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• Woman found at Siegel Suites was stabbed to death, Metro says

  24-10-2015 23:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman found dead at a central valley Siegel Suites on Friday was stabbed, Metro said Saturday.
  
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• My Dark California Dream

  24-10-2015 22:40
  Our­ parents had wide open spaces all around. We still had nature within reach. Now what?
  
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• City computer hacking was just a test

  24-10-2015 22:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  On the morning of Aug. 13, armed men disguised as janitors strolled into Las Vegas City Hall, made their way to the city's data center and started hacking into computer servers.
  
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• Spiegelworld-Coastal Luxury brainstorms RRL-style venue

  24-10-2015 21:49 via lasvegassun.com
  The Kats Report Bureau on Saturday night could be found at Table No. 43 at Smith Center’s Cabaret Jazz and Table No. Whatever at Tuscany Suites’ Piazza Lounge. Long a favorite in VegasVille, the singing-piano …
  
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• Las Vegans, former Rebels in the hunt at Shriner's Open — LIVE BLOG

  24-10-2015 21:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The third round of the Shriner's Hospitals for Children Open continues Saturday, with former UNLV Rebel Chad Campbell and Henderson resident Nick Watney in the hunt. Summerlin resident Kevin Na, Bonanza High School grad Scott Piercy and former UNLV star Ryan Moore are also within striking distance of leader Morgan Hoffmann.
  
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• Woman arrested on DUI charges after driving car into crowd, killing 4 — VIDEO

  24-10-2015 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fourth person has died after a car hit spectators during Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade in Stillwater. A 2-year-old died at OU Medical Center Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City, hospital spokeswoman Vallery Brown told CNN. Thirty-three people suffered injuries in the incident.
  
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• Woman arrested on DUI charges after driving car into crowd, killing 3 — VIDEO

  24-10-2015 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 25-year-old woman who drove a car Saturday morning into a crowd at a parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, has been arrested for driving under the influence, Kyle Gibbs of that city's police department told reporters. The woman is in jail in Stillwater. Three peopled died and several more were injured in the incident, according to officials.
  
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• 3 dead, 22 hurt after car hits crowd during Oklahoma State parade

  24-10-2015 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least three people were killed and several hurt when a car traveling at high speed plowed into a crowd watching a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, local media reported on Saturday, citing the city's mayor.
  
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• 1 dead, 2 hospitalized after overnight crash on the 215

  24-10-2015 18:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man is dead and another man and a boy are hospitalized after a rollover crash late Friday night on a south valley freeway, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Aurora theater shooter James Holmes assaulted by fellow prisoner

  24-10-2015 17:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  James Holmes, condemned to spend the rest of his life in a Colorado prison, was allegedly assaulted there by a fellow inmate, a state corrections spokeswoman said Saturday.
  
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• Vegas won't see moisture from Hurricane Patricia

  24-10-2015 17:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Though Hurricane Patricia touched down in Mexico on Friday night and brought heavy rain to Texas, Las Vegas won't be seeing any of that moisture this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Rain pounds Texas, Gulf Coast in Patricia's wake — VIDEO

  24-10-2015 17:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Heavy rains fueled by the meeting of two strong storm systems, one the remnants of Hurricane Patricia, pounded southeastern Texas triggering flash floods and derailing a freight train as the heavy weather descended upon Houston early on Sunday.
  
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• Houston braces for floods as Patricia's remnants strike Texas

  24-10-2015 17:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Heavy rains fueled by the meeting of two strong storm systems, one the remnants of Hurricane Patricia, pounded southeastern Texas on Saturday, triggering flash floods and derailing a freight train as the heavy weather tracked toward Houston.
  
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• Freight train derails amid flooding in Texas — VIDEO

  24-10-2015 17:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southeast Texas early Saturday morning as flood waters covered the tracks about 55 miles south of Dallas, putting a locomotive and rail cars on their side, according to a company spokesman and TV footage.
  
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• Teri’s Notebook: Public input sought on Carson City trails

  24-10-2015 09:43
  
  John Muir said climbing a mountain or spending time in the woods could, “wash your spirit clean.”I agree. When you get away from the buildings and sounds of traffic, your chest opens up as big as the sky around you. There’s a settling of the soul. That’s why the work the volunteer organization, Eagle Valley Trails Association is doing to build and maintain trails is so important. But it cannot do it alone. Organizers of the trails association are hosting a series of publi
  
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• Thomas the Train has a lot of friends

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  2-year-old Julia Marinucci of Rio Vista, Calif., rides an electric Thomas Friday at the Thomas and Friends event in Virginia City.…
  
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• Tahoe ski resorts project opening dates, amped for El Niño winter

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. — You can feel it in the air. No, not the cold, snow-summoning temperatures — not yet. However, the anticipatory buzz for the 2015-16 Tahoe-Truckee ski season to get under way is as thick as snowfall on powder day.Sure, it always is this time of year, but it’s clear the collective itch to get on the slopes is especially strong this year. After all, there are two facts that can’t be ignored: 1: In terms of having a strong snow year, the Tahoe-Truckee area
  
