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• Two firms bid on Sunland Park border crossing

  02-02-2016 23:50
  
  SUNLAND PARK — Two companies responded to the city’s request for proposals to design, build and manage a new noncommercial border crossing — but it’s possible neither meets the requirements outlined in the city’s RFP. The two proposals — submitted last month by Hanson Asset Management LP of El Paso and Prieto Group LLC of […]
  
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• Former workers’ comp judge pleads to fraud charges

  02-02-2016 23:45
  
  A former New Mexico Workers’ Compensation administrative law judge and disbarred lawyer pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to defrauding the Social Security Administration of more than $40,000 and an estate and its beneficiaries of almost $572,000. Juanita Roibal-Bradley, 60, of Albuquerque, pleaded to one count related to Social Security benefits and 12 counts of […]
  
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• Odessa woman sentenced to 50 years for abuse of stepson

  02-02-2016 23:43
  
  ODESSA, Texas — A West Texas woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to abusing her 10-year-old stepson, who was found to be emaciated, malnourished and bruised after a concerned store clerk called authorities. The Ector County District Attorney’s Office said 37-year-old Tonya Carroll of Odessa was sentenced Monday. She […]
  
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• Things to know about Navajo Nation, Urban Outfitters dispute

  02-02-2016 23:40
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation is seeking potentially millions of dollars from Urban Outfitters Inc. over clothing, jewelry and other merchandise bearing the tribe’s name that the popular retailer has sold. The clothing chain will ask a federal judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday to limit how far back in time the […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton wins Iowa, campaigns turn to New Hampshire

  02-02-2016 23:31
  
  NASHUA, N.H. — Hillary Clinton tried to turn a skin-of-her-teeth victory in Iowa into a bit of momentum for her battered Democratic campaign, and Ted Cruz sought to lock in his spot at the top of the Republican field as the presidential candidates packed up Tuesday and sped to New Hampshire. The contenders descended on […]
  
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• NM health officials investigating salmonella case

  02-02-2016 23:21
  
  The New Mexico Department of Health, CDC, FDA and state Environment Department and Albuquerque Envir ...
  
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• 92-year-old WWII veteran scares off ax-wielding would-be burglar, authorities say

  02-02-2016 23:19
  
  "I let off a shot and he took off. He left his ax. He left his hat and everything else after that."
  
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• ABQ man gets 11 months for airsoft attack on federal officers

  02-02-2016 23:01
  
  Charlie Ray Turnbow, 40, of Albuquerque was sentenced Tuesday to 11 months in prison followed by a y ...
  
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• Yahoo to cut 1,700 workers as CEO tries to save her own job

  02-02-2016 22:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is laying off about 1,700 employees and shedding some of its excess baggage in a shake-up likely to determine whether CEO Marissa Mayer can save her own job. The long-anticipated purge announced Tuesday will jettison about 15 percent of Yahoo’s workforce along with an assortment of services that Mayer decided aren’t […]
  
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• Georgia mayor charged with impersonating cop and DUI

  02-02-2016 22:33
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Ga. — The mayor of a tiny Georgia town has been jailed on criminal charges after sheriff’s deputies pulled him over for driving a city police cruiser. John Dopson is the mayor of Jacksonville, Georgia, a town of about 140 residents located 90 miles southeast of Macon. Dopson was being held Tuesday at the […]
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers rewrite budget with less money to spend

  02-02-2016 22:30
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Legislative leaders in New Mexico’s House of Representatives are preserving pay increases for police and prison guards and trimming funding for higher education as they redraw next year’s state budget to offset falling revenue projections. The House Appropriations and Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to move forward with about $82 million […]
  
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• Bill would provide tax benefits for broadband expansion

  02-02-2016 22:29
  
  The measure, which would provide a gross receipts and compensating tax deduction on construction and equipment expenses for expanding broadband services, is making its way through the Legislature.
  
