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• Uber, Lyft rides to McCarran coming soon

  20-10-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It won't be long before the public will be able to take Uber or Lyft rides to and from McCarran International Airport.
  
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• County gives OK to Uber, Lyft to operate at McCarran

  20-10-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Commission has unanimously approved a measure that would enable Uber and Lyft to operate legally in Southern Nevada immediately and reduces the cost of a business license.
  
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• Heller, Titus say next VA benefits leader must put veterans first

  20-10-2015 23:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The next head of the Veterans Benefits Administration must ensure that veterans do not face long delays in receiving the benefits they have earned, say Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Dina Titus.
  
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• Ohio man gets prison time in Strip hit-and-run death

  20-10-2015 23:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Ohio man who hit and killed a father of three who was walking to work on the Strip was ordered to serve 26 months to 10 years in prison Tuesday.
  
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• Alleged fake doctor more dangerous than serial killer, Las Vegas judge says

  20-10-2015 22:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man accused of acting as a doctor without a license at an east Las Vegas Valley home could be tied to as many as three deaths of people who sought treatment from him, prosecutors said Tuesday.
  
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• Ethics official, investigator show up at North Las Vegas City Hall

  20-10-2015 22:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six months after North Las Vegas workers filed formal ethics complaints against Mayor John Lee, the state's ethics watchdog appears to be in the midst of an investigation.
  
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• Ethics official, investigator show up at NLV City Hall

  20-10-2015 22:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six months after North Las Vegas workers filed formal ethics complaints against Mayor John Lee, the state's ethics watchdog appears to be in the midst of an investigation.
  
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• Judge allows second autopsy in Boston's 'Baby Doe' case

  20-10-2015 21:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Massachusetts judge Tuesday granted a defense motion asking that it be allowed to conduct a second autopsy on 2-year-old Bella Bond before the girl's mother and her boyfriend appear at a probable cause hearing next month.
  
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• Woman dies after school bus runs red light, hits her car in Bullhead City

  20-10-2015 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman has died after a school bus struck the Dodge Neon she was driving Monday in Bullhead City.
  
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• Wolfgang Puck’s Cut Steakhouse Coming to New York

  20-10-2015 21:15
  As with most of its other locations, the restaurant will be in a hotel: the new Four Seasons.
  
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• Nevada treasurer expands education savings account coverage

  20-10-2015 20:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The state treasurer's office plans to expand eligibility for Nevada's new education savings accounts for active-duty military families and for students before they start kindergarten in a public school.
  
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• 6 churches in St. Louis area set on fire by suspected arsonist — VIDEO

  20-10-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Arson fires have been set at half a dozen St. Louis-area churches in recent days. Authorities want to know who did it and why.
  
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• Trudeau triumphs in Canadian elections for prime minister

  20-10-2015 19:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, having trounced his Conservative rivals, will face immediate pressure to deliver on a swathe of election promises, from tackling climate change to legalizing marijuana.
  
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• 20-year-old avoids sex offender list in dating-app case

  20-10-2015 19:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Indiana man, who was looking at spending more than two decades on the sexual offender registry for a dating app hookup, got some good news.
  
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• What you need to know about the Orionids meteor shower

  20-10-2015 19:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, with the best viewing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  
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• Cool weather settles into Las Vegas Valley

  20-10-2015 17:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It's beginning to look a lot like fall, Las Vegas.
  
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• Lamar Odom's family praises Las Vegas hospital for his care

  20-10-2015 16:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lamar Odom's family thanked the medical team at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center for what they described as superb care during his week-long stay in their first official statement since his discharge on Monday.
  
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• Ariz. man drives SUV into lake, killing self, wife, 3 children

  20-10-2015 15:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man drives his family to the edge of a Phoenix-area lake, grainy surveillance video shows. The vehicle races over an embankment and flips over, trapping Glenn Baxter and his young family upside down in the water.
  
