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• Wrong-way driver goes over 100 mph before deadly crash

  21-12-2015 23:57
  
  SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — California Highway Patrol officers said Monday they were investigating why a 29-year-old motorist from the San Diego area crossed the U.S.-Mexico border only to turn around at a checkpoint and lead authorities on a deadly, 100 mph pursuit. The 38-mile, wrong-way run ended Sunday on busy Interstate 5 with a head-on […]
  
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• Eight businesses list NM as a finalist for expansion or relocation

  21-12-2015 23:46
  
  The New Mexico Partnership says the eight prospects, which are not identified, are expected to reach their decisions in the first quarter.
  
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• Houston police arrest worker in fatal shooting of supervisor

  21-12-2015 23:44
  
  HOUSTON — Houston police have arrested a city worker following the fatal shooting of his boss during an argument at a municipal waste management facility. Police spokesman John Cannon says the suspect was arrested Monday morning after walking out of the building. Investigators are trying to determine what sparked the argument and the shooting in […]
  
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• Updated: Bill and Hillary Clinton to become grandparents, again

  21-12-2015 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON — There may be one more Clinton on the campaign trail next fall. Chelsea Clinton, the only child of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced Monday that she is expecting her second child next summer. “Charlotte is going to be a big sister! Feeling very blessed & grateful […]
  
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• Bill and Hillary Clinton to become grandparents, again

  21-12-2015 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON — There may be one more Clinton on the campaign trail this fall. Chelsea Clinton, the only child of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced Monday that she is expecting her second child next summer. “‘Charlotte is going to be a big sister! Feeling very blessed & grateful […]
  
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• Updated: Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore warning symptoms

  21-12-2015 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack, but worse: The heart abruptly stops beating, its […]
  
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• Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore warning symptoms

  21-12-2015 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack but worse: The heart abruptly stops beating, its […]
  
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• Updated: New ABQ Starbucks is biggest in state

  21-12-2015 23:39
  
  The just-opened cafe near 12th Street and I-40 also is the only stand-alone licensed Starbucks in the world owned by a Native American company.
  
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• New Native American-run Starbucks biggest in state

  21-12-2015 23:39
  
  The just-opened cafe near 12th Street and I-40 is the only stand-alone licensed Starbucks in the world owned by a Native American company.
  
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• New ABQ Starbucks is biggest in state

  21-12-2015 23:39
  
  The just-opened cafe near 12th Street and I-40 also is the only stand-alone licensed Starbucks in the world owned by a Native American company.
  
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• New Hampshire police: No current credible threat to schools

  21-12-2015 23:18
  
  NASHUA, N.H. — Police who investigated threats to hurt students and teachers at schools in the state’s second largest district concluded Monday that they weren’t credible and that schools would reopen Tuesday. The threats to the Nashua school district were made by email to an administrator Sunday and were specific enough for officials to shut […]
  
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• Republicans allege potential interference in EPA spill probe

  21-12-2015 23:15
  
  House Republicans want the Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to look into potential agency interference with an investigation into a 3-million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado mine, fouling rivers in three states including New Mexico. The Republicans said agency interviews with personnel involved in the spill may have tainted the Inspector General’s […]
  
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• Navajo Nation on track for first utility-scale solar plant

  21-12-2015 22:43
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation’s first utility-scale solar plant is on track to be built by the end of 2016. The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority says the $64 million plant in Kayenta (kuh-YHEN’-tuh) will be capable of powering an average 7,700 homes on the reservation. The utility’s general manager, Walter Haase, says the tribe […]
  
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• New trial date set for officer charged in Freddie Gray death

  21-12-2015 22:24
  
  BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge scheduled a retrial date Monday following the mistrial of one of six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. A new trial for William Porter has been scheduled for June 13; the other five officers will be tried before that, meaning prosecutors may no longer go through […]
  
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• Updated: Texas man charged in Oklahoma interstate shootings

