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• Laughlin man who stole dead mother’s Social Security benefits sentenced to prison

  12-07-2016 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Laughlin man was sentenced Tuesday to 366 days in federal prison for stealing the Social Security benefits of his dead mother for more than 24 years.
  
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• Ruling near in government push for secrecy in Bundy case

  12-07-2016 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge indicated Tuesday she is close to deciding whether to withhold government evidence from the public in the criminal case stemming from the 2014 Bunkerville standoff.
  
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• Nevada officials OK settlement with EPA over polluted stormwater runoff

  12-07-2016 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada officials on Tuesday approved a $120,000 settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over violations relating to polluted stormwater runoff from state Department of Transportation-run facilities.
  
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• Nevada officials OK settlement over violations relating to polluted stormwater runoff

  12-07-2016 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada officials on Tuesday approved a $120,000 settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over violations relating to polluted stormwater runoff from state Department of Transportation-run facilities.
  
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• Feds to help Nevada scrutinize its juvenile justice system

  12-07-2016 23:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s juvenile justice system will get a thorough review with help from the U.S. Department of Justice in an initiative announced Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
  
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• State board approves $2.5M to help Nevada fight Yucca Mountain waste dump plan

  12-07-2016 23:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The state Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved $2.5 million more for Nevada to keep fighting against a proposed high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain.
  
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• Burning Man disputes $2.8M bill for federal land use permit

  12-07-2016 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Burning Man organizers are disputing their $2.8 million bill from the federal government — the cost last year of hosting its popular outdoor festival in the Black Rock Desert, a national conservation area in Nevada.
  
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• Burning Man disputes $2.8 million bill for federal land use permit

  12-07-2016 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Burning Man organizers are disputing their $2.8 million bill from the federal government — the cost last year of hosting its popular outdoor festival in the Black Rock Desert, a national conservation area in Nevada.
  
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• US Capitol on lockdown after report of person with gun

  12-07-2016 22:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  he U.S. Capitol and all buildings in the Capitol complex were placed on lockdown on Tuesday as authorities investigated a report of someone with a weapon outside the building.
  
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• Lockdown at US Capitol lifted after report of person with a gun

  12-07-2016 22:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Capitol was briefly placed on lockdown on Tuesday after police received a call about a man with a gun several blocks away, police said.
  
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• Nevada accepts $1.8M settlement over student testing program

  12-07-2016 21:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A state panel on Tuesday approved a $1.8 million settlement in favor of the Nevada Department of Education over a botched student testing program.
  
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• Nevada accepts $1.8 million settlement over student testing program

  12-07-2016 21:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A state panel on Tuesday approved a $1.8 million settlement in favor of the Nevada Department of Education over a botched student testing program.
  
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• Net metering, energy competition, medical tax exemption measures OK’d for Nov. 8 ballot

  12-07-2016 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said Tuesday that three petitions — seeking to restore favorable net metering rates, open Nevada’s electricity markets to competition and exempt medical equipment from the sales tax — have qualified for the November general election ballot.
  
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• Federal appeals court orders Utah to fund state branch of Planned Parenthood

  12-07-2016 20:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal appeals court is ordering Utah to continue sending money to the state branch of Planned Parenthood, overturning an earlier ruling that allowed the governor to defund the organization.
  
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• Obama speaks at memorial service for Dallas police officers

  12-07-2016 19:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Dallas police officers including the five slain at a protest against police violence last week for saving lives during the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement in almost 15 years.
  
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• Obama pays tribute to fallen Dallas police officers during memorial service

  12-07-2016 19:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has appeared to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy.”
  
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• Obama, Bush to speak at memorial service for Dallas police officers

  12-07-2016 19:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama visits Dallas on Tuesday to address a memorial service for five police officers killed at a protest against police violence, as he seeks to mend divisions inflamed by the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement in almost 15 years.
  
