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• Israeli PM vows ‘strong action’ against Palestinian unrest

  05-10-2015 23:48
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that he will use a “strong hand” to quell violent Palestinian protests and deadly attacks, signaling that the current round of violence is bound to escalate at a time when a political solution to the conflict is increasingly distant. Netanyahu said he has sent thousands more […]
  
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• Hunter escapes attack by shoving arm down bear’s throat

  05-10-2015 23:48
  
  GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Montana bow hunter is recovering after he survived a grizzly bear mauling by remembering a tip from his grandmother and shoving his arm down the animal’s throat. Chase Dellwo, 26, was hunting with his brother northwest of the town of Choteau on Saturday when he came face-to-face with a 350- […]
  
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• Woman accused of injecting 14-year-old daughter with heroin

  05-10-2015 23:46
  
  COATESVILLE, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia woman repeatedly injected her 14-year-old daughter and another teen with heroin, even tying a string around their arms to isolate their veins, prosecutors said Monday. The Chester County district attorney’s office alleged that Jessica Lynn Riffey, 34, of West Caln Township, supplied the 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy […]
  
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• Workers tear shirts off Air France managers in jobs protest

  05-10-2015 23:45
  
  PARIS — Union activists protesting nearly 3,000 proposed layoffs at Air France stormed the headquarters during a meeting Monday, zeroing in on two managers who had their shirts torn from their bodies, scaled a fence and fled under police protection. An Associated Press photographer saw about a hundred activists rush the building after breaking through […]
  
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• Albuquerque’s GolfMart calling it a game after 30 years

  05-10-2015 23:36
  
  Owner Dave Saunders says he'll close by Oct. 31
  
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• Recommendation on Bergdahl desertion case kept secret

  05-10-2015 23:29
  
  HOUSTON — An Army officer’s recommendation on whether Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should face a court-martial for leaving his post in Afghanistan six years ago will remain secret for now. Lt. Col. Mark Visger presided over last month’s Article 32 hearing in Texas that reviewed evidence against Bergdahl. Visger submitted a report with his recommendation on […]
  
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• Colorado college sued for denying Bible-themed donor plaque

  05-10-2015 23:29
  
  DENVER — A graduate of a Colorado university who wanted to cite the names of Bible verses on a donor nameplate in a football locker room sued his alma mater for rejecting the request. Michael Lucas wanted the plaque recognizing a $2,500 donation he made to be inscribed with “Colossians 3:23” and “Micah 5:9,” but […]
  
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• Updated: Kemtah Group ramps up with new contracts

  05-10-2015 23:21
  
  The Albuquerque technology management and engineering firm expects to nearly double its revenue to more than $60 million in the next year.
  
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• Updated: South Carolina flood: Thousands without running water

  05-10-2015 23:19
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — People across South Carolina got an object lesson Monday in how you can dodge a hurricane and still get hammered. Authorities struggled to get water to communities swamped by it, and with waterlogged dams overflowing, bridges collapsing, hundreds of roads inundated and floodwaters rolling down to the coast, the state was anything […]
  
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• Updated: California governor signs right-to-die legislation

  05-10-2015 23:15
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday allowing terminally ill people in the nation’s most populous state to take their own lives, saying the emotionally charged bill forced him to consider “what I would want in the face of my own death.” Brown, a lifelong Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian, said he acted […]
  
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• ABQ’s Kemtah continues explosive growth with new contract

  05-10-2015 23:15
  
  The Albuquerque-based information technology management and engineering firm Kemtah Group expects to nearly double its revenue to more than $60 million in the next year, thanks to a slew of new contracts with federal agencies and medical clinics. The company, which provides a comprehensive suite of IT services to clients in 26 states, signed a […]
  
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• Updated: Medical emergency sends Boston-bound plane to NY; pilot dies

  05-10-2015 23:14
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Boston was diverted to Syracuse, New York, Monday morning after the captain became ill and later died, according to an airline spokeswoman. Andrea Huguely said Flight 550 left Phoenix at 11:55 p.m. local time and was diverted mid-flight, landing shortly after 7 a.m. EDT. She […]
  
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• Updated: Lawsuit: Inmate denied treatment after suffering in hot van

  05-10-2015 23:14
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former New Mexico inmate has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and two state corrections officers, saying they left him and several other shackled prisoners to suffer unattended in a van with inadequate ventilation on a hot summer day. The lawsuit filed in state court by Isaha Casias, of […]
  
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• Burned by flaming water-skis? Bitten by a macaw? There’s a medical code for that.

