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• Metro corrections officer arrested second time on prostitution-related crime

  15-06-2016 23:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police have arrested a Metro corrections officer for a prostitution-related crime while he was under internal investigation and on paid administrative leave for a separate prostitution-related crime, the department said.
  
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• City Hall plaza to be named after ex-Mayor Oscar Goodman

  15-06-2016 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five years to the day after Oscar Goodman presided over his last full Las Vegas City Council meeting, the current council decided to name the plaza in front of City Hall for the popular former mayor who pushed for the new building.
  
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• EgyptAir wreckage reportedly found in Mediterranean

  15-06-2016 23:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board.
  
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• Prosecutors to seek death against 2 in Lee’s Liquor killing

  15-06-2016 22:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they plan to seek the death penalty against two of three men accused of storming into a southwest valley Lee’s Discount Liquor armed with handguns and killing a clerk have been indicted.
  
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• NHL expansion to Las Vegas signals gaming now mainstream, official says

  15-06-2016 22:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Having the NHL poised to expand to Las Vegas sends a strong signal that gaming industry has gone mainstream, the president and CEO of the American Gaming Association said Wednesday, adding that the concerns about sports betting are “antiquated.”
  
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• Mack Middle School teacher’s aide faces more charges

  15-06-2016 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Prosecutors filed new charges Wednesday against a teacher’s assistant accused of inappropriate behavior with children at Mack Middle School.
  
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• Plan calls for breakup of Clark County School District one year earlier than orginally proposed

  15-06-2016 22:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A preliminary plan to reorganize the Clark County School District would place that massive undertaking on an accelerated timeline, creating individual precincts at all 357 schools by August 2017.
  
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• Plan calls for breakup of Clark County School District by August, 2017

  15-06-2016 22:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Assembly Bill 394, which Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law last year, originally called for splitting the school system into smaller local precincts by 2018-19 academic year. But a consultant hired to craft the reorganization plan justified the earlier deadline as a way to prevent opponents from railroading the effort.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of possession of a dangerous drug, larceny

  15-06-2016 22:15
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTUESDAYAt 5:39 p.m., a 39-year-old Dayton man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of possession of a dangerous drug and petit larceny after deputies responded to reports of a man taking items from the Market Street Walmart. Bail was set at $5,250.At 10:11 p.m., a 25-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery near the 300 block of Sixth
  
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• Nevada Highway Patrol, area police departments targeting speeders

  15-06-2016 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol will be joining forces with other local agencies in an effort to make the streets safer by looking for speeding drivers in the Las Vegas Valley.
  
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• Las Vegas Fire Department responds to house fire near Rainbow and Alexander

  15-06-2016 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Fire Department is responding to a fire at 3944 Coconut Court, near Rainbow Boulevard and Alexander Road.
  
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• Fireworks inside flame-engulfed northwest Las Vegas home explode as crews fight blaze, officials say

  15-06-2016 20:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fast-moving fire in a northwest valley home Wednesday morning triggered the subsequent explosion of stored ammunition and fireworks in the garage, officials said, causing an intense and active blaze that took crews more than an hour to extinguish.
  
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• 9-year-old sets record with swim to Alcatraz Island and back

  15-06-2016 20:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 9-year-old Central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back.
  
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• NRA says gun sales to those on terrorist watch lists should be delayed

  15-06-2016 19:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The National Rifle Association said on Wednesday it stood by its position on terrorism watch lists and access to firearms, saying sales to potential buyers who are on the lists should be delayed while they are investigated by the FBI.
  
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• Authorities trace Orlando gunman’s movements before deadly shooting

  15-06-2016 17:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Omar Mateen drove around the Orlando area the night before the nightclub massacre, visiting several places, the mayor said Wednesday as investigators tried to piece together the killer’s movements and zeroed in on how much his wife may have known about the plot.
  
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• Heat wave early next week will be excessive but not unexpected

  15-06-2016 16:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  High temperatures in Las Vegas are expected rise past 110 degrees — possibly into record territory — on Monday and Tuesday as part of the first big blast of summer heat across the Southwest.
  
