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• US program aims to get immigrants into court to track cases

  21-01-2016 23:57
  
  LOS ANGELES — With tens of thousands of Central American immigrants arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border in the last two years, federal authorities are launching a program Thursday to encourage more of them to show up for their hearings in immigration court. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hired a contractor to help some immigrant families find […]
  
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• Updated: U.S. program aims to get immigrants into court to track cases

  21-01-2016 23:57
  
  LOS ANGELES — With tens of thousands of Central American immigrants arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border in the last two years, federal authorities are launching a program Thursday to encourage more of them to show up for their hearings in immigration court. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hired a contractor to help some immigrant families find […]
  
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• Updated: Looking for diversity, Hollywood could turn on the TV

  21-01-2016 23:56
  
  NEW YORK — As Hollywood continues to be battered by a backlash to the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations and in the film industry at large, it doesn’t have to look far for inspiration: Just turn on the TV. Where the movies have lagged, television has recently exploded with diversity across the dial. […]
  
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• Looking for diversity, Hollywood could turn on the TV

  21-01-2016 23:56
  
  NEW YORK — As Hollywood continues to be battered by a backlash to the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations and in the film industry at large, it doesn’t have to look far for inspiration: Just turn on the TV. Where the movies have lagged, television has recently exploded with diversity across the dial. […]
  
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• Updated: UNM gives first glimpse of $2 million marketing campaign

  21-01-2016 23:44
  
  The university's marketing agency on Thursday presented a series of slogans and colorful design templates aimed at recruiting students and donors.
  
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• UNM gives first glimpse of $2 million marketing campaign

  21-01-2016 23:44
  
  The university's marketing agency on Thursday presented a series of slogans and colorful design templates aimed at recruiting students and donors.
  
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• Alaska burglary suspect identified after locking keys in car

  21-01-2016 23:42
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man suspected of burglarizing two businesses in a community outside Fairbanks, Alaska, was identified after locking his keys in his car. North Pole Police Chief Steve Dutra says surveillance footage recorded the 27-year-old man loading stolen items Jan. 6 into the trunk of his car. He is suspected of taking $6,000 […]
  
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• 4 more charged in North Texas ‘pill mill’ probe

  21-01-2016 23:42
  
  DALLAS — Four more suspects, including the owners of a Dallas clinic, have been charged with federal drug distribution conspiracy charges for allegedly using homeless people recruited from shelters to pose as patients and fraudulently obtain pain killers. The four made initial federal court appearances Wednesday in an ongoing federal investigation of a North Texas […]
  
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• Hill returns to manage Isotopes

  21-01-2016 23:35
  
  Glenallen Hill will return for a second season as manager of the Isotopes, the team announced on Thursday. The upcoming campaign will mark Hill’s fourth consecutive year as manager of the Rockies’ Triple-A team. Pitching coach Darryl Scott also returns to the Isotopes for a second straight season, marking his seventh in the Rockies organization. […]
  
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• Casaus arraigned on felon in possession charges

  21-01-2016 23:28
  
  Steve Casaus, 43, of Albuquerque was arraigned Thursday in federal court on an indictment charging h ...
  
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• Art that tickles your funny bone

  21-01-2016 23:17
  
    Kent Monkman’s solo show at Peters Projects in Santa Fe is worth a visit. Any art exhibition that makes me laugh out loud more than once gets a good rating in my book. That is, as long as you’re laughing with it and not at it. Monkman’s devastating and subversie wit are present throughout, […]
  
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• Husband charged with doctor’s slaying in affluent NYC suburb

  21-01-2016 22:57
  
  SCARSDALE, N.Y. — The husband of a pediatrician at a New York City children’s hospital was charged with murder after she was found stabbed in a shower at their multimillion-dollar suburban home, authorities said Thursday. Jules Reich, a tax specialist at a New York City firm, was arraigned Wednesday night in Scarsdale village court on […]
  
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• Cheaper fuel boosts 4Q profit at United, Southwest

  21-01-2016 22:57
  
  DALLAS — Lower fuel prices are boosting airline profits and leaving enough left over for passengers to get slightly lower fares. United Continental Holdings Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. reported Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings soared as fuel spending dropped by about one-third, saving them hundreds of millions of dollars. Both airlines announced plans to buy […]
  
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• Starbucks US sales jump 9 percent over holiday quarter

  21-01-2016 22:56
  
  SEATTLE — An alleged war on Christmas by Starbucks apparently didn’t dampen the coffee chain’s holiday sales, but the company’s outlook going forward fell short of Wall Street expectations. The Seattle-based company says sales rose 9 percent in its flagship U.S. market and 8 percent globally during the final three months of the year. The […]
  
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• Would Flint crisis happen in wealthier, whiter community?