  05-10-2015 22:06
  
  (c) 2015, The Washington Post. So you’ve been burned by flaming water skis? Attacked by an orca? Sucked into a jet engine? Try to remember the details for your doctor, because there’s now a medical code for your condition. The crazy-sounding diagnostic codes are part of a huge change set to take place Thursday in […]
  
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• Bernanke defending Fed actions to battle recession

  05-10-2015 21:54
  
  WASHINGTON — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. economy is outperforming Europe at the moment because the Fed moved more quickly and aggressively to fight the 2008 financial crisis than Europe did. Bernanke, writing an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, said that U.S. economic output is 8.9 percent […]
  
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• US resumes destroying chemical weapons at Colorado site

  05-10-2015 21:40
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — The Army has resumed the destruction of chemical weapons at a Colorado facility after crews repaired a small dent in the door of a chamber used to blow up the munitions. Pueblo Chemical Depot says operations resumed Monday. They were suspended Aug. 7 when the dent was discovered. Officials say no chemicals […]
  
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• Marijuana pesticide flap brings consumer lawsuit in Colorado

  05-10-2015 21:40
  
  DENVER — Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit Monday against a pot business they said used an unhealthy pesticide to grow their weed — a case that lawyers say is the first product liability claim in the nation involving the legal marijuana industry. The case underscores disagreement over what chemicals should be allowed […]
  
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• Family says acted strangely before killing of boy, 2

  05-10-2015 21:40
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Relatives say a man acted strangely in the weeks before he was charged with killing his 2-year-old cousin, who was found strangled with a cord inside a plastic storage bin. Court documents released Monday show Roman Morales told his mother he killed Donnie Romelo Romero. Romero was found unconscious in a storage […]
  
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• Radar finds hundreds of unmarked graves in Santa Clara

  05-10-2015 21:39
  
  SANTA CLARA — The Santa Clara Cemetery is working to mark almost 500 unmarked graves that were found using ground penetrating radar. The Silver City Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/1Vzoy22 ) that the Village of Santa Clara was prompted to investigate their burial grounds after people searching for family members had been unable to find them. In […]
  
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• Man who shot at Clovis officers gets 40-year prison sentence

  05-10-2015 21:39
  
  CLOVIS — A Clovis man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting at police officers responding to a 2013 disturbance at a home. The 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said Judge Drew W. Tatum on Monday sentenced 32-year-old Eric Gutierrez on convictions for attempted murder, assault with intent to commit a violent […]
  
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• NYC firefighters hunt for woman missing since building blast

  05-10-2015 21:38
  
  NEW YORK — Firefighters searched through rubble Monday for a missing resident and for clues into the cause of an apartment building explosion, which killed one tenant and injured three passers-by. The Fire Department of New York said firefighters were combing through debris Monday in Brooklyn. A police dog also has been searching for any […]
  
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• Chicago police commander to go on trial for tough tactics

  05-10-2015 21:38
  
  CHICAGO — When a West Side neighborhood decayed into a deadly shooting gallery, the Chicago police chief said he was sending his “best guy” into the fray to turn back the drug- and gang-fueled violence. The chief called Cmdr. Glenn Evans his “favorite among my favorites,” and Evans had delivered in his previous assignment. There […]
  
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• Tricklock’s ‘The Keep’ offers startling originality

  05-10-2015 20:54
  
    The Tricklock Company is a seminal Albuquerque theater institution, and anyone who professes to love theater but has not yet experienced a Tricklock show needs to get moving. Trickock does original work, often devised by the ensemble under the direction of one its members. If you are interested in theater of startling originality, then […]
  
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• Border officers seize cocaine at Santa Teresa crossing

  05-10-2015 20:36
  
  Border officers found seven pounds of cocaine stashed in the oil pan of a Jeep Cherokee on Sunday at New Mexico’s Santa Teresa port of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said its officers noticed anomalies in the vehicle’s engine during a secondary inspection. They removed the oil pan and found three bundles of cocaine […]
  
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• Group asks NM Supreme Court to weigh in PNM case

  05-10-2015 20:10
  
  Environmentalists want the New Mexico Supreme Court to weigh in as they seek the recusal of all but one member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission in a case that will determine the fate of a coal-fired power plant. New Energy Economy filed its motion Monday. The Santa Fe-based environmental group wants the court […]
  
