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• Cleveland’s police department is making some changes

  26-05-2015 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The city of Cleveland and Department of Justice announced Tuesday how they are moving forward on agreed changes to the city’s police force.
  
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• Trial for Washington Post reporter detained in Iran begins

  26-05-2015 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian went on trial on espionage charges behind closed doors in Tehran on Tuesday, 10 months after he was arrested at his home and imprisoned, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
  
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• 10 cheapest colleges for out-of-state students

  26-05-2015 23:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With college affordability becoming an even larger factor for students seeking degrees than ever before, here is a list of the 10 least expensive universities and colleges across the nation.
  
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• ‘Free-range’ parents cleared of child neglect charges

  26-05-2015 23:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Maryland “free-range” parents at the center of a national debate over parental supervision have been cleared of child neglect charges related to an incident in December in which their children, ages 6 and 10, were allowed to walk home alone from a playground a mile from their house.
  
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• Assembly passes measure to have NTA regulate ride-sharing companies

  26-05-2015 22:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An amendment to a bill lost in a confusing Assembly floor vote early Saturday that would have given regulatory authority over ride-hailing companies to the Nevada Transportation Authority sailed through in a second vote Tuesday.
  
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• Las Vegas police find burned, partially dismembered body in bathtub

  26-05-2015 22:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who thought his nephew might be smoking marijuana in their shared Las Vegas apartment last week found a burned body in the bathroom instead, according to police.
  
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• Sedan was passing semi in fatal Nye County crash, NHP says

  26-05-2015 22:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fatal crash in Nye County on Monday happened when a sedan tried to pass a tractor-trailer on a two-lane section of U.S. Highway 95, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Government investigates 11 threats against international flights

  26-05-2015 22:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. government agencies are investigating at least 11 threats against specific international commercial flights on Monday afternoon, apparently phoned in to police by the same person, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
  
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• Judge guts illegal gambling case against Malaysian businessman

  26-05-2015 21:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon Tuesday tossed out the remaining evidence in an alleged illegal gambling case against wealthy Malaysian businessman Paul Phua because of government misconduct.
  
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• #CarsonCityLive: Rain and...bicycling?

  26-05-2015 21:53
  
  Week of May 19-26 — We know you have incredible content to share on social media, so each week we are putting together a special post featuring all of the pictures and tweets under our tag #CarsonCityLive. Maybe you're driving home and are in awe of the sunset or Nevada's landscape, so stop and take a photo to share with us! Maybe you see something happening in Carson City or have information to report — tell us about it! Just use #CarsonCityLive and we will regram the photo on Instagram, r
  
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• Unions pounce on membership bill in Assembly

  26-05-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday heard a bill that would allow government employees to quit their union membership whenever they wish.
  
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• 2 killed, 1 wounded in North Dakota Walmart shooting

  26-05-2015 19:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting early on Tuesday at a Walmart store in Grand Forks, North Dakota, that involved a U.S. airman from the Grand Forks Air Force base, authorities said.
  
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• Wife killed husband after he found out she was cheating, police say

  26-05-2015 19:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Idaho woman arrested Monday in connection with her husband’s slaying in Las Vegas wanted him dead after he found out she was having an affair, according to a police report.
  
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• Man killed after pickup-fire engine crashed ID’d

  26-05-2015 18:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 28-year-old man killed Sunday after a pickup collided with a Las Vegas fire engine has been identified.
  
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• 2 kids riding bikes hit by cars in separate crashes

  26-05-2015 17:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two children riding bicycles were hit by cars in separate crashes Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 7 killed, 12 missing in Texas, Okla. storms

  26-05-2015 17:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rescue workers searched on Tuesday for 12 people missing in Texas after torrential rains slammed the state and Oklahoma during the Memorial Day weekend, killing seven people and causing floods that destroyed homes and swept away bridges.
  
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• 10 dead, others missing after extreme Texas, Okla. storms

  26-05-2015 17:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Torrential rains have killed at least 10 people in Texas and Oklahoma, including three in Houston where floods turned streets into rivers and led to about 1,000 calls for help in the fourth-most populous U.S. city, officials said on Tuesday.
  
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• Sinkhole closes runway at Dallas-Fort Worth airport — VIDEO

  26-05-2015 16:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A sinkhole has closed a runway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which may delay flights at one of the largest transit hubs in the United States.
  
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• Sinkhole closes runway at Dallas-Fort Worth airport

  26-05-2015 16:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A sinkhole has closed a runway at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport, according to media reports.
  
