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• 3 New National Monuments to Be Established by Obama

  10-07-2015 23:59
  Republicans have criticized the president for using the law that allows the designation of such sites more than any of his predecessors.
  
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• Sandoval aide headed to PERS as general counsel

  10-07-2015 23:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Chris Nielsen, a member of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s staff, is poised to become general counsel for the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System after serving a brief stint as the governor’s deputy chief of staff.
  
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• Activists ask Nevada AG to drop opposition to Obama immigration order

  10-07-2015 23:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At the end of January, Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced that Nevada would join 25 other states in opposing an executive order blocking deportation of many undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Nevada Republicans upset; Democrats hail national monument

  10-07-2015 23:09
  
  LAS VEGAS — The sudden designation of a state-sized area of desert, valleys and mountains in Nevada as a new national monument was derided Friday by local congressmen as an act of political cronyism involving outgoing U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama. Reid shrugged off the criticism and hailed the president’s use of executive power to protect about 1,100 square miles of Silver State rangeland. Presidents of both parties have invoked the Antiquities Act of 1906, he said. “Th
  
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• Defense wraps up case in Colo. theater shooting

  10-07-2015 22:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Defense lawyers trying to avoid the death penalty for Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes wrapped up their case on Friday, hoping they have convinced jurors he was legally insane when he carried out one of the worst U.S. mass shootings.
  
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• Hundreds attend funeral for former Clark County Sheriff Ralph Lamb

  10-07-2015 22:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ralph Lamb’s Lamb’s most active years in law enforcement coincided with rapid growth in the gaming industry, controlled by people associated, at least formerly, with organized crime.
  
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• At Ralph Lamb’s funeral, Sheriff Joe Lombardo hails his wisdom

  10-07-2015 22:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ralph Lamb’s most active years in law enforcement coincided with rapid growth in the gaming industry, controlled by people associated, at least formerly, with organized crime.
  
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• At Ralph Lamb’s funeral, Sheriff Joe Lombardo hail his wisdom

  10-07-2015 22:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ralph Lamb’s most active years in law enforcement coincided with rapid growth in the gaming industry, controlled by people associated, at least formerly, with organized crime.
  
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• Grand jury indicts 11 for making credit cards at Las Vegas hotels

  10-07-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County grand jury has indicted 11 people in a year-long scheme to make credit cards and collect cash advances at various Las Vegas casinos, prosecutors said Friday.
  
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• Fire burns bridge, 5 acres at Clark County Wetlands Park

  10-07-2015 21:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The fire started about 10 p.m. Thursday in the Duck Creek area of the 2,900-acre park.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested as fugitive from justice

  10-07-2015 21:29
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTHURSDAYAt 12:41 a.m., a 40-year-old Reno man was arrested on suspicion of expired registration, fictitious registration, no valid driver’s license, no proof of insurance and failure to appear warrant after deputies initiated a traffic stop near Highway 50 and College Parkway. Bail was set at $1,495.At 7:30 a.m., Warren Conrad, 44, of Carson City was arrested on susp
  
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• Masto, Heck ramp up fundraising in Nevada US Senate race

  10-07-2015 21:18
  
  Democratic former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto says she’s raised $1.1 million since launching her campaign for U.S. Senate three months ago.Cortez Masto’s campaign said she has nearly $1 million in cash after announcing her bid on April 8. Campaign officials say more than 6,500 people have donated to Cortez Masto, and the median donation is $20.Republican Rep. Joe Heck kicked off his campaign earlier this week. The National Republican Senatorial Campaign confirmed he raise
  
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• Gov. Brian Sandoval promotes Caleb Cage to homeland security adviser

  10-07-2015 21:18
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval has appointed his director of military and veterans policy to serve as the state’s point person for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Sandoval announced Friday that Caleb Cage will be his Homeland Security Adviser. Cage has also been named the chief of the Division of Emergency Management, which shares intelligence, protects critical infrastructure and leads emergency preparedness initiatives. Sandoval praised Cage for his work ushering a broad veteran services agen
  
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• Clark County School District to pay $1.65M to settle lawsuit

  10-07-2015 21:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Business Benefits Inc., which negotiated employee benefits between the district and its health provider, late Thursday accepted settlement to a lawsuit filed in May 2014 over claims that its contract was cut short.
  
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• Obama signs proclamation creating Nevada national monument

  10-07-2015 20:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama created more green on the map of Nevada when he signed a proclamation Friday creating a 700,000-acre national monument conservation area in the state.
  
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• S.C. church shooter could buy gun because of background check mix-up

  10-07-2015 19:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Charleston shooting suspect should not have been allowed to buy a gun, but the 21-year-old charged in a church shooting rampage was able to purchase one in April because of a mix-up in his background check, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Friday.
  
