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• Men plead guilty to raping tourist at Fashion Show Mall

  18-05-2016 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two men admitted Wednesday to raping a California tourist at knife point inside the parking lot of the Fashion Show Mall.
  
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• New rule extends overtime to millions

  18-05-2016 22:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules issued Wednesday by the Obama administration. The rule seeks to bolster overtime protections that have been eroded in recent decades by inflation. A diminishing proportion of workers have benefited from overtime regulations, which date to the 1930s and require employers to pay 1½ times a worker’s wage for work that exceeds 40 hours a week. Vice President Joe Biden announce
  
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• More work, more pay? New rule extends overtime to millions

  18-05-2016 22:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules issued Wednesday by the Obama administration. The rule seeks to bolster overtime protections that have been eroded in recent decades by inflation. A diminishing proportion of workers have benefited from overtime regulations, which date to the 1930s and require employers to pay 1½ times a worker’s wage for work that exceeds 40 hours a week. Vice President Joe Biden announce
  
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• Two women injured, one critically, in motorcycle-SUV crash

  18-05-2016 22:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were hospitalized after a crash involving a motorcycle and a sport utility vehicle in the central valley Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• 2 injured in crash; eastbound Sahara at Valley View closed

  18-05-2016 22:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were hospitalized after a crash involving a motorcycle in the central valley Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Henderson City Councilman Sam Bateman seeks justice of peace position

  18-05-2016 22:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson City Councilman Sam Bateman announced Wednesday that he will run for a Henderson Justice Court judge position that recently became vacant.
  
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• Clark County seeks to reduce inappropriate 911 calls

  18-05-2016 22:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  When should you call 911 or 311? The Weekly has the answers.
  
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• Nevada jobless rate remains steady in April, 5.8 percent

  18-05-2016 21:11
  
  LAS VEGAS — State officials say Nevada’s unemployment rate remained steady last month, at 5.8 percent statewide. A state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation report released Wednesday attributed the stability to continued growth of jobs in construction, and in the trade, transportation and utilities category. The state figure remains above the national jobless rate of 5 percent. Chief Nevada economist Bill Anderson says construction in the state added 6,100 jobs, up
  
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• Remains found believed to be those of missing Dayton woman; arrest made

  18-05-2016 20:55
  
  James Hamrick, 55, of Dayton was arrested in connection with the death of Toni Davis, 60, of Dayton. According to a press release from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, working on information provided by a witness, human remains were located in a remote area of Storey County. An autopsy was performed on Wednesday to determine the cause of death and to make a positive identification. The Storey County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the coroner investigation on the found remains. The N
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder of missing Dayton woman

  18-05-2016 20:55
  
  James Hamrick, 55, of Dayton was arrested in connection with the death of Toni Davis, 60, of Dayton. According to a press release from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, working on information provided by a witness, human remains were located in a remote area of Storey County. An autopsy was performed on Wednesday with the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office saying that Davis died after being shot in the head. The body was found in the Six Mile Canyon area of Storey County on Tues
  
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• High schoolers film jump rope session with cat intestines in classroom — VIDEO

  18-05-2016 20:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Texas school district says no one will face punishment after video surfaced of high school students using a cat’s intestines as a jump rope during a lesson.
  
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• Dave Cook Memorial Scholarship fund established Nevada System of Higher Education

  18-05-2016 20:15
  
  The $10,000 four-year Dave Cook Memorial Scholarship has been established by the Elaine P. Wynn and Family Foundation in partnership with the Nevada Public Education Foundation for an incoming freshman pursuing an Education degree at a Nevada System of Higher Education institution beginning in fall 2016.“The scholarship in Dave’s name is a fitting tribute to a man who dedicated his life to education as both a practitioner being a college economics professor and as a policy maker serv
  
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• Ex-prison guard trainee arraigned in Nevada inmate shooting death

  18-05-2016 20:07
  
  LAS VEGAS — A lawyer for a former Nevada state prison guard trainee said Wednesday he looks forward to answering involuntary manslaughter and reckless disregard charges in court in the shotgun killing of a handcuffed inmate in a prison hallway 18 months ago. Raynaldo John Ruiz Ramos and defense attorney Joshua Tomsheck didn’t comment about the case outside a brief initial appearance before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Cynthia Cruz. Nevada state Attorney General prosecutors Jeffrey
  
