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• CHS grad rate up; district rate down

  15-10-2015 23:51
  
  The Carson City School District’s graduation rate decreased slightly, but remained well above the state average, according to a preliminary report released by the state Thursday.Bullying, though, was also on the rise, the report stated.The Nevada Department of Education released its annual Nevada Report Card, which included the state’s preliminary graduation rate for the class of 2015. The report stated Carson City School District’s rate was 77.87 percent in 2014. But the rate
  
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• Carson, Dayton grad rate exceed state average

  15-10-2015 23:51
  
  Carson High School’s graduation rate continues to increase slightly and remains well above the state average, according to a preliminary report released by the state Thursday.The Nevada Department of Education released its annual Nevada Report Card, which included the state’s preliminary graduatio rate for the class of 2015. The report stated Carson City School District’s rate was 77.87 percent, well above the state average of 70.9 percent. The district’s rate increased b
  
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• ABC News doctor drowns while on vacation in Hawaii

  15-10-2015 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jamie Zimmerman, who served as a doctor and reporter for the ABC News medical unit, drowned while on vacation in Hawaii. She was 31.
  
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• Veterans home administrator to leave

  15-10-2015 23:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mark McBride, administrator of the State Veterans Home in Boulder City, will leave his post Nov. 1 to take a private sector job, Nevada veterans services officials said this week.
  
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• With open divorce case, Khloe Kardashian in charge of Lamar Odom's medical decisions

  15-10-2015 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian may appear to be split on reality TV, but on paper, their divorce is not final. That leaves the former NBA player's estranged wife with the role of making medical decisions for him.
  
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• With open divorce case, Khloe Kardashian could be making Lamar Odom's medical decisions

  15-10-2015 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian may appear to be split on reality TV, but on paper, their divorce is not final. That could leave the former NBA player's estranged wife with the role of making medical decisions for him.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian could be making Lamar Odom's medical decisions

  15-10-2015 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian may appear to be split on reality TV, but on paper, their divorce is not final. That leaves the former NBA player's estranged wife with the role of making medical decisions for him.
  
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• Felon pleads guilty in Nellis airman’s death

  15-10-2015 22:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In order to avoid the death penalty, a nine-time convicted felon pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Thursday for his role in the slaying of Nellis airman Nathan Paet.
  
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• Fox News guest analyst arrested for lying about CIA role

  15-10-2015 21:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Fox News guest terrorism analyst was arrested on Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on charges of falsely claiming to have been a CIA agent for decades, U.S. prosecutors said.
  
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• Zimbabwe hunter says his life is ruined by Cecil the lion's death

  15-10-2015 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Zimbabwean hunter accused of failing to stop the killing of Cecil the lion said on Thursday his family and business had been destroyed amid the outcry that followed the lion's death and that charges against him should be dropped.
  
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• Showers and cooler temperatures expected in the Las Vegas Valley

  15-10-2015 19:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas temperatures will be right on track with averages by the end of this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Obama announces plan to slow US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

  15-10-2015 19:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reversing policy on Afghanistan, President Barack Obama announced on Thursday he will slow the pace of withdrawing U.S. troops, prolonging the 14-year U.S. engagement there and effectively handing off the task of pulling out to his successor.
  
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• Kingman man convicted of 2nd-degree murder

  15-10-2015 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Kingman, Ariz., man has been convicted of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from an April 2014 police pursuit that ended in a traffic accident that claimed the life of a civilian.
  
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• Disbarred Vegas lawyer linked to massive HOA scheme dies in federal custody

  15-10-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A disbarred Las Vegas attorney convicted in the scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations has died in federal custody at a local hospice, one of his lawyers said Thursday.
  
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• Disbarred Vegas lawyer linked to HOA scheme dies in federal custody

  15-10-2015 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A disbarred Las Vegas attorney convicted in the scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations has died in federal custody at a local hospice, one of his lawyers confirmed Thursday.
  
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• Metro: Woman killed after firing at officers from stolen car

  15-10-2015 18:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police shot and killed a woman who they said opened fire on officers Thursday morning after she was stopped while driving a stolen car.
  
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• Metro shoots and kills armed woman who locked herself in car

  15-10-2015 18:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police shot and killed an armed woman who had been locked in a car Thursday morning.
  
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• Armed man barricaded in car in western valley

  15-10-2015 18:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jones Boulevard is closed between Spring Mountain Ranch and Desert Inn roads while police deal with an armed, barricaded man, Metro says.
  
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• Facts & Figures: Is Donald Trump the Most Electable Republican?

