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• Major road closures expected in Las Vegas for Oct. 19 presidential debate

  06-10-2016 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are advising people to plan ahead for major road closures that will affect traffic the day of the upcoming presidential debate at UNLV.
  
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• Major road closures expected for Oct. 19 presidential debate in Las Vegas

  06-10-2016 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are advising people to plan ahead for major road closures that will affect traffic the day of the upcoming presidential debate at UNLV.
  
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• North Las Vegas fire captain dies in line of duty after medical emergency

  06-10-2016 22:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A North Las Vegas fire captain died in the line of duty Wednesday night, officials said.
  
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• Girl who North Las Vegas fire captain saved years ago will attend his funeral

  06-10-2016 22:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After serving 22 years with the North Las Vegas Fire Department, Capt. Yaphet Miller died late Wednesday after collapsing in the line of duty.
  
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• Obama cuts sentences for 102 more federal prisoners

  06-10-2016 22:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 102 federal inmates as part of his ongoing push to grant clemency during his final months in office.
  
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• Nevada attorney general’s office receives grant to prevent elder abuse

  06-10-2016 21:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada attorney general’s office has received a $925,000 grant to help prevent abuse and exploitation of the elderly.
  
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• CCSD police promote child safety with car seat giveaway Saturday

  06-10-2016 21:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District Police Department and the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety will host the car seat giveaway Saturday.
  
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• Clark County coroner’s office identifies man who died in east valley crash Saturday

  06-10-2016 20:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who died in a Saturday morning crash in the east valley as Jose Martinez Vargas, 23.
  
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• Study: Apes think like humans in an important way

  06-10-2016 20:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A new study has found that great apes show some key abilities to see the world from someone else’s point of view — a trait that once was considered uniquely human.
  
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• McCarran International reports 13 Las Vegas flights canceled as hurricane heads to Florida

  06-10-2016 19:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as Hurricane Matthew sweeps along the Florida coast.
  
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• Hundreds of flights canceled as hurricane heads to Florida

  06-10-2016 19:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as Hurricane Matthew sweeps along the Florida coast.
  
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• Sandoval reverses course, special session won’t address budget shortfall

  06-10-2016 18:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval abruptly abandoned plans Thursday to seek an even larger tax increase in an upcoming special session of the Legislature to plug a projected budget hole as conservative Republicans dug in their heels for a school choice program.
  
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• Sandoval pulls education funding from Legislature’s special session agenda

  06-10-2016 18:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval early Thursday reversed course and announced next week’s special legislative session will not include budget tweaks for projected shortfalls in education funding.
  
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• FBI says attacker in Minn. mall stabbings may have been radicalized recently

  06-10-2016 18:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The stabbings at a central Minnesota mall last month that wounded 10 likely was premeditated by the attacker, who may have become radicalized recently, federal authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Design for new Statue of Liberty museum unveiled

  06-10-2016 17:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A new museum that seemingly rises out of the ground will replace the small exhibition space inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, its grass roof blending with the landscape and affording sweeping views of the iconic symbol of hope and freedom and New York Harbor.
  
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• NSA contractor arrest comes after increased security with Snowden disclosures

  06-10-2016 15:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The arrest of a National Security Agency contractor for allegedly stealing classified information was the second known case of a government contractor being publicly accused of removing secret data from the intelligence agency since 2013.
  
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• Matthew will be big and bad

  06-10-2016 15:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew is wet, wild and weird. Meteorologists say its path has been harder to pin down than that of other storms, but Matthew is definitely dangerous and might stick around to bedevil the Southeast coast for a week or so.
  
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• Nevada Day Treasure Hunt Clue 3

  06-10-2016 15:03
  
  Between the pathsThat together castExactly one thirty You can celebrate at lastClue 2Clue 1…
  
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• Music4Life therapist teaches Clark High School students about power of healing

  06-10-2016 15:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Music powers potential. That was the message Judith Pinkerton, music therapist at American Addiction Centers and founder of Music4Life, left the student body with at the Hands on Ideas event at Clark High School Sept. 9.
  
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• Metro lieutenant hopes to see northwest Las Vegas violent crime reduced by 5 percent by year’s end

  06-10-2016 15:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For 15 years, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Nick Farese has gotten to know the Las Vegas Valley inside out. After five years of working as an organized crime bureau field training sergeant for the Southeast Area Command, Farese was promoted to lieutenant and moved to the Northwest Area Command where he oversees four investigative squads, the community-oriented police section, problem-solving unit, and the administrative functions of command.
  
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• Metro’s 40-hour mental health training mandatory for all Las Vegas police officers

  06-10-2016 15:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bess Norris was ready to commit suicide. After a series of stressful events, Norris’ mental health issues, which included bipolar disorder and depression, had reached a breaking point. But thankfully, the right officer knocked on her door.
  
