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• Suspect in Calif. family murders gets lawyers; hearing postponed

  22-05-2015 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man charged with murdering a Southern California family of four has obtained defense attorneys after seeking to represent himself, and a judge on Friday postponed a court hearing where prosecutors will present their evidence.
  
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• Las Vegas police arrest man in Thursday night homicide

  22-05-2015 22:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was arrested in connection with a body found in an apartment Thursday night.
  
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• One hospitalized after hang glider crash in Las Vegas

  22-05-2015 22:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized Friday afternoon with critical injuries after a hang glider crash, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
  
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• 1 hospitalized after hang glider crash in Las Vegas

  22-05-2015 22:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized Friday afternoon with critical injuries after a hang glider crash, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
  
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• 5.4-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas; Spaghetti Bowl ramp closed

  22-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, and the state closed a portion of the Spaghetti Bowl to inspect a ramp for possible damage, backing up traffic for miles.
  
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• 5.4-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas, other parts of Nevada

  22-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was reported Friday morning about 24 miles south-southwest of Caliente, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It happened at 11:47 a.m.
  
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• 5.3-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas; Spaghetti Bowl ramp closed

  22-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, and the state closed a portion of the Spaghetti Bowl to inspect a ramp for possible damage, backing up traffic for miles.
  
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• 4.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas; Spaghetti Bowl ramps to reopen

  22-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, and the state closed a portion of the Spaghetti Bowl to inspect a ramp for possible damage, backing up traffic for miles.
  
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• 4.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas; Spaghetti Bowl ramps have reopened

  22-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, and the state closed a portion of the Spaghetti Bowl to inspect a ramp for possible damage, backing up traffic for miles.
  
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• 4.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Las Vegas; Spaghetti Bowl ramp closed

  22-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, and the state closed a portion of the Spaghetti Bowl to inspect a ramp for possible damage, backing up traffic for miles.
  
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• Red Rock Campground to close during summer heat, BLM says

  22-05-2015 20:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The campground at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will close for the summer after Memorial Day. But there are plenty of other places near Las Vegas to set up your tent.
  
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• Red Rock Campground to close during summer heat

  22-05-2015 20:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The campground at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will close for the summer after Memorial Day. But there are plenty of other places near Las Vegas to set up your tent.
  
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• Las Vegas lawyer’s misdeeds draw lengthy prison term

  22-05-2015 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Suspended attorney Barry Levinson, who has more Nevada bar complaints against him than any other lawyer, was ordered Friday to spend serious time in federal prison.
  
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• First round of Hillary Clinton emails reveal information on Benghazi

  22-05-2015 20:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The State Department released Friday its first round of emails from Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State, offering a new look at her handling of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
  
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• Officials to release report on 2014 fatal bus crash in Northern Calif.

  22-05-2015 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities will release findings on Friday from an investigation into an April 2014 bus crash in Northern California that killed 10 people, including five high school students on a college recruitment trip.
  
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• California authorities to release findings from deadly bus crash Officials to release report on 2014 fatal bus crash in Northern Calif.

  22-05-2015 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities will release findings on Friday from an investigation into an April 2014 bus crash in Northern California that killed 10 people, including five high school students on a college recruitment trip.
  
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• Strike over pickpockets closes Eiffel Tower

  22-05-2015 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A strike closed the Eiffel Tower for most of Friday as staff demanded more help to deal with pickpockets operating around the Paris landmark, tower officials and unions said.
  
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• Education Notebook, May 28-June 3, 2015

  22-05-2015 19:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• New threats target Texas police after Waco biker brawl

  22-05-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Texas law enforcement officials are investigating what they say are new threats against officers from biker gangs in the wake of a recent shootout in Waco.
  
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• Suspect in quadruple D.C. murders arrested with 5 others

  22-05-2015 17:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just over a week after a prominent Washington couple, their son and housekeeper were found bound and dead in a charred mansion, the man authorities believe killed them was arrested in the nation’s capital.
  
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• A little rain, cooler temperatures expected in Las Vegas Valley

  22-05-2015 16:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A storm system is moving through the Las Vegas Valley and it might make your day a bit cooler, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Two named to Carson City Planning Commission

  22-05-2015 09:05
  
  A retired architect and a registered nurse were named by the Board of Supervisors Thursday to Carson City’s Planning Commission.The choices to fill two vacant seats on the seven-member commission came less than a week before a major downtown private sector project would undergo commission review. The board selected Daniel Salerno, retired architect and a former planning commission member elsewhere, for a term ending in mid-2018. Monica Green, a nurse citing management experience and a youthfu
  
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• Tax plan reviewed; Aguero says small businesses get a break

  22-05-2015 09:05
  
  Members of the legislative money committees got their first review of the governor’s latest tax plan on Thursday, a combination of elements in his original plan plus those in two other proposals to raise revenue and balance the budget.The combined plan generates an estimated $755.2 million over the biennium, but that total replaces the roughly $490 million the Modified Business Tax currently brings in.The net increase, then, is about $262 million from basically three elements.First is the rev
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Campus Carry dies again on Assembly floor

