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• Las Vegas weighs license fee for ride-hailing companies

  04-11-2015 23:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ride-hailing companies could soon run out of room to operate without ponying up for a business license in Southern Nevada.
  
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• Nevada counties to receive extra compensation from federal government

  04-11-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada counties will receive a little something extra from the federal government to compensate them for federal lands that don't generate tax revenue.
  
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• NDOT completes Spooner drainage project in Carson City

  04-11-2015 23:47
  
  The Nevada Department of Transportation has substantially completed a project to enhance storm drainage, help preserve water quality and reduce erosion on U.S. 50 in south Carson City.The project replaced more than 50 storm drains and drop inlets, as well as enhanced roadside slopes and curb and gutter on U.S. 50 from the South Carson Street/Spooner junction to Tahoe Golf Club Drive, approximately four and a half miles up U.S. 50. Multiple drainage channels from the highway were improved with a
  
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• Friend of Charleston shooting suspect released on bail

  04-11-2015 23:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A South Carolina man charged with hiding from federal investigators what he knew about a church shooting massacre his friend Dylann Roof is accused of carrying out was freed from jail on Wednesday, a source familiar with the case said.
  
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• Carson City Symphony to play with harpist Marina Roznitovsky Oster Saturday

  04-11-2015 22:59
  
  The Carson City Symphony Association is presenting an evening of music, wine, and dessert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the historic Bliss Mansion, 608 Elizabeth St. The recital will feature an award-winning classical harpist, Marina Roznitovsky Oster, who will play various solo works for harp.Oster has performed with professional orchestras in the U.S., South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Principal harpist with the Reno Chamber Orchestra, Susanville Symphony, and the Nevada Opera, she recently
  
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• Carson City Symphony sponsoring harpist Marina Roznitovsky Oster Saturday

  04-11-2015 22:59
  
  The Carson City Symphony Association is presenting an evening of music, wine, and dessert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the historic Bliss Mansion, 608 Elizabeth St. The recital will feature an award-winning classical harpist, Marina Roznitovsky Oster, who will play various solo works for harp.Oster has performed with professional orchestras in the U.S., South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Principal harpist with the Reno Chamber Orchestra, Susanville Symphony, and the Nevada Opera, she recently
  
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• Las Vegas winter water restrictions now in effect

  04-11-2015 22:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just in case the rain didn't jog your memory, the Southern Nevada Water Authority reminds you that Sunday marked the start of winter watering restrictions in the Las Vegas Valley.
  
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• NASA wants you to apply for its astronaut program

  04-11-2015 22:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In an Instagram post Wednesday, NASA announced that it's looking for a new batch of potential astronauts and explained the application process.
  
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• Settlement yields $8M for programs to improve women's health

  04-11-2015 22:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Researchers at Nevada's medical school and University Medical Center in Las Vegas will share $8 million for projects and programs aimed at improving women's health, thanks to a 2014 settlement with a major drug company, the attorney general's office announced Wednesday.
  
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• More than half of black millennials know victim or have experienced police violence

  04-11-2015 21:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than half of black millennials have either experienced police violence or harassment, or know someone who has, but they are more optimistic about the possibility of political change than their non-black peers, a study said on Wednesday.
  
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• Cryotherapy death was not criminal, Metro concludes

  04-11-2015 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police have determined the death of a woman found in a cryotherapy machine was not criminal.
  
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• San Diego police in standoff with man wielding high-powered rifle

  04-11-2015 20:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  San Diego police SWAT team members surrounded an apartment on Wednesday where they said a man armed with a high-powered rifle was "contained" after shooting at officers responding to a domestic incident, police and local media said.
  
