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• Updated: Long-term budget talks ahead for Obama, Republican lawmakers

  29-09-2015 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON — Having dodged the immediate threat of a government shutdown, congressional Republican leaders are looking ahead to talks with President Barack Obama on a long-term budget pact.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he and House Speaker John Boehner spoke with Obama recently and that he expects talks to get underway soon.
  McConnell spoke as the Senate wraps up a debate he engineered on a temporary spending bill that would keep the government open whil
  
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• UNM football: Mountain West Notebook, week 5

  29-09-2015 23:56
  
  Here’s the fifth installment of the weekly Mountain West Conference Football Notebook, compiled each week by Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman with contributions from beat writers around the league.
  It’s rivalry week: Air Force-Navy, Nevada-UNLV, New Mexico-New Mexico State.
   
  MOUNTAIN DIVISION
  AIR FORCE
  Air Force players found the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy positioned in the middle of the locker room last week, a not-so-subtle reminder from the coaches of what was comin
  
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• EPA sets stricter emission standards for oil refineries

  29-09-2015 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules Tuesday to reduce toxic air pollution from oil refineries by forcing operators to adopt new technology that better monitors and controls emissions.
  The rules will require for the first time that refineries install air monitors along “fence lines” where pollution enters neighboring communities. The monitors will measure levels of benzene and other dangerous pollutants. Corrective action will be required if leve
  
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• 3 New Mexico schools honored by US Department of Education

  29-09-2015 23:46
  
  MELROSE, N.M. — Three New Mexico schools will be honored at a November ceremony in the nation’s capital after being named National Blue Ribbon Schools.
  The U.S. Department of Education announced the awards Tuesday to 335 schools. Those include Newcomb Elementary School in northwestern New Mexico, Mora High School and Melrose Elementary School.
  The schools in Mora and Melrose were selected for closing achievement gaps.
  Mora High School, which serves 138 students, has maintained an &ld
  
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• Monday October 5, 2015

  29-09-2015 23:39
  
  Monday October 5
  Morning Session
  6:00
  Dawn Patrol, more…Flying Competition
  6:40
  Laser Light Show
  7:00
  Balloons Launch
  8:00
  Flying Competition
  8:00
  AIBF Chainsaw Carving Demonstrations until 11 am
  Evening Session
  No events
  
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• Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015

  29-09-2015 23:37
  
  Sunday October 4
  Morning Session
  6:00
  Dawn Patrol Show, presented by Route 66 Casino Hotel, more…
  6:30
  Krispy Kreme Morning Glow
  6:40
  Laser Light Show
  7:00
  Mass Ascension, more…
  8:30
  AIBF Chainsaw Carving Invitational until 11:30 am
  9:00
  Fiesta of Wheels Car Show
  9:00
  Parabatix Sky Racers
  9:00
  Main Stage Musical Performance11:00
  Balloon Fiesta Pin Trading (Group Tour Tent)
  Evening Session
  1:30
  AIBF Chainsaw Carving Invitational until 5 pm
  4:00
  Parabatix Sky Racers/subject to cancel
  
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• Saturday Oct. 3, 2015

  29-09-2015 23:36
  
  Saturday October 3Morning Session6:00
  Dawn Patrol Show, presented by Route 66 Casino Hotel, more…
  6:30
  Krispy Kreme Morning Glow
  6:40
  Laser Light Show
  6:45
  Opening Ceremonies
  7:00
  Mass Ascension, presented by Canon, more…
  8:30
  AIBF Chainsaw Carving Invitational until 11:30 am
  9:00
  Parabatix Sky Racers
  9:00
  Main Stage Musical Performance
  Evening Session
  1:30
  AIBF Chainsaw Carving Invitational until 5 pm
  2:00
  America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race Inflation, more…
  4:00
  Par
  
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• Denver Botox bandit bolts on $900 bill

  29-09-2015 23:35
  
  DENVER — Employees at a Denver doctor’s office say a man received $900 worth of wrinkle treatment and then bolted from the waiting room when it came time to pay.
  KUSA-TV reports (http://goo.gl/2Rfnof ) the man was injected with the wrinkle treatments Botox and Sculptra at Vitahl Medical Aesthetics in the upscale Cherry Creek neighborhood Thursday. When it came time to pay, his credit card didn’t work and he ran out the door.
  The alleged Botox bandit provided bogus medical and c
  
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• Bernalillo County hires new manager under three-year contract