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• Third tragedy unfolds in Florida; body of 2-year-old recovered

  15-06-2016 16:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You’d have to mine the brain of a horror novelist to deliver a scenario as tragic as what unfolded Tuesday and Wednesday at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Orange County officials late Wednesday afternoon confirmed that they had recovered the body of 2-year-old who was attacked by an alligator.
  
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• Search continues for boy dragged away by alligator near Orlando Disney resort

  15-06-2016 16:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Search and rescue leaders with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida, were still combing the area at the resort Wednesday morning for a 2-year-old boy who was attacked and dragged from his father in the Seven Seas Lagoon.
  
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• Search continues for boy dragged away by alligator at Disney resort in Orlando — VIDEO

  15-06-2016 16:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Search and rescue leaders with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida, were still combing the area at the resort Wednesday morning for a 2-year-old boy who was attacked and dragged from his father in the Seven Seas Lagoon.
  
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• Disney in Orlando closes beaches as search continues for boy dragged away by alligator

  15-06-2016 16:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Search and rescue leaders with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida, were still combing the area at the resort Wednesday morning for a 2-year-old boy who was attacked and dragged from his father in the Seven Seas Lagoon.
  
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• Body of boy grabbed by alligator at Orlando Disney resort has been recovered

  15-06-2016 16:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  CNN is reporting that the body of 2-year-old boy who was grabbed by alligator at the Disney Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida, has been recovered.
  
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• The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe Breaks Ground on Lake Club

  15-06-2016 16:08
  
  The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, the first and only AAA Five Diamond resort in the Lake Tahoe region, located mid-mountain at Northstar California Resort, has revealed plans for the construction of a new lakefront project, Lake Club, The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe. Designed by renowned local architect Clare Walton for the exclusive use of the resort’s guests, the Lake Club, The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe will introduce an exceptional level of luxury service and amenities to the North Shore. An e
  
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• Tarkanian, Kihuen win tight Congress primaries

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  Danny Tarkanian has beaten Michael Roberson in a hotly contested Republican primary for the southern Nevada House seat held by Rep. Joe Heck.The 3rd Congressional District race was one of the most heated in the primary cycle, with candidates trading negative ads that called each other “Dirty Danny Tarkanian” and “Two-Faced Michael Roberson.”Tarkanian is a businessman and son of the late UNLV basketball coach Danny Tarkanian. He’s made five unsuccessful bids for off
  
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• Recipe: Gluten-free cherry pie by Susan Hart

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  Cherry PieBy Edgar A. Guest“... With the cherries ripe for eating and for baking I will takeMy wedge of luscious goodness and then let the stomach ache.Let the acid overpower me if it wants to, I won’t cry.There’s no diet list I’ll follow that would rule out cherry pie.Ill be good in February. I’ll do all the doctors say.I’ll eat all their tasteless victuals ’til about the end of May.Then I’ll turn my back upon them, and then, even though I die,As
  
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• Nelson, Walsh win Douglas County seats

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  Challenger Dave Nelson denied opponent Greg Lynn a third term on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.Nelson won more than 56 percent of the vote in the Republican primary to eliminate Lynn from contention in District 1.Under a law sponsored by Sen. James Settelmeyer in 2015, the winner of the primary would go onto be the lone candidate on the November ballot.In the race to replace District 3 County Commissioner Doug Johnson, former planning commissioner Larry Walsh defeated cur
  
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• Natural Living: The medicinal power of lemons

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  The lemon is a species of small evergreen tree native to Asia. Its rich history of treating and preventing scurvy amongst suffering seamen was found in 1747 by James Lind. The lemon seed quickly spread throughout the New World and was used mostly as an ornamental plant and for medicine.Lemons are packed with nutrition, containing vitamin C, flavonoids, B-complex vitamins, citric acid, potassium, magnesium, iron, pectin, limonene, phosphorus, calcium, copper and fiber. These nutrients help promo
  
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• Get Healthy Carson City: Phone apps help new parents

