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• Off-duty police officer shot, killed in Memphis

  11-10-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An off-duty Memphis, Tenn., police officer was shot multiple times and killed in unknown circumstances, the city's police director said Sunday, adding details are "very, very sketchy."
  
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• Military officer recommends no jail time for Bowe Bergdahl

  11-10-2015 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. military officer in charge of last month's hearing for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has recommended he not do any jail time, Bergdahl's legal team says.
  
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• Above-average temperatures expected to stay through the week

  11-10-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Above-average temperatures will remain in the Las Vegas Valley at least until Saturday, maybe.
  
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• Woman in wheelchair struck, killed by pickup identified

  11-10-2015 21:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman in a wheelchair who was struck and killed by a pickup truck on Friday was identified by the Clark County coroner's office on Sunday.
  
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• Opposition to teachers' health care plan continues to grow

  11-10-2015 20:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Opposition continues to grow against the local teachers union's proposal to overhaul health benefits for 18,000 educators and their dependents, even as union officials prepare to open enrollment for a plan the Clark County School District hasn't yet approved.
  
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• Lanterns light up desert night sky near Las Vegas — PHOTOS

  11-10-2015 20:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of lighted paper lanterns soared into the night sky at the Rise Lantern Festival at the Moapa River Indian Reservation on Saturday.
  
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• No adults home when Vegas boy, 8, apparently shot, killed himself

  11-10-2015 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  There were no adults at home when an 8-year-old boy apparently shot and killed himself Saturday evening in the southwest valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Las Vegas boy, 8, found dead from gunshot wound ID'd

  11-10-2015 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 8-year-old boy who died Saturday night from a gunshot wound in a southwest valley home has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office as Clayton James Singleton from Las Vegas.
  
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• Two killed in single-engine plane crash in South Lake Tahoe (updated)

  11-10-2015 19:28
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — A small plane crashed around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, in a South Lake Tahoe neighborhood near Pioneer Trail and the Lake Tahoe Airport. Officials on scene reported two fatalities. Both were in the plane at the time of the crash. No one on the ground was injured.The crash site is located at 1650 Tionontati Street. On-scene witnesses said the aircraft clipped the top of a tree before striking the ground near a residence. Portions of a nearby home caught fire as a re
  
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• Glitch delays check-in for Southwest Airlines flights

  11-10-2015 18:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southwest Airlines passengers should expect long lines after the company encountered technical problems Sunday morning, officials at McCarran International Airport said.
  
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• Woman, 72, missing since Saturday near Meadows mall found

  11-10-2015 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who went missing on Saturday afternoon near the Meadows mall has been found, Metro said on Sunday.
  
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• Pedestrian critically injured, driver accused of DUI in Saturday crash

  11-10-2015 17:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian was critically injured and a driver was accused of DUI after a crash late Saturday night in front of Palace Station, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Airman recounts role of Creech drones in Iraq mountain rescue

  11-10-2015 16:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Through cameras of an Air Force Predator drone looking down on Mount Sinjar, Iraq, airmen from the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron at Creech Air Force Base watched the Islamic State assault on Yazidi people unfold a year ago.
  
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• Stumping for a cleaner BAC in Carson City

  11-10-2015 09:41
  
  Kayla Curnel, Kenyatta Hines and Elie Mataafa of CVW-3 try to remove a stump at the Brewery Arts Center Saturday morning.…
  
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• Senator Square: CHS business classes learning to be entrepreneurial

  11-10-2015 09:41
  
  The Junior Achievement “Be Entrepreneurial” course is being taught at Carson High School this Fall in all CHS Business classes. Bill Heitman and Ila Acchtabowski from Junior Achievement have been instrumental in making this happen. The course will be taught by professionals from Sierra Financial Advisors Sally Kaplan and Katie Coombs. Junior Achievement is a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail and Winthrop M. Crane. Junior Achievement works
  
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• Prep roundup: Ortiz-Osty runs impressive race at Clovis

  11-10-2015 09:41
  
  CLOVIS — Carson High’s cross country teams finished 15th and 29th repsectively in Division II at the pretigious Clovis Invitational Saturday.Led by Josefina Ortiz-Osty’s 22nd-place finish, Carson finished 15th with 452 points. Granada-Livermore (75), Torrance (175) and South Torrance (177) finished in the top three spots.Osty was timed in 20:04.2. Eveline Delgado was 43rd in 20:43.7, Athena Favero was 112th in 22:12.2, Rheanna Jackson was 134th in 22:53.1, Jiavanna Wong-Fortuna
  
