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• Heller in Cuba for talks on relations

  26-06-2015 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is spending the weekend in Cuba, part of a delegation assessing progress in normalizing relations between the island nation and the United States.
  
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• Carson City taxable sales jump double-digits in April

  26-06-2015 23:47
  
  Thanks to a huge jump in sales of building materials, Carson City reported a 13.6 percent increase in taxable sales in April.Capital merchants sold $10.77 million worth of building materials, a 49.3 percent increase over the same month of 2014.Related categories such as furniture and home furnishings also were up substantially — by 35.6 percent to just over $1 million in that case.Auto sales, the area’s largest sales tax generator, was up 4.9 percent to $20.5 million but General Merchandise
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Five arrested in drug trafficking investigation

  26-06-2015 23:27
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.THURSDAYAt 4:11 p.m., a 35-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of driving on license revoked and an out of agency warrant after deputies responded to reports of a possible intoxicated driver near 1600 Medical Parkway. Bail was set at $3,415.FRIDAYAt 12:06 a.m., William Hornbeck, 45, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony trafficking methamphetamine, f
  
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• Shooter on the loose after person shot in northwest valley

  26-06-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one person was injured in a northwest valley shooting Friday afternoon, police said. It happened at 1:32 p.m. in the 2200 lock of Mallard Street, near the intersection of Jones Boulevard and Smoke Ranch Road.
  
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• Person shot in northwest valley

  26-06-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one person was injured in a northwest valley shooting Friday afternoon, police said. It happened at 1:32 p.m. in the 2200 lock of Mallard Street, near the intersection of Jones Boulevard and Smoke Ranch Road.
  
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• Man injured in northwest valley assault

  26-06-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A person suffered head injuries in a northwest valley assault Friday afternoon, police said. It was originally reported that the victim was shot, but that turned out to be false.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Five arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking

  26-06-2015 22:35
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTHURSDAYAt 4:11 p.m., a 35-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of driving on license revoked and an out of agency warrant after deputies responded to reports of a possible intoxicated driver near 1600 Medical Parkway. Bail was set at $3,415.FRIDAYAt 12:06 a.m., William Hornbeck, 45, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony trafficking methamp
  
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• Reports say 1 NY prison escapee shot, killed by police

  26-06-2015 22:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Richard Matt, one of two escaped murderers from an upstate New York prison, has been shot and killed, according to the New York Times.
  
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• Officials say 1 NY prison escapee shot, killed by police

  26-06-2015 22:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Richard Matt, one of two prisoners who escaped from a maximum security prison in New York three weeks ago, was shot and killed by police on Friday, the New York Times reported.
  
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• Taxable sales edge up in April for both Clark County, state

  26-06-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Taxable sales in Nevada rose in April, driven by big gains in sales by bars and restaurants, car dealers and building-material suppliers. Sales of tangible goods increased 5.5 percent year-over-year in April, to $4.12 billion, the state Department of Taxation reported Friday. Sales in Clark County were up 6.8 percent, to $3.11 billion.
  
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• Nevada saw major gain in taxable sales in April

  26-06-2015 21:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sales of tangible goods increased 5.5 percent year-over-year in the month, to $4.12 billion.
  
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• Las Vegas sets tourist vistor record in May

  26-06-2015 21:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas visitor totals in May increased almost 5 percent with special events making the month a record for tourist volume
  
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• Las Vegas sets tourist visitor record in May

  26-06-2015 21:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas visitor totals in May increased almost 5 percent with special events making the month a record for tourist volume
  
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• Grand jury indicts five in telemarketing scam

  26-06-2015 21:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five people have been indicted on charges of racketeering and theft in connection with a Las Vegas telemarketing scam that pilfered hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly victims.
  
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• Grand jury indicts Henderson lawyer on theft, exploitation charges

  26-06-2015 21:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson personal injury lawyer William K. Errico has been indicted on dozens of charges in connection with the theft of nearly a half-million dollars from his clients, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Man reportedly stuck in mine shaft near Lake Mead

  26-06-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was believed to be trapped in a mine shaft near Lake Mead late Friday morning, according to officials.
  
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• Man reported stuck in mine shaft

  26-06-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was believed to be trapped in a mine shaft near Lake Mead late Friday morning, according to officials.
  
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• 2 rescued from mine shaft after rattlesnake encounter

  26-06-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were briefly trapped in a mine shaft near Lake Mead late Friday morning by a rattlesnake blocking their path. They were safely out of the shaft less than two hours after calling for help.
  
