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• Updated: Rare Spider-Man comic sells at auction for $454,100

  18-02-2016 23:55
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Dallas-based auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $454,100. The comic book was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage Auctions says Thursday’s sale is a record for a public auction price for any Spider-Man comic book. The 1962 […]
  
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• Rare Spider-Man comic sells at auction for $454,100

  18-02-2016 23:55
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Dallas-based auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $454,100. The comic book was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage Auctions says Thursday’s sale is a record for a public auction price for any Spider-Man comic book. The 1962 […]
  
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• Audit finds recyclables in 13 communities went to landfill

  18-02-2016 23:55
  
  FLOWER MOUND, Texas — Recyclable materials collected from homes and businesses in 13 North Texas communities were sent to a landfill instead of a recycling facility. Houston-based Waste Management says its own audit detected the mishandling, and spokeswoman Greta Calvery says a district manager and four route managers in the Lewisville-based hauling district have been […]
  
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• The Latest: Hospital attack concerns cybersecurity experts

  18-02-2016 23:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a Los Angeles hospital that paid hackers to release its computer system (all times local): 2:50 a.m. Cybersecurity experts worry that the $17,000 a Los Angeles hospital paid hackers to regain control of its computers could signal a troubling escalation of the growing “ransomware” threat. A typical ransomware attack […]
  
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• New Mexico Tech hires Dr. Stephen Wells as its new president

  18-02-2016 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) – The head of a Nevada-based research institute has been named the new president of New Mexico Tech.
  The state Board of Regents announced Thursday that Dr. Stephen Wells has been chosen to lead the Socorro-based university that has about 2,200 students.
  New Mexico Tech was founded in 1889 as the New Mexico School of Mines. It is the state’s smallest research institution.
  Wells will succeed Dr. Daniel Lopez, who is retiring on June 30 after 23 years as New Mexico Te
  
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• Governor makes appointment to New Mexico Court of Appeals

  18-02-2016 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed a longtime civil rights attorney to serve on the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
  The governor’s office announced the appointment of Stephen French on Thursday. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Cynthia Fry.
  French has more than three decades of public and private-sector legal experience.
  For the past 26 years, he has focused on civil rights law through his private practice. Before that, he served as an assist
  
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• Jurors in stolen baby trial won’t hear about cause of death

  18-02-2016 23:39 via krqe.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a woman charged with cutting an unborn baby out of another woman’s womb will not hear testimony about the cause and manner of the baby’s death, the judge ruled Thursday.
  Attorneys for defendant Dynel Lane argued the information would be unduly prejudicial to her, the Longmont Times-Call reported (http://tinyurl.com/zvoc6j7). Jurors were not in the courtroom when Judge Maria Berkenkotter heard the arguments and made her ruling.
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• Updated: FBI searches home of San Bernardino shooter’s brother

  18-02-2016 23:27
  
  CORONA, Calif. — FBI agents on Thursday searched the California home belonging to a family member of the husband-and-wife killers who massacred 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack, but the relative was not arrested and has not been named a suspect. Syed Rizwan Farook’s brother, Syed Raheel Farook, is a military veteran who […]
  
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• FBI searches home of San Bernardino shooter’s brother

  18-02-2016 23:27
  
  CORONA, Calif. — FBI agents on Thursday searched the California home belonging to a family member of the husband-and-wife killers who massacred 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack, but the relative was not arrested and has not been named a suspect. Syed Rizwan Farook’s brother, Syed Raheel Farook, is a military veteran who […]
  
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• Judge considers delay in Sandra Bland family’s lawsuit

  18-02-2016 23:11
  
  HOUSTON — A federal judge is considering whether to delay a wrongful death lawsuit Sandra Bland’s family filed until the Texas state trooper who arrested her is tried on criminal charges. U.S. District Judge David Hittner heard arguments Thursday, but did not immediately issue a ruling. Bland was a black woman who died last summer […]
  
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• North Dakota sells Fighting Sioux items to satisfy NCAA

  18-02-2016 23:10
  
  FARGO, N.D. — Nearly four years after retiring the Fighting Sioux nickname following criticism from Native Americans, the University of North Dakota briefly found itself back in the business of selling merchandise with a logo the NCAA had ruled hostile and abusive. The reason is that a settlement agreement with the NCAA over the nickname […]
  
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• How the Oregon and Nevada standoffs are linked

  18-02-2016 23:04
  
  The armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge ended a week ago, but federal authorities remain active in multiple jurisdictions to ensure people are brought to justice. The latest developments occurred this week when people involved in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, were also charged in a 2014 showdown […]
  