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• Nevada Day Treasure Hunt Clue 12

  20-10-2015 14:45
  
  They reached an agreementAt least as to one-thirdGiving away eightyOr so everyone’s heardMonday’s clue 11, posted at Nevadaappeal.comGood morning NevadaWe are broadcasting with wishesOf Luck for all you huntersWith love and kisses…
  
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• PBS phenomenon takes over book festival

  20-10-2015 07:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Visitors to the Saturday session of the 2015 Vegas Valley Book Festival at Historic Fifth Street School had the opportunity to meet a wide variety of wonderful authors. They also saw a long line that flowed from the courtyard, down a hall and into the middle of the poetry jams. Who was this literary rock star?
  
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• Preliminary hearing in embezzlement case for Carson City businessman set for December

  20-10-2015 07:43
  
  A preliminary hearing into embezzlement charges against longtime Carson businessman Lenny Chappell is set for Dec. 4.Chappell is accused of taking more than $3,500 from the account belonging to Platinum Plus at Bank of the West and putting the money in the Downtown Business Association’s account.Chappell is the former president of the association and worked at Platinum Plus Day Spa. Deputy Sheriff Doug Speegle said Chappell is accused of taking money from the association account and, when
  
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• New auto sales firm buys old Toyota building in Carson City

  20-10-2015 07:43
  
  The capital will soon have another auto dealership, further expanding what is already Carson City’s largest sales tax generator.Carson Car Center Properties, a newly formed company, has purchased the old Toyota dealership building on south Carson Street.The sale was recorded Monday at the Carson City Recorder’s Office, just five days after the company filed its organizational papers with the Nevada Secretary of State’s office.The purchase price for the complex of buildings at C
  
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• Nevada AG Laxalt files motion to dismiss suit against Education Savings Accounts

  20-10-2015 07:43
  
  The Attorney General’s Office has filed motions to dismiss the lawsuit challenging Nevada’s school vouchers law.The suit by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of several taxpayers argues the so-called Education Savings Accounts are unconstitutional because the state constitution bars public funds from being used for religious purposes or organizations. Most of the private schools involved are religious-based.Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed a motion Monday asking a judge
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Michael’s Apples

  20-10-2015 07:43
  
  In the 1990s, I was the coordinator of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program for four counties. Volunteers signed up for 45 hours of horticulture classes in exchange for a fee and 45 hours of volunteering. I had one very dedicated volunteer, Michael Janik, now of Michael’s Apples, who went on to become a leader in Northern Nevada in raising, training and pruning apples and other fruits. He writes a free monthly email newsletter that is a terrific resource i
  
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• Ohio man faces sentencing in fatal Strip hit and run

  20-10-2015 06:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After Todd Seifert mowed down J. Jesus Andrade in a Las Vegas Boulevard crosswalk, he returned the damaged rental car and flew home to Ohio.
  
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• Girlfriend of accused testifies about 2013 Strip shooting, fiery crash

  20-10-2015 05:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Yenesis Alfonso testified Monday that she never heard anyone threaten her boyfriend, Ammar Harris, before he fired his gun out the window of his Range Rover the morning of Feb. 21, 2013.
  
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• Lamar Odom released from Sunrise, friend confirms

  20-10-2015 05:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A friend of Lamar Odom confirmed an E! News report that the former NBA star and husband of Khloe Kardashian was released from Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Monday.
  
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• Boyfriend arrested in fatal shooting of North Las Vegas girl

  20-10-2015 04:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A North Las Vegas girl who was shot last week died over the weekend, and police say her 16-year-old boyfriend pulled the trigger.
  
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• Man testifies against brother at death penalty trial — VIDEO

  20-10-2015 04:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robert Sitton's testimony could help determine whether his brother is sentenced to death. Prosecutors say the siblings killed a 68-year-old man, viciously beating him with their fists and stomping on his back, leaving him to die inside his northwest valley home.
  
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• Man testifies against brother at death penalty trial

  20-10-2015 04:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robert Sitton's testimony could help determine whether his brother is sentenced to death. Prosecutors say the siblings killed a 68-year-old man, viciously beating him with their fists and stomping on his back, leaving him to die inside his northwest valley home.
  
