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• Democratic debate a breakout chance for O’Malley, others

  12-10-2015 23:56
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Stuck far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Martin O’Malley needs a breakout moment in the party’s first debate to catch up to the front-runners. And he knows it. “This will really be the first time that nationally voters see that there’s […]
  
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• Funeral held for Louisiana celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme

  12-10-2015 23:29
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Chefs in white coats escorted the casket of world-renowned Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme into St. Louis Cathedral for his funeral Monday, and chefs from his restaurant were the dark-suited pallbearers who brought it back down the aisle after the Mass. About 400 people — including Mayor Mitch Landrieu and chefs John Besh, […]
  
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• Walmart to hire for West Side store

  12-10-2015 23:28
  
  Up to 95 people will be brought on to work at the Walmart Neighborhood Market, scheduled to open this winter near Unser and Ladera.
  
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• Cops: College football player stabs teammate with corkscrew

  12-10-2015 23:11
  
  READING, Pa. — A Pennsylvania college football player was charged with stabbing his teammate with a corkscrew during a fight at a dormitory. Police said Albright College freshman Marquis Stewart, of Bethlehem, was arrested after the stabbing early Sunday in Crowell Hall. The 18-year-old was jailed on attempted homicide, aggravated assault and other charges, The […]
  
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• Making money from the film industry

  12-10-2015 23:00
  
  Learn about business inroads into the film industry at the New Mexico Film and Media Industry Conference later this month.
  
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• California contest dubs 1,969-pound pumpkin the plumpest

  12-10-2015 22:59
  
  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A rippled white gourd weighing in at 1,969 pounds took the title Monday for plumpest pumpkin at an annual San Francisco Bay Area contest. Growers gathered with their gargantuan gourds to try to break the world record of 2,323 pounds, set by a Swiss grower during a competition in Germany […]
  
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• Santa Fe may be rethinking Chile Drop event

  12-10-2015 22:58
  
  LAS CRUCES — A New Year’s Eve Chile Drop might be exclusive to Las Cruces after all. Mayor Ken Miyagishima said Friday he has been told by Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales that city officials there might reconsider plans to conduct a Chile Drop in Santa Fe. “I spoke to him Wednesday,” said Miyagishima, referring […]
  
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• Man gets weapon charge in fatal shooting of Memphis officer

  12-10-2015 22:47
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Terence Olridge was heading to his job as a police officer when he and a neighbor were involved in an argument that escalated into a shootout in a normally quiet neighborhood in suburban Memphis, authorities said. Shot multiple times, Olridge tried to make it back to his house to get help. He […]
  
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• Three new utility-scale solar facilities slated for NM

  12-10-2015 22:31
  
  By the end of 2016, New Mexico will be producing another 165 megawatts of solar electricity from three large generating facilities near Roswell and Deming.
  
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• Couple sues city, LCPD officers over tasing

  12-10-2015 22:25
  
  LAS CRUCES — A Las Cruces couple who claims they were unlawfully shot by a police officer with a Taser and wrongly jailed on shoplifting charges has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging civil rights and excessive force violations. The complaint was filed on behalf of Phillip O. Lopez, 36, and Feliz Gonzales, 26, on Monday […]
  
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• California governor bans Redskins name at public schools

  12-10-2015 22:22
  
  LOS ANGELES — Four California high schools will be forced to change mascots after Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation barring public schools from using the Redskins name for sports teams. It was one of three sports-related bills approved by Brown in the last week. He also signed a measure that bans players and coaches from […]
  
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• New Mexico county will appeal ruling on forest jurisdiction

  12-10-2015 22:05
  
  ALAMOGORDO — A New Mexico county will appeal a court ruling that requires local officials to have federal permission before removing trees in national forests. The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1OpSyb5) that Otero County commissioners decided Thursday to appeal the U.S. District Court decision. Judge Christina Armijo struck down a state law that gave New […]
  
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• Navy, families mark 15th anniversary of attack on USS Cole

  12-10-2015 22:04
  
  NORFOLK, Va. — It’s been a decade since Olivia Rux attended a memorial ceremony for her husband Kevin and the 16 other sailors who were killed in a 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole while it was in port in Yemen. But as the Navy marked the 15th anniversary of the attack on Monday, […]
  
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• Colorado Springs detective accused of misconduct resigns

  12-10-2015 22:04
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado Springs homicide detective accused of tampering with evidence in a kidnapping case and lying about having a sexual relationship with the victim is no longer on the job. The Gazette (http://bit.ly/1jsvo8e ) reported Monday that Paul Patton resigned Oct. 1. A police spokeswoman wouldn’t comment on the case against […]
  
