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• Undercover pot delivery man arrested in Lake Havasu

  10-04-2015 23:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Lake Havasu City, Ariz, man who delivered pot like pizza was arrested Wednesday.
  
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• It’s not pizza. It’s ‘Cannabicare’ pot

  10-04-2015 23:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Lake Havasu City, Ariz, man who delivered pot like pizza was arrested Wednesday.
  
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• Nevada Legislature deadline looms: What bills are through, what’s not ...

  10-04-2015 23:27
  
  Panel OKs bill allowing governments to not work with unionsA Nevada committee has passed two Republican-backed bills affecting public employee retirement payouts and allowing local governments to opt out of collective bargaining. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee passed amended versions of AB280 and AB312 on Friday. The bills now move to the Assembly floor. Republican Assemblyman Erv Nelson is sponsoring AB280, which would allow local governments to opt out of collective bargaining agre
  
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• Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell participating in Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service on Wednesday

  10-04-2015 23:18
  Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell will be among more than 1,800 mayors joining in the third annual Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service on Wednesday.The Carson City part of the recognition will come at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Way, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. that day, and the mayor will be joined by other speakers.“National service is a vital resource for our city,” Crowell said in a pre-event news release issued by city government. “AmeriCorps members and Senior Corp
  

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• Things are picking up at new national monument

  10-04-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument will host its first official public event Saturday morning, when a group of volunteers gather to clean up trash from the site at the northern edge of the Las Vegas Valley.
  
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• Deadline looms for Nevada Legislature: What bills are through, what’s not ...

  10-04-2015 22:36
  Panel vets bill requiring parental notification for abortionDoctors would be required to notify a girl’s parents before performing an abortion on a minor if a bill discussed by Nevada lawmakers becomes law. The Assembly Judiciary Committee held a hearing Friday to discuss AB405, which is sponsored by Republican Assembly Speaker John Hambrick. It requires doctors to personally deliver a written notice to a patient’s parents or send one by certified mail, and wait 48 hours until the notice is
  
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• Secret Service officer arrested, charged with destruction of property

  10-04-2015 22:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested by police in Washington on Friday, the agency said in a statement.
  
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• Storm chasers capture deadly Ill. tornado — VIDEO

  10-04-2015 22:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least two people were killed and 20 injured when a tornado ripped through a small northern Illinois town on Thursday night, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said on Friday.
  
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• Reid proud of Nevada’s renewable energy progress

  10-04-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Friday told a clean energy luncheon he was proud of the progress Nevada has made during the past few years in developing renewable energy and attracting new businesses.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bills changing early voting, registration rules move forward

  10-04-2015 21:48
  
  Several bills to change rules on early voting and voter registration have passed their first hurdles in the Nevada Legislature. The Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee approved SB433 on Friday, which allows early voting sites to remain open until 8 p.m. A Democratic proposal allowing the sites to remain open longer failed. The committee passed SB331, which would allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to forward voter registration information to the appropriate county clerk if
  
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• Nevada 60-year-old inmate in prison for robbery, assault dies

  10-04-2015 21:43
  
  Authorities say a 60-year-old inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon has died. Nevada Department of Corrections said Daniel Brumbach died Wednesday at the prison’s Regional Medical Facility. Agency officials say Brumbach had been in prison since July 25, 2007, and was serving consecutive sentences of up to 15 years for six counts of robbery and six counts for using a deadly weapon, as well as time for attempted robbery and assault with a
  
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• Two held without bail on murder, robbery charges

  10-04-2015 21:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men indicted on murder and robbery charges were ordered held without bail Friday.
  
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• 5-year-old finds rare dinosaur bones near shopping center

  10-04-2015 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Texas 5-year-old found bones belonging to a Nodosaur, a dinosaur probably as large as a horse, while digging around near a shopping center.
  
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• Teacher accused of lewdness confessed before cops knew, report says

  10-04-2015 21:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Cashman Middle School teacher facing charges for lewdness with a minor called the cops to confess his crimes before somebody could beat him to it, according to a Las Vegas police arrest report.
  
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• Maryland police searching for man who shot police officer

  10-04-2015 20:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Maryland authorities are searching for a man who shot and seriously injured a police officer early Friday morning in a confrontation outside a convenience store.
  
