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• Falling death on U.S. 95 rules suicide

  22-04-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of a man who fell from a Summerlin Parkway flyover earlier this month has been ruled a suicide by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Falling death on U.S. 95 ruled suicide

  22-04-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of a man who fell from a Summerlin Parkway flyover earlier this month has been ruled a suicide by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Nevadans put stamp on anti-trafficking bill

  22-04-2015 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A long-stalled bill that aims to combat human trafficking passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday with the fingerprints of several Nevada lawmakers.
  
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• Anti-trafficking bill would give security, border patrol more training

  22-04-2015 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A long-stalled bill that aims to combat human trafficking passed the Senate on Wednesday with the fingerprints of several Nevada lawmakers.
  
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• How can you tell male and female dinosaurs apart?

  22-04-2015 23:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For extinct creatures like dinosaurs known only from fossils, it is notoriously difficult to differentiate the males from the females of a species because sex distinctions are rarely obvious from the skeletons.
  
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• Debate between solar groups, NV Energy heats up with protest

  22-04-2015 23:15
  
  LAS VEGAS — Advocates for rooftop solar installations are protesting a state cap on how many solar customers can sell energy back to utility companies. Hundreds of people gathered outside NV Energy headquarters in Las Vegas on Wednesday for a rally promoted by the conservative group TUSK, whose name is an acronym for Tell Utilities Solar won’t be Killed. The group is concerned about a 3 percent Nevada cap on net metering, which allows people who have solar installations at their homes to sen
  
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• Fact-finding review Monday in fatal NLV police shooting

  22-04-2015 23:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The public can attend or watch a televised fact-finding review Monday of an October police shooting that killed a man in a desert lot in North Las Vegas.
  
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• Reagan shooter John Hinckley requests to leave mental hospital

  22-04-2015 23:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Would-be U.S. presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. should be allowed to reside full time away from the mental hospital where he has lived since shooting Ronald Reagan in 1981, his lawyer argued in federal court on Wednesday.
  
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• Vegas show promoter awarded $440,000 in nightclub lawsuit

  22-04-2015 22:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jeff Kutash has been awarded $440,000 in a breach of contract case against Landry’s Inc. in a dispute related to his role in the now-shuttered SHe Nightclub in Crystals at CityCenter.
  
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• Vegas show producer awarded $440,000 in nightclub lawsuit

  22-04-2015 22:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jeff Kutash has been awarded $440,000 in a breach of contract case against Landry’s Inc. in a dispute related to his role in the now-shuttered SHe Nightclub in Crystals at CityCenter.
  
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• Siberian smoke filling Sierra skies

  22-04-2015 22:28
  
  The smoky haze over parts of Northern Nevada is coming from wildfires in Siberia more than 5,000 miles away. The National Weather Service says the smoke has been traveling across the Pacific Ocean since Sunday. Farmers set the fires burning grass in their fields as they do each spring in Khakassia, a region of southeast Siberia. But the flames spread out of control due to strong winds, killing more than a dozen people and destroying hundreds of homes.…
  
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• Add Caesars to list of big companies seeking to drop Nevada Power

  22-04-2015 22:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The list of large companies seeking to leave Nevada Power to secure their own cheaper energy is growing.
  
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• Limo company operator Charles Horky sentenced to 46 months

  22-04-2015 22:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former limousine company owner Charles Horky was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison Wednesday for his role in a multimillion-dollar racketeering conspiracy involving fraud, prostitution and drug trafficking.
  
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• Ex-limo company operator Charles Horky sentenced to 46 months

  22-04-2015 22:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former limousine company owner Charles Horky was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison Wednesday for his role in a multimillion-dollar racketeering conspiracy involving fraud, prostitution and drug trafficking.
  
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• Bill calls for inventory of vested water rights in dry Nevada

  22-04-2015 22:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With drought gripping Nevada and much of the West, the state’s top water official and a state senator said it’s time to inventory just how much water there is and who owns what by tidying up the books on “vested” water rights that pre-date state law.
  
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• Disqualified Assembly candidate indicted on perjury charge

  22-04-2015 21:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Meghan Smith, who was disqualified in her bid for a Democratic candidate for the Assembly District 34 seat last year, was indicted on a perjury charge, prosecutors said Wednesday.
  
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• Thousands of Washington state teachers strike

  22-04-2015 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Several thousand teachers across Washington state are planning a one-day strike on Wednesday to demand higher pay, better benefits and a reduction in class sizes, the state’s largest teachers’ union said.
  
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• Erich Nowsch indicted in attack on boy

  22-04-2015 20:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Erich Nowsch, the man charged with fatally shooting 44-year-old mother of four Tammy Meyers, has been indicted in connection with a separate incident that happened just days after the killing.
  
