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• Cruz promises to defend gun rights in NH campaign swing

  12-01-2016 23:42
  
  HUDSON, N.H. — Ted Cruz on Tuesday returned to New Hampshire for the first time in months, promising conservative voters he’ll protect their gun rights and several times invoking the state’s “Live Free or Die” motto. “It’s not ‘live coddled by a bunch of nanny-state liberals who want to control every aspect of your life, […]
  
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• Breaking: AP source: NFL committee picks combined site over Rams’ bid

  12-01-2016 23:42
  
  HOUSTON — An NFL committee exploring moving teams to Los Angeles has recommended the combined stadium proposal involving Oakland and San Diego over St. Louis owner Stan Kroenke’s ambitious plan for another venue, a person with knowledge of the vote said Tuesday. League owners meeting in Houston will use that nonbinding recommendation as they consider […]
  
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• Updated: Pentagon: 2 U.S. Navy boats held by Iran but will be returned

  12-01-2016 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters after experiencing mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing but American officials said Tehran has assured them that the crew and vessels would be returned safely and promptly. The sailors, nine men and one woman, […]
  
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• Pentagon: 2 US Navy boats held by Iran but will be returned

  12-01-2016 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats had mechanical problems and drifted into Iranian waters, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that they will be returned safely and promptly. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told The Associated Press that the riverine boats were […]
  
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• High court: Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional

  12-01-2016 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Florida’s unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 8-1 ruling said that the state’s sentencing procedure is flawed because juries play only an advisory role in […]
  
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• Freeway shooting suspect gives conflicting accounts on gun

  12-01-2016 23:28
  
  PHOENIX — A man charged in metro Phoenix freeway shootings this past summer has provided conflicting accounts on when he pawned a handgun that investigators say was used in some of the attacks. Leslie Merritt Jr. said during a Sept. 18 police interview that he couldn’t have committed the shootings because his handgun had been […]
  
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• Armed group calls meeting to talk with Oregon community

  12-01-2016 23:28
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon said Tuesday that they plan to hold a community meeting this week to explain themselves and inform residents when they will leave. A member of the anti-government group told reporters that the meeting will be held Friday evening in Burns, 30 […]
  
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• Murdoch and Hall’s engagement recalls other curious pairings

  12-01-2016 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — Many greeted the news of Rupert Murdoch’s engagement to Jerry Hall with a resounding “Huh?” The 84-year-old media mogul and the 59-year-old actress announced their betrothal Tuesday with a classified ad in the London Times, a newspaper owned by Murdoch’s News Corp. This will be his Murdoch’s fourth marriage. Hall had a […]
  
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• Arizona man gets prison for drug trafficking in New Mexico

  12-01-2016 23:27
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Arizona man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for narcotics trafficking in New Mexico. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Jorge Antonio Rangel of Phoenix was sentenced Tuesday to a 63-month prison term in federal court in Las Cruces. He will be on supervised release for four years following […]
  
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• Updated: Lottery players go to great lengths for Powerball tickets

  12-01-2016 23:19
  
  NIPTON, Calif. — Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert and wait in lines that can stretch for hours. In Hawaii and Alaska, they need to cross an ocean […]
  
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• Much of U.S. seeks Powerball jackpot, but 6 states opt out

  12-01-2016 23:19
  
  NIPTON, Calif. — Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert and wait in lines that can stretch for hours. In Hawaii and Alaska, they need to cross an ocean […]
  
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• Pfizer, Allergan CEOs: Tie-up aims for growth, not cost cuts

  12-01-2016 22:41
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — The heads of drugmakers Pfizer and Allergan said Tuesday that the record $160 billion combination they’re planning is meant to produce more medicines and boost revenue, not to just slash jobs and other costs as the companies previously have done. The deal announced last November would move Pfizer’s official headquarters for tax […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities identify man shot and injured by APD Monday

  12-01-2016 22:29
  
  Authorities have identified the suspected bank robber who was shot and injured by Albuquerque police Monday afternoon as 47-year-old Darrel Salazar, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. Investigators with the FBI say Salazar attempted to rob the Bank of America at Candelaria and Carlisle NE around 4 p.m. He handed the […]
  
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• Police: Man fatally shot by Denver officers had handgun

