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• Missing Alaska family died in a murder-suicide

  03-06-2015 23:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Investigators have determined that four members of an Alaska family, whose remains were discovered in March after being reported missing a year ago, died in a murder-suicide, police said on Wednesday.
  
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• NH man wanted for parents’ murders in 2014 caught in Fla.

  03-06-2015 23:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who landed on the U.S. Marshals Service’s most-wanted list for the slayings of his parents in New Hampshire last year was captured in Florida on Wednesday after an anonymous tipster recognized him from news reports, authorities said.
  
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• Lawyers want death penalty for men charged with rape of student

  03-06-2015 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tennessee prosecutors said on Wednesday they would seek the death penalty for the three men charged with the kidnapping and murder of nursing student Holly Bobo, who disappeared in 2011, and whose remains were found about three years later.
  
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• Lawyers want death penalty fo men charged with kidnap, rape of nursing student

  03-06-2015 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tennessee prosecutors said on Wednesday they would seek the death penalty for the three men charged with the kidnapping and murder of nursing student Holly Bobo, who disappeared in 2011, and whose remains were found about three years later.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to enticing victim into prostitution

  03-06-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mario Lamont Jones II faces three to 10 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.
  
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• Las Vegas man pleads guilty to enticing victim into prostitution

  03-06-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  He faces three to 10 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.
  
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• Atlanta cop allegedly let murder suspect escape a blockade

  03-06-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Atlanta police officer accused of allowing a murder suspect to escape a blockade has been arrested and suspended without pay, authorities said on Wednesday.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Sandoval OKs widely-supported collective bargaining overhaul

  03-06-2015 23:08
  
  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a wide-ranging collective bargaining overhaul bill that received support from both businesses and unions. Sandoval signed SB241 into law on Monday. The measure prohibits school administrators who make more than $120,000 a year from joining a collective bargaining unit, and makes it easier for superintendents to fire or transfer school principals during their first few years of employment. The bill requires administrators who aren’t principals but are in u
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Gov. Brian Sandoval signing Read by 3, Zoom, Victory school bills

  03-06-2015 23:08
  
  Fresh off a legislative session that brought victories for his policy agenda and $1.1 billion tax plan, Gov. Brian Sandoval visited Las Vegas schools Wednesday to sign bills aimed at turning around Nevada’s dismally ranked public education system. The measures creating the Read by 3 and Victory Schools initiatives and expanding the Zoom Schools program were just a fraction of an education package lawmakers finalized Monday that includes expanding full-day kindergarten statewide and allowing p
  
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• Turns out, dialing 10 digits wasn’t the end of the world after all

  03-06-2015 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As the last-ever days of seven-digit dialing in Clark County approached last summer, apprehension about the addition of a new 725 area code grew. More than a year later, we’ve gotten over it.
  
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• Truck fire closes NB I-15 to SB 95 ramp at Spaghetti Bowl

  03-06-2015 23:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol troopers believe the semi’s breaks caught fire, spokesman Loy Hixson said. The ramp is expected to reopen between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m.
  
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• NB I-15 to SB 95 ramp at Spaghetti Bowl partially reopens

  03-06-2015 23:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol troopers believe the semi’s brakes caught fire, spokesman Loy Hixson said. The ramp is expected to reopen between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m.
  
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• 11- and 14-year-old boys face arson charges after Henderson fire

  03-06-2015 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A detached garage and two vehicles were a total loss after what investigators said was an arson fire in Henderson.
  
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• Las Vegas Review-Journal parent company to buy Columbus Dispatch

  03-06-2015 22:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New Media Investment Group Inc., the parent company of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, said Wednesday that it will buy the publishing operations and assets of The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
  
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• Las Vegas freezes applications to sell packaged beer and liquor

  03-06-2015 21:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 90-day moratorium follows a spike in permits sought by businesses wanting to hawk alcohol “in sealed or corked containers.”
  
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• Woman dies after being hit by car in south valley

  03-06-2015 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened just after noon near the intersection of Wigwam Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
  
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• Woman critical after being struck by car in south valley

  03-06-2015 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It happened just after noon near the intersection of Wigwam Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
  
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• Woman critical after being hit by car in south valley

  03-06-2015 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It happened just after noon near the intersection of Wigwam Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard.
  
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• Man dies in crash near Dolan Springs, Ariz.

