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• Rules aim to protect sage hen habitat in 10 states

  28-05-2015 23:54
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell revealed plans Thursday to preserve habitat in 10 Western states for an imperiled ground-dwelling bird, the federal government’s biggest land-planning effort to date for conservation of a single species. The proposal would affect energy development. The regulations would require oil and gas wells to be clustered in groups of a half-dozen or more to avoid scattering them across habitat of the greater sage grouse. Drilling near breeding areas wo
  
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• Cuffed fugitive told police he hid key in rear end

  28-05-2015 23:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police arrested California fugitive Nicholas Boland twice last week, wanted in connection with a kidnapping case by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department. But in Las Vegas, you could call it the case of the hidden key.
  
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• Cuff-shucking fugitive tells cops he hid key in sensitive spot

  28-05-2015 23:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A California fugitive who escaped Metro’s grasp later said he had a hidden key that he used to unlock his handcuffs.
  
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• Union taxi drivers plan to protest on Strip

  28-05-2015 23:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Union taxi drivers for Yellow Checker Star plan a demonstration that could block traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard on Friday afternoon as the weekend arrives and temperatures rise. The protest is planned over the Nevada Legislature’s approval of the regulation of transportation network companies, including Uber.
  
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• Union taxi drivers plan demonstration on Strip

  28-05-2015 23:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Union taxi drivers for Yellow Checker Star plan a demonstration that could block traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard on Friday afternoon as the weekend arrives and temperatures near 100. The protest is planned over the Nevada Legislature’s approval of the regulation of transportation network companies, including Uber.
  
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• Union taxi drivers plan anti-Uber demonstration on Strip

  28-05-2015 23:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Union taxi drivers for Yellow Checker Star plan a demonstration that could block traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard on Friday afternoon as the weekend arrives and temperatures near 100. The protest is planned over the Nevada Legislature’s approval of the regulation of transportation network companies, including Uber.
  
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• Nevada legislator cooling-off bill signed into law

  28-05-2015 23:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Thursday imposing a cooling-off period before lawmakers who leave office can return to the Nevada Legislature to lobby their former colleagues.
  
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• White S.C. officer indicted in 2014 shooting death of unarmed black man

  28-05-2015 23:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A grand jury in South Carolina indicted a white police officer on Wednesday on a felony charge of firing his weapon into a vehicle while it was occupied, killing an unarmed black man.
  
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• Women veterans told about VA benefits, services

  28-05-2015 23:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Department of Veterans Affairs took another step toward changing the agency’s culture Thursday with a forum to heighten awareness about Nevada’s more than 21,300 women veterans and health care services the VA provides to fit their needs.
  
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• Sandoval signs ‘Right to Try’ bill for the terminally ill

  28-05-2015 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A “Right to Try” bill that will make it easier for terminally ill Nevadans to obtain experimental medications that could help prolong their lives has been signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
  
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• Number of people starving worldwide drops to 795 million

  28-05-2015 23:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The number of people worldwide who don’t get enough to eat has fallen to 795 million, 10 million less than last year, U.N. officials said on Wednesday.
  
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• Judge Ramsey recall signatures turned in; verification comes next

  28-05-2015 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A committee to recall embattled North Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Catherine Ramsey turned in more than 2,700 petition signatures Thursday at City Hall.
  
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• Boston Scientific to pay $100 million for transvaginal mesh injury

  28-05-2015 22:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Delaware jury on Thursday ordered Boston Scientific to pay $100 million to a woman who said she was injured by transvaginal mesh, a device that is the subject of more than 25,000 lawsuits against the company.
  
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• LA official wants property owners to repair sidewalks

  28-05-2015 22:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Los Angeles official has proposed a novel way to pay for repairs and maintenance of the city’s sometimes cracked, crumbling or buckling sidewalks: shift that responsibility to property owners.
  
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• Eight pointers for smooth, safe bike riding

  28-05-2015 22:15
  
  Biking season is in full swing for mountain and road riders alike. Here are eight pointers to keep you riding smoother, safer, and more comfortably throughout the season.1. Don’t wear underwear under bike shorts: I’ve had this conversation with several patients and it’s worth mentioning, loudly and boldly. Bike shorts are supposed to be worn commando and without undergarments. It decreases chafing from seams and makes the ride more pleasant. I promise! 2. Wear bike shorts: The extra cush
  
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• Singapore Airlines falls 13,ooo feet before regaining power

  28-05-2015 22:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300 with more than 180 passengers on board temporarily lost power to both of its engines as it passed through a storm, the airline has said.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Woman arrested on two counts of child endangerment

  28-05-2015 22:03
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityWEDNESDAYAt 2:24 a.m., Tanya Shoemaker, 48, of Mound House was arrested on suspicion of felony probation and parole violation and no proof of insurance after deputies conducted a traffic stop near Highway 50 East and Deer Run Road. Bail was set at $600.At 3:15 p.m., Lilia Gutierrez, 49, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of two counts of felony child endangerment
  
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• Nevada lawmakers hear bill to massage medical pot law

  28-05-2015 21:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two years after passing a law to set up medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada, state lawmakers are trying to massage the rules to fix unintended consequences of the process.
  
