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• ‘Cowboy commissioner’ Tom Collins files for North Las Vegas council seat

  24-01-2017 21:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins on Tuesday filed to run for a City Council seat in North Las Vegas, rather than running for mayor as he previously stated.
  
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• Nevada lawmakers gather to begin work on Gov. Sandoval’s final budget

  24-01-2017 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A panel of Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday began the months-long process of vetting Brian Sandoval’s final budget as governor, a precursor to the beginning of the legislative session that begins Feb. 6.
  
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• Nevada lawmakers begin work on Gov. Sandoval’s final budget

  24-01-2017 21:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A panel of Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday began the months-long process of vetting Brian Sandoval’s final budget as governor, a precursor to the beginning of the legislative session that begins Feb. 6.
  
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• Michele Fiore running for city council in Las Vegas

  24-01-2017 20:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Today marks the first day of filing for municipal elections in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson, and several prominent candidates wasted no time in making it official.
  
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• Eligibility of Henderson mayoral candidate challenged

  24-01-2017 20:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It only took a few hours for the first eligibility challenge to surface in Henderson’s race to replace Mayor Andy Hafen.
  
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• Trump plans to announce Supreme Court pick next week

  24-01-2017 18:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Donald Trump planned to meet with Senate leaders Tuesday to discuss his nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and said he planned to announce his choice next week.
  
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• Pokemon Go released in South Korea, 6 months after launch

  24-01-2017 18:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.
  
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• 2 teens face attempted murder charges in Miami MLK Day shooting

  24-01-2017 18:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two teenagers have been arrested on attempted murder charges in a shooting at a Miami a park following the city’s annual Martin Luther King Day Parade.
  
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• Trump signs executive orders advancing Keystone, Dakota pipelines

  24-01-2017 17:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Donald Trump has signed executive actions to advance the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.
  
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• Israel ramps up construction with approval of 2,500 West Bank settlement homes

  24-01-2017 17:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Israel said Tuesday it approved plans to build 2,500 new settler homes in the West Bank, signaling a major ramp-up of construction just days after the swearing-in of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose election has emboldened the settlement movement.
  
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• Tahoe resorts tally 23 feet of snow since Jan. 1

  24-01-2017 14:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Another nearly 3 feet of new snow fell on Sierra Nevada ski resorts — for a total of 23 feet since Jan. 1 in some places — and Reno recorded one of its snowiest days in 80 years Monday as skies began to clear and sunshine followed the latest in a series of winter storms into the region.
  
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• Survivors pick up the pieces a day after deadly storms rip through the south

  24-01-2017 13:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just the day after Devocheo Williams moved into Sunshine Acres, his mobile home — and many of those around him — were demolished as the winds descended before dawn with terrifying swiftness.
  
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• How to get a loan with bad credit

  24-01-2017 13:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s not easy to borrow money with bad credit. Whether you’re looking to buy a new car, purchase your own home or start a business, you might struggle to get a loan if you have a low credit score.
  
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• Biritish high court: Parliament must approve Brexit

  24-01-2017 12:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Britain’s government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruling Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to trigger negotiations by the end of March.
  
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• Trump insists voter fraud cost him popular vote

  24-01-2017 11:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Days after being sworn in, President Donald Trump insisted to congressional leaders invited to a reception at the White House that he would have won the popular vote had it not been for millions of illegal votes, according to people familiar with the meeting.
  
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• 3 dogs rescued from avalanche in Italy give rescuers hope but 20 people remain missing

  24-01-2017 10:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Italian emergency crews pulled three wiggling, white sheepdog puppies out Monday from under tons of snow and rubble at an avalanche-struck hotel, lifting spirits even as the search for 20 people still missing dragged on five days after the disaster.
  
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• 3 dogs rescued from avalanche in Italy give rescuers hope but 20 people missing

  24-01-2017 10:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Italian emergency crews pulled three wiggling, white sheepdog puppies out Monday from under tons of snow and rubble at an avalanche-struck hotel, lifting spirits even as the search for 20 people still missing dragged on five days after the disaster.
  
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• State of emergency declared after California storms leave path of death, destruction

  24-01-2017 10:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sunshine and rainbows alternated with thunderclaps, downpours, snow and hail on Monday as the last in a trio of storms broke up over California after flooding roads and homes and trapping people in swamped vehicles. At least four people died.
  
