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• Vegas Valley medical professionals prepared for Mayweather-Pacquiao mega-fight

  27-04-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Every aspect of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao mega-fight will be dissected this week, and that includes medical contingencies being anticipated by health care professionals.
  
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• Las Vegas medical centers prepare for Mayweather-Pacquiao fight

  27-04-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Every aspect of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao mega-fight will be dissected this week, and that includes medical contingencies being anticipated by health care professionals.
  
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• Man involved in Wednesday scooter crash dies

  27-04-2015 23:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who was hospitalized after a scooter crash Wednesday in the east valley died over the weekend at University Medical Center, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Defense lawyers threaten to cut campaign support over hearsay bill

  27-04-2015 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 200 defense attorneys are threatening elected officials who support a bill that would allow for hearsay in Nevada courts.
  
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• Deadly Nevada prison brawl stokes mystery about guards, guns

  27-04-2015 23:13
  
  LAS VEGAS — This much is certain: Two handcuffed inmates at one of Nevada’s toughest prisons brawled in a hallway, and one ended up dead from several shotgun blasts. The other was declared guilty of murder, even though he never touched a gun. Prison officials acknowledged the death in November with only a short statement, and for months they never mentioned that a weapon was involved or that it had been fired by a trainee guard. Since then, the mystery of the shooting near the showers in a s
  
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• Texas tornadoes blacken sky, leave softball sized hail — PHOTOS

  27-04-2015 22:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With tornadoes touching down near Dallas on Sunday, Ryan Shepard snapped a photo of a black cloud formation reaching down to the ground. He said it was a tornado. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it looked half a mile wide.
  
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• 35 arrests — but only one stolen bike — during Laughlin River Run

  27-04-2015 22:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police made 35 arrests, mostly for misdemeanors, and got reports of only four traffic accidents during the Laughlin River Run, making the event much quieter than some past years.
  
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• Detective: Man shot North Las Vegas officer four times before being killed

  27-04-2015 21:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man shot dead by North Las Vegas police in October had run away after being stopped for traffic violations, then pulled out a gun and shot an officer four times, a detective said Monday during a public hearing that revealed new details of the death.
  
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• Detective: Man shot NLV officer four times before being killed

  27-04-2015 21:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man shot dead by North Las Vegas police in October had run away after being stopped for traffic violations, then pulled out a gun and shot an officer four times, a detective said Monday during a public hearing that revealed new details of the death.
  
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• Here’s why there are so many moths in Las Vegas right now

  27-04-2015 21:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas residents have become concerned over what seems like an increase of large moths around the valley this spring, especially at UNLV.
  
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• State may license Vegas club operators to stop drug, prostitution problems

  27-04-2015 21:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Key employees at swanky nightclubs in casino resorts in Nevada would be required to register with state gambling regulators under a bill designed to prevent unsavory workers from club-hopping and taking trouble with them.
  
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• State may license Vegas club operators to quell drug, prostitution problems

  27-04-2015 21:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Recent incidents where nightclub employees have been wrapped up in charges or investigations involving drugs or prostitution is driving a call to regulate the clubs much as the state oversees gambling.
  
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• 4 missing after storm capsizes sailboats off Alabama coast

  27-04-2015 20:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Crews searched on Monday for four people missing after powerful thunderstorms caught them by surprise and capsized their sailboats during a weekend regatta off the Alabama coast, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
  
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• Vegas girl in North Dakota trafficking case gets probation

  27-04-2015 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County Family Court Judge William Voy ordered the youth to serve 12 months formal probation. During that period she will receive in-home family counseling and will not be allowed to have contact with negative peers.
  
