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• Nathan Barksdale, who inspired ‘The Wire,’characters, dies

  16-02-2016 23:57
  
  BALTIMORE — A Baltimore drug kingpin who inspired characters on HBO’s “The Wire” has died while serving a term in federal prison in North Carolina. Baltimore Health Department spokesman Sean Naron confirmed on Tuesday that 54-year-old Nathan Barksdale died in a medical prison in Butner. Naron did not know exactly when Barksdale died, or how. […]
  
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• FDA sets guidelines to protect US blood supply from Zika

  16-02-2016 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is recommending U.S. blood banks refuse donations from people who have travelled to countries where the Zika virus is active in the previous four weeks, part of guidelines meant to protect the blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. The agency recommends the same four-week deferral for people who […]
  
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• Boutros Boutros-Ghali, first U.N. chief from Africa, dies

  16-02-2016 23:50
  
  CAIRO — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country’s landmark peace deal with Israel but then clashed with the United States when he served a single term as U.N. secretary-general, has died. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali, the scion of a prominent Egyptian Christian political family, was the first U.N. chief from […]
  
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• Rousey thought about killing herself after losing to Holm

  16-02-2016 23:47
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ronda Rousey says she had dark thoughts including suicide after she lost her bantamweight title to Holly Holm in Australia last year, her first defeat since joining UFC. “Honestly, my thought in the medical room, I was sitting in the corner and was like, ‘What am I anymore if I’m not this?'” […]
  
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• Peer-to-peer biz pitch competition in Santa Fe

  16-02-2016 23:35
  
  The Santa Fe Business Incubator is organizing a new type of startup pitch competition, in which teams will be asked to rate each other’s performance to choose a winner, rather than leaving it to a panel of judges. It will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Santa Fe Business Incubator, […]
  
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• Updated: Before Supreme Court nod, an intrusive interrogation

  16-02-2016 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Did you ever buy porn, sniff glue, have sex in junior high? Exactly how many times?…
  
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• Before Supreme Court nod, an intrusive interrogation

  16-02-2016 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Did you ever buy porn, sniff glue, have sex in junior high? Exactly how many times? White House lawyers are scouring a life’s worth of information about President Barack Obama’s potential picks for the Supreme Court, from the mundane to the intensely personal. In trying to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, the […]
  
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• Police: man hit wife with hatchet, dumping her along NM highway

  16-02-2016 23:25
  
  GRANTS, N.M. — An Alabama man accused of attacking his wife with a hatchet and leaving her on a New Mexico highway has been indicted for attempted murder. New Mexico State Police announced Tuesday that a Cibola County grand jury also has charged 54-year-old William A. Crisp with aggravated battery against a household member and […]
  
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• Affidavit: Colorado teen tried shooting self before deputy

  16-02-2016 23:25
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A homeless teenager charged with killing a Colorado sheriff’s deputy told investigators he tried but failed to shoot himself before turning the gun on the officer, according to court documents released Tuesday. An arrest warrant affidavit said 17-year-old Austin Patrick Holzer told police he had been in jail before and didn’t […]
  
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• Ted Cruz rivals pounce on trust issues

  16-02-2016 23:23
  
  BEAUFORT, S.C. — Ted Cruz is getting hammered by his Republican rivals over what they call a pattern of unethical campaign tactics and inaccurate statements by the Texas senator who has shaped his White House bid around trust. Cruz has had some trouble getting all his facts straight in debates, has used campaign tactics that […]
  
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• Updated: Graphic photos begin ‘Grim Sleeper’ trial in Los Angeles

  16-02-2016 23:22
  
  LOS ANGELES — Their bodies were dumped in alleys and garbage bins in south Los Angeles, some naked, some covered with mattresses and trash. Most had been fatally shot in the chest after some type of sexual contact, others strangled. As prosecutor Beth Silverman showed photo after photo of the 10 victims to a packed […]
  
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• Sheriff: 911 caller wouldn’t say person who died was Scalia

  16-02-2016 23:22
  
  MARFA, Texas — The Texas sheriff who responded to Antonin Scalia’s death says he didn’t know it was the Supreme Court justice who had died until he arrived at the scene because the person who called 911 refused to say whose body had been found. Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez on Tuesday said the owner […]
  
