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• Bonds OK’d to build downtown Las Vegas parking garage

  20-05-2015 23:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas will soon have the money to build a much-ballyhooed downtown parking garage, and an extra $20 million to boot.
  
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• NB Boulder Highway at Russell Road reopens after fatal crash

  20-05-2015 23:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Northbound traffic on Boulder Highway, near Russell Road, has reopened after a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Crash closes NB Boulder Highway at Russell Road

  20-05-2015 23:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Northbound traffic on Boulder Highway, near Russell Road, is closed and a person is hospitalized after a crash Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 1 dies in crash that closes NB Boulder Highway at Russell Road

  20-05-2015 23:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A person has died and northbound traffic on Boulder Highway, near Russell Road, is closed after a crash Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Names of Metro officers killed in ambush to be added to memorial

  20-05-2015 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo’s names will be engraved on the rocks lining the Southern Nevada Law Enforcement Memorial path. Families of the fallen officers will walk down the pathway during a ceremony at sunset.
  
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• Las Vegas city manager given $38,500 pay hike

  20-05-2015 23:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The $38,500 “market rate adjustment” awarded to Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell on Wednesday sure looks like a pay hike, though City Council members who approved the move prefer to think of it as a way to bring the longtime top administrator’s pay in line with that of her peers in other jurisdictions.
  
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• Metro starting outreach program to help prevent violent crime

  20-05-2015 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With gun violence and drug-related homicides on the rise in Las Vegas in 2015, police are hoping extra community outreach will quell the storm of aggression.
  
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• Metro rolling out outreach program to quell violence

  20-05-2015 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With gun violence and drug-related homicides on the rise in Las Vegas in 2015, police are hoping extra community outreach will quell the storm of aggression.
  
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• Airbag recall affects 1 in 7 cars on US roads

  20-05-2015 22:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least five U.S. deaths and one in Malaysia have been tied to the faulty airbags. But Japanese auto parts maker Takata has previously resisted demands by regulators to get all the affected airbags off the road.
  
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• Teamsters set up picket lines at SLS Las Vegas

  20-05-2015 22:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Teamsters Union set up picket lines at the SLS Las Vegas on Wednesday, complaining the hotel-casino is not allowing its valet parking attendants to form a union.
  
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• Legislative ‘cooling off’ lobbying law passes Nevada Senate

  20-05-2015 22:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The bill requires a lawmaker who leaves office to skip one legislative session before returning to the Legislature as a paid lobbyist.
  
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• Syrian troops withdraw as Islamic State militants take ancient city

  20-05-2015 22:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Syrian pro-government fighters withdrew from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday after Islamic State militants entered its neighborhoods in large numbers, Syrian state television said.
  
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• Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signs anti-bullying legislation

  20-05-2015 21:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “We have to stop bullying. We have to,” Sandoval told students at Carson City Middle School in an emotional speech moments before he signed Senate Bill 504 into law.
  
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• Convicted murderer rolls eyes during wife’s family statements

  20-05-2015 21:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former teacher convicted of killing his estranged wife rolled his eyes and made comments in court this week as his wife’s family talked about their loss.
  
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• Chicago cop caught sleeping in his patrol car — VIDEO

  20-05-2015 21:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Chicago police officer was caught on camera sleeping in his patrol car with the windows down in broad daylight.
  
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• Accused arsonist has mental disability, felt abandoned, Metro says

  20-05-2015 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 18-year-old Clark County man told police he started an apartment complex fire that killed a dog and displaced four families because he thought his own family had abandoned him, according to an arrest report released Wednesday.
  
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• Accused arson has mental disability, felt abandoned, Metro says

  20-05-2015 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 18-year-old Clark County man told police he started an apartment complex fire that killed a dog and displaced four families because he thought his own family had abandoned him, according to an arrest report released Wednesday.
  
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• Nevada Taxicab Authority cancels session on Uber

  20-05-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Less than 24 hours after calling a special meeting to consider taking a stance on the regulation of Uber, the Nevada Taxicab Authority has canceled the session it had scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Former Las Vegas cop gets prison time in HOA takeover scheme

  20-05-2015 21:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A retired Las Vegas police lieutenant was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison Wednesday for his role in the scheme to defraud and take over Las Vegas-area homeowners associations.
  
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• Ex-cop gets prison time in HOA takeover scheme

  20-05-2015 21:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A retired Las Vegas police lieutenant was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison Wednesday for his prominent role in the scheme to defraud and take over Las Vegas-area homeowners associations.
  
