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• The Latest: Jury asks judge questions in Freddie Gray trial

  14-12-2015 23:32
  
  BALTIMORE — The latest on the trial of a Baltimore police officer who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was injured in the back of a police transport van (all times local). 5:20 p.m. The jury in the Freddie Gray case has sent its first questions […]
  
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• APD identifies bicyclist killed in Friday hit-and-run

  14-12-2015 23:12
  
  Albuquerque police have identified the man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northeast Albuquerque Friday night. Officer Tanner Tixier, a police spokesman, said Sean Bock was riding westbound a bike in the far right lane of Candelaria near Wyoming when he was struck by a vehicle around 10:30 p.m. “Evidence at the scene showed that […]
  
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• Fatal police shooting in LA suburb was different

  14-12-2015 22:59
  
  LYNWOOD, Calif. — When deputies confronted a man carrying a handgun in a Los Angeles suburb, the fatal shooting that unfolded was notably different from some other recent flashpoints in the debate over police use of force: The suspect was armed and in an area crowded with people. Friends and relatives of Nicholas Robertson quickly […]
  
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• Baillio brother remembered for family business, cowboy dreams

  14-12-2015 22:57
  
  Johnny Baillio was instrumental in building the store that carries his family’s name —  a longstanding local retailer — but what he really wanted was to be a cowboy. Baillio saw his dream come true after he retired in 1993 from Baillio’s, a family business that started in 1966 as a TV repair shop but […]
  
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• US looking at ways to better screen would-be immigrants

  14-12-2015 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is reviewing procedures for vetting would-be immigrants, with an eye toward examining applicants’ online presence, to close security gaps in the U.S. visa system, the White House said Monday. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the Homeland Security and State departments have been asked to review the process for screening […]
  
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• Oil export ban in play in final-stage talks on budget deal

  14-12-2015 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican demands to end the ban on exporting crude oil emerged as a final negotiating point Monday as lawmakers scrambled to complete a year-end spending bill needed to keep the government running. In return for lifting the four-decade-old ban, Democrats were seeking various environmental concessions, including extending tax credits for solar and wind […]
  
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• Americans want to get tougher with the Islamic State

  14-12-2015 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON — After terrorist attacks at home and abroad, more Americans than ever — but still less than half — support sending U.S. ground troops to fight the Islamic State, according to a new Associated Press-GfK Poll. A large majority also want a clearer explanation from President Barack Obama about his strategy to defeat the […]
  
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• Cosby says 7 women who sued him made false accusations

  14-12-2015 21:56
  
  BOSTON — Bill Cosby fired back Monday at seven women who are suing him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of sexual misconduct for financial gain. In a countersuit filed in federal court, Cosby alleges the women made “malicious, opportunistic, and false and defamatory accusations” against him. Cosby is seeking monetary damages “to […]
  
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• Updated: Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial

  14-12-2015 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years and freed in…
  
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• Plans in works to salute Old Spanish Trail in Houston

  14-12-2015 21:32
  
  HOUSTON — A century ago, as horses and buggies gave way to the automobile, roads between cities — such as they were — came together in pieces. In Gulf states, it was business leaders — not public officials — that started in 1915 to stitch together paved roads. Among the most significant intercity routes was […]
  
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• Twitter warns some users about potential ‘state-sponsored’ hacks

  14-12-2015 21:22
  
  Several Twitter users said they have received warnings from the microblogging company that their accounts may have been targeted by “state-sponsored actors.” The warnings, which some users said they received Friday, say that the hackers may have been trying to get information such as email addresses, IP addresses and phone numbers. In the notice, San […]
  
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• Samsung asks Supreme Court to throw out $399M judgment

  14-12-2015 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON — In its patent dispute with Apple, Samsung is asking the Supreme Court to take a digital-age look at an issue it last confronted in the horse-and-buggy era. South Korea-based Samsung on Monday appealed a $399 million judgment for illegally copying patented aspects of the look of Apple’s iPhone, the latest round in a […]
  
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• Breaking: UNM regent Jamie Koch retiring

  14-12-2015 21:09
  
  University of New Mexico Regent James H. Koch is retiring effective Dec. 31, 2015. In a letter delivered to Governor Susana Martinez, Koch wrote, “This brings to conclusion 29 years of public service.” Koch plans to continue his work at Daniels Insurance in Santa Fe. He has been on the UNM Board of Regents for […]
  
