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• Funeral services set to honor New Mexico health secretary

  07-03-2016 23:48
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico officials have announced funeral arrangements for Health Secretary Retta Ward after her death last week. The Health Department says mourners and well-wishers will gather Wednesday to honor Ward and make charitable donations to the Against Malaria Foundation in her memory. The foundation pays for anti-malaria mosquito nets. Ward died […]
  
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• Updated: Santolina applies for tax increment districts

  07-03-2016 23:45
  
  The company behind the massive Santolina Master Plan wants to divert a share of future tax revenue generated there to reimburse developers for building streets, drains and other public works. Western Albuquerque Land Holdings LLC — owner of 21 square miles of land covered by the Santolina Master Plan — has filed applications with Bernalillo […]
  
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• Santolina applies for tax increment districts

  07-03-2016 23:45
  
  The company behind the massive Santolina Master Plan wants to divert a share of future tax revenue generated there to reimburse developers for building streets, drains and other public works. Western Albuquerque Land Holdings LLC — owner of the 22 square-miles of land covered by the Santolina Master Plan — filed applications with Bernalillo County […]
  
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• Newly discovered deep-sea octopus looks like an adorable ghost

  07-03-2016 23:41
  
  Move over, Casper: A cute lil octopod hitherto unknown to science was caught on camera by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and it’s definitely the friendliest looking ghost we’ve ever seen. The tiny octopod was spotted just northeast of Necker Island (Mokumanamana) in the Hawaiian Archipelago on Feb. 27, when NOAA’s ship the Okeanos […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Stopped for driving with a large tree embedded in the front grille’

  07-03-2016 23:25
  
  The police report may not have captured all the color of the incident. It did, however, get to the heart of it. “Stopped for driving with a large tree embedded in the front grille,” the report reads. Photos taken by officers in January of the 2004 Lincoln with its arboreal accessory have gone viral since […]
  
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• Police: Resident held suspected burglar at gunpoint

  07-03-2016 23:16
  
  A suspected burglar didn’t make it out of the house he had broken into when a man who lived there woke up and held him at gunpoint Saturday night, according to court documents. Around 9:30 p.m. officers responded to St. James Place SW when a woman called 911 to report her neighbor had an alleged […]
  
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• Santa Fe man pleads guilty to robbing a bank last year

  07-03-2016 23:14
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Santa Fe man has pleaded guilty to an armed bank robbery and could be facing a 25-year sentence in federal prison. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Jacob P. Wheeler entered his plea Monday in federal court in Albuquerque. Wheeler was arrested last May 26 and charged with robbing the Century Bank in Santa […]
  
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• NY police officers honor former colleague killed in Texas

  07-03-2016 23:14
  
  NEW YORK — Hundreds of New York City police officers lined Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in a farewell salute Monday to a former NYPD colleague who was gunned down in Texas. David Hofer, an officer in the Dallas suburb of Euless, was celebrated at a memorial Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Mourners including NYPD officers in […]
  
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• Updated: New Mexico delegation wants EPA to move on compensation

  07-03-2016 23:02
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s congressional delegation has concerns with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over delays in compensation for expenses and damages caused by the Gold King Mine spill. The delegation announced Monday that it sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. It asks her agency to process millions of dollars in reimbursement […]
  
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• Activists say Nancy Reagan should have pushed harder on AIDS

  07-03-2016 22:55
  
  NEW YORK — Gay-rights and HIV/AIDS activists remain bitter at Ronald Reagan for a slow response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Views are more mixed about his wife, Nancy, but there’s deep regret that she didn’t push sooner and more forcefully for stepped-up government action. The first news reports about AIDS surfaced in […]
  
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• Who’s an outsider? GOP establishment fears loss of standing

  07-03-2016 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Washington have spent years casting tea party allies and hardliners in Congress as merely a restive minority, a fringe element to be tolerated. Now, with Donald Trump and Ted Cruz rising to the top of the 2016 GOP presidential primary, those party leaders are confronting the possibility that they may […]
  
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• Updated: Who’s an outsider? GOP establishment fears loss of standing

  07-03-2016 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Washington have spent years casting tea party allies and hardliners in Congress as merely a restive minority, a fringe element to be tolerated. Now, with Donald Trump and Ted Cruz rising to the top of the 2016 GOP presidential primary, those party leaders are confronting the possibility that they may […]
  
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• Jury: Polygamous towns discriminated against nonbelievers