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• Lake Mead’s low levels could trigger federal shortage by 2017

  20-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If accurate, a new drought prediction would force Nevada to reduce its Colorado River water use by 4 percent while Arizona and Mexico take larger cuts.
  
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• Vegas pool shower floors test postive for staph, MRSA

  20-05-2015 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All six of Las Vegas’ city-run pools recently tested negative for staphylococcus and MRSA, but the men’s shower floor at the Municipal Pool, as well as the women’s shower floor at Pavilion Pool tested positive for staph.
  
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• Vegas pool shower floors test positive for staph

  20-05-2015 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  All six of Las Vegas’ city-run pools recently tested negative for staphylococcus and MRSA, but the men’s shower floor at the Municipal Pool, as well as the women’s shower floor at Pavilion Pool tested positive for staph.
  
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• Newly released documents show bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests

  20-05-2015 20:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents the United States says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan and released on Wednesday.
  
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• ROAD ALERT: Carnival, punk rock events to close downtown roads

  20-05-2015 20:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pair of unrelated special events will close city streets in downtown Las Vegas Thursday and through the Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• Look out for downtown road closures Thursday through Memorial Day

  20-05-2015 20:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pair of unrelated special events will close city streets in downtown Las Vegas Thursday and through the Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• Over 1,000 weapons recovered from deadly biker gang brawl

  20-05-2015 19:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 1,000 weapons have been recovered from the scene of a fight between rival motorcycle gangs on Sunday in the central Texas city of Waco that left nine people dead, a police spokesman told broadcaster CNN on Wednesday.
  
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• Ex-vice cop among bikers arrested in deadly Waco gang brawl

  20-05-2015 19:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lewis is one of the 170 bikers arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity after a brawl and shootout at a Waco, Texas, restaurant left nine bikers dead.
  
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• Las Vegas man faces murder charge in shootout with neighbor

  20-05-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prosecutors charged a 46-year-old man with first-degree murder Wednesday after his neighbor died in a northwest valley gun battle.
  
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• Legislators favor building new execution chamber in Ely

  20-05-2015 18:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Members of the Legislature’s two money committees on Wednesday narrowly approved $858,000 to build a new execution chamber at Nevada’s maximum security prison at Ely as requested by the Department of Corrections.
  
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• BASE jumper had parachute set on fire in fatal stunt — VIDEO

  20-05-2015 18:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 73-year-old man who died earlier this month in a botched 500-foot BASE jump from an Idaho bridge was attempting a stunt that included the burning of his parachute.
  
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• Somerset mixers: Students gain real-world experience through drink-mixing business

  20-05-2015 18:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson’s Somerset Academy student Matthew Shive wipes down the school’s juice bar counter as his classmate Nigel James rinses repurposed cocktail shakers in a nearby sink.
  
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• Scooter, truck collide at construction site

  20-05-2015 16:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A motorcyclist collided with a truck at an east valley construction site Wednesday morning, police say.
  
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• Motorcycle, truck collide at construction site

  20-05-2015 16:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A motorcyclist collided with a truck at an east valley construction site Wednesday morning, police say.
  
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• Vehicle fire blocks traffic on southbound I-15 near Lake Mead

  20-05-2015 15:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The left lanes of southbound Interstate 15 near the Lake Mead Boulevard exit are blocked Wednesday morning after a vehicle caught fire, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
  
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• Car fire extinguished, traffic moving again on I-15

  20-05-2015 15:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Toytoa Camry caught fire about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to NHP Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel. It was out and traffic was flowing again as of 9:30 a.m.
  
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• Rally puts Laxalt in defensive stance

  20-05-2015 09:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt scored a real attention-grabber in January, signing the state onto a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. On Tuesday morning outside the Sawyer Building, our activist attorney general received more attention.
  
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• Biker gangs have a history of violence

  20-05-2015 09:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Biker gangs have been a part of American culture almost as long as the motorcycle itself — sometimes demonized, sometimes glorified.
  
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• UPS to pay $25M to settle allegations over delivery times

  20-05-2015 09:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  UPS has agreed to pay $25 million to settle some allegations that it submitted false claims to the U.S. government in an attempt to hide late deliveries, according court documents unsealed on Tuesday and released by the U.S. Department of Justice.
  
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• EDITORIAL: Uber legislation imperfect, but must pass

  20-05-2015 09:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In case Nevadans needed another reason why ride-sharing services such as Uber must be allowed to operate in the state, the Taxicab Authority Board provided one at its Tuesday meeting.
  
