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• Santa Fe cop accused of time card fraud scheduled for plea hearing

  18-11-2015 23:43
  
  SANTA FE — A high-ranking Santa Fe police officer accused of time card fraud is scheduled for a plea hearing in District Court Monday. Jason Wagner, a lieutenant with the Santa Fe Police Department and 15-year veteran of the force, was charged by District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco in February with four counts of falsifying […]
  
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• ABQid planning Santa Fe accelerator

  18-11-2015 23:40
  
  Albuquerque’s city-backed business accelerator ABQid is expanding its program to Santa Fe with financial support from the City Different and from the Santa Fe Community Foundation. The city approved $45,000 to help finance operations for the new accelerator program, dubbed SFid. The Santa Fe Community Foundation is still seeking funds from private donors, but it’s […]
  
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• Examiner: Victim in Facebook photo slaying was on knees

  18-11-2015 23:21
  
  MIAMI — A medical examiner testified Wednesday that a young woman was possibly cowering on her knees and not throwing punches when she was fatally shot by her husband, who later posted a photo of her body on Facebook and claims self-defense. Miami-Dade’s chief deputy medical examiner, Dr. Emma Lew, told a jury that based […]
  
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• Updated: Ski Santa Fe will open on Thanksgiving Day

  18-11-2015 23:04
  
  Ski Santa Fe announced today that will open for the 2015-2016 Ski Season on Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, Nov. 26. “’Godzilla’ El Nino is here and has already brought 58 inches of snowfall this season,” the ski area’s news release said. “The most recent storm dumped an amazing 36 inches of snow.  We are excited […]
  
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• Breaking: Federal grand jury indicts accused cop killer Lymon

  18-11-2015 23:04
  
  A federal grand jury has filed a four-count indictment charging Davon Lymon, 34, with violating the...
  
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• Updated: WADA declares Russian anti-doping agency noncompliant

  18-11-2015 22:46
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Leaders of the World Anti-Doping Agency declared Russia’s anti-doping operation out of compliance Wednesday — a harsh, though expected blow to a country accused of widespread corruption throughout its sports. Members of the WADA foundation board approved a recommendation from an independent commission that detailed widespread rule-breaking in Russia’s track and […]
  
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• Updated: Review: Shallow shock and awe in ‘Star Wars Battlefront’

  18-11-2015 22:31
  
  There have been about 100 “Star Wars” video games released since 1977. You can count the great ones on one hand; many more have been junky cash-ins. Still, you can slap the “Star Wars” logo on something like “Angry Birds” and it will make money. And kid-oriented games like “Lego Star Wars” and “Disney Infinity […]
  
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• Texas deputy shoots, kills suspect armed with knife

  18-11-2015 22:29
  
  HOUSTON — A Harris County sheriff’s deputy has shot and killed a man armed with a butcher knife who lunged at the officer during a Houston-area chase. The sheriff’s department on Wednesday identified the suspect as 30-year-old Jeray Chatham, who formerly played football for Oklahoma State University. A woman driver called 911 Tuesday night to […]
  
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• Tamale takedown: Traveler carried 450 illegal pork tamales

  18-11-2015 22:23
  
  LOS ANGELES — The contraband was carefully wrapped in corn husks and concealed in the luggage of a traveler when authorities moved in for a tamale takedown at Los Angeles International Airport. The search by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents turned up 450 pork tamales individually packaged in plastic bags. “Although tamales are a […]
  
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• Despite heavy US airstrikes, IS threat persists

  18-11-2015 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON — In measuring progress in the American-led air war against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, numbers tell one story but results tell another. Fighter jets, bombers, attack planes and drones are dropping an average of 2,228 bombs per month on targets ranging from training camps and machine gun positions to oil facilities […]
  
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• With Islamic State targeted, what happens to Syria’s Assad?

  18-11-2015 22:22
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The tide of global rage against the Islamic State group lends greater urgency to ending the jihadis’ ability to operate at will from a base in war-torn Syria. That momentum could also force a reevaluation of what to do about President Bashar Assad and puts a renewed focus on the […]
  
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• Passport in Paris attacks fuels fears of Syrian refugees

  18-11-2015 22:22
  
  WARSAW, Poland — After the bombs and Kalashnikov fire of the Paris attacks, a mere document — a passport — found near the body of an attacker is generating a new wave of dread throughout Europe and beyond. But whether the document ended up there by chance, or was part of an elaborate plot to […]
  
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• Settlement clears way to complete temple in Arroyo Hondo

