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• Nevada races: House, legislative primaries dominate Election Day

  13-06-2016 23:35
  
  LAS VEGAS — Two fiercely competitive Nevada congressional contests are the races to watch on Election Day, as voters choose who should compete for the open seat held by Republican Rep. Joe Heck and who should try to reclaim GOP Rep. Cresent Hardy’s seat for the Democrats. Nevada voters head to the polls Tuesday for the primary election, if they aren’t among the more than 143,000 who already weighed in by voting early or by mail. Ballots are already in for about 11 percent of Ne
  
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• Sen. Harry Reid aiming for one last campaign win before he retires

  13-06-2016 23:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Democratic leader Harry Reid says he wishes he could stay in the U.S. Senate forever.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Woman arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, hit and run

  13-06-2016 23:19
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityFRIDAYAt 4:56 p.m., Kendra Bogard, 32, of Sparks was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and hit and run after deputies responded to reports of a crash near the 900 block of Roop Street. Bail was set at $4,000.At 10:41 p.m., a 19-year-old Reno man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of minor in posse
  
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• Arkansas man who killed teen, stuffed body in barrel, escapes prison

  13-06-2016 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man serving a 60-year prison term for strangling a teenager and stuffing her body into a barrel later found buried on his brother’s property escaped from an Arkansas prison Monday by walking away from a work crew.
  
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• Head of Las Vegas FBI office promoted to bureau security post

  13-06-2016 22:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The head of the FBI office in Las Vegas is being promoted to assistant director in the bureau’s security division.
  
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• These are the victims of the gay nightclub massacre in Orlando

  13-06-2016 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, leaving at least 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Here are stories of some of the victims.
  
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• Here’s how Las Vegans can help the Orlando nightclub shooting victims

  13-06-2016 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Although Orlando is over 2,300 miles from Las Vegas, there are still many ways Las Vegans can help the victims, the injured and the families involved.
  
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• California man hit, killed Saturday night in North Las Vegas

  13-06-2016 20:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A California man is dead after being struck by a vehicle Saturday night while walking in North Las Vegas.
  
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• Coroner identifies body found in east Las Vegas Valley

  13-06-2016 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The body found in the east Las Vegas Valley Saturday afternoon has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
  
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• Man who died last month after crash near downtown Las Vegas identified

  13-06-2016 19:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office identified the 75-year-old man who died after a crash near downtown last month.
  
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• Clark County coroner IDs motorcyclist killed in Saturday crash

  13-06-2016 19:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 72-year-old motorcycle driver who died in a west valley crash Saturday has been identified as Las Vegas resident Roger Glenn McClellan.
  
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• Obama, Clinton, Trump comment on Orlando massacre

  13-06-2016 19:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama said on Monday there was no clear evidence that the shooter in Sunday’s massacre in Orlando, Florida, was directed by a larger terrorist network.
  
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• Desert race through new Nevada monument under fire

  13-06-2016 19:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Conservationists are asking the White House Council on Environmental Quality to put the brakes on plans to allow a popular off-road, desert race from near Las Vegas to Reno to run through a newly established national monument in Southern Nevada.
  
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• The Cheese Board celebrates 35 years in business

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  In 1981, Debbie Branby took her love for wine and cheese and opened The Cheese Board and Wine Seller. Thirty-five years later, the business, now known as The Cheese Board American Bistro and Catering Company, has become a staple on California Avenue and in the Reno community. The Cheese Board is a popular lunch eatery and a full-service catering company. The establishment is celebrating its 35th anniversary in business this June. Branby opened The Cheese Board and Wine Seller in 1981 in a 200-s
  
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• The benefits of offering retirement plans

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  For decades, company pension plans were the mainstay method for workers to save for retirement.Now, pension plans have virtually disappeared among private and public enterprises and only primarily seen in state and federal municipalities. As pensions have gone by the wayside for businesses, other modes of retirement plans have come to the forefront for employers and their staff.But some companies don’t take advantage of the various plans available to them, according to David D. Horton, a
  
