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• Las Vegas panelists agree the modern news business is tough, but still vital

  21-05-2015 23:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A panel of Las Vegas media executives the Internet has brought news outlets millions of new readers and viewers, but not the revenue needed to maintain quality news coverage.
  
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• Clark County School District, Barrick Gold join forces on science front

  21-05-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Barrick Gold Corporation will partner with the Clark County School District to develop new technology and curriculum at 26 middle school campuses. The mining company announced the partnership Thursday, with an initial grant of $20,060 directed toward training students in new standards in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
  
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• Flavor Flav booked on DUI, marijuana charges in Vegas

  21-05-2015 23:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol said the rapper was driving 87 mph in a 55 mph zone.
  
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• Nevada Senate revives abortion notification bill

  21-05-2015 23:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill requiring parents to be notified if their minor daughter seeks an abortion was revived by a Nevada Senate committee Thursday.
  
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• Baltimore grand jury indicts 6 officers in Freddie Gray death

  21-05-2015 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six police officers have been indicted in the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Thursday.
  
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• Clark County judges take guardianship oversight away from embattled judge, hearing master

  21-05-2015 23:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Long-running complaints about financial and physical abuse of count wards were exposed in a series of Review-Journal articles published in April.
  
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• 911 call from NYC couple attacked by bikers released

  21-05-2015 23:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The couple attacked by a swarm of bikers in New York City in September 2013 took to the stand this week with emotional testimony against two men charged in the incident.
  
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• Metro shoots dog after attack on person

  21-05-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police shot a dog in the east valley Thursday after they say two dogs attacked someone.
  
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• Metro shoots dog after attack

  21-05-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police shot a dog in the east valley Thursday after they say two dogs attacked someone.
  
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• Nevada Assembly kills ‘campus carry’ gun amendment

  21-05-2015 22:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Assembly on Thursday killed an amendment to gun control legislation that would have allowed a “campus carry” provision.
  
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• Islamic State claims control of Syrian city, overuns Iraqi forces

  21-05-2015 22:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday and overran Iraqi government defenses east of Ramadi, the provincial capital that they had seized five days earlier.
  
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• Law firm claims West Career and Tech sophomore denied right to start pro-life club

  21-05-2015 22:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Students For Life America and law firm the Thomas More Society sent a letter to the high school principal and the Clark County School District “demanding” that they approve the chapter that Angelique Clark tried to found in December.
  
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• Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signs bill allowing slot machines with skill factor

  21-05-2015 22:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill backed by the Nevada gaming equipment industry was signed Thursday by Gov. Brian Sandoval and will allow state gaming regulators to adopt rules where slot machines can add a skill-based, arcade-style element to the game.
  
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• Gov. Sandoval signs bill allowing slot machines with skill factor

  21-05-2015 22:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill backed by the Nevada gaming equipment industry was signed Thursday by Gov. Brian Sandoval and will allow state gaming regulators to adopt rules where slot machines can add a skill-based, arcade-style element to the game.
  
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• NYC woman gets 24 years in jail for deadly subway push

  21-05-2015 22:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A New York City woman was jailed for 24 years for fatally pushing a man into the path of an oncoming subway train in 2012 in what officials called a religiously motivated attack.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Lawmakers to comb through Sandoval’s revised tax plan

  21-05-2015 22:01
  
  Nevada lawmakers are getting their first crack at a revised tax plan proposed by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval that would help fund a record expansion of K-12 education initiatives. Lawmakers will hold a joint committee meeting on Thursday to review the proposed “Nevada Revenue Plan” with less than two weeks to go in the legislative session. The plan raises the business license fee and ups the rate of the existing modified business tax, as proposed by Assembly Republican leaders Paul Ander
  
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• North Las Vegas axes 3 human resources workers as part of outsourcing

  21-05-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three North Las Vegas human resources employees, two who have filed ethics complaints against the mayor and other high-ranking city officials, are out of work after the City Council voted to outsource their jobs , the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday.
  
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• North Las Vegas axes 2 human resources workers as part of outsourcing

  21-05-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three North Las Vegas human resources employees, two who have ethics complaints against the mayor and other high ranking city officials, are out of work after the City Council voted to outsource their jobs, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday.
  
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• NLV axes 3 human resources workers as part of outsourcing

  21-05-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three North Las Vegas human resources employees are out of work after the City Council voted to outsource their jobs, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday.
  
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• NLV axes 2 human resources workers as part of outsourcing

  21-05-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three North Las Vegas human resources employees, two who have ethics complaints against the mayor and other high ranking city officials, are out of work after the City Council voted to outsource their jobs, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday.
  