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• Education Notebook: School news and events for July 16-22, 2015

  10-07-2015 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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• Rookie Las Vegas cop wounded, second man killed in traffic stop shooting

  10-07-2015 18:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A central valley traffic stop took a violent turn Friday, leaving a rookie Las Vegas police officer with a minor gunshot wound and another man dead.
  
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• Metro cop wounded, man dead in shooting near Sahara and Lindell

  10-07-2015 18:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas police officer is wounded and a man is dead after a shooting Friday near the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Lindell Road.
  
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• Metro cop wounded, another person dead in shooting near Sahara and Lindell

  10-07-2015 18:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas police officer is wounded and another person is dead after a shooting Friday near the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Lindell Road.
  
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• Las Vegas police officer shot near Sahara and Lindell

  10-07-2015 18:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An officer was shot near the intersection of Sahara Avenue and Lindell Road early Friday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Nevada gets new homeland security adviser

  10-07-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Caleb Cage, who has served in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Cabinet as director of military and veterans policy, was appointed Friday as the governor’s homeland security adviser.
  
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• Data breach forces US personnel management director to resign

  10-07-2015 18:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta resigned Friday, a day after revealing the recent data breach of government computers was vastly larger than originally thought, CNN has learned.
  
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• Ex-Utah teacher gets 30 years for sexually abusing teen boys

  10-07-2015 17:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Utah high school teacher who admitted to sexually abusing three teenage boys with whom she carried on relationships would serve at least two years, and up to three decades, in prison under a sentence handed down by a judge on Thursday.
  
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• Warmer temperatures returning to Las Vegas Valley

  10-07-2015 17:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After a week of temperatures cooler than normal, things will start to heat up again by the end of the weekend in Las Vegas.
  
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• Flash flood watch issued for 2-9 p.m. today

  10-07-2015 17:04
  
  The National Weather Service says showers and thunderstorms will again develop by late morning and continue through this afternoon and early evening. There should be fewer strong storms compared to recent days, but most cells will be slow moving and may produce locally heavy rainfall and small hail.Because of this, a flash flood watch remains in effect from 2-9 p.m. today for Carson City along with the already hard-hit areas of Johnson Lane, Six Mile Canyon and others. Those hard-hit areas are
  
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• Man stabs brother in neck, leaving him critical, Las Vegas police say

  10-07-2015 16:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police logs show the call came in at 11:25 p.m. to the 700 block of Linn Lane, near the intersection of Bonanza Road and Sloan Lane.
  
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• Las Vegas police look for suspect after stabbing involving brothers

  10-07-2015 16:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A stabbing incident between two brothers late Thursday night left one in critical condition and the other on the loose, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Las Vegas look for suspect after stabbing involving brothers

  10-07-2015 16:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A stabbing incident between two brothers late Thursday night left one in critical condition and the other on the loose, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Confederate flag removed from SC Capitol

  10-07-2015 15:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Confederate battle flag has been lowered from a pole on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol, ending more than 50 years of the banner flying at the property.
  
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• How Lamb met boy who played a central role in his life

  10-07-2015 09:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Years after his father died in a rodeo accident while trying to save a youngster on a runaway horse in Tonopah, former Sheriff Ralph Lamb by chance met the boy his dad saved while both were serving in the Army in Korea.
  
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• Aviation firms receive tax breaks

  10-07-2015 08:47
  
  A state board granted tax breaks to seven Nevada aviation industry companies on Thursday, marking the first time officials have used a new incentive program aimed at keeping planes from flying out-of-state to a better tax climate when they need multimillion-dollar repairs. The board of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development approved the batch of sales and property tax breaks at a meeting in Carson City. The package is worth $35 million over 20 years, and is expected to generate an over
  
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• Pope attacks global economic order, asks forgiveness for “so-called conquest of America”

  10-07-2015 08:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis on Thursday urged the downtrodden to change the world economic order, denouncing a “new colonialism” by agencies that impose austerity programs and calling for the poor to have the “sacred rights” of labor, lodging and land.
  
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• New dinosaur a missing link in evolution

  10-07-2015 08:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Wendy Sloboda’s knack for finding fossil beds got her name immortalized — and has handed science a missing link in dinosaur evolution.
  
