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• ABQ gets new mobile blood-draw service

  16-05-2016 23:49
  
  The gig economy is expanding to the blood-drawing business in Albuquerque. Iggbo, a health technology company operating in the vein of Uber, is rolling out a mobile blood-draw service June 1. Inspired by the popular personal transportation service, Iggbo is providing on-demand phlebotomy services through independent contractors. Easing slowly into the Albuquerque market, the company […]
  
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• Yellowstone tourists put bison calf in car, spurring warning

  16-05-2016 23:42
  
  Animal was then abandoned by its herd, park officials say
  
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• Bandelier National Monument hosts free event

  16-05-2016 23:39 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The National Park Service is encouraging you to get outdoors for its 100th birthday.  It’s part of the 2016 Bioblitz.
  National parks across the country, including Bandelier National Monument, will host a free, two-day event.
  Visitors can learn more about the park’s plants and animals while exploring nature. The event begins Friday.
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• Pregnant Danbury teen with Zika stirs up debate on Go Fund Me page

  16-05-2016 23:25 via krqe.com
  
  DANBURY, Conn. (WTNH)– The pregnant Danbury teen who has been diagnosed with the Zika virus is getting some harsh criticism for creating a fundraising page for her unborn baby.
  Seventeen-year-old, Sara Mujica, found out she was pregnant in March while vising her 19-year-old fiance Victor Cruz in Honduras. After experiencing an illness that gave her rashes, headaches and neck aches, she went to Danbury hospital, where she tested positive for Zika.
  Zika virus is spread to people through the
  
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• 13 public safety officers receive Medal of Valor

  16-05-2016 23:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – President Obama awarded 13 public safety officers with a Medal of Valor on Monday.
  “To a person, each of these honorees acted without regard for their own safety,” Obama said in the East Room of the White House.Obama called on Americans to thank law enforcement officers for their work, and thanked the families present, for the burden they carry.
  “We know that you wait up late and you’re worried and you’re counting down minutes unti
  
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• Coast Guard abandons hunt for missing cruise ship passenger

  16-05-2016 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a search for a cruise ship passenger who apparently fell overboard into the Gulf of Mexico a day after leaving Galveston, Texas.
  A Coast Guard statement says the search for 33-year-old Samantha Broberg was suspended Sunday evening after crews searched for more than 20 hours, covering more than 4,300 square miles.
  Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement that people traveling with Broberg reported her missing Friday. Ship surveillan
  
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• EPA Crews: Orange tinge seen in Cement Creek, discoloration expected throughout the year

  16-05-2016 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  CRESTED  BUTTE, Co. (KRQE) – On Sunday, EPA crews found an orange tinge flowing in Cement Creek.
  Officials say that the discoloration is not related to the EPA efforts at the Gold King Mine and onsite officials said the interim water treatment plant at Gladstone was functioning properly.
  However, EPA officials are warning residents that they are expecting orange discoloration throughout the spring runoff season and during storms throughout the year.
  Crews said the discolorat
  
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• Ex-Phoenix VA head gets probation in wait list-linked case

  16-05-2016 22:23
  
  PHOENIX — A former VA health system director has been sentenced to two years’ probation for failing to disclose gifts received while supervising the Phoenix hospital where whistleblowers revealed veterans on secret waiting lists faced scheduling delays of up to a year. U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan sentenced Sharon Helman on Monday for making […]
  
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• AZ governor signs free speech protections for colleges

  16-05-2016 22:23
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed two bills protecting the public’s right to free speech on college campuses. One measure prevents colleges and universities from restricting free speech in a public forum and lays out guidelines for when limitations are acceptable. A second bill awards court and attorney fees to students who are […]
  
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• SandRidge Energy files for bankruptcy with $4.1B in debt

  16-05-2016 22:12
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — SandRidge Energy filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, saying it hopes to convert $3.7 billion of long-term debt into equity while allowing the company to keep its operations going. The Oklahoma City-based company, which earlier this year had sought to drill near Rio Rancho,  filed the Chapter 11 paperwork in the U.S. Bankruptcy […]
  
