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• Updated: Jobs council: We need 140,000 jobs

  13-01-2016 23:46
  
  “Creating 140,000 new economic base jobs over the next 10 years is a daunting task, but it is one everyone involved believes can be achieved,” said the report. That figure is based on “the number of jobs expected to be lost in the next decade, plus those needed to close the current unemployment gap and […]
  
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• Ocean search for Malaysian airliner finds 2nd shipwreck

  13-01-2016 23:45
  
  CANBERRA, Australia — The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a likely 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast, officials said Wednesday. A sonar search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 found what appeared to be a man-made object […]
  
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• Barcelona beats Espanyol 2-0 to reach Copa quarter

  13-01-2016 23:40
  
  BARCELONA, Spain — Munir El Haddadi scored both goals as Barcelona beat Espanyol 2-0 on Wednesday to ease into the Copa del Rey’s quarterfinals with a 6-1 victory on aggregate. Lionel Messi, two days after collecting his record fifth Ballon d’Or award, played El Haddadi through with a long pass to score Barcelona’s opener in […]
  
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• Limousine involved in fire that killed 5 nurses recalled

  13-01-2016 23:26
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A specialty car manufacturer is recalling the limousine model involved in a 2013 fire that killed five nurses on a San Francisco Bay Area bridge. Accubuilt is recalling about 1,000 limousines manufactured between Jan. 2, 1998, and July 21, 2005, because a rubbing driveshaft may increase the risk of fire. It’s unclear […]
  
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• Updated: Gov. Haley, Speaker Ryan offer new GOP answer to Trump

  13-01-2016 23:12
  
  WASHINGTON — Two fresh faces in the Republican Party — House Speaker Paul Ryan and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — are offering messages of diversity and openness to immigrants that could answer the GOP establishment’s increasingly desperate search for an antidote to the loud pronouncements of presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Delivering the GOP rebuttal […]
  
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• In the big Powerball game, a look at winners and losers

  13-01-2016 23:12
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — When the largest-ever lottery prize is finally awarded, the winners and losers will extend well beyond the lucky few who hit the jackpot and the multitudes of disappointed ticket buyers. The biggest Powerball winner is actually state government in the jurisdictions that participate. That’s 44 states as well as the District […]
  
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• Lawyers for teen who killed family members call 1st witness

  13-01-2016 22:48
  
  Defense attorneys for an 18-year-old who pleaded guilty to killing five family members have called a neuroradiologist as their first witness in a hearing to determine whether the teen can be rehabilitated through psychiatric treatment. After more than two days of testimony from medical experts, sheriff’s deputies and other witnesses called to the stand by […]
  
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• NM Land Office gets Santa Fe hotel site in trade of apple farm & thousands of acres to Cochiti Pueblo

  13-01-2016 22:45
  
  In a three-party deal announced today, the old Dixon Apple Orchard and 8,800 acres of state trust land next to it in northern New Mexico will be traded by the State Land Office to Cochiti Pueblo. The Land Office will obtain the Garrett’s Desert Inn site in downtown Santa Fe, which also includes the renowned […]
  
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• Updated: Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street charged with assault

  13-01-2016 22:31
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Olympic gold-medalist skier Picabo Street has been charged with assault and domestic violence after authorities say she pushed her father down the stairs in a Utah home in December. Street told police she locked her 76-year-old father in the basement of a Park City house after pushing him and then called […]
  
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• Grizzly bear killing report: Yellowstone hikers taking risks

  13-01-2016 22:23
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — The killing of a Montana man by a Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear highlights the need for hikers in the region to travel in groups, carry Mace-like bear spray and take other precautions against attacks, investigators said Wednesday. A 260-pound grizzly killed Lance Crosby, 63, in August as the Billings man hiked […]
  
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• Updated: Lines forming around NM for $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot

  13-01-2016 22:11
  
  The rush is on again, with lines forming at convenience stores around New Mexico as the estimated Powerball jackpot holds steady at $1.5 billion. New Mexico Lottery officials said Powerball sales between Sunday and Wednesday afternoon were nearing $5.5 million. And in the three months since the last Powerball jackpot, lottery spokeswoman Wendy Ahlm says […]
  
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• Updated: California wingsuit flier dies after jump from Arizona cliff