  22-05-2015 09:05
  
  A last ditch attempt to force Nevada college campuses to let people to carry guns to class was rejected by the Assembly on Thursday.Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-sparks, tried to attach the “campus carry” language to SB175, a measure designed to prevent people convicted of domestic violence from having guns and to expand the definition of justifiable homicide.The voice vote was loud but close.After a delay while Speaker John Hambrick R-Las Vegas, sought procedural advice from Chief Clerk Susan
  
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• Local sports roundup: All-star hoops set for Carson

  22-05-2015 09:05
  
  Six Carson High seniors will play for the last time at Morse Burley Gymnasium Tuesday in the annual Local Sports Programming All-Star basketball games.The girls game tips at 6 p.m. and the boys follows at 7:30 p.m.Dilyn Rooker, Cameron Price and Kyle Steele will play for the White squad which is being coached by Carson’s Carlos Mendeguia. The White squad will also have players from Reed, McQueen, Galena, North Valleys, Spanish Springs and Whittell.Elko’s Chris Klekas coaches the Blue squad,
  
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• Heller backs backs bill designed to improve access to contraceptives

  22-05-2015 09:05
  
  Sen. Dena Heller, R-Nv., has joined in legislation designed to improve access to “safe and effective contraceptives.”The legislation would also encourage manufacturers of routine-use contraceptives to file an application with the Food and Drug Administration to sell their products over the counter.“As a husband and father to two daughters I don’t believe women should be restricted in their access to health care,” said Heller. “Women should have greater access to safe, effective and
  
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• Defending champ Carson wraps up spring football

  22-05-2015 09:05
  
  Carson High wrapped up its two-week spring practice with its annual 7-on-7 scrimmage, and coach Blair Roman was upbeat.“It went real well,” Roman said. “I was pleased with the turnout we had. We had 80 guys out the first couple of days. Even with the weather today we had a good turnout.“It was a productive camp. The coaches got a good look at the kids; and they were able to look at kids in different spots.”Roman is excited about this year’s team, and with good reason. He lost some ke
  
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• Cab users alert: Buckling up might mean more than safety

  22-05-2015 08:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If an insurance industry-friendly bill survives the waning days of the Legislature, you will be putting more than your safety at risk by failing to wear a seat belt when you ride in a cab.
  
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• Wild Horse Children’s Theater plans musical ‘Beauty & the Beast, Jr.’

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  Carson City children ages 5 and up are putting on their stage version of a selfish prince, turned beast, who must forever remain hideously cursed unless he can find redemption, in Wild Horse Children’s Theater’s musical “Beauty & the Beast, Jr.”Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version of “Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Jr.” includes all of the songs from the film, as well as new songs written for the Broadway version. The story follows a prince who’s
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 9, 1974 — Ford now President

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.Ford now PresidentAmidst the fallout of the Watergate scandal, Richard M. Nixon returned to his native California as Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on Aug. 7, 1974, becoming the 38th president of the United States. Ford implored Americans to “let brotherly love purge our hearts of suspicion and hate.”…
  
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• Mile High Jazz Band hosting children’s summer jazz camp

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  Mile High Jazz Band Association, in cooperation with Carson Middle School, is starting a one-week jazz camp, with sessions for musicians in middle and high school, June 1-5, in the band room at Carson Middle School, 1140 W. King St. Both sessions are open to students from Carson City and surrounding areas in Northern Nevada and California.The introductory Jazz Explorers Camp, from 9 to 10:15 a.m. each day, is for middle school students who want a sample of what playing jazz music is all about. I
  
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• Fernley Farmers Market is set to offer ‘Art in the Market’ in June

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  The 2015 Fernley Farmers Market will open Thursday, June 4, and will feature “Knots & Bolts” by Craig Johnson and “Glass with Class” by Brenda Retterer. The two have teamed up to combine Retterer’s talents with those of Johnson’s in creating a line of new and redesigned functional art.The market’s theme in June is “Art in the Market,” as area artists and crafters, including Johnson and Retterer along with Stephen Emery and Earth Mother Herbals, will be on hand to talk with visi
  
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• Comedy lineup set at Carson City’s Nugget

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  A magician and comedian who was named the judges’ favorite on NBC’s America’s Got Talent is visiting the Carson Nugget Friday, June 5. Justin Rivera, of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, has been seen on Fast Track to Fame on the Speed Channel and The Gong Show on Comedy Central with Dave Attell and Adam Corolla. Derek Richards, of XM Radio and the Bob and Tom Show, will bring funny tales about his blue collar upbringing to the Nugget’s stage on June 12. A veteran of several USO tours, Ric
  
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• Carson City RSVP Program offering farmers market coupons to seniors

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  The Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Inc., or RSVP, is offering free farmer market coupons to low-income seniors in Carson City through the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.“The SFMNP is a cooperative effort provided by RSVP, the USDA, the Nevada State Commodity Food Distribution Program, the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the Nevada Certified Farmers Market Association and the State of Nevada Division for Aging and Disability Services,” said Susan Haas, executive director and C.
  