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• Religion briefs: Former Santana member at Carson City’s First Christian Church

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  Former member of Santana visiting First Christian ChurchLeon Patillo, a former member of the Latin rock band Santana, is performing at Carson City’s First Christian Church, 2211 Mouton Drive, at 6 p.m. Sunday. After leaving Santana, Patillo launched a solo career with Word Records and was featured on his own TV show, “Leon and Friends.” In 2012 he founded the nonprofit Sowing Into Next Generation, or S.I.N.G.More information about Patillo’s projects is available at www.mr
  
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• Public input sought on Carson City trails

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  John Muir said climbing a mountain or spending time in the woods could, “wash your spirit clean.”I agree. When you get away from the buildings and sounds of traffic, your chest opens up as big as the sky around you. There’s a settling of the soul. That’s why the work the volunteer organization, Eagle Valley Trails Association is doing to build and maintain trails is so important. But it cannot do it alone. Organizers of the trails association are hosting a series of publi
  
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• Prep roundup: Damonte wins big versus Douglas

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  RENO — Three touchdowns within a span of four minutes in the first quarter on Friday night put Damonte Ranch on track to a 68-21 Sierra League football victory against Douglas.Freshman quarterback Cade McNamara threw four touchdowns in the first half, two to Sam Banghart, as Damonte Ranch (2-1 league, 4-5 overall) jumped out to a 41-14 lead against Douglas (1-2, 2-6).On a first-and-15 play to start their second possession the Mustangs struck paydirt when the speedy Banghart — who run
  
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• Nevada can’t take Hawaii for granted

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  Brian Polian is hoping his Nevada Wolf Pack football team listens to him this week.“I challenged the entire football team,” the head coach said as his Wolf Pack prepared to meet the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at Mackay Stadium this afternoon (1 p.m.). “We have to play tougher, smarter and more fundamentally sound football. That’s the challenge this week, to play to our standard.”The Pack, 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the Mountain West, ignored Polian’s message a week a
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: May 9, 1973: Nevada first state to legalize acupuncture treatment

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  May 9, 1973: Nevada first state to legalize acupuncture treatmentHundreds of letters are pouring in here from the sick and those in pain, who are hoping that the Chinese medical art of acupuncture will present a speedy cure. The letters are from persons out-of-state who have read or heard that Nevada is the first state to allow open treatment of acupuncture without supervision of a doctor. Many letters come from individuals who have received medical treatments for years without success. “S
  
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• Hutchison low qualifier at Dayton

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  DAYTON — Randall Hutchison, Orlando, Fla., eagled the 18th and final hole for a 2-under par 70 and 19-under 269 total to lead 26 qualifiers who advanced from Web.com Tour Q-School at Dayton Valley Golf Club. Ben Geyer, Arbuckle, Calif., shot a 5-under 67 that equaled the low round of the day to finish second at 17-under 271.Second round co-leader Nick Delio, Valencia, Calif., carded an even par 72 and finished third another two shots back at 15-under 273. Chris Evans, Palm Desert, Calif.,
  
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• Dayton’s last push to score just short

  24-10-2015 08:59
  
  DAYTON — It was déjà vu for a Dayton offense seeking its first points on the season. Down 49-0 against Elko at home Friday, the Dust Devils (0-9, 0-8 in Division 1A) frantically drove down the field for a chance to end the team’s season-long scoring drought on the last drive of the game, similarly to their attempt down 33-0 against Wooster last week. With less than a minute left in the game, quarterback Dylan Torgerson connected on a 29-yard pass to C.J. Wilhite who bar
  
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• Navy begins hunt for El Faro's 'black box'

  24-10-2015 07:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A U.S. Navy team tasked with recovering the voyage data recorder of the missing cargo ship El Faro arrived to the 100-square-mile search zone late Friday and has begun searching, according to Naval Sea Systems Command spokesman Chris Johnson.
  
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• Drug 'super tunnel' on U.S.-Mexico border had railway — VIDEO

  24-10-2015 05:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border have become so sophisticated in moving drugs that one "super tunnel" raided this week featured a railway.
  
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• Drug 'super tunnel' on U.S.-Mexico border had railway

  24-10-2015 05:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border have become so sophisticated in moving drugs that one "super tunnel" raided this week featured a railway.
  
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• FBI chief finds rising murder rates across U.S. 'deeply disturbing'

  24-10-2015 05:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  CHICAGO — Murder rates are soaring this year in many U.S. cities partly because police are holding back from aggressive tactics, fearful of being taped on smartphones and accused of brutality, FBI Director James Comey said on Friday.
  