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• Carson City Supervisor Jim Shirk reaches out to constituents

  27-04-2015 20:31
  
  Carson City Supervisor Jim Shirk is seeking feedback from his constituents.“My goal: Improve communication between city government and citizens. Meeting members of the community on their terms will help to build community awareness. We need to find ways to broaden and deepen the community access to local government, and the first step: ease of accessibility.”Shirk says he is available six days a week, excluding Sunday, to meet at his office or at a convenient location.“I look forward to m
  
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• Engine problem forces Allegiant flight back to Las Vegas

  27-04-2015 20:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After an engine problem, an Indianapolis-bound Allegiant Air flight landed safely back at McCarran International Airport on Monday, less than 45 minutes after takeoff.
  
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• Climber records deadly Mt. Everest avalanche — VIDEO

  27-04-2015 20:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A harrowing two-minute clip shows the moment an avalanche hit Everest Base Camp on Saturday after an enormous earthquake in Nepal that has killed at least 3,900 people.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would give elected county officials 3 percent raises

  27-04-2015 20:13
  
  Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that calls for giving elected county officers 3 percent raises for each of the next four years. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee held a hearing Monday on SB482, which unanimously passed the Senate earlier this month. The bill would give raises to elected officials including sheriffs, district attorneys, clerks and county commissioners. It would also give those officers the option to refuse any part of their salaries. Representatives from the Nevada
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Big price tag on Clark County School District breakup study

  27-04-2015 20:13
  
  Lawmakers are estimating that a study on breaking up the Clark County School District within the next two years will cost close to $1 million. Assembly members reviewed the financial details of AB394 on Monday in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Republican bill sponsor Assemblyman David Gardner said the measure would charge an interim committee with studying how to break up the nation’s fifth largest school district before the 2017-18 school year. The study could cost around $800,000. G
  
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• Carson City man dies from single-vehicle crash Saturday morning

  27-04-2015 20:13
  
  A Carson City man died Saturday from injuries sustained from a single-vehicle crash.At 12:20 a.m., Nevada Highway Patrol was dispatched to the intersection of South Carson Street and Koontz Lane. Matthew Arnold, 40, was traveling northbound on South Carson Street when Arnold’s vehicle left the road on the northeast corner of South Carson Street and Koontz Lane and struck a signal light post head on. It is unknown why the car crashed, but Arnold was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the a
  
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• NLV parents shocked by teacher’s child sex abuse arrest

  27-04-2015 20:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Parents dropping off their children Monday morning at Hayden Elementary School reacted with surprise and alarm after learning the school’s music teacher faces multiple charges of child molestation.
  
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• Young Chautauqua performing Saturday at Nevada State Museum

  27-04-2015 19:37
  
  Young performers will bring historical characters to life in a chautauqua program sponsored by the Nevada State Museum from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday. Young Chautauqua, directed by Anita Watson, is an intense program of scholarship, research, rehearsal, and performance. Young chautauquans commit to developing a theatrical character in late January, then they spend months reading biographies, learning stories, and rehearsing their character in front of other young scholars at bimonthly meetings. They
  
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• Supervisor Jim Shirk reaches out to constituents

  27-04-2015 19:37
  
  Carson City Supervisor Jim Shirk is seeking feedback from his constituents.“My goal: Improve communication between city government and citizens. Meeting members of the community on their terms will help to build community awareness. We need to find ways to broaden and deepen the community access to local government, and the first step: ease of accessibility.”Shirk says he is available six days a week, excluding Sunday, to meet at his office or at a convenient location.“I look forward to m
  
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• Las Vegas police to gain 76 jobs, reopen stations to public

  27-04-2015 19:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro’s Fiscal Affairs Committee unanimously approved the $539 million budget Monday morning.
  
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• Las Vegas police to gain 101 jobs, reopen stations to public

  27-04-2015 19:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro’s Fiscal Affairs Committee unanimously approved the $539 million budget Monday morning.
  
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• Violence erupts in Baltimore after Freddie Gray funeral

  27-04-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Several Baltimore police officers were injured on Monday in violent clashes with young people after the funeral of a black man who died in police custody, and local law enforcement warned of a threat by gangs.
  