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• Ex-prison guard arraigned in Nevada inmate shooting death

  18-05-2016 20:07
  
  LAS VEGAS — A lawyer for a former Nevada state prison guard trainee said Wednesday he looks forward to answering involuntary manslaughter and reckless disregard charges in court in the shotgun killing of a handcuffed inmate in a prison hallway 18 months ago. Raynaldo John Ruiz Ramos and defense attorney Joshua Tomsheck didn’t comment about the case outside a brief initial appearance before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Cynthia Cruz. Nevada state Attorney General prosecutors Jeffrey
  
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• Bernie Sanders’s Defiance Strains Ties With Top Democrats

  18-05-2016 19:34
  His campaign manager said that Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the D.N.C., had been working against Mr. Sanders “almost from the get-go.”
  
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• Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Accuses Head of D.N.C. of Favoritism

  18-05-2016 19:34
  The senator’s campaign manager said of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the D.N.C., that “almost from the get-go she has been working against Bernie Sanders.”
  
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• Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch

  18-05-2016 19:34
  Determined to transform the party, the senator is aiming to amass enough leverage to press his agenda at the convention — or even wrest the nomination.
  
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• Nigerian girl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 reunited with mother

  18-05-2016 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother.
  
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• Nigerian girl kidnapped by Boka Haram in 2014 reunited with mother

  18-05-2016 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother.
  
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• Residential development around TRIC slow to come

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  As more businesses locate in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC), the question remains where are the increasing number of employees going to live?TRIC is made up of more than 100,000 acres within Storey and Lyon counties. There’s no residential community in TRIC and it’s zoned in Storey County to remain an industrial park. TRIC’s location between Reno-Sparks and Fernley provides a strong pool of employees who commute to TRIC. “We are not seeing over worries about the
  
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• Rattlesnakes beginning to come out

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  With the weather warming up, residents can start to expect to see snakes coming out of their dens. Several snake sightings were reported last week near Prison Hill, Ash Canyon and Jacks Valley, and Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said this isn’t uncommon with this type of year.“They are starting to emerge from their dens and people will be outdoors with the weather warming up,” Healy said. “The snakes are still lethargic at this time because they are
  
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• Local roundup: Allen, Schulz, Purcell honored

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  Bailey Allen capped off a brilliant four-year softball career by being named to the all-region first team as announced by Northern Division I coaches.Allen, the Senators’ starting shortstop, hit .505 with 24 runs scored and nine RBI. She had an on-base-percentage of .544 and a slugging percentage of .615. A tough out, Allen struck out just four times in 107 plate appearances.Two other players also were honored. Gabbi Winder hit .326 with 12 RBI and Nicole Brown hit .318 and drove in eight
  
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• Hawley looks for two state titles

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  Dayton High’s Zach Hawley can’t wait for the weekend.The senior shot put and discus specialist is excited about defending his state shot put title, and he hopes to add a discus title to his resume at this week’s Division 1-A State Track & Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Carson High’s Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.“I’m ecstatic,” Hawley said in a phone interview before Monday’s practice. “Everything is coming together at
  
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• Don’t feed me

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  Connie Higgons Corley took this photo of wild horses at Dayton Valley and Comstock roads in Dayton.…
  
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• Community sports: Empire clinic and flag football

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  Empire Ranch has slated weekly junior golf clinics starting June 7.The clinics are open to boys and girls from 5 to 16. The clinics are held every Tuesday or Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.The cost is $125 per month.Call 885-2100 for more information.Bill Allen and Wade Walker shot a net 58 to win Flight A in the 2-man scramble for the Empire Ranch Senior Men’s Club. The event was played at Wolf Run.Gary Dalen and Gene Gaston shot 59 and Dave Morris and Henry Teague shot 60.In Flight B, Joh
  
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• Carson City man serving on Navy missile destroyer in Spain

  18-05-2016 08:57
  
  A 2005 Carson High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile destroyer, USS Ross.Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan La Porte is a damage controlman aboard the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer operating out of Rota, Spain. Ross is one of four destroyers home ported in Rota.A Navy damage controlman is responsible for training the crew on fire fighting survival and maintaining fire fighting and lifesaving equipment.“I am in a position to w
  
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• Las Vegas Valley falls in national health and community fitness ranking

  18-05-2016 06:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas area tumbled 10 spots this year to land near the bottom of a list ranking the health and community fitness of the nation’s 50 most populated metropolitan areas.
  
