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• Cheesy choice: ATM at Ohio college serves pizza

  10-09-2016 23:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A newly installed ATM at an Ohio university is doling out the next best thing to money — pizza.
  
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• EPA clears kid’s belongings after mercury discovery at Johnson Junior High

  10-09-2016 22:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 700 bags of items left behind at Johnson Junior High School following the discovery of mercury on campus Wednesday have been screened and cleared, according to the Enviornmental Protection Agency.
  
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• EPA clears belongings after mercury discovery at Las Vegas school

  10-09-2016 22:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 700 bags of items left behind at Johnson Junior High School following the discovery of mercury on campus Wednesday have been screened and cleared, according to the Enviornmental Protection Agency.
  
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• Some police departments say body cameras too costly

  10-09-2016 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police departments in at least two states that outfitted their officers with body cameras have now shelved them, blaming new laws requiring videos to be stored longer, which they say would significantly increase the cost.
  
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• Some police departments in US say body cameras too costly

  10-09-2016 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police departments in at least two states that outfitted their officers with body cameras have now shelved them, blaming new laws requiring videos to be stored longer, which they say would significantly increase the cost.
  
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• Government stops pipeline work after tribe looses court battle

  10-09-2016 17:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The federal government stepped into the fight over the Dakota Access oil pipeline Friday, ordering work to stop on one segment of the project in North Dakota and asking the Texas-based company building it to “voluntarily pause” action on a wider span.
  
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• Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin to live with mother in Virginia

  10-09-2016 16:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who shot President Ronald Reagan is scheduled to leave a Washington mental hospital for good on Saturday, more than 35 years after the shooting.
  
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• Woman in critical condition after Friday night DUI crash downtown

  10-09-2016 16:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman is in critical condition after a Friday night DUI crash near downtown Las Vegas.
  
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• Explosion and fire kill 23 in Bangladesh factory

  10-09-2016 16:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A boiler exploded and triggered a fire at a packaging factory near Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 23 workers and injuring dozens, officials said.
  
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• Words of a saint

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  In light of Mother Teresa’s canonization on Sept. 4, Dan Bowler of Carson City submitted this letter, written by the nun in 1977 and given to Bowler’s mother by the family’s priest in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The letter thanks the Bowler and Di Souza families for raising $15,000 to benefit Mother Teresa’s work in Calcutta, India.…
  
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• Virginia City hosting International Camel & Ostrich Races

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  For the 57th year in a row, locals and out-of-state visitors gather at the fairgrounds in Virginia City to sit on the edge of their seats with anticipation to watch camels and ostriches reach the finish line. Friday launched the annual International Camel & Ostrich races, with local media competitions. Overall, there are 30 jockey teams taking each other on at the arena until Sunday. This year, however, was a little different than most. Usually, vendors for the event are located nearby St.
  
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• Teri Vance: Of trash mobs and camels

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  Muscle Powered is teaming up with local Boy Scouts for a special Trash Mob in Kings Canyon on Oct. 1. After the Waterfall fire of 2004, plastic tree protectors were put in place to help the seedlings that were planted as part of the recovery process. Since that time, the plastic tree protectors have long outlived their usefulness and are now an eyesore. Those interested should meet at Long Ranch Park on the corner of Bristol and Longview between 7:45 and 8 a.m.Long pants, long-sleeved shirts, c
  
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• Stephanie Swart: For Mom

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  I ask the Universe:Do you hear me cry? Sobbing uncontrollably, tears like a river flowing down my face, dripping, falling to the ground.Do you hear me whisper? Mama...mama...why?My mom, Marilee Swirczek, died by suicide on July 17, 2016, after battling depression for a short seven months. Short is relative I suppose, to her it was 213 agonizing days. 307,000 grueling minutes. Minutes that were spent reviewing and reliving her life, most often the worst parts of it. Minutes spent in denial of the
  
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• Scams continue in Carson City

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  Carson City has been hit with several cases of telephone scams claiming callers won substantial amounts of money.Once recent scam impersonated the Publisher’s Clearing House, claiming the recipient won the prize in 1991 and could obtain the money after sending a money order to “cover the taxes” on the money.The victim, Joan Reguera, said she was told she would need to send $495 via a mail order from Walmart to receive her prize. She said the caller gave her names and numbers o
  
