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• Updated: Scare grounds Sunport flights

  04-12-2015 23:35
  
  Kirtland gate security incident clogs roads in SE Albuquerque
  
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• Breaking: Kirtland Air Force Base evacuates some buildings, shuts down contractor gate

  04-12-2015 23:35
  
  Kirtland Air Force Base officials have shut down one of the base’s gates and are evacuating some buildings, according to a spokeswoman, but she said she didn’t know what has prompted the security response. Spokeswoman Othana Zuch said officials shut down the contractor gate at Gibson and Hickham and are evacuating people in the area. […]
  
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• Breaking: Flights resume at Sunport after security scare at KAFB

  04-12-2015 23:35
  
  All flights taking off and coming into Albuquerque’s Sunport were halted for about 45 minutes Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary airspace closure on the airport following a security scare at the Kirtland Air Force Base, according to authorities. Air Force officials say they were notified of a suspicious person and vehicle […]
  
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• While job growth lifts most of US economy, oil patch suffers

  04-12-2015 23:31
  
  WASHINGTON — The falling oil and gasoline prices that for months have coincided with strong U.S. hiring have helped most Americans. But they’ve come at a painful cost for workers in the energy and mining sector: 122,300 lost jobs in the past year. Even as workers nationwide are earning slightly more than they did a […]
  
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• Updated: While job growth lifts most of US economy, oil patch suffers

  04-12-2015 23:31
  
  WASHINGTON — The falling oil and gasoline prices that for months have coincided with strong U.S. hiring have helped most Americans. But they’ve come at a painful cost for workers in the energy and mining sector: 122,300 lost jobs in the past year. Even as workers nationwide are earning slightly more than they did a […]
  
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• Congress revives the Export-Import Bank; establishment win

  04-12-2015 23:25
  
  WASHINGTON — In a victory for the business establishment over tea party conservatives, President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday reviving the federal Export-Import Bank five months after Congress allowed it to expire. The bank is a small federal agency that makes and guarantees loans to help foreign customers buy U.S. goods. A measure extending it […]
  
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• ABQ Whole Foods to build in-store pub

  04-12-2015 23:09
  
  Plans call for new bar to open by March
  
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• Updated: ABQ biotech firm moving to San Diego

  04-12-2015 23:00
  
  NanoMR Inc., a homegrown Albuquerque startup that specializes in magnetic resonance imaging for infectious disease, is being moved to California by the London company that acquired it earlier this year. The parent firm,  London-based DNAe, said it will continue product development and launch manufacturing operations in San Diego for commercial sales of its forthcoming technology […]
  
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• Strong job gains send US stock market sharply higher

  04-12-2015 23:00
  
  NEW YORK — The stock market surged to its biggest gain since early September Friday after another strong month of hiring by U.S. employers. The solid news on the economy opened the way for the Federal Reserve to begin raising interest rates back toward normal levels later this month. Energy stocks and the price of […]
  
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• ABQ biotech firm moving to San Diego

  04-12-2015 23:00
  
  NanoMR Inc., a homegrown startup in Albuquerque that specializes in magnetic resonance imaging for infectious disease, is being moved to California by its parent firm, London-based DNAe, which acquired nanoMR last January in a $24 million merger deal. The parent firm said it will continue product development and launch manufacturing operations in San Diego for […]
  
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• European bank head Draghi says he’s ready to do more

  04-12-2015 20:52
  
  NEW YORK — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Friday the bank is ready to expand its economic stimulus program if need be, just a day after the bank’s surprisingly modest steps to shore up the region’s economy sent shudders through global financial markets. “We are ready at any time to recalibrate our array […]
  
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• Chicken of Sea, Bumble Bee abandon tuna merger as US objects

  04-12-2015 20:52
  
  WASHINGTON — Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee have called off their proposed merger after the Obama administration told the companies it would hurt competition in the U.S. canned tuna market. The Justice Department announced Friday that the deal, announced a year ago between Thailand’s largest seafood company and Bumble Bee Foods of the […]
  
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• FBI: California shooting investigated as act of terrorism

  04-12-2015 20:43
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The FBI said Friday that it is officially investigating the mass shooting in California as an act of terrorism, while a U.S. law enforcement official revealed that the woman who helped her husband carry out the attack had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader on Facebook […]
  
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• St. Kitts suspends Syrians from program selling citizenship