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• Baltimore police say they received threats from gangs to ‘take out’ cops

  27-04-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Baltimore police said on Monday they had received a credible threat that various gangs were partnering to “take out” law enforcement officers.
  
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• 7 cops injured; buildings looted, burned in Baltimore

  27-04-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Protesters hurled bricks, looted businesses and set fires in Baltimore on Monday, with riots breaking out just a few blocks from the funeral of Freddie Gray and then spreading through parts of Baltimore in the most violent U.S. demonstrations since looting in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.
  
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• Motorcyclist who died in Saturday crash identified

  27-04-2015 18:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The motorcyclist who was killed in a Saturday crash in North Las Vegas has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Here Comes the Hillary Clinton Campaign Circus

  27-04-2015 18:29
  Amy Chozick describes some of the spectacle that surrounds traveling with a presidential candidate, like Hillary Rodham Clinton, the one she covers.
  
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• Here Comes the Circus

  27-04-2015 18:29
  Amy Chozick describes some of the spectacle that surrounds traveling with a presidential candidate, like Hillary Rodham Clinton, the one she covers.
  
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• Man who died in Sunday crash identified

  27-04-2015 18:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 63-year-old man who died in a Sunday morning in an east valley apartment complex has been identified.
  
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• Man found shot to death in Henderson Saturday identified

  27-04-2015 18:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who was found dead in a home on the southern edge of Henderson Saturday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• White House officials, Eric Garner’s family to attend Freddie Gray’s funeral

  27-04-2015 17:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Freddie Gray will be laid to rest Monday before the country even knows what really happened to him.
  
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• Funeral for man who died in Baltimore police custody draws large crowd

  27-04-2015 17:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A white casket sat at the front of New Shiloh Baptist Church in West Baltimore as a gospel choir sang for a large crowd gathered to honor Freddie Gray.
  
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• Colo. cinema massacre trial to start today with opening statements

  27-04-2015 16:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Colorado’s long-awaited cinema massacre trial will start on Monday with jurors asked to decide whether gunman James Holmes was insane when he killed a dozen moviegoers in 2012, or a calculating mass murderer who deserves execution.
  
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• Sometimes it’s personalities, not policy, at Nevada Legislature

  27-04-2015 15:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Personalities trumped policy yet again in the Nevada Assembly last week when Assemblywoman Michele Fiore lost her temper with a GOP colleague during a hearing on her “Cliven Bundy” bill.
  
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• Startup funding: Some options to consider

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  We’ve all heard the stories about entrepreneurs who had a great idea to meet the demands of a fast-growing market, but ended up owning only a tiny sliver of a wildly profitable company. They’d given so much away to the folks who provided the money to get the firm off the ground that these entrepreneurs reaped little from their hard work.There’s another common story, however, that we hear less often: Entrepreneurs who had a great idea, refused to give up any of their company in exchange fo
  
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• Optical research firm opens in Reno

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  A Michigan-based company is expected to create 30 new jobs after establishing a facility in the South Reno area, according to officials. IMMY Inc. is a provider of 3D augmented reality and virtual reality imaging, according to the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, which made the announcement. According to EDAWN, IMMY plans to initially employ technology-related positions at an average wage of $24 per hour and invest approximately $2 million in capital equipment expenditures to de
  
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• Newmont Mining Corp moves forward with new gold mine

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  Newmont Mining Corp. will soon commence the first phase of its Long Canyon gold mine in northeastern Nevada, the company said April 8.The first phase, which consists of an open pit mine and heap leach operation, is expected to produce between 100,000 ounces and 150,000 ounces of gold over an eight-year period, the Denver-based publicly traded company said. Once in operation, Long Canyon Phase 1 is expected to directly employ 260 people. First commercial production is expected in the first half o
  
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• Need for speed

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  Randy Eakins and his dad, Bob Eakins, have operated their high-performance machine shop, East West Engineering, for more than 30 years, nearly 11 years located just east of Carson City. This duo may be quietly doing business in Nevada, but on the drag racing circuit, their products register loud and clear. The Eakinses moved to Nevada in 2003 to purchase a larger machine shop to allow for product expansion with their new high-performance clutch line. They are one of four such manufacturers in th
  
