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• Siakam leads Aggies’ charge past Tennessee Tech

  19-11-2015 23:40
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State struggled offensively in the first half to start the game, but were much more efficient on offense in the second half Wednesday night. Trailing 36-33 at halftime, the Aggies outscored Tennessee Tech 43-27 in the second half to beat the Golden Eagles 76-63 at the Pan American Center. Tuesday […]
  
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• Prolific NM restaurant company launching new cafe brand

  19-11-2015 23:39
  
  Company behind Rio Chama, Blue Corn rolling out coffee shop concept
  
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• Updated: New Mexico exchange targets Hispanics, Native Americans

  19-11-2015 23:37
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The state health insurance exchange is taking its message to the airwaves, billboards, community groups and online to boost the number of New Mexicans signing up for coverage during this enrollment period. Exchange CEO Amy Dowd said Thursday that people will have until the end of January to sign up, but those […]
  
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• New Mexico exchange targets Hispanics, Native Americans

  19-11-2015 23:37
  
  The state health insurance exchange is taking its message to the airwaves, billboards, community groups and online to boost the number of New Mexicans signing up for coverage during this enrollment period. Exchange CEO Amy Dowd said Thursday that people will have until the end of January to sign up, but those who want to […]
  
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• Santa Fe concessionaire expands its reach

  19-11-2015 23:31
  
  Ortega National Parks LLC is taking over concession services at Petrified Forest National Park.
  
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• Village Capital wraps up ABQ training

  19-11-2015 23:29
  
  Village Capital, one of five business accelerators working with startup companies in Albuquerque, concluded its first four-month training program on Thursday at the city’s Epicenter Downtown. Village Capital, a Washington, D.C.-based accelerator that encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to address social issues, launched its first training program last summer in Albuquerque for companies looking to market new […]
  
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• Updated: Woman gets 30 years for murdered man in trunk

  19-11-2015 23:21
  
  One of two women charged with murdering a one-time parole officer in 2013 pleaded guilty Thursday to ...
  
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• Updated: Congress finally close to vote on new education law

  19-11-2015 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Congress is finally close to a vote to rewrite the outdated and highly criticized No Child Left Behind education law. The compromise legislation, approved Thursday by House and Senate negotiators, would sharply reduce the federal role in education policy but still require students to be tested in reading and math in grades three […]
  
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• Congress finally close to vote on new education law

  19-11-2015 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Congress is finally close to a vote to rewrite the outdated and highly criticized No Child Left Behind education law. The compromise legislation, approved Thursday by House and Senate negotiators, would sharply reduce the federal role in education policy but still require students to be tested in reading and math in grades three […]
  
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• Helicopter crashed, killing 2, as pilot practiced landings

  19-11-2015 23:14
  
  CARLSBAD, Calif. — A helicopter crash that killed two men at a California airport occurred as the pilot was practicing landings. The San Diego County medical examiner’s office says the helicopter’s tail struck the ground during a landing Wednesday and it spun out of control at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. Both men aboard died at […]
  
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• Nat Geo movie tells gritty Pilgrims’ tale

  19-11-2015 23:13
  
  NEW YORK — With its political infighting, tip-of-the-arrow diplomacy and climactic decapitation scene, the National Geographic Channel’s film “Saints & Strangers” is the “Game of Thrones” version of the first Thanksgiving. The four-hour movie will premiere Sunday and Monday on National Geographic (9 p.m. EST on both nights), following a rush to finish in time […]
  
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• Analysis: Obama refugee argument fails as Democrats desert

  19-11-2015 23:07
  
  MANILA, Philippines — As anxiety about Syrian refugees entering the U.S. took hold this week, President Barack Obama was having none of it. Halfway across the globe, he scolded politicians questioning his plan to take in 10,000 Syrians in light of the Paris attacks, dismissing them as fear-mongers scoring political points. Obama’s dressing down was […]
  
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• Ben Carson: Refugee program must screen for ‘mad dogs’

  19-11-2015 22:59
  
  MOBILE, Ala. — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Thursday that blocking potential terrorists posing as Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. is akin to handling a rabid dog. At a campaign stop in Alabama, Carson said halting Syrian resettlement in the U.S. doesn’t mean America lacks compassion. “If there’s a rabid dog running around […]
  
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• Sanders: ‘Democratic socialism’ means security, freedom

  19-11-2015 22:58
  
  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Thursday that economic security is essential to Americans achieving true freedom, a central tenet in his political philosophy of “democratic socialism.” The Vermont senator said the idea has roots in the legacies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Real freedom must include […]
  
