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• El Faro was on Coast Guard list of at-risk vessels

  22-02-2016 23:59
  
  The El Faro sank just before it was to be added to a Coast Guard list of vessels identified as having the most “potential for risk,” a designation that would have triggered more safety inspections. The El Faro was to be included on the so-called “targeting list,” which compiled the top 10 percent of ships […]
  
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• Food Stamp schemer gets year in prison, must repay $181,000

  22-02-2016 23:54
  
  A former state employee responsible for determining applicant eligibility for Food Stamps was senten ...
  
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• The Latest: Clinton leads Sanders in race for delegates

  22-02-2016 23:25
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race a day before the Republican caucuses in Nevada. South Carolina Democrats vote for their presidential nominee on Saturday (all times local): 5:10 p.m. Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead of Bernie Sanders in the race for delegates awarded in primaries and caucuses. Clinton eked out the […]
  
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• Panama flying 500 Cuban migrants to Juarez for US entry

  22-02-2016 23:16
  
  PANAMA CITY — Panama is planning to fly to Mexico this week some 500 Cuban migrants stranded on their way to the United States. A Foreign Ministry statement issued Monday says the migrants will be flown to Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border. From there, they are expected to enter the U.S. The flow of […]
  
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• Oregon investigates complaints vs. sheriff who met occupiers

  22-02-2016 23:08
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon agency that licenses police officers has asked the state attorney general’s office to investigate complaints about a local sheriff who met with some of the armed occupiers who seized a national wildlife preserve. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training received more than a half-dozen complaints about Grant County […]
  
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• Obama send Congress $1.9B request to combat Zika virus

  22-02-2016 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Monday sent lawmakers an official $1.9 billion request to combat the spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the U.S. He is also requesting flexibility to use a limited portion of leftover funds provided in 2014 to fight Ebola to take on Zika, which has been linked to […]
  
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• Man released from death row sues for wrongful conviction

  22-02-2016 23:07
  
  HOUSTON — A former death row inmate has filed a request for almost $2 million in state compensation saying he spent more than 12 years in prison because he was wrongfully convicted of murder. Alfred Dewayne Brown filed the request Monday. The 33-year-old Houston man was released in June after spending nearly a decade on […]
  
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• Chandler woman accused of leaving young son at a supermarket

  22-02-2016 23:07
  
  CHANDLER, Ariz. — A Chandler woman is accused of child abuse after allegedly leaving her 2-year-old son at a supermarket in Gilbert. Authorities say 20-year-old Maria Carranza was arrested Sunday. Bond was set at $2,000 at Carranza’s initial court appearance Monday. She doesn’t have an attorney yet. Gilbert police say they picked up a toddler […]
  
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• Olympic gold medalist Ross opts out of run for 2016 team

  22-02-2016 23:02
  
  Kyla Ross sensed the motivation waning. Still, the youngest member of the 2012 U.S. women’s gymnastics team that soared to gold in London kept on training, urged by national team coordinator Martha Karolyi to press on toward the 2016 games. One last trip to the Karolyi Ranch just north of Houston with the rest of […]
  
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• Pistons rescind 3-player, 3-team deal with Rockets and 76ers

  22-02-2016 22:49
  
  AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons rescinded a three-player, three-team trade with the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, saying not all the players involved were cleared medically. Pistons general manager Jeff Bower announced the decision but did not provide details, citing medical privacy. Houston had traded guard Marcus Thornton and center Donatas […]
  
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• Clovis couple dies after car parks on tracks, hit by train

  22-02-2016 22:23
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. — Authorities are investigating the deaths of a Clovis couple who died after their car was parked on railroad tracks and then struck by a train. Curry County Sheriff’s officials say 36-year-old Jason Cassady died at the scene Saturday night while his 40-year-old wife Rosann Lopez died after being taken to a Texas […]
  
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• Police: Discovery of cellphone at homicide scene a big break

  22-02-2016 22:19
  
  PHOENIX — The discovery of a cellphone not belonging to either victim was a major break in the investigation into the shooting deaths of two women in a home in a Phoenix suburb, police said Monday. Investigators searching the home after the Feb. 8 killings of 70-year-old Barbara Leslie of Surprise and her visiting friend […]
  
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• Santa Fe officer pleads no contest to harassment

