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• Recent SCOTUS actions hint at legalization of gay marriage

  26-04-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court’s arguments on Tuesday over same-sex marriage will cap more than two decades of litigation and a transformation in public attitudes.
  
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• Man involved in fatal crash arrested on DUI charges

  26-04-2015 23:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers were called to the intersection about 4:30 p.m. where they found a 26-year-old North Las Vegas motorcyclist suffering from critical injuries, police said. He died soon after at University Medical Center.
  
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• News in brief: Js’ Bistro holding spaghetti feed; Dayton community roast May 2; FISH celebration planned; and more

  26-04-2015 22:39
  
  Spaghetti feed to raise money for upcoming health eventsJs’ Old Town Bistro, 30 Pike St. in Dayton, is hosting a spaghetti feed fundraiser from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday to help fund the Remote Area Medical health events coming to the area later this year. RAM will hold health clinics, sponsored by Healthy Communities Coalition, in both Carson City and Lyon County later this year. The organization will bring its mobile clinic to provide health screenings, immunizations, as well as dental and visi
  
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• Scooterist dead after east valley crash

  26-04-2015 22:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded just before 4 a.m. to East Owens Avenue, at North Linn Lane, where a 2008 Jonway scooter collided with a 1998 Jeep Cherokee, police wrote in a release Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Scooter rider killed in east valley crash

  26-04-2015 22:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded just before 4 a.m. to East Owens Avenue, at North Linn Lane, where a 2008 Jonway scooter collided with a 1998 Jeep Cherokee, police wrote in a release Sunday afternoon.
  
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• News in brief: J’s Bistro hold spaghetti feed; Dayton community roast May 2; FISH celebration planned; and more

  26-04-2015 21:52
  
  Spaghetti feed to raise money for upcoming health eventsJ’s Old Town Bistro, 30 Pike St. in Dayton, is hosting a spaghetti feed fundraiser from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday to help fund the Remote Area Medical health events coming to the area later this year. RAM will hold health clinics, sponsored by Healthy Communities Coalition, in both Carson City and Lyon County later this year. The organization will bring its mobile clinic to provide health screenings, immunizations, as well as dental and visi
  
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• 63-year-old man dead after Sunday morning crash

  26-04-2015 21:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded just before 6:30 a.m. to the crash in an apartment complex at 1950 N. Walnut Road, near East Lake Mead Boulevard, Metro wrote in a release Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Chilean authorities worry about next eruption of unstable volcano

  26-04-2015 20:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Chilean volcano Calbuco was quieter on Sunday after unexpectedly erupting last week and puffing out plumes of gray ash, but authorities said it could erupt again and worries about the environmental impact grew.
  
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• MGM’s Fight of the Century will be Traffic Jam of the Century

  26-04-2015 20:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Fight traffic alert: People who want to get a sniff of fight night ambience are being warned that the MGM Grand is not the place to be Saturday unless you have a ticket to get inside the arena to watch Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather make history.
  
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• Store owners recovering from handful of violent protestors

  26-04-2015 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As a funeral home opened its doors for Freddie Gray’s wake Sunday, a few store owners were clearing the mess from the destruction caused by a handful of protesters the night before.
  
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• Three Americans among 2,500 killed in Nepal earthquake

  26-04-2015 17:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three Americans died in a massive avalanche triggered by the devastating Nepal earthquake, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday, including a medic and a filmmaker who were at a base camp for Mount Everest climbers.
  
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• Nepal earthquake death toll surpasses 3,200

  26-04-2015 17:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death toll in Nepal from the devastating earthquake that struck two days ago has risen to 3,218, Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs spokesman Laxmi Dhakal said Monday.
  
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• Google executive killed while hiking Everest during earthquake

  26-04-2015 17:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Google executive Dan Fredinburg died while climbing Mt. Everest during the massive Nepal earthquake on Saturday.
  
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• George W. Bush Opens Up About 2016 Race

  26-04-2015 12:16
  The former president suggests that his last name was a burden to his brother, the likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
  
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• Senator Square: Juniors taking ACT test on Tuesday

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  On Tuesday, only juniors will be attending school at CHS. The state mandated ACT test will be given during the day for juniors. Freshmen, sophomores and seniors get the day off. However, proficiencies also will be given that day to some seniors. Seniors who need to take proficiencies have been notified by the school. School is in normal session the rest of the days of the week, including Monday, originally scheduled to be an early release. Due to the day off on Tuesdays for everyone but juniors
  
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• Nevada Legislature Week 13: Lawsuits, guns and money

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  Lawmakers face a major milestone in Week 13 of the Nevada Legislature, as the state’s independent Economic Forum prepares to provide critical information on projected state revenue for the next two years. The five-person group will meet Friday and will kick off a frantic four-week debate and negotiation over building a tax package funding Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $7.3 billion budget. Lawmakers will continue vetting measures enabling state colleges to ban tobacco and limiting the amount of mone
  
