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• Report: Celine Dion says non! to performing at Trump inauguration

  22-12-2016 22:30 via lasvegassun.com
  
  The Mark Burnett-led team planning Donald Trump’s inauguration events tried but failed to book Celine Dion, TheWrap has learned. An individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap that longtime Trump friend ...
  
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• Roads reopened to Mount Charleston

  22-12-2016 22:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State Routes 157 and 158 to Mount Charleston are open after they were closed for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon due to overcrowding.
  
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• Overcrowding closes roads to Mount Charleston

  22-12-2016 22:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  State Routes 157 and 158 to Mount Charleston are closed due to overcrowding.
  
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• ‘Pokemon Go’ now available for Apple Watch

  22-12-2016 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The popular mobile game “Pokemon Go” is now available on the Apple Watch, squashing rumors that the game’s maker was scrapping such plans.
  
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• Henderson couple’s generosity brings Christmas joy to Nevada schoolchildren

  22-12-2016 20:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bob and Sandy Ellis have been giving toys to underprivileged children throughout the state for 12 years.
  
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• Erich Nowsch gets 14 to life for gunning down Tammy Meyers in Las Vegas

  22-12-2016 20:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 21-year-old man who pleaded guilty to gunning down a mother of four in front of her Las Vegas home was ordered to serve 14 years to life in prison Thursday.
  
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• Passenger removed from JetBlue flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump

  22-12-2016 20:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A passenger was removed from a JetBlue Airways Corp plane at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday after verbally accosting Ivanka Trump, the website TMZ reported.
  
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• Teen accused of firing gun in Utah middle school pleads not guilty

  22-12-2016 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Utah teenager accused of firing a shotgun into the ceiling of a junior high classroom before being disarmed by his parents has pleaded not guilty to five theft and firearms charges.
  
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• 2 dead in mobile home fire in Mohave Valley, Arizona

  22-12-2016 18:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The identities of the elderly man and woman whose bodies were found inside the single-wide mobile home were withheld pending notification of kin.
  
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• Trump chooses adviser Kellyanne Conway as White House counselor

  22-12-2016 17:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has named close adviser Kellyanne Conway as his White House counselor, elevating the woman who led his campaign to victory to a senior West Wing position.
  
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• 6.4M signed up so far for insurance through HealthCare.gov

  22-12-2016 16:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “Obamacare” seems to be holding its own. The administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people have enrolled for subsidized private coverage through HealthCare.gov, ahead of last year’s pace.
  
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• Jeopardy! run ends for cancer-stricken contestant who died

  22-12-2016 15:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who died of cancer just days before her appearance on “Jeopardy!” aired won six contests in a row and more than $103,000, some of which she donated to cancer research.
  
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• Hunt intensifies as Tunisian suspect in Berlin attack remains on the run

  22-12-2016 14:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Authorities across Europe scrambled Thursday to track down a Tunisian man suspected of driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, as one of his brothers urged him to surrender.
  
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• In Christmas speech, Pope offers blistering commentary on resistance to reform

  22-12-2016 13:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the “hidden” resistance he’s encountering in reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, saying some of it is inspired by the devil and that the prelates who work for him must undergo “permanent purification” to serve the Catholic Church better.
  
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• Just in time for Christmas: El Gordo lottery winners share $2.4 billion

  22-12-2016 13:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  MADRID — Celebrations were guaranteed Thursday in Madrid after all the tickets bearing the top prize number of 66513 in Spain’s 2.3 billion euros ($2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold there.
  
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• Trump denounces recent attacks, promises to invoke tough immigration plan

  22-12-2016 12:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Denouncing the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his vow to stop radical terror groups and appeared to suggest a willingness to move ahead with his campaign pledge to ban temporarily Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States.
  
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• At least 140 buildings on fire in wind-swept blaze in Japan

  22-12-2016 11:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A restaurant fire whipped by high winds spread to at least 140 buildings Thursday in a small Japanese city on the Japan Sea coast.
  
