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• Cancer patient en route to hospital stops to free woman, child from car

  06-01-2016 23:49
  
  An Albuquerque man on his way to a local hospital for scheduled cancer treatment, sprang into action Wednesday to free a woman and her young child from a sport utility vehicle that suddenly slid off the road onto its side and slammed into a house. David Spencer, 48, was in a car being driven by […]
  
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• Updated: Trooper in Sandra Bland traffic stop indicted, fired

  06-01-2016 23:43
  
  HEMPSTEAD, Texas — A Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland after a contentious traffic stop last summer was fired Wednesday after being charged with perjury for allegedly lying about his confrontation with the black woman who died three days later in jail. Trooper Brian Encinia claimed in an affidavit that Bland was “combative and […]
  
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• Updated: Grand jury indicts trooper in Sandra Bland traffic stop

  06-01-2016 23:43
  
  HEMPSTEAD, Texas — A Texas state trooper was charged with perjury on Wednesday in connection to the contentious traffic stop last summer of Sandra Bland, a black woman who wound up arrested for assault and then died three days later in jail. A grand jury indicted Trooper Brian Encinia on the misdemeanor count, alleging he […]
  
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• Move to let female pilots ashes rest at Arlington Cemetery

  06-01-2016 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — An Arizona congresswoman is introducing legislation to ensure that a group of female World War II pilots can have their ashes laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The pilots, known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, flew military aircraft in noncombat roles during the war to free up male pilots for […]
  
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• Rust delays opening of Jorgensen Cancer Center

  06-01-2016 23:05
  
  Presbyterian Rust Medical Center is pushing back the opening of its freestanding cancer center. The facility, which will be called the Ted and  Margaret Jorgensen Cancer Center, is part of the first phase of a new $89 million patient tower and was scheduled to have opened Jan. 5. “We have postponed the opening of the […]
  
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• Macy’s to cut up to 4,800 jobs after weak holiday sales

  06-01-2016 22:52
  
  NEW YORK — Macy’s is cutting up to 4,800 jobs after disappointing holiday sales. The Cincinnati-based department store chain says sales fell 5.2 percent in November and December at existing stores. Warm weather and lower spending by international tourists hurt sales. The company also listed Wednesday which 40 stores it would close. It had announced […]
  
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• Fed minutes: Some saw December rate hike as ‘close call’

  06-01-2016 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON — Despite the Federal Reserve’s unanimous vote to raise a key interest rate last month, some policymakers viewed their decision as a “close call” because of stubbornly low inflation. Going forward, officials believed economic conditions would likely justify “only gradual increases” in its benchmark rate, minutes of the Fed’s December meeting released Wednesday showed. […]
  
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• Colorado woman shot through wall by neighbor cleaning gun

  06-01-2016 22:28
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Police in Colorado Springs say a woman sitting on a couch in her apartment was shot through a wall after her neighbor accidentally fired his gun while cleaning it. The woman was taken to the hospital after Tuesday night’s shooting with what police described as a minor injury. Police say 51-year-old […]
  
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• Santa Fe police investigating pawn shop shooting

  06-01-2016 22:14
  
  SANTA FE — Santa Fe Police Department Capt. Marvin Paulk said officers are investigating a shooting that took place just before noon Wednesday at Pawn City on Cerrillos Road. Paulk said police were dispatched to the store on 3668 Cerrillos Road for reports of a robbery, but he said it was later classified as a […]
  
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• New Mexico State Police: Driver arrested for 7th DWI offense

  06-01-2016 21:50
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. — New Mexico State Police say a Las Vegas man has been arrested for the seventh time on a DWI offense. They say 52-year-old Arthur Lucero was taken into custody on Dec. 31 after he was found in his vehicle parked on the shoulder of County Road 171 with the keys still […]
  
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• Police say suspicious death in NW ABQ not homicide

  06-01-2016 21:32
  
  Investigators have determined that a man found dead under suspicious circumstances in a Northwest Albuquerque apartment Tuesday morning died a “natural death,” according to a police spokesman. Police said a woman called them to an apartment on the 1200 block of Candelaria NW Tuesday morning and said her husband was covered in blood in their […]
  
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• Updated: Top leaders of Bandidos biker gang indicted

  06-01-2016 21:25
  
  SAN ANTONIO — National leaders of the Bandidos biker gang were arrested Wednesday on charges accusing them of racketeering and waging a deadly “war” on the rival Cossacks gang, federal authorities said. An indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio accuses three Bandidos leaders of sanctioning a three-year fight that included violent […]
  
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• Cruz’s birth in Canada unlikely to cloud run for president

