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• 7 questions for Americans considering travel to Cuba

  21-07-2015 23:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With the United States and Cuba set to restore full diplomatic relations next week, many Americans rightfully wonder what‘s really changed as a result of America‘s new policy with the communist-run island nation.
  
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• Statewide ACT: 8 percent of Nevada juniors are college-ready

  21-07-2015 23:54
  Only 8 percent of Nevada’s high school juniors are ready for college in four major subject areas, according to preliminary results from the ACT that was administered much more widely this year than in the past. The Nevada State Board of Education is scheduled to discuss the results of this spring’s testing at a meeting on Thursday. It’s the first year that the state has administered the ACT to almost all of Nevada’s high school juniors in place of a high school proficiency exam — a ch
  
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• Nevada to pick new vendor after Common Core testing debacle

  21-07-2015 23:54
  LAS VEGAS — Nevada is ending ties with the test-maker it blames for a debacle in the handling of Common Core assessments that halted the mandatory online exams this year. For the last decade, the state had used New Hampshire-based Measured Progress to implement federally mandated standardized testing. But the relationship soured this spring, as a widespread computer system outage crippled testing and derailed what was supposed to be a major shift in standardized testing. This was the first ye
  
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• Laughlin tap water boil order lifted

  21-07-2015 23:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Laughlin residents and resorts no longer have to boil their water, the Las Vegas Valley Water District said Tuesday.
  
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• Britain's most famous dinosaur is up for adoption

  21-07-2015 22:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Do you have a bit of space to spare? Is it big enough to house a truly vast visitor? If so, you could be in with a chance of bagging yourself a really big roommate. Dippy the Diplodocus, the most famous dinosaur in Britain, is looking for a new home.
  
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• Pilot of Perlan 2 Super Glider plans to soar 90,000 feet

  21-07-2015 22:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A super glider is on track to fly to the edge of space. Crowds of aviation enthusiasts gathered Monday to get their first look at Perlan 2, an experimental glider on display this week at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
  
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• Officer fatally shoots man after struggle in Cincinnati traffic stop

  21-07-2015 22:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cincinnati police are investigating the fatal shooting of an apparently unarmed black man by a University of Cincinnati police officer after a confrontation during a traffic stop Sunday.
  
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• Trump calls Lindsey Graham 'idiot,' gives out senator's cellphone number

  21-07-2015 22:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Presidential hopeful Donald Trump persisted in his attacks on fellow Republicans on Tuesday, calling U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham an "idiot" and giving out the South Carolina lawmaker‘s cellphone number during a campaign rally.
  
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• 4.0 magnitude earthquake wakes up SF Bay area residents

  21-07-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area on Tuesday and spooked residents, although officials said there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries.
  
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• Apple App, iTunes Stores back online following three hour outage

  21-07-2015 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Apple Inc said App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services are back online, after a more than three hour outage.
  
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• Green Valley High banker admits $143,000 theft

  21-07-2015 21:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Green Valley High School banker pleaded guilty on Monday in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars in student-generated funds from the Henderson campus.
  
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• Clark County raises marriage license fee by $14

  21-07-2015 21:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved raising the marriage license fee by an additional $14 and putting the money toward efforts to market the Las Vegas wedding tourism industry.
  
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• Senator says woman who died in jail shouldn't have been in custody

  21-07-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Texas lawmaker who met with the family of a black woman found dead in her jail cell after her arrest following a routine traffic stop said on Tuesday she should never have been in police custody in the first place.
  
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• Death of hanged Texas woman investigated as murder

  21-07-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of an Illinois woman found hanged in her Texas jail cell in what local authorities said was a suicide will be investigated as thoroughly as a murder, the local district attorney said on Monday.
  
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• NY prison escapee repeatedly explored tunnels, pipes prior to escape

  21-07-2015 20:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A convicted murderer who broke out of a maximum security prison in New York spent months exploring tunnels and pipes underneath the facility before using them to escape with another inmate, the New York Times reported.
  
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• Here's the first full view of Earth's sunlit side — PHOTO

  21-07-2015 20:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After wowing the world with the first-ever close-up images of Pluto, NASA has released another groundbreaking photo taken a little closer to home. This image is the first full view of the sunlit side of the Earth taken from one million miles away.
  
