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• Mothers, daughters unite to pursue bakery dreams

  09-05-2015 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mothers and daughters uniting to pursue bakery dreams is a common theme. Here are three of their stories.
  
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• Mothers, daughters find sweet success in bakery dreams

  09-05-2015 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For the past five months, Heidi Heath has been serving up her grandmother’s cheesecake recipes alongside her mother, Kathy Bastian, at Gotta Love Cheesecake.
  
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• NB I-15 crash cleared; traffic flowing again

  09-05-2015 22:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Traffic on northbound Interstate 15 is flowing again after a Saturday afternoon crash shut down some lanes near the Charleston Boulevard exit.
  
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• Crash shuts down 2 lanes of NB I-15, slows traffic

  09-05-2015 22:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Traffic on northbound Interstate 15 is crawling while Nevada Highway Patrol investigates a crash near Charleston in the left two lanes, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
  
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• Advocate calls for stronger laws to protect students from sexual predators

  09-05-2015 21:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Through interviews with school district leaders, Nevada education officials and child welfare advocates, the Review-Journal discovered state laws and local policies that provide loopholes educators can use to evade detection and discipline in cases of suspected sex abuse.
  
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• Russia celebrates victory anniversary, boycotted by Western leaders

  09-05-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Russia marked 70 years since the victory over Nazi Germany on Saturday with a spectacular parade in Moscow featuring some 16,000 soldiers, 200 armored vehicles and 150 planes and helicopters.
  
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• Nevada Legislature Week 15: Deadlines, taxes, taxi offensive

  09-05-2015 21:13
  
  The pace is picking up for the 15th week of the Nevada Legislature, with a major deadline for passing bills looming and time running out to hammer out details of a plan to pay for Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed $7.4 billion budget. A battle over the Uber ride-hailing service remains unresolved, dozens of bills await a signature or veto from the governor, and the flow of potential presidential candidates to Nevada continues with a visit from Jeb Bush. Here are things to watch in the upcoming w
  
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• Family killed in Atlanta plane crash was headed to graduation

  09-05-2015 19:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Truck driver Gerald Smith glanced to his right and saw a small plane flying low and toward him as he motored along a busy Atlanta-area highway Friday morning.
  
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• 1 wounded in shooting police say could be gang related

  09-05-2015 19:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just before 10 p.m. Friday, police were called to the 2500 block of Karen Avenue, near the intersection of Sahara and Eastern avenues. Callers reported hearing three or four gunshots.
  
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• 1 person injured in apartment shooting, possibly gang-related

  09-05-2015 19:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded just before 10 p.m. Friday to the 2500 block of Karen Avenue, near the intersection of Sahara and Eastern avenues, to reports of three or four shots fired.
  
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• Northwest 215 Beltway work targeted for mid-July start

  09-05-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bids will soon be considered for the intersections of Lone Mountain Road and the 215 Beltway and Ann Road at the 215, and an overpass at Centennial Parkway, said Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown.
  
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• Tropical storm to hit shores of Carolinas Sunday morning

  09-05-2015 18:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The center of Tropical Storm Ana churned in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday morning, about 110 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as of 8 a.m. ET.
  
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• Military plane crash in Spain kills at least 3

  09-05-2015 18:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least three people are dead and two seriously injured after a military plane crashed Saturday about a mile north of Seville’s airport in southern Spain, the emergency service for the Andalucia region said.
  
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• Violent clashes lead to Iraqi prison break

  09-05-2015 17:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens of prisoners — including some facing terrorism charges — were able to break out after deadly clashes with prison guards in the town of Al-Khalis, north of Baghdad, on Friday, Iraq’s Ministry of Interior spokesman told CNN.
  
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• WHO declares Liberia Ebola-free

  09-05-2015 16:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday after 42 days without a new case of the deadly virus, which killed more than 4,700 people there during a year-long epidemic.
  
