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• Former, active military can get a free car wash at Fabulous Freddy's on Veterans Day

  09-11-2015 23:34
  
  All Fabulous Freddy's locations in the Las Vegas Valley are offering a free car wash for veterans and active military on Wednesday, Veterans Day.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Woman arrested on suspicion of DUI, accident hit and run

  09-11-2015 22:59
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityFRIDAYAt 12:02 a.m., a 39-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI-alcohol and accident hit and run after deputies responded to reports of a traffic accident near the 900 block of Minnesota Street. Bail was set at $1,500.At 7:12 p.m., Michelle Scott, 47, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony parole and probation violation after deputies
  
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• Timeline of events leading to resignation of Univ. of Missouri president

  09-11-2015 22:57
  
  The student protests that led to Missouri University System President Tim Wolfe's resignation Monday have a long history, but began to boil over in earnest this fall.
  
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• 4 dead, 14 injured in fiery Maryland crash

  09-11-2015 21:03
  
  Four people died and 14 others were injured in a fiery three-vehicle crash in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., Sunday evening authorities said.
  
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• Ex-Las Vegas real estate agent gets 22 years in prison, again

  09-11-2015 20:50
  
  A former Las Vegas real estate agent convicted in a mortgage fraud scheme authorities say defrauded lending institutions out of more than $25 million was sentenced for the second time Monday to nearly 22 years in prison.
  
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• Sandoval won’t rule out joining sage grouse suit but not now

  09-11-2015 20:11
  
  ELKO, Nev. — Several Nevada counties are acting prematurely in suing to block U.S. regulations intended to protect the greater sage grouse, said Gov. Brian Sandoval, who says he supports the lawsuit but not its timing. Sandoval, who is at odds with the state attorney general, said he won’t rule out joining the claim that will go before a federal judge in Reno on Nov. 17. But the best approach for now is to present the state’s objections as public comment through administrative
  
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• 3 Nevada players sweep Mountain West weekly football awards

  09-11-2015 20:11
  
  RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack swept all three of the Mountain West Conference’s player of the week awards after last week’s 30-16 victory at Fresno State. Freshman defensive back Daemon Barber was named the defensive player of the week on Monday after he became only the ninth player in league history to intercept three passes in a single game. All three picks came in the fourth quarter. It’s the second time this year Butler has won the award. Sophomore running back James Bu
  
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• Project Neon's contract approval means a traffic headache is coming

  09-11-2015 20:05
  
  The state Board of Transportation on Monday approved the $559 million widening and improvement project of Interstate 15 and the Spaghetti Bowl called Project Neon.
  
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• Nevada raises pay for techs working with autistic children

  09-11-2015 20:03
  
  The state Health and Human Services Department has announced that it has raised the rate to recruit technicians needed for a new Medicaid-sponsored autism program to $31.31 per hour, up from an initial proposal of $29.61 per hour.
  
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• Russian officials believe Sinai plane was brought down by a bomb

  09-11-2015 19:42
  
  Russian communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies showed Russia believed the plane that crashed in Sinai, Egypt, on Oct. 31 was brought down by a bomb, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
  
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• ISIS affiliate Al Wilayat Sinai claims responsibility for Russian plane crash

  09-11-2015 19:42
  
  Governments and intelligence experts increasingly believe what brought down Metrojet Flight 9268 over Egypt was no accident.
  
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• SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show, report says

  09-11-2015 19:22
  
  SeaWorld plans to phase out its killer whale show at its San Diego park next year as part of a comprehensive strategy unveiled on Monday to re-position the company amid criticism of how it treats orcas, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
  
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• Pair charged with swindling retiree out of $3M, then living it up on the Strip

  09-11-2015 19:06
  
  Hiep Cong Van and Thy Minh Phan spent the last year living like high rollers on the Strip until the law caught up with them.
  
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• $1 million bail set for Louisiana officers charged in boy's death

  09-11-2015 18:33
  
  Two Louisiana marshals charged in a shooting that left a 6-year-old boy dead and his father injured will be required to surrender their service firearms and badges if they are able to post $1 million in bail ordered by a judge on Monday.
  
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• Crash on southbound I-15 near Spring Mountain cleared

  09-11-2015 17:52
  
  An injury crash on southbound Interstate 15 near Spring Mountain Road Monday morning has been cleared.
  
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• Crash on SB I-15 near Spring Mountain causing delays

  09-11-2015 17:52
  
  An injury crash has blocked lanes on south Interstate 15 near Spring Mountain Road, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
  
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• American Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Vegas after striking bird

  09-11-2015 17:52
  
  An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport after striking a bird Monday morning, airport officials said.
  
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• Univ. of Missouri president resigns amid race relations controversy

  09-11-2015 17:27
  
  Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, announced in a Monday news conference that he was resigning from his post amid a controversy regarding race relations at the school.
  
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• Univ. of Missouri president, chancellor resign amid race relations controversy

  09-11-2015 17:27
  
  The University of Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced Monday that he would step down as of January 1. Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, announced in a Monday news conference that he was resigning from his post amid a controversy regarding race relations at the school.
  
