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• Hillary Clinton in Reno Monday

  20-11-2015 23:47
  
  Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton will be in Reno Monday to visit Crossroads, a public-private partnership providing social services in western Nevada.The event is open to the public but Nevadans who want to attend should RSVP at https://www.hillaryclinton.com/events/view/?id=956901.The meeting, an organizing event, will be held at Pine Middle School on Neil Road at 5:15 p.m. The doors open at 3:45 p.m.The tour of Crossroads will be at the organization’s main campus, Cat
  
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• Annual Toys for Tots drive under way through Dec. 16

  20-11-2015 23:47
  
  The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County is seeking gifts for boys and girls ages 13 to 17 during its annual holiday toy drive.Even with 82 locations around Carson City and Douglas County, including 27 of the Salvation Army’s ubiquitous red-kettle bell-ringers, Lt. Mark Cyr of the Salvation Army said teenagers are the most often overlooked population during holiday gift giving.“People love to buy fun toys for the little kids,” he said. “Teenagers are hard
  
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• Annual Toys for Tots drive under way

  20-11-2015 23:47
  
  The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County is seeking gifts for boys and girls ages 13 to 17 during its annual holiday toy drive.Even with 82 locations around Carson City and Douglas County, including 27 of the Salvation Army’s ubiquitous red-kettle bell-ringers, Lt. Mark Cyr of the Salvation Army said teenagers are the most often overlooked population during holiday gift giving.“People love to buy fun toys for the little kids,” he said. “Teenagers are hard
  
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• Annual Toys for Tots Drive in Carson City

  20-11-2015 23:47
  
  The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County is seeking gifts for boys and girls ages 13 to 17 during its annual holiday toy drive.Even with 82 locations around Carson City and Douglas County, including 27 of the Salvation Army’s ubiquitous red-kettle bell-ringers, Lt. Mark Cyr of the Salvation Army said teenagers are the most often overlooked population during holiday gift giving.“People love to buy fun toys for the little kids,” he said. “Teenagers are hard
  
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• Annual Salvation Army, Toys for Tots drives ongoing in Carson City

  20-11-2015 23:47
  
  The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County is seeking gifts for boys and girls ages 13 to 17 during its annual holiday toy drive.Even with 82 locations around Carson City and Douglas County, including 27 of the Salvation Army’s ubiquitous red-kettle bell-ringers, Lt. Mark Cyr of the Salvation Army said teenagers are the most often overlooked population during holiday gift giving.“People love to buy fun toys for the little kids,” he said. “Teenagers are hard
  
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• Obama letting his hair go gray, jokes about other leaders dyeing theirs

  20-11-2015 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama says he's letting his hair go gray without dying it — but his fellow world leaders aren't doing the same.
  
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• Support local business, ‘shop small’ this year

  20-11-2015 22:19
  
  Since its founding in 2010 by American Express, Small Business Saturday has emerged as a major event for holiday shoppers who want to support their community.In fact, a survey showed customers spent a whopping $14.3 billion with small, independent businesses on the day in 2014, a strong indication of how the day is growing into a major American shopping tradition.If the trend continues, 2015’s Small Business Saturday is going to be even bigger. With proclamations of support from government
  
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• ‘Shop Small’ this year

  20-11-2015 22:19
  
  Since its founding in 2010 by American Express, Small Business Saturday has emerged as a major event for holiday shoppers who want to support their community.In fact, a survey showed that customers spent a whopping $14.3 billion with small, independent businesses on the day in 2014, a strong indication of how the day is growing into a major American shopping tradition.If the trend continues, 2015’s Small Business Saturday will be even bigger. With proclamations of support from governments
  
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• Caution urged to avoid horse-car collisions

  20-11-2015 22:19
  
  The Nevada Department of Agriculture is urging caution after a motorist was taken to the hospital Friday morning after a collision with a feral horse at the intersection of old 395 and Rawhide Drive in Washoe Valley.Horses in this area are crossing roadways in search of feed and water sources. Drivers should remain alert and aware, and be sure to obey all traffic laws, stressing the importance of posted speed limits in this area.“We encourage all motorists driving in this area to just ass
  
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• Accidents prompt warning about feral horses in Washoe Valley

