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• Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in North Las Vegas

  04-10-2016 23:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police are investigating a crash that sent a pedestrian to the hospital Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Smoke visible in Carson City from prescribed burn in Little Valley

  04-10-2016 23:18
  
  For a view of the fire from the Nevada Appeal’s free live web camera click hereThe Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF), in cooperation with the University of Nevada, Reno, is conducting a prescribed burn in Little valley in the Whittell Forest, located on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada in Little Valley, about three miles west of Washoe Lake and 2 1/2 miles east of Lake Tahoe. Smoke is visible in Carson City today. The burn operation began Monday and is expected to continue for four or
  
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• Motorcyclist who died after Sunday crash was 43-year-old Henderson man

  04-10-2016 23:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The motorcyclist who died after a Sunday morning crash has been identified by the Nevada Highway Patrol as 43-year-old Henderson resident Julio Salazar.
  
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• Kingman police officer remains hospitalized after deadly gunfight last week

  04-10-2016 21:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The officer was wounded last week while attempting to execute search warrant for stolen weapon.
  
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• Float in Indiana parade depicts Clinton in electric chair, Trump at switch

  04-10-2016 20:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Parade organizers in a southeastern Indiana town say they regret including a float depicting Hillary Clinton sitting in an electric chair with Donald Trump throwing the switch.
  
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• Investigators believe NJ train going 2 to 3 times over speed limit before fatal crash

  04-10-2016 20:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal investigators estimate a commuter train was traveling two to three times the 10 mph speed limit when it slammed into a New Jersey rail terminal last week, a U.S. official told The Associated Press Tuesday.
  
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• Mohave County sheriff identifies man killed in ATV accident

  04-10-2016 18:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a northwest Arizona resident killed in an ATV accident southeast of Meadview on Sept. 30.
  
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• Rolling Stones play surprise show for truckers at Bellagio

  04-10-2016 18:45 via lasvegassun.com
  
  The Rolling Stones played a 90-minute surprise set Monday for 1,200 truckers at the 2016 Freightliner customer appreciation dinner at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, according to the publication Transport Topics. See which songs ...
  
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• Nevada Day Treasurer Hunt Clue 1

  04-10-2016 18:25
  
  A different treasure was huntedWhen Nevada became a stateNow a medallion is soughtAnd all are welcome to participate…
  
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• Fire causes extensive damage at vacant house in east Las Vegas

  04-10-2016 15:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fire at an unoccupied house near North Sloan Lane and Stewart Avenue early Tuesday morning caused extensive damage.
  
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• Tim Kaine and Mike Pence prepare to share spotlight in VP debate

  04-10-2016 15:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tim Kaine’s and Mike Pence’s mutually friendly style could make for a less cutthroat environment in Tuesday’s debate versus last week’s presidential debate. Their lack of common knowledge of each other adds to the expectation they will spend more time attacking the presidential nominees than each other.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew roars ashore in Haiti, takes aim at Florida coast, Cuba

  04-10-2016 13:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew pounded the southwestern coast of Haiti on Tuesday, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew roars ashore in Haiti; eastern US braces for storm

  04-10-2016 13:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew pounded the southwestern coast of Haiti on Tuesday, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida.
  
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• Leaked video shows Mormon leaders discussing gay rights, Iraqi war

  04-10-2016 13:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In leaked videos, Mormon leaders discuss concerns about the growth of the gay rights movement and hear from a former U.S. senator and church member who tells them the Iraq war could open the door for new converts, according to footage that pulls back the curtain on a religion that is closely guarded about its inner workings.
  
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• Google ramps up electronic offerings with smartphones and virtual reality headset

  04-10-2016 12:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Google might be getting serious about selling its own hardware gadgets.
  
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• Revealing secrets of ‘exotic matter’ earns trio Nobel Prize in physics

  04-10-2016 12:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for work that “revealed the secrets of exotic matter,” the prize committee said.
  
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• Tension with Russia rises as US suspends Syria talks

  04-10-2016 11:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  nternational efforts to end the fighting in Syria have been dealt a serious blow, with the United States suspending direct contacts with Russia on halting the war, and chilly relations are turning even frostier after Russia put a hold on a plutonium disposal deal with Washington.
  
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• Probe into Prince’s death focuses on doctor, black market

  04-10-2016 10:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than five months after Prince’s fatal drug overdose, investigators have narrowed their focus to two main questions: whether doctors illegally prescribed opioids meant for the pop star and whether the fentanyl that killed him came from a black-market source, a law enforcement official said.
  
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• Native Tribes seek name change of iconic, sacred landmark Devils Tower

  04-10-2016 10:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When President Theodore Roosevelt designated the country’s first national monument 110 years ago, the proclamation inadvertently left out a punctuation mark, and what was supposed to be Devil’s Tower became Devils Tower instead. Some say that’s not all it got wrong.
  
