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• Boy arrested for bringing weapon onto Santa Fe High School campus

  03-12-2015 23:45
  
  A 15-year-old male student at Santa Fe High School was placed under arrest on a felony count of unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school premises on Thursday after allegedly posting a threat on social media that caused the school to go on a shelter-in-place alert for about 20 minutes. Santa Fe Police Lt. […]
  
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• Senate votes down gun curbs in wake of Calif. attacks

  03-12-2015 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON — In a pair of symbolic votes that underscored the partisan divide over guns, a polarized Senate voted down rival proposals Thursday that could make it harder for people the government suspects of being terrorists from purchasing firearms. The roll calls came a day after the country’s latest mass shooting. The votes demonstrated that […]
  
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• 35-year sentence sought for former head of Jared Foundation

  03-12-2015 23:28
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Prosecutors want a judge to sentence the former director of a foundation created by longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle to 35 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for providing homemade child pornography to his former boss. A sentencing memorandum filed Thursday and signed by U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says […]
  
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• Updated: Coldplay to headline Super Bowl halftime show

  03-12-2015 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — Coldplay is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. The British rock band, which is releasing a new album Friday, will perform during halftime of the Super Bowl, according to a person familiar with the production who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Super Bowl 50 is […]
  
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• House bill would restrict visa-free travel to US

  03-12-2015 23:27
  
  WASHINGTON — House leaders on Thursday unveiled bipartisan legislation to tighten rules on visa-free travel by millions of foreigners to the United States in hopes of making the U.S. less vulnerable after the Paris attacks. Republicans are promising a vote next week, and Democrats have signed on as well. The proposal may end up being […]
  
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• Coldplay to headline Super Bowl halftime show

  03-12-2015 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — Coldplay is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. The game is set for Feb. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The British rock band, which is releasing a new album Friday, will perform during halftime of the Super Bowl, according to a person familiar with the production who asked for […]
  
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• More US police charged with murder, manslaughter in 2015

  03-12-2015 23:26
  
  CHICAGO — The number of U.S. police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has tripled this year — a sharp increase that at least one expert says could be the result of more video evidence. In the past, the annual average was fewer than five officers charged. In the final weeks of […]
  
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• Updated: Jurors get an up-close look at Freddie Gray van

  03-12-2015 23:25
  
  BALTIMORE — Jurors in the trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray got an up-close look Thursday at the police transport van where he broke his neck. Jurors did not ask any questions about the van when they inspected it, and were not given any information about it during the […]
  
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• Jurors get an up-close look at Freddie Gray van

  03-12-2015 23:25
  
  BALTIMORE — Jurors in the trial for a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray got an up-close look Thursday at the police transport van where he broke his neck. Jurors did not ask any questions about the van when they inspected it, and were not given any information about it during the […]
  
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• Updated: Accused cop killer indicted on new federal charges

  03-12-2015 22:48
  
  A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging accused cop killer Davon Lymon,...
  
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• Updated: Politics of grief, gun control, prayer after latest shooting

  03-12-2015 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s a natural reaction in times of grief: Politicians from both parties offered supportive thoughts and prayers for those killed in the San Bernardino shootings. But within hours, social media was awash with pushback from gun control advocates calling out those who offer prayers without pushing for tighter gun laws. “Your ‘thoughts’ should […]
  
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• Politics of grief, gun control, prayer after latest shooting

  03-12-2015 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s only natural for politicians to offer their supportive thoughts and prayers to those grieving in times of trouble. And plenty of politicians from both parties have been doing that in the aftermath of the San Bernardino mass shootings. But now gun control advocates are complaining about those who offer prayers without pushing […]
  
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• Risks and rewards: Rates heading up in US and down in Europe

  03-12-2015 22:37
  
  WASHINGTON — The European Central Bank is cutting interest rates. The Federal Reserve is poised to raise them. Their conflicting policies reflect clashing realities on opposite sides of the Atlantic: The U.S. economy is looking healthier — a diagnosis likely to be confirmed on Friday, when the U.S. Labor Department reports on job creation and […]
  
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• Aux Dog gets the best of ‘The Way We Get By’

  03-12-2015 22:34
  
    There is no denying the dramaturgical skill of Neil LaBute . His play — and later film — “The Shape of Things,” is a brilliant revision of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” for his own moral purposes while “In the Company of Men” is an equally powerful (and equally disturbing) filmic exploration of evil amongst […]
  