  06-01-2016 21:25
  
  WASHINGTON — It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama’s birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of an American mother and Kenyan father from taking office as president. The justices turned away those challenges as fast as they arrived at the courthouse door, much as […]
  
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• Man charged in Texas slaying, lone suspect in judge shooting

  06-01-2016 21:24
  
  HOUSTON — Prosecutors say a man charged in a Houston-area fatal shooting is the lone suspect in the wounding of a judge in Austin overseeing his probation in a 2012 fraud case. Chimene (CHIM’-uh-nay) Hamilton Onyeri (ahn-ee-EER’-ee) is accused in the May slaying of Jacobi Alexander. Onyeri was being held on a murder charge with […]
  
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• Study: Mexico violence caused drop in male life expectancy

  06-01-2016 21:23
  
  MEXICO CITY — A new study suggests that Mexico’s drug violence was so bad at its peak that it apparently caused the nation’s male life expectancy to drop by several months. Experts say the violence from 2005-2010 partly reversed decades of steady gains, noting that homicide rates increased from 9.5 homicides per 100,000 people in […]
  
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• Nosh is no more: Nob Hill deli calls it quits

  06-01-2016 21:23
  
  What was thought to be a temporary closure at Nosh Jewish Deli is now considered permanent. Alisa Turtletaub-Young said a refrigeration breakdown forced her to halt operations at her Nob Hill delicatessen a few weeks ago. While she thought she might eventually reopen, the equipment hiccup instead prompted her to re-evaluate the situation and shut […]
  
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• Police find vehicle in fatal Four Hills stabbing case

  06-01-2016 21:22
  
  Police have found the black 1988 Chevy Blazer that is a key piece of evidence in the fatal Four Hills stabbing last month. Tyler Hernandez and Craig Whited were arrested in December for allegedly killing Bill McKinley, who police believe confronted them when Hernandez tried to break into his car. In addition to McKinley’s car, four other […]
  
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• Gary Johnson announces Libertarian presidential run

  06-01-2016 20:14
  
  Former Gov. Gary Johnson just made it official: He’s running for president again as Libertarian candidate. Johnson made the announcement during an appearance Wednesday on Neil Cavuto’s “Coast to Coast” on the Fox Business Network moments ago. Johnson, who served two terms as a Republican governor of New Mexico from 1994 to 2003, also ran […]
  
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• Pedestrian killed in crash at Jefferson and I-25

  06-01-2016 19:59
  
  A pedestrian was killed in a car crash early this morning at Jefferson and I-25, according to Albuquerque police. Police say a vehicle collided with a pedestrian before 12:45 a.m. Officers don’t believe the driver was drunk, according to Lt. Ferris Simmons. Police had the southbound off-ramp closed while they investigated the crash. The driver […]
  
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• Former Gov. Bill Richardson cited for crash in Santa Fe, says it was minor `tap’ on bumper

  06-01-2016 19:33
  
  Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has been cited for a vehicle crash he was involved with somewhere in downtown Santa Fe. Santa Fe city government spokesman Matt Ross confirmed that Richardson was cited for following too closely and failing to report an accident. A failure to report violation is essentially the same as a […]
  
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• Texas grand jury meets again to examine Sandra Bland case

  06-01-2016 19:19
  
  HEMPSTEAD, Texas — A grand jury has resumed considering the case of Sandra Bland, the black Chicago-area woman who died in a Texas county jail three days after her arrest in a traffic stop last summer. A team of special prosecutors are presenting evidence Wednesday before the same Waller County jurors who last month declined […]
  
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• South Texas city councilman charged in human smuggling case

  06-01-2016 19:18
  
  DEL RIO, Texas — A South Texas city councilman has been arrested on human smuggling charges for allegedly trying to transport three immigrants to San Antonio. Marco Antonio Rodriguez of Crystal City faces a federal detention hearing Thursday in Del Rio. Rodriguez serves on the council in Crystal City, a town of about 7,000 located […]
  
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• Effort to get homeless safe as another storm hits California

  06-01-2016 19:18
  
  LOS ANGELES — The most powerful storm yet in a series of El Nino storms pushed onto the California coast Wednesday as police and outreach teams kept an eye on riverbeds where thousands of the city’s homeless live and would be vulnerable to flash flooding. Los Angeles authorities have spent days getting the transients from […]
  
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• Libertarian Gary Johnson launches presidential bid

  06-01-2016 19:16
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Libertarian politician Gary Johnson is running for president a second time after winning more than a million votes in 2012. Johnson announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination Wednesday at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe. The two-time New Mexico governor and pioneering proponent of drug decriminalization wants […]
  
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• New Mexico sees continuing drop in teen birth rates