  15-10-2015 18:05
  Large shares of likely Republican voters in Nevada and South Carolina say yes.
  
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• Hiker found dead at Lone Mountain identified

  15-10-2015 17:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The hiker who collapsed and died while hiking at Lone Mountain Park Wednesday afternoon has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office as Slawek Nadowski, of Las Vegas.
  
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• CCSD graduation rate inches up

  15-10-2015 17:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Graduation rates in the Clark County School District continued to inch closer to 75 percent, with 16,921 students receiving high school diplomas in 2015, according to preliminary data from the state.
  
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• CCSD grad rate inches up

  15-10-2015 17:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Before students broke for lunch Thursday at Del Sol High School, three math teachers and a data specialist met in an empty classroom as part of a new approach to raise graduation rates at the southeast valley campus.
  
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• 12 arrested in protest over police at Baltimore City Hall

  15-10-2015 17:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Demonstrators concerned about police use of force staged a sit-in at a Baltimore City Hall hearing to consider a new police commissioner, leading to 12 arrests before the protest was broken up early Thursday.
  
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• ‘Nevada’s’ finest: WWII vet honored during visit

  15-10-2015 09:27
  
  Charles Sehe, now 92, was a teenaged sailor on the USS Nevada when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II.But he was never actually a Nevadan until now.Sehe was honored at the Capitol Wednesday and told despite not living here, he’s a part of Nevada’s history.The Nevada was the only battleship to get underway during the attack and was deliberately run aground near the entrance to Pearl Harbor to prevent the Japanese from sinking her in the channel.In honor of his and
  
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• Indexing of gas tax for Carson City advocated

  15-10-2015 09:27
  
  A Washoe County official urged the Carson Area Metropolitan Organization (CAMPO) Wednesday to embrace indexing of the gasoline tax.Lee Gibson of the Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission said Washoe County realized $49.5 million in Fiscal Year 2013-14 because the Reno-dominated county used indexing and has for years, which means gasoline taxes are higher and combat inflation erosion of roadwork-related purchasing power.“I encourage you to embrace indexing,” said Gibson, wh
  
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• Heller: area manufacturing capability is a hidden gem

  15-10-2015 09:27
  
  Sen. Dean Heller visited Vineburg Machining, Inc., in Mound House on Wednesday and said the world doesn’t know the hidden gem Northern Nevada’s industry is.“People don’t realize the great work that’s going on in this area,” said the U.S. senator, who told Vineburg’s brain trust he grew up spending much time in a similar business his father had in Carson City.“Just so you guys know, I grew up in a machine shop,” he said. “So it’s g
  
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• Prep roundup: Slow on the draw, CHS still wins

  15-10-2015 09:19
  
  RENO — Carson High got off to a sluggish start, but scored three unanswered goals to knock off Damonte Ranch, 3-1, Wednesday night in a Sierra League boys match.Carson is now 10-2 entering Saturday’s showdown at 1 p.m. against league leading Wooster which is 12-0 after its easy win over Douglas.After the game, however, Michael Alvarez looked more like a coach who lost 3-1 instead of winning 3-1.“My issue is at this point of the season I’m not happy with some of the errors
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: July 27, 1953: Truce signed; Korean war front quiet after three years

  15-10-2015 09:19
  
  July 27, 1953: Truce signed; Korean war front quiet after three yearsSeoul, Tuesday, July 28 — (IP) — The uncertain and uneasy quiet of a negotiated truce settled over the Korean battle lines today. The armistice documents ending the bitter, stalemated efforts of the Communists to seize all Korea by force were signed at 10:01 a.m. Monday in the “truce village” of Panmunjom. Exactly 12 hours later official order for a cease-fire were broadcast to troops on both sides of th
  
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• Maurice White seeks slot on Carson City governing board

  15-10-2015 09:19
  
  Maurice White, an Airport Authority member and retired mechanic, is running for Carson City supervisor in 2016 from Ward 2.White, who sought the same seat on the Board of Supervisors in 2012, voiced his concern about increases in city government spending and said he would break the lock of five business people on the current board. He was particularly concerned about city debt and said the board wasn’t listening adequately to residents.“I just think there are some underlying issues i
  
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• Iggbo eyes city’s health care test market

  15-10-2015 09:19
  
  Iggbo, Inc., is targeting the Carson City health care community to match physicians and patients with professionals who draw blood for lab tests.The Virginia-based firm said its business model was inspired by Uber, the on demand and shared economy ride service. The firm said in a news release it already operates in 27 cities and among those targeted for additional expansion are Carson City and Reno in Northern Nevada.The firm in Richmond, Va., has an app physicians may use to provide phlebotomis
  
