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• 2 men not involved with garage slaying, Metro says

  29-08-2015 23:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men wanted by Metro in connection with a Thursday fatal shooting in a southwest valley garage have been questioned and are not connected to the slaying, police said.
  
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• Heart complications lead to death of man who went missing

  29-08-2015 22:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 83-year-old man who went missing from a casino lobby and was found dead two days later died of heart complications, according to the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• Valley can expect cooler temps for the weekend

  29-08-2015 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If it isn't good enough that we've reached the weekend, the National Weather Service has some good news for Las Vegans.
  
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• Valley can expect cooler temperatures this week

  29-08-2015 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A cooldown is in store for the valley, which means temperatures will drop closer to seasonal average highs of about 99 degrees by Tuesday afternoon, meteorologist Chris Outler said Saturday.
  
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• Man dies after Metro-involved shooting in North Las Vegas

  29-08-2015 20:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is dead after a Metro-involved shooting early Saturday morning in North Las Vegas, the Police Department said. Las Vegas police were called about 3:15 a.m. to a business in the 5000 block of East Craig Road, near Nellis Boulevard, on reports of "a larceny from a person," a Metro release states.
  
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• 1 dead after Metro-involved shooting

  29-08-2015 20:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A male is dead after a Metro-involved shooting early Saturday morning in North Las Vegas, the police department announced.
  
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• Metro officer hurt after Laughlin wreck

  29-08-2015 19:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Metro officer was injured and a police car sustained "major damage" in a two-vehicle crash in Laughlin on Saturday, according to police.
  
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• Metro officer hospitalized after Laughlin wreck

  29-08-2015 19:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Metro police officer was hospitalized and a police car sustained "major damage" in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Laughlin, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Parents and teachers should talk about the life-events that impact students

  29-08-2015 17:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When it comes to talking about the major events that impact a child's life, parents and teachers sometimes fail. And that lack of communication could hinder a student's success.
  
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• Thai police arrest suspect in Bangkok shrine bombing

  29-08-2015 17:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police hunting the perpetrators of Thailand's deadliest bombing arrested on Saturday a foreigner they said matched the description of a man who left a bag at the crowded site of a blast in Bangkok nearly two weeks ago.
  
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• Teri Vance: Getting a jump start on life

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  It was a bittersweet moment walking out of Dayton High School on Friday, having just finished my first teaching job for Western Nevada College’s Jump Start program. I taught the Communications 101 class to juniors, who were on track to graduate with not only a diploma from Dayton High School but an associate’s degree from Western Nevada College as well. It was a tough class. As an accelerated course leading up to the fall semester, we met for three weeks — three hours every day
  
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• Scientists, locals partner to combat Lake Tahoe’s invasive species

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Public agencies are teaming with private residents and business owners to combat nonnative species threatening some of Lake Tahoe’s famed nearshore ecosystems.The partnership follows a strategy outlined in conjunction with University of Nevada, Reno, scientists and the Tahoe Resource Conservation District.The collaboration between the scientists and lakefront and marina business and homeowners focuses on Tahoe’s nearshore waters, which are areas up to a
  
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• Nevada to receive $6.7 million in Homeland Security grant

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  Nevada’s Division of Emergency Management has received $6,734,500 in two federal homeland security grants.A spokesman said the money will fund programs to improve emergency preparedness throughout the state. The money comes through two sources: the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Program.The UASI grant is for $3 million to enhance regional preparedness by local as well as state security efforts in 26 high-threat, high-density urban areas.The remaining $3,734,
  
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• Western Nevada College in Carson City opening ‘Wind on the Sea, Tracks in the Sand’ by Victor Sandblom

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  “Wind on the Sea, Tracks in the Sand,” an exhibit of watercolors by Victor Sandblom, is opening Monday at Western Nevada College in Carson City. The exhibit showcases landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. The show runs through Sept. 26 in the gallery, which is open during school hours. For more information, email Gil Martin at [email protected].…
  
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• Rough opener for Dayton against Lovelock

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  LOVELOCK — The Dayton Dust Devils are an inexperienced team, and they played like it Friday night.The Dust Devils, in their first game under new head coach Tom Eck, struggled on both sides of the ball in a 38-0 loss to Division III powerhouse Lovelock at Joe Yanni Field.Lovelock’s offense, which produced four straight first-half scores, finished with 340 yards of total offense compared to 131 for Dayton. The Dust Devils had two interceptions, one of which led to a score, and a specia
  
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• Prep roundup: Van Rensselaer has strong effort

