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• Man fatally shoots self during arrest stop in Albuquerque

  15-01-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted in Colorado has fatally shot himself during an arrest stop in northeast Albuquerque.
  Albuquerque police say a U.S. Marshals Service task force was attempting to make the arrest Friday afternoon, but the man in the passenger seat of the car put a gun to his head and committed suicide.
  The name and age of the man wasn’t immediately released.
  Police say he was wanted on a federal probation violation out of Colorado with the underlyin
  
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• A week after NH nipple spat, lawmakers blast harassment policy

  15-01-2016 23:41
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — Fresh off a social media spat over women exposing their nipples in public, some New Hampshire lawmakers say a new harassment policy restricts their rights to free speech. The policy was developed over several months and emailed to House members Thursday. Republican Rep. John Burt of Goffstown called it “political correctness gone […]
  
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• Hundreds seek to voice concerns about earthquakes at hearing

  15-01-2016 23:40
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma residents concerned with a dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes called for more regulations on the oil and gas industry on Friday and urged state leaders to take action to stop the quakes. About 200 people tried to pack into standing room-only committee rooms at the Oklahoma Capitol, sat on […]
  
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• Changes in store for La Montanita as it turns 40

  15-01-2016 23:31
  
  Products boasting their “organic” and “natural” attributes fill shelves at grocery stores today, but Robin Seydel remembers when that was not the case in Albuquerque. At least not until La Montañita Co-op launched near the University of New Mexico in 1976. “In Albuquerque, you couldn’t get brown rice anyplace else; you couldn’t get sugarless peanut […]
  
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• Updated: First of 8,000 stranded Cuban migrants cross into US

  15-01-2016 23:27
  
  MEXICO CITY — The first of 8,000 Cuban migrants recently stranded in Central America have crossed the Mexican border into the United States. Some 180 migrants flew from Costa Rica to El Salvador, and have been making their way to the U.S., with the first reaching Laredo, Texas, on Thursday night. “I’m a Cuban who […]
  
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• First of 8,000 stranded Cuban migrants cross into US

  15-01-2016 23:27
  
  MEXICO CITY — The first of 8,000 Cuban migrants recently stranded in Central America have crossed the Mexican border into the United States. Some 180 migrants flew from Costa Rica to El Salvador, and have been making their way to the U.S. All are given permission to cross Mexico for humanitarian reasons. The groups travelled […]
  
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• ‘Grizzly Adams’ star Dan Haggerty dies at 74

  15-01-2016 23:26
  
  NEW YORK — Dan Haggerty, the rugged, bearded actor who starred in the film and TV series “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” about a mountain man and animal trainer, has died. Haggerty died Friday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, according to his manager, Terry Bomar. Haggerty was 74 and […]
  
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• Father accused of punishing son by squeezing his genitals

  15-01-2016 23:06 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – A Santa Fe man is accused of torturing his 5-year-old son by squeezing his genitals as a form of punishment.
  Mario Maldonado-Rivera is being held in the Santa Fe County Jail, charged with child abuse and criminal sexual contact of a minor.
  Police say someone at the boy’s school called them saying the boy may have been sexually assaulted. The boy was taken to the hospital where he is still recovering.
  Maldonado-Rivera has prior arrests for domestic violence and sexua
  
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• Car theft suspect takes police on long chase

  15-01-2016 23:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One car theft suspect took deputies on quite the chase Friday morning, all the way out to the Route 66 Casino.
  A deputy noticed a speeding driver and when he ran the car’s plate it came back stolen.
  He fled all the way to the casino where the car broke down. That’s when an employee saw 34-year-old Troy Dugger with muddy jeans and no jacket, running toward the casino.
  Deputies were then able to catch up to him. They are still investigating when the vehicle h
  
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• Research firm honors ABQ tech company