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• Updated: DEA, BIA bust meth ring in Mescalero Apache country

  14-12-2015 21:00
  
  Federal and tribal agencies have charged 34 people for their alleged involvement in trafficking methamphetamine in southern New Mexico and Mescalero Apache country. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero Apache tribe, face federal charges in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Sixteen other members […]
  
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• DEA, BIA bust meth ring in Mescalero Apache country

  14-12-2015 21:00
  
  Federal and tribal agencies have arrested 34 people allegedly involved in trafficking methamphetamine in southern New Mexico and Mescalero Apache country. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero Apache tribe, face federal charges in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Sixteen other members of the […]
  
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• LANL’s work on portable MRI earns breakthrough award

  14-12-2015 20:09
  
  Los Alamos National Laboratory’s portable MRI, featured in a Journal article in May, was named one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year by Physics World, the member magazine of the Institute of Physics. Portable MRI, also called Battlefield MRI (bMRI), uses ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging to create images of injured soft tissues, such […]
  
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• High court says DirectTV can cut off class action lawsuit

  14-12-2015 19:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that satellite provider DirecTV can avoid a class action lawsuit in California over early termination fees and force customers into private arbitration hearings instead. In a 6-3 opinion, the justices said that DirecTV’s contracts can specifically prohibit customers from banding together to sue the company, even though California […]
  
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• Albuquerque police report spending on use of force issues

  14-12-2015 19:36
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A quarterly report shows that a large portion of the money Albuquerque police are spending to fix use of force issues is going to the Department of Justice’s intendent monitor. KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1SXpMPq ) that the report shows that the department has spent more than $700,000 on those efforts in the past […]
  
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• Nigerian security official charged in $2.1 billion arms scandal

  14-12-2015 19:35
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s former national security adviser pleaded innocent Monday to embezzling $2.1 billion meant to purchase arms to fight Boko Haram, and said some of the money was diverted on the then-president’s order to try to get himself re-elected. The former senior security official, Sambo Dasuki, said that part of the money — […]
  
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• Commissioner rejects Pete Rose’s plea for reinstatement

  14-12-2015 19:28
  
  CINCINNATI — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has rejected Pete Rose’s plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred says in a letter sent to Rose and made public Monday that baseball’s hits king hasn’t been completely honest about his gambling […]
  
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• Businesses get climate certainty they wanted; now for action

  14-12-2015 19:15
  
  LONDON — With the new global climate deal, businesses around the world got the long-term certainty that they had been clamoring for — now they need to back up the shift to a greener world with cold hard cash. Many business leaders have praised the climate deal reached Saturday in Paris, saying it will help […]
  
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• Serena Williams honored as SI’s Sportsperson of the Year

  14-12-2015 19:07
  
  NEW YORK — Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — the first female athlete honored on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years. Williams came within two matches of tennis’ first calendar-year Grand Slam since 1988, a bid that ended with a semifinal loss at the U.S. Open. In […]
  
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• Weather delays departure of trucks carrying transformers

  14-12-2015 18:49
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Authorities report difficult driving conditions on many highways in northern and western New Mexico, and state transportation officials are postponing the beginning of a highway movement of a heavy freight shipment due to weather conditions. The National Weather Service says a cold Pacific storm that is dropping snow is moving across […]
  
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• Kosovo opposition releases tear gas in parliament

  14-12-2015 18:47
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo — Opposition lawmakers released tear gas Monday in Kosovo’s parliament as they once again tried to pressure the government into renouncing deals with Serbia and Montenegro. Clouds of smoke from two tear gas canisters forced lawmakers out of the debating chamber. The parliamentary session restarted later in another room with most opposition lawmakers […]
  
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• Dozen immigrants detained in fake Border Patrol SUV in Texas

  14-12-2015 18:47
  
  LAREDO, Texas — A dozen smuggled immigrants have been detained after being crammed into a fake Border Patrol SUV that was stopped by a real officer in Texas. Border Patrol officials say the investigation continues into who customized a white Chevy Tahoe to look like a Border Patrol vehicle. A Border Patrol agent from the […]
  