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• Volunteers needed for Nevada Day parade

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  The Nevada Day committee is seeking volunteers to help out as a parade marshal, store clerk, information booth, and for set-ups and tear-downs. Volunteers will receive breakfast and lunch on the day of the parade, a commemorative hat, and an invitation to the Annual Appreciation Dinner Recognition. Parade marshal’s participate in the organization and flow of parade entries along with assistance with crowd control and traffic management along the parade route. The goal is to have at least f
  
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• Purple bows, ribbons appear in Carson City for domestic violence awareness month

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  Downtown Carson City has been decorated with purple bows and ribbons to promote domestic violence awareness month.…
  
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• National 4-H celebrate National Youth Science Day

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  To kick off National 4-H week, the Carson City Cooperative Extension hosted its annual 4-H National Youth Science Day on Saturday.A dozen kids and their guardians gathered at the Cooperative Extension to learn about drones as a part of the National Youth Science Day in order to give children an interactive learning experience focused around science, technology, engineering and math. This year, the Cooperative Extension decided to focus on drones because of their wide variety of use.“They
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Bark beetle killing tress across West

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  I just returned from a trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota. While Mount Rushmore was impressive, the amount of dead trees in the otherwise beautiful forests was depressing. They were everywhere. In addition, there were huge slash piles stacked in the forest. It was ugly and sad to see the extent of the damage. We wondered what had killed so many trees. They weren’t burned. I thought maybe a windstorm of epic proportions had occurred. Yes, they do get big winds that did knock over many
  
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• Former Carson City Horseshoe Club getting facelift

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  The former Horseshoe Club is about to get a facelift. Two of the three parcels that make up the downtown Carson Street property are undergoing a $127,436 refurbishing that will include new doors, windows, stucco and awnings. The third parcel, 410 N. Carson St., is being sold and is now in escrow, said Samuel Douglass, John Uhart Commercial Real Estate Services, the broker on the property. Jeanette Kelly, the property owner, applied to Carson City’s Facade Improvement Program for reimburse
  
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• Candidates for city positions defend positions

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  The three incumbent members of the Carson City Board of Supervisors faced off against their opponents Monday night, two defending their support for recent major projects and the third defending his opposition to that same list.The political forum was held at Western Nevada College just a few weeks away from early voting beginning. Mayor Bob Crowell and Supervisor Brad Bonkowski defended approving the eighth-cent sales tax to finish paying for the multi-purpose athletic center, repairs to the Ca
  
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• Bully’s settles part of overtime suit with $375K payout

  04-10-2016 07:05
  
  RENO — Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill has agreed to pay $375,000 in back wages to settle part of a class-action lawsuit with 15 cooks who accused the oldest sports bar chain in northern Nevada of denying them overtime pay in violation of federal labor laws.The two sides are still trying to reach a settlement on behalf of at least 10 additional kitchen managers and assistant kitchen managers who argue they also should be paid back wages dating to 2012, said Charles Jones, a Reno lawye
  
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• 2 injured, 1 arrested after North Las Vegas arson

  04-10-2016 06:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The fire started about 7:50 p.m. on the 2300 block of East Nelson Avenue, near Las Vegas Boulevard North and Civic Center Drive.
  
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• Navy conducts first scoping meeting

  04-10-2016 05:27
  
  The first scoping meeting of seven was conducted Monday at the Fallon Convention Center.The first proposal in several decades plans to withdraw land in the Fallon Range Training Complex in Churchill County. The scoping meetings are for the Navy to accept comments from stakeholders who will be affected.The scoping period covers 90 days from when the process was first announced in late August.Upham said an Environment Impact Study is for the modernization of the range to include ranges B-16 south
  
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• Trump’s PTSD comments draw ire of veterans’ groups

  04-10-2016 05:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Donald Trump is drawing scorn from veterans’ groups after he suggested that soldiers who suffer from mental health issues might not be as strong as those who don’t.
  
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• Visitor to national monument in New Mexico killed by a falling tree

  04-10-2016 04:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities at New Mexico’s Bandelier National Monument say a female park visitor has been killed by a falling tree.
  
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• If a Las Vegas stadium deal is going to happen, it must happen now

  04-10-2016 04:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  No one could have imagined back in 1928 the pot of gold the NFL would become, nor how exclusive and valued a franchise would be to those cities hosting them. If such a truth is going to find Las Vegas, this is certain: It must happen now.
  
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• Complaint filed with Nevada psychology board against husband of late attorney

  04-10-2016 02:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The parents of the late attorney Susan Winters have filed a complaint with the Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners against her husband, a longtime Boulder City psychologist they believe played a role in her January 2015 death.
  
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• Las Vegas ordinance could help more pigs become pets

  04-10-2016 02:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas City Council will take up a new proposal later this month that would allow up to six pigs on city lots, depending on size.
  