  15-01-2016 22:54
  
  Global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has named Albuquerque-based Vibrant Corp. as its “2015 Company of the Year” in the non-destructive testing market for aircraft. Frost & Sullivan selects one top company in a number of different industries each year. Vibrant was chosen for its novel, non-destructive testing process for aircraft parts, which […]
  
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• Gunfire, explosions at hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital

  15-01-2016 22:52
  
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunfire and explosions erupted late Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital at an upscale hotel popular with Westerners in the West African country, witnesses said. An Associated Press reporter near the scene said that several cars were also ablaze outside the four-story Splendid Hotel in downtown Ouagadougou and that sporadic gunfire could […]
  
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• New Mexico pueblo reclaims swath of historic tribal homeland

  15-01-2016 22:37 via krqe.com
  
  ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) – A pueblo at the edge of New Mexico’s largest city is adding 140 square miles to its jurisdiction under a deal the U.S. Interior Department says represents the single largest transfer of land back to a tribe’s control in U.S. history.
  The Pueblo of Isleta’s land base, south of Albuquerque, will nearly double in size with the agreement that places a 90,000-acre ranch purchased by the tribe more than a decade ago into trust by the U.S. government.
  
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• 92-year-old World War II Navajo Code Talker dies in Utah

  15-01-2016 22:35 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A Navajo man who helped stump the Japanese during World War II using a code based on his native language has died in Utah.
  Ernest Yazhe, 92, died of renal failure in suburban Salt Lake City on Tuesday, his daughter Melissa Yazhe told The Salt Lake Tribune.
  Born in Naschitti, New Mexico, Yazhe joined the U.S. Marines when he was 19 years old. He became one of the hundreds of Code Talkers who played a vital combat role by transmitting battlefield messages in an unbreaka
  
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• Updated: Police investigating near Lomas and Tennessee

  15-01-2016 22:20
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating near Lomas and Tennessee after an undisclosed incident in Northeast Albuquerque. Although police haven’t confirmed the nature of the investigation, bystanders and a police officer say there was a shooting. Jake Stanton, who works at a nearby business, said he saw more than half a dozen undercover vehicles pull up around […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Man reportedly commits suicide during U.S. Marshals, BCSO operation

  15-01-2016 22:20
  
  A man wanted for violating his federal probation reportedly committed suicide as U.S. Marshals and Bernalillo County sheriff’s detectives were attempting to arrest him in Northeast Albuquerque Friday afternoon, according to a BCSO spokeswoman. Capt. Andrea Taylor said the man was wanted in Colorado for allegedly violating his probation after being charged with being a […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Man commits suicide during U.S. Marshals operation

  15-01-2016 22:20
  
  A man committed suicide during a U.S Marshals operation in Northeast Albuquerque Friday afternoon, according to a police spokesman. Officer Tanner Tixier said a U.S. Marshals task force was attempting to make an arrest, but before they could take anyone into custody, a man in the passenger seat of the car put a gun to […]
  
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• Kerry to meet Iranian FM ahead of imminent sanctions relief

  15-01-2016 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON — Amid signs that a decision to provide Iran with billions of dollars in nuclear sanctions relief is imminent, Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Saturday with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and a top European Union official, the State Department said Friday. Kerry, Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica ?Mogherini will […]
  
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• Final design for Tucson shooting memorial released

  15-01-2016 22:11
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Carved symbols along a dark red steel wall will be among the various parts of a large memorial to honor victims of the mass shooting in Tucson at an event held by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was gravely wounded in the attack. Memorial organizers released a final design Friday and […]
  
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• Markets slide on: Stocks down 2.5 percent, oil below $30

  15-01-2016 22:09 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – Energy and financial companies led a broad tumble for U.S. stocks in afternoon trading Friday as the slump in the price of oil deepened, pulling crude below $30 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 400 points as the market headed for its worst first two weeks of a year ever.
  KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slid 402 points, or 2.5 percent, to 15,976 as of 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 46 points, or 2.4
  
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• Lomas closed near Tennessee after man kills himself