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• Home a ‘total loss’ after early morning fire in southeast valley

  26-05-2015 16:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A home in the southeast valley was a considered a “total loss” after an early Tuesday morning fire, the Clark County Fire Department said.
  
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• Early morning fire displaces 7 in downtown Las Vegas

  26-05-2015 16:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Seven people are displaced after a Tuesday morning fire in downtown Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
  
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• Police investigating critical pedestrian crash

  26-05-2015 09:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At 9:26 p.m., Las Vegas police responded to a call in the 2500 block of Richfield Boulevard, near Sahara Avenue and Rancho Drive. A man was struck by a vehicle and suffered critical leg injuries, police said.
  
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• Police investigating critical auto-pedestrian crash

  26-05-2015 09:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At 9:26 p.m., Las Vegas police responded to a call in the 2500 block of Richfield Boulevard, near Sahara Avenue and Rancho Drive. A man was struck by a vehicle and suffered critical leg injuries, police said.
  
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• Man in serious condition after being hit by car Monday night

  26-05-2015 09:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man sustained serious injuries after he was struck by a car in the central valley Monday night, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Memorial Day remarks remember fallen in Carson City

  26-05-2015 07:23
  
  stopped,” said Kelly Kite, a Vietnam era Navy veteran who was the first of several guest speakers. A former Douglas County commissioner and Nevada state legislator, Kite mentioned the fallen from Revolutionary times to today, as well as loved ones who stayed home and harbored fear for those in harm’s way during wartime.“That’s why we’re here — to remember them,” he said. He noted there is no better way than to personalize it, so he named some he had known who died in World War II,
  
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• POURING OUT OF APPRECIATION

  26-05-2015 07:17
  stopped,” said Kelly Kite, a Vietnam era Navy veteran who was the first of several guest speakers. A former Douglas County commissioner and Nevada state legislator, Kite mentioned the fallen from Revolutionary times to today, as well as loved ones who stayed home and harbored fear for those in harm’s way during wartime.“That’s why we’re here — to remember them,” he said. He noted there is no better way than to personalize it, so he named some he had known who died in World War II,
  

• Opponents object to commerce tax

  26-05-2015 07:17
  The joint Senate Finance/Assembly Ways and Means committees held their second extended hearing into the compromise business tax plan proposed by the governor.The plan is a combination of the flat business license fee, a raised Modified Business Tax and a new commerce tax based on business revenue designed to generate $755 million including $262 million in new revenue.Most of the testimony – especially the opposition — focused on the commerce tax provisions that set different rates for 27 di
  

• Committee OKs K-12 funding formula adjustment

  26-05-2015 07:17
  The Senate Finance Committee on Monday approved the bill making dramatic changes to the historic Nevada Plan that funds K-12 education in the state.SB508 sets up a system in which children with different needs get different levels of state per-pupil funding. It’s intended to make major changes to the Nevada Plan, originally funded by the 1967 Legislature, and uses a formula that adjusts for local wealth to set per-pupil funding.The new plan would provide double or more in state funding for st
  

• Carson City Capitol Mall permit on tap

  26-05-2015 07:17
  Capitol Mall North, a mixed use development proposed for downtown Carson City, will undergo a public planning review Wednesday night.The private sector project goes before the seven-member Planning Commission during a 5 p.m. meeting of that panel, which also serves as the city’s Growth Management Commission, in an action item set on the agenda for “no sooner than 7 p.m.” The hearing for the large project of Carson City Center Development, LLC, is set at the Sierra Room in the Carson City
  

• Bill would rein in collective bargain rules

  26-05-2015 07:17
  The Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Monday was asked to approve a bill city and county officials say would help rein in binding arbitration for their workers.AB249 by Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, R-Gardnerville, would require factfinders and arbitrators look not only at local government’s immediate ability to pay increased salaries and benefits but at the long term sustainability of that ability to pay.Mary Walker, representing Carson, Lyon, Douglas and Storey counties, said at present, fact
  

• Vietnam vets take flight to nation’s capital

  26-05-2015 07:11
  
  Although their conflict ended fewer than 30 years after World War II, Vietnam veterans are suffering the consequences of their service at a rate almost equal to those who fought in Germany and Japan. The rapid disappearance of Vietnam veterans because of residual war effects like Agent Orange has sparked a Vietnam specific Honor Flight, taking off for the first time June 19. “I want the vets that are sick to get up there (to Washington D.C.),” Vietnam Veterans Association President Chapter 3
  