  06-01-2016 19:14
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is maintaining a trend of declining teen birth rates. The state Department of Health announced Wednesday that vital records show an overall 57 percent drop between 2000 and 2014 for teens 15-17 years old giving birth. Records also show a 35 percent decrease of teen birth rates for 15-19 year […]
  
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• Powerball jackpot surges to $500M in hours before drawing

  06-01-2016 18:59
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $500 million as more people across the country buy a chance at the biggest prize in nearly a year. Officials with the Multi-State Lottery Association raised the jackpot estimate from $450 million due to strong sales before Wednesday night’s drawing. The jackpot ranks […]
  
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• Valeant names Howard Schiller as interim CEO

  06-01-2016 17:33
  
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals has named former finance chief Howard Schiller as interim CEO while the troubled drug company’s chairman and chief executive remains hospitalized with severe pneumonia. Valeant said Tuesday that J. Michael Pearson is still on medical leave, and it did not know when he would return. Schiller will become interim CEO immediately and Robert […]
  
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• Updated: The Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset will sell for $599

  06-01-2016 17:32
  
  LAS VEGAS — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local): 10:00 a.m. The much-hyped Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will cost $599 and ship to 20 countries beginning on March 28, the company said Wednesday. Bundles that include a powerful computer needed to use the device […]
  
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• Startups take the limelight at the CES gadget show

  06-01-2016 17:32
  
  LAS VEGAS — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local): 8:15 a.m. The CES gadget show, which officially opens at 10:00 a.m. today in Las Vegas, has begun catering more heavily to startups hoping to break through the noise. The sprawling show has sections for wearable […]
  
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• New Mexico election officials unveil lobbyist training guide

  06-01-2016 17:08
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s top election officials are looking to reduce confusion and increase accountability with a new training guide for lobbyists. The Secretary of State’s Office is rolling out the guide and offering two webinars in advance of the Legislature’s next session, which begins Jan. 19. Campaign finance scandals over the last […]
  
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• William Talbot has navigated Santa Fe art world for 30 years

  06-01-2016 17:07
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — 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. A rare Republic of Texas map dating to 1842-44 is all squiggly lines abutting the Gulf of Mexico. Gene Kloss’ ghostly landscapes and churches lure […]
  
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• David Hummer, co-founder of Boulder Beer Co., dies at 81

  06-01-2016 17:06
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — David Hummer, astrophysicist and co-founder of the Boulder Beer Company, has died. He was 81. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/1OaIkbE ) that the brewery will hold a public memorial service for Hummer on Wednesday. He sold the brewery in 1989, but still regularly stopped in for a pint. Hummer helped start the […]
  
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• Northbound I-17 closed near Sedona due to winter storm

  06-01-2016 17:05
  
  SEDONA, Ariz. — Northbound Interstate 17 is closed in northern Arizona north of Sedona due to hazardous conditions resulting from a winter storm. The Arizona Department of Transportation says the closure Wednesday morning is at State Route 179, the turnoff to Sedona. The department says the closure is because of heavy snowfall and icy conditions. […]
  
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• Goldwater Institute lawyer to serve on Arizona Supreme Court

  06-01-2016 17:05
  
  PHOENIX — A longtime attorney for the conservative-leaning Goldwater Institute has beaten out several judges to be the next justice on Arizona’s highest court. Gov. Doug Ducey announced Wednesday that he has appointed Clint Bolick, the institute’s vice president of litigation, to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court. The appointment is Ducey’s first […]
  
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• Updated: Trying to right itself, a criminal investigation at Chipotle

  06-01-2016 17:04
  
  NEW YORK — Chipotle, already battered by a series of food scares tied to its restaurants, disclosed Wednesday that it has been served with a subpoena as part of a federal criminal investigation. The company said in a regulatory filing that it was asked to produce a broad range of documents tied to a norovirus […]
  
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• Dona Ana sheriff seeks trial in restraining-order lawsuit

  06-01-2016 17:04
  
  LAS CRUCES – Doña Ana County Sheriff Enrique “Kiki” Vigil has retained an attorney and is seeking a court trial in a civil case connected to his agency’s temporary takeover of the county detention center on Dec. 8. Vigil, in a Monday filing in state district court, defended his agency’s presence in the jail and […]
  
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• Chipotle subpoenaed as part of investigation; sales plunge

  06-01-2016 17:04
  
  NEW YORK — Chipotle has been served with a federal subpoena as part of a criminal investigation tied to a norovirus outbreak at one of its restaurants. The subpoena, received last month, requires Chipotle to produce a broad range of documents tied to a restaurant in Simi Valley, California, where a norovirus outbreak took place […]
  
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• Spouse: Texan mentioned Bible after carving pentagram on son