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• Kiwanis picks up trash at Mormon Station Park

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  Kiwanians from the Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley and Kiwanis Club of Sierra Nevada with four Douglas High School K-Club members and one student from Aspire Academy raked leaves, picked up trash and spruced up Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa on Saturday. The historic park will host the annual Cowboy Poetry from April 30 to May 3.Park Supervisor Jennifer Dawson had a variety of donuts, coffee and water to keep the volunteers going as they cleaned up the park. “I want to thank the Kiw
  
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• Gift from Mallory family to upgrade Carson Tahoe Health emergency room

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  A Mallory Emergency Department joins the Mallory Foundation Triage Lobby at Carson Tahoe Health’s hospital emergency room complex after a $500,000 gift to improve access and safety there. The donation from the Carson City-based foundation of the late Jean Mallory, philanthropist and daughter of automotive inventor/entrepreneur Marion Mallory, brings the total funneled into the Carson Tahoe Health (CTH) complex to $1.7 million since 1989. The most recent prior gift was for $200,000 to provide
  
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• Carson City’s Comstock Shootout

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  CV United defender Madison Smalley takes the ball away from a Pacifica Barracuda player Saturday at Edmonds Sports Complex.…
  
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• Bryan Bowers to perform at Brewery Arts Center Saturday

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  Bryan Bowers will bring to Carson City Saturday night his heralded story telling, song writing and musical skills.They have been honed by a lifetime of laser beam interest in a rich tapestry of material, and will be on display for performing arts fans at the Brewery Arts Center.The audience likely will be treated during his appearance in the Maize Harris Jesse Black Box Theater to Bowers’ autoharp renditions of the Beatles’ “Let It Be,” his own “Berkely Woman” — which both he and J
  
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• Beer and pizza in Carson City

  26-04-2015 09:06
  
  Lagunitas Brewing Company’s Andrew Huber serves a ‘Czech Style’ beer to Carson City’s Debora McCurry as Nancy Flowers (right) looks on at the Rotary Club’s Beer and Pizza Championships at the Carson Mall Saturday evening.…
  
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• Silver and Blue football scrimmage

  26-04-2015 08:51
  
  Nevada’s Ahki Muhammad takes down running back James Butler in the Silver and Blue football game at Mackay Stadium.…
  
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• Local sports roundup: Reid wins two events at Big George meet

  26-04-2015 08:51
  
  MINDEN — Corey Reid ran to gold medals in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and the 800 on Saturday to highlight performances by the short-handed Carson Senators during the eighth annual Big George Invitational hosted by Douglas High School.While most of Carson’s squad stayed home due to rain earlier in the day, Reid won both of the events he entered within an hour of each other. The senior dashed 39.17 in the 300 hurdles, the fastest time in Northern Nevada so far this season. Reid later w
  
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• Dayton students learn about water cycle to celebrate Earth Day

  26-04-2015 08:51
  
  To celebrate Earth Day, first-graders at Riverview Elementary in Dayton learned about the water cycle, how seeds grow, and their community water system on Wednesday.The students also learned the importance protecting the earth’s air and water for future generations. Second-graders learned about bicycle safety thanks to the efforts of Cortney Bloomer, with the Western Nevada Safe Routes to School Program.The Earth Day event was coordinated By USDA Rural Development in Carson City and Riverview
  
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• Darrell Moody: A big win for Carson’s Perkins in Big Easy

  26-04-2015 08:51
  
  The third time was a charm for Carson City native Barbara Perkins.The 26-year-old Perkins, a 2007 Carson High graduate and a current Bloomington, Ind., resident, competed at the 70.3 New Orleans Half-Ironman Triathlon on April 19. It was her third such event, which consisted of a 1.2 mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run, and her first victory.Perkins, who competed in the 25-29 age group, covered the swim in 22-minutes 54-seconds, the bike ride in 2-hours 45-minutes 58-seconds and t
  
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• Cougars’ pitching shuts down Senators

  26-04-2015 08:51
  
  There’s a reason why Spanish Springs has been a perennial powerhouse in Northern Nevada softball — pitching.The Cougars’ two aces — Ally Batastini and Hayley Fein — faced Carson’s young lineup and dominated. In the opener, the Cougars won 11-0 in six innings as Batastini tossed a 5-hitter, and Fein one-upped her teammate in the second game, tossing a no-hitter in a 14-0 win.Carson fell to 3-15 with four games left in the regular season — Tuesday at Wooster, Thursday at home agains
  
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• Carson City’s WNC baseball wins home finale

  26-04-2015 08:51
  
  Sophomore Day for the Western Nevada College baseball team brought some morning rain and a little hail from the skies above, as well an emotionally charged effort by the Wildcats, playing their final home game of the regular season Saturday at John L. Harvey Field.Sophomores Kody Reynolds and Brandon Lapointe combined to knock in five runs and sophomore hurler Thomas Kerr pitched five innings and fanned eight — both career highs — as the Wildcats downed Utah State University Eastern, 7-1.�
  
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• Volunteer work helps sex offender deal with past, build a future

  26-04-2015 07:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “Yes, he’s had problems. Yes, he went to prison. Yes, he’s done wrong. But I think he’s trying to make it right now.”
  
