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• Baby found dead in dumpster was thrown around for crying, NLV police say

  04-08-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Weeks before a North Las Vegas infant was found dead in a dumpster, her father, in a fit of rage, threw her across a room while she sat in a baby swing because she cried too much, according to police.
  
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• Prosecutors ask 20 years for mastermind of Las Vegas HOA fraud

  04-08-2015 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The longtime face of the massive scheme to take over and defraud Las Vegas-area homeowners associations is about face punishment.
  
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• Kansas City man senselessly assaulted in possible 'knockout game' attack

  04-08-2015 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kansas City, MO — A Kansas City man says he doesn't remember a thing about the brutal attack that shattered his face and sent him to the hospital.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested after allegedly threatening officers with Jack Daniels bottle

  04-08-2015 23:27
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.MONDAYAt 5:19 p.m., Donald Wilk, 43, of Carson City, was arrested on suspicion of felony assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon, obstruction, resisting arrest with violence, domestic battery-first offense and ex-felon failed to register after deputies responded to reports of a domestic battery near the 1000 block of Siskiyou Drive. Wilk allegedly threatened officers with
  
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• Vacationing homeowner informed of shooting during gathering at their house

  04-08-2015 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A family was betrayed by their house-sitter this weekend when they went on vacation and returned to a crime scene.
  
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• Caesars reports 17.4 percent revenue increase, reverses net loss

  04-08-2015 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Tuesday its net revenue increased 17.4 percent in the second quarter, crediting the openings of The Cromwell on the Strip and the Horseshoe Baltimore and the $223 million renovation of The Linq hotel-casino for the boost in results.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of assault on a peace officer

  04-08-2015 22:29
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityMONDAYAt 5:19 p.m., Donald Wilk, 43, of Carson City, was arrested on suspicion of felony assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon, obstruction, resisting arrest with violence, domestic battery-first offense and ex-felon failed to register after deputies responded to reports of a domestic battery near the 1000 block of Siskiyou Drive. Wilk allegedly threatened of
  
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• Man shot in head Friday has died, Las Vegas police say

  04-08-2015 22:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man found in the central valley Friday with a gunshot wound to the head has died, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Teen placed on Indiana, Mich. sex offender registry after using 'Hot or Not' app

  04-08-2015 21:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Zach Anderson is 19 and a typical teenager. He's into computers and wants to build a career around his love for electronics. But those plans and any semblance of a normal life are for now out the window. Under court order, he can't access the Internet, go to a mall or linger near a school or playground.
  
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• Accused DUI driver in fatal Christmas Eve crash waives hearing

  04-08-2015 21:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in a DUI case that stems from a deadly Christmas Eve crash.
  
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• Anti-abortion group leader defends release of Planned Parenthood videos

  04-08-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Planned Parenthood's vice president on Tuesday slammed efforts to defund the women's health organization as "political games" that are "intended to score political points."
  
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• Solar industry trying to get around legislative process, Farley says

  04-08-2015 21:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A state lawmaker involved in the drafting of a bill directing state regulators to adopt a new rate class for rooftop solar customers said solar industry officials are trying to circumvent legislative intent by asking that an existing net metering policy be maintained until the new tariff is established.
  
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• Farley: Solar industry trying to circumvent legislative intent

  04-08-2015 21:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  CARSON CITY — A state lawmaker involved in the drafting of a bill directing state regulators to adopt a new rate class for rooftop solar customers said solar industry officials are trying to circumvent legislative intent by asking that an existing net metering policy be maintained until the new tariff is established.
  
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• Another Allegiant Air plane makes emergency landing

  04-08-2015 20:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Another Allegiant Air flight has made an emergency landing, this time in Greensboro, N.C.
  
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• Republican Pat Hickey won’t run for Assembly again

  04-08-2015 20:49
  
  Republican Pat Hickey of Reno announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in District 25.Hickey said Nevada’s Legislature is comprised of “citizen legislators.”“Nothing in that title implies a permanent or professional class of lawmakers,” he said. “I decided last year that the 2015 session would be my last.”Hickey pointed out that he served in two different decades, “and in two different centuries.”He was served in 1997-1998 and in 2013-2015, three sessions including a
  
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• Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada exceeds goal for funding teen center

  04-08-2015 20:49
  
  The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada not only met but exceeded the amount of money it needed to build a teen center.To get the $1.2 million grant from the William N. Pennington Foundation, the Club had to raise at least $400,000. But Laurie Gorris, the club’s chief professional officer, said they already have $485,000 and are hoping to raise more for the project.“A lot of people came forward,” Gorris said.That includes an individual who donated $100,000 to the center but wishes to r
  
