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• Tribes criticize Utah delegation on monument proposal

  03-01-2016 21:59
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Tribal leaders in the Southwest say they will no longer meet with Utah’s congressional delegation on a proposal to designate a section of southeastern Utah as a national monument, and instead take their interests to the White House. The Salt Lake City Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1ZIN8wa) that a five-tribe coalition is accusing […]
  
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• Montana officials want dollar value on dinosaur fossils

  03-01-2016 20:03
  
  BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana State University is trying to put a value on dinosaur bones after state auditors said they need it for insurance policies. The Museum of the Rockies’ dinosaur experts say it’s unethical and dangerous to treat scientific research like it is marketable. They warn putting a dollar value on fossils would only […]
  
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• Woman cleared of involvement in Glendale robbery

  03-01-2016 19:03
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Glendale police have located a woman who was believed missing after a man was robbed while on a date with someone he met online. Police say the man drove from southern Arizona on Thursday to meet a woman that he met through Facebook. The man says he was at her apartment near […]
  
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• State lawmaker Sylvester Turner takes over as Houston mayor

  03-01-2016 18:38
  
  HOUSTON — Houston officially has a new mayor with Sylvester Turner taking the oath of office. A public inauguration is set for Monday but legal requirements mandate Houston’s mayor be sworn in Jan. 2, so Turner took over on Saturday with a private ceremony. Turner comes to City Hall in Texas’ largest city after serving […]
  
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• Rollover crash near Goodyear kills driver, wounds 3

  03-01-2016 17:17
  
  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — One person has died and a child was ejected when a vehicle rolled over on a busy interstate near Goodyear. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the accident occurred Sunday just before 7 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Palo Verde Road. DPS says there were four people, including […]
  
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• Navajo farmers worry about their future

  03-01-2016 08:05
  
  Many don’t trust San Juan river water
  
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• Iranians protest cleric’s execution

  03-01-2016 08:05
  
  Saudi embassy in Tehran attacked
  
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• William Talbot has navigated through the art world for 30 years in Santa Fe

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  SANTA FE – An oasis of antique maps, prints and paintings greets visitors who climb the staircase to the second floor of this historic West San Francisco Street building.
  
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• Victims’ families unite

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  Their grief fuels fight for tougher laws
  
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• ‘Tis the season to recyle Christmas trees

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  City, PNM turn evergreens into mulch and give it away
  
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• St. Louis area residents face massive cleanup, recovery

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  2 dozen listed dead in historic flooding
  
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• ROBD’s proposed legal reforms

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  The Repeat Offenders Bring Death, Destruction and Devastation group, ROBD, is pushing for the following proposals in the next legislative session, which starts Jan. 19.
  
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• Obama, lawmakers study ways to upgrade parks

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  $11.5B maintenance backlog looms
  
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• New Mexico Philharmonic kicks off the new year with tango beat

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  The New Mexico Philharmonic will set the new year to a tango beat with the "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" on Dec. 10.
  
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• New Mexico delegation’s goals in 2016 Congress

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  State's representatives have varied roles in their support of New Mexico
  
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• In the Marine Corps’ mission against the Islamic State, troops await the new ‘Star Wars’ movie and fight in a battlefield they don’t own

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  AL-TAQADDUM, Iraq – The war here smells like diesel fumes and nostalgia.
  
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• Grandma warns that good intentions can carry price

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  Despite her shame, an Albuquerque woman said she wanted to publicize the way in which she was duped out of $9,600 in hopes it wouldn't happen to anyone else.
  
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• Four free performances of comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance”

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  "The Pirates of Penzance" frees the swashbuckler in us all.
  
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• For parents of heroin addicts, ‘what-ifs’ can persist

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  Whether it’s a condition or a disease, drug dependence is confusing for families to battle
  
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• Exhibit surveys Latin America art, design

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  "New Territories" surveys the innovative, cross-disciplinary collaborations and new directions percolating throughout Latin America since 2000.
  
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• Congress to open with bill to repeal Obamacare

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  Veto override vote planned for Jan. 22
  
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• Branding efforts move marijuana industry into the mainstream

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  Legal protections on shaky ground
  
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• APS shells out $1.7M in legal fees in 10 months

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  With no in-house lawyers, district has hefty tab for outside counsel
  
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• Air Force budget shortfall to confront next president

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force's nine major aviation programs – from the costly F-35 to a new long-range strike bomber – will present the next president with a budget dilemma that will only worsen as spending accelerates, according to a new analysis.
  