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  Ian Van Rensselaer started his comeback for the Carson High cross country team on the right foot Friday at the season-opening Douglas All Class Races in Gardnerville.Van Rensselaer, who fractured his tibia at the end of the spring track season and sustained a broken leg two years ago skiing, ran well in the senior boys race, placing third in 13:49.“This was a nice meet for us; I saw some real potential from some of our younger kids who didn’t run over the summer,” Carson coach
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Oct. 8, 1959: Biological freak — doe with horns found in Carson

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Douglas can’t hold on versus McQueen

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  MINDEN — Quarterback Bryce James ran 69 yards for a touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage Friday night to provide early momentum for the Douglas High football team.In the end, however, McQueen rallied to score 20 unanswered points in the second half on its way to a 33-18 season-opening victory that spoiled the Tigers’ Hall of Fame Game at Keith Roman Field.McQueen got some big plays from its own quarterback, Jeremiah Lesniak, who ran 56 yards for a touchdown on the third pla
  
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• Construction lethargy looking like history in Carson City

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  Carson City building permits were solid last month and more were coming, Lee Plemel, Community Development Department director, said Friday.“Overall building permits were up the last couple of months,” he said. He then supplied data showing July was the second best month in the past year and recorded the highest valuation for overall building permits submitted in a month since October, 2014.“The total valuation of building permits submitted in July, 2015, was over $3.9 million,
  
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• Carson, Reed renew rivalry tonight at Mackay Stadium

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  Carson High fell just short of ending its 54-year regional championship drought last November in the finals against Reed.It was a frustrating and heartbreaking day for the Senators; a bitter pill to swallow.“The Reed game, definitely,” CHS wide receiver Connor Pradere said when asked about games he remembered the most in 2014. “We came so close. I think we should have won it. It left a bad taste in our mouths.”Carson, a 28-25 loser last year, has a chance to exact some re
  
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• ALS ice bucket challenge ‘balloons’ up in Carson City

  29-08-2015 09:51
  
  The ice bucket challenge for fundraising to help combat ALS takes on a drought-induced twist Sunday at Butler Meats in Carson City.David Theiss of Butler Meats in Frontier Plaza, whose wife Susan has the disease called Amyomorphic Lateral Sclerosis, said he expects 200 to show for an ice bucket challenge event using water filled balloons rather than buckets to control the amount of water involved. He said that nod toward conservation takes into account the four-year drought.“Raining hope o
  
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• Tropical storm losing strength as it nears Florida

  29-08-2015 07:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tropical Storm Erika was soaking Haiti with heavy rain and strong winds on Friday as it swirled across the Caribbean but showed signs of losing steam as it headed toward south Florida, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
  
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• Mayor wants Los Angeles to be better prepared for the big one

  29-08-2015 07:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina reminded us that when it comes to natural disasters, you can prepare for the worst, but it's also crucial to plan for the chaos that comes afterward.
  
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• Group criticizes the role of faith in football

  29-08-2015 07:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  College football is having a crisis of faith. Public schools across the country have long allowed chaplains to access their locker rooms as coaches and players find religion helps them put sports in proper perspective.
  
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• Study says stress in marriage can make you eat more

  29-08-2015 06:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Do you crave junk food when you're fighting with your spouse? That might be normal, according to a new study that says people in stressful marriages have "significantly higher" levels of the hormone that makes you hungry.
  
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• Gulf Coast casino workers call area's recovery 'amazing'

  29-08-2015 05:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hurricane Katrina wiped out the nation's third-largest gaming market along the Mississippi Gulf Coast 10 years ago today, washing away 13 casinos and 17,000 gaming industry jobs. Some casino workers, who lost their homes and all their possessions, left the Gulf Coast forever.
  
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• Family offered $5.2M for land next to Area 51

  29-08-2015 05:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sixty years after the CIA and the Air Force found an old airstrip along the Groom Dry Lake bed to test the U-2 spy plane in 1955, the family that owns mineral rights to the Groom Mine and property within sight of the classified installation known as Area 51 has been given a final offer of $5.2 million to sell its stake in the land, Air Force officials said Friday.
  
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• Founder of Las Vegas' Business Connection was detail oriented till the end

  29-08-2015 05:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Delores Schafer's last day began with a makeover. The nurses painted her nails and coiffed her hair, which lay matted after weeks on a hospital bed in the cancer ward at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.
  
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• Well known former chaplain the Rev. Jerry Blankinship dies at 81

  29-08-2015 05:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Rev. Jerome "Jerry" Blankinship, a leader in the the Las Vegas Valley's religious community for nearly a half century, died Thursday after a tough bout with pneumonia. He was 81.
  
