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• Mother, boyfriend charged in death of toddler burned in oven

  24-11-2015 23:47
  
  HOUSTON — A Houston mother and her boyfriend have been charged in connection with the death of her 19-month-old daughter, who was severely burned inside an oven when she and her three young siblings were left home alone, police announced Tuesday. Racqual Thompson and Cornell Malone have each been charged with four counts of endangering […]
  
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• Texas teacher’s aide accused of hitting student with bat

  24-11-2015 23:46
  
  BRENHAM, Texas — A 61-year-old Central Texas junior high teacher’s aide is jailed on an aggravated-assault charge accused of hitting a student with a small bat. Kenneth Justin Lattimore was in the Washington County Jail in Brenham on Tuesday with bond set at $50,000. Jail records don’t show if he has an attorney. A police […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Feds revising wary stance on self-driving cars

  24-11-2015 23:32
  
  LOS ANGELES — Federal transportation officials are rethinking their position on self-driving cars with an eye toward getting the emerging technology into the public’s hands. Just two years ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation struck a cautious tone. Its official policy statement, published in May 2013, says cars should be limited to testing and not […]
  
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• Clinton: Saying ‘illegal immigrants’ was poor word choice

  24-11-2015 23:17
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday her use of the term “illegal immigrants” was a “poor choice of words” and she pledged not to use it anymore, responding to criticism from immigration activists. The Democratic presidential candidate was asked about her use of the term to describe people who are in the U.S. […]
  
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• Updated: Agency: 19 people ill in E. coli outbreak tied to Costco

  24-11-2015 23:07
  
  SEATTLE — Nineteen people in seven states, including Washington and California, have contracted E. coli in an outbreak linked to chicken salad bought at Costco, federal health officials said Tuesday. People who bought chicken salad at any U.S. Costco store on or before Friday were advised to throw it away, even if no one has […]
  
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• Man ejected from football game sends police 240 doughnuts

  24-11-2015 23:03
  
  MADISON, Wis. — A California man sent 20 dozen coconut doughnuts to police officers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as payback for getting kicked out of a Badger football game. The man traveled from Los Angeles to see the Badgers play Northwestern at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. He was assigned a seat in the […]
  
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• Pride joins New Urbanism board

  24-11-2015 23:02
  
  University of New Mexico Architecture Professor Michaele Pride has joined the board of directors for the Congress for the New Urbanism, according to a release from UNM. Pride is the associate dean for Public Outreach and Engagement in the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. Pride’s areas of expertise emphasize principles of equity, justice, collaboration […]
  
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• Updated: Suspect dead after NE ABQ shooting; victim in critical condition

  24-11-2015 22:59
  
  A man suspected of shooting his neighbor in the neck at an RV park in Northeast Albuquerque on Tuesday morning killed himself in the East Mountains a couple hours later, according to a police spokesman. “Officers, with the help of a witness, were able to identify a suspect in relation to the shooting on the […]
  
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• Breaking: Victim in critical condition after North Valley shooting

  24-11-2015 22:59
  
  A man was shot in the neck during an argument with his neighbor at an RV park in the North Valley Tuesday morning, according to a police department spokesman. “The victim was transported to UNMH where he is in critical condition,” said officer Tanner Tixier. “Based on his prognosis and the severe nature of his […]
  
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• Breaking: Suspect dead after NE ABQ shooting, victim in critical condition

  24-11-2015 22:59
  
  A man suspected of shooting his neighbor in the neck at an RV park in Northeast Albuquerque Tuesday morning died in the East Mountains a couple hours later. Officer Tanner Tixier said the suspect was found in NM 14 south of Tijeras. Police believe the neighbors at the park on the 7900 block of Jacs […]
  
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• GOP sets Senate push against health law, Planned Parenthood

  24-11-2015 22:16
  
  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans hope a post-Thanksgiving drive to obliterate President Barack Obama’s health care law and block Planned Parenthood’s federal funds will spotlight their fierce support for top-tier conservative causes. The certain veto waiting at the White House will only help them sharpen their stance for voters, they say. Yet even as GOP leaders […]
  
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• SFCSO: Corrections officer brought drugs into jail to sell to inmate

  24-11-2015 22:15
  
  SANTA FE — A Santa Fe County jail corrections officer was arrested for bringing drugs into the jail to sell to an inmate, and the drugs were allegedly provided by the inmate’s wife. Brandon Valdez, 19, was booked into the jail he worked at on Nov. 19 and charged with distributing a controlled substance and […]
  
