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• Two Nevada MPs describe new experiences in Afghanistan

  25-09-2015 22:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When Sgt. Chelsea Cruz and Spc. Jose Gamino arrived at their duty station in Kabul, they were greeted by the grim reality of violence and poverty that continues in war-torn Afghanistan.
  
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• Prosecutors: Mistakes in fraud case did not amount to misconduct

  25-09-2015 22:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors acknowledged Friday they made mistakes that led to the overturning of a New Orleans lawyer's mortgage fraud conviction in Las Vegas.
  
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• Pa. psychiatric patient who killed caseworker gets life without parole

  25-09-2015 21:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A psychiatric patient who shot and killed his caseworker before exchanging gunfire with his doctor in a Philadelphia-area hospital was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without parole.
  
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• 6-year-old shot, killed in his bed in Houston drive-by shooting

  25-09-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 6-year-old boy was killed and his 11-year-old brother critically wounded when they were struck by a volley of bullets in a drive-by shooting while in bed at a Houston home on Friday, media reports said.
  
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• Ky. clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses switches to Republican Party

  25-09-2015 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said on Friday that she and her family have switched to the Republican Party because the Democrats no longer represented them.
  
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• US Border Patrol agent indicted in 2012 killing of Mexican teen

  25-09-2015 20:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been indicted for murder in a cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager in 2012 in what an attorney for the victim's family on Thursday called an unprecedented move.
  
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• 4 students killed in Seattle bus crash were from 4 countries

  25-09-2015 19:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The four college students killed in a crash between their charter bus and an amphibious tour bus on a Seattle bridge were from Austria, China, Indonesia and Japan, their school said on Friday.
  
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• Here's how you can watch the supermoon eclipse on Sunday

  25-09-2015 19:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The United States and much of the world will see skies graced by a bright, big moon that will be encapsulated in a total lunar eclipse late Sunday evening into early Monday, according to NASA.
  
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• Man killed, North Las Vegas officers in shootout ID'd

  25-09-2015 19:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two North Las Vegas police officers wounded in a shootout Tuesday that left a third man dead have been identified.
  
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• Pope targets greed in speech before UN Assembly

  25-09-2015 17:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis on Friday strongly condemned the craving for material gains and power, telling world leaders gathered at the United Nations that greed is destroying the Earth's resources and aggravating poverty.
  
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• Pope calls for embracing diversity at NYC 9/11 memorial service

  25-09-2015 17:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis, leading a multi-faith prayer service at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks, on Friday called on people to embrace diversity and resist attempts to impose uniformity.
  
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• Bullhead City mother of slain girl sentenced for drug dealing

  25-09-2015 17:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Arizona woman whose daughter was killed almost 13 months ago has been sentenced to prison for her drug-dealing involvement following the homicide.
  
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• 67-year-old inmate dies in Carson City

  25-09-2015 16:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 67-year-old inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City died Thursday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
  
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• Boehner says turmoil in caucus reason for leaving Congress

  25-09-2015 15:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  John Boehner, the Ohio Republican who steered his party to an overwhelming House majority in 2010, said in a news conference Friday afternoon he had decided only that morning to announce his plans to resign from Congress.
  
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• Haggen plans to close 7 Las Vegas stores by end of year

  25-09-2015 15:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Grocery operator Haggen, which entered the Las Vegas market in June, plans to close seven local stores by the end of the this year.
  
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• Grocery operator Haggen closing stores in southwest US, including Nevada

  25-09-2015 15:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Grocery operator Haggen said on Thursday it would exit the Pacific Southwest market, including Nevada, and realign its business around 37 core stores and a stand-alone pharmacy in the Pacific Northwest, as part of its bankruptcy protection process.
  
