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• Polls close in Britain’s referendum on leaving European Union

  23-06-2016 23:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The polls closed Thursday in Britain’s historic referendum and leaders on both sides cautioned that it was far too early to say who had won.
  
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• Early voting results point to Britain leaving EU

  23-06-2016 23:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The British pound seesawed wildly Friday and betting markets dramatically shortened the odds on Britain leaving the European Union as increasingly mixed signals challenged earlier market anticipation of a narrow victory for “remain.”
  
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• Britain votes to leave European Union

  23-06-2016 23:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Britain has voted to leave the European Union, results from Thursday’s landmark referendum showed, an outcome that sets the country on an uncertain path and deals the largest setback to European efforts to forge greater unity since World War Two.
  
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• Committee hears Titus bill to overhaul veterans appeal process

  23-06-2016 23:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the fast-track effort to reduce the nation’s backlog of veterans disability claims, Nevada Rep. Dina Titus predicted in August that the Department of Veterans Affairs would “soon be facing an appeals tsunami.”
  
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• Net metering ballot proposal draws big bucks on both sides

  23-06-2016 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Big money is flowing into the fight over a potential November ballot measure that could restore Nevada’s more favorable net metering rates for current and future rooftop solar residential customers.
  
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• Millions flowing into fight over Nevadan Net metering ballot proposal

  23-06-2016 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Big money is flowing into the fight over a potential November ballot measure that could restore Nevada’s more favorable net metering rates for current and future rooftop solar residential customers.
  
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• Amber Alert issued for 6-year-old girl last seen in Reno

  23-06-2016 21:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Amber Alert was issued Thursday afternoon for a child last seen in Reno.
  
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• Amber Alert cleared for 6-year-old girl in Reno

  23-06-2016 21:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Amber Alert was issued Thursday afternoon for a child last seen in Reno.
  
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• Man found dead next to moped in central Las Vegas Valley on June 13 identified

  23-06-2016 21:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a motor scooter crash has been identified.
  
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• Coroner identifies Las Vegas man found dead next to motor scooter

  23-06-2016 21:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a motor scooter crash in the central valley has been identified.
  
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• Southern Nevada District Board of Health votes against granting applications for level 3 trauma centers

  23-06-2016 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Southern Nevada District Board of Health voted against granting any applications for level 3 trauma centers at a meeting Thursday.
  
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• Southern Nevada District Board of Health rejects all level 3 trauma center applications

  23-06-2016 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Southern Nevada District Board of Health voted against granting any applications for level 3 trauma centers at a meeting Thursday.
  
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• Southern Nevada District Board of Health rejects all applications for level 3 trauma centers

  23-06-2016 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Southern Nevada District Board of Health voted against granting any applications for level 3 trauma centers at a meeting Thursday.
  
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• Southern Nevada District Board of Health rejected all level 3 trauma centers applications

  23-06-2016 21:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Southern Nevada District Board of Health voted against granting any applications for level 3 trauma centers at a meeting Thursday.
  
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• ACLU asks court to slow briefings in Nevada school choice law challenge

  23-06-2016 20:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada objected Thursday to a rapid-pace briefing schedule proposed by the state in its appeal over the state’s school choice law.
  
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• New financing plan for Las Vegas domed stadium gets tepid response

  23-06-2016 19:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A new financing plan that reduces public funding for a $1.4 billion domed stadium from $700 million to $550 million received a lackluster response Thursday from the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee and the project’s developers.
  
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• Chupacabra? Coyote? NH police post photo of zombie-looking animal

  23-06-2016 19:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police in New Hampshire say a macabre mammal spotted in a town cemetery is likely a mangy fox - not a “zombie dog” or mythical beast as some have speculated.
  
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• Masked, armed man shot dead by police at German movie theater after taking hostages

  23-06-2016 19:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A masked man was shot dead Thursday after entering a movie theater in southwestern Germany with what appeared to be a rifle and taking several hostages, authorities said. No one else was hurt.
  
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• Crews working to keep oil spill from SoCal pipeline away from coast

  23-06-2016 19:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An oil spill of 700 barrels of crude from a pipeline in Ventura County, California, had emergency crews scrambling Thursday to keep the oil from reaching the nearby coast, a state official said.
  
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• Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in college admissions

  23-06-2016 18:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the practice of considering race in college admissions, rejecting a white woman’s challenge to a University of Texas affirmative action program.
  
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• 10 people displaced after fire damages 4 condos in east Las Vegas

  23-06-2016 18:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An early morning condominium fire in the eastern valley has displaced 10 people and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage
  
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• Baltimore officer found not guilty in Freddie Gray death

  23-06-2016 17:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson Jr was found not guilty on Thursday of second-degree depraved heart murder in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, the most serious criminal charge he faced.
  
