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• Jury ready to deliberate in Boston Marathon bomber case

  06-04-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After weeks of dramatic testimony, jurors are set to begin deliberations Tuesday in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who faces life in prison or the death penalty for working with his brother to explode bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
  
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• UNLV group strikes deal to buy 42-acre site for stadium, other uses

  06-04-2015 22:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation, UNLV’s nonprofit fund-raising arm, has entered a deal with Wells Fargo to buy a 42-acre site at Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue for $50 million for a potential football stadium, or other uses.
  
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• Nevada ‘campus carry’ bill approved in Assembly

  06-04-2015 22:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A controversial bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry their guns on Nevada college campuses won approval in the Assembly on Monday and now goes to the Senate.
  
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• Bill mandating paid sick leave opposed by business groups

  06-04-2015 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill requiring employers to offer paid sick leave was met with opposition Monday by business groups who said it would cost Nevada employers millions of dollars a year.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: GOP lawmakers propose abolishing health exchange

  06-04-2015 22:04
  
  Several Nevada Republicans are trying to scrap the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange launched as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, saying the program is expensive, suffered a rocky start and is another example of federal overreach. The Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee held a hearing Monday to review SJR14, which is sponsored by Sen. Don Gustavson and proposes an amendment to the Nevada constitution to ban insurance exchanges. An Assembly hearing is schedul
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would ban sexual conversion therapy for minors

  06-04-2015 22:04
  
  Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would ban therapies aimed at turning gay young people straight. Democratic Sen. David Parks is sponsoring SB353 and testified on the bill on Monday during a Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee meeting. The bill would prohibit social workers and psychotherapists from providing sexual conversion therapy to people under the age of 18. Parks said the therapy is unscientific and unethical and can permanently damage minors during their formative year
  
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• Court approves $2.075 million settlement for ex-foster children

  06-04-2015 21:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The federal court in Nevada has approved the $2.075 million settlement for seven former foster children injured while in Clark County’s child welfare system, the National Center for Youth Law announced Monday.
  
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• Suicide at M Resort blamed on loss of free buffet for life

  06-04-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In an angry final message to Review-Journal, the man who shot himself at an M Resort buffet on Easter Sunday blamed his suicide on depression after he won free meals for life but was banned for harassing women who work there.
  
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• Man who killed himself at M Resort had been kicked out for harassing employees

  06-04-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In an angry final message to Review-Journal, the man who shot himself at an M Resort buffet on Easter Sunday blamed his suicide on depression after he won free meals for life but was banned for harassing women who work there.
  
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• Police seek man who fired shot at moving car

  06-04-2015 21:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police need help finding someone who fired a shot from one moving vehicle at another Sunday on U.S. Highway 95.
  
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• Man who shot at moving car on US-95 sought by police

  06-04-2015 21:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police need help finding someone who fired a shot from one moving vehicle at another Sunday on U.S. Highway 95.
  
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• Dust advisory issued for Tuesday

  06-04-2015 20:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Department of Air Quality issued a dust advisory for Tuesday. Residents and construction operators should prepare for the possibility of blowing dust from the afternoon through the evening.
  
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• The 3 fatal failures found in Rolling Stone’s UVA rape story

  06-04-2015 19:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It has been clear for months that Rolling Stone committed journalistic malpractice in its discredited story about an alleged sexual assault at the University of Virginia. Sunday night brought additional details on the magazine’s failures.
  
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• Erich Nowsch, accused in Tammy Meyers’ death, faces new charge

  06-04-2015 19:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Erich Nowsch, the man charged with fatally shooting 44-year-old mother of four Tammy Meyers, is facing new charges in a separate incident that happened just days after the killing.
  
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• Over 1,000 Iraqi soldier bodies believed to be inside mass graves

  06-04-2015 19:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mass graves believed to hold Iraqi soldiers have been discovered in newly liberated Tikrit.
  
