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• 782 kids served in 1st year of expanded Nevada pre-K program

  01-04-2016 23:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — A multimillion-dollar federal grant helped Nevada enroll 782 low-income children into preschool last year — a number slightly below what state education officials called their aspirational enrollment goal of 900. The Nevada Department of Education announced results Friday for a federal preschool development grant that’s expected to triple the number of classroom slots available for Nevada’s 4-year-olds. It’s an effort to boost the prospects of at-risk ch
  
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• Memorial service to be held for retired Nellis captain who received Silver Star Medal

  01-04-2016 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A memorial service will be held Monday for Thomas Cahill, a retired Nellis Air Force Base captain who received the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third-highest valor award, for piloting a daring helicopter rescue of U.S. troops during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.
  
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• Police: Knife found at OJ Simpson’s former home isn’t weapon from 1994 murders

  01-04-2016 23:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Testing has ruled out a knife purportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson as having been used in the 1994 murders he was acquitted of committing in the “Trial of the Century,” a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said.
  
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• Washoe School Board member accused of misconduct resigns

  01-04-2016 23:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A member of the Washoe County School Board has resigned amid accusations of misconduct involving a teenager.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office focusing on distracted driving in April

  01-04-2016 22:47
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be focusing on distracted driving for the April Joining Forces event. The event will focus on educating drivers to keep their eyes on the road and to put away cell phones and other items that can cause distractions.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) nationally, 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers in 2014. Five seconds is the average time your eyes
  
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• Neighbor footage shows officer-involved shooting that left K9 Nicky dead — VIDEO

  01-04-2016 21:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Neighbors watching from their house captured footage of the shooting between Las Vegas police and murder suspect James Craig Simpson Thursday in the northwest valley.
  
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• Va. schoolchildren rode school bus containing inert explosives left by CIA

  01-04-2016 21:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The CIA left behind inert explosives in a Virginia school bus used for a canine training exercise and students were transported in it before the materials were found, officials said.
  
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• Nevada prison inmate gets $60K settlement in civil rights lawsuit

  01-04-2016 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Nevada prison inmate has reached a $60,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit that claimed he endured “unbearable pain” and resorted to removing his own teeth after officials ignored his requests for medical attention.
  
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• More foot patrol officers will be on the Strip starting Saturday

  01-04-2016 20:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metropolitan Police Department to assign additional foot patrol officers to the Strip as part of annual initiative.
  
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• Judge won’t let widely known conservative lawyer defend Cliven Bundy

  01-04-2016 20:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s chief federal judge has refused to allow nationally known conservative lawyer Larry Klayman to join Cliven Bundy’s defense team.
  
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• Rock climber pronounced dead at Red Rock identified

  01-04-2016 19:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Coroner’s office has identified the rock climber who was pronounced dead Thursday morning at Red Rock National Conservation Area.
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court: Man fired after arrest can’t get unemployment benefits

  01-04-2016 09:11
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court ruled unanimously this week a man fired for missing work because he was in jail can’t claim unemployment benefits.Calvin Murphy was employed by Greystone Park Apartments in Las Vegas. He was arrested on charges of possessing stolen property. He pled guilty and eventually served a year in prison. He was fired because of his unexcused absences caused by his prison sentence.When he filed for unemployment benefits, the Employment Security Division ruled him not entitl
  
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• Bike Magazine touts Carson City as the new mountain biking destination

  01-04-2016 09:11
  
  The Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau is celebrating a multi-page article in Bike Magazine’s May edition extolling the virtues not only of mountain biking in the capital but showcasing Carson as a destination.“It really taps into the success of the entire rebranding effort,” said Joel Dunn executive director of the CCCVB. He credited Epic Rides, which will descend on western Nevada in June, for drawing the attention not only of Bike Magazine but, he said, four biking
  
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• North Korea blocking Facebook, Twitter, websites

  01-04-2016 09:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.
  
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• Newly hired women make mark in fire, sheriff’s departments

  01-04-2016 09:03
  
  Two women are making their mark in Carson City.The Carson City Fire Department hired its first female firefighter/paramedic since 2005 and with women making up only 5 to 25 percent of first responders nationwide, it’s a big step for the department.Stephanie Lockhart had just graduated from the University of Virginia when she was hired on by Carson in December. The Sheriff’s Office also has recently hired Deputy Karlyn Jones, the sixth female deputy on staff.“We are proud to ha
  
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• Nevada goes for the title

  01-04-2016 09:03
  
  RENO — Eric Musselman expects nothing less than a Lawlor Events Center bursting at the seams on Friday night.“I would be shocked if we didn’t get a sellout,” said Musselman of the College Basketball Invitational championship game today (6 p.m., ESPNU) between his Nevada Wolf Pack and Morehead State Eagles. “It’s what I think the level of play deserves.”The biggest crowd the Wolf Pack has attracted to any of its four CBI home games this year was the 7,43
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Dec. 20, 1955: Heavenly ski resort opens with new lifts