  06-01-2016 17:03
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas woman has testified that her husband mentioned the Bible as she tried to stop him from carving a pentagram on the back of their 6-year-old son. Brent Bartel of Richland Hills faces up to life in prison if convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the 2012 […]
  
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• Pueblo, Colo. foster mom gets 7-year prison sentence

  06-01-2016 17:02
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — A Pueblo woman who pleaded guilty in the death of her 2-year-old foster daughter has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Pueblo Chieftain reports (http://bit.ly/1Ra9BAE ) 24-year-old Sarah Finn was sentenced Monday. She previously pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death under a plea agreement for the August 2014 […]
  
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• Man, woman arrested after about $428K found in vehicle

  06-01-2016 17:02
  
  SCHULENBERG, Texas — A man and a woman have been arrested after authorities seized about $428,000 in cash from a vehicle during a traffic stop in Schulenberg. The Austin American-Statesman reports that a 28-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, both from Mexico, were arrested for felony money laundering and taken to the Fayette County Jail. […]
  
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• Armed group in Oregon fears raid; critics decry goals

  06-01-2016 17:01
  
  BURNS, Ore. — The small, armed group occupying a remote national wildlife preserve in Oregon has said repeatedly that local people should control federal lands — a sentiment that frustrates critics who say the lands are already managed to help everyone from ranchers to recreationalists. With the takeover entering its fourth day Wednesday, authorities had […]
  
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• VW exec sees US fixes soon in emissions test cheating

  06-01-2016 17:00
  
  LAS VEGAS — The top executive of the Volkswagen brand worldwide says he’s optimistic that U.S. environmental regulators will approve fixes within the coming weeks or months for diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests. Brand CEO Herbert Diess said Tuesday night at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas that the company is having […]
  
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• Tucson trial of Border Patrol agent is rescheduled to March

  06-01-2016 17:00
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused in the fatal cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager has been rescheduled for March 22. Lonnie Swartz was indicted by a federal grand jury in September on one count of second-degree murder. He’s charged in the October 2012 death of 16-year-old Jose Antonio […]
  
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• US trade deficit narrowed in November

  06-01-2016 16:59
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit dropped to the lowest level in nine months in November as exports fell to a nearly four-year low. The November deficit fell 5 percent to $42.4 billion, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Exports contracted 1.6 percent to $182.2 billion, the smallest monthly total since January 2012. Imports were also […]
  
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• Sunland Park man shot by police faces 25 charges

  06-01-2016 16:59
  
  LAS CRUCES – An 18-year-old Sunland Park man who was shot by police last week during a domestic-violence incident has been charged in a 25-count criminal complaint, court records show. Rafael A. Cervantes is charged with two counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of aggravated battery on a household member, six counts of child abuse, […]
  
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• Denver zoo animals no longer drinking recycled water

  06-01-2016 16:59
  
  DENVER — Denver Zoo officials have changed the drinking water for animals in the Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit after consulting with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on their use of recycled water. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1JWEmSb ) the zoo made the $20,000 switch to potable drinking water for the habitat, which includes elephants, leopards […]
  
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• Farmington school district faces $4 million deficit

  06-01-2016 16:58
  
  FARMINGTON – A decline in kindergarten enrollment for the Farmington Municipal School District will contribute to a possible $4 million budget deficit for the upcoming school year. The district’s enrollment dropped by 129 students from 11,070 students in the 2014-2015 school year to 10,941 students for current school year, according to district Chief Financial Officer […]
  
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• Gun buyer in San Bernardino attack faces arraignment

  06-01-2016 16:57
  
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The friend who bought the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino attack faces arraignment on gun, immigration and terrorism-related charges. Enrique Marquez Jr. is due in a Riverside courthouse Wednesday to answer to five counts that could keep him behind bars for up to 50 years if he’s convicted. Prosecutors say […]
  
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• Farmington man accused of groping girl

  06-01-2016 16:57
  
  FARMINGTON – A 33-year-old Farmington man was accused last week of molesting a 7-year-old girl. Brett Darnell was charged Dec. 31 in Aztec Magistrate Court with criminal sexual contact of a minor, a second-degree felony, and child abuse. Darnell was released from the San Juan County Adult Detention Center after posting a $40,000 surety bond, […]
  
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• Four incumbent Carlsbad councilors will run unopposed

  06-01-2016 16:56
  
  CARLSBAD — All four Carlsbad City Councilors up for re-election will run unopposed in this year’s election. Carlsbad City Clerk Annette Barrick said Eddie Rodriguez for Ward 1, Sandra Nunley for Ward 2, Jason Shirley for Ward 3 and Janell Whitlock for Ward 4 each filed candidacy paperwork on Tuesday. “Each will still have to […]
  
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