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• Carson City man arrested on 26 counts of graffiti

  11-05-2016 23:35
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man on more than 25 counts of graffiti around North Carson.Aaron “Creeper” Hernandez, 22, was arrested Monday morning around midnight near the 3100 block of Imperial Way, after deputies conducted a traffic stop following a tip about a vehicle that had been spotted around one of the graffiti sites. An anonymous tip told officers a gray Nissan Xterra had been spotted around one of the graffiti sites on Imperial Way, and when deputi
  
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• UNLV students show off engineering wonders at the Senior Design Competition

  11-05-2016 23:15 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  From insomnia to concussions, UNLV's College of Engineering students have been working on solutions for real-world problems.
  
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• Las Vegas police investigating body found in car trunk

  11-05-2016 22:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are investigating a dead body found in a car trunk Wednesday morning.
  
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• Accused gunman in Planned Parenthood shooting found incompetent for trial

  11-05-2016 22:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge has found a man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case.
  
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• Male revues vs. female revues: Who's got more skin in the game in Vegas?

  11-05-2016 22:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Upcoming Vegas male revues Magic Mike Live and Black Magic were announced this week.
  
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• Downtown’s Eclipse Theaters eyes a September launch

  11-05-2016 22:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Prospective patrons can currently buy $100 or $500 gift cards to Eclipse at a 20 percent discount.
  
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• Can you pass a test to become a ‘certified’ Vegas tour guide? — QUIZ

  11-05-2016 21:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Unlike New York City and other major cities, Las Vegas doesn’t have a required test that people have to pass before they can work as a tour guide in the city.
  
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• Reno Phil Youth Orchestra performing Spring Showcase May 21 in Reno

  11-05-2016 21:11
  
  Before the talented young musicians of the Reno Phil Youth Orchestra depart for a once-in-a-lifetime performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City later this month, a student preview performance takes place at the Spring Showcase, May 21 at 4 p.m. at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in Reno.The evening begins with the Youth Strings Symphonia, under the direction of conductor Carol Laube. The Youth Strings Symphonia is followed by the Youth Concert Orchestra and finally the Youth Sympho
  
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• Infant found dead Tuesday in Boulder Highway apartment identified

  11-05-2016 21:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the 6-month-old boy found dead Tuesday morning in a Boulder Highway apartment as Ezekial Hooper.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of two counts of domestic battery

  11-05-2016 20:39
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTUESDAYAt 9:14 p.m., a 21-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of domestic battery near the 4600 block of Edmonds Drive. Bail was set at $6,000.WEDNESDAYAt 1:15 a.m., a 37-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of two counts of failure to appear traffic after deputies responded to the 1200 block of 5th Street for a possible dom
  
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• Judge temporarily withholds Bundy evidence from public

  11-05-2016 20:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge has issued an interim protective order that will maintain the confidentiality of evidence that prosecutors are turning over to defense lawyers in the Bunkerville standoff case.
  
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• Intentional fire cause 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, authorities say

  11-05-2016 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities say the fire that caused the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013 was a criminal act.
  
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• 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in Texas called criminal act

  11-05-2016 19:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities say the fire that caused the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013 was a criminal act.
  
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• 3 women arrested at Chicago airport with $3M in heroin, opium in luggage

  11-05-2016 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three women were arrested Tuesday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with more than $3 million of heroin and opium in their luggage.
  
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• 3 woman arrested at Chicago airport with $3M in heroin, opium in luggage

  11-05-2016 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three women were arrested Tuesday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with more than $3 million of heroin and opium in their luggage.
  
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• Stunt plane crashed into hilltop 12 miles south of Henderson airport, report says

  11-05-2016 18:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Sky Combat Ace stunt plane that crashed April 30 near Jean impacted a hilltop 12 miles south of Henderson Executive Airport, killing the pilot and his passenger and spreading debris for 800 feet, investigators said in a preliminary report Wednesday.
  
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• Report says stunt plane crashed into hilltop 12 miles south of Henderson airport

  11-05-2016 18:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Sky Combat Ace stunt plane that crashed April 30 near Jean impacted a hilltop 12 miles south of Henderson Executive Airport, killing the pilot and his passenger and spreading debris for 800 feet, investigators said in a preliminary report Wednesday.
  
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• 3 people hospitalized after crash in North Las Vegas

  11-05-2016 18:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people, including a pregnant woman, were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a crash in North Las Vegas. Drivers are urged to avoid the area near Lamb Boulevard and Craig Road.
  
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• 3 dead, including suspect, in Boston stabbing rampage

  11-05-2016 17:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man described by his family as mentally disturbed went on a stabbing rampage hours after leaving a hospital, killing two people and assaulting and stabbing more in a house and a shopping mall before being fatally shot.
  
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• Hyperloop ready to show off high-tech transit system near Las Vegas

  11-05-2016 17:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Executives with Hyperloop One were well aware of the historical significance of Tuesday in announcing details of their futuristic transit system the company is publicly testing at Apex Wednesday.
  