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• AP Conversation: Trump says Mideast peace rests with Israel

  03-12-2015 22:23
  
  STERLING, Va. — Donald Trump says that if he’s elected president, he’ll know within six months whether he can achieve an elusive peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the world’s most vexing challenges. But the Republican presidential candidate says he has doubts about each side’s commitment to the peace process. “I have a […]
  
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• Classroom evacuated after accidental mace discharge

  03-12-2015 22:19
  
  Sixteen children and a teacher were evacuated from a classroom at Painted Sky Elementary Thursday morning when a third grader accidentally discharged mace in his pocket, according to a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Fire Department. Melissa Romero said the teacher brought all the students outside when they began to cough, due to the mace. Firefighters […]
  
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• Las Cruces woman indicted after son shot in eye with BB gun

  03-12-2015 21:58
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A Las Cruces woman whose 16-month-old son was shot in the eye with a BB gun three months ago has been charged with negligent child abuse. Las Cruces police say a grand jury indicted 21-year-old Yessika Ordunez on a felony charge Thursday. They say Ordunez was charged for negligently allowing […]
  
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• Rifles in Calif. shooting legal in state with strict laws

  03-12-2015 21:51
  
  WASHINGTON — The military-style rifles used in the California shootings were legally purchased. The FBI says authorities recovered two military-style rifles, two handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition after the siege at a disability services center and a later shootout with police. The two rifles were not specifically listed among models outlawed under California’s […]
  
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• Speaker Ryan calls for ‘bold, pro-growth agenda’

  03-12-2015 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON — New Speaker Paul Ryan pledged Thursday that the House will finally come up with a replacement to President Barack Obama’s health care law and attempt to overhaul the tax code, as he committed the GOP to a “bold, pro-growth agenda” for 2016 and beyond. “Our No. 1 goal for the next year is […]
  
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• House overwhelmingly backs 5-year transportation bill

  03-12-2015 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a 5-year, $305 billion bill that boosts highway and transit spending and assures states that federal help will be available for major projects. Senate approval was expected to follow later in the day. The bill, approved by 359 to 65 vote, doesn’t include as much money or […]
  
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• Texas trooper fatally shoots driver during traffic stop

  03-12-2015 21:49
  
  VON ORMY, Texas — A Texas trooper has fatally shot a driver during a struggle after the convicted felon said he had a weapon in his car. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday said Allen Anthony Pacheco of Poteet (poh-TEET’) had a shotgun. Convicted felons are not allowed to possess firearms. A trooper, […]
  
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• Updated: CivNet launches platform for community organizing

  03-12-2015 21:30
  
  The social networking site will be beta testing its new platform with nearly 400 participants signed up from Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
  
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• Computer trouble interferes with Bernalillo County jail, other operations

  03-12-2015 21:03
  
  A computer outage is keeping Bernalillo County from processing the release of inmates at the jail or accepting property tax payments — among a host of other disruptions to routine county business. The problem began Wednesday afternoon, and county officials say they expect to need the rest of today to bring their systems back online. […]
  
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• Breaking: Report: Federal monitor, APD not in agreement on use-of-force policy

  03-12-2015 20:37
  
  The monitor overseeing Albuquerque police reform said the department hasn’t crafted a use-of-force policy that would fix the police’s pattern of excessive force and the “culture of aggression.” James Ginger, the monitor, filed his first progress report on Albuquerque police’s reform effort on Thursday. The 214-page document provides an update on how police have responded […]
  
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• Breaking: Federal monitor: No agreement yet with APD on use-of-force policy

  03-12-2015 20:37
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An independent monitor says Albuquerque police are at odds with his team on how to revamp the department’s use-of-force policy. Court-appointed monitor James Ginger told a federal judge Thursday that there’s no agreement on a new policy and that is among the things delaying reform. The Albuquerque Police Department is one […]
  
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• 2 slightly hurt in natural gas plant fire in West Texas

  03-12-2015 19:54
  
  ORLA, Texas (AP) — Two people have been slightly hurt in a fire at natural gas processing plant in West Texas, near the New Mexico border. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation says the accident happened Thursday morning at the Ramsey plant near Orla. No cause was immediately released for the fire at the plant owned by Western […]
  
