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• South African teen stopped on her way to join Islamic State

  07-04-2015 23:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  South African authorities stopped a 15-year-old girl believed to be traveling to join Islamic State from taking a flight in Cape Town, the state security ministry said on Tuesday, the country’s first known detention linked to the militant group.
  
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• White House says no final decision on Cuba and terrorism list yet

  07-04-2015 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A White House spokesman said on Tuesday that he would not expect a final decision in the next day or two on removing Cuba from a U.S. list of countries accused of sponsoring terrorism.
  
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• Chinese officials upset with Hillary Clinton’s tweet on activists

  07-04-2015 23:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hillary Clinton, who has increasingly turned to Twitter as she plans her all-but-announced presidential run, upset the Chinese government on Monday with a message she posted on the social networking site.
  
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• Arizona motorcycle accident victim named

  07-04-2015 23:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The motorcyclist who was killed in a traffic accident in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., on Sunday was identified Tuesday as Michael Washburn, 41, according to police.
  
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• Fire put out on Russian nuclear submarine under repair

  07-04-2015 23:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Firefighters have put out a blaze on a nuclear submarine that was undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Russia’s northern province of Arkhangelsk on Tuesday.
  
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• Arrest made in nearly year-old killing

  07-04-2015 23:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An arrest has been made in the slaying of a 24-year-old man killed almost a year after his death, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Carson City man stabs himself after allegedly beating woman

  07-04-2015 23:10
  
  A Carson City man was sent to a Reno hospital with severe knife wound to the neck and throat after stabbing himself when deputies tried to apprehend him Tuesday morning.Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a domestic battery taking place in the 2300 block of Dori Way in northeast Carson City.The reporting female informed dispatchers that a man was attacking a pregnant female with a knife. She believed the victim was being stabbed repeatedly and her throat had been “
  
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• Tenn. woman says she was trapped in attic during break-in

  07-04-2015 23:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Tennessee woman was trapped inside her attic while intruders broke into her home last week.
  
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• Tattoos, spas on banned list for Kansas welfare recipients

  07-04-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Spas. Fortune tellers. Tattoo parlors. Movies. These are on the long list of things that welfare recipients in Kansas will be unable to buy using public funds under a recently approved bill in the state.
  
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• Clark County approves budget for Mt. Charleston firefighters

  07-04-2015 22:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners approved a $1.5 million budget for the next fiscal year for the Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District as officials continue working on transitioning away from receiving fire service Nevada Division of Forestry.
  
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• Clark County approves budget for Mount Charleston firefighters

  07-04-2015 22:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners approved a $1.5 million budget for the next fiscal year for the Mount Charleston Fire Protection District as officials continue working on transitioning away from receiving fire service Nevada Division of Forestry.
  
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• Nevada Senate passes school choice bill on to governor

  07-04-2015 22:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Assembly Bill 165, one part of the Republican governor’s ambitious education agenda, authorizes $10.5 million in tax credits over the upcoming two-year budget cycle. The total would increase 10 percent per year thereafter.
  
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• Traffic cleared on southbound I-15 at Sahara

  07-04-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All lanes are cleared after a crash on southbound Interstate 15 near Sahara Avenue caused traffic delays on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Accident causes congestion on southbound I-15 at Sahara

  07-04-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All lanes are open, but cameras show congestion beginning just south of the Desert Inn Road exit.
  
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• Accident backing up traffic on southbound I-15 at Sahara

  07-04-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All lanes are open, but cameras show congestion beginning just south of the Desert Inn Road exit.
  
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• Ride-sharing company Uber asks court to dismiss Delhi rape lawsuit

  07-04-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Uber asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an alleged rape victim in India’s capital, saying the ride-sharing company could not be held legally responsible for the driver’s acts.
  
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• Ban on glass bottles on Strip not causing a wave of arrests

  07-04-2015 21:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police have had 78 interactions with people on the Strip who were carrying glass containers since Clark County commissioners in September banned carrying glass containers on the resort corridor.
  
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• Sweeping collective bargaining reform gets legislative hearing

  07-04-2015 21:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Assembly Bill 280, sponsored by Assemblyman Ervin Nelson, R-Las Vegas, is the most sweeping measure aimed at making changes to the state collective bargaining law in the 2015 session.
  
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• Maya Angelou never said quote that’s on her postage stamp

  07-04-2015 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The late author/poet Maya Angelou was well-known for her many thought-provoking quotes, but it appears that one that was used for her stamp is not actually hers.
  
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• Small explosion triggers power outages at White House, State Dept.

  07-04-2015 20:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Widespread power outages hit across Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, affecting government and privately-owned buildings and the city’s public transit rail system intermittently early in the afternoon.
  
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• Man dies from injuries after NLV weekend shooting

  07-04-2015 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who was in critical condition following a weekend shooting in North Las Vegas has died, police said Tuesday.
  
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• Jury begins deliberations in Bostom Marathon bombing trial

  07-04-2015 20:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A jury began deliberating on Tuesday in the trial of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of carrying out the 2013 bombing attack on the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured 264 others.
  
