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• Truck crash delays traffic at I-15 and Washington

  01-09-2015 23:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Tuesday afternoon crash involving a tractor-trailer was delaying traffic in the central valley, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Police looking for 4 people linked to northwest Las Vegas' man death

  01-09-2015 23:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are looking for four people in connection with what police are calling a burglary that left a man dead in a northwest valley home Monday night.
  
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• Kirkpatrick gets settled into commission seat

  01-09-2015 23:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County's newest commissioner, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, is getting settled into her new job quickly — with a slate of committee assignments.
  
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• Scientists discover giant prehistoric sea scorpion

  01-09-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Scientists are marveling at the world's oldest sea scorpion — the Pentecopterus, named after a Greek warship.
  
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• Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio hits variety of issues in Carson City

  01-09-2015 22:31
  
  Marco Rubio told a crowd of about 200 at the Carson City Community Center on Tuesday that all of America’s problems can be solved and the American Dream restored if the country rejects the path both parties have taken it down in recent years.He said that includes immigration, the economy, education, the weakening of our military and health care, among others.“If we continue down the road we are on right now, we will lose what makes America special,” Rubio said.He said millions
  
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• County OKs More Cops sales tax hike

  01-09-2015 22:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  County commissioners voted 6-1 Tuesday to enact a More Cops sales tax increase to pay for it all.
  
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• Clark County OKs More Cops sales tax increase

  01-09-2015 22:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County commissioners voted 6-1 Tuesday to enact a More Cops sales tax increase, putting into motion a plan that will bolster the ranks of officers on the streets.
  
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• Southbound Las Vegas Boulevard at Silverado Ranch has reopened after crash

  01-09-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southbound Las Vegas Boulevard South has reopened just south of the intersection of Silverado Ranch Boulevard after a crash Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Crash closes southbound Las Vegas Boulevard at Silverado Ranch

  01-09-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southbound Las Vegas Boulevard is closed just south of the intersection of Silverado Ranch Boulevard because of "significant amounts" of debris from a car crash, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
  
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• Nationwide free park visit program to kick off at Red Rock Canyon

  01-09-2015 20:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will visit Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Wednesday to officially launch a new Obama administration program aimed at getting kids and their families to explore nation's outdoor treasures.
  
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• Police: Ariz. mother said she drowned twins because 'nobody loved them'

  01-09-2015 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police say a 22-year-old Avondale mother confessed to deliberately drowning her twin sons in a bathtub Sunday because nobody loved them or her.
  
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• Mother told police she drowned twins because 'nobody loved them'

  01-09-2015 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police say a 22-year-old Avondale, Ariz., mother confessed to deliberately drowning her twin sons in a bathtub Sunday because nobody loved them or her.
  
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• Manhunt underway for 3 suspects in Illinois officer's shooting death

  01-09-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Investigators combed neighborhoods north of Chicago on Tuesday in a massive manhunt for three suspects accused of shooting dead a police officer.
  
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• Chicago police search for 3 suspects responsible for fatally shooting cop

  01-09-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in suburbs north of Chicago are searching woods and nearby swampy areas for three armed suspects after a police officer was shot on Tuesday in the village of Fox Lake, a local law enforcement official said.
  
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• 1 suspect in custody in Illinois officer's shooting death

  01-09-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in suburbs north of Chicago are searching woods and nearby swampy areas for three armed suspects after a police officer was shot on Tuesday in the village of Fox Lake, a local law enforcement official said.
  
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• Suspect in slaying of Texas deputy has history of mental illness

  01-09-2015 18:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man charged with fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy in a hail of gunfire spent four months in a mental hospital in 2012 after being declared incompetent to stand trial in an aggravated assault case, the Houston Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
  
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• Sheriff's office investigating video of cops shooting suspect with arms raised

  01-09-2015 18:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Texas sheriff's office said on Monday it was working to complete an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man by two deputies, as video broadcast on local media appeared to show the man with at least one hand in the air before he was killed.
  
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• Ex-director of Jared Fogle Foundation pleads guilty to child porn

  01-09-2015 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The former director of the foundation of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will file a guilty plea on Tuesday in the child pornography case against him, Taylor's attorney said.
  
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• Man wanted for hiding camera in North Las Vegas business's bathroom

  01-09-2015 16:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are looking for a man they said put a hidden camera in the bathroom of a clothing store, the department said in a press release Tuesday.
  
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• Despite court order, Ky. clerk refuses marriage licenses to same-sex couples

  01-09-2015 16:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Kentucky county clerk on Tuesday rejected requests for marriage licenses for two same-sex couples despite a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court's against the clerk, according to media reports.
  
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• Las Vegas cancer care provider partners with USC

  01-09-2015 15:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Another prominent health care organization is planting its flag in Southern Nevada. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada and the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center announced a partnership Tuesday.
  
