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• New: Bond lowered for teacher charged with possession of child pornography

  05-11-2015 23:53
  
  The bond for a kindergarten teacher charged with downloading and sharing child pornography was drastically lowered during his first appearance in Metropolitan Court Thursday afternoon. Judge Yvette Gonzales, following the recommendation from pretrial services, lowered Joshua Weitz’s bond from $380,000 to $25,000 cash or surety. Weitz, 39, teaches kindergarten at Whittier Elementary School. He previously […]
  
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• New: Bail lowered for teacher charged with possession of child pornography

  05-11-2015 23:53
  
  Bail for a kindergarten teacher charged with downloading and sharing child pornography was drastically reduced during his felony first appearance in Metropolitan Court on Thursday afternoon. Judge Yvette Gonzales, following a recommendation from pretrial services, lowered Joshua Weitz’s bail from $380,000 to $25,000, cash or surety. Weitz, 39, teaches kindergarten at Whittier Elementary School. He […]
  
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• Pacers honor favorite ‘uncle’ at Mel Daniels’ memorial

  05-11-2015 23:46
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Mel Daniels’ former teammates will always remember him as a fighter. Cindy Simon Skjodt will always treasure his breath-taking bear hugs, and Reggie Miller will always consider Daniels his favorite uncle. On Thursday, Daniels, the former Indiana Pacers star, was remembered as everything from a tough-talking enforcer to a cowboy-loving poet to a […]
  
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• Calif. Gov. Brown had state workers research oil on ranch

  05-11-2015 23:45
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling potential and history at the Brown family’s private land in Northern California. After a phone call from the governor and follow-up requests from his aides, senior staffers in the […]
  
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• Updated: Texas DA touts program for first time pot offenders

  05-11-2015 23:36
  
  HOUSTON — The district attorney in Texas’ most populous county on Thursday touted the success of a program that gives nonviolent first-time offenders caught with a small amount of marijuana the chance to avoid a conviction. Under Harris County’s “First Chance Intervention Program,” first-time offenders with no prior criminal history who possess up to two […]
  
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• Texas DA touts program for first time pot offenders

  05-11-2015 23:36
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities in the most populous Texas county are touting the success of a program that gives nonviolent first time offenders caught with a small amount of marijuana a chance to avoid a conviction. Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said Thursday that of more than 1,500 people who have completed the “First Chance […]
  
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• Former Arpaio lawyer asks county to cover his legal costs

  05-11-2015 23:36
  
  PHOENIX — Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s former lawyer has asked Maricopa County to reimburse his law firm $116,000 to cover his costs in hiring an attorney to represent him as a witness in the lawman’s racial profiling case. Tim Casey defended the sheriff in the profiling case for nearly six years before bowing out a year […]
  
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• Updated: 7-year-old missing from UNMH taken by father, police say

  05-11-2015 23:30
  
  Police are searching for a man whom they say took his 7-year-old son from the University of New Mexico Hospital before the child was cleared to be released. Doctors are concerned because the child, Joshua Brown, has a catheter running from his arm to his heart that wasn’t removed before he disappeared. Doctors say the […]
  
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• 7-year-old missing from UNMH taken by father, police say

  05-11-2015 23:30
  
  Police are searching for a man who they say took his 7-year-old son from the University of New Mexico Hospital before the child was cleared to be released. Doctors are concerned because the child, Joshua Brown, has a catheter running from his arm to his heart that wasn’t removed before he disappeared. Doctors say the […]
  
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• NMSU hosting a startup weekend

  05-11-2015 23:29
  
  The university's Arrowhead Center is hosting its third Startup Weekend Las Cruces event for those who want feedback on their startup business idea.
  
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• IS bomb on Russia plane would herald new phase in conflict

  05-11-2015 23:16
  
  BEIRUT — At this stage, there is no hard evidence. But reports from the U.S. and Britain suggesting an Islamic State group bomb may have caused the Russian plane crash in Egypt are raising the alarm among experts, who say such an act would be a frightening change in tactics by the extremist group. It […]
  
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• UNM’s Innovation Academy takes off

  05-11-2015 23:15
  
  The spirit of innovation is gripping the University of New Mexico this fall, with 198 students now enrolled in UNM’s new “Innovation Academy.” The program launched this semester to provide more direct experience and real-world skills to students in entrepreneurship, critical thinking and problem solving. “We hoped for maybe 25 students to dive in during […]
  
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• Dreamstyle continues explosive growth

  05-11-2015 23:14
  
  Albuquerque-based Dreamstyle Remodeling, which now operates in five western states, is buying a 35,488-square-foot industrial building to house an expansion of both its regional back-office operations and local warehousing.
  