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• Champion eaters hot dog their way to honors — PHOTOS

  26-04-2015 07:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Matt Stonie and Michelle Lesco earned the title of “Nevada Hot Dog Eating Champions” on Saturday at New York-New York.
  
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• UNLV researcher earns Reid award for teen pregnancy work

  26-04-2015 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ramona Denby-Brinson is taking one for UNLV’s team of social science researchers. She is the 2015 recipient of the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award.
  
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• BMX riders get on track in Henderson — PHOTOS

  26-04-2015 05:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  BMX riders and Henderson officials celebrated the grand opening of the Whitney Mesa BMX track Saturday.
  
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• BMX riders celebrate Henderson track opening — PHOTOS

  26-04-2015 05:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  BMX riders and Henderson officials celebrated the grand opening of the Whitney Mesa BMX track Saturday.
  
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• Rider dies during Virginia City Grand Prix

  26-04-2015 05:13
  
  A man died in a crash during the Virginia City Grand Prix motorcycle race Saturday, the Storey County Sheriff’s Office reported.Robin R. Schmidt, 59, of Livermore, Calif., was pronounced dead just before 3 p.m.Storey County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of the 400 block of P Street in Virginia City, responding to a report of an injured rider during the Virginia City Grand Prix, held on a single track, 25-30 mile course in and around Virginia City. Deputies responded with Story Co
  
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• Reports of police confrontation, damage after 2,000 protest in Baltimore

  26-04-2015 04:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 2,000 people marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody, and authorities said some demonstrators threw objects at officers and broke windows.
  
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• Man, 67, found slain in Henderson

  26-04-2015 03:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 67-year-old man was found slain in a home on the southern edge of Henderson Saturday morning, police said.
  
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• Washington Digest: Senate confirms Lynch as new AG

  26-04-2015 03:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Senate broke a five-month impasse last week in voting to confirm federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to become attorney general.
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after crash at Washburn, Camino Al Norte

  26-04-2015 02:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV at Washburn Road and Camino Al Norte on Saturday, North Las Vegas police.
  
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• Motorcyclist critically injured at Washburn, Camino Al Norte; street closed

  26-04-2015 02:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash with an SUV at Washburn Road and Camino Al Norte on Saturday afternoon, closing the intersection, North Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Winds, rain bring slick-road warning in Las Vegas

  26-04-2015 01:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If strong winds and thunderstorms don’t keep you off Las Vegas Valley roads Saturday evening, the National Weather Service is warning you to slow down.
  
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• Winds, light rain bring slick-road warning in Las Vegas

  26-04-2015 01:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If strong winds and thunderstorms don’t keep you off Las Vegas Valley roads Saturday evening, the National Weather Service is warning you to slow down.
  
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• Record rainfall dampens Las Vegas

  26-04-2015 01:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A record rainfall hit the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday but caused no apparent damage, other than a lot of filthy vehicles.
  
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• Comic Con offers chance to get your ‘Walking Dead’ on in Vegas

  26-04-2015 00:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of fun-seekers flocked to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Saturday to delve into their favorite movies, television shows and comic books at Wizard World Comic Con.
  
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• Comic Con lets you get your ‘Walking Dead’ on in Vegas — PHOTOS

  26-04-2015 00:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of fun-seekers flocked to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Saturday to delve into their favorite movies, television shows and comic books at Wizard World Comic Con.
  
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• Grandmother calls for changes to Clark County child abuse hotline

  26-04-2015 00:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Before two of her grandchildren died while in the care of their meth-addicted mother, Mary Lafia called in multiple reports to the Clark County Department of Family Services’ child abuse hotline.
  
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• Grandmother calls for changes to child abuse hotline

  26-04-2015 00:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Before two of her grandchildren died while in the care of their meth-addicted mother, Mary Lafia called in multiple reports to the Clark County Department of Family Services’ child abuse hotline. The children died in a 2012 fire and the grandmother says the county bears a share of the blame.
  
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• Supporters plan fundraiser for officer struck by car

  26-04-2015 00:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  They are often the targets of fists, knives and bullets, but police also have to face the same everyday dangers as the rest of the community. Even the biggest, bravest cop can get hit by a car.
  
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• Supporters plan fundraiser for Metro officer struck by car

  26-04-2015 00:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  They are often the targets of fists, knives and bullets, but police also have to face the same everyday dangers as the rest of the community. Even the biggest, bravest cop can get hit by a car.
  
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• County launches massive Strip pedestrian project

  26-04-2015 00:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s going to be more difficult than ever for tourists to bump into things on the Strip. Clark County has started relocating posts, sign poles and fire hydrants.
  
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