  12-01-2016 21:46
  
  DENVER — Denver police say a man fatally shot by officers in a motel parking lot Monday tried to get away from police and produced a handgun before being shot. Police said Tuesday that the man was in a vehicle officers were trying to secure because they believed it was linked to a group of […]
  
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• Hickenlooper refuses to give up spending and tax idea

  12-01-2016 21:45
  
  DENVER — Colorado’s governor is insisting that he can work with skeptical Republicans on his plan to avoid having to give refunds to taxpayers and invest the money instead on transportation and schools. Gov. John Hickenlooper discussed several priorities on the eve of the 2016 legislative session. State lawmakers return to work Wednesday. Hickenlooper says […]
  
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• Classified documents prompt wrangling in Bowe Bergdahl case

  12-01-2016 21:41
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army judge is considering how classified information should be handled in the case against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off an outpost in Afghanistan in 2009. Bergdahl’s attorneys argued at a hearing Tuesday for wider leeway in their ability to gather and use the classified information in his case. He […]
  
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• Researchers: Small Colorado glacier could melt in 20 years

  12-01-2016 21:40
  
  DENVER — Researchers say a small glacier in the mountains west of Boulder could disappear within 20 years because of regional climate warming and drought, and similar effects could be underway elsewhere in Colorado’s high country. University of Colorado Professor Mark Williams said Tuesday a severe drought and high temperatures in the early 2000s caused […]
  
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• Iowa panel to look into state lotteries’ jackpot-fixing case

  12-01-2016 21:39
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — A legislative committee in Iowa will look into the jackpot-fixing scandal that started in that state and has spread to several other state lotteries, a lawmaker says. The Iowa House government oversight committee will investigate how an employee at the Multi-State Lottery Association could allegedly fix jackpots in several states to […]
  
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• 1996 Texas slaying that led to Amber Alert still unsolved

  12-01-2016 21:38
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — The 1996 slaying of a North Texas girl that led to the Amber Alert notification system to find missing children remains unsolved. Arlington police on Tuesday repeated their request for tips in finding the killer of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman. Amber’s mother, Donna Williams, also appealed for justice for her daughter. Wednesday is […]
  
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• Roswell moves to name recreation center after Cesar Chavez

  12-01-2016 21:37
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — Roswell’s Parks and Recreation Commission has recommended that a new recreation center be named after the late California farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez, a move that may help a yearlong debate about honoring the civil rights icon. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1RJUwoc ) that the recommendation, adopted Monday, will proceed to […]
  
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• Psychiatric patient jumps from ambulance on Phoenix highway

  12-01-2016 21:36
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a psychiatric patient has life-threatening injuries after he jumped out of a moving ambulance on a Phoenix area highway. Southwest Ambulance says the man was being transported from Tucson to Phoenix on Monday night. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the man was found near where Loop 101 and Interstate […]
  
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• Lawsuit against Border Patrol detention now class action

  12-01-2016 21:36
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol over detention conditions is now a class action suit. Federal Judge David Bury issued an order on Monday allowing the case originally filed on behalf of three immigrants to now include others. The suit was filed in June by a coalition of advocacy groups. It […]
  
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• With race narrowing, Clinton rips into Sanders

  12-01-2016 21:35
  
  AMES, Iowa — Facing a narrowing primary contest, Hillary Clinton ripped into rival Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, saying the Vermont senator was offering unrealistic policies and overstating his anti-establishment credentials. For days, Clinton has cast Sanders as a less forceful advocate for gun control, honing in on a 2005 vote he cast that gave immunity […]
  
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• Bandidos biker gang president freed in Texas on $250K bond

  12-01-2016 21:35
  
  HOUSTON — The national president of the Bandidos biker gang, who faces life in prison if convicted on racketeering, drug distribution and other charges, has been freed on $250,000 bond. Jeffrey Pike of Conroe was released Monday following a detention hearing in Houston. Pike and other Bandidos leaders were arrested last week in an investigation […]
  
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• As oil plunges, energy companies cut jobs, postpone projects

  12-01-2016 21:35
  
  LONDON — The world’s biggest oil companies are slashing jobs and backing off major investments as the price of crude falls to new lows — and there may be more pain to come. Companies like BP, which said Tuesday it is cutting 4,000 jobs, are slimming down to cope with the slump in oil, whose […]
  
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• Underdog candidates keep powering along the campaign trail