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• Oro Valley police: Baby sitter arrested in child abuse probe

  24-11-2015 22:15
  
  ORO VALLEY, Ariz. — Police in Oro Valley say a baby sitter has been arrested in connection with a child abuse investigation. They say 34-year-old Jennifer Taylor has been booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of one count of child abuse. It was unclear Tuesday if Taylor has a lawyer yet. Police say […]
  
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• Judge: Retaliation claim against Arpaio to remain in lawsuit

  24-11-2015 22:15
  PHOENIX — A judge has ruled that a restaurant owner can move forward with his legal claim that an Arizona sheriff’s office arrested him in a bid to discourage him from cooperating in a civil rights case. Uncle Sam’s owner Bret Frimmel alleges Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office wrongfully arrested him on employment-related identity theft charges […]
  
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• Updated: Former HSD employee pleads guilty to food stamp fraud

  24-11-2015 21:45
  
  SANTA FE – A former employee of the New Mexico Human Services Department will have to pay $181,398.76 in restitution to a federal government agency, after pleading guilty in federal court this week to charges he illegally processed applications for food stamps. Joseph Martin Padilla, 34, an Albuquerque resident, also faces up to five years […]
  
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• Former HSD employee pleads guilty to food stamp fraud

  24-11-2015 21:45
  
  A former employee of the New Mexico Human Services Department will have to pay $181,398.76 in restitution after pleading guilty in federal court this week to charges he illegally processed applications for food stamps. Joseph Martin Padilla, 34, an Albuquerque resident, also faces up to five years in prison for the scheme, which prosecutors say […]
  
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• Nursing facility planned for Renaissance

  24-11-2015 21:44
  
  Construction is expected to begin on a 68,000-square-foot, 130-bed skilled nursing facility in the Renaissance area, introducing a new type of development to the mix of commercial and apartment uses near the Montaño and Interstate 25 interchange. The project is being developed by AS Realty Investors of Culver City, Calif., which has developed a small […]
  
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• Lobos’ Franklin named national coach of the year

  24-11-2015 21:26
  
  As is typical, customary and likely justified, the coach of the national champion women’s cross-country team, in turn, has been named national coach of the year. That means the honoree is the University of New Mexico’s Joe Franklin, who presided over a Lobo team that dominated Saturday’s NCAA meet in Louisville, Ky., to conclude a […]
  
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• Telegraph promotes editor to publisher

  24-11-2015 21:00
  
  Mountain View Telegraph General Manager and Editor Rory McClannahan has been promoted to publisher/editor. The Mountain View Telegraph, along with the Valencia County News-Bulletin and El Defensor Chieftain in Socorro, are part of Number Nine Media Inc., a subsidiary of the Albuquerque Journal. “We are always looking for the best way to serve our readers […]
  
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• Feds: Man shot at mailman over dirty look

  24-11-2015 20:33
  
  A 19-year-old Albuquerque resident threatened a mail man who was on his regular route last week, then shot at him when the mailman followed him, according to federal authorities. The suspect, Isaiah Alexander, 19, later told investigators he wanted to scare the mailman because the mailman had given him a bad look and was being […]
  
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• Reusable rocket: In a first, booster returns safely to Earth

  24-11-2015 20:32
  
  NEW YORK — A private space company announced Tuesday that it had landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. Reusing rockets, rather than discarding them, would be a big step toward making space flight less expensive. The achievement produced “the rarest of beasts: a used rocket,” […]
  
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• US stocks recover from early slump; price of oil spikes

  24-11-2015 20:29
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are moving higher Tuesday afternoon after domestic and international concerns led to an early slump. The price of oil jumped as traders worried that Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter plane could lead to worsening tensions in the Middle East. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average added 52 points, […]
  
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• Driver found guilty of murder in deadly Yuma crash

  24-11-2015 19:27
  
  YUMA, Ariz. — An Arizona man has been found guilty of murder after prosecutors say he caused a fatal car accident while street racing last June. The Yuma Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1TcLjnE ) that a jury took less than half a day Monday to find Markley Allen Foster guilty of two counts of murder in the […]
  
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• 6 Denver deputies on desk duty after jail inmate dies

  24-11-2015 19:27
  
  DENVER — Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while authorities investigate an incident at the downtown jail involving an inmate who later died. Mayor Michael Hancock said Tuesday that he is saddened by the death of 50-year-old Michael Marshall, who was removed from life support Friday. The Nov. 11 incident happened in a […]
  
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• Regulators move on high-speed traders