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• After attacks, many Parisians embrace food, wine and friends

  19-11-2015 22:58
  
  PARIS — In France, a glass of wine is many things: one of life’s small pleasures, a civilized complement to food, a source of national pride. Now, it’s also a symbol of defiance. As vintners release this year’s batch of Beaujolais Nouveau in the shadow of last week’s Paris attacks, “To the bistro!” has replaced […]
  
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• Udall to give opening remarks at NAACP conference Friday

  19-11-2015 22:33
  
  U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M.,will give the opening remarks Friday at 1 p.m. at the Albuquerque NAAC ...
  
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• New Mexico spaceport to host drone summit in 2016

  19-11-2015 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  UPHAM, N.M. (AP) — Spaceport America will be hosting a drone summit next spring.
  Officials with the New Mexico Spaceport Authority say the three-day event in March is expected to draw more than 1,000 people, from drone pilots and enthusiasts to film professionals.
  They’re billing it as an educational event. It will include races, demonstrations and skills workshops that will cover how small drones can be used for aerial cinematography, ranching and farming, energy development and con
  
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• Updated: Game Commission agrees to $1million fee for hunter access to state trust lands

  19-11-2015 22:26
  
  The Department of Game and Fish will pay the State Land Office $1 million next year to give New Mexico hunters, anglers and trappers access to state trust lands. The Game Commission approved the agreement at a meeting today in Roswell, following months of negotiations between the department and Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn. The $1 […]
  
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• 2 students accused of making online threats in AZ high school

  19-11-2015 22:03
  
  COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Police in Cottonwood say two students have been arrested for allegedly making online threats against Mingus Union High School. They say a 14-year-old boy is accused of two counts of hoax and one count of interference or disruption of an educational institution. Police say a 16-year-old boy is being held on suspicion […]
  
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• Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating

  19-11-2015 22:02
  
  DETROIT — A white, former Detroit-area police officer was found guilty Thursday of assault and misconduct in the bloody beating of a black driver during a traffic stop that was captured on video. Wayne County jurors handed down the verdict in the case against William Melendez, who was charged in the January beating of Floyd […]
  
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• Updated: Girl says she was beaten for reading dictionary incorrectly

  19-11-2015 21:56
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The youngest of three sisters who authorities say were imprisoned in an Arizona home for months testified Thursday that she was once beaten for incorrectly reading the dictionary. The girl, who was 12 when she and her sister fled the Tucson home, also said her stepfather Fernando Richter had threatened her life […]
  
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• Girl in imprisonment case recalls beatings by stepfather

  19-11-2015 21:56
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The youngest of three sisters who authorities say were imprisoned in an Arizona home for months testified Thursday that she didn’t think her stepfather was going to kill them on the day that she and another sister escaped but he had threatened her life in the past. The girl, who was 12 […]
  
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• To improve data, Texas troopers to ask drivers their race

  19-11-2015 21:55
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety will change the way the agency records the race of stopped motorists after it was discovered troopers habitually misidentify Hispanics as white in traffic data, according to a DPS memo. Troopers now will ask each driver who’s stopped for a traffic infraction to tell them their […]
  
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• Phoenix policeman arrested twice in 2 days pleads not guilty

  19-11-2015 21:55
  
  PHOENIX — A Phoenix police officer arrested twice in a three-day span on allegations of domestic violence and sexual exploitation of a minor has pleaded not guilty. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 47-year-old Richard Robert Tucker entered his plea at his arraignment Thursday. His next scheduled court date is Jan. 6. Bond was set […]
  
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• Houston trucker caught with $1.4M gets 5 years in prison

  19-11-2015 21:55
  
  McALLEN, Texas — A Houston trucker caught with more than $1.4 million in drug money in the rig’s sleeper compartment must serve five years in prison. Alejandro Morales-Flores was sentenced Thursday in federal court in McAllen. The 60-year-old Morales-Flores in April pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering related to an October 2014 traffic […]
  
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• Roswell mayor files petition to create grand jury

  19-11-2015 21:54
  
  ROSWELL — The mayor of Roswell has filed paperwork to create a Chaves County grand jury, which he hopes will save time for police officers. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1PPV2jt ) that Mayor Dennis Kintigh on Wednesday presented Chaves County Clerk Dave Kunko with a petition calling for the convening of a grand jury. […]
  