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• Bad weather is keeping a group of hikers stranded on an Alaska mountain

  10-04-2015 20:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Severe weather conditions have left a group of Alaska hikers stranded on a glacier near Anchorage and also thwarted rescue attempts mounted by the state Air National Guard, military officials said.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Measure to ratify Equal Rights Amendment appears dead

  10-04-2015 20:49
  
  A Nevada measure to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the U.S. Constitution appears to be dead. The Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee opted not to bring SJR16 up for a vote on Friday, which is the deadline for bills to pass from their first legislative committee. The amendment states that the country and states cannot deny anyone equal rights because of their sex. Congress passed the measure in 1972 and sent it to states for ratification, but only 35 of the necess
  
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• 60-year-old inmate in prison for robbery, assault dies

  10-04-2015 20:49
  
  Authorities say a 60-year-old inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon has died. Nevada Department of Corrections said Daniel Brumbach died Wednesday at the prison’s Regional Medical Facility. Agency officials say Brumbach had been in prison since July 25, 2007, and was serving consecutive sentences of up to 15 years for six counts of robbery and six counts for using a deadly weapon, as well as time for attempted robbery and assault with a
  
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• Guard dies in shooting at U.S. Census Bureau

  10-04-2015 20:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A guard at the U.S. Census Bureau is dead following a shooting at the bureau’s headquarters in Maryland.
  
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• Child dead, another critical after car goes into water at L.A. port

  10-04-2015 20:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One child died and a second remained hospitalized in grave condition Thursday after they were pulled from a submerged car that went into the water carrying four people at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro.
  
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• Coroner IDs 2 Las Vegas children killed in car fire

  10-04-2015 20:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The two children killed in a vehicle fire Sunday night in an east valley apartment complex have been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Jermiaya Thomas, 3 and Kendricik Jerome Chism, 1, both of Las Vegas.
  
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• Burglar hits beauty shops, and police need help finding him

  10-04-2015 20:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A burglar has been busting into Las Vegas beauty shops, and police need your help tracking him down.
  
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• Tour bus fire slows traffic near Charleston at Eastern

  10-04-2015 19:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A tour bus caught fire at the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue on Friday morning, sending up smoke and causing some traffic delays.
  
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• Which bathroom transgender students use up for debate

  10-04-2015 19:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens showed up Friday to support or denounce a Nevada Assembly bill that would require public school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers to be used by students of one gender — and the one designated on their birth certificates.
  
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• Public debates bill on gender-designated school bathrooms

  10-04-2015 19:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens showed up Friday to support or denounce a Nevada Assembly bill that would require public school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers to be used by students of one gender — and the one designated on their birth certificates.
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly planning to explode car bomb at Army base

  10-04-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. man was arrested on Friday for an alleged plot to explode a car bomb at the Fort Riley army base in Kansas as part of a suicide mission in support of the Islamic State militant group, the Justice Department said.
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly planning suicide bomb plot at Kansas Army base

  10-04-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 20-year-old U.S. man was arrested in Kansas on Friday for allegedly plotting a suicide bombing at the U.S. Army base Fort Riley, the Justice Department said.
  
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• Education Notebook, April 16-22, 2015

  10-04-2015 19:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• Air Force general reprimanded over A-10 ‘treason’ remark at Nellis

  10-04-2015 19:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Air Force major general has been formally reprimanded and removed from his job for telling a group of officers at Nellis Air Force Base that talking to Congress in a bid to block retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to “treason,” the Air Force said on Friday.
  
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• Coroner IDs woman killed in apartment fire

  10-04-2015 19:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman who died after an apartment caught fire on Tuesday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Deputies suspended who savagely beat man fleeing on horseback — VIDEO

  10-04-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sheriff of San Bernardino County, California, said on Friday the videotaped beating of a suspect who had surrendered after trying to flee on horseback appeared to be “excessive,” and that 10 officers have been suspended.
  
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• Deputies savagely beat man fleeing on horseback — VIDEO

  10-04-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Southern California sheriff said on Thursday he had ordered an investigation into the use of force by several deputies who could be seen on a TV news video savagely beating a man who had fled on horseback.
  
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• Calif. sheriff to investigate deputies beating man who fled on horseback

  10-04-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Southern California sheriff said on Thursday he had ordered an investigation into the use of force by several deputies who could be seen on a TV news video savagely beating a man who had fled on horseback.
  
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• House to vote on permanent sales tax deduction

  10-04-2015 18:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The House is expected to vote next week on a bill that would make permanent the IRS deduction for state and local sales taxes, advancing a tax break prized by residents of Nevada and a handful of other states.
  
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• Henderson hiker reported missing found safe

  10-04-2015 18:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Henderson man reported missing Wednesday has been found by search-and-rescue workers.
  
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• Red Rock, Henderson police fatal shootings ruled justified — VIDEO

  10-04-2015 18:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County District Attorney’s office Friday announced that a pair of officer-involved shooting deaths were justified, including the February 2014 killing of a man at Red Rock Canyon.
  
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• Clark County DA rules 2 fatal officer-involved shootings justified

  10-04-2015 18:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County District Attorney’s office said two officer-involved shootings in 2014 were justified.
  
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• Las Vegas officer struck by vehicle during traffic stop

  10-04-2015 16:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Metro officer was injured during a traffic stop late Thursday night in the southwest valley, according to officials.
  