  29-09-2015 23:22
  
  MORGAS BACA
  Julie Morgas Baca will take over as Bernalillo County manager on Saturday under a three-year contract that will pay her an annual salary of $175,000.
  The County Commission unanimously approved the contract in a special meeting Tuesday afternoon.
  In an interview, Morgas Baca said the existing team of deputy county managers will remain in place.
  Outgoing County Manager Tom Zdunek will be on-call after Saturday if Morgas Baca needs him, but the two have already been meeting together thi
  
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• Texas police chief tersely defends ‘In God We Trust’ decals

  29-09-2015 23:10
  
  DALLAS — A Texas police chief has sent a terse letter telling a watchdog group to “go fly a kite” after the group sent a letter of complaint when the chief placed “In God We Trust” decals on patrol vehicles.
  Childress police Chief Adrian Garcia says he sent the letter last week to the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation.
  Garcia said Tuesday the decals were placed on patrol vehicles in the Texas Panhandle town to express patriotism and also as a response
  
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• Police: 14-year-old boy charged in mom’s death acted alone

  29-09-2015 23:09
  
  LA MARQUE, Texas — Investigators believe a 14-year-old boy who’s charged with killing his pregnant mother acted alone, a police chief said Tuesday.
  La Marque Police Chief Kirk Jackson did not release a possible motive for the slaying of the mother, 33, whose body was discovered Saturday in her home. Her son was found Sunday in Houston, along with a vehicle from the family’s home, then charged with a juvenile count of murder, police said.
  “There’s no indication that
  
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• New US sanctions illustrate sprawling Islamic State network

  29-09-2015 23:09
  
  FILE – In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq.
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. government announced sanctions Tuesday against 25 people and five groups connected to the Islamic State, disclosing intelligence that depicts a sprawling international organization with tentacles across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
  The moves by the Treasur
  
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• House impeachment committee hires Gorence as special counsel

  29-09-2015 23:09
  
  A House committee weighing the possible impeachment of Secretary of State Dianna Duran has hired Albuquerque lawyer Robert Gorence as special counsel.
  The co-chairs of the House Special Investigatory Committee, Reps. Zachary Cook, R-Ruidoso, and Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, made the announcement today, a day after the 10-person committee authorized them to select a special counsel.
  Gorence also was special counsel during the 2011 impeachment proceedings against former Public Regulation Commission
  
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• UNM professor returns from trip to see Pope Francis

  29-09-2015 23:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A college professor is back home and talking about his trip to see the pope. Professor Robert Wood teaches sociology at the University of New Mexico. He is an expert in religion and politics and is working on researching Pope Francis.
  Wood believes the pope deeply involves himself in politics more so than his predecessors. One of the biggest issues he talked about that affects New Mexico, immigration policies.
  Professor Wood believes Pope Francis might be the polarizin
  
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• Police searching for missing 35-year-old Albuquerque woman

  29-09-2015 22:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are searching for an Albuquerque woman who has not been seen in weeks.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, 35-year-old Sara Sydow was last seen at the TA Truck Stop in the 2500 block of University NE where she works. Police say she has not been seen or heard from since.
  Sydow is five-foot-nine and weighs 160 pounds. She has blonde hair and brown eyes.
  Anyone with information about Sydow’s whereabouts contact Detective Vic Wiebe.
  Tagged: Missing
  
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• South Dakota tribe to open nation’s 1st marijuana resort

  29-09-2015 22:45
  
  FLANDREAU, S.D. — The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of South Dakota.
  But those enterprises have not been immune to competition and the lingering effects of the Great Recession, so the small tribe of 400 is undertaking a new venture — opening the nation’s first marijuana resort on its reservation. The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nat
  
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• National conference to highlight ABQ ‘community schools’

  29-09-2015 22:28
  
  Monique shared her story through tears.
  Before a roomful of people Tuesday, she explained how she ended up on the streets with her two children after a bad breakup about a year ago.
  But she found help in an unlikely place — her children’s school, Manzano Mesa Elementary in southeast Albuquerque.
  A coordinator there helped pull together enough funding for Monique to stay temporarily in a motel and then helped her get into an apartment, she said. The school provided clothes, backpacks
  
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• Consumer agency hears about student loan servicing problems

  29-09-2015 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says borrowers are reporting widespread problems with the companies servicing their student loans.
  In a report released Tuesday, the bureau found servicing practices that “may be contributing to student debt stress” after analyzing more than 30,000 comments from the public as part of an inquiry launched in May.
  Some of the problems included lost paperwork and processing delays that could lead to missed payments and late fees
  
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• Updated: ‘Can you hear me now?’ Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA