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• Trump adds Reno rally to Nevada campaign swing this week

  04-10-2016 02:21
  
  RENO — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is adding a Reno stop to his trip to Nevada this week. His campaign says he’ll be holding a rally at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. That comes after an 11:30 a.m. rally at the Henderson Pavilion in southern Nevada. His other stops this week are in Colorado and Arizona. Nevada is a key battleground state where polls show Hillary Clinton and Trump are in a tight race. Meanwhile, members of a union represe
  
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• Victims of Crime program receives $22M

  04-10-2016 02:15
  
  Nevada’s Victims of Crime program has been awarded $22 million to provide funding and services to state and federal crime victims this coming year.The state Department of Health and Human Services was awarded $19.98 million in victim assistance money and the Department of Administration another $2 million in victim compensation funds.U.S. Attorney for Nevada Daniel Bogden said the money is primarily coming from fines paid by criminal offenders who are collected by the courts and federal B
  
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• Nevada Victims of Crime program gets $22 million

  04-10-2016 02:15
  
  Nevada’s Victims of Crime program has been awarded $22 million to provide funding and services to state and federal crime victims this coming year.The state Department of Health and Human Services was awarded $19.98 million in victim assistance money and the Department of Administration another $2 million in victim compensation funds.U.S. Attorney for Nevada Daniel Bogden said the money is primarily coming from fines paid by criminal offenders that are collected by the courts and federal
  
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• Learning a new language shouldn’t be foreign to Americans

  04-10-2016 02:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Yuliya “Julie” Usyk wants her 22-month-old son Matthew to be more marketable, so she’s teaching him the language she grew up with: Russian. Unfortunately, American schools don’t offer much in the way of foreign language instruction when children learn it best — in preschool or early in elementary school.
  
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• AG clears Carson Airport board of Open Meeting complaint

  04-10-2016 02:15
  
  The Attorney General has cleared the Carson City Airport Authority Board of allegations they violated the state open meeting law.The complaint was filed by government activist Ande Engelman who accused the board of multiple violations during its July 20 meeting.She charged that the board took several actions during that meeting to get around the open meeting law in discussing city health care premium costs that were not made available to the public.Her complaint included removing that item from
  
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• Man who crashed his car while telling police he was shot died of his injuries, police said

  04-10-2016 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police said the man who crashed his car while he was calling dispatchers to report he was shot died of his injuries Monday morning.
  
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• North Las Vegas expected to save $600K under police supervisors contract

  04-10-2016 02:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After contentious bargaining that lasted more than a year, an arbitrator finally settled a labor dispute between North Las Vegas Police Supervisors Association and the city.
  
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• Thursday: Open house for Nevada Small Business Development Center

  04-10-2016 02:07
  
  The Nevada Small Business Development Center is a statewide business assistance outreach program of the University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business. They provide a wide variety of technical assistance to support Nevada Business.The purpose of the Nevada Small Business Development Center is to guide and assist entrepreneurs in starting and growing their businesses in today’s dynamic market.The College of Business is hosting an open house for the Nevada Small Business Development Center
  
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• Unemployment insurance rates to remain same in 2017

  04-10-2016 01:12
  
  With neither public nor member comment, the Employment Security Council on Monday voted to recommend keeping the unemployment insurance rate the same for calendar 2017.The council headed by Paul Havas, voted unanimously to maintain the current 1.95 percent average rate for the more than 40,000 Nevada businesses under the system.Employment Security Division Administrator Renee Olson told the council maintaining the rate would maintain stability for the state’s businesses while enabling the
  
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• Authorities release names of Arizonans killed in a motorcycle crash in Bullhead City

  04-10-2016 01:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities have released the names of the two Arizona residents who were killed in a motorcycle crash Friday in Bullhead City.
  
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• Authorities release names Arizonans killed in a motorcycle crash in Bullhead City

  04-10-2016 01:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities have released the names of the two Arizona residents who were killed in a motorcycle crash Friday in Bullhead City.
  
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• Sheriff says Ammon Bundy was dishonest on social media

  04-10-2016 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Harney County sheriff said he wasn’t given advance notice that authorities planned to arrest Ammon Bundy as the Oregon standoff leader was headed to a community meeting in a neighboring county.
  
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• Sheriff: Ammon Bundy was dishonest on social media

  04-10-2016 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Harney County sheriff said he wasn’t given advance notice that authorities planned to arrest Ammon Bundy as the Oregon standoff leader was headed to a community meeting in a neighboring county.
  
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• Man arrested after car-jacking turns into attempted kidnapping

  04-10-2016 00:55
  
  A Carson City man was arrested Saturday morning after an attempted car-jacking turned into a kidnapping.Deputies responded to the North Carson Street Days Inn motel at 12:08 a.m. Saturday for reports of a vehicle theft. The victim told deputies that when he arrived at the motel, he left his van with his 82-year-old disabled aunt inside and the keys in the ignition, to pay for a room, according to the police report. He said when he came back out, a Hispanic man — later identified as Casey
  
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• Spaghetti Bowl ramp closure to begin Wednesday night

  04-10-2016 00:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One of the ramps in the Spaghetti Bowl interchange will be closed for eight hours beginning Wednesday night as part of the ongoing $1 billion Project Neon, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
  
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