  18-11-2015 22:21
  
  SANTA FE — The Santa Fe County Commission has approved a settlement that clears the way for a sect to complete a temple southeast of the city. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1HZ3mHm) members of O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal have been fighting for their right to build a temple in Arroyo […]
  
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• Perry’s indictment in hands of top Texas criminal court

  18-11-2015 22:21
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Attorneys for former Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged the state’s highest criminal court Wednesday to dismiss felony abuse-of-power charges that the Republican blames in part for foiling his short-lived 2016 presidential run. After two hours of arguments, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals gave no timetable for ruling whether Perry should face […]
  
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• Study: To avoid higher health law premiums, switch plans

  18-11-2015 21:38
  
  WASHINGTON — Maybe an amiable gecko could help the Obama administration sell its health insurance overhaul. In the long-running auto insurance commercials, the talkative little mascot promises you can save 15 percent if you switch insurers. Now a study says the most popular health law plans are raising premiums an average of 15 percent for […]
  
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• Dinosaur claws among items on annual list of dangerous toys

  18-11-2015 21:34
  
  BOSTON — Dinosaur claws inspired by the movie “Jurassic World” and a quick-folding trampoline are among the items on a consumer watchdog group’s annual list of hazardous toys released Wednesday. The Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm says the toys singled out as the 10 most dangerous for Christmas this year represent common problems and […]
  
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• Texas jury deliberates in surgeon’s capital murder retrial

  18-11-2015 21:29
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — A West Texas jury has begun deciding the fate of a plastic surgeon accused of arranging the 2012 slaying of a pathologist dating his ex-girlfriend. Deliberations began Wednesday afternoon in the Lubbock capital murder retrial of Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon of Amarillo. Dixon’s first capital murder trial ended in a deadlocked jury. […]
  
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• Phoenix women accused of biting young son, hitting daughter

  18-11-2015 21:27
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a Phoenix woman is facing child abuse charges after allegedly biting her young son and beating her daughter with a belt. Phoenix police say 25-year-old Adrianna Zamarripas was arrested Monday on suspicion of two counts of child abuse. She was put on supervised release after her initial court appearance Wednesday and […]
  
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• Nigeria’s Boko Haram kills 49 in suicide bombings

  18-11-2015 21:27
  
  YOLA, Nigeria — The suicide bomber exploded as truckers were tucking into dinner at the bustling marketplace where vendors urged them to buy sugar cane. At least 34 people were killed and another 80 wounded in Yola, a town packed with refugees from Nigeria’s Islamic uprising, emergency officials said Wednesday. Later Wednesday, two more suicide […]
  
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• 3 top prosecutors: Don’t send us Guantanamo detainees

  18-11-2015 21:27
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Top prosecutors in three states reportedly being assessed as potential future homes for Guantanamo Bay detainees are imploring the Obama administration not to send the prisoners to their states. Attorneys general from Colorado, Kansas and South Carolina on Wednesday wrote to President Barack Obama, telling him that bringing detainees to their areas […]
  
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• New justice supports changes to New Mexico bond law

  18-11-2015 21:26
  
  A newly appointed New Mexico Supreme Court justice says she supports amending the state constitution to give judges more leeway when setting bonds. KOAT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1MVaINj ) that several people have been killed by repeat offenders in the past year, spurring a push allow judges to set higher bonds. Bernalillo County District Judge Judith Nakamura […]
  
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• Exchange defends efforts to reach uninsured New Mexicans

  18-11-2015 21:26
  
  Officials with the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange are defending their spending and outreach efforts to ensure more people in the state are covered. They testified Wednesday before the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee during a meeting in Santa Fe. Exchange CEO Amy Dowd says the uninsured rate in New Mexico has dropped to […]
  
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• Cottonwood Mall expands entertainment options

  18-11-2015 21:20
  
  Glowgolf has opened new 36-hole course
  
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• Breaking: Robbery suspect allegedly shoots accomplice in NE ABQ

  18-11-2015 20:24
  
  An attempted robbery at a Northeast Albuquerque business turned into a shooting Wednesday. But it wasn’t a gun battle between a clerk and an armed offender. Instead, one of the alleged suspects shot the other suspect as the pair were leaving the store. Police spokesman Tanner Tixier said two suspects went into a business on […]
  
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• ACI lays out NM legislative priorities

  18-11-2015 20:00
  
  A statewide business advocacy organization continues to form its game plan for the 2016 legislative session, but it’s already clear that tweaking unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation and the capital gains tax will fit somewhere on the agenda. With the session two months away, the president of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry gave […]
  
