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CANDIDATE RESIDENCY
Nevada Supreme Court removes Schaefer from ballot
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the removal of a state controller candidate from the June primary ballot because of his residency status.
Justices unanimously agreed with a lower court ruling that Democratic candidate John Michael Schaefer is not qualified to run for the constitutional office.
The secretary of state's office challenged Schaefer's eligibility after obtaining information that he was registered to vote in California and last year ran for the Los Angeles City Council.
Under Nevada law a candidate for controller must be a resident for two years before being eligible to seek the office.
Schaefer's ouster from the ballot leaves Assemblyman Andrew Martin as the only Democrat in the race.
Three Republicans also are running to replace termed-out Democrat Kim Wallin.
BODY FOUND-FLOOD CHANNEL
Partially decomposed body found in Vegas canal
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they've found the body of a person who had apparently been stabbed and then left in a flood channel for two or three weeks.
Authorities say the discovery was reported about 3 p.m. Tuesday in a canal about 300 yards north of B Street and Owens Avenue.
Officers say the partially decomposed body belongs to a male, although his identity has not yet been released.
Police have not identified suspects in the case, and a motive is unclear.
The death marks the 30th homicide in Las Vegas police jurisdiction so far this year.
SHOOTING DEATH-SOUTH VEGAS
Coroner IDs man dead in desert area in south Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a 25-year-old man found shot dead in a desert area in south Las Vegas earlier this week.
Clark County coroner's officials say Las Vegas resident Rashard Felipe Acuna died of a gunshot wound to the back before being found Monday evening not far from the Henderson Executive Airport.
Authorities say gunshots were reported about 7:30 p.m. Monday near La Cienega Street and Neal Avenue. Acuna was found about 100 feet off the road and pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the Acuna had been having a conversation with two people near a dark-colored vehicle just before shots rang out.
Authorities haven't identified any suspects, and say a motive is unclear.
VEGAS-STABBING-ARSON
Vegas police probe stabbing, apartment arson fire
(Information in the following story is from: KSNV-TV, http://www.mynews3.com/index.php)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas are investigating a stabbing that may have led to an arson fire.
Police say a woman stabbed her boyfriend in the stomach and in the leg during an altercation at an apartment near Jones and Washington about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday.
KSNV-TV reports the boyfriend later poured gasoline around the apartment and started a fire.
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue arrived to extinguish the fire. The man was transported to University Medical Center with undisclosed injuries while his girlfriend reportedly fled the scene.
No names have been released and no charges filed so far.
The case remains under investigation.
NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP-NEVADAN
Ex-homeless student at UNR wins $30K scholarship
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A University of Nevada, Reno student who was homeless during part of her time attending high school in North Las Vegas has been named the winner of a prestigious national scholarship worth $30,000.
Ivon Padilla-Rodriguez is one of only about 60 students in the country who will receive the Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
The money is to be used toward graduate education in law, social work, education, international affairs or public administration, health or policy.
Padilla-Rodriguez graduated from Canyon Springs High School in 2011. The 20-year-old junior at UNR says her ultimate goal is to attend law school, become a federal judge and follow in the footsteps of her heroine, Sonia Sotomayor, to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
YOUTH CLUB-HOT AUGUST NIGHTS
Hot August Nights gives $100K to Reno youth club
(Information in the following story is from: Reno Gazette-Journal, http://www.rgj.com)
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Hot August Nights Foundation is contributing $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of the Truckee Meadows to help support a new youth facility.
Hot August Nights executive director Tony Marini says it is the single largest donation ever made by the charitable arm of the long-running classic car and music festival.
Mike Wurm of the Boys & Girls Club says it's a big shot in the arm for their daily operations as well as the club's new $14 million William N. Pennington Facility. It's scheduled to open May 20 at the site of the former YMCA across from Reno High School.
Wurm tells the Reno Gazette-Journal it will include four full-sized, multipurpose athletic courts, staffed classrooms, a library, kitchen, cafeteria and technology areas.
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