  13-01-2016 22:11
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities say a California man has died while wingsuit-flying among remote cliffs on the Arizona-Utah border. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it was devising a plan to recover the body of 29-year-old Mathew Kenney of Santa Cruz. Sheriff’s Lt. Bret Axlund says Kenney’s body is trapped in a crevice about […]
  
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• Ted Cruz bags endorsement of ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch

  13-01-2016 22:11
  
  MADISON, Wis. — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has bagged the endorsement of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson after going hunting with him. The bearded and camouflaged Robertson announced his endorsement of Cruz in a video released Wednesday. Robertson and Cruz are shown sitting in a duck blind, blowing a duck whistle and firing shotguns. […]
  
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• Judge refuses to unseal documents in Colo. high school murder plot

  13-01-2016 19:45
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A judge has refused to unseal details in the case of two 16-year-old girls accused of conspiring to kill students at their suburban Denver high school. Douglas County District Judge Paul King said Wednesday it would be premature to release documents in the case against 16-year-old Sienna Johnson. Prosecutors have charged […]
  
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• Pot legalization measure on track for 2016 ballot in Arizona

  13-01-2016 19:44
  
  PHOENIX — A proposal to legalize marijuana in Arizona is on track to qualify for the November ballot as the state joins a growing movement looking to loosen pot laws around the country in the November elections. A spokesman for Arizona’s leading recreational marijuana initiative says the measure has already collected about 140,000 of the […]
  
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• Paris cafe reopens after attacks as wounded city revives

  13-01-2016 19:14
  
  PARIS — With the blood and bullets now swept away, the Carillon cafe reopened its doors Wednesday for the first time since it was among the Paris sites targeted by Islamic extremists in November. The French capital is trying to revive tourism and commerce after the attacks that cost 130 lives and cast a shadow […]
  
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• Bernalillo County Commission picks De La Cruz as new chair

  13-01-2016 19:14
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bernalillo County Commission has chosen Democrat Art De La Cruz as its new chair. De La Cruz was first elected to the commission in 2008 and lives in an unincorporated, southern portion of the county. He’ll serve as chair during 2016, moving up from vice chair in 2015.
  
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• House approves greater oversight of Iran nuclear deal

  13-01-2016 18:59
  
  WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after Iran’s detention and release of U.S. sailors, the House approved GOP-backed legislation that amplifies Republican distrust of Tehran and would give Congress greater oversight of the landmark nuclear agreement. Lawmakers voted 191-106 Wednesday to approve the Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act, spurning a veto threat from President Barack […]
  
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• New Mexico AG seeks funds in Rio Grande water fight

  13-01-2016 18:58
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says the legal battle with Texas over management of the Rio Grande is moving ahead and this is no time for the Legislature to cut funding. Balderas testified Wednesday before the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, one of the key panels that will be crafting the […]
  
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• Justices seem divided over Iran terror-related appeal

  13-01-2016 18:58
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled with whether to put a new roadblock in the way of terrorism victims trying to obtain nearly $2 billion in judgments against Iran. The justices heard arguments between Bank Markazi, Iran’s central bank, and relatives of terrorism victims, including many who were among the 241 Marines killed […]
  
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• UNM releases its 2016 nonconference football schedule

  13-01-2016 18:54
  
  The New Mexico Lobos football team will open the 2016 schedule at home against South Dakota on Sept. 3. The Lobos were originally scheduled to open against Sam Houston State. UNM will also play at New Mexico State on Sept. 10, at Rutgers on Sept. 17 and Louisiana-Monroe at home on Oct. 22. New Mexico’s […]
  
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• Performance of David Bowie musical in NYC becomes a memorial

  13-01-2016 18:39
  
  NEW YORK — A performance of David Bowie’s trippy, melancholy musical “Lazarus” turned into a memorial for the Thin White Duke on Tuesday night as fans who had bought tickets to celebrate his music instead found themselves mourning his passing. “It was incredible. I wept a lot,” said Evan Schwartz, a 20-year-old student from Stamford, […]
  
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• The Latest: Turkey detains 4 more in Istanbul blast probe

  13-01-2016 18:31
  
  ISTANBUL — The latest on the investigation into the explosion in the historic center of Istanbul. All times local. 7:10 p.m. Turkey’s prime minister says authorities have detained four more suspects as part of the investigation into the suicide bombing in Istanbul that killed 10 Germans. Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated Wednesday that the attack was linked […]
  
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• New York man condemned for Texas slayings loses court appeal