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• Teri Vance: Students learn art of imperfection

  09-05-2015 08:52
  Reed Barbarigos, 9, worked on a watercolor painting Thursday.“I’m making a forest, and I’m trying to make a lake right now,” he said. “I think mine is beautiful.”Students at Fritsch Elementary School spent the day learning different techniques, such as ceramics, oil pastels and watercolor, from four artists in residence. “Art brings a new perspective and a different way of looking at things for each child,” said Sarah Billings, a member of the school’s parent-teacher associati
  

• Seriah’s Legacy rides into Stagecoach

  09-05-2015 08:52
  Nevada moviegoers may be seeing a familiar landscape in a new feature film.Seriah’s Legacy, a movie about the controversy surrounding wild horses and the slaughterhouse, was filmed in Stagecoach. Executive producer and writer of Seriah’s Legacy Julie Kaufmann said that she chose this area because of the recent talks about wild horses.The film is about a young girl, Emily, who risks her life to save a wild horse that she names Seriah from being auctioned to a slaughterhouse and decides to pr
  

• Nevada Legislature: Uber letdown: Tax fails in Senate

  09-05-2015 08:52
  The bill to raise money for the UNLV Medical School and possibly provide more funding for Western Nevada and Great Basin Colleges by taxing taxicabs and ride sharing services such as Uber failed in the Senate Friday, falling just one vote short of a two-thirds majority.The vote came after Sen. Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, questioned estimates AB175 would generate up to $100 million over the biennium, mostly through a 3 percent tax on all cab and ride-share fares.“Be assured it will raise at least t
  

• Nevada Capital Investment Board seeking applications

  09-05-2015 08:52
  State Treasurer Dan Schwartz is looking for financial professionals willing to serve on the Nevada Capital Investment Board.That panel oversees the $50 million Silver State Opportunity Fund.It consists of the treasurer himself and six appointees named by various officials and meets quarterly to evaluate the manager’s performance and specific investments proposed by contract manager Hamilton Lane.He said interested individuals can contact the treasurer’s office at sldombrowski@nevadatreasure
  

• Kingsbury Grade highway work done

  09-05-2015 08:52
  Highway work on Kingsbury Grade is finished for the season, according to the contractor who conducted a major repaving of the main route between Caron Valley and Lake Tahoe.Q&D Construction Vice President Chris Barrett said there was a little bit of clean-up work the company completed last week.“We had to go back in at TRPA direction and fix some of the rip rap, but there is no construction this year,” Barett said. “You are done.”Two closures of the Grade in May and September 2014 were a
  

• Judge calls for jury trial in case of escaped prisoner

  09-05-2015 08:52
  The preliminary hearing for Duffy Thomas and Sarah Thomas, two siblings associated with an escape and theft from Carson City deputies, concluded on Friday with the judge ruling there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial.An arraignment for the siblings is scheduled for May 18, and a trial date will be set at that time. Duffy Thomas was arrested on April 10 for attempted escape by a felony prisoner, and two counts of grand larceny after he allegedly agreed to be a confidential informan
  

• Carson City’s Whitt sets record

  09-05-2015 08:52
  He earns 14th save in Wolf Pack’s victoryOMAHA, Neb. — Junior Adam Whitt of Carson City set the program record for saves in a season and helped No. 22 Nevada win a nail-biter in its first-ever game at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. The Wolf Pack (39-12) downed Creighton, 5-4, Friday night behind two scoreless innings from Whitt, who picked up his 14th save, and Bryce Greager’s go-ahead, two-RBI single in the eighth inning.Trailing by one in the eighth with two runners in scoring position, Grea
  

• Carson City’s Glover, Pierce enter Assembly Wall of Distinction

  09-05-2015 08:52
  Carson City’s Alan Glover and the late Peggy Pierce of Las Vegas were inducted into the Assembly Wall of Distinction on Friday.They bring the total membership of that club to 16 former lawmakers and outstanding staff.Glover was praised for his total 38 years of public service including 10 years in the Assembly, four years in the state Senate. After that, he was elected Carson City Clerk-Recorder in 1992 and served in that position for 20 years, retiring this past December.Assemblyman P.K. O�
  

• Assembly, Senate panels approve PERS budget

  09-05-2015 08:52
  The Senate and Assembly money committees on Friday both approved the operating budget for the Public Employees Retirement System.The decision includes adding a General Counsel for PERS to begin handling litigation in-house instead of hiring outside counsel for those cases.Assemblyman Randy Kirner, R-Reno, said the approval has nothing to do with his AB190 bill that would essentially convert PERS into a supported 401K plan for all new hires.That bill stalled in the Assembly Ways and Means Commit
  

• Cardiac victim has firefighters to thank for his life

  09-05-2015 08:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sometimes the efforts of the paid and volunteer teams of forestry firefighters come together in beautiful way. A cardiac incident just after 7 a.m. on April 25 at Mt. Charleston Hotel was one such event.
  
