New Mexico news

• Thomas twins keep TV dream alive

  11-01-2016 23:56
  
  El Pinto reality show … take two? The owners of the well-known North Valley restaurant are still pursuing their TV dreams, only now they intend to do it on their own terms. After previous attempts to create a reality show with experienced production teams that ultimately felt too forced or phony, Jim and John Thomas […]
  
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• Man gets 27 years in prison for prostituting disabled girl

  11-01-2016 23:40
  
  DALLAS — A Dallas man has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to using the Internet to prostitute a developmentally disabled teenage girl. A federal judge sentenced Kenneth Laray White on Monday in Dallas. The 26-year-old defendant pleaded guilty last March to using a facility of interstate commerce […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Ringling circus elephants to retire in May

  11-01-2016 23:33
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of circus elephant acts with local governments passing “anti-circus” and “anti-elephant” ordinances in response to concerns […]
  
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• Texas using aircraft to fight rabies in wild animals

  11-01-2016 23:27
  
  LA GRANGE, Texas — State health officials this week are starting another round of air drops over a 17-county area of Central and Southeast Texas to control rabies in wild animals. The Texas Department of State Health Services started its Oral Rabies Vaccination Program in 1995 for coyotes and gray foxes. It’s hoped the effort […]
  
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• House moves on North Korea sanctions bill after bomb test

  11-01-2016 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON — The House pushed ahead on legislation that seeks to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test by expanding sanctions on Pyongyang, a move with strong bipartisan support despite questions over how effective the new restrictions can be. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act, which proposes […]
  
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• NMSU nursing program ranked best value

  11-01-2016 23:19
  
  New Mexico State University’s School of Nursing’s doctor of nursing practices program has been named one of the nation’s three best for value by Best Medical Degrees, an online resource guide. Using the nursing education accreditation Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, and Kiplinger as resources, the 50 best programs […]
  
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• Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50

  11-01-2016 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON — Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50. It said 40-somethings should make their own choice after weighing the pros and cons. When to start routine mammograms and how frequently to get them has […]
  
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• Updated: Powerball prize invites myths, misconceptions about lottery

  11-01-2016 23:17
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — With up to $1.4 billion at stake in Wednesday’s Powerball, questions about the drawing seem to be as abundant as the convenience-store kiosks offering tickets for the record-breaking jackpot. The inquiries include many myths and misconceptions about the winners, the prize money and the system that decides them. A look at […]
  
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• Proposal says New Mexico lawmakers deserve salary

  11-01-2016 23:16
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The nation’s only unsalaried state legislature is considering whether it wants a steady paycheck. Legislation proposed in New Mexico ahead of the January legislative session would provide lawmakers with a salary of about $45,000. The proposal was submitted to the state House of Representative by Republican Terry McMillan of Las Cruces. […]
  
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• Small business forum to tackle workforce issues

  11-01-2016 23:15
  
  The Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce, the Partnership for Responsible Business and Delicious New Mexico and  Small Business Majority on Thursday will sponsor a discussion of workforce issues such as healthcare, family medical leave policies, retirement security and workplace nondiscrimination. The forum will give small business owners an opportunity to engage in candid conversations […]
  
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• Driver arrested after $1.2M in marijuana found in Arizona

  11-01-2016 23:15
  
  HOLBROOK, Ariz. — Authorities say a man has been arrested in northeastern Arizona after the seizure of estimated $1.2 million worth of high-grade marijuana. Navajo County Sheriff’s officials say 48-year-old Vincent Hoang has been booked into jail on suspicion of transportation of marijuana. It was unclear Monday if Hoang has a lawyer and authorities didn’t […]
  
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• Police say they may have found remains of missing toddler

  11-01-2016 22:55
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Remains believed to be those of a toddler who was reported missing last summer have been found in a wooded area, Florida authorities said Monday. The remains are believed to be those of Lonzie Barton, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams and State Attorney Angela Corey said at a news conference. A medical examiner […]
  
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• DEA agents arrest man they say was carrying 12 pounds of heroin

  11-01-2016 22:52
  
  A man was arrested at the Albuquerque Greyhound bus station Sunday after agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency found he was traveling with more than 12 pounds of heroin, according to a statement released by Elizabeth Martinez, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office. Martinez said DEA agents with the Interdiction Unit, which focuses on […]
  
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• Boy, 9, accidentally shot in head in southern Colo. dies