  07-03-2016 22:47
  
  PHOENIX — Two polygamous towns in Arizona and Utah violated the constitutional rights of nonbelievers by denying them basic services such as police protection, building permits and water hookups, a jury said Monday. The civil rights trial marks one of boldest efforts by the government to confront what critics have long said was a corrupt […]
  
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• The Latest: Hungary says it may veto EU-Turkish migrant deal

  07-03-2016 22:29
  
  BRUSSELS — The Latest on the migration crisis as leaders from the EU and Turkey meet in Brussels (all times local): 10 p.m. Hungary says it will veto any plan to resettle asylum seekers directly from Turkey to EU countries in a setback for a European Union summit seeking a deal on how to deal […]
  
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• Judge sides with DC in ongoing lawsuit over gun law

  07-03-2016 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON — A federal judge has sided with the District of Columbia in an ongoing dispute over the city’s strict gun laws. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled Monday that opponents are not entitled to a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of portions of the law while their lawsuit proceeds. Opponents immediately appealed the ruling. Opponents object to […]
  
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• Texas Marine killed after Hawaii boat accident identified

  07-03-2016 22:20
  
  KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — A Marine who died after a recreational boat capsized off Hawaii over the weekend has been identified as Sg. Jaylon Walker. The Marine Corps said Monday the 24-year-old from Garland, Texas served as an aviation electronics communications system technician. He was assigned to a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 in Hawaii. […]
  
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• Trump’s path to victory: Both parties’ working-class whites

  07-03-2016 22:19
  
  DENVER — Should he win the Republican nomination, Donald Trump’s most plausible path to victory in the general election would be a GOP map unlike any in years. He’d be relying on working class, largely white voters in states that have long been Democratic bastions in presidential contests, from Maine to Pennsylvania to Michigan. To […]
  
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• Colorado moves toward opposing boycott of Israel

  07-03-2016 22:19
  
  DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to join several other states that oppose a boycott seeking to punish Israel for its treatment of Palestinians. The bill before the state Senate directs Colorado’s public employee pension fund to divest from foreign companies participating in the boycott. Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association has $46 billion in […]
  
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• White Sands once again accepting NM licenses as ID

  07-03-2016 22:17
  
  White Sands Missile Range is once again accepting New Mexico driver’s licenses as a form of identification for entering the facility, officials announced today. A statement from the missile range cited the recent decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security granting New Mexico an extension through Oct. 10 to comply with the federal Real […]
  
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• US consumer borrowing growth slows in January

  07-03-2016 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers bumped up their borrowing in January at the slowest rate pace in nearly three years, as outstanding revolving debt — such as credit cards — slipped from December. The Federal Reserve said Monday that borrowing rose $10.5 billion in January, an annual increase of just 3.58 percent. That marks the smallest […]
  
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• Updated: Alabama judge seals Harper Lee will

  07-03-2016 21:21
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ala. — Famously private in life, “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee is keeping her secrets even in death. Monroe County Probate Judge Greg Norris signed an order last week to seal Lee’s will from public view, according to court records available Monday. Lawyers for Lee’s personal representative and attorney, Tonja Carter, had […]
  
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• Gun violence survivors testifying against GOP gun bills in Colo.

  07-03-2016 21:21
  
  DENVER — A Democrat-led state House committee is hearing a package of Republican-sponsored gun bills. One bill being heard Monday would allow concealed carry on public school grounds. Another would repeal gun magazine limits that were adopted after the 2012 mass shootings at an Aurora movie theater and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. […]
  
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• Alabama judge seals Harper Lee will

  07-03-2016 21:21
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama probate judge has sealed the will of author Harper Lee from public view. Court records available Monday showed Monroe County Probate Judge Greg Norris signed the order a week ago. Lawyers for Lee’s personal representative and attorney, Tonja Carter, asked Norris to seal the will the same day. The request […]
  
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• Mexican president: Trump language like that of Hitler

  07-03-2016 21:20
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto compared the language of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to that of dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in an interview published Monday, and said it has hurt U.S.-Mexico relations. Asked about Trump, Pena Nieto complained to the Excelsior newspaper about “these strident expressions that seek to […]
  
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• Frustrated GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges

  07-03-2016 21:20
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers in Kansas, weary of conflicts with a judiciary that has been pushing for more school spending, are beginning to act on a measure to expand the legal grounds for impeaching judges. The move is part of an intensified effort in red states to reshape courts still dominated by moderate judges […]
  
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• Clinton, Sanders tangle on economy in Democratic debate