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• Farmers market at Carson City hospital

  25-09-2015 09:19
  
  CNA/EKG Tech Cassandra Aveiro purchases fresh peaches from Erik Kisbye of R. Schletewitz Family Farms of Sanger, Calif., at the farmers market Thursday at Carson-Tahoe Medical Center.…
  
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• CCSD approves $4.1 billion building plan

  25-09-2015 09:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School Board on Thursday unanimously approved a big-picture plan to spend $4.1 billion on 35 new elementary schools and two high school campuses across the Las Vegas Valley.
  
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• World Championship Outhouse Races in Virginia City Oct. 3-4

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  The historic mountain mining town of Virginia City is continuing its reputation for quirky events with the inaugural Undie Run Relay as part of this year’s World Championship Outhouse Races on Oct. 3 and 4. Teams of three will compete in a relay race while sporting their best undergarments in hopes of winning the ultimate bragging rights.Racing against three other teams down the town’s main drag, C Street, each participant will run the length of the course, slam a 25-ounce beer, and
  
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• Senators fall in four

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  Carson High’s hopes of sweeping its High Desert counterparts ended Thursday night in unimpressive fashion.The Senators, after rolling to five straight wins to open the Division I season, were given a defensive clinic by the McQueen Lancers, 22-25, 23-25, 25-16 and 14-25 at Morse Burley Gymnasium.The loss droped Carson to 11-2 overall and 5-1 in league play.“Our defense killed us,” Carson coach Robert Maw said after a lengthy chat with his team following the four-set setback. &l
  
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• Sandborn doesn’t let deafness define him

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  After being ambulanced to a hospital during the season opener last month, Dayton running back Jason Sandborn faced the prospect of an uncommon surgical procedure at UC Davis.That’s because Sandborn — who’s deaf — wears a cochlear implant with magnets imbedded under the skin over his ear. While at Pershing County General Hospital following his Aug. 28 injury against Lovelock, Sandborn and his family were told an MRI might be necessary given the possibility of a torn ACL. T
  
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• Ralston talks down Trump, up Sandoval in Carson City

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  Jon Ralston, Nevada political observer, Thursday branded Donald Trump a demagogue likely to come up short in the presidential sweepstakes. Ralston also said Gov. Brian Sandoval may not finish his term as governor in Nevada.The television interviewer and columnist played the prediction game and entertained an audience at a Carson City Chamber of Commerce Soup’s On luncheon by fielding questions rather than making a speech. He said Trump, the billionaire businessman leading other Republicans
  
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• Prep roundup: Heusser leads Dayton boys

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  FERNLEY — Brady Heusser finished in third place in 19:22 to lead the Dayton boys cross country team to a second-place finish at the weekly 1A meet.Teammate Hunter Hatch, who stayed with Heusser for the first mile of the race, finished 10th in 19:46. Kobey Workman was 16th in 20:36, Jared Logan was 25th in 21:26, Austin Duarte was 29th in 21:50, Madsen Evans was 30th in 21:53 and Jason Logan was 31st in 21:54.VOLLEYBALLVirginia City splitsRENO — Virginia City (9-2, 4-1) split two matc
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: July 20, 1959: Golden eagle tangled near sparks

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  July 20, 1959 Golden eagle tangled near sparks…
  
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• Homecoming game for Nevada’s Polian

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  Brian Polian is going back home this weekend.“I have a very warm place in my heart for Buffalo,” the Nevada Wolf Pack head football coach said this week.Polian’s Wolf Pack (1-2) will take on the Buffalo Bulls of the Mid-American Conference Saturday (12:30 p.m. kickoff) at UB Stadium. Polian went to high school in Buffalo (1988-92) at St. Francis High and used to hold the sideline headsets for former Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy during NFL games while his father Bill was t
  
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• Gov. Sandoval heading to China for trade mission in October

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval will go to China next month in the second trade mission he’s taken there since assuming office. The Republican governor is leading the trip to Xi’an, Nanjiang, Shanghai, and Beijing in his capacity as president of the Council of State Governments. Representatives from Alaska, Idaho, Minnesota, Kansas and Delaware are also coming on the mission, which will focus on environmental sciences and technology commercialization. “Through trade missions to China, whic
  