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• Calif. man drowns while swimming with 10-lb. rock

  28-05-2015 21:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man drowned on his 21st birthday after attempting to swim across a pond in northern California while carrying a 10-pound rock, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday.
  
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• 1,300 deaths in India linked to extreme heat wave

  28-05-2015 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hundreds of deaths caused by an extreme heat wave in India could have been prevented if authorities followed the example set by Ahmedabad which introduced measures such as cooling spaces to protect citizens from the rising mercury, climate experts said.
  
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• Democrat Susie Lee joins Flores, Kihuen in bid for Congress

  28-05-2015 20:43
  
  Las Vegas philanthropist and Democrat Susie Lee has announced a bid for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District seat. Lee announced Thursday that she planned to seek the post now held by Republican Cresent Hardy. She’s joining Democratic state Sen. Ruben Kihuen and Democratic former Assemblywoman Lucy Flores in the race. Lee has served as president of the nonprofit Communities in Schools of Nevada since 2010, and said improving education and creating jobs would be among her top priorities. This
  
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• U.S. to review pilot mental health checks after deadly Germanwings crash

  28-05-2015 20:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A panel of experts from government and industry will review how the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration monitors the mental health of commercial pilots and will make recommendations within six months, the agency said Wednesday.
  
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• $50M Visitor Gateway on Mount Charleston opens Saturday — PHOTOS

  28-05-2015 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway, a 128-acre complex along the Kyle Canyon Wash, officially opens to the public Saturday morning.
  
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• $50 million visitor center on Mount Charleston to open

  28-05-2015 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway, a 128-acre complex along the Kyle Canyon Wash, officially opens to the public Saturday morning.
  
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• 15 Chinese nationals charged with SAT cheating scheme

  28-05-2015 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Fifteen Chinese nationals have been charged with developing a fraud scheme in which they paid impostors to take entrance exams, including the SAT, and gained acceptance to elite American colleges and universities, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
  
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• 9th arrest made in killing of 2 Mississippi officers

  28-05-2015 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mississippi authorities said they have made a ninth arrest in connection with the May 9 shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg police officers.
  
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• Texas storms death toll rises to 16, sets rain record

  28-05-2015 19:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Texas prepared for more flooding on Thursday while still reeling from torrential rains that killed at least 16 people, inundated major cities and set a record for the wettest month in the state’s history.
  
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• Prosecutors fight to save gambling case against Malaysian businessman

  28-05-2015 19:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors won’t give up their illegal gambling case against wealthy Malaysian businessman Paul Phua
  
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• Judge stands by order tossing evidence in World Cup betting case

  28-05-2015 19:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge Wednesday quickly denied a request from prosecutors to reconsider his order tossing out the brunt of the evidence in the illegal gambling case against wealthy Malaysian businessman Paul Phua.
  
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• Victims will speak at Boston bomber’s formal sentencing

  28-05-2015 19:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev late next month will confront people who lost limbs and loved ones in the deadly 2013 attack when he is scheduled to be formally sentenced to death for his crimes, a judge said on Thursday.
  
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• Truck driver faces DUI charges after taxi crash near Strip

  28-05-2015 19:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A semi truck driver is facing DUI charges after a head-on crash with a cab that left six injured, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
  
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• Truck driver faces DUI charges after crashing into taxi near Strip

  28-05-2015 19:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A semi truck driver is facing DUI charges after a head-on crash with a cab that left six injured, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
  
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• $500,000 Las Vegas verdict in priest groping case overturned

  28-05-2015 19:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a $500,000 jury verdict awarded to a Las Vegas man who said a priest groped him at age 13.
  
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• $500,000 Las Vegas verdict in groping case overturned

  28-05-2015 19:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a $500,000 jury verdict awarded to a Las Vegas man who said a priest groped him at age 13.
  
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• Coroner IDs Las Vegas man killed at Craig Ranch Park

  28-05-2015 18:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man shot and killed during a fight at a North Las Vegas park Tuesday night was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Alika Chappell-Hersh, 21, of Las Vegas.
  
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• Man shot, wounded in fight in Wal-Mart parking lot

  28-05-2015 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An altercation outside an east valley Wal-Mart led to a shooting early Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Death penalty possible for woman and brother accused in hatchet attack

  28-05-2015 17:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prosecutors could seek the death penalty against an Idaho woman and her brother, who face murder charges in the death of her husband.
  
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• Turnaround schools tipping the scales in students’ favor

  28-05-2015 11:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reputations can be hard to mend, and the reputations that follow at-risk schools are hard to leave behind, which is what prompted the creation of a program that helps schools turn around.
  
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• Author separates ‘good hoods’ from ‘bad gangsters’

  28-05-2015 10:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After 48 years researching the mob, author and gaming consultant Bill Friedman knows the difference between “good hoods” and “bad gangsters,” and his new book “30 Illegal Years To The Strip” examines the differences between the two.
  