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• RSVP Spring Fair in Carson City

  09-05-2015 08:46
  
  Matilda Munoz, 4, waves to her parents while she and her brother Sebastian, 2, enjoy the little boat ride at the Rural Counties Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) fair and carnival at Mills Park Friday evening. All proceeds go toward services for Carson City seniors designed to assist them to remain independent and in their own homes with dignity. The fair is open again at 2 p.m. today and noon Sunday.…
  
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• Local sports roundup: Carson City’s WNC baseball, softball eliminated

  09-05-2015 08:46
  
  Just when it looked as if Western Nevada College was going to make a late-inning rally against Salt Lake on Friday night, reliever Jared White had other ideas.White escaped a two base runner, no-out jam in the eighth inning unscathed to protect a 4-2 victory over the Wildcats in a Region 18 Baseball Tournament elimination game in Henderson.The win ends the Wildcats’ season and sends Salt Lake into the tournament title game against host College of Southern Nevada today.Salt Lake proved to be a
  
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• Carter among leaders for Carson in regionals

  09-05-2015 08:46
  
  Steph Curry knows at the moment of release if a shot has a chance of going down. Buster Posey knows at the point of contact whether the ball has a chance to leave the yard.Surprisingly enough when Carson High junior Asa Carter hit the takeoff board for his first triple-jump attempt at last week’s regional track trials, he claimed he didn’t know just how good his jump would be.It was a beauty, 46-6 1/4 to be exact, which was a school record and vaulted him into a tie for the state’s Divisio
  
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• Carson High girls hoop program has new coach

  09-05-2015 08:46
  
  Melissa Larsen, one of the best basketball players in Carson High history, has been named the school’s new head girls basketball coach.Larson takes over for Nathan Tolbert, who resigned after three seasons on the job. Tolbert compiled a 12-16 record last year.Larsen, Tolbert’s top assistant for three years, was selected over former coach Todd Ackerman and CHS JV boys coach Doug Whisler for the position. She was part of two state championship teams in 1989 and 1990 under Alana Williams.“Th
  
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• Carson City’s Cracker Box celebrates 35 years

  09-05-2015 08:46
  
  A Cracker Box commemoration of 35 years in business attracted dignitaries Friday as breakfast patrons at the Carson City restaurant enjoyed breakfast and watched.Mayor Robert Crowell and the city’s four supervisors, as well as a representative of Congressman Mark Amodei, were on hand for the celebration. Proclamations and the like abounded, with the mayor reading a certificate recognizing the achievement. He said the Cracker Box and Jerry Massad, the owner, had forged a restaurant reputation t
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of battery by a prisoner

  09-05-2015 08:46
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.THURSDAYAt 1:23 p.m., Joshua Floyd, 24, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of battery by a prisoner after deputies observed him and another inmate fighting in the Carson City jail. Bail was set at $20,000.At 4:20 p.m., a 21-year-old transient man was arrested on suspicion of petit larceny after deputies responded to reports of a theft at the Highway 50 Savemart. Bail was se
  
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• Woman conceives twins with different dads

  09-05-2015 07:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A New Jersey father has been ordered to pay child support for one girl in a set of twins after DNA tests proved he is not the father of both, according to court documents.
  
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• DNA test proves twins have different fathers

  09-05-2015 07:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A New Jersey father has been ordered to pay child support for one girl in a set of twins after DNA tests proved he is not the father of both, according to court documents.
  
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• Advocates concerned about porn links on North Las Vegas mayor’s iPad

  09-05-2015 04:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A child advocacy group on Friday said North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee’s statements to police regarding suspected child pornography on his iPad leave the public with disturbing questions.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bill would allow more concealed guns in public buildings

  09-05-2015 04:45
  
  Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would make it easier to carry a concealed firearm in a public building. Republican Assemblyman John Ellison presented AB352 to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday. The measure already passed the Assembly on a 26-14 vote. The bill would allow concealed weapon permit holders to bring a concealed firearm into most any public building, like a police station. Buildings that don’t allow guns would need to have a metal detector and a sign outside indic
  
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• Lack of children’s mental health services impacts hospital ERs

  09-05-2015 04:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The number of mentally ill adults going to Southern Nevada emergency rooms has significantly decreased, but the number of children in the same situation is growing, state lawmakers were told this week by experts in the field.
  