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• Division clash keeps 51s focused

  01-09-2015 08:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Pacific Coast League playoffs don't begin until next week. But don't tell that to the Las Vegas 51s and the El Paso Chihuahuas.
  
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• Survey: Nearly 5 percent of University of Kentucky students sexually assaulted

  01-09-2015 07:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly 5 percent of students at the University of Kentucky say they were sexually assaulted in the past year, but most of the cases went unreported, according to a survey conducted by the college.
  
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• Ex-student sues Colgate University over expulsion in sex misconduct case

  01-09-2015 07:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  NEW YORK — A former student who says he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct sued New York's Colgate University on Monday for expelling him after investigating complaints by three female students.
  
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• Los Angeles police hand out body cameras to first patrol division

  01-09-2015 07:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department handed out body cameras to its first patrol division on Monday, putting hundreds of the devices on the streets of the nation's second-largest city in a roll-out of technology seen by proponents as key to building trust in law enforcement.
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Earwigs are creepy, but are they bad?

  01-09-2015 07:35
  
  Mary, a reader from Gardnerville, said, “I have a terrible time with earwigs, my most dreaded pest; and the sight of them makes me cringe.” Yes, earwigs do look alarming with pincers at their hind end. They even bother seasoned gardeners who normally have an attitude of “live and let live.”Earwigs, believe it or not, are primarily beneficial. They mainly eat and break down organic matter, which includes dying and dead plants or ripened fruits. They also eat petals, pollen
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office focusing on impaired driving

  01-09-2015 07:35
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is focusing on cracking down on impaired drivers/riders for the month of September.Impaired driving is the most common cause of motor vehicle accidents resulting in injury and death in Nevada. The Labor Day holiday weekend and summer is known by law enforcement officials as the hundred deadliest days because fatalities increase during the summer beginning Memorial day. According to Carson City Sgt. Scott McDaniel in a press release, in 2014 four people were
  
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• Carson City pump price decreases, seen heading lower

  01-09-2015 07:35
  
  All the gasoline stations surveyed in Carson City by GasBuddy.com Sunday and Monday posted pump prices of less than $3 per gallon.Statewide and national prices dropped during the past week in a crude petroleum and retail pump price environment favoring motorists, according to the price-monitoring website, which prompted a petroleum analyst there to report the national decrease was “the largest weekly drop of the year.”Even as Patrick DeHaan, the analyst, said the national price had f
  
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• White supremacist aiming to kill Jews convicted in three Kansas murders

  01-09-2015 07:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  OLATHE, Kan. — A man who admitted in court to wanting to kill Jews was found guilty on Monday of murdering three people, including a teenage boy, outside two Jewish centers in Kansas last year.
  
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• Consultant clears higher ed chancellor of mishandling critical report

  01-09-2015 06:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A hired consultant has cleared Nevada higher education Chancellor Dan Klaich of any wrongdoing in his handling of a report critical of his agency.
  
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• Family rejects Air Force's $5.2 million bid for land near Area 51

  01-09-2015 06:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Members of the Sheahan family said Monday they have rejected the Air Force's $5.2 million offer to buy their land and mining claims near Groom Mine, next to the secret Area 51 installation where the U.S. military and CIA have tested spy planes and stealth aircraft for six decades.
  
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• Laying a WWII ranger to rest -- PHOTOS

  01-09-2015 06:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dennis L. Schumacher, a former Army private who was one of the original volunteers for "Darby's Rangers" of World War II fame, was buried Monday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. He died Aug. 9 at age 93.
  
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• Dane plans to even score with detectives

  01-09-2015 05:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tony Dane and his attorney still plan to sue the government for aggressively investigating whether the conservative political activist attempted to extort a freshman legislator.
  
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• Carson City William St. site attracting United Federal Credit Union

  01-09-2015 05:35
  
  A Michigan-based credit union with $1.8 billion in assets, which has a footprint in a half dozen states, is expanding Nevada operations into Carson City.The financial institution is United Federal Credit Union (UFCU), which will break ground at 1350 E. William St. late this month with plans to open a 7,500 square foot branch there next year as a first office here.Danny DeLaRosa, Nevada market vice president with UFCU, said Monday the credit union already does business in Carson City working with
  
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• Las Vegas widow blames husband's cancer death on diabetes drug

  01-09-2015 05:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Maurice Iorio traveled from Las Vegas to Chicago in the summer of 2013 for what was considered a procedure of last resort: surgery to remove his bladder.
  
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• Female inmate, 78, dies in Las Vegas hospital

  01-09-2015 05:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Pahrump woman serving 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder died Sunday at a Las Vegas hospital, the corrections department announced Monday.
  