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• Police: Palestinian dead after ramming Israelis, wounding 9

  14-12-2015 18:32
  
  JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man died Monday after ramming his car into pedestrians at a crowded bus stop at the western entrance to Jerusalem, wounding nine, according to Israeli police. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said Abed Almohsin Hassoneh, 21, from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, barreled into the bus stop before bystanders shot […]
  
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• Hollywood ready for world premiere of ‘The Force Awakens’

  14-12-2015 18:32
  
  LOS ANGELES — A half-mile section of Hollywood Boulevard has been closed to traffic and a giant opaque tent now lines four blocks of the famous thoroughfare. Fan bleachers are up and spotlights are everywhere. Could the Academy Awards be coming early to Hollywood? No, bigger: On Monday evening, three theaters will roll out red […]
  
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• Updated: Baltimore jury mulls officer’s fate in Freddie Gray’s death

  14-12-2015 18:31
  
  BALTIMORE — Jurors began deliberating the fate on Monday of the first of six officers to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police van, adding fuel to the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Prosecutors described Officer William Porter as indifferent to Gray’s […]
  
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• Updated: Baltimore braces as first trial in Freddie Gray death closes

  14-12-2015 18:31
  
  BALTIMORE — The city of Baltimore braced for a verdict as closing arguments were made Monday in the first of six trials of police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake urged citizens to continue with business as usual and respect the jury’s decision, but the city also opened an emergency […]
  
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• Baltimore braces as first trial in Freddie Gray death closes

  14-12-2015 18:31
  
  BALTIMORE — The city of Baltimore braced for a verdict as closing arguments were made Monday in the first of six trials of police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said business should continue as usual and that people must respect the jury’s decision, but the city also opened an […]
  
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• Duran sentenced to 30 days in jail, she may kill plea deal

  14-12-2015 18:26
  
  SANTA FE — Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran could spend the holidays behind bars, after judge sentenced her today to 30 days in prison for spending campaign contributions on a self-professed gambling addiction. Duran, who resigned in October and pleaded guilty to six criminal counts, will have until Wednesday to decide whether […]
  
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• Tech titans like Elon Musk are spending $1 billion to save you from terminators

  14-12-2015 18:19
  
  (c) 2015, The Washington Post. Elon Musk and other big tech names are worried that humanity will develop artificial intelligence so smart it becomes a threat to humanity itself – think self-aware killer robots that realize their best course of action is to wipe out mankind. Or, basically, terminators. Musk has been raising the alarm […]
  
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• As rate hike nears, Fed’s hints on future to be scrutinized

  14-12-2015 18:18
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s not about what it will do. It’s about what it will say. The worst-kept secret in the financial world is that the Federal Reserve is all but sure Wednesday to raise interest rates from record lows by a modest quarter point. On that, pretty much everyone agrees. The uncertainty hinges on what […]
  
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• Updated: Chicago officer acquitted of putting gun in suspect’s mouth

  14-12-2015 17:56
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect's throat and pressing a stun…
  
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• Chicago officer acquitted of putting gun in suspect’s mouth

  14-12-2015 17:56
  
  CHICAGO — A Chicago police commander accused of shoving his gun down a suspect’s throat and pressing a stun gun to the man’s groin was acquitted on battery and misconduct charges Monday, in a ruling that comes amid heavy criticism of the police department’s treatment of suspects. Cook County Judge Diane Cannon found Cmdr. Glenn […]
  
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• Seattle to decide whether to let Uber, Lyft drivers unionize

  14-12-2015 16:51
  
  SEATTLE — Seattle may soon become the first city to let drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft collectively bargain over pay and working conditions, a move opposed by the companies and one seen as a test case for the changing 21st century workforce. The city council is to vote Monday on whether […]
  
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• ‘Accidental fur’: Boston company turns roadkill into fashion

  14-12-2015 16:50
  
  BOSTON — Pamela Paquin’s source for fashion is either “tres chic” or will make you shriek. She creates neck muffs, leg warmers, hats, purses and more from roadkill, or “accidental fur,” as she prefers to call it. As owner of Petite Mort Furs, a 2-year-old Boston-area company, she said she’s offering the fur industry an […]
  