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• Tahoe-Truckee Market Beat: Millennials and long-term investing

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  In some ways, millennials have a difficult time with finances. Student loan debt is ridiculously high. It’s tough to get a decent education without spending thousands and thousands of dollars.Millennials make less money than their parents did and are less likely to own a home than their parents. Millennial men today are more likely to live with their parents than with a partner or on their own. Young people today are also not investing and saving as much as they should be. In order to bui
  
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• Improving performance with objectives

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  We know that one of the best ways to improve performance is to measure it, share the “numbers” with the performers, then have them set objectives to achieve higher “numbers.” We often see this done in sales departments, but what about in the other areas of the company? Could we effectively use “objectives” to improve performance in the office or other administrative areas? Consider having your administrative staff measure the following, post the results on th
  
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• Hotel, housing development eyed in Truckee

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. — A Maryland-based company is looking at the old Barsell Property in Truckee to potentially build a hotel and an affordable housing development.Triumph Development presented its proposal for the vacant 10.3-acre site at the Interstate 80/Donner Pass Road interchange next to the Truckee Cemetery on June 6 in an open house.“We believe it represents a great balance that respects the existing zoning on the parcel and adds a complementary use that fills a community need w
  
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• Hops Envy growing Nevada’s future

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  Northern Nevada over the past month alone has seen Capital City Brewfest in Carson, Reno Craft Beer Week in May and events such as Strange Brew Festival at the Brewer’s Cabinet. At least 15 breweries call the northern Nevada region home. In Reno, nearly 20 percent of beer sold in stores is craft beer, according to the Nevada Craft Brewers Association. The Association lists Nevada’s economic impact for craft beer sales to be $480 million for 2014. Northern Nevada is riding the nation
  
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• Historic mansion on market

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  A grand piece of Carson City history is for sale.The Brougher-Bath Mansion at 204 W. Spear Street in the historic district of Carson City went on the market last month. The asking price for the meticulously restored Queen Anne-style house is $1,085,000, near the 2006 purchase price.“It’s just a wonderful property,” said Don Harmer, who purchased it 10 years ago for the offices of Corporate Services Network, which manages incorporation services in the state. “It’s b
  
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• Chamber throws support behind WC-1

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  The Chamber of Reno, Sparks, Northern Nevada is the latest business organization to announce support for a campaign to increase funding for county school infrastructure needs. Chamber leaders on June 9 formally announced support for SOS Washoe, a citizen-led coalition of parents, teachers, business owners and community leaders working for passage of WC-1.The Chamber joins other business organizations and individuals that see a close link between quality schools and economic prosperity.WC-1, whi
  
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• Boys & Girls Club serving today’s youth

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, with five sites in Carson City and the Carson Valley, provides a safe, structured and positive environment for young people after school, during holidays and summer vacation. Our core programming areas include the arts; character and leadership; education and career development; health and life skills; and sports, fitness and recreation. Each of these areas incorporate educational curriculum, team-building activities and interpersonal skill building
  
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• Balanced Health Solutions talks type 2 diabetes

  13-06-2016 18:43
  
  Type 2 diabetes, once known as adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition that affects the way the body metabolizes sugar (glucose), which is an important source of fuel for the body.“Right now, in the United States, about one out of four people have diabetes — it is affecting all of us and the meds are not fixing the problem,” Dr. Dale Kelly of Balanced Health Solutions said.Dr. Kelly has spent over 26 years practicing functional medicine. His backgr
  
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• Baltimore cop testifies Freddie Gray asked for help during fatal police transfer

  13-06-2016 18:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Baltimore police officer testified on Monday that black detainee Freddie Gray asked for help while being transported in a police van, where he suffered a broken neck.
  
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• 1 hospitalized after house fire in southeast Las Vegas

  13-06-2016 16:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized after a fire in the southeast valley damaged a home early Monday morning.
  
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• Last of bodies removed from Orlando club; death toll could rise

  13-06-2016 15:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman who killed 49 people and devastated a city world-famous for its theme parks.
  