  20-11-2015 22:19
  
  In the wake of the second accident in the past week, the Nevada Department of Agriculture is warning motorists to be extremely alert for feral horses on Eastlake Boulevard in Washoe Valley.A spokesman said most recently, a motorist was hospitalized Friday morning after hitting two feral horses at Old 395 and Rawhide Drive in Eastlake.“Horses in this area are crossing roadways in search of feed and water sources,” said Flint Wright, animal industry administrator for the department.He
  
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• Carson City’s Adele’s rated as a top seafood spot in state

  20-11-2015 22:11
  
  Cafe at Adele’s in Carson City is among the top seafood dining spots in Nevada, according to a website rating released recently.“You either love it or you hate it,” said OnlyInYourState.com of seafood. “Fortunately, if you love it, you won’t have any problem finding it here in Nevada.”The website ranked Adele’s No. 3 among the 10 it highlighted, trailing one in nearby Reno and another in Las Vegas. Featured in the write-up about Adele’s were the r
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia

  20-11-2015 22:11
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityWEDNESDAYAt 7:03 p.m., a 31-year-old transient man was arrested on civil protective custody after deputies responded to reports of a man sleeping in the bathroom at a Carson Street Cactus Jack. When deputies arrived, the man was heavily under the influence of methamphetamines and due to physical impairment and insufficient weather for the cold, deputies arrested him fo
  
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• Police arrest man they've been looking for since January

  20-11-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man Las Vegas police have been looking for since January was arrested in California on Nov. 12, according to a news release Friday.
  
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• CDC reports E. coli outbreaks linked to Chipotle in 6 states

  20-11-2015 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants has now caused 45 cases of illness across six states, according to the CDC. Sixteen of those ill individuals have been hospitalized.
  
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• CDC reports E. coli outbreaks linked to Chipotle in 3 new states

  20-11-2015 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that three additional states reported E. coli infections of the same strain as the Chipotle outbreak.
  
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• Man killed at East Sahara apartment complex

  20-11-2015 20:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A shooting at the Promenade apartments in the 4800 block of East Sahara Avenue resulted in a man's death Thursday, according to a news release Friday.
  
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• School district to pay $30,000 over ban on student's club

  20-11-2015 20:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County School District agreed to pay $30,000 to a Chicago-based law firm representing a West Career and Technical Academy student who was forbidden from starting an anti-abortion club.
  
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• School district to pay $30,000 over ban on student's anti-abortion club

  20-11-2015 20:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District agreed to pay $30,000 to a Chicago-based law firm representing a West Career and Technical Academy student who was forbidden from starting an anti-abortion club.
  
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• Tesla recalling 90,000 sedans over possible seat belt defect

  20-11-2015 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tesla Motors Inc. is recalling all 90,000 Model S sedans produced to check for a possible defect in the front seat belt assemblies, the company said on Friday.
  
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• Health officials investigating E. coli cases in Reno

  20-11-2015 19:23
  
  RENO — Health officials in Northern Nevada are investigating more than a dozen confirmed and probable cases of E. coli that might be associated with a Reno restaurant. Washoe County Health District spokesman Phil Ulibarri says 18 of the 21 cases seem to be related to Twisted Fork Restaurant in south Reno. The restaurant’s general manager says it will remain voluntarily closed until an investigation is complete. Authorities say health officials are working with Twisted Fork to determi
  
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• Man shot, killed downtown identified

  20-11-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man shot and killed at a home near downtown Wednesday afternoon has been identified by the Clark County coroner as 61-year-old Cresencio Flores-Salas of Las Vegas.
  
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• Man shot and killed near downtown Las Vegas identified

  20-11-2015 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man shot and killed at a home near downtown Wednesday afternoon has been identified by the Clark County coroner as 61-year-old Cresencio Flores-Salas of Las Vegas.
  
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• CNN Sets Polling Requirements to Make Main Stage at Next G.O.P. Debate

  20-11-2015 18:48
  CNN said that Republican candidates will need to have either a national polling average of 3.5 percent or higher, or be polling at 4 percent or higher in Iowa or New Hampshire, to qualify for the prime-time debate, which will be held in Las Vegas on...
  
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• Phone tap led police to apartment with ringleader of Paris attacks

  20-11-2015 18:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  PARIS —The top suspect behind last week's Paris attacks was watched by police being led into a building by a woman suicide bomber the evening before they both died there during a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday.
  
