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• Santa Fe mayor, others hosting gun violence town hall

  27-01-2016 23:52
  
  Santa Fe city government, service providers and advocates will host a town hall meeting on Monday,  Feb. 1st,  to discuss gun violence in Santa Fe. The panel leading the discussion will include Mayor Javier M. Gonzales; Miranda Viscoli of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence; District Attorney Jennifer Padgett;  Erin Doerwald of the Sky Center […]
  
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• Curfew measure on to House; passes panel on 9-4 vote

  27-01-2016 23:46
  
  Legislation allowing cities and counties to impose curfews on young people is headed to the full House for a vote after clearing the House Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 9-4 for the bill sponsored by House Majority Leader Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque. Curfews could apply to children 15 and under between midnight and 5 a.m., and during […]
  
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• MLK State Commission executive director target of probe

  27-01-2016 23:42
  
  Search warrants made public Wednesday and related to the Tuesday probe of the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission, show that investigators from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office suspect commission executive director, Kimberly Greene, of embezzling thousands of dollars via a non profit charged with dispersing funds on behalf of the MLK Commission. According […]
  
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• AZ lawmakers aim to revise law outlawing bans on plastic bags

  27-01-2016 23:37
  
  PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are attempting to sideline a lawsuit that would overturn an Arizona law blocking cities and towns from banning plastic bags. The law passed last session prevents cities from banning plastic bags and other disposable products and blocks cities from requiring business owners to report energy consumption. Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, sponsored […]
  
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• Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that’s all

  27-01-2016 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his aides have said a lot of nice things about Bernie Sanders, but not this one: He’s ready to be president. The key omission was particularly noticeable Wednesday as Obama and Sanders met for their first one-on-one since Sanders jolted the Democratic campaign and locked Hillary Clinton in an […]
  
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• South Carolina Senate committee OKs bill to track refugees

  27-01-2016 23:32
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill requiring state police to track refugees coming to South Carolina and to hold their sponsors liable for damages if they commit an act of terrorism is on its way to the floor of the state Senate. A Senate committee approved the measure on Wednesday. A spokesman for an organization focused […]
  
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• The Latest: Arson not suspected in Canal Street blaze

  27-01-2016 23:31
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on a stubborn fire that broke out in a building in downtown New Orleans on Wednesday. All times are local. 4:15 p.m. The fire chief in New Orleans says arson isn’t suspected in the blaze that blanketed part of the city with smoke and forced the closure of historic Canal […]
  
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• Facebook posts strong 4Q as company closes gap with Google

  27-01-2016 23:31
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is growing at an exceptional pace as it enters adolescence, propelling it into a better position to challenge Google as the Internet’s most powerful company. Facebook’s fourth-quarter report Wednesday provided the latest gauge of the company’s impressive strides. It marked the first time that Facebook’s quarterly revenue has surpassed $5 billion […]
  
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• Updated: Ferguson, feds reaches tentative police reform deal

  27-01-2016 23:08
  
  ST. LOUIS — The Justice Department has reached a tentative agreement with Ferguson on systemic changes following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in 2014, city officials announced Wednesday. The recommended overhaul follows seven months of negotiations and likely averts a civil rights lawsuit that federal officials have the option to bring against […]
  
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• Apple’s iPhone is slumping. What’s next?

  27-01-2016 23:01
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The bloom may be off Apple’s iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing. On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged that it’s likely to see an uncharacteristic sales decline this spring, amid signs of global economic weakness and […]
  
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• University of New Mexico looks to build new hospital

  27-01-2016 23:00
  ALBUQUERQUE — University of New Mexico Hospital is planning a $600 million hospital intended to reduce emergency room wait times.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions

  27-01-2016 23:00
  
  VIENNA — France has asked the European Union to consider new sanctions against Iran over recent missile tests, in a request made shortly after the EU ended sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, officials have told The Associated Press. Two officials from European Union nations said the French proposal is under EU review but most other […]
  
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• Bank of NM names Sanchez president

  27-01-2016 22:55
  
  GRANTS — Clemente Sanchez has been appointed president/CEO of Bank of New Mexico and Ron B. Williams has been named chairman of its board of directors. Sanchez has served on the board since 2008 and as chairman since 2014. He retired at the end of last year as director of the Small Business Development Center […]
  