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• 2 killed in crash at Spring Mountain and Lindell; intersection closed

  10-04-2015 15:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people died in a multiple-car crash early Friday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Carson City Bypass: Repatriating revenues for roadwork eyed

  10-04-2015 08:47
  
  Repatriating corporate dollars now sheltered from U.S. taxes overseas is one way to find roadwork revenue, a transportation official said Thursday in Carson City.Lee Gibson, executive director of the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, made that point when transport officials gathered at the future I-580 intersection on dirt which becomes pavement when the freeway is extended to south Carson City in a final phase through the state capital in coming months. The news conference w
  
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• Heller, Titus criticize Yucca Mountain tour

  10-04-2015 08:06
  
  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nv., said Wednesday the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s recent trip to Yucca Mountain was nothing more than a political sideshow.He pointed out the committee refused to invite Nevada’s state expert on the proposed dump to join its fact-finding trip.“If this truly was a fact-finding trip, there would be no better resource to accompany this group than a local expert from the state readily available to answer questions and speak to the complications of the Nevada si
  
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• Finding pass to Carson City’s I-580 funds

  10-04-2015 08:06
  
  Repatriating corporate dollars now sheltered from U.S. taxes overseas is one way to find roadwork revenue, a transportation official said Thursday in Carson City.Lee Gibson, executive director of the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, made that point when transport officials gathered at the future I-580 intersection on dirt which becomes pavement when the freeway is extended to south Carson City in a final phase through the state capital in coming months. The news conference w
  
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• Committee passes watered down federal lands bill

  10-04-2015 08:06
  
  With almost no discussion, the Assembly Natural Resources, Mining and Agriculture Committee capitulated on the bill seeking to claim ownership of all federal lands in Nevada.The panel headed by Dr. Robin Titus, R-Smith Valley, amended out all of the language the Legislative Counsel had said was unconstitutional, replacing it with what amounts to a suggestion local sheriffs enter agreements with federal agencies for enforcement on federal lands.The original language said federal officials have n
  
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• Carson High School’s SafeGrad may be coming to an end due to lack of funding

  10-04-2015 08:06
  
  Carson High School’s SafeGrad program is seeking donations to keep the event as a fixture in Carson City.SafeGrad, the 20-year-old program put on by parents and volunteers, is an all-night party at the Carson City Community Center and a day trip to Six Flags for graduating seniors to spend one last time with their friends and classmates.“It is keeping our kids off the streets and safe,” said Karri Couste, SafeGrad chair. “The kids appreciate the program.”However, this two decade long
  
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• Carson City Public Works gives free landfill disposal vouchers

  10-04-2015 08:06
  
  Carson City Public Works is kicking off spring clean-up week with free landfill disposal vouchers.Residents of Carson City can receive a voucher April 13 through 17, good for one free disposal at the Carson City landfill. David Bruketta, utility manager for Carson City Public Works hopes the initiative will help clean up the city.“We want to encourage everyone to go ahead and help clean the city and to come and dump at the landfill,” Bruketta said. “We want to discourage illegal dumping s
  
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• Amodei named vice chair of Appropriations

  10-04-2015 08:06
  
  Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., has been named vice chairman of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee.Subcommittee chairman Tom Graves, R-Ga., said vice chairs of the various subcommittees play an important role in bringing each of the 12 appropriations bills to the House floor.“His knowledge of the appropriations process and commitment to the subcommittee’s important oversight role will help us make sure every taxpayer dollar under the purview of our subcommittee is spent wisely,”
  
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• Local sports roundup: Krebs, Pongasi shine as CHS splits

  10-04-2015 07:43
  The Carson High baseball team split its two games at the Las Vegas Tournament on Thursday.Carson hung on for a 9-7 win against Coquitlan, Canada, before losing 10-0 to Vauxhall, Cananda.The Senators built a 9-0 lead against Coquitlan by the fourth inning before Coquitlan scored seven runs in the sixth.Kyle Krebs racked up four RBI on two hits for Carson.. He tripled in the first and singled in the fourth.Brandon Allen pitched three shutout innings for Carson, strking out three. Cody Azevedo end
  

• Early polls have Titus way up on Masto for Senate

  10-04-2015 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sen. Harry Reid makes no bones about his backing of the Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto, daughter of his longtime friend, the late Democrat and County Commissioner Manny Cortez. If Masto had a fan club, Reid would be chairman.
  
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• Clinton campaign announcement expected as early as this weekend

  10-04-2015 07:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hillary Clinton is expected to announce her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 as early as this weekend, facing no substantial competition but needing to get her organization in place for the long battle to come.
  
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• Jacks Valley bear caught, tagged and released

  10-04-2015 04:31
  
  A black bear captured Wednesday morning in Jacks Valley has been safely released back in to the wild near the area where it was trapped, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife.“The bear was seen as a potential trouble bear because of its interest in the livestock in the area,” spokesman Chris Healy said Thursday.The 350-pound male bear was trapped, tranquilized, fitted with ear tags, a satellite collar, a micro-chip and a tattoo. “After sleeping off the tranquilizer induced hangove
  
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