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• Henderson-based nonprofit has 300,000-plus books ready to hand out next school year

  23-06-2016 17:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Spread the Word Nevada is trying to collect enough books so students from at-risk elementary schools will have a new one every month. Last year, it collected more than 425,000 books to give to schools across Clark County. Currently, it has about 375,000 books stored and ready for the upcoming school year.
  
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• Supreme Court tie vote blocks Obama’s immigration plan

  23-06-2016 16:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama’s immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation.
  
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• Fire witnesses advised to stay out and report, as residential and wilderness blazes grow quickly

  23-06-2016 15:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas sees roughly 2,500 fires break out every year, said Tim Szymanski, public education and information officer with Las Vegas Fire & Rescue. He should know: In January of 2013, his own house caught fire.
  
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• TOCCATA — Tahoe Symphony Orchestra continuing Summer MusicFest with patriotic concerts

  23-06-2016 09:13
  
  Building on its June “Go4Baroque” Summer MusicFest kickoff series, TOCCATA — Tahoe Symphony Orchestra will continue its 21-concert Summer MusicFest with the TOCCATA BOPS series featuring best of Broadway, opera, pops, and patriotic selections.The first concert is at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 3 on the Village Green in Incline Village as part of Red, White and Tahoe Blue. The program opens with a rousing patriotic medley for orchestra and chorus and Chaminade’s Concertino for Fl
  
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• The Popcorn Stand: Sit-in symbolizes state of Congress

  23-06-2016 09:13
  
  I don’t know if I should laugh or cry. It’s come to this. As I’m updating this, Democrats are in their 12th hour of a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives.This isn’t to belittle Congressman John Lewis who has led this sit in. But I don’t like this at all. I understand Lewis participated in numerous sit-ins and is a champion of the civil rights movement and his work in that area should be commended.But I don’t like the idea of our leaders having
  
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• Paving the way in Carson City

  23-06-2016 09:13
  
  Q&D Construction employees are seen working on the curbing along Carson St. Wednesday afternoon. Some of the new sidewalks are now finished in areas just waiting for light poles and landscaping.…
  
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• Hiring veterans stressed at NNDA meeting in Carson City

  23-06-2016 09:13
  
  Veterans should be part of the solution to northern Nevada’s workforce woes, according to local leaders who served in the military themselves.Area manufacturers say finding qualified workers is their No. 1 concern, said Rob Hooper, executive director, Northern Nevada Development Authority, at the group’s monthly breakfast at the Carson Nugget Wednesday. To help address that, employers should look to veterans whose experience prepares them for a range of jobs, said Mayor Bob Crowell,
  
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• Blue Jays pound Reno A’s

  23-06-2016 09:13
  
  Blue Jays pound Reno A’sThe Carson Blue Jays scored 16 fourth-inning runs to break a 4-all tie and beat the Reno A’s, 20-5, Tuesday night at Ron McNutt Field.The Blue Jays had just seven hits, but the locals took advantage of 16 walks and three errors to make it a blowout.Kahle Good hit two doubles and a single good for five RBI. No other Blue Jay player had more than one hit. Abel Carter drove in two runs.Colby Zemp, Ben Nelson and Trevor Edis combined their efforts on the mound. N
  
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• BAC summer music continues Saturday with the Jason McGuire Trio with Terceto Kali

  23-06-2016 09:13
  
  The Brewery Arts Center’s Levitt Foundation and its Levitt AMP Music Series concerts continue Saturday night at 7 p.m.The free concert will feature the Jason McGuire Trio performing with Terceto Kali.Jason “El Rubio” McGuire’s mastery of the flamenco guitar began in Dallas as a jazz and classical guitar student. After relocating to New York to pursue a career in flamenco, McGuire was chosen to record with famed guitarist Carlos Heredia on his album Gypsy Flamenco (2004),
  
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• Homegrown musical ‘Idaho!’ opens in Las Vegas with one eye on Broadway

  23-06-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  “The only reason we are here is because I couldn’t think of anything to rhyme with Wyoming.”
  
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• Boxer Shawn Porter is quietly, intensely ready for the biggest fight of his career

  23-06-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Come June 25, either Porter or Keith Thurman is going to be the new king of the division Floyd Mayweather ruled for so long.
  
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• Carson City’s Palmer takes fourth in Olympic Trials

  23-06-2016 07:11
  
  Carson City’s Krysta Palmer finished fourth in synchronized 10-meter platform at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials Wednesday in Indianapolis.Palmer, diving with 13-year-old Tara Gilliland, finished fourth with a score of 828.54. Jessica Parrato and Amy Cozad earned the berth to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in August in Rio De Janeiro with a 935.76. Anna James and Katrina Young too second at 846.42 and Samantha Bromberg and Delany Schnell were third at 836.10.Palmer also qualified for the in
  
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• Nevada projected to be majority-minority state by 2023, official says

  23-06-2016 06:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada isn’t a majority-minority state quite yet. But it is projected to be in 2022 or 2023, according to the state demographer.
  
