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• Nevada Dems cautious, Republicans critical of Iran nuclear deal

  14-07-2015 23:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON -€” Nevada Democrats offered a cautious first impression of the nuclear agreement with Iran that President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday. Republicans were more challenging whether the deal will prevent Iran from developing a bomb.
  
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• Nevada Dems cautious, Republicans critical of Iran deal

  14-07-2015 23:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON -€” Nevada Democrats offered a cautious first impression of the nuclear agreement with Iran that President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday. Republicans were more challenging whether the deal will prevent Iran from developing a bomb.
  
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• Man arrested after Henderson stabbing

  14-07-2015 23:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police arrested a man suspected of stabbing a person he didn‘t know in the neck Monday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Wal-Mart sued for denying insurance to gay worker's wife

  14-07-2015 23:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Wal-Mart employee sued the retailer on Tuesday, saying its prior policy of denying health insurance to the spouses of gay employees violated gender discrimination laws.
  
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• Scott Walker Says He Would Kill Iran Deal and Seek ‘Crippling’ Sanctions

  14-07-2015 23:20
  Scott Walker is branding himself a “fighter and winner” while in Nevada, and said that if elected president, he wanted to take the fight directly to Iran in the wake of the just-finalized treaty over its nuclear program.
  
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• Family of Eric Garner calls for cop to be criminally charged

  14-07-2015 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold a year ago, renewed calls to criminally charge the police officer on Tuesday, a day after the family reached a $5.9 million settlement with New York City.
  
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• Lawsuit against Ferguson in death of Michael Brown dropped

  14-07-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed four counts in the wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson filed by the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead last August by a white police officer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
  
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• Henderson man who fell to his death at Zion National Park identified

  14-07-2015 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 24-year-old Henderson resident who fell to his death while climbing at Zion National Park has been identified.
  
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• GOP presidential candidate Walker stumps in Vegas

  14-07-2015 22:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker came to Las Vegas on Tuesday, where he made it clear he‘s running on his record of fighting unions and cutting taxes as governor of Wisconsin, a state that typically leans Democrat.
  
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• More dying in natural disasters so far this year than previous years

  14-07-2015 21:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  FRANKFURT — The death toll from natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms and heatwaves rose sharply worldwide in the first six months of 2015, the world‘s largest reinsurance company Munich Re said on Tuesday.
  
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• DEA had alerted Mexico about drug lord's possible escape

  14-07-2015 21:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents received information suggesting that relatives and associates were working on plans to break drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman out of prison, a law enforcement official told CNN Tuesday.
  
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• Teen survives plane crash, days alone in woods

  14-07-2015 21:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Autumn Veatch, 16, couldn‘t tell the 911 operator where in the Washington state wilderness the small plane went down. Somehow, she survived; her grandparents apparently didn‘t.
  
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• Man dies in jump from downtown Las Vegas parking garage

  14-07-2015 20:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man jumped to his death from a parking garage across from the Clark County Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Northern Nevada Dream Center hosting Toiletries Drive Saturday

  14-07-2015 20:39
  
  The Northern Nevada Dream Center is hosting its third annual Toiletries Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Walmart.Volunteers will be at the 3200 Market St. Walmart and at the Walmart, at 3770 Highway 395 South, on Saturday collecting travel sized toiletries to fill Rescue Bags that are distributed to those in need in the community. Travel items in need include: tooth paste, tooth brushes, dental floss, lotion, deodorant, antibacterial wipes, disposable razors, shaving cream, chap stick,
  
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• Sunny and breezy Tuesday for Las Vegas Valley

  14-07-2015 18:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tuesday‘s weather is expected to be filled with sunny skies, breezy winds and a high of 103 degrees.
  
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• Nevada PERS shortfall looks better for 2014

  14-07-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada‘s Public Employees Retirement System in 2013 was a contributor to an overall $968 billion shortfall among 238 public pension systems nationwide, an increase over the previous year of $54 billion, The Pew Charitable Trusts reported Tuesday.
  
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• NASA spacecraft captures better view of Pluto — PHOTO

  14-07-2015 17:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  NASA says its New Horizons spacecraft completed a historic flyby of Pluto on Tuesday, becoming the first spacecraft to pass over the small, icy world.
  
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• Obama hails nuclear deal as step toward 'more hopeful world'

  14-07-2015 12:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  VIENNA — Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East.
  
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• Iran, powers strike nuclear deal

  14-07-2015 12:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  VIENNA - Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East, and which Israel called an "historic surrender".
  
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• Federal judge rules in Nevada Highway Patrol K-9 case

  14-07-2015 11:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal court in Nevada upheld a Nevada Highway Patrol officer‘s right to free speech in a ruling filed last week.
  