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• Robert Kiyosaki’s 5 best money tips of all time

  14-12-2015 16:46
  
  Robert Kiyosaki is one of the best-known names in personal finance largely due to the success of his book “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” in which he wrote that workers won’t get rich toiling away at conventional 9-to-5 jobs. His advice continues to resonate, so GOBankingRates has once again selected him as a finalist in its […]
  
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• Deadline nears for certain seniors to withdraw from IRAs

  14-12-2015 16:46
  
  PITTSBURGH — For senior citizens age 70 1/2 or older who have not yet taken the annual required minimum distribution from their IRAs, time is running out. If seniors unknowingly miss the Dec. 31 deadline, it ends up costing them dearly in the form of a tax penalty that amounts to 50 percent of what […]
  
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• Getting Started: Survey shows adults struggle with financial literacy

  14-12-2015 16:45
  
  Few of us would probably call ourselves financial pros, but a new survey finds that many people worldwide don’t understand even basic money concepts. According to the global survey published recently by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, only one in three adults around the world are considered financially literate. The survey, made up of five […]
  
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• Updated: Prosecutor: French teacher lied about masked attack

  14-12-2015 16:41
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor's office says a teacher who claimed to have been attacked by a masked assailant…
  
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• Updated: Prosecutor: French teacher lied about IS attack claim

  14-12-2015 16:41
  
  PARIS (AP) — A preschool teacher who claimed to have been attacked by a masked assailant invoking Islamic State made…
  
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• Judge allows court fight over Arizona executions to resume

  14-12-2015 16:41
  
  PHOENIX — A federal judge is allowing a court fight to resume over whether Arizona can resume conducting executions. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake last week granted state officials’ request to lift a stay that put the case on hold in 2014 through an agreement by the state and attorneys for death-row inmates. The case […]
  
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• Trump backers baffled by criticism of his Muslim proposal

  14-12-2015 16:40
  
  GREER, S.C. — As she’s working the counter at a hole-in-the-wall hot dog stand named Rosie’s in upstate South Carolina, Tracy Hooker isn’t interested in debating the merits of Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily block Muslims from coming into the United States. She knows some people think it’s bigoted. That others argue it’s impractical, legally […]
  
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• New Mexico campus bans gun sales, raffles at its facilities

  14-12-2015 16:38
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — The Alamogordo branch of New Mexico State University will no longer allow groups to rent its facilities to sell or give away guns. The Alamogordo News reports (http://bit.ly/1RNgZkE ) that NMSU-A Interim President Dr. Ken Van Winkle announced the ban on Wednesday. It puts an end to the fundraiser gun shows that […]
  
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• AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

  14-12-2015 16:38
  
  SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand — Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get beaten. For the next 16 hours, No. 31 and his wife stood in the factory that owned them with their aching hands in ice water. They ripped the guts, heads, tails and […]
  
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• NMSU takes step toward requiring freshmen to live on campus

  14-12-2015 16:37
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Officials took the first step toward requiring most incoming freshmen at New Mexico State University to live on campus for one year. The university’s Board of Regents approved a resolution Friday in support of requiring incoming freshmen to live in student housing, The Las Cruces Sun-News reported (http://bit.ly/1INDBPV). They also expressed […]
  
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• Authorities seek 3 people in armed robbery at casino

  14-12-2015 16:37
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Authorities are seeking two men and a woman who carried out an armed robbery at a casino in the Albuquerque area. The FBI says the trio fled Route 66 Casino Express on Sunday morning with an unspecified amount of money in a silver four-door Ford sedan that had tinted windows and a […]
  
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• Police: Driver with shotgun shot by officer

  14-12-2015 16:36
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Colo. — Police in suburban Denver say an officer shot a driver armed with a shotgun during a traffic stop. The shooting happened Sunday night after an officer from the town of Mountain View pulled the vehicle over in nearby Denver. Police say the man got out of the vehicle with the shotgun […]
  
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• Bloomfield man pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of wife

  14-12-2015 16:36
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — A Bloomfield man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing his wife nearly a year ago during an argument over the thermostat at their home. The Farmington Daily Times reports that (http://bit.ly/1Q5xMjr ) 57-year-old Steve Barela was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison. Barela was accused of fatally stabbing Evelyn […]
  
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