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• Burning Man to crack down on drone use for upcoming event

  04-08-2015 20:17
  
  RENO — Burning Man organizers will not allow hobbyist drones at this year’s festival and will limit the use of other drones. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that the event will provide permits for drones used for media coverage, event operations, art documentation or art performance, but no other purposes. The annual arts and free expression festival will be held August 30 to September 7 in the Black Rock Desert. As many as 200 drones zoomed overhead at last year’s event, and Burning Man
  
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• Ordinance would restrict door-to-door peddlers in county

  04-08-2015 20:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners introduced an ordinance on Tuesday that will put more restrictions in place for door-to-door peddlers.
  
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• NDOT installing livestock fencing on U.S. 50 in Silver Springs

  04-08-2015 19:36
  
  The Nevada Department of Transportation is seeking to enhance traffic safety with a new project to install livestock fencing on sections of U.S. 50 in Silver Springs.The project, which began Monday, will fence approximately four and a half miles of U.S. 50 between Boyer Lane and Pinto Street and from Onyx Street to the U.S. 95 Alternate intersection in Silver Springs. The four-strand, smooth wire fencing will stand four feet high to help prevent wild horses and cattle from entering the highway.
  
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• Arraignment set for suspect in Memphis police officer shooting

  04-08-2015 19:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man accused of fatally shooting a Memphis police officer is due to be arraigned on a first-degree murder charge on Wednesday, two days after he turned himself in and was jailed on a bond of almost $10 million.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin's moon trip tab: $33.31

  04-08-2015 19:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It's the travel expense claim to top all others — $33.31 to go to the moon and back.
  
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• Longtime Assemblyman Pat Hickey won't seek re-election

  04-08-2015 18:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reno GOP Assemblyman Pat Hickey said Tuesday he will not run for another term in the state Assembly next year, a commitment he made to himself before the contentious 2015 session even began.
  
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• Mass. cop pleads not guilty to charges of assault, violating suspect's civil rights

  04-08-2015 18:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Boston-area police officer pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of repeatedly punching a handcuffed suspect he had taken into custody and then lying about it, according to local prosecutors and police.
  
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• Boston cop pleads not guilty to charges of assault, violating suspect's civil rights

  04-08-2015 18:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Boston-area police officer pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of repeatedly punching a handcuffed suspect he had taken into custody and then lying about it, according to local prosecutors and police.
  
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• Residents evacuate, then wait as NoCal wildfires burn

  04-08-2015 18:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The largest of California's 23 wildfires was burning its way toward their homes, and about all they could do was sit on lawn chairs from a distance and watch.
  
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• Intel ups the ante in commitment to increasing company diversity

  04-08-2015 17:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The chipmaker began offering employees double the referral bonus for new hires from underrepresented groups -- women, people of color, and veterans.
  
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• Massive sinkhole swallows intersection in Brooklyn — VIDEO

  04-08-2015 17:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A sinkhole swallowed up a New York City intersection early on Tuesday, collapsing two lanes of roadway during morning rush hour, fire officials said.
  
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• Coroner identifies toddler who drowned Monday

  04-08-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 2-year-old boy who drowned at a northwest valley apartment complex pool Monday afternoon has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• Sandra Bland's family files wrongful death lawsuit in Texas

  04-08-2015 16:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The family of Sandra Bland filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against a Texas trooper, a sheriff's office and her jailers, accusing them of being responsible for the woman's apparent suicide in a county jail.
  
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• Sandra Bland's family files wrongful death lawsuit

  04-08-2015 16:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The family of Sandra Bland filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against a Texas trooper, a sheriff's office and her jailers, accusing them of being responsible for the woman's apparent suicide in a county jail.
  
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• Sun, sun, sun ... here it comes

  04-08-2015 16:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It'll be another sunny day in the Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday and you'll feel it with an expected high near 110 degrees.
  
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• More sun and some wind on the way to Las Vegas

  04-08-2015 16:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It'll be another sunny day in the Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday and you'll feel it with an expected high near 110 degrees.
  
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• 1 person critically injured after 2-vehicle crash on Monday

  04-08-2015 16:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people were injured when a car crashed into another vehicle and then into a building Monday night in the central valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• 6 things ex-Ferguson officer Darren Wilson reveals in new interview

  04-08-2015 15:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Feruguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson may have been legally vindicated in killing Michael Brown, but in many ways, he doesn't live like a free man.
  