  07-03-2016 19:34
  
  FLINT, Mich. — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled aggressively on economic issues in a Democratic presidential debate over trade, Wall Street influence and more. Clinton accused him of turning his back on the auto industry and Sanders countered in the Sunday night debate that Clinton’s friends on Wall Street had “destroyed this economy.” It […]
  
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• Connecticut is latest state to discuss ending tax on tampons

  07-03-2016 19:33
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut is the latest state to consider ending sales tax on feminine hygiene products like tampons and maxi pads. The General Assembly’s Public Health Committee on Monday discussed a bill that would scrap the 6.35 percent sales tax. It would also end sales taxes on cloth and disposable diapers. Proponents say this […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Misfires on Wall Street, poverty in debate

  07-03-2016 19:33
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton had more regard for Wall Street movers and shakers than she acknowledged when claiming she scolded the financial industry for “wrecking the economy.” The criticism she leveled at Wall Street came mixed with praise — and thanks for the political donations. Bernie Sanders, like his Democratic presidential rival, understated what officials […]
  
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• Schools add ‘cli-fi’ _ climate fiction _ to lit curriculums

  07-03-2016 19:32
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. — Colleges and universities worldwide are incorporating into their curriculums the evolving genre of literature that focuses on the changes coming to Earth as the result of climate change — “cli-fi.” Some of the books and movies now being considered part of the genre are old classics, while others were written more recently […]
  
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• Sanchez named shareholder at firm

  07-03-2016 19:31
  
  Kelly Stout Sanchez has been named a shareholder at Martinez, Hart & Thompson PC and the law firm has reflected her promotion by changing the firm’s name to Martinez, Hart, Thompson & Sanchez PC. Stout Sanchez will continue to represent clients in all types of personal injury cases, concentrating her practice on helping victims of […]
  
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• JetBlue’s trial approach: Will train novices to be pilots

  07-03-2016 19:17
  
  DALLAS — JetBlue Airways is taking applications for 24 slots in a new program to train novice pilots to fly a passenger jet. The airline said Monday that the program — the first of its kind at a large U.S. airline — will cost about $125,000 and take four years to complete. Graduates could wind […]
  
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• Pentagon: US drone strike hits training camp in Somalia

  07-03-2016 19:16
  
  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says a U.S. drone strike on Saturday struck a training camp for al-Shabab fighters in Somalia who were preparing to launch a large-scale attack, likely against African or U.S. personnel. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, says the strike hit Raso Camp, killing more than 150 fighters. He says the […]
  
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• Global steel slump with roots in China shakes mining towns

  07-03-2016 19:16
  
  AURORA, Minn. — It’s been almost 10 months since an iron plant closed near Aurora, a century-old mining community in northeastern Minnesota. The only dentist retired in June, and nobody would take over his practice. The only drug store closed in August. And in January, the town of 1,600 residents lost its only grocery store. […]
  
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• 40 cited for attending illegal cockfight in Central Texas

  07-03-2016 19:16
  
  PAIGE, Texas — Investigators have cited 40 people for attending an illegal cockfight in Central Texas. The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office on Monday announced the crackdown on the cockfighting ring operating in the town of Paige, about 40 miles east of Austin. Sheriff Terry Pickering says authorities are seeking the property owner in the animal […]
  
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• Naked woman dancing atop truck cab slows traffic in Houston

  07-03-2016 19:14
  
  HOUSTON — A naked woman dancing atop the cab of an 18-wheeler slowed traffic in the Houston area for about two hours before she was coaxed off the truck. Emergency responders used a fire truck ladder to reach the unidentified woman Monday morning and get her to stop the bizarre public display. Authorities aren’t sure […]
  
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• Family wins $175K after inmate suicide in Colorado supermax

  07-03-2016 19:14
  
  DENVER — The federal Bureau of Prisons will pay $175,000 to relatives of an inmate who say the prison system failed to treat his mental illness before he killed himself inside Colorado’s Supermax. Relatives of Robert Knott argued in a federal lawsuit that the government let him languish for more than a decade in solitary […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Christie: Anti-Trump types should not waste time

  07-03-2016 19:13
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern Standard Time): 2:50 p.m. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says those in the GOP who are advocating an “anyone-but-Trump” approach to derail Donald Trump’s presidential primary hopes won’t be successful. Christie said Monday his experience has been that those who are only against something and […]
  
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• NM sending contingent to South by Southwest conference

  07-03-2016 19:13
  
  A delegation of  economic development officials and entrepreneurs led by Albuquerque Mayor Richard J.  Berry will showcase the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem at the famed South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, this week. The New Mexico Film Office also will be along to tout the state at the annual music and innovation conference from […]
  