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• A year in New Mexico

  03-01-2016 08:02
  
  From a ride-along with the Border Patrol in the Bootheel to the trek to Santuario de Chimayó – just to name a few journeys – Albuquerque Journal photographers brought readers along with them through their coverage of stories this past year.
  
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• UFC 195: Condit loses split decision

  03-01-2016 06:46
  
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Robbie Lawler defended his UFC welterweight belt with a bruising split-decision victory over Albuquerque’s and Jackson-Wink MMA’s Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Saturday night. Lawler (27-10) was awarded the narrow decision after an outstanding five-round brawl. Condit (30-9) landed 120 more strikes and wobbled the champion multiple times, but Lawler’s […]
  
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• Breaking: APD searches for missing 3-year-old girl

  03-01-2016 05:49
  
  Albuquerque police have launched a “massive search” after a vehicle was stolen from a grocery store parking lot with a 3-year-old girl inside. Officer Daren DeAguero said officers located the vehicle, but the child was no longer inside. The vehicle was taken at approximately 8:26 p.m. Saturday from the Smith’s parking lot at 6001 Lomas NE. The girl […]
  
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• Lobo men win at Fresno State, move to 2-0 in the Mountain West

  03-01-2016 05:39
  
  The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team defeated Fresno State 77-62 on Saturday night in Mountain West Conference play in Fresno, Calif. The victory improved UNM to 9-6 overall, 2-0 in league play. Fresno State fell to 10-5, 1-1. Check back here later and in Sunday’s Journal print edition for further coverage.    
  
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• Holm signs contract extension

  03-01-2016 05:10
  
  UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm has signed a contract extension, Lenny Fresquez, Holm’s Albuquerque promoter, said via text Saturday night. Terms were not disclosed. Fresquez said the Albuquerque fighter’s next fight will be announced by the UFC next week Holm (10-0 overall, 3-0 UFC) won the title in stunning fashion by upsetting Ronda Rousey […]
  
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• Updated: Crash closes 2nd Street, driver investigated for DWI

  03-01-2016 04:47
  
  A man is under investigation for DWI after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a structure on Second Street Saturday evening, police said. Second Street was closed briefly as officers investigated the single-vehicle wreck that occurred before 8:30 p.m. just south of Bridge, according to Officer Daren DeAguero. Police reopened Second Street around 9:15 p.m. The driver […]
  
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• Poor-shooting Lobo women lose in 2 OTs to Fresno State

  03-01-2016 03:11
  
  Write this one up as a doubly painful miss. Missed shots from just about everywhere added up to a missed opportunity for the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team Saturday. Despite a wild rally to force overtime, the Lobos couldn’t convert often enough to avoid a 69-65 double-overtime loss to Fresno State at the […]
  
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• Cleveland High’s Hattis to play in Sunday all-star game

  03-01-2016 02:57
  
  Cleveland High School offensive tackle Henry Hattis tonight will participate on Sunday night in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl Game at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. The Stanford-bound Hattis (6-foot-7, 270 pounds) will be on the West roster for the contest, which is being televised by Fox Sports 1 at 7 on Sunday night. Hattis, […]
  
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• Woman dragged trying to stop carjacker in Albuquerque

  03-01-2016 00:26
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police say a man allegedly tried to carjack a vehicle with a passenger inside, dragging the car’s owner. KOAT-TV reported Saturday that Valerie Valdez had run into a Walgreens drug store while her friend waited in the car. Valdez says she then saw the suspect get into the driver’s seat of […]
  
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• Missing skiers at Ski Apache resort found uninjured

  03-01-2016 00:26
  
  MESCALERO, N.M. — Two skiers who went missing at a southern New Mexico have been found. KOAT-TV  that the two men were found Saturday uninjured. The men, ages 23 and 27, were last seen Friday at Ski Apache in Mescalero. They were reported missing after they never made it back to their vehicle by 4 […]
  
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• Updated: Suspect arrested in beer game shooting

  03-01-2016 00:20
  
  One killed, one hurt on New Year’s Eve
  
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• Man arrested in New Year’s shooting

  03-01-2016 00:20
  
  For the second time in a week, a beer drinking game turned deadly in Albuquerque. Nathan Ware, 22, was arrested early Saturday in connection with a New Year’s Eve shooting at a party in the 200 block of Estancia NW that left Joray Chavez dead and Robert McCoy injured. A criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan […]
  
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