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• Las Vegas bank backs off medical marijuana accounts

  15-05-2015 23:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas bank that had planned to offer accounts to medical marijuana businesses has backed off, citing the astronomical cost of complying with federal regulations.
  
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• Metro names suspect in stabbing death

  15-05-2015 23:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police have identified a suspect in the stabbing death near a central valley apartment complex Monday night , the department said Friday.
  
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• Legends (lingerie) Football League defaults in Vegas lawsuit

  15-05-2015 23:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robin Johnson, a former Las Vegas Sin player, filed the lawsuit in August in federal court. It accuses the league of failing to pay required minimum wage and overtime to hundreds of employees.
  
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• Disappearance of Antarctic ice shelf could affect coastlines

  15-05-2015 23:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The last intact section of one of Antarctica’s mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years, contributing further to rising sea levels, according to a NASA study released on Thursday.
  
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• Henderson council considers massage parlor moratorium

  15-05-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson might impose a moratorium on new massage parlors as it plans to rewrite city laws — yet again — to combat a small number of businesses that officials say are fronts for prostitution.
  
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• Henderson considers massage parlor moratorium to combat prostitution

  15-05-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson might impose a moratorium on new massage parlors as it plans to rewrite city laws — yet again — to combat a small number of businesses that officials say are fronts for prostitution.
  
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• bin Laden deputy gets life sentence for ‘98 African embassy bombings

  15-05-2015 22:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Saudi man whom U.S. authorities described as a top Osama bin Laden deputy was sentenced to life in prison on Friday in connection with the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
  
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• Las Vegas police arrest man in California slaying

  15-05-2015 22:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man police called a “dangerous” fugitive who was wanted in California in connection with a homicide was arrested Friday in Las Vegas, according to police.
  
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• Tsarnaev sentenced to death on some counts in Boston Marathon bombing case

  15-05-2015 21:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death on some counts in the Boston Marathon bombing case.
  
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• Grand jury indicts man shot by police during burglary

  15-05-2015 21:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man shot by police in the midst of an alleged residential burglary in Las Vegas last month has been indicted, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Metro captain reinstated after demotion for Guns N’ Roses helicopter tour

  15-05-2015 21:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Capt. David O’Leary had retired rather than take demotion after it became known that he arranged a private helicopter tour for DJ Ashba, lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses, in August 2013.
  
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• Board reinstates Metro captain demoted for Guns N’ Roses helicopter tour

  15-05-2015 21:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Capt. David O’Leary had retired rather than take demotion after it became known that he arranged a private helicopter tour for DJ Ashba, lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses, in August 2013.
  
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• Man arrested in fatal shooting near Boulevard Mall

  15-05-2015 20:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Saturday’s fatal shooting at an apartment complex near the Boulevard Mall, according to an arrest report.
  
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• Man arrested in fatal shooting at Boulevard Mall

  15-05-2015 20:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Saturday’s fatal shooting at an apartment complex near the Boulevard Mall, according to an arrest report.
  
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• Las Vegas 1990 murder conviction overturned

  15-05-2015 20:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The murder conviction and death sentence of a Nevada inmate were overturned Friday by a federal appeals court.
  
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• 1990 murder conviction, death sentence overturned

  15-05-2015 20:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The murder conviction and death sentence of a Nevada inmate were overturned Friday by a federal appeals court.
  
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• Big bundle of whale arrives at Georgia Aquarium — VIDEO

  15-05-2015 20:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A rare beluga whale calf was born on Mother’s Day at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
  
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• Motorcyclist critical after crash closes NB Nellis at Harris

  15-05-2015 20:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All northbound lanes of Nellis Boulevard are closed at Harris Avenue after a motorcycle crash, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Motorcycle, car crash closes NB Nellis at Harris

  15-05-2015 20:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All northbound lanes of Nellis Boulevard are closed at Harris Avenue after a motorcycle crash, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Ex-constable Bonaventura tries to have arrest warrant dropped

  15-05-2015 20:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rather than turning himself in, former Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura tried to have his domestic battery arrest warrant dropped Friday, court records show.
  
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• Biostamp tattoo turns skin into computer

  15-05-2015 19:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A patch of gold, just a few centimeters wide and light as a feather, could reveal your innermost thoughts and feelings. This is the premise of Professor John Rogers’ Biostamp. By attaching flexible, miniature sensors to the user’s temple, he has been able to track brain waves in real time and transmit them as messages.
  
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• Cool, cloudy Friday not expected to see rain

  15-05-2015 19:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Valley is expected to see high temperatures only in the 60s, according to the National Weather Service, and the rain will likely stay to the north and south.
  
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• Faith Lutheran robotics team wins at world championship

  15-05-2015 18:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Faith Lutheran High School students respresented Nevada in mid-April at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Ky.
  