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• Carson’s Tschetter ready to face former team, Galena

  15-10-2015 09:19
  
  Justin Tschetter readily admits he’s had the Oct. 16 game against Galena circled on his calendar for a while.Tschetter went to Carson as a freshman, and then he and his mother moved to the Galena area, and he started for the Grizzlies’ varsity as a sophomore. Last spring, Tschetter was suspended for violating a school rule. He and his mom moved back to Carson shortly thereafter. Tschetter had to miss a game (vs. McQueen) because Galena said he failed to serve the suspension before le
  
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• Carson City Brewery Arts Center to present ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ Oct. 16-18

  15-10-2015 09:19
  
  In time for Halloween, Carson City’s Proscenium Players, Inc. is reviving a classic comedy about a homicidal family and bringing it to the Brewery Arts Center. “Arsenic and Old Lace” will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Brewery Arts Center’s Performance Hall, 511 W. King St. The story, written by the playwright Joseph Kesselring in 1939, follows the charming and innocent Brewster sisters, who populate their cellar with the
  
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• Domestic violence in Carson City: Family influence, alcohol, financial instability are the causes

  15-10-2015 09:11
  
  On Sept. 21, a woman walked into the Carson City Sheriff’s Office to report a domestic battery from the night prior. Her and her estranged husband, who she lives with, had gotten into a verbal argument and she tried to barricade herself in her room to stop the fight. He broke the door open despite her pleas to stop, then he pinned her to the bed, ripped her shirt off and head-butted her multiple times, according to the arrest report. When officers spoke to the man the next day he said he g
  
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• The Weekly Taste Test: Weird Halloween candy

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "No actual pumpkin flavor? Boo." "Cardboard hints with medical overtones." "Like a kiss in the rain." Do any deserve a permanent spot in the Halloween candy canon?
  
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• The brief, bittersweet life of a pumpkin

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  It will either find its way to Earth’s sweet soil, or a thorough crisping in the evil appliance humans call “oven."
  
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• The amazing true story of the best candy bucket in Vegas

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  A reason to trick-or-treat through age 26—courtesy of a total stranger.
  
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• Scary cheap: How to score a cool costume for $20

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Hint: Thrift it.
  
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• Parking lot pumpkin patches got nothin’ on Gilcrease Orchard

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Gilcrease is the only place to get the real-deal, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown experience.
  
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• New scares refresh traditional haunts

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  A booby-trapped theater, a labyrinth of witches and zombie paintball debut at familiar Halloween attractions
  
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• More big Halloween bashes worth reveling in

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Do you fancy a Boneyard Bash or a Haunted Paradise?
  
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• Kickin’ it in Tecopa where the ‘healing waters’—and culture—are a rich desert treasure

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Tecopa hot springs: Baptized by the mystery and the minerals, we feel different.
  
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• Kickin' it in Tecopa where the 'healing water'—and culture—are a rich desert treasure

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Tecopa hot springs: Baptized by the mystery and the minerals, we feel different.
  
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• Kickin’ it in Tecopa where the ‘healing water’—and culture—are a rich desert treasure

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Tecopa hot springs: Baptized by the mystery and the minerals, we feel different.
  
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• Kickin' it in Tecopa where the 'healing water' -- and culture -- are a rich desert treasure

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Baptized by the mystery and the minerals, we feel different.
  
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• Khoury's taps the pumpkin this Halloween

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The southeast liquor store/hangout will turn five large pumpkins into working kegs for its October 30 bash
  
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• Is your neighborhood a trick-or-treating hot spot?

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Zillow ranked the top 20 American cities for trick-or-treating—and called the town's top five neighborhoods in each one.
  
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• Ghost Story: It’s 10 p.m.­ Do you know where your soul is?

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Knock, knock
  
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• 20 reasons to go to the 20th annual Fetish & Fantasy Halloween Ball

  15-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  How many parties in Las Vegas do you know of that have lasted two decades? Right?
  
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• Teamsters picket at Hard Rock Hotel — PHOTOS

  15-10-2015 08:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Members of the Teamsters Local 986 picketed Wednesday in front of the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, saying that valet parking attendants at the hotel-casino have been working without a contract since voting to form a union in 2009.
  
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• Women testify at trial of massage therapist accused of sexual assault

  15-10-2015 06:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two women testified Wednesday in Las Vegas about unwanted sexual encounters they had with the same massage therapist during separate incidents in 2013.
  
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