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• Hyperloop One triumphant in system test at Apex

  11-05-2016 17:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hyperloop One executives were well aware of Tuesday’s historical significance when they announced details of their futuristic transit system that was publicly tested at Apex on Wednesday.
  
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• White officer indicted on federal charges in fatal shooting of black motorist

  11-05-2016 17:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A white former police officer has been indicted on federal charges connected to the April 2015 shooting death of black motorist Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, according to court documents unsealed on Wednesday.
  
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• How Long Do I Have To Be In Downward Dog Before I Can Check Twitter? A Campaign Reporter’s Workout Diary

  11-05-2016 16:55
  Spinning in Madison, boxing in Las Vegas: Amy Chozick, a Times political reporter, does what she can to keep fit on the campaign trail.
  
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• Rosseter Hart appointed to Carson City School Board

  11-05-2016 09:43
  
  The Carson City School Board appointed its new member Tuesday night.Susan Rosseter Hart was voted as the new School Board trustee for District 6. The seat has been vacant since the end of March when the former trustee Deonne Contine resigned from the position.The board held interviews for the three candidates- Hart, Marena Works and Julie Oliver during its meeting Tuesday night. Most of the trustees said they were looking for a candidate who was objective and would work hard for the district.&l
  
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• Downtown Carson City work reveals much historic damage

  11-05-2016 09:43
  
  A bit of Carson City’s history is buried beneath city streets.The downtown corridor project to replace aging water and sewer pipes, narrow Carson Street, widen sidewalks and add other pedestrian-friendly features has unearthed some surprises. While doing work on 3rd Street, which eventually will be closed to traffic and turned into Bob McFadden Plaza, three underground tanks were discovered. The purpose of the tanks, found just west of Mom & Pop’s Diner, is unknown but were like
  
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• WNC roundup: Baseball, softball set for tournaments

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — The timing of the Region 18 softball tournament couldn’t be better for Western Nevada College. The Wildcats are playing their best softball of the season coming into this week’s double-elimination regional tournament.WNC has won its past three series and 10 of its past 11 games going into is tournament opener against Colorado Northwestern today at 8:30 a.m..“We are coming on really strong right now,” said WNC coach Leah Wentworth. “To see
  
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• Sandoval will endorse Republican lawmakers who voted with him

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday he will both endorse and contribute to Republican lawmakers who voted for his ambitious budget and the tax package to pay for it.“I’m going to support those who supported the budget and education,” he said following Tuesday’s Board of Examiners meeting.Sandoval said that includes P.K. O’Neill of Carson City who has been shunned by the Carson Republican Central Committee.“I’m proud of P.K.,” said Sandoval. “I
  
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• Prep roundup: Douglas sweeps CHS softball: Carson golf 7th

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  Carson High’s softball team ended its season by getting swept by arch-rival Douglas, 10-9 and 10-3, Tuesday afternoon.The Senators, who bid farewell to Bailey Allen and Gabbi Winder, finished the league season with a 6-16 record, a three-game improvement from coach Shane Quilling’s first season at the helm.“We made some progress this year, doubling our win total in league,” Quilling said. “Hopefully we can double that next year. The future looks bright.“We do
  
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• Nevada extends PEBP HMO contract for interim

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  The Nevada Board of Examiners on Tuesday voted to extend the existing state employee benefits contract with Hometown Health while they finish putting together a request for a proposal (RFP) to get a new contract.The process of getting and signing a new HMO contract has a tortured history that finally resulted in the Public Employee Benefits Program board ordering staff to put together a completely new RFP. Executive Director Damon Haycock said the initial RFP was “a little too broad,&rdqu
  
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• Miles ahead: Carson City contractor moves ahead at TRIC

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  Miles Construction has built its business by developing relationships with the deal brokers in the construction industry.The Carson City-based general contractor, which started in 1986, has found those relationships beneficial in landing several large-scale projects in northern Nevada and some surrounding areas.Cary Richardson, vice president of business operations for Miles, said the company also has been meticulous in developing detailed construction costs for projects. That has proved helpfu
  
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• Community spotlight: CHS athletic department informational meeting set

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  The Carson High athletic department is holding an informational meeting May 23 at 6 p.m, in Morse Burley Gymnasium.This is the only athletic department meeting scheduled for the 2016-17 school year, and parents, guardians and athletes are urged to attend.The meeting will discuss sign-ups, eligibility requirements, random drug testing, concussion testing and other important items. Most coaches will be available for questions after the main meeting.For more information, contact the athletic depar
  
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• Carson baseball faces elimination

  11-05-2016 09:35
  
  After posting 22 wins during the regular season, Carson High finds itself facing elimination in the Northern Division I baseball tournament.The No. 2 Senators, despite outhitting No. 7 McQueen 12-8, dropped a 6-4 decision to the Lancers Tuesday afternoon at Ron McNutt Field in the opening round of the playoffs.Carson won’t have time to feel sorry for itself. The Senators host Damonte Ranch, an 8-0 loser to Reno, today at 4 p.m. Carson swept the season series against Damonte Ranch, but the
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 9, 1940: Speedy automobile planned for police department