  21-01-2016 22:48
  
  FLINT, Mich. — Ever since the full extent of the Flint water crisis emerged, one question has persisted: Would this have happened in a wealthier, whiter community? Residents in the former auto-making hub — a poor, largely minority city — feel their complaints about lead-tainted water flowing through their taps have been slighted by the […]
  
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• Realty One expands its residential brokerage

  21-01-2016 22:16
  
  The locally owned and independent residential real estate brokerage, has grown to more than 225 agents with the recent affiliation of a pair of sales teams formerly associated with the Keller Williams franchise.
  
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• Updated: No charges for Denver deputies in death of restrained inmate

  21-01-2016 22:12
  
  DENVER — Prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against six Denver sheriff’s deputies in the death of a black, homeless jail inmate who suffocated while being restrained during a psychotic episode, District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said Thursday. The deputies used necessary force and were not trying to hurt Michael Marshall, 50, when they restrained him in […]
  
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• Clinton TV ads hammer guns in NH, shy away in Iowa

  21-01-2016 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON — Broadcast TV viewers in New Hampshire should recognize Hillary Clinton’s stance on gun control by now. One of every four political ads she’s aired in the state over the past month has been about tougher gun laws. But in Iowa, only 1 in 17 of Clinton’s spots has featured her stance on gun […]
  
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• Arizona DPS investigating fake 911 calls in northern Arizona

  21-01-2016 22:12
  
  HOLBROOK, Ariz. — The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating fake 911 calls in northern Arizona. The department’s Operations Communication Center in Flagstaff has received multiple 911 calls in the past two weeks from a man falsely reporting various emergencies along northern Arizona highways. Two of the calls reported that his vehicle had been […]
  
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• The Latest: Fate of pilot of crashed F-16 not known

  21-01-2016 21:50
  
  BAGDAD, Ariz. — The latest developments in the crash of an F-16 fighter in northwestern Arizona. (All times local): 1:45 p.m. Authorities say helicopter crews still are searching for the crash site of an F-16 fighter that went down in northwestern Arizona. Luke Air Force Base officials say the jet crashed Thursday morning in rugged […]
  
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• Falling oil prices could lead consumers to spend more later

  21-01-2016 21:44
  
  WASHINGTON — Sinking oil prices have cratered the stock market. But a silver lining could appear eventually. Cheaper gasoline and heating oil are giving consumers worldwide more money that they can use to step up spending later — and perhaps energize economies in the United States, Europe and much of Asia. The question is, will […]
  
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• Some funds offer to tame market’s chaos, but at a price

  21-01-2016 21:43
  
  NEW YORK — Freaked out by the stock market’s big swings? Then the investment industry has something it built just for you: funds that hope to offer a steadier ride. That sounds especially comforting after this year’s jarring start for markets, in which drops of more than 1 percent have become typical. But be careful, […]
  
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• Updated: Rep. Trujillo: No regrets about shouting ‘shame on you’ during Governor’s speech

  21-01-2016 21:31
  
  SANTA FE — Democratic state Rep. Christine Trujillo acknowledged today that she shouted “Shame on you!” at Gov. Susana Martinez during the governor’s State of the State address earlier this week. But Trujillo, an Albuquerque lawmaker and former union leader, said she does not regret the outburst, telling the Journal in an interview today she felt fed up […]
  
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• Updated: Plan calls for operations to resume at nuke dump in 2016

  21-01-2016 21:30
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Some operations at the federal government’s troubled nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico could resume by the end of 2016 under a plan approved by U.S. Department of Energy officials, but critics voiced concerns Thursday about whether the facility would be ready to safely reopen. The plan approved by the DOE’s […]
  
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• Border officials in Texas, New Mexico, prep for pope visit

  21-01-2016 21:29
  
  EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Texas and New Mexico are preparing for more visitors heading to Mexico when Pope Francis visits next month. CBP officials in El Paso on Thursday announced an increase in staffing and service hours at ports of entry in the days before, during and after […]
  
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• Former TV reporter hired as Santa Fe police spokesman

  21-01-2016 20:08
  
  Former KOB-TV reporter Greg Gurule is the new public information officer for the Santa Fe Police Department, city spokesman Matt Ross said Thursday. Gurule served two stints at KOB-TV, according to his online LinkedIn profile, first from 1976 to 1981 as an anchor, reporter and sportscaster, and then from 1983 to 1995 as an anchor […]
  
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• Sandia spending up in FY 2015

  21-01-2016 20:06
  
  Sandia National Laboratories increased its spending on goods and services by about $21 million during the past fiscal year, with about $19 million more going to New Mexico businesses compared with the year before.
  
