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• Alabama woman accused of killing family dog to fake miscarriage

  21-05-2016 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officials in northwest Alabama say a woman accused of killing a family dog to fake a miscarriage is facing criminal charges.
  
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• Scenes from a Las Vegas IKEA grand opening

  21-05-2016 21:37 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Nothing short of a spectacle was expected. The 40-minute left-turn wait on Durango Drive was understandable.
  
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• Motorcyclist who died in Henderson crash identified

  21-05-2016 20:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner Saturday identified the man who crashed his motorcycle into a concrete barrier in Henderson on Friday afternoon and fell 18 feet.
  
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• Coroner identifies motorcyclist who died in Henderson crash

  21-05-2016 20:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner Saturday identified the man who crashed his motorcycle into a concrete barrier in Henderson on Friday afternoon and fell 18 feet.
  
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• Space shuttle tank begins journey to Los Angeles museum

  21-05-2016 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A massive space shuttle external propellant tank is squeezing through the streets of Los Angeles to join a display of the retired orbiter Endeavour at the California Science Center.
  
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• Northwest Arizona man gets 20 years in death of girlfriend

  21-05-2016 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A northwest Arizona man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after he shot and killed his girlfriend in October 2014.
  
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• The nose has it in Carson City

  21-05-2016 09:43
  
  Mark Twain first-grader Amie Smith gives’Tucker’ the horse a pet on the nose Friday morning during Ag in the Classroom.…
  
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• Wildcats roll to victory to stay alive

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  It ain’t over till it’s over and for the Western Nevada College baseball team, it’s not over.The Wildcats stayed alive in the Western District Tournament Friday by routing host Trinidad State (Colo.) 18-5. WNC advanced to today’s championship round where they will face Yavapai, which beat WNC 8-4 earlier Friday.WNC must beat Yavapai twice to advance to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. It’s likely Chase Kaplan will be the starting pitching in game one
  
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• The Popcorn Stand: Happy birthday to the American Red Cross

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  Today marks the 135 year anniversary the American Red Cross has supported troops and provided relief in times of disaster, both national and abroad.On this day in 1881, Clara Barton, dubbed “The Angel of the Battlefield” for her humanitarian work in the Civil War, established the first American Red Cross chapter in Washington, D.C. Barton gave her blessing to H.A. Lemmon in 1898 to start the Silver State’s first chapter in Carson City. Nevada’s early Red Cross efforts ce
  
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• Teri’s Notebook: A lizard of a tale

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  Last week, I mentioned in my column I had a lizard in my house. It was sunning itself just inside the sliding glass door in my kitchen. I had no idea what to do, so I just left, surrendering the home to the reptile.I also wrote about it on Facebook. “There’s a lizard in my house. And I can’t think of anything to write about for my column. I’m at a loss as to how to solve either of these problems …,” I posted.Luckily for me (and now for you) I received severa
  
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• State boys track: Schulz takes second in discus

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  Ian Schulz’s first throw in the discus never made it out of the cage. Not exactly the way he wanted to start the competition.Fortunately, you get six throws, and Schulz really only needed one more throw to set a new PR and school record at 176-6 and grab second place and a school record at Friday’s NIAA State Track & Field Championships at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Carson High teammate Asa Carter placed third in the long jump at 22-1 ¼. Dayton discus star Za
  
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• Pradere 2nd in 800 race

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  Abby Pradere’s first-ever state meet appearance was bittersweet.Carson’s freshman sensation ran a solid 2:15.85 in the 800-meter final, but had the misfortune of going against Centennial junior Karina Haymore, who broke a 41-year-old state record by running a 2:09.80 Friday night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Haymore’s 2:09.80 broke the previous best of 2:09.90 set by Reno High’s Kathy Westonin 1975. Haymore also broke the stadium and state-meet record of 2:
  
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• Nevada Democrats announce delegates to national convention

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  The Nevada Democratic Party has announced it’s sending 20 delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton and 15 pledged to Bernie Sanders to the national convention in July.Eight unpledged Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates will round out the 43 member delegation.Outgoing U.S. Sen. Harry Reid will serve as delegation chair at the convention.The three committee assignments were split between the two candidates with Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani and Alfonso Lopez appoi
  