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• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day to be held in Carson City

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  The third annual Carson City Kiwanis Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day is like Carson City’s mini Olympics, said founder Robey Willis. “There’s so much going on with the golf tournament, the run and the weight-lifting competition,” he said. “I think that’s what makes it such a festive atmosphere. People are having so much fun.” The Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day will feature a 5K and 10K runs along with a children’s fun run; a bench press competiti
  
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• Nevada heads to storied N. Dame xyxy

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  The Nevada Wolf Pack is going to get a healthy dose of college football history, tradition and royalty this weekend.“It is something every little kid thinks about,” said Wolf Pack offensive lineman Jeremy Macauley of the Pack’s game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish today (12:30 p.m., NBC) in South Bend, Ind. “It is going to be a cool experience; a cool moment.”“It hasn’t really hit me yet,” tight end Jarred Gipson said this week. “When
  
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• Epic Fall: The story you have all been waiting for

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  The last thing I heard somebody said to me, before I took a 20-second ride of my life, was to hurry up. Like most journalists participating in the media races, I was busy fiddling with a GoPro strapped across my chest and ensuring it would capture my winning moment: crossing the finish line with camel No. 1. Without struggle, I climbed on top of the gate and onto the camel’s hump. I was ready to go until I heard, “No, no! Scoot down more.” At this point, voices around me were
  
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• Dayton grabs lead before falling to S.C.

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  The final score mattered, but Dayton’s first lead in a football game since 2014 — even if it took luck — was sweet for the Dust Devils. Dayton (0-3, 0-3 in Northern 3A) lost 52-12 on Friday in its home opener against Spring Creek (3-0, 3-0), but for the first time since its 15-game losing streak began two seasons ago, the Dust Devils grabbed a lead. On its first possession, Dayton marched down the field on an eight-play 74-yard drive. The drive stalled, though, at the 1-yard l
  
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• Another big game for Carter, but CHS falls

  10-09-2016 10:43
  
  Wins against perennial powerhouse Reed have been tough to come by in recent years, and Carson High was on the cusp of pulling off an early season upset Friday night.A breakdown in the secondary and a turnover enabled Reed to score 13 unanswered points in the final 2-minutes 26-seconds and outlast the Senators, 47-41, in a non-league game at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.The game-winning score came with 2 seconds left when Reed quarterback Cameron Emerson scrambled from 3 yards out on
  
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• Carson football notebook: Special effort by several Senators

  10-09-2016 09:23
  
  Carson High’s special teams came to play Friday night, delivering several big plays in the Senators’ heartbreaking 47-41 loss to Reed.The first belonged to Terin Keller, who returned the opening kick-off 42 yards, setting up the first of Abel Carter’s four touchdown runs two snaps later.On the next-kickoff after Reed cut the score to 7-6, Spencer Rogers returned the ensuing kick-off 50 yards, setting up another Carter TD run which gave the Senators a 14-6 lead.“Terin did
  
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• Las Vegas Paiutes demonstrate in solidarity with tribe fighting North Dakota pipeline

  10-09-2016 06:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Protesters marched on the Strip and chanted slogans Friday evening in solidarity with a North Dakota tribe that is fighting construction of a pipeline it says will endanger its water supply.
  
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• Pediatrician who let man impersonate doctor reaches settlement with state medical board

  10-09-2016 05:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pediatrician accused of allowing a man under her supervision to impersonate a doctor and looking the other way as he treated hundreds of patients has reached a settlement agreement with the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners and will face no disciplinary action.
  
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• Police investigating serious crash in central Las Vegas Valley

  10-09-2016 05:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The collision occurred at the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard and South Maryland Parkway around 7 p.m., according to Metro.
  
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• Police investigating fatal crash near downtown Las Vegas

  10-09-2016 05:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened about 7 p.m. at the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway.
  
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• US, Russia announce Syrian cease-fire agreement, military partnership

  10-09-2016 04:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed a week later by an unlikely new military partnership targeting the Islamic State and al-Qaida as well as new limits on President Bashar Assad’s forces.
  
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• Motorcyclist injured in central Las Vegas Valley crash

  10-09-2016 04:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is investigating a serious crash involving a motorcylce in the central valley Friday night.
  
