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• ‘Spotlight’ company settles complaint over made-up dialogue

  16-03-2016 23:58
  
  BOSTON — The distributor of the Oscar-winning film “Spotlight” has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Jack Dunn, director of the news and public affairs office at the Jesuit university, said Wednesday he became physically ill […]
  
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• Updated: Head of Rio Rancho chamber steps down after 14 years

  16-03-2016 23:57
  
  Debbi Moore, CEO and president of the Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce, will wrap up her 14-year tenure with the chamber next month to take a similar position in Las Cruces. Moore said she will work until April 28 with the Rio Rancho organization and begin her new job as CEO and president of […]
  
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• New: Gov. Martinez mulling options after Rubio ends presidential bid

  16-03-2016 23:40
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez is not ready to endorse another candidate in the GOP presidential primary race, after Marco Rubio — who she had endorsed less than two weeks ago — bowed out Tuesday. A Martinez spokesman said today the governor was “disappointed” that Rubio had suspended his campaign, but did not indicate whether she might […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez mulling options after Rubio ends presidential bid

  16-03-2016 23:40
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez is not ready to endorse another candidate in the GOP presidential primary race, after Marco Rubio — who she had endorsed less than two weeks ago — bowed out Tuesday. A Martinez spokesman said today the governor was “disappointed” that Rubio had suspended his campaign, but did not indicate whether she might […]
  
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• Mormon scolded by Christian group is at center of Kansas law

  16-03-2016 23:31
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — Daniel Arkell was leading a bible study for a Christian group at Washburn University Law School in Kansas back in 2004 when the group’s president reprimanded him for saying that people’s eyes offer a glimpse into their souls. Arkell, who is a Mormon, was asked to sign a statement recognizing the Bible, […]
  
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• Nike unveils its first self-lacing sneaker

  16-03-2016 23:29
  
  NEW YORK — Nike Inc. has unveiled its first self-lacing sneaker — it allows users to make the fit looser or snugger by pressing buttons on the side of the shoe. The world’s largest sportswear brand, based in Beaverton, Oregon, unveiled the sneaker along with a host of other innovations Wednesday at a media event […]
  
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• Duck claims fountain during UNM spring break

  16-03-2016 22:48
  
  An adventuring duck was spotted not at the  University of New Mexico’s duck pond, but at a fountain on the other side of campus, based on a tweet from Twitter user Jenifer Richards. Ducks, what’re you doing way overs here? #unm pic.twitter.com/PVPYdF726s — Jenifer Richards (@missionYCO) March 16, 2016 Richards said she spotted the wayward […]
  
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• Sears’ Coronado Center store to downsize; job cuts likely

  16-03-2016 22:42
  
  Sears is shrinking in Albuquerque. The retailer is cutting its Coronado Center store in half and closing the associated auto center, a spokesman confirmed to the Journal on Wednesday. The auto store will shutter Saturday, and the retailer will downsize its department store footprint by 50 percent “over the next couple of months,” Howard Riefs, […]
  
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• Volunteering for infection in hunt for dengue, Zika vaccines

  16-03-2016 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON — Forget mosquito bites. Volunteers let researchers inject them with the dengue virus in the name of science — and an experimental vaccine protected them. Next up, scientists plan to use this same strategy against dengue’s cousin, the Zika virus. It’s called a human challenge, a little-known but increasing type of research where healthy […]
  
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• Deficit-slashing plan to advance through House panel

  16-03-2016 22:04
  
  WASHINGTON — A plan to eliminate the federal budget deficit without tax increases demanded by Democrats is poised to advance through a key House panel, but at the cost of sharp cuts to federal health care programs, government aid to the poor, and hundreds of domestic programs supported by lawmakers in both parties. A Budget […]
  
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• Prosecutors want US judge in Vegas to call off Bundy hearing

  16-03-2016 22:01
  
  LAS VEGAS — Federal prosecutors in Las Vegas want are asking a judge to cancel a hearing at which jailed Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy would seek to be freed pending trial on charges he led an armed standoff against government agents two years ago. Bundy’s lawyer, Joel Hansen, said Wednesday he’s fighting a contention that […]
  
