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• Sandoval names Vegas exec to State Board of Education

  05-06-2015 23:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Victor Wakefield, executive director of Teach for America in Las Vegas, was appointed Friday to the State Board of Education by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
  
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• North Las Vegas tax return preparer agrees to injunction

  05-06-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge has barred a North Las Vegas woman and her business from preparing federal tax returns that involve foreign earned income, the Justice Department announced today.
  
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• Las Vegas man tells father’s D-Day story

  05-06-2015 23:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When Tom Cameron went looking for photographs of his dad in D-Day, he came across one that soldiers seldom talked about that was taken before the allied invasion 71 years ago Saturday.
  
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• Rancho teacher took student to hotel during school hours

  05-06-2015 23:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The teacher also kissed and had sexual contact with the girl in his classroom over a period of weeks, police said.
  
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• LA cop in brutal police beating arrest charged with assault

  05-06-2015 23:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A jury found a white Los Angeles police officer guilty on Friday of assaulting a handcuffed black woman who was in custody and who later died after complaining that she could not breathe.
  
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• Assembly conservatives won some, lost the big one

  05-06-2015 23:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Assembly’s new and surprising majority ended the 2015 session the way it started: In chaos.
  
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• Racing ‘exotics’ to be introduced — for a price — at Vegas track

  05-06-2015 22:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Exotics Racing operators welcomed guests and the media to their new welcome center at the Las Vegas Speedway Thursday night and announced a competitive racing series that will enable participants to go head-to-head with other drivers late this year.
  
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• Caesars Entertainment Corp. stock hits 52-week low, closes at $6.41

  05-06-2015 22:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Investors worry the outcome of legal proceedings in federal bankruptcy court could leave the casino operator on the hook for more than $1 billion in debt obligations.
  
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• Colorado killing may be related to 2 other shootings

  05-06-2015 21:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police already believe the unsolved shootings of a motorist and a bicyclist in northern Colorado are connected. Now they’re investigating whether a new outdoor killing is related.
  
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• Top Iraqi diplomat under Saddam Hussein dies

  05-06-2015 21:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tariq Aziz, the imprisoned former Saddam Hussein lieutenant who served as a public face of the Iraqi dictator’s government until the regime was toppled in 2003, died Friday of a heart attack at a hospital.
  
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• Ghana cleaning up after flooding, gas station explosion kill 150

  05-06-2015 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities in Ghana cleared wreckage on Friday and braced for more rains, a day after flooding and an explosion at a packed gas station killed 150 people in the capital.
  
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• Japanese visitor killed in northwestern Arizona motorcycle crash

  05-06-2015 21:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One Japanese tourist was killed and another injured in a motorcycle wreck in northwest Arizona on Thursday.
  
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• Gang violence in Central America encourages child marriages for protection

  05-06-2015 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rampant gang violence and drug turf wars in parts of Central America are fuelling child marriage as girls seek to marry or couple with gang members and older men as a form of protection, researchers say.
  
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• Gov. Brian Sandoval signs bills on vaping, hemp and gun-rights plates

  05-06-2015 21:04
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval continued his bill-signing blitz this week with measures barring vaping product sales to minors, extending a program that offers drug counseling in lieu of jail time and clearing the way for research on industrial hemp farming. The Republican governor signed two dozen bills on Thursday. He has 10 days from the end of the legislative session to sign or veto measures. Highlights among the new laws include: SB229, which allows for specialty license plates touting the 2nd Amendm
  
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• Friend of Boston Marathon bomber gets prison time for firework cover-up

  05-06-2015 20:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Kazakh exchange student who was friends with the Boston Marathon bomber was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in U.S. federal prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing fireworks from the suspect’s room during a massive manhunt.
  
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• Creech drone sensor operator cleared of domestic violence, other charges

  05-06-2015 20:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Creech Air Force Base drone sensor operator has been released from confinement and all charges he faced in a court-martial set for June 16 have been dismissed, his civilian attorney said Friday.
  
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• Charges dropped against Creech drone sensor operator with PTSD

  05-06-2015 20:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Creech Air Force Base drone sensor operator has been released from confinement and all charges he faced in a court-martial set for June 16 have been dismissed, his civilian attorney said Friday.
  
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• Former Speaker of House Hastert allegedly sexually abused teen while coaching

  05-06-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dennis Hastert sexually abused a student who had worked as his equipment manager while Hastert coached a high school wrestling team, the student’s sister tells ABC News.
  