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• Sen. Carroll Leavell undergoing cancer treatment; expected back soon

  21-01-2016 19:57
  
  Sen. Carroll Leavell, R-Jal, has missed the opening stanza of this year’s 30-day legislative session because he is undergoing cancer treatments, one of his colleagues said today on the Senate floor. However, Leavell, who has served in the Legislature since 1997, is expected to be back to work at the state Capitol soon, said Senate […]
  
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• Oops! NFL refs forget balls at hotel before Patriots game

  21-01-2016 19:24
  
  BOSTON — This ball controversy can’t be blamed on the Patriots. Massachusetts State Police came to the rescue before Saturday’s NFL playoff game between New England and the Kansas City Chiefs by delivering footballs that game officials left at their hotel. A state police spokesman said at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, league officials contacted the […]
  
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• Polish court: lease of Hitler’s WWII bunker rightly canceled

  21-01-2016 19:22
  
  WARSAW, Poland — A Polish court ruled Thursday that the state was right to terminate the lease of Hitler’s World War II bunker to a private company that failed to pay rent or upgrade it as a tourist attraction. Acting for the state, forestry authorities in Gerloz, in northeastern Poland, cancelled the lease of Hitler’s […]
  
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• Kerry: Some Iran sanctions relief likely to go to terrorists

  21-01-2016 19:18
  
  DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday it’s likely that some of the billions of dollars in sanctions relief granted to Iran under a landmark nuclear deal will go to groups deemed to be terrorists. But he said he doesn’t believe Iran will be able to use the freed-up cash to […]
  
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• F-16 fighter jet crashes in Arizona; cause unknown

  21-01-2016 19:18
  
  BAGDAD, Ariz. — Officials say an F-16 fighter jet from Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix has crashed in northwestern Arizona. There’s no immediate word on the condition of the pilot after the crash Thursday in a military operations area near Bagdad in Yavapai County. Luke officials said the jet was assigned to the 56th […]
  
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• Cruz no favorite with fellow Republican senators

  21-01-2016 19:18
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican senators are confronting an unsettling possibility: Sen. Ted Cruz, their least favorite colleague, stands within reach of becoming the party’s presidential nominee and standard-bearer. Worse than that, many GOP lawmakers and aides fear the Texas senator could ruin Republicans’ chances of hanging onto control of the Senate in November’s elections, alienating voters […]
  
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• Will Smith joins Oscars boycott, Ruffalo also mulling

  21-01-2016 19:17
  
  NEW YORK — Will Smith says he will not attend the Academy Awards next month, joining his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others in protest against two straight years of all-white acting nominees. Best supporting actor nominee Mark Ruffalo also says he’s considering skipping the ceremony. “My wife’s not going. It would be awkward for […]
  
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• US, coalition looks to boost propaganda war on Islamic State

  21-01-2016 19:17
  
  PARIS — U.S. and coalition forces are battling Islamic State militants in the skies and on the ground across Iraq and Syria, but the allies are increasingly also targeting the airwaves, where they now are losing the propaganda war. In Paris this week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter made clear the coalition must get better at […]
  
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• Updated: Ex-Oklahoma officer to be sentenced for rape, sex crimes

  21-01-2016 19:16
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The sentencing hearing for a former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his beat was delayed for a few hours Thursday as a judge considers the defense’s motion for a new trial. Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, was set for sentencing at 10 a.m. Thursday, but proceedings […]
  
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• Charges stick against school officials in players rape case

  21-01-2016 19:16
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A judge has denied motions to dismiss charges against three Tennessee high school officials facing allegations that they failed to report the sexual abuse of school basketball players by teammates. Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Robert Philyaw denied the motions Thursday after hearing arguments from lawyers representing Ooltewah High basketball coach Andre […]
  
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• Judge: No medical oversight at San Juan County jail

  21-01-2016 19:10
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — A federal judge has denied a request to appoint a doctor to provide medical oversight at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center. The Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/1nq2EiV ) that in an opinion filed Friday, U.S. District Court Judge James Browning said the plaintiffs had failed to provide sufficient evidence that the […]
  