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• N.H.L. Receives Expansion Bids From Las Vegas and Quebec City

  21-07-2015 20:02
  The N.H.L. is one step closer to establishing expansion teams in Las Vegas and Quebec City.
  
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• Father of San Francisco shooting victim urges immigration reform

  21-07-2015 19:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A man whose adult daughter was shot dead in San Francisco by a convicted felon who was in the country illegally urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to reform immigration laws and crack down on local policies intended to protect undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Matthews jumps into race for Congress

  21-07-2015 19:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Andy Matthews, late of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, on Monday began his brand-new campaign for the 3rd Congressional District the way many politicians do, with a nice-sounding promise that‘s impossible to keep.
  
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• Jordanian authorities detain uncle of Tenn. shooter

  21-07-2015 18:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jordanian authorities have detained the uncle of Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez since last week‘s fatal shooting of five U.S. servicemen in Tennessee, the uncle‘s lawyer told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
  
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• 21st Century Cures Act will save lives, money

  21-07-2015 18:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 21st Century Cures Act not only encourages better research collaboration along this journey, it incorporates the patient perspective into the process — giving researchers more meaningful feedback, and ensuring the FDA hears directly from patients.
  
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• Nevada Appeal seeks input in community survey

  21-07-2015 17:54
  
  The Nevada Appeal is hosting a community survey about how Carson City residents get their news and what topics they like to read.In exchange, participants will be entered in a drawing to win an iPad mini.“While we’ve done community surveys every few years we’re particularly enthusiastic about this one,” said Mark Raymond, Nevada Appeal publisher. The survey is designed to help the Appeal better match its content to our reader’s interest, but also what medium they prefer to use when re
  
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• Man found dead after central valley shooting

  21-07-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is dead Tuesday morning after a shooting in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 1 man is dead after shooting on East Charleston

  21-07-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is dead Tuesday morning after a shooting in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Slight chance of rain on Tuesday, but mostly sun

  21-07-2015 17:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After a day of clouds and a spritz of rain, the sun has come out.
  
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• Caesars reaches restructuring deal with second-tier creditors

  21-07-2015 16:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Caesars Entertainment Corp. struck an agreement with a large group of the company‘s second-tier debt holders, which could smooth out the bankruptcy reorganization of the casino operator‘s largest business division.
  
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• VA picks new director for Reno office

  21-07-2015 16:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  WASHINGTON -€“ The Department of Veterans Affairs has picked a new director for its embattled regional office in Reno, according to Nevada lawmakers.
  
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• No Nevada hospitals in ranking for strong performance

  21-07-2015 08:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  None of the 60 hospitals in Nevada met the standards for strong performance needed to make the U.S. News & World Report lists of Best Hospitals rankings for 2015-16.
  
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• Ex-frat leader won't see hazing charges in hiker's death

  21-07-2015 07:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The former president of a disbanded southern California fraternity will not face criminal charges after a student died on a grueling hike during an initiation rite for the group, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
  
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• Duffy Thomas sentenced for trying to evade police

  21-07-2015 06:55
  
  Duffy Thomas was sentenced in District Court Monday on charges relating to a misdemeanor escape in April.Thomas tried to run from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team after they gave him a wire and $800 in cash to complete a drug buy. Instead, Thomas tried to dress in his sister’s clothes and evade police but was caught shortly after.In court, Thomas was sentenced to one year in prison for one count of gross misdemeanor escape and 12-30 months in jail that runs concurre
  
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• Man faces trial in deaths of wealthy businessman, family

  21-07-2015 06:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man accused in the killing of a wealthy Washington businessman and his family was ordered Monday to go on trial for first-degree murder.
  
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• Duffy Thomas sentenced in escape charges

  21-07-2015 06:02
  
  Duffy Thomas was sentenced in District Court Monday on charges relating to a misdemeanor escape in April.Thomas tried to run from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team after they gave him a wire and $800 in cash to complete a drug buy. Instead, Thomas tried to dress in his sister’s clothes and evade police but was caught shortly after.In court, Thomas was sentenced to one year in prison for one count of gross misdemeanor escape and 12-30 months in jail that will run conc
  
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• Writing her legacy

  21-07-2015 05:49
  
  One local author has found a way to help at-risk and struggling youth in Carson City.New York Times bestselling young adult author Ellen Hopkins created Ventana Sierra, a non-profit organization, to help at-risk youth who were aging out of the foster system, so she created a housing program to help get them off of the streets and help get them into college.“For me, I see young people who have a lot of potential but who have no way to fulfill that,” Hopkins said. She decided that she needed t
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Is vinegar a safe alternative herbicide?