  12-01-2016 21:34
  
  PARKERSBURG, Iowa — Running as an underdog presidential candidate isn’t always glamorous. You speak to half-filled halls and small rooms, low-key rallies. There may not be a bus emblazoned with your smiling face. And then there are the rally-goers who blatantly say they aren’t quite convinced. But for the longshots sprinting across Iowa and New […]
  
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• Review: New ways to get cable without an ugly cable box

  12-01-2016 21:33
  
  NEW YORK — Getting cable service no longer requires a technician who’ll come and install an ugly cable box. Instead, cable companies are starting to offer slimmed-down bundles of channels that you can stream to your TV over your Internet connection — sort of like Netflix, although mostly not as convenient. Dish’s Sling TV and […]
  
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• Officials explored hush up of Russia bans

  12-01-2016 21:33
  
  PARIS — Six years before the IAAF banned Russia, track and field’s governing body knew of doping so out of control it feared Russian athletes could die from abusing blood-boosting drugs and transfusions, and officials considered collaborating with Russians to hide the extent of cheating before the 2012 London Olympics, according to internal documents obtained […]
  
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• Updated: Oil keeps falling. And falling. How low can it go?

  12-01-2016 21:32
  
  DALLAS — The price of oil keeps falling. And falling. And falling. It has to stop somewhere, right? Even after trending down for a year and a half, U.S. crude has fallen another 17 percent since the start of the year and is now probing depths not seen since 2003. “All you can do is […]
  
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• NM State Police identify man killed during standoff

  12-01-2016 21:31
  
  CARRIZOZO, N.M. — New Mexico State Police have released the identity of a man killed by police during a lengthy standoff along a highway in south-central New Mexico. Police said 32-year-old Alan Huberth Franco-Armenta of Carrizozo was killed by police gunfire after he shot at officers Thursday morning. The standoff along State Route 380 outside […]
  
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• Lovelace adds primary care clinic Downtown

  12-01-2016 21:26
  
  To accommodate hundreds of potential new patients living near downtown Albuquerque, Lovelace Medical Group has opened a new primary care facility adjacent to the Lovelace Medical Center campus. “We didn’t have a primary presence in the area,” said Dr. John Cruickshank, chief medical officer of Lovelace Health System of the new facility, called the St. […]
  
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• Investment Council OKs new startups fund

  12-01-2016 21:15
  
  At least $30 million will soon flow into dozens of New Mexico startup companies thanks to a new funding program approved by the State Investment Council this morning. The Council unanimously approved a new, $20 million “fund of funds” that will provide money to micro funds around the state that invest in startup firms. The […]
  
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• SF teacher placed on leave for allegedly taping students’ mouths shut

  12-01-2016 20:39
  
  A Santa Fe Public Schools elementary school teacher this morning was placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation into whether the teacher placed duct tape over the mouths of students. While few details are currently available, the alleged incident took place in December at César Chavez Elementary School and involved […]
  
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• Philadelphia newspapers donated to newly created nonprofit

  12-01-2016 19:33
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com has turned over the media company to a nonprofit institute in the hope that a new business model will help them survive the digital age and stanch years of layoffs and losses. Local philanthropist H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, who bought the media […]
  
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• No Name Studio – pillows, free food and music

  12-01-2016 19:32
  
  You might have to look hard to find the new No Name Studio. It’s off Airport Road, at Center Drive No. 2, just west of the juvenile jail and just east of the strip mall that includes La Cocina de Dona Clara restaurant. As far as we could tell on Sunday (Jan. 10) night, the […]
  
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• Lincoln revives the Continental, with eye on China

  12-01-2016 19:06
  
  DETROIT — The Lincoln Continental has a storied past. Now it has a future. The new Continental full-size sedan debuted Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show. It goes on sale this fall in the U.S. and China. For most of Lincoln’s 99-year history, the Continental was the pinnacle of luxury, the car of […]
  
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• Recovery at county level uneven, study shows

  12-01-2016 18:55
  
  The U.S. economy is on the rebound, but a study by the National Association of Counties shows that for county economies, including New Mexico’s most populous, progress is uneven. Bernalillo County has slightly recovered in two of four economic indicators over the past year, according to a study released today. “County Economies 2015: Opportunities and […]
  
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• Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 15 in Istanbul tourist area

  12-01-2016 17:06
  
  ISTANBUL — A suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State group detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people — nine of them German tourists — and wounding 15 others, Turkish officials said. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the bomber who carried out […]
  
