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• Orange is the color of Nevada construction season

  10-05-2015 23:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thanks to a new Regional Transportation Commission program that starts today, motorists will be armed with information that might ease the pain of a cone-filled commute.
  
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• Bus crash in Mexico kills 8, injures several others

  10-05-2015 23:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The cause of the crash, which occurred on a highway in the state of Tamaulipas, wasn’t immediately clear, the government said.
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter leaves Guyana early, feeling unwell

  10-05-2015 23:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 90-year-old former U.S. president traveled to the South American country to observe national elections scheduled to take place there on Monday.
  
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• NSA attempted to spy on Siemens, newspaper reports

  10-05-2015 22:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) tried to spy on industrial group Siemens with the help of German intelligence, Bild am Sonntag reported, in another potentially embarrassing development for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  
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• Judges face rising tide of parental rights termination cases

  10-05-2015 22:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cases involving the termination of parental rights — an issue that’s drawn legislative attention in the form of a bill that calls for judges in such cases to consider the length of time a child has been in foster care — are piling up in Clark County Family Court. At any given time, the court averages about 300 open cases involving termination of parental rights.
  
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• Spain finds black boxes of crashed military aircraft

  10-05-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Spain said on Sunday it had found the two black boxes from the crashed Airbus A400M military aircraft that plowed into a field north of Seville airport in its maiden test flight on Saturday, killing four of the six test crew.
  
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• Apartment fire in southwest valley displaces at least 6

  10-05-2015 20:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About 50 firefighters responded at 10:22 a.m. to the two-alarm blaze at Woodlake Villas Apartments, 4747 Pennwood Ave., near the intersection of South Decatur Boulevard and West Desert Inn Road, the department tweeted.
  
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• Accidental apartment fire forces 45 people out of homes

  10-05-2015 20:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About 50 firefighters responded at 10:22 a.m. to the two-alarm blaze at Woodlake Villas Apartments, 4747 Pennwood Ave., near the intersection of South Decatur Boulevard and West Desert Inn Road, the department tweeted.
  
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• Coroner identifies woman killed in northwest valley double homicide

  10-05-2015 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman and her 62-year-old husband were found dead about 5:40 p.m. Thursday in the bedroom of their home in the 4800 block of North Tioga Way, near Lone Mountain Road and Buffalo drive, police said.
  
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• Silver Dollars and Wooden Nickels: A mom’s blood, sweat and tears

  10-05-2015 19:29
  
  The Nevada Appeal’s Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels feature recognizes achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out other acts that missed the mark.SILVER DOLLAR: Today is Mother’s Day — one day in which moms theoretically take off from the other 364 days in which they give their blood, sweat and tears to raise their children, something they never really stop doing after their children become adults. So the reward for all that is one day in which we hopefully recip
  
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• 33 million people across the States face severe weather

  10-05-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The greatest potential for severe storms will be from parts of southeast Oklahoma into northeast and east-central Texas.
  
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• Female dead after northeast apartment shooting

  10-05-2015 18:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded about 3:45 a.m. to an apartment complex at 4868 Cleopatra Ave., near the intersection of North Nellis Boulevard and East Cheyenne Avenue.
  
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• Audience walks out of graduation after principal’s racist remarks — VIDEO

  10-05-2015 17:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The director of a Georgia school apologized for calling out “all the black people” who left a graduation ceremony during the valedictorian’s speech.
  
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• 2 police officers killed in traffic stop, suspects in custody

  10-05-2015 17:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in Mississippi arrested a man and a woman and charged them with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier as they conducted a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, a state official said.
  
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• 2 police officers killed in traffic stop, 4 suspects in custody

  10-05-2015 17:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It started as a traffic stop and ended in a hail of gunfire. Now two police officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, are dead, four suspects are facing charges and a community is mourning.
  
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• Senate votes for voice in nuclear talks with Iran

  10-05-2015 09:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Senate voted last week to give Congress a voice over the nuclear agreement being negotiated with Iran. The bill would give lawmakers a month to review the pact being negotiated among Iranian leaders, Secretary of State John Kerry, and representatives of Russia, China, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
  
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• Promoter Arum wastes little time moving past megafight probe

  10-05-2015 08:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hours after Manny Pacquiao’s shoulder surgery was declared a success this past week, boxing promoter Bob Arum considered the possibility of a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. despite losing a lackluster unanimous decision.
  