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• Erich Nowsch, charged in Tammy Meyers’ death, indicted in attack on boy

  22-04-2015 20:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Erich Nowsch, the man charged with fatally shooting 44-year-old mother of four Tammy Meyers, has been indicted in connection with a separate incident that happened just days after the killing.
  
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• Will ‘the blob’ make the Pacific drought worse?

  22-04-2015 20:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Marine life seen swimming in unusual places. Water temperatures warmer than they should be. No snow where there should be feet of it. Some scientists are saying “The Blob” could be playing a factor.
  
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• Woman dies, 23 get sick from suspected botulism at Ohio church potluck

  22-04-2015 20:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman has died and 23 others were sickened by a suspected botulism outbreak after a potluck lunch at an Ohio church, health officials said on Wednesday.
  
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• More female teachers prosecuted for sexual abuse of students

  22-04-2015 20:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A “Saturday Night Live” skit about a male student having sex with his female high school teacher painted the relationship as every teen boy’s dream, but drew a firestorm of criticism on social media.
  
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• Fossilized dinosaur eggs found in Chinese city — VIDEO

  22-04-2015 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Chinese city that boasts the largest number of dinosaur eggs in the world has added a new batch to its impressive collection.
  
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• McCarran International runway reopens a week ahead of schedule

  22-04-2015 20:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The six-month shutdown of Runway 7L/25R disrupted air traffic patterns since late October for work to convert the 14,505-foot strip from an asphalt to concrete.
  
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• Plane makes emergency landing for sick passenger

  22-04-2015 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A SkyWest Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, after a passenger lost consciousness, the airline said.
  
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• Flight makes emergency landing after door opens

  22-04-2015 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A SkyWest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, after a door opened in flight and the plane’s cabin lost air pressure, NBC News reported.
  
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• Security company offers cash reward for info on robbery

  22-04-2015 19:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pair of security workers was robbed at gunpoint Monday, and their company is offering up to $25,000 if someone can help Las Vegas police make an arrest.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would tighten teacher performance pay rules

  22-04-2015 19:32
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval is proposing that school districts get serious about performance-based pay. The Assembly Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Wednesday on AB483, which would require districts to set aside money each year for merit pay and prevents a collective bargaining agreement from sweeping that money elsewhere. State law already requires districts to implement a performance pay system by the 2015-2016 school year, but the bill adds a few more restrictions. The program must provide a
  
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• Democrat Lucy Flores joining race for Nevada Congress

  22-04-2015 19:32
  
  Former Nevada Democratic Assemblywoman and candidate for lieutenant governor Lucy Flores announced Wednesday that she’s running for Congress. Flores, a Las Vegas lawyer, is seeking the 4th Congressional District seat held by first-term Republican Rep. Cresent Hardy. The district encompasses urban North Las Vegas and a large swath of rural, central Nevada, and included most of the Assembly district she previously represented. “Hardworking people deserve an opportunity to get ahead. I want to
  
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• One person dead in east valley homicide; suspect in custody

  22-04-2015 18:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead and another in custody in a homicide in east Las Vegas early Wednesday morning, police said.
  
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• Coroner identifies 4-year-old boy found in swimming pool

  22-04-2015 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 4-year-old boy found submerged in a northwest valley pool on Tuesday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• One dead after crash in northwest valley

  22-04-2015 17:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash in northwest Las Vegas Wednesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 1 dead after crash in northwest valley

  22-04-2015 17:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash in northwest Las Vegas Wednesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Crash on US 95 at Cheyenne ties up traffic

  22-04-2015 17:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A multivehicle crash on U.S. Highway 95 near Cheyenne Avenue is tying up traffic Wednesday morning.
  
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• Crash cleared on U.S. 95 at Cheyenne

  22-04-2015 17:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A multi-vehicle crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Craig Road that was tying up early morning traffic has been cleared, the Regional Transportation Commission said.
  
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• Democrat Lucy Flores announces congressional bid

  22-04-2015 16:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Assemblywoman Lucy Flores will run for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, setting the stage for a Democratic primary that could split the Hispanic vote.
  
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• New species of frog resembles Kermit

  22-04-2015 16:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog has some competition. A newly discovered species of glassfrog looks an awful lot like the famous Muppet.
  
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• Obesity becoming a national security issue

  22-04-2015 09:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Soon, America will be too fat to fight. Forget about rampant diabetes, heart attacks and joint problems — the scariest consequence arising out of our losing battle with the bulge is the safety of our country.
  