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• Grand Canyon officials face discipline after report on abuse

  18-02-2016 23:04
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The top two officials at Grand Canyon National Park are among those facing disciplinary action following a federal report that found they violated policies on reporting and investigating allegations of sexual harassment in the park’s river district. The National Park Service’s Intermountain Region director, Sue Masica, declined Thursday to say what specifics […]
  
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• Skeptics doubt new Chicago video policy will rebuild trust

  18-02-2016 23:03
  
  CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s promise to release videos of police shootings in no more than three months was touted as a way to bring more transparency to Chicago after the city took more than a year to make public the footage of a teenager’s death. But skeptics question why Chicago needs so long to […]
  
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• Critics challenge Baylor claim of no sex offenses in 4 years

  18-02-2016 22:39
  
  DALLAS — Baylor University did not report a single instance of sexual assault in a four-year span, according to federal statistics, a finding that stands in sharp contrast to the many other private and public schools that made multiple reports over the same period. The Baptist school of 16,000 students in Waco has faced mounting […]
  
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• Connecticut superdelegates stand by Clinton despite NH loss

  18-02-2016 22:39
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s Democratic Party insiders are sticking with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president, despite her recent loss in the New Hampshire primary to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. A survey by The Associated Press of the state’s 15 superdelegates to the party’s national convention found all but one are backing Clinton. […]
  
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• Breaking: New Mexico Tech announces new president

  18-02-2016 22:28
  
  SOCORRO — Nearly half a year and dozens of candidates later, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has a new president, Stephen Wells, Ph.D., the head of a  Neveda-based research institute. The regents announced their decision at a Thursday afternoon regent meeting. Wells will replace Dan Lopez, who plans to retire this summer […]
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Pope Francis popular, but influence limited

  18-02-2016 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Pope Francis’ comments Thursday that Donald Trump is “not a Christian” if he supports a wall along the Mexican border put the Republican presidential contender in the uncomfortable position of being pitted against a more popular political figure, according to recent polling on the pope’s standing among Americans and American Catholics. But the […]
  
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• Updated: Tennessee mulls higher hurdle to change historical markers

  18-02-2016 22:21
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statues or rename streets dedicated to historical figures, including a state Capitol bust of a prominent Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader. The chamber voted 71-23 on Thursday to approve the measure, titled the “Tennessee Heritage […]
  
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• Tenn. house OKs making it harder to change historical markers

  18-02-2016 22:21
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statues or rename streets dedicated to historical figures including Confederate leaders. The chamber voted 71-23 on Thursday to approve the measure, titled the “Tennessee Heritage Protection Act.” Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly […]
  
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• Profit or patriotism? What’s driving fight between US, Apple

  18-02-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Battling in intense public broadsides, Apple Inc. and the government are making their cases before anyone steps into a courtroom over a judge’s order forcing Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a sensational terrorism case. Both sides are framing their statements in ways that foreshadow the high-profile legal arguments […]
  
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• Obama OKs new sanctions against NKorea over nuclear program

  18-02-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama slapped North Korea with more stringent sanctions Thursday for defying the world and pushing forward with its nuclear weapons program, weeks after it launched a satellite-carrying rocket into space and conducted its fourth underground nuclear test. Both actions led to worldwide condemnation of the reclusive country and fueled fears that […]
  
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• Stephen French appointed to NM Court of Appeals

  18-02-2016 22:06
  
  Stephen French was appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals, filling the vacancy created by the...
  
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• Fire reported in Curry County following fire weather warning

  18-02-2016 21:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A fire was reported in northern Curry County on Thursday afternoon, after the National Weather Service posted pictures showing the fire on radar.
  Officials say the fire burned about 400 to 500 acres, but firefighters now have it contained and under control.
  Officials also say they are not aware of any damaged structures or any injuries at this time.
  This fire comes after a Red Flag Warning was issued for eastern New Mexico, due to high winds and uns
  
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• Rio Rancho man gets prison term for violating firearms laws

  18-02-2016 21:33
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Rio Rancho man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Trevor Bianchini received a 40-month prison term Thursday in federal court in Albuquerque followed by three years of supervised release. Bianchini was arrested last March on an […]
  
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• Republicans urge Obama to use Ebola funds to fight Zika

  18-02-2016 21:25 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans said Thursday that the fastest way for President to obtain money to combat the spread of the Zika virus is to tap leftover funding from the 2014 battle against Ebola.
  House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers and other senior panel members told the White House budget chief Shaun Donovan that there’s plenty of unspent anti-Ebola funding to cover the $1.8 billion Obama seeks to fight Zika. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwe
  