  15-01-2016 22:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque police say Lomas near Tennessee is blocked in both directions.
  Police say there is heavy police activity in the area. A U.S. Marshals task force was trying to take a man into custody when that man committed suicide, according to police. While officials were closing in, the man shot himself.
  He was wanted by the Bernallilo County Sheriff’s Department.
  According to the Associated Press, the man was wanted on a federal probation violation out of Colorado
  
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• Heavy police activity blocks Lomas near Tennessee in both directions

  15-01-2016 22:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque police say Lomas near Tennessee is blocked in both directions.
  Police say there is heavy police activity in the area. A U.S. Marshals task force was trying to take a man into custody when that man committed suicide, according to police. While officials were closing in, the man shot himself.
  He was wanted by the Bernallilo County Sheriff’s Department.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates on air and online as they become available.
  Lomas in the area of Ten
  
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• Jim Long making plans for Park Square

  15-01-2016 22:00
  
  The same investment group that purchased the premier Uptown building One Park Square is now owner of the property’s twin, Two Park Square. The group headed by hotelier Jim Long and former Albuquerque resident Chris Smith closed on the deal Friday, Long said. He would not disclose the purchase price. The Park Square complex includes […]
  
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• Investment group buys second Park Square tower

  15-01-2016 22:00
  
  The same investment group that purchased the premier Uptown building One Park Square is now owner of the property’s twin, Two Park Square. The group headed by hotelier Jim Long and former Albuquerque resident Chris Smith closed on the deal Friday with Hines, a Houston-based company that developed the property, Hines spokesman Mark Clegg said. […]
  
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• White House hopeful Bush lays out plans for foreign policy

  15-01-2016 21:15
  
  CORALVILLE, Iowa — Jeb Bush believes he’s got the best prescription for American foreign policy, from his strategies for deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, to destroying the Islamic State. However, unlike his rivals in the crowded 2016 Republican race for the White House, Bush’s foreign policy pitch comes with a caveat: he’s as much his […]
  
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• Carrasco joins Rodey firm

  15-01-2016 21:10
  
  Attorney Luis G. Carrasco has joined Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb PA as an associate in the business department of the Albuquerque office, practicing in the areas of public finance, real estate, administrative law, government relations and other transactional matters. Carrasco previously worked as an assistant attorney general in the New Mexico Attorney General’s […]
  
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• Militants’ use of human shields in Ramadi slows progress

  15-01-2016 21:02
  
  RAMADI, Iraq — Six times in the past harrowing month, Um Omar and her family got a knock on the door of whatever home they were occupying in the extremist-held city of Ramadi: It was an Islamic State militant, she said, ordering them to pick up and move with them as human shields because the […]
  
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• Albuquerque Police reports 10 cases of car warm up thefts

  15-01-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It has busy day for the Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo County deputies. They were chasing car thieves all morning taking advantage of people who left them warming up unattended.
  The calls started coming in before sunrise. APD’s Twitter account shows how busy they were as they posted each car that had been stolen during warm up, adding a new one every couple of minutes.
  These thefts are happening across the city, from the Heig
  
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• Researchers confirm site of hangings for Salem witch trials

  15-01-2016 20:27
  
  SALEM, Mass. — A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the exact site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more than three centuries ago. The site, known as Proctor’s Ledge, is a small city-owned plot of woods nestled between two residential streets and behind […]
  
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• Texas lawyer files federal ‘birther’ suit against Ted Cruz

  15-01-2016 20:14
  
  HOUSTON — A veteran attorney in Ted Cruz’s hometown of Houston has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Canadian-born senator’s eligibility to be president. In a 28-page complaint Thursday, Newton Schwartz asked the Supreme Court to decide if Cruz’s birth to an American mother and Cuban father while they lived in Calgary violates the Constitution’s […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Misshapen rhetoric in Republican debate

  15-01-2016 20:13
  
  WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz stretched matters involving Iran and his own finances. Donald Trump seemed to forget he proposed a massive tax on Chinese goods. Chris Christie took a magic eraser to things he’s said and Ben Carson was caught unaware of the punishing ways the Islamic State group says, Thank You for Not Smoking. […]
  