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• Nevada Appeal email survey winners

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  Norm and Judy Greenspan won a $100 gift card from the Nevada Appeal for participating in an email survey. Signup for the Appeal’s newsletter by visiting nevadaappeal.com and select the newsletters you want to receive and provide an email address on the right side. Another give away will take place in early June.…
  
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• DMV overpayments cost Carson City, Carson City School District about $100,000 apiece a year

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  The State of Nevada correction in how it distributes a small pot of Department of Motor Vehicle tax money will strip about $100,000 a year out of both the Carson City school district and the city’s newly approved budgets.But neither Superintendent Richard Stokes nor city officials think it will be a major issue for them to handle.Both have been getting more money from vehicle registration fees than they were entitled to since 2013 due to a programming error in the DMV computer system. An
  
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• Caregiver support in Northern Nevada

  21-05-2016 09:35
  
  Across the country today, more than 65 million people, or 29 percent of the population, are providing care for a chronically ill, disabled or elderly family member, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving and Evercare. The value of those “free” services is estimated to be more than $375 billion, which is nearly twice as much as what is actually spent on home health care and nursing home services every year. The average family caregiver for someone 50 years or older spends
  
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• Northbound US 95 to be opened after 4-car wreck cleared

  21-05-2016 07:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol said the northbound U.S. Highway 95 lanes at Horizon Drive would be open sometime after 11:15 p.m. after being shut down for approximately two hours by a four-car crash.
  
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• Northbound US 95 shut down at Horizon Drive after 4-car wreck

  21-05-2016 07:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened about 9:15 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Jason Buratczuk said.
  
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• Channel 13 anchor Rikki Cheese arrested on DUI charge

  21-05-2016 03:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An anchor at KTNV-TV, Channel 13, was arrested Thursday afternoon after she was suspected of drunken driving, the station reported Friday afternoon.
  
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• Channel 13 anchor arrested on DUI charge

  21-05-2016 03:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  This was Rikki Cheese’s second DUI arrest, the station reported.
  
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• Police seek five men in connection with jewelry store robbery

  21-05-2016 03:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are seeking the public’s help to find five men in connection with a Thursday jewelry store robbery.
  
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• BLM sends RJ handful of new details, lots of redacted pages in 2014 Bundy standoff

  21-05-2016 03:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After more than two years of gathering, redacting and delaying release of documents that the Las Review-Journal sought in the Bundy standoff in Bunkerville, the Bureau of Land Management this week provided the newspaper with more than 400 pages of blacked-out emails and reports. The newspaper contends so much requested information is missing that the Bureau of Land Management response lacks the transparency required by the Freedom of Information Act.
  
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• Carson City judge fixes commerce tax petition; backers have 30 days to collect signatures

  21-05-2016 03:27
  
  District Judge James Wilson late Friday approved a new Description of Effect for the petition to repeal the commerce tax.Although Craig Mueller, lawyer for the RIP Commerce Tax PAC, said they will have new petitions printed today, that leaves them just 30 days — until June 21 — to collect 55,234 signatures of valid Nevada voters in order to qualify for the November ballot.That will be a major challenge since it took the group four months to collect the 20,000 plus signers on the now
  
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• Referendum to repeal new commerce tax gets go-ahead, but time running out

  21-05-2016 03:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A state judge Friday signed off on new language for a proposed referendum seeking to repeal Nevada’s new commerce tax.
  
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• Man killed after crashing motorcycle into concrete barrier in Henderson

  21-05-2016 03:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man died Friday after he crashed his motorcycle into a concrete barrier in Henderson. The crash occurred about 3:45 p.m. northbound on Stephanie Street just north of Russell Road, Henderson police spokeswoman Michelle French said.
  
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• Man critically injured after crashing motorcycle into concrete barrier in Henderson

  21-05-2016 03:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is in critical condition after he crashed his motorcycle into a concrete barrier in Henderson on Friday afternoon. The crash occurred about 3:45 p.m. northbound on Stephanie Street just north of Russell Road, Henderson police spokeswoman Michelle French said.
  