  11-01-2016 22:46
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — A 9-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head in Trinidad has died. The Pueblo Chieftain reports (http://goo.gl/4MSZ6Q ) the boy and his 8-year-old brother were waiting in a parked car Jan. 4 when they found a loaded gun. The older brother was shot and underwent surgery at Denver Children’s Hospital. […]
  
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• Clinton confronts rival Sanders as Iowa polls tighten

  11-01-2016 22:42
  
  WATERLOO, Iowa — Hillary Clinton has spent much of her presidential campaign looking past Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, focusing instead on Republicans and the November general election. No longer. Three weeks before the lead-off Iowa caucuses and with polls suggesting a tightening race, she now is confronting the Vermont senator more directly, attempting to undermine […]
  
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• Woosley retiring from SBA in NM

  11-01-2016 22:26
  
  John C. Woosley, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration in New Mexico since 2006, has announced his retirement. Woosley was instrumental in establishing a Veterans Business Outreach Center for the state, according to the announcement released by the SBA. Under Woosley’s leadership, Albuquerque was selected as one of the 10 initial venues for the […]
  
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• Updated: Latest: Judge reduces bond for mother of ‘affluenza’ teen

  11-01-2016 22:19
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — The latest on Tonya Couch, the mother of a Texas teen who used an “affluenza” defense in a drunken wreck, who sought a reduction of a $1 million bond after she and her son were captured in Mexico: 3:45 p.m. A judge has sharply reduced the bond of the mother of […]
  
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• A look at the extradition process for ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

  11-01-2016 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON — With Mexican authorities saying they’re committed to extraditing Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, it appears more likely than ever that American prosecutors will eventually get their hands on the drug lord. But it’s not clear exactly how long that process will take, nor which of the offices that have already […]
  
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• Man charged in Baby Doe’s death pleads not guilty to murder

  11-01-2016 22:18
  
  BOSTON — A man charged with killing a 2-year-old girl who was dubbed Baby Doe after her body washed up on a Boston Harbor island pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder. Michael McCarthy was held without bail at his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter, Bella Bond. The […]
  
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• Aid convoys reach 3 Syria communities besieged for months

  11-01-2016 22:18
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Aid convoys delivered long-awaited food, medicine and other supplies to three besieged communities Monday, part of a U.N.-supported operation to help tens of thousands of civilians cut off for months by the war in Syria. Reports of starvation and images of emaciated children have raised global concerns and underscored the urgency for […]
  
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• Breaking: Papen aide allegedly embezzled $180K in personal, campaign funds

  11-01-2016 22:04
  
  LAS CRUCES ­— Police arrested a former aide to Senate President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen and his live-in partner Monday for allegedly embezzling more than $180,000 from her personal, campaign and government accounts over two years. Stephen Siddall, Papen’s former campaign treasurer and longtime assistant, faces charges of embezzlement over $20,000, nine counts of […]
  
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• Inside the New Hampshire pitch to those who don’t want Trump

  11-01-2016 19:40
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — For all the passionate support Donald Trump has amassed in New Hampshire, many Republicans and independent voters are just as passionate about not voting for Donald Trump. They are an enticing target for the pack of Republicans off the front-runner’s pace, who seek to turn a second-place finish in the nation’s first […]
  
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• Authorities investigating human remains found in Eddy County

  11-01-2016 19:34
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities are investigating after human remains were found in southern New Mexico. KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1TPYxGW ) that the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office says hunters reported the remains Saturday and detectives determined that they were human. According to police, the medical investigator is trying to identify the person and the cause of death. […]
  
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• NYC police boss urges ‘buddy system’ for women in cabs

  11-01-2016 19:33
  
  NEW YORK — It’s a classic urban fear. A woman gets into a cab late at night and is attacked by the driver. New York City’s police added fuel to that fear with statistics showing 14 of the city’s reported rapes last year, and two already this year, were committed by for-hire cabbies. And Police […]
  
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• Gunmen attack Baghdad mall, killing 18

  11-01-2016 19:33
  
  BAGHDAD — Gunmen stormed into a Baghdad mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50 in the city’s mainly Shiite east, Iraqi officials said. The officials initially described the attack as a hostage situation, estimating that 50 people […]
  
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• Man found dead in Gallup, possibly due to exposure

  11-01-2016 19:29
  
  GALLUP, N.M. — The body of a Churchrock man has been found outside a building on U.S. Historic Highway 66, possibly a victim of the current cold weather. The Gallup Independent reports (http://bit.ly/1hoDjlp ) that if it is found that 59-year-old Wesley Yazzie died of exposure, his will be the sixth death during the current […]
  