  29-09-2015 21:41
  
  NEW YORK — Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter.
  The former National Security Agency worker who leaked classified documents about government surveillance started tweeting Tuesday. He had more than 185,000 followers an hour after his first tweet, “Can you hear me now?” Six hours later, he was up to 625,000 followers.
  Snowden is following just one account: tweets from
  
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• ‘Can you hear me now?’ Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA

  29-09-2015 21:41
  
  FILE – In this Feb. 14, 2015 file photo, Edward Snowden appears on a live video feed broadcast from Moscow at an event sponsored by ACLU Hawaii in Honolulu. The former National Security Agency worker, who leaked classified documents about government surveillance, started tweeting Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
  NEW YORK — Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone i
  
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• Drones again banned from Balloon Fiesta

  29-09-2015 21:40
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration will monitor the Balloon Fiesta again to make sure drones are kept out.
  KOAT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1P48a4D) officials are continuing to ban recreational drones within the three miles of the event’s airspace radius.
  Balloon Fiesta spokesman Tom Garrity said a couple of people pushed the envelope last year. Those individuals were contacted and spoken to, and Garrity said the unauthorized drones were taken out of event airspace.
  An FAA spokesman said he
  
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• Lawsuit says company discriminated against pregnant women

  29-09-2015 21:39
  
  A lawsuit filed by a federal agency accuses a New Mexico-based convenience store company of violating civil rights laws by refusing to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant women with disabilities.
  The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission said Clovis-based Allsup’s Convenience Stores Inc. also subjected pregnant women to forced leaves and terminations because of their disabilities, pregnancies, childbirth or related medical conditions.
  The EEOC said it filed the lawsuit Tuesday
  
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• Sonos software upgrade allows speakers to tune to your room

  29-09-2015 21:38
  
  LOS ANGELES — Want to put a speaker in a bookshelf or under a chair without compromising sound quality? Wireless speaker company Sonos is releasing a software update that will intelligently calibrate sounds to account for the shape of the room and the obstacles in it.
  Users wave their mobile device around the areas of a room where the listener most often is, while the speaker emits a series of blips and tones covering a whole range of frequencies. The app senses where in the room that soun
  
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• Snapchat? Twitter? Millennials aren’t that interested

  29-09-2015 21:38
  
  All millennials are hooked on social networks like Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram, right?
  Maybe not, according to survey results recently published by investment firm Battery Ventures.
  The findings, which came from an Ipsos poll conducted online in August from a sample of 1,253 U.S. adults ages 20 to 35, suggest that the supposedly social media-obsessed 20-somethings of America aren’t that obsessed at all.
  Some 54 percent of survey respondents said they don’t have an account with Sn
  
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• Tesla’s first SUV, the Model X, is finally hitting the road

  29-09-2015 21:37
  
  FREMONT, California — Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has mastered the sporty two-seater and the elegant sedan. Now, it wants to conquer the family hauler.
  Tesla’s Model X — one of the only all-electric SUVs on the market — will be officially unveiled Tuesday night at the company’s California factory.
  The Model X is the third vehicle from 12-year-old Tesla, after the Roadster — which was discontinued in 2012 — and the Model S sedan. It should attract
  
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• Google unveils Nexus phones with ‘Marshmallow’ flavor

  29-09-2015 21:34
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Google is countering the release of Apple’s latest iPhones with two devices running on a new version of Android software designed to steer and document even more of its users’ lives.
  The Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X unveiled Tuesday are the first smartphones sold with an Android upgrade called “Marshmallow.” It features changes that will give expanded powers to Android’s personal assistant, Google Now, so it can explore the information that people cal
  
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• APS communications director in running for UNM job

  29-09-2015 21:21
  
  The long-time spokesperson for Albuquerque Public Schools is in the running for a new position.
  
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• Evacuation lifted at Hoover Middle School after possible electrical fire

  29-09-2015 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools officials say a possible electrical fire prompted the evacuation of Hoover Middle School Tuesday.
  It happened around 11:50 a.m. At this time officials say students are being allowed back inside the school.
  The Albuquerque Fire Department is investigating.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  Students and staff have been cleared to go back to class at Hoover MS. @APS_PD
  — APS (@ABQschools) September 29, 2015
  
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• Albuquerque zoo welcomes new devil

  29-09-2015 20:15
  
   
   Albquerque’s BioPark Zoo has a new ambassador from Down Under.
  Mia, the 2 1/2-year-old Tasmanian Devil, arrived Friday and will be meeting her three fellow devils in about two weeks once she is released from quarantine.
  “This is a continuation of the confidence shown in Abluquerque BioPark by the Zoo Association of Australia, the Tasmanian Government, the Australian Government, in the great work that’s done here at the BioPark,” said Androo Kelly, director of
  
