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• Lead poisoning in Flint water could cause long-term health issues

  04-03-2016 23:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Aaron Stinson exercises regularly, avoids sweets and drinks only water. The problem is he lives in Flint, Michigan, and the water may hurt him permanently.
  
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• ‘Bliss Dance’ sculpture unveiled at MGM’s outdoor entertainment district — PHOTOS

  04-03-2016 23:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Artist Marco Cochrane’s sculpture titled “Bliss Dance” made a dramatic entrance on Friday at The Park.
  
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• Candidates can file for Clark County Commission beginning Monday

  04-03-2016 23:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s off to the races Monday as filing opens for candidates for four Clark County Commission seats.
  
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• Dad charged in Georgia hot car death indicted for allegedly ‘sexting’ minors

  04-03-2016 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Justin Ross Harris, the Georgia man facing murder charges in his 22-month-old son’s hot car death in 2014, has been indicted on eight charges of “sexting” with minors, according to court documents.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Two arrested on suspicion of burglary, destruction of property

  04-03-2016 23:39
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTHURSDAYAt 1:37 p.m., a 59-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct after deputies responded to reports of a disorderly man at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. Bail was set at $150.At 5:06 p.m., a 45-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI-first offense after deputies responded to reports of a possibly intoxicate
  
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• Fleet Reserve challenges students in essay contest

  04-03-2016 23:15
  
  Fleet Reserve Association Sierra Tahoe Branch 137 prides themselves on the services and reach they provide to veterans and active duty military members, as well as a variety of other programs throughout the community. Once a year that reach extends to a younger generation challenging them to look deeper into the things that make America the country that it is through their annual essay contest. “We had eight winning essays from six different schools this year,” FRA member and essay
  
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• 2 plead guilty in killing Las Vegas mother Tammy Meyers

  04-03-2016 23:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A gunman and his getaway driver pleaded guilty Friday in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old mother Tammy Meyers.
  
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• Grizzlies in Yellowstone could lose threatened status

  04-03-2016 22:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Yellowstone grizzly bears are emerging from their winter hibernation to news that wildlife officials no longer consider them threatened.
  
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• 2 teens charged for not reporting gun at school before Ohio shooting

  04-03-2016 21:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two boys have been charged with failing to report a weapon used in a shooting this week inside an Ohio school cafeteria, authorities said Friday.
  
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• 5 things to know about the new SAT exam

  04-03-2016 20:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  High school students around the country will take the redesigned version of the test starting this month. It’s not a total overhaul, but there are some significant tweaks that could change your strategy.
  
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• 3 women arrested after Ariz. health club turns out to be prostitution house

  04-03-2016 19:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three Valley women have been arrested for their involvement in what police say appeared to be a health club, but was actually a house of prostitution.
  
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• Original Santana lineup to jam once more at House of Blues

  04-03-2016 19:18 via lasvegassun.com
  The legendary band that Carlos Santana reassembled in the studio is reuniting onstage, too. The original Santana band featuring Gregg Rollie on keyboards, Neal Schon on guitar, Michael Carabello on percussion and ...
  
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• Moped rider injured in crash at Rampart, Summerlin Parkway

  04-03-2016 18:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man driving a moped is in critical condition after crashing into another vehicle at Rampart Boulevard and Summerlin Parkway Friday morning, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Las Vegas child, ‘Bernie Baby,’ dies of SIDS at almost 4 months

  04-03-2016 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  He warmed the hearts of Bernie Sanders supporters everywhere when he appeared at a Las Vegas rally dressed as the candidate — with a mop of gray hair, a tie, and black, thick-rimmed glasses.
  
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• Las Vegas’ ‘Bernie Baby’ dies of SIDS at almost 4 months

  04-03-2016 18:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  He warmed the hearts of Bernie Sanders supporters everywhere when he appeared at a Las Vegas rally dressed as the candidate — with a mop of gray hair, a tie, and black, thick-rimmed glasses.
  
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• Woman killed in rollover crash near Lee Canyon

  04-03-2016 18:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman is dead after a rollover car crash near Lee Canyon Thursday evening, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Victim of rollover crash near Lee Canyon identified

  04-03-2016 18:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman who died in a rollover car crash near Lee Canyon Thursday evening has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
  
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• Update: Wreck closes Highway 580 through Washoe Valley; I-580 lanes open

  04-03-2016 18:03
  
  9:55 a.m. update: All lanes are I-580 through Washoe Valley are now open. •••Interstate 580 through Washoe Valley is closed as authorities investigate a fatal wreck at the Bellevue exit.The wreck occurred in the northbound lanes, but the freeway is closed at the Bowers Exit in the north and at Bellevue in Carson City in the south.Nevada transportation officials expect the highway to be closed through noon.It was reported at 6:12 a.m.…
  
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• Update: One dead, another serious after wreck on Interstate 580 through Washoe Valley

  04-03-2016 18:03
  
  One person was killed Friday morning and another was in serious condition after a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 580 north of Carson City.The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to Washoe Valley north of the Bellevue exit at 6:12 a.m. Upon arrival they found two people lying in the median after being ejected from the vehicle. Trooper Duncan Dauber says a female passenger in the southbound white Dodge pickup was confirmed dead. Dauber says the driver, 50-year-old Oscar Esparza of Sparks, was
  
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• LA police investigate knife found on former OJ Simpson estate

  04-03-2016 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A knife has been recovered at the Los Angeles-area estate once owned by former football star O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted more than 20 years ago in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend.
  