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• Ely man killed while taking pictures at rock racing event

  07-04-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A spectator was killed while taking photographs of a vehicle rock racing event Saturday afternoon in the Black Ridge area of San Juan County.
  
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• Clark County moving to reduce jail headcount, cut costs

  07-04-2015 19:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pilot program to bind defendants over for District Court sentencing in 48 hours rather than the current seven days was launched Monday, Las Vegas Township Justice Court Chief Judge Joe Bonaventure told commissioners Tuesday.
  
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• Family found dead in Maryland home likely died of carbon monoxide poisoning

  07-04-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Maryland home in which eight family members were found dead this week had a power generator in it, police said on Tuesday, in an incident that local media have blamed on carbon monoxide poisoning.
  
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• Man charged in fatal bus stop crash was high on pot and meth, prosecutors say

  07-04-2015 18:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 20-year-old man was high on marijuana and methamphetamines when he crashed into a bus stop, killing a woman and her six-year-old granddaughter, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
  
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• Western Nevada College exhibit ‘Always Lost’ on display at Legislature

  07-04-2015 18:20
  
  Nevada’s legislative building is a fitting place for an art and humanities exhibit honoring war dead, Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell and state Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson said Monday.Their remarks were among those by dignitaries marking the second time for the exhibit at the building where the Nevada Assembly and Senate meet. The ceremony kicked off the second time it graces the structure in Carson City. The first time there was in 2013. The exhibit, put together by Western Nevad
  
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• Second woman in robbery of 99-year-old Carson City woman sentenced

  07-04-2015 09:11
  
  The second of three women accused of robbing a 99-year-old Carson City woman in March was sentenced to up to six years in prison Monday.Victoria Mora, who helped plan the robbery, faces 28-72 months of consecutive terms for conspiracy.Joanna Grajeda is accused of confronting the 99-year-old woman in her garage and forcefully taking her purse, which contained up to $500 in cash and some personal belongings.Though Victoria Mora was not at the scene, she was accused of helping plan the robbery.Rob
  
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• Nevada Sen. Dean Heller calls for commitment to veterans, tax reform

  07-04-2015 09:11
  
  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told a joint session of the Nevada Legislature on Monday that, with the Republican takeover, “for the first time in six years, the United States Senate is open for business.”He said the Senate has passed a budget for the first time in six years.“Nevadans, this legislative body and all Americans have to live on a budget,” Heller said.He said the U.S. is $18 trillion in debt and that the debt is growing at a rate of $4 million a minute.Heller called for fundamenta
  
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• Second woman in robbery 99-year-old Carson City woman sentenced

  07-04-2015 08:17
  
  The second of three women accused of robbing a 99-year-old Carson City woman in March was sentenced to up to six years in prison Monday.Victoria Mora, who helped plan the robbery, faces 28-72 months of consecutive terms for conspiracy.Joanna Grajeda is accused of confronting the 99-year-old woman in her garage and forcefully taking her purse, which contained up to $500 in cash and some personal belongings.Though Victoria Mora was not at the scene, she was accused of helping plan the robbery.Robb
  
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• RACC will share funding advice role

  07-04-2015 08:17
  
  Carson City’s Cultural Commission, around since 2008, finally gets to recommend spending of seed money for the arts thanks to the Redevelopment Authority and that authority’s citizens committee.The Redevelopment Authority Citizen Committee (RACC) voted unanimously Monday night to recommend 40 percent of authority funds from a small pot of discretionary money go through the cultural panel while RACC retains say regarding 60 percent, a decision complying with previous direction from the Redeve
  
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• Nevada Sen. Dean Heller calls commitment to veterans

  07-04-2015 08:17
  
  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told a joint session of the Nevada Legislature on Monday that, with the Republican takeover, “for the first time in six years, the United States Senate is open for business.”He said the Senate has passed a budget for the first time in six years.“Nevadans, this legislative body and all Americans have to live on a budget,” Heller said.He said the U.S. is $18 trillion in debt and that the debt is growing at a rate of $4 million a minute.Heller called for fundamenta
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Paid sick leave bill vetted by lawmakers

  07-04-2015 08:17
  
  A Democrat-backed bill requiring Nevada businesses to offer paid sick leave is meeting staunch opposition from several state business groups.Democratic Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford and Assemblywoman Dina Neal presented SB 259 to the Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee on Monday.The proposal would give workers an hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked and would take effect 90 days after employment begins. The proposal would require companies to give employees at least 24
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill allowing concealed guns at colleges clears hurdle

  07-04-2015 08:17
  
  A hotly debated Nevada bill allowing concealed weapon permit holders to bring firearms onto college campuses has cleared a major legislative hurdle.Members of the Nevada Assembly voted 24-15 to approve AB 148 on Monday, with Republicans and Democrat James Ohrenschall voting for the measure. The bill now moves to the state Senate.Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore is the primary sponsor of the bill, which would allow concealed weapon holders to bring guns onto college campuses and store fire
  
