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• Updated: Rare Spider-Man comic sells at auction for $454,100

  18-02-2016 23:55
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Dallas-based auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $454,100. The comic book was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage Auctions says Thursday’s sale is a record for a public auction price for any Spider-Man comic book. The 1962 […]
  
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• Rare Spider-Man comic sells at auction for $454,100

  18-02-2016 23:55
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Dallas-based auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $454,100. The comic book was purchased by an anonymous collector, and Heritage Auctions says Thursday’s sale is a record for a public auction price for any Spider-Man comic book. The 1962 […]
  
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• Audit finds recyclables in 13 communities went to landfill

  18-02-2016 23:55
  
  FLOWER MOUND, Texas — Recyclable materials collected from homes and businesses in 13 North Texas communities were sent to a landfill instead of a recycling facility. Houston-based Waste Management says its own audit detected the mishandling, and spokeswoman Greta Calvery says a district manager and four route managers in the Lewisville-based hauling district have been […]
  
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• The Latest: Hospital attack concerns cybersecurity experts

  18-02-2016 23:54
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a Los Angeles hospital that paid hackers to release its computer system (all times local): 2:50 a.m. Cybersecurity experts worry that the $17,000 a Los Angeles hospital paid hackers to regain control of its computers could signal a troubling escalation of the growing “ransomware” threat. A typical ransomware attack […]
  
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• FBI searches home of San Bernardino shooter’s brother

  18-02-2016 23:27
  
  CORONA, Calif. — FBI agents on Thursday searched the California home belonging to a family member of the husband-and-wife killers who massacred 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack, but the relative was not arrested and has not been named a suspect. Syed Rizwan Farook’s brother, Syed Raheel Farook, is a military veteran who […]
  
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• Judge considers delay in Sandra Bland family’s lawsuit

  18-02-2016 23:11
  
  HOUSTON — A federal judge is considering whether to delay a wrongful death lawsuit Sandra Bland’s family filed until the Texas state trooper who arrested her is tried on criminal charges. U.S. District Judge David Hittner heard arguments Thursday, but did not immediately issue a ruling. Bland was a black woman who died last summer […]
  
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• North Dakota sells Fighting Sioux items to satisfy NCAA

  18-02-2016 23:10
  
  FARGO, N.D. — Nearly four years after retiring the Fighting Sioux nickname following criticism from Native Americans, the University of North Dakota briefly found itself back in the business of selling merchandise with a logo the NCAA had ruled hostile and abusive. The reason is that a settlement agreement with the NCAA over the nickname […]
  
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• How the Oregon and Nevada standoffs are linked

  18-02-2016 23:04
  
  The armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge ended a week ago, but federal authorities remain active in multiple jurisdictions to ensure people are brought to justice. The latest developments occurred this week when people involved in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, were also charged in a 2014 showdown […]
  
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• Grand Canyon officials face discipline after report on abuse

  18-02-2016 23:04
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The top two officials at Grand Canyon National Park are among those facing disciplinary action following a federal report that found they violated policies on reporting and investigating allegations of sexual harassment in the park’s river district. The National Park Service’s Intermountain Region director, Sue Masica, declined Thursday to say what specifics […]
  
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• Skeptics doubt new Chicago video policy will rebuild trust

  18-02-2016 23:03
  
  CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s promise to release videos of police shootings in no more than three months was touted as a way to bring more transparency to Chicago after the city took more than a year to make public the footage of a teenager’s death. But skeptics question why Chicago needs so long to […]
  
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• Critics challenge Baylor claim of no sex offenses in 4 years

  18-02-2016 22:39
  
  DALLAS — Baylor University did not report a single instance of sexual assault in a four-year span, according to federal statistics, a finding that stands in sharp contrast to the many other private and public schools that made multiple reports over the same period. The Baptist school of 16,000 students in Waco has faced mounting […]
  
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• Connecticut superdelegates stand by Clinton despite NH loss

  18-02-2016 22:39
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s Democratic Party insiders are sticking with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president, despite her recent loss in the New Hampshire primary to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. A survey by The Associated Press of the state’s 15 superdelegates to the party’s national convention found all but one are backing Clinton. […]
  
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• Updated: New Mexico Tech announces new president