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• ACI lays out NM egislative priorities

  18-11-2015 20:00
  
  A statewide business advocacy organization continues to form its game plan for the 2016 legislative session, but it’s already clear that tweaking unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation and the capital gains tax will fit somewhere on the agenda. With the session two months away, the president of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry gave […]
  
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• Breaking: State senators sue Albuquerque over its seizures

  18-11-2015 19:29
  
  A bipartisan pair of state senators filed a lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque on Wednesday that denounces the city’s vehicle seizure program for being in conflict with recent changes to state forfeiture laws and calls for changes to the program. State senators, Lisa Torraco, R-Albuquerque, and Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, announced the lawsuit during a […]
  
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• Radical’s transformation may have begun in prison

  18-11-2015 18:40
  
  BRUSSELS — Much about Abdelhamid Abaaoud’s path to armed Islamic radicalism remains mysterious. In the words of Koen Geens, the Belgian justice minister, he mutated from a student at an upscale Brussels school into “an extremely professional commando,” one seemingly able to slip across borders at will. Someone who openly mocked the inability of Western […]
  
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• IS group says it has killed Norwegian, Chinese captives

  18-11-2015 18:40
  
  CAIRO — The Islamic State group said Wednesday that it has killed Norwegian and Chinese captives after earlier demanding ransoms for the two men. The extremist group published two images of the men in the second-to-last page of its glossy English-language magazine, saying they had been “executed after being abandoned by kafir nations and organizations.” […]
  
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• The Latest: Moldova arrests 2 trying to head to France

  18-11-2015 18:39
  
  PARIS — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 6:20 p.m. Moldovan border police say they have detained two Moldovan citizens trying to illegally enter Romania and travel onto France. Police said they carried a book that “propagated Islamic ideology.” Police fired three warning shots Wednesday near the southwestern town of […]
  
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• IS releases picture of bomb it says downed Russian plane

  18-11-2015 18:39
  
  CAIRO — The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board. The picture was published in the latest issue of the extremist group’s English-language magazine, with the caption “EXCLUSIVE – […]
  
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• Ken Ortiz turns down PRC staff chief job

  18-11-2015 18:02
  
  Ortiz decided to remain in his job with the Secretary of State's Office
  
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• US, Cuba sign first environmental accord since thaw

  18-11-2015 17:44
  
  HAVANA — The United States and Cuba signed an agreement Wednesday to join forces and protect the vast array of fish and corals both countries separated by just 90 miles (140 kilometers) of water share in common, the first environmental accord since announcing plans to renew diplomatic relations. “We recognize we all share the same […]
  
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• Seattle gives cash to turn average Joe into political player

  18-11-2015 17:44
  
  SEATTLE — Many voters don’t have the money to donate to political candidates or don’t care enough to bother. But what if the government gave them $100 to dole out as they saw fit? That’s the experiment underway in Seattle after voters this month adopted the nation’s first voucher system for campaign contributions. The idea […]
  
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• Sandia Pueblo donates water for Rio Grande conservation work

  18-11-2015 17:43
  
  A conservation group says an Albuquerque-area Native American tribe will donate water for work benefiting river flows and riparian habitat. Audubon New Mexico says the Pueblo of Sandia’s donation of 100 acre-feet of water in 2016 will support the Middle Rio Grande’s stream flow. The pueblo’s governor, Isaac Lujan, said in a statement that the […]
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal is safe, ‘horrified’ by Paris attacks

  18-11-2015 17:42
  
  NEW YORK — Members of the band Eagles of Death Metal say they’re home safe after the Paris attacks and “are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France.” The U.S. band was set to perform at the Bataclan last week when the deadly attacks occurred. They said in a […]
  
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• Firefighters put out NE Heights structure fire

  18-11-2015 17:31
  
  Albuquerque firefighters put out a fire inside a home in the Northeast Heights Wednesday morning, according to a commander on the scene. Commander Skip Tinagero said neighbors called the fire department Wednesday morning and said smoke and flames were coming from a house located on Constitution east of Eubank. Firefighters kicked down the front door […]
  
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• Bulldogs in love: New movie tells dog wedding story

  18-11-2015 17:08
  
  LOS ANGELES — Fifty dog couples that won a photo contest will get their big-screen debut in a new movie about the wedding of two bulldogs. “The Dog Wedding” tells the story of Price and Queenie, bulldogs that meet and bond in a dog park. Their owners plan the doggie nuptials while fighting to save […]
  