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• Sandstorm of controversy hits Sunset Park volleyball courts

  01-09-2015 04:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sand might hurt your feet after you jump to spike the volleyball and land on the ground. Or it may cut your legs, feet or toes while you're sprinting to hit the ball. Even if you aren't hurt, Clark County's gritty new sand simply doesn't feel very nice compared to the old soft sand.
  
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• Manufacturer ordered to pay $256,513 in back wages

  01-09-2015 04:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A conveyor belt manufacturer in Las Vegas has to pay $256,513 in back wages to 17 workers after a U.S. Labor Department investigation.
  
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• A child learned how to speak, thanks to 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

  01-09-2015 04:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Last year, at the age of 3, Sawyer Dunlap could say only a few words. He was diagnosed with dyspraxia, a neurological disorder that often affects speech and can impair motor skills, memory and other cognitive abilities for life.
  
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• Lawsuit aims to block referendum on $1.4 billion tax package

  01-09-2015 03:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A lawsuit was filed late Monday seeking to block a referendum to put a $1.4 billion tax package approved by the Legislature to a public vote.
  
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• Suit filed in Carson City to block petition asking voters to invalidate 2015 tax package

  01-09-2015 03:19
  
  With less than an hour left before the 5 p.m. Monday deadline, the Coalition for Nevada’s Future filed suit in Carson City District Court to block the petition that seeks to have voters block the 2015 legislative tax package.The petition was filed Aug. 10 by anti-tax protesters led by Chuck Muth challenging the entire text of Senate Bill 483, the omnibus bill imposing a series of tax changes and increases designed to generate nearly $1.3 billion to fund education and balance the state budg
  
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• Northern Nevada JOIN program funded; 60 to find work

  01-09-2015 03:11
  
  JOIN, Inc., a non-profit career training agency in Northern Nevada, announced Monday funding for enrollment of low-income young adults in free occupational skill courses.JOIN, also sometimes called Job Opportunities in Nevada, announced the funding is from the U.S. Department of Labor and Nevadaworks to enroll young adults who are 18 to 24, and the skill courses are intended to lead to subsequent work placement in full time positions.Ann Silver, JOIN executive director, said that WORKFORCE 60 is
  
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• Four vehicles shot on I-10 in Phoenix over weekend

  01-09-2015 02:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Somebody has shot four moving vehicles on I-10 in Phoenix in the last three days, Arizona Department of Public Safety Director Frank Milstead said Monday.
  
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• Investigator: Nevada chancellor didn’t break ethical rules

  01-09-2015 02:39
  
  A consultant hired to investigate the head of Nevada’s higher education system says the chancellor didn’t violate any ethical standards in handling a report about the state’s community college system. Labor attorney Stephen Hirschfield sent an 11-page report of his findings to Nevada Board of Regents Chairman Rick Trachok on Monday. Regents are set to discuss it next week. Chancellor Dan Klaich was accused of inappropriately whitewashing a consultant’s draft report that w
  
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• Las Vegas firefighter spoke with wife, then called hitman

  01-09-2015 02:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Shauna Tiaffay spoke to her husband for three minutes the night before she died. George Tiaffay hung up with his wife and, within a minute, dialed the number of a homeless man who said he was hired to kill the 46-year-old Palms waitress.
  
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• Bartender finds $20 bill, plays lottery, wins $1 million

  01-09-2015 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Bay Area man who found a $20 bill on a street outside San Francisco International Airport used it to play the California lottery and won $1 million, a lottery spokesman said Monday.
  
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• Men pulled from Venetian canal released from hospital

  01-09-2015 01:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men who were pulled from an outdoor canal last week at The Venetian are out of the hospital, according to a University Medical Center spokeswoman.
  
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• New Water Authority ads make saving water sexy — VIDEO

  01-09-2015 01:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wholesale water supplier is rolling out its new ad campaign — "There's Nothing Sexier than Saving Water" — this week to coincide with Tuesday's start of the fall watering schedule, which limits irrigation use to three assigned days per week through Oct. 31.
  
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• New Water Authority ad makes saving water sexy — VIDEO

  01-09-2015 01:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wholesale water supplier is rolling out its new ad campaign — "There's Nothing Sexier than Saving Water" — this week to coincide with Tuesday's start of the fall watering schedule, which limits irrigation use to three assigned days per week through Oct. 31.
  
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• Carson City hosting job fair Sept. 25 at Community Center

  01-09-2015 01:19
  
  The seventh job fair in recent years put on by city government and Carson City’s Chamber of Commerce will be different.That is the assessment of Ronni Hannaman, chamber executive director, who views prospective employees as being in an altered employment environment and a solid position as long as they prepare properly for the Sept. 25 event in the gymnasium at the Community Center. The job fair is at 1:30 p.m. that fourth Friday this month with veterans allowed in first, and all job seeke
  
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