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• Bill would allow Kansas police officers to cross state lines

  16-02-2016 23:22
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas law enforcement officers would be permitted to help officers across state lines during emergency situations under a bill approved by a House committee. Law enforcement officers in Kansas now are only able to help other departments in the state, though officers in border counties are also able to provide assistance across […]
  
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• Obama: Will name indisputably qualified nominee for court

  16-02-2016 23:21
  
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Barack Obama says there is “more than enough time” for the Senate to consider a nomination to the Supreme Court this year, and he intends to move ahead with his choice. The president says he intends to nominate someone who is indisputably qualified for the seat that was held by […]
  
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• Excel Staffing opens Carlsbad office

  16-02-2016 22:05
  
  Albuquerque-based Excel Staffing has opened a Carlsbad office to provide staff for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, according to a release from the company. The company plans to expand service to businesses in the Carlsbad area, as well. Since 2014, Excel has added an office in Los Alamos and won […]
  
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• Woman with lighters in hand accused of setting her home on fire

  16-02-2016 21:37
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Police in Tucson say arson charges have been filed against the woman who allegedly set her own home on fire. They say 40-year-old Sabrina Phillips is believed to have started a fire inside her home on Feb. 9 and then attempted to burn other items in the yard. Police say Phillips still […]
  
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• Updated: Special prosecutor sought in fatal Chicago police shooting

  16-02-2016 21:36
  
  CHICAGO — Civil rights attorneys, clergymen and several elected officials filed a court petition Tuesday seeking to force Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to hand over the prosecution and any further investigation involving the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald to a special prosecutor. The petition, coming as Alvarez is in a […]
  
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• Turkey pushes case for ground operations as Kurds advance

  16-02-2016 21:36
  
  BEIRUT — Turkey said Tuesday it is pressing for ground operations in Syria, hoping for the involvement of the U.S. and other allies as a force dominated by Kurdish fighters pushed through rebel lines and captured more territory near the Turkish border. In Damascus, the U.N. envoy to Syria suggested that humanitarian aid would be […]
  
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• Coalition seeks special prosecutor in fatal police shooting

  16-02-2016 21:36
  
  CHICAGO — A coalition of civil rights attorneys and others filed a court petition Tuesday seeking to force Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to hand over the prosecution and any further investigation involving the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald to a special prosecutor. The petition, which comes as Alvarez finds herself […]
  
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• Admin opposes Cruz bill to rename Chinese Embassy address

  16-02-2016 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says President Barack Obama would veto legislation to rename the area in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. after a prominent Chinese political prisoner. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Tuesday that the bill proposed by Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz of Texas, which has already passed the […]
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal performs in Paris for attack survivors

  16-02-2016 21:35
  
  PARIS — California rock band Eagles of Death Metal performed Tuesday at a highly charged Paris concert filled with fans who survived a terrifying massacre and siege at their last Paris show — and filled with memories of those who didn’t. “Bonsoir Paris, we’re ready for this!” frontman Jesse Hughes told the crowd at the […]
  
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• Woman caught with 6 lbs. of meth on train pleads

  16-02-2016 21:34
  
  Amanda Andrea Wyatt, 26, of Albuquerque pleaded guilty Tuesday to a drug trafficking charge, followi ...
  
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• US stocks rising for the second day in a row in broad rally

  16-02-2016 20:47
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks are climbing Tuesday and building on their gains from late last week. Strong quarterly reports are boosting companies including Hormel Foods and Restaurant Brands International, and retailers are also rising. Home security company ADT is surging after it agreed to be bought by an investment company. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks rising for the second day in a row in broad rally

  16-02-2016 20:47
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks are climbing Tuesday and building on their gains from late last week. Strong quarterly reports are boosting companies including Hormel Foods and Restaurant Brands International, and retailers are also rising. Home security company ADT is surging after it agreed to be bought by an investment company. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones […]
  
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• Updated: Man sentenced to 3 years for filming children in restroom

  16-02-2016 20:39
  
  A businessman charged with illegally filming children in the restroom at his Albuquerque office two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to three years in the Department of Corrections. Craig Highfill pleaded guilty in November to one count of sexual exploitation of children by manufacture, the first counts in a longer indictment. Highfill must also register […]
  
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• Cruz proposes plan to bolster US military