  21-12-2015 22:23
  
  ARAPAHO, Okla. — A Texas man accused of killing two people while randomly firing his gun along an Oklahoma interstate was charged Monday with first-degree murder. Jeremy Doss Hardy, 36, of Pasadena, Texas, was arraigned in Custer County, where he was arrested about an hour after reports came in Wednesday night about a man in […]
  
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• Texas man charged in Oklahoma interstate shootings

  21-12-2015 22:23
  
  ARAPAHO, Okla. — A Texas man accused of killing two people while randomly firing his gun along an Oklahoma interstate was charged Monday with first-degree murder. Jeremy Doss Hardy, 36, of Pasadena, Texas, was arraigned in Custer County, where he was arrested about an hour after reports came in Wednesday night about a man in […]
  
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• Attorneys: Man incompetent to stand trial in deputy’s death

  21-12-2015 22:23
  
  HOUSTON — Attorneys for the man accused of repeatedly shooting a Houston-area sheriff’s deputy at a gas station say the man has been found by a medical expert to be incompetent to stand trial. Prosecutors say Shannon Miles shot Deputy Darren Goforth 15 times on Aug. 28 as the law enforcement officer was filling up […]
  
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• Box Office Top 20: ‘Star Wars’ bests ‘Jurassic World’ record

  21-12-2015 22:22
  
  LOS ANGELES — The dinosaurs of “Jurassic World” may still rule 2015 overall, but their opening weekend records have been annihilated by “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which debuted to an astronomical $248 million this weekend — about $10 million more than initial estimates. Not only does that squash the $208.8 million opening weekend of […]
  
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• Updated: NFL suspends Giants WR Beckham for 1 game

  21-12-2015 22:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Losing control during Sunday's loss to the Panthers will cost Giants star receiver Odell Beckham Jr.…
  
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• NFL suspends Giants WR Beckham for 1 game

  21-12-2015 22:08
  
  NEW YORK — The NFL has suspended New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. for one game for his conduct in Sunday’s loss to Carolina in which he drew three personal foul penalties. Beckham would miss Sunday night’s game at Minnesota. He has the right to appeal the suspension that was announced Monday. Beckham […]
  
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• Contract to manage federal nuke lab up for grabs after 2017

  21-12-2015 21:49
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The $2 billion contract to manage one of the federal government’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories will be up for grabs after 2017. The National Nuclear Security Administration has decided not to grant an extension of Los Alamos National Security’s contract to run the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Members of New Mexico’s […]
  
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• CDC reports more recent outbreak of E. coli cases at Chipotle

  21-12-2015 21:49
  
  NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is investigating more recent cases of E. coli cases linked to Chipotle, and that it does not know yet if they are linked to a larger outbreak that began in October. So far, the agency says five people have been reported sick in […]
  
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• New Mexico struggles with campaign finance enforcement

  21-12-2015 21:41
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran was able to funnel thousands of dollars in campaign donations to her private bank accounts during a gambling binge without any regulatory agency noticing that she was breaking the law. Duran’s own agency was in charge of regulating campaign finance, but it was […]
  
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• New: Judge keeps bond high for man accused in triple-fatal DWI

  21-12-2015 21:33
  
  Impassioned words form the families of three victims killed in a drunk driving crash helped persuade ...
  
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• Facebook to enable viewing of Apple’s animated photos

  21-12-2015 21:32
  
  NEW YORK — The latest iPhones come with the ability to turn still images into video — just like magic — but sharing options had been limited to other Apple apps. That’s changing as Facebook, one of the leading forums for photo sharing, adds Apple’s Live Photos feature to Facebook’s iPhone and iPad app. Facebook […]
  
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• The Latest: Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen listed as missing

  21-12-2015 21:20
  
  DALLAS — The latest on the disappearance of Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck and whose lawyer invoked an “affluenza” argument that his wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility (all times local): 10 a.m. A missing person report has been filed for the mother […]
  
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• More than $1B in disaster funds unspent since Dolly, Ike

  21-12-2015 21:19
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Records show more than a third of the $3 billion in federal disaster recovery funds available for Texas after 2008 hurricanes Ike and Dolly remains unspent. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1J1YNlk ) reported Sunday that several state reports and audits confirm the delays. Members of a Texas Senate committee want the disbursement process […]
  