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• Proposal to expand three-strikes law goes before lawmakers

  21-01-2016 19:09
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A proposal to expand the three-strikes law for sentencing habitual violent offenders in New Mexico is expected to go before lawmakers on Thursday. The proposal to amend the law would add crimes to the list that make offenders with at least three violent felonies eligible for life sentences. Rep. Paul Pacheco, […]
  
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• Santa Fe teacher arrested for inappropriately touching student

  21-01-2016 19:04
  
  SANTA FE — An art teacher at Santo Niño Regional Catholic School was arrested Wednesday for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 6-year-old female student, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. Aaron Dean Chavez, 47, was charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor after he admitted to deputies that he inappropriately […]
  
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• Nuclear Watch to sue over LANL cleanup problems

  21-01-2016 18:00
  
  Copyright © 2016 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Nuclear Watch New Mexico on Wednesday put the federal Department of Energy and the private contractor that manages Los Alamos National Laboratory on official notice that it will file suit over the lab’s failure to meet cleanup goals established in a legally binding 2005 consent order. The […]
  
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• US to announce plan for new visa rules for some Europeans

  21-01-2016 17:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will announce as early as Thursday its plan to introduce new visa requirements for European travelers who are dual nationals of Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria, or who have visited any of these countries in the last five years. U.S. officials and congressional aides involved in discussions say the Homeland […]
  
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• Updated: US announces plan for new visa rules for some Europeans

  21-01-2016 17:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is easing new visa requirements for certain European travelers who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the last five years, a move certain to anger some in Congress who pushed for new travel restrictions. The announcement by the Homeland Security and State departments comes as the administration puts […]
  
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• Updated: Ex-Marine arraigned in Texas on murder charge, student slain

  21-01-2016 17:48
  
  DENTON, Texas — An ex-Marine accused in the New Year’s Day fatal shooting of a college student in Texas has been arraigned on a murder charge after being returned from Arizona. Denton police say 20-year-old Eric Johnson was booked into the Denton County Jail early Thursday, with bond later set at $1 million. Johnson was […]
  
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• Sundance fest promises films on race, sexuality, violence

  21-01-2016 17:48
  
  PARK CITY, Utah — The culmination of the Sundance Institute’s year-round work developing fresh perspectives in drama and documentary films is taking over Park City, Utah, for the next 11 days. Among themes filmmakers are exploring this year: Sexuality, identity, race and gun violence. Both a showcase and marketplace for independent film, the Sundance Film […]
  
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• Man accused in college student’s death returned to Texas

  21-01-2016 17:48
  
  DENTON, Texas — A 20-year-old ex-Marine has been returned to Texas after being arrested in Arizona as a suspect in the fatal New Year’s Day shooting of a college student. Denton police say Eric Johnson was booked into the Denton County Jail early Thursday. Police didn’t immediately provide information on bond or an attorney to […]
  
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• Rules to protect smaller waterways survive

  21-01-2016 17:47
  
  WASHINGTON — New federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands have survived the latest Republican effort to block them. Congress last week sent President Barack Obama a “resolution of disapproval” that would scrap the rules, a measure he promptly vetoed. On Thursday, the Senate voted 52-40, falling short of the three-fifths threshold to […]
  
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• Nespresso sues Israeli coffee company over Clooney lookalike

  21-01-2016 17:46
  
  JERUSALEM — A George Clooney doppelganger is brewing up tensions between two coffee companies in Israel. Nespresso is suing the Israeli Espresso Club for using an actor with a striking resemblance to the Hollywood star in one of its ads. Clooney is the face of Nespresso. The ad shows the Clooney lookalike being schooled on […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Ted Cruz at odds with climate change science

  21-01-2016 17:46
  
  NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Ted Cruz is decidedly at odds with the scientific consensus that Earth is warming because of human activity. A look at some of the Republican presidential contender’s claims on the subject in New Hampshire this week and how they compare with the facts: CRUZ: “The satellites that actually measure the temperature, […]
  
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• Officials name top suspects in Iraq abductions of Americans

  21-01-2016 17:45
  
  BAGHDAD — Two powerful Shiite militias are top suspects in the abduction of three Americans last weekend in a southern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital, an Iraqi police commander and a Western security official in Baghdad said Thursday. The Americans were abducted in Dora, a mixed neighborhood that is home to both Shiites and Sunnis, […]
  
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