  04-12-2015 19:23
  
  BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The country of St. Kitts and Nevis has closed its citizenship-by-investment program to Syrians until further vetting processes can be put in place, a legal advisory firm said Friday. A statement from London-based CS Global Partners said the tiny Caribbean nation made the decision because of reports of numerous counterfeit Syrian […]
  
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• Nightclub in Egypt firebombed after dispute; 16 killed

  04-12-2015 19:23
  
  CAIRO — Two men who were denied entry to a nightclub later returned with others and firebombed it early Friday, setting off a blaze that killed all 16 people who were trapped inside by the smoke and flames, authorities said. Terrorism was quickly ruled out as the cause of the attack at the El Sayad […]
  
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• Matter of degree: Temperature goal in climate talks an issue

  04-12-2015 19:22
  
  PARIS — Here’s a math problem that is confounding international climate negotiators: Which is better, 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius? The difference is just half a degree, but small nations say that for them it could mean the difference between life and death. For larger nations, the question is what’s realistic and what’s not when […]
  
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• Video of suspect’s interview played for jurors in homeless beating murder trial

  04-12-2015 19:13
  
  The jury hearing the murder case involving the bludgeoning deaths of two men watched a video for more than an hour Friday of defendant Alex Rios’ July 19, 2014 interview with two Albuquerque Police detectives, Andrea Ortiz and Geoff Stone. Rios, 20, and two friends who’d been out partying and drinking the night before, Nathaniel […]
  
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• Updated: Co-defendant takes stand in homeless beating murder trial

  04-12-2015 19:13
  
  3 p.m. The youngest of three suspects in a brutal beating that resulted in the deaths of two Navajo homeless men has taken the stand. The teen is testifying against co-defendant Alex Rios, who faces more than two dozen charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. The teen on Friday described in detail how the […]
  
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• Texas traffic stop yields marijuana in gift-wrapped boxes

  04-12-2015 19:10
  
  CONWAY, Texas — A California man faces drug charges after a Texas traffic stop yielded $120,000 worth of marijuana including some in neatly wrapped holiday gift boxes. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Friday that marijuana was also found hidden in a spare tire. A trooper Wednesday night stopped a pickup truck near Conway, […]
  
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• Trial set in freeway shooting that killed 4-year-old Lilly Garcia

  04-12-2015 18:49
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The trial in a New Mexico freeway shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl is tentatively set for October 2016. Tony Torrez, the suspect in the Oct. 20 shooting in Albuquerque, appeared in court Friday for a scheduling hearing. He’s charged with first-degree murder, shooting at or from a moving vehicle, assault […]
  
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• Breaking: Trial set in freeway shooting that killed 4-year-old Lilly Garcia

  04-12-2015 18:49
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The trial in a New Mexico freeway shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl is tentatively set for October 2016. Tony Torrez, the suspect in the Oct. 20 shooting in Albuquerque, appeared in court Friday for a scheduling hearing. He’s charged with first-degree murder, shooting at or from a moving vehicle, assault […]
  
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• Gas plant fire in West Texas being allowed to burn out

  04-12-2015 18:31
  
  ORLA, Texas — A fire that damaged a West Texas natural gas processing plant will be allowed to burn itself out. Anadarko (an-uh-DAR’-koh) Petroleum Corporation says the fire was still burning Friday at the Ramsey plant near Orla, a few miles from the Texas-New Mexico border. Spokesman John Christiansen says the blaze was contained to […]
  
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• Lawsuit: Santa Fe deputies illegally raided home, held mom

  04-12-2015 18:15
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Texas couple says deputies in military-style gear illegally raided their New Mexico home over a low-level witness case and unlawfully held a U.S. citizen mother who authorities believed was an immigrant in the country illegally. A lawsuit moved to U.S. District Count this week says Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies stormed […]
  
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• Former head of Jared Foundation seeks 15-year prison term

  04-12-2015 18:15
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The former director of a children’s foundation created by longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle says his former boss was psychologically abusive, referred to himself as “daddy” and reminded him that “daddy” was paying for his things. In a sentencing memorandum filed Friday, 44-year-old Russell Taylor and his attorneys ask a judge to consider […]
  
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• Ex-CEO conviction historic, but short of prosecutors’ hopes

  04-12-2015 18:14
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Surrounded by TV cameras outside a federal courthouse, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship stood quietly and let his attorney do the talking after being convicted on a misdemeanor conspiracy charge in connection with the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. If found guilty of all charges, he could have been […]
  
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• Updated: OPEC keeps oil production at current high level

