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• New York prison escapees possibly sighted, police investigating

  20-06-2015 23:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The unconfirmed sighting of Richard Matt and David Sweat occurred in the town of Friendship, about 280 miles southwest of the Clinton Correctional Facility, where they had been serving sentences for murder, said New York state police spokesman Beau Duffy.
  
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• New Orleans officer killed while taking suspect to jail

  20-06-2015 23:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suspect shot and killed a New Orleans police officer who was transporting him to jail on Saturday, officials said, adding that a manhunt was underway for the suspect who escaped the police vehicle, which crashed into a utility pole.
  
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• RV falls on Sandy Valley man, killing him

  20-06-2015 23:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Sandy Valley man is dead after his RV fell on top of him, police say.
  
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• Driverless RV runs over, kills Sandy Valley man

  20-06-2015 23:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 52-year-old Sandy Valley mechanic is dead after a driverless RV ran him over Saturday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Car falls on Sandy Valley man, killing him

  20-06-2015 23:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Sandy Valley man is dead after his RV fell on top of him, police say.
  
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• Car falls on Sandy Valley man, being flown to hospital

  20-06-2015 23:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Sandy Valley man is being flown to a Las Vegas hospital in critical condition after his car fell on top of him, police say.
  
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• Summerlin Parkway reopens after 3-car crash

  20-06-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Westbound Summerlin Parkway has reopened after a three-car wreck slowed traffic on Saturday morning.
  
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• Crash closes a WB lane of Summerlin Parkway

  20-06-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol responded about 11:20 a.m. to the crash on westbound Summerlin Parkway, west of North Rampart Boulevard, the agency’s traffic site said.
  
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• Website emerges with racist manifesto, pictures of Charleston suspect

  20-06-2015 19:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A website has surfaced with a racist manifesto and a series of photographs that appear to show Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday’s Charleston church massacre, posing with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and a plantation house.
  
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• Farewell fit for a king: Givens Elementary hosts send-off for fifth-graders

  20-06-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Givens Elementary School coordinated with volunteers from the Tournament of Kings at Excalibur to host a celebration for its graduating fifth-graders June 3.
  
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• 3 hospitalized, teen in custody after crash near downtown

  20-06-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people were hospitalized and a teenage boy was in custody after a three-vehicle wreck near downtown Las Vegas on Saturday morning, police said.
  
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• 1 person in critical condition after crash near downtown

  20-06-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people are hospitalized, one of them in critical condition, after a three-vehicle wreck Saturday morning near Downtown Las Vegas, police said.
  
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• Traffic reopens after crash that hospitalized 5 people

  20-06-2015 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol and firefighters responded about 8:20 a.m. Saturday to the wreck on northbound U.S. 95, near Eastern Avenue.
  
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• 5 people hospitalized after 3-vehicle crash on NB 95

  20-06-2015 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol and firefighters responded about 8:20 a.m. Saturday to the wreck on northbound U.S. 95, near Eastern Avenue.
  
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• EDC party-goers warned to keep hydrated on a sizzling Day 2

  20-06-2015 17:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officials are urging Electric Daisy Carnival attendees to drink plenty of water before heading out to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday evening and Sunday.
  
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• 19 drug-related arrests after first night of EDC

  20-06-2015 17:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday, police made two misdemeanor arrests and one alcohol-related DUI arrest and issued nine misdemeanor citations and four traffic citations, Metro wrote in a release Saturday.
  
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• Bicyclist in critical condition after hit-and-run crash

  20-06-2015 16:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers were called about 11:30 p.m. Friday to Las Vegas Boulevard North and Cheyenne Avenue where a 52-year-old woman was crossing Las Vegas Boulevard and was struck by a vehicle.
  
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• Ely execution chamber clears way for museum at Nevada State Prison

  20-06-2015 09:51
  
  In the eyes of many, spending $858,539 to build a new execution chamber at the Ely State Prison is a colossal waste of money.First, the state hasn’t executed anyone since Darrel Mack in April 2006 and no one is scheduled to die for at least two years. Second, the new chamber is designed to kill by lethal injection and there’s currently no source for the drugs which do that in the U.S.But supporters of the project point out it would accomplish a major goal by removing the final obstacle to tu
  
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• Teri Vance: Domestic bliss not all it’s cracked up to be