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• Film academy reforms spark new round of protests

  27-01-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it was altering membership rules in response to an outcry over the diversity of its voters and nominees, another uproar has erupted around Hollywood. Many academy members are protesting that the new measures unjustly scapegoat older academy members and imply they’re racist. […]
  
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• Breaking: New Mexico court approves changes to speedy trial rule

  27-01-2016 22:35
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday approved changes to a rule designed to diminish the backlog of criminal cases awaiting trial in Bernalillo County. The court announced that prosecutors in the state’s busiest judicial district will have more time for handling criminal cases. The changes also include safeguards for limiting […]
  
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• New Gas Co. owner says it will invest in NM

  27-01-2016 22:32
  
  Canadian company Emera Inc. says it will make significant investments in natural gas and possibly other clean energy infrastructure if state regulators allow it to buy the New Mexico Gas Co. Emera, a publicly-traded energy firm with about $10 billion in assets in North America, announced plans last September to acquire Florida-based TECO Energy, which […]
  
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• The Latest: Obama, Sanders meet amid heated primary race

  27-01-2016 22:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, less than a week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local. 4:20 p.m. Bernie Sanders says he and President Barack Obama talked foreign policy, the economy and “a little bit of politics,” during their first extended sit-down since the Vermont senator’s […]
  
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• Mammoth bones unearthed on Oregon State football field

  27-01-2016 22:25
  
  Crews working on an expansion around Reser Stadium found a femur from one of the ancient elephants and bones from a bison and camel, all dating back 10,000 years.
  
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• Hamas says militants missing in Gaza tunnel collapse

  27-01-2016 22:18
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas says a group of militants have gone missing inside a tunnel built to attack Israel that collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Hamas confirmed the incident in a statement Wednesday, a day after Palestinian social media activists publicized the matter. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, […]
  
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• Officials mull security options for judge shot in Austin

  27-01-2016 21:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County officials concerned about the safety of a judge who was shot in November are considering spending up to $80,000 a month for ongoing security for her protection. Documents obtained by KVUE-TV and the Austin American-Statesman show the Travis County Sheriff’s Office has spent nearly $70,000 in the past five weeks […]
  
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• House Dems, who delivered for Obama, now diminished minority

  27-01-2016 21:59
  
  BALTIMORE — House Democrats clawed their way into power and delivered a burst of historic legislation for President Barack Obama after he took office seven years ago. Now, in his final year, Obama is leaving them greatly diminished and confronting questions about whether their next generation of leaders can lead them back into the majority. […]
  
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• Rancher killed in refuge standoff vowed to die before jail

  27-01-2016 21:58
  
  BURNS, Oregon — A rancher who was killed during a traffic stop while in Oregon for an armed standoff at a wildlife refuge recently vowed he would die before going to prison. Fifty-five-year-old LaVoy Finicum of Cain Beds, Arizona, died after law enforcement officers initiated the stop Tuesday night near the Malheur (MAL’-hure) National Wildlife […]
  
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• Firkin BrewHouse finally ready to go

  27-01-2016 21:15
  
  New microbrewery plans public debut on Feb. 4
  
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• Walgreens will keep selling tobacco products

  27-01-2016 21:03
  
  CHICAGO — The nation’s No. 1 drugstore has no plans to stop selling tobacco products and said its main focus is trying to help people kick the habit, Walgreens executives told shareholders at Wednesday’s annual meeting. “We do deliberate this on a regular basis,” said Executive Chairman James Skinner. “Our main focus is to try […]
  
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• Wal-Mart’s shutdown creates new food deserts

  27-01-2016 21:02
  
  FAIRFIELD, Ala. — Wal-Mart’s decision to shutter 154 stores across the country means that, starting Thursday, residents without cars in a neighborhood near a historically black college outside Birmingham, Alabama, will have to cross dangerous roadways on foot to get fresh produce and meat. Come Friday, folks in Coal Hill, Arkansas, will need to drive […]
  
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• Fed voices concern about global economic pressures

