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• Hillary stepping up her campaign in Nevada

  12-04-2015 23:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hillary Clinton has started to build her presidential campaign team in Nevada, hiring two Hispanic operatives who helped President Barack Obama win the Latino vote here.
  
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• Rancho teacher, chef reflects on Food Network competitions

  12-04-2015 23:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rancho High School teacher and chef Phillip Dell believes that when life gives you goji berries, dinosaur kale and clotted cream, it’s the perfect Food Network opportunity.
  
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• Clark County gets another level of elected officials — rural town boards

  12-04-2015 23:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County will get another group of elected officials, but they’ll continue to do just what they do now: serving as volunteers on rural town advisory boards.
  
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• Mopeds are on frustrated Las Vegas motorists’ minds

  12-04-2015 23:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The number of mopeds on Las Vegas Valley streets has grown exponentially in recent years, and so have the safety concerns and frustrations voiced by Road Warrior readers.
  
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• Las Vegas motorists are concerned, frustrated with moped rules

  12-04-2015 23:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The number of mopeds on Las Vegas Valley streets has grown exponentially in recent years, and so have the safety concerns and frustrations voiced by Road Warrior readers.
  
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• Germanwings flight evacuated after bomb threat

  12-04-2015 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany was evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
  
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• Officials consider pressing charges after boy falls in cheetah exhibit

  12-04-2015 22:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The boy suffered leg injuries after dropping 10-12 feet into the Cleveland Metropark Zoo’s cheetah exhibit on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Turkey recalls ambassador after Pope Francis uses ‘genocide’

  12-04-2015 22:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis risked Turkish anger on Sunday by using the word “genocide” to refer to the mass killings of Armenians a century ago under the Ottoman Empire.
  
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• Police department releases video of deadly shooting

  12-04-2015 21:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The reserve deputy thought he had his Taser in hand, not his firearm, and shot Harris “inadvertently,” according to the sheriff’s office.
  
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• Rev. Al Sharpton to speak at South Carolina town

  12-04-2015 20:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton plans to deliver a sermon and attend a prayer vigil on Sunday in the South Carolina town where Walter Scott, an African-American father of four, was shot in the back while running from a white patrolman.
  
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• Police release footage of Wal-Mart officer assault — VIDEO

  12-04-2015 20:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Video footage of the large Wal-Mart brawl that left one suspect dead and an officer injured was released by police.
  
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• Man in critical condition after northwest valley shooting

  12-04-2015 18:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At 4:30 a.m., Las Vegas police responded to a call in the 4000 block of Glenfield Circle.
  
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• Photos from Tom Brooks Memorial Fishing Derby

  12-04-2015 09:35
  
  John Ternau and Rick Leiser, both of Carson City, hold their $100 prize-winning fish Saturday outside of Timbers Saloon. Their 10-pound Mackinaw was caught off of Cave Rock during the Tom Brooks Memorial Fishing Derby. The pair also won $500 for most total weight.…
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Quarter of bills listed as dead

  12-04-2015 09:35
  
  A total of 246 bills were listed as dead Friday because they failed to get out of committee.Friday was the deadline for bills to pass out of committee in the house where they originated.That is fully a quarter — 24.7 percent — of the 995 measures introduced thus far in the 2015 Legislature.In the Senate, 119 of 509 measures were left behind along with 127 of 486 measures in the Assembly.There were, however, more than two dozen additional measures whose fate had not yet been updated on the L
  
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• Winnning catch

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  John Ternau and Rick Leiser, both of Carson City, hold their $100 prize-winning fish Saturday outside of Timbers Saloon. Their 10-pound Mackinaw was caught off of Cave Rock during the Tom Brooks Memorial Fishing Derby. The pair also won $500 for most total weight.…
  
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• SILVER DOLLARS AND WOODEN NICKELS: Special Olympics truly an honor society