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• Students return to Oregon community college after shooting

  12-10-2015 22:02
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. — Hundreds of people lined the road leading to the Oregon community college where a gunman killed nine people, holding signs reading “UCC Strong” as students returned Monday to the scene of the deadliest shooting in state history. The Umpqua Community College campus in the small town of Roseburg reopened last week, but […]
  
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• Cruz raps 2016 rival Rubio for skipping Senate debates

  12-10-2015 22:02
  
  ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is scolding GOP rival Marco Rubio for skipping recent Senate debates — but he isn’t using Rubio’s name. Speaking in Iowa Monday, Cruz said he was “proud to lead” the Senate floor debate to block Planned Parenthood from federal funding last month. The effort failed, but […]
  
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• Grijalva pushes creation of monument in far northern Arizona

  12-10-2015 22:01
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva is reviving a push to designate a large swath of northern Arizona as a national monument. Grijalva announced Monday that he would introduce legislation to create Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument. The 1.7 million-acre site would encompass land north and south of the Grand Canyon. The legislation […]
  
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• Amusement ride at Texas State Fair throws wheel, worker hurt

  12-10-2015 22:01
  
  DALLAS — A worker on the State Fair of Texas midway has been hurt by a wheel that flew off a spinning car on one of the amusement rides. Fair spokeswoman Karissa Condoianis tells The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1QlMhfF ) the ride known as the Crazy Mouse has been closed. It’s a small roller coaster […]
  
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• Amid Russian airstrikes, a Putin craze takes hold in Mideast

  12-10-2015 22:01
  
  BEIRUT — Amid the ornate walls of Damascus’ famed Omayyad Mosque, preacher Maamoun Rahmeh stood before worshippers last week, declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin a “giant and beloved leader” who has “destroyed the myth of the self-aggrandizing America.” Posters of Putin are popping up on cars and billboards elsewhere in parts of Syria and Iraq, […]
  
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• 2 detained after Texas Southern University shooting released

  12-10-2015 19:24
  
  HOUSTON — Houston police have released the two men detained after a student was killed at Texas Southern University, as police search for the suspected shooter. Police released a statement Monday saying investigators were searching for a suspect in the death of 18-year-old Brent Randall. The freshman and another person were shot Friday in a […]
  
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• Netanyahu accuses Arabs of incitement in wave of stabbings

  12-10-2015 19:18
  
  JERUSALEM — Palestinians carried out three stabbings Monday in Jerusalem, leaving a teenage Israeli boy in critical condition, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily accused the country’s Arab leaders of helping incite weeks of violence. Two of the attackers, both teenage boys, were killed. In a fiery speech at parliament, Netanyahu accused Arab parties of […]
  
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• Zimbabwe official: US dentist not wanted for killing lion

  12-10-2015 19:03
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe is no longer pressing for the extradition of James Walter Palmer, an American dentist who killed a well-known lion called Cecil, a Cabinet minister said Monday. Palmer can now safely return to Zimbabwe as a “tourist” because he had not broken the southern African country’s hunting laws, Environment, Water and Climate […]
  
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• Running couple says ‘I do’ at mile 8 of Chicago Marathon

  12-10-2015 18:52
  
  CHICAGO — One couple ran away to get married … at the Chicago Marathon. Stephanie Reinhart says she just wanted a “short and sweet ceremony.” Mark Jockel wanted a big wedding surrounded by friends and family. The 35-year-old Reinhart and 46-year-old Jockel compromised, marrying at the 8-mile mark of Sunday’s Chicago Marathon in the Boystown […]
  
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• Breaking: ABQ council president faces censure motion

  12-10-2015 18:52
  
  City Councilor Dan Lewis will push to censure Council President Rey Garduño next week for reading a proclamation recognizing “Indigenous Peoples Day” rather than introducing the idea through the normal legislative process that would have allowed for a vote and extended debate. Lewis, a Republican, said it was also inappropriate for Garduño, a Democrat, to […]
  
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• Angus Deaton wins Nobel economics prize for work on poverty

  12-10-2015 18:52
  
  STOCKHOLM — Angus Deaton of Princeton University won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for improving understanding of poverty and how people in poor countries respond to changes in economic policy. Deaton, 69, won the 8 million Swedish kronor (about $975,000) prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for work that the award committee […]
  
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• Syria troops advance under Russian air cover

  12-10-2015 17:43
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Russian jets intensified their airstrikes Monday in central Syria as government forces battle insurgents in a strategic area near a rebel-held province and a government stronghold. The government push is the latest in a bid to regain the Sahl al-Ghab plain, which is adjacent to Latakia province, a stronghold of President Bashar […]
  
