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• Shots fired in SW ABQ road rage, nobody injured

  25-12-2015 22:59
  
  Someone fired at another driver, striking that driver’s vehicle, in an outburst of road rage in Southwest Albuquerque Christmas Day, according to Albuquerque police spokesman Simon Drobik. Nobody was injured in the shooting, which happened at Unser and Dennis Chavez SW Friday afternoon. Drobik said a man, woman and child who was in a rear […]
  
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• Updated: Lobos losing streak up to four after another blowout in Hawaii

  25-12-2015 21:23
  
  The free fall continues. An early morning holiday tipoff in Hawaii brought no reprieve from what has been one of the more disappointing, if not stunning, weeks in recent University of New Mexico basketball history. Washington State never trailed, had all five starters score in double figures and hit 11 3-pointers in an 82-59 blowout […]
  
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• Lobos lose again in Hawaii

  25-12-2015 21:23
  
  Associated Press HONOLULU — Josh Hawkinson and Ike Iroegbu each posted a double-double, and Washington State beat New Mexico 82-59 for seventh place in the Diamond Head Classic on Friday. The Cougars (8-4) never trailed and led by as many as 25 points to snap a two-game losing streak. Hawkinson, a junior forward, had 19 […]
  
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• Updated: Driver charged in I-40 crash that injured three

  25-12-2015 18:26
  
  A Peralta man is facing criminal charges after he was involved in a crash that seriously injured three people and shut down the interstate for five hours Christmas Eve, according to New Mexico State Police. State Police Sgt. Chad Pierce said Gerald Hernandez, 28, of Peralta, was driving on westbound Interstate 40 near Interstate 25 […]
  
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• Man charged in Christmas Eve crash that injured 3

  25-12-2015 18:26
  
  A Peralta man is facing criminal charges after he was involved in an accident that seriously injured three people and shut down the interstate for five hours Christmas Eve, according to New Mexico State Police. State Police Sgt. Chad Pierce said Gerald Hernandez, 28, of Peralta, was driving on westbound I-40 near I-25 when he […]
  
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• Breaking: Man charged in Christmas Eve crash that injured 3

  25-12-2015 18:26
  
  A Peralta man is facing criminal charges after he was involved in an accident that seriously injured three people and shut down the interstate for five hours Christmas Eve, according to New Mexico State Police. State Police Sgt. Chad Pierce said Gerald Hernandez, 28, of Peralta, was driving on westbound I-40 near I-25 when he […]
  
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• You don’t have to believe to believe in Christmas

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Garrison Keillor remembers growing up with a mother who made the holiday bright and a father who grumped about it being a wasteful carnival
  
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• Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: Santa Fe firm sued

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Tobacco company’s terms may mislead
  
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• Santa Fe a top college town?

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Ranking as No. 6 in the nation raises some eyebrows
  
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• Santa Claws

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Saint Nick makes some very special deliveries in ca(t)hoots with the Santa Fe Animal Shelter
  
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• New Mexico early education proposal gets new push

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Democrats and a coalition of 40 groups plan to push–again–for legislation that w ...
  
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• Loaded pistol makes one heck of a baby sitter

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  You might say that Paul Armand Rater, 53, showed extraordinary faith in his 5-year-old granddaughter ...
  
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• ‘Jaydon’s Bill’ would open juvenile records to judges

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Information would be used to set bail or other conditions of release
  
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• Holiday closings

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Christmas Day schedule for government offices and services. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Winter break, classes resume Jan. 5 RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Winter break, classes resume Jan. 5 CITY, STATE, COUNTY AND FEDERAL OFFICES: Closed Christmas Day. CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES: All closed Christmas Day. COURTS: Federal, state District and Metro, closed Christmas Day. POSTAL SERVICE: No mail […]
  
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• Feds want NM to pay back $16M in bonuses

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Investigators have recommended that New Mexico repay the federal government nearly $16 million they...
  
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• Fad turned social movement puts Big Ag on shifting ground

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Between 2006 and 2011, farmers on the western edge of the Midwest's farm belt in Iowa, Nebraska, Min ...
  
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• Bringing comfort and counsel

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Chaplains can help military personnel deal with stressful holidays at home or kids who face trying times in the hospital
  
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• Belen mayor, Bethlehem innkeeper share name

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Jerah Cordova sees special role in protecting city's Nativity scene
  
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• At Santa Fe’s inaugural New Year’s bash, look up

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Mayor promises 'surprise' around midnight
  
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• ‘A toy paradise’

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  Man shares growing collection of Cordova wood chip carvings at museum
  
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• A tip o’ the hat to dispatchers in pizza-party showdown

  25-12-2015 08:05
  
  It's Christmas, and here's some good news.The events that spun out of Gov. Susana Mart ...
  
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• Menzies: Aggies must start better

  25-12-2015 08:02
  
  It's hard to beat a team of Baylor's caliber with 15 first-half turnovers.And for New...
  