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• Obama says Charleston pastor was a ‘good man’

  26-06-2015 20:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said a Charleston church pastor killed in a shooting last week was a “good man.”
  
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• Obama eulogizes Charleston pastor ‘who lived by faith’

  26-06-2015 20:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Obama delivered a touching eulogy, a rousing political speech and a thoughtful meditation on race in America when he traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, to speak at the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney.
  
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• Obama delivers eulogy for pastor in S.C. church shooting

  26-06-2015 20:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Friday’s funeral service for Rev. Clementa Pinckney won’t be the first time President Barack Obama delivers a high-profile eulogy; with a year-and-a-half remaining in office, it may not be the last.
  
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• Las Vegas police looking for 2 men in home robbery

  26-06-2015 20:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two men who they say robbed a south valley home in May.
  
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• Las Vegas sets record for warmest low June temperature Friday, nears record high

  26-06-2015 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas set a record for the warmest low June temperature on Friday at 91 degrees, National Weather Service said. If not for mostly cloudy skies, it might have broken a record for the hottest high temperature, too.
  
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• Las Vegas sets record for warmest low June temperature

  26-06-2015 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas set a record for the warmest low June temperature on Friday at 91 degrees, National Weather Service meteorologist John Salmen said. By 9 a.m., Las Vegas had already hit 100 degrees, he said.
  
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• Homeland Security chief urges vigilance ahead of July 4 holiday

  26-06-2015 20:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police said Friday they aren’t necessarily on heightened alert for the holiday, but always watch for potential threats.
  
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• Suspect caught after explosion, beheading in France

  26-06-2015 19:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  French authorities detained the lone suspect in an attack on a factory Friday in which a large explosion was followed by the discovery of a severed head hanging from a fence.
  
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• Suspect beheaded boss in attack at US-owned gas factory in France

  26-06-2015 19:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A delivery man with known Islamist connections beheaded his boss and left the body, daubed with Arabic writing, at the site of a U.S.-owned gas factory in southeast France before trying to blow up the complex.
  
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• 1 beheaded, 2 injured in attack at US-owned gas factory in France

  26-06-2015 19:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person has been beheaded and two people injured in a terrorist attack at a U.S.-owned gas factory near Lyon in southeastern France, President François Hollande said Friday.
  
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• 2,000 Clark County veterans go online for DMV tax exemption

  26-06-2015 19:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 2,000 Clark County veterans have used a website to seek a vehicle registration tax exemption in the first week they could do so online, officials said Friday. Clark recently became the last county in Nevada to upgrade its computer system to allow online claims.
  
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• Suicide bomber kills 27 in Kuwait mosque attack

  26-06-2015 19:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suicide bomber killed 27 people when he blew himself up inside a packed Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait city during Friday prayers, the health ministry and witnesses said, the first attack of its kind in the major oil-exporting state.
  
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• ISIS claims responsibility for Kuwait mosque attack that killed 27

  26-06-2015 19:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suicide bomber killed 27 people when he blew himself up inside a packed Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait city during Friday prayers, the health ministry and witnesses said, the first attack of its kind in the major oil-exporting state.
  
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• 25 killed in Kuwait mosque attack; ISIS claims responsibility

  26-06-2015 19:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An apparent bomb blast tore through a mosque in Kuwait’s capital during Friday prayers, killing 25 people and injuring more than 200 worshippers, state media reported.
  
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• Education Notebook: School news and events for July 2-8, 2015

  26-06-2015 18:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  View rounds up education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley, including school news and scholarship information.
  
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• Crews trying to recover bodies in Alaskan sightseeing plane crash

  26-06-2015 18:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Emergency crews will try on Friday to recover the bodies of nine victims of a sightseeing plane crash in Alaska while federal investigators work to determine what caused the wreck, rescue officials said.
  
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• Washington Fire: Light winds helps crews battling fire

  26-06-2015 18:31
  
  GENOA — A third day with light winds helped firefighters slow down the Washington Fire as it burned south into the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.As of 5 p.m. Friday, the fire was 29-percent contained. It has officially grown to 17,622, mostly on its southern front.Nearly 1,200 firefighters are battling the blaze, with 34 hand crews, 53 engines, 12 water tenders, 11 helicopters and support personnel, according to fire spokesman Jose Acosta.Water for firefighting efforts is coming from Heenan Lake t
  
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• Coroner IDs 2 men found shot to death in vehicle

  26-06-2015 18:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men who were found to shot to death inside an SUV Wednesday in the east valley have been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Tourists among 37 killed in attack at Tunisian resort

  26-06-2015 18:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a weapon he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 37 people, including British, German and Belgian tourists, as they lounged at the beach and pool in a popular resort town.
  