  16-02-2016 19:41
  
  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz laid out his vision for bolstering the U.S. military on an aircraft carrier in South Carolina Tuesday, vowing to rebuild the military so “it will be feared by our enemies and trusted by our allies.” In a nod to South Carolina’s sizeable military and veteran population, Cruz […]
  
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• Doctors: Upsurge in paralysis condition accompanies Zika

  16-02-2016 19:38
  
  CUCUTA, Colombia — The doctor taps Zulay Balza’s knees with a hammer and she doesn’t feel a thing. She can’t squeeze his outstretched fingers or shut her eyelids. Her face is partially paralyzed. “The weakness started in my legs and climbed upward. The face was last. After three days, I couldn’t walk,” said Balza, 49. […]
  
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• US, Cuba sign deal on commercial flights

  16-02-2016 19:34
  
  HAVANA — The United States and Cuba signed an agreement on Tuesday morning to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades, starting the clock on dozens of new flights operating daily by next fall. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Cuban Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal in a […]
  
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• Updated: Scalia to lie in repose at Supreme Court on Friday

  16-02-2016 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON — The body of Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall on Friday. The court announced that the public will be invited to pay its respects Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. The details came Tuesday as the former jurist’s courtroom chair was draped in black to […]
  
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• Scalia’s Supreme Court chair draped in black in mourning

  16-02-2016 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia’s courtroom chair on Tuesday was draped in black to mark his death as part of a Supreme Court tradition that dates to the 19th century. Scalia died Saturday at age 79. He joined the court in 1986 and was its longest-serving justice. He sat to the right of Chief Justice […]
  
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• Jury selection begins in trial for ex-BP rig supervisor

  16-02-2016 19:29
  
  NEW ORLEANS — A judge and attorneys questioned jurors Tuesday as a former BP rig supervisor went on trial for a misdemeanor pollution charge from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Robert Kaluza, 65, is likely the last person to stand trial after a sweeping Justice Department investigation into […]
  
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• Woman gets 3 years in prison for bank robbery in Albuquerque

  16-02-2016 19:28
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal authorities say a woman who pleaded guilty in the robbery of an Albuquerque bank last year has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison. They say 28-year-old Denise Romero of Los Ranchos received the 37-month sentence on Tuesday. Romero was accused of robbing nearly $1,100 from the Fourth […]
  
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• EU businesses, workers brace for return of border controls

  16-02-2016 19:28
  
  SOPRON, Hungary — The Hungarian city of Sopron, population 50,000, boasts an abundance of beauty shops and 200 dentists — one for every 250 residents. Most businesses don’t target the locals, though; they’re looking at the Austrians streaming across the nearby border to shop for bargains. Such cross-border traffic could soon suffer, as the European […]
  
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• Ex-hospital tech indicted on charges of stealing painkillers

  16-02-2016 19:27
  
  DENVER — A former surgical technician has been indicted on federal tampering and drug charges after allegedly stealing pain medication intended for patients at Swedish Medical Center in Denver. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday 28-year-old Rocky Allen of Denver faces charges of tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by deceit. Court records […]
  
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• Somali plane bomber was known as religious but not extremist

  16-02-2016 19:26
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia — He was a teacher at an Islamic school, known in his hometown in northwestern Somalia as a talkative, religious man with a sense of humor. He has also been identified as a suicide bomber who tried to bring down an airliner. Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh boarded a plane on Feb. 2 with a […]
  
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• Pope turns eye to Mexico’s drug heartland in Michoacan stop

  16-02-2016 19:26
  
  MORELIA, Mexico — Pope Francis arrived Tuesday in the heart of Mexico’s drug-trafficking country to offer words of encouragement to priests trying to minister to a people tormented by the violence and gang warfare of the drug trade. Francis’ visit to Morelia, though, is also a symbolic vote of confidence for the city’s archbishop, Alberto […]
  
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• Obama holds first summit in US with Southeast Asian leaders

  16-02-2016 19:25
  
  RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Barack Obama and leaders of Southeast Asian nations discussed regional security issues Tuesday before closing a summit called to show solidarity and U.S. seriousness about staying engaged in a region where a rising China has rattled American allies. Obama and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were to […]
  
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• Israel’s Netanyahu pans ‘baffling’ French peace proposal