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• Updated: Man severely beaten near Central and Pennsylvania

  16-03-2016 21:58
  
  Police are investigating after a man was severely beaten near Central Avenue and Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon, according to an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman. Police spokesman Tanner Tixier said officers were called to Central and Pennsylvania around 2 p.m. after someone reported a man was bleeding heavily from his head. When officers arrived, they found the […]
  
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• Man recaptured after escaping from APD outside jail

  16-03-2016 21:38
  
  A man escaped from police custody and scaled a 25-foot fence topped with barbed wire as he was being unloaded from a prisoner transport van at the county jail Wednesday, according to a police department spokesman. Officers caught up with him after a brief foot chase and took him back into custody, said officer Tanner […]
  
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• Fidelity helps employees pay off student debt

  16-03-2016 21:35
  
  More than 110 New Mexicans who work at Fidelity Investments have signed up for a new benefit in which the company provides employees up to $10,000 toward paying off student debt. Those who have worked for the company at least six months are eligible for the program, called Step Ahead Student Loan, according to a […]
  
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• Pueblo, Colo. has highest per-capita homicide rate in Colorado

  16-03-2016 21:31
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — When a volley of gunshots rang out in February outside two busy bars in the center of town, patrons went diving for cover. As the drive-by gunfire ceased, those in the crowd stood up, checking themselves for wounds. Then the toll became apparent. Devin Clark, a young ironworker walking with friends for […]
  
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• Franklin Graham prayer rally draws big crowd to Roundhouse

  16-03-2016 21:31
  
  Evangelist Franklin Graham called on a crowd of roughly 2,000 people at the New Mexico state Capitol today to be “political activists” for God during this year’s election cycle. Graham, who is president and CEO of the Bill Graham Evangelistic Association, came to Santa Fe on his nationwide “Decision America” tour. He did not endorse […]
  
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• Legislation would end dog racing in Arizona

  16-03-2016 21:30
  
  PHOENIX — A new proposal in the Legislature would end dog racing in Arizona at the end of 2016 but allow the state’s lone remaining greyhound racing facility in Tucson to collect money from offering televised horse racing for at least two years. The last-minute proposal that emerged Wednesday as a Senate amendment to House […]
  
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• Emails: Clinton sought secure smartphone, rebuffed by NSA

  16-03-2016 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Newly released emails show a 2009 request to issue a secure government smartphone to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was denied by the National Security Agency. The messages made public Wednesday were obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal advocacy group that has filed numerous lawsuits seeking the release of federal documents related […]
  
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• The Latest: Severe weather caused coastal erosion too

  16-03-2016 21:28
  
  LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Latest on flooding and damage caused by severe weather (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The severe weather that has left many parts of Louisiana flooded also caused coastal erosion. Tim Osborn, a coastal scientist and navigation manager with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says the strong system pushed high […]
  
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• Lawmakers push to let female pilots’ ashes rest at Arlington

  16-03-2016 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON — An Arizona congresswoman is criticizing the Obama administration for refusing to allow a group of female World War II pilots to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Speaking Wednesday on Capitol Hill, Republican Martha McSally says it’s ironic and cruel for the administration to open up all combat jobs to women […]
  
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• Murder trial under way for former deputy

  16-03-2016 21:04
  
  GREELEY, Colo. — Prosecutors portrayed a former Colorado sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his wife in 2012 as a husband angry at his wife and her family, while defense attorneys told jurors his wife was a depressed, self-destructive woman who had in the past contemplated suicide. Attorneys presented both sides as the trial of former […]
  
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• FBI seeks leads in 1980 slaying of Pennsylvania police chief

  16-03-2016 21:04
  
  BOSTON — For more than two decades, Donald Eugene Webb was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, suspected of fatally shooting the police chief in a small Pennsylvania town in 1980 before vanishing. Webb has the dubious distinction of having one of the longest tenures on the list. The FBI, still dogged by […]
  
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• Army air defense unit headed for White Sands Missile Range

  16-03-2016 20:59
  
  WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — The U.S. Army will be stationing an air defense testing unit at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich confirmed the announcement Wednesday. The New Mexico Democrat say the range is a national treasure for the U.S. military due to its terrain, airspace and […]
  