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• Karl Hutter assumes helm at Carson City’s Click Bond

  06-04-2015 19:27
  
  Click Bond, Inc., has elevated Karl Hutter from COO, treasurer and secretary to serve as president, CEO, and he will retain the treasurer’s post.Before his three years as COO, treasurer and secretary, he was vice president of Click Bond sales for five years, according to a news release on the transition taking place this month. Katherine Hutter Mason has been named secretary of the closely-held Hutter family firm and continues to serve as director of corporate communications, according to the
  
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• Coroner IDs man killed in crash near Vegas welcome sign

  06-04-2015 18:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 21-year-old man critically injured in a Friday crash near the Strip has died, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Cliven Bundy helps renew old debate, but will things change?

  06-04-2015 18:29
  
  When rancher Cliven Bundy arrived at the Nevada Capitol with hundreds of supporters recently to urge legislators to pass a bill demanding state control of federally owned lands within Nevada’s borders, it renewed a fight over grazing rights that turned into an armed standoff last year. But it also represented the latest push in a decades-old tug-of-war that surfaces regularly in political debates and policy discussions. This year, federal lands bills are being considered in 11 Western states,
  
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• Karl Hutter assumes helm at Click Bond

  06-04-2015 18:29
  
  Click Bond, Inc., has elevated Karl Hutter from COO, treasurer and secretary to serve as president, CEO, and he will retain the treasurer’s post.Before his three years as COO, treasurer and secretary, he was vice president of Click Bond sales for five years, according to a news release on the transition taking place this month. Katherine Hutter Mason has been named secretary of the closely-held Hutter family firm and continues to serve as director of corporate communications, according to the
  
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• Glider from Minden-Tahoe crashes in downtown Reno, pilot parachutes to safety

  06-04-2015 18:29
  
  RENO — Police say high winds sheared the wings off a glider while it was flying over downtown Reno on Sunday afternoon, but the pilot parachuted to safety.Police say the pilot left Sunday morning from the Minden-Tahoe Airport, about 40 miles south of Reno, and was returning there when the accident occurred about 2:30 p.m.The pilot escaped with minor injuries, and was released after treatment at the scene.The National Weather Service reports winds of about 35 mph at the time.Police say the gli
  
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• Henderson city manager Jacob Snow to leave earlier than planned

  06-04-2015 18:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson City Manager Jacob Snow will leave his job April 23, months earlier than originally planned, the city announced Monday.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Sunday 95 crash identified

  06-04-2015 17:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The motorcyclist who died Sunday afternoon in a crash with a pickup on U.S. Highway 95 near Wagonwheel Drive has been identified.
  
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• Politicians, transportation leaders to kick off I-11 groundbreaking

  06-04-2015 17:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Politicians and transportation leaders from Southern Nevada and Washington are gathering Monday on a dirt lot near the Hoover Dam Lodge on a site that one day will carry traffic on Interstate 11, a four-lane freeway linking Las Vegas with Phoenix.
  
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• Politicians, transportation leaders kick off I-11 groundbreaking

  06-04-2015 17:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle and transportation leaders from the federal government and two states gathered on a breezy bluff overlooking a four-lane highway bottleneck near the newly reopened Hoover Dam Lodge for a historic groundbreaking for the first section of Interstate 11.
  
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• Man in critical condition after Sunday night shooting

  06-04-2015 15:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is in critical condition after a late Sunday night shooting, according to North Las Vegas police.
  
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• Old Woolworth’s is now Shelter

  06-04-2015 09:07
  
  Reno businessman Jamy Keshmiri has given the old Woolworth’s basement a new lease on life.The underground space, which is aptly named Shelter, will open April 10 at 111 N. Virginia Street with Mayor Hillary Schieve doing the ribbon cutting honors, followed by a champagne toast, appetizers, bowling and more. Shelter will have a dance floor and music at night, but during the day it’s designed to appeal to all ages. “Families can come over and bowl right after going to the movies. There’s
  
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• Landscapers plan for environment

  06-04-2015 09:07
  
  With three, going on four, years of drought in the area, many business owners and residents are taking a closer look at the water poured into their landscapes.That’s something established landscape companies have been doing for years.“We’re not doing anything different,” said Scott Gescheider, general manager of landscape services at Moana Nursery. “We are in a high desert. By definition, a desert doesn’t have much water. “Most of the landscape companies (in the Reno area) have wat
  
