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• School bus driver booked on sexual assault of minor charges

  29-05-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County School District bus driver has been arrested on multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor, Metro wrote in a release Friday.
  
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• CCSD bus driver charged with sex crimes against children; Metro seeks others involved

  29-05-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The arrest of a veteran Clark County School District special education bus driver on allegations of sex crimes against “very small children” prompted Las Vegas police on Friday to establish two phone lines to take calls from others who may be victims and their parents.
  
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• CCSD bus driver booked on sexual assault of minor charges

  29-05-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County School District bus driver has been arrested on multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor, Metro wrote in a release Friday.
  
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• Damaged dock closes USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

  29-05-2015 23:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be closed to visitors until at least June 4 after a dock to the memorial that sits atop the sunken battleship was damaged in an accident Wednesday, the National Park Service says.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Lawmakers want to pare down HOAs’ power in foreclosure

  29-05-2015 23:39
  
  Lawmakers who say a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision gives homeowners associations too much power to foreclose over unpaid dues are pushing a last-minute legislative fix. Republican Assemblyman David Gardner is sponsoring Assembly Bill 359, which would change rules on so-called “super-priority liens.” The high court ruled in September that unpaid HOA dues should not only be the first thing paid when a foreclosed home is sold, but that the mortgage itself can be wiped out in the process
  
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• Jury acquits medical marijuana patient of felony charges

  29-05-2015 23:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 65-year-old Las Vegas man who grew medical pot in his backyard was acquitted of two felony marijuana charges Friday.
  
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• Calif. horseman beaten by deputies receives felony charges

  29-05-2015 23:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A California man who received a $650,000 settlement after being beaten by about a dozen sheriff’s deputies in a failed attempt to flee on horseback has been charged with felonies connected to the incident.
  
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• Is the IRS too broke or just inefficient in protecting taxpayers’ data?

  29-05-2015 22:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The IRS is giving Americans’ tax refunds to criminal imposters, and until recently its website was spilling your information to identity thieves.
  
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• Fire damages Vons store in Henderson

  29-05-2015 21:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Vons grocery store in Henderson caught fire Thursday and had to close for the night, according to a Henderson news release.
  
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• Fire closes Vons store in Henderson

  29-05-2015 21:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Vons grocery store in Henderson caught fire Thursday and had to close for the night, according to a Henderson news release.
  
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• Ariz. police step up security for ‘Draw Mohammad’ protest at mosque

  29-05-2015 21:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Arizona police stepped up security on Friday near a mosque for a planned outdoor protest by an anti-Islam group that includes drawing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, weeks after a similar competition in Texas came under attack by two gunmen.
  
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• Taxi drivers stage peaceful protest against Uber on the Strip

  29-05-2015 21:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Union cab drivers for Yellow Checker Star, the second-largest taxi company operating in Clark County, staged a peaceful protest on the Strip that even company management praised.
  
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• Taxi company working with officials to stem traffic disruptions

  29-05-2015 21:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Managers of Yellow Checker Star, the second-largest taxi company in Clark County, are working with regulators, police and union leaders in a bid to head off traffic disruptions on the Strip following Thursday’s announcement that cab drivers plan a work stoppage Friday.
  
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• Live anthrax was in shipment from US military facility to Australia

  29-05-2015 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An investigation of a U.S. military facility’s mistaken shipments of live anthrax bacteria has turned up another live sample, this one from a 2008 batch sent to Australia, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.
  
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• Man with long criminal past indicted on murder charge

  29-05-2015 21:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man already facing dozens of charges in connection with breaking into a woman’s home, taking her family hostage and trying to rape the woman has been indicted on a murder charge, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Man charged in 2014 home invasion indicted for murder

  29-05-2015 21:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man already facing dozens of charges in connection with breaking into a woman’s home, taking her family hostage and trying to rape the woman has been indicted on a murder charge, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• SoCal man accused in neighbor’s death kills himself after family flees

  29-05-2015 21:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Southern California man suspected to have fatally shot a neighbor on Thursday ended an hours-long standoff with police by killing himself.
  
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• Prosecutors refuse to abandon World Cup betting case

  29-05-2015 20:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors aren’t throwing in the towel in their fight to keep alive an illegal gambling case against wealthy Malaysian businessman Paul Phua.
  
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• Mom of woman found dead in bathtub disputes accused killer’s story

  29-05-2015 19:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Mississippi woman said her daughter had been arrested in Las Vegas on a prostitution charge but the planned to clear her name.
  