  22-02-2016 22:15
  
  SANTA FE — A Santa Fe police officer will serve 364 of unsupervised probation for pleading no contest Monday to harassing a paralegal in his own department last year. Charles Lujan, 35, was charged with one misdemeanor count of harassment after verbally threatening Santa Fe Police Department paralegal Annamaria Bowen before she was supposed to […]
  
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• Nusenda expanding micro-lending program

  22-02-2016 22:15
  
  Nusenda Credit Union is blazing a new path for local startups to obtain early-stage capital through a novel micro-lending program that La Montanita Co-op helped the credit union perfect in recent years. The Nusenda Foundation approved a $10,000 grant this month to Hautepreneurs, an Albuquerque-based networking and mentoring organization for women in business, that will […]
  
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• Florida teen accused of killing his 10-year-old sister

  22-02-2016 21:46
  
  FOUNTAIN, Fla. — The death of a 10-year-old girl, allegedly at the hands of her 15-year-old brother, stunned employees of a Florida sheriff’s office who had tried to help the family in the past, an authority with the office said Monday. “About three or four years ago, one of our deputies discovered the family living […]
  
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• IEA: Slashed spending by drillers could lead to price spike

  22-02-2016 21:42
  
  HOUSTON — Oil prices will more than double by 2020 as current low prices lead drillers to cut investment in new production and gradually reduce the glut of crude, the head of a group of oil-importing countries said Monday. Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said oil would rise gradually to about […]
  
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• US economy growing but faces international headwinds

  22-02-2016 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy has just completed the best two years of job growth since the 1990s, wages are on the rise and consumers are more confident about the economy than they’ve been in more than a decade. But the United States faced global headwinds that will continue this year, President Barack Obama’s economic […]
  
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• Middle school killer again sentenced to life in prison

  22-02-2016 21:32
  
  MIAMI — A judge sentenced a Florida man to life in prison for a second time Monday for fatally stabbing his best friend when both were 14, saying the man still seems to be obsessed with violence, death and serial killers. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge John Schlesinger imposed the maximum possible prison term on Michael Hernandez, […]
  
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• Study finds anti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects women

  22-02-2016 21:24
  
  WASHINGTON — Researchers say women who inserted a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month were partially protected against HIV infection. Two large studies in Africa found the effect was modest, reducing overall HIV infection by about a third. But surprisingly, the ring worked far better in women 25 and older, leaving […]
  
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• New Mexico Gov. Martinez formally requests REAL ID waiver

  22-02-2016 21:19
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has formally requested a waiver from federal REAL ID requirements after state lawmakers passed a bill to revise the state’s driver’s license law. The governor’s office said Monday that Martinez recently met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in Washington, D.C. and presented the […]
  
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• Judge in Arizona polygamy trial falls ill on bench

  22-02-2016 21:17
  
  PHOENIX — A federal judge presiding over a trial involving a polygamous community along the Arizona-Utah border fell ill on the bench Monday and was taken away from the courthouse in an ambulance. Judge H. Russel Holland became ill as the defense presented its case. He was taken out of the courthouse on a gurney. […]
  
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• Death of last Treblinka survivor points to post-witness era

  22-02-2016 21:17
  
  MOSHAV UDIM, Israel — The death of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Samuel Willenberg marks the passing of the last link to the notorious death camp of Treblinka, perhaps the most vivid example of Nazi Germany’s attempt to destroy European Jewry. But the death of Willenberg, who was buried Monday, also symbolizes a looming transition in the […]
  
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• Beaded snakes, boxes of bones and more at CCA

  22-02-2016 19:44
  
  In art as in life, shadows can reveal just as much as direct light. At least it feels that way in a new installation by Allison Smith at CCA’s Muñoz Waxman Gallery. A construction of carpentry and crates is lit to reveal webs of shadows on the white walls of the galleries, making viewers feel […]
  
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• Labrador retrievers hit their 25th year as top US dog breed

  22-02-2016 19:23
  
  NEW YORK — Labrador retrievers still reign supreme after a quarter century as America’s most prevalent purebred dog. But French bulldogs are riding their je ne sais quoi toward new heights, and some lesser-known breeds are climbing the popularity ladder, according to American Kennel Club rankings released Monday. Here’s a look at how breeds stack […]
  
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• Health care issue, longtime uniter of Democrats, now divides

  22-02-2016 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Health care for all. It’s a goal that tugs at the heartstrings of Democrats, but pursuing it usually invites political peril. Now Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are clashing over this core question for liberals, making it a wedge issue in the party’s presidential primary. It’s a choice between his conviction that a […]
  
