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• Heller introduces visa waiver reforms

  03-10-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Dean Heller introduced legislation last week that could be a boon to Las Vegas tourism.
  
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• Zion climber dies in accident

  03-10-2015 23:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 50-year-old Utah man died in a canyoneering accident in Zion National Park on Friday.
  
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• Utah climber, 50, dies in accident at Zion National Park

  03-10-2015 23:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 50-year-old Utah man died in a canyoneering accident in Zion National Park on Friday. The man, identified by park officials as Christian Louis Johnson, was found dead about 7:20 p.m. by a search and rescue team in Not Imlay Canyon, a park release said Saturday.
  
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• Family of Oregon shooter releases statement

  03-10-2015 22:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The family of the Oregon college massacre suspect said they shocked and deeply saddened by the slaughter that left 10 dead including the gunman, according to a brief statement released on their behalf on Saturday by Oregon state police.
  
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• Actor claims contested nightclub bill led to assault

  03-10-2015 22:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cody Saintgnue, a Los Angeles actor and model, came to Las Vegas last year to celebrate his 21st birthday.
  
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• Rain, snow coming to Las Vegas, Spring Mountains

  03-10-2015 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mount Charleston is expected to see its first snow of the season Sunday. The National Weather Service issued a 48-hour winter weather advisory for elevations above 8,500 feet in the Spring Mountains beginning at 5 a.m. and ending Tuesday.
  
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• Drought talks could bring legislative showdown in Nevada

  03-10-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Everyone and every living thing needs water. The challenge in Nevada is how best to prepare and share when Mother Nature turns off the taps.
  
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• 3 hospitalized after motorcycle crash on NB I-15

  03-10-2015 20:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people are hospitalized after a motorcycle crash Saturday morning, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
  
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• 3 hospitalized after motorcycle crash on I-15

  03-10-2015 20:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people are hospitalized after a motorcycle crash Saturday morning, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
  
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• Man dead after early morning scooter crash

  03-10-2015 18:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 27-year-old man died early Saturday morning in a northwest valley scooter crash, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Teen critical, woman arrested after northwest valley crash

  03-10-2015 18:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition and a 40-year-old woman was arrested after a crash Friday night in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police announced Saturday.
  
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• Questionable PAC draws fire from Sanders campaign

  03-10-2015 17:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A nondescript mailbox provider at a Las Vegas strip mall is the address of a political action committee that claims to be raising money on behalf of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.
  
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• US airstrike hits Afghan hospital, kills at least 16

  03-10-2015 17:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible "collateral damage" in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents.
  
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• Prep roundup: Dayton’s scoreless streak continues in FB

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  WINNEMUCCA — One streak came to an end on Friday night, while another one continued.Lowry High School used three touchdowns from Jacob Hernandez to beat Dayton 40-0, as the Buckaroos celebrated Homecoming by picking up their first win of the season. Meanwhile, Dayton remained scoreless on the season and now has been outscored 298-0 in six games. Lowry scored less than three minutes into the contest, when Darrin Nelson picked up a loose ball after a Dayton fumble and scampered 32 yards for
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: March 7, 1955: Carson Hot Springs reported sold

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  March 7, 1955: Carson Hot Springs reported soldSales of Carson Hot Springs by Mrs. Muriel Lewis of Carson City to Dr. Thomas Wyatt of Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe, was reliably reported today. Spokesmen state that Dr. Wyatt will enlarge the facilities, including possible construction of a hospital. Richard L. Waters Sr., present operator of the springs under the lease, will continue as lessee until at least this summer, he said today, and “may be interested” in continuing to run the bar a
  
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• Milk of human kindness in Carson City

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  Carson Middle School capped the Week of Respect with an anti-bullying assembly Friday afternoon with Brian Williams from Think Kindness of Reno. The kids were taught to curb bullying with kindness and were given a presentation on global acts of kindness.…
  
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• James gang runs away with the win

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  MINDEN — Quarterback Bryce James and the Douglas Tigers drove 65 yards in eight plays to score the go-ahead touchdown with 30 seconds left to play in their 21-19 Homecoming victory against Bishop Manogue on Friday night.James scored on a 1-yard keeper on fourth-and-goal to cap a drive that started with 1:53 showing on the clock in the Sierra League opener for both teams. Cody Ball’s 28-yard reception at the 9 set up the Tigers with first-and-goal.Manogue had just taken its first lead
  
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• Dream It/Do It event: Just ‘Do it together’

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  Western Nevada College President Chet Burton said Friday the state faces a good but large and looming problem regarding a need for skilled, modern manufacturing workers.“It’s a good problem to have, but it’s a huge problem,” Burton told a group of mostly high-tech industrial executives and skilled workers’ training personnel. He was at a Manufacturing Day breakfast in Carson City urging everyone to cooperate tackling the problem: “We’ve got to work in lo
  
