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• Las Vegas police make arrest in west valley party supply store armed robbery

  09-07-2015 23:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas man is facing charges of armed robbery and burglary in connection with a June 18 theft at Party USA, 800 S. Rampart Blvd.
  
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• KKK lawsuit over ‘adopt-a-highway’ goes to Ga. court

  09-07-2015 22:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Georgia appeals court heard arguments on Thursday but did not issue an immediate ruling in a Ku Klux Klan chapter’s lawsuit against the state for refusing the white supremacist group’s application to “adopt” a stretch of highway.
  
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• Dummy nuke dropped in test northwest of Vegas

  09-07-2015 22:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In order to get a longer-lasting bang out of the nation’s nuclear bomb bucks, government scientists conducted a life-extension test of the aging B61 nuclear bomb using a fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base to drop a dummy version of it July 1 at the Tonopah Test Range.
  
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• Commission urged to do more to prevent bus stop tragedies

  09-07-2015 22:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An activist on Thursday asked the Regional Transportation Commission what was taking it so long to act to reduce bus stop tragedies since the agency was given authority to move its bus shelters farther away from the street on 2007.
  
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• Young girl found dead near Boston still unidentified two weeks later

  09-07-2015 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nearly two weeks after the remains of a young girl were found along the rocky shoreline of Boston Harbor, more than 45 million people have seen or shared a computer-generated image of what she may have looked like in life. But authorities are no closer to identifying her.
  
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• To cut wait times, Nevada DMV hires 93

  09-07-2015 22:30
  
  Officials with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles say they’ve hired 93 new employees this month in an effort to reduce crowding and cut down on wait times. DMV officials say 70 of the new workers will be in Las Vegas, and 23 will be in Reno. The new hires are currently in training. The agency has watched wait times soar from an average of 42 minutes in 2013 to an average of nearly two hours in the first half of 2015. DMV Director Troy Dillard says the crunch comes as the economy recovers
  
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• Ex-doc in Vegas hepatitis C spread sentenced in federal case

  09-07-2015 22:30
  
  AP-NV--Hepatitis Exposure-Federal Sentence,130Ex-doc in Vegas hepatitis C spread sentenced in federal caseEds: APNewsNow. Will be expanded. AP Photo.By KEN RITTERAssociated PressLAS VEGAS — A once-prominent Las Vegas doctor already serving 18 years to life in state prison for the largest hepatitis C outbreak in Nevada history has been sentenced in federal court to almost six years in prison and to repay $2.2 million to insurance companies and the government. Dipak Desai (DEE’-pahk deh-SEYE�
  
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• Woman gets up to 21 years in prison for shooting at SWAT officers

  09-07-2015 22:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas woman was sentenced to a maximum of 21 years in prison for shooting at SWAT officers during a nearly 24-hour standoff.
  
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• Man blames tequila for taking Las Vegas’ Blarney Stone

  09-07-2015 22:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The D Las Vegas’ owner took to social media Wednesday saying the Blarney Stone had been stolen from its display on the casino’s second floor.
  
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• Father charged with murder in baby’s death after bridge jump

  09-07-2015 22:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tony Moreno, whose 7-month-old son died after Moreno allegedly threw him off a Connecticut bridge, has been charged with murder, prosecutors said Wednesday.
  
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• Second day of Johnson Lane flooding

  09-07-2015 21:53
  
  A surge of water was reported heading down Buckbrush Wash at East Valley at 11:53 a.m. today.Stephanie Way was closed at Vicky Lane so tractors working on ditches along the road could help reduce flooding damage.Deputies reported shutting down East Valley Road at Stephanie as well.Weather alerts warning of flash flooding in the Johnson Lane area prompted Douglas County to call out forces in preparation.Heavy rain was reported falling in the Pine Nuts above the northern Carson Valley neighborhood
  
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• Carson City stormwater program, rates being eyed

  09-07-2015 21:41
  
  Public input on stormwater service levels and rates will be sought by Carson City’s Public Works Department at two open forums set for July 23.Utility Manager David Bruketta said the department is preparing options on programs for the future with presentations and an opportunity for citizen comment at the sessions, which are scheduled in the Ormsby Room at the Sheriff’s Office, 911 E. Musser St. The sessions on the fourth Thursday of this month run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5:30 p.
  