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• Cultural plan needs to be economic driver for Carson City

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  A community cultural plan must key on economic development, encourage collaboration and be data-driven, a consultant told Carson City’s Cultural Commission Thursday.Kendall Hardin of The Idea Factory in Las Vegas, working with the commission on drafting a cultural master plan, said the elements are here as she urged tightening of the planning work done to date. The commission is working under a Board of Supervisors deadline, roughly by the end of this year, to put together the plan from pr
  
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• CEO of Nevada Humane Society relieved of duties

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  The Nevada Humane Society Board of Directors voted to relieve Chief Executive Officer Kevin Ryan of his duties after learning of recent traffic violations, according to a Nevada Humane Society press release. Chief Operating Officer Denise Stevens takes over CEO functions while a nationwide search and decision on Ryan’s replacement gets underway. “We are saddened about the unfortunate incidents that led to this decision but we have confidence in Stevens’ experience and ability a
  
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• Carson City’s Rizo-Pineda a Starbucks barista star

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  A Starbucks star, native Nicaraguan Ivan Rizo-Pineda is a Carson City resident and coffee shop manager who knows his java from the ground up.He grew up on a coffee farm.The Starbucks outlet manager knows coffee from beans to grounds, from earth to cup and now from the perspective of a barista champion. Rizo-Pineda, who runs the outlet at 3228 N. Carson St., blew through Starbucks competitions for barista champ recognition at the district, regional and division levels. The latter two victories in
  
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• Carson City School District goes through first suicide prevention training

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  For the first time, members of the Carson City School District went through a suicide training Monday afternoon to be able to better watch for signals and talk to students who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts. The safeTALK program, taught by Misty Allen and Jannett Massolo from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Office of Suicide Prevention, is a community-oriented suicide alertness workshop. The purpose of the program is to help faculty learn about the different warning sig
  
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• Carson City hospital wins award

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  Carson Tahoe Sierra Surgery, the boutique elective surgery arm of Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, has once again been recognized with the HealthInsight Hospital Quality Award for delivering top quality care and achieving high levels of patient satisfaction. Obtaining this prestigious award means Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center’s unique, 15-bed elective surgery unit ranks in or above the 75th percentile of providers in the nation. Performance criteria is based on care quality mea
  
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• 26th Annual Nevada Day Classic for Guide Dogs for the Blind Oct. 31 in Carson City

  25-09-2015 09:11
  
  The 26th Annual Nevada Day Classic to Benefit Guide Dogs for the Blind starts at 8 a.m. Oct. 31 and takes runners and walkers through an 8K or two-mile course in downtown Carson City.An annual event since 1989, The Nevada Day Classic, presented by the Tahoe Mountain Milers, brings together more than 400 runners and walkers of all shapes and sizes who hit the streets on the historic west side of Carson City on the morning of Halloween. The race immediately precedes the Nevada Day Parade celebrati
  
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• Imagine Dragons rocks out for charity — PHOTOS

  25-09-2015 09:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas rockers Imagine Dragons showed off its charitable side Thursday at the Tyler Robinson Foundation charity event at the Four Seasons.
  
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• Imagine Dragons rock out for charity — PHOTOS

  25-09-2015 09:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas rockers Imagine Dragons showed off their charitable side Thursday at the Tyler Robinson Foundation charity event at the Four Seasons.
  
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• Delta cancels Baltimore flight after tarantula found

  25-09-2015 07:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Passengers who were scheduled to board a Delta flight from Baltimore to Atlanta thankfully avoided a potential in-flight run-in with a tarantula on Wednesday night.
  
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• Nevada State College president cheers growth, sets new goals

  25-09-2015 06:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Standing inside a gleaming new lecture hall at Nevada State College, President Bart Patterson cheered the school's recent $54 million expansion and laid out big ambitions for the growing campus Thursday night while delivering his annual State of the College address.
  