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• Seldom is heard a dissenting word from Henderson’s City Council

  10-05-2015 08:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With more than 99.4 percent of City Council votes unanimous, observers say it’s clear that council members are making decisions in private, a violation of the spirit and perhaps the letter of state open meeting laws.
  
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• Seldom is heard a dissenting word from Henderson City Council

  10-05-2015 08:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With more than 99.4 percent of City Council votes unanimous, observers say it’s clear that council members are making decisions in private, a violation of the spirit and perhaps the letter of state open meeting laws.
  
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• Sentencings are beginning of the end in Vegas HOA scandal

  10-05-2015 08:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than two-dozen cooperating defendants who will be sentenced in the next two weeks in the largest public corruption case ever brought by federal authorities in Southern Nevada.
  
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• Local sports roundup: Dayton has strong day on the track

  10-05-2015 08:21
  
  FERNLEY — Dayton High will send approximately 16 athletes to Las Vegas for next week’s state meet at Del Sol High School.The Dayton boys finished third behind Elko and Fallon, and the girls were fourth behind Truckee, Spring Creek and Elko.Zach Hawley qualified first in the discus (151-8) and the shot put (55-9 1/2), while Benji Ply was first in the high jump at 6-6 and second in the pole vault at 14-feet. J.J. Ply was second in the 110 hurdles (16.19), fourth in the high jump (6-0) and four
  
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• Carson girls track shares regional title

  10-05-2015 08:21
  
  Minutes after the conclusion of Saturday’s NIAA regional track finals, members of the Carson High girls team crowded onto the podium and mugged for the cameras.And for good reason.Led by Maddie Preston’s wins in the high jump, long jump, triple jump and a gutty anchor leg on the winning 800 relay team, the Senators tied with Galena for first place, giving Carson its first regional crown since 1992.“I knew we had the top girls like Maddie, Athena (Favero) and ValerieSue (Meyer) that could
  
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• Bennett Player of the Year

  10-05-2015 08:21
  
  Sophomore outfielder Jake Bennett became the first Western Nevada College baseball player to win the Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Year honor outright when coaches selected their postseason honorees this week.Bennett joined former Wildcat Brian Barnett, who shared the conference’s top player award in 2008. The statistics Bennett compiled in his final season with the Wildcats correspond to MVP numbers: .397 batting average, 44 runs scored, 36 RBI, 544 slugging average, 11 strik
  
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• Tesla, social media topics at economic conference

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  An ambitious, wide-ranging look at economic development across Northern Nevada is expected to draw up to 500 of the region’s leaders to Reno for the Nevada Economic Development Conference scheduled May 19-21 at the Joe Crowley Student Union at the University of Nevada, Reno.Discussion will range from an analysis of the economic impact of the Tesla gigafactory to the strategic use of social media by the tourism industry to tools and programs to recruit, retain and develop workforce. Subject ma
  
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• Reid and Schulz enjoy big days

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  Corey Reid and Ian Schulz had the Midas touch Saturday at the NIAA Northern Division I track and field finals.Reid went 3-for-3 in individual events, winning the high jump with a career-tying mark of 6-feet-6, ran a PR of 21,79 to win the 200 and set a regional mark of 47.27 to win the 400 in a photo finish over McQueen’s Connor Ross. And, if that wasn’t enough, he ran a brilliant anchor leg to lead the Senators to a third-place finish in the 800 relay.Schulz went 2-for-2, winning the shot
  
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• Proud of Carson City

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  Mayor Robert Crowell and Carson City Costco General Manager Bob Tote greeted hundreds of Costco shoppers on Saturday unveiling the #CarsonProud campaign.…
  
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• Pet wellness clinic in Carson City

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  Gary Aisles of Sierra Vetinary Hospital holds Monica Salas’ dog Chiquita while Vet Tech Carrie Breese takes his temperature Saturday at the FISH pet wellness clinic.…
  
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• Museums struggling to protect artifacts

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  Nevada’s museums are out of space and overflowing with artifacts.On top of that, some of the larger artifacts — such as the historic two-ton freight wagon that once hauled supplies between Dayton and Virginia City — are sitting in an NDOT warehouse.Museums and History Administrator Peter Barton and Museums Director Jim Barmore readily admit the situation is far from adequate. But they also admit with the other critical needs — such as K-12 education — faced by the state, they understan
  