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• Downtown Las Vegas may have own 'bridges to nowhere'

  14-07-2015 08:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ed Butler noticed the pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks about two months ago while walking along Bonneville Street toward downtown. A solitary walker who doesn‘t own a car or a bicycle, Butler likes to go from his job at University Medical Center to the downtown casinos once every other week.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office short-staffed due to officer injury

  14-07-2015 07:27
  
  When a sheriff’s department as small as Carson City’s loses an active duty officer as it recently did, that agency needs to have a contingency plan to deal with such a significant loss. Officials with the department said while it’s difficult, they can deal with the loss of an officer.Recently, the department lost one deputy to an Achilles injury while responding to a child endangerment call in the 400 block of South Saliman Road on May 24. Deputies were dispatched to the area after receivi
  
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• Indoor 'beach' - minus the sharks - lures D.C. museumgoers

  14-07-2015 07:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You can walk the pier, purchase a snack and settle into a lounge chair with a good book.
  
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• Last member of Carson City drug ring admits involvement

  14-07-2015 07:19
  
  The last man arrested as a part of a Carson City drug ring entered a guilty plea Monday in District Court.James Tito, 41 pleaded guilty to level three drug trafficking.Tito along with Elvin Fred, Tawnee Johnson, Michelle Rendleman, Aaron Jalbert and Christopher Landry were all arrested after Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force raided a house on the 3500 block of Desatoya Drive in early March. Authorities seized nearly 11 ounces of methamphetamine with a street value of more than $30,000. The rest of t
  
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• Reality check for Northern Nevada real estate industry?

  14-07-2015 06:53
  
  Northern Nevada needs thousands of new homes to meet demand from a jump in jobs and population growth expected in the next few years.That was the message at the Northern Nevada Housing Summit, a gathering of home builders, economic developers and elected officials from around the area hosted by Gov. Brian Sandoval and Bruce Breslow, director of the Department of Business and Industry. “The region is in middle of an economic transformation that is going to be lasting. We will have job growth th
  
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• Reality check for real estate industry?

  14-07-2015 06:29
  
  Northern Nevada needs thousands of new homes to meet demand from a jump in jobs and population growth expected in the next few years.That was the message at the Northern Nevada Housing Summit, a gathering of home builders, economic developers and elected officials from around the area hosted by Gov. Brian Sandoval and Bruce Breslow, director of the Department of Business and Industry. “The region is in middle of an economic transformation that is going to be lasting. We will have job growth th
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office shortstaffed due to officer injury

  14-07-2015 06:29
  
  When a sheriff’s department as small as Carson City’s loses an active duty officer as it recently did, that agency needs to have a contingency plan to deal with such a significant loss. Officials with the department said while it’s difficult, they can deal with the loss of an officer.Recently, the department lost one deputy to an Achilles injury while responding to a child endangerment call in the 400 block of South Saliman Road on May 24. Deputies were dispatched to the area after receivi
  
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• California drought: Donner Lake won’t fill for first time in two decades

  14-07-2015 06:29
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. — For the first time in at least 20 years, Donner Lake will not reach its maximum water capacity, officials said Thursday.In his 15 years as recreation superintendent with Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District, Dan O’Gorman can’t remember a time Donner Lake wasn’t at its maximum water level at this point in the season.On Thursday, O’Gorman said he estimates the west Truckee lake’s water level is about three feet lower than average this time of year, a statistic ba
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: March 5, 1951: Assembly OKs voting age bill

  14-07-2015 06:23
  
  March 5, 1951Assembly OKs voting age billThe Assembly, by a 29-13 vote, today passed a resolution proposing amendment of the Nevada Constitution to lower the legal voting age 21 to 19. The Assembly two weeks ago defeated the same measure, which at that time called for lowering the voting age to 18. It now goes to the Senate. Voting against the resolution were Bastain, Blum, Boak, Capurro, Folsom, Carville, Francovich, McCuistion, Humphrey, Ogee, Roundtree, Swackhamer, and Whiteacre. The Assembl
  
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• Last member of Carson City drug ring court admits involvement

  14-07-2015 06:23
  
  The last man arrested as a part of a Carson City drug ring entered a guilty plea Monday in District Court.James Tito, 41 pleaded guilty to level three drug trafficking.Tito along with Elvin Fred, Tawnee Johnson, Michelle Rendleman, Aaron Jalbert and Christopher Landry were all arrested after Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force raided a house on the 3500 block of Desatoya Drive in early March. Authorities seized nearly 11 ounces of methamphetamine with a street value of more than $30,000. The rest of t
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Water efficient landscapes to deal with the drought