  24-11-2015 19:26
  
  NEW YORK — Regulators are proposing new procedures to more closely monitor high-speed trading in response to wild market swings brought on by a series of technical breakdowns. More than 70 percent of all trading today is automated, The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday as it voted unanimously in favor of new registration standards […]
  
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• Health co-op failure in NY leaves doctors owed millions

  24-11-2015 19:26
  
  NEW YORK — The sudden collapse of the largest nonprofit insurance cooperative created by President Barack Obama’s health care law is causing headaches in New York, especially for medical providers owed millions of dollars for treating the failed plan’s patients. More than 200,000 people insured through Health Republic Insurance of New York have until Monday […]
  
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• Since ’01, Clintons collected $35M from financial businesses

  24-11-2015 19:19
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton wants voters to know she is no friend of Wall Street. But Wall Street has frequently been a friend to her. In the 18 months prior to announcing her second campaign for president, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination addressed private equity investors in California and New York, delivered remarks […]
  
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• Medical examiner says toddler died from blunt force trauma

  24-11-2015 19:18
  
  MARICOPA, Ariz. — A medical examiner in Pinal County has ruled that a 3-year-old girl died from blunt force trauma. CBS 5 (KPHO-TV) reports (http://bit.ly/1R4b4HE ) that the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from the girl’s caretaker Thursday morning. The caregiver began driving the toddler to a hospital and was on the […]
  
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• US traffic deaths rise sharply after small decline in 2014

  24-11-2015 19:17
  
  DETROIT — After declining for most of the past decade, traffic deaths spiked 8 percent in the first half of this year, prompting a call from the nation’s highway safety chief for new ways to reduce fatalities. The new estimate released Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes just as millions of Americans […]
  
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• Paris attackers exploited intelligence gaps that remain open

  24-11-2015 19:17
  
  PARIS — The Paris attackers exploited intelligence holes from France to Syria, authorities say, taking advantage of mistrust between European governments, France’s overwhelmed security services and the collapse of authority across the war zone contested by the Islamic State group. Eleven days after the attacks in Paris, French authorities have announced few details about the […]
  
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• Sandian named fellow of American Physical Society

  24-11-2015 19:08
  
  Benn Tannenbaum, manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ Washington, D.C., office, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society., according to a news release from Sandia. Tannenbaum was honored “for outstanding contributions to international peace and security by addressing nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and terrorism; and for mentoring young scientists and educating students to […]
  
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• Attorney seeks to have accused cop killer moved to halfway house

  24-11-2015 19:04
  
  The attorney for the man accused of fatally shooting an Albuquerque police officer said his client, Davon Lymon, is essentially being tortured as he awaits trial and asked that he be moved to a halfway house or a less restrictive facility, according to recently filed court documents. Marc Robert, Lymon’s attorney, said Lymon has been […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Obama calls Russia ‘the outlier’ in IS fight

  24-11-2015 18:17
  
  WASHINGTON — The latest on President Barack Obama’s meeting with French President Francois Hollande at the White House on the fight against the Islamic State group: 1:10 p.m. President Barack Obama is offering a harsh assessment of Russia’s role as he addresses the global effort to fight the Islamic State. Obama says flatly that “Russia’s […]
  
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• The Latest: Obama says US, France must destroy IS together

  24-11-2015 18:17
  
  WASHINGTON — The latest on President Barack Obama’s meeting with French President Francois Hollande at the White House on the fight against the Islamic State group: 12:10 a.m. President Barack Obama says the Islamic State group cannot be tolerated and must be destroyed. He says the U.S. and France must destroy it together. Obama is […]
  
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• Former state worker pleads guilty in food stamp fraud case

  24-11-2015 18:11
  
  A former New Mexico Human Services Department worker has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal food stamp program. Joseph Martin Padilla pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud Monday in federal court in Albuquerque under a plea agreement that prosecutors said requires him to pay just over $181,000 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. […]
  
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• Los Angeles e-liquid company picks ABQ for flagship store

  24-11-2015 17:45
  
  New shop opened this week in the Northeast Heights
  
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• German investigation of VW expands to include tax evasion

  24-11-2015 17:27
  
  BERLIN — German prosecutors said Tuesday they have widened their investigation of Volkswagen to include suspicion of tax evasion after revelations that some of its cars were emitting more carbon dioxide than officially reported. Braunschweig prosecutor Birgit Seel told The Associated Press that the investigation was focused on five Volkswagen employees but would not release […]
  
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• Europe introducing new 20 euro bill with enhanced security

  24-11-2015 17:27
  
  BERLIN — A new 20 euro bill is going into circulation, which the European Central Bank boasts will include enhanced security features to better protect against counterfeiting. The bill, being introduced across the 19-country eurozone Wednesday, is the third in a new series, with two of its security features carrying the portrait of Europa, a […]
  
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• APS police investigate nude photo sharing at La Cuvea

  24-11-2015 17:11
  
  Police with Albuquerque Public Schools have launched a full investigation after receiving disturbing ...
  