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• Las Vegas-based photographer, from Gulf Coast, reflects on Katrina

  29-08-2015 05:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  On August 29, 2005, the lives of everyone living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast changed forever. Including mine. In the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina — more commonly known to locals as simply "The Storm" — no one knew the full impact of what was about to happen.
  
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• Teen may see charge dropped in 'encouraged suicide' case

  29-08-2015 04:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge is weighing whether an involuntary manslaughter charge should be dropped for a Massachusetts teen accused of encouraging a friend to kill himself.
  
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• Court reverses forgery conviction

  29-08-2015 03:51
  
  Nevada’s Appellate Court has unanimously reversed the conviction of James Stojic on multiple counts of forgery, theft and credit card violations.Stojic entered a presentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea in the case after discovering instead of facing a single five year sentence as an habitual criminal, he would be sentenced to numerous sentences including forgery, possession of illegal drugs for sale and identity theft.The district judge forced his lawyer to argue the motion, which t
  
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• Lawyer for drug company: No proof Actos causes bladder cancer

  29-08-2015 03:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Evidence fails to support claims that the diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer, a lawyer for the drug's manufacturer said Friday.
  
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• State delays opening of Clark County juvenile facility

  29-08-2015 03:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Delays in hiring staff and completing building repairs have pushed back next week's planned reopening of Nevada's only maximum-security juvenile correctional facility in Clark County.
  
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• State Supreme Court limits good time credits

  29-08-2015 02:56
  
  The Nevada Appellate Court has ruled inmates can’t get good time credits for time spent in a residential treatment facility.The ruling came in the case of Felix Soto who’s serving up to six years in prison for drug sales. He filed suit asking Washoe District Judge Janet Berry to give him additional presentence credits for the time spent in treatment while on probation. Berry denied the petition and, this week, the Appeals Court agreed with her.The order states that statute allows dis
  
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• Appellate Court reverses conviction in forgery case

  29-08-2015 02:56
  
  Nevada’s Appellate Court has unanimously reversed the conviction of James Stojic on multiple counts of forgery, theft and credit card violations.Stojic entered a presentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea in the case after discovering instead of facing a single five year sentence as an habitual criminal, he would be sentenced to numerous sentences including forgery, possession of illegal drugs for sale and identity theft.The district judge forced his lawyer to argue the motion, which t
  
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• Confessed killer of Palms waitress told friend 'You'll read about it in the papers'

  29-08-2015 02:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Less than three weeks before Shauna Tiaffay was bludgeoned to death in her Summerlin apartment, confessed hitman Noel Stevens asked an acquaintance to pawn a diamond ring.
  
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• Ex-UNLV football player takes stand in lawsuit against doctor

  29-08-2015 02:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former UNLV football player who claims a surgeon botched a spinal surgery and ended his football career told a jury Friday he went from "playing football to being damn-near crippled" within weeks of the procedure.
  
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• Sandoval: Legal challenge to school choice program 'disappointing'

  29-08-2015 02:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The lawsuit filed this week against the state's sweeping school choice program did not shock Gov. Brian Sandoval. Both opponents and fans of the education savings accounts, which offer about $5,000 in tax dollars for students to use at private or religious schools, fully expected a legal challenge when the governor signed legislation creating the new program.
  
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• Blustery Saturday prompts red flag warning

  29-08-2015 02:07
  
  Carson Valley residents will awaken to a blustery Saturday with a wind advisory and red flag warning both starting in the early morning hours.The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory starting 2 a.m. Saturday as a fall trough brings high winds and cooler temperatures to Western Nevada.Those winds and dry vegetation have prompted the weather service to issue a red flag warning for critical fire danger.While the high temperature is expected to drop 10 degrees on Saturday from today&r
  
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• Woman slain in central valley stabbing remembered by family, friends and police

  29-08-2015 01:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At 84, Mary Luebeck had beaten the odds. She left a life of poverty in Puerto Rico, worked hard in New York and Chicago, then retired to Las Vegas, where she also beat cancer. In the Las Vegas chapter of her story, Luebeck tried to improve the odds of others.
  
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• Vegas hot air balloon company rises up again 10 days after fire — VIDEO

  29-08-2015 01:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After a devastating fire that burned most of their gear, Vegas Balloon Rides managed to gather gear from it's parent company and get back in the air 10 days later.
  
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• 71 refugees in abandoned truck in Austria probably suffocated

  29-08-2015 00:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens of refugees — most likely fleeing war-ravaged Syria — probably suffocated inside a truck abandoned on an Austrian highway, authorities said Friday.
  
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