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• Parenting hormone oxytocin increases when looking into your dog’s eyes

  16-04-2015 23:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dogs are called “man’s best friend” - women’s, too - and scientists say the bond between people and their pooches may be deeper than you might think.
  
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• Vietnam Veterans to hold craft fair

  16-04-2015 23:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Vietnam Veterans of Nevada Foundation will hold its first spring craft fair fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would raise stakes of wearing seatbelts in taxis

  16-04-2015 22:51
  
  A bill moving through the Nevada Legislature would allow juries in lawsuits about taxicab crashes to consider whether a passenger was wearing a seatbelt. The Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing Thursday for AB175. Existing law requires adult cab passengers to wear a seatbelt, but says a decision not to wear the belt can’t be considered negligence in a lawsuit. Bill proponents include cab companies that say it’s common sense to allow seatbelt evidence in court. The Nevada Justice
  
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• House votes for permanent sales tax deduction

  16-04-2015 22:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. House voted Thursday to make permanent the IRS deduction for state and local sales taxes, a benefit targeted to residents of Nevada and a handful of other states that lack an income tax.
  
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• Fla. man faces 2 charges for landing gyro copter near US Capitol

  16-04-2015 22:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Florida man who caused a major security scare after landing a small helicopter on the west lawn of the U.S. capitol was charged with two criminal offenses and then released from U.S. custody on Thursday pending trial.
  
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• Ariz. police chief says cop who rammed suspect with car was justified

  16-04-2015 22:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Arizona police chief on Wednesday supported an officer’s decision to drive his car into an armed suspect, saying that although the move could have killed the suspect, deadly force was justified.
  
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• Fourth victim in Wednesday North Las Vegas crash has died

  16-04-2015 22:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fourth person involved in a three-vehicle crash on Lamb Boulevard just north of Centennial Parkway Wednesday has died, North Las Vegas police said Thursday.
  
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• Fourth victim from 3-vehicle crash on Wednesday dies

  16-04-2015 22:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fourth person involved in a three-vehicle crash on Lamb Boulevard just north of Centennial Parkway Wednesday has died, North Las Vegas police said Thursday.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on supsicion of felony indecent exposure

  16-04-2015 21:47
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityWEDNESDAYAt 3:33 p.m., Kyle Chase, 30, of Red Oak, Iowa, was arrested on suspicion of felony indecent exposure after he allegedly flashed and made lucid comments to a 16-year-old in Mills Park. Bail as set at $5,000. THURSDAYAt 12:54 .m., a 48-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI-first offense after deputies responded to a call of an intoxicated
  
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• Gayle H. Robertson selected as Carson City treasurer

  16-04-2015 21:10
  
  Gayle H. Robertson, a certified public accountant, was selected as Carson City’s next treasurer Thursday morning by the Carson City Board of Supervisors.Robertson was selected by a 3-1 vote, with Supervisor Brad Bonkowski abstaining, over former supervisor John McKenna and City Finance Director Nick Providenti. Robertson said she most recently worked at Pro Group Captive Management of Carson City in management as captive controller and before that worked in public accounting with Neddenriep &
  
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• Virginia leads in sending kids to jail, Nevada last

  16-04-2015 21:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Virginia tops the nation in how often it refers kids to the justice system, according to a new report by The Center for Public Integrity, but Nevada almost comes in last.
  
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• 6 displaced in North Las Vegas apartment fire

  16-04-2015 21:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four adults and two children were displaced when their apartment was destroyed during a fire Wednesday night, North Las Vegas fire department said.
  
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• Substitute teacher faces charges of sexual contact with student

  16-04-2015 21:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A substitute teacher is facing charges linked to “inappropriate behavior with a minor,” Las Vegas police said Thursday. Kelly Hoffman, 48, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Clark County Detention Center.
  
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• CCSD sub faces charges of sexual contact with student

  16-04-2015 21:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County School District substitute teacher is facing charges linked to “inappropriate behavior with a minor,” Las Vegas police said Thursday.
  
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• Woman gets 8 to 20 years in fatal shooting

  16-04-2015 20:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who admitted her role in a shooting that left a 24-year-old man dead was sentenced Thursday to 8 to 20 years in prison.
  
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• U.S. marshals nab 41 in Vegas in nationwide sweep

  16-04-2015 20:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Forty one fugitives were nabbed in the Las Vegas Valley during a six-week long roundup, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday.
  
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• Third man arrested in Fla. spring break gang rape

  16-04-2015 20:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A third person has been arrested in the case of an alleged spring break gang rape that was videotaped on a crowded stretch of Panama City Beach, the Bay County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
  
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• VA schedule slips again at North Las Vegas hospital

  16-04-2015 20:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Completion of the veterans medical complex in North Las Vegas that already was years late and millions of dollars over budget has been pushed back another six months or more, according to a new schedule from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  
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• Man gets 28 to life for killing of 22-year-old

  16-04-2015 20:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who once faced the death penalty for fatally shooting 22-year-old Mike Portaro should get a chance at parole, a judge decided Thursday.
  