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• Central Las Vegas apartment complex evacuated after device explosion sends one to UMC

  18-05-2016 05:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating an explosive device that went off Tuesday night, sending one person to University Medical Center’s trauma unit.
  
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• Henderson City Council OKs $509M budget for fiscal 2017

  18-05-2016 04:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  During Tuesday night’s meeting, the Henderson City Council approved a $509 million budget for fiscal year 2017, which starts July 1.
  
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• Carson City Audit Committee starts looking ahead to 2017

  18-05-2016 03:43
  
  The Carson City Audit Committee, which will soon wrap up this year’s city work program, began looking at areas of focus for 2017. Mark Steranka, partner, Moss Adams LLP, the city’s internal auditor, presented to the committee Tuesday a possible $145,000 budget for projects that could include a review of the way the city handles small works projects and inventorying its fees and charges. Steranka said a few calls to the fraud, waste and abuse hotline have involved so-called small wor
  
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• Henderson swears in interim replacement for seat left vacant after judge’s death

  18-05-2016 03:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson on Tuesday night swore in Rodney T. Burr to fill the interim municipal court judge seat that became vacant after Judge Diana Hampton was found dead in her home in March.
  
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• Nonprofit group offers ideas for bridging teacher gap

  18-05-2016 02:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Plans to turn around Southern Nevada’s teacher shortage are in the hands of state lawmakers. A nonprofit group of almost 60 education, business and government leaders on Tuesday unveiled recommendations they came up with during five months of brainstorming sessions on how to improve schools. Those working with the business-backed education reform group Nevada Succeeds and the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance described the plans at Bonanza High School.
  
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• Nevada building new execution chamber despite drug cutoff

  18-05-2016 01:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Department of Corrections says it will move forward with construction of a new execution chamber despite a shortage of lethal injection drugs. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the pharmaceutical company Pfizer recently became the last manufacturer of Food and Drug Administration-approved lethal injection drugs to stipulate that its drugs cannot be used for execution. Corrections department spokeswoman Brooke Keast says the state still plans to build the exec
  
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• Carson High School business students look for donations for nationals

  18-05-2016 01:43
  
  Ricky Garcia, 18, is preparing for the entrepreneurship competition at the National Future Business Leaders of America Convention in Atlanta on June 26-July 3.“They give you a situation and you have to come up with a solution,” he said. “That’s something you have to know how to do in life, whether it’s in business or just personal stuff.”The Adams Hub donated $2,800 to the chapter, and is calling on the community to match the funding.“It’s a once-i
  
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• Department of Motor Vehicles inspects auto repair businesses for proper permits

  18-05-2016 01:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jose Tinoco achieved a longtime dream two months ago by opening an auto body repair shop just south of Nellis Air Force Base. The business bearing his name was permitted by the secretary of state’s office and Clark County, but Tinoco said he didn’t realize he needed to be licensed by a third agency: the Department of Motor Vehicles.
  
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• Carson City Chamber of Commerce hosting candidate’s forum on May 24

  18-05-2016 00:39
  
  Choosing the candidates who will advance to the general election is extremely important. And, the only way to be able to choose wisely is to see the primary candidates in action as they answer questions posed by board members of the Carson City Chamber of Commerce on May 24th beginning at 6 p.m. at the BAC Performance Hall.The Carson City Chamber Primary Candidates Forum will center on the two races with four candidates each. The race for Carson City Mayor attracted four candidates as did the r
  
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• Judge vacates conviction for Las Vegas grandmother with gambling problem

  18-05-2016 00:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge this week vacated the conviction of a woman who said her gambling addiction led to stealing more than $500,000 from a business where she worked.
  
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• Clark County School District police officer charged with using excessive force

  18-05-2016 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County School District police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of using excessive force against two people, including a student, at the Jeffrey Behavior School and then trying to cover it up.
  
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• Carson City residents warned to watch for bears

  18-05-2016 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Carson City parks officials are warning residents to be on the lookout after a reported sighting of a female bear with cubs near Fuji Park.
  
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