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• Deal to repeal North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bill falls apart

  22-12-2016 10:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Amid deepening acrimony, a supposedly bipartisan deal to kill the North Carolina law known as the “bathroom bill” fell apart Wednesday night, ensuring the likelihood that global corporations and national sports events will continue to stay away from the state.
  
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• Uber parks self-driving cars in California

  22-12-2016 09:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  California has put the brakes on Uber’s weeklong experiment with using self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco.
  
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• New Year’s Eve in Vegas goes bigger than ever with a galaxy of stars and a raucous party lineup

  22-12-2016 09:01 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Party with Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris, Drake, Elton John, Major Lazer, The Weeknd, Sting and so many more.
  
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• Best of 2016: TV

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Soviet operatives, Brooklyn hipsters, female inmates and more continued to rule the boob tube in 2016.
  
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• Best of 2016: Theater

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Super Summer, NCT, the Lab and a double-shot of Cockroach.
  
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• Best of 2016: Print

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Topics like mirror-making (who knew?) and gay marriage made for compelling reads this year.
  
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• Best of 2016: Fine Art

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  A Plexiglass Stonehenge, a five-artist wake-up call and a crude display.
  
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• Best of 2016: Films

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Weekly film critics single out the best flicks of the year.
  
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• Best of 2016: Concerts

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Bob Dylan, Drake, The Cure, Guns N' Roses ... and where were you when Kurt Vile played?
  
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• Best of 2016: Comedy

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The best live comedic performances schooled us—and, in the case of an alive-and-well Tracy Morgan, touched us.
  
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• Best of 2016: Albums

  22-12-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Bowie, Beyoncé, Hiss Golden Messenger and ... The Monkees?
  
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• Man arrested in North Las Vegas crash that killed three women

  22-12-2016 08:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Las Vegas police arrested a man Wednesday in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the lives of three women.
  
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• UNLV president to meet with conservative students opposed to sanctuary status

  22-12-2016 08:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  UNLV President Len Jessup will meet on Thursday with leaders of newly formed UNLV Campus Conservatives group that opposes making the university into a sanctuary campus, the group’s co-founder said.
  
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• Trump taps billionaire Carl Icahn to be special adviser on regulatory issues

  22-12-2016 05:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Billionaire Carl Icahn will advise Donald Trump on rescinding what the activist investor called “excessive regulation” on U.S. businesses, the president-elect’s transition team announced on Wednesday.
  
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• Nevada shows uptick in enrollments for Affordable Care Act

  22-12-2016 04:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  About a week after the largest-ever open-enrollment day for Affordable Care Act coverage, federal health officials are reporting a year-to-year enrollment increase, with states including Nevada posting an uptick.
  
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• CCSD seeks injunction against key provisions of state-mandated overhaul

  22-12-2016 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School Board’s complaint, filed in Carson City District Court on Wednesday, claims that the regulations for the law known as AB 394 are invalid because they create an unfunded mandate and were not crafted in accordance with the law.
  
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• Attorney Graham transfers $955K home to wife as clients look to recover funds

  22-12-2016 02:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Suspended probate lawyer Robert Graham turned over possession of a $955,000 home in Colorado to his wife just days after shutting down his Las Vegas law firm this month, property records show.
  
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• Nevada’s marijuana registration system back online after one week shut down

  22-12-2016 02:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada officials restored the state’s online registration system for medical marijuana cards a week after a “problem” forced them to take it down.
  
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• Nevada’s marijuana registration system back online after 1 week shutdown

  22-12-2016 02:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada officials restored the state’s online registration system for medical marijuana cards a week after a “problem” forced them to take it down.
  
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• Tesla on track in hiring, capital investment in Northern Nevada, official says

  22-12-2016 01:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada’s economic development chief assured a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday that Tesla’s mammoth gigafactory is on track in both hiring and capital investment.
  
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