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• Updated: Lawmakers propose anti-crime legislation

  05-11-2015 23:10
  
  Mayor Berry calls for bipartisan support
  
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• GOP lawmakers propose anti-crime legislation

  05-11-2015 23:10
  
  The mayors of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho joined Republican lawmakers Thursday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on violent career criminals. Mayor Richard Berry of Albuquerque said he hoped the legislative package will win bipartisan support — a necessity given that Republicans and Democrats each control one chamber of the Legislature. Berry was […]
  
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• Bipartisan support takes shape for some anti-crime initiatives

  05-11-2015 23:10
  
  Some common ground emerged Thursday as Democratic and Republican lawmakers outlined legislative priorities aimed at cracking down on career criminals and improving public safety in Albuquerque. Both sides spoke of support for a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow judges to hold people in jail without bail if the defendant is a danger to the […]
  
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• New Mexico man dies in crash near Flagstaff

  05-11-2015 22:58
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities have identified the person who died in a multivehicle crash north of Flagstaff as a New Mexico resident. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Thursday that 26-year-old Marcus Richardson, of Farmington, died a day earlier. A storm dumped heavy rain in the area Wednesday, making roads slippery. But authorities say […]
  
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• Business bankruptcy snapshot

  05-11-2015 22:50
  
  The pace of bankruptcies generally follows the counter-intuitive pattern of increasing during robust economic times, when credit tends to be easier to get, and falling in sluggish economies, when access to credit is tighter. The pace can also be affected by changes in bankruptcy law, most recently with the implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention […]
  
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• Seattle’s ‘gum wall’ to be cleaned after 20 years

  05-11-2015 22:42
  
  SEATTLE — After 20 years of people sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place Market, officials say it is time for a cleanup. Pike Place Market announced this week it will take down the estimated 1 million pieces of gum off the walls of Post Alley. Known as the […]
  
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• Netanyahu appointment casts cloud over US visit

  05-11-2015 22:41
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s newly appointed spokesman on Thursday apologized for a series of insulting comments about U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, days before his boss heads to Washington on a fence-mending mission. The apology from Ran Baratz, issued by Netanyahu’s office, cast a cloud over Monday’s […]
  
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• Majority of Texas out of drought thanks to heavy Oct. rains

  05-11-2015 22:40
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Recent rains that fell on Texas saturated many parts of the state and lessened drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows that about 95 percent of Texas has no drought. Just more than 4 percent has moderate drought. Heavy rains that brought flooding to the Austin region eliminated small […]
  
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• University stabber ‘looked like he was having fun’

  05-11-2015 22:08
  
  MERCED, Calif. — He attacked with a smile on his face. Faisal Mohammad, 18, burst into an early-morning University of California, Merced, classroom on Wednesday with a knife and started stabbing a student, authorities said. Byron Price, the construction worker credited with preventing Mohammad from killing, said the teen looked scared. “He also looked like […]
  
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• Russia, Egypt dismiss suggestions a bomb caused crash

  05-11-2015 22:07
  
  LONDON — Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. British Prime Minister David Cameron, who spoke to the presidents of both […]
  
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• Thanksgiving holiday air travel expected to jump 3 percent over last year

  05-11-2015 19:46
  
  Expect U.S. airports to be even more crowded this holiday season. The number of Americans traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday is expected to rise to 25.3 million, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a projection from Airlines for America, the trade group for the nation’s airline industry. Airline representatives […]
  
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• Snow dapples landscape before the sun reappears

  05-11-2015 19:28
  
    By the time you view this scene, it might be drastically altered. The above-freezing temps undoubtedly will make short work of Santa Fe’s first snowfall, but many locals were smiling at the delicate white covering that settled on the ground Thursday morning. Smiling because the snow stuck to the earth, but the roads were […]
  
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• Walgreens links its rewards program with Apple Pay

  05-11-2015 19:06
  
  CHICAGO — Move over, plastic. Mobile payments just got a huge push with a partnership between Walgreens and Apple. The two companies announced Thursday that Walgreens Balance Rewards members can use their Apple Pay account to buy merchandise without scanning their rewards card at checkout. Apple Pay is a mobile payment service that lets customers […]
  