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• Group doubts intentions of Clark County DA’s new conviction integrity unit

  21-05-2016 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson won approval this week for a special unit to investigate claims of “actual innocence,” but a nonprofit group dedicated to criminal justice reform excoriated the prosecutor before he made the first hire for the project.
  
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• Demolition proceeds at Riviera — PHOTOS

  21-05-2016 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Workers continued demolition operations at the shuttered Riviera on Friday, making progress toward the scheduled demolition of the towers in June and August.
  
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• DA creates conviction integrity unit, but innocence group doubts intentions

  21-05-2016 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson won approval this week for a special unit to investigate claims of “actual innocence,” but a nonprofit group dedicated to criminal justice reform excoriated the prosecutor before he made the first hire for the project.
  
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• Nevada guardianship panel likes what it sees in Florida county — subpoena power

  21-05-2016 02:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Members of a Nevada Supreme Court panel looking for help to fix the state’s beleaguered guardianship system know one thing: An office in Palm Beach County, Florida, that watchdogs its guardianship system has some much needed bite.
  
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• Nevada guardianship panel likes subpoena power of Florida county

  21-05-2016 02:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Members of a Nevada Supreme Court panel looking for help to fix the state’s beleaguered guardianship system know one thing: An office in Palm Beach County, Florida, that watchdogs its guardianship system has some much needed bite.
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court asked to expedite decision on school choice law

  21-05-2016 02:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lawyers involved in the remaining court challenge to Nevada’s school choice law asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Friday to schedule expedited oral arguments so the case can be decided before the next school year.
  
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• Officials see need to reduce national visa backlog for undocumented immigrant crime victims

  21-05-2016 02:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Congresswoman Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, and Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Executive Director Barbara Buckley called attention Friday to a national backlog of visas for undocumented immigrant victims of crime. Titus said she will introduce legislation to increase visa cap and reduce backlog.
  
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• Road rage may have sparked traffic-snarling incident on Strip

  21-05-2016 01:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Road rage might have led a man to get out of a taxicab and lie on Las Vegas Boulevard, police said. Traffic is backed up at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road because of a man who exited a taxicab and lay in the street, Metro spokesman Michael Rodriguez said.
  
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• Road rage may have sparked traffic-snarling incident on Las Vegas Strip

  21-05-2016 01:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Road rage might have led a man to get out of a taxicab and lay down on Las Vegas Boulevard, police said. Traffic is backed up at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road because of a man who exited a taxicab and lay in the street, Metro spokesman Michael Rodriguez said.
  
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• Murder suspect from Florida arrested in Las Vegas

  21-05-2016 01:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A murder suspect from Florida was arrested Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, the U.S. Marshals Service announced.
  
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• Northwest Career and Technical Academy senior named as U.S. Presidential Scholar

  21-05-2016 01:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Only one Clark County School District student was named among this year’s U.S. Presidential Scholars, a group of 161 students selected from across the nation. The U.S. Department of Education this month announced the selection of Mackenzie Wooten, a senior at Northwest Career and Technical Academy, as a U.S. Presidential Scholar. She was recognized for demonstrating excellence in career and technical education.
  
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• Spring Valley’s newspaper takes top honors in student journalism competition

  21-05-2016 00:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Spring Valley High School’s newspaper took top honors at the 40th annual Clark County student journalism awards Friday at the Suncoast. During its first year in print, the Grizzly Growler received seven awards and an honorable mention.
  
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• Spring Valley High School’s newspaper takes top honors in student journalism competition

  21-05-2016 00:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Spring Valley High School’s newspaper took top honors at the 40th annual Clark County student journalism awards Friday at the Suncoast. During its first year in print, the Grizzly Growler received seven awards and an honorable mention.
  
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• Nevada prison inmate in child sex case dies in Carson City

  21-05-2016 00:18
  
  A 43-year-old convicted child sex offender serving 12-to-50 years in Northern Nevada Correctional Center died at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center The Nevada Department of Corrections says Ramses Reyes died Tuesday. A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Reyes had been hospitalized at a prison medical facility at Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Reyes pleaded guilty in 2007 in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas to lewdness with a minor and attempted use of a child in the productio
  
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