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• Texas Rangers send pool party investigation to prosecutors

  11-01-2016 19:27
  
  MCKINNEY, Texas — The Texas Rangers’ investigation of a suburban Dallas incident where a white police officer is seen on video pushing a bikini-clad black teenage girl to the ground has been forwarded to prosecutors. A spokesman for the Rangers, Sgt. Lonny Haschel, said Monday the agency never comments on its investigations and that the […]
  
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• Brrrr! New Mexico locations record frigid low temperatures

  11-01-2016 19:27
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s weather looks tranquil with plenty of sunshine but awfully cold at night for the time-being. Frigid temperatures recorded early Monday morning included -31 degrees at Angel Fire for that location’s second-coldest morning since 1993. Other morning lows included -13 degrees in Chama and Taos, 10 degrees in Santa Fe and […]
  
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• Stuck window washers rescued near top of Houston skyscraper

  11-01-2016 19:26
  
  HOUSTON — Houston firefighters have rescued two window washers whose cleaning rig became disabled and dangled precariously near the top of the city’s highest skyscraper. The 75-story Chase Tower in downtown Houston is just over 1,000 feet tall, making it the tallest building in Texas and one of the tallest in the nation. Crews removed […]
  
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• Powerball jackpot increases to $1.4B as ticket sales surge

  11-01-2016 19:26
  
  OMAHA, Neb. — The Powerball jackpot has grown to $1.4 billion, and the drawing is still two days away. The prize was already the world’s largest before lottery officials increased it Monday. And the jackpot could grow even more before Wednesday’s drawing if ticket sales remain intense. Officials review the estimate daily. No one matched […]
  
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• Maricopa County office to issue marriage licenses on Feb. 13

  11-01-2016 19:26
  
  PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Superior Court clerk’s office plans to help Cupid by making it easier for couples to get marriage licenses in time for Valentine’s Day. The downtown Phoenix location of the clerk’s office plans to be open Saturday Feb. 13 in order to issue marriage licenses along with processing passport applications. Valentine’s […]
  
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• Updated: UNM, Davie agree to a 2-year extension

  11-01-2016 19:03
  
  Lobos football coach Bob Davie has agreed to a two-year extension that puts him under contract through the 2021 season, according to a UNM news release. The new deal will also add $50,000 to his base salary, beginning on July 1. Davie, who was named head coach on Nov. 17, 2011, has an annual base […]
  
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• Are unlimited data cellphone plans on their way back?

  11-01-2016 18:15
  
  NEW YORK — AT&T is once again experimenting with offering unlimited data plans to smartphone customers while promoting its DirecTV service, signaling a potential reversal of industry trends toward data caps and charges for big video watchers. AT&T is trying to capitalize on its $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV last year. On Monday, it’s announcing […]
  
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• ‘Life is Strange’ passes the Spielberg test for video game as artform

  11-01-2016 18:11
  
  “Life is Strange” shoulders emotional weight seldom spotted in major-release video games. Leave it to the French to craft a memorable adventure around an intense female friendship. Perhaps one recalls Steven Spielberg’s line that video games will prove their worth as a potent storytelling art form “when somebody confesses that they cried at level 17.” […]
  
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• ABQ firm partners with National Cancer Institute

  11-01-2016 18:10
  
  Albuquerque-based SolaranRX Inc., which is developing University of New Mexico technology to diagnose and treat melanoma, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Cancer Institute to test its technology on laboratory mice. The company, which launched in 2014 and is housed at the Bioscience Center in Uptown Albuquerque, will pay for […]
  
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• White Sands Missile Range to stop accepting New Mexico IDs

  11-01-2016 17:53
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — White Sands Missile Range has announced it will no longer accept New Mexico driver’s license as a form of identification from visitors. Range spokesman Erin Dorrance said the base stopped accepting New Mexico IDs on Monday because they aren’t in compliance with the federal REAL ID Act. The move comes after the […]
  
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• Couple struggles to sell ‘Silence of the Lambs’ house

  11-01-2016 17:52
  
  PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. — A Pennsylvania couple is struggling to sell a house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs.” Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last summer, but they’ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/1ZneWt5 ) says […]
  
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• With SUV look, tech touches, Chrysler aims to revive minivan

  11-01-2016 17:21
  
  DETROIT — Thirty-three years ago, Chrysler invented the minivan. Now, it’s reinventing it — with styling reminiscent of an SUV, high-tech features and a first-ever hybrid version that Chrysler hopes will make minivans popular again. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica was unveiled Monday morning at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It’s the latest […]
  