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• Regime change debate creates unusual 2016 alliances

  21-12-2015 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON — America’s 2016 presidential candidates are split on promoting regime change in the Middle East, but not along the usual party lines. GOP contenders Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are finding common cause with Democrats Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley in suggesting it’s better to keep authoritarian leaders — including Syria’s Bashar […]
  
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• Outraged Colombians look for blame in Miss Universe mix-up

  21-12-2015 21:18
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombians celebrated for a little more than two minutes what appeared to be an unprecedented feat for this beauty pageant-obsessed South American nation: back-to-back Miss Universe titles. From President Juan Manuel Santos to Miss Colombia’s relatives in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla, millions of Colombians who tuned in for Sunday’s pageant […]
  
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• US official: 6 US troops killed in Afghan attack, 2 wounded

  21-12-2015 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON — A U.S. official says six American troops were killed in a suicide attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Two others were wounded along with an Afghan. The troops were killed Monday when an attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into their patrol in a village near the airfield. The Taliban has claimed responsibility. The […]
  
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• Texas nurse faces 90 years for health care fraud

  21-12-2015 21:17
  
  DENTON, Texas — A North Texas registered nurse faces up to 90 years in federal prison after being convicted of health care fraud in a billing scam. Florence Kroma of Denton was convicted of nine counts of fraud related to billings from 2008 to 2013. Prosecutors on Monday announced the 55-year-old nurse was convicted Friday […]
  
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• Oklahoma to pursue marijuana lawsuit against Colorado

  21-12-2015 21:16
  
  WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has said that he plans to continue to press the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue Colorado over its marijuana laws, despite objection from President Obama’s administration. Oklahoma and Nebraska asked for the court’s permission a year ago to sue Colorado over aspects of its marijuana legalization […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Woman held in Vegas crash is on suicide watch

  21-12-2015 21:15
  
  LAS VEGAS — The latest on a deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local): 1:20 p.m. The woman suspected of plowing a car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip is on suicide watch, and a defense attorney says that raises questions about her mental state. Deputy Clark County Public Defender Scott […]
  
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• The Latest: Child welfare officials have daughter of suspect

  21-12-2015 21:15
  
  LAS VEGAS — The latest on a deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local): 11:40 a.m. The 3-year-old daughter of a woman suspected of plowing a car into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip is being cared for by child protective services. A Clark County spokesman, Erik Pappa, cited […]
  
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• Staples says FTC rejected updated offer of Office Depot

  21-12-2015 19:57
  
  NEW YORK — Federal regulators rejected an offer from Staples to sell $1.25 billion in contracts, an attempt on the part of the office supply retailer to ease monopoly fears as it tries to acquire rival Office Depot. The Federal Trade Commission sought to block the deal earlier this month believing that a tie up […]
  
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• KaloBios fires embattled pharmaceutical executive Shkreli

  21-12-2015 18:34
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — In barely 24 hours, Martin Shkreli went from an egotistical pharmaceutical boy wonder running two small drug developers and live-streaming his daily activities to unemployed and facing securities fraud charges that could land him in prison for years. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, one of Shkreli’s companies, said Monday in a statement that it had […]
  
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• Study shows limited long-term gains in K-3 Plus Program

  21-12-2015 18:02
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico summer education program that is requesting $29 million in funding appears to have little long-term effects for students, a new study said. A Utah State University political science professor presented the findings of a five-year study of the K-3 Plus Program to lawmakers earlier this week. Professor Damon […]
  
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• Albuquerque’s first cat cafe lands location

  21-12-2015 17:59
  
  Owner hopes to open Gatos y Galletas by early 2016
  
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• Updated: Driver repeatedly plows into people on Vegas Strip; 1 dies

  21-12-2015 17:58
  
  LAS VEGAS — A driver with a 3-year-old in her car repeatedly smashed into crowds of visitors on the Las Vegas Strip, killing a woman from Arizona and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. Video of the car plowing into pedestrians in front of the Paris and Planet Hollywood casino-hotels “looks like it’s very intentional,” […]
  