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• Woman charged with murder, assault in Okla. homecoming parade crash

  04-11-2015 20:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman suspected of driving her car into a homecoming parade crowd at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater was formally charged on Wednesday with second-degree murder and assault in the incident that killed four people and injured dozens.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of damage to jail

  04-11-2015 20:19
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTUESDAYAt 3:47 p.m., a 32-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of suspended license, brake light required and failure to appear after deputies initiated a traffic stop near Carson and Adams streets. Bail was set at $1,480.At 5:55 p.m., a 22-year-old transient man was arrested on suspicion of damage to jail after deputies discovered an inmate at the Cars
  
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• Las Vegas police looking for man in attempted bank robbery

  04-11-2015 20:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are looking for a man who attempted to rob a Bank of America near Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard on Oct. 28.
  
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• US officials say ISIS may have planted bomb on Russian airliner

  04-11-2015 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The latest U.S. intelligence suggests that the crash of a Russian passenger jet in the Sinai over the weekend was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by ISIS or an ISIS affiliate, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
  
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• American Airlines flight diverted to Kansas because of disruptive passenger

  04-11-2015 19:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An American Airlines flight from Phoenix to New York was diverted to Wichita,Kansas because of a disruptive passenger, the company said on Wednesday.
  
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• New app helps sort out ride-hailing services

  04-11-2015 18:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With Southern Nevada suddenly turning into a hotbed of ride-hailing activity, it may be time to get a scorecard to sort it all out.
  
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• 5 students stabbed at University of California Merced

  04-11-2015 18:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five students have been stabbed at the University of California Merced, the school announced via Twitter. The suspect was shot and killed. The campus has been closed, and classes were canceled, according to the university.
  
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• France is lifting its ban on gay men as blood donors

  04-11-2015 18:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  France is lifting its ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood, the French health minister announced Wednesday.
  
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• Reno man found dead in Brunswick Canyon

  04-11-2015 18:03
  
  A Reno man died Tuesday after being lost in snow overnight on Brunswick Canyon.The 83-year-old man was found Tuesday morning by Carson City, Douglas and Washoe Search and Rescue teams in the Brunswick Canyon at about 6,200 feet. The man was suffering from extreme frostbite and hypothermia when rescuers found him. He was transported via helicopter to Renown Regional Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries.Search and Rescue was originally called out Monday around 5 p.m. and searched
  
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• Reno man dead after rescue from Brunswick Canyon

  04-11-2015 18:03
  
  A Reno man died Tuesday after being lost in snow overnight on Brunswick Canyon.The 83-year-old man was found Tuesday morning by Carson City, Douglas and Washoe Search and Rescue teams in the Brunswick Canyon at about 6,200 feet. The man was suffering from extreme frostbite and hypothermia when rescuers found him and he was transported via helicopter to Renown Regional Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries.Search and Rescue was originally called out Monday around 5 p.m. and searc
  
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• Carson City man found dead in Brunswick Canyon

  04-11-2015 18:03
  
  A Carson City man died Tuesday after being lost in snow overnight on Brunswick Canyon.The 83-year-old man was found Tuesday morning around 8:30 a.m. by Carson City, Douglas and Washoe Search and Rescue teams in the Brunswick Canyon at about 6,200 feet underneath a tree. The man was suffering from frostbite and severe hypothermia when rescuers found him. He was transported via helicopter to Renown Regional Medical Center, where he later died from his conditions.Search and Rescue was originally c
  
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• Lawyers for Ky. clerk file new appeals over same-sex marriage licenses order

  04-11-2015 17:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lawyers for Kim Davis — the Kentucky county clerk who spent six days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — have filed an appeal to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals asking to reverse rulings they claimed trampled her religious rights.
  
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• Kim Davis' lawyers file new appeals over same-sex marriage licenses order

  04-11-2015 17:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lawyers for Kim Davis — the Kentucky county clerk who spent six days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — have filed an appeal to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals asking to reverse rulings they claimed trampled her religious rights.
  
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• Seattle to remove wads of gum from famous Gum Wall

  04-11-2015 17:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kiss the Gum Wall goodbye. The world-famous wads of gum adorning an alley in Seattle's Pike Place Market are coming down this month.
  
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• Fox Lake officer's death was staged suicide, police say

  04-11-2015 16:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of Fox Lake, Illinois, police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was "a carefully staged suicide," Lake County Major Crimes Task Force commander George Filenko said Wednesday.
  