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• 1 man killed when SUV crashes into parked truck in North Las Vegas

  09-11-2015 17:26
  
  North Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal crash in the 1700 block of West Brooks Avenue that happened just before 1 a.m. Monday.
  
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• 1 dead after SUV crashes into parked truck in North Las Vegas

  09-11-2015 17:26
  
  A driver is facing felony charges after a single-vehicle wreck killed the passenger in an SUV on Monday morning, North Las Vegas police said.
  
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• NYC shooting leaves 1 man dead, 2 injured near Penn Station

  09-11-2015 15:54
  
  A 43-year-old man was killed and two men, aged 45 and 48, were injured in a shooting early Monday near New York City's Penn Station transportation hub in Manhattan, police said.
  
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• Gunman dead after killing 2 Americans, 1 other at Jordan training site

  09-11-2015 15:33
  
  A Jordanian army officer shot dead two American military personnel and one South African and wounded six other people on Monday at a U.S.-funded security training facility near Amman, Jordan's government spokesman said.
  
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• 6 dead, including 2 Americans, in shooting at US training site in Jordan

  09-11-2015 15:33
  
  the death toll from an attack at a U.S.-funded police training facility in Jordan has risen to six, the Jordanian Embassy in Washington said on Monday.
  
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• 2 Americans, 2 others shot, killed at US training site in Jordan

  09-11-2015 15:33
  
  A Jordanian police officer shot dead two American civilian contractors, a South African contractor and a Jordanian on Monday at a U.S.-funded security training facility near Amman before being killed in a shootout, authorities said.
  
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• Median home prices stay steady in Las Vegas Valley

  09-11-2015 15:17
  
  With median prices unchanged for the last three months, the Las Vegas Valley's resale housing market is the picture of stability, a local real estate group said Monday.
  
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• Trouble at the Statehouse: secrecy, corruption and conflicts of interest

  09-11-2015 09:55
  
  In November 2014, Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure that, among other reforms, barred the state's elected officials from accepting lobbyists' gifts. But that hasn't stopped influence peddlers from continuing to provide meals to lawmakers at the luxurious Capital Hotel or in top Little Rock eateries like the Brave New Restaurant; the prohibition does not apply to "food or drink available at a planned activity to which a specific governmental body is invited," so lobbyists can buy meals so
  
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• Why Nevada failed: auditing, lobbying disclosure among trouble spots

  09-11-2015 09:42
  
  CARSON CITY — Very low marks for the state's purchasing process, internal auditing and lobbying disclosure dragged Nevada far down in the national rankings for public integrity, coming in at 46th out of 50 in a recent survey for its overall governance and anti-corruption efforts.
  
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• Auditing, lobbying disclosure among trouble spots for Nevada

  09-11-2015 09:42
  
  Very low marks for the state's purchasing process, internal auditing and lobbying disclosure dragged Nevada far down in the national rankings for public integrity, coming in at 46th out of 50 in a recent survey for its overall governance and anti-corruption efforts.
  
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• New report Nevada ranks among worst for integrity in state government

  09-11-2015 09:30
  
  It seemed like a simple rule: Don't get involved in a political campaign while serving on Nevada's Ethics Commission. After all, legislators created the commission as the main safeguard against misconduct by candidates and elected officials. To run for office while policing others would seem to be a clear conflict of interest.
  
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• Nevada ranks among worst for integrity in state government

  09-11-2015 09:30
  
  It seemed like a simple rule: Don't get involved in a political campaign while serving on Nevada's Ethics Commission. After all, legislators created the commission as the main safeguard against misconduct by candidates and elected officials. To run for office while policing others would seem to be a clear conflict of interest.
  
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• Study: Big sugar consumption contributes to heart failure

  09-11-2015 08:08
  
  Guys, listen up: There's another reason to limit your intake of sugary or artificially sweetened sodas: It might contribute to heart failure. Researchers followed the food habits of 42,000 Swedish men over 12 years and found that men who drank at least two sweetened beverages a day had a 23 percent higher risk of going into heart failure.
  
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• USDA invests $177M in rural communities

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  The state director for USDA Rural Development Nevada announced that the agency invested more than $177 million in rural communities in fiscal year 2015, helping more than 700 families buy or repair homes and investing more than $28 million to repair community water and sewer systems. “These are projects that will stand the test of time,” Sarah Adler said in a news release. “When we help a family buy a home of their own, or when these towns get new water and sewer infrastructur
  
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• The Cat’s meow

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Caterpillar equipment is designed to last. Just ask Joe Stella, fleet and production manager of Bing Materials. He is still running a Cat 988B Wheel Loader — a machine that debuted when Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was topping the music Billboard charts for the first time in 1976. After almost 40 years of hard work, the Cat 988B started having a few maintenance issues. Kevin Colvin, Stella’s Cashman Equipment product support sale representative, suggested trying oil
  
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• Tesla spinoffs eyed in Carson City