  01-04-2016 09:03
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Carson baseball falls to Gorman

  01-04-2016 09:03
  
  HENDERSON — Carson High’s baseball team has run into two very good pitchers in the first two days of he Bishop Gorman Easter Invitational.On Wednesday, Carson’s offense managed just four hits, and on Thursday the offense collected two hits off Bishop Gorman’s Zach Grech in a 10-0 mercy rule loss at Bishop Gorman High School.The loss puts Carson against Alta-Utah today at 4. The game will be played on the UNLV campus.Grech, who’s headed to Stanford, struck out six a
  
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• Veteran Miami cop to lead Ferguson police force

  01-04-2016 08:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A veteran Miami police officer with two decades of experience dealing with the media and community leaders will take over as police chief in Ferguson, hoping to help the St. Louis suburb heal as it rebounds after the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown.
  
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• Effort to ban farm animals on Mount Charleston fails

  01-04-2016 07:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Chickens can continue to rule their roosts across Mount Charleston. An effort to ban them, backed by one Clark County commissioner, was thwarted Thursday at a board meeting attended by a firehouse full of residents.
  
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• Devices similar to pipe bombs found on Massachusetts power lines

  01-04-2016 06:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Devices that authorities say looked like pipe bombs but were intended to start a fire rather than an explosion were found hanging from power lines in Massachusetts.
  
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• Nevada regent praised as ‘icon,’ civil rights pioneer

  01-04-2016 05:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  June Whitley, remembered as a civil rights pioneer and a unifying force during her 15-year tenure on Nevada’s higher education board, has died. She was 79.
  
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• Trump meets with Republican leadership after backing away from loyalty pledge

  01-04-2016 04:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a surprise closed-door visit to the Republican National Committee on Thursday after a tumultuous two days on the campaign trail that included a reversal of his pledge to support the party’s nominee.
  
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• California lawmakers approve highest statewide minimum wage, $15 an hour

  01-04-2016 04:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022 after it was hailed by Democrats as an example to the nation as it struggles with a growing gap between rich and poor.
  
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• Two UNLV seniors to rally at Obama nuclear summit Friday

  01-04-2016 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As President Barack Obama hosts other world leaders in his final summit on nuclear security, several Nevada college students are expected to join a nearby rally Friday to push for eliminating nuclear weapons from the planet.
  
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• New app will help residents plan for emergencies in Southern Nevada

  01-04-2016 03:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A new app from Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson can help residents plan for emergency situations, according to a release from Clark County.
  
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• SUV running from police crashes into fighter jet at California naval base

  01-04-2016 02:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A wrong-way driver leading authorities on a high-speed chase crashed through a gate and into a fighter jet at a central California naval base, killing himself and a passenger, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Affordable Model 3 is Tesla’s biggest test yet

  01-04-2016 02:21
  
  DETROIT — The promise of an affordable electric car from Tesla Motors had hundreds of people lining up to reserve one. Tesla planned to unveil its Model 3 Thursday night at its Los Angeles design studio. It doesn’t go on sale until late 2017, but potential buyers could reserve one with a $1,000 deposit at Tesla stores starting Thursday morning. Long lines, reminiscent of the crowds at Apple stores for early models of the iPhone, were reported from Hong Kong to Austin, Texas, to Washi
  
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• Double murder conviction reversed by Nevada Supreme Court for excluding black juror

  01-04-2016 01:27
  
  In a 4-3 split decision, the Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of Jason Duval McCarty in the murder of two Las Vegas women nine years ago.McCarty was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Charlotte Combado and Victoria McGee and sentenced to death. He initially appealed on grounds the trial judge admitted statements he made to investigators without having his attorney present.But the high court rejected that claim, instead focusing on the trial judge’s decision to
  
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• Henderson police looking for missing girl, 13

  01-04-2016 00:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson police are searching for a missing or runaway 13-year-old girl. Kaylee Witters-Morris was last seen leaving her home on the 500 block of Walnut Port Place about 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning,
  
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• Nevada Army Guard positions are relocating to Carson City

  01-04-2016 00:07
  
  Positions for dozens of Nevada Army Guard soldiers will relocate to the Office of the Adjutant General here this summer, eventually resulting in about 80 new part-time jobs for the state’s capital city.About 70 jobs will move from Las Vegas to Carson City in July when Detachment 1, 150th Support Maintenance Company, consolidates with its headquarters unit, the 150th Support Maintenance Company.About a dozen other Carson City jobs will either be created or moved to the capital with the est
  
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