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• UNLV unveils plan to promote final presidential debate

  13-01-2016 23:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  UNLV has unveiled a plan to promote the school's role as host of this year's final presidential debate, an event that will catapult Las Vegas into the national spotlight weeks ahead of November's general election.
  
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• With Dave Rice out at UNLV, what is expected of its next basketball coach?

  13-01-2016 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Rice left the Runnin' Rebels January 10.
  
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• Shop and adopt: What you need to know about Vegas' new pet-store law

  13-01-2016 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The City of Las Vegas recently passed an ordinance banning pet shops from selling animals that come from breeders and puppy mills.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man jailed in multiple burglaries of Fitness for 10

  13-01-2016 22:51
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.TUESDAYAt 9:41 a.m., a 25-year-old Carson City female was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery-first offense after deputies responded to reports of a violation of a protective order near the 100 block of Royal Drive. Bail was set at $3,000.At 12:58 p.m. Kyle Brazil, 19, a transient, was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance, violation of extend
  
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• North Las Vegas police evacuate neighborhood during barricade incident

  13-01-2016 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are evacuating homes in a neighborhood near Civic Center Drive and Carey Avenue.
  
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• Hourslong NLV barricade incident ends in 'peaceful resolution,' police say

  13-01-2016 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Residents in a North Las Vegas neighborhood are being allowed back into their homes after a five-hour barricade that started Wednesday morning, police said.
  
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• Caesars' self-check-in: Just the beginning? Our high-tech hotel wish list

  13-01-2016 22:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Our dreams for hotel amenities to come.
  
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• Carson City man, 21, jailed on first degree murder charges

  13-01-2016 21:39
  
  A third man has been arrested for the homicide of a Carson City teenager. Reed Skenandore, 21, of Carson City was arrested Tuesday night after investigators received information that he was staying at the Carson Street Motel 6. Skenandore, along with two brothers, Jesus Garcia-Manriquez, 18, and Allen Garcia-Manriquez, 19, are accused of shooting and killing 18-year-old Grant Watkins Monday morning. The three, along with a friend of Watkins met at Blackwell’s Pond Park, near Windridge and
  
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• The Zappos Exodus Continues After a Radical Management Experiment

  13-01-2016 21:27
  The departure of employees from the online shoe seller Zappos is continuing after the company adopted the radical self-management system Holacracy.
  
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• Regulators blame management for fatality at Nevada mine

  13-01-2016 20:43
  RENO — Inadequate safety policies and procedures were primarily to blame for a mining accident that killed a 26-year-old Idaho man operating a 20-ton mobile drill in an underground tunnel at a Nevada gold mine last summer, federal safety investigators have concluded. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration cited and fined Small Mine Development LLC more than $6,000 in the Aug. 3 death of Jason Potter of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. He was struck and killed by part of a tool he was hauli
  
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• Nevada inks contract to get laptops to middle schoolers

  13-01-2016 20:43
  
  Nevada’s hammered out a contract with an Oregon computer manufacturer to get laptops in the hands of thousands of middle schoolers. The state announced a deal this week with Beaverton-based CTL to help implement the new Nevada Ready 21 program authorized by the Legislature. Schools can apply for competitive grants that will be awarded in March. Teachers and principals will get training this spring on how to use the computers as teaching tools, and students will receive a CTL Chromebook wit
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash with SUV ID'd

  13-01-2016 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man killed in a motorcycle-SUV crash Tuesday afternoon has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
  
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• Clark County taxi trips down, but revenue reaches record $425.1M

  13-01-2016 19:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The dire prediction that ride-hailing companies were going to grab market share away from Southern Nevada taxi companies was realized with taxi trips down 0.45 percent in 2015.
  
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• Subject of 'Making a Murderer' wants prison release during appeal

  13-01-2016 19:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Steven Avery, the subject of the popular Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," wants to be released from prison while the Wisconsin Court of Appeals considers his latest challenge to his 2007 murder conviction.
  
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• Don't worry, NASA has a team set up to defend Earth from asteroids

  13-01-2016 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  NASA has set up a Planetary Defense Coordination Office — to defend the Earth from asteroids and comets that get too close for our comfort.
  
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• 5th teen charged as adult in alleged gang rape at NY playground

  13-01-2016 18:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fifth teenager has been charged as an adult in connection with a woman's alleged gang rape in a Brooklyn playground, and police are not looking for any more suspects.
  
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• Constable kills 12-year-old girl while serving eviction notice to her dad

  13-01-2016 18:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ciera Meyer was sick and stayed at home from school. She was shot dead after her father pulled a gun on a constable who came calling, police said.
  
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• 3 dead, several injured in French Alps avalanche

  13-01-2016 18:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least three people were killed and more were gravely injured when an avalanche hit a school group and other skiers on a closed slope in the French Alps on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.
  
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• 2 dead, 3 seriously injured in French Alps avalanche

  13-01-2016 18:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An avalanche in the French Alps hit a school group and other skiers on Wednesday, killing at least two people and gravely injuring at least three others, police said.
  