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• Specialty courts funded for this budget cycle

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  Nevada Appeal Capitol BureauThe Nevada Supreme Court’s Judicial Council has approved funding for 21 specialty courts this budget cycle.Justice Michael Douglas, who chairs the specialty courts committee, said the courts are funded by a special General Fund appropriation of $3 million a year and the renewed ongoing funding of $1.4 million.“This gives courts seed money to begin helping people and bolsters those programs already providing services,” said Douglas.Specialty courts a
  
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• Smith Valley facing water use restrictions in 2016

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  The State Engineer has issued protective orders that restricts groundwater pumping for irrigation in 2016.“The purpose of these prospective orders is to protect existing water rights and wells, protect the physical integrity of the aquifer and protect the long-term water supply,” the engineer’s office said in a statement.How much groundwater pumping will be curtailed, if at all, officials said, will depend on predictions for surface water flows on the Walker River.A spokesman
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: July 18, 1962: Last near-ground atmospheric test detonated

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  The last near-ground atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site, Little Feller I, was detonated in support of an army exercise which also involved the firing of conventional weapons.The Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department, in a joint announcement, said about 900 troops of the 4th Infantry Division from Ft. Lewis, Wash., took place in “the realistic field maneuver.”The exercise was conducted under supervision of the U.S. Continental Army command with headquar
  
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• Get Healthy Carson City: November is diabetes month

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages. It addresses topics related to the health of our community.November is American Diabetes Month, and Carson City Health and Human Services wants to take a moment to remind everyone about the important public health impact diabetes has in our country, and also the health challenges faced by those with diabetes. Nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. An additional 86 million Americans have prediabet
  
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• Contingent fascinated by trip to Israel

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was impressed by a Carson City contingent in his country, a nation where the contingent learned “fascinating” things.That was the gist of reports from Mayor Robert Crowell, Supervisor Brad Bonkowski and City Manager Nick Marano after returning from a trip to the 30th Mayors International Conference. The trio traveled to the Mideast at their own expense, as all three were eager to impart when contacted about the trip, but Crowell was stoked a
  
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• Carson sweeps against Reno

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  It wasn’t typical Carson High volleyball, but it was enough to advance to the next round of the playoffs.Despite not having a hitter reach double digits in kills, the Senators breezed past Reno 25-14, 25-19 and 25-17 Tuesday night in the opening round of the Division I regional playoffs at Morse Burley Gym.Carson advances to a 5 p.m. meeting on Thursday against arch-rival Douglas at Bishop Manogue. The Tigers, the No. 4 team in the Sierra League, knocked off High Desert champ McQueen in f
  
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• Carson City’s MAC on track

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  Construction of Carson City’s multi-purpose athletic center remains on track with a mid-December completion possible despite a tight sub-contracting construction labor market.Bill Miles of Miles Construction Co., the general contractor, and Roger Moellendorf, city government’s Parks and Recreation Department director, made that assessment Tuesday even as Moellendorf said if a minor delay intervenes it isn’t a big deal. Moellendorf said the community has awaited the center, als
  
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• Carson City holiday ornament featuring Nevada State Prison released

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  The 14th Carson City holiday ornament has been released and depicts a silver plated Nevada State Prison. This tradition, started by the Downtown Redevelopment Citizen’s Committee, began in 2002 as a way to highlight unique Carson City buildings that have historic and architectural character and to help attract people to local businesses during the holiday season. Each year, a few shops around town sell a limited number of ornaments.The Purple Avocado on Curry Street is one of the shops th
  
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• Carson City First Judicial Court Felony DUI court funded

  04-11-2015 07:39
  
  The Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety has issued grant funding to the First Judicial Court Felony DUI program for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The DUI program operates out of the Carson City Department of Alternative Sentencing to provide an alternative to prison for felony DUI defendants. It’s a three- to five-year program that has had 43 graduates in its seven years and goes beyond traditional discipline and deals with felony repeat drunk driving offender
  
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• Nevada set for hostile environment in Fresno