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• Circus tent collapses during storm in N.H., two die

  04-08-2015 08:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were killed and 15 others injured when a circus tent collapsed in New Hampshire during a storm on Monday night, a state fire official said.
  
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• Sierra Lutheran High School expanding with construction of athletics field

  04-08-2015 07:34
  
  Sierra Lutheran High School is taking the next step in growing into a full-scale high school.Miles Construction, which built the school’s current campus on Romans Road, is constructing a multi-purpose athletics field at the school.Pastor Juls Clausen, the school’s principal, said as the school has grown, the need for an expanded physical education program has grown as well.“In the last three years, we’ve grown substantially,” he said. “And we anticipate continued growth.”Clausen s
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Is it time to use a pesticide?

  04-08-2015 07:34
  
  There are many definitions of the word “pest,” and personal perceptions of pests can often be very different. A pest might be annoying (ants), damaging to plants (rabbits), a health concern (ticks) or a cause for fear (black widow spiders). However, relatively few pests cause significant injury to plants, so pesticides are rarely needed. A pesticide is a substance that destroys, prevents or repels a pest. There are many types of pesticides. For example, herbicides kill plants, insecticides k
  
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• X107.5 morning team moving to Houston

  04-08-2015 06:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Houston radio station has announced that it will be importing the Las Vegas morning team of Dave, Mahoney & DK from its CBS Radio sister station, KXTE-FM 107.5.
  
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• KXTE morning team moving to Houston

  04-08-2015 06:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Houston radio station has announced that it will be importing the Las Vegas morning team of Dave, Mahoney & DK from its CBS Radio sister station, KXTE-FM 107.5.
  
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• Ferguson hires black interim police chief

  04-08-2015 06:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Andre Anderson says his main task will be to restore trust between Ferguson's predominantly black populace and the Missouri city's mostly white police force.
  
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• Subway's Jared Fogle has gone from inspiration to suspicion

  04-08-2015 06:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Long before weight loss was TV game show fodder and yarns about folks shedding 50 pounds became headlines, an obese Indiana University student trimmed down by making Subway sandwiches the staple of his diet.
  
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• Churches still frustrated by Life is Beautiful festival

  04-08-2015 06:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It's a safe bet that everyone who attends services at downtown's diminutive Amistad Christiana Church comes to hear themselves think. That's been impossible since 2013 during the behemoth Life is Beautiful music festival.
  
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• Metro seeks man involved in fatal east valley shooting

  04-08-2015 05:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro on Monday asked for the public's aid in identifying a man connected to a September 2014 fatal shooting.
  
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• Defense attorney in weapons case assails Metro detective's credibility

  04-08-2015 04:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A veteran Las Vegas police detective once charged with beating and robbing a prostitute was grilled on the witness stand Monday in a defense bid to persuade a federal judge to toss out evidence in a weapons case he helped put together.
  
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• 2 injured in Sunday house party shooting

  04-08-2015 04:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were shot during a northeast valley house party early Sunday morning, Metro said.
  
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• Northern Nevada multi-agency operation conducts sex offender registry checks

  04-08-2015 04:26
  
  During the weekend, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office in collaboration with other agencies across Nevada conducted more than 200 sex offender registration checks during Operation Vigilance.Last Thursday through Saturday, the Nevada Department of Public Safety Division of Parole and Probation along officers from Carson, Lyon, Storey and Douglas counties, Nevada Department of Corrections Inspector General’s Office and the United States Marshals Service conducted knock and talk searches to make
  
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• Trial opens for Collins, accused of killing woman in 2008

  04-08-2015 04:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  LeSean Collins robbed and killed Brandi Payton, gave the 29-year-old's jewelry to his then-girlfriend, and dropped Payton's body off on the side of the road, prosecutors said Monday during opening statements in his murder trial.
  
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• Toddler hospitalized after near drowning

  04-08-2015 03:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A toddler is clinging to life at an area hospital after nearly drowning at a northwest valley apartment complex Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Police: Toddler drowns at apartment complex

  04-08-2015 03:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A toddler drowned at a northwest valley apartment complex Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Bicyclist critically injured after being hit by car on Strip

  04-08-2015 03:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bicyclist was critically injured after a car struck him on the Strip on Monday morning, Metro said. Matthew Hunt, 37, of Las Vegas, was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, police said. No one else was injured.
  
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