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• AG says same-sex married couples will receive federal benefits

  09-07-2015 21:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal marriage benefits will be made available to same-sex couples across the United States after last month’s Supreme Court ruling, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Thursday.
  
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• ISIS leader killed in airstrike in Afghanistan

  09-07-2015 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Shahidullah Shahid, a former Taliban spokesman who pledged allegiance to ISIS, has been killed in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, that nation’s intelligence agency reported Thursday.
  
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• FBI says US authorities thwarted July 4 Islamic State plots

  09-07-2015 21:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. authorities thwarted plots to kill people in the United States around the July 4 holiday, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.
  
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• Six arrested in Carson City for possible burglary ring

  09-07-2015 21:16
  
  Six people who were arrested Wednesday morning are suspected of participating in burglaries in Carson City, Douglas County and Washington.Deputies were dispatched by Douglas County deputies Wednesday around 11 a.m., to locate a vehicle that had fled from authorities after shoplifting from the Jacks Valley Road Target. Carson City deputies located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop at the Fairview Drive Lowes, where Douglas County deputies and Nevada Highway Patrol also helped respond to t
  
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• 15 fired teachers file federal lawsuit against Clark County School District

  09-07-2015 21:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The complaint claims the school district violated the contract rights and due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution when it fired the teachers at the end of the 2013-14 school year.
  
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• Radiation lab move from Vegas to Alabama causing concern

  09-07-2015 21:04
  
  LAS VEGAS — A radiation lab in Las Vegas is being moved to Alabama by the Environmental Protection Agency, as nuclear safety advocates and lawmakers express concern that this could leave the western U.S. vulnerable. The Las Vegas Sun reports that the EPA is planning to dismantle the mobile radiation detection laboratory stationed at its offices at UNLV as early as Friday, to be shipped out next week. The move was announced in March so that the Vegas lab could be combined with a similar unit a
  
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• 12-year-old Omaha boy arrested in gang-related killing

  09-07-2015 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 12-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the shooting death of an Omaha, Nebraska, man in what officials said on Wednesday appeared to be a trend of gangs using children to help carry out crimes.
  
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• Former Assembly Speaker John Oceguera running for Congress

  09-07-2015 20:38
  
  BC-NV--John Oceguera-Congress, 1st Ld-Writethru,223Former Assembly Speaker John Oceguera running for CongressEds: Adds details and comments from Oceguera. Photo planned.By MICHELLE RINDELS and SALLY HOAssociated PressCARSON CITY, Nev. — Democrat John Oceguera, who previously held the highest post in the Nevada Assembly, announced Thursday that he’ll join a crowded race for the state’s 4th Congressional District seat. The Democrat posted on his website that he’ll seek the post now held b
  
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• Hepatitis C outbreak Dr. Dipak Desai sentenced to federal prison for fraud

  09-07-2015 20:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sentencing closes the book on what federal prosecutors called the ‘greatest public health crisis ever’ in Las Vegas — all caused by Desai’s greed.
  
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• State retirement system investments earn 4.1%

  09-07-2015 19:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Public Employees Retirement System has reported a preliminary 4.1 percent rate of return on its investments in the 2015 fiscal year that ended June 30, bringing the plan’s total assets to $34.4 billion.
  
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• Vegas Valley should be 10 degrees cooler than normal

  09-07-2015 19:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You should be able to go outdoors in the Las Vegas Valley without toasting for at least a couple more days.
  
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• Valley cool down: Thursday should be 10 degrees cooler than normal

  09-07-2015 19:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You should be able to go outdoors in the Las Vegas Valley without toasting for at least a couple more days.
  