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• ‘Caulin’ on a huge effort on defense for a big win

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  For the first five weeks of the season, the Carson High offense has been top notch.The Senators struggled offensively Friday night, and the defense, led by Justin Tschetter, played stellar in the Senators’ 17-14 win over Damonte Ranch in the Sierra League opener at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.The win was Carson’s fifth straight, and the Senators will visit Bishop Manogue next Saturday at 1 p.m.This one was every bit as exciting as last year’s contest (31-28 Carson w
  
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• Carson notebook: No-huddle attack for CHS

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  Carson High had gone no-huddle before, but unveiled a big dose of it Friday night in its 17-14 win over Damonte Ranch at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.“It was something we had talked about implementing over the summer; integrating it into our offense,” said offensive assistant coach Kiko Vega. “We were just trying to get a good feel for it.“We’re not trying to run a certain amount of plays. We just want to have the ball in our hands as much as we can; maxi
  
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• Carson City Library’s golden ride

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  Mia Aunkst of Carson City partakes in a piece of 50th anniversary cake at the Friends of the Carson City Library’s ‘Browser’s Bookstore’ Friday.…
  
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• Book of Elijah; give depth, score TD

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  Elijah Fajayan didn’t get many opportunities to carry the ball against Damonte Ranch, but he made the most of his chances.Fajayan scored on a 17-yard run with less than a minute left in the first half to snap a 7-all tie and send the Carson Senators on their way to a 17-14 victory at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex Friday night.The play was huge because Carson never trailed the rest of the game en route to its fifth straight victory since an opening day loss to Reed.A Joe Nelson sc
  
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• Airstream rally promises silver to Comstock

  03-10-2015 10:37
  
  Robert and Cecelia Stansbury had always planned to travel once they retired, but they had no idea where the journey would take them. In preparation of leaving their jobs in the Bay area — he as a high school biology teacher and she as a legal assistant — they sold their share in a cabin in Hope Valley. With the proceeds, they bought an Airstream trailer. “The year we bought our trailer, as a promotion they were offering a year of free membership into the (Wally Byam Caravan Clu
  
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• FYI: These are the acronyms teens really use on social media

  03-10-2015 08:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For the sake of this story, I'd like to invent a new acronym: IAVS, which means, "I am very sorry."
  
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• Sandoval orders flags at half-staff to honor those killed at Oregon college

  03-10-2015 07:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State and American flags in Nevada will fly at half-staff until Tuesday in honor of the nine people fatally gunned down at an Oregon college on Thursday, the governor's office said.
  
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• Robber shoots at off-duty Metro cop in Henderson

  03-10-2015 07:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A robber fired at an off-duty Metro cop who saw the crime as it was going down Friday night, according to Henderson police. The officer was not hit.
  
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• Three charity staff killed in Afghanistan bombing; U.S. carried out strikes

  03-10-2015 07:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three staff members of medical aid charity Doctors Without Borders were killed and more than 30 people were unaccounted for after a trauma center was hit by aerial bombing early Saturday in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the charity said in a statement.
  
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• Girl, 5, seriously injured in hit-and-run west valley crash

  03-10-2015 06:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who seriously hurt a 5-year-old girl Friday afternoon in the west valley.
  
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• UNLV survey: Students want college degree, but need help pursuing one

  03-10-2015 06:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  While most Clark County high school students want to attend college, many of them don't know how to pursue and pay for a degree, according to survey findings released Friday by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  
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• Review-Journal, GateHouse take home 91 awards in Better Newspaper Contest

  03-10-2015 06:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Review-Journal and other GateHouse Media publications earned 91 awards — including 31 for first place — in the Nevada Press Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest.
  
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• Failing bus doesn’t stop A Thousand Horses at Route 91; ‘Rock Vault’ shuffles its lineup

  03-10-2015 05:45 via lasvegassun.com
  Performing to great response as the sun goes down is A Thousand Horses, who earlier today were calling out, “My kingdom for a thousand horses,” as the band’s bus broke down en route to Route 91.
  
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• Country fest kicks off with a little breeze and a lot of beer

  03-10-2015 05:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  "Country music looks pretty good from where I stand," Frankie Ballard proclaimed.
  
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• Iowa cross country runner finds focus on the course with service dog

  03-10-2015 04:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  This Davenport West student has grown up coping with a brain injury and autism, and through it all he has learned to set his own pace.
  
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• Judge hears motion to hold state in contempt over untreated mentally ill inmates

  03-10-2015 04:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County judge is considering a request to hold the state of Nevada in contempt of court for failing to provide prompt treatment to mentally ill inmates.
  