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• Majority of Nevadans could be minorities by ’22 or ’23

  23-06-2016 06:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada isn’t a majority-minority state quite yet. But it is projected to be in 2022 or 2023, according to the state demographer.
  
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• Majority of Nevadans could be minorities by 2022 or 2023

  23-06-2016 06:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada isn’t a majority-minority state quite yet. But it is projected to be in 2022 or 2023, according to the state demographer.
  
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• Video of men draining liquid in desert prompts government investigation

  23-06-2016 04:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A viral video of unidentified men draining barrels of liquid in the Nevada desert has prompted an investigation by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.
  
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• Contributions mount for PAC backing legalization of recreational marijuana

  23-06-2016 03:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A political action committee backing recreational marijuana legalization has recently seen a stream of green, as in cash.
  
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• 40-acre brush fire out south of Reno near I-580

  23-06-2016 02:36
  
  RENO — Fire crews are mopping up after a brush fire south of Reno that burned about 40 acres of grass and sagebrush near U.S. Interstate 580 in Pleasant Valley. Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Chief Charles Moore says no homes or structures were threatened by the blaze. He says the flames were as high as 10-feet tall when crews responded to the fire shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday near the Galena bridge. But he says the fire never spread into the neighboring timber and never got clos
  
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• Daughters of the American Revolution chapter to honor Vietnam War veterans at The Mirage

  23-06-2016 02:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Daughters of the American Revolution Valley of Fire Chapter will honor more than 80 Vietnam War veterans during a 5 p.m. ceremony Thursday at The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
  
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• Video of waste dumping in Mound House under state investigation

  23-06-2016 01:42
  
  The director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says his environmental protection division is investigating a video showing employees of a Lyon County foundry dumping what they describe as sludge onto the ground.“We’re already investigating it,” said Leo Drozdoff on Wednesday.The department became aware of the dumping after a man claiming to be one of the company’s employees posted a video on Reddit saying their boss ordered them to dump the w
  
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• Freed robbery defendant blasts federal prosecutors on YouTube

  23-06-2016 01:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A robbery defendant who won his freedom because of procedural errors by prosecutors has gone on YouTube proclaiming his innocence and blasting the government’s handling of his case.
  
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• Sandusky accuser asks to limit questioning, keep his abuse private

  23-06-2016 01:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who claims he told Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that he was sexually abused as a teen by Jerry Sandusky asked a judge Wednesday to protect his identity and limit questioning by lawyers in a lawsuit brought by Paterno’s family against college sports’ governing body.
  
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• Amended lawsuit challenges Nevada law governing registration of sex offenders

  23-06-2016 01:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An amended lawsuit has been filed challenging a 2007 Nevada law governing registration and community notification of sex offenders and seeking to block its implementation next month.
  
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• Critical-injury crash in central Las Vegas valley

  23-06-2016 01:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened about 3:40 p.m. at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
  
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• Officials tackling overcrowding problem at Clark County jail

  23-06-2016 01:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  On Tuesday, the Clark County Commission reviewed the Metropolitan Police Department’s plan to address the problem of overcrowding at the county jail.
  
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• No protests to downtown Carson City assessment

  23-06-2016 00:39
  
  No one came forward to protest an assessment that affects downtown businesses at a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors Wednesday. A public hearing on the Downtown Neighborhood Improvement District assessments was on the schedule again after a hearing at last week’s regular supervisors’ meeting, at which no complaints were filed either. The NID was formed to assess businesses downtown for a portion of the ongoing maintenance of the Downtown Streetscape Enhancement Project.Als
  
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• Nevada to get $25 million for lost taxes on federal lands

  23-06-2016 00:39
  
  Nevada will get $25,632,826 this year under the federal PILT program.PILT stands for Payments In Lieu of Taxes. The program is designed to compensate states that have a disproportionate percentage of federally owned land within their borders. Those states, primarily western states, are impacted because they can’t collect taxes on federal lands.PILT money is designated to help cover the cost of services including law enforcement and fire fighting primarily in rural areas.In Nevada, the fed
  
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• Backers of proposed Nevada ballot measures submit signatures

  23-06-2016 00:39
  
  LAS VEGAS — Three groups proposing Nevada ballot questions have submitted signatures in an effort to qualify the measures for the November election. The measures would reverse a rooftop solar rate hike, undo NV Energy’s monopoly and exempt more medical equipment from the sales tax. Four other proposed measures died on Tuesday after supporters missed a deadline for submitting more than 55,000 valid signatures of registered voters. Here’s a look at all the measures: ROOFTOP SOLAR
  
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