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages. It addresses topics related to the health of our community.Carson City Health and Human Services is pleased to share two exciting smartphone apps for new parents. Text4Baby and the Pacify App both provide parents with valuable resources to help ensure babies grow up happy and healthy. When you have a new baby, there are so many different things to remember, and babies don’t come with instruction manuals. These apps can help
  
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• Flag day recognized in Carson City

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  The Nevada National Guard celebrated Flag Day with Tuesday morning on the Capitol Grounds. A small ceremony was held at the Nevada Veterans Memorial for nearly 100 civilians and military personnel. The National Guard had the ceremony to honor the history of the American Flag as well as the 241st birthday of the United States Army.“Our flag is recognized as a sign to every corner on Earth and our Army, that marches under it can never be defeated and that is something we should be proud of
  
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• Carson Tahoe Health updates healthcare exhibit at Children’s Museum

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  Carson Tahoe Health unveiled its updated healthcare exhibit inside the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada. Designed to demystify technology and procedures used by healthcare professionals, the gallery provides children the opportunity to explore career choices, learn about the importance of keeping their bodies healthy, and use equipment such as stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs. Additionally, the exhibit now features a newborn play station, as well as an interactive X-ray machine r
  
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• Carson High School student wins spot at Smallwood Multi-Media Boot Camp

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  Carson High School Career and Technical Education graphic design student, Jose Conchas Vargas, has been selected to attend the Smallwood Multi-Media Boot Camp June 13-23 at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.Conchas Vargas, a senior in the fall, is the only Carson City student selected to join other students from northern Nevada.“I’m really excited to get more experience in media and new technology,” he said. “I didn’t think I&rsq
  
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• Assembly District 40: Al Kramer defeats incumbent O’Neill

  15-06-2016 09:04
  
  Embattled Carson City Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill lost his bid for the GOP nomination in Assembly District 40.But not to the candidate the Carson Republican Central Committee wanted and endorsed. Voters rejected political newcomer Chris Forbush, splitting their vote closely between incumbent O’Neill and former Carson City Treasurer Al Kramer — both of whom have long records of community involvement in the capital.With Carson City and most of the district’s Washoe County bal
  
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• Joe Heck, Cortez Masto head to November in race to replace Sen. Harry Reid

  15-06-2016 08:23
  
  LAS VEGAS — Rep. Joe Heck and former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto sailed to the top of their easy primaries Tuesday, setting up one of the most pivotal U.S. Senate contests in the nation just as expected.Cortez Masto easily defeated a trio of little-known opponents and Heck scored a comfortable win against conservative activist Sharron Angle in the Nevada primary. They’ll compete for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid.“It&r
  
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• Crowell, Carver to face off for Carson City mayor in November

  15-06-2016 07:51
  
  The race for Carson City mayor is down to two candidates.Robert Crowell, the incumbent, and opponent Chris Carver emerged as the top two vote-getters in the primary election Tuesday and will face off in the general election in November. Crowell received 3,724 votes or 45 percent of the vote while Carver garnered 2,788 votes or 34 percent. Kurt Meyer and Jerry Cinani, the other two contenders for the office, received 1,173 votes or 14 percent and 602 votes or 7 percent, respectively. “We l
  
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• Ortiz, Hughes advance in Education Board races

  15-06-2016 06:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With a sigh of relief, incumbent Felicia Ortiz put her hand over her chest and looked up from a laptop. The screen showed she was the leader in the State Board of Education District 3 race. She finished the night with 46.3 percent of primary election votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
  
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• Ortiz and Hughes garner top early vote totals in State Board of Ed races

  15-06-2016 06:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With a sigh of relief, incumbent Felicia Ortiz put her hand over her chest and looked up from a laptop that showed she was the early leader in the board’s District 3 race with 46.5 percent of votes.
  
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• Incumbent Wixom trails Carter in possible Board of Regents District 6 upset

  15-06-2016 06:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Michael Wixom, an 11-year incumbent on Nevada’s higher education board, has struggled to fend off a group of contenders vying for his seat , according to early numbers reported by the Clark County elections office.
  
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• Carter upsets incumbent Wixom in Board of Regents District 6

  15-06-2016 06:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Michael Wixom, an 11-year incumbent on Nevada’s higher education board, lost to a candidate who didn’t raise or spend any money to fund his campaign, as Patrick Carter pulled off the upset in their District 6 race.
  
