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• Reforms for NY's Rikers Island get judge's approval

  21-10-2015 23:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New York City will carry out systemic reforms at its troubled Rikers Island jail complex to resolve claims that guards regularly used unnecessary force against inmates, under the terms of a settlement approved by a federal judge on Wednesday.
  
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• Metro makes arrest in slaying linked to child's birthday party

  21-10-2015 22:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting that stemmed from an argument during a child's birthday party.
  
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• What a broken lock hanging on a tree says about humanity

  21-10-2015 22:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Whoever cut it probably stole a bike. Whoever found it made people suck a little less.
  
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• Roos-N-More in Moapa cleared to reopen with restrictions

  21-10-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A popular, family-owned animal attraction in Moapa with a history of permitting issues was cleared to reopen on Wednesday, but Clark County officials made it clear they will be watching the operation closely.
  
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• Update: One man arrested after allegedly threatening with a gun

  21-10-2015 20:58
  
  Update: One man was detained after allegedly threatening a group of people Tuesday afternoon.The man, identified as 53-year-old Bradley Williams, was arrested after deputies responded to reports of a man threatening people with a shotgun near the Goni water tower off of Maxwell Road in Carson City. Three people were legally dismantling a vehicle near the tower when the man came on foot and allegedly told the group he was going to call the police on them and left. The witnesses told police that
  
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• Bush proposes moving Interior Department to western state

  21-10-2015 20:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush unveiled his plan for western lands management Wednesday, calling for moving the Department of Interior out of Washington, D.C., and giving more control to states to determine appropriate land uses and management.
  
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• Man who kept woman's body under trailer gets 10 to life in prison

  21-10-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who killed his ex-girlfriend and kept her body under his trailer home was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison Wednesday.
  
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• Asteroid to just miss Earth on Halloween — VIDEO

  21-10-2015 20:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Don't look now, but an asteroid is heading our way on Halloween.
  
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• Henderson man loses control of car, dies near McCarran International Airport

  21-10-2015 20:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Henderson man died after losing control of his vehicle and crashing near McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
  
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• Coroner IDs man who lost control of car, died near McCarran

  21-10-2015 20:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 58-year-old Las Vegas man died after losing control of his vehicle and crashing near McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
  
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• Carson City School District science teachers presenting at the National Science Teacher Association area conference in Reno

  21-10-2015 19:51
  
  While students in the Carson City School District may have off of school Friday, the science teachers will be hard at work.Eight Carson City educators are attending the National Science Teacher Association area conference in Reno today through Saturday to present their findings and expertise on their science curriculum, assessment and instruction efforts that have been funded by the Race to the Top grant over the last two years. Chris Whitcome, a seventh grade science teacher and department head
  
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• Family wants answers after Fla. officer shoots man waiting for tow truck

  21-10-2015 19:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  MIAMI — The family of a church musician who was fatally shot by a plain-clothes police officer in Florida over the weekend is urging police to release surveillance video from street cameras, family attorney Benjamin Crump told CNN on Wednesday.
  
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• Suspect identified in shooting death of NYPD officer

  21-10-2015 19:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 30-year-old man with a long criminal history is suspected of killing a New York City police officer on Tuesday night in the city's East Harlem neighborhood, police said.
  
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• Man confesses to road rage killing of 4-year old

  21-10-2015 16:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man detained in the road rage killing of a 4-year-old girl this week in New Mexico has confessed to the shooting, authorities said.
  
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• Girl, 4, shot, killed in New Mexico road rage incident

  21-10-2015 16:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 4-year-old girl was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon during what New Mexico police described as a road rage incident along Interstate 40.
  
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• Low-pressure system brings cooler temperatures, chance of rain

  21-10-2015 16:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley are leveling as a low-pressure weather system, which caused recent storms, passes over the area.
  
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• Police find teen who went missing from Child and Family Services office

  21-10-2015 16:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After asking for the public's assistance, Las Vegas police located a 17-year old boy who went missing Tuesday.
  
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• Las Vegas police are looking for endangered 17-year-old

  21-10-2015 16:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are asking the public to help locate a 17-year-old boy who went missing Tuesday.
  
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• Law enforcement officers talk join operations, body cameras in Carson City

  21-10-2015 09:03
  
  A joint operation between agencies has become a key to providing services and the potential use of body cameras were among the topics covered by two top Carson City law enforcement officers at Tuesday’s Rotary Club. Sheriff Ken Furlong and Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Lawson spoke to the club about how the two agencies work together to collaborate in order to better serve the community. One way they accomplish that is by housing both jurisdictions in one facility on Musser Street because
  
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• It’s Oct. 21, 2015, but Marty McFly still has to take roads

  21-10-2015 09:03
  
  “Roads? Where we are going we don’t need roads.”This is the famous quote said by Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future. In 1985, Hollywood graced the world with the Back to the Future movie series. In 1989, the second installment: Back to the Future: Part II was release. The film set in the 1980s, followed Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his friend Emmett “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd) as they travel to Oct. 21, 2015, to prevent a future event from happening.
  
