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• 4 men arrested in connection with series of robberies

  14-04-2016 23:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four men have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies throughout the Las Vegas Valley, police said.
  
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• Elevated McCarran airport expressway plan moves forward

  14-04-2016 23:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County is moving ahead with plans to develop an elevated limited-access airport expressway along Paradise Road, Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue.
  
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• US Education Secretary John King hears Las Vegas educators’ wish lists

  14-04-2016 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After calling for a return to a more well-rounded curriculum in schools, U.S. Education Secretary John King spent an hour fielding requests Thursday from Las Vegas educators and leaders.
  
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• Nevada inmate’s lawyer says cover-up attempted in deadly 2014 prison shooting

  14-04-2016 22:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada prison personnel implicated in the shooting death of a handcuffed inmate pointed the finger at another restrained prisoner who was wounded in the gunfire just hours after the 2014 incident unfolded, according to documents obtained by the Review-Journal.
  
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• Roach-infested home explodes from bug-killing spray, injuring family

  14-04-2016 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A roach-infested apartment exploded in New Jersey after fumes from bug-killing spray built up and combusted, sending two adults and one child to a hospital.
  
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• Third Zika case confirmed in Clark County

  14-04-2016 22:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A third case of Zika virus disease has been confirmed in Clark County, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
  
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• British court prevents mother from naming her daughter Cyanide

  14-04-2016 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman from Wales cannot name her baby daughter Cyanide, a British court ruled Thursday.
  
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• Man killed in eviction dispute in northwest Arizona

  14-04-2016 21:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A landlord tenant eviction-related disputed triggered a deadly shooting in northwest Arizona on Wednesday, according to the Mohave County sheriff’s office.
  
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• NHP identifies man killed after car fell from 215 overpass

  14-04-2016 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a crash when his car fell from a highway overpass early Wednesday has been identified by Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Man killed after car fell from 215 overpass has been IDd

  14-04-2016 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a crash when his car fell from a highway overpass early Wednesday has been identified by Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Coroner identifies man killed after car fell from 215 overpass

  14-04-2016 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a crash when his car fell from a highway overpass early Wednesday has been identified by Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Panel OKs contract for Clark County schools empowerment plan developer

  14-04-2016 20:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State lawmakers on Thursday approved a $150,000 contract to hire a retired superintendent to develop an empowerment model for the Clark County School District in time for the 2018-19 school year.
  
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• Henderson woman’s death after Oct. car crash accidental, coroner says

  14-04-2016 19:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of a Henderson woman injured in a car crash last year was ruled an accident by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Brett Barley chosen as state deputy superintendent of student achievement

  14-04-2016 18:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Department of Education has selected Brett Barley, a vice president with a lobbying firm that supports education reform, to serve as deputy superintendent of student achievement.
  
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• Brett Barley chosen as Nevada deputy superintendent of student achievement

  14-04-2016 18:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Department of Education has selected Brett Barley, a vice president with a lobbying firm that supports education reform, to serve as deputy superintendent of student achievement.
  
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• Woman, Bill Cosby lawyers will be in Calif. court over her claims of child sex abuse

  14-04-2016 18:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby and a woman accusing him of sexually abusing her as a child were due to face off in a California courtroom on Thursday over a defense bid to dismiss her lawsuit for reasons related to the statute of limitations.
  
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• Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in Japan

  14-04-2016 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least nine people were killed and 761 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake Thursday night that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan, the government’s chief spokesman said.
  
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• Earthquake strikes Japan, trapping people in homes

  14-04-2016 17:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rescuers in southern Japan were searching for trapped residents in at least two dozen collapsed houses after a powerful 6.5 earthquake struck Thursday evening with a force that knocked out power and water and swept people off their feet.
  
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• Metro identifies officers in Monday’s shooting near Stratosphere

  14-04-2016 17:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The officers involved in Monday’s officer-involved shooting near the Stratosphere have been identified.
  
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• Details of robbery, shooting, deadly officer involved shooting released

  14-04-2016 17:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the moments that led up to a deadly officer-involved shooting near the Stratosphere late Monday, there was a robbery, then a separate-yet-related shooting, Metropolitan Police Department officials said Thursday.
  
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• School gardens plant seeds of nutrition knowledge for all ages

  14-04-2016 17:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  According to Cheryl Wagner, coordinator for the Clark County School District’s School-Community Partnership Program, there are more than 120 school gardens across the Las Vegas Valley. General education classes in elementary, middle and high schools use the gardens differently and tailor the lessons depending on the class.
  
