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• Most applicants for school-choice program are from wealthy neighborhoods

  29-10-2015 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Families who live in Nevada's wealthiest neighborhoods have flooded the state treasurer's office with applications to enroll in a controversial school choice program that supporters argued would help low-income students.
  
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• Holiday with a Hero to benefit from Carson City holiday crawl

  29-10-2015 23:15
  
  The Holiday with a Hero committee is sponsoring a Holiday Crawl — a festive pub crawl through downtown bars — to raise money for the annual shopping spree for children who classify as homeless in Carson City. “Because of funding we’ve had to cut back on the number of kids we’ve served in the past few years,” said Carson City Sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Gonzales, who serves on the committee. “We’re trying to get more kids served.”Gonzales was
  
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• Henderson nonprofit works to identify missing people, bodies

  29-10-2015 23:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Watching police procedurals on television might give you the impression that every time the authorities find a body, it is identified in days, if not minutes. Rebel Morris, founder and executive director of Can You Identify Me?, said that is not the case.
  
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• 75th edition of Nevada Day Parade in Carson City

  29-10-2015 23:07
  
  Nevada celebrated its Sesquicentennial last year. This year, Carson City celebrates a milestone of sorts when it comes to celebrating Nevada Day. When the Nevada Day Parade is held on Saturday, Oct. 31, it’s going to be the 75th time the parade has been held in Carson City. The parade was first held in Carson City in 1938 and held here for four years from 1938-1941. During the World War II years of 1942-1944, the parade was suspended, but came back in 1945. Along with the other milestone
  
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• Documents tell story of deadly Texas shootout between biker clubs

  29-10-2015 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After the guns fell silent on May 17 — one of the bloodiest afternoons in the history of American motorcycle clubs — nine bikers lay dead in a strip mall parking lot littered with weapons.
  
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• Bella Bond child abuse case 'prematurely closed,' report says — VIDEO

  29-10-2015 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families failed to properly investigate child abuse claims in Bella Bond's case, whose remains were discovered earlier this year, according to a new report released Wednesday by the state Office of the Child Advocate.
  
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• Missouri teen dies from bullet wound to face after confrontation with police

  29-10-2015 22:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An 18-year-old black man died on Thursday from a bullet wound to his face after aconfrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb of Normandy as members of his family disputed officers' reports that the man committed suicide.
  
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• Ex-prep school student in sex assault trial sentenced to year in jail

  29-10-2015 22:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former New Hampshire prep school student convicted in the sexual assault of a fellow student will spend one year in jail, a judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of eluding, possession of a controlled substance

  29-10-2015 22:11
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.WEDNESDAYAt 1:09 a.m., Austin Sannes, 20, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony eluding causing property damage, felony possession of a controlled substance, DUI-first offense, reckless driving and minor consuming after deputies attempted to contact a man in a vehicle near 1800 Spooner Drive. Sannes led deputies on a pursuit down Northridge Drive and Eastridge Lane b
  
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• "Spooky" asteroid will get close to Earth on Halloween

  29-10-2015 21:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Don't look now, but an asteroid is heading our way on Halloween.
  
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• Attorney's office using recordings to prosecute Jared Fogle

  29-10-2015 19:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. prosecutors have a copy of audio recordings a woman in Florida says she made of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle discussing his sexual encounters with children and took those recordings into account before charging him, officials said on Thursday.
  
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• China ending strict one-child policy

  29-10-2015 18:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of a strict one-child policy, the ruling Communist Party said on Thursday, a move aimed at alleviating demographic strains on the economy.
  
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• Injuries reported after plane catches fire at Fort Lauderdale airport

  29-10-2015 18:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Boeing 767 caught fire while taxiing for departure Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, a Federal Aviation Administration official said.
  
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• 17 injured in plane fire at Fort Lauderdale airport

  29-10-2015 18:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The engine of a Boeing 767 carrying 101 people caught fire as the plane taxied for departure Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, officials said. It was bound for Caracas, Venezuela.
  
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• 15 injured in plane fire at Fort Lauderdale airport

  29-10-2015 18:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The engine of a Boeing 767 carrying 101 people caught fire as the plane taxied for departure Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, officials said. It was bound for Caracas, Venezuela.
  
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• Paul Ryan elected Speaker of the House

  29-10-2015 17:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to install Republican Rep. Paul Ryan as its new speaker, replacing John Boehner following a revolt by conservative lawmakers who forced his retirement.
  
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• Texas allocates $32M towards makeover of the Alamo

  29-10-2015 17:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who long-headed San Antonio's Chamber of Commerce has grown tired of the reaction he receives from the visitors he takes to the Alamo, the highly recognizable monument to Texas independence and the state' most-visited tourist site.
  
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• Semitrailer overturns on Summerlin Parkway ramp near 215 Beltway

  29-10-2015 16:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol is responding to an overturned semitrailer on the westbound Summerlin Parkway ramp to the southbound 215 Beltway.
  
