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• Class action suit alleges Republic Services overcharged on Clark County trash bills

  02-12-2016 23:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A class action lawsuit filed against Republic Services on Friday claims the waste-disposal company is illegally overcharging Clark County property owners by placing multiple $60 liens on homes for overdue trash bills.
  
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• Judge opts to keep Bundy evidence secret

  02-12-2016 23:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s chief federal judge has upheld a protective order that keeps key evidence under wraps in the Bunkerville standoff case involving the Bundy family.
  
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• Nevada state treasurer ratchets up criticism of governor over Faraday

  02-12-2016 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Treasurer Dan Schwartz responds to reassuring remarks by Sandoval, North Las Vegas major with statement calling their defense of Chinese-backed electric car project a “charade.
  
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• Parents of Utah teen who fired shot in classroom disarmed the boy

  02-12-2016 23:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Utah mother and father who followed their son to school and pulled a shotgun from his hand after he fired a round into a classroom ceiling likely prevented bloodshed by acting quickly on their intuition and conversations with the boy after they noticed guns were missing from their home, police said Friday.
  
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• Pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle in Bullhead City, Arizona

  02-12-2016 22:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police said the woman was in the roadway, trying to cross state Route 95, when a vehicle hit her.
  
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• Education topics will tug hard on Nevada purse strings when Legislature convenes

  02-12-2016 21:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Combine educational issues with Nevada’s upcoming legislative session and you’ve got a scene straight from the movie “Jerry Maguire”: Show me the money.
  
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• Nevada ACLU says state misleading parents by still accepting ESA applications

  02-12-2016 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has taken issue with the state treasurer’s office for continuing to accept Education Savings Account applications, two months after the Supreme Court had struck down the funding part of the program.
  
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• SC jury deadlocked in trial of white officer fatally shooting black motorist

  02-12-2016 21:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jurors considering a murder charge against a white South Carolina former police officer who shot and killed a fleeing black motorist last year told a judge on Friday they were unable to reach a verdict.
  
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• Hulu now offering 4K Ultra HD streaming, including bulk of James Bond catalog

  02-12-2016 20:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Hulu is now offering a selection of titles in 4K Ultra HD, including original TV shows like “The Path” and Stephen King’s time-travel thriller “11.22.63” — as well as the bulk of the James Bond catalog.
  
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• Michigan’s AG files suit to stop election recount called for by Jill Stein

  02-12-2016 19:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Supporters of Republican Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit trying to halt Wisconsin’s ongoing presidential recount, and Michigan’s attorney general on Friday sued to stop a recount from happening in his state.
  
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• Police say Las Vegas man reported missing has been found dead

  02-12-2016 18:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Christian Harned, 24, was reported missing on Tuesday and later was found dead in the northwest valley.
  
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• Salt leak shuts down Crescent Dunes solar plant outside Tonopah

  02-12-2016 18:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The newly opened Crescent Dunes solar plant in Tonopah is offline, a shutdown triggered by a salt spill, a plant official confirmed to the Times-Bonanza on Thursday.
  
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• Residents allowed back into Gatlinburg after devestating wildfires subside

  02-12-2016 16:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of people were preparing Friday morning to get their first look at what remains of their homes and businesses in Gatlinburg after a wildfire tore through the resort community in the eastern Tennessee mountains, killing 11 people and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses.
  
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• San Bernardino marks 1 year anniversary of massacre

  02-12-2016 15:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  On Friday, the San Bernardino community will remember the 14 people killed and 22 others who were wounded one year ago.
  
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• Ford recalls 680K sedans for seat belt issue

  02-12-2016 15:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Ford is recalling more than 680,000 midsize sedans mainly in North America because the front seat belts may not hold people in a crash.
  
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• Grieving Brazilian families await the return of victims’ remains

  02-12-2016 14:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Families are preparing to receive the bodies of the victims of this week’s air tragedy in Colombia as experts develop a clearer picture of how things went so terribly wrong with a charter flight that slammed into a mountainside.
  
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• Tempers at boiling point as Trump, Clinton aides tangle at Harvard event

  02-12-2016 13:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tempers flare and political fault-lines were inflamed, as aides to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton gathered for their first meeting since Election Day.
  
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• Ethel Rosenberg’s sons plead with Obama to exonerate mom in spy case

  02-12-2016 13:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after pleading unsuccessfully to spare her life, in a last-ditch appeal to President Barack Obama to exonerate her amid new evidence.
  