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• Las Vegas firefighters hoping to further educate through Fire Prevention Week

  06-10-2016 15:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  National Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 9-15, and firefighters across the nation are trying to get the word out on how people can save themselves and their property from preventable fires.
  
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• Henderson-based nonprofit hopes to fund facility to offer hyperbaric treatment to veterans

  06-10-2016 15:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Wanting to provide alternative treatments to Las Vegas Valley veterans, Imagine NOW (Nurturing Our Warriors) is raising money to open a center that uses hyperbaric chambers. The organization said the chambers could treat issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
  
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• Palestinian leader Abbas released after emergency heart procedure

  06-10-2016 14:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, underwent an emergency heart procedure on Thursday, but was given a clean bill of health and quickly discharged from the hospital.
  
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• Palestinian leader Abbas hospitalized

  06-10-2016 14:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will undergo a heart test after being hospitalized.
  
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• Study suggests humans have reached their aging limit

  06-10-2016 13:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An analysis of mortality and population data covering about 40 countries indicated humankind may already have hit its longevity ceiling.
  
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• Feud brewing between Hannity, Kelly at Fox

  06-10-2016 13:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sean Hannity lashed out at his Fox News colleague Megyn Kelly on Twitter Wednesday night, saying that she “clearly” supports Hillary Clinton in response to comments Kelly made during her program earlier that night.
  
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• Matthew gaining strength; US warning area expanded

  06-10-2016 12:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hurricane Matthew gained new fury as it hammered the central Bahamas early Thursday, and forecasters said the life-threatening storm is expected to strengthen as it approaches Florida’s heavily populated Atlantic coast.
  
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• Hurricane Matthew upgraded to Category 4; 2M warned to evacuate

  06-10-2016 12:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A strengthening Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with winds of 140 mph Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people across the Southeast boarded up their homes and fled inland.
  
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• Haiti ill-equipped to deal with fury of Matthew

  06-10-2016 12:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With phone lines down and bridges wiped out, rescue workers are only now starting to find out what happened when Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti as Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds.
  
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• Top CIA officers face questions about brutal interrogations in civil suit

  06-10-2016 11:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge has ordered former top CIA officials to sit for depositions in a lawsuit brought against two psychologists who designed the agency’s harsh interrogation methods in the war on terror, an action the federal government called unprecedented.
  
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• Aspens light up Mount Charleston — PHOTOS

  06-10-2016 11:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The aspens at Mount Charleston are putting on a display of vibrant fall colors.
  
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• Las Vegas’ first major sports franchise won’t be some other city’s hand-me-down

  06-10-2016 09:01 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Get a sneak preview this weekend, when T-Mobile Arena hosts two preseason games and a college hockey tilt.
  
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• What’s available to Vegas kids once they come down with hockey fever?

  06-10-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  There are two local ice rinks—Las Vegas Ice Center and Sobe Ice Arena at Fiesta Rancho.
  
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• Ten NHL players you should buy tickets to see

  06-10-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Vegas hockey newbies should know these names before the city gets its own team.
  
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• Music matters for DJ Douglas Gibbs

  06-10-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Over a 40-year career, the soulful Downtown Cocktail Room resident has remained steadfast in honoring his craft and forging a meaningful connection with his audience.
  
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• Hockey 101: A primer on the rules of the game

  06-10-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Tip No. 1: Don't get caught watching the puck.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with fatal shooting, home invasion near airport Saturday

  06-10-2016 08:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police were called to a home at 5389 Surrey St., near Hacienda and Eastern avenues, about 7:30 p.m. Saturday after another tenant came home to find Chad Shelton, 27, dead with a gunshot wound to the chest. All rooms in the home appeared to have been ransacked.
  
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• The Popcorn Stand: Appeal’s plate is full — from 1971

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  Jim Seals with the Nevada Department of Transportation delivered this treasure to the Nevada Appeal on Wednesday. Seals dropped off a plate from the press from July 27, 1971. The metal plate was found by a NDOT worker on the side of the road near one of the many NDOT job sites around Carson City. The metal plate is an image of what would have been the front page and the back page of that day’s paper. The photos at the top of the page are of six candidates for “State Employe(e)s Asso
  
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• South Lake Tahoe to Carson City, Nevada, bus route ‘temporarily’ canceled

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  The bus route from the South Shore to Carson City is “temporarily” canceled as of Oct. 1, said officials from Tahoe Transportation District.The Valley and Lake Express route “21x” was discontinued due to a funding issue, said TTD district manager Carl Hasty.In December, TTD changed its federal designation from rural to urban, which opened up a five-year funding opportunity, versus year-to-year discretionary funding.“That’s not something that Tahoe has had bef
  
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• Real estate leader to teach at WNC