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• Ex-LAPD officer ‘held onto’ knife found on former OJ Simpson estate

  04-03-2016 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are examining what’s been described as a knife said to have been found at the Los Angeles-area estate once owned by former football star O.J. Simpson, Los Angeles police Capt. Andy Neiman said Friday.
  
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• Henderson police ask for help in locating missing woman

  04-03-2016 16:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are asking the public for assistance in locating a missing 75-year-old woman, who was last seen Thursday afternoon.
  
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• The physics of snow

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  In a fortuitous turn of events, the North Tahoe-Truckee region was blanketed in snow two weeks ago — the same day a presentation was scheduled on the physics of snow.Ironically, in response to the foot-plus of snow that fell at lake level on Feb. 18, people wondered if the lecture at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center in Incline Village would still occur.“Some people are afraid to drive in the snow to come talk about snow,” said Heather Segale, TERC education and
  
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• Reading week continues

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  Miss Carson City Samantha Byassee and Miss Lake Tahoe Brooklyn Maw read to students at Empire Elementary School for Nevada Reading Week.…
  
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• Northern Nevada Pond Club seeks ponds for this year’s tour

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  The Northern Nevada Pond Club is gearing up for its annual pond tour. The club is in search of ponds and water features throughout the area that can be stops on this year’s tour. The tour is July 16 and feature both amateur and advanced pond enthusists. Last year’s event attracted more than 100 people. The pond club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. Each month the meeting is held at a different member’s home to explore their water feature or pond.To be a part
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 9, 1963: Kennedy infant dies from lung disease

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  The baby son of President and Mrs. Kennedy died early today from a dreaded lung disease which overpowered his heart. The president stood just steps away when his son’s 39-hour fight for life came to an end. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died at the Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center at 4:04 a.m. EDT. The president spent two hours and 10 minutes with his wife in her suite at the big Air Force base and planned another visit to her later today. Private funeral services will be held at
  
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• Chastain pledges her brain for concussion study

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women’s World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. The 47-year-old Chastain announced her donation to the Massachusetts-based Concussion Legacy Foundation on Thursday. Upon her death, her brain will go to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, a joint project with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine. “It is really about: How I can help impact soccer beyond scoring a go
  
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• Carson High softball: Young Senators look to make playoffs

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  It’s hard to fathom Carson High’s softball team could get any younger than last year, but it did.After posting just five wins last year (5-27 overall and 3-19 in league), the Senators will field a 12-person team with just two seniors, a junior, five sophomores and four freshmen. Three players who were on last year’s team chose not to come out this season.“We got younger,” said second-year coach Shane Quilling, whose team scrimmages on Saturday with Dayton, North Va
  
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• Carson City supes approve facade program, $30 million for waste water plant improvements

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  The Carson City Board of Supervisors approved a new program to help property owners of commercial businesses give their buildings a facelift. The Downtown Facade Improvement Program will provide up to $25,000 in matching funds for projects involving upgrades to a building’s exterior, including painting, new signage and the addition of decorative elements, but not for new landscaping. Businesses in redevelopment areas 1 and 2, which covers most of Carson Street from William Street south an
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested after threatening to shoot barber shop

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.WEDNESDAYAt 9:11 a.m., a 45-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery after deputies responded to reports of an open 911 line near the 700 block of Hot Springs Road. Bail was set at $3,000.At 5:09 p.m., Rick Nichols, 41, of Reno was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription, harassment and obstructing afte
  
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• A ‘hoverboard’ in Carson City

  04-03-2016 07:47
  
  Matt Bartak, Founder and CEO of The Wheelhouse, does a kick-flip on his skateboard in front of the store on Rhodes St. in Carson City Thursday.…
  
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• Head of a Group Backing Trump Is Among 14 Charged in a Nevada Standoff

  04-03-2016 06:00
  Gerald A. DeLemus, who served as a chairman of a group supporting Donald J. Trump in New Hampshire, was charged in connection to a standoff in 2014 over illegal grazing on federal lands.
  
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• First female Thunderbird pilot helping to showcase women veterans’ stories

  04-03-2016 04:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  She blazed the trail for future female fighter pilots who dream of flying for the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds air demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base.
  
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• Fighter pilot and Western High grad helping to showcase stories of women veterans

  04-03-2016 04:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  She blazed the trail for future female fighter pilots who dream of flying for the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds air demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base.
  