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  The Nevada Appeal’s Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels feature recognizes achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out other acts that missed the mark.SILVER DOLLAR: A belated Silver Dollar goes to all those for their involvement in Special Olympics, including the recent Polar Plunge at Lake Tahoe. While obviously just one of so many organizations and individuals who contribute to Special Olympics, it’s fitting Carson High’s National Honor Society raised a total of $1
  
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• Shine on in Carson City

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  After 18 years the Carson City BMX track finally has lights for night racing thanks to the Carson City Parks and Recreation Dept., the Nevada State Division of Parks, Ed Gansberg, Kim Copeland and the Youth Sports Association to name a few. Practice is held on Wednesdays starting at 5pm and racing is Friday nights and Sundays at 9am. For more information call the track hotline at 220-7111.…
  
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• Quarter of bills listed as dead

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  A total of 246 bills were listed as dead Friday because they failed to get out of committee.Friday was the deadline for bills to pass out of committee in the house where they originated.That is fully a quarter — 24.7 percent — of the 995 measures introduced thus far in the 2015 Legislature.In the Senate, 119 of 509 measures were left behind along with 127 of 486 measures in the Assembly.There were, however, more than two dozen additional measures whose fate had not yet been updated on the L
  
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• Local sports roundup: Reid is fourth in elite 400 race at Arcadia

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. — Corey Reid capped off a great weekend by finishing fourth in the 400 at the Arcadia Invitational Saturday night.The 400 was the 11th event in three days for Reid, who won the two-day decathlon with a career-best 7,191 points. Reid was timed in 47.94, a solid time against some of the best runners across the nation.Maddie Preston took sixth in the long jump with a mark of 16-5 1/4 and was 15th in the triple jump at 35-9. She cleared 5-2 in the high jump.• Carson junior Asa Ca
  
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• Face time at Carson City’s WNC

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  Eight-year-old Mariah Fraker signs ‘Cool’ at the WNC Deaf Studies ‘Fun Day’ held at the Carson City campus. The event featured a bounce house, photo booth, face painting, arts and crafts, food and raffles Saturday.…
  
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• Downtown Carson City theming workshop set for April 20

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  Mayor Robert Crowell scheduled a news conference associated with April 20 public downtown Carson City makeover theming workshops, a kickoff expected to embrace various projects.The mayor is anticipated to talk of not only the downtown project but also of other business corridor improvements, the multi-purpose athletic center (MAC) already under construction, the animal services shelter project and related matters authorized under plans emanating from a previous city sales tax hike.City Manager
  
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• CHS student wins awards, works on comic strip

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  Alexandra Sprock, 16 and a Carson High student, has won the Silver Key Award in the 2014-2015 Scholastic Art Awards program. Sprock also placed third in the 2015 Community Student Art Show at Sierra Nevada College.Sprock also works on a comic strip, “Farm Animals,” based on the daily lives and adventures of Buck the horse and Joe the Bunny.Among Sprock’s goals is to earn a degree in the field of media, to direct movies and to also earn a business degree. She would also llike to open a spec
  
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• Carson River Coalition and the Carson Water Subconservancy District hosting floodplain management forum April 22

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  A floodplain management forum is scheduled on Earth Day, April 22, in the Dayton Valley Community Center.The public is invited with an event registration charge of $10 by Wednesday, $15 after that, for the 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. forum with lunch and snacks included on that date, according to organizers. The organizers are the Carson River Coalition and the Carson Water Subconservancy District. The Dayton Community Center is at 170 Pike St. in “Old Town” Dayton.Rob Palmer, Nevada state floodplain
  
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• Carson City’s White to ump Reno Aces series

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  Carson City’s Nate White makes his first professional umpiring appearance in Reno April 21-24 at Aces Ballpark.White was just promoted to Triple A this year. Originally, he was assigned to the International League, but was transferred to the Pacific Coast League before the season started. White umpired third base on Thursday in the Sacramento River Cats’ opening game. He will move on to the Pacific Northwest before coming down to Reno. Right now he’s scheduled to work the third game (April
  
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• Carson City Road Report for April 13-19

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  The following information applies to the period of April 13-19. On Monday, April 13, and Tuesday, April 14, Oxoby Loop, the entrance to Mills Park and the Community Center from William Street will be closed due to paving as part of an ongoing water main project.Due to events at the Legislative Building, E. Fifth Street will be closed from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, between Carson and Stewart streets. The Carson City Landfill is upgrading the approaches to the scales at its entrance.
  
