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• Transgender inmate in Missouri sues prison system for hormone therapy refusal

  29-08-2016 23:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
  
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• Sandoval’s prescription drug abuse summit begins Wednesday

  29-08-2016 22:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval has called physicians, politicians and law enforcement officials to a summit meeting this week to address the national opioid epidemic’s impact on Nevada.
  
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• New study says human ancestor Lucy could have died after falling from tree

  29-08-2016 21:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The famous human ancestor known as Lucy walked the Earth, but it was her tree climbing that might have led to her demise, a new study suggests.
  
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• Earthquake survivors in Italy angered by government’s funeral plans

  29-08-2016 21:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Italian quake survivors rebelled in anger Monday over the government’s plan to hold a state funeral for their loved ones in an airport hangar in a distant town, where scores of bodies are being kept in refrigerated trucks, and let them watch it on screens from near their emergency tent camp.
  
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• State judicial selection commission accepting applications for vacant Clark County seat

  29-08-2016 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection is now accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Clark County District Court bench.
  
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• State commission accepting applications for vacant Clark County court seat

  29-08-2016 21:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection is now accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Clark County District Court bench.
  
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• Judge orders evidence withheld from public in water district fraud case

  29-08-2016 20:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Seeking to protect the integrity of an ongoing investigation, federal prosecutors have obtained a protective order to keep evidence confidential in the massive fraud case against a former Las Vegas Valley Water District employee.
  
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• Austrian museum team recovers 2 giant tusks of rare mammoth breed — PHOTOS

  29-08-2016 20:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Austrian museum team has recovered two giant tusks and other remnants of what experts say are apparently the remains of a rare mammoth breed, after construction crews unearthed them while working on an Austrian freeway.
  
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• Man dressed as Zorro detained during LAX shutdown on Sunday

  29-08-2016 20:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A false report of gunshots that sent panicked travelers fleeing from Los Angeles International Airport came right after officers with weapons drawn detained a masked man dressed in black and possibly carrying a sword, officials said.
  
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• Beware: That In-Room Coffee Just Might Cost You

  29-08-2016 19:25
  Taking their lead from the airlines, hotels and resorts are raising add-on fees to record levels.
  
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• Woman who died Sunday after snorkeling at Lake Mead identified

  29-08-2016 19:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner has identified the woman who died after snorkeling at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Police digging for homicide victim find body part in Kingman backyard

  29-08-2016 19:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Crews digging in a north Kingman backyard for a possible murder victim found a body part shortly after 6 p.m. Monday.
  
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• Anthony Weiner’s wife, Clinton aide Huma Abedin, leaving him after latest sexting revelation

  29-08-2016 17:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin says she is separating from husband Anthony Weiner after another sexting revelation involving the former congressman from New York.
  
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• Statewide unemployment down to 6.5 percent in Nevada

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Nevada’s statewide unemployment rate fell three tenths of a percent from June to July, finishing the month at 6.5 percent.That’s in contrast to the seasonally adjusted rate which employment security officials say actually increased a tenth to 6.5 percent.Gov. Brian Sandoval touted the news saying job growth has almost regained all of the 175,000 jobs lost at the height of the recession. Most of that job growth is in the same industries that were hardest hit by the economic downturn &
  
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• Solar water heating company may leave state

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Auguste Lemaire, president of Sunvelope, struck his interest with solar water heating in high school.As a fifth-generation Nevadan and with the entrepreneur gene running in his family, Lemaire began his solar water heating business, Sunvelope, nine years ago. “I believe in changing the way to heat water,” Lemaire said.“Nevada has a world class sun potential and we wanted to access that market,” he said.However, the future may not be so bright for Sunvelope as they find t
  
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• Seven words you can’t say in business

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  No, I am not talking about George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television.” If you actually can repeat those seven words, you’ve been around as long as I have! I am talking about words I’ve heard a time or two when visiting small-business owners: “We have never done it that way.” It’s human nature to continue doing the things we believe will work rather than something that requires taking a risk ... or something suggested by a staf
  
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• Re-creating cities for people not cars

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Making a community more walkable and easier to navigate on a bike or on foot is more than a quality of life issue. It also has an economic impact.That’s the topic for the Bikeable, Walkable Livable Communities breakout session during the Economic Development Conference: Building a Stronger Nevada, scheduled Sept. 20-22 at University of Nevada, Reno Joe Crowley Student Union. The Wednesday afternoon session includes a bike tour in downtown Reno.An urban setting that’s bikeable and wa
  
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• Flipping the switch

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  The three mega-casinos in Las Vegas aren’t the only large Nevada businesses that have chosen to leave NV Energy for their power needs.Two Northern Nevada businesses — Switch and the Peppermill Resort Hotel — also filed regulatory paperwork to leave the state’s public power provider. They join MGM Resorts, Wynn Resorts and Sands Corporation, although Sands effectively ended its bid to leave NV Energy in May when it missed a filing deadline with the state Public Utilities
  
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• DEA: Marijuana remains a schedule I controlled substance