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• CVirtual grows in digital age

  06-04-2015 09:07
  
  March was a noteworthy month for CVirtual, the fast-growing technology-based talent acquisition and recruiting company based in Reno.First, the business was recognized by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada as its “biggest little company” for the month. Then a regional magazine nominated CVirtual for a family-owned business “out of the box” award, an accolade aimed to recognize companies with products and services unique to Nevada. “We’ve been picking up a lot of mo
  
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• Professional landscapers plan for desert environment

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  With three, going on four, years of drought in the area, many business owners and residents are taking a closer look at the water poured into their landscapes.That’s something established landscape companies have been doing for years.“We’re not doing anything different,” said Scott Gescheider, general manager of landscape services at Moana Nursery. “We are in a high desert. By definition, a desert doesn’t have much water. “Most of the landscape companies (in the Reno area) have wat
  
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• Passion drives post office redeveloper

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  Renovating a historic building requires passion, a characteristic readily evident as Bernie Carter describes the renovation of the historic Post Office and Federal Building in downtown Reno.“We call ourselves re-developers, not developers,” Carter said, adding that they kept architectural changes to a minimum while repurposing the building.“A building will lend itself to certain uses. Go with those uses; don’t fight them. Let the building tell you what it wants to be.”Carter is the pr
  
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• Nonprofit teaches golf, life skills to region’s youth

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  While The First Tee of Northern Nevada has grown over the years since its inception in 2005, it is looking create an even larger footprint among the nonprofit market.The nonprofit is one of 205 chapters nationwide. The First Tee program, started in 1997 to teach children across the United States the game of golf while teaching core values and life skills. “We are in the top five percent of local chapters in the U.S.,” says Chris Dewar, executive director of TFTNN, and a LPGA golf professiona
  
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• Nevada retailer plans return to Reno

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  The Truckee Meadows will soon have another place to find that perfect bed. Not to mention home entertainment products. And the seller is no stranger to area residents. Longtime northern Nevada merchant Brad Bolotin, who took his business to Elko when the economy slowed down, said he will re-establish a bricks-and-mortar presence in Reno this summer after an absence of five years. Now planning a mid-June opening in the Longley West Shopping Center, Bolotin said he’s ready to give the chain sto
  
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• Navigating the startup process

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  The road to a good business idea comes in many different forms. Mine brought me all the way to Reno from England, past a successful retail career, through a short stint as a web developer and landed in the position where I am now: successfully launching a startup business. Along the path, I have learned tips and tricks about the local startup community that can only be found by doing. Luckily, some of these tips were given to me along the way and saved me massive amounts of time energy. Others
  
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• In his own words: First Tee’s Vic Williams

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  Northern Nevada Business Weekly: Tell us about The First Tee of Northern Nevada. What are the duties of your position?Vic Williams: The First Tee of Northern Nevada is a nonprofit started by several of golf’s governing bodies — Augusta National, USGA, PGA Tour, LPGA and PGA of America, in 1997 with The First Tee of Northern Nevada starting in 2004. It’s grown to reach about 10,000 kids a year. It shows kids what golf is all about, but its main goal is to help kids learn life skills throug
  
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• Golf operators look to build business

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  The recession, a slow recovery and evolving social standards have put the U.S. golf industry in a slow, but steady decline for the past few years. A recent report from the National Golf Federation indicated the numbers of players are dwindling, rounds of golf are decreasing, total players 18-34 are down 30 percent in the last 20 years and more golf courses closed than opened in 2013. To turn these statistics around, savvy northern Nevada golf course owners and managers are blasting out of the ec
  
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• Former Woolworth’s basement now the Shelter

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  Reno businessman Jamy Keshmiri has given the old Woolworth’s basement a new lease on life.The underground space, which is aptly named Shelter, will open April 8 at 111 N. Virginia Street with Mayor Hillary Schieve doing the ribbon cutting honors, followed by a champagne toast, appetizers, bowling and more. Shelter will have a dance floor and music at night, but during the day it’s designed to appeal to all ages. “Families can come over and bowl right after going to the movies. There’s s
  