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• Albuquerque’s trolley guys add bike taxis, new walking tour

  29-09-2015 20:14
  
  The guys behind Albuquerque’s party bike and the famous “Breaking Bad” trolley tour are ready to roll with some new attractions.
  Business partners Mike Silva and Jesse Herron have added three bike taxis (or pedicabs) to their fleet and have plans to buy more. Silva said he envisions the three-passenger bikes working the streets around Old Town and Downtown or even shuttling passengers to their cars at Lobo sporting events, festivals and more.
  “The bike taxis are popular a
  
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• German company accused of smuggling realistic police badges into US

  29-09-2015 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A German company that smuggled realistic-looking police badges into the U.S. in an online sales operation is now facing criminal charges after an undercover FBI investigation, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
  The company is called Master-Equipment, according to a federal complaint unsealed this week in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. The probe stemmed from the April arrest of a man accused of posing as a federal officer in the Atlanta suburb of Doraville.
  “The dismant
  
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• US: Current smog limit inadequate to protect public health

  29-09-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The current federal limit on smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness “is not adequate to protect the public health,” a top U.S. environmental regulator said Tuesday.
  Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said a new, stricter standard is needed to cut dangerous ozone pollution and prevent thousands of asthma attacks, emergency room visits and even premature deaths.
  A new ozone standard, comb
  
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• Albuquerque restaurant gets additions and renovations

  29-09-2015 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Driving by on Central Avenue in Southwest Albuquerque, it may look like Garcia’s Kitchen is closing it’s doors in favor of a new building, but managers say that is not the case. Construction trucks have been ripping up the parking lot and a new structure was built on the property over the last couple of months. The new facility will only house the commissary and catering portion of the Garcia’s chain. The restaurant will remain in the historic buildin
  
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• VW the latest in long list of companies caught cheating

  29-09-2015 19:28
  
  WASHINGTON — Volkswagen is far from the first auto company accused of trying to game required environmental tests.
  Almost since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970, major manufacturers of cars, trucks and heavy equipment have been busted using what regulators call “defeat devices.” The cheating typically involves programing a vehicle’s on-board computer to boost horsepower or fuel mileage by belching out dirtier exhaust than allowed.
  Over the years, manufacturers includ
  
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• Water main break floods northwest Albuquerque neighborhood

  29-09-2015 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Crews are working to a repair a water main break that’s flooding a neighborhood in northwest Albuquerque near 2nd Street and Griegos.The city says about 30 homes between 6th and 9th are expected to be without water for a while.
  Right now water is gushing into people’s yards but there have been no reports of homes flooding. A neighbor said they’ve seen possible sinkholes in the area.The city says the break itself should be patched up in an hour or two,
  
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• 'Bones' Jones takes plea deal after April arrest

  29-09-2015 19:20
  
  Jon “Bones” Jones appeared in court Tuesday and took a plea deal, giving him 18 months probation.
  
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• Farmington Police searching for burglary suspects

  29-09-2015 19:17 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Police need your help catching two thieves caught on camera. Farmington Police say the burglary took place Sunday near East 39th Street.Police say the two suspects broke into a camp trailer and got away with some valuables.If you know who these suspects are you’re urged to call police.
  
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• Old Town's Balloon Fiesta entertainment schedule

  29-09-2015 19:14
  
  Each fall during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Old Town features entertainment for visitors.
  
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• House Republicans advance bill to undo health law

  29-09-2015 18:28
  
  WASHINGTON — House Republicans advanced legislation Tuesday to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health law that could actually reach the president’s desk.
  The House GOP has voted more than 50 times to repeal all or parts of the health law. Almost all the bills died in the Senate.
  But this time, Republicans are using a special process that prevents Senate Democrats from blocking the legislation. Obama can still veto it, but the vote could provide a blueprint for dismantling th
  
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• Updated: Jon ‘Bones’ Jones gets probation

  29-09-2015 18:19
  
  Jon ‘Bones’ Jones, left, a UFC champion fighter, hugs his boxing coach Brandon Gibson, while leaving the Bernalillo County Second District Courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)
  Jon ‘Bones’ Jones, center, a UFC champion fighter, talks to his attorneys before he pleaded guilty in a April hit-and-run charge, during which a pregnant woman was injured, at the Bernalillo County Second District Courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 29,
  
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• Senate propels stopgap spending bill to keep government open