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• Authorities ID man who led them on 100-mile chase in Arizona

  16-05-2016 22:03
  
  ASH FORK, Ariz. — Authorities have identified the man they say led them on a 100-mile chase on a northern Arizona interstate over the weekend. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says 36-year-old Raul De La Rosa Giron faces charges of driving under the influence, fleeing authorities and resisting arrest. DPS spokesman Bart Graves says […]
  
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• Investigator: PHX police shooting victim pleaded for his life

  16-05-2016 22:00
  
  PHOENIX — The lead investigator in a fatal police shooting of an unarmed man in Arizona testified Monday that the victim wasn’t yelling or voicing threats as he was being detained by officers and instead cried as he pleaded with them not to kill him. Detective Paul Sipe portrayed Daniel Shaver of Granbury, Texas, as […]
  
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• Auditor: Elections are chronically under-budgeted by secretary of state

  16-05-2016 21:00
  
  State Auditor Tim Keller, in a report released today, says the Secretary of State’s office has been chronically under-budgeting for elections over the past decade. Keller says that has led to the need for $25 million in emergency loans, grants and special appropriations from the state to pay for elections. “Repeatedly using emergency funding mechanisms […]
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Puerto Rico amid debt crisis

  16-05-2016 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned of a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico Monday, calling on the U.S. government to support a debt restructure in the territory.
  Addressing a crowd in San Juan ahead of Puerto Rico’s June 5 primary, Sanders called upon the U.S. Federal Reserve to authorize emergency loans and use its authority to allow for a restructuring. The Vermont senator also said hedge funds that hold a significant portion of the
  
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• Airplane lands on New Mexico road after mechanical failure

  16-05-2016 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (AP) – A Colorado pilot says he was forced to make an emergency landing on a New Mexico highway after encountering mechanical issues.
  The Gallup Independent reports that Montgomery Lee says he was on his way to Arizona with a friend Thursday when the plane’s engine seized up.
  Lee says he realized the airplane wouldn’t make it to Gallup Airport and was able to land instead on an empty stretch of U.S. Highway 491, avoiding a potentially rocky field. He says the landi
  
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• Airplane lands on New Mexico highway after mechanical failure

  16-05-2016 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (AP) – A Colorado pilot says he was forced to make an emergency landing on a New Mexico highway after encountering mechanical issues.
  The Gallup Independent reports that Montgomery Lee says he was on his way to Arizona with a friend Thursday when the plane’s engine seized up.
  Lee says he realized the airplane wouldn’t make it to Gallup Airport and was able to land instead on an empty stretch of U.S. Highway 491, avoiding a potentially rocky field. He says the landi
  
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• New Mexico school to hold conference on Gold King Mine spill

  16-05-2016 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – A conference about the Gold King Mine spill is expected to bring experts from across the state and nation to a New Mexico college.
  The Daily Times reports that the two-day conference begins Tuesday at San Juan College in Farmington. It will include presentations on the condition of local water sources before and after an Environmental Protection Agency crew accidentally released water polluted with mine waste into the Animas River last August.
  The New Mexico Water R
  
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• Albuquerque named possible host of 2020 World Air Games

  16-05-2016 20:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico could be the new back drop for the FAI World Air Games.
  Ballooning officials are meeting in Albuquerque on Monday to discuss the possibility of hosting the 2020 event.
  The games are the air sports version of the Olympics, where athletes from all over the world come together to compete.
  Officials say since Albuquerque is no stranger to air events like Balloon Fiesta, it’s a perfect location.
  “We want to share that experience, ballooning expe
  
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• Bernie Sanders campaign opens first NM campaign office

  16-05-2016 20:26
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign is opening an office in Albuquerque today, with just over three weeks remaining before New Mexico’s June 7 primary election. Sanders, a Vermont senator, is trailing Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates, but has generated enthusiasm among many younger Democratic voters. Clinton has also opened field offices in New Mexico, […]
  
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• Investigation: Secretary of State’s Office relying on emergency loans, grants