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• Education Notebook, May 21-27, 2015

  15-05-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office Cops and Kids event Saturday

  15-05-2015 17:34
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its 12th annual Cops and Kids event Saturday.The event, which is free to the public, is an open house and safety fair for kids and their families to interact with law enforcement in a fun environment. It will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday in front of the Sheriff’s Office. The street in front of the office will be closed down between Pratt and Harbin Avenues.“It is basically like a safe street party,” Lisa Davis, community program
  
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• Investigators look at train’s acceleration before Amtrak crash

  15-05-2015 17:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Investigators on Friday sought to explain why an Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia had accelerated in the minute before it derailed, raising questions about whether the engineer’s actions or mechanical failure, or both, caused the fatal accident.
  
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• Engineer in fatal Amtrak crash advocated for safety measures

  15-05-2015 17:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Long before Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 jumped the rails at excessive speed, engineer Brandon Bostian apparently was an online advocate to prevent this kind of calamity — technology to slow a dangerously fast train when an engineer does not.
  
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• Burglary suspect shoots, kills Arkansas deputy officer

  15-05-2015 16:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed on Friday in rural Johnson County by a burglary suspect, law enforcement officials said.
  
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• Bodies found in wreckage of missing US Marine helicopter in Nepal

  15-05-2015 15:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter that went missing with six U.S. Marines and two Nepali service members on board has been found, Nepal’s defense secretary said Friday.
  
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• 1 person dead after shooting in northeast Las Vegas

  15-05-2015 15:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead after a northeast valley shooting late Thursday night, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• ’King of the Blues’ blues legend B.B. King dead at age 89

  15-05-2015 09:19
  
  LAS VEGAS — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He as 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. PDT. He said funeral arrangements were underway. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg confirmed the death. King’s eldest surviving daughter Shirley King of the Ch
  
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• Part helicopter. Part plane. It’s Greased Lightning.

  15-05-2015 08:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  What has 10 engines, can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane? Answer: NASA’S latest drone prototype, GL-10.
  
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• Scholarship night at Carson High

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  Carson High School held its Salute to Seniors Thursday night honoring the seniors who have received scholarships. A full list of scholarship winners will appear in print at a later date.…
  
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• Raise a glass of Lake Tahoe Brewing Co. beer to the Appeal’s 150th

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  Lake Tahoe Brewing Co. will be unveiling a brand new one of kind beer for the Nevada Appeal’s 150th birthday celebration Saturday.Special for the celebration, Bryan Borgmeier, brew master at Lake Tahoe Brewing Co. has created a new beer that’s made entirely of local ingredients. “We wanted the elements of Nevada flair in the beer,” Borgmeier said. The beer will be made from honey from Al’s Bees in Washoe, local lavender, grain from Bently Ranch in Minden and hops from Southern Califor
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Lawmakers face deadline today

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  One of the last major deadlines of the 2015 Legislature hits today: committee passage in the second house of all legislation not granted an exemption.That means all non-exempt bills which originated in the Assembly must be out of committee in the Senate and visa versa by midnight today.That deadline is followed just one week later — on May 22 — by the deadline for second house passage of all non-exempt legislation.Exemptions are normally granted to all bills referred to the money committees
  
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• Nellie the fighter covered the great fight

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles about the history of the Nevada Appeal. The Appeal first published on May 16, 1865. This article originally appeared during the Nevada Appeal’s 125th birthday celebration. To read the full article go to nevadaappeal.com.When historians ponder how Carson City’s Nevada Appeal newspaper survived its first half-century of hard times, credit routinely goes to Henry “Harry” Rust Mighels, the first editor-publisher, and to Samuel Post D
  
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• Kaepernick to headline Governor’s Dinner in Carson City

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  RENO — Colin Kaepernick, the standout San Francisco 49ers quarterback and one of the all-time great student-athletes in Nevada history, returns to Northern Nevada as the centerpiece of the 47th annual Governor’s Dinner on July 10, the athletics department announced today.The dinner is set for July 10th at the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City. Tickets will go on sale on Monday at 9 a.m. and can be ordered online at www.NevadaWolfPack.com/GovDinner[NevadaWolfPack.com]. This event is expect
  
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• Dayton community rallying for teacher battling cancer

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  Dayton and surrounding communities are being asked to pull together to send one of Dayton Intermediate School’s most beloved teachers to Mexico to receive cancer treatment.This battle began in September 2013 and recently, Rene Bernard was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and needs to raise $28,000 for the three-week treatment and to pay off medical bills incurred at Carson-Tahoe Hospital.Bernard, who has taught five years at DIS (science currently and formerly physical education and health
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on possession of a controlled substance