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• Bulls and Bikes for Badges in Carson City

  11-10-2015 09:41
  
  Law enforcement officers gather Saturday at Reno Harley Davidson for the Bikes for Badges event, a charity ride held for fallen Carson City Deputy Sheriff Carl Howell, who was killed in the line of duty Aug. 15. More than 160 riders were expected to participate in the event in which all proceeds went to the Howell family.…
  
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• Senators able to cut to the ‘Jace’

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  RENO — Carson High junior quarterback Jace Keema got his first extended time under center in a non-blowout situation, and he passed with flying colors.Keema entered the game late in the first quarter when starter Joe Nelson went out of the game with an ankle injury.Keema played the remainder of the game, scoring twice on short TD runs and throwing a 34-yard TD pass to Asa Carter in the third quarter of Saturday’s 44-13 win over Bishop Manogue.Keema went 1-for-5 passing for the aforem
  
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• Nevada State Archives set to celebrate 50 years

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  Hidden in the state library are two rooms, nearly a block long and half block wide, that look for all the world like that final scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark — seemingly endless rows of shelves stacked with everything from legislative and Supreme Court records to governor’s papers and countless boxes of documents covering everything in the state of Nevada’s history.It’s the Nevada State Archives, a treasure trove for everyone from historical researchers and scholars to
  
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• Nevada football beats New Mexico

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  The Nevada Wolf Pack feels like it just might have turned its season around on Saturday.“This time last week it was like the sky was falling and the season was over,” Wolf Pack coach Brian Polian said after a 35-17 victory over the New Mexico Lobos at Mackay Stadium. “This week we showed a lot of resiliency and character.”The Wolf Pack also pointed its season back in the right direction with its first Mountain West victory of the year in front of a crowd of 20,426. The Pa
  
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• Kynett leads Douglas to win vs. CHS

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  In a slump? Who you gonna call?Faced with a pivotal game in the Sierra League girls soccer race on Saturday, the Douglas Tigers called on all-time career goals record holder McKenna Kynett. And the senior forward delivered two goals within a span of seven minutes early in the second half that lifted the Tigers to a 2-1 victory at arch rival Carson.Douglas (8-2-1 league, 10-3-2 overall) broke up a scoreless duel when Kynett scored goals in the 52nd and 59th minutes then held off Carson (9-2 leagu
  
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• CHS notebook: Two injured in CHS win

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  RENO — Injuries continue to put a damper on Carson High’s 6-1 start.The Senators, who knocked off Bishop Manogue, 44-13, on Saturday, played most of the game without quarterback Joe Nelson and wingback Elijah Fajayan. Both players were hurt within a span of four minutes in the first quarter.Fajayan, who plays wingback and fullback, hurt his knee after a short gain on Carson’s second possession. He didn’t return and came back to the field after halftime on crutches.Nelson,
  
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• Carson football rolls past Manogue

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  RENO — Carson High has a veteran battle-tested team. Bishop Manogue is young, inexperienced and rebuilding. It doesn’t take a mental giant to figure out what was going to happen.The Senators scored on three of their first four possessions and the first-team defense allowed just two first downs in three quarters en route to an easy 44-13 win over the Miners at D.J. Bernardis Field.Carson (6-1, 2-0) stretched its win streak to six since the opening game loss, and can actually clnch no
  
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• Carson City subdivisions inching closer to reality; coming in front of Board of Supervisors

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  A proposal for a 41-single family residential lots goes Thursday to Carson City’s Board of Supervisors for possible action.The Project One proposal would put the 41 lots on 3.66 acres of land, if the board approves, in part via variances that include smaller lots than would normally be required. The special use permit involved and variances called for lot sizes averaging 2,596 square feet rather than 6,000, as well as reductions in required parking, open space and setbacks. The project inv
  
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• Carson City road report for Oct. 12-18

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  The following information applies to the period of Oct. 12-18. Utility work will continue during daytime hours Monday through Thursday, with flagger controlled traffic at the following locations:Intersection of Long and Division streets, closed Tuesday and WednesdayFleischmann Way between Mountain and Division streets, closed ThursdayMountain Street between Fleischmann Way and Long StreetLong Street between Mountain and Division streetsDivision Street between John and Long streets, local access
  
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• Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Carson City woman shares her story of overcoming breast cancer