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• Updated: Jurors in stolen baby trial won’t hear about cause of death

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — Jurors in the trial of a woman charged with cutting an unborn baby out of another woman’s womb will not hear testimony about the cause and manner of the baby’s death, the judge ruled Thursday. Attorneys for defendant Dynel Lane argued the information would be unduly prejudicial to her, the Longmont Times-Call […]
  
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• Lubbock boy, 5, dies after shot by rifle handled by father

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Lubbock police say a 5-year-old boy has died after being shot when a rifle handled by his father accidentally discharged at the family’s house. Police Lt. Ray Mendoza said Thursday that the victim’s name has yet to be released as the investigation continues. Mendoza says the boy’s father was cleaning or doing […]
  
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• Doctor: Victim in pregnancy attack lost about half her blood

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — A surgeon says a woman whose unborn baby was cut from her womb by an attacker probably lost more than half her blood. The Longmont Times-Call reports (http://tinyurl.com/zvoc6j7) Dr. Kevin Berg testified Thursday in the trial of Dynel Lane. Lane is charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a […]
  
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• Death of 2-year-old Montrose girl ruled a homicide

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  MONTROSE, Colo. — The death of a 2-year-old Montrose girl has been ruled a homicide. The Montrose County coroner said Thursday Tobi J. Doyle died of multiple head injuries from blunt force impacts, and that the trauma was not accidental. The coroner’s office and Montrose police are investigating. The child was unresponsive when an ambulance […]
  
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• Some want to limit justices to 18 years on Supreme Court

  18-02-2016 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death a month before his 80th birthday and the potential impasse over replacing him is giving new impetus to an old idea: Limiting the service of Supreme Court justices. Scalia had been on the court for nearly 30 years, longer than any of the current justices and all but […]
  
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• Border checkpoint scans eyes, faces of departing foreigners

  18-02-2016 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government is using eye scans and facial recognition technology for the first time to verify the identities of foreigners leaving the United States on foot at a busy San Diego border crossing with Mexico — the latest move to close a longstanding security gap, officials announced Thursday.
  Before now, foreigners who left the country were rarely checked by authorities before walking into Mexico or Canada at ports of entry. The checkout system that launched
  
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• Public viewing takes place Friday for late Justice Scalia

  18-02-2016 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — People can visit the Supreme Court Friday to pay tribute to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
  Scalia will lie in repose in the court’s Great Hall. Court officials say Scalia’s casket will arrive early Friday, with Supreme Court police carrying it up the court steps and former clerks following as honorary pallbearers.
  A private ceremony including family, friends and the justices will take place at the court at 9:30 a.m.
  Scalia’s casket will then be on publ
  
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• NM Piñon Coffee expanding into new facility

  18-02-2016 20:44
  
  Local roaster more than doubling its space
  
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• Satellite Coffee closing Nob Hill cafe

  18-02-2016 20:36
  
  The original stand-alone Satellite Coffee is closing its doors. The locally owned cafe chain’s Nob Hill location will shutter on Sunday. Founder and CEO Jean Bernstein said its operation would be rolled into Flying Star, its sister restaurant, across the street. Bernstein said the move was not related to Flying Star’s ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
  
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• Breaking: Satellite Coffee closing Nob Hill cafe

  18-02-2016 20:36
  
  The original stand-alone Satellite Coffee is closing its doors. The locally owned cafe chain’s Nob Hill location will shutter on Sunday. Founder and CEO Jean Bernstein said its operation would be rolled into Flying Star, its sister restaurant, across the street. Bernstein said the move was not related to Flying Star’s ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
  
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• Child pornography, DWI laws clear New Mexico Legislature

  18-02-2016 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – House lawmakers have passed three anti-crime laws on the final day of the session, sending the bills to the governor’s desk for final approval.
  Two of the bills would enact guidelines for stricter sentencing guidelines for repeat DWI offenders and pedophiles who possess, distribute and manufacture child pornography. Debate over the child pornography sentencing measure became heated in the last week of the session, with the attorney general saying he would withdra
  
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• New Mexico’s biggest coffee roaster announces new facility

  18-02-2016 20:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The state’s biggest coffee roaster is getting bigger.
  New Mexico Pinon Coffee is expanding. The company is adding a new facility so they can speed up production and hire more people.
  The president says the coffee is getting a lot of recognition outside New Mexico.
  He says one New Mexico woman working at an out-of-state company gets requests for it all the time.
  “She would get people in her company bringing her our coffee saying isn’t this where you ar
  
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• Albuqueruqe BioPark celebrates BUGarium grand opening

