2015 16:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An incident on Monday at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland has left one person dead and another injured, CNN reported, citing Anne Arundel County Police.
  
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• Germanwings co-pilot had suicidal tendencies, prosecutors say

  30-03-2015 16:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week had been treated in the past for suicidal tendencies, German state prosecutors said on Monday.
  
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• Pedestrian in critical condition after hit-and-run near Circus Circus

  30-03-2015 16:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle near Circus Circus Hotel and Casino early Monday morning, police say.
  
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• Yoga studio stretches to Midtown

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Zak and Eleanor Girdis began with a love of one of Reno’s historic Midtown buildings and matched it with their love and knowledge of yoga to open Midtown Community Yoga.“I fell in love with the space,” Zak Girdis said of the large high-ceilinged brick building at S.Virginia and Moran streets, originally constructed in 1930 as the Reno Dodge Dealership. “I had a couple different ideas for it initially that the landlady didn’t like.“One evening, my wife (Eleanor) and I talked about op
  
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• In their own words: Digiman owners weigh in

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Editors note: This week’s Q&A will be a collaboration with the husband-and-wife team of Frank Haxton and Becky Murway of Digiman Studio.Northern Nevada Business Weekly: Tell us about Digiman Studio and the duties of your positions.Frank Haxton: I started Digiman in 2000. The company provides videography and photography services for business advertising, print, broadcast, Web, etc. A while back, we added video services which has become 50 percent of our business. We shoot many business and dest
  
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• Fallon opens biz collective

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Fallon has launched a co-working space and is providing other resources to give rural entrepreneurs and small business owners a leg up. The city has donated the space for the Young Entrepreneurs Collective, a group bringing business owners and entrepreneurs together to collaborate on projects benefiting the community and promoting economic vitality. The co-working space is located above the Old Post Office, 90 N. Maine St. It opened March 27 with a day of networking and speakers from Start Up We
  
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• Drone technology in focus

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  While a Nevada company hopes to eventually have a high profile in the drone industry, it is taking one piece of its technology to market already on manned flights. “We believe the technology and sensors are ready for prime time today,” said James Fleitz, vice president of Las Vegas-based ArrowData, an aerial data services business that specializes in remote sensing, data collection, transmission, analytics and distribution services. ArrowData executives recently held a demonstration in Reno
  
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• Battle Born Ammo opens

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Catering to Carson City and area residents who think defensively, Battle Born Ammunition and Firearms’ retail outlet is open.The store at 1891 E. William St., Suite A, is an offshoot of the two-year-old ammunition manufacturing concern under the same name in Mound House. Features at the shop include honoring veterans with discount pricing and a signature wall, offering locally-made and custom-tailored ammunition and a ladies section with concealed carry purses and other items.But another feat
  
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• Artown releases details on its 2015 schedule

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Artown will celebrate its 20th anniversary all month long in July with some 500 individual events, exhibits and workshops.This year, Artown will add a free Sunday evening performance in Midtown, to attract patrons to the burgeoning retail district. Such acts like Rising Appalachia, Tim Snider, Portland Cells Project and Darlingside will perform.There will also be a World Music Series on Wednesdays in Wingfield Park and the Summer Soires Under the Stars at Bartley Ranch. Some of the notable artis
  
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• A well-rounded business

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  A year ago, Sean Cary and Anton Novak were looking for a commercial kitchen to produce a new line of gluten-free pizza crust when they stumbled on something much bigger.With negotiations for one location bogging down, Cary took a quick look at Craig’s List and found a bakery for sale. Rounds Bakery had already closed one location and was days from closing the doors on its last store for good.Within two weeks, new owners Cary and Novak began transforming the struggling donut and bagel bakery, l
  
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• A successful M&A: A matter of art, accounting

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Merger-and-acquisition activity in the United States last year totaled $1.6 trillion, the highest level on record, according to Dealogic.The New York-based analysis firm mostly tracks big-company transactions. Still, there’s little doubt that the combination of continued low interest rates, a stronger economy and growing stocks of cash on corporate balance sheets is generating plenty of interest in mergers and acquisition among small and mid-sized companies as well.While lots of old-fashioned
  
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• A Reno festival with an offbeat focus

  30-03-2015 08:16
  
  Reno has become a comfortable home for special events and the folks behind the Off Beat Arts & Music Festival are adding their own to the list. They plan to focus on homegrown talent and bands with ties to the Biggest Little City. Think the beginning stages of SXSW in Austin, Texas, MusicFestNW in Portland, Oregon and Coachella in California. “There is a lot of local music here we want to showcase and while Artown does a lot for the arts overall, we see a void in the special events here,” sa
  
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• Proposed bill would limit federal land control

  30-03-2015 08:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The ongoing debate over federal control of lands in Nevada will heat up again this week with a hearing on a bill proposed by Assemblywoman Michele Fiore that would prohibit the federal government from owning or managing any lands that it has not acquired with the consent of the Legislature.
  
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• Turf rumble goes down Vegas style

  30-03-2015 06:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County and the city of Las Vegas wage a quiet turf war against the backdrop of the Strip.
  
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• #CarsonCityLive: 20 things you'd never have guessed about Nevada. Plus, reading week.

  30-03-2015 05:50
  
  Week of March 23- 29 — 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 — tell us about it! Just use #CarsonCityLive and we will regram the photo on Instagram
  
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• Major earthquake hits coast of Papua New Guinea

  30-03-2015 05:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The quake was 25 miles deep, the USGS said. Its epicenter was 34 miles southeast of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
  
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• Woman dead after Tonopah motel stabbing

  30-03-2015 04:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Deputies responded to the National 9 Motel in Tonpah at approximately 10:25 p.m., where a woman was said to have been stabbed in the parking lot, police said.
  
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• Transportation concerns held in wake of new Yucca talk

  30-03-2015 03:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s battle against the federal government’s still-smoldering plans to bury the nation’s highly radioactive waste in Yucca Mountain has finally come “down to the brass tacks” with the prospect for formal licensing hearings on the horizon and renewed debate on scientific issues, says Nevada Nuclear Projects Agency Director Robert Halstead.
  
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• State GOP strategy makes them sound like Democrats

  30-03-2015 00:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Senate’s new Republican majority is slipping Democratic ideas into GOP bills. The tactic forces Democrats into awkward choices, and it lets the GOP get its priorities through while also taking credit for popular Democratic proposals.
  
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• Carson City boy hurt in Dori Way incident

  30-03-2015 00:04
  
  Carson City, Nev. — An 11-year-old Carson City boy received a life-threatening head injury in an incident reported 12:09 p.m. Sunday.Sheriff Ken Furlong said witnesses reported seeing the boy riding on the running board of a Chevrolet Tahoe that was leaving a family gathering.About 75 yards from the juvenile’s home, near Dori Way and Ester Circle, the child was thrown from the side of the SUV, forcefully hitting his head on the pavement. The patient remained unconscious throughout treatment
  
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