  18-02-2016 22:28
  
  SOCORRO — The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has its 16th president, Stephen Wells, the head of a Nevada-based research institute. The regents made the announcement in a ballroom packed with students, staff, faculty and community members on Thursday afternoon at the college . Wells, 66, will replace Dan Lopez, who plans to […]
  
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• Breaking: New Mexico Tech announces new president

  18-02-2016 22:28
  
  SOCORRO — Nearly half a year and dozens of candidates later, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has a new president, Stephen Wells, Ph.D., the head of a  Neveda-based research institute. The regents announced their decision at a Thursday afternoon regent meeting. Wells will replace Dan Lopez, who plans to retire this summer […]
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Pope Francis popular, but influence limited

  18-02-2016 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Pope Francis’ comments Thursday that Donald Trump is “not a Christian” if he supports a wall along the Mexican border put the Republican presidential contender in the uncomfortable position of being pitted against a more popular political figure, according to recent polling on the pope’s standing among Americans and American Catholics. But the […]
  
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• Updated: Tennessee mulls higher hurdle to change historical markers

  18-02-2016 22:21
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statues or rename streets dedicated to historical figures, including a state Capitol bust of a prominent Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader. The chamber voted 71-23 on Thursday to approve the measure, titled the “Tennessee Heritage […]
  
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• Tenn. house OKs making it harder to change historical markers

  18-02-2016 22:21
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statues or rename streets dedicated to historical figures including Confederate leaders. The chamber voted 71-23 on Thursday to approve the measure, titled the “Tennessee Heritage Protection Act.” Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly […]
  
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• Profit or patriotism? What’s driving fight between US, Apple

  18-02-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Battling in intense public broadsides, Apple Inc. and the government are making their cases before anyone steps into a courtroom over a judge’s order forcing Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a sensational terrorism case. Both sides are framing their statements in ways that foreshadow the high-profile legal arguments […]
  
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• Obama OKs new sanctions against NKorea over nuclear program

  18-02-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama slapped North Korea with more stringent sanctions Thursday for defying the world and pushing forward with its nuclear weapons program, weeks after it launched a satellite-carrying rocket into space and conducted its fourth underground nuclear test. Both actions led to worldwide condemnation of the reclusive country and fueled fears that […]
  
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• Stephen French appointed to NM Court of Appeals

  18-02-2016 22:06
  
  Stephen French was appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals, filling the vacancy created by the...
  
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• Rio Rancho man gets prison term for violating firearms laws

  18-02-2016 21:33
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Rio Rancho man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Prosecutors say 24-year-old Trevor Bianchini received a 40-month prison term Thursday in federal court in Albuquerque followed by three years of supervised release. Bianchini was arrested last March on an […]
  
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• Lubbock boy, 5, dies after shot by rifle handled by father

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Lubbock police say a 5-year-old boy has died after being shot when a rifle handled by his father accidentally discharged at the family’s house. Police Lt. Ray Mendoza said Thursday that the victim’s name has yet to be released as the investigation continues. Mendoza says the boy’s father was cleaning or doing […]
  
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• Doctor: Victim in pregnancy attack lost about half her blood

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — A surgeon says a woman whose unborn baby was cut from her womb by an attacker probably lost more than half her blood. The Longmont Times-Call reports (http://tinyurl.com/zvoc6j7) Dr. Kevin Berg testified Thursday in the trial of Dynel Lane. Lane is charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a […]
  
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• Death of 2-year-old Montrose girl ruled a homicide

  18-02-2016 21:20
  
  MONTROSE, Colo. — The death of a 2-year-old Montrose girl has been ruled a homicide. The Montrose County coroner said Thursday Tobi J. Doyle died of multiple head injuries from blunt force impacts, and that the trauma was not accidental. The coroner’s office and Montrose police are investigating. The child was unresponsive when an ambulance […]
  
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• Some want to limit justices to 18 years on Supreme Court

  18-02-2016 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death a month before his 80th birthday and the potential impasse over replacing him is giving new impetus to an old idea: Limiting the service of Supreme Court justices. Scalia had been on the court for nearly 30 years, longer than any of the current justices and all but […]
  
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• NM Piñon Coffee expanding into new facility

  18-02-2016 20:44
  
  Local roaster more than doubling its space
  
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• Breaking: Satellite Coffee closing Nob Hill cafe