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• Updated: Officers identified in fatal Minneapolis shooting

  18-11-2015 17:04
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man are seven-year veterans, including 13 months each with the city, authorities announced Wednesday. Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze were identified as the officers who responded to a reported domestic assault shortly after midnight Sunday on the city’s north […]
  
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• Official: Unclear if man shot by Minneapolis cops was cuffed

  18-11-2015 17:04
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — State investigators looking into the death of an unarmed black Minneapolis man shot by police during a scuffle are trying to determine whether he was restrained at the time, as some witnesses allege. Police initially said Jamar ONeal Clark was not handcuffed when he was shot, but authorities later said handcuffs were at […]
  
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• Route to North Rim of the Grand Canyon set to close Dec. 1

  18-11-2015 17:03
  
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — The highway to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is scheduled to close for the winter on Dec. 1 but the state Department of Transportation says the closure could occur earlier if there’s heavy snowfall in the area before then. The department does not clear snow from State […]
  
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• Mall stalwarts like Abercrombie falling out of fashion with teens

  18-11-2015 17:03
  
  CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Where have all the teen mall rats gone? Many of them were inside the Apple store at Cherry Hill Mall in this Philadelphia suburb on a recent Friday. They included Isaiah Etienne, 19. He used to hit the shoe and clothing stores at the mall weekly. But that changed after he […]
  
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• The Latest: Federal court considers Christo’s Over the River

  18-11-2015 17:02
  
  DENVER — The latest in the legal battle over artist Christo’s efforts to drape the Arkansas River with fabric (all times local): 8:20 a.m. Residents fighting the artist Christo’s dream of draping the Arkansas River with fabric are headed to court again to try to block the project first proposed nearly 20 years ago. Judges […]
  
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• Texas may let academics check textbooks for factual errors

  18-11-2015 17:02
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas could allow university professors to fact-check textbooks approved for statewide use, after a ninth-grade world geography book referred to African slaves as “workers.” The Republican-controlled Board of Education meets Wednesday and is expected to vote on opening its textbook approval process to more scrutiny from outside experts. The proposal’s sponsor, Mount […]
  
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• Wind gusts up to around 100 mph north, west of Denver

  18-11-2015 17:01
  
  DENVER — Wind gusts of up to around 100 mph are rattling areas west and north of Denver, blowing snow from Tuesday’s storm across roads and knocking out power in some spots. The National Weather Service says Wednesday’s winds are caused by the jet stream interacting with the mountains. Meanwhile, Interstate 70 across Colorado’s Eastern […]
  
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• 3 killed, thousands without power in Northwest windstorm

  18-11-2015 17:01
  
  SEATTLE — Cleanup began Wednesday in Washington state after a powerful storm killed three people, cut power to more than 300,000 residents and flooded rivers. Police said a woman in her 50s was killed Tuesday when a tree toppled in Spokane. Another woman died after a tree fell on her car on Highway 904 about […]
  
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• Steamboat Ski Area opening early for first time in 13 years

  18-11-2015 17:00
  
  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Northern Colorado’s Steamboat Ski Area has announced that it will open early for the winter season for the first time in 13 years. Steamboat Pilot & Today reports (http://bit.ly/1MTLkrg ) that Steamboat will hold a special advance opening weekend Saturday and Sunday and reopen for daily operation on Nov. 25. Season […]
  
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• Texas judicial candidate accused of compelling prostitution

  18-11-2015 16:59
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A South Texas judicial candidate has been accused of forcing several women he represented to have sex with him in exchange for legal services. Attorney Mark H. Benavides of San Antonio was arrested Tuesday on a charge of compelling prostitution, then freed on $15,000 bond. The 46-year-old Benavides denies the allegations. He’s […]
  
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• Colorado bookstore called ‘ISIS’ vandalized due to name

  18-11-2015 16:59
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A bookstore in the Denver suburb of Englewood has been vandalized and the owners believe it is because of its name: ISIS Books and Gifts. KMGH-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1Of0ElM ) that the ISIS sign was damaged after someone threw rocks at it. The store’s owner says they have been targeted by vandals before […]
  
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• Man who shot Navajo Nation ordered to pay restitution

  18-11-2015 16:58
  
  PHOENIX — A man imprisoned for shooting a Navajo Nation police officer in the head has been ordered to pay more than $5,000 in restitution. Raymond Herder was sentenced earlier this year to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to discharging a firearm in a violent crime. Officer Joseph Gregg survived the shooting last […]
  
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