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• Four to plead guilty in illegal Vegas sports betting case, forfeit $4.3 million

  16-04-2015 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Glenn Cobb and his family, defendants in an illegal gambling case that made headlines when the government tried to seize $13.2 million before criminal charges were filed, have agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges.
  
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• NYC jury deliberates murder case stemming from 1979 disappearance

  16-04-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A New York jury began its second day of deliberations on Thursday in the trial of a former deli worker accused of kidnapping and murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance called national attention to the issue of missing children.
  
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• Suge Knight will stand trial for murder in hit-and-run

  16-04-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge in Los Angeles on Thursday ordered rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight to stand trial for murder in the hit-and-run death of a man outside a hamburger stand in January.
  
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• North Las Vegas stepfather charged with sex assault, kidnapping

  16-04-2015 18:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man North Las Vegas police said impregnated his 17-year-old stepdaughter then abandoned her with her 3-year-old sister is now facing sexual assault and kidnapping charges after an amended complaint was filed Thursday.
  
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• North Las Vegas police looking for man in stabbing

  16-04-2015 18:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police on Thursday released a photo of a man wanted in the stabbing of his ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend during an October altercation.
  
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• Virginia City museum displays Lincoln’s mourning ribbon

  16-04-2015 17:38
  
  Upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, several printing companies began issuing mourning ribbons to honor the slain president. Thousands were printed that were comprised of several different designs. The ribbons were common at the time of the assassination, but over the years have become scarce. Because of their rarity and historical significance, collectors today can expect to pay upward of $500 for the privilege of owning one. This ribbon is a reproduction, but closely resembles th
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill to regulate Uber fails in Senate; Democrats oppose

  16-04-2015 17:38
  
  A bill that would regulate ride-hailing companies such as Uber in Nevada failed in the state Senate on Wednesday after Democrats opposed the measure. But there are still ways the concept could re-emerge later in the legislative session. Ten Democrats voted against SB439, which would create regulations for companies that allow people to hail a ride using a smartphone and often involve part-time drivers using their personal vehicles. Republican proponents needed more votes from the Democratic fac
  
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• Training records of Okla. volunteer deputy may have been forged

  16-04-2015 17:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Some supervisors at the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office were told to forge Robert Bates’ training records, and three who refused were reassigned to less desirable duties, the Tulsa World reported.
  
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• Detroit teen held in family’s basement may testify about abuse

  16-04-2015 16:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Detroit boy who was missing for 11 days last June before police found him emaciated in his own basement may testify about abuse at the hands of his parents at a court hearing on Thursday, a prosecutor said.
  
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• Why you should write your own obituary

  16-04-2015 15:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A few friends looked horrified when I said I had written my pre-obit. Some of them were the same folks who thought I was foolish to plan a vacation in the Middle East. I think it’s far more likely I’ll meet my end on one of the killer Las Vegas freeways.
  
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• Tax day in Carson City

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  Tepa Chalmers of Carson City drops her tax information into the mailbox at the Roop St. post office on Wednesday.…
  
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• Senators hope to win their own meet

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  The annual Carson Track & Field Invitational is Saturday, and CHS coach Robert Maw is welcoming the biggest field in the history of the event.Maw said 27 schools are entered in the event, though Reed and McQueen will only field partial teams. There are nine D-1 teams entered — Carson, Douglas, Galena, Hug, McQueen, North Valleys, Reed, Spanish Springs and Wooster. There are five 1A entries, including Dayton, Fernley, Lowry, South Tahoe and Sparks. From Division III, it’s Incline, ROP and Yer
  
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• Saladis moves on to new field

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  There was a time when Niko Saladis would dream about playing on a professional baseball diamond.Those days are now a recent memory, although he did enjoy success as a player at Douglas High School, Feather River College (Quincy, Calif.) and Southwest Baptist University (Bolivar, Mo.). The 2007 Douglas graduate has taken those experiences and moved on to a new career working in the front office for the Reno Aces, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Triple A Pacific Coast League affiliate.“It’s actual
  
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• Lake Tahoe’s Sand Harbor boat ramp will not open for 2015 season

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — One of the most popular boat-launching ramps at Lake Tahoe will not open this year due to diminishing water levels aided by the continuing Western drought.The ramp at Sand Harbor a few miles east of Incline Village would normally open for the summer boating season on May 1.However, with hardly any snowmelt runoff this spring due to a fourth-straight mild winter, that won’t happen in 2015, said Jay Howard, supervisor for Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.“We just recentl
  
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• Dayton’s Smith’s center to receive lane improvements

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  CARSON CITY — A Nevada Department of Transportation project has begun this week to enhance traffic safety with raised center turn lane islands and other enhancements near the Smith’s Shopping Center in Dayton.The approximately $300,000 contract, awarded to Sierra Nevada Construction, will install raised turn islands in the median of U.S. 50 at three shopping center entrances: Retail Road, Pinecone Road and the main entrance to the Smith’s shopping center. The raised medians will provide p
  
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• Carson City Students in Transition will receive shoes