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• Driver repeatedly plows into people on Vegas Strip; 1 dies

  21-12-2015 17:58
  
  LAS VEGAS — A driver with a 3-year-old in her car repeatedly smashed into crowds of visitors on the Las Vegas Strip, killing a woman from Arizona and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. Video of the car plowing into pedestrians in front of the Paris and Planet Hollywood casino-hotels “looks like it’s very intentional,” […]
  
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• Federal grand jury sought records related to Susana Martinez

  21-12-2015 17:04
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The office where Gov. Susana Martinez once served as Dona Ana County’s top prosecutor was asked to turn over documents including a variety of payroll, expense and law enforcement records connected to her. The 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office was called on to give the records for a federal grand jury […]
  
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• Official: New procedures developed on teacher records

  21-12-2015 17:01
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona education official says new procedures have been developed so teacher certification records are timely and accurate after it was revealed that numerous cases of teacher-misconduct discipline either weren’t entered in databases since 2010 or contained errors. The Arizona Capitol Times reports (http://bit.ly/1S4CVHZ ) that the record-keeping mess allowed databases, in many […]
  
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• Fans of honest Colorado busboy raise over $3,800 for him

  21-12-2015 17:01
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A struggling Colorado busboy who returned $3,000 in cash that he found on the floor is getting rewarded with a big tip. As of Monday, people impressed with Johnny Duckworth’s honesty have raised nearly over $3,800 through gofundme.com. He found the cash inside an envelope behind a booth at Randy’s Southside […]
  
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• Amarillo police fatally shoot armed man, 31, at house

  21-12-2015 17:00
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Amarillo police have fatally shot an armed man when he appeared to move his gun in the direction of officers. Lt. Erick Bohannon says the shooting happened Sunday as police were dispatched about a suicidal person with a gun. Bohannon says officers arrived at the house and located the man, 31-year-old Mark […]
  
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• Bus driver found most at fault for 2013 crash in Colorado

  21-12-2015 16:59
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — A jury has decided that the bus driver is most at fault in a 2013 crash that left three people with incapacitating injuries. The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/1mePJ1Y) that a Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus slammed into a concrete barrier and overturned, ejecting six of 11 passengers. It had been swerving to […]
  
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• Astronauts help move stalled rail car during spacewalk

  21-12-2015 16:59
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Two American astronauts helped move a stalled rail car back into place outside the International Space Station on Monday, quickly finishing the primary job of an unplanned spacewalk before moving on to other housekeeping tasks. NASA’s one-year spaceman, Scott Kelly, and astronaut Timothy Kopra took just a little more than a half-hour […]
  
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• Amarillo police break up cockfighting site, dozen arrests

  21-12-2015 16:58
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Amarillo police have arrested a dozen people suspected of attending cockfights. Police on Sunday announced the arrests and said that several birds were seized by animal control officials. Investigators say the suspects allegedly paid an entrance fee to get into the barn before the place was raided Saturday night. Amarillo police found […]
  
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• 2 bighorn sheep in Catalina Mountains found dead

  21-12-2015 16:58
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — State wildlife officials say two bighorn sheep have died in the Catalina Mountains, where efforts are underway to rebuild a herd that disappeared from the range north of Tucson in the 1990s. The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Rz49aB ) that one ewe died Dec. 9 from pneumonia. Another bighorn found dead Dec. […]
  
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• 3 Texas brothers accused in fatal beating of 83-year-old

  21-12-2015 16:57
  
  IRVING, Texas — An 83-year-old North Texas woman has died after police say three brothers attacked her outside a neighbor’s home. Police were called to a southeast Irving residence around 4 p.m. Saturday, found Dessie Hancock unconscious on the ground and transported her to a local hospital. Police say she died around 9 p.m. Sunday. […]
  
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• Authorities say 7 victims escape following home invasion

  21-12-2015 16:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says seven people are safe following a home invasion and two suspects are in custody. Spokeswoman Jackie Kirby said dispatchers got repeated 911 hang-up calls from a home on Saturday and heard a woman crying. The SWAT team went into the home and rescued four […]
  
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