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• Education Notebook, June 4-10, 2015

  29-05-2015 19:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
  
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• Las Vegas police looking for woman in hotel robbery

  29-05-2015 18:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a woman who injured an employee during a robbery at a Siegel Suites, according to a news release.
  
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• Remember, desert dwellers, it’s getting hot out there

  29-05-2015 18:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Drink more water and try to stay cool, because high temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley will continue through the weekend.
  
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• Las Vegas’ temperatures push into 100s this weekend

  29-05-2015 18:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  High temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley will continue throughout the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• IRS believes identity thieves from Russia

  29-05-2015 17:59
  
  WASHINGTON — IRS investigators believe the identity thieves who stole the personal tax information of more than 100,000 taxpayers from an IRS website are part of a sophisticated criminal operation based in Russia, two officials told the Associated Press. The information was stolen as part of an elaborate scheme to claim fraudulent tax refunds, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told reporters. Koskinen declined to say where the crime originated. But two officials briefed on the matter said Wednesd
  
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• Sandoval tells Yucca Mountain supporters ‘nothing to negotiate’

  29-05-2015 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval says Yucca Mountain supporters in Congress should give it a rest, there’s no way Nevada can be persuaded to accept a high-level nuclear waste site.
  
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• Sandoval firm: Nothing to negotiate on Yucca Mountain

  29-05-2015 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval says Yucca Mountain supporters in Congress should give it a rest, there’s no way Nevada can be persuaded to accept a high-level nuclear waste site.
  
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• Judge assigns lawyer for man accused in fatal hatchet attack

  29-05-2015 17:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Siblings accused in a fatal hatchet attack of a 43-year-old man were back in a Las Vegas courtroom Friday.
  
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• 1 stabbed near downtown Las Vegas; another in custody

  29-05-2015 16:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized and another was taken into custody after a Thursday night stabbing in downtown Las Vegas, Metro said.
  
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• 1 person stabbed near downtown Las Vegas; suspect in custody

  29-05-2015 16:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized and another was taken into custody after a Thursday night stabbing in downtown Las Vegas, Metro said.
  
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• Woman found dead in MGM Grand hotel room

  29-05-2015 16:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman was found dead inside of a hotel room at the MGM Grand late Thursday night, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Woman dies in early morning crash in North Las Vegas

  29-05-2015 16:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman died early Friday morning after crashing her vehicle into a recycling truck in North Las Vegas, police said.
  
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• Experts predict a below-average hurricane season

  29-05-2015 09:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The coming Atlantic hurricane season probably will have fewer storms than normal for the third year running — thanks in part to El Niño, forecasters say.
  
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• 13 facts you probably didn’t know about hurricanes — FACTS

  29-05-2015 09:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, but it might have fewer storms than normal for the third year running — thanks in part to El Niño, the warming of water in the equatorial Pacific, which increases strong wind shear in the Atlantic.
  
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• Cyclist finds casket unearthed in Texas flooding

  29-05-2015 09:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bicyclist was shocked to find a casket on the side of a bike trail in southwest Houston after the weekend’s flooding.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Bills signed including “cooling off” period for ex-lawmakers

  29-05-2015 09:12
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a series of bills including Assembly Bill 273 mandating former lawmakers take a “cooling off” period before they take a job as a paid lobbyist.Under the bill, lawmakers would have to miss the legislative session following their departure from the body.In addition, Sandoval signed the Nevada “Right to Try” law allowing people diagnosed with a terminal disease to try investigational or experimental drugs that haven’t yet been fully through the federal Food
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Assembly agrees to split up executive Department of Administration

  29-05-2015 09:12
  
  The Nevada Assembly on Thursday voted to break up the governor’s Department of Administration.Assembly Bill 469 basically reverses the actions taken by the 2013 Legislature, which rolled a laundry list of non-budget functions including human resources into Administration.The bill splits Administration in two, creating an Office of Finance that consists of the budget division and division of internal audits. Director of Administration Jim Wells said that would allow him to focus on purely fisc
  
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• Dayton graduates to make it so

  29-05-2015 09:12
  
  Ever since she was two years old, Dayton High School valedictorian Lauryn Bailey was inspired by her mother to become a doctor, and now she’s one step closer.For 14 years, Bailey’s mother Jennifer has been battling breast cancer, and has inspired Bailey to go on to pursue a medical career to try to help others.“She is my inspiration,” Bailey said. “I wanted to be a doctor since I was two, when she was diagnosed with cancer. For me, it’s always been there and I have wanted to be able
  