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• AP Exclusive: Ted Cruz rejected Bush White House job offer

  15-01-2016 20:13
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Ted Cruz has said that after working on George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign, being passed over for a senior position with the new administration was “a crushing blow.” Turns out, it was his own fault. Cruz was offered a job as White House associate counsel shortly after Al Gore conceded the race […]
  
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• Updated: New Yorkers blast Cruz’s comments on ‘New York values’

  15-01-2016 20:12
  
  NEW YORK — When Ted Cruz sneered at what he called Donald Trump’s “New York values,” some New Yorkers took it very personally. And some responded about the way you’d expect New Yorkers to react. The ever-combative Daily News hit the streets with a big front-page illustration of the Statue of Liberty giving Cruz the […]
  
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• New Yorkers blast Cruz’s comments on ‘New York values’

  15-01-2016 20:12
  
  NEW YORK — When Ted Cruz sneered at what he called Donald Trump’s “New York values,” some New Yorkers took it very personally. And some responded about the way you’d expect New Yorkers to react. The ever-combative Daily News hit the streets with a big front-page illustration of the Statue of Liberty giving Cruz the […]
  
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• UK police seek burglar who stole $21,500 in 1-pound coins

  15-01-2016 20:11
  
  LONDON — British police are seeking a burglar who may have a heavy conscience — or pockets — after stealing 15,000 pounds ($21,500) in 1-pound ($1.43) coins. Greater Manchester Police said Friday that three houses in a street in Ashton-Under-Lyne, northwest England were robbed on Jan. 1. The culprits stole designer handbags, jewelry, a Range […]
  
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• Prosecutor: Teen who killed family thought of murder before

  15-01-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – He wanted to kill before, that was the testimony Friday in the case of Nehemiah Griego, the teen who killed his family.
  Griego admitted to killing his parents and siblings in their south valley home three years ago when he was 15-years-old.
  In Friday’s hearing, a prosecutor said Griego had brought up killing people on multiple occasions, adding that once he took a screwdriver to a skate park but the kid he intended to harm did not show up so he decided not to kil
  
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• Aunt of teen who killed family believes he deserves second chance

  15-01-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – He wanted to kill before, that was the testimony Friday in the case of Nehemiah Griego, the teen who killed his family.
  Griego admitted to killing his parents and siblings in their south valley home three years ago when he was 15-years-old.
  In Friday’s hearing, a prosecutor said Griego had brought up killing people on multiple occasions, adding that once he took a screwdriver to a skate park but the kid he intended to harm did not show up so he decided not to kil
  
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• Plague spreading around in Santa Fe pets

  15-01-2016 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, NM (KRQE) – Police are warning that plague has been confirmed in some pets in Santa Fe. Investigators believe the animals were exposed to at La Tierra Trails, located North of NM 599 and the Frank Ortiz Dog Park.
  Police say plague can be fatal to both pets and humans if not properly diagnosed and treated. It can be spread through fleas and contact with infected animals such as rodents, rabbits and cats.
  Symptoms of plague include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, weakness and
  
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• The deal with Real ID and border checkpoints

  15-01-2016 19:26
  
  Worried about Real ID at Border Patrol checkpoints? Here is what you need to know if you drive in southern New Mexico. The U.S. government is cracking down on New Mexico, and some federal installations including White Sands Missile Range aren’t accepting the state’s driver’s licenses as valid identification anymore. If you live or travel […]
  
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• Spacewalk aborted after water leaks into astronaut’s helmet

  15-01-2016 19:07
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two spacewalking astronauts — including Britain’s first — successfully restored full power to the International Space Station on Friday. But the spacewalk was cut short after water leaked into one of the men’s helmets in a scary repeat of a near-drowning 2½ years ago. NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra took everyone by […]
  
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• Auto industry agrees to cooperate with government on safety