  27-01-2016 21:01
  
  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve sounded a note of concern Wednesday about how global pressures could affect the U.S. economy, while keeping a key interest rate unchanged. Six weeks after it raised rates from record lows, the Fed took stock of a more perilous international picture that could alter its plans for further raising rates. […]
  
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• Breaking: NM ‘new’ money estimate for next year now at $30M, as oil slide takes toll

  27-01-2016 19:41
  
  New Mexico lawmakers could have far less money to spend on public schools and Medicaid in the coming year than previously projected, as plunging oil and natural gas prices have prompted economists to reduce the amount of projected “new” money to just $30 million. That’s down more than $200 million from just over a month ago, […]
  
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• Wendy’s investigating ‘unusual activity’ on payment cards

  27-01-2016 19:13
  
  NEW YORK — Wendy’s says it is investigating reports of “unusual activity” on payment cards that had been used at some of its restaurants. The company says it learned from payment industry contacts this month of reports indicating fraudulent charges may have occurred on cards that had been used legitimately at some of its locations. […]
  
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• Panic is passé: investors stay steady on retirement savings

  27-01-2016 18:49
  
  Panic is so passé. Investors are keeping their cool — and keeping their hands off of their retirement accounts — despite huge swings in the stock market that sent it careening to its worst start to a year ever. “They are just plugging away through the ups and downs of the stock market,” said Sarah […]
  
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• UN chief wants clean energy investments doubled by 2020

  27-01-2016 18:48
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. secretary-general on Wednesday challenged investors around the world to at least double their investments in clean energy by 2020, saying that “we must begin the shift away from fossil fuels immediately.” Ban Ki-moon told an investor summit on climate risk that increasing investment in clean energy is critical in following […]
  
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• Eden tells business leaders department will be understaffed for more than a year

  27-01-2016 18:15
  
  Police Chief Gorden Eden told the Economic Forum of Albuquerque on Wednesday morning that if lawmakers don’t pass “return to work” laws, Albuquerque police will be understaffed until late 2017. Eden was the speaker for the nonpartisan group of business leaders that regularly hosts city and state leaders. He touched on a variety of topics, […]
  
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• Mobile-payment services draw more shoppers and merchants

  27-01-2016 17:22
  
  The pay-by-phone crowd is growing at the checkout counter. More consumers are using their smartphones to pay for goods and services, and more companies are offering “mobile-payments” or “mobile-wallet” services. In addition to Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay, which launched in October 2014, the field includes Android Pay from Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Pay from […]
  
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• Bosque Brewing starts expansion project

  27-01-2016 17:14
  
  Albuquerque craft brewery to double seating, upgrade menu
  
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• Updated: Sen. McCain assails Pentagon for relying on Russian rockets

  27-01-2016 17:11
  
  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee assailed Pentagon officials on Wednesday for relying on Russian rocket engines to launch American military satellites into space, arguing that the practice enriches friends of President Vladimir Putin and puts U.S. national security in jeopardy. “Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security […]
  
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• Northwestern Colorado town approves pot growing operations

  27-01-2016 17:11
  
  STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — The northwestern Colorado town of Hayden is gearing up to start growing pot. The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports (http://bit.ly/1UqcZps ) that voters in a special election on Tuesday approved an ordinance to allow marijuana growing operations within town limits. The measure passed with 52.4 percent of the vote, with a […]
  
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• Court throws out death sentence in College Station case

  27-01-2016 17:11
  
  HOUSTON — Texas’ highest criminal court has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted of killing a woman at her College Station home in 2010. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 6-3 Wednesday to return the case of 50-year-old Stanley Griffin to the Brazos County trial court for a new punishment hearing. […]
  
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• Honoring Alamogordo’s Past

  27-01-2016 17:09
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Last September, Rich Merrick was standing in the Monte Vista Cemetery fulfilling his duties in the honor guard during a funeral for a veteran when he noticed weeds as tall as 3 feet. “In some places the weeds were actually covering grave stones,” Merrick said. “I thought to myself that it wasn’t […]
  
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• New Mexico state auditor flags 56 entities for late reports