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• Carson baseball drops 10-3 decision to Bishop Manogue

  07-04-2015 08:17
  
  It was a case of role reversal on a cold night at Ron McNutt Field.After taking advantage of a Manogue error on Saturday to the tune of four runs, Carson returned the favor in the series finale on Monday.An error and failure to get an out on a bunt led to five unearned runs in the fifth, as Manogue evened the series with a 10-3 win over the Senators.Carson dropped to 6-6 in league play entering the Bishop Gorman Desert Classic on Wednesday. The Senators will play four games in three days. Manogu
  
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• Mayor’s race tighter than team Goodman wants

  07-04-2015 07:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With the campaign clock ticking low, Oscar Goodman late last week decided to weigh in on behalf of his wife and Las Vegas mayoral successor Carolyn Goodman in her increasingly heated battle for re-election.
  
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• Father sought by North Las Vegas police in child’s death surrenders

  07-04-2015 07:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police said a man turned himself in Monday in connection with the death of a 3-year-old girl. Jondrew Lachaux, 39, was accompanied by his attorney when he surrendered to police.
  
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• Father sought by NLV police in child’s death surrenders

  07-04-2015 07:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police said a man turned himself in Monday in connection with the death of a 3-year-old girl. Jondrew Lachaux, 39, was accompanied by his attorney when he surrendered to police.
  
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• Seder brings together Las Vegas’ Jewish, LGBT communities

  07-04-2015 07:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Men, women and children were offered their pick from a basket of rainbow-colored yarmulkes as they arrived at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada for a Passover celebration Monday night.
  
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• Carson City’s pump prices still cheaper than Nevada average

  07-04-2015 04:32
  
  Nevada gasoline pump prices averaged $2.79 per gallon last week, a drop of 1.5 cents per gallon, but most Carson City outlets undercut that statewide average.The national average in surveys by GasBuddy.com, a gas price-monitoring website surveying at all levels, the pump price last week was $2.39 per gallon and had dropped three cents from the previous Sunday.In Nevada’s capital city community on Monday, three stations posted a price of $2.56 per gallon, nine were at $2.59, two more were a $2
  
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• Heller visits Nevada Legislature; talks veterans issues, I-11

  07-04-2015 03:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said Monday that wait times for Nevada veterans who have filed benefit claims with the Veterans Administration have improved significantly but remain one of the longest in the nation. Heller, in remarks to the Nevada Legislature, said the wait time has improved from 478 days to 257 days but is still far from the 125 days that the VA has promised.
  
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• Heller visits Nevada Legislature; talks veteran issues, I-11

  07-04-2015 03:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said Monday that wait times for Nevada veterans who have filed benefit claims with the Veterans Administration have improved significantly but remain one of the longest in the nation.
  
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• Paintings of Old Glory are ‘thank you card’ to those who served

  07-04-2015 02:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Scott LoBaido, who is driving across the country painting flags on veterans post buildings, arrived Sunday in Las Vegas and got to work on the side of American Legion Post 8. He hopes to paint a flag to all 50 states.
  
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• Paintings of Old Glory are man’s ‘thank you card’ to those who served

  07-04-2015 02:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Scott LoBaido, who is driving across the country painting flags on veterans post buildings, arrived Sunday in Las Vegas and got to work on the side of American Legion Post 8. He hopes to paint a flag to all 50 states.
  
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• Family of 8 found dead in Maryland home

  07-04-2015 02:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Eight family members, including seven children between the ages of 6 and 16, were found dead in a Maryland home on Monday, possibly due to carbon monoxide poisoning, local media and police said.
  
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• Carson City detectives seek Port of Subs burglary suspects

  07-04-2015 02:10
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Office officials are asking the public to help identify two burglary suspects.Detectives are looking for two adult men who broke out a drive-in window at the William Street Port of Subs and stole an undisclosed amount of money at 6 a.m. March 02. Both men were on bicycles and wore jackets and gloves.Anyone with information can contact Det. Sam Hatley at 775-283-7852 or the Secret Witness Hotline at 775-322-4900.…
  
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• Bill banning gifts from lobbyists moves forward in Senate

  07-04-2015 02:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill banning gifts from lobbyists to Nevada lawmakers and imposing tougher campaign reporting requirements was approved Monday by a Senate committee.
  
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• Bill banning gifts from lobbyists moves forward

  07-04-2015 02:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill banning gifts from lobbyists to Nevada lawmakers and imposing tougher campaign reporting requirements was approved Monday by a Senate committee.
  
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• Woman’s body was under trailer at least 3 days, police say

  07-04-2015 02:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man police said killed his ex-girlfriend and hid her under his house told officers her body had been under the trailer for at least three days before it was found, according to his arrest report.
  
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• Cashman teacher faces charges of luring, kidnapping child

  07-04-2015 01:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 28-year-old Cashman Middle School teacher was arrested last week on charges of kidnapping and luring a mentally ill child younger than 14 years old for a sexual act.
  
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