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Spinoff employment in Carson City from the Tesla Motor/Panasonic Energy combination could amount to 300 jobs or more after 2016-17, according to Nevada’s state demographer.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 talked
  
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• Ski resort advanced bookings down

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  While western resort towns recorded record summer lodging numbers for the third consecutive summer, the winter projections appear to be less promising — at least for the moment.A report from DestiMetrics — a Denver, Colorado-based organization that tracks mountain lodging bookings at 19 western mountain destinations — suggested that advanced winter booking trends were down 2.3 percent in September compared to the same time last year. Occupancy for the month, however, was up ne
  
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• Sister cities: A Wirral-wind of economic possibility

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Wirral is the ninth-largest metropolitan district in the UK, located on the river Mersey halfway between Liverpool and Chester, with a population of about 320,000. Like Reno, another river city, Wirral is a place that had been over-reliant on a tourism base, previously mired in the Great Recession. It’s now positioned for a technology boom, being just a couple of hours away from the hot technology start-up community that has emerged in London over the past decade. Phil Davies, leader of t
  
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• Saint Mary’s expands northwest clinic

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Saint Mary’s Medical Group opened the doors on a new 46,000-square-foot medical center Nov. 1 in northwest Reno.The Robb Drive Medical Campus is located at 6255 Sharlands Avenue near Robb Drive in a former Scolari’s grocery store. The large space offers room for a major expansion of services compared to the northwest medical facility it replaces. For example, the old clinic had eight examination rooms. The new clinic has 80, divided between separate areas for urgent care, pediatrics
  
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• Reno’s hospitals growing with community

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Reno’s two largest hospitals are gearing up to meet the medical needs of an expected population surge.In September, Renown announced a nearly $64 million investment that includes state-of-the-art technology, enlarging its Institute for Cancer building, creating an intermediate level of care between emergency medicine and hospital admission, and exploring the construction of a completely new medical center.Saint Mary’s Medical Group has invested $50 million in the past 18 months on n
  
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• Panasonic exec has local roots

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  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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• Company to move division to Douglas County

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  The Northern Nevada Development Authority recently announced that VIP Rubber and Plastic is moving a recently acquired plastic division from Ontario, California, to Douglas County.According to the NNDA, VIP recently purchased a building in Minden and plans to create 40 jobs at the new northern Nevada location. VIP Rubber and Plastic’s main manufacturing facility located in La Habra, California, will be unaffected by the move.Founded in 1961, VIP Rubber and Plastic is a family owned and op
  
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• City National joins Royal Bank of Canada

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Royal Bank of Canada’s acquisition of City National Bank, which has three branches in northern Nevada, will create banking opportunities for City’s customers, a spokesman said. Paul Stowell, senior vice president for marketing at the bank’s Nevada division, said the company will continue to operate under the City National name and will not be subject to any changes — only enhancements.The merger makes City National Bank’s 3,800 employees part of the 12th largest ba
  
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• Chick-fil-A planning Reno location

  09-11-2015 08:07
  
  Chick-fil-A, a popular fast-food chain based out of Georgia, is in the early stages of opening a store at the former Marie Callender’s location on the corner of Kietzke Lane and S. McCarrarn Boulevard.The restaurant proposes to demolish the building that has sat vacant since Marie Callender’s closed.In a special use permit filed with the City of Reno, Chick-fil-A plans a 4,529-square-foot building including a drive-thru area and seating for 122.The restaurant intends to be open from
  
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• Pow-Wow brings traditional dancers to Moapa — PHOTOS

  09-11-2015 06:27
  
  The 24th Annual Southern Paiute Veterans Pow-Wow in Moapa on Saturday and Sunday featured dancers, drumming exhibitions and colorful costumes.
  
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• Sandoval to join 10,000 for Veterans Day festivities in downtown Las Vegas

  09-11-2015 04:35
  
  Billed as "the largest veterans parade west of the Mississippi," the annual event will kick off Wednesday in downtown Las Vegas, followed by a groundbreaking ceremony for a long-sought veterans memorial in front of the Sawyer Building.
  
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• Cryotherapy businessman eager to talk to Nevada regulators

  09-11-2015 04:18
  
  The chief operating officer of a Henderson fitness business that offers cryotherapy looks forward to talking with state health and businesss officials about the safety of the procedure and any plans for oversight.
  
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• Sanders fires up thousands in North Las Vegas; O'Malley promotes immigration reform

  09-11-2015 02:48
  
  More than 2,000 supporters of Bernie Sanders gathered at a North Las Vegas sports complex to hear from the independent U.S. senator from Vermont wants the Democratic nomination for president.
  
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• O'Malley, back in Las Vegas, promotes immigration reform

  09-11-2015 02:48
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley on Sunday criticized the argument that immigrants take American jobs, calling it an example of the "failed thinking of the past."
  
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• Nevada State Director for Bernie Sanders Is Leaving the Campaign

  09-11-2015 00:57
  As Mr. Sanders prepared for a major rally in Nevada on Sunday, an aide to the candidate confirmed that Jim Farrell, his state director there, would not continue in his role.
  
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