  27-01-2016 17:08
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s state auditor is flagging a long list of state agencies and local government authorities for failing to turn in annual audit results on time. State Auditor Tim Keller announced Wednesday that 56 entities have not submitted audits for the fiscal year ending in June 2015. Audits are overdue from […]
  
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• FBI checkpoints around refuge where some remain

  27-01-2016 17:07
  
  BURNS, Ore. — The latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 7:35 a.m. The FBI has established checkpoints around a national wildlife preserve in Oregon where some armed activists still are believed to be holed up, saying the decision came out of “an […]
  
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• Zebra, 32, at Houston Zoo dies of age-related ailments

  27-01-2016 17:06
  
  HOUSTON — A 32-year-old zebra at the Houston Zoo has died of complications from age-related conditions. Zoo officials say the female Grant’s zebra named Charlie died Sunday morning, A zoo statement says the feisty zebra, known to hold her own and kick at the towering giraffes if they got too close, died a month shy […]
  
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• Off-duty deputy wounded in attempted robbery in Aurora

  27-01-2016 17:06
  
  AURORA, Colo. — An off-duty Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot during an attempted robbery in Aurora. Police say the deputy was approached by two juveniles in the parking lot of an apartment complex Tuesday evening. Shots were exchanged and the deputy was critically wounded. He returned […]
  
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• Texas dad who took away daughter’s phone not guilty of theft

  27-01-2016 17:05
  
  DALLAS — A Texas father who was accused of theft after he confiscated his 12-year-old daughter’s cellphone over an inappropriate text has been acquitted of the misdemeanor charge. A judge in Dallas found Ronald Jackson not guilty Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence. Grand Prairie police arrested Jackson a few hours after he commandeered his daughter’s cellphone […]
  
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• Texas man charged in fatal beating of mother

  27-01-2016 17:04
  
  HICO, Texas — Investigators say a Central Texas man has been charged with killing his mother by allegedly beating her with a tool meant to install metal fence posts. Hamilton County jail records show 33-year-old Matthew Long of Hico (HY’-koh) was being held Wednesday on a murder charge. Records don’t list an attorney to speak […]
  
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• Cloak-and-dagger steps used to protect fugitive sect leader

  27-01-2016 17:04
  
  PHOENIX — The former head of security for a polygamous church rattled off a list of elaborate steps used to assist the sect’s leader while he was a fugitive a decade ago and explained how towns in Arizona and Utah took orders from the church. Willie Jessop, who left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ […]
  
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• Skandera scolds school board, files complaint

  27-01-2016 17:03
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera sent a strongly worded letter to members of the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education Tuesday, requiring them to undergo training on the board’s roles and responsibilities as well as New Mexico’s Open Meetings Act. The letter points out nine instances in which the […]
  
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• Nest envisions a ‘conscious home’

  27-01-2016 17:02
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. — Nest Labs has made its mark by persuading consumers to think of thermostats, smoke alarms and security cameras not as boring appliances but as alluring objects representing the homes of the future. Now the Palo Alto gadget-maker that Google acquired last year is working to get more household devices talking to […]
  
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• Judge lets restraining order lapse in sheriff’s case

  27-01-2016 17:02
  
  LAS CRUCES – A state district court judge on Tuesday allowed a temporary restraining order to lapse in a case that was launched when Doña Ana County Sheriff Enrique “Kiki” Vigil took command of the county detention center for a short time in December. What to do with the restraining order, first put in place […]
  
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• Ruling: Use of dogs included in consent to police searches

  27-01-2016 17:01
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — An Arizona court ruling says unconditionally consenting to a police search of a vehicle includes allowing a drug-sniffing dog to enter the vehicle. A Court of Appeals ruling Monday upheld a woman’s convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine for sale. The woman’s appeal challenged a judge’s refusal to bar use […]
  
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• Women’s basketball: Lobos should win game against 0-18 host Air Force

  27-01-2016 08:05
  
  It's the kind of game that sends coaches running for antacids.The University of New Me ...
  
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• Virus outbreak has Sunland racing on hold

  27-01-2016 08:05
  
  Millions of dollars in purse money and the running of New Mexico's most prestigious thoroughbred rac ...
  
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