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• Clinton has edge in Nevada, site of Dems’ first debate

  12-10-2015 17:43
  
  LAS VEGAS — When the Democratic candidates for president take the stage for their first debate this week in Nevada, they’ll do so in a state that serves as a reminder of why Hillary Rodham Clinton is the front-runner for the nomination. One of the first four states to cast ballots in the presidential contest, […]
  
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• Ben Carson’s gun comments highlight free-wheeling style

  12-10-2015 17:42
  
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Ben Carson suggested last week the Holocaust wouldn’t have happened if Jews in Europe were better armed. He argued that gun control is a bigger tragedy than a bullet-riddled body. He said the best way to confront a mass shooter is to rush the gunman. The statements, after the mass shooting in […]
  
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• AP Exclusive: Panama condo owners to Trump: You’re fired!

  12-10-2015 17:42
  
  PANAMA CITY — The directors of the Trump Ocean Club met July 28 on urgent business. They needed to fire Donald Trump. The building’s residents and condo owners had invested in the namesake, a 70-story waterfront tower along Panama Bay, on the strength of Trump’s reputation. But during the four years that Trump Panama Condominium […]
  
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• 2015 Balloon Fiesta: an infrared view

  12-10-2015 17:26
  
  Photographer and Albuquerque Publishing Co. web programmer Tyler Green captured the 2015 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in infrared pictures. “Can’t say I’ve ever seen any infrared photos of the event before (considering it is one of the most photographed event in the world and extremely colorful),” he said.   More photos at http://www.blog.tylergreenphoto.com/2015/10/2015-albuquerque-international-balloon.html http://www.blog.tylergreenphoto.com/2015/10/ba
  
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• This investment fund has a social agenda — and high-profile backers

  12-10-2015 17:11
  
  LOS ANGELES — Charity is laudable, Bobby Turner says, but if you really want to raise enough money to improve a thorny social problem you have to introduce the profit motive. An associate of 1980s junk bond king Michael Milken who made a fortune in real estate, Turner is now turning that personal philosophy into […]
  
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• Many parents offer their retirement savings to pay for children’s education

  12-10-2015 17:10
  
  PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh financial adviser Robert Hapanowicz said his firm has had several clients who put a higher value on their child’s education than on their own retirement savings. “I recall a conversation with a friend/client who had recently been asked by an acquaintance how he justified sending his daughter to a private school when […]
  
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• Getting Started: What new mortgage rules mean for first-time homebuyers

  12-10-2015 17:10
  
  One of the most daunting parts of buying a home is wading through the reams of paperwork that come with securing a mortgage. But the process just got a little simpler. As of Oct. 3, lenders must provide borrowers with two new mortgage disclosures, replacing the four that were previously issued. The forms, created by […]
  
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• Survey reveals knowledge gap about claiming Social Security

  12-10-2015 17:09
  
  Most adults flunked several questions about Social Security in a new survey, but the toughest ones weren’t even on the test. Just 39 percent of Americans 45 to 64 surveyed by AARP said Social Security benefits will make up at least half of their future retirement income, though the advocacy group says nearly 6 in […]
  
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• Ranch to let more film shoots despite ‘Maze Runner’ flap

  12-10-2015 16:52
  
  The manager of a private New Mexico ranch says he will continue to let movie productions film at the site despite a recent flap over American Indian artifacts. Diamond Tail Ranch manager Roch Hart told The Associated Press he’s happy a 20th Century Fox investigation found that cast from “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” didn’t […]
  
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• Gun advocates challenge zoos’ bans on possession around US

  12-10-2015 16:52
  
  DALLAS — Visitors to the Houston Zoo can now pack a little something extra besides a camera and picnic basket. The nearly century-old institution recently lifted its longtime firearms ban amid a broader push by gun-rights advocates who are pressuring zoos in Texas and elsewhere to do the same. Gun-rights supporters say publicly owned zoos […]
  
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• Visitor spending in Farmington rose last year

  12-10-2015 16:50
  
  FARMINGTON — A new report has found that San Juan County received a bump in tourism spending last year. The Daily Times in Farmington reported (http://bit.ly/1N7wArH) Sunday that an analysis from by Tourism Economics indicates visitor spending rose by 4.8 percent in 2014 for the county. The report from the Pennsylvania-based group also shows that […]
  
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• Farmington sets new school vaccination policy

  12-10-2015 16:50
  
  FARMINGTON — Farmington education officials have updated policies regarding vaccination and immunization in compliance with new state requirements. The Daily Times in Farmington (http://bit.ly/1jXtwVB) says Farmington Municipal School District policy was changed late last week to ensure that reports on immunization coverage for students from kindergarten to seventh grade are submitted by November. The New […]
  