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• Deming police shot, killed suspect in fatal domestic shooting

  03-12-2015 19:42
  
  DEMING, N.M. (AP) — Police in Deming say an officer shot and killed a man suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend. The New Mexico State Police is investigating the shooting, which took place Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. Authorities say Deming police were called about a domestic dispute. Responding officers found a woman with a gunshot […]
  
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• New Mexico companies awarded grants for energy projects

  03-12-2015 19:24
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two New Mexico companies are getting federal grants for energy projects. The Department of Energy awarded nearly $2.8 million to Albuquerque-based Pajarito Powder to develop a cost-effective regenerative hydrogen electrode for fuel-cell vehicles, while Los Alamos-based Tibbar Technologies has been awarded a $3.5 million grant to create a low-cost transformer that uses […]
  
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• Breaking: Auto-theft suspect arrested after SW ABQ manhunt

  03-12-2015 19:22
  
  Albuquerque police K9 units arrested an auto theft suspect after a manhunt in Southwest Albuquerque Thursday, according to a spokesman. Officer Tanner Tixier said Ty Tsosie, 19, had recently stolen a car and fled on foot when officers tried to stop him near 98th and Tower. They captured him about an hour later. “The vehicle […]
  
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• Lawsuit says Lubbock police discriminated in hiring process

  03-12-2015 18:59
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — The Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Lubbock, claiming its police department discriminated against Hispanics and women in hiring entry-level police officers. Federal officials allege in the lawsuit filed Wednesday that the department violated the federal Civil Rights Act in the way it administered its written and […]
  
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• New Yorker who aided Peruvian rebels returns home

  03-12-2015 18:58
  
  NEW YORK — American activist Lori Berenson has returned home to New York, two decades after being found guilty of aiding leftist rebels in Peru. Berenson’s uncle, Ken Berenson, said she arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday morning, hours after leaving Peru. The 46-year-old had been living quietly in Lima with her […]
  
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• Ex-coal CEO Blankenship convicted of misdemeanor conspiracy

  03-12-2015 18:58
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted Thursday of a misdemeanor count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted of more serious charges. Blankenship was convicted conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards. The misdemeanor charge carries up to one year in prison. He was acquitted of a more […]
  
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• The Latest: Defense attorney seeks mistrial in beating case

  03-12-2015 18:53
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The latest on the trial of a man suspected in the beating death of two homeless Navajo men (all times local): 10:10 a.m. An attorney for a 20-year-old man accused in the fatal beatings of two homeless men is seeking a mistrial because three jurors appeared inadvertently in television news footage […]
  
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• Clint Eastwood visits Holloman Air Force Base while filming

  03-12-2015 18:53
  
  ALAMOGORDO — Actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood visited Holloman Air Force Base while shooting footage for his upcoming biopic of pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1TnulCr ) that Eastwood and his crew were at the base Wednesday. Holloman Director of Media Relations Arlan Ponder says the crew shot aerial footage during […]
  
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• Casino magnate Adelson draws GOP field to Jewish conference

  03-12-2015 18:46
  
  WASHINGTON — Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson spent more on the 2012 federal elections than any other donor, putting up about $90 million of his family’s money. His willingness to make a huge political investment helps explain why his signature group, the Republican Jewish Coalition, has attracted all of the major GOP presidential candidates to its […]
  
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• Building trades union, women’s economic group back Clinton

  03-12-2015 18:45
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has won the endorsements of North America’s Building Trades and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, giving her the public backing of two large organizations as she works to make rebuilding roads and bridges and women’s economic issues central to her campaign. The building trades, an alliance of 14 national and […]
  
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• Ex-coal CEO Blankenship convicted on misdemeanor count

  03-12-2015 18:44
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 12:30 p.m. A federal jury in West Virginia has convicted ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship of a misdemeanor count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted him of other charges. Blankenship was convicted Thursday of conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards. The misdemeanor charge carries up to one year […]
  
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• Attacker in 2013 Texas college stabbings gets 48 years

  03-12-2015 18:44
  
  HOUSTON — A student blamed for a 2013 stabbing rampage at a Houston-area community college must serve 48 years in prison. Dylan Andrew Quick was sentenced Thursday by a judge in Houston. Quick in August pleaded guilty to attempted capital murder and aggravated assault in the April 2013 stabbings that left 14 people hurt. The […]
  