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• Attorneys weigh in on necessity for state bar guidance related to medical marijuana

  10-09-2016 03:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Several attorneys commenting on proposed guidance from the State Bar of Nevada regarding professional activities related to the medical marijuana industry told the Nevada Supreme Court the advice was unnecessary.
  
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• Sex education debate again roils school board meeting

  10-09-2016 03:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Schools in only three states — Nevada, Mississippi and Utah — still operate under an opt-in mandate for sex education courses. And when the Clark County School Board debated whether it should lobby lawmakers to remove the Silver State from that short list, some members of the public weren’t terribly happy.
  
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• Audit: Group wasted $8.2M bailout funds meant for Nevadans

  10-09-2016 03:11
  
  LAS VEGAS — Auditors say a nonprofit that was supposed to distribute some of the $202 million that Nevada got in the bailout has been spending as much money on itself as it did on struggling homeowners. Officials with the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program say Nevada should immediately stop using the nonprofit to administer Hardest Hit Funds and order it to return $8.2 million in wasted money. The report issued Friday says the contractor, the Nevada Affordable Housing Assi
  
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• 9 seeking to fill Nevada Supreme Court vacancy

  10-09-2016 02:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four district judges and five attorneys filed applications to fill the vacancy on the Nevada Supreme Court created by the August retirement of Justice Nancy Saitta.
  
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• Regulation would exempt Clark County School District from open meeting law

  10-09-2016 02:03
  
  Both the ACLU and the Nevada Press Association objected on Friday to a regulation that would exempt parent-teacher teams who do business for individual schools from requirements of the open meeting law.The exemption is contained in the regulation designed to completely reorganize the Clark County School District, giving much more power to principals, teachers, staff and parents in individual schools. That power would be operated through “organizational teams” at each school that wou
  
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• Investors wager that busted projects in Searchlight have a chance

  10-09-2016 01:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  C.ottonwood Lake Homes, a suburban-style subdivision in Searchlight, has street names like Aqua View and Shady Cove, and even some palm trees. But the failed project, a relic of the housing bubble, has far more empty land than developed.
  
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• Investors bet busted projects in Searchlight have a chance

  10-09-2016 01:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cottonwood Lake Homes, a suburban-style subdivision in Searchlight, has street names like Aqua View and Shady Cove, and even some palm trees. But the failed project, a relic of the housing bubble, has far more empty land than developed.
  
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• McCarran airport nets $3M from ride-hailing companies

  10-09-2016 01:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The airport received more than $3 million in nonairline revenue from ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft from October through July, airport data shows.
  
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• Westergard appointed deputy administrator for Library and Archives

  10-09-2016 00:52
  
  Carson City native Tammy Westergard has been appointed assistant administrator of the Library and Development Services position within the Nevada’s Library, Archives and Public Records department.She will oversee the library and the information service center for state government and direct the services to the state’s community libraries.Library and Archives Director Jeff Kintop announced the appointment saying Westergard comes with outstanding credentials for the job.She has been d
  
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• State veterinarian calls wild horse population an emergency

  10-09-2016 00:52
  
  ELKO — State officials say the wild horse population is too large to be sustained by the rangeland on which the horses live. The Elko Daily Free Press reports that at a public hearing with the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, State Veterinarian Dr. JJ Goicoechea said the horse population is in a state of emergency today and headed toward disaster in the future. Goicoechea says both fertility control and the removal of excess horses is necessary. The Wild Horse and Burro Adviso
  
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• Staff, students at Palo Verde High remember Barbara Edwards, teacher killed in 9-11 attacks

  10-09-2016 00:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Barbara Edwards was returning from Eastern trip when she died aboard hijacked jet that hit the Pentagon.
  
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• Palo Verde remembers teacher Barbara Edwards killed in 9/11 attacks

  10-09-2016 00:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Barbara Edwards was returning from Eastern trip when she died aboard hijacked jet that hit the Pentagon.
  
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• British man to plead guilty in threat against Donald Trump in Las Vegas

  10-09-2016 00:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The British man charged in a threat against Donald Trump at a presidential rally in Las Vegas has struck a plea deal.
  
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• VA proposes rule that could open floodgates for Camp Lejeune compensation claims

  10-09-2016 00:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rule would grant ‘presumptive status’ to veterans acknowledging their maladies were caused by exposure to toxic chemicals in the base’s water supply.
  
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