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• Drivers step closer to leasing taxis from Clark County cab companies

  18-12-2015 23:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Taxicab Authority administrators got a little closer Friday to producing a final draft of regulations that would permit drivers to lease taxis from Clark County cab companies and operate on their own schedules.
  
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• Las Vegas police identify man who shot, wounded officer

  18-12-2015 22:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who shot and injured a Las Vegas police officer Thursday morning has been identified as Teag Fox, Metro wrote in a release Friday.
  
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• Las Vegas police identify man who shot, injured officer

  18-12-2015 22:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who shot and injured a Las Vegas police officer Thursday morning has been identified as Teag Fox, according to Metro.
  
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• Judges, including one in Adelson lawsuit, subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale

  18-12-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson's family was revealed as the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three reporters at the newspaper received an unusual assignment passed down from the newspaper's corporate management: Drop everything and spend two weeks monitoring all activity of three Clark County judges.
  
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• Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale

  18-12-2015 22:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson's family was revealed as the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three reporters at the newspaper received an unusual assignment passed down from the newspaper's corporate management: Drop everything and spend two weeks monitoring all activity of three Clark County judges.
  
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• Three-vehicle crash forces ramp closure on Interstate 15

  18-12-2015 21:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southbound traffic on Interstate 15 cannot exit south on U.S. Highway 95 Friday morning after a three-vehicle crash blocked all lanes of the ramp, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• I-15 ramp in Spaghetti Bowl reopens after 3-vehicle crash

  18-12-2015 21:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The southbound ramp from Interstate 15 onto U.S. Highway 95 reopened just before 1 p.m. Friday, Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson said.
  
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• Local businesses partner with Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada to brighten the holidays for nearly 40 families

  18-12-2015 20:51
  
  Diane McCoy, director of operations for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, shut the doors of the van that was overflowing with bags and cartons of gifts for the Club’s annual Adopt-a-Family Christmas drive, donated by the Ridge Tahoe EAGLES employees group. She went back inside to thank the donors, and found she had missed several more boxes full of cleaning supplies, pots and pans, dishes, laundry detergent and gift cards for local grocery stores.McCoy stuffed them all inside
  
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• Le Cordon Bleu culinary schools to close

  18-12-2015 20:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The parent company of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in America has announced that it plans to phase out operations, and Jan. 4 will be the last day students can enroll.
  
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• UPDATE: Bear euthanized in Dayton

  18-12-2015 20:11
  
  DAYTON — A young female bear has been tranquilized and euthanized after a fourth troublesome time around human beings, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife.The two-year-old black bear had been handled in August, and October of 2014 while a cub, in conjunction with its sow and a sibling, then again this November before the final encounter this month, said Chris Healy, NDOW’s public information officer.He said the bear will be checked for encephalitis, which is inflammation
  
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• Bear euthanized in Dayton

  18-12-2015 20:11
  
  A 2-year-old female black bear was tranquilized and euthanized by Nevada Department of Wildlife officials in Dayton Thursday night. The female had been captured three times before. NDOW officials said she showed signs of encephalitis in the brain.This story will be updated.…
  
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• FBI, US Marshals looking for 'affluenza' teen Ethan Couch

  18-12-2015 19:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A manhunt was underway on Thursday for a wealthy Texas teenager, described at trial as being afflicted with “affluenza,” who apparently fled to avoid violating a probation deal that kept him out of prison for killing four in a drunken-driving crash.
  
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• Coroner identifies man stabbed to death in east valley apartment

  18-12-2015 18:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a post-brawl stabbing Wednesday at an east valley apartment complex has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• Coroner identifies man stabbed to death in east Las Vegas apartment

  18-12-2015 18:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a post-brawl stabbing Wednesday at an east valley apartment complex has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• Masked robber shot, killed by dental office employee identified

  18-12-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A masked robber shot and killed by a dental office employee Wednesday night has been identified as Veronica Clay, Clark County coroner's office staff said Friday.
  
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• West Las Vegas barricade, school lockdown lifted after police apprehend suspect

  18-12-2015 18:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A west valley neighborhood is no longer barricaded and Culley Elementary School is no longer locked down Friday morning after a police pursuit ended peacefully with one in custody.
  
