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• Updated: Kim Davis obeying orders in gay marriage case, judge rules

  09-02-2016 23:53
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge ruled that Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has obeyed his orders in the months since she spent five nights in jail for refusing to license same-sex marriages. United States District Judge David Bunning wrote Tuesday that Davis has allowed her deputies to issue marriage licenses and dismissed a request from […]
  
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• Taiwan seeks detention of developers of toppled building

  09-02-2016 23:53
  
  TAINAN, Taiwan — Prosecutors have requested the detention of the developers of a high-rise apartment building in southern Taiwan that collapsed over the weekend following a strong earthquake, killing dozens of people, official media said Tuesday. The Tainan District Prosecutors Office said Lin Ming-hui and two other former executives, Chang Kui-an and Cheng Chin-kui, were […]
  
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• Student group protests Customs and Border Protection at UNM career fair

  09-02-2016 23:50
  
  A group of University of New Mexico students say university officials asked them to stop protesting the presence of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at a university career fair on Tuesday. The students said the university disrespected their right to protest and created a hostile environment for undocumented students and their families. University officials […]
  
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• Baltimore officers oppose delay of their trials

  09-02-2016 23:38
  
  BALTIMORE — Two Baltimore police officers charged in the Freddie Gray case are opposing the state’s motion to delay their trials until appellate courts decide whether another officer can be compelled to testify against them. Lawyers for Lt. Brian Rice and Officer Edward Nero filed the responses Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court. They call the […]
  
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• Updated: Trump, Sanders victorious in New Hampshire primaries

  09-02-2016 23:37
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, adding crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies and underscoring voters’ insistence on shaking up American politics. While New Hampshire is known for its political surprises, Trump and Sanders led in the state for months. Still, both needed […]
  
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• Trump, Sanders look to emerge from New Hampshire with wins

  09-02-2016 23:37
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders looked to emerge from Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary with their first victories of the 2016 presidential election, while rivals hoped a state famous for political surprises would give their own White House bids a needed boost. Even if Republican Trump or Democrat Sanders were to stumble, the […]
  
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• Legislators to play ‘Hoops for Hope’ charity game

  09-02-2016 23:35
  
  New Mexico lawmakers will exchange gavels for sneakers for a few hours this week, as the annual legislative basketball game takes place Thursday. The “Hoops 4 Hope” game, which pits the House against the Senate, is a charity event that raises money for the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center. But it’s also a […]
  
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• Eloy police: Swiss man dies while skydiving in Arizona

  09-02-2016 23:26
  
  ELOY, Ariz. — Authorities say a Swiss man has died while skydiving in Eloy, about 60 miles south of Phoenix. It’s the third skydiving death in Eloy since Dec. 31. Eloy police say officers responded to reports of a skydiver down about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Skydive Arizona facility. They say the man was […]
  
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• 13 injured, 4 seriously, when SUV rear-ends jail van

  09-02-2016 23:26
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A sport utility vehicle slammed into the rear of a jail van in a chain collision on a North Texas expressway, sending 13 people to hospitals, four of them with serious injuries. The accident happened just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 35W northbound in far northern Fort Worth. Sgt. Steven […]
  
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• Md. legislature overrides veto on felon voting

  09-02-2016 23:12
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland General Assembly on Tuesday overrode Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill with the help of a lawmaker who was allowed to vote twice: once as a member of the House and again as a senator. The vote on the bill to restore voting rights to felons before they […]
  
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• Alabama bill could stop removal of Confederate monuments

  09-02-2016 23:12
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As some southern cities mull taking down the Confederate monuments that dot the Old South, an Alabama legislator wants to stop their ability to do so. Republican Sen. Gerald Allen of Tuscaloosa has proposed legislation that would prohibit cities from taking down historic monuments and memorials on public property without obtaining permission […]
  
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• Man gets life for killing teen with cancer

  09-02-2016 23:09
  
  DALLAS — A 19-year-old Dallas-area man has been sent to prison for life after pleading guilty to murdering a 15-year-old cancer patient. Tyler Geraud Wiley of DeSoto pleaded also pleaded guilty Tuesday to two aggravated robbery counts unrelated to the November 2014 shooting death of 19-year-old Ryan Lara. Police say Wiley shot and killed Lara […]
  
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• AZ House gives tentative OK to bill outlawing plastic bag bans

  09-02-2016 23:09
  
  PHOENIX — In an effort to get around a lawsuit the House has given initial approval to a measure revising state law outlawing cities from banning plastic bags. The law passed last session prevents cities from banning disposable products. It also blocks cities from requiring business owners to report energy consumption. Rep. Warren Petersen of […]
  
