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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of intoxicated pedestrian

  05-04-2016 23:51
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.MONDAYAt 9:50 a.m., a 30-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery near the 2000 block of College Parkway. Bail was set at $3,000.At 12:45 p.m., a 35-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of a contempt of court warrant and a failure to appear warrant after deputies conducted a warrant service near the 1400 block of Rand Avenue. Bail was s
  
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• Schoolchildren show no signs of lead exposure after Goodsprings water scare

  05-04-2016 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The schoolchildren of Goodsprings show no signs of lead exposure, according to blood test results released by Clark County health officials Tuesday.
  
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• Lawyer asks for Cliven Bundy’s release, calls him ‘political prisoner’

  05-04-2016 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Calling him a “political prisoner” like Nelson Mandela, a lawyer for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy filed court papers Tuesday seeking his release from federal custody .
  
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• Las Vegas unveils redesigned website that’s easier to use

  05-04-2016 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In Vegas, even the government website gets a face-lift. City officials unveiled a newly redesigned lasvegasnevada.gov Monday afternoon, after hyping a “big announcement” over the city’s Twitter account last week.
  
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• Funeral for K9 Nicky, killed in the line of duty, will be Wednesday

  05-04-2016 22:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  K-9 Nicky’s funeral will not be open to the public Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court hears appeal of Desai’s conviction in hepatitis outbreak

  05-04-2016 22:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County prosecutor defended the criminal conviction before the Nevada Supreme Court Tuesday of Dr. Dipak Desai in the deadly 2007 hepatitis C outbreak.
  
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• Oregon standoff sheds light on conservative sheriffs group

  05-04-2016 21:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The actions of two rural Oregon sheriffs during an armed standoff at a national wildlife refuge were striking: One worked with federal officials to end the siege while the other questioned the FBI’s authority and offered words of support for the occupiers.
  
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• Park Service wants to make two summer trail closures permanent at Lake Mead

  05-04-2016 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The National Park Service is considering permanently closing two especially strenuous trails at Lake Mead National Recreation Area during the hot summer months.
  
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• Rebel rally: Gaga and the Veep to team up at UNLV

  05-04-2016 20:46 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Vice President Joe Biden and Mother Monster will raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses at UNLV on Thursday. Get the details here!
  
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• Sage Grouse lawsuit looking to block new fences on BLM land in Nevada

  05-04-2016 20:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Conservationists are suing the Bureau of Land Management to block the construction of fences in Northern Nevada they say are intended to appease livestock ranchers at the risk of harming sage grouse and the drought-stricken federal rangeland.
  
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• Man wanted in lewdness with minor case was Reno teacher

  05-04-2016 19:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Washoe County School District officials have confirmed that a suspect in a lewdness with a minor case who was found dead before police could arrest him was a teacher for the district.
  
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• MGM’s Park: Not another mall on the Strip

  05-04-2016 19:53 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Our first impressions of the newly minted Strip-side space.
  
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• Some Airport Connector ramps to be closed overnight Thursday

  05-04-2016 19:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Some Airport Connector ramps will close overnight Thursday to allow for ongoing construction, according to Clark County.
  
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• Hope Sullivan new Carson City planning manager

  05-04-2016 19:19
  
  Carson City has a new planning manager.Hope Sullivan joins the city from Douglas County where she was planning manager for the past two years.She has nearly 20 years experience as a municipal planner and also has worked in the private sector in construction and property management.Sullivan is responsible for managing, coordinating, and directing the staff and operations at the city’s permit center, as well as providing technical support to the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission and
  
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• Toddler found in snow after midnight, mom found with crack cocaine

  05-04-2016 19:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police say a Pennsylvania woman whose toddler son was found crying outside in the snow after midnight was groggy when they arrived and had various drugs in her possession, including crack cocaine.
  
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• Motorist involved in moped rider’s death turns herself in

  05-04-2016 18:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The driver who fled the scene of a fatal accident involving a moped Sunday turned herself in to police Monday.
  
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• 6 arrested, several injured in Villanova celebration after basketball win

  05-04-2016 17:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Villanova University has canceled classes Tuesday as students celebrate the men’s basketball team’s first NCAA championship title since 1985.
  
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• Ride-hailing company Uber launches UberEspanol in Nevada

  05-04-2016 17:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ride-hailing company Uber is launching a service Tuesday that will direct customers through its smartphone application to Spanish-speaking drivers.
  
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• United Health Foundation pledges $3 million toward new UNLV medical school

  05-04-2016 09:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A grant is nudging the nascent UNLV School of Medicine closer to its fundraising goals. The United Health Foundation has awarded the school a $3 million grant to develop educational programs and three planned community clinics.
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Feb. 5, 1975: Largest mackinaw taken from Lake Tahoe

  05-04-2016 08:47
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Global concern about shadowy corporations includes tiny Las Vegas firm

  05-04-2016 06:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval Monday expressed concern over allegations that secretive corporations established in the Silver State have been used in global money laundering and will work with other elected officials on any necessary changes in state law.
  
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• CSN presents pitch for $43M health sciences building

  05-04-2016 05:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The College of Southern Nevada has unveiled a plan to build a $43 million health sciences building at its Henderson campus.
  
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• Public gets look at Carson City budget

  05-04-2016 05:43
  
  Carson City officials hosted the inaugural budget open house Monday to give residents a chance to ask questions and voice their concerns about city spending.“We are very interested in hearing what you have to say,” Mayor Bob Crowell told the gathering at the first session from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Carson City Community Center. Crowell said the public’s comments would be shared with the Board of Supervisors, who review the budget Thursday and then vote to adopt a final plan
  
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• Judge rules for North Las Vegas in case over union vacation, sick leave pay

  05-04-2016 05:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge ruled in favor of North Las Vegas on Monday in a case involving accumulated vacation and sick leave that one of the city’s unions sought to pay out.
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Have you planted veggies yet?