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Earlier this month the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced it would open some doors for research into cannabis. According to the DEA’s website, the agency’s policy change is intended to foster research by expanding the number of DEA-registered marijuana manufacturers. This change should provide researchers with a more varied and robust supply of marijuana. The University of Mississippi, operating under a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), currentl
  
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• Company turns pollutants into products

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Where do photography, fertilizer, cyanide, silver bouillon, and e-waste intersect?In the mind of John W. Whitney, Ph.D., president of Itronics Inc., a “Creative Green Technology” company based in Reno.In the last three decades, Dr. Whitney has turned used photographic processing chemicals into fertilizer and a product to neutralize cyanide at gold mines; captured polluting silver and turned it to silver bouillon; and is now working on turning e-waste from computers into something us
  
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• Burning Man boosts business in northern Nevada

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  As tens of thousands of burners get ready to head to the playa, local businesses in northern Nevada prepare for a bump in business. Burning Man provides an estimated annual economic impact of $45 million in northern Nevada, Jim Graham with the Burning Man communications team, said in an email. He also said that in 2015, the event had a paid population of 67,564 people and this year they have a cap of 70,000 paid participants for 2016. Many of these attendees patronize local grocery stores, bicy
  
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• Building northern Nevada

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  The demand for housing is increasing in northern Nevada as more companies settle in the region. With this demand comes many opportunities and challenges for the building and development industry. Panelists Neoma Jardon, Reno City Council member for Ward 5, Chip Bowbly, managing partner of Reno Land Development Company, and Jesse Haw of Hawco Properties, discussed the current landscape of the building and development industry at the Builders Association of Northern Nevada 2016 Housing Forum held
  
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• Bedding startup spreading business

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Ruby Russell and Louie Scheel have been diligently trying to get their Sparks startup company, Stayput Beddings, off the ground.They received a patent for their concept on July 5.Getting to that point has been a painstaking process with a few victories along the way.Russell, 65, and her partner Scheel, 87, met after connecting on the dating site, Match.com, and quickly fell in love. They’re relationship had one snag though: Scheel’s sleeping habits frequently led to the couple&rsquo
  
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• A guide through the maze to financial education

  29-08-2016 16:52
  
  Financial Guidance Center (FGC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization serving consumers throughout the State of Nevada. Established in 1972, FGC is a United Way member agency, approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide all housing related services and is a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC). The Mission of the FGC is to promote economic security through financially responsible behavior to all consumers, regardless of the ability to p
  
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• Clark County students return to classes amid a year of transition — PHOTOS

  29-08-2016 16:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As slower speed zones and approximately 320,000 students returned to Clark County schools Monday, parents and teachers described the 2016-17 academic year as one of transition.
  
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• Clark County students head back to classes

  29-08-2016 16:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Classes resume Monday for the approximately 320,000 students who attend the Clark County School District.
  
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• Scientists complete yearlong Mars simulation on Hawaii mountaintop

  29-08-2016 16:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.
  
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• Child wounded in shooting in northwest Las Vegas

  29-08-2016 16:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A child was hospitalized after an accidental shooting Sunday night in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Mylan to sell less expensive version of EpiPen

  29-08-2016 14:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mylan will start selling a cheaper version of its EpiPen after absorbing waves of criticism over a list price for the emergency allergy treatment that has grown to $608 for a two-pack.
  
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• Suicide car bombing in Yemen kills recruits preparing to fight rebels

  29-08-2016 13:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 45 pro-government recruits who had been preparing to travel to Saudi Arabia to fight Houthi rebels in Yemen’s north.
  
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• Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer

  29-08-2016 12:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway in what wildlife officials are calling an unusually large natural disaster.
  
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• Death toll rises in suicide attack at Iraqi wedding

  29-08-2016 11:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has struck a wedding south of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people.
  
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• LAX evacuation sparked by ‘loud noise’

  29-08-2016 08:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Reports of a gunman opening fire that turned out to be false caused panicked evacuations at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night, while flights to and from the airport were delayed.
  
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• Two groups backing Hillary Clinton open coordinated campaign office in North Las Vegas

  29-08-2016 07:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With 71 days left until the general election, two groups backing Hillary Clinton opened a coordinated campaign office in North Las Vegas. It’s the 12th Democratic campaign office in what has become an important swing state in the presidential race.
  
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• Henderson motorcyclist dies after Saturday night DUI crash

  29-08-2016 04:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Henderson motorcyclist died after a Saturday night DUI crash, police said.
  
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• Annual summit will highlight work to protect, preserve Lake Tahoe

  29-08-2016 04:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will host the 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, with invitees including President Barack Obama and Nevada’s own The Killers performing at the event Wednesday at Harveys Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino at Stateline.
  
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• Woman dies after snorkeling at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area

  29-08-2016 00:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman died Sunday afternoon after snorkeling at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the National Park Service said.
  
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• Woman dies after snorkeling at Lake Mead

  29-08-2016 00:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman died Sunday afternoon after snorkeling at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the National Park Service said.
  
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• Native Americans protest over North Dakota oil pipeline

  29-08-2016 00:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Native Americans from reservations hundreds of miles away from North Dakota have joined the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s growing protest against a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline that they say could disturb sacred sites and impact drinking water for 8,000 tribal members and millions further downstream.
  
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