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• Carter leads incumbent Wixom in possible Board of Regents District 6 upset

  15-06-2016 06:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Michael Wixom, an 11-year incumbent on Nevada’s higher education board, was trailing a candidate who didn’t raise or spend any money to fund his campaign, as Patrick Carter held a surprising lead with approximately 65 percent of precincts reporting in their District 6 race.
  
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• Voters back US Senate favorites, most GOP Assembly members who voted for more taxes

  15-06-2016 06:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada voters who trudged to the polls Tuesday did not appear to be in the mood for surprises. They sent expected U.S. Senate favorites to the general election and supported most incumbent state lawmakers who voted for Gov. Brian Sandoval’s record 2015 tax and budget package.
  
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• Most Assembly members who backed Sandoval tax hike doing well

  15-06-2016 06:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Most of nine Republican Assembly incumbents who supported Gov. Brian Sandoval’s tax and budget package in 2015 were fending off challenges from anti-tax opponents in early returns Tuesday.
  
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• In Orlando shooting’s aftermath, residents gather to mourn, remember

  15-06-2016 05:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The flags hung at half-mast seemed to bow a little lower in this tourism-based city that mirrors Las Vegas in many ways. Residents are still coming to grips with the terrorist-related tragedy Sunday morning in which 49 people died at the hands of a lone gunman who shot up a gay nightclub.
  
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• Gardnerville apartments on fire

  15-06-2016 05:35
  
  Firefighters responded to two apartment buildings on fire along Lampe Drive in Gardnerville at about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday.Two people were injured in the three-alarm fire, according to broadcast reports. One was treated at the scene, while another was transported to Carson Valley Medical Center by East Fork Paramedics.Residents of at least six units will require help from the American Red Cross.East Fork Fire District received aid from surrounding agencies. Carson City and Tahoe Douglas firefighter
  
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• Clark County School board president Linda Young close to claiming final term in District C

  15-06-2016 05:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Outspending Clark County School Board president Linda Young and securing endorsements from the local teachers and support staff unions failed to help Adam Johnson win enough votes in Tuesday’s primary election to earn a spot on November’s general ballot.
  
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• Clark County School board president Linda Young claims majority of early votes in District C

  15-06-2016 05:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Linda Young, president of the Clark County School Board, claimed more than half of the early and mail-in ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, likely guaranteeing she escapes a general contest in November.
  
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• Clark County School Board President Linda Young claims final term in District C

  15-06-2016 05:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Outspending Clark County School Board President Linda Young and securing endorsements from the local teachers and support staff unions failed to help Adam Johnson win enough votes in Tuesday’s primary election to earn a spot on November’s general ballot.
  
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• Child dragged into water by alligator near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, police say

  15-06-2016 05:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in Orlando are searching for a young boy who they say was dragged by an alligator into the water near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.
  
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• Arizona woman charged with killing her 3 sons, youngest 2 months

  15-06-2016 03:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Arizona woman has been formally charged with murder in the stabbing deaths earlier this month of her three young sons.
  
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• San Diego woman gets probation for graffiti tour of National Parks

  15-06-2016 03:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A San Diego woman who drew on rocks at several National Parks, including Death Valley and Zion, and posted about it on social media has pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of damaging government property.
  
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• US Marshals task force in Las Vegas arrests fugitive wanted in Missouri

  15-06-2016 02:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fugitive wanted in Missouri by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Tuesday afternoon by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Las Vegas.
  
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• Fourth fire warning in a week has firefighters preparing

  15-06-2016 02:48
  
  The fourth red flag warning for critical fire danger in seven days is forecast for Wednesday.On Tuesday, decreased humidity and gusty winds brought the third red flag warning as firefighters prepared for a busy summer.“We just got off a conference call with the Weather Service and they have issued a red flag for tomorrow for the same reasons,” East Fork Deputy Chief Dave Fogerson said on Tuesday. “This will be our third and fourth red flag of the season, pretty early in the se
  
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