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• A little rain falls in west valley, bringing cooler temperatures

  09-07-2015 19:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Storm clouds should be gone from the valley by 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Las Vegas investment company boss arrested in $1.5B fraud case

  09-07-2015 19:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The president of a Las Vegas-based investment company charged with running a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme was taken into custody by the FBI Thursday.
  
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• DMV hires 70 in Vegas to tackle 2-hour wait times

  09-07-2015 19:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles announced Thursday it has hired 70 new employees to help reduce long wait times at its four urban Southern Nevada offices.
  
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• All lanes open after rollover crash on southbound US 95

  09-07-2015 17:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Traffic is flowing again on southbound U.S. Highway 95 past Boulder Highway after a rollover crash blocked several lanes Thursday morning, traffic cameras show.
  
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• SC will remove Confederate flag on Friday

  09-07-2015 17:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A long struggle over a polarizing symbol in South Carolina will end at 10 a.m. Friday.
  
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• SC governor signs bill to remove Confederate flag

  09-07-2015 17:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill that will authorize the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds.
  
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• Vacant house burns in northeast Las Vegas fire

  09-07-2015 15:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  No one was injured when a vacant house caught fire early Monday morning near the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Owens Avenue, the Clark County Fire Department said.
  
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• Pablo Cruise and Ambrosia rock Concert Under the Stars in Carson City

  09-07-2015 09:12
  
  Though it was more of a concert under the clouds, it didn’t deter music lovers and philanthropists from enjoying the annual Concert Under the Stars Wednesday night in Carson City.The event, held at Adele’s Restaurant, closed off parts of John and Curry streets to make way for the street fair-like atmosphere. The event had vendors from the community including Carson City BBQ, Tito’s Vodka Bar and L.A. Bakery. Patrons were singing and dancing along with live music performed by Pablo Cruise a
  
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• Frustrating loss for Carson City Juniors

  09-07-2015 09:12
  
  It wasn’t supposed to end this way for the Carson City Juniors All-Star team at the District I Little League Baseball Tournament.Carson’s run in the tournament came to an end quicker than expected Wednesday when it lost to Truckee 7-6 at Governors Field. Carson went 0-2 in the tournament, losing both of its game by one run in frustrating fashion. Carson lost its opener to Reno American 6-5 Monday after leading 4-0.Wednesday’s loss was especially painful as two defensive miscues led to Truc
  
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• ‘Flashbacks’ expected during Carson follies

  09-07-2015 09:12
  
  If you are looking for some family fun to do that also supports the senior citizens of Carson City then you want to attend this year’s Senior Follies production titled “Flashbacks!” Ticket prices for this two-hour musical comedy variety show are only $10 per person for ages 5 and up. All proceeds from ticket sales go to the Carson City Senior Meal Programs.This annual production is one of the Carson City Senior Center’s largest fundraiser for the Senior Meal Programs which serves more th
  
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• Community Heroes in Carson City

  09-07-2015 09:12
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Denham lets Colton Loos, 4, turn on the siren on his motorcycle during a Community Heroes event as part of the Summer Reading Program at the Carson City Library Wednesday. For more information on upcoming summer events, go to www.carsoncitylibrary.org.…
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Dec. 13, 1956: Demolish the Capitol? Structural engineering survey leads to recommendation that Nevada build a new state Capitol

  09-07-2015 09:00
  
  Dec. 13, 1956Demolish the Capitol? Structural engineering survey leads to recommendation that Nevada build a new state capitolThis continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• NDOT lays out Carson City transportation plan

  09-07-2015 09:00
  
  Transportation work plans affecting Carson City and the area won acceptance from two panels Wednesday, including one covering state work here costing $8.2 million this fiscal year.Rudy Malfabon, director of the Nevada Department of Transportation, presented the state plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-16 to the Carson Area Metropolitan Organization meeting in the Carson City Community Center. He noted the work plan includes what just began on extending the Interstate 580 freeway bypass from Fairvie
  