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• VIDEO: UFC unveils biopic hype video featuring Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey

  05-10-2015 20:09
  
  Saturday, Daniel Cormier beat Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 192 in Houston. With that fight out of the way, that means the world’s top mixed martial arts fight promotion can now turn its full attention, and marketing muscle, toward the Nov. 14 UFC 193 and the main event between superstar champion Ronda […]
  
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• State’s elected officials declare support for power plant

  05-10-2015 20:09
  
  FARMINGTON — Several New Mexico officials recently declared support for a plan to build a nearly $1 billion natural gas and solar power plant in San Juan County. The Daily Times of Farmington reports that Gov. Susan Martinez, the state’s five congressmen and County Executive Officer Kim Carpenter wrote letters to Western Area Power Administration […]
  
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• Updated: Several injured in city bus crash near Central and Broadway

  05-10-2015 18:49
  
  Several people were injured after a city bus crashed into another vehicle near Central and Broadway Monday morning, according to a police spokesman. Officer Simon Drobik said there were only minor injuries and no one was taken to the hospital. The bus was traveling westbound on Central when the crash took place. Southbound Broadway and […]
  
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• Rare ferrets will find new home on Denver-area refuge

  05-10-2015 18:39
  
  DENVER — Black-footed ferrets are being released on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, a milestone for both the highly endangered animals and the former Superfund site on Denver’s industrial edge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to turn 30 ferrets loose there Monday. Black-footed ferrets were once thought to be extinct, but […]
  
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• Mother of murder suspects arrested for helping them escape

  05-10-2015 18:31
  
  PHOENIX — Federal officials say a mother who helped her children evade murder charges has been captured near the Arizona-Mexico border. KPNX-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1jKizq2 ) that the U.S. Marshals Service has announced the arrest of 43-year-old Lovonne De La Luz-Ruiz. She was detained by Mexican authorities in Nogales, Sonora, on Saturday and handed over to […]
  
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• US to provide funding for vets cemetery in Lincoln County

  05-10-2015 18:30
  
  The federal government will provide $5.7 million to pay for building a veterans cemetery near Fort Stanton in south-central New Mexico’s Lincoln County. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich on Monday announced the funding being provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The senators said ground-breaking for the project is expected to take place Nov. […]
  
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• US, states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill

  05-10-2015 18:30
  
      WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The deal, once approved by a judge, would resolve all civil claims against BP and end five years of legal fighting over […]
  
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• Wild horse found shot to death at Salt River near Mesa

  05-10-2015 18:15
  
  MESA, Ariz. — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and activists are trying to find the person who shot and killed a wild horse at the Coon Bluff Campground area near Mesa. KNXV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1jKfeY1 ) that the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group says a 12-year-old mare named Dottie was found shot to death Thursday. […]
  
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• Phoenix firefighters rescue trapped woman from car in canal

  05-10-2015 18:14
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix firefighters rescued a 24-year-old woman who was trapped insider her car in a canal. Capt. Ardell Deliz said firefighters lowered a ladder to the partially submerged car and forced open a window to get the woman out early Monday morning. Deliz said the woman would be evaluated for possible injuries. It wasn’t […]
  
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• Cruz says allowing Syrian refugees into US is ‘crazy’

  05-10-2015 18:14
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz says the Obama administration’s plan to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees is “nothing short of crazy.” The Texas senator told a Michigan crowd on Monday he thinks a “significant number” of refugees entering Europe are terrorists from the Islamic State group. He says it would be the […]
  
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• Clinton draws early support but also ambivalence from voters

  05-10-2015 18:13
  
  DERRY, N.H. — Inside the arena, the roar was deafening when Hillary Rodham Clinton took the stage at the annual convention of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, with thousands jumping to their feet to welcome the party’s White House front-runner. Outside the hall, a far less joyous conversation was taking place. “She kind of turns […]
  
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• Lawmaker seeks AG opinion on police showing religious motto

  05-10-2015 18:12
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A state senator is asking the Texas attorney general for an opinion about a police department displaying “In God We Trust” on its patrol vehicles. Lubbock Republican Sen. Charles Perry defended police in Childress, near the Oklahoma border. He asked Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has been indicted on securities fraud charges, […]
  
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• Jackpot odds increase as lottery unveils Powerball changes

  05-10-2015 18:12
  
  It will now be tougher to win a Powerball jackpot, but lottery officials say the odds of winning smaller cash prizes will improve under changes to the multi-state game. The changes that took effect Sunday mean the overall odds of winning a prize will be one in about 25 instead of one in 32. A […]
  