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• Scaale Group planning to locate in Carson City Capitol Mall

  28-05-2015 08:45
  Globe-trotter Kaushal Chokshi, who has a new Carson City firm, told business people here Wednesday the world now is just beyond the back porch for them.Chokshi, from India but a resident of this country for years, was the featured speaker at a breakfast meeting of the Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA). NNDA Executive Director Rob Hooper, in introducing him, said Chokshi’s Scaale Group has several companies that includes the unit just getting under way here, one which eventually plan
  

• Pioneer graduates never lost sight of goals

  28-05-2015 08:45
  Students who never lost sight of their goals became a theme as Pioneer High School said goodbye to nearly 50 students Wednesday night.The graduation ceremony was held in the Carson City Community Center Wednesday night and featured special guests from the school board and faculty from Pioneer to congratulate the students.“They have never lost sight of their goals,” Cary Jordan, Pioneer counselor said at the ceremony. “You will have an opportunity to build our community, guide our country,
  

• Gov. signs 2 bills key to Carson history/tourism

  28-05-2015 08:45
  Gov. Brian Sandoval this week signed two bills important to Carson City, measures recognizing the historical potential and importance of both the old Nevada State Prison and the Stewart Indian School.AB377 by Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill, R-Carson City, establishes three separate fund raising accounts and a process for creating a museum, historical center and tourist attraction at NSP, which operated from 1861 until 2012 as a Nevada prison. Many of the buildings there are 100-plus years old and G
  

• Carson City Capitol Mall North clears first city hurdle

  28-05-2015 08:45
  Capitol Mall North, a large downtown Carson City hotel and innovation district plan, cleared the Planning Commission hurdle Wednesday.Commissioners voted to approve a special use permit for the private sector proposal and approved use of an estimated 83,000 gallons of water daily, on average, paving the way for initial construction of a parking garage on Carson Street and the eventual building along Stewart Street of a Hyatt Place hotel, conference space, office buildings, commercial space and
  

• Colorado theater shooter’s notebook shows murder plans, musings

  28-05-2015 08:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A journal that Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes wrote before he opened fire inside a packed theater contains his plans to commit a mass killing, interspersed with personal musings and philosophical questions, a document showed on Wednesday.
  
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• Western Nevada College sends players to Div. 1 programs

  28-05-2015 08:39
  
  Western Nevada College baseball fans can continue to cheer on key players from this year’s Wildcats team as they play at the next level, as several key members of the 2015 squad are stepping into NCAA Division I programs on the West Coast.Corey Pool, the Wildcats’ first baseman, has signed with the University of Nevada, which won the Mountain West regular-season title and won 41 games. He’ll join former WNC teammate Christian Stolo, who was Nevada’s ace pitcher this year.Outfielder Jake
  
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• Opportunistic Carson downs Damonte

  28-05-2015 08:39
  
  The Carson-Damonte game came down to who would take advantage of scoring opportunities, and both teams had plenty of those Wednesday night at Ron McNutt Field.Carson’s pitching trio of Cole Porter, Derek Shafer and Jordan Anderson allowed just three hits but doled out nine walks and hit three batters. Damonte pitchers walked eight and hit two.The difference was Carson cashed in six times off the free bases while Damonte managed to score just twice in the 10-3 Blue Jays victory.Carson continues
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Ford presents funding bill for police body cameras

  28-05-2015 08:39
  
  The governor has already signed legislation authorizing police officers in Nevada to wear body cameras.But that legislation didn’t provide a way for local governments to actually pay for the cameras.Senate Minority Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, told the Senate finance Committee on Wednesday his SB111 does that, allowing local officials to raise the sales tax by 1/8th of a cent to cover the cost of the cameras and related equipment.Ford said no one in local government, the school districts o
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: April 19, 1912 — Lahontan Dam is Building

  28-05-2015 08:39
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.Lahontan Dam is BuildingGovernment Work is Rushed for FarmersConstruction of the Lahontan Dam near Fallon was well underway in 1912, when work included movement of dirt into the great embankment using a “great electric excavator,” one of the first of its kind. The dam, completed in 1915, was built to irrigate lands near Fallon and produce hydroelectric power.…
  
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• GE Family Concert Series kicking off Friday in Minden

  28-05-2015 08:39
  
  The Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department is getting ready for its 2015 GE Family Concert Series, which invites families to spend an evening of music at Minden Park. The series is kicking off Friday with Garratt Wilkin and the Parrotheads, whose performance is co-sponsored by Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant & Distribution Center. The band hails from Placerville, Calif., but it performs throughout the Western United States, including in Alaska and Hawaii, and as far away as Florida
  
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• Gary Allan, country singer, visiting Carson Valley Inn june 4

  28-05-2015 08:39
  
  Gary Allan, a country singer who has five No. 1 hits and more than a dozen top 10 hits under hits belt, is visiting TJ’s Corral, the Carson Valley Inn’s outdoor events center, on Thursday, June 4. Allan sold more than 7 million albums. With his current album, “Set You Free,” Allan has reached new creative heights by changing the way he writes, records and creates music. His voice brings to life the ups and downs of love, relationships and rebirth with a renewed passion. His new single, �
  
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