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• Carson High musical theater ensemble members perform

  20-05-2015 08:39
  
  Carson High School musical theater ensemble members sing and dance to ‘Footloose’ at their spring performance at the Carson City Community Center on Tuesday night. The high school’s choral program spring performance continues tonight starting at 7 p.m. at the Community Center.…
  
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• Blue Jays top McQueen

  20-05-2015 08:39
  
  RENO — The Carson Blue Jays rallied from two deficits to knock off the McQueen Royals, 11-5, in their summer baseball opener Tuesday night.Carson plays the Sun Devils Thursday at 5 p.m. at Wooster High.The Blue Jays pounded out 10 hits, two each by Cody Azevedo, Kyle Krebs and Joe Nelson. John Holton and Abel Carter added doubles.McQueen grabbed an early 3-0 lead, but Carson came back with four in the bottom of the third thanks to singles by Conner Pradere, Azevedo, Krebs and Nelson plus a do
  
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• Roping event set for Carson City’s Fuji Park canceled

  20-05-2015 08:33
  
  A National Team Roping Tour event originally scheduled for Memorial Day weekend at Carson City’s Fuji Park arena was canceled Tuesday, according to Tommy Lee of Tommy Lee Livestock.Lee said the decision was made due to concern about the weekend weather.“We had to cancel that event today,” he said in a telephone interview. “We’re going to try to reschedule it, but we have a lot of events.”The Saturday and Sunday action would have included two megabucks competitions, a national nine q
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Compromise tax plan hearing Thursday

  20-05-2015 08:33
  
  With less than two weeks left in the regular 2015 Nevada Legislative session, the compromise tax plan designed to balance the state budget could become public today, despite not getting a hearing until Thursday.Gov. Brian Sandoval’s office rolled out a version of the plan last week getting rid of the complicated 30-category Business License Fee ranging from $400 to $4 million a year that numerous businesses objected to.In its place was a business license tax of up to $500 for corporations and
  
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• Nevada B&B’s guild launches website

  20-05-2015 08:33
  
  A new website has been launched by The Nevada Bed & Breakfast Guild, a 13-member organization that includes one member in Carson City.The website is at www.nevadabandb.com, according to the guild, and it showcases the wide range of inns and lodges that are in both urban and rural Nevada.Nevada bed and breakfast lodging facilities in the guild want to foster high-quality and unique standards of hospitality across the Silver State, said Dee Helming, president of the guild, in a release.“Nevada�
  
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• Community spotlight: Empire Ranch offering Memorial weekend special

  20-05-2015 08:33
  
  Empire Ranch is making this a Memorial Day to remember.If you are a member of the U.S. military you get a free round of golf just by showing your ID.For non-military people, Empire is offering a $35 rate, which includes a golf cart and a $5 coupon for the restaurant. And, if you wear red, white and blue you get a free bucket of balls. Wear camoflague clothing and get a free domestic draft beer.Call the pro shop at 885-2100 to book a tee time.• The team of Robey Willis, Duane Carroll, Dennis J
  
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• Carson City’s Whitt the closer for Nevada

  20-05-2015 08:33
  
  RENO — When Adam Whitt was a youngster, he spent a lot of time at Peccole Park, and it was always his dream to play for the hometown Nevada Wolf Pack.Because of a lot of hard work and a change to his throwing motion, his dream came true. Whitt has developed into arguably one of the best relievers in University of Nevada history,Entering today’s Mountain West postseason tournament in Reno (Nevada opens Thursday), Whitt has compiled 22 career saves, two off the standard set by Rico Lagatuta. F
  
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• April 7, 1955, City tax rate set at $1.08

  20-05-2015 08:33
  
  City tax rate set at $1.08This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.A $149,188.41 estimated budget for 1955 was given approval by Carson City trustees last night. The budget sets the city tax rate at $1.08, which is scheduled to raise $35,484.58 in taxes toward meeting the expected expenditures. The rest of the money will come from non-tax sources, such as building permits, business licenses, etc. The approval was a formality. Almost all
  
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• Broken pipeline leaks 21,000 gallons of oil along California coast

  20-05-2015 08:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pipeline leaked about 21,000 gallons of crude oil near a beach in California, authorities said, creating a dark sheen that stretched for miles.
  
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• Western Nevada College News & Notes: Jump Start college program awakens dream of becoming scientist

  20-05-2015 08:21
  
  Enrolling in college classes ahead of time has presented Nate Hammock of Carson City with a more challenging education. It’s also an opportunity to jump-start his future.Through Western Nevada College’s Jump Start college program, the Pioneer High School junior is earning dual credit for the classes he’s taking, putting him on course to graduate with an Associate of Science degree before he receives his high school diploma. “It’s a wonderful opportunity, one of the best opportunities I
  
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