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• New Mexico locks down state prisons for searches

  24-11-2015 17:03
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico’s 11 state-run prisons will be on lockdown for a few days while staff member search for banned items. The New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1N4NSTs ) that New Mexico Corrections Department Secretary Gregg Marcantel ordered the lockdown, which began Monday morning. Visitors will not be allowed at the prisons until the lockdown […]
  
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• Updated: New Mexico Catholic bishops seek support of Syrian refugees

  24-11-2015 17:02
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Catholic bishops have urged state residents to write letters to President Barack Obama in support of expanding U.S. resettlement efforts involving Syrian refugees. In a statement Monday, the church leaders say they are joining the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in calling on Catholics to pray for refugees. “Our Lord, […]
  
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• Lemitar shrimp farm to get federal grant to expand marketing

  24-11-2015 17:02
  
  A shrimp farm in Lemitar is getting a federal grant to expand its marketing efforts across New Mexico. USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner is scheduled to present a certificate of obligation to the owners of Southwestern Seas on Tuesday morning. The company qualified for a $49,500 Value Added Producer Grant from USDA Rural […]
  
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• Minneapolis police say 5 shot near protest scene

  24-11-2015 17:01
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police were searching Tuesday for three white male suspects suspected of shooting at five Black Lives Matter demonstrators, while the family of a black man who was fatally shot by a city police officer called for the dayslong protests outside of a police precinct to end. No one was seriously injured in […]
  
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• Source: Chicago cop expected to be charged in teen’s death

  24-11-2015 17:00
  
  CHICAGO — A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times and is expected to be charged with murder surrendered to authorities at the courthouse early Tuesday, just a day ahead of a deadline for the city to release a squad-car video of the shooting. Veteran officer Jason Van Dyke is expected […]
  
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• Store clerks accused of keeping winning scratch tickets

  24-11-2015 16:59
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Employees of three Mesa County stores that sell and redeem lottery tickets have been accused of taking customers’ winning Colorado scratch lottery tickets, telling the customers they had not won and attempting to cash the winning tickets. The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction reports (http://bit.ly/1MzXd8D ) that four people have been […]
  
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• Colorado town to pursue Superfund help after mine spill

  24-11-2015 16:59
  
  DURANGO, Colo. — Southwestern Colorado officials have voted to begin negotiating with state and federal agencies about a Superfund cleanup of old mines, including one that spewed millions of gallons of wastewater into rivers in August. Silverton and San Juan County leaders say a tour of four Superfund sites in Colorado helped make up their […]
  
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• Clovis mayor: City spending means better-quality community

  24-11-2015 16:59
  
  Clovis city commissioners on Thursday approved spending $2.62 million in non-recurring funds on seven projects. Mayor David Lansford said the actions give tax dollars “back to the community in the form of a better-quality community.” But where did it come from, and how did the city decide what projects to spend it on? Lansford said […]
  
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• 41 percent respond to CU sexual misconduct survey

  24-11-2015 16:58
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado says 41 percent of its students took the school’s comprehensive survey about sexual misconduct. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/1MOPm54 ) that the online survey is an attempt to gauge the prevalence of sexual assault and other behaviors on the Boulder campus. The University of Colorado is one of […]
  
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• Technician at Fort Worth dealer finds $50K in trade-in car

  24-11-2015 16:57
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A service technician at a Texas dealership has turned in $50,000 he found in the trunk of a trade-in luxury car to return the cash to a grateful bail bondsman. Juan Ibarra (ee-BAR’-uh) was later rewarded for his honesty with a thank-you card and some cash from the bondsman. Ibarra a […]
  
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• Locals win titles at Miss Portales pageant

  24-11-2015 16:57
  
  Exhausted but satisfied seemed to be the feeling Sunday afternoon at the end of the Miss Portales Extravaganza pageant at Portales High School. Alexa Vigil, 19, who took home the title of 2016 Miss Portales on Sunday, said she was fully prepared to eat and sleep after going home. “When winning the crown, I was […]
  
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