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  Nearly 390 pairs of shoes will be distributed to students at Carson City public schools as part of the McKinney-Vento Students in Transition Program, a school official said Wednesday.Peggy Sweetland, school district special project coordinator/students in transition liaison, said the shoes are going to students who are displaced in some manner and are without regular fixed, adequate housing during the school year as determined last Aug. 19, the first day of classes this academic year. Students i
  
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• Carson City celebrates Dispatcher Week

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  When disaster strikes, heroes respond: police officers, firefighters, EMTs. But there’s one branch of law enforcement that often goes without recognition: the dispatchers. The men and women behind the computers who transfer all of the information from receiving the 9-1-1 call to dispatching the officers and everything in between.To honor them, the week of April 13 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. And in Carson City, the public safety teams go all out to show their appreciation
  
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• Carson City Airport Authority looks at hangars, budget

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  A logjam regarding Carson City Airport hangar development during and since the recession began unjamming Wednesday.That occurred due to one item on the Airport Authority agenda and on the same night the authority also approved a tentative Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-16 budget of $1.3 million. Authority members voted 6-0 on both starting the process for the small hangar development proposal and on the budget, which still can be changed if needed next month.The plan for three or four hangars brought in
  
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• Capital City Arts Initiative exhibit spotlights scenes from rural Nevada

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  Ron Arthaud, an artist from Tuscarora, finds inspiration to create plein air paintings from scenes at his home in eastern Nevada, from broken-down fences and rusty cars to old picket fences and corrugated sheds. Arthaud’s work will be displayed through June 30 in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center in “Tuscarora,” an exhibit sponsored by Capital City Arts Initiative. “All becomes a composition, a subject, something my eye wants to linger over. I need to be right there in
  
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• Brüka Theatre staging “Mother Hulda” in Carson City

  16-04-2015 08:14
  
  “Mother Hulda,” a 19th century tale about the value of kindness and honesty, will be retold in Brüka Theatre’s updated version titled “Wishing” at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St. The performances will feature the Brüka ensemble, which will bring the story to life with a small set of props and costumes. Children are invited to participate in the creation of each performance, ensuring every show is unique. According to the show’s organizers, Brüka Th
  
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• Cash-strapped North Las Vegas plans balanced budget

  16-04-2015 07:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas plans to have a balanced budget for the next fiscal year, but it isn’t out of the woods yet, the city’s finance director said Wednesday to City Council members.
  
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• North Dakota police seek human trafficking suspect in Las Vegas

  16-04-2015 06:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A second suspect tied to trafficking a Las Vegas teen may be hiding out in the valley, police in North Dakota said Wednesday night.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: No action on PERS bill to alter pension fund, tackle liability

  16-04-2015 04:19
  
  Assemblyman Randy Kirner, R-Reno, told the Nevada Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday putting new public workers into a hybrid 401k style plan, instead of the current PERS system, would benefit employees and government.He charged the unfunded liability of the PERS system is five times what it was 15 years ago — $12.5 billion — and growing. He said the system’s assumption it can make 8 percent on investments each year to pay off the unfunded liability in 22 years is “nuts.”But board m
  
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• Shootings not rare at High Desert State Prison

  16-04-2015 04:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Carlos Manuel Perez Jr. might well be the only known inmate to be shot and killed by guards while handcuffed at the High Desert State Prison near Indian Springs, but corrections officers firing shotguns isn’t rare at the state’s largest prison, data show.
  
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• With bodies in storage, Robert Dunn sought more victims

  16-04-2015 02:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  By the time federal agents were on his trail, Robert Dixon Dunn appeared to have hunted down another potential victim.
  
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• Despite opposition, gun bills move forward

  16-04-2015 02:55
  
  Nevada Assembly members have approved several gun-focused bills including a proposal to bar schools from punishing students who play with toy firearms. Assembly members voted 27-14 on Wednesday to approve AB121. Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler is sponsoring the bill, which would forbid schools from punishing students that play with toy guns or pretend to use a firearm in a non-disruptive manner. Wheeler is also sponsoring AB139, which the Assembly approved on a 24-17 vote. The measure allows
  
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• Police investigate ‘possible device’ near UNLV

  16-04-2015 02:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro’s hazardous material unit, ARMOR, is investigating a suspicious “possible device” found near UNLV.
  
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• Metro: No danger in ‘possible device’ near UNLV

  16-04-2015 02:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro’s hazardous material unit investigated a suspicious “possible device” found near UNLV on Wednesday, and everything turned out to be safe.
  
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• North Las Vegas police called to crash with multiple fatalities

  16-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are reporting a fatal, multi-vehicle crash on Lamb Boulevard, south of the 215 Beltway.
  
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• North Las Vegas crash kills 3 people, injures 1

  16-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lamb Boulevard, south of the 215 Beltway, is shut down after a multi-vehicle crash killed three people and left a fourth in “extremely critical” condition, North Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Fatalities reported in multi-vehicle crash on Lamb, south of 215

  16-04-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are reporting a fatal, multi-vehicle crash on Lamb Boulevard, south of the 215 Beltway.
  
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