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• 7 tips to save you big bucks on your European adventure

  03-10-2015 04:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Europe! Admit it: It's been on your bucket list for as long as you can remember. But if you've ever actually sat down and cranked out the numbers, you know paradise comes with a LARGE price tag. Reality bites.
  
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• Civility breaks out at public land forum

  03-10-2015 03:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Not a shot was fired, not a voice was raised. And there was no sign of rogue rancher Cliven Bundy. Nor were the Koch brothers burned in effigy.
  
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• Fire restrictions lifted in most public lands in Nevada

  03-10-2015 03:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The changing of the seasons, cooler temperatures and a little bit of rain means an end to fire restrictions on most public lands in Nevada.
  
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• Two VA directors plan town hall in North Las Vegas

  03-10-2015 03:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two directors from Veterans Affairs offices in the West will be available Monday at a town hall meeting in North Las Vegas for veterans to air their concerns regarding health care and disability claims issues.
  
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• Trump, Rubio stumping in Las Vegas next week

  03-10-2015 03:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three presidential candidates will make the trek to Las Vegas next week. Republican front-runner Donald Trump will have a public rally at noon on Thursday at Treasure Island's Mystere Theatre.
  
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• 3 presidential hopefuls to stump in Las Vegas next week

  03-10-2015 03:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three presidential candidates will make the trek to Las Vegas next week. Republican front-runner Donald Trump will have a public rally at noon on Thursday at Treasure Island's Mystere Theatre.
  
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• GMG takes top share of first-place awards in Nevada Press Association contest

  03-10-2015 03:00 via lasvegassun.com
  Greenspun Media Group received 33 first-place awards Friday from the Nevada Press Association, the most of any Nevada media organization. Eleven of those honors went to company's newest title, The Sunday ...
  
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• Britain's youngest terror mastermind jailed for life for holiday plot

  03-10-2015 02:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A police officer beheaded in broad daylight on one of the most solemn days of the year, as thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to the sacrifice of soldiers in past wars.
  
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• Pitbull attends charter school groundbreaking in Henderson — PHOTOS

  03-10-2015 02:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Armando Christian Perez, the pop star known globally as Pitbull, attended the groundbreaking ceremony in Henderson Friday morning for SLAM! Academy, the local expansion of Sports Leadership & Management, the Miami-based charter school he helped launch.
  
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• Nevada inmate who complained of jail injury dies in prison

  03-10-2015 02:31
  
  LAS VEGAS — A 46-year-old Nevada prison inmate who complained of seizures after suffering a head injury in a fall in the North Las Vegas jail has died in state custody in Indian Springs. The Nevada Department of Corrections said Friday that Johnnie Benjamin Jordan Jr. couldn’t be resuscitated after he was found unresponsive Wednesday in a single-person infirmary cell at High Desert State Prison. The Clark County coroner is investigating his cause and manner of death. Jordan’s l
  
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• 'Unicorn' companies face difficult road ahead

  03-10-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Billion-dollar companies aren't immune to market turmoil. The tech world calls them unicorns — privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more.
  
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• Carson City gets grant to hire school resource officers

  03-10-2015 01:51
  
  Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong on Friday announced a $375,000 federal grant he says will expand and make the School Resource Officer program full-time and permanent.“This is a significant development for this town,” he said. “We’ve had many incidents at our schools. The community deserves this commitment.”The grant will pay the salaries and benefits for three permanent school resource officers for three years. After that, it goes away but Furlong said the condition
  
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• Animal activists praise hefty sentence in Reno dog torture case

  03-10-2015 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Animal rights activists who pushed the bill to make animal cruelty a felony in Nevada welcomed the stiff sentence handed down on a Reno man who tortured and butchered dogs in a motel room, videotaping some of the abuse that observers called barbaric and shocking.
  
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• Elizabeth Halverson's former bailiff found dead in prison infirmary

  03-10-2015 00:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former bailiff for an ousted Clark County District Court judge died at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs on Wednesday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
  
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• Nevada State Prison in Carson City put on National Register of Historic Places

  03-10-2015 00:03
  
  The Nevada State Prison is the latest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, with its listing today by the National Park Service. The National Register is the nation’s official list of properties worthy of preservation. The Nevada State Prison (NSP) is one of Nevada’s oldest state institutions. Established in 1862, in Carson City, as the Nevada Territorial Prison, the facility was one of the earliest symbols of Nevada’s growing status in the mid-19th century. Al
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of grand larceny warrant

  03-10-2015 00:03
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. THURSDAYThe following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.At 7:03 p.m., a 48-year-old was arrested on suspicion of probation violation and a warrant charging grand larceny at his Deer Run Road. Stephen Augsberger was ordered held without bail on a felony hold from the Washoe County drug court.At 7:34 p.m., a 19-ye
  
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