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• 8 Syrian refugees turn themselves in at Texas-Mexico border

  19-11-2015 21:54
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Federal officials say eight Syrians have turned themselves over to immigration authorities along the Texas-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that two families — two men, two women and four children — presented themselves Tuesday in Laredo and are being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s not […]
  
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• Suit: Denver sheriff discriminates against female deputies

  19-11-2015 21:53
  
  DENVER — Two female Denver deputies are suing the troubled sheriff’s department, saying its policies put female employees at greater risk of harm and burnout. The deputies said in the federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that male guards are treated favorably, in part because they don’t have to pat down female inmates. The suit says female […]
  
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• Navajo official to repay $34,000 for illegal contracts

  19-11-2015 21:53
  
  GALLUP — An official with the Whitehorse Lake Chapter of the Navajo Nation has been ordered to repay another chapter for funds that were paid to a relative’s construction company that she illegally contracted. The Gallup Independent reports (http://bit.ly/1HZSo9J ) that Whitehorse Lake community service coordinator Relda Martinez has agreed to pay $200 a month […]
  
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• House approves GOP-led bill to boost Fed oversight

  19-11-2015 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House approved a bill Thursday that supporters said would make the Federal Reserve more transparent and accountable, defying a veto threat. The bill would direct the Fed to be more open in communicating monetary policy decisions and require the central bank to use a mathematical rule in deciding on interest rates. […]
  
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• Updated: ABQ ethics board rules against anti-abortion activists

  19-11-2015 21:14
  
  City Hall’s ethics board ruled unanimously Thursday that anti-abortion activists violated the Albuquerque City Charter and election code when they targeted a City Council candidate with graphic mailers. The group behind the mailers, Protest ABQ, had been accused of failing to register as a political committee with the city — a process that requires disclosing […]
  
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• ABQ ethics board rules against anti-abortion activists

  19-11-2015 21:14
  
  City Hall’s ethics board ruled unanimously Thursday that anti-abortion activists violated the City Charter and election code when they targeted a City Council candidate with graphic mailers. The group behind the mailers, Protest ABQ, had been accused of failing to register as a political committee with the city — a process that requires disclosing campaign […]
  
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• House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat

  19-11-2015 20:23 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama by Republicans and members of his own party, the House ignored a veto threat Thursday and overwhelmingly approved GOP legislation erecting fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the United States.
  Forty-seven Democrats joined all but two Republicans as the House passed the measure by a veto-proof 289-137 margin, a major setback to the lame duck president on an issue — what to do about the Islamic St
  
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• Albuquerque woman pleads guilty to killing man, stuffing his body in trunk

  19-11-2015 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One of the young women accused of using sex to lure a man to his death then stuffing his body in the trunk of a car and leading police on a chase pleaded guilty Thursday morning.
  Jennifer McKee will spend a few decades behind bars. The judge sentenced McKee to 51 years for the murder but suspended 21 of them.
  Investigators say back in 2013 McKee and her friend Ashlee Gurule met the 51-year-old man in his home with the promise of sex. After Maurice Gonzales was stabbed
  
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• West Mesa High School breaks ground on multi-million dollar makeover

  19-11-2015 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque high school is getting a multi-million dollar makeover. Crews hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at West Mesa High School Thursday.
  Officials are spending nearly $19 million to renovate the school that’s been here since 1967. Among the changes are about 70 new classrooms.
  Right now many students are using portables. The money will also be used to fix up the courtyard and other areas on campus. Construction should be done by January 2017.
  
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• State to close Texas school district that cut sports teams

  19-11-2015 19:31
  
  PREMONT, Texas — A struggling South Texas school district that gained national attention in 2012 when it cut its sports programs to focus on academics was ordered to shut down next year amid continuing poor academic performance. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/1kHu8PJ ) reports that the Premont Independent School District, about 73 miles southwest of […]
  
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• That’s a lot of coin: Mayor tries to pay $4K fine with coins

  19-11-2015 19:30
  
  HIALEAH, Fla. — Talk about some loose change. A Miami-area mayor who is feuding with his local commission tried to use 360,000 pennies and nickels — that’s 28 buckets full of coins — to pay a $4,000 ethics fine. Instead of accepting the change, the ethics commission doubled the fine for Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez, […]
  
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• Netanyahu reportedly asking US to release Pollard to Israel

  19-11-2015 19:30
  
  JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the United States to allow convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to return immediately to Israel upon his upcoming release from a federal prison, a pro-government Israeli newspaper reported Thursday. According to the Israel Hayom daily, Netanyahu has been lobbying Washington to let Pollard travel to Israel instead of […]
  