  04-12-2015 18:06
  
  VIENNA — OPEC nations decided Friday to keep producing oil at their current high levels, effectively acknowledging their inability to push up crude prices. An attempt to nudge the cost of oil higher would have involved lowering output. Instead, the organization’s endorsement of present output, which is more than 1.5 million barrels a day above […]
  
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• OPEC keeps production at current level

  04-12-2015 18:06
  
  VIENNA — OPEC oil ministers have effectively scrapped their official output ceiling gand agreed to keep producing above that level. A statement at the end of the meeting Friday did not mention any decision on how much the 12-nation group should pump. But officials told reporters that there was agreement to continue producing at present […]
  
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• Weather service: New Mexico ends years-long drought streak

  04-12-2015 17:52
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Portions of western and southern New Mexico remain abnormally dry but the National Weather Service says this week marks the first time there has been no short-term drought in the state since late November 2010. November saw precipitation at near or above normal levels as storms dropped rain and snow on the […]
  
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• Magazine calls out NM as up-and-comer

  04-12-2015 17:45
  
  Site Selection Magazine showed New Mexico a bit of love in its most recent issue. The magazine, which focuses on economic development and industrial siting, called out the state as “a recent entrant into the constellation of Western stars” in a feature on the growing popularity of the Southwest as a region to do business. […]
  
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• Feds confirm probe of teen’s arrest for homemade clock

  04-12-2015 17:18
  
  IRVING, Texas — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has confirmed a federal investigation of the brief arrest of a Muslim teenager who brought a homemade clock to a suburban Dallas high school. Lynch said Thursday night that the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the case of Ahmed Mohamed. Mohamed was detained, but […]
  
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• Donkey picked up by police is reunited with Oklahoma owner

  04-12-2015 17:18
  
  NORMAN, Okla. — A miniature donkey that hitched a ride in an Oklahoma police cruiser has been reunited with his owner. Police in Norman called the donkey Squishy and gave him a lift after the animal was found wandering along a rural road on Tuesday morning. It turns out that Squishy is actually named Cruz […]
  
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• Thailand receives Russian warning of Islamic State threat

  04-12-2015 17:17
  
  BANGKOK — Thai police have received a warning from Russia’s state security agency that 10 Syrians who may be linked to the Islamic State group could stage attacks in Thailand on targets associated with Russia and others opposed to the militants, officials said Friday. National police deputy spokesman Col. Songpol Wattanachai confirmed the authenticity of […]
  
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• Aspiring teacher shares art

  04-12-2015 17:06
  
  Wild ‘Bout Kids Child Care Center welcomed some new faces and holiday art supplies to their flurry of pre-k activities Thursday morning. Becca Smith, a 17-year-old student at Portales High, brought in the supplies and a couple of helpers to create a Christmas project with the 4- and 5-year-old class at the daycare. Smith, who […]
  
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• NY fund to shift stocks into $2B index of lesser polluters

  04-12-2015 16:56
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s comptroller plans to shift domestic stock holdings in the state retirement fund to companies with lower carbon emissions in a new $2 billion index. The investment strategy was announced Friday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. It includes another $1.5 billion going separately into so-called “sustainable investments,” […]
  
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• Swarm of scams sinks Ruidoso contractor

  04-12-2015 16:49
  
  For a few thrilling days in August of last year, Ruidoso contractor Kenneth McAdams knew what it feels like to be an instant multi-millionaire. It feels amazing. It feels too good to be true. McAdams was a seasoned businessman with a thriving roofing operation, seven employees, suppliers who trusted him, and a list of top-shelf […]
  
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• Fight over net neutrality rules returns to appeals court

  04-12-2015 16:38
  
  WASHINGTON — A long-running legal battle over government rules that require Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally is back for another round before a federal appeals court. Cable and telecom industry groups will urge a three-judge panel on Friday to throw out regulations that forbid online content from being blocked or channeled into […]
  
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• Ear, ear: Maine town celebrates inventor of the earmuff

  04-12-2015 16:38
  
  FARMINGTON, Maine — Earmuffs have come a long way in 142 years. Chester Greenwood was a 15-year-old bestowed with generous ears when he decided he had had enough of the biting cold while ice skating in 1873. The first earmuffs were then born, fashioned from farm wire with fur sewn on them by his grandmother. […]
  
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• German lawmakers OK mission against Islamic State militants

  04-12-2015 16:33
  
  BERLIN — German lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly approved a broad noncombat mission to aid the fight against Islamic State militants, sending reconnaissance jets and a frigate following France’s call for help after last month’s deadly attacks in Paris. Parliament voted 445 in support of the plan and 146 against with seven abstentions. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s […]
  