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• Man found dead in west valley Sunday identified

  20-11-2015 18:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man found dead in the 4500 block of Bonita Vista Street late Sunday has been identified as Marcell Portier Titus of Las Vegas and his death is a homicide, according to the Clark County coroner.
  
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• Coroner names man Metro says killed by son

  20-11-2015 18:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner's office named the man police say was killed by his teenage son.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in crash near Desert Inn and Mojave

  20-11-2015 17:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian was hit by a van on Desert Inn and Mojave roads before 7 a.m. Friday, according to Metro Sgt. Mark Lourenco.
  
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• Pedestrian, 68, struck, killed by van near Desert Inn and Mohave

  20-11-2015 17:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 68-yer-old man died Friday morning after being hit by a van near the intersection of Desert Inn and Mojave roads, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Gunmen storm luxury hotel in Mali, take 170 hostage

  20-11-2015 15:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An African jihadist group affiliated with al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in the Malian capital Bamako.
  
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• 27 reported dead after gunmen storm luxury hotel in Mali, take 170 hostage

  20-11-2015 15:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with at least 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that had been seized by Islamist gunmen.
  
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• 21 dead, including 2 gunmen, in attack on Mali hotel; all hostages freed

  20-11-2015 15:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with at least 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that had been seized by Islamist gunmen.
  
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• Sandoval ranks among most popular US governors

  20-11-2015 12:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval may be suffering some political fallout for the $1.4 billion tax plan he pushed through the 2015 Legislature, but a poll of Nevada voters shows he is one of the most popular governors in the country.
  
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• Reno plumber on GOLD RUSH

  20-11-2015 08:07
  
  Reno native and small business owner Juan Ibarra is back to the daily grind of machine maintenance and plumbing after making his television debut Nov. 6 on Discovery Channel’s GOLD RUSH.Ibarra, owner of Ibarra Drain Service, did machine maintenance for Todd Hoffman’s mining crew in the Canadian Yukon during the six months filming the show’s sixth season.Response to his small-screen debut has been great, he said, and “funny.”“A little different for sure.”
  
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• Rival staffs face off for a good cause

  20-11-2015 08:03
  
  Carson High’s Bob Chambers drives in for a layup Thursday night at Douglas High during a basketball game between the CHS and Douglas staffs benefiting the Howell and Hounsell families. Douglas won the game 50-48. A crowd of 300-350 attended the event.…
  
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• Nevada looks for big win on the road

  20-11-2015 08:03
  
  Brian Polian wants everyone to know once again his Nevada Wolf Pack is taking on a team that’s better than its record would indicate.“I can’t explain the 5-5,” said the Wolf Pack coach, referring to the Utah State Aggies’ record. “They’re better than that.”The Aggies (5-5, 4-3), who host the Wolf Pack (6-4, 4-2) Saturday afternoon (12:30 p.m.) in Logan, Utah, have indeed at times looked better than a .500 record would suggest. They destroyed Boise
  
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• Mystique over spirits hurdle, opens soon in downtown Carson City

  20-11-2015 08:03
  
  The city’s Liquor and Entertainment Board Thursday approved a liquor license for the owner-manager of Mystique Restaurant & Lounge, opening downtown next month.The six-member panel, which includes Sheriff Ken Furlong and the Board of Supervisors, also approved managership licenses involving a place for painting and wine or beer, and for two food marts in Carson City.Yvette Barrett, owner-manager at the restaurant and lounge going into a commercial building at 318 N. Carson St., told t
  
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• Dayton food pantry to distribute Saturday

  20-11-2015 08:03
  
  DAYTON — Healthy Communities Coalition’s Dayton Food Pantry has announced its Thanksgiving holiday schedule.Turkeys and other food will be distributed on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at Sutro Elementary School. Freida Carbery, volunteer coordinator with HCC, said, “thanks to the support of the Grocery Outlet in Carson City, St. Anne’s Church, and Wal-Mart, we were able to purchase the needed food in bulk at a big discount with cash donations. And as happens every year, w
  
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• Carson City Supervisors look at ‘curbside cobweb holders’