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• 1 child dead, 3 seriously injured in French Alps avalanche

  13-01-2016 18:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An avalanche in the French Alps hit a group of 10 schoolchildren and the person accompanying them on Wednesday, killing at least one person and gravely injuring three others, police said.
  
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• Woman killed in early morning crash on Summerlin Parkway ID'd

  13-01-2016 16:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman killed in a rollover crash on Summerlin Parkway early Wednesday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
  
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• 1 killed in early morning crash on Summerlin Parkway

  13-01-2016 16:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on Summerlin Parkway from early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Iran releases 10 US sailors

  13-01-2016 16:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Iran released 10 U.S. sailors on Wednesday after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves days ahead of the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers.
  
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• Review-Journal reporters lauded for coverage of newspaper's sale

  13-01-2016 15:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas Review-Journal writers have been awarded the first "Sidney Award" of 2016 by the Sidney Hillman Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to honoring socially conscious journalism, for its coverage of the Adelson family's purchase of Nevada's largest newspaper.
  
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• Las Vegas homeless veterans advocate attends speech

  13-01-2016 08:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just one year after being a homeless veteran, Cynthia Dias of Las Vegas was a special guest Tuesday in first lady Michelle Obama's box listening to the president of the United States deliver his State of the Union address.
  
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• Sea Cadets under new command

  13-01-2016 08:03
  
  For the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Carson City Division, teaching young men and women about the military during elementary and high school is the goal.“Sea Cadets is the Navy’s official youth program,” new commanding officer Lt. Cathryne Sainz said. “We work with youth ages 10-18. We use the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps as a foundation to teach the cadets things like accountability and responsibility.”Similar t
  
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• Gibson Collection at the Nevada State Railroad Museum enabled by donation

  13-01-2016 08:03
  
  A $40,000 donation by the four children of Jack and Margie Gibson has enabled a key exhibition at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City in honor of their parents.Called the Gibson Collection, it includes 15 detailed, hand-crafted model replicas of the original Virginia & Truckee (V&T) locomotives and the McKeen motor car. The one-of-a-kind models honor the couples’ decades-long service to the museum.A free reception Friday at 5 p.m. and a 6 p.m. dedication program are pl
  
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• Carson City Citibank building torn down

  13-01-2016 08:03
  
  Tearing down the old Citibank Building at 308 N. Curry St., a decision disclosed last week by Steve Neighbors of the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation, was done less than two weeks into 2016. The bank building came down Monday and Tuesday.The property and building were purchased by the foundation, the structure was gutted, and plans were drafted last year to use the shell in a rehabilitation project at the southwest corner of Telegraph Square. The shell, however, didn’t work for adding a third
  
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• Carson City author to hold book reading

  13-01-2016 08:03
  
  Carson City author Joe Burgess will be holding a book reading Jan. 21.Burgess’s book, “The Trip” centers around a true experience he had in 1977, a 6,000 mile kayaking excursion down the coast of Mexico with two friends. “I always thought it was a great story to tell,” Burgess said in a radio interview.It took him nearly 10 years to write the book before it was finally completed. It includes real accounts of what the three men experienced over four and a half month
  
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• Boulder City officials relying on prosecutors to get to the bottom of shelter scandal

  13-01-2016 07:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Boulder City officials are relying on prosecutors to not only pursue a criminal case against the city's former head of animal control in connection with the deaths of dozens of animals, but also to find out whether the head of police covered it up.
  
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• Re-focused Pack to host tough Boise State

  13-01-2016 07:55
  
  RENO — Eric Musselman wanted his Nevada Wolf Pack men’s basketball team to learn something from last Wednesday’s 85-63 loss at Fresno State.“I had a conversation with my college coach after that game and he told me, ‘Win or lose, it has to be a learning experience,’” said Musselman, whose Wolf Pack will host the Boise State Broncos tonight (7 p.m.) at Lawlor Events Center.Hank Egan, who coached Musselman at the University of San Diego in the late 1980s
  
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• Prep roundup: Damonte pulls away from Carson girls

  13-01-2016 07:55
  
  Damonte High broke open a close game with a 21-6 third-quarter surge en route to a 54-36 win over Carson in the Sierra League opener for both schools Tuesday night at Morse Burley Gymnasium.Carson dropped to 2-5 in league play, while Damonte improved to 5-2.The Senators had trouble throughout the game finishing at the basket, and their 26 turnovers didn’t help matters.“We need to make layups and our shots from close in,” Carson coach Melissa Larsen said. “And, we weren&r
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 11, 1954: Leaves bomber at 500 MPH

  13-01-2016 07:55
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Community Spotlight: Winners of Elks Hoop Shoot named

  13-01-2016 07:55
  
  Dayna Myrehn (8-9 girls), Ben Morrison (8-9 boys), Thomas Burchett (10-11 boys), Kendall McDonald (12-13 girls) and Doug Hostler (12-13 boys) won title at the recent Carson City Elks Lodge National Hoop Shoot.The winners advance to this weekend’s district completion on Saturday in Reno.Finishing second were: Leslie Perez-Gonzalez (8-9 girls), Joseph Burchett (8-9 boys), Anthony Larry (10-11 boys) and Luke Pedersen (12-13 boys). Alex Myrehn was third in (10-11 boys).EV spikes South TahoeRa
  