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• Carson City Health and Human Services accreditation may mean grants

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  An update Thursday on efforts to secure accreditation for Carson City Health and Human Services disclosed the department could gain an edge in grant funding after it comes.The Board of Health, which is the Board of Supervisors plus Health Officer Dr. Susan Pintar and Sheriff Ken Furlong, was told the five-year drive toward becoming the first accredited local health department in Nevada culminates with a site review in November, a subsequent report and either immediate success or a roadmap to ad
  
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• American Legion Ladies Auxiliary to host Girls State Tea

  22-05-2015 08:53
  
  Carson City’s American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 4 is hosting its Girls State Tea from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 5, at the Governor’s Mansion. Proceeds from the tea, silent auction and raffle go to scholarships from Carson, Douglas and Sierra Lutheran High Schools. Delegates have been interviewed/selected based on leadership qualities. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Reservations required. For more information and tickets, call President Chris Ritger at 775-782-9791.…
  
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• Metro honors fallen officers: Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo killed in 2014 shooting rampage

  22-05-2015 07:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hundreds of people joined officers from law enforcement agencies across Southern Nevada on Thursday night at Police Memorial Park to memorialize those who gave their lives in the line of duty. Las Vegas police added the names of officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo to the Southern Nevada Law Enforcement Memorial. The officers were gunned down while eating lunch on June 8, 2014.
  
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• Hundreds gather to honor Metro officers slain in 2014

  22-05-2015 07:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hundreds of people joined officers from law enforcement agencies across Southern Nevada on Thursday night at Police Memorial Park to memorialize those who gave their lives in the line of duty. Las Vegas police added the names of officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo to the Southern Nevada Law Enforcement Memorial. The officers were gunned down while eating lunch on June 8, 2014.
  
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• Police investigating possible homicide in south valley

  22-05-2015 06:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A body found at a south valley house on Thursday is being investigated as a possible homicide, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Body found in south Las Vegas home, homicide detectives investigate

  22-05-2015 06:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A dead body found at a south valley house Thursday is being investigated as a possible homicide, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• US will deliver anti-tank rockets to Iraq

  22-05-2015 05:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Pentagon said on Thursday the United States would deliver 2,000 AT-4 anti-tank rockets to Iraq as early as next week, 1,000 more than announced on Wednesday, to help Baghdad combat suicide car bombings by Islamic State.
  
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• Pentagon says two children killed by airstrikes targeting Islamic State

  22-05-2015 05:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two children were likely killed by a U.S. air strike in Syria in November, the U.S. military said on Thursday, the first time the Pentagon has acknowledged civilian casualties since it began an air campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Assembly approves bill exempting high-earning school administrators from collective bargaining

  22-05-2015 05:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Assembly passed a collective bargaining bill on Thursday that would impact local government agencies and school districts. Senate Bill 241 takes school administrators out of collective bargaining if they make more than $120,000 a year and also makes principals “at will” employees for the first three years.
  
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• STOREY COUNTY

  22-05-2015 02:11
  
  twenty-eight years ago, the site of the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center east of Sparks was an expanse of dirt: 107,000 acres of it. But Dean Haymore saw potential there. He saw a future for major manufacturing in northern Nevada. And he helped make it happen. “I knew that the time was coming when we wouldn’t be able to depend on gaming and tourism anymore in Nevada,” Storey County’s building and planning administrator said. “I knew we had land and that we had space to grow. I met with the
  
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• Nevada inmate dies at Carson City hospital

  22-05-2015 02:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 77-year-old inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center died at the Carson Tahoe Hospital in Carson City on Thursday.
  
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• Killing of pregnant teen highlights femicides in Argentina

  22-05-2015 01:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The discovery of a pregnant schoolgirl’s body under the patio of her boyfriend’s family home in northeast Argentina has led local rights groups to condemn her killing as a femicide, shining a spotlight on an invisible scourge in the South American nation.
  
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• Small Nevada limo companies push bill to ease fleet expansion

  22-05-2015 01:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Several small limousine companies are pushing a bill in the Legislature that they say would allow them to increase their fleets without unfair interference by big taxi and limo company operators such as Bell Trans and other members of the Livery Operators Association of Las Vegas.
  
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• Las Vegas’ population growth leads all other cities in Nevada

  22-05-2015 00:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau found Las Vegas’ population rose by more than 9,900 people, a little more than 1.6 percent, between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014.
  
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• Census: Las Vegas’ population growth leads all other cities in Nevada

  22-05-2015 00:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s biggest city grew the most of all the state’s cities last fiscal year. New population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau found Las Vegas’ population rose by more than 9,900 people, a little more than 1.6 percent, between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014.
  
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• Agassi Prep teachers faces sex abuse charges

  22-05-2015 00:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A special education teacher from Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy has been charged with sexually abusing and assaulting a child.
  
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