  29-09-2015 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is on track to pass a spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down this week, over the opposition of the most hardline conservative Republicans.
  Tuesday’s expected vote comes after a 77-19 tally on Monday easily beat a token filibuster threat. The House also is expected to approve the bill — stripped of a tea party-backed measure to take taxpayer funding away from Planned Parenthood — before Wednesday’s midnight deadline.
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• Congress: US fails to stop most people trying to join ISIS

  29-09-2015 18:08 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has largely failed to stop more than 250 Americans who have traveled overseas to join or tried to join terrorist groups, including the Islamic State group, a new congressional study concluded on Tuesday. It did not cite significant numbers who have sneaked back into the United States without being arrested or monitored.
  The report by five Republicans and three Democrats from the House Homeland Security Committee said the Obama administration lacked a strate
  
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• 6 noteworthy features in Mac system update Wednesday

  29-09-2015 18:06
  
  NEW YORK — The name of Apple’s new Mac operating system says a lot about what to expect.
  “El Capitan” won’t offer dramatic changes, but rather refinements and enhancements to the current Mac system, called Yosemite. In real life, El Capitan is a rock formation in Yosemite National Park. It’s as though the new Mac system isn’t big enough to leave Yosemite.
  Nonetheless, it’s an upgrade worth having after it’s out Wednesday, especially as it&rsq
  
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• Report: US failing to stop most people trying to join ISIS

  29-09-2015 17:46
  
  WASHINGTON — The House Homeland Security Committee says the U.S. is failing to stop most people trying to go overseas to join terrorist groups, including the Islamic State.
  In a report Tuesday, the committee says more than 250 Americans have joined or tried to join terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria. It said dozens have been able to successfully return to the United States.
  The committee says the government lacks a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorists and people trying to travel abr
  
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• 2 die in Mexico crash, car’s air bag replaced with cocaine

  29-09-2015 17:45
  
  MEXICO CITY — Police in northern Mexico say two people have died in the crash of a car whose air bag had been replaced with bricks of cocaine.
  The passenger-side air bag compartment was apparently being used to smuggle 55 pounds (25 kilos) of cocaine. The driver’s air bag apparently did deploy.
  Federal police said they recovered 23 packages of the drug from the car after it crashed in the town of San Fernando in the northern border state of Tamaulipas.
  Emergency personnel took the tw
  
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• VW details brands affected by scandal; fix due in Oct

  29-09-2015 17:23
  
  BERLIN — Volkswagen’s commercial vehicles and cars from its Spanish unit SEAT are among the 11 million fitted with a diesel engine that can cheat on emissions tests, the company said Tuesday.
  Volkswagen AG has admitted using a piece of engine software to cheat on diesel car emissions tests in the U.S., where authorities say there are 482,000 such cars. The company says that up to 11 million vehicles worldwide were fitted with the engine in question.
  The company said it would present
  
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• Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled

  29-09-2015 17:23
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing.
  Instead, he wound up in a dusty, dimly lit garage near Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters six years ago, getting ready to ride a wave of technology that thrust him into an occupational oxymoron. He became a driver in a driverless car.
  Torcellini, 31, now leads a crew of test, or “safety,” drivers who are legally required to ride in Google’s fleet of 48
  
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• GameStop joins other retailers as it steps up holiday hiring

  29-09-2015 17:22
  
  NEW YORK — GameStop will hire more than 28,000 part-time workers for the holiday shopping season, up 12 percent from last year, the gaming retailer said Tuesday.
  The jobs will be added at the company’s 6,800 stores or at its warehouses in Texas and Kentucky. Hiring begins in the next few days and runs through October, with the jobs lasting through Jan. 8, according to GameStop Corp., which is based in Grapevine, Texas.
  GameStop follows other retailers who are brining on more workers
  
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• Protestors demand answers from CYFD on daycare closing

  29-09-2015 17:12
  
  courtesy KOAT
  Dozens of parents, children and staff from Albuquerque’s Eastern Child Development Center came to the Children, Youth and Families Department office on a mission demanding answers Monday, KOAT TV reported.
  “We’re going to stay here until we get to talk to someone in power that can doing something about this,” one parent said.
  Ready with signs and chants, they then marched into the offices. Once inside, they were greeted by a startled CYFD employee who said,
  
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• Big utilities enter market for small rooftop solar

  29-09-2015 16:58
  
  Traditional power companies are getting into small-scale solar energy and competing for space on your rooftop.
  The emerging competition comes as utilities and smaller solar installers fight over the future of the U.S. energy system. While the market for residential solar power remains a financial drop in the bucket for a big utility, the installation of solar panels overall grew by more than 50 percent in 2014 and is on track for another record-breaking year at time when the traditional utility
  
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