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• San Francisco criminal cases dismissed over bias concerns

  09-05-2015 04:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  San Francisco prosecutors reviewing thousands of arrests linked to 14 police officers who traded racist and homophobic text messages have dismissed eight criminal cases in an ongoing review, the District Attorney’s Office said on Friday.
  
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• Thousands gather to honor slain NYC police officer

  09-05-2015 03:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A sea of blue Friday honored New York police officer Brian Moore — nearly a week after he was shot and killed while on duty — as a devoted son and brother, and a cop’s cop who was a rising star in an elite anti-crime unit.
  
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• Northwest Arizona man told police he shot girlfriend twice in head

  09-05-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A northwest Arizona man charged with murdering his girlfriend told police he shot her twice in the back of the head before he used her Jeep Wrangler to move the body to the southern part of the state and hide it, according to authorities.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Committee passes bill lifting winery ban in counties

  09-05-2015 02:29
  
  A Nevada Senate committee has passed a compromise bill that repeals the state’s partial ban on wineries. Members of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee approved AB4 on Friday. It now heads to the Senate floor. The bill would repeal a state law prohibiting wineries in Clark and Washoe counties from importing wine from other states or serving alcoholic beverages on their premises. A winery in Pahrump initially opposed the bill, saying that changing the law too quickly could harm the state�
  
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• Nevada Legislature: ‘Revenge porn’ ban vetted by lawmakers

  09-05-2015 01:59
  
  Nevada lawmakers are reviewing an expansive sex-crime bill that would make “revenge porn” a crime. The bill would make it a felony post explicit photos on a website with the intent to harass or terrorize the victim. Supporters say 17 other states have passed legislation prohibiting jilted lovers and hackers from posting sexually explicit images online. Senators reviewed AB 49 on Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The measure also toughens penalties on sexual crimes against children,
  
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• 12 seriously injured after suicide bomber attack

  09-05-2015 01:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A gunman wearing a suicide bomb vest attacked a school in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state Friday morning, leaving 12 people seriously injured and the attacker dead, according to a police source and students who witnessed the attack.
  
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• Chairman: Nevada monument needs public input

  09-05-2015 01:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is committing “executive abuse” in reportedly moving to create a national monument in rural Nevada, according to a House chairman who says Congress should have a voice.
  
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• Police need help finding man from April homicide

  09-05-2015 01:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Detectives want to question Ivory Hawkins, 63, police said in a news release.
  
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• Man in southwest valley murder-suicide identified

  09-05-2015 01:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of two people found dead on Wednesday in what Metro called a murder-suicide was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Friday.
  
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• Tom Collins sets campaign fundraiser, but won’t say what for

  09-05-2015 01:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins has a campaign fundraiser scheduled for his 65th birthday on June 22. The invitation to the $65-a-head event hints broadly at his already-public interest in running for mayor of North Las Vegas.
  
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• Nevada State College’s largest class prepares to graduate

  09-05-2015 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The highest number of Nevada State College graduates — 350 to be exact — will walk across the stage at the Henderson Pavilion on Saturday as part of the biggest commencement ceremony in the college’s 13-year history.
  
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• Nevada State College’s largest class of grads prepare to turn their tassels

  09-05-2015 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The highest number of Nevada State College graduates — 350 to be exact — will walk across the stage at the Henderson Pavilion on Saturday as part of the biggest commencement ceremony in the college’s 13-year history.
  
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• South valley fire prompts building evacuation

  09-05-2015 00:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Fire crews are battling a blaze in the south valley, according to the Clark County Fire Department. No one has been injured, but a two-story, multi-family building was evacuated.
  
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• Del. police release video of white officer kicking black suspect

  09-05-2015 00:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in Delaware have released video from a 2013 incident showing a black suspect being kicked in the face by a white officer who has been charged with assault.
  
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