  18-02-2016 20:36
  
  The original stand-alone Satellite Coffee is closing its doors. The locally owned cafe chain’s Nob Hill location will shutter on Sunday. Founder and CEO Jean Bernstein said its operation would be rolled into Flying Star, its sister restaurant, across the street. Bernstein said the move was not related to Flying Star’s ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]
  
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• Santa Fe police looking for armed robber

  18-02-2016 19:52
  
  SANTA FE — Santa Fe police are looking for an armed robber who pointed a rifle at a Latino Unidos market clerk on Siler Road on Feb. 8. The man is 6-foot with a stocky build and was wearing a black “bubble-style” jacket, jeans, tennis shoes and had a black or dark blue bandana covering […]
  
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• 3 ex-Central Texas jailers indicted after inmate death

  18-02-2016 19:41
  
  WACO, Texas — A Central Texas grand jury has indicted three former jailers accused of lying about conducting required prisoner counts before an inmate’s death. The ex-Jack Harwell Detention Center workers were indicted Wednesday on charges of tampering with government records. Prosecutors say records were falsified indicating the guards properly checked on Michael Angelo Martinez. […]
  
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• Updated: Court lets custody case involving ex-lesbian couple to proceed

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a gay woman may proceed with her efforts to obtain joint custody of a girl borne by her ex-partner when they were still together. The court issued its ruling Thursday. The woman, identified as Amy, had asked the court to block adoption proceedings by her […]
  
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• Study: Right gut bacteria may protect against malnutrition

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON — New research suggests manipulating what kinds of bacteria live in the gut might lead to a new way to treat children suffering chronic malnutrition. The right bugs appear to help in getting the most out of a poor diet. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis transferred gut bacteria from malnourished children in […]
  
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• Feds want circus operator fined for deadly tent collapse

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — Federal safety officials have proposed more than $33,000 in fines against a Florida-based circus operator for a tent collapse that killed two people and injured dozens in New Hampshire. Robert Young, 41, and his 6-year-old daughter, Annabelle, died Aug. 3 when a storm with winds up to 75 mph blew through the […]
  
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• Court lets custody case pitting ex-lesbian couple to proceed

  18-02-2016 19:27
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a gay woman may proceed with her efforts to obtain joint custody of a girl borne by her ex-partner when they were still together. The court issued its ruling Thursday. The woman, identified as Amy, had asked the court to block adoption proceedings by her […]
  
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• Competency an issue for woman in fatal Las Vegas Strip crash

  18-02-2016 19:26
  
  LAS VEGAS — A judge is going to consider the fitness for trial of a 25-year-old woman accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk. Lakeisha Nicole Holloway didn’t make a scheduled court appearance before a judge Thursday, after refusing to enter the courtroom for a similar hearing on […]
  
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• After years of growth, Mexican gray wolf population declines

  18-02-2016 19:20
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There are now fewer Mexican gray wolves roaming the American Southwest, and federal officials say the numbers show more work needs to be done to restore the endangered species. The annual survey released Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows at least 97 wolves are spread between southwestern New Mexico […]
  
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• Phoenix racetrack ends quarantine on horses entering

  18-02-2016 19:19
  
  PHOENIX — A Phoenix racetrack that faced a potentially decimating outbreak of an equine herpes virus is lifting a quarantine on horses. Turf Paradise manager Vince Francia says the quarantine that banned horses coming and going onto the property was lifted Thursday. However, all horses that enter must obtain a health certificate within 72 hours […]
  
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• Pope on Trump: Anyone who wants border walls isn’t Christian

  18-02-2016 19:18
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said Thursday that Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump immediately fired back, saying it is disgraceful for a religious leader to question a person’s faith. Trump, a leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate, has said that if elected, […]
  
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• Despite NH loss, Dem insiders boost Clinton’s delegate lead

  18-02-2016 19:18
  
  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders won big in New Hampshire, but Hillary Clinton is still adding to her wide lead in the delegates who will decide the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Over the past week, Clinton has picked up the endorsements of 87 more party insiders known as superdelegates, according to a new Associated Press survey. […]
  
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• Pope suggests contraception can be condoned in Zika crisis