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• Man killed in Beltway crash on Thursday identified

  18-12-2015 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 43-year-old man who died after crashing his pickup truck into an oncoming dump truck Thursday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• Woman, teen to be charged in deaths of children found in storage unit

  18-12-2015 18:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An autopsy showed that two children found in a rented storage unit died of "ongoing physical abuse," authorities in Monterey County, California, said at a press conference.
  
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• 1 person burned in east Las Vegas house fire early Friday

  18-12-2015 16:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized with burns and a cat was found dead after an east valley house fire early Friday morning, officials say.
  
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• Uproar over homework assignment on Islam closes Va. schools

  18-12-2015 15:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After a teacher at a Virginia school handed out a standard homework assignment on Islam, such an angry backlash flooded in that it prompted officials to close every single school in the county as a safety precaution.
  
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• Light saber battles entertain Star Wars moviegoers — PHOTOS

  18-12-2015 08:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Members of the Saber Guild entertained moviegoers at Galaxy Theaters at the Cannery hotel-casino on the opening night of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
  
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• Sluggers Harper, Bryant get keys to Las Vegas — VIDEO

  18-12-2015 07:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman presented bejeweled Keys To The City to Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant and Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper.
  
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• Letters to Santa: Santa, do you eat too many cookies?

  18-12-2015 07:39
  
  Santa reached out to the Nevada Appeal for help in making his list. More letters also will appear in Saturday’s edition.Dear Santa, I love Christmas. I really like my gifts. I wish I could meet you in real life. I hope I see you this Christmas. This time I want to get an iPhone or Segway or to meet you. I hope you have a merry Christmas and Ho! Ho! Ho! to you! Merry Christmas!Aiden MartinezSeeliger Elementary School, third gradeDear Santa, I want a computer, Minecraft stuff and a small wa
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors reject apartment complex appeal

  18-12-2015 07:31
  
  An appeal aimed at overturning a Carson City Planning Commission special use permit for a 90-unit apartment building project didn’t succeed Thursday night.The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to uphold the commission’s September 5-2 issuance of the permit for the apartment complex in a planned unit development, with the project slated for acreage at GS Richards Boulevard and Country Club Drive near Silver Oak Golf Course. The action allows applicants to move forward on the project.The
  
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• Suspect still at large in fatal shooting near Rancho and Charleston

  18-12-2015 07:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of two ski mask-wearing intruders who tried to rob a medical office Wednesday evening remains at large, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Faraday Future special session hits hang up

  18-12-2015 06:35
  
  Senate Bill 1, the primary piece of legislation to make the Faraday Future deal happen, got hung up in the Senate Thursday night.Opponents say legislative language made critical changes to long-standing Nevada water law. Republican Sens. Pete Goicoechea, of Eureka, and James Settelmeyer, of Gardnerville, both argued that a two-day special session was not the place to make dramatic changes in water law that is supported by 150 years of legal case law.That issue, along with provisions essentially
  
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• Carson City downtown’s new streetscape still on track

  18-12-2015 06:35
  
  Downtown Carson City’s streetscape facelift and two related matters won support Thursday in a long session of the Board of Supervisors.The two other items tackled were a crucial step toward forming a downtown improvement district, which sparked some opposition, and the non-controversial naming of a project-related community plaza. The streetscape facelift cleared the next to last hurdle when the voted 3-2 vote to support recommendations for the 90 percent design sent to members by the Reg
  
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• Resident: BLM clear-cutting Pine Nuts

  18-12-2015 06:03
  
  Federal contractors are working to thin trees on 6,100 acres of land in the Pine Nuts.One of the largest areas is near Sunrise Pass Road where “Pine Nut” Tom Bettencourt is calling it a disaster.Bettencourt said he’s lived in the Pine Nuts for more than a quarter century and he’s never seen anything like it.“They’re cutting along both sides of the road,” he said. “It’s not a fire break and it’s not for the ruffle grouse.”Bettenco
  
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• Having Owned Up to Buying Newspaper, Adelsons Go Silent

  18-12-2015 06:00
  Mr. Adelson’s family confirmed the $140 million purchase, saying it delayed the announcement because it didn’t want to draw attention away from the G.O.P. presidential debate.
  