  16-05-2016 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A big finger is pointing at the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office for the way elections have been run in New Mexico.
  An investigation has found that the office has chronic budgetary shortfalls and has been relying on emergency loans and grants to cope.
  The results came as part of an investigation by the State Auditor’s Office. It shows that for the past 10 years, the Secretary of State’s Office has “under-budgeted for electi
  
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• Medical center at old Lovelace hospital might expand to other uses

  16-05-2016 20:08
  
  If there is a blueprint for reinventing an old hospital, Jimmy Daskalos and Nick Kapnison have not reviewed it. When the business partners bought the former Lovelace Medical Center in 2007 after what Daskalos said was just a few days’ consideration, they expected they would figure something out. “We just saw the facility and saw […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Heavy drinking before lake-jump student’s death

  16-05-2016 19:28
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Numerous students were drinking heavily and for hours before a traditional cold-weather lake jump last year during which an Ohio State University student died, according to newly released police records about the student’s death. The students included the victim, his friends and many other students among the thousands who attended the jump […]
  
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• 4 die in small plane crash in Mississippi, authorities say

  16-05-2016 19:28
  
  TUPELO, Miss. — Four people died Monday when a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from Tupelo Regional Airport in Mississippi. Tupelo city spokeswoman Leesha Faulkner said emergency officials were called to the site about a half-mile north of the airport about 8:30 a.m. The pilot and three passengers all died when the single-engine […]
  
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• Police: Sinead O’Connor found safe

  16-05-2016 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Police in suburban Chicago say Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor has been found safe.
  Wilmette police spokesman Eric Peterson said Monday that O’Connor has been located, though he wouldn’t say where she was found.
  But he says the singer “is safe and no longer considered a missing or endangered person.”
  It’s unclear why she was in Wilmette, which is an upper-class suburb about 15 miles north of Chicago along the shores of Lake Michiga
  
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• Chicago-area police issue Sinead O’Connor well-being check

  16-05-2016 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago-area police issued a well-being check Monday for Irish singer and musician Sinead O’Connor, who reportedly went for a bicycle ride Sunday morning in a northern suburb but never returned.
  O’Connor appears to have left Wilmette around 6 a.m. for the bike ride, and police received a call from someone expressing concern after she didn’t return, police Sgt. Michael Robinson said in a statement. It’s unclear why she was in Wilmette, an upper-class s
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ star says ‘immigrants get the job done’

  16-05-2016 18:56 via krqe.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The creator of “Hamilton” says the hit Broadway musical is a needed reminder during a heated political season that “immigrants get the job done.”
  Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the inventive, biographical hip-hop show about the life of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. He also stars in the musical.
  Miranda spoke Monday at the University of Pennsylvania commencement. He says even as politics traffics in “anti-immigrant rhetoric,” there
  
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• Granting Medal of Valor, Obama says US must listen to police

  16-05-2016 18:54 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called on the nation Monday to support and listen to its law enforcement officers as he bestowed the Medal of Valor on 13 officers who risked their lives to save others.
  In a ceremony in the East Room, Obama draped the purple-and-yellow ribbons around the necks of officers who intervened in shooting rampages, hostage situations and an armed robbery. He pledged to keep working toward a bipartisan overhaul to make the criminal justice system fairer, s
  
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• Updated: Chicago-area police issue Sinead O’Connor well-being check

  16-05-2016 18:50
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago-area police issued a well-being check Monday for Irish singer and musician Sinead O’Connor, who reportedly went for a bicycle ride Sunday morning in a northern suburb but never returned. O’Connor appears to have left Wilmette around 6 a.m. for the bike ride, and police received a call from someone expressing concern after […]
  
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• Proposed measure to allow mayoral candidates access to more tax dollars

  16-05-2016 18:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque city councilors are expected to vote on a measure that would allow mayoral candidates access to more tax dollars to run their campaigns, but only if they qualify for public financing.
  As it stands, candidates who opt in can qualify for about $360,000 after getting 3,500 voters to donate at least $5 each.
  The new proposal would raise the amount to just over $600,000.
  City councilors say this will help level the playing field.
  If approved, res
  