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• Touro medical school names news dean

  20-10-2015 02:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The next dean of Touro University Nevada's College of Osteopathic Medicine will be a longtime educator with a background that includes teaching, clinical work, research, and expertise in residency and fellowship programs.
  
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• Sheriff seeks information about suspect

  20-10-2015 02:39
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect involved in a burglary in September.A vehicle was burglarized at Fuji Park on Clear Creek Road Sept. 5. Following the burglary, the victim’s credit card was used by an unknown suspect at the Topsy Lane Walmart. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Carson City Sheriff’s Office at 775-887-2500 or Detective Sam Hatley at 775-283-7852.…
  
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• Head here and here also here

  20-10-2015 02:39
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect involved in a burglary in September.A vehicle was burglarized at Fuji Park on Clear Creek Road Sept. 5. Following the burglary, the victim’s credit card was used by an unknown suspect at the Topsy Lane Walmart. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Carson City Sheriff’s Office at 775-887-2500 or Detective Sam Hatley at 775-283-7852.…
  
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• Bringing down the Riv part of giant puzzle

  20-10-2015 02:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's plan to bring down the Riviera next year will be a critical piece of an enormous puzzle.
  
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• Henderson man arrested in fatal 2014 bar fight

  20-10-2015 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man Henderson police say killed a man by punching him in the head at a bar in November 2014 was arrested Thursday.
  
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• Arizona man arrested in stabbing death of 70-year-old

  20-10-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 24-year-old Yucca man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a 70-year-old man dead.
  
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• Storm weakens after killing at least nine, leaving thousands stranded in Philippines

  20-10-2015 02:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time.
  
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• Man wounded in Fremont Street shooting

  20-10-2015 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting near downtown that sent one man to the hospital.
  
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• Man shot on Fremont Street hospitalized after walking to Stratosphere

  20-10-2015 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting near downtown that sent one man to the hospital.
  
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• State Board of Education member Dave Cook dies at 65

  20-10-2015 01:37
  
  Dave Cook, a veteran member of the state Board of Education, died Oct. 12 in a Reno hospital.Cook, 65, had suffered from health problems.News of his death came when his daughter, Danielle, posted his passing on her Facebook page.Cook was first elected to the Board of Education in 1996 and served until his death.He was a fourth generation Nevadan who graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas in 1968. He taught business and economics at Western Nevada College for almost 30 years. After
  
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• Nevada gasoline prices keep plummeting

  20-10-2015 01:37
  
  Survey results released Monday show the pump price for gasoline at 1,130 outlets in Nevada dropped 3.4 cents in the past week.The price dipped to an average of $2.83 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com, which completes the survey each week on Sunday. The website said that state price average compared with a national average of $2.26 per gallon, which represents a drop across the country in the past week of 5.4 cents per gallon.In Carson City on Monday, GasBuddy’s local survey of 24 outle
  
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• Advocates to End Domestic Violence’s Light After Dark fundraiser rescheduled for Saturday

  20-10-2015 01:37
  
  The Advocates to End Domestic Violence’s Light After Dark fundraiser has been rescheduled to Saturday.The 5K/10K walk/run was canceled Saturday after rain made the track too wet. The event is to help raise awareness for domestic violence and sexual assault. The event will be held at 6 p.m. at Riverview Park in Carson City.Entry for adults is $40. Entry for children 17 years and under is $20. All proceeds go toward Advocates to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Advocates.Par
  
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• NDI: Mineral County inmate committed suicide; Arizona man

  20-10-2015 01:27
  
  HAWTHORNE — The Nevada Division of Investigations says an inmate who was found dead in a cell at the Mineral County jail earlier this month was an Arizona man who committed suicide. The victim was identified on Monday as 53-year-old Jack Eugene Reese of Phoenix. The cause of death was listed as “self-inflicted strangulation.” Reese was found dead at the county detention facility in Hawthorne at about 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. He had been arrested earlier that day on a drug charge. N
  
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• State seeks dismissal of lawsuit against Education Savings Accounts

  20-10-2015 00:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada's new education savings accounts do not violate a constitutional ban on the use of public funds for religious purposes, the state's attorney general argued in court records filed Monday.
  
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