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• Dayton course soft in qualifier

  21-10-2015 09:03
  
  DAYTON — The softest and most receptive greens in 21 years of PGA Tour Qualifying tournaments at Dayton Valley Golf Club produced a leaderboard full of red numbers in the first round of Web.com Tour Stage One Qualifying Tuesday. Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho, led the way with a 6-under par 66. Jake Johnson, Cameron Park, Calif. and J.R. Meyers, Saratoga, Fla. were just one shot back with opening rounds of 67.Another shot off the lead with opening round 68s are Bryan Martin, Thousand Oaks
  
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• Two Carson City transport surveys seek input, profiles

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  Transport by foot, bicycle or vehicle became the topic du jour at Carson City’s Community Center Tuesday, attracting comment for the near term and a quarter century hence.Public input was sought in two overlapping meetings on the Carson Area Metropolitan Organization’s (CAMPO) regional transportation plan through 2040 and by the Eagle Valley Trail Committee for profiles of persons using the community’s trails network. The 2040 planning input attracted a handful, some also there
  
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• Prep roundup: Carson’s Catron takes JV crown

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  SPARKS — Kiefer Catron edged McQueen’s Mason Keach to win the individual junior varsity title at the season-ending Spanish Springs Invitational Tuesday at Golden Eagle Regional Park.Catron was timed in 18:14 and Keach in 18:16. Carson’s Hunter Rauh was third in 18:38. Reece Canfield was 21st in 19:12, Chris Berggren was 32nd in 19:50 and Adam Maw was 35th in 19:56.McQueen won the boys met with 39 points followed by Douglas (61), Galena (71) and Carson (88).On the girls side, A
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Oct. 21, 1953: New ‘Super Sabre’ breaks sonic barrier

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Get Healthy Carson City: Good hand hygiene can prevent spread of illness

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  This column appears in the Nevada Appeal health pages. It addresses topics related to the health of our community.Lately, our neighbors in Washoe County have been battling an outbreak of norovirus. Norovirus, which is extremely contagious, can be spread by an infected person, contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes inflammation in the stomach or intestines, which leads to stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Anyone can be infected with norovirus
  
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• Funds come in for children involved in Fallon rollover

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  A former Douglas County deputy sheriff and his wife were killed in a Saturday vehicle rollover east of Fallon, according to the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office.Johnson Lane residents Mark Hounsell, 42, and his wife, Jeanne, 34, were identified by the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday.Also killed was Laura Fisher of Washington, Ill. The wreck occurred shortly after 5 p.m. east of Sand Mountain and involved a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban.According to the Nevada Highway Patrol,
  
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• Community roundup: CMS girls win TahNeva hoop crown

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  The Carson Middle School eighth-grade girls won the TahNeva title over the weekend with a 29-22 win over Pau Wa Lu.CMS finished the season with a 17-1 record.In the championship game, Bella Kordonowy led the way with 16 points. Haley Trost added six and Lily Bouza five.CMS reached the finals with a 30-5 win over North Tahoe and a 40-9 win over Lake Tahoe School. Kordonowy scored nine and Bouza added seven in the opening-round victory. In the semifinal win, Bouza led the way with 15 and Kordonowy
  
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• Clubs’ literacy program now year round project

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  Relying on a good push or two and coordination with school reading assignments, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada’s literacy program works year round.January Fierro, who runs the program, said the goal during the school year is to build on school assignments and yet stretch children in the program who show interest in heading to the next level.“We do try to push even at their grade level,” she said. Some young readers can show eagerness to tackle the task. “Lots
  
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• Carson spikes Wooster

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  With two quality opponents on the schedule next week, Carson needed an easy night on the court.The Senators got off to a slow start in the opening game, but bounced back for an easy 25-14, 25-12 and 25-18 sweep of Wooster Tuesday night at Morse Burley Gym in a Sierra League match.Carson improved to 10-3 with three matches left in the regular season. The Senators, who are battling Damonte for second place, visit Galena Thursday at 6 p.m.“I’m happy with the win,” Carson coach Rob
  
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• Carson City unemployment still lags at 6.8 percent

  21-10-2015 08:55
  
  Nevada’s overall unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in September, a seven-tenths drop over 2014 and two-tenths down from August.Carson City’s rate, however, remained higher, matching the Las Vegas reporting area’s 6.8 percent jobless percentage. Carson was at 7.1 percent in August, so the September number is still an improvement.The statewide average, however, was pulled down by the 5.9 percent rate reported for the Reno-Sparks area and Elko’s 4.8 percent unemployment
  
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• Inmate serving murder sentence dies in Carson City prison

  21-10-2015 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 79-year-old inmate died Tuesday morning at the Regional Medical Facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
  
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• Child hit by vehicle near Cheyenne Avenue and Michael Way

  21-10-2015 06:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro detectives are investigating a collision that injured a 9-year-old child Tuesday night.
  
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• NYPD officer dies after being shot in the head

  21-10-2015 06:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A New York Police Department officer has died after he was shot in the head while chasing a gunman in East Harlem, authorities said.
  