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• School board trustees to discuss resolution to protect students’ privacy regardless of immigration status

  24-01-2017 06:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A resolution to protect students’ privacy regardless of their immigration status will be discussed by Clark County School Board trustees on Thursday.
  
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• CCSD donation of old buses to other Nevada districts stirs debate among trustees

  24-01-2017 04:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District will give 69 of approximately 160 decommissioned buses to 11 other districts across Nevada, a total donation estimated to be upward of $276,000 — and one that appears to go beyond charity.
  
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• Mike Pompeo sworn in as director of CIA

  24-01-2017 04:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mike Pompeo was sworn in Monday night as director of the CIA at a crucial time for U.S. national security as intelligence — traditionally a nonpartisan issue — has been thrust into the political arena.
  
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• Poverty didn’t make him poor: Las Vegan rises to academic success

  24-01-2017 04:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lazaro Cesar, who grew up in one of the poorest sections in Las Vegas, used his academic prowess to go to a boarding school where a U.S. President and the founder of Facebook attended. Now he’s at a university with a goal of helping African Americans become more financially literate.
  
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• Minnesota governor collapses during State of the State speech — VIDEO

  24-01-2017 04:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed while delivering his State of the State speech on Monday, striking his head on a lectern. The 69-year-old Democrat appeared to be conscious as he was helped into a back room several minutes later, and a top staffer said he walked out of the Capitol on his own.
  
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• Minnesota governor collapses during State of the State speech

  24-01-2017 04:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed while delivering his State of the State speech on Monday, striking his head on a lectern. The 69-year-old Democrat appeared to be conscious as he was helped into a back room several minutes later, and a top staffer said he walked out of the Capitol on his own.
  
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• 2 mayoral races will be on ballot in Las Vegas-area elections

  24-01-2017 03:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mayoral races in North Las Vegas and Henderson are among upcoming municipal elections.
  
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• Multicampus district model, student union buildings listed as priorities for College of Southern Nevada

  24-01-2017 02:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A multicampus district model and plans for three student union buildings were among priorities College of Southern Nevada President Michael Richards outlined Monday during a town hall with faculty and staff.
  
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• Shooter in Saturday homicide also wanted in string of Las Vegas Valley robberies

  24-01-2017 02:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man wanted since the start of the year for brazenly robbing several east valley businesses at gunpoint is the same man wanted for killing a man and injuring a waitress Saturday at an east valley bar, Las Vegas police said Monday.
  
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• Trump spokesman signals that ending DACA no longer a priority

  24-01-2017 02:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  During a press briefing Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed that ending President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is not a priority for the new president.
  
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• Las Vegas City Council may change restriction rule for downtown nightclubs

  24-01-2017 01:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nightclubs on Las Vegas Boulevard might seem natural, but they do not populate one downtown stretch. That could soon change.
  
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• Republican attorney will run for Clark County Commission

  24-01-2017 01:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Republican attorney has emerged as a candidate in the 2018 race for Clark County Commission.
  
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• Canadian oil pipeline leaks 200,000 liters

  24-01-2017 00:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pipeline in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan has leaked oil in an aboriginal community, the provincial government said Monday.
  
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• Indicted Las Vegas lawyer used firm’s funds for church donations

  24-01-2017 00:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Indicted probate lawyer Robert Graham used his firm’s operating account to pay money to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, grand jury transcripts show.
  
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• Creation of Tule Springs State Park will highlight prehistoric relics

  24-01-2017 00:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of years before the Strip’s skyline rose in the Southern Nevada desert, pre-historic wolves, camels and mammoths roamed the region. Snails and other mollusks lived in the springs. The creatures left a treasure trove of fossils throughout Tule Springs.
  
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• American Airlines flight not evacuated; deployment of slides was accidental, official says

  24-01-2017 00:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  American Eagle Flight 6017 was not evacuated on Sunday as previously reported, American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said Monday.
  
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• Trumps chooses ‘net neutrality’ opponent for FCC post

  24-01-2017 00:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Donald Trump has picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules to be chief regulator of the nation’s airwaves and internet connections.
  
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