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• Trial date set for kennel owners in 21 dog deaths

  09-02-2016 23:08
  
  PHOENIX — A May 3 trial date has been set for the owners of a Gilbert kennel where 21 dogs died of heat exhaustion in June 2014. Jesse and Maleisa Hughes appeared at a status conference Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court. The couple has pleaded not guilty to 29 counts of animal cruelty and […]
  
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• Updated: Appeals court allows suit over 2011 State Police shooting in Glorieta to continue

  09-02-2016 23:07
  
  A federal appeals court has refused to end a lawsuit stemming from a New Mexico State Police officer’s fatal shooting of a Glorieta man. Daniel T. Pauly sued police over the 2011 nighttime death of son Samuel Pauly. The son was shot through a window at his home by officers investigating a reported road-rage incident […]
  
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• R.I.P. Zia Diner

  09-02-2016 22:43
  
    If court rulings say corporations can be persons, then maybe we should think about the proper way to mourn their deaths. Or at least the death of a small business such as Santa Fe’s iconic Zia Diner, which over the last three decades has seen its customers through business lunches, personal celebrations, musical gatherings […]
  
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• West Side parcel near St. Pius might get new life

  09-02-2016 22:25
  
  Retail Southwest Development's Joshua Skarsgard said his company has plans for a 21-acre mixed-use project at the northwest corner of St. Joseph's and Coors on Albuquerque's West Side.
  
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• Pastor’s widow: Daughters must live without ‘sense of fear’

  09-02-2016 21:54
  
  DURHAM, N.C. — The widow of a pastor slain with eight others at a historic South Carolina church says shielding her young daughters will be a priority during an upcoming murder trial expected to reopen emotional wounds. Jennifer Pinckney spoke to reporters on Tuesday hours before addressing a forum at Duke University on faith and […]
  
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• Paltrow describes years of messages from accused stalker

  09-02-2016 21:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — The letters addressed to Gwyneth Paltrow came for years, often with unsolicited items ranging from pornography and sex toys to religious books, earrings and clothes. The last package for Paltrow arrived in January 2015 and is now part of a stalking case against Dante Soiu, a man the actress had previously faced […]
  
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• Austin police say unarmed nude teen fatally shot by officer

  09-02-2016 21:53
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police say an unarmed nude teenager was fatally shot by an officer in an altercation partly captured by patrol car video. Police on Tuesday identified the person who died as 17-year-old David Joseph. Police Chief of Staff Brian Manley says Officer Geoffrey Freeman fatally shot Joseph on Monday when the teen […]
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutors say Adnan Syed killed ex-girlfriend

  09-02-2016 21:52
  
  BALTIMORE — The Latest on Adnan Syed’s retrial request in a murder case explored by the popular “Serial” podcast (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The prosecution has finished its closing arguments in the case of Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was re-examined by the popular “Serial” podcast. Now a Baltimore judge must decide whether to […]
  
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• Updated: Energy agency says gasoline will average under $2 in 2016

  09-02-2016 21:39
  
  For the first time since 2004, U.S. drivers are expected to pay an average of less than $2 a gallon for gasoline, the government said Tuesday. They can thank the huge glut of oil around the globe. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its monthly short-term energy outlook that regular gasoline will average $1.98 […]
  
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• Fries with that? Man accused of tossing gator at drive-thru

  09-02-2016 21:37
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alligators have been used as shoes, briefcases, university mascots, lunch and now, authorities say, a deadly weapon. Joshua James, 24, was arrested Monday and charged with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials say he threw a 3.5-foot alligator through a […]
  
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• Alleged impaired driver accused in 6-vehicle crash in Peoria

  09-02-2016 21:37
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. — Authorities have arrested a Glendale man accused of driving impaired and causing a six-vehicle crash in Peoria that injured seven people. Peoria police say 32-year-old Brian McCormack is being held in suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, reckless driving, speeding, aggravated assault with a vehicle. They didn’t immediately know Tuesday […]
  
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• Friend says slain teen talked of running away with defendant

  09-02-2016 21:36
  
  BLACKSBURG, Va. — The 13-year-old Virginia girl who was killed after climbing out of her bedroom window talked of running away and starting a family with the man now charged in her slaying, a friend and classmate of the seventh-grader said. Natasha Bryant told The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/1O082hF ) that Nicole Lovell said Virginia Tech […]
  
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• Brazil governor wants environmental fund to pay pensions

  09-02-2016 21:36
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Rio de Janeiro state governor wants to use money earmarked for an environmental fund being used to clean up waterways before the upcoming Olympics to cover shortfalls in civil servants’ pensions, a major Brazilian daily said Tuesday. A press officer at Gov. Luiz Fernando Pezao’s office confirmed the information published […]
  