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  My sister Casandra had her fifth baby this week. The baby is beautiful and sweet and so far seems to be easy going with a high tolerance for chaos — which is good because, like I said, she’s the fifth.And if anyone can attest to the chaos she’s coming home to, it’s me. I stayed with the other four kids while my sister and brother-in-law — and my mom — were in the hospital. Let me just preface this by saying I love all my nieces and nephews. And I think they love me, too. In fact, wh
  
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• New executive chamber clears way for NSP museum in Carson City

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  In the eyes of many, spending $858,539 to build a new execution chamber at the Ely State Prison is a colossal waste of money.First, the state hasn’t executed anyone since Darrel Mack in April 2006 and no one is scheduled to die for at least two years. Second, the new chamber is designed to kill by lethal injection and there’s currently no source for the drugs which do that in the U.S.But supporters of the project point out it would accomplish a major goal by removing the final obstacle to t
  
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• Nevada’s unemployment drops again in May as employers added more jobs

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Nevada’s unemployment rate dropped again in May as businesses in every sector except mining added to their workforce.The seasonally adjusted rate finished the month at 7 percent but the raw rate went even lower at 6.6 percent as 12,100 more people were hired statewide.Bill Anderson, economist for the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said the May numbers followed a strong April showing when 10,200 jobs were added in the state.Gov. Brian Sandoval pointed out the number of
  
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• Father’s Day Powwow in Carson City

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Elko Band Princess Mari Sanchez, 6, and her little sister Aurelia, 1 1/2, pose for a photo Friday at the Father’s Day Powwow at the Stewart Indian School complex in Carson City. For more photos go to www.nevadaappeal.com and for video go to the Appeal’s Facebook page.…
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Motor Unit ready for challenge

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Many people think that getting to ride a motorcycle all day for work would be nothing but fun and games, however for the Carson City Sheriff’s Office’s Motor Unit it’s hard work, long training and of course, a little bit of fun. Five deputies make up the Motor Unit that combines their passion for bikes and police work. For the Motor Unit, instead of being in a car, they spend most of their time on motorcycles or dirt bikes conducting traffic stops, clearing accidents and responding to call
  
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• Carson City Downtown presentation set for Monday

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Open house events at which the public can view designs for a downtown makeover at the 30 percent stage are scheduled for Monday, The Carson City Public Works Department stated.The downtown design presentations for just under a third of the outlook envisioned will be in the Sierra Room at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30. Public works and other city government staff will be on hand to make the presentation and field public reaction or questions.
  
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• Carson City board approves subdivision map

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Carson City’s Board of Supervisors has approved a tentative subdivision map for 18 single family residences on land east of Hillview Drive near Clearview Drive.The 19.5 acres involved are between Clearview and Appion Way to the east of Hillview on the city’s south side. The application was from Divinni NV, LLC, and the property owner is MJ Meek Ltd Part et al and Enterprises Realty.The board took the action late Thursday near the close of a lengthy meeting in which members earlier had appro
  
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• Blue Jays come back to beat Fernley

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  The Carson Blue Jays baseball team ovecame a 6-1 deficit by scoring 10 runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 14-9 win over Fernley Friday in the High Sierra Desert Classic at Bishop Manogue High School.Carson (14-6) improved to 2-0 in the tournament, heading into today in which it will play two games against Burlington at 11:30 a.m. and the Douglas Tigers at 2 p.m., both at Manogue High School.Fernley scored five runs in the top of the second inning to take a 6-1 lead, but the Blue Jays a
  
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• Ambrosia headlining with Pablo Cruise in Carson City Concert Under the Stars

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Ambrosia and Pablo Cruise will co-headline at Concert Under the Stars, A Benefit for The Greenhouse Project, Wednesday, July 8 at Cafe at Adele’s in what’s shaping up to be a sold-out, hit-laden evening of fantastic music.Ambrosia will be in the house performing its numerous hits and new offerings, including its latest song, “Hopes & Dreams,” written for and featured in the movie, “The Sparrows Nesting.” “Being asked to write for the sound track has inspired us to start writing ser
  
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• Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation honors senior with Carson City plane ride

  20-06-2015 09:00
  
  Smiles were seen all around as 92-year-old George Everest sat down in the front seat of a 1940s Bowing Stearman biplane, ready for take off.George was part of the Dream Flights event at the Carson City Airport that gave an opportunity to senior citizens and veterans to go up in the restored plane for a ride around Carson. George described his 15 minute ride as “very nice.”“We are so thrilled that he got this opportunity,” Elaine Dodd, Everest’s daughter said. “This is such a wonderf
  
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• Desalination potential strikes a nerve with readers

  20-06-2015 08:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The desalination conversation is getting downright salty. Whatever drives your interest in a water future that includes desalination, there’s no shortage of opinions on the subject.
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: May 12, 1965: Carson Center ground broken at ‘Golden Triangle’

  20-06-2015 08:47
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Jury convicts man in killing of dismembered New Orleans dancer

  20-06-2015 08:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The jury in the New Orleans suburb of Gretna deliberated for less than three hours to reach its verdict, after the man told the court he did not commit the crime.
  