  05-04-2016 04:55
  
  April Fool’s Day is past and I hope no one was fooled into planting their tomatoes outside yet! However, I’m sure some avid gardeners have planted their “very hardy” vegetables: asparagus crowns, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, lettuce, onions, parsley, peas, spinach and turnips. “Semi-hardy” vegetables such as beets, carrots, cauliflower, parsnips, radishes, Swiss chard and potatoes are planted from April 1 to May 1. “Frost-tender” veg
  
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• Cliff Young, longtime Nevada public servant, dies at 93

  05-04-2016 04:31
  
  Clarence Clifton (Cliff) Young died this week at the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Reno.He was 93.Young held a number of elected positions including two terms in the House of Representatives in 1952 and 1954.He won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1956 but was defeated in the general election by incumbent Democrat Alan Bible.Young served in the Nevada Senate from 1966 to 1980, before winning a seat on the Nevada Supreme Court. He served 18 years on the Supreme Court
  
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• MLK on-ramp to US 95 to close overnight Monday

  05-04-2016 04:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Drivers in the Las Vegas Valley are urged to avoid specific U.S. Highway 95 ramps on some days this week, according to a Nevada Department of Transportation release.
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court hears defamation case that hinges on a hyperlink

  05-04-2016 03:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A First Amendment case pitting Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson against a national Jewish political organization over an online petition posted by the group in 2012 was argued Monday in front of the Nevada Supreme Court.
  
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• Coroner ID’s moped rider killed in collision

  05-04-2016 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The moped rider who died Sunday morning after being struck by a car near East Flamingo and Pecos roads, has been identified Monday by the Clark County coroner.
  
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• Man killed after ATV accident ID’d

  05-04-2016 03:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who died after crashing his all-terrain vehicle Sunday evening near Sam Boyd Stadium was identified Monday by the Clark County coroner.
  
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• Conservation Voters launches campaign for Cortez Masto

  05-04-2016 02:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The League of Conservation Voters has started a field canvassing effort in Nevada that encourages voters to support former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, the front-runner in the Democratic race for U.S. Senate.
  
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• UNLV to issue tickets for Joe Biden, Lady Gaga rally

  05-04-2016 02:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  UNLV will begin issuing tickets Tuesday morning for a free rally hosted by Lady Gaga and Vice President Joe Biden at the school this week, White House officials announced Monday.
  
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• Construction will close or limit some campgrounds at Great Basin this summer

  05-04-2016 02:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One popular campground will be closed and another will be left without water this summer as Great Basin National Park marks the 100th anniversary of the Park Service with some much-needed repairs.
  
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• Lawmakers approve trapping regulation despite the fact nobody likes it

  05-04-2016 02:31
  
  A frustrated deputy wildlife director told the Legislative Commission on Monday that a proposed animal trapping regulation nobody likes was the best the Wildlife Commission could draft after multiple meetings with trappers and opponents.“The result of all those meetings was that nobody was in agreement as to what’s in front of you,” said Jack Robb. “There was no compromise on either side. Both sides basically wanted all or nothing.”The issue is where traps can be p
  
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• Democrats dig heels in on GOP handling of vouchers resolution

  05-04-2016 02:31
  
  Democrats on the Legislative Commission dug in their heels on Monday to protest Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson’s handling of a last minute resolution designed to back up the school vouchers program.Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 of the Faraday special session in December spelled out that the so-called Educational Savings Accounts program was intended to allow both children under age 7 and children of active military families out from under the requirement they attend public schoo
  
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• ‘Welcome Home’ ceremony honors Vietnam veterans

  05-04-2016 02:23
  
  In terms of lives lost and the number of American military personnel wounded, the Vietnam War changed the culture of public perception throughout its 30-year span.Referred to as the United States’ longest war from 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, more than 58,000 servicemen and women died in a land more than 13,000 miles away on the other side of the world as the U.S. South Vietnam and their military partners fought the communist Viet Cong (National Liberation Front).American
  
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• Transportation Authority hits snag in comparing ride-hailing drivers’ background checks

  05-04-2016 02:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Transportation Authority has hit a snag in its efforts to compare fingerprint-based background checks of ride-hailing drivers with the third-party commercial background checks in place by Uber and Lyft.
  
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• Accused Las Vegas casino con man’s run ends at Mr. Lucky’s

  05-04-2016 01:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mark Thomas Georgantas has a history of running from the law and people who lend him cash, a prosecutor said Monday, trying to keep the 53-year-old behind bars.
  
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• For T-Mobile Arena, there’s no one-size-fits-all parking solution

  05-04-2016 01:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  T-Mobile Arena isn’t a one-configuration-fits-all type of venue. With flexible moving platforms, seats can be arranged in different ways to host concerts with a stage at one end of the building, performances in the round, boxing and mixed-martial-arts matches and hockey and basketball games.
  
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• Power back on to most of 19K experiencing outages

  05-04-2016 01:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Power has been restored to 19,000 Southern Nevadans who experienced outages Monday afternoon, according to NV Energy.
  
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• Nevada justices hear case affecting minimum-wage earners

  05-04-2016 01:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court questioned lawyers Monday on whether rules adopted by the state labor commissioner illegally allow employers to skirt a requirement to pay a higher minimum wage by simply offering health insurance.
  
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