  18-02-2016 19:17
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis has suggested that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception, saying there’s a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy. Francis was asked Wednesday en route home from Mexico if abortion or birth control could be considered a “lesser evil,” when […]
  
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• Railroad plans $100M in NM projects for 2016

  18-02-2016 18:09
  
  BNSF Railway says it will spend nearly $100 million on capital improvements in New Mexico this year. The spending is largely focused on safety and reliability,  according to a news release from the company. The largest component will be replacing and upgrading rail, rail ties and ballast. The plan also includes approximately 900 miles of […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks slip at midday; Wal-Mart leads retailers lower

  18-02-2016 18:02
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks are edging lower in midday trading after several companies posted disappointing results. Wal-Mart Stores led the Dow Jones industrial average lower Thursday with a 5 percent decline after the giant retailer cut its sales forecast. Perrigo, a drugmaker, and the cable channel operator Discovery Communications also stumbled after releasing disappointing results. […]
  
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• Texas couple accused of waterboarding 13-year-old boy

  18-02-2016 17:48
  
  KAUFMAN, Texas — A North Texas woman and her boyfriend face allegations they tied a 13-year-old boy’s genitals and subjected him to a punishment known as waterboarding. A Kaufman County spokesman said Thursday that a man and woman are facing a charge of felony injury to a child. An affidavit filed by investigators accuses the […]
  
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• Catholic school’s leader brings it to tumultuous crossroads

  18-02-2016 17:47
  
  EMMITSBURG, Md. — Everyone at Mount St. Mary’s University eats at Patriot Hall — students, faculty and even President Simon Newman. But the other day, hours after Newman rejected the faculty’s demand to resign, the airy, glass-walled cafeteria split into two groups — those who supported the college president and those angered by his number-crunching […]
  
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• 3 lab workers get sick at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center site

  18-02-2016 17:47
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities are trying to determine what sickened three lab workers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center complex in Houston. The incident happened Thursday morning at a two-story research building that also houses UT campus police. Police spokesman Edward Cavazos says the building was evacuated for about 90 minutes after three […]
  
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• Seattle experiments with new solutions to ease homelessness

  18-02-2016 17:46
  
  SEATTLE — As homeless deaths mounted last fall in Seattle, elected officials declared an emergency, resorting to a tool often reserved for natural disasters to confront the burgeoning population of people living on the streets. The mayor opened a new city-sanctioned homeless encampment and committed millions more dollars to expand shelter beds and social services. […]
  
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• ‘Pac Man’ for cash? States weigh rules for new kind of slots

  18-02-2016 17:46
  
  BOSTON — It’s like “Guitar Hero” that pays you back, if you’re any good. At least, that’s the pitch gambling regulators across the country are hearing as they consider whether to allow casinos to offer slot machines that mimic video and arcade games in an effort to attract younger gamblers. The latest is Massachusetts, where […]
  
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• Updated: NM lawmakers reach end of 30-day session

  18-02-2016 17:41
  
  New Mexico legislators tied up the final loose ends of a 30-day session today, having already dispatched a $6.2 billion budget bill and legislation aimed at bringing the state into compliance with the federal Real ID Act. With noon adjournment nearing, the House voted 63-4 to approve a bill aimed at regulating Uber and other online ride-sharing […]
  
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• Updated: NM lawmakers near end of 30-day session

  18-02-2016 17:41
  
  New Mexico legislators are tying up the final loose ends of a 30-day session today, having already dispatched a $6.2 billion budget bill and legislation aimed at bringing the state into compliance with the federal Real ID Act. With noon adjournment nearing, the House voted 63-4 to approve a bill aimed at regulating Uber and other […]
  
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• The Latest: Kurd leader: Rouge elements may be behind attack

  18-02-2016 16:55
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — The Latest on Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and aftermath of Ankara bombing (all times local): 5:40 p.m. The leader of a Kurdish umbrella organization — which includes the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK — has said he does not know who is behind the suicide car bombing in […]
  
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• Albuquerque police officers offered free rent to deter crime

  18-02-2016 16:53
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Management at some Albuquerque apartment complexes offer perks including free rent to keep a patrol car in their lots. KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1Ksel2Z ) that Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Celina Espinoza says officers are encouraged to park their cars in visible locations when off duty to help deter crime and that sometimes apartments […]
  
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