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• Seattle man charged in killing, dismemberment of mother of 3

  14-04-2016 16:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man authorities say dismembered a mother of three in her suburban home and then dumped her body parts in a Seattle recycling bin was charged with first-degree murder.
  
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• Nonprofit looks to ‘turn around’ education opportunities for low-income students

  14-04-2016 16:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nonprofit Opportunity 180 hopes to bring more educational opportunities to the Las Vegas Valley, particularly for low-income students. The brainchild of Allison Serafin — whose background includes being the former Nevada State Board of Education vice president and executive director of Teach For America Las Vegas Valley — the group wants to see high-quality charter schools enter the valley to educate those students who are underserved due to their economic status.
  
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• Shadow Ridge ventures into macabre with ‘Sweeney Todd’

  14-04-2016 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For its production of the famously dark musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” Shadow Ridge High School plans to focus more on character than violence.
  
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• High-tech devices take home security to a new level

  14-04-2016 15:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  High-technology home protection tools are evolving. Instead of door alarms, many gadgets offer discreet security features with the ability to control them from an application on a smartphone, giving users instant knowledge about what is happening inside and outside their home at all times, and with good reason, too.
  
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• US education secretary to push ‘well-rounded’ education in Las Vegas

  14-04-2016 15:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. will come to Las Vegas today to promote a “well-rounded” education that goes beyond an intense focus on math and science to embrace areas such as social studies, art, health and languages.
  
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• Stratosphere tour highlights STEM training for Goodwill program participants

  14-04-2016 15:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  While staring out at what is essentially a diving platform 855 feet above concrete and imagining the plummet, it might have been a little hard to focus on the statistics, facts and science that Michael Mann, director of ride engineering for the Stratosphere, was explaining, but a group of 17 students from Goodwill’s ELITE program listened with rapt attention. The program is for those ages 17 to 24 with a documented disability who are looking for assistance achieving their goals in educatio
  
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• Leavitt students get inside look at library’s art studio

  14-04-2016 14:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  There were more than the usual handful of residents awaiting the opening of the Sahara West Library on March 17. Seventh- and eighth-graders from Leavitt Middle School, 4701 Quadrel St., were bussed to the location to view art from Eyob Mergia’s exhibit “The Philosophy of Form and Color” as well as photography by Marcella Brendible, a member of the Tsimshian Nation in Alaska.
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Nov. 14, 1912: Panama Canal: Greatest problem of the age

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  The greatest engineering undertaking ever attempted is all but completed by the United States. The canal is set for completion a year ahead of scheduled time due to American engineering skill and American enterprise. This feat at one time was proclaimed to be an impossibility and authorities of the United States said to be crazy in even suggesting it. The entire length of the canal from deep water to deep water is 50 miles. From shore line to shore line its length is about 40 miles. In passing
  
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• Gold Hill Hotel hosting musician James Lee Reeves

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  Musician and comedian James Lee Reeves of the Virginia City Highlands saw Elvis Presley on TV and, at the age of 10, decided to become an entertainer.He settled in Southern California, earned a bachelor’s in history and then pursued his love of music, acting and song writing.Reeves is bringing his show, Songs About Nevada Written in Nevada Interspersed with Bad Marital Advice, to the Gold Hill Hotel at 7:30 p.m. today. The performer fronted a number of bands in California in the 1970s. He
  
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• Carson City Toyota Scion’s Community Challenge benefits Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  Dick Campagni, a long-time donor to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, has extended the deadline for the company’s dollar to dollar match up to $10,000 in the Campagni Toyota and Scion Community Challenge to April 30. The program was originally expected to end on April 1.“We feel it’s important to give back to our community, particularly our youth,” Campagni said. “We believe in helping kids, and the Boys & Girls Club is a great organization to partn
  
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• Carson City Strings in the Schools performing Spring Fling concert April 21

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  Local students in second grade through high school will fill the Carson City Community Center with fiddle, folk and classical music at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, when Carson City Symphony’s Strings in the Schools program will hold its annual Spring Fling concert.Conducted by Carson City Symphony Education Director Sue Jesch, the program will include beginning violins and cellos, the intermediate String Ensemble, Pizzazz, and STRAZZ, the advanced jazz and fiddle ensemble.Strings in the
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Woman arrested on possession of dangerous drugs, marijuana

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.TUESDAYAt 8:29 a.m., a 30-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of school zone speed violation, probation violation, drivers license revoked, expired vehicle registration and child restraints required after deputies initiated a traffic stop near Edmonds and Fairview Drives. Bail was set at $3,675.At 8:03 p.m., a 47-year-old Minden man was arrested on suspicion of dom
  