  03-06-2015 21:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The driver was not wearing a seat belt, the Mohave County sheriff’s office said, and he died in the crash about 80 miles outside Las Vegas.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash on I-15 near Moapa

  03-06-2015 21:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened just before noon on northbound Interstate 15, near the exit for State Route 168 and about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
  
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• Motorcyclist hurt in crash on I-15 near Moapa dies

  03-06-2015 21:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened just before noon on northbound Interstate 15, near the exit for State Route 168 and about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
  
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• Motorcyclist critical after crash on I-15 near Moapa

  03-06-2015 21:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened just before noon on northbound Interstate 15, near the exit for State Route 168 and about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
  
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• Galapagos Islands volcano erupts, spills into ocean — VIDEO

  03-06-2015 20:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Check out the footage of the Galapagos Island’s highest peak volcano spewing molten lava into the ocean.
  
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• Many U.S. labs received suspected live anthrax samples, Pentagon says

  03-06-2015 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Pentagon said on Wednesday that 51 labs in 17 U.S. states and three foreign countries have received suspected live samples of anthrax - a larger number than previously disclosed - and that the number may rise as an investigation continues.
  
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• Growth of ISIS could cause global ‘havoc on progress of humanity’

  03-06-2015 20:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A senior U.S. envoy said on Wednesday the growth of the Islamic State militant group had global implications and could “wreak havoc on the progress of humanity” if unchecked.
  
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• 2 suspects in officer assault dead after 3-hour chase by police

  03-06-2015 20:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men suspected of assaulting a police officer in Texas and stealing his vehicle were killed after a three-hour chase, one of them shot by police and the other found dead inside the vehicle, authorities said on Wednesday.
  
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• Man facing charges in Boston terrorism probe in court Wednesday

  03-06-2015 19:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Massachusetts man detained under a terrorism probe faces charges in federal court on Wednesday, as local media reported the man and an associate who police shot dead on Tuesday planned to behead a police officer.
  
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• Boston man killed by police was not shot in back, clergy says

  03-06-2015 19:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Boston man whom police fatally shot after he waved a knife at officers was not on the phone at the time of the shooting and was not shot in the back, as reported by the suspect’s brother.
  
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• Boston man fatally shot by police talked of going after ‘boys in blue’

  03-06-2015 19:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Usaamah Rahim, who was fatally shot after waving a knife at police on Tuesday, allegedly discussed with an associate a plot to kill a person outside of Massachusetts.
  
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• War Machine to stay behind bars until trial for brutal beating

  03-06-2015 18:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former mixed martial artist Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, must remain behind bars while he awaits trial on several charges in connection with an attack on his ex-girlfriend and another man, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  
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• Judge denies release for War Machine

  03-06-2015 18:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former mixed martial artist Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, must remain behind bars while he awaits trial on several charges in connection with an attack on his ex-girlfriend and another man, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  
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• Infant’s death was accidental, Clark County coroner says

  03-06-2015 18:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An infant who died in late April accidentally suffocated, the Clark County coroner’s office said Wednesday morning.
  
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• Coroner IDs woman found dead in MGM Grand hotel room

  03-06-2015 18:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman found dead in a MGM Grand hotel room Thursday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• 20,000 London police to be equipped with body cameras

  03-06-2015 18:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  London’s police officers are to be equipped with 20,000 body-worn cameras, more than in any other city, to help them gather evidence and improve public confidence in them, authorities said on Wednesday.
  
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• Linda Marrone: 3rd & Curry Street Farmers Market starts Saturday

  03-06-2015 18:01
  
  With the start of summer comes the promise of warm weather and the bounty you’ll find at the 3rd & Curry Street Farmers Market starting this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the next 16 weeks. This marks our eighth year for the market and it seems to me it just keeps getting better with each passing year. We lost three of our Nevada Farmers and picked up three new ones. One is moving, the other became successful selling wholesale only and the third one ran for office and was elected. So t
  
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• Get Healthy: Keep safety in mind at home and at play

  03-06-2015 18:01
  
  This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages. It addresses topics related to the health of our community.June is National Safety Month. Keeping ourselves and those around us safe is a responsibility we all must take seriously. As we go about our day, many of us encounter hazards that could place us at risk for accident or injury. While often these risks are small and we go about our routine without incident, it’s important to be aware there are steps we can take to make sure
  
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• Apartment fire near UNLV displaces 3 people

  03-06-2015 17:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An apartment fire near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas displaced two adults and an infant Wednesday morning, the Clark County Fire Department wrote in a release.
  