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• Lake Tahoe Valhalla Art, Music & Theatre Festival to feature Me and Bobby McGee

  09-07-2015 09:00
  
  Boot stomping to bluegrass in a 1920s boat house turned theater with Lake Tahoe in the background, kicking back at free concerts on a historic lakeshore estate’s grand lawn, and experiencing the Washoe Tribe’s ceremonial dances and drumming are some of the many iconic experiences at Lake Tahoe’s Valhalla Arts, Music & Theatre Festival this month. Now in its 36th year, the festival sounds off once again at the South Shore’s lake front Heller Estate with performances, improv comedy, theatr
  
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• Carson City Nugget hosting comedian Justin Berkman July 17

  09-07-2015 09:00
  
  A Los Angeles native and Stanford University graduate is taking center stage at 7 p.m. Friday, July 17, at Carson Nugget’s comedy venue. Justin Berkman, who prides himself on not just telling jokes but putting on a show, was a headliner on The New Generation of Comedy Tour. A cohost and cocreator of The Perfect Pair, he recently filmed his first one-hour special, “All In.” The comedian was also featured on MTV’s “Yo Momma” and FX’s “The People’s Champion.” When he’s not vis
  
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• Black hole erupts, no threat to Earth (yet) — VIDEO

  09-07-2015 08:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A NASA satellite has detected the first sign of a black hole 8,000 light years away from Earth.
  
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• Appeals court cautions federal judge to get in line

  09-07-2015 07:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. District Judge Robert Clive Jones received a double whammy the other day. In two unrelated cases, his actions on the bench were overturned on appeal, the court essentially telling the judge to stop marching to his own drummer.
  
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• South Carolina legislature passes bill to remove Confederate flag from capitol

  09-07-2015 07:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The South Carolina legislature passed a bill early Thursday to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds after an emotional 13-hour debate over the controversial banner.
  
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• Coyote Springs owners say they’re ready to build a new city in the desert

  09-07-2015 04:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A court settlement clears the way for construction to resume at the massive housing development 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas. At full build-out, Coyote Springs would be twice the size of Summerlin.
  
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• Canadian woman wants entire Cosby deposition to go public

  09-07-2015 03:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Canadian woman at the center of sexual assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby accused him Wednesday of violating a confidentiality agreement in their 2005 lawsuit, and asked a court to make public his entire testimony.
  
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• Metro: Possible link between body found in Utah and Las Vegas inmate

  09-07-2015 03:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A leg bone from a body found in Utah may connect a man jailed on drug charges to an April homicide in downtown Las Vegas, according to records obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  
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• Henderson city manager finalists sound off

  09-07-2015 02:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The six finalists to be Henderson’s next city manager began making their pitches during a public meeting Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Douglas County declares flooding disaster

  09-07-2015 02:48
  
  Flooding that struck northern Carson Valley on Wednesday afternoon was declared a disaster by Douglas County commissioners.The declaration will allow the county to call in additional crews to help clear roads, remove debris and repair infrastructure damaged in the floods, according to Sheriff’s Sgt. Pat Brooks.A powerful thunderstorm struck Douglas County starting around 2 p.m. bringing heavy rain and hail.Water quickly filled streams and washes from the East Valley, including Johnson Lane an
  
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• Astronomers from Durham University uncover 5 more black holes

  09-07-2015 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The discovery of five more supermassive black holes might just be the tip of the iceberg. According to NASA, the finding supports the theory that thick blankets of gas and dust could be hiding millions of supermassive black holes in the universe.
  
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• Man faces felony charges after 45-minute police chase down U.S. 95

  09-07-2015 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man faces multiple felony charges after he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase up and down a Las Vegas Valley freeway in a stolen SUV, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• City attorney runs for seat of North Las Vegas judge facing recall

  09-07-2015 02:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas City Attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan tried to get the state’s Commission on Judicial Discipline to act against Municipal Court Judge Catherine Ramsey, but nothing has happened a year later. So she decided to take advantage of the recall against the judge and run for the post herself.
  
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