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• Arch Coal files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

  11-01-2016 17:19
  
  NEW YORK — Arch Coal, which has been hurt by the weakening demand for coal, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. The coal industry is struggling as electric power companies shift to using natural gas, which costs less than coal and produces less pollution. Other coal companies have filed for bankruptcy protection recently, including […]
  
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• US stocks open higher, shaking off another drop in China

  11-01-2016 17:09
  
  U.S. stocks edged mostly higher in early trading Monday, shaking off the latest market drop in China. Investors were wading back into the market after stocks posted their worst week in four years. Utilities stocks were among the biggest gainers. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average gained 30 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,377 […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks mostly higher, shaking off another drop in China

  11-01-2016 17:09
  
  U.S. stocks are struggling mostly higher as traders look past another plunge in China. Hospital operator HCA Holdings jumped 7 percent Monday, the most in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, after raising its profit forecast. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 52 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,393 as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time. […]
  
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• Judge to decide on sentencing ABQ teen who killed 5 as an adult

  11-01-2016 16:58
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hearing is scheduled to determine whether a New Mexico teenager who killed his parents and three siblings will be sentenced as an adult. An amenability hearing is set for Monday for 18-year-old Nehemiah Griego, who pleaded guilty in October to two counts of second-degree murder and three counts of child abuse […]
  
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• NM spaceport chief believes Virgin Galactic could fly in 2018

  11-01-2016 16:57
  
  UPHAM, N.M. — The head of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority says Spaceport America is moving ahead and its anchor tenant could be launching commercial space flights as soon as the 2018 fiscal year. Spaceport executive director Christine Anderson says she optimistic about the commercial space industry and the role New Mexico’s taxpayer-financed spaceport will […]
  
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• Bill calls for updating New Mexico’s campaign finance system

  11-01-2016 16:57
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s campaign finance reporting system would get an overhaul under legislation being proposed by a House Republican. Rep. Jim Smith of Sandia Park pre-filed the measure last week. He says the current system is outdated and that makes it difficult to track information. His bill would require the Secretary of […]
  
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• Denton, Tx police investigating double slaying

  11-01-2016 16:55
  
  DENTON, Texas — A 40-year-old North Texas man is charged with two counts of capital murder after authorities found the bodies of his parents at their home in Denton. Police spokesman Orlando Hinojosa said Monday that 75-year-old Marion Scott and his 70-year-old wife, Linda, were both stabbed to death. Denton police were called to the […]
  
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• Santa Fe man dies in car crash near Espanola

  11-01-2016 16:54
  
  ESPANOLA, N.M. — New Mexico State Police say a man was killed after he apparently lost control of his vehicle while driving north of Espanola. Authorities say 24-year-old Antonio Valdez, of Santa Fe, was heading west on State Road 74 on Friday afternoon when he crashed. According to investigators, the car went off the road […]
  
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• Dallas man condemned for killing 2 daughters loses appeal

  11-01-2016 16:53
  
  HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review an appeal from a former Dallas accountant sent to death row for the fatal shootings of his two young daughters nearly 15 years ago. The high court had no comment Monday in rejecting the appeal from 60-year-old John Battaglia. He’s facing execution March 30 for […]
  
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• Aspen opera house reopens after $4 million makeover

  11-01-2016 16:53
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House is reopening after a $4 million renovation. The Aspen Times reports (http://tinyurl.com/ztau9zj ) that after weeks of delays the 1889-built theater welcomed guests Friday for the first times since September. The opera house had been scheduled to open in mid-December, but structural issues forced officials to push back […]
  
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• Condemned killer of Texas game warden loses at Supreme Court

  11-01-2016 16:52
  
  HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a 35-year-old Southeast Texas set for execution later this month for the fatal shooting of a state game warden nine years ago during a poaching arrest. The high court had no comment Monday in its rejection of the appeal from convicted killer […]
  
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• 2 brothers die on kayak trip to Canyon Lake

  11-01-2016 16:51
  
  CANYON LAKE, Texas — Comal County authorities are investigating the deaths of two brothers from Kyle whose bodies have been found in Canyon Lake. Sheriff’s deputies say 17-year-old Tanner Earp and his 25-year-old brother Larry Earp went kayaking in the lake north of San Antonio on Saturday. Searchers went to the lake when the pair […]
  
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