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• House GOP picks Texas Rep. Brady as new Ways and Means chair

  05-11-2015 18:48
  
  WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Kevin Brady became chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Thursday after winning the approval of his fellow House Republicans as well as the backing of the chamber’s new speaker. Brady, 60, becomes head of one of Congress’ most formidable committees, with jurisdiction over tax, health, welfare and trade. The former […]
  
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• Shooter in Colorado Springs rampage legally purchased guns

  05-11-2015 18:47
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities say a man who killed three people during a rampage in Colorado Springs was armed with three guns he purchased legally six years earlier. The El Paso County sheriff’s office said Thursday that 33-year-old Noah Harpham had an AR-15 rifle, a 9 mm pistol and a .357 revolver when officers […]
  
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• ABQ firm recognized for resiliency efforts

  05-11-2015 18:40
  
  Resilient Solutions 21 has been named a "platform partner" in a global resiliency effort launched by The Rockefeller Foundation.
  
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• New Mexico museum to unveil rare fossil find

  05-11-2015 18:03
  
  The first skull ever to be discovered of a baby plant-eating dinosaur that lived some 70 million years ago is being unveiled by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The rare Pentaceratops fossil was airlifted out of a remote desert wilderness in northern New Mexico last week by National Guard Blackhawk helicopters […]
  
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• Fiat Chrysler’US 3Q profit falls 89 percent on recall costs

  05-11-2015 18:03
  
  DETROIT — Net income at Fiat Chrysler’s U.S. operations fell 89 percent in the third quarter as the company set aside millions to pay for future safety recalls. The Auburn Hills, Michigan, company says its net profit was $70 million from July through September compared with $611 million a year ago. Fiat Chrysler US posted […]
  
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• ‘Narco pardons’ burden Garcia as he seeks Peru presidency

  05-11-2015 17:58
  
  LIMA, Peru — Alan Garcia granted hundreds of convicted drug traffickers early release the last time he was Peru’s president, pursuing a clemency campaign believed unparalleled in the world that he said was giving the deserving a second chance while easing prison overcrowding. Now the “narco pardons” are haunting Garcia as he seeks to return […]
  
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• Colorado town official charged with murder in death of woman

  05-11-2015 17:58
  
  GREELEY, Colo. — A town board member from Pierce and a group of bikers have been charged in connection to the presumed death of a missing woman. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1Q6TZNy ) that Daniel Meyer and four other people have been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and violent crime causing death. […]
  
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• BHP Billiton to cut about 25 workers by April

  05-11-2015 17:02
  
  FARMINGTON — About 25 workers at BHP Billiton’s Farmington office will be out of a job by April, as BHP Billiton proceeds with plans for its departure from San Juan County in 2017, company officials said Wednesday. The coal company, which opened its Farmington office three decades ago but recently sold the two mines it […]
  
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• Larry Frank Sr.: Manage spending at any age

  05-11-2015 16:58
  
  You save and save and save for retirement, trying to tune out those escalating estimates of what you need to never run out of money. Conventional wisdom blathers that in retirement you spend only 75 percent of your current expenses, anyway. Think again. Here’s why. Retirees often spend too much early in retirement and — […]
  
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• Caroline Banton: 3 hidden tax breaks for retirees

  05-11-2015 16:58
  
  Managing your taxes in retirement can be quite an undertaking. And when it comes to your taxes, there are many write-offs you should consider. Make sure you understand all of the deductibles, write-offs and tax breaks for retirees that might apply to you. Here are three of them: MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES According to the […]
  
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• Cameron Huddleston: 3 most dangerous places to use your debit card

  05-11-2015 16:58
  
  Making all of your purchases with a debit card is a good way to avoid spending more money than you have and racking up debt. But it’s not always the smartest way to pay. In fact, using a debit card at some places or in some instances can be dangerous. That’s because debit and credit […]
  
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• Wife, son of dead Illinois cop also investigated

  05-11-2015 16:57
  
  FOX LAKE, Ill. — Authorities are investigating the wife and son of an Illinois police officer who they say killed himself after embezzling money for years from a department youth program he oversaw, an official said Thursday. The case centers on the Fox Lake Police Explorer Post from which Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz allegedly stole […]
  
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• US productivity slows in 3rd quarter