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• Roswell authorities arrest drug trafficking suspect after pursuit

  12-10-2015 16:49
  
  ROSWELL — One of 41 people accused in a Chaves County methamphetamine trafficking case has been arrested after a pursuit by authorities. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1NzyR1M) a Roswell police officer on Friday spotted a driver who appeared to be 36-year-old Ty Livingston. Federal, state and local authorities had been looking for him since […]
  
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• Some want to swap ad hoc victim tributes for lasting shrines

  12-10-2015 16:48
  
  MILWAUKEE — On what would have been his friend’s 18th birthday, a solemn teenager stared at a slumping display of helium balloons and a giant stuffed doll tied to a tree. The decorations had been up for weeks as a memorial to Breanna Eskridge, who was gunned down outside her grandmother’s Milwaukee home. Jamel Russell […]
  
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• Agency: Number of reported abortions in Arizona down in 2014

  12-10-2015 16:48
  
  PHOENIX — The number of abortions reported in Arizona is down. A state report says there were 12,900 reported abortions performed in Arizona in 2014. That’s down 3.7 percent from the 13,401 reported abortions performed in 2013 in Arizona. About three-quarters of the abortions performed in 2014 involved surgical procedures, while the remainder used a […]
  
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• Woman in Corpus Christi disturbance drives off in police car

  12-10-2015 16:47
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 26-year-old woman involved in a disturbance with a man at a Corpus Christi bus stop jumped behind the wheel of a police car and drove off as officers ran to catch the man. Officials say Rachel Vigueria drove the wrong way down a one-way street and finally was caught by […]
  
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• As kombucha sales boom, makers ask feds for new alcohol test

  12-10-2015 16:47
  
  DENVER — A tangy fermented tea called kombucha has moved from the natural foods aisle to the mainstream. But it’s also moved into the hot seat amid renewed concerns that it can contain low levels of alcohol. Five years after alcohol levels detected in kombucha prompted nationwide recalls, federal authorities again are warning producers to […]
  
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• Knife-wielding man shot by deputies in Odessa

  12-10-2015 16:46
  
  ODESSA, Texas — Sheriff’s deputies in Odessa have shot and wounded a man at the end of a police chase after authorities say he ran at them armed with a knife. Ector Sheriff’s Sgt. Gary Duesler says the chase began Sunday morning as police responding to a disturbance call were told the man involved had […]
  
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• Cause of 3 Front Range grass fires under investigation

  12-10-2015 16:46
  
  BENNETT, Colo. — Authorities are investigating what sparked three grass fires that that spread in dry, windy conditions and damaged property in northern Colorado. A fire that burned about 100 acres of mostly pastureland near Bennet on Sunday destroyed one home and about a dozen cars. Meanwhile just outside Greeley a grass fire quickly moved […]
  
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• Arizona to establish new bison herd in conservation effort

  12-10-2015 16:46
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona officials are embarking on an effort to help conserve the American bison. The Game and Fish Department said state officials recently signed an agreement with federal Interior Department officials to establish a bison herd with genetic lineage from the Wind Cave National Park in western South Dakota. The new herd is to […]
  
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• Houston investment firm CEO dies in Austin boat crash

  12-10-2015 16:45
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Two people have been killed in a boat crash on Lake Austin and one of the victims has been identified as head of a prominent Houston-based investment firm. Austin police are investigating the collision before dawn Sunday of the boat and a barge. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services spokesman Mike Benavides tells […]
  
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• Police: Car stolen with 2-year-old child inside in Dallas

  12-10-2015 16:44
  
  DALLAS — Police are investigating after a vehicle was stolen from a Dallas parking lot with a 2-year-old child inside. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1hzhvUt ) reports officers responded to a call about an abduction around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. According to authorities, a mother said she left her car running with her child inside while […]
  
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• California may allow inmate firefighters with violent pasts

  12-10-2015 16:44
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials are considering allowing inmates with violent backgrounds to work outside prison walls fighting wildfires, and the idea is generating concerns about public safety. The state has the nation’s largest and oldest inmate firefighting unit, with about 3,800 members who provide critical assistance to professional firefighters. That’s down from about 4,400 […]
  
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• 11 Phoenix area Starbucks locations going for liquor license

  12-10-2015 16:44
  
  PHOENIX — Nearly a dozen Phoenix area Starbucks locations could offer alcoholic beverages by the beginning of next year. KNXV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1jdX80M) that the Arizona Department of Liquor has revealed that Starbucks has submitted 11 liquor license applications. The locations include central Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler to Peoria. Starbucks has been rolling out wine, […]
  
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