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• Carson City — Dreams, Drought and Development

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  The Boys and Girls Clubs with the under construction Multi-Purpose Athletic Center directly behind it from the air Thursday morning.Aerial view of Washoe Lake looking northeast Thursday.Pilot Mike Reynolds and Carson Mayor Bob Crowell give the thumbs up before takeoff from the Carson City Airport Thursday morning.…
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors could pick new treasurer Thursday

  12-04-2015 08:39
  
  The city’s next treasurer is expected to be selected by Carson City’s Board of Supervisors Thursday.The board will do interviews in the morning with the three people seeking the post. In the afternoon, the board also has on its agenda, after a lunch break ending at 2 p.m., a couple of high profile water-related items. The first is whether to charge connection fees for water and sewer hookups, which is marked for possible action, and the other is a report only item on the important topic of
  
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• How Team Goodman pulled a win out of the hat

  12-04-2015 07:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  No one in Carolyn Goodman’s camp was shouting two weeks before Election Day. And campaign co-managers Tom Letizia and Bradley Mayer were feeling downright grim.
  
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• Craft brews, food pairings a match made in Vegas

  12-04-2015 05:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With over 100 breweries, 400 craft beer selections and an estimated 5,000 thirsty beer drinkers, the fifth annual Great Vegas Festival of Beer attracted record participation Saturday.
  
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• Guardianship problems are widely reported but seldom fixed

  12-04-2015 04:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Over three decades numerous studies and media investigations have laid bare systemic problems with conservatorships and guardianships, but there’s been little effort to curb abuses.
  
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• Escape was only option for an old soldier trapped in guardian system

  12-04-2015 04:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Guardalupe Olvera won back his independence but the fight against his appointed Clark County guardian cost him nearly everything he had.
  
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• Clark County’s private guardians may protect — or just steal and abuse

  12-04-2015 04:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Long a source of complaints, the county’s private guardianship system is inherently ripe for abuse, and does little to protect the assets or the rights of those most vulnerable to financial abuse.
  
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• Pirate Fest invades Lorenzi Park — PHOTOS

  12-04-2015 02:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pirate, steampunk and faerie enthusiasts flocked to Pirate Fest at Lorenzi Park on Saturday.
  
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• Nevada has 80 on death row, but no place to execute

  12-04-2015 02:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada lawmakers are again being asked to fund a new execution chamber at Ely State Prison so Nevada can be prepared to carry out a lethal injection should a court order be issued.
  
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• Clark County Fair: Rides, food, a rodeo and yes, even pig races

  12-04-2015 01:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A rodeo and pig racing will entertain visitors on the final day of this year’s Clark County Fair — praised as a small country fair — in Logandale on Sunday.
  
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• Bundy, supporters mark standoff anniversary with barbecue

  12-04-2015 01:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Defiant rancher Cliven Bundy picked a bouquet of wildflowers from what he calls Nevada’s “free land” to kick off a barbecue and festivities Saturday marking a year since his militia-backed standoff ended.
  
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• One person killed, another wounded in North Las Vegas shooting

  12-04-2015 01:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are investigating a double shooting that left one person dead and another hospitalized with unknown injuries Saturday afternoon.
  
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• One person killed, another wounded in 2 North Las Vegas shootings

  12-04-2015 01:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was slain and another was critically wounded in shootings just minutes apart and a few yards away from each other Saturday afternoon, North Las Vegas police said.
  
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