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• Illinois bill would criminalize filming fights to put online

  09-02-2016 21:35
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The video posted on Facebook showed a 12-year-old on the ground while another boy tried to stomp him, with classmates standing by, circling the two and recording the fight on their phones. Neither boy was seriously hurt, but Republican Rep. Terri Bryant of Murphysboro in southern Illinois was so disturbed by the […]
  
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• Hoarding in Syria’s largest city as government advances

  09-02-2016 21:35
  
  BEIRUT — As government troops close in on Aleppo, some residents are preparing to flee Syria’s largest city while others are hoarding food in case of a long siege, even laying out bread on rooftops to dry it out for storage. The U.N. warned Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of people could be cut off […]
  
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• The Latest: Cruz: Trump can’t defend record

  09-02-2016 21:31
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest developments from Campaign 2016 as New Hampshire voters cast their ballots for president in the Republican primaries (all times local): ___ 2:18 p.m. Ted Cruz says Donald Trump has no choice but to engage in profanity because the billionaire businessman can’t defend his record. Cruz briefly addressed Trump’s latest insult […]
  
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• UTC Aerospace to close in ABQ; 150 to lose jobs

  09-02-2016 19:53
  
  UTC Aerospace Systems is closing its Albuquerque plant in the fall, resulting in 150 layoffs. A company spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the facility near Osuna and Jefferson NE, which makes components for the space program, will shut down by the end of September. Work at the plant will be transferred to other U.S. locations, spokesman […]
  
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• Judge accepts plea deal for SF cop accused of time card fraud

  09-02-2016 19:46
  
    SANTA FE — A Santa Fe District Court judge accepted a plea agreement for a Santa Fe police lieutenant accused of time card fraud that was rejected by a previous judge in the case. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer allowed Jason Wagner, 40, to plea no contest to one misdemeanor count of receiving public money […]
  
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• New Hampshire voters take to polls in 1st-in-nation primary

  09-02-2016 19:38
  
  New Hampshire hosts the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, featuring candidates for the Republican and Democratic nomination. Of the state’s 1.33 million residents, more than 870,000 residents are registered to vote. Polls started opening at 7 a.m., except for a handful of communities that begin voting just after midnight. In Dixville Notch, voters in that tiny town […]
  
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• Pentagon seeks funding for Libya, Africa military operations

  09-02-2016 19:37
  
  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is seeking $200 million in the 2017 budget for counterterrorism operations in Libya and other portions of North and West Africa, as the Islamic State threat in that region continues to grow. The new funding provides the first concrete indication of what the U.S. military may do to battle the threat, […]
  
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• Judge denies motion for Ducey deposition in shootings case

  09-02-2016 19:36
  
  PHOENIX — A judge has denied a defense motion for a pretrial interview of Gov. Doug Ducey for his Twitter post announcing the arrest of a suspect in some of the 2015 Phoenix-area freeway shootings. Defense attorneys for Leslie Merritt Jr. said they wanted depose Ducey to know what information Ducey got from investigators before […]
  
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• Trooper dies in Texas hunting accident

  09-02-2016 19:25
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut state police say a veteran trooper has died after being shot during a hunting trip in Texas. Trooper 1st Class Stephen Davis of Hebron, a 27-year veteran, died Saturday on the Cinco Ranch in Maverick County, Texas. The Maverick County sheriff’s department says the 50-year-old Davis was hit by a shot […]
  
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• Companies lose billions buying back their own stock

  09-02-2016 19:25
  
  NEW YORK — If you think your stocks are doing poorly, check out the performance of some of the most sophisticated investors, the ones with more knowledge about what’s going on inside businesses than anyone else: Companies that buy their own shares. The companies losing money on these bets are down a collective $126 billion […]
  
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• Woman finds artwork by father killed in Vietnam

  09-02-2016 19:12
  
  SAN DIEGO — Erika Colligan spent three decades searching for her father’s artwork — paintings the South Vietnam pilot made for the U.S. Air Force aviators who trained him during the Vietnam war. The 50-year-old San Diego software consultant was only 1 when her father died in a plane crash in his native country in […]
  
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• The architecture of white supremacy still evokes pain

  09-02-2016 19:12
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Growing up in the 1950s, William Bell had to enter Birmingham’s segregated Lyric Theatre though a side entrance, marked “COLORED,” that was walled-off from the elegant lobby. He climbed a dimly lit stairwell to watch movies from the steep balcony where black patrons had to sit for generations. Now the mayor of […]
  
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• Obama seeks cybersecurity boost to replace ‘ancient’ tech