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• Washington fire doesn’t stop Death Ride event

  10-07-2015 07:56
  
  Extreme weather — heat, rain, sleet, maybe even a snow flake or two — have challenged cyclists over the years during the Death Ride, Tour of the California Alps.Having recently survived another type of weather-related challenge posed recently when the lightning-ignited Washington Fire burned 17,790 acres near Markleeville, all lights are now green for 3,000-plus participants to take to Alpine County’s roads Saturday for the 35th annual Death Ride. Hosted by the Alpine County Chamber of Com
  
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• USNS Carson City will have hometown captain

  10-07-2015 07:56
  
  The USNS Carson City, a naval vessel now being built, will have leadership from Nevada’s capital and its keel will have a mayoral imprint as well.Those facts involving the USNS Carson City (JHSV 7) came to light Thursday through Mayor Robert Crowell via his communications with the captain-designate and with the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Ships.Crowell first heard from Capt. Robert Wiley, a Carson City resident of 23 years and the man who will captain the ship, and later from Alicia
  
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• Stout teapots in Carson City

  10-07-2015 07:56
  
  More than 60 teapots are on display at Carson City Historical Society’s free teapot exhibit this month at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum, 1207 N. Carson St. The exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, when there will also be a yard sale at the museum; from 2 to 4 p.m. July 15; from 1 to 3 p.m. July 17; from 2 to 4 p.m. July 19; from 1 to 3 p.m. July 21; from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 25; from 2 to 4 p.m. July 29; and from 1 to 3 p.m. July 31. For…
  
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• Nevada experience key to Maui program’s success — on and off the court

  10-07-2015 07:56
  
  VIRGINIA CITY — Yes, the Lahainaluna High School boys basketball program has gained success on the court. But more important, the student-athletes have learned lessons for success in life as well.For the past several years the Westside Hoops Maui club team consisting mostly of players who play for Lahainaluna High on the Maui island of Hawaii have been coming to Northern Nevada for the summer.“It teaches us how to be mature,” said Kaalalani Kaaikala Thursday. He will be a senior at Lahain
  
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• Volvo replaces passenger seat with baby seat

  10-07-2015 07:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Buckle up, baby. Volvo Cars debuted a new concept for their luxury, family-friendly vehicles — a swivel child seat built into a console that sits where the front passenger seat would normally be.
  
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• Facebook logins stolen by popular Android game

  10-07-2015 07:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than half a million people downloaded an Android game that stole their Facebook usernames and passwords, according to researchers.
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 3, 1962: New T.V. service for Carson

  10-07-2015 07:50
  
  New T.V. service for CarsonA spokesman for Carson T.V. Cable Inc. said that pole line construction is scheduled to begin Aug. 13 and company officials hope to have community antenna television service ready in about two months. Manager George Plunkett said that construction of a Carson City office on N. Roop Street has been completed and a full time service and office crew will be moved in soon. Plunkett said the company mountain relay station has been built and is sending a picture to Carson n
  
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• Aviation firms promise more jobs after getting tax breaks

  10-07-2015 07:50
  
  A state board granted tax breaks to seven Nevada aviation industry companies on Thursday, marking the first time officials have used a new incentive program aimed at keeping planes from flying out-of-state to a better tax climate when they need multimillion-dollar repairs. The board of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development approved the batch of sales and property tax breaks at a meeting in Carson City. The package is worth $35 million over 20 years, and is expected to generate an over
  
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• Celebrating ten years running the monorail — VIDEO

  10-07-2015 07:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Monorail Company is celebrating its 10th year of running the monorail, which runs from the MGM Grand hotel-casino to the SLS hotel-casino, with five other stations in between.
  
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• Celebrating 10 years running the monorail — VIDEO

  10-07-2015 07:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Monorail Company is celebrating its 10th year of running the monorail, which runs from the MGM Grand hotel-casino to the SLS hotel-casino, with five other stations in between.
  
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• A done deal, Obama to create “Basin and Range” monument

  10-07-2015 06:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A vast sweep of rural Nevada marked by lonely desert valleys, craggy mountain ranges and both ancient and modern art will become the newest addition to the nation’s inventory of protected landscapes on Friday.
  
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• Treatment delays for mentally ill inmates prompts call for release

  10-07-2015 04:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s continuing failure to transfer court-ordered inmates to the state’s maximum-security psychiatric facility in a timely manner has prompted the Clark County public defender’s office to file dozens of motions to dismiss charges, ranging from murder to battery, and release the inmates now languishing in jail.
  
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• Henderson council to pick new city manager Monday

  10-07-2015 03:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After more than three hours of public interviews with six finalists Thursday, Henderson City Council members said they will pick a new city manager on Monday.
  
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• Missing sisters found alive in Wyoming

  10-07-2015 03:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The mystery of three Wisconsin sisters who went missing during a Wyoming camping trip has a happy ending.
  
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• Clinton, Bush spar on Twitter over ‘longer hours’ comment

  10-07-2015 03:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are trading barbs on Twitter after Bush said in an interview Wednesday that “people need to work longer hours.”
  
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• New details released in fatal Henderson officer-involved shooting

  10-07-2015 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police released new details about Saturday’s police shooting Thursday afternoon. Police shot Bryan David Bauer, 36, of Las Vegas, when he ran at them holding a handgun, police said. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
  
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