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• Here’s an inside look into ‘broken’ mind of Colo. theater shooter

  05-06-2015 20:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The capital murder trial of James Eagan Holmes has, for more than a week, been taking a jury inside the “broken” mind of a young man who really didn’t like other people. Prosecutors say Holmes should pay with his life for the killings of eight men, three women and a little girl at a Colorado movie theater nearly three years ago.
  
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• Investment fund managers see opportunity in California drought

  05-06-2015 19:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Fund managers from T. Rowe Price, Janus, and Mairs & Power have increased stakes in firms such as Ecolab Inc, Roper Technologies Inc and Flowserve Corp that make smart meters, efficient heaters, and software that helps cut water usage.
  
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• Targeting medical records becoming a trend for cybercriminals

  05-06-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Whoever was behind the latest theft of personal data from U.S. government computers, they appear to be following a new trend set by cybercriminals: targeting increasingly valuable medical records and personnel files.
  
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• Education Notebook: School news and events for June 11-17, 2015

  05-06-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  View rounds up education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley, including school news and scholarship information.
  
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• Vegas to warm up this weekend; rain possible in mountains

  05-06-2015 18:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hot and sunny weather is predicted in Las Vegas this weekend, with a chance of rain in the mountains, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Coroner IDs man whose body was found at Lake Mohave

  05-06-2015 18:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The National Park Service said he was swimming with a friend across the cove and disappeared under water. The man was not wearing a life preserver.
  
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• Motorcyclist who died after crash near Moapa identified

  05-06-2015 18:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man crashed just before noon while northbound on I-15, near the exit for State Route 168 and about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Police conducted wiretaps in Assembly extortion probe

  05-06-2015 17:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police conducted secret court-approved wiretaps during their investigation into an attempted extortion plot against Nevada Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards, a police affidavit unsealed Friday disclosed.
  
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• Several homes damaged after tornadoes touch down in Colorado

  05-06-2015 17:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tornadoes and hail-producing thunderstorms struck the greater Denver area on Thursday, damaging several homes in two counties in the northern part of Colorado, though no injuries were reported, emergency officials said.
  
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• Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run late Thursday night

  05-06-2015 15:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 67-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by a car that did not stop late Thursday night in the east valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• What kind of baseball town are we? Ignorable, it seems

  05-06-2015 09:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  According to the folks at WalletHub.com, St. Louis is the country’s No. baseball town. Where is Las Vegas? That’s hard to say. For some reason, the survey outfit listed “Paradise, NV” at No. 210.
  
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• Man dies while swimming in Lake Mohave

  05-06-2015 08:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 18-year-old man’s body was was recovered near Morning Star Cove on Lake Mohave on Thursday, according to the National Park Service.
  
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• Warriors hold off James, Cavs for 108-100 OT win in Game 1

  05-06-2015 08:10
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — After an eight-day break, the NBA’s top teams and biggest stars put on quite a show. Only one kept it up for 53 minutes. And only one survived without a serious injury. Stephen Curry had 26 points and eight assists, and the Golden State Warriors held off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for a thrilling 108-100 overtime victory in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. “It was just a classic five minutes that we needed to get that win,” Curry said of the ove
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 16, 1967 — The FIRST SUPER BOWL

  05-06-2015 08:10
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year. Jan. 16, 1967 The Green Bay Packers, of the NFL, led by Head Coach Vince Lombardi pounded the Kansas City Chiefs, of the AFL, 35-10 during the first playing of the Super Bowl.…
  
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• Here comes the rain again in Carson City

  05-06-2015 08:10
  
  This panoramic image taken above the Fairview Drive roundabout shows the rain moving in. More than a third-of-an-inch of rain was reported on the west side of Carson City.…
  
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• Taking a gander at Mother Goose in Carson City

  05-06-2015 08:04
  
  Maureen Conlin performs her Rhythm and Rhyme with Mother Goose show during Story Time at the Carson City Library on Thursday. More than 75 people attended the event, which was funded through a Nevada Arts Council grant.…
  
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• Nevada Board of Regents to discuss Western Nevada College presidency

  05-06-2015 08:04
  
  Nevada’s Board of Regents could decide to appoint Chet Burton permanently as Western Nevada College’s president or opt to conduct a national search for candidates to serve in the position at its next meeting.The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, June 11 and at 8 a.m. Friday, June 12 at the Sierra Building Elizabeth Sturm Library at Truckee Meadows Community College, 7000 Dandini Blvd.As agenda item No. 19, the board is scheduled to consider if a national search is warranted at app
  