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• High court voids Alabama ruling against lesbian adoption

  07-03-2016 19:13
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Alabama’s top court went too far when it tried to upend a lesbian mother’s adoption of her partner’s children. The justices threw out a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court in a dispute between two women whose long-term relationship ended bitterly. “I have been my children’s mother […]
  
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• Therapists report outbreak of ‘Trump Anxiety’ among patients

  07-03-2016 19:00
  
  To the catalog of anxieties her patients explore during therapy — marriage, children, and careers — psychologist Alison Howard is now listening to a new source of stress: the political rise of Donald
  
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• Updated: Owner of New Mexico fertilizing mine eyes money problems

  07-03-2016 18:19
  
  A company that operates a crop fertilizing mine near Carlsbad is facing financial problems due to falling prices, causing uncertainty in yet another industry in New Mexico amid an oil and natural gas downturn. The Denver-based Intrepid Potash Inc. has laid off more than 30 employees in Carlsbad and it has seen its stock value […]
  
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• Owner of New Mexico fertilizing mine eyes money problems

  07-03-2016 18:19
  
  HOBBS — A company that operates a crop fertilizing mine near Carlsbad is facing financial problems due to falling prices. The Hobbs New-Sun reports (http://goo.gl/WBtm4u) that the Denver-based Intrepid Potash Inc. has laid off more than 30 employees in Carlsbad and it has seen its stock value plummet. The company recently reported its third straight […]
  
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• Bloomberg again at center of his company, but readying exit?

  07-03-2016 17:42
  
  NEW YORK — Since returning to the financial information company that bears his name, Michael Bloomberg has presided over two years of robust expansion andrecord revenue, all while laying the groundwork for his second departure — whether that’s to retirement in 10 years or a presidential campaign in 10 days. Bloomberg is expected to decide […]
  
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• Albuquerque man faces his 8th drunken driving conviction

  07-03-2016 17:11
  
  ALBUQUERQUER, N.M. — A New Mexico man is facing his eighth drunken driving conviction after police say he tried to avoid a DWI checkpoint last week. KRQE-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://goo.gl/RYv4wL) that Robert Willeto was arrested last week near a checkpoint in Albuquerque. Police say officers caught up to him after he tried to drive […]
  
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• San Juan County fears extra patrol burden at Navajo Lake

  07-03-2016 17:10
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — A proposal that would allow New Mexico State Parks to stop patrolling thousands of acres around Navajo Lake is yet another example of states forcing more work onto local governments, San Juan County officials said. County officials are up in arms over a proposal to reduce the area overseen by parks personnel. […]
  
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• Retail survey: Customer satisfaction has fallen since recession ‘halo period’

  07-03-2016 17:09
  
  CHICAGO — In the wake of the recession, retailers bent over backward to get customers into stores and opening wallets. Now they’re trying to pull back on perks that hurt the bottom line, but customers have noticed and they’re not pleased, according to a recent survey on customer satisfaction. “As we see slow improvement, people […]
  
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• NM man enters plea in embezzlement in Farmington court

  07-03-2016 17:09
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — A businessman accused of misleading investors of a Kirtland hospital project has entered a plea related to embezzlement charges. The New Mexico Office of the Attorney General says Bobby Willis pleaded no contest Friday to two felony counts of embezzlement in Farmington District Court. Willis faces up to 12 years in prison […]
  
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• Purse snatcher strikes near downtown Santa Fe

  07-03-2016 17:08
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe police are searching for a suspect who robbed a woman of her purse close to downtown. The Santa Fe New Mexican says (http://bit.ly/1TYcO7H) the incident occurred as the victim and her husband were leaving a restaurant around 9 p.m. Friday. Police Chief Patrick Gallagher says they were approached by […]
  
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• Venture capital veteran talks industry, trends

  07-03-2016 17:07
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Venture capital veteran John Vrionis, a loyal fan of the Cleveland Browns football team and a professional soccer player for more than two years, sees himself as both a coach and a cheerleader in his efforts to bolster the fortunes of the companies in his investment portfolio. The San Jose Mercury […]
  
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• Sunland Park quarantine from equine virus may end next week

  07-03-2016 17:07
  
  SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — A quarantine at Sunland Park Racetrack, which has been caught in an outbreak of an equine herpes virus, could be lifted early next week. The racetrack announced Friday that the New Mexico Livestock Board set a tentative date of March 9 to end the quarantine, allowing horses on and off the […]
  
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