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• Hope fades for finding more survivors in capsized Chinese ship

  03-06-2015 16:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rescuers searched a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading in what could be China’s worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years.
  
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• 1 dead in rollover crash on U.S. 95 south of Boulder City

  03-06-2015 15:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead after a Wednesday morning rollover crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 and Route 165, near Nelson’s Landing, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• 1 dead in rollover accident on U.S. 95 south of Boulder City

  03-06-2015 15:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead after a Wednesday morning rollover crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 and Route 165, near Nelson’s Landing, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to speak to Latino conference in Las Vegas

  03-06-2015 14:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will speak to a group of Latino elected and appointed officials during her June 18 visit to Las Vegas.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to speak at Latino conference in Las Vegas

  03-06-2015 14:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will speak to a group of Latino elected and appointed officials during her June 18 visit to Las Vegas.
  
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• Tigers edge Blue Jays

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  Tigers hang on to defeat Blue JaysMINDEN — Tomas Leitenbauer scored the go-ahead run for the Douglas Tigers in the fourth inning and then came on to pitch out of a jam in the seventh to help preserve a 5-4 summer baseball victory against the Carson Blue Jays on Tuesday afternoon.Douglas scored three runs in the fourth to take a 5-4 lead and held on the rest of the way, aided by right fielder Hunter Simpson’s game-ending diving catch of a sinking line drive by Cody Azevedo with the bases loa
  
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• Pfeifer set for 2nd ACC try

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  A year ago, nobody knew who Chad Pfeifer was.After a fifth-place showing at last year’s American Century Championship and an appearance on Big Break, Pfeifer, a retired Army corporal who had his left leg amputated below the knee after being hit with an IED (improvised explosive device) in Iraq back in 2007, is now a well-known name in golfing circles.The bookmakers have Pfeifer at 12-1 for the 26th annual event slated for July 14-19 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club.“No, not really,” said Pfeife
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Gov. Sandoval basking in legislative successes

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  Basking in the after-glow of a legislative session that handed him nearly everything on his agenda, Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday his education reforms are going to make a difference for Nevada’s children.Sitting at his desk behind a small gold-lettered sign that says, “It CAN be done,” a smiling Sandoval made no secret of how pleased he was. But he willingly shared the credit with Democratic and Republican lawmakers who voted for his agenda and its education reforms from pre-kindergart
  
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• Minden-Tahoe Airport hosts historic planes

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  A Norden bombsight, a technological advance in the 1940s, rubbed elbows with 21st Century technology as Denny Morse captured his trip to Carson Valley from the bombadier’s seat of a B-17 Flying Fortress with a GoPro.Accompanied by a B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell and P-51 Mustang, the B-17 will be on display at the Minden-Tahoe Airport as part of the Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour until noon today.“I have always been into planes,” Morse said. “I have degrees in aeronautical and
  
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• Local sports roundup: Former WNC standouts earn postseason honors

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  Postseason recognition is pouring in for recent alums of Western Nevada College’s baseball program.Christian Stolo, who pitched for the Wildcats from 2013-14, was named Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year, following his junior season at the University of Nevada.Stolo’s former Wildcat teammate, Alex Fife, a junior outfielder at Colorado Mesa University, earned first-team honors from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the American Baseball Coaches Association and the National Co
  
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• It’s High Moon in Carson City

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  A full moon rises over Carson City on Monday night.…
  
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• Carson Tahoe works to raise awareness of chronic wounds

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  The Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing is partnering with Healogics, Inc., the country’s largest provider in wound care services, to raise awareness throughout the region about chronic wounds affecting millions of people in the U.S. The rising incidence of chronic wounds continues to be fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of diseases and conditions such as obesity, and the late effects of radiation therapy. Left untreated, chronic wounds can lead to diminished quality of lif
  
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• Carson City Airport successful, but ‘decline’ a problem

  03-06-2015 08:33
  
  The Carson City Airport is successful despite a decline in aviation, Tim Rowe, airport manager, told a Rotary Club luncheon audience Tuesday.That doesn’t mean it’s a walk in the park, Rowe indicated, let alone to the bank. So he took the chance to talk of progress, successes, challenges and tout the airport’s Open House & Fly-In event set for Saturday, June 20. “We’re being marginally successful,” said Rowe, citing pros and cons of the current environment in the field of aeronautics.
  
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