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• Ex-cop avoids prison term in HOA scheme

  21-05-2015 21:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors wanted retired Las Vegas police Capt. Frank Sutton to spend a year in prison for his role in the scheme to take over and defraud Las Vegas-area homeowners associations. But a federal judge Thursday refused to put him behind bars.
  
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• ACLU of Nevada calls for outside review of broken parole system

  21-05-2015 21:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The state admitted the parole system was broken a decade ago, ACLU of Nevada Director Tod Story says, but apparently hasn’t made fixes.
  
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• To avoid debt, student dumps Ivy League schools for Alabama

  21-05-2015 21:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A star student from Tennessee, turned down all eight prestigious Ivy League schools and instead iss headed to the academically humble-if-football-proud, University of Alabama instead simply to avoid the debt.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Committee OKs measure seeking annual legislative sessions

  21-05-2015 21:49
  
  State lawmakers are moving forward with a measure that would let voters decide if the Nevada Legislature should meet every year. The Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee voted Thursday to pass SJR8, which proposes a constitutional amendment that would impose more frequent sessions. The Legislature currently meets every other year for 120 days, but proponents of the resolution say meeting yearly will help lawmakers respond more quickly to the state’s needs. SJR8 proposes a 90-
  
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• Woman who said she was raped at Columbia University accused of lying

  21-05-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Posters appeared around Columbus University Tuesday night accusing actress and author Lena Dunham and student Emma Sulkowicz of lying about being sexually assaulted.
  
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• Boy Scouts president calls for end to banning gay leaders

  21-05-2015 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Boy Scouts of America President Robert Gates said on Thursday the group’s ban on adult gay leaders needs to end, taking a step toward dismantling a policy that has caused deep rifts in the 105-year-old organization.
  
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• Top 10 amazing species discovered in 2014 — PHOTOS

  21-05-2015 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Some 18,000 species, great and small, were discovered in 2014, adding to the 2 million already known, scientists said on Thursday, as they released a “Top 10” list that highlights the diversity of life.
  
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• Bill calling for annual Nevada legislative session clears key Senate panel

  21-05-2015 20:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A resolution that would ask voters in 2016 to amend the Nevada constitution to allow annual sessions of the state Legislature won a critical vote in a Senate committee Thursday.
  
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• RTC board OKs $919.2 million budget for fiscal ‘16

  21-05-2015 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada board members on Thursday cruised through the approval of a $919.2 million budget for the 2016 fiscal year.
  
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• Proponents of new UNLV gaming regulation center seek state funding

  21-05-2015 19:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Supporters say funding for the International Center for Excellence in Gaming Regulation would help move the project along as it continues to seek private donations.
  
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• Oil spill cleanup continues on Santa Barbara beach

  21-05-2015 19:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cleanup teams labored on Thursday for a third day to remove patches of crude petroleum that stained a California beach and fouled offshore waters from a pipeline rupture that may rank as the biggest oil spill to hit the Santa Barbara coastline in more than four decades.
  
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• Suspected driver in Tammy Meyers slaying gets new lawyers

  21-05-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Derrick Andrews, the alleged getaway driver in the slaying of 44-year-old mother of four Tammy Meyers, has hired new attorneys.
  
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• Driver in Tammy Meyers slaying gets new lawyers

  21-05-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Derrick Andrews, the alleged getaway driver in the slaying of 44-year-old mother of four Tammy Meyers, has hired new attorneys.
  
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• NLV Stepfather charged with sex assault, kidnapping appears in court

  21-05-2015 18:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man charged with sexual assault and kidnapping after police said he impregnated his 17-year-old step daughter and abandoned her with her toddling sister, who would later died, appeared in court Thursday.
  
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• NLV stepfather charged with child abuse, sex assault appears in court

  21-05-2015 18:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man charged with sexual assault and kidnapping after police said he impregnated his 17-year-old stepdaughter and abandoned her with her toddler sister, who later died, appeared in court Thursday.
  
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• Pizza, package with $40K delivered to mansion of murdered family

  21-05-2015 17:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pizza crust with the DNA of Daron Wint is what led investigators to issue a warrant for his arrest in connection with last week’s quadruple homicide and arson at a Washington mansion, a source with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday.
  
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• NDOT reveals street overhaul for Las Vegas Boulevard North

  21-05-2015 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Transportation Department on Wednesday unveiled plans for a 4.5-mile, $12.5 million overhaul of Las Vegas Boulevard North.
  
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• Rain possible in Las Vegas Valley on Friday

  21-05-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Look to the northern valley mountains for a possible light show on Thursday as there are chances for thunderstorms and showers, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Las Vegas police arrest man in deadly stabbing

  21-05-2015 16:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man wanted by Metro in connection with a fatal stabbing in the central valley last week was arrested Monday, court records show.
  