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• Trump boosts turnout, but not all newcomers vote for him

  02-02-2016 22:18
  
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump’s presence is drawing unprecedented attention to the Republican presidential contest. But after careful consideration, many new Iowa voters turned to his rivals instead. The political newcomer logged a second-place finish in Iowa’s kick-off caucuses, performing far better than anyone could have imagined just seven months ago when he […]
  
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• Cheesecake Factory readies for ABQ launch with nearly 300 employees

  02-02-2016 22:04
  
  Coronado Center location to debut in three weeks
  
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• Generals say women should have to register for draft

  02-02-2016 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON — The top Army and Marine Corps generals told senators Tuesday that it will take up to three years to fully integrate women into all combat jobs, adding that women also should have to register for the draft. The military service leaders repeatedly vowed that they will not lower standards to bring women into […]
  
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• Updated: Dallas County confirms sexually-transmitted Zika case

  02-02-2016 21:48
  
  DALLAS — Health officials say a patient in Dallas County has acquired the Zika virus through sexual transmission. Dallas County Health and Human Services said Tuesday it received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The patient was infected after having sexual contact with an ill person who returned from a country where […]
  
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• NBA team cancels Lunar New Year promo after player complains

  02-02-2016 21:48
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings cancelled a Lunar New Year promotional giveaway after DeMarcus Cousins complained it was insensitive on the first day of Black History Month. The Kings were set to give away T-shirts commemorating the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which starts on Feb. 8, at the team’s game against the Milwaukee […]
  
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• Libya’s political chaos slows response to Islamic State

  02-02-2016 21:46
  
  ROME — The military strategy for eliminating the Islamic State in Libya appeared on hold Tuesday as nations fighting the extremist group said they could help the North African country re-establish security once its long-awaited new government is established. But Libya is in political crisis, more than four years after a U.S.-led military effort helped […]
  
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• State police: 26 Las Cruces residents charged in drug probe

  02-02-2016 21:44
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Authorities say 26 Las Cruces residents face drug and other charges as a result of a multi-agency investigation into narcotics trafficking in Dona Ana County. New Mexico State Police said Tuesday that the three-month operation called “Southern Sweep” targeted several trafficking organizations. State police said other agencies participating in the investigation […]
  
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• Judge dismisses lawsuit over who owns roads on tribal lands

  02-02-2016 21:44
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in a decades-old dispute over who owns roads crossing tribal lands used to access private property adjacent to San Ildefonso Pueblo. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/20EJtQo ) that U.S. District Judge James Browning ruled on Saturday that the court lacked jurisdiction to […]
  
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• The Latest: Jailed Bundy says ‘land belongs to the people’

  02-02-2016 21:41
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The Latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 12:15 p.m. The jailed leader of an armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says “the land belongs to the people” and should be turned over to local authorities. In […]
  
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• Premiere production at Adobe Rose bodes well for theater’s future

  02-02-2016 21:28
  
    To judge by Saturday night’s performance, Santa Fe’s newest theater seems to be getting a positive reception. “Luna Gale,” the opening production at the Adobe Rose Theatre, had many seats filled with a rapt audience absorbed by the well-acted, fast-paced drama. And not all of the viewers had gray hair. That’s been an ongoing […]
  
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• Breaking: BCSO deputies, APD officer shoot carjacking, shooting suspect after chase

  02-02-2016 20:43
  
  Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies and an Albuquerque police officer shot a man police said may have been involved in an earlier shooting and multiple carjackings after a police chase in Northeast Albuquerque Tuesday, according to a police spokesman. Officer Tanner Tixier said the man was shot near El Encanto and La Veta NE around 1:30 […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Officers involved in shooting during search for shooting, carjacking suspect

  02-02-2016 20:43
  
  Albuquerque police were involved in a shooting while searching for a man suspected in an earlier shooting and carjacking, according to a police spokesman. Police had been searching for the suspect after a man was shot and injured on the 200 block of Rhode Island NE. Tixier said he didn’t know that man’s condition. Officers […]
  
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• Updated: Fast-growing motorcycle group is largely for law enforcement

  02-02-2016 19:47
  
  DENVER — One of the nation’s fastest-growing motorcycle clubs is composed largely of military, police officers and prison guards. It also embraces the regalia and traditions of outlaw biker gangs — a choice that has provoked deadly clashes with other groups. The Iron Order club insists it is a law-abiding, charitable brotherhood of family men […]
  
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• FUSION flies high with ‘Bird’

  02-02-2016 19:47
  
    The world has changed so much over the centuries that the classics present unusual problems for producing theatrical artists. How do we give life to masterpieces written in a time so remote from our own? The Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov is especially difficult to produce. No dramatist of genius has […]
  