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• Carson City manager praised; lands transfer, bypass steps taken

  05-06-2015 08:04
  
  City Manager Nick Marano’s tenure as city manager won plaudits Thursday, the same day city government finalized two interactions with federal and state officials triggering major changes here.The Carson City Board of Supervisors praised Marano’s first year of work, heard his goals for the coming year, approved a pact unleashing the next construction phase of the I-580 freeway through town, and authorized issuance of a check for $375,000 to complete final details required by the 2009 congress
  
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• Carson City girl helps 11-year-old with Lyme disease

  05-06-2015 08:04
  
  One Carson High School student decided to pay it forward by starting a fundraiser for a sick child.Heidi Ryan was in the fifth grade when she discovered she had contracted Lyme disease from a tick bite in January 2014. Within months, the disease degraded the 11-year-old’s body to the point where she couldn’t stand on her own in the mornings because her legs were too stiff and wouldn’t work.Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused from bacteria found in infected ticks. If left untreated
  
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• Community gathers to remember 9-year-old accidentally killed — PHOTOS

  05-06-2015 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Friends and family gathered together at Henderson’s Mission Hills Park to remember 9-year-old Austen Russell who was accidentally killed a week earlier.
  
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• Researchers discover new dinosaur species, called ‘Hellboy’

  05-06-2015 06:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Its formal name is Regaliceratops peterhewsi, a reference to its crown-like frill and the man who stumbled upon its bones 10 years ago.
  
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• Unions: Nevada collective bargaining reform reasonable

  05-06-2015 04:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The end times didn’t fall upon organized labor this legislative session, despite initial fears from union leaders that the GOP-led red wave endangered their way of doing business.
  
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• Rancho teacher faces charges involving sex with student

  05-06-2015 03:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Rancho High School history teacher was arrested Thursday on numerous charges, including having sex with a pupil, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and kidnapping.
  
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• Carson City man accused of sexual assault is bound over on eight charges

  05-06-2015 03:35
  
  The preliminary hearing for Drake Martin concluded Thursday with Martin being bound on all eight charges.Martin was charged with one count of sexual assault against a child under the age of 14 and three counts of sexual assault against a child under 16 for having sex with a minor between December 2014 and February 2015. There are four other charges against Martin. The preliminary hearing was originally set for May 18, however due to lack of time, it was recessed to Thursday. The first portion of
  
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• Carson City man accused of sexual assault bound on all charges.

  05-06-2015 02:42
  
  The preliminary hearing for Drake Martin concluded Thursday with Martin being bound on all eight charges.Martin was charged with one count of sexual assault against a child under the age of 14 and three counts of sexual assault against a child under 16 for having sex with a minor between December 2014 and February 2015. There are four other charges against Martin. The preliminary hearing was originally set for May 18, however due to lack of time, it was recessed to Thursday. The first portion of
  
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• Metro to observe anniversary of killing of 2 officers, man in shooting rampage

  05-06-2015 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The ceremony will start at 6 p.m. Monday at Metro’s Northeast Area Command office, 3750 Cecile Ave. in Las Vegas
  
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• Crash injures pedestrian, MLK closed from Gowan to Alexander

  05-06-2015 02:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is in critical condition after being hit by a sport utility vehicle in the north valley, and traffic is closed at Martin Luther King Boulevard, police said.
  
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• Crash injures pedestrian, Martin Luther King closed from Gowan to Alexander

  05-06-2015 02:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is in critical condition after being hit by a sport utility vehicle in the north valley, and traffic is closed at Martin Luther King Boulevard, police said.
  
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• Hoover Dam artists wins $1.3 million in copyright lawsuit

  05-06-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An artist has won almost $1.35 million in a lawsuit over a sculpture commemorating workers who were paid just $5 per day to risk their lives during the construction of Hoover Dam.
  
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• Hoover Dam artist wins $1.3 million in copyright lawsuit

  05-06-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An artist has won almost $1.35 million in a lawsuit over a sculpture commemorating workers who were paid just $5 per day to risk their lives during the construction of Hoover Dam.
  
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• Attorney general warns Nevadans about scammers claiming to be veterans

  05-06-2015 02:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The caller claims to represent a non-profit called Veterans Helping Nevada Veterans, then asks residents to send money to an address that turns out to be scammer’s home, Laxalt said in a news release.
  
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• Grand Canyon Drive at Tropical Parkway closed after dump truck rollover

  05-06-2015 01:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police responded at 2:44 p.m. after a dump truck and a sedan collided.
  
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