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• US-led coalition target IS oil facilities in eastern Syria

  03-12-2015 18:23
  
  LONDON — British Tornado jets struck oil fields in eastern Syria on Thursday that help finance the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send reconnaissance aircraft to the Middle East as coalition forces stepped up efforts to fight the militants. The strikes at the Omar oil field came hours after Britain’s Parliament authorized military […]
  
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• Israel arrests suspects in arson attack on Palestinian home

  03-12-2015 18:22
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday announced the arrests of several Jewish extremists with possible connections to an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his two parents in July — moving closer to solving a case that has enraged Palestinians and been a key factor fueling a two-month wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence. The developments […]
  
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• Developing nations shift emissions stance in climate talks

  03-12-2015 18:22
  
  LE BOURGET, France — The once black-and-white world of climate negotiations for poorer countries has evolved into many shades of gray at talks this week in Paris. For years, many in the developing world said richer countries created the global warming problem with their industrial emissions so it is up to them to clean it […]
  
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• Average US rate on 30-year mortgages slips to 3.93 percent

  03-12-2015 18:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week for a third straight week. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage slipped to 3.93 percent from 3.95 percent a week earlier. The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages eased to 3.16 percent from 3.18 percent. The […]
  
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• Breaking: Defense secretary to open all combat jobs to women

  03-12-2015 18:08
  
  WASHINGTON - The Associated Press has learned that Defense Secretary Ash Carter will order the...
  
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• Updated: Review: ‘Just Cause 3’ loaded with mayhem, not substance

  03-12-2015 17:50
  
  In recent years, video games such as “Dragon Age: Inquisition” and “Far Cry 4” have successfully blended action with emotion to chronicle rebellion tales set amid fantastical open worlds. Despite the similarities, creators of the muddled “Just Cause 3” (for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, $59.99) weren’t motivated by any of those interactive experiences. The […]
  
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• NM-made commercial could ‘Crash the Super Bowl’

  03-12-2015 17:04
  
  Jonas Huerta took a chance — and it’s paying off. The New Mexico filmmaker submitted a commercial for the “Crash the Super Bowl” competition sponsored by Doritos. Huerta found out the commercial made it to the top 50 semifinalists. “This is surreal,” he says. “I had seen some amazing commercials and I am humbled that […]
  
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• Federal monitor to release 1st report on Albuquerque police

  03-12-2015 17:02
  
  An independent monitor tasked with overseeing federally-ordered Albuquerque police reforms is set to release his first report. Court-approved monitor James Ginger is scheduled Thursday to submit a report to a federal judge in Albuquerque at a status hearing. Albuquerque is one of several U.S. cities, including Cleveland, under a court-ordered agreement with the Department of […]
  
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• Possible mountain lion sighting in the Rancho Viejo area

  03-12-2015 17:01
  
  SANTA FE — Authorities are warning the public about a possible mountain lion sighting in the Rancho Viejo area. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Animal Control Division cautions people to be aware of a possible roaming mountain lion in the vicinity of the Santa Fe Community College and the Institute of American Indian Arts campus. […]
  
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• NM officials seek tougher penalties to protect social workers

  03-12-2015 17:00
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico child welfare officials are asking state lawmakers to consider legislation that would establish tougher penalties for offenders who assault or batter social workers. The proposal was among several presented by the state Children, Youth and Families Department during an interim legislative committee meeting in Santa Fe on Wednesday. Officials say […]
  
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• NASA counting on 1st US space station shipment in months

  03-12-2015 16:59
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is looking to get back on track with the first U.S. delivery to the International Space Station in nearly eight months. An unmanned Atlas rocket is scheduled to blast off at 5:55 p.m. Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with 7,400 pounds of supplies. But clouds and rain could push the […]
  
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• Ex-councilman pleads guilty to damaging county jail

  03-12-2015 16:57
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — A former Snowmass Village councilman accused of damaging a cell in the Pitkin County jail after being arrested for drunken driving has pleaded guilty. The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/1lb53go ) that 50-year-old Chris Jacobson pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal mischief and drunken driving — both misdemeanors. He has paid Pitkin County […]
  
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