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• U.S. Bird Dog Western States National Championships in Mound House

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  Nearly every day, Dan Hannum takes one of his three dogs out to practice for chukar hunting competitions. On a recent, unusually warm day in late winter, he loaded up Red, a 6-year-old English pointer and a three-time national champion.Just across Highway 50, not far from his Dayton home, Hannum finds a sagebrush-covered slope where he plants a chukar, one of the leftovers from another hunt. When he lets Red out of the truck, the dog takes off running in wide circles. Hannum doesn’t mind. “I
  
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• Soroptimists of Comstock awards given

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  On Tuesday, Soroptimist International of the Comstock presented awards to Stella Taylor and Laura Kauf for their community service. The Violet Richardson, presented for community service and leadership, was presented to Taylor of Dayton High School for her work in Stand Tall and the S Club. She received $100 to donate to her favorite charitySoroptimist International of the Comstock sponsors the two S Clubs. These clubs work to improve the lives of students in their high schools and community. Al
  
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• She’s setting her sights on winning a championship

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  Laura Pradere, 13, will go into this weekend’s U.S. Bird Dog Western States National Championships with the confidence of one championship already under her belt. “I’m still kind of nervous,” she said, “but I think having one national title is an advantage.”She won the youth division of the North American Gun Dog Association championship in Wiggins, Colo., last month. This competition will be in Mound House, just up the road from the Pradere Ranch in Dayton, where her family has live
  
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• Nevada State Museum set to celebrate National Coin Week

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  The Nevada State Museum is celebrating National Coin Week April 19-25 with activities, cosponsored by Reno Coin Club, on Friday and Saturday. Historic Coin Press No. 1 will operate both days from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 1 to 3:30 p.m., when the press will mint silver .999 fine medallions that will be for sale to the public. Ken Hopple is volunteering to operate the press and give demonstrations both days. Reno Coin Club members will present programs about unique and rare coins from 11 a.m. to
  
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• Local sports roundup: Tigers rally for win; Whitt is on watch list

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  MINDEN — Douglas scored four runs after two outs in the fifth inning to break a 3-all tie,and Isaiah Schat and Zac Davies combined to pitch four-hit ball for a 7-3 Northern Division I win over Wooster.Douglas (5-12 conference, 7-15 overall) has now won three straight games and five of its last seven.Schat pitched 6.1 innings and allowed three runs on four hits to go with 13 strikeouts and one walk, before giving way to Davies with one runner aboard in the seventh. Davies earned credit for the
  
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• Community spotlight: Carson City squads go 1-2 at Comstock event

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  The Carson Futbol Club Pumas Elite and Galaxy finished first and second in the U16 Gold Division at last weekend’s Comstock Shootout at Edmonds Sports Compex.The Elite blanked the Galaxy 5-0 in the finals on the strength of two goals apiece by Guillermo Hernandez and Adrian Torres plus one by Rogelio Herrera.The Elite reached the finals by beating Carson FC Manchester United 2-1, South Tahoe Futbol Republic 4-1 and Sagebrush SC United 99 3-1. The Pumas Elite outscored opponents 14-3.The Galax
  
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• Carson City’s proposed apartment project on Curry

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  Downtown Carson City apartments are planned for a third-floor addition atop the former Citibank building on Curry Street, as are a couple of more units with new garages there.Announcement of the proposed 10 apartment units came from Miya MacKenzie, the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation local contact, and was accompanied Tuesday by an artist’s rendering of how the three-story structure and garages would appear after the former bank building’s rehabilitation. Tho newly constructed garage units and
  
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• Big first inning kills the Senators

  22-04-2015 09:29
  
  RENO — The afternoon started with a shoddy pre-game and it got worse from there for the Carson Senators.Damonte Ranch jumped out to a 5-0 first-inning lead and cruised to a 10-0 mercy rule win over the Senators Tuesday afternoon in a Northern Division I contest.Carson dropped to 9-8 and Damonte remained undefeated at 17-0. The teams conclude the two-game series Thursday at 6 p.m. at Ron McNutt Field. Bryce Moyle will start on the hill for Carson.Six of the first seven hitters Carson starter/l
  
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• Boy, 4, drowns in northwest valley pool

  22-04-2015 07:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4-year-old boy died Tuesday night after he was found submerged in a swimming pool, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Man wanted in Clark County child sex crimes arrested

  22-04-2015 06:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. Marshals task force in Honolulu arrested a man wanted for seven counts of sexual assault against a child and four counts of lewdness with a child, the agency said Tuesday.
  
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• Training ‘a joke’ for state prison officers

  22-04-2015 06:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers at Southern Desert Correctional Center can relate to the challenges of watching over hundreds of inmates with insufficient staffing and equipment. They say they regularly find themselves in the same predicament as officers at High Desert State Prison.
  
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• Henderson approves ice cream distribution center

  22-04-2015 06:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Despite residents’ concerns over safety and a pending lawsuit, the Henderson City Council approved a Blue Bell ice cream distribution center Tuesday night.
  
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