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• Authorities investigate if Orlando gunman had help

  13-06-2016 15:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. authorities on Monday were investigating whether a gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando and declared his allegiance to Islamic State militants had received any help in carrying out the massacre.
  
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• Law firms donate cash to candidates for Las Vegas judgeships

  13-06-2016 15:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When it comes to elections, judges and those running for judgeships have to fundraise. Though it’s not unusual for judicial candidates to lend money to their own campaigns, many turn to an obvious source of donations — law firms and attorneys.
  
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• FedEx faces drug charges

  13-06-2016 10:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two giants — the U.S. government and FedEx — are set to do battle in a federal court over the explosive claim that the shipping company knowingly delivered illegal prescription drugs such as Ambien from pill mills to dealers and addicts, some of whom died.
  
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• Israel expresses support after Orlando nightclub attack

  13-06-2016 10:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Israel’s ceremonial president says the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando that killed 50 people and wounded dozens more is “as cowardly as it is abhorrent.”
  
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• Metro beefs up Strip presence after Orlando nightclub mass killing

  13-06-2016 06:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the wake of the Orlando shooting, the Metropolitan Police Department has reallocated resources to the entire resort corridor to have a heavier presence on the Strip.
  
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• Las Vegas’ UMC trauma center part of response to mass casualty incidents

  13-06-2016 05:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In Southern Nevada, hospitals — including University Medical Center, the Las Vegas Valley’s only Level 1 trauma center — are part of a multilayered emergency response that includes police, firefighters and ambulance services.
  
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• Las Vegas’ UMC trauma center part of multilayered response to mass casualty incidents

  13-06-2016 05:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In Southern Nevada, hospitals — including University Medical Center, the Las Vegas Valley’s only Level 1 trauma center — are part of a multilayered emergency response that includes police, firefighters and ambulance services.
  
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• Joy, defiance shine at L.A. Pride Parade in wake of Orlando shooting

  13-06-2016 04:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Joy and defiance became central themes for the hundreds of thousands of people who descended on Santa Monica Boulevard for the annual Los Angeles Pride Parade on Sunday morning.
  
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• Orlando nightclub shooter was body builder, guard; once wanted to be cop

  13-06-2016 03:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and who at one point expressed interest in becoming a police officer, though he never pursued it.
  
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• Tourism officials promote Las Vegas at LA Pride event

  13-06-2016 01:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated LGBT Pride month in Los Angeles over the weekend — a golden opportunity for Las Vegas tourism officials to promote the city.
  
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• City releasing names, ages of Orlando nightclub shooting victims

  13-06-2016 01:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The City of Orlando has released names and ages of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted.
  
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• 7 Orlando nightclub shooting victims’ names and ages released by city

  13-06-2016 01:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The City of Orlando has released names and ages of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted.
  
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• 15 Orlando nightclub shooting victims’ names and ages released by city

  13-06-2016 01:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The City of Orlando has released names and ages of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted.
  
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• Lawmakers talk gun control after Orlando nightclub shooting

  13-06-2016 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history prompted calls on Sunday by some members of Congress for legislation to tighten control of weapons sales, although there were slim hopes for much change after 50 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Florida.
  
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• Silence, so far, dominates reaction at Las Vegas nightclubs

  13-06-2016 00:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About a thousand people, some with bowed heads, sat silently in the red velvet chairs inside the Tropicana Theater Sunday afternoon to pay respects to the victims who lost their lives in an Orlando shooting attack about 12 hours earlier.
  
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• Las Vegas nightclubs mostly silent on Orlando shooting

  13-06-2016 00:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When 50 people were shot to death and another 50 were injured at an Orlando, Florida, gay club in Sunday morning’s early hours, Demicahan Lov, aka “D-Lov,” and Jonathan Arroyo were at Las Vegas gay club FreeZone.
  
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• Nevada reacts to Orlando nightclub shooting

  13-06-2016 00:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  People in Las Vegas and around Nevada took to social media in reaction to the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.
  
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