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• Experts gather to talk about drought research collaborations

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  Drought.Since 2011, water resources in Nevada and Lake Tahoe have become increasingly scarce. “Our state has pretty much had every county declared a drought emergency since July 2012,” Doug Boyle, Nevada State Climatologist and associate professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, said Tuesday at a gathering of drought experts and media at the UNR.“2014 had the warmest temperatures on record in California, Nevada and Arizona.”And its not getting better. Data for March puts the Reno regi
  
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• Carson Nugget undertakes overhaul

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  Locals who frequent the Carson Nugget casino will find things have changed significantly at the property in the heart of the capital city.A major part of the changes were renovating 58,000 square feet of the casino’s interior while casual and upscale culinary options were introduced. Dean DiLullo, who moved to the Nugget as chief executive officer about a year ago after being part of the Boomtown Reno leadership group, indicated it was time the venerable but popular property got a makeover to
  
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• Business grows in digital interview space

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  March was a noteworthy month for CVirtual, the fast-growing technology-based talent acquisition and recruiting company based in Reno.First, the business was recognized by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada as its “biggest little company” for the month. Then a regional magazine nominated CVirtual for a family-owned business “out of the box” award, an accolade aimed to recognize companies with products and services unique to Nevada. “We’ve been picking up a lot of mo
  
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• Build a winning organizational culture

  06-04-2015 08:29
  
  One of my earliest jobs was working for a construction company as a “gofer,” which was slang for being the employee who would go-for whatever, whenever and wherever something needed to be done. No task was too small, large, far away, or difficult. Even though I was young and inexperienced, I had already developed a strong work ethic with a desire to learn and to get things done.Every time I met with my boss to report what I had accomplished, he would tell me how poorly I had performed. He w
  
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• Carson City Easter and April Fools — #CarsonCityLive

  06-04-2015 06:45
  
  March 30-April 5 — This week's social media post has photos from April Fools Day and Easter! The Carson City community really came together this past week to put together Easter events in the area. From the Carson Tahoe Eggstravaganza to an Easter Fiesta at Western Nevada College — we compiled some great photos that used our hashtag — #CarsonCityLive. We know you have so much great content that we are missing, so please use this hashtag so that we can find all of your great social media p
  
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• Fliers in Henderson show how outside groups try to sway voters

  06-04-2015 06:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In theory, campaign donations and spending are public. But as one outside group’s spending in Henderson shows, it can be hard to figure out who’s really behind the money that fuels elections.
  
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• Vehicle fire that killed 2 children deemed accidental

  06-04-2015 03:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The vehicle fire in an east valley apartment complex that killed two children Saturday evening was deemed accidental and no charges were going to be filed, Las Vegas police said Sunday.
  
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• Suicide shuts down Henderson buffet

  06-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police investigated an apparent suicide near the buffet at the M Resort early Sunday evening.
  
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• Police investigating incident at M Resort

  06-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are investigating an incident at the M Resort Spa Casino.
  
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• Police investigating apparent suicide near M Resort buffet

  06-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are investigating an apparent suicide near the buffet at the M Resort Spa Casino early Sunday evening, a police spokeswoman said.
  
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• Police investigating apparent suicide at M Resort

  06-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are investigating an apparent suicide near the buffet at the M Resort Spa Casino early Sunday evening, a police spokeswoman said.
  
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• German aviation authority didn’t know about pilot’s medical problems

  06-04-2015 01:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The German aviation authority did not know about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s medical background prior to the Germanwings crash that killed 150 people, it told Reuters on Sunday, raising more questions over medical oversight of pilots.
  
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• Nevada ‘tough-on-crime’ bills could force Jean prison to reopen

  06-04-2015 00:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 30 “tough-on-crime” type bills under consideration in the Legislature this year could end up being tough on the pocketbooks of Nevada taxpayers as well, to the tune of millions of scarce general fund dollars
  
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• Columbia to publish Rolling Stone rape article review Sunday

  06-04-2015 00:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Columbia University will publish the results Sunday of an extraordinary three-month review of Rolling Stone magazine’s editorial processes.
  
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