  16-02-2016 19:25
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the French initiative to hold an international peace conference is “baffling” and bound for failure, casting doubt on the first push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians in nearly two years. France has for months been preparing to hold a conference that would bring together […]
  
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• Police search for family of man found dead near dumpster

  16-02-2016 19:16
  
  Police have identified a man found dead of “multiple injuries” behind a dumpster earlier this month but haven’t been able to find any of his family members. He is Brandon Amburgey, a transient man, police say. “We’ve exhausted all resources possible to try to locate anybody who knew him,” Tixier said. “No next of kin […]
  
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• New: Ethics commission hits dead end in Senate panel

  16-02-2016 19:12
  
  A renewed attempt to create a New Mexico ethics commission to look into complaints against legislators, other elected officials and lobbyists stalled this morning in a Senate committee and is likely dead for the 30-day session that ends Thursday. The sponsor of the ethics commission measure, Rep. Jim Dines, R-Albuquerque, told members of the Senate […]
  
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• USDA rules would increase food stamp access to healthy foods

  16-02-2016 18:40
  
  WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department unveiled new rules on Tuesday that would force retailers who accept food stamps to stock a wider variety of healthy foods or face the loss of business as consumers shop elsewhere. The proposed rules are designed to ensure that the more than 46 million Americans who use food stamps have […]
  
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• Feds funnel more money to eastern New Mexico pipeline

  16-02-2016 18:30
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. — The federal government is funneling another $2 million toward a pipeline project aimed at bringing billions of gallons of water a year to parts of eastern New Mexico. Members of the state’s congressional delegation announced the funding from the Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday. Supporters of the project say this is the […]
  
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• DICE Summit a chance for game creators to recharge, reflect

  16-02-2016 18:29
  
  LAS VEGAS — For elite members of the video game industry, the D.I.C.E. Summit isn’t merely a chance to schmooze at the poker table or on the golf course in Las Vegas. It’s also an opportunity to address issues and innovations, ranging from gender diversity to virtual reality. “It’s really about people in the industry […]
  
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• Flags at half staff til Scalia interment

  16-02-2016 18:00
  
  Flags across the country and in New Mexico are to be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect for An ...
  
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• GM recalls 200,000 cars for Takata air bag trouble

  16-02-2016 17:25
  
  DETROIT — General Motors is recalling about 200,000 Saab and Saturn cars in the U.S. and Canada to replace the Takata driver’s air bag inflators. The move is part of a broader recall of about 5.4 million vehicles announced last month by U.S. safety regulators. Takata inflators can explode with too much force in a […]
  
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• Mentors help reduce employees’ stress and burnout, study shows

  16-02-2016 16:55
  
  When Lebena Varghese arrived at Northern Illinois University as a doctoral candidate in 2013, she received a message from her program director asking what she was looking for in an academic mentor. Male or female? Someone a year ahead of her in the psychology program? Or perhaps someone with more experience? Did she prefer a […]
  
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• Your Office Coach: How to explain recent dismissal?

  16-02-2016 16:54
  
  Q: I was recently asked to leave a job after my probationary period. The human resources manager emphasized that this was not a disciplinary action. She said management viewed me as dedicated and hardworking, but felt the position had not worked out as expected. This outcome didn’t surprise me, because the entire staff seemed to […]
  
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• Rex Huppke: The search for a kinder workplace

  16-02-2016 16:53
  
  I’ve spent the week with a head full of questions. Why don’t we apply more of what we know about human behavior to the workplace? Every aspect of work culture has been studied 5,000 times over — why isn’t everything perfect? Should I have one more scoop of ice cream? (Of course I should.) But […]
  
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• Liz Reyer: Is team taking aim at a top performer?

  16-02-2016 16:53
  
  In response to a recent column, “When a top producer is disruptive to your team,” Jan. 18, a reader offered an insightful alternative direction, writing: “The first thing to do is make sure the problem is really her, and not just the rest of the team. Perhaps the top performer is simply that good, and […]
  
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• US homebuilder sentiment slips in February

  16-02-2016 16:52
  
  U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less confident about their sales prospects ahead of the spring home-selling season, though they remain positive overall that the housing market will continue to improve this year. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Tuesday slipped to 58 this month, down three points from a revised […]
  
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