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• Family, border dangers keep Mexicans from returning to US

  19-11-2015 19:20
  
  TIJUANA, Mexico — There are many reasons for the historic reversal of migration between the U.S. and Mexico, according the Pew Research Center, which announced Thursday that more than 1 million Mexicans headed south to re-establish their lives in the last five years, while only 870,000 migrated north to the U.S. Some have grown tired […]
  
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• Stadiums on red alert as football resumes after Paris terror

  19-11-2015 19:03
  
  PARIS — Fear and trepidation, rather than excitement and thrills, may grip fans when Europe’s domestic soccer leagues resume this weekend in the wake of deadly terror attacks in Paris. Real Madrid against Barcelona would normally be hailed as a tantalizing encounter featuring the world’s best attacking talent; while in Turin, Juventus vs. AC Milan […]
  
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• Updated: Blaster battles, lightsabers and dogfights in space. ‘Battlefront’ has it all

  19-11-2015 18:46
  
  Luke Skywalker was surrounded. A Stormtrooper, this one a woman with her helmet off, was directly ahead. To the left, behind a curvature of sand dunes, stood three more. Luke’s lightsaber went into a block position, deflecting blaster fire to knock out two of the Stormtroopers, but it was too little, too late. Luke had […]
  
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• County commission to discuss behavioral health

  19-11-2015 18:43
  
  Bernalillo County commissioners will meet Thursday to discuss behavioral health.
  
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• Corporate America’s problem: Falling profit, revenue

  19-11-2015 18:35
  
  NEW YORK — Corporate America has a profit problem. U.S company earnings are falling for the first time since 2009, when the economy was still reeling from the Great Recession. The main culprit is the plunging price of oil, which has decimated earnings at big energy companies like Exxon Mobil and Chevron. Mining companies have […]
  
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• Colorado unveils plan to manage water amid drought, demand

  19-11-2015 18:27 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The snow that falls on the Colorado mountains melts into trillions of gallons of water every year, and most of it flows downstream to Mexico, California and 17 other states. Colorado will release on Thursday its first-ever plan to cope with increasing competition for that water as the West grows drier.
  The plan sets conservation goals, outlines ways to share water during droughts and suggests ways to preserve the environment, recreation and agriculture while accommodating rap
  
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• Dr. Ramo debunks vitamin C health myth

  19-11-2015 18:19
  
  Can loading up on vitamin C keep someone from getting sick?
  
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• Arlington officer shot during task force operation in Dallas

  19-11-2015 18:18
  
  DALLAS — Police are trying to determine who shot an Arlington officer during a special task force operation in a Dallas neighborhood. Police did not immediately announce any arrests following the gunfire around dawn Thursday. The wounded officer is expected to survive. Arlington police say the victim, whose name wasn’t immediately released, came under fire […]
  
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• Tel Aviv stabbing, West Bank attack leave 5 killed

  19-11-2015 18:17
  
  JERUSALEM — A pair of attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, killed five people Thursday, intensifying a two month-long wave of violence. Much of the recent unrest has focused on the West Bank city of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint. But the attack in Israel’s economic hub of Tel […]
  
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• Study: more Mexicans leaving than arriving in US

  19-11-2015 18:17
  
  SAN DIEGO — More Mexicans are leaving the United States than migrating into the country, marking a reversal of one of the most significant immigration trends in U.S. history. A study published Thursday by the Pew Research Center said a desire to reunite families is the primary reason Mexicans go home. A sluggish U.S. recovery […]
  
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• New Mexico state senator says money taken from her accounts

  19-11-2015 17:51 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES (AP) – New Mexico’s highest-ranking state senator has confirmed that money is missing from her Senate and campaign accounts and says personal items have also been taken from her home.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that 83-year-old Sen. Mary Kay Papen, a Las Cruces Democrat, says she discovered missing money in early September during a separate investigation involving the fraudulent use of her son-in-law’s credit card.
  Papen says she’s working with a certified
  
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• Key Senate Committee Passes Heinrich’s Sportsmen’s Act

  19-11-2015 17:46
  
  Who says bipartisanship is dead on Capitol Hill? The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today unanimously approved legislation authored by Sen. Martin Heinrich that would open more federal lands to hunters, fisherman and other outdoor recreationists, as well. Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, sponsored the Sportsmen’s Act with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican […]
  
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