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• Canadian held in car thefts, possible bomb threat

  20-06-2015 07:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Canadian arrested in Beatty on Friday and accused of stealing three vehicles told detectives that he left luggage at McCarran International Airport with “contents that would harm a lot of people there,” the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• Surprise reunion brings smiles, tears — VIDEO

  20-06-2015 05:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A year after he deployed to the Middle East, Airman Jason Driscoll was reunited with his family on Friday night — much to his daughter’s surprise.
  
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• Surprise reunion brings smiles, tears — PHOTOS

  20-06-2015 05:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A year after he deployed to the Middle East, Airman Jason Driscoll was reunited with his family on Friday night — much to his daughter’s surprise.
  
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• Las Vegas immigration court getting 2 new judges

  20-06-2015 05:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the midst of a large backlog of pending immigration cases, the Las Vegas immigration court is getting two new judges, a spokeswoman said Friday.
  
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• Father’s Day a reminder of joys and complications for single parents

  20-06-2015 03:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s nearly Father’s Day, a reminder of the joys of parenthood, but also the complications. Those sometimes play out in Nevada court systems, and one lawmaker tried to address parenting problems this year in Carson City.
  
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• Second RiSE Lantern Festival set for Southern Nevada desert, this time with parking

  20-06-2015 03:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After hours-long bus delays left thousands stranded following Southern Nevada’s first RiSE Lantern Festival, event organizers plan to light up the night sky in a new location — and out of the watchful eye of a federal agency.
  
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• Plants explode in order to survive — VIDEO

  20-06-2015 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nature goes through drastic measures to ensure life continues. Here’s an example of one of those measures.
  
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• 67-year-old Las Vegas killer dies in prison

  20-06-2015 03:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Northern Nevada inmate jailed almost 30 years ago in a Las Vegas murder case has died, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
  
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• New park to flower with opportunities for the disabled

  20-06-2015 02:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sean’s Park, touted as the first hands-on learning and recreational project of its kind for those with physical and intellectual disabilities, will soon be serving Southern Nevada families. Opportunity Village, a nonprofit organization, began fundraising for the project in 2008 and collected just shy of $4 million.
  
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• Car crashes into Chipotle in LA, injures 8 people

  20-06-2015 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The car struck the eatery at an angle and broke its glass facade but did not fully penetrate the storefront, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
  
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• American arrested for supporting ISIS, trying to buy AK-47 for attack

  20-06-2015 02:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The arrest was the third this week of an American attempting to aid the terrorist organization. Authorities arrested young men in New York and New Jersey earlier this week for similarly conspiring to provide ISIS, also known as ISIL, with material support.
  
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• For Laura Myers life was a grand adventure until the pain became unbearable

  20-06-2015 01:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Myers continued covering politics for the Review-Journal for two years after her diagnosis of stage 4 colon cancer in 2013. Her pain remained hidden as she worked.
  
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• Nevada journalist and humanitarian Laura Myers has died at age 53

  20-06-2015 01:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas native who traveled the world as an Associated Press journalist and who covered politics for the Review-Journal since 2010, Myers died Friday following a long battle with cancer.
  
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• Japanese hiker dies in 110-plus heat in Grand Canyon

  20-06-2015 01:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A visitor from Japan hiking with a group at the Grand Canyon National Park died Thursday as temperatures reached over 110 degrees, the National Park Service said Friday.
  
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• Confidence in police drops to lowest level in 2 decades: poll

  20-06-2015 01:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Confidence in police in the United States has dropped to the lowest level in more than two decades, with just 52 percent of Americans expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday.
  
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• He Hosts Miley and Rihanna, and Now He’s Getting a Taste of Their Fame

  20-06-2015 01:06
  Richie Akiva, the night life impresario behind 1Oak and other celebrity magnets, still has a few late nights left in him.
  
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• Firefighters battling massive wildfires from California to Alaska

  20-06-2015 00:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Firefighters were working on Friday to contain several massive wildfires raging from Alaska to drought-hit California that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes and damaged dozens of structures.
  
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