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.WEDNESDAYAt 7:43 a.m., William Goulardt, 20, of Carson City, was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance, DUI-drugs second offense, following too closely, no proof of insurance, turn signals required and violation of bail conditions after deputies initiated a traffic stop on South Carson Street. Bail was set for $8,700.The Nevada Appeal only names peo
  
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• Alexander golf clinic Sunday in Carson City

  15-05-2015 08:36
  
  Alexander golf clinicSunday at Eagle ValleyThe 23rd Annual Fred Alexander Memorial Golf Clinic will be held Sunday at Eagle Valley Golf Course.The free clinic for kids ages 6-17 and their families runs from 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., with registration from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.Online registration closes at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at www.alexandergolfclinic.com.For each participant the clinic includes free instruction from more than 40 regional PGA golf professionals, a golf club (while supplies last),
  
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• Rotary, Lake Tahoe to host Walk to End Polio

  15-05-2015 08:30
  
  Rotarians and the Lake Tahoe community are hosting a 3K Lake Tahoe Walk to End Polio from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The walk starts in the back parking lot of Harvey’s and traverses a gentle stroll of 1.87 mile route suitable for all ages and fitness levels. The cost is $15 per person and includes a souvenir T-shirt to commemorate 30 years of Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate polio in the world. The Lake Tahoe Walk To End Polio is part of the Rotary District 5190 Conference that
  
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• Dayton High senior treating NIAA Track Meet as business as usual

  15-05-2015 08:30
  
  Serving your country or going to college? That is usually a decision you make during your teenage years.That’s what sets Dayton High’s Benji Ply apart from others. Ply made his decision at the ripe age of 6.“It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was 6,” said Ply, who’s participating in the high jump and pole vault plus a relay event at this weekend’s NIAA State Track & Field Championships at Del Sol High School. “I knew I wanted to serve my country at a young age. I saw a co
  
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• Alexander golf clinicSunday at Eagle Valley

  15-05-2015 08:30
  
  Alexander golf clinicSunday at Eagle ValleyThe 23rd Annual Fred Alexander Memorial Golf Clinic will be held Sunday at Eagle Valley Golf Course.The free clinic for kids ages 6-17 and their families runs from 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., with registration from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.Online registration closes at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at www.alexandergolfclinic.com.For each participant the clinic includes free instruction from more than 40 regional PGA golf professionals, a golf club (while supplies last),
  
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• Ten-year-old charged with beating small dog to death

  15-05-2015 08:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 10-year-old boy suspected of beating a small dog to death with a stick has been charged with animal cruelty in Fort Worth, Texas police said on Thursday.
  
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• Carson City’s Brewery Arts Center bringing southern tunes

  15-05-2015 08:24
  
  Southern Drawl Band is bringing country sounds from Nashville, Tenn., to the Brewery Arts Center on Thursday, May 21. The southern band has toured the United States since it formed in 2012. “Tirelessly building our grass roots fan base from the ground up is the key to our success,” said Mike Nash, front man and guitarist. “We have been honored to have won several awards for Band of the Year as well as Entertainer of the Year because of the support of our incredible fans who will regularly
  
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• 1875 steam locomotive, Glenbrook, to roll again May 23

  15-05-2015 08:24
  
  By 1943, it was saved from scrap and donated by the Bliss Family to the Nevada State Museum, where it pleased countless youngsters who crawled all over it outside the museum’s doors on Carson Street for four decades. Restored by the Nevada State Railroad Museum, it’s under steam again.It worked Nevada lumber mills in the 19th century, carried tourists to Truckee and Tahoe City in the 20th and graces the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City in the 21st. The 30-year restoration of The Gle
  
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• Blues legend B.B. King dead at 89

  15-05-2015 08:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Legendary guitarist B.B. King, who introduced audiences worldwide to the blues and inspired a generation of musicians, died Thursday night at his home in Las Vegas, according to a report by the Associated Press. He was 89.
  
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• CCSD prepares for $500 million in school construction, repair

  15-05-2015 06:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School Board on Thursday unanimously gave the initial green light for administrators to start the paperwork on issuing $500 million in new debt to pay for the construction of new schools and the repair or replacement of aging infrastructure.
  
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• Kickin’ up the dust downtown at Helldorado Days — PHOTOS

  15-05-2015 05:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s time to cowboy up and get in touch with Las Vegas’ Wild West roots. Helldorado Days, featuring a parade, a rodeo, a carnival and the whiskerino contest, gets rolling Thursday night and lasts through Sunday.
  
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• Vegas woman sees justice after years of horrific abuse by brother

  15-05-2015 04:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Edmund Bobby Ho, on trial for dozens of charges stemming from the torture of his sister, Sophia Parker, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree kidnapping. He faces 10 years to life in prison.
  
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