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• Museum’s rooftop embraces the sky

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  A new rooftop look is under construction for the Nevada Museum of Art Work is underway to make the original, under utilized, outdoor space into a more hospitable and elegant year-round venue.More than a year ago, museum officials took a close look at underleveraged revenue opportunities, museum Executive Director David Walker said at a recent media event to announce the project.“We have doubled our operating budget in the last five years,” Walker said. “As we continue to develop new progr
  
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• Meat the future

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is expanding its very successful meat-processing certification classes with additional Basics 1 workshops and adding a new Basics 2 program.Begun in 2012, the workshops on harvesting and processing meat are part of the extension’s Herds & Harvest Program, which began with a USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant.Half-day workshops are held at UNR’s Wolf Pack Meats plant, one of the few small meat processing plants certified
  
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• In his own words: EMPLOYERS’ Richard Hallman

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  Northern Nevada Business Weekly: Tell us about EMPLOYERS Insurance and the duties of your position?Richard Hallman: We provide workers’ compensation insurance and services to small businesses. We are always trying to be innovative with our technology that we offer to our customers. We have 85,000 customers in 31 states.EMPLOYERS is celebrating its 102nd anniversary, having started as Nevada’s State Fund in 1913. It became a mutual holding company in 2005. In 2007, the company went public an
  
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• Haul in the family

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  Michael Cassidy and his son Brian Cassidy both firmly believe that one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure. The two recently opened a Junk King franchise in Reno, just off of Mill Street.Michael retired in 2008 after 38 years in the employee benefit insurance consulting business. He sold his agency to Wells Fargo and began his search for a franchise that would have the potential to add value to Reno’s community.Brian spent the majority of his life in Glendale, Calif. He had a fair sh
  
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• Elko getting new police HQs

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  After decades conducting police business out of a building constructed as a church 65 years ago, the city of Elko has broken ground for a new police station.The $6.1 million project marks the first time the police department has occupied a building designed specifically for law enforcement. At 16,600 square feet, it’s double the footprint of the current police station.“Elko hasn’t taken on a project this big for many years,” said Mayor Chris Johnson.“It’s important for the quality o
  
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• Conference highlights rural tourism

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  Minden, Genoa and Gardnerville rolled out their best welcome mats last week as the Carson Valley hosted the 25th annual Rural Roundup, Nevada’s signature tourism conference focusing on the trends, issues and insights affecting the rural communities in the state’s six distinctive tourism territories. Delegates from dozens of statewide chambers of commerce, visitor bureaus, resorts, museums, hotels, tour companies, local governments and tourist destinations participated in interactive worksho
  
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• A longtime Sparks gem is closing

  27-04-2015 08:16
  
  W.R. Adams & Son Jewelers has long been a fixture on Victorian Avenue in Sparks for a century now.And as Sparks’ oldest continually-owned business celebrates its 100-year anniversary, its third-generation owner, Marcia Adams-Frugoli, felt it was a symbolic time to close the store for good. Adams-Frugoli, who took control of the store when her mother Louise passed away in 1990, and along with her husband, were looking forward to retirement. Add to the fact they also have no family to pass the
  
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• Man hospitalized after North Las Vegas shooting

  27-04-2015 06:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was hospitalized after being shot in North Las Vegas on Sunday night.
  
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• Carson City sees some rain — #CarsonCityLive

  27-04-2015 06:15
  
  Week of April 19-26 — We know you have incredible content to share on social media, so each week we are putting together a special post featuring all of the pictures and tweets under our tag #CarsonCityLive. Maybe you're driving home and are in awe of the sunset or Nevada's landscape, so stop and take a photo to share with us! Maybe you see something happening in Carson City or have information to report — tell us about it! Just use #CarsonCityLive and we will regram the photo on Instagram,
  
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