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• Carson City School Board reviews policies, budget

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  The Carson City School Board trustees discussed several policies changes as well as a tentative budget for the 2017 fiscal year during the school board meeting Tuesday night.One regulation the board discussed at the meeting was updating the fundraising policy for students. Superintendent Richard Stokes said when they reviewed their fundraising practices, they didn’t line up with their actions.“We wanted to rework the language to more closely align our practices with language that me
  
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• Carson City RTC looks at Empire School sidewalk, JAC buses

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  The Regional Transportation Commission approved contracts for a sidewalk improvement project at Empire Elementary School and new buses to replace an aging Jump Around Carson fleet.At its meeting Wednesday, the commission also paved the way for lighting at the intersection of Highway 50 and Empire Ranch Road and discussed language for the upcoming Carson City Fuel Revenue Indexing ballot question.The RTC approved a contract not to exceed $198,789.50 with V & C Construction Inc., the lowest r
  
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• Carson City charter committee turns down amendments

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  The Charter Review Committee met Wednesday to hear nine proposed amendments to the Carson City Charter, none of which passed out of the committee.The committee advises the Carson City Board of Supervisors and makes recommendations on amendments to the charter, which have to be enacted by Nevada Legislature. Jason Woodbury, the city district attorney, said several recommendations couldn’t be passed as proposed.One asked for an amendment “regarding a more transparent way of determinin
  
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• Black Bear restaurant part of Max Casino’s renovations in Carson City

  14-04-2016 09:23
  
  This bear should be a welcome sight in town.Black Bear Diner, the restaurant chain known for its signature carved bear sculptures and generous food portions, is opening inside Max Casino next month.“The feedback we’ve gotten has all been positive,” said Lee Kennedy, general manager, Max Casino. “Black Bear is well known and the food is excellent. I’ve been here since 1999 and the Carson City market loves this kind of food.”The national franchise with 75 eater
  
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• Reinventing nightlife: How Vegas stays on top of the game with new spaces, sounds and stars

  14-04-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Drowning in dance music? Death of the DJ? Not so fast—the Vegas nightlife shift is real, but it's all about diversity of experience.
  
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• North Las Vegas to name new city clerk

  14-04-2016 06:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The lean staff of North Las Vegas is adding a new city clerk.
  
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• Nail your style for Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend with hepness from Rockin Bettie

  14-04-2016 06:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Heels are nice. Kitten-heeled saddle shoes are nicer.
  
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• Chip implanted in quadriplegic man’s brain allows him to move hand again

  14-04-2016 06:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Ohio man paralyzed in an accident while diving in waves can now pick up a bottle or play the video game Guitar Hero thanks to a small computer chip in his brain that lets his mind guide his hands and fingers, bypassing his damaged spinal cord.
  
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• Metro officer encourages people in violent relationships to get help, get out

  14-04-2016 05:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Geri Evelyn Hanson spent the last minutes of her life on the phone with police, trying to get help. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dan McGrath spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about her death hoping that it might encourage someone in a violent relationship to leave before it’s too late.
  
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• Metro encourages people in violent relationships to leave or get help, following Las Vegas murder-suicide

  14-04-2016 05:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Geri Evelyn Hanson spent the last minutes of her life on the phone with police, trying to get help. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dan McGrath spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about her death hoping that it might encourage someone in a violent relationship to leave before it’s too late.
  
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• Could a new distillery be the seed of a Downtown booze district?

  14-04-2016 04:29 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  How soon until we raise a glass to partnerships and city code?
  
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• Wynn's Paradise Park plans could be only the beginning

  14-04-2016 04:23 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Be cynical if you like. We know better than to second-guess Wynn’s dreamy ideas.
  
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• In brief: EDC's charity auction, prize-winning music education and more

  14-04-2016 04:17 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Plus: The National Parks Service seeks public comment on potential seasonal closures for two of Lake Mead's hiking routes.
  
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• Henderson man charged with using social media in investment schemes

  14-04-2016 03:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Henderson man was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges of stealing $1.7 million from people he met on social websites through phony investment schemes.
  
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• Police seek public’s help in searching for man reported missing

  14-04-2016 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police seek the public’s help in finding a man who was reported missing by his family last week.
  
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• North Las Vegas police ask for public’s help in search for missing man

  14-04-2016 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who was reported missing by his family last week.
  
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• NLV police ask for public’s help in search for man reported missing

  14-04-2016 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police seek the public’s help in finding a man who was reported missing by his family last week.
  
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