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• Northern Nevada man charged with abusing guardianship system

  12-07-2016 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Elko County man has been arrested in connection with abuses of the guardianship system, the Nevada attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.
  
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• Judge dismisses GOP Assembly hopeful’s election challenge

  12-07-2016 18:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas judge tossed the case of a Republican Nevada Assembly candidate who challenged the results of a primary race she lost last month and wanted two precincts in the Moapa Valley area to cast their ballots again.
  
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• GOP Assembly candidate who lost challenges results in court

  12-07-2016 18:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of six Republican Assembly candidates who’s challenging election results after losing in the primaries is headed to court.
  
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• Body of missing US airman found in Italian river

  12-07-2016 18:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The body of a U.S. airman has been found in a river in the northern Italian town where he went missing 10 days ago, Italian authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Coroner IDs teen shot to death at apartment complex

  12-07-2016 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The teenager shot and killed at an apartment complex near the North Las Vegas Airport Monday has been identified by the Clark County coroner as Robert Joseph Bustos II, 17.
  
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• 22 killed, many injured after 2 trains collide head-on in southern Italy

  12-07-2016 15:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 22 people and injuring scores more, officials said.
  
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• 20 killed, many injured in train collision in southern Italy

  12-07-2016 15:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Twenty people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy on Tuesday, a regional official told reporters.
  
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• Beware of scary Brexit headlines pushing you to buy gold

  12-07-2016 08:23
  
  NEW YORK — If you thought the Brexit vote was scary, check out the full page newspaper ad that recently appeared in The New York Times recounting all the horrors in the present tense, as if they were still unfolding: The vote “topples” the British government, “crushes” the pound and “wipes away” billions in stock market wealth. Then came the purpose behind all the panicky prose. “Buy Gold Now!” Investors have done just that, pushing up the pr
  
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• 3 adults, 2 children displaced after central Las Vegas Valley house fire

  12-07-2016 08:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The fire started about 9:48 p.m. in the kitchen of the 2000 Mariposa Ave. home, near Sahara and Eastern avenues.
  
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• Nevada Artists Association announces winners of Spirit of America art show in Carson City

  12-07-2016 07:20
  The Nevada Artists Association is exhibiting its Spirit of America art show in its gallery at the Brewery Arts Center. The judged exhibit open to all regional artists runs through July 30. Awards were given in seven media categories for first, second and third places and honorable mention. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. All art is for sale and admission is free. The NAA’s gallery is at 449 W. King St. ‘Based in Carson,’ an oil painting by L
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Straw bale gardening

  12-07-2016 07:20
  
  Straw bale gardening is a different technique for planting vegetables, flowers or herbs. The bales become a kind of organic container to hold your soil/compost mix and into which you plant your seeds or transplants. This requires conditioning of bales in order to decompose their interior enough to allow roots to grow into the straw. Straw bale gardening is an affordable way to make raised bed gardens. It has the added advantage that no digging is needed, definitely a plus on hard or rocky soils
  
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• Carson City Senior Follies variety show is ready to go

  12-07-2016 07:20
  
  It’s time for the cast of the Senior Follies to put on their costumes and break into a song. The live show, full of fun and music, has been a wonderful Carson City tradition since 1996. And this year is no exception.This year’s theme is, “Follow Your Dreams.” It will be interesting to find out how our seniors will present this theme. They have give us some spectacular shows the past with themes such as “The Best of Broadway,” “Fabulous Forties” an
  
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• Leaving for Las Vegas? Nine stadium sites emerge for Raiders — VIDEO

  12-07-2016 06:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Matt Youmans and Richard Velotta cover developments from the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting Monday at UNLV.
  
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• Leaving for Las Vegas? 9 stadium sites emerge for Raiders — VIDEO

  12-07-2016 06:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Matt Youmans and Richard Velotta cover developments from the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting Monday at UNLV.
  