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• Judge cuts bond amount sought in ESA case

  04-03-2016 03:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A state judge Thursday reduced by more than two-thirds the amount of a bond sought by the state treasurer and attorney general’s office from a group of parents challenging Nevada’s education savings account.
  
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• Judge cuts bond amount saught in ESA case

  04-03-2016 03:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A state judge Thursday reduced by more than two-thirds the amount of a bond sought by the state treasurer and attorney general’s office from a group of parents challenging Nevada’s education savings account.
  
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• Stabbing near officers planting flowers with children prompts neighborhood ‘peace rally’

  04-03-2016 03:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The rally included mounted police, a barbecue and a “peace walk” with officers to “show support of residents and a message of unity,” Meltzer said.
  
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• North Las Vegas Communications Director Mitch Fox leaving

  04-03-2016 03:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas Communications Director Mitch Fox is leaving after two years.
  
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• North Las Vegas Communications Director Mitch Fox is leaving after two years

  04-03-2016 03:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas Communications Director Mitch Fox is leaving after two years.
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors vote to discontinue Nevada Fair

  04-03-2016 02:51
  
  Carson City is getting out of the fair business.The Carson City Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to discontinue the Nevada Fair, a free-admission event focused on livestock and agriculture and put on in Fuji Park by the city the last two years. The fair was losing money, according to Roger Moellendorf, director of Carson City Parks and Recreation. Despite carrying over about $25,000 from 2014 to 2015 and turning a small profit of $5,000 last year, the event was dependent on seed money from t
  
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• Longtime local Teamsters boss had great influence in simpler times

  04-03-2016 02:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  There was a time when every move local Teamsters boss Dick Thomas made had an impact on thousands of Southern Nevada workers. He had clout at many levels.
  
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• Downtown Carson City businesses concerned redevelopment project will damage them

  04-03-2016 02:43
  
  More than 40 downtown Carson City business and property owners crowded the Ormsby Room at the Sheriff’s Office Thursday seeking assurances the Carson Street redevelopment project won’t shut them down.Project Manager Danny Rotter and Will Morgan of Q&D Construction told them they are planning every possible step to minimize the disruption, which begins Monday by tearing up the centerline of the street to replace the old water main that serves the corridor.Morgan said even as wate
  
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• Police arrest substitute teacher accused of having sex with student

  04-03-2016 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A substitute teacher was arrested on Wednesday on a charge of sexual misconduct with a student according to Ken Young of the Clark County School District police.
  
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• Amazon says no security support for tablets

  04-03-2016 02:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Amazon.com Inc has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling data was not popular with customers.
  
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• Suicide-by-cop possible goal of man with fake gun, police say

  04-03-2016 02:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Juan Carlos Lopez-Aguilar’s gun was a fake. But police say his intention to get shot may have been real.
  
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• Police: Washoe County woman stabbed dog to death to avoid vet fees

  04-03-2016 01:23
  
  RENO — Authorities say a northern Nevada woman stabbed her dog to death to avoid paying veterinarian fees for the animal to be euthanized. The Washoe County Sheriff’s office said 30-year-old Laura Beth Hesse of Stead was arrested Tuesday. She faces a charge for the malicious torture, maiming or killing of an animal, as well as child neglect, driving under the influence and drug possession. Reno police on Feb. 3 had found Hesse’s female Boxer in a Dumpster with multiple stab wou
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in early morning crash on Tropicana

  04-03-2016 01:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Drugs and alcohol may have been a factor in an early morning crash that killed a motorcyclist on Thursday, according to Metro spokesman Mike Rodriguez.
  
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• California Assembly approves raising smoking age to 21

  04-03-2016 00:59
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly voted Thursday to raise the smoking age to 21, regulate electronic cigarettes and take a variety of other steps aiming to restrict access to tobacco. California would become one of the first states to raise the smoking age from 18, joining dozens of cities around the country that have already moved to the higher limit. It comes days after San Francisco officials increased the legal age to buy tobacco products in the city to 21. Ending months of
  
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• Calif. Assembly OKs raising smoking age to 21

  04-03-2016 00:59
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly voted Thursday to raise the smoking age to 21, regulate electronic cigarettes and take a variety of other steps aiming to restrict access to tobacco. California would become one of the first states to raise the smoking age from 18, joining dozens of cities around the country that have already moved to the higher limit. It comes days after San Francisco officials increased the legal age to buy tobacco products in the city to 21. Ending months of
  
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• Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada to celebrate National Boys & Girls Club Week

  04-03-2016 00:59
  
  The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada will be throwing open its doors to the public next week to celebrate National Boys & Girls Club Week, with events each evening beginning at 4 p.m. each day. The Club is located at 1870 Russell Way in Carson City.“We are so excited for people to come visit the Club, have some fun and see all of the great programs we offer,” said Katie Leao, chief professional officer for the Club. “The scheduled events will spotlight our commitmen
  
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