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• Power restored to 1,500 east Las Vegas residences after tree falls on lines

  29-10-2015 15:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Power has been restored to an east valley neighborhood after a fallen tree caused a transformer to explode and downed power lines early Thursday morning, officials said.
  
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• 1,500 east Las Vegas residents without power after tree falls on power lines

  29-10-2015 15:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fallen tree caused a transformer to explode and down power lines in the east valley Thursday morning, officials say.
  
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• Passenger traffic at McCarran surges nearly 6 percent in September

  29-10-2015 08:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Arrivals and departures surged nearly 6 percent at McCarran International airport in September, the airport said in a statement.
  
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• Haunt-your-dreams dessert from Vegas sweet spots

  29-10-2015 08:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Did we eat all of this dessert? Of course. And we would do it again.
  
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• A night chasing ghosts at the Clown Motel

  29-10-2015 08:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  A haunted cemetery, ham-wielding clowns and a full town for the night.
  
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• Weather should be great for Nevada Day Parade in Carson City

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  Clear skies with temperatures in the 50s, ascending to the low 70s, is the Carson City forecast for the Nevada Day parade.Despite a taste of early winter coming next week, a brisk autumn morning is anticipated as parade watchers and Nevada Day revelers gather Saturday morning. After the parade in the afternoon hours, a golden autumn day is in store for those celebrating the state’s 151st birthday here if weather forecasters have it right.“It’s going to be a beautiful day,&rdqu
  
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• Tesla spinoffs eyed at Carson City Chamber luncheon

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  Spinoff employment in Carson City from the Tesla Motor/Panasonic Energy combination could amount to 300 jobs or more after 2016-17, Nevada’s state demographer said Wednesday.Jeff Hardcastle spoke at a Carson City Chamber of Commerce Soup’s On luncheon at the Gold Dust West Casino, running through a series of slides showing various possible impacts in the region ranging from job growth to housing due to growth at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center east of Reno and Sparks. He also talke
  
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• Statues honoring veterans changed at capitol in Carson City

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  This week was the changing of the guard at the state capitol as the larger-than-life statue of a Vietnam soldier was removed and replaced with the statue of a World War II soldier.The Vietnam soldier was headed south to the Las Vegas Veterans Memorial for the upcoming groundbreaking at the memorial.The group who created the memorial on the grounds of the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas will eventually have a dozen statues erected there representing every major conflict in U.S. history from t
  
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• Science and technology office awards grants to Western Nevada College, TMCC and Henderson College

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  The Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation and Technology has awarded a total of $335,975 in Workforce Challenge Grants to Nevada’s community colleges.Nearly half the total went to Western Nevada College in Carson City. The school received $150,000 to build a Mechatronics Training Center and implement the Siemens Mechatronics certified curriculum. That will make WNC the only Siemens certified training center in the western U.S.It will train students on advanced automated systems u
  
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• ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ coming to Carson City

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  Carson City celebrates the 40th anniversary of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” when the cult classic musical is screened Friday at the Brewery Arts Center. Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick, the 1975 R-rated film is part campy musical, part horror flick. The movie, a satirical tribute to science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through 1970s, is based on the musical stage production of the same name by Richard O’Brien. Presented by the Brewery Arts
  
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• Carson City’s Anderson, key Panasonic exec, returns to area

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  Mark Anderson left Carson City more than three decades ago with thoughts of becoming a sportscaster, but this year returned as a top executive in advanced manufacturing.Anderson, a 1984 graduate of Carson High School, now is the general manager of human resources and general affairs with Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PENA). He was lured last year to consider a Panasonic post, which he took in early 2015. He came back from Indiana, is living temporarily with his parents in Carso
  
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• Carson City commission approves permit for medical marijuana operation

  29-10-2015 07:31
  
  A medical marijuana production facility for Carson City, which is the fourth planned here, won special use permit approval from the Planning Commission Wednesday.The city commission voted 5-1 to approve the permit sought by Carson City Agency Solutions, LLC, for the production plant in an existing 2,100 square foot building at 4949 U.S. Highway 50 East. The applicant firm’s representatives on hand were Lucinda Mahoney of Anchorage, Alaska, and Kurt Brown of Carson City.“We would sel
  
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• Pack hoops begin new era with Musselman

  29-10-2015 07:23
  
  The Eric Musselman era hasn’t exactly been a whole lot of fun for the Nevada Wolf Pack players so far.“We were up at 6 a.m. this summer doing a lot of running,” junior guard D.J. Fenner said. “We just ran non-stop. Some dudes threw up. It’s been one of those summers.”It was Musselman’s version of basketball boot camp.“It was such a grind this summer, between the weights, the conditioning,” senior center Lucas Stivrins said. “It was all
  
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• NNDA looks to pre-certify business sites

  29-10-2015 07:23
  
  The launch of a Nevada certified site program by Northern Nevada Development Authority to speed site selection and approval for business and industry was announced Wednesday.It’s designed to provide critical decision making information to business owners and those selecting sites to avoid costly delays in permits and approvals that are needed to proceed, according to Rob Hooper, executive director of the Carson City-based authority (NNDA).“The commercial real estate market in the Si
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Nov. 2, 1975: Single jack drilling champs