  18-02-2016 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The sun is out and the bugs are waking up. Even more so, at the Albuquerque BioPark.
  Our crews got to see the grand opening of the BUGarium.
  The exhibit, 10 years in the making, is now complete.
  Over that time period, park officials have been collecting tons of bugs.
  Park officials say it’s the largest collection in the southwest.
  They say the exhibit does it best to remove the barrier between bugs and humans, so it’s not for the squeamish.
  “You can s
  
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• Man accused of driving drunk, killing 3 people, appears in court

  18-02-2016 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A suspected drunk driver who killed three people was in court Thursday, asking that a judge let him out of jail.
  Police say Jacob Jaramillo was driving drunk when he hit a car stopped at a red light on the frontage road at the Big-I back in November.
  The crash killed Grace Sinfield, and two others, brothers Roberto Mendez and Sergio Mendez-Aguirre.
  The most recent toxicology report shows Jacob Jaramillo’s blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit at 0.
  
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• Santa Fe police looking for armed robber

  18-02-2016 19:52
  
  SANTA FE — Santa Fe police are looking for an armed robber who pointed a rifle at a Latino Unidos market clerk on Siler Road on Feb. 8. The man is 6-foot with a stocky build and was wearing a black “bubble-style” jacket, jeans, tennis shoes and had a black or dark blue bandana covering […]
  
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• 3 ex-Central Texas jailers indicted after inmate death

  18-02-2016 19:41
  
  WACO, Texas — A Central Texas grand jury has indicted three former jailers accused of lying about conducting required prisoner counts before an inmate’s death. The ex-Jack Harwell Detention Center workers were indicted Wednesday on charges of tampering with government records. Prosecutors say records were falsified indicating the guards properly checked on Michael Angelo Martinez. […]
  
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• Agents search home tied to California shooters’ family

  18-02-2016 19:39 via krqe.com
  
  CORONA, Calif. (AP) — FBI agents are searching the Southern California townhome of the brother of one of the San Bernardino attackers.
  FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller would only confirm Thursday that agents have carried out a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation. She declined, however, to comment on where the search was happening or whether it had anything to do with the deadly shooting.
  Gunman Syed Farook’s brother and sister-in-law live at the Corona home where agents
  
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• US asked Russia not to bomb near US commandos in Syria

  18-02-2016 19:37 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials asked Russia to avoid bombing broad areas of northern Syria, where several dozen U.S. special operation forces have been working with Syrians fighting the Islamic State group, the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday.
  The request, which had not been revealed previously, goes beyond what the Pentagon calls its “memorandum of understanding” with the Russians to avoid inadvertent military air collisions over Syria.
  Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook sai
  
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• Updated: Court lets custody case involving ex-lesbian couple to proceed

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a gay woman may proceed with her efforts to obtain joint custody of a girl borne by her ex-partner when they were still together. The court issued its ruling Thursday. The woman, identified as Amy, had asked the court to block adoption proceedings by her […]
  
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• Study: Right gut bacteria may protect against malnutrition

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON — New research suggests manipulating what kinds of bacteria live in the gut might lead to a new way to treat children suffering chronic malnutrition. The right bugs appear to help in getting the most out of a poor diet. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis transferred gut bacteria from malnourished children in […]
  
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• Feds want circus operator fined for deadly tent collapse

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — Federal safety officials have proposed more than $33,000 in fines against a Florida-based circus operator for a tent collapse that killed two people and injured dozens in New Hampshire. Robert Young, 41, and his 6-year-old daughter, Annabelle, died Aug. 3 when a storm with winds up to 75 mph blew through the […]
  
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• Court lets custody case pitting ex-lesbian couple to proceed

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a gay woman may proceed with her efforts to obtain joint custody of a girl borne by her ex-partner when they were still together. The court issued its ruling Thursday. The woman, identified as Amy, had asked the court to block adoption proceedings by her […]
  
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• Competency an issue for woman in fatal Las Vegas Strip crash

  18-02-2016 19:26
  
  LAS VEGAS — A judge is going to consider the fitness for trial of a 25-year-old woman accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk. Lakeisha Nicole Holloway didn’t make a scheduled court appearance before a judge Thursday, after refusing to enter the courtroom for a similar hearing on […]
  
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• Phoenix racetrack ends quarantine on horses entering

  18-02-2016 19:19
  
  PHOENIX — A Phoenix racetrack that faced a potentially decimating outbreak of an equine herpes virus is lifting a quarantine on horses. Turf Paradise manager Vince Francia says the quarantine that banned horses coming and going onto the property was lifted Thursday. However, all horses that enter must obtain a health certificate within 72 hours […]
  
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