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• Sandoval endorses embattled incumbent Wixom for state higher education board

  12-07-2016 04:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval has backed an incumbent who is fighting to keep his seat on Nevada’s higher education board, an unusual endorsement for an elected body that seldom draws public interest.
  
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• Woman dies after falling from Grand Canyon trail

  12-07-2016 03:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Florida woman has died after falling from a trail at Grand Canyon National Park.
  
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• California man arrested after his dog named Jack Sparrow tests positive for meth

  12-07-2016 03:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 21-year-old Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after his pet Chihuahua tested positive for methamphetamine, police said Monday.
  
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• Heck’s two education bills advance to U.S. Senate

  12-07-2016 03:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pair of bills backed by U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., that aim to make college more accessible were passed by the House of Representatives on Monday with unanimous voice votes.
  
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• Live traffic signs to be spread all over Project Neon by end of year

  12-07-2016 03:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Digital messages will flash from a dozen electronic signs by the end of the year, warning commuters to slow down as they approach the massive construction zone that will soon envelope the Spaghetti Bowl.
  
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• Starbucks to increase base pay of workers in October

  12-07-2016 03:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Starbucks is boosting the base pay of all employees and store managers at U.S. company-run stores by 5 percent or more. In a letter sent to workers Monday, CEO Howard Schultz said that the amount of the raise — which will occur in October— will be determined by geographic and market factors.
  
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• If technology throws millions of truckers out of work, is that a good thing?

  12-07-2016 03:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In order to provide a solid future for their children, Fabian Coleman and his wife, Nina, have saved money so he can go to truck driving school and buy his own truck. Now he worries that technology could end his dream and throw millions of truckers out work.
  
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• Much work remains on Vegas stadium plan; more time sought

  12-07-2016 01:35
  
  LAS VEGAS — A committee that’s developing plans for an NFL-grade stadium in Las Vegas wants more time for its project as questions about the cost and location remain far from resolved. Stadium proponents who hope to lure the Raiders from Oakland presented nine possible sites Monday to the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee, three weeks before the group was supposed to finalize recommendations for Gov. Brian Sandoval. Supporters had initially suggested they could get the
  
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• ACT test scores put Clark County college-ready students at less than 10 percent

  12-07-2016 01:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Meanwhile, graduation rates in Clark County and across the state have risen over the past few years, raising questions about the value of high school diplomas if students can’t succeed in college.
  
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• RSVP seeking auction items for annual Dayton Valley Days festival Sept. 17-18

  12-07-2016 00:29
  
  The Retired Senior Volunteer Program, now in its third year of organizing the silent auction at Dayton Valley Days, is hoping to make this year’s auction the best in the festival’s 28-year history. Kathy Bray, Lyon County field representative for RSVP, is reaching out for donations of anything of value, large or small, to auction off at this year’s event on Sept. 17-18. Donations are tax-deductible and are welcomed from businesses, organizations and individuals.The silent auct
  
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• Reno hearing begins in Biela’s bid to get off death row

  12-07-2016 00:29
  
  RENO — Lawyers for a Nevada death row inmate seeking a new trial after he was convicted of the 2008 rape and murder of a 19-year-old college student argue that one of Reno’s highest profile cases in decades should have been moved somewhere else. James Biela’s former public defender testified at an evidentiary hearing in Washoe District Court Monday about the “extraordinary” pretrial publicity that surrounded Brianna Denison’s kidnapping and killing. Mazie Pusi
  
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• NDOT to condemn two parcels for USA Parkway project

  12-07-2016 00:29
  
  The Nevada Department of Transportation board on Monday approved a resolution to condemn two parcels of land needed to build the USA Parkway, at the same time directing NDOT staff to continue negotiating to try avoid a court battle.The two parcels totaling 4.4 acres are located at the end of the planned parkway where Opal Avenue meets U.S. 50.NDOT made the owner an offer of $207,000 in December but owner Dario Passalalpi rejected that, instead asking NDOT to pay $1.1 million. He told media at t
  
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