  29-10-2015 07:23
  
  Nov. 2, 1975: Single jack Drilling champsThis continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Dayton players have coach’s back during trying season

  29-10-2015 07:23
  
  It irked many students when Dayton hired Tom Eck — the school’s night custodian — as the head football coach in May. “During summer, when people heard that they were hiring a janitor as a coach, no one came out,” Dayton senior lineman Colton Cabral said.Talk of Eck being “just a janitor” echoed on social media among students, players said. “It was so bad I deleted my Twitter,” Cabral said. Dayton (0-9, 0-8 in Division 1A) plays its last game
  
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• Carson boys soccer rolls by Douglas

  29-10-2015 07:23
  
  MINDEN — Payback was on the minds of the Carson Senators Wednesday in their Sierra League boys soccer regular season-ending contest against arch rival Douglas.The Senators scored four goals in the opening 19 minutes, and in the end, five different players scored goals en route to a 6-1 victory on an afternoon that saw intermittent rain showers.Carson (12-3-1 league) already had second-place in the Sierra League secured, however, there was some added incentive at stake. That is, the Senato
  
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• Former Las Vegas FBI agent has unique view of mob movies

  29-10-2015 06:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegan Deborah Richard is not a movie critic, but she contends the movie "Casino" was spot on, while the current movie "Black Mass," with the exception of Johnny Depp as James "Whitey" Bulger, didn't capture the two corrupt FBI agents involved.
  
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• Prisoner sues guards over attacks by her cellmate

  29-10-2015 05:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas woman who is serving a life sentence for her role in the sexual assaults of several children has filed a civil rights lawsuit against two Clark County Detention Center corrections officers.
  
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• 17 People in Three States Are Held in Online Gambling Ring

  29-10-2015 05:00
  The ring had more than 2,000 bettors and moved millions of dollars through banks and credit card companies, the Queens district attorney said.
  
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• Police arrest 19-year-old in 12 armed robberies

  29-10-2015 04:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police on Friday arrested a man they believe was involved in a dozen armed robberies across the valley since July, the department announced Wednesday.
  
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• Education Notebook: School news and events for Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2015

  29-10-2015 04:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A drive to collect enough books for the elementary school students at Clark County's 78 Safekey sites was successful thanks to the efforts of the Henderson and Summerlin Barnes & Noble stores, UPS stores of Las Vegas, Toys for Tots and Las Vegas-area residents.
  
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• Veterans services topic of UNLV open house

  29-10-2015 04:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of Veterans Services will hold an open house 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday for veterans to hear about education benefits, career counseling and vocational rehabilitation.
  
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• 'Home Means (Southern) Nevada': Taking creative license with the Silver State's song

  29-10-2015 04:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Do you see sage and pine anywhere around here? And where the hell is the Truckee, anyway?
  
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• Police investigating fatal stabbing in west valley

  29-10-2015 03:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police tape surrounded much of the parking lot at a west valley shopping center where investigators said a man was fatally stabbed Wednesday night.
  
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• Judge: Nevada violating settlement to care for mentally ill inmates

  29-10-2015 03:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday found Nevada to be in violation of a 2014 federal lawsuit settlement to provide prompt treatment to mentally ill inmates languishing in jail.
  
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• Talking with Lake Mead's new superintendent, Bronx-born Lizette Richardson

  29-10-2015 03:11 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Mayor of Lake Mead.
  
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• An event at the LGBT Center reveals a generation of transgender milestones

  29-10-2015 03:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Christine Jorgensen, Jahna Steele and more.
  
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• Eagle Scout who collected 400 pairs of shoes for homeless among Red Cross honorees — VIDEOS

  29-10-2015 02:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Opulence in a Paris Las Vegas hallway and ballroom — complete with sparkling chandeliers and marble furniture — belied the atmosphere Wednesday of the awards ceremony it housed. That atmosphere was humility, as more than 500 people honored stories of bravery and human kindness from "everyday heroes" chosen by the Southern Nevada Red Cross
  
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• Henderson college, 2 other colleges win high-tech grants

  29-10-2015 02:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three Nevada colleges will receive a combined $336,000 to develop workforce training programs focused on the needs of high-tech industries.
  
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• Nevada near top for its retiree tax policies

  29-10-2015 02:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada ranks high on yet another list of states with the friendliest tax policies for retirees.
  
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• Sen. Dean Heller recalls Nevada Day memories

  29-10-2015 02:03
  
  For Sen. Dean Heller, the Nevada Day Parade is steeped in memories and tradition.Heller, who was raised in Carson City, has attended the parades since he was just a child. He said he marched as a Boy Scout and as a trombone player in the Carson High band.But he remembers watching when just a small boy. “I remember Cecil the sea serpent from Hawthorne,” he said. “He would come down the street and my brothers and sisters and I were afraid of that thing. It would go back and fort
  
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