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• Update: One person shot twice after domestic incident on Airport Road

  24-10-2015 05:11
  
  One person was arrested after allegedly shooting another after a domestic incident in the 2900 block of Airport Road Friday night.Carson City Sheriff’s Deputies responded shortly after 7 p.m. to reports of a person with a gunshot wound, according to Sheriff Ken Furlong. Upon arrival, deputies found the victim with two wounds — one to both legs, according to scanner reports. The suspect was in the process of being arrested on suspicion of domestic battery with a deadly weapon causing
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office responding man with gunshot wounds

  24-10-2015 05:09
  
  Update: The man has been taken via Care Flight medical helicopter to a Reno hospital. •••Carson City Sheriff’s Deputies are responding to a reports of a man with multiple gunshot wounds to his legs in the 2900 block of Airport Road, according to dispatch reports.Reports say a woman shot her ex, she has been detained.The calls went out shortly after 7. Crews are responding. The man was being transported to the hospital. Story will be updated when more information is available
  
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• Nevada DMV says wait times drop with new staff

  24-10-2015 04:55
  
  DMV officials say the new staff approved by the 2015 Legislature have helped reduce wait times at the state’s busiest metropolitan offices by 65 percent.The four Las Vegas offices dropped from 107 minutes on average to 42 minutes and the Reno office cut waiting from 126 minutes to 23 on average.Outgoing Director Troy Dillard said lawmakers approved 75 new positions for DMV. He said those staffers are now trained and on the job.In addition, he said the agency is recording record use of alte
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office welcomes Deputy Daniel Henneberger

  24-10-2015 04:55
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office welcomed a new deputy, officially putting the office at 100 percent staffing capacity.Deputy Daniel Henneberger was sworn in Friday afternoon at the Sheriff’s Office. He was pinned by his friend Bryan Williams. Also at the swearing in, Sheriff Ken Furlong announced the department is in the process of requesting six new vehicles, five SUVs and one pickup truck.Assistant Sheriff Ken Sandage and Chief of Financial Services Kathie Heath are in the process
  
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• UNLV sets timeline to reclaim leased lab space

  24-10-2015 04:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, hoping to reclaim 73,000 square feet of campus lab space leased to the Environmental Protection Agency for decades, set a new five-year timeline on Friday for the agency's gradual departure from the school.
  
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• Prostitutes heard Lamar Odom 'snorting' in brothel bathroom, court papers show

  24-10-2015 04:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Nye County brothel owner who distanced his business from allegations of drug use after Lamar Odom was found unconscious Oct. 13 following a four-day bender has changed his perspective, slightly, after court documents told a different story.
  
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• Work underway on veterinarian hospital

  24-10-2015 03:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Korte Co. is beginning work on a new two-story veterinarian hospital for VCA Decatur Animal Hospital, located at 1117 N. Decatur Blvd. in Las Vegas. The new 5,527 square-foot facility will be built adjacent to the existing clinic, which will remain in place and operational during construction. Completion is expected in April.
  
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• 31-year-old Carson City inmate dies

  24-10-2015 03:59
  
  Prison officials say a 31-year-old inmate convicted of attempted theft has died. The Nevada Department of Corrections said Travis Gray died Friday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center’s regional medical facility. The agency did not note the circumstances of Gray’s death. The agency says Gray had been in prison since mid-July serving up to 48 months for attempted theft stemming from a conviction in Clark County. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is expected to conduct an au
  
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• Inmate, 31, dies at Northern Nevada prison facility

  24-10-2015 03:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 31-year-old inmate convicted of attempted theft died Friday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center's medical facility in Carson City, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in liens scheme

  24-10-2015 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to two counts of false representation concerning real estate titles, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced in a release Friday.
  
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• Completion of UNLV parking garage again delayed

  24-10-2015 03:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The completion date for a new parking garage at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was pushed back for a second time after state education officials on Friday approved a new timeline for the $18 million project.
  
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• Feds still waiting for $130,000 fine from convicted Clark County politician

  24-10-2015 03:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors want a judge to haul former County Commissioner Erin Kenny to court to explain why she hasn't paid a $130,000 fine stemming from her conviction on corruption charges more than a decade ago.
  
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• Jury deliberates case of couple charged in 2009 beating death

  24-10-2015 02:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With the help of his brother, Will Sitton viciously beat a 68-year-old man at his Las Vegas home, rendering him unconscious at least twice.
  
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• Group threatens another lawsuit over endangered Nevada fish

  24-10-2015 01:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For the second time in six years, an environmental group is threatening to sue federal regulators over an endangered fish it says could be wiped out by proposed groundwater development in Clark and Lincoln counties.
  
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• Woman found dead inside Fremont Street Siegel Suites

  24-10-2015 01:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating the death of a woman they say was found dead Friday inside the Siegel Suites near Fremont Street and Maryland Parkway.
  
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• FBI to help Florida sheriff probe police shooting of black musician

  24-10-2015 01:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Florida sheriff investigating a plainclothes police officer's fatal shooting of a black musician asked for federal assistance on Friday to "ensure the highest level of scrutiny and impartiality."
  
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• Laxalt defends handling of sage grouse case

  24-10-2015 00:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Friday defended his move for the state to join the sage grouse lawsuit over the objections of Gov. Brian Sandoval.
  
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