  05-11-2015 16:57
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. productivity slowed in the summer, while labor costs rebounded yet stayed at a level suggesting only modest inflation pressures. Productivity rose at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the July-September quarter, a slowdown from a 3.5 percent increase in the second quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday. Labor costs rose at […]
  
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• Panera Bread says it will move to cage-free eggs by 2020

  05-11-2015 16:57
  
  ST. LOUIS — Panera Bread on Thursday became the latest restaurant chain to announce plans to stop using eggs from cage-confined hens. The suburban St. Louis-based chain said it will use 100 percent cage-free eggs in its U.S. restaurants by 2020. McDonald’s and other chains have made similar announces in recent months. Panera CEO and […]
  
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• Bush sticks with basics but steps up enthusiasm for campaign

  05-11-2015 16:56
  
  WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Jeb Bush has a new rasp in his voice, thanks to a little more shouting on the stump. And he’s punctuating his points a little more often with a well-placed, PG-rated curse word. The former Florida governor is trying to reboot a presidential campaign mocked by Donald Trump as “low-energy” by providing […]
  
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• City, DOJ meet with monitor of Albuquerque police changes

  05-11-2015 16:54
  
  A city councilwoman will host a meeting with the independent monitor of court-mandated changes within the Albuquerque Police Department on Thursday evening. The meeting comes after the U.S. Justice Department announced early this year that Dr. James Ginger would oversee a settlement agreement with Albuquerque police to address officer training and use-of-force procedures. A DOJ […]
  
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• Mora school board distances itself from disgraced ex-chief

  05-11-2015 16:53
  
  MORA — Board members of a northern New Mexico school district are distancing themselves from its disgraced former superintendent. The Las Vegas Optic reports (http://goo.gl/6L52Ak ) the Mora Independent School District board said in a statement this week the resignation of superintendent Charles Trujillo “brings to an end a fraud” against the district. Trujillo’s resignation […]
  
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• Audit questions spending of Taos Pueblo grant

  05-11-2015 16:53
  
  SANTA FE — A federal audit questions how the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council spent part of a $5.7 million grant for the construction of a drug and alcohol treatment center in Taos. The New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1l9h85f ) that an audit made public Wednesday identifies $626,257 in matching funds as a questionable expense. Most […]
  
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• Baby goat stolen from State Fair petting zoo

  05-11-2015 16:52
  
  PHOENIX — Officials are looking for a popular kid at the Arizona State Fair after a baby goat was found missing from the Great American Petting Zoo. Fair Livestock Director Karen Searle says at only 5 pounds and a few weeks old, the baby goat GusGus may have been smuggled out of the fair in […]
  
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• Mexico Supreme Court takes step toward recreational pot use

  05-11-2015 16:51
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that growing, possessing and smoking marijuana for recreation is legal under the right to freedom. The measure was approved on Wednesday in a 4-1 vote on the five-justice panel, backing the argument that smoking marijuana is covered under the right of “free development of personality.” At this […]
  
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• Texas woman, 22, charged in death of newborn daughter

  05-11-2015 16:50
  
  WEATHERFORD, Texas — A North Texas woman has been accused of killing her newborn daughter and leaving the body in a plastic bag in the trunk of her car. Parker County jail records show 22-year-old Ashley Nicole Blades of Weatherford was being held Thursday on charges of capital murder of a person under age 6 […]
  
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• B-52 bomber makes safe emergency landing in Amarillo

  05-11-2015 16:50
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — A B-52 bomber from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City has made a safe emergency landing at a Texas airport after having mechanical trouble. An official with Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport says the plane remained on the ground Thursday pending repairs. Airport director Sara Freese (FREEZ) says the crew declared […]
  
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• Police: Gunman, 3 others dead in shooting in central Maine

  05-11-2015 16:49
  
  OAKLAND, Maine — Two women and a man were shot to death inside a house in central Maine, and the gunman’s body was found outside, police said early Thursday. Officials received a number of 911 calls reporting a shooting at a home in Oakland at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve […]
  
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• Denver area gets season’s 1st snowfall as mountains get more

  05-11-2015 16:49
  
  DENVER — A slow-moving storm out of the Pacific Northwest that brought the first snowfall of the season to the Denver area continues to bring snow to Colorado’s mountains. Much of the snow melted on hitting the pavement in the city but a little did accumulate grassy areas and some suburban streets by Thursday morning. […]
  
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