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• Ex-Santa Fe County jail officer admits to drug smuggling

  12-01-2016 17:03
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A former corrections officer at the Santa Fe County jail is facing up to 10 years in prison for smuggling drugs. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1RjUd4J ) that 21-year-old Edward Owens pleaded guilty to possessing and conspiring to distribute narcotics along with an inmate. As part of a plea […]
  
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• Diocese of Las Cruces warns of Pope Juarez Mass ticket scams

  12-01-2016 17:03
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Roman Catholic Church officials in southern New Mexico are warning that offers to purchase tickets for Pope Francis’ Mass in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez are scams. Officials say the Diocese of Ciudad Juarez is the official distributor of tickets for the Papal Mass next month but due to limited seating […]
  
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• Latest: Texas ‘affluenza’ teen’s mom released from jail

  12-01-2016 17:01
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — The latest on Tonya Couch, the mother of a Texas teen who used an “affluenza” defense in a drunken wreck (all times local): 9:20 a.m. The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck has been released from a Texas jail. Tonya Couch […]
  
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• ASU loans Alabama marching band instruments

  12-01-2016 17:01
  
  PHOENIX — The University of Alabama got a little help from Arizona State University at Monday’s national championship game after the marching band failed to bring some of their instruments. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/1PpoQ30 ) that ASU leant a trumpet and six baritones to Alabama’s Million Dollar Band after the visitors discovered the instruments […]
  
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• Man gets 5 years for bias-motivated assault

  12-01-2016 17:00
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — A Snowmass man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking a man in Basalt while making disparaging remarks about Mexicans and President Barack Obama. The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/1Zq0Xmy ) that 47-year-old Jerry Lloyd Cunico was sentenced Monday for attacking a 67-year-old Latino man sitting in his car in […]
  
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• Richmond getting nonstop flights to Denver, Jacksonville

  12-01-2016 16:59
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — Planning your skiing trip next winter just got easier, Richmond residents. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (bit.ly/1ZofS0p) that United Airlines will begin offering a daily non-stop flight from Richmond International Airport to Denver International Airport starting April 5. That will be the farthest west that travelers can get from Richmond without stopping in […]
  
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• Texas county to pay nearly $255K in fees to prosecute AG Paxton

  12-01-2016 16:58
  
  McKINNEY, Texas — A Dallas-area county will pay nearly $255,000 to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on felony charges of defrauding investors before taking office. Collin County commissioners voted Monday to pay legal and expense fees so far for special prosecutors in the 2011 securities fraud case against Paxton, while he was a legislator. […]
  
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• Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to Jerry Hall

  12-01-2016 16:58
  
  LONDON — Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to Texan Jerry Hall, the American actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger. Murdoch, 84, and Hall, 59, placed a classified ad in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section of Tuesday’s Times newspaper, which is owned by Murdoch’s News Corporation. […]
  
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• National Guard unit going to Kosovo for peacekeeping duty

  12-01-2016 16:57
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona Army National Guard helicopter unit is headed overseas. The 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion of the 285th Aviation Regiment will deploy to Kosovo in southeastern Europe for nine months for a NATO peacekeeping mission. The aviation unit flies UC-60 Blackhawk transport helicopters. A National, Guard spokesman, Sgt. 1st Class Robert Freese, said […]
  
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• Crownpoint woman will attend State of the Union

  12-01-2016 16:56
  
  FARMINGTON — A University of New Mexico student from Crownpoint will witness President Barack Obama deliver his final State of the Union address on Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C. Carielle Bahe will watch the president’s speech from the House chamber gallery, which overlooks the chamber floor. Bahe, the only guest of Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., […]
  
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• AWOL soldier rolls off west Texas highway while driving

  12-01-2016 16:56
  
  FABENS, Texas — A soldier wanted for being AWOL from the Army has been sent to a hospital after a rollover crash in West Texas. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas Martarano was allegedly speeding around 5 p.m. Sunday while traveling eastbound on Interstate 10. Texas Department of Public Safety officials say the SUV he was driving veered off […]
  
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• Feds to study butterfly once found across Southwest

  12-01-2016 16:55
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials plan to study the status of a butterfly once found across the Southwest to see if it warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced it will conduct a 12-month review of the Great Basin silverspot butterfly. Environmentalists had petitioned the agency […]
  
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