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• Beloved in NM, traditional Christmas play has been banned in Mexico at times, no longer is presented in Spain

  25-12-2015 08:02
  
  Many of us who have heard of "Los Pastores" may think of it as a lovely, reverent, traditional New Mexican play that tells a religious story of the shepherds making their way to the manger in Bethlehem to worship the newborn Jesus.
  
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• Baseball: Next door opens for LaFromboise

  25-12-2015 08:02
  
  Bobby LaFromboise is going back to Cali.LaFromboise, a Downey, Calif., native and form ...
  
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• Updated: Desperate for win, Lobos draw the ire of their coach

  25-12-2015 04:41
  
  No, it's not a must win. But considering the way the UNM Lobos have lost their past th ...
  
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• How NORAD became the world’s official Santa-tracker

  25-12-2015 04:32
  
  It was December 1955, the height of the Cold War, when the red phone on Col. Harry Shoup’s desk at the Continental Air Defense Command began to ring. Only an elite few knew the number. Odds were good that a four-star general from the Pentagon was on the other end of the line. Shoup reached […]
  
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• Young fire survivor to share Christmas cheer in shelters

  25-12-2015 03:18
  
  8-year-old girl who lost most of her family in fire receives 1M cards, $400,000, gifts
  
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• Poll: Low confidence in leaders dealing with terrorism

  25-12-2015 03:14
  
  Low confidence in leaders dealing with the threat
  
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• Safety of medical devices outsourced under bill blessed by FDA, industry

  25-12-2015 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  NEW YORK — The Food and Drug Administration and the $110 billion medical device industry held a series of private meetings earlier this year to jointly craft a major bill that loosens regulations on t
  
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• Exercise for the brain: Why 3-D video games might actually be good for your child

  25-12-2015 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  Recent research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and cognitive science has found evidence that playing certain video games can be like exercise for the brain.
  
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• Ohio mom helped by repo man gets gifts from his colleagues

  25-12-2015 01:47
  
  GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Two weeks after a man went to repossess a car and instead ended up offering to help cover a woman’s payments, his colleagues showed up with another surprise: stacks of Christmas gifts for her 10-year-old daughter. A repo man from Relentless Recovery had come for Diana Parks’ car but wept at […]
  
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• Immigration officials plan stepped-up deportations for new year

  25-12-2015 01:46
  
  WASHINGTON — Immigration officials are preparing a nationwide push in January to apprehend and deport Central American families who arrived in recent years and have been ordered by immigration judges to leave, according to officials familiar with the plan. The stepped-up effort will target hundreds of families who decided to follow often-dangerous smuggling routes into […]
  
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• Lunch lady who says free meal led to firing offered job back

  25-12-2015 01:31
  
  POCATELLO, Idaho — A southeastern Idaho cafeteria worker said she was fired for giving a student a free meal costing $1.70, but the school district offered her the job back after a national outcry. Dalene Bowden received a termination letter from the Pocatello School District last week after she gave a tray of food to […]
  
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• Updated: Car accident ties up I-40 traffic for 5 hours in ABQ

  25-12-2015 01:03
  
  Police release few details about serious crash
  
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• I-40 westbound closed at Carlisle due to crash

  25-12-2015 01:03
  
  All lanes of Interstate 40 westbound have been closed at Carlisle due to a serious car crash, according to Albuquerque police spokesman Daren DeAguero. The Albuquerque police said in a social media post that there were injuries in the crash. But DeAguero said he didn’t know how many people were injured or how serious those […]
  
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• Breaking: I-40 westbound closed at Carlisle due to crash

  25-12-2015 01:03
  
  All lanes of Interstate 40 westbound have been closed at Carlisle due to a serious car crash, according to Albuquerque police spokesman Daren DeAguero. The Albuquerque police said in a social media post that there were injuries in the crash. But DeAguero said he didn’t know how many people were injured or how serious those […]
  
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• Breaking: I-40 westbound closed at Big I due to crash

  25-12-2015 01:03
  
  All lanes of Interstate 40 westbound have been closed at the Big I due to a car crash, according to the New Mexico Department of Transportation. — This is a developing story. Additional information will be added as it becomes available.
  
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• Officers search for robbery suspect

  25-12-2015 00:43
  
  Police spent hours Monday searching in Northeast Albuquerque for someone who may have robbed a local store, but they hadn’t found him by mid-afternoon, according to police spokesman Simon Drobik. Drobik didn’t have much information about the incident, but said officers were called to General Stilwell and Chico NE around 11 a.m. after someone reported […]
  
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• Report: US planning immigration raids early in new year

  25-12-2015 00:14
  
  WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is planning nationwide raids aimed at deporting adults and children who have already been ordered removed by an immigration judge. The Washington Post reported in Thursday’s editions that the operation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement would begin as soon as next month and would likely affect hundreds of immigrants […]
  
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• Q&A: Why feds say some IDs not secure enough for air travel

  25-12-2015 00:04
  
  CHICAGO — Sometime in 2016 people from several states could have trouble getting on an airplane or into federal buildings because of a post-Sept. 11 law that tightened requirements for state-issued identification. When that will happen and who will be affected won’t be completely clear until the Department of Homeland Security releases further details of […]
  
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