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• Company seeks to activate permit for New Mexico uranium mine

  04-12-2015 16:31
  
  GRANTS, N.M. — Rio Grande Resources’ underground mine in western New Mexico has been idle for years but the company wants to change that. New Mexico regulators are hosting a public hearing Friday in Grants to consider the company’s application to change the status of its permit for the Mount Taylor Mine from standby to […]
  
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• Warrant issued for possible suspect in Santa Fe theft case

  04-12-2015 16:30
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a possible suspect in a $1.3 million jewelry heist in Santa Fe last month. KOB-TV in Albuquerque reports a judge signed the warrant Thursday for 45-year-old Luis Villalba Boca-Negra in the case. Santa Fe police have said that they’re looking for two men and […]
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for woman after Santa Teresa standoff

  04-12-2015 16:30
  
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. — Dona Ana County authorities are searching for a woman who allegedly threatened a Santa Teresa couple at knifepoint and triggered a standoff with deputies before fleeing. County sheriff’s officials say an arrest warrant has been issued for 35-year-old Kendra Shahan after Thursday’s incident. They say she’s facing charges of aggravated assault […]
  
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• The Latest: Funeral for Planned Parenthood shooting victim

  04-12-2015 16:29
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The latest on the funeral for the officer killed in last week’s attack on a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic (all times local): 7:30 a.m. The campus police officer killed in last week’s Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado is being laid to rest. Hundreds of people are expected at Friday’s funeral […]
  
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• 800-pound bronze unicorn unveiled

  04-12-2015 16:29
  
  GRAPEVINE, Texas — A Dallas-area city has unveiled an 800-pound bronze unicorn statue in an arts effort gracing the top of a downtown building. Grapevine city officials Thursday night dedicated the artwork as part of the city’s Christmas parade. The winged horse statue is on the Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau’s north tower. The statue, […]
  
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• US, aid group oppose Texas efforts to block Syrian refugees

  04-12-2015 16:28
  
  DALLAS — The U.S. government and an international humanitarian organization on Friday asked a judge to reject attempts by Texas to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state. New court documents reveal that 21 Syrian refugees are scheduled to be resettled in Dallas and Houston next week. Many of them are children younger than […]
  
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• Las Cruces man gets 73 years in sex abuse case

  04-12-2015 16:28
  
  LAS CRUCES – A 54-year-old Las Cruces man pleaded guilty to seven counts of second-degree criminal sexual penetration on Thursday in Las Cruces District Court, according to a news release from the 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Daniel Mark Oxford was sentenced to 73 years in prison after entering the guilty pleas before District Judge […]
  
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• Pious California killer showed no outward signs of violence

  04-12-2015 16:27
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — With a young wife, infant daughter and government job, Syed Farook appeared to have arrived at a sweet-spot in life. Friends knew the 28-year-old by his quick smile, his devotion to his Muslim religion and earnest talk about cars he would restore. They didn’t know the man authorities say was busy […]
  
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• Arizona court to rule on marijuana issue involving doctors

  04-12-2015 16:27
  
  PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to review two lower courts’ rulings that the state’s medical marijuana law prohibits prosecuting a physician accused of misrepresenting what medical records he reviewed before certifying a patient for cardholder status. The state Court of Appeals agreed with a Navajo County Superior Court judge who dismissed a […]
  
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• Workers say they had warning before explosion

  04-12-2015 16:26
  
  CARLSBAD — Workers said that if it wasn’t for a smaller fire prior to a larger explosion at the Ramsey Plant in Orla, Texas, the damage may have been worse. “I heard a big kaboom,” said one man from Carlsbad who asked not to be named. “We ran out and saw the others were leaving […]
  
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• Officials say Colo. traction law improves mountain drive

  04-12-2015 16:26
  
  DENVER — Transportation officials say travel along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor has improved partly because of stricter enforcement of the state’s new traction law. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1IsNXEK ) the state’s new law, Code 15, was implemented more than 60 times along the highway between Oct. 22 and Dec. 1. All passenger vehicles […]
  
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• Heard audio of Chicago shooting? You may have been fooled

  04-12-2015 16:25
  
  CHICAGO — Hours after the city of Chicago released audio-free dashcam video of a white officer shooting a black teen 16 times, a 35-second excerpt with sound appeared online. Viewers could see and supposedly hear Officer Jason Van Dyke firing nine rapid shots at Laquan McDonald, pausing for nearly 10 seconds, then firing seven more […]
  
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