  15-01-2016 19:06
  
  DETROIT — After two tumultuous years of recalls, fines and friction, the government and the auto industry struck a peace treaty of sorts by agreeing to cooperate on safety issues in the future. A group of 17 automakers and the Department of Transportation agreed Friday to a set of “proactive safety principles” and vowed to […]
  
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• Sean Penn tells ’60 Minutes’ his ‘El Chapo’ mission ‘failed’

  15-01-2016 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Penn says his article on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “failed” in its mission.
  Speaking to CBS’ “60 Minutes,” the actor said his intention in tracking down the escaped drug kingpin and writing about him for “Rolling Stone” was to kick-start a discussion of the U.S. government’s policy on the War on Drugs.
  But the public’s attention has instead been focused on the fact that Penn found and m
  
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• WESST announces staff changes

  15-01-2016 17:58
  
  Julianna Silva, formerly the WESST Albuquerque Regional Manager has been named the Managing Director of the WESST Enterprise Center. Silva will oversee all activities of the Enterprise Center and work in collaboration with other senior staff to coordinate client services to Albuquerque area residents. Clint Reecer, formerly the WESST Rio Rancho regional manager will move […]
  
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• Holiday sales rose 3 percent below 3.7 percent forecast

  15-01-2016 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday shoppers flocked online during the critical holiday shopping season, but overall sales in November and December were disappointing.
  Sales rose 3 percent to about $626.14 billion, according to The National Retail Federation. That’s below the forecast for a 3.7 percent gain the group had expected. The shortfall came even as stores aggressively pushed discounts throughout the season.
  The disappointing total sales figure underscores challenges for retailers ahead
  
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• Updated: Obama administration halts new coal leases

  15-01-2016 17:10
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is halting new coal leases on federal lands until it completes a comprehensive review of fees charged to mining companies and coal mining’s impact on the environment. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said on Friday that companies can continue to mine coal reserves already under lease. The coal leasing program has […]
  
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• SEC visa fraud case rocks Florida city’s downtown dream

  15-01-2016 16:51
  
  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Port St. Lucie, a disparate series of residential developments and strip malls, had little to boast beyond its proximity to a nuclear plant and its fame as the spring training home of the New York Mets. Then Lily Zhong came to town, plunked down $500,000 for vacant land and promised […]
  
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• APD recruits officers in other cities

  15-01-2016 16:49
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department is turning to new online tactics to lure other officers to the Land of Enchantment from other states in the wake of an officer shortage.
  
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• Group appeals power plant plan to New Mexico Supreme Court

  15-01-2016 16:48
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An environmental group is challenging New Mexico regulators’ decision that cleared the way for the partial closure of a coal-fired power plant in the northwest corner of the state. New Energy Economy filed its appeal with the New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday. The Santa Fe-based group has been critical of Public […]
  
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• US industrial production declined again in December

  15-01-2016 16:45
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. industrial production dropped for the third straight month in December as utilities reduced output amid unusually warm weather and energy companies cut back in the face of falling oil prices. Industrial production, which includes manufacturing, mining and utilities, contracted 0.4 percent after retreating a revised 0.9 percent the previous month, the Federal […]
  
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• Updated: US industrial production declined again in December

  15-01-2016 16:45
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. industrial production dropped for the third straight month in December as utilities reduced output amid unusually warm weather and energy companies cut back in the face of falling oil prices. Industrial production, which includes manufacturing, mining and utilities, contracted 0.4 percent after retreating a revised 0.9 percent the previous month, the Federal […]
  
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• Holiday sales rose 3 percent below forecasted 3.7 percent gain

  15-01-2016 16:45
  
  NEW YORK — Holiday shoppers flocked online during the critical holiday shopping season, but overall sales in November and December were disappointing. Sales rose 3 percent to about $625.9 billion, according to The National Retail Federation. That’s below the forecast for a 3.7 percent gain the group had expected. The shortfall came even as stores […]
  
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