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  Last fall, Western Nevada College became the only Nevada System of Higher Education institution to offer a Certified Home Inspection training program. Now, WNC is bringing a Northern Nevada industry leader to drive the program.Ralph Kent Sweet, president of the Nevada Association of Certified Real Estate Inspectors and a longtime building contractor in Northern Nevada, has been hired to provide instruction for WNC’s four Home Inspection classes.“Kent is in the inspection business an
  
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• Prep roundup: CHS boys soccer picks up big win vs. Wooster

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  RENO — There were no shrieks of joy or chest thumping. There were, however, plenty of smiles and handshakes. The Carson High boys soccer team did its best to treat Wednesday’s win like it was another day at the office. Hardly.The Senators got goals from sophomore Trinity Ramirez and senior Guillermo Hernandez to knock off Wooster, 2-0. and move into second place in the Sierra League standings.The win was Carson’s third straight over the Colts. Carson, after being swept in the
  
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• Northern Nevada economy reported to still be on the rise in Carson City

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  The northern Nevada economy is booming but continues to be stymied by a dearth of industrial real estate and affordable housing.“The Sierra Pacific metropolitan area is growing,” Rob Hooper, executive director, Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA), told attendees at NNDA’s monthly breakfast Wednesday at the Carson Nugget. “Our biggest growth problem is no industrial space.”Hooper said that’s led NNDA to focus on recruiting medium to large sized compan
  
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• Nevada Day art exhibit planned for Carson City

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  The Nevada Artists Association is inviting artists to participate in its annual Nevada Day art exhibition, which will be on display in its gallery at Carson City’s Brewery Arts Center. Entry date is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22.The art show will open Oct. 23 and run through Jan. 6. Entry is open to non-member as well as NAA members.A judged show, there will be seven media categories: Paintings in oil, water color, acrylic; photography and digital art; three dimensional art, sculptures, etc.,
  
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• Misfits Theater Group presenting ‘The Love Child’ in Dayton

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  Tie-dyed shirts, hippie hairstyles and other signs of the 1960s will be center stage at Dayton’s Odeon Hall, where Misfits Theater Group will stage its next production. Written by Tony R. Thornburg, “The Love Child” will play at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, Oct. 14, 15, 21 and 22. The comedy mostly takes place in a coffeehouse where the owner, played by Andra Woolman, bakes brownies containing a “special ingredient.” Meanwhile, a widowed heroine, played by
  
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• Joe Santoro: We want Godfather 2, not Dumb and Dumberer

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  The season of great expectations has officially begun at Lawlor Events Center.A little over a year ago Eric Musselman was wondering if he had five or six players coming off a demoralized nine-win team who could run up and down the court three times in a row without passing out from exhaustion. Well, he found those five or six players plus a couple more and led the Wolf Pack to 24 victories and a College Basketball Invitation championship in his first year as head coach.Hello unreasonable, unwar
  
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• Jace is on, CHS has been hard to stop

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  Jace Keema returns to where it all began.Keema, last year’s back-up at quarterback, came off the bench for the injured Joe Nelson last year at Bishop Manogue and threw a TD pass and ran for two other scores in an easy 44-13 Carson High win over the Miners.Prior to that game, Keema had seen mop-up duty against Reed, McQueen and Hug. Manogue was his first significant action, and he made the most of his opportunity. He also guided Carson to a win over Galena the following week.This year, the
  
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• Hall has way to the Wolf Pack men’s basketball roster

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  RENO — Eric Musselman was all smiles when he greeted the media for the first time in the 2016-17 season. The second-year Nevada coach has liked what he’s seen in the past few days from his team, and he received some great news from the NCAA.Freshman Josh Hall, a 6-6 190-pound swingman from Houston, has been declared academically eligible by the NCAA. According to Musselman, there was some question regarding his sophomore year when he was home schooled. Nevada won its appeal to the N
  
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• Ghost Walk to be held on Carson City

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  The 24th annual all day Carson City Ghost Walk will depart from the corner of Third and Curry Streets on Oct. 22 and will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.This year the tour will take two paths. The Talking Dead, a 90-minute tour, features five home tours and stars Mark Twain, aka McAvoy Layne, at the home of his brother, Orion Clemens, and The Nevada Gunfighters. The Scalawag Tour is a 50-minute tour through historic downtown created especially for kids and families as they will meet Grimm’
  
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• CCAI reception for artist in Carson City

  06-10-2016 08:37
  
  The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] announces its exhibition, Pocket Ziggurat, by artist Chelsea Pegram at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. CCAI will host a reception for the artist from 5-7 p.m. Friday.Pegram will give a talk about her work at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit will be in the gallery through Jan. 19.The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The reception and the exhibition are free and the public is cordially invited. The gallery is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5
  
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