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• Summer season of Carson City Ghost Walk tours underway

  29-05-2015 09:06
  
  Carson City’s rich and intriguing history is explored and theatrically relived in our seasonal Ghost Walking Tours, led by the theatrically devised and entertaining historical character Madame Curry. The annual tours offer a spooky and enjoyable look at Carson City’s Victorian Era. Attendees hear about lingering spirits of the past centuries, haunted and paranormal stories. This is a spirit-lead, guided walking tour of the downtown district’s west side historic homes and businesses. The 90
  
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• Silver State grads look to make lives count

  29-05-2015 09:06
  
  Salutatorian Nicole Vargas talked about the saying “you only live once” in her address during Silver State High School’s commencement Thursday night at the Carson City Community Center. But she stressed it’s what one does with that life that counts.Vargas and Valedictorian Jessica Perkins talked about how Silver State gave them that foundation for their lives during their addresses. Vargas, who plans to study culinary arts, talked about some of the areas in which her fellow graduates pla
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 24, 1922 — Tonopah suffers big loss from fire

  29-05-2015 09:06
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.Tonopah suffers big loss from fire yesterdayFanned by a fifty-mile gale, fire wiped out three blocks of the Tonopah down town district in less than an hour, causing a loss of $100,000. The fire started at 9:45 a.m. in the Owl cabaret in the restricted district and favored by the high wind soon spread to adjoining buildings. Volunteers joined the small force of paid fire fighters in an effort to st
  
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• Carson seniors leave their mark on ‘C’ Hill

  29-05-2015 09:06
  
  ‘C’ Hill has been altered to read ‘15’ as of Wednesday night, in the spirit of the Class of 2015’s graduation for Carson High Saturday.…
  
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• New species of ancient human found, researchers say

  29-05-2015 08:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Meet Australopithecus deyiremeda, a newly discovered species of hominin that sheds light on our earliest ancestors, scientists say.
  
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• Marco Rubio pays a visit to iconic Las Vegas pawn shop

  29-05-2015 08:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, who once lived in Las Vegas, made a stop Thursday at Rick Harrison’s Gold and Silver Pawn Shop at 713 S. Las Vegas Boulevard.
  
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• National Spelling Bee ends in a t-i-e

  29-05-2015 08:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Eighth-graders Gokul Venkatachalam of Chesterfield, Missouri, and Vanya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas, were co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday.
  
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• Former House Speaker Hastert indicted on federal charges

  29-05-2015 08:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert was indicted on Thursday on federal charges, including for lying to the FBI, relating to an alleged effort to hide $3.5 million in payments he was making to a person to conceal past misconduct.
  
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• Body found in car at Rainbow and Charleston parking lot

  29-05-2015 07:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman’s body was found in a west valley parking lot late Thursday afternoon. About 5:00 p.m., Las Vegas police responded to a call from a parking lot at the intersection of Rainbow and Charleston boulevards, where they found the body, said Metro Lt. Patrick Charoen.
  
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• 1 injured in truck fire on U.S. Highway 93

  29-05-2015 06:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was injured and a truck caught fire after a crash between a box truck and a van on U.S. Highway 93, near the Apex exit.
  
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• CCSD board member requests report on transgender policy progress

  29-05-2015 06:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  On Thursday, several transgender students and their parents addressed the Clark County School Board and repeated their long-standing requests for a policy that accommodates all students, regardless of gender identity and expression, in public facilities such as bathrooms and locker rooms.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax plan heads to Assembly

  29-05-2015 06:21
  
  The governor’s plan to pay for his $7.4 billion General Fund budget is headed for its toughest test — the floor of the state Assembly.AB464, including the controversial commerce tax passed out of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee Thursday night with just four Republicans opposed.The bill imposes a business license fee of $500 a year for corporations and $300 for businesses that aren’t corporations. It raises the Modified Business tax from the 0.63 percent it would be if the current in
  
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• Nevada governor’s revised tax plan clears Assembly hurdle

  29-05-2015 06:15
  
  BC-NV-XGR--Sandoval Tax Plan, 1st Ld-Writethru,493Nevada governor’s revised tax plan clears Assembly hurdleEds: Adds details.By RILEY SNYDERAssociated PressCARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax plan is one step closer to becoming law after clearing another legislative hurdle, but the Republican governor’s historic tax expansion faces a rough road to approval in the final days of the session. Members of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee voted to amend and pass AB464 on
  
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