  13-01-2016 18:31
  
  HOUSTON — Texas’ highest criminal court has rejected an appeal from a man condemned for killing two teenagers near Austin during a 2007 crime binge that left six people dead. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined Wednesday to rule on the merits of the appeal from 52-year-old Paul Devoe, saying only the appeal was […]
  
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• US turns to UN to screen refugees from Central America

  13-01-2016 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to expand a program to let would-be migrants from Central America apply for refugee status before they attempt to come to the U.S., Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday. The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will now conduct initial screenings to see whether […]
  
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• Martinez to meet with dairy farmers in winter storm’s wake

  13-01-2016 17:53
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will be visiting eastern New Mexico to meet with dairy farmers as many continue to dig out their livestock nearly two weeks after a massive winter storm. Martinez has requested federal Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue an additional disaster declaration for the region to make more […]
  
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• Man charged in Prophet carton attack fails to get evidence tossed

  13-01-2016 17:52
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona man accused of helping plan an attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon in Texas has lost his second bid to get evidence against him thrown out of court. A judge on Tuesday rejected Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem’s request to bar prosecutors from using against him al-Qaida promotional materials that were found […]
  
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• ATV riders challenge longtime bans on use of public roads

  13-01-2016 17:51
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — When she crashed on an all-terrain vehicle, Megan Cratsley was hurt so badly that doctors had to amputate much of her right arm, a life-altering surgery that launched the teenager on a personal mission to change New York traffic laws to protect other ATV riders. The buzzy, open-air vehicles are supposed […]
  
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• Updated: San Bernardino shooting victim’s widow files $58M in claims

  13-01-2016 17:50
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The widow of a man killed in last month’s mass shooting in San Bernardino has filed four claims with the county and is seeking damages totaling $58 million, according to a newspaper report. The claims were filed in late December on behalf of Renee Wetzel, whose husband Michael was one of […]
  
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• San Bernardino shooting victim’s widow files $58M in claims

  13-01-2016 17:50
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The widow of a man killed in last month’s mass shooting in San Bernardino has filed four claims with the county and is seeking damages totaling $58 million, according to a newspaper report. The claims were filed in late December on behalf of Renee Wetzel, whose husband Michael was one of […]
  
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• ‘Sesame Street’: Now brought to you by the letters HBO

  13-01-2016 17:29
  
  NEW YORK — With the extension of “Sesame Street” into a high-price neighborhood — HBO, where it premieres Saturday morning — it has signaled significant urban renewal. “Sesame Street” grew out of the socially progressive ethos of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society of the 1960s. Premiering on public television as a breakthrough in children’s TV […]
  
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• Texan missing while buying lottery ticket rescued from hole

  13-01-2016 17:12
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A 67-year-old North Texas man with medical issues who disappeared while going to buy a Powerball ticket has been rescued from a 7-foot hole. Fort Worth police found Ascension Garcia scared and cold, in the hole at a construction site, but he suffered no serious injuries. Relatives of Garcia, who has […]
  
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• Lawsuit in Ohio challenges ‘In God We Trust’ use on US money

  13-01-2016 17:11
  
  CLEVELAND — A California attorney who unsuccessfully sued the government at least twice challenging the use of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance has filed a federal lawsuit in Ohio challenging a similar phrase on U.S. currency and coins. Sacramento attorney Michael Newdow filed the lawsuit Monday in Akron. The lawsuit argues […]
  
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• ‘Fear-free’ veterinarians aim to reduce stress for pets

  13-01-2016 17:11
  
  LOS ANGELES — Trips to the veterinarian leave Joy so scared, she gets sick. The black Lab-mix dog shakes and shivers, her heart rate jumps, her blood pressure spikes, her temperature rises, her eyes dilate and she cowers under anything she can get beneath. After trying vet after vet for 14 years, the dog’s owner […]
  
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• Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena wins Pritzker Prize

  13-01-2016 17:11
  
  NEW YORK — The Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has won the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize for work that “epitomizes the revival of a more socially engaged architect.” The award was announced on Wednesday by Tom Pritzker, chairman and president of the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the prize. Aravena, 48, is the first Pritzker laureate […]
  
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• S. Korea fires warning shots after North Korean drone seen

  13-01-2016 17:10
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday fired 20 machine gun warning shots after a North Korean drone briefly crossed the rivals’ border, officials said, the first shots fired in a Cold War-style standoff between the Koreas in the wake of the North’s nuclear test last week. The North Korean drone was flying dozens […]
  