  14-07-2015 06:23
  
  Around Northern Nevada, we have been asked to reduce our water use by at least 10 percent to conserve water during the drought. In summer, we use 50 percent or more of our water irrigating our landscapes. With that in mind, here are a few tips on watering more efficiently and a few ideas on how to cut back on water use. Although in an ideal landscape, the lawn is deep green, don’t be afraid to let the lawn be a lighter shade. Turf grasses can tolerate some drought. If your blue grass lawn is h
  
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• Henderson public works chief named city manager

  14-07-2015 06:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson‘€™s new city manager will be a familiar face: the city’s public works and parks director, Robert Murnane, who has worked for Henderson for nearly 20 years.
  
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• EPA moves radiation lab out of Las Vegas

  14-07-2015 06:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two tractor-trailer rigs rolled out of the Environmental Protection Agency‘s gated lot across from UNLV on Monday on a journey to relocate equipment for gauging radioactive contamination to an EPA facility in Montgomery, Ala.
  
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• Coroner: B.B. King died of natural causes

  14-07-2015 05:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The late blues artist Riley "B.B." King died of natural causes and not foul play, the Clark County coroner‘s office announced Monday.
  
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• New national monument blocks rail route to Yucca

  14-07-2015 04:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON -- Besides preserving desert valleys and buffering a massive piece of modern sculpture, a new federal conservation area in rural Nevada carries another impact: It blocks a priority shipping route to Yucca Mountain.
  
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• Student develops app alert for hot cars

  14-07-2015 04:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 13-year-old Las Vegas middle schooler has made it his mission to save children left in hot cars from heatstroke.
  
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• Clerical mistake helped Dylann Roof get a gun, S.C. sheriff says

  14-07-2015 02:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A mistake by a South Carolina county jail clerk who entered the wrong information on a charging document for a drug offense in February contributed to a gun being mistakenly sold to the man later accused of murdering nine people at a black church last month, authorities said on Monday.
  
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• Man gets 18 to life for killing of National Guard Specialist

  14-07-2015 02:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A mother described frantically trying to contact her son, not knowing he had been shot dead in an east valley parking lot, as a row of stoic men in dress blues wiped tears away.
  
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• What you need to know about vacation homes — PHOTOS

  14-07-2015 02:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Deciding whether to rent a vacation home or commit to owning one, and where to buy, is a big decision. Owners and real estate experts say your goals, budget and comfort level should factor in your choice.
  
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• 5 of the most bizarre prison breaks

  14-07-2015 01:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prisons are supposed to be the most difficult buildings to escape from. Yet time and again, inmates break free — sometimes with dramatic helicopter stunts, sometimes by just slipping through the cracks — literally.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Woman arrested with doctored firearm

  14-07-2015 01:43
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTHURSDAYAt 11:01 a.m., Pamela Warner, of Carson City, was arrested on suspicion of felony obtaining money/goods/services under false pretenses and violation of bail condition after deputies responded to reports of a woman picking up a prescription that was not hers at the Highway 50 CVS. Bail was set at $5,000.FRIDAYAt 12:52 p.m., a 18-year-old Carson City man was arre
  
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• Triple-digit temps returning to Las Vegas Valley

  14-07-2015 01:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Summer in Las Vegas is back to normal.
  
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• Woman dead after North Las Vegas shooting

  14-07-2015 01:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 70-year-old woman was killed and a man was arrested in a North Las Vegas shooting Monday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Woman in critical condition after North Las Vegas shooting

  14-07-2015 00:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman was critically wounded and a man was arrested in a North Las Vegas shooting Monday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Carson City’s lowest gas pump price up 8 cents

  14-07-2015 00:06
  
  The lowest gasoline pump price in Carson City jumped eight cents a gallon in the past week, according to reports that also showed Nevada pump prices up but national costs staying static.The price listed at four local outlets Monday was $2.87 per gallon, up from the $2.79 per gallon listed a week ago at the then two lowest-priced outlets in Nevada’s capital. The statewide average, as pinpointed in a survey of 1,130 outlets on Sunday, had risen 5.2 cents per gallon to $3.24 when compared with th
  
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• Justice Department accuses Carson City landlords of discrimination

  14-07-2015 00:00
  The federal Justice Department has filed suit accusing two Carson City landlords of discrimination by refusing to rent to people with children.Betty and Hughston Brinson placed several classified advertisements during a year-long period clearly stating that they wanted adult tenants and, according to the lawsuit in U.S. District Court, refused to rent to a family with three children “because they did not want children living at the property.”Barbie and Stephen Tese attempted to view and poss
  
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