  21-07-2015 05:49
  
  A reader recently asked me if a solution of vinegar, Epsom salts and a small amount of liquid dish soap, mixed and sprayed on weeds was as effective as using glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup and similar products) and safer. The reader went on to ask, “If this solution is as effective as Roundup and much cheaper, is there anything in the mixture that would/could be dangerous to humans?” Yes, vinegar (acetic acid) can be hazardous. For example, according to University of Maryland E
  
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• Boating hazards rise as Lake Mead level drops

  21-07-2015 05:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Chom Kessell has had a sinking feeling in his gut.
  
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• Woman kills husband, infant son then shoots self

  21-07-2015 04:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Washington state woman who said she shot dead her husband and infant son and then wounded herself is likely to be charged with first-degree murder, police said Monday.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: More charges added to man arrested on suspicion of statutory sexual seduction

  21-07-2015 04:28
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityFRIDAYAt 9 a.m., Jacob Houser, 21, of Carson City was arrested on statutory sexual seduction and incest. Bail was set at $100,000.At 9:46 a.m., a 31-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery. Bail was set at $3,000.At 11:45 a.m., James Patterson, 20, of Dayton, was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse causing physical harm or menta
  
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• Rachel Dolezal says 'I'm black' in new interview

  21-07-2015 04:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A civil rights activist who drew national attention for self-identifying as a black woman despite being the child of white parents, told magazine Vanity Fair she did not lie, but her critics are limited by their views of race: "I would say I‘m black."
  
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• Murdered California doctor has Fallon ties

  21-07-2015 03:42
  
  Five people including a doctor whose parents live in Fallon were found dead on Saturday in Modesto, Calif., after a friend notified the police department her friend did not show up for a preplanned meeting.When officers responded to the 2600 block of Nob Hill Court, Modesto Police Chief Galen Carroll said in a Monday afternoon press conference officers found two adults and three children inside the home. Modesto police have identified the two adults as Dr. Amanda Crews, 38, and Anna Brown Romero
  
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• CHP investigating alleged tow gouging following freeway fire

  21-07-2015 03:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The California Highway Patrol is investigating alleged price-gouging by towing companies that moved vehicles from Interstate 15 after the North Fire that burned more than 5,000 acres and torched 20 cars.
  
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• Navy SEAL, 2 sailors among those hurt in Henderson plane crash

  21-07-2015 01:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three of the four men injured in a small plane crash near Henderson Executive Airport Sunday are active-duty military ’€” a Navy SEAL and two sailors assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, Calif., the Navy said Monday.
  
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• Mitsubishi apologizes to WWII POWs

  21-07-2015 01:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As Japan prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, one of its largest corporations has given a long-awaited apology for wartime atrocities.
  
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• Attorney General seeks rehearing in decision ordering retrial of 20-year-old murder case

  21-07-2015 01:17
  
  The Attorney General’s Office has filed motions seeking a rehearing of the order tossing the conviction in a 20-year-old Carson City murder case.Peter Quinn Elvik was just 14 when he was convicted of murdering William Gibson at the Carson City gun range in August 1995. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to life in prison. That conviction was upheld by the Nevada Supreme Court but federal District Judge Gloria Navarro ruled the trial court was wrong in refusing to instruct jurors that def
  
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• Metro looking for public's help identifying robbery suspect

  21-07-2015 01:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is seeking the public‘s help in identifying a man accused of robbing a U.S. Bank in the northwest valley Friday.
  
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• Two women, three young girls killed in Calif. home

  21-07-2015 00:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 30-year-old suspect has been arrested after police found two women and three girls, including an infant, dead in a California home.
  
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• 2 women, 3 young girls killed in Calif. home

  21-07-2015 00:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 30-year-old suspect has been arrested after police found two women and three girls, including an infant, dead in a California home.
  
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• Key player in HOA scheme gets 30 months in federal prison

  21-07-2015 00:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Charles McChesney, a key player in the scheme to take over and defraud Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison.
  
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• Laughlin residents, businesses still required to boil tap water

  21-07-2015 00:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  People in homes and businesses in Laughlin, including the resorts along the Colorado River, were still required Monday to boil their tap water before drinking it or cooking with it.
  
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