  20-11-2015 08:03
  
  Boats and utility trailers, based on a Thursday discussion, will be added to an ordinance restricting long-term parking of recreational vehicles (RVs) on Carson City streets.That was one of the directions the Board of Supervisors gave staff regarding a problem stemming from rising complaints about towed vehicles and RVs basically being stored in public right-of-way on residential streets around the community. But it wasn’t the only directive. Members also said a loophole should be closed
  
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• Senior Service Network hosting Festival of Trees Saturday

  20-11-2015 07:55
  
  The Senior Service Network is hosting its inaugural Festival of Trees Saturday at the Long Street Carson Plaza.The network will have fully decorated artificial trees and wreaths to auction and buy. Patrons can try to bid on a tree or wreath or pay the posted price to take it home. The event will be at the Carson Plaza, at 2120 E. Long St., from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.All proceeds go to the Senior Services Network to help aging citizens with one time financial aid for much needed relief of bathroom rai
  
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• POST Academy Class 51/52 graduation in Carson City

  20-11-2015 07:55
  
  The graduation of POST Academy Class 51/52 took place Thursday at the Stewart Facility in Carson City. Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison was the keynote speaker; other speakers included POST Executive Director Michael Sherlock and POST Academy Commander Orlando Guerra. The following 25 graduates were administered the peace officers’ oath by POST Commission Chairman, Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini. Erin M. Jackson, Carson City Juvenile Probation Services; Nicholas G. Simpson, Carson City Sheriff
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Nov. 20, 1969: Ribbon cutting at Spooner

  20-11-2015 07:55
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Carson vs. Reed: How they got to finals

  20-11-2015 07:55
  
  Aug. 29Reed 44, Carson 27: Unfortunately for the Senators, this one was over in the first half when Reed roared to a 41-6 halftime lead behind the play of QB Matt Denn, who threw for 3`10 of his 361 yards in the opening half. Greg Wallace ran for 69 yards and Joe Nelson passed for 210 yards and ran for 57 yards.Sept. 4Carson 59, McQueen 14: Carson ran for 517 yards and scored on five of its first six possessions en route to the easy win. Abel Carter rushed for 135 and Asa Carter ran for 89. The
  
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• Carson faces Reed for regional title

  20-11-2015 07:55
  
  For the past seven years, Carson and Reed have been the best in northern Nevada football. The two schools have won or shared five league/conference titles since 2009.So, it’s no surprise the two powers are squaring off for the third straight year in the regional championship game tonight (7:15 p.m., KAME) at Damonte Ranch High School. Reed has won four straight regional titles, and makes its fifth consecutive regional championship appearance. Carson will be making its fifth regional final
  
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• UNLV concert pays tribute to French Legion of Honor recipients

  20-11-2015 06:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In a moment of solidarity, there was a moment of silence. That's what Thomas Leslie, UNLV's director of wind band studies, asked for as he took the stage for The President's Concert, an event that both celebrated the university's wind orchestra and honored Las Vegas recipients of the French Legion of Honor.
  
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• Housing authority board votes to end director's tenure early

  20-11-2015 05:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The board overseeing the troubled Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority on Thursday voted to modify John Hill's contract to end his tenure as executive director.
  
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• Two suspects sought in Henderson robbery, home invasion

  20-11-2015 05:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are seeking the public's help to identify a man and a woman suspected in a robbery and a shooting at a Henderson home.
  
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• 2 suspects sought in Henderson robbery, home invasion

  20-11-2015 05:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are seeking the public's help to identify a man and a woman suspected in a robbery and a shooting at a Henderson home.
  
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• Officials approve record number of cabs for Las Vegas

  20-11-2015 04:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Taxicab Authority board on Thursday approved an unprecedented allocation of new cabs, a move that will likely raise the ire of cab drivers who already believe there are too many of them on the road.
  
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• Faraday to reveal its electric car plans at CES in January

  20-11-2015 04:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas will get the first look at what mysterious electric carmaker Faraday Future's eventual product will look like at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. By that time the public should know if that product will be manufactured in North Las Vegas.
  
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• One dead after eastern valley shooting

  20-11-2015 04:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating an east valley shooting that left one person dead Thursday afternoon. Police were called to 4801 E. Sahara at 4:16 p.m., Lt. Harry Demetres said
  
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