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• Pipeline protesters digging in for brutal North Dakota winter

  02-12-2016 12:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Demonstrators know the real deep freeze lies ahead, when the full weight of the Great Plains winter descends on their community of nylon tents and teepees. Life-threatening wind chills and towering snow drifts could mean the greatest challenge is simple survival.
  
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• Blasphemy protest swells to 200,000 in Indonesia

  02-12-2016 12:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 200,000 conservative Muslims rallied peacefully in the Indonesian capital on Friday in the second major protest against its minority Christian governor, who is being prosecuted for alleged blasphemy.
  
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• Anthony Hopkins' artwork goes on display in Las Vegas

  02-12-2016 11:00 via lasvegassun.com
  
  The 78-year-old Oscar winner will unveil his collection of original acrylics and limited-edition serigraphs at Jeff Mitchum Galleries at the Bellagio today and at the MGM Grand on Saturday ...
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in 3-vehicle crash in North Las Vegas

  02-12-2016 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened at the intersection of Ann Road and Coleman Street, near Simmons Street.
  
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• 3 hospitalized after crash in North Las Vegas

  02-12-2016 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash happened at the intersection of Ann Road and Coleman Street, near Simmons Street.
  
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• NFR’s first night lives up to rodeo fans’ expectations

  02-12-2016 07:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s rodeo time again in Las Vegas, and the first night of action at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo didn’t disappoint the throngs of fans who packed UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.
  
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• 3 injured in North Las Vegas house fire

  02-12-2016 06:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The blaze was first reported about 7:10 p.m. at the single-family home on the 2700 block of Saint George Street, a few blocks north of Civic Center Drive and East Carey Avenue.
  
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• North Las Vegas mobile home fire displaces two people

  02-12-2016 05:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A mobile home fire caused two to be displaced and $20,000 in damages Thursday night near North Las Vegas.
  
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• Mother describes moment she found infant son ‘lifeless’ while camping at Lake Mead

  02-12-2016 04:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Her 4-month old boy died Saturday during a family camping outing at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. “I wish I could tell him one more time just how much I love him. I don’t wish this feeling on anyone.”
  
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• Infant dies during Lake Mead camping outing

  02-12-2016 04:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An infant died during a family camping outing Saturday at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
  
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• Woman found dead in northwest Las Vegas Valley home

  02-12-2016 04:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About 5:20 p.m. Thursday, a woman was discovered dead in a home on the 6600 block of Crosstimber Court near West Gowan Road and North Rainbow Boulevard, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesman said.
  
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• Truck smashes into Iowa Wal-Mart store, killing 3 people

  02-12-2016 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pickup truck smashed through the front doors of an Iowa Wal-Mart store on Thursday, killing three people and scattering merchandise on the floor before it came to a stop at the fresh produce section in what authorities believe was a tragic accident.
  
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• Sunrise hospital event drives home sobering message to teen motorists

  02-12-2016 02:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center trauma unit teamed Thursday with public safety leaders and first responders to underscore why teens should abstain from impaired driving.
  
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• ‘Motor voter’ initiative will go before Nevada Legislature next year

  02-12-2016 02:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State elections officials confirm petition to automatically register motorists to vote unless they opt out surpassed required number of signatures.
  
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• ‘Motor voter’ initiative will go before Legislature next year

  02-12-2016 02:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State elections officials confirm petition to automatically register motorists to vote unless they opt out surpassed required number of signatures.
  
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• Donald Trump picks retired Marine Gen. Mattis to lead Pentagon

  02-12-2016 02:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to be secretary of defense, according to people familiar with the decision, selecting a former senior military officer who has said that responding to “political Islam” is the major security issue facing the United States.
  
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• UNLV gets $1.4M grant to study high-speed rail

  02-12-2016 02:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  UNLV received a $1.4 million federal grant to research the design, construction and maintenance of future high-speed rail projects, U.S. Sen Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, announced on Thursday.
  
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• Pouches available for Southern Nevada residents to dispose of prescription drugs

  02-12-2016 02:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A national pharmaceutical company has donated drug-deactivation pouches to help combat prescription opioid abuse in Southern Nevada through a new partnership with Roseman University of Health Sciences.
  
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• Donation of deactivation pouches will let locals safely dispose of prescription drugs

  02-12-2016 02:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Roseman University of Health Sciences in Henderson and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals will distribute the pouches for free at health fairs and drug abuse education events.
  
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• Nevada notches another record for registered voters as Democrats widen edge

  02-12-2016 00:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The number of active registered voters in Nevada reached a record in November, topping 1.5 million, Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said Thursday.
  
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