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• Fast-growing motorcycle group is largely for law enforcement

  02-02-2016 19:47
  
  DENVER — One of the nation’s fastest-growing motorcycle clubs is composed largely of military, police officers and prison guards. The Iron Order also embraces the regalia and traditions of outlaw biker gangs — a choice that has provoked deadly clashes with other groups. The club insists it is a law-abiding, charitable brotherhood of family men […]
  
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• Exxon’s 4Q and annual profit plunge with oil prices

  02-02-2016 19:42
  
  DALLAS — The big plunge in crude prices is taking a toll on Big Oil. Exxon Mobil Corp. said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 58 percent to $2.78 billion. It was the oil giant’s smallest profit since the third quarter of 2002. Exxon’s core exploration and production business lost money in the U.S. and international […]
  
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• Microsoft recalling 2.4 million Surface tablet power cords

  02-02-2016 19:40
  SEATTLE — Microsoft is recalling about 2.44 million of its Surface tablet power cords because of the risk of fire or electrical shocks, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. Seattle-based Microsoft has received 56 reports of AC cords overheating and emitting flames, and five reports of electric shock, the commission said. The […]
  
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• House GOP to vote to repeal Obama’s health care law

  02-02-2016 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Republicans launched their latest, doomed try to kill President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul on Tuesday. With no chance of succeeding, the House vote was solely an exercise in election-year political messaging. Tuesday’s vote was an attempt to override Obama’s veto last month of legislation gutting much of the law and ending federal […]
  
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• Updated: Grim anniversary: 11 women, unborn child found buried on West Mesa 7 years ago

  02-02-2016 19:30
  
  Seven years ago today, a woman walking her dog on Albuquerque’s West Mesa stumbled across a human bone. It was the first of many in what would become one of the largest crime scenes in American history. By the end of the month, investigators had found the remains of 11 women and an unborn child […]
  
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• Smokers in Italy hit with new $600 fines

  02-02-2016 19:26
  
  ROME — Smokers in Italy are now facing fines of up to 500 euros ($600) if they light up in a car with a child or pregnant woman — or if they toss a cigarette butt on the street — after new health and environmental laws went into effect Tuesday. The smoking prohibitions extend bans […]
  
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• Woman pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of another driver

  02-02-2016 19:23
  
  PHOENIX — A 32-year-old Mesa woman has pleaded not guilty in a fatal shooting that police have said may have reflected a desire to be shot by police. Holly Davis entered her plea Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court. She is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and other crimes in the Jan. 16 shooting of […]
  
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• US education official apologizes for poor judgment, behavior

  02-02-2016 19:22
  
  WASHINGTON — A senior Education Department official apologized on Tuesday for what he acknowledged was poor judgment related to working on his side businesses with subordinates, failing to pay taxes on his profits and awarding a government contract to a friend’s company. “I take full responsibility for how some of my actions have allowed questions […]
  
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• AZ lawmakers again seek tax break for Grand Canyon University

  02-02-2016 19:22
  
  PHOENIX — Lawmakers are again seeking a big property tax break for a growing private Christian university in west Phoenix. A 2014 effort benefiting Grand Canyon University in west Phoenix failed because of concerns it was unconstitutional. The new legislation addresses that by giving a break on property taxes to any regionally or nationally accredited […]
  
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• Repair worker dies in 7-story fall down elevator shaft

  02-02-2016 19:21
  
  GUTTENBERG, N.J. — Federal authorities say an elevator repair worker has fallen seven stories to his death down a shaft in New Jersey. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Leni Fortson says it happened Tuesday at the Galaxy Towers in Guttenberg. The condominium complex is composed of three octagonal towers that each rise 415 feet […]
  
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• EU and US reach new data-sharing agreement

  02-02-2016 19:16
  
  BRUSSELS — The European Union and the United States struck a deal Tuesday over data-sharing that will allow the likes of Facebook and Apple to continue sending people’s information across the Atlantic. The sides had been trying to forge an agreement since October, when Europe’s top court struck down the previous pact — known as […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders’ strong challenge

  02-02-2016 19:08
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, outpacing a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for president. The former secretary of state, senator from New York and first lady edged past the Vermont senator in a race the Iowa […]
  
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• Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders’ strong challenge

  02-02-2016 19:08
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, beating back a strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for president.
  