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• Updated: The new features coming soon to an iPhone near you

  13-01-2016 17:01
  
  The Washington Post.   Apple has released details about new features coming in its iOS 9.3 system, offering lots of small changes aimed at improving your life with your Apple device. Key among them is something called “Night Shift,” which will change the type of light coming from your devices depending on the time of […]
  
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• Robot helpers are on the rise

  13-01-2016 17:00
  
  You may not have unwrapped a robot on Christmas, but your new year will be filled with artificial intelligence. Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other technology companies, large and small, are making rapid advancements with virtual personal assistants that can solve problems and even complete tasks. “We’re going to start to see more personal assistants, and […]
  
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• Cord cutters face a sea of streaming options

  13-01-2016 16:57
  
  Like millions of other consumers, Evan Hartstein was fed up with pay TV. The 40-year-old father of two was paying nearly $250 a month for a bundle of phone, high-speed Internet and hundreds of cable channels that he and his family barely watched. So Hartstein and his wife recently ditched their standard cable TV subscription […]
  
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• In Big Lake, Texas, residents are riding out the latest oil bust

  13-01-2016 16:55
  
  BIG LAKE, Texas — The week before Christmas, restaurant owner Terry Stevens warmly shook hands with oil workers and wished them a happy holiday as they walked out the door, some possibly for the last time. Stevens, a 52-year-old Michigan transplant, moved to this West Texas outpost five years ago, before the latest oil boom. […]
  
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• Helpware: Quick, get your financial house in order

  13-01-2016 16:53
  
  There are many ways to keep track of your money. You can prepare a budget for the year on Jan. 1, and begin ignoring it on Jan. 2. You can stash your receipts in a drawer, if you remember which drawer they’re in. More organized spenders will stash receipts and checks in separate envelopes according […]
  
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• Tech Q&A: Some help for the rural Internet blues

  13-01-2016 16:52
  
  I recently suggested that consumers avoid using Verizon Wireless MiFi devices for Internet access because the unit’s unexpectedly high data usage caused people to overrun their limited monthly data plans. But rural readers with few Internet access alternatives are asking what to do. They face two problems: MiFi devices, which convert a cellular signal into […]
  
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• ‘New Mexico Truth’ campaign launched on child poverty

  13-01-2016 16:46
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Catholic community health organization wants to draw attention to child poverty in New Mexico and is using a parody of the state’s successful tourism ad campaign to do it. CHI St. Joseph’s Children this week launched a “New Mexico Truth” campaign consisting of a website and commercials about how children in […]
  
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• Could Mt. Cristo Rey start New Mexico trail?

  13-01-2016 16:45
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — An El Paso museum group pitched an idea in the first week of the year to a state commission that met in Las Cruces: An in-the-works Rio Grande hiking trail could start at the foot of Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park. The nonprofit, called Insights El Paso Science Center, owns […]
  
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• 1 dead, 6 injured in Denver house fire

  13-01-2016 16:45
  
  DENVER — One person was killed and six others were injured in a house fire in southwest Denver. Denver Fire Capt. Greg Pixley says two people were rescued from inside the two-story house Tuesday night despite intense heat and one person was found dead. Neighbors say a couple lived in the home with their adult […]
  
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• Women’s basketball: UNM tries to get back on track vs. UNLV

  13-01-2016 08:05
  
  Points may be hard to come by when the UNM and UNLV women's basketball teams square off tonight at t ...
  
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• Prep basketball: This time, no comeback needed for Eagles

  13-01-2016 08:05
  
  The physical demands of last week are over.Could be the emotional toll has been paid,...
  
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• Men’s basketball: UNLV sends Lobos to first MWC loss of season

  13-01-2016 08:05
  
  Rebels manhandle Lobos ...
  
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• Men’s basketball: Fewer turnovers giving Ags a boost

  13-01-2016 08:05
  
  LAS CRUCES–Turnovers and offensive efficiency were issues for New Mexico State during the...
  
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• Dem leader pushes ethics bills

  13-01-2016 08:05
  
  SANTA FE – The top Democrat in the New Mexico House called Tuesday on Gov. Susana Martinez to add ethics-related legislation to the agenda of the coming 30-day session, saying state laws need to be toughened after a scandal involving former Secretary of State Dianna Duran.
  
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