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• Carson raises level in victory

  13-01-2016 07:55
  
  Last week the Carson Senators were guilty of playing down to the level of North Valleys in a 50-41 win, and Carson coach Carlos Mendeguia admitted he was concerned the same thing might happen against Damonte Ranch.And, thanks to a superior defensive effort that didn’t happen.Carson held the Mustangs to single digits in three of the four quarters, and Tez Allen scored 20 points to lead the Senators to an easy 61-36 victory Tuesday night at Morse Burley Gymnasium.Carson stayed unbeaten in l
  
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• Flamingo Road near Strip to be closed overnight due to filming

  13-01-2016 07:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If you plan to commute down to the Strip on Flamingo Road overnight Wednesday, think twice.
  
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• Figure in Review-Journal sale becomes an issue in Las Vegas Sands lawsuit

  13-01-2016 06:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A disgraced Connecticut newspaper owner associated with casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's recent purchase of the Review-Journal has emerged as a figure in a long-running lawsuit that involves allegations that Adelson tolerated organized crime ties at his properties in Macau.
  
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• Expect Schroeder's names to keep coming up

  13-01-2016 05:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Fallout from the Adelson family's December purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its relationship with Connecticut newspaper publisher Michael Schroeder surfaced Tuesday morning in District Court in the bruising wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former Sands Macau casino executive Steve Jacobs.
  
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• Expect Schroeder's name to keep coming up

  13-01-2016 05:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Fallout from the Adelson family's December purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its relationship with Connecticut newspaper publisher Michael Schroeder surfaced Tuesday morning in District Court in the bruising wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former Sands Macau casino executive Steve Jacobs.
  
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• Buskers' reaction mixed to laws restricting performances to Fremont Street zones

  13-01-2016 04:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The magicians, musicians and other buskers of Fremont Street are split on how new laws that regulate where they can perform for the masses are affecting their business.
  
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• Powerball ticket buyers hold hundreds of other dreamers in their hands — VIDEO

  13-01-2016 04:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hundreds lined up outside the Last Stop convenience store Tuesday for the chance to become billionaires.
  
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• Construction kicks off for UNLV's $18-million parking garage

  13-01-2016 03:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Construction begins this week for a seven-story garage near UNLV that will contain about 630 additional parking spaces for the school, boosting its capacity to house vehicles by 5 percent.
  
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• Metro officer arrested on suspicion of domestic battery, kidnapping

  13-01-2016 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Metro officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of domestic battery by strangulation and kidnapping, police say.
  
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• GoFundMe page set up for Carson City homicide victim

  13-01-2016 02:27
  
  A GoFundMe page has been set up for the victim in Monday morning’s fatal shooting. The page has been set up to help the victim’s family pay for funeral costs. Grant Watkins, 18, was killed Monday morning after he was shot following an alleged drug deal gone wrong. Officials said Watkins was trying to sell three ounces of marijuana to two brothers, Jesus and Allen Garcia-Manriquez when Watkins was shot. The brothers were arrested later Monday. Watkins was the oldest of three boys and
  
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• Motorcyclist dead after collision with SUV in Henderson

  13-01-2016 02:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Speed and failure to yield are being blamed for a crash Tuesday afternoon that left a motorcyclist dead, according to an initial police investigation.
  
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• Get Me joins ranks of ride-hailing companies in Las Vegas

  13-01-2016 02:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  There's a new ride-hailing company in town, and it doesn't look anything like Uber and Lyft.
  
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• Smoke smell causes airliner to make emergency landing at McCarran

  13-01-2016 01:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An American Airlines flight heading from Los Angeles to New York made an emergency landing Tuesday afternoon at McCarran International Airport.
  
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• Eastbound I-215 closed near U.S. 95 in Henderson

  13-01-2016 01:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Eastbound Interstate 215 is shut down near U.S Highway 95 in Henderson, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
  
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• Nevada Board of Examiners accept donation of Lake Tahoe land

  13-01-2016 01:15
  
  The Board of Examiners on Tuesday voted to accept a gift of 45 acres of land adjacent to the Nevada Tahoe State Park from the Nevada Land Trust.State Lands Administrator Charlie Donohue said the property includes riparian wetland habitat.Parks Administrator Eric Johnson said the land overlooks Hobart Reservoir in the Tahoe Basin and is needed to provide continued access to the reservoir.The gift includes all water rights, dams, ditches and permits attached to the land near Incline Village.The v
  
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• Board of Examiners approve more than $1.8 billion in Medicaid contracts

  13-01-2016 01:15
  
  The Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved a series of contracts with Medicaid service providers totaling more than $1.8 billion.The two largest contracts are expansions of existing agreements with two companies that provide managed care services to Medicaid enrollees. Marta Jensen, administrator of the Health Care Financing and Policy Division, said the contract expansions recognize the impact of the Affordable Care Act, which dramatically increased the number of Nevadans eligible for Medicaid
  
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