  09-02-2016 19:11
  
  WASHINGTON — The federal government is relying on archaic, leaky and broken computers systems to protect reams of critical data from cyberattacks, President Barack Obama warned Tuesday as he announced a new, centralized effort to boost cybersecurity. Obama, asking Congress for more dollars for cybersecurity, said some software systems are downright ancient, with the Social […]
  
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• Closing arguments held in cop’s trial in stairwell shooting

  09-02-2016 19:11
  
  NEW YORK — The rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man in a dark public housing stairwell says what happened was a deadly accident. Prosecutors call it manslaughter and say he acted recklessly and then did little to help the dying man. Jurors could start deliberating as soon as Tuesday afternoon on whether Officer […]
  
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• House OKs Uber, Lyft bill fixing New Mexico impasse

  09-02-2016 19:02
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico House has approved a bill aimed at welcoming and regulating ride-booking companies like Uber and Lyft. The GOP-led House overwhelmingly passed Monday the proposal 58-8 a year after a similar measure died in the legislature amid partisan bickering. Rep. Monica Youngblood, an Albuquerque Republican, sponsored the bill to […]
  
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• Red Lobster enjoys sales surge after mention in Beyonce song

  09-02-2016 18:59
  
  NEW YORK — Red Lobster says it’s feeling the “Beyonce Bounce.” The seafood chain known for its cheddar biscuits says sales surged 33 percent on Sunday, compared with last year’s Super Bowl Sunday. The increase came after the release of “Formation,” in which Beyonce says she took a man to Red Lobster after sex. Red […]
  
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• Adnan Syed defense: ‘We proved our case’ for murder retrial

  09-02-2016 18:54
  
  BALTIMORE — An alibi witness who was never called, cell phone data that was misrepresented and other legal failures more than justify a new trial for Adnan Syed, his defense lawyer argued Tuesday, closing an unusual hearing prompted by the popular “Serial” podcast’s extensive re-examination of the murder case. Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah was […]
  
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• Yearly one-night homeless count draws criticism, defenders

  09-02-2016 18:53
  
  NEW YORK — Over the past few weeks, thousands of clipboard-toting volunteers have fanned out across some of the nation’s largest cities, tasked with a deceptively complex job: counting the number of homeless people sleeping on the streets. And under federal rules, they’ve had to do it under difficult conditions that some social service groups […]
  
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• Man sentenced to prison for death of son left in hot car

  09-02-2016 18:53
  
  PHOENIX — A Phoenix man who pleaded guilty to child abuse in the 2013 death of his 1-year-old son he’d left in a hot car faces more than 20 years in prison. A judge on Tuesday sentenced 31-year-old Brokale Lytte Marques to 23 years in prison. The sentence is with no possibility of early release […]
  
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• Otero County Commissioners approve weapons in workplace

  09-02-2016 18:52
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Otero County employees will be able to carry weapons in the workplace. The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1WbdVP2 ) that on Monday the Otero County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that will allow county employees to carry weapons either openly or concealed. Commissioners also agreed to discuss a future training […]
  
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• Man accused of trying to kill wife by leaving her in car

  09-02-2016 18:52
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A Glenwood Springs man has been accused of trying to kill his wife by keeping her in a running car in their closed garage. The Post Independent reports (http://bit.ly/1WaJ8lm ) that the man appeared in court Monday on charges of attempted murder and child abuse. According to court documents, the man […]
  
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• Male dolphin, 12, named Dart dies at SeaWorld San Antonio

  09-02-2016 18:52
  
  SAN ANTONIO — An ailing 12-year-old dolphin has died at SeaWorld San Antonio in the park’s fourth animal death since last summer. A SeaWorld official said Tuesday that necropsy results are expected in about six weeks on the Pacific white-sided dolphin called Dart. Becca Bides (BEE’-duhs) says Dart died Friday after veterinarians monitored him for […]
  
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• Obama declares 25 Texas counties federal disaster areas

  09-02-2016 18:51
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — More than two dozen Texas counties are now eligible for federal help following deadly end-of-December blizzards and tornadoes. President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared 25 counties federal disaster areas. Gov. Greg Abbott on Jan. 26 requested the disaster designation to provide expanded government assistance. The declaration covers Bailey, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Dallas, […]
  
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• 2 college faculty fired in scandal over freshmen retention

  09-02-2016 18:51
  
  EMMITSBURG, Md. — A plan to identify freshmen most likely to fail has erupted into a scandal for Mount St. Mary’s University after the school president reportedly likened incoming students to bunnies who needed to be drowned or have guns put to their heads. Two faculty members have been fired and another demoted at the […]
  
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