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• FBI investigating fatal shooting of Colorado bicyclist

  21-05-2015 10:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The FBI has joined an investigation into the fatal shooting of a bicyclist in a part of northern Colorado where a woman was recently hit by a bullet in the neck while driving, authorities said on Wednesday.
  
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• Capitol Hill gyrocopter pilot faces up to nine and a half years in prison

  21-05-2015 09:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Florida man who flew a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in April faces up to 9-1/2 years in prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
  
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• Unarmed, uncooperative man tasered and arrested at LAX

  21-05-2015 09:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An unarmed man who was not cooperating with Transportation Security Administration officers in a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport was tasered and arrested on Wednesday, an airport police spokeswoman said.
  
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• Carson City faces animal shelter funding shortfall

  21-05-2015 09:27
  
  Carson City’s planned animal shelter will exceed the $3.9 million budgeted, city officials said Wednesday, and more money will require a Board of Supervisors supermajority.City Manager Nick Marano said the cost could reach $4.5 million despite value engineering cutting some project aspects, so a four-vote board majority is necessary to move forward. Mayor Robert Crowell decried the need but called it important city government carry through with its pledge to scrap its outdated shelter for a n
  
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• Tah-Neva Championships

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  Carson Middle School’s Brandon Copeland and Eagle Valley’s Hunter Rauh round the final turn of the eighth grade boys 1600-meter race Wednesday at Carson High. Carson Middle School seventh grader Hannah Kaiser runs the 80-meter hurdles with a time of 16.03 Wednesday afternoon at the Tah-Neva Track and Field Championships at Carson High. For complete results, see Sunday’s Appeal.…
  
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• Nevada lawmakers vote to revive foreclosure mediation program

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  Members of the legislative money committees voted on Wednesday to revive the foreclosure mediation program for the coming two years.The program was created at the height of the recession when Nevada had the nation’s highest foreclosure rate. There were more than 82,000 notices of default in 2010 and the program helped bring 7,558 borrowers and lenders together in 2011, keeping more than a quarter of those homeowners from losing their homes.But with the economy now recovering and home prices a
  
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• Local sports roundup: Pack, Preston receive honors

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  RENO — The Mountain West baseball coaches selected Nevada outfielder/pitcher Trenton Brooks as the Tony Gwynn Player of the Year and teammate Christian Stolo as the MW Baseball Pitcher of the Year as the 2015 All-Conference teams and individual award winners were announced today. Nevada outfielder Cal Stevenson and New Mexico catcher Cory Voss are the league’s Co-Freshmen of the Year, while Nevada skipper Jay Johnson earned his first MW Coach of the Year honor.Last summer the Mountain West h
  
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• Dayton sends 7 to the next level

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  DAYTON — Seven Dayton High School seniors have elected to continue their athletic careers at the next level.Four of them — Jon Joyner (George Fox), Michael Selmi (Clarke), Dallon Mendoza (George Fox) and Skyler Berntson (Southwest Baptist) — will be playing at the four-year level. Football standouts Julio Meza and Quinn Santana are going to DeAnza Community College and volleyball star Cheyanne Strong is going to Umpqua Community College in Oregon.All seven signed with their respective scho
  
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• Carson City school district reviews budget

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  Capital projects and loss of Race to the Top funding were among the issues discussed at a public hearing to review the Carson City School District’s 2015-2016 Fiscal Year budget Wednesday.The budget laid out by Andrew Feuling, director of Fiscal Services for the school district, has a $2.6 million deficit for FY16. The school district plans to cover the deficit with some of its $9.3 million general fund reserves. “I think we are looking at perception of community and staff because a lot of
  
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• Carson City SafeGrad program to go through at least next year

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  The Carson High School SafeGrad program is expected to continue despite not fully raising funds.Karri Couste, SafeGrad chair, said she believes the program will continue through at least next year. SafeGrad is an event for all Carson High School seniors to spend one last night together with their classmates before graduation. The 20-year-old program is an all-night party at the Carson City Community Center and a day trip to Six Flags, designed to keep students safe on graduation night.The SafeG
  
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• April best month for jobs in 10 years

  21-05-2015 09:21
  
  Nevada businesses added more jobs in April than in any month over the past 10 years.Economist Bill Anderson of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said the state saw an increase of 12,800 jobs over the month.But the unemployment rate remained at 7.1 percent in April, the same as it has been for the past four months.But Anderson said people shouldn’t focus too much on that increase.“The underlying trend of steady, broad-cased and sustainable growth is far more encouragi
  
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