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• Empty Bowls project returns to Carson City

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  The Empty Bowls Project returns for another year with its first event to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at the Carson City Sheriff’s Station, 911 E. Musser St.Anyone is welcome to participate at this free pottery making event to end hunger in Carson City. Empty Bowls Carson City is seeking local businesses, organizations and private donors to match the donation jar at each of its various events throughout 2015. In December, 2013, the community gathered at the Silver & Snowfla
  
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• Climate change, corporate investment part of new era of ski business at Tahoe

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — When Andy Wirth became the CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Resort in November 2010, he did so amid a precipitation-laden winter that saw enormous snow loads give skiers at Lake Tahoe plenty of coveted powder days.“That July 4 (2011), Squaw Valley had five chairlifts open,” Wirth said.Fast forward about half a year, and on Dec. 28, 2011, during a crucial holiday weekend for ski business revenue, the site of the 1960 Olympics had a paltry two chairlifts spinning.The anecdote ext
  
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• Carson High students heading to nationals

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  There is no school on Monday for freshmen, sophomores and juniors as the seniors will be presenting their senior project boards to community members. DEBATE gears up for nationals CHS Speech and Debate will be holding several fundraisers to help cover the cost of the National Tournament this June in Dallas. The team will have a booth at the 150th celebration at the Nevada Appeal, 580 Mallory Way on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The team will have information on the national topics, what debate
  
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• Carson High School business team seeking donations for national competition

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  A local business organization has donated $4,000 — and is calling on the community to match it — to send Carson High School’s Future Business Leaders of America students to the national convention. “Our New Entrepreneur Network is working with the schools to encourage students to start thinking about their futures,” said Miya MacKenzie, chief professional officer of the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation, which funds the New Entrepreneur Network. “Hearing about these students who are goin
  
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• Amodei: no Senate run, but maybe Gov. or AG

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  U.S. Representative Mark Amodei of Carson City told the Reno Gazette-Journal on Friday he wouldn’t run for the U.S. Senate, saying his future political plans would likely eventually be on the state level.The Republican Congressman said he’s committed to running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016. That essentially would rule out a run to fill Harry Reid’s U.S. Senate seat in Nevada. Reid is retiring after this term, so he will leave his seat vacant, which will be
  
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• Dayton gets ‘Eck’ of a coach

  10-05-2015 08:09
  
  The Dayton Dust Devils didn’t have far to go to find their new varsity football head coach.Tom Eck, 51, a former assistant coach at Santa Barbara High School and currently a custodian at the school, has been tabbed to replace Rob Turner, who resigned at the end of the 2014 season.“I’m really excited about the opportunity,” Eck said in a phone interview Friday night. “I’m working on trying to fill out my staff. I’ve been talking to coach Turner and picking coach (Rick) Walker’s b
  
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• It’s cloudy, but Las Vegas shouldn’t see much rain

  10-05-2015 04:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas skies may look threatening, but the National Weather Service doesn’t expect much rain at Rock in Rio.
  
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• Metro asks for help finding missing woman

  10-05-2015 04:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police Saturday evening asked for the public’s helping finding a missing woman who may be in danger.
  
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• Man fatally shot at apartments near Boulevard Mall

  10-05-2015 03:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers and medical units were called about 3:45 p.m. to the 1500 block of East Katie Avenue where a man was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
  
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• Letter carriers deliver for Stamp Out Hunger — PHOTOS

  10-05-2015 02:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Letter carriers around the Las Vegas Valley did double-duty on Saturday. While delivering and picking up mail, they also retrieved bags of food as part of the Stamp Out Hunger program.
  
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• 1 person killed, another injured in Texas tornado

  10-05-2015 01:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one person died during Saturday’s storm that brought a tornado to Cisco, Texas, fire Chief Walter Fairbanks tells CNN. One person was critically injured.
  
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• Beagle celebration marks 1-year anniversary for lab test dogs

  10-05-2015 00:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Beagle Freedom Project on Saturday celebrated the one-year anniversary of nine dogs being adopted in Nevada after living in a laboratory their whole lives.
  
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