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• Updated: New hiking trail planned in Santa Fe area

  22-02-2016 19:22
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Officials are working to link the historic El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro trail to a wider network of trails in the Santa Fe area. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the Royal Road of the Interior Lands is set to be part of a new 15-mile trail linking the […]
  
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• New hiking trail planned in Santa Fe area

  22-02-2016 19:22
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Officials are working to link the historic El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro trail to a wider network of trails in the Santa Fe area. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/20QAMAK ) that the Royal Road of the Interior Lands is set to be part of a new 15-mile trail […]
  
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• The Latest: Jury deliberating in Colorado unborn baby attack

  22-02-2016 19:20
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The Latest on the trial of a Colorado woman who cut an unborn baby from another woman’s womb: (all times local): 11:10 a.m. Jurors are considering the fate of a Colorado woman who cut an unborn baby from another woman’s womb, a case which reignited the debate over the legal rights of […]
  
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• Prosecutor: Woman didn’t care about mom in try to take baby

  22-02-2016 19:02
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — Prosecutors say a Colorado woman who cut an unborn baby from another woman’s womb was obsessed with having a baby and didn’t care what happened with the other woman. Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney Catrina Weigel told jurors Monday during closing arguments at the trial of Dynel Lane that she had been […]
  
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• Peter Mondavi, Napa Valley wine pioneer, has died at 101

  22-02-2016 19:01
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A winery board member says Peter Mondavi, a wine country innovator who led his family’s Charles Krug Winery through more than a half-century of change, has died. He was 101. Mondavi died Saturday at his home in St. Helena, California, said Wendy Lane Stevens, a member of the C. Mondavi and Family […]
  
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• US, Russia agree on plan for Syria cease-fire

  22-02-2016 18:35
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — U.S. officials said Monday that the United States and Russia have agreed on a plan for a cease-fire in Syria starting Saturday that would exclude attacks on the Islamic State group and al-Qaida’s local affiliate. The officials said that the two sides have agreed on the terms and conditions for the “cessation […]
  
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• Updated: US, Russia agree on Syria cease-fire plan; questions remain

  22-02-2016 18:35
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United States and Russia have agreed on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take…
  
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• The Latest: Man sought in fatal fire was naked when arrested

  22-02-2016 18:30
  
  SELIGMAN, Ariz. — The Latest on the arrest in Arizona of a man considered a “person of interest” in a Missouri fire that killed four people (all times local): 10:20 a.m. Authorities say a man considered a “person of interest” in a Missouri fire that killed four people was arrested after he was found walking […]
  
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• Obama asks for governors’ help on trade

  22-02-2016 18:28
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking the nation’s governors to help push his free trade agenda. Obama is urging governors to talk to their congressional delegations about how the Pacific Rim trade deal could boost businesses in their states. Obama says governors can “lift up the benefits” and push Congress to hold a vote. […]
  
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• Apple began iPhone encryption fight last fall, in Brooklyn

  22-02-2016 18:28
  
  NEW YORK — By prosecutors’ count, Apple helped federal law enforcement agents extract information from iPhones in criminal investigations at least 70 times in seven years before suddenly expressing a change of heart last fall in an otherwise ordinary drug case out of Brooklyn. Asked to help break into the phone of a suspected methamphetamine […]
  
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• Djokovic beats Robredo 6-2, 6-2 in 1st match in 3 weeks

  22-02-2016 18:24
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Playing his first match since winning the Australian Open, top-seeded Novak Djokovic beat Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-1, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Djokovic’s victory brought him one match away from his 700th career singles match win. “Every milestone is very special, of […]
  
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• Chanez named fellow in Bar Foundation

  22-02-2016 18:19
  
  Denise M. Chanez, a director in the Albuquerque office of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb PA, has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The Fellows of the American Bar Association is an honorary organization of lawyers, judges and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the […]
  
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• Texas pronghorn relocation continues, 112 more animals moved

  22-02-2016 18:13
  
  MARFA, Texas — Efforts continue to bolster the West Texas pronghorn population with 112 animals recently relocated and freed near Marfa. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department on Monday updated the Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Restoration Project, which is a $1.4 million public and private effort. Similar transfers from the Trans-Pecos region happened in 2011, 2013 and […]
  
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• Nigerian navy rescues hijacked oil tanker, 1 pirate killed