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• Las Vegas Muslims have mixed reactions to Adelson's Review-Journal buy

  18-12-2015 05:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Some in the Las Vegas Muslim community expressed trepidation Thursday over the recent purchase of Nevada's largest newspaper by billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
  
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• Group that includes rich and famous files suit over condo plans

  18-12-2015 04:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A group of Queensridge homeowners with some well-known names has filed a lawsuit over plans to build thousands of condominiums and apartments where the neighboring Badlands Golf Club now sits.
  
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• Large gifts help Great Basin telescope project get off the ground

  18-12-2015 04:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  By this time next year, one of the nation's darkest skies should have a new research telescope parked beneath it, thanks to the largest donation yet to the Great Basin Observatory.
  
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• Fretful Backers Push Marco Rubio to Pick a Must-Win Early Primary State

  18-12-2015 04:00
  With a month and a half until the voting begins, he still has not committed himself fully to trying to win Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada.
  
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• Fernley woman dies after driver crashes vehicle after eluding Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies.

  18-12-2015 03:47
  
  A 39-year-old Fernley woman died early Thursday after the vehicle she was riding in crashed trying to elude Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies. LYSO attempted to conduct a traffic stop with a speeding motorist on Main Street in Fernley at 12:10 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle’s driver refused to stop and led the deputy on a high-speed chase on Miller Lane. The driver failed to maintain vehicle control and crashed into the water-filled Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Canal.When a second dep
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office seeking runaway teen

  18-12-2015 03:23
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Office asks for the public’s help finding a runaway teen. Ruben Angel, 12, was reported as a runaway teen on Monday. He’s been known to be with friends in the Woodside area of Carson City. If located, contact the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Dispatch line at 775-887-2008.…
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office seeking runaway

  18-12-2015 03:23
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Office asks for the public’s help finding a runaway teen. Ruben Angel, 12, was reported as a runaway teen on Monday. He’s been known to be with friends in the Woodside area of Carson City. If located, contact the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Dispatch line at 775-887-2008.…
  
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• NLV police seek help to ID men in connection with burglary

  18-12-2015 03:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are seeking the public's help identifying two men in connection with a burglary last month.
  
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• Man killed in stabbing had been in brawl, police say

  18-12-2015 02:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man stabbed to death Wednesday in the east valley was in a brawl before he was slain, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Bellagio craps scammers plead guilty

  18-12-2015 02:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former Bellagio craps dealer and a man who placed phantom bets at the casino pleaded guilty Thursday in what prosecutors called a million-dollar swindle.
  
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• Women firefighters often rely on technique over brawn

  18-12-2015 02:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Battling flames, wearing 50 pounds of gear, and running up and down burning buildings may not be every little girl's dream, but the notion of becoming a damsel in distress is also growing out of style.
  
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• Mass of evidence in huge HOA scheme remains under wraps

  18-12-2015 01:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge has refused to make public the mass of evidence in the long-running investigation into the scheme to take over and defraud homeowner associations.
  
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• Pop culture appeal of ‘Star Wars’

  18-12-2015 01:15
  
  OK, so maybe he was mixing his “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” references. But when President Barack Obama spoke of getting congressional leaders into a “Jedi mind meld” back in 2013, eight years after the last “Star Wars” movie had come out, he was displaying in one small way just how firmly the franchise had rooted itself in our popular culture. Well, the new “Star Wars” is finally out. But since it might take you some time to get to the
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, petit larceny

  18-12-2015 00:59
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityWEDNESDAYAt 2:51 a.m., Emily Kever, 18, of Gardnerville, was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear warrant after deputies responded to reports of a welfare check at the Highway 50 Gold Dust West Casino. Bail was set at $3,825.At 9:04 a.m., Tanner Ogden, 20, a transient, was arrested
  
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• Sheldon Adelson's newspaper buy has Nevadans talking, and some fretting

  18-12-2015 00:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As a Republican mega-donor who pours millions into campaigns and political action committees, Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson is already courted by elected officials. Add to that his new status as owner of Nevada's largest newspaper.
  
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• Reid calls Adelson friend, hopes RJ editorial policy improves

  18-12-2015 00:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reactions from the Nevada congressional delegation to Sheldon Adelson's purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal ranged from humor and surprise to sharp criticism of the newspaper's past editorial policy.
  
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• Boulder City police send animal deaths case to DA

  18-12-2015 00:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Boulder City Police Department is seeking to charge its former supervisor of animal control with 37 felony counts of animal cruelty for needlessly killing its shelter's animals.
  
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