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• 28 killed, many injured in attack at Tunisian hotel

  26-06-2015 18:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gunmen killed at least 28 people at a beachfront Tunisian hotel on Friday, the same day terrorists lashed out brutally in France and bombed a mosque in Kuwait.
  
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• Washington Fire: Cost to fight Markleeville blaze hits $5 million

  26-06-2015 17:34
  
  GENOA, Nevada — The cost of fighting the 16,490-acre Washington Fire has risen to $5 million, according to a report issued early this morning by the National Interagency Coordination Center.The fire has burned well outside of its southern perimeter toward Silver Peak and throughout the Wolf Creek Meadows area.A lack of strong downslope winds, which drove the fire north toward Markleeville and Leviathan Mine have caused it to burn up the mountain.Firefighters are officially calling it 15 percen
  
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• Las Vegas teen killed in Pahrump crash

  26-06-2015 17:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 17-year-old Las Vegas girl was killed in a rollover crash late Thursday night in Pahrump, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Supreme Court extends gay marriage nationwide

  26-06-2015 17:08
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court’s 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage. Gay rights supporters cheered, danced and wept outside the court when the decision was announced. The outcome is the culmination of two decades o
  
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• Nevadans cheers court ruling on gay marriage

  26-06-2015 16:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mary Baranovich, who married her partner, Beverly Sevcik, in January when gay marriage was legalized in Nevada, was awakened Friday to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in support of same-sex marriage.
  
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• Nevadans cheer court ruling on gay marriage

  26-06-2015 16:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mary Baranovich, who married her partner, Beverly Sevcik, in January when gay marriage was legalized in Nevada, was awakened Friday to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in support of same-sex marriage.
  
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• Nevada woman cheers court ruling on gay marriage

  26-06-2015 16:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mary Baranovich, who married her partner, Beverly Sevcik, in January when gay marriage was legalized in Nevada, was awakened Friday to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in support of same-sex marriage.
  
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• Supreme Court approves gay marriage

  26-06-2015 16:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.
  
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• Dozens killed in terrorist attacks on 3 continents

  26-06-2015 15:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Suspected Islamic militants on Friday killed at least 28 people at a Tunisian seaside resort and 25 worshippers at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait, and decapitated a man at a U.S. gas company in France.
  
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• 1 person beheaded in attack at French gas factory

  26-06-2015 15:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person has been beheaded and two people injured in a terrorist attack at a gas factory near Lyon in southeastern France, French President Francois Hollande said Friday.
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: April 5, 1951: Death penalty handed to atomic spies

  26-06-2015 09:01
  
  Death Penalty handed to atomic spiesNew York, April 5 — (IP) — The man and woman who stole America’s A-bomb secret for Soviet Russia and “altered the course of history” were sentenced today to death in the electric chair. Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman ruled that Julius Rosenberg, 32, an electrical engineer, and his tiny wife, Ethel, 35, would have to pay the supreme penalty for “a crime worse than murder” — that has already caused the Communist aggression in Korea.He let their
  
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• Meet two more deputies in the 12th Extreme Motor Officer Training Challenge

  26-06-2015 09:01
  
  If anyone walks into the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, off to the right is a display case filled with rows of Motor Challenge trophies and most of those trophies have one name: Thomas Miller.After being on the Motor Unit for only about three years, Miller has nearly 20 trophies he has collected from officer training challenges from all over the country. “I won most of the competitions we went to last year so we will see how I do this year,” Miller said. TThough he is so successful in most
  
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• Kudos and warning as Carson City boards meet jointly

  26-06-2015 09:01
  
  Kudos for collaboration kept coming at a Thursday evening joint governing board meeting in Carson City, but the final kudo came with a warning as well.Carson City’s Board of Supervisors and School Board of Trustees met together to hear presentations on progress regarding cooperative manufacturing training, entrepreneurship and technology focus in schools and elsewhere, and city library contributions interlinked with city schools and Western Nevada College (WNC). Members from both boards heape
  
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