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• Reports: VW investigation focusing on development managers

  05-10-2015 18:00
  
  BERLIN — As the U.S. Congress prepares to question Volkswagen officials in Washington over its manipulation of American emissions tests, German media are reporting the company itself is focusing on three development managers who have been suspended. Bild newspaper reported Sunday that Heinz-Jakob Neusser, head of development at VW, and engineers Ulrich Hackenberg and Wolfgang […]
  
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• Top economies move toward crackdown on corporate tax dodging

  05-10-2015 17:04
  
  PARIS — Dozens of world economies are close to adopting sweeping changes to international tax rules that could end tax-dodging by powerful multinationals — practices believed to deprive governments of up to $240 billion every year. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released Monday a plan that, among other things, aims to end tax […]
  
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• The Latest on storms: 9th storm-related death reported

  05-10-2015 17:04
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The latest on the rainstorm that is pounding parts of the East Coast (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Authorities say a 56-year-old man who tried to drive his sedan through floodwaters in South Carolina has died, the ninth fatality since a slow-moving rainstorm began several days ago. Kershaw County Coroner David West […]
  
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• Life settlements present a murky alternative to stocks, bonds

  05-10-2015 17:03
  
  PITTSBURGH — Shortly after Earl and Dora Zissner decided to invest in an obscure corner of the insurance industry in which people who need to raise money sell their life insurance policies at a discount to investors who will reap a profit when they die, the suburban Pittsburgh couple received confirmation that their purchase was […]
  
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• Joseph A. Clark: How to read about investing

  05-10-2015 17:01
  
  When it comes to our nest eggs, we all want to make the best decisions possible. Scouring sources of information often seems like a good place to start. And it can be — if you know how to sift through what you find. A common question I’ve heard is, “What book, paper or website do […]
  
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• How to make smart decisions in a volatile stock market

  05-10-2015 17:00
  
  When the stock market swings wildly, investors naturally ask themselves: What should I do? It’s Michael Liersch’s job to help them answer that question. He’s the head of behavioral finance at brokerage giant Merrill Lynch, a unit of Bank of America Corp. Liersch studies how and why investors react to market moves and shares what […]
  
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• Tips to make wise health benefit choices in open enrollment

  05-10-2015 16:59
  
  If you’re young and healthy, picking a health insurance policy with the lowest monthly premium may seem like the way to go. But a lower premium often means signing up for a high deductible, or health care services you must pay for before insurance kicks in. And deductibles are rising. According to the latest annual […]
  
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• Saving for retirement when you’re a stay-at-home parent

  05-10-2015 16:59
  
  Doing the math on becoming a stay-at-home parent often involves tallying up child care, dry cleaning and takeout expenses and weighing how much of that second paycheck is already eaten up by those costs. Many couples conclude that the profit margin for a second income doesn’t justify the emotional cost. Retirement, often decades away for […]
  
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• Charlene Oldham: 5 things effective entrepreneurs spend their money on

  05-10-2015 16:59
  
  Starting your own business allows you to be your own boss and pursue your passions in the workplace. What it probably won’t provide, at least in the beginning, is a whole lot of financial stability. It typically takes startups at least three to six months or more just to break even. And when the business […]
  
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• Trian becomes one of top GE investors, buying $2.5B stake

  05-10-2015 16:58
  
  NEW YORK — Trian Fund Management is now one of General Electric’s biggest shareholders after the firm led by activist investor Nelson Peltz placed its largest bet to date, about $2.5 billion, as it positions itself to play a role in the transformation of the industrial conglomerate. General Electric Co. has refocused its trajectory on […]
  
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• American Apparel files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

  05-10-2015 16:49
  
  NEW YORK — American Apparel has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection almost a year after ousting founder Dov Charney, who is now locked in a contentious a legal fight with the retailer. American Apparel cautioned in August that it didn’t have enough financing to keep operating for the next year and that investors could […]
  
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• Susan Tompor: Holiday sales to jingle with 0 percent deals

  05-10-2015 16:47
  
  Glittery tree decorations aren’t the only things popping up in some stores and shocking shoppers weeks before Halloween. Some credit card holders already are spotting 0 percent credit card deals to drive up holiday spending. Some card holders with the Toys R Us MasterCard offered through Synchrony Financial are being offered a 0 percent rate […]
  
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