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• Zika virus overshadows buildup to Rio de Janeiro Olympics

  02-02-2016 18:54
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Zika virus is overshadowing the final preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, even eclipsing concerns over deep budget cuts and severe water pollution. Hundreds of reporters packed Olympic headquarters on Tuesday to hear about ticket sales, venue construction and a reminder that Friday marks six months until the opening […]
  
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• Super Bowl ads this year might be a snooze

  02-02-2016 18:53
  
  NEW YORK — No GoDaddy. Not a bikini in sight. Service messages instead of crotch or fart jokes. As the Super Bowl turns 50 and faces middle age, will this be the year that advertisers stick to — gasp — good taste? The Super Bowl remains advertising’s biggest stage, especially as the broadcast TV audience […]
  
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• OJ Simpson not happy with portrayal of lawyer on TV show ads

  02-02-2016 18:53
  
  LAS VEGAS — A lawyer for O.J. Simpson says the imprisoned former football star isn’t happy with ads and interviews about a cable TV series focusing on his 1995 murder acquittal in Los Angeles. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne in Las Vegas told The Associated Press that Simpson isn’t upset about how he’s shown. But he admired […]
  
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• The Latest: Georgia high court won’t stop man’s execution

  02-02-2016 18:48
  
  ATLANTA — The Latest on the execution of Georgia’s oldest death row inmate, who’s set to be put to death Tuesday (all times local): 12:40 p.m. The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the state’s oldest death row inmate, who’s set to be executed Tuesday evening. Seventy-two-year-old Brandon Astor Jones is scheduled to […]
  
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• Media fights freeway-shootings case document sealing

  02-02-2016 18:37
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona media outlets are fighting to keep court documents filed in the case against a man charged in some of the metro Phoenix freeway shootings from being sealed. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/1Q9Xtu0 ) that the newspaper and six other outlets on Monday asked a Maricopa County Superior Court judge for permission to […]
  
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• Bid to ensure transparency of execution drugs hits roadblock

  02-02-2016 18:37
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia lawmaker is joining a chorus of voices across numerous states pushing officials to reveal the source of drugs used in lethal-injection executions. Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell’s measure appears to have little chance, however: A subcommittee that examined the measure Tuesday voted 4-1 against it. A number of states have passed […]
  
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• Oklahoma man pleads guilty to taking photos up girls’ skirts

  02-02-2016 18:36
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to following two teenage girls in Aspen and taking cellphone pictures up their skirts. Stephen Moore on Monday pleaded guilty to a felony stalking charge, invasion of privacy for sexual gratification and child abuse causing great bodily harm. The abuse charge stems from a 9-year-old boy […]
  
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• Dozens of Coloradans volunteer to stamp valentine mail

  02-02-2016 18:36
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. — Snowy weather and travel warnings can’t delay love. Dozens of people braved the Colorado winter to kick off the 70th anniversary of the Loveland Valentine Remailing Program on Monday. They were ready to hand-stamp a Sweetheart City design on more than 150,000 valentines rerouted to Loveland before continuing to destinations across the […]
  
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• Standoff leader heads back to court in bid to leave jail

  02-02-2016 18:35
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge will consider Tuesday whether the leader of an armed group that took over a national wildlife refuge should remain in jail, while four holdouts drag out the standoff that began a month ago and has roiled a rural community in eastern Oregon. Lawyers for Ammon Bundy say he should […]
  
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• Cheap oil buoys consumers, shakes up global governments

  02-02-2016 18:32
  
  Cheap oil will be sticking around for a while. That reality is wreaking havoc and causing uncertainty for some governments and businesses, while creating financial windfalls for others. Less expensive crude is delighting consumers in some regions, while leading to widespread job losses elsewhere. Oil has fallen from $107 to around $30 in the past […]
  
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• Documents detail price hike decisions by Turing, Valeant

  02-02-2016 17:49
  
  Federal lawmakers have released excerpts from thousands of documents detailing how two drugmakers hiked prices to squeeze more revenue from some live-saving medicines, a practice that has recently sparked public outrage. The congressional review of more than 300,000 pages from Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant Pharmaceuticals highlights the internal strategies the companies used to dramatically raise […]
  
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