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• They’re out: Pack not in NCAAs

  26-05-2015 07:11
  
  RENO — Despite a 41-win season, a 12-1 record in three-game series and a regular season conference championship, the Nevada baseball team was not selected for the 64-team NCAA Regional field Monday. “I’m truthful in what I say, and I very strongly believe that we were a deserving team,” said head coach Jay Johnson. “I would be out of my mind if I wasn’t proud of this season. You can’t be perfect in this sport, and we weren’t, but we were pretty close. The positives from this sea
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: May 13, 1932 — Lindbergh baby murdered

  26-05-2015 07:11
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.Baby was killed following kidnaping is revealed. Round-up of all suspects and evidence demanded by authorities. Condon, Jafsie and Curtis being questioned. President demands wide round-up.Washington, D.C., May 13 — (LP) — President Hoover has ordered the secret service department, department of justice, prohibition agents, coast guard men and all federal marshals and deputies to exert every e
  
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• BLM accepting applications for Resource Advisory Councils

  26-05-2015 07:11
  
  The Bureau of Land Management is accepting nominations until June 22 to fill open positions on its three Resource Advisory Councils, citizen-based groups who make recommendations to the BLM about public land and resource management, including land-use planning, recreation, fire management, livestock grazing, and wild horse and burro herd management. Each RAC consists of 10 to 15 members with an interest in public land management. Members are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to serve a
  
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• Long Odds in the Game of Life

  26-05-2015 06:00
  Can my working-class students avoid years of underemployment?
  
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• Assembly panel OKs net-metering compromise

  26-05-2015 04:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A compromise measure meant to ensure that Nevada’s rooftop solar industry continues to grow while protecting utility customers who do not participate in net metering won approval Monday in an Assembly committee.
  
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• State Senate facing decision on abortion notification

  26-05-2015 03:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada senators will decide if the state needs a law requiring parents to be notified if their minor daughter wants an abortion. They have just a week to make their decision before the legislative session ends.
  
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• State Senate faces decision on abortion notification

  26-05-2015 03:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada senators will decide if the state needs a law requiring parents to be notified if their minor daughter wants an abortion. They have just a week to make their decision before the legislative session ends.
  
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• Tree fire spreads smoke over US 95 south near Charleston

  26-05-2015 02:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An east valley tree fire projected dark smoke over U.S. Highway 95 on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Governor’s “Plan B” tax plan undergoes grilling

  26-05-2015 02:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada lawmakers grilled administration officials Monday about Gov. Brian Sandoval’s “Plan B” tax proposal, with most queries focused on how a new commerce tax will be implemented and enforced.
  
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• Vegas weather heating up fast

  26-05-2015 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The month of May has been a record-setting month for mild Las Vegas Valley weather, but temperatures are expected to climb back to average as soon as Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Vegas’ signature summer heat right around the corner

  26-05-2015 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The month of May has been a record-setting month for mild Las Vegas Valley weather, but temperatures are expected to climb back to average as soon as Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Say good-bye to mild temperatures — near-triple digits loom

  26-05-2015 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The month of May has been a record-setting month for mild Las Vegas Valley weather, but temperatures are expected to climb back to average as soon as Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Mail carriers guard against rising tide of dog bites

  26-05-2015 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas is 33rd on the U.S. Postal Service’s annual ranking of cities with the highest number of dog attacks on mail carriers. Nineteen dog attacks were reported in 2014 in Las Vegas. There were 28 in total between Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson.
  
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• Memorial Day speakers underscore day’s original purpose

  26-05-2015 01:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Speakers at a Memorial Day event in Boulder City on Monday stressed the importance of observing Memorial Day for its original purpose.
  
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• Memorial Day speakers highlight holiday’s original purpose — PHOTOS

  26-05-2015 01:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Speakers at a Memorial Day event in Boulder City on Monday stressed the importance of observing Memorial Day for its original purpose.
  
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• Memorial Day speakers highlight holiday’s original purpose

  26-05-2015 01:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Speakers at a Memorial Day event in Boulder City on Monday stressed the importance of observing Memorial Day for its original purpose.
  
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• Firefighter suffers third degree burns from Mt. Charleston tree fire

  26-05-2015 01:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. Forest Service firefighter suffered second and third degree burns while responding to a tree fire Monday morning in Mount Charleston, a department spokeswoman said.
  
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