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• Hugging the curves at Barrett-Jackson auction — PHOTOS

  25-09-2015 06:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Dodge Rocks! event outside Mandalay Bay on Thursday featured ride-alongs and other fan activities. The event was part of the famed Barrett-Jackson car auction, which continues Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Fatal crash blocks traffic around MLK and Carey

  25-09-2015 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man died after a crash in North Las Vegas on Thursday night, police said. Witness statements suggested that speeding and alcohol impairment may have been factors in the 49-year-old man's death, department spokesman officer Aaron Patty said.
  
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• 1 person killed in crash near MLK and Carey

  25-09-2015 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man died after a crash in North Las Vegas on Thursday night, police said. Witness statements suggested that speeding and alcohol impairment may have been factors in the 49-year-old man's death, department spokesman officer Aaron Patty said.
  
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• Esposito may be target in FBI probe

  25-09-2015 05:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Only a few weeks ago, Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald and his pal Brad Esposito said they were eager to tell their side of the story in the $2.2 million Miracle Flights for Kids loan scandal.
  
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• Las Vegas man involved in scooter crash dies

  25-09-2015 05:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas man died Wednesday after driving a stolen scooter into oncoming traffic on Sept. 18 in Henderson.
  
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• Presidential debate brings prestige to UNLV

  25-09-2015 05:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas was dealt a big victory this week when it was chosen to host the final presidential debate before next year's general election, an effort aimed at thrusting UNLV into the national spotlight as it strives to become a better-recognized research institution.
  
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• Bitcoin ATM scores Tyson endorsement

  25-09-2015 04:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Mike Tyson Bitcoin ATM will bridge the gap between Bitcoin users and mainstream pop culture by providing consumers with the ability to use cash to purchase bitcoins instantaneously through their mobile devices. The Bitcoin ATM will be the first celebrity-sponsored Bitcoin product to date.
  
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• Minor injuries reported in south valley ambulance crash

  25-09-2015 04:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An ambulance rolled over with a patient inside after a crash in the south valley Thursday night, but Las Vegas police said there were only minor injuries.
  
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• Jury starts deliberations in death of Nellis airman

  25-09-2015 04:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  He never met Nellis Air Force staff sergeant Nathan Paet, and his affair with Paet's wife was fleeting. But Michael Rodriguez manipulated the 2010 killing of Paet, motivated by greed, prosecutors said Thursday as Rodriguez's death penalty trial came to a close.
  
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• Gold mining giant to open new Southern Nevada office

  25-09-2015 02:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The world's largest gold miner has discovered treasure in the Las Vegas Valley. Thanks to a few lucky twists of fortune, Barrick Gold Corp. stumbled upon the perfect place for its new Global Shared Services office.
  
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• Binge drinking 101: Learning to curb the college trend

  25-09-2015 02:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It was April of his freshman year. Ben Yeager woke up on a couch in a dark basement not sure where he was and how and when he got there, he wrote in a powerful personal essay for The Washington Post.
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court overturns murder conviction

  25-09-2015 02:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed the first-degree murder conviction of a Las Vegas man after concluding that "significant irregularities" deprived him of a fair trial.
  
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• Reid's official papers to land at UNR

  25-09-2015 00:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sen. Harry Reid is donating his official and personal papers to the University of Nevada, Reno, a trove of almost 35 years of documents and electronic files a school official says will provide treasure for researchers seeking to understand the powerful Nevadan and his role in recent U.S. history.
  
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• Sheriff’s stress safety for tonight’s bonfire

  25-09-2015 00:29
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office and Carson High School staff want to remind students to be safe and be mindful of the barriers at the Carson Homecoming Bonfire tonight.The bonfire begins at 6:30 p.m., at the football and soccer fields near the solar panels. Deputies and faculty will be on site to ensure that no one crosses the barricades around the bonfire. The Carson City Fire Department will also be monitoring the fire from beginning to end.The fire will be visible for many miles and De
  
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