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• Today in History: May 16

  16-05-2016 18:20 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Monday, May 16, the 137th day of 2016. There are 229 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 16, 1966, China launched the Cultural Revolution, a radical, youth-driven reform movement aimed at bolstering Chairman Mao Zedong while purging the country of “counter-revolutionaries.” It’s been estimated that during the decade of upheaval that followed, hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps more, died as a direct or indirect result of the Cultural
  
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• Colleges announced for Pell ‘dual enrollment’ program

  16-05-2016 18:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Thousands of low-income students in nearly two dozen states will soon be able to get federal grants to take college courses for credit while still in high school, part of a program the Obama administration plans to begin this summer. The experimental program allows high school students to apply for federal Pell grant […]
  
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• 2 women, plus baby, survive 30-foot fall from Waco overpass

  16-05-2016 18:20
  
  WACO, Texas — Waco police say two women and a baby have survived falling about 30 feet from an Interstate 35 overpass after being hit by a vehicle during rainy weather. Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton says the infant suffered minor injuries in the fall after a traffic accident Monday. Police believe the mother holding her […]
  
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• International Space Station makes 100,000th orbit of Earth

  16-05-2016 18:19 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One-hundred-thousand laps around Earth, and the International Space Station is still sailing right along.
  The space station reached the orbital milestone — 17½ years in the making — Monday morning. NASA says these 100,000 orbits are akin to traveling more than 2.6 billion miles. That’s equivalent to 10 round trips to Mars, or almost one way to Neptune.
  Astronauts have been living continuously aboard the 250-mile-high complex since 2000.
  
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• Report says Amazon to expand its store-brand offerings

  16-05-2016 18:12 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is planning to expand the store-brand products it sells to new categories including food and household products, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
  The new products could include nuts and spices and other consumer goods such as diapers and laundry detergent.
  The Wall Street Journal report cites unnamed people familiar with the matter. Amazon.com Inc. declined to comment.
  Amazon already sells an array of private-label products, or products designed by a
  
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• Driver facing charges after New Mexico woman dies in Michigan crash

  16-05-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  WAYLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – The Wayland area man authorities say caused a deadly rollover crash while trying to evade an Allegan County deputy is expected to be formally charged Monday afternoon.
  Jemimah Palsce, 36 of Albuquerque, New Mexico died at the scene when the vehicle she was riding in was hit by the drunk driver, authorities said. A couple also in the car, 57-year-old Scott Robert Foster and his 56-year-old wife, Barbara Ann, remain in the hospital. Scott Foster was last list
  
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• New Mexico sees spike in methamphetamine overdoses

  16-05-2016 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s hospitals have been seeing a spike in deaths and emergency room visits caused by methamphetamine.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that heroin and prescription opioids account for most overdose deaths in New Mexico, but methamphetamine overdose deaths have been climbing since 2008. According to a state Department of Health report, emergency room visits because of amphetamines have nearly tripled from 2010 to 2014.
  In 2009 there were 39 deaths invo
  
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• Luna Community College cutting job amid major budget cuts

  16-05-2016 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – Luna Community College announced it is cutting job amid major budget cuts.
  The Las Vegas Optic reports President Leroy “Huero” Sanchez issued letters to at least five employees last week, notifying them that they won’t have jobs come July 1.
  The layoff notices came just two days after the Luna Community College Board of Trustees approved a new organizational chart for the college.
  Sanchez has said that the new organizational chart contains savings f
  
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• Donald Trump weighs female VP options as he struggles with women voters

  16-05-2016 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican 2016 nominee, but continues to struggle with female voters who consistently prefer Hillary Clinton.
  Just this weekend, the New York Times ran an extensive 40-year history of Trump’s “unsettling” interactions with women, including “unwelcome advances,” titled “Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private.”
  Trump was quick to respond, labeling the article a &
  
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• More investors seeking financial advice are turning to lower-cost options

  16-05-2016 17:09
  
  WASHINGTON — When John Rocca began earning enough money to start socking some away for retirement about 10 years ago, he took a time-honored approach to investing: hiring a broker from a large investment bank. But, like more and more Americans recently, he soon decided that approach to retirement investing wasn’t working for him. “I […]
  