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  Nursing a sore knee, Erin Clubb decided to take a break from training for the 2014 Reno-Tahoe Odyssey. That break, she determined, would be a good time to get checked out for what she thought was a clogged duct from breast feeding her youngest son. With her two kids in tow, then 4 and 1, she went into the doctor’s office. “She didn’t like what she felt, so she sent me straight to the ultrasound tech,” Clubb recalled. “They didn’t like what they saw, so they se
  
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• Appeal challenges Carson City north side apartments

  11-10-2015 09:35
  
  An appeal from a Carson City Planning Commission decision has been filed to challenge a special use permit granted for the north side construction of a 90-unit apartment complex.The GS Richards apartment complex proposed for the northwest corner of GS Richards Boulevard and Country Club Drive near Silver Oak Golf Course secured 5-2 planning commission approval on Sept. 30, but the appeal would send the issue on to the city’s Board of Supervisors.Planning Manager Susan Dorr Pansky, who sai
  
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• Western Nevada College Foundation: WNC employees contribute for scholarships, program support

  11-10-2015 09:27
  
  For more than a decade, the WNC Foundation has recognized employees for their contributions each year to the annual employee giving campaign. Their commitment, dedication and willingness to give back make a difference in the lives of our students.The 2015 WNC Employee Giving “Together we are the Pillars of WNC” Campaign kicked off with a bang on Aug. 26 and wrapped up last week. In the last six weeks, employees have committed more than $40,000 in new funds to college programs and sch
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 26, 1955: First ‘zero length’ launching success

  11-10-2015 09:27
  
  Jan. 26, 1955: First ‘zero length’ launching success This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Rubio buying TV ads early in Nevada

  11-10-2015 07:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The political television ad season for presidential candidates is springing to life in Nevada. Local TV watchers should expect to see plenty of such ads as the Silver State moves closer to its Republican and Democratic caucuses in February.
  
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• Two fatalities reported in Lake Tahoe plane crash

  11-10-2015 06:47
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — A small plane reportedly crashed around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, in South Lake Tahoe. Initial on-site reports said there were two fatalities.The crash site is said to be located on Tionontati Street near Lake Tahoe Airport in a neighborhood. The Associated Press reported that the plane crashed into a house and that “the Beech 35 Bonanza had just taken off from the Lake Tahoe Airport.”Investigation is pending. The Associated Press reported no one on the
  
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• Hikers plunge 28 feet in New Zealand bridge collapse

  11-10-2015 05:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New Zealand is known as a land of adventure, but four French hikers got more excitement than they might have wanted on the Lake Waikaremoana Track in the country's Te Urewera National Park.
  
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• Thousands go medieval at Renaissance Festival at Sunset Park — PHOTOS

  11-10-2015 05:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas resident David Smith has always had a fascination with knights and dragons. On Saturday afternoon, he roamed the Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival at Sunset Park in a doublet and musketeers hat with his wife, Kevyn, in search of more medieval costume pieces and accessories.
  
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• Nominations invited for furniture store's holiday giveaway

  11-10-2015 04:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Walker Furniture's annual holiday program to provide deserving Las Vegas residents with new home furnishings is underway, the company announced Friday.
  
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• 'Billionaire Everyman' Trump has 'em eating out of his hand

  11-10-2015 04:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If Will Rogers had never met a man he liked very much, he might have provided inspiration for Donald Trump's popular one-man show "Billionaire Everyman," currently headlining the Republican Party's presidential campaign.
  
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• Boy, 8, dies of gunshot wound in Las Vegas

  11-10-2015 03:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro abuse and neglect detectives are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy whose body was discovered at a southwest valley residence Saturday night.
  
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• Democrats get ready to rumble at Las Vegas debate

  11-10-2015 03:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five Democratic presidential contenders will take the debate stage Tuesday at the Wynn Las Vegas. It's a venue that gives both Southern Nevada and the candidates an elevated national profile, broadcast on CNN and sponsored by the cable network and Facebook.
  
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• Arizona man held in apparent accidental shooting death

  11-10-2015 01:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lake Havasu City, Ariz., police cited alcohol as a factor in an apparent accidental shooting resulting in the death of one man and the arrest of his friend Friday.
  
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• Metro report paints picture of woman's last seconds of life

  11-10-2015 00:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The last thing a mother of six saw Monday was a pickup bearing down on her, according to a Metro arrest report.
  
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