  04-11-2015 07:31
  
  The Nevada Wolf Pack will be looking for some payback Thursday night (7:30 p.m., ESPN2) against the Fresno State Bulldogs at Bulldog Stadium.“Last yearn if we beat them, we probably would have been playing for the Mountain West championship,” Wolf Pack coach Brian Polian said. “And they beat us thoroughly. I haven’t forgotten that. That game still bothers me a lot.”Fresno State came to Mackay Stadium last Nov. 22 and beat the Wolf Pack 40-20. The Pack turned the ba
  
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• Community spotlight: Carson City’s Silver State wins Fall Fest crown

  04-11-2015 07:31
  
  The Silver State Gymnastic Academy’s Level 4 team won the team title at last weekend’s Fall Fest in Grass Valley.In the Level 4 older group, Jessica Stine was second on the vault and third in the beam. In the younger Level 4 group, Eviana McGowan was first on floor and second on bars, while Eliana Hollar won beam and was third all-around. Bella Planeta was second on vault and third on floor, and Emily Lewis was third in vault, bars and beam.In Level 3, Danica Studley was second on b
  
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• North Las Vegas wants emergency workers to live in city

  04-11-2015 06:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas is a nice place to visit, but would you want to live there? When it comes to a majority of the city's firefighters and police, the answer is no.
  
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• NLV wants emergency workers to live in city

  04-11-2015 06:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas is a nice place to visit, but would you want to live there? When it comes to a majority of the city's firefighters and police, the answer is no.
  
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• When a Photographer Is His Own Camera

  04-11-2015 06:00
  Inside a converted delivery truck, Ian Ruhter manually creates stunning landscapes over the course of many hours.
  
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• Silverstone Golf Club owners ordered to restore property

  04-11-2015 05:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge has ordered Silverstone Golf Club's new owners to roll back the clock, issuing a preliminary injunction forcing a California-based company to restore the mothballed property "as if they had continuously watered and maintained" the course after it was sold and shuttered on Sept. 1.
  
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• San Francisco board approves settlement with Nevada over mental patient busing

  04-11-2015 04:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a $400,000 payment from Nevada to settle a lawsuit over the state's practice of busing indigent mental patients to the city in years past.
  
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• San Francisco board approves settlement with Nevada

  04-11-2015 04:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a $400,000 payment from Nevada to settle a lawsuit over the state's practice of busing indigent mental patients to the city in years past.
  
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• Fiore loses license for home health care business

  04-11-2015 04:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State regulators pulled the license of Assemblywoman Michele Fiore's home health care business in Las Vegas on Tuesday after inspectors found the business closed, but were unable to reach her.
  
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• 'What's next' in addressing Nevada teacher shortage

  04-11-2015 03:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A formidable list of who's who in Nevada education circles soon will start meeting with state lawmakers and business leaders in an attempt to solve the chronic shortage of public school teachers in the Silver State.
  
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• Psychologist: Strip killer Ammar Harris raised amid abject poverty, abuse — VIDEO

  04-11-2015 03:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sandra Sutton-Wasmund, a mother of three from Washington state, died instantly after a gunshot from Ammar Harris triggered the fiery explosion of a cab on the Las Vegas Strip. Shera Bradley, a psychologist hired by defense lawyers tasked with convincing jurors to spare Harris's life, testified Tuesday that she spent 13 hours talking with Harris about his life.
  
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• Nevada health officials now reviewing cryotherapy

  04-11-2015 03:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada health officials now are studying cryotherapy devices to determine they are safe for the general public after a Las Vegas woman died last month while using one of the machines.
  
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• Metro looking for 2 men in west valley robberies

  04-11-2015 02:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is seeking the public's help in identifying two men they said may be connected to two armed robberies at west valley parking lots on Oct. 19.
  
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• Woman sought in robbery of 85-year-old man

  04-11-2015 01:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are trying to identify a woman they said robbed an 85-year-old man near the intersection of Aliante Parkway and the 215 Beltway after asking him for a ride last week.
  
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