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• Justices give narrow win to Internet site in false data case

  16-05-2016 17:00
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says an Internet search site that posted false information about people can be sued only if the errors caused actual harm. The 6-2 ruling on Monday is a narrow victory for the search service Spokeo.com. It is a setback to consumer rights advocates seeking a broader ruling that would let […]
  
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• Luna Community College cutting jobs amid major budget cuts

  16-05-2016 16:54
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Luna Community College announced it is cutting jobs amid major budget cuts. The Las Vegas Optic reports (http://goo.gl/kvPaC6) President Leroy “Huero” Sanchez issued letters to at least five employees last week, notifying them that they won’t have jobs come July 1. The layoff notices came just two days after the Luna […]
  
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• Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute

  16-05-2016 16:49 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rid itself Monday of a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. The court asked lower courts to take another look at the issue in a search for a compromise.
  The justices issued an unsigned, unanimous opinion in a case over the arrangement devised by the administration to spare faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans.
  The major confrontation over a
  
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• The USDA isn’t alone in counting disease-carrying mosquitoes

  16-05-2016 16:39
  
  The USDA isn’t alone in trying to fill data gaps about invasive and disease-carrying mosquitoes by counting them. Other efforts continue in several states. — The University of Arizona and partner agencies are recruiting volunteers for another Great Arizona Mosquito Hunt , which last year analyzed the contents of traps set by over 70 schools. […]
  
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• Stocks open higher as oil rises

  16-05-2016 16:32
  
  Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, led by gains in energy companies as the price of crude oil rises sharply. Marathon Oil jumped 6 percent early Monday and offshore driller Transocean rose 5.7 percent. U.S. benchmark crude oil rose 3 percent to almost $48 a barrel in New York after analysts at Goldman Sachs […]
  
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• Updated: Gannett raises offer for Tribune Publishing by 22 percent

  16-05-2016 15:59
  
  NEW YORK — USA Today owner Gannett has boosted its takeover bid for Tribune Publishing Co. by about 22 percent one week after the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers adopted a “poison pill” plan to thwart the unsolicited offer. Gannett Co. announced Monday that it was raising its bid […]
  
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• Justices turn down Philip Morris appeal of $25M judgment

  16-05-2016 15:59
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected Philip Morris USA’s appeal of a $25 million punitive damages award to the family of a dead smoker in Oregon. The justices on Monday are leaving in place a state appeals court ruling that likened the cigarette maker’s role in smoker Michelle Schwarz’s death to manslaughter under Oregon […]
  
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• Warren Buffett’s company buys 9.8 million Apple shares

  16-05-2016 15:58
  
  OMAHA, Neb. — Investors might question Warren Buffett’s long-standing aversion to tech stocks after his Berkshire Hathaway bought 9.8 million shares of Apple. Buffett has always avoided technology companies because he said it was too hard to pick which ones would prevail long term, although he made an exception to that rule to buy a […]
  
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• Updated: Even on US turf, culture clashes make China firms tough foes

  16-05-2016 15:58
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. companies have found it can be tough to do business in China. Now, as more Chinese firms invest in the United States, U.S. companies are finding it can be hard to contend with the Chinese on American turf, too. Chinese companies can hide behind complex corporate structures. They can keep assets back […]
  
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• Justices won’t touch $236M verdict in Exxon Mobil pollution

  16-05-2016 15:58
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not hear Exxon Mobil’s appeal of a $236 million judgment for its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater in New Hampshire. The court’s order Monday leaves in place a jury verdict involving contamination by the chemical MTBE. Exxon Mobil wanted the judgment thrown out because New Hampshire […]
  
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• Egypt official: EgyptAir pilots win pay raise after go-slow

  16-05-2016 15:58
  
  CAIRO — An Egyptian official at the Cairo airport says EgyptAir pilots have been granted a 40 percent pay raise after four days of a go-slow protest. The official said Monday that the raise will be applied over a two-year period, with the pilots — who had demanded an 80 percent raise — getting a […]
  
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