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• Wolfgang Puck’s Cut Steakhouse Is Coming to New York

  21-10-2015 06:00
  As with most of its other locations, the restaurant will be in a hotel: the new Four Seasons.
  
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• Flash flooding temporarily trapped Death Valley visitors, rangers

  21-10-2015 05:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Twenty-three Death Valley National Park visitors and rangers were trapped overnight Monday in flash flooding that damaged several buildings at the Death Valley Scotty Historic District, the National Park Service said Tuesday.
  
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• Fire that shut down US 95 called hot, powerful

  21-10-2015 05:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Whatever caught fire Sunday in the state-owned radioactive waste dump at the US Ecology site near Beatty packed a powerful punch, Nevada's chief fire marshal said Tuesday.
  
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• Attorney won't shy away from race in negligence suit

  21-10-2015 05:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It's safe to say any motion before the court that begins with a quote from Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is designed to confront the issue of race in the legal justice system.
  
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• Washington mansion murder mystery deepens

  21-10-2015 04:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five months have passed since a wealthy Washington family and their housekeeper were murdered, and the mystery has only deepened.
  
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• Man sentenced in east valley DUI crash that left cyclist dead

  21-10-2015 03:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who killed a 67-year-old bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash was ordered Tuesday to serve 6 to 15 years in prison.
  
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• One man arrested after threatening with a gun

  21-10-2015 03:19
  
  One man was detained after allegedly threatening a group of people Tuesday afternoon.The man was arrested after deputies responded to reports of a man threatening people with a shotgun near the 1800 block of Maxwell Road in Carson City. The group of people were legally dismantling a vehicle when the man came and allegedly told the group he was going to call the police on them and left. The witnesses told police that he then came back with a shotgun and allegedly loaded and dismantled the barrel.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office needs help in credit card fraud case

  21-10-2015 03:03
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in identifying two men suspected of credit card fraud.On Sept. 18, two male suspects entered the Carson Street Kohl’s and allegedly used a fraudulent ID and credit card to purchase merchandise. Anyone with information should contact Detective Steven Olsen at 775-283-7856.…
  
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• Helicopter crash marks troublesome cattle roundup near Searchlight

  21-10-2015 02:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wild remnants of one of southern Clark County's last cattle herds are now being cleared from the mountains between Henderson and Searchlight, but the work so far has not gone smoothly.
  
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• Vegas taxi firm ordered to pay $445K discrimination fine

  21-10-2015 02:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The owners of Southern Nevada's second-largest taxi company will pay a $445,000 fine to settle a discrimination suit.
  
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• EDITORIAL: Initiating CCSD breakup

  21-10-2015 01:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District, the country's fifth-largest public education system, has long been too big to adequately address its shortcomings.
  
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• Nevada fires back in Education Savings Account lawsuit

  21-10-2015 01:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada is sparing no expense in fighting an American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada lawsuit that seeks to unravel the Education Savings Account program.
  
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• Nevada radioactive waste site fire draws investigation

  21-10-2015 01:34
  
  LAS VEGAS — State officials say they don’t know what sparked a fire at a closed commercial radioactive waste dump in rural southern Nevada, but the state will handle the probe and clean-up. Nevada Public Safety chief Jim Wright told reporters Tuesday the state has jurisdiction and the ability — even if it means state agencies investigate each other. The low-level radioactive waste site is on state land about 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas. An official says U.S. Environmental
  
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• Batmobile to be featured in Nevada Day Parade

  21-10-2015 01:34
  
  The Batmobile will again be featured in the Nevada Day Parade as the Carson Nugget again will have plenty of activities planned for Nevada’s birthday Saturday, Oct. 31. A 1966 Batmobile replica will again appear in the Nevada Day Parade, which will begin at 10 a.m. on Carson Street. The Batmobile will be entry No. 46 and will start at E. Long St.Other events to be held Saturday, Oct. 31 include:More than 400 runners and walkers will participate in the annual Nevada Day Classic 8K Run and 2
  
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• Money could flow to Nevada Education Savings Accounts in February

  21-10-2015 01:03
  
  The Nevada Treasurer’s Office announced Tuesday that it plans to start disbursing money through Education Savings Accounts in February, two months earlier than scheduled, assuming ongoing court battles over the sweeping program don’t put it on hold.Treasurer Dan Schwartz announced the change at a public regulatory workshop for the broad school choice program, which allows parents to claim most of their child’s per-pupil state education funding — about $5,000 a year &mdash
  
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• Joining Forces focuses on impaired driving

  21-10-2015 00:55
  
  Local law enforcement is focusing on impaired driving in October as a part of their Joining Forces program.In an effort to achieve the Zero Fatalities goal for this holiday season, Carson City, Lyon County, Douglas County and the Nevada Highway Patrol will have additional patrols on the roads to address impaired drivers and riders in Northern Nevada.The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department said it has seen an increase in fatalities and accidents due to impaired driving.“We have a zero
  
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• Armed woman killed by Metro left suicidal notes, had been drinking bourbon

  21-10-2015 00:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The armed woman killed after a shootout with Las Vegas police last week had left suicidal notes inside the stolen car where she died, police said Tuesday.
  
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