  11-05-2016 08:42
  
  Carson City’s police department is welcoming a new addition — a speedy automobile.The Carson City Board of Trustees last evening voted to accept the offer by the Pozzi Motor Co. to provide a four-door sedan specially fitted and equipped for police service on a monthly rental basis. Under the terms of the agreement between the Pozzi Motor Co. and the trustees of Carson, Pozzi will provide for use by the Carson police department a four-door sedan powered by a 95 horsepower motor, equi
  
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• Nevada asked for records linked to Panama Papers shell companies

  11-05-2016 05:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Shell companies registered in Nevada have attracted the attention of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. The committee’s ranking member, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is asking Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske for information about more than 1,000 business entities linked to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
  
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• Leader: New Yucca Mountain report ignores impact on tribe

  11-05-2016 04:31
  
  LAS VEGAS — A Native American tribal leader said Tuesday that federal regulators failed to consider people living in the Death Valley area in a key environmental report about the likelihood of underground water contamination from a proposed radioactive waste dump in the Nevada desert. “We are real. We are here,” Timbisha Shoshone Chairman George Gholson complained to the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects in Las Vegas, a state agency also critical of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
  
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• Mobile clinic offering free brain scans for Las Vegas locals

  11-05-2016 04:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A mobile clinic parked in Las Vegas this week is offering locals a chance to undergo free brain scans and help researchers better understand the brain.
  
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• County fire asks public to stop calling 911 “for stubbed toes and sore throats”

  11-05-2016 04:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Facing record numbers of calls for service, county fire chief Greg Cassell on Tuesday instead urged people to only call 911 “for a true medical emergency, fire or police emergency.”
  
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• NLV police ask for help finding owner of car involved in fatal hit-and-run crash

  11-05-2016 03:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help to find Qaadir Isaam Amin II, who police said is the registered owner of the GMC Yukon that was involved in a hit-and-run crash Saturday that left one man dead.
  
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• Nevada panel, tribe call out NRC on Yucca groundwater contamination concerns

  11-05-2016 03:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal plans to saddle Nevada with burying the nation’s most potent radioactive waste in Yucca Mountain were bemoaned Tuesday by the state Commission on Nuclear Projects and American Indians who would be most affected.
  
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• Jury awards Las Vegas man $6.6M in 2013 crash

  11-05-2016 03:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas mechanic was awarded nearly $6.6 million Friday in a lawsuit accusing a local doctor of striking his car shortly after both men left the auto shop where he worked.
  
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• Jury awards Las Vegas man $6.6 million in 2013 crash

  11-05-2016 03:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas mechanic was awarded nearly $6.6 million Friday in a lawsuit accusing a local doctor of striking his car shortly after both men left the auto shop where he worked.
  
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• Plans for a ‘quality teacher in front of every child, every day’ in Nevada near completion

  11-05-2016 02:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As the Clark County School District enters its peak hiring season, community leaders next week will unveil policy and program recommendations aimed at solving Southern Nevada’s chronic teacher shortage.
  
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• Hyperloop tweaks name just before Wednesday’s test in North Las Vegas

  11-05-2016 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hyperloop Technologies is changing its name ahead of a propulsion test scheduled Wednesday at the company’s Apex test facility.
  
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• Former owner of Lake Tahoe Brewing Company sought by Carson City Sheriff’s Office

  11-05-2016 02:23
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is searching for the primary suspect in a theft and obtaining money under false pretenses investigation involving the former owner of the Lake Tahoe Brewery.Detectives are looking for 33-year-old Michael Candelario who’s wanted on a felony contempt of court warrant and misdemeanor violation of pre-trial supervision from the Carson City Justice Court. Candelario was arrested at the end of February on suspicion of theft. The warrant for his arrest was f
  
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• The Clark County coroner declared the March 28 death of a 19-year-old near Sloan a suicide on Tuesday.

  11-05-2016 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner declared the March 28 death of a 19-year-old near Sloan a suicide on Tuesday.
  
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• Coroner says 19-year-old’s death near Sloan is a suicide

  11-05-2016 02:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner declared the March 28 death of a 19-year-old near Sloan a suicide on Tuesday.
  
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• U.S. agency ends Nevada mustang fertility project

  11-05-2016 00:40
  
  RENO — Under the threat of another legal battle, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has quietly pulled the plug on a public-private partnership in northern Nevada aimed at shrinking the size of a wild horse herd through the use of contraceptives, according to documents The Associated Press obtained on Tuesday. Unlike most mustang conflicts pitting protection groups against ranchers, the dispute in Nevada’s Pine Nut mountains southeast of Carson City has divided horse advocates themse
  
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• Nevada renewing efforts to attract more Chinese tourists

  11-05-2016 00:40
  
  Nevada is renewing its efforts to attract Chinese tourists after shutting down a Beijing tourism office it operated for a decade. The state Board of Examiners approved a $396,000, two-year contract on Tuesday with East West Marketing Corporation. The company has offices in China and Los Angeles, and will develop and maintain a Nevada tourism website in Chinese, handle social media and bring Chinese journalists to tour Nevada. Nevada had a tourism office in China since 2004, but the board voted l
  
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