  22-02-2016 18:13
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian navy says it has rescued a hijacked oil tanker in a dramatic night operation in which one pirate was killed. The Panama-flagged Maximus was escorted Monday into Lagos harbor. Rear Admiral Henry Babalola said it has four captured hijackers from Nigeria and Ghana as well as the crew of 18 […]
  
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• Community Foundation hires finance director

  22-02-2016 18:13
  
  Nick Williams has joined the Albuquerque Community Foundation as finance director. Williams will be responsible for managing the financial operations of the foundation including the systems for reporting program and financial activities and safeguarding the assets. The foundation manages the endowments of area nonprofits and donates to more than 100 organizations in Albuquerque every year. […]
  
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• Officials eye new locations for Mexican wolf release program

  22-02-2016 18:12
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Wildlife officials are working to identify new locations to release Mexican gray wolf packs that have been raised in captivity. The Arizona Daily Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1Q5V2Jx ) that federal forest and wildlife officials are looking at nine locations across the Sitgreaves and Tonto national forests as potential sites for wolf releases. Wildlife […]
  
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• IAAF suspends Kenyan chief for potential doping wrongdoing

  22-02-2016 18:12
  
  LONDON — The head of Kenya’s track and field federation was temporarily suspended by the sport’s world governing body on Monday for “potential subversion” of anti-doping procedures in the country. Isaac Mwangi, chief executive of Athletics Kenya, had already taken temporarily leave last week after two Kenyan runners alleged in an interview with The Associated […]
  
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• Some highlights from the Barcelona wireless show

  22-02-2016 17:56
  
  BARCELONA, Spain — Several smaller phone makers are using this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, to unveil new smartphones targeting the lower-end and mid-range markets. While Samsung got much of the attention for its new handsets and virtual-reality accessories, many smaller brands are trying to shine through as well. Most of these devices […]
  
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• Starbucks changes rewards program; small spenders lose

  22-02-2016 17:48
  
  NEW YORK — Starbucks is changing the terms of its rewards program so that people who spend around $5 or less per visit won’t get as many freebies. The Seattle-based coffee chain says its loyalty program will award stars based on the dollars spent starting in April. Currently, people earn a star for each transaction, […]
  
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• Updated: Surge in crude oil pushes energy and materials stocks higher

  22-02-2016 17:31
  
  NEW YORK — Energy stocks are leading a rally on Wall Street as the price of crude oil surges. Marathon Oil jumped 8 percent in midday trading Monday, and Diamond Offshore Drilling gained 6 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 200 points, or 1.2 percent, to 16,591 as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time. The […]
  
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• King Bros. put Alamo Ranch up for sale

  22-02-2016 17:26
  
  The massive King Brothers’ Alamo Ranch northwest of Rio Rancho is up for sale with a $33 million price tag, according to a report in the Rio Rancho Observer. Since its purchase in 1961 by the late Gov. Bruce King and his brothers, the property is considered to be one of New Mexico’s legacy ranches. […]
  
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• Updated: New US-Russia plan sets Syria cease-fire for Saturday

  22-02-2016 17:23
  
  WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia agreed Monday on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect Saturday, U.S. officials said, even as major questions over enforcing and responding to violations of the truce were left unresolved. Where in Syria the fighting must stop and where counterterrorism operations can continue also must be […]
  
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• New US-Russia plan sets Syria ceasefire for Saturday

  22-02-2016 17:23
  
  WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia agreed Monday on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect on Saturday, U.S. officials said. They said the former Cold War foes, which are backing opposing sides in Syria’s civil war, agreed on all the terms and conditions for the “cessation of hostilities” between Syrian President […]
  
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• Man sought in 4 Missouri fire deaths found in Arizona

  22-02-2016 17:23
  
  EDGERTON, Mo. — Authorities say a “person of interest” in a fire that killed four people in northwest Missouri has been found in Arizona. Arizona Department of Public safety spokesman Tim Case said Monday that the 24-year-old man was taken into custody Sunday in a Yavapai County town along Interstate 40. Case said he had […]
  
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• GOP backers of defense budget hike got millions in donations

  22-02-2016 17:22
  
  WASHINGTON — House Republicans urging a steep increase in the Defense Department’s budget have received $10 million in campaign contributions from defense contractors that would benefit from higher levels of military spending. The donations were made over the course of the lawmakers’ careers. The 34 Republicans, all members of the House Armed Services Committee, are […]
  
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