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• More than 12 punished for mistaken hospital attack

  16-03-2016 20:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Senior defense officials say more than a dozen U.S. military personnel, including special operations forces, have been disciplined for the breakdowns that led to the mistaken bombing of a civilian hospital in Afghanistan last year. The bombing killed 42 people. Officials familiar with the process say the punishments are mostly administrative in nature […]
  
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• Putin calls for improving Russia’s doping laws

  16-03-2016 20:34
  
  MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin called on government officials Wednesday to step up the country’s efforts against doping in sports. Putin’s comments in a cabinet meeting came as Russia reels from revelations that athletes including Maria Sharapova tested positive for meldonium, a substance that increases blood flow and was banned by the World Anti-Doping […]
  
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• N. Dakota court strikes conviction on 20-year-old DUI charge

  16-03-2016 20:34
  
  FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a man who was tried last year on a 20-year-old drunken driving charge. Jason Gale was arrested for drunken driving in 1995 in Grand Forks but wasn’t called to court until last July, when a jury found him guilty. Gale’s attorney, Scott […]
  
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• Kerry to miss deadline on Islamic State genocide question

  16-03-2016 20:34
  
  WASHINGTON — A State Department spokesman says Secretary of State John Kerry will miss Congress’s deadline for deciding whether atrocities by the Islamic State against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria should be considered genocide. Spokesman Mark Toner says Kerry is taking a “measured” approach and his decision would come soon. Toner says […]
  
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• AZ Corrections told to ‘stand down’ in assault inquiry

  16-03-2016 20:33
  
  PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Corrections refused for nearly six months to allow the state’s workplace safety agency to inspect a prison where a female guard was sexually assaulted. Records obtained by The Associated Press show that the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health only learned about the assault by reading an AP […]
  
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• A look at federations around the world

  16-03-2016 20:33
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As Kurds plan to declare a federal region in northern Syria, they hope to both cement their control of the area and be a major player in whatever central government emerges from the five-year civil war. Federations throughout history have been both long-lasting, like Switzerland and the United States, and […]
  
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• The Latest: Officials say heavy rain contributed to 2 deaths

  16-03-2016 20:30
  
  HOUSTON — The Latest on severe flooding in Southeast Texas (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Two bodies have been recovered from a rain-swollen Texas river after a small fishing boat was found damaged at the bottom of a 40-foot spillway. Officials say the bodies of a man and a woman were located Tuesday in the […]
  
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• Breaking: Lensic director resigns; nationwide search planned for new head of Santa Fe performing arts center

  16-03-2016 20:12
  
    The man who has been identified with the Lensic ever since it was revamped as a nonprofit performing arts center has resigned. Robert Martin, who has directed artistic programming and operations at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe since 2001, plans to depart by the end of this month, the board of […]
  
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• Fed keeps key rates unchanged; foresees fewer hikes in 2016

  16-03-2016 20:02
  
  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is keeping a key interest rate unchanged in light of global pressures that risk slowing the U.S. economy. As a result, Fed officials are forecasting that they will raise rates more gradually this year than they had envisioned in December. The officials now foresee two, rather than four, modest increases […]
  
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• Free rides offered in ABQ for St. Patrick’s Day

  16-03-2016 19:40
  
  Albuquerque police will step up their patrols on St. Patrick’s Day to take drunken drivers off the road. Mayor Richard Berry said Wednesday that anyone who goes out and drinks should prepare beforehand to take a taxi, hail a ride online or find a designated driver. “This is 100 percent preventable,” he said as he […]
  
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• Updated: Police charge man with murder in Downtown-area motel shooting

  16-03-2016 19:37
  
  The man who shot and killed another man at a Downtown-area motel Tuesday told officers he opened fire because he thought the victim was going to kill him first, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. But police say his story doesn’t add up, and they don’t think the shooting was in self-defense. […]
  
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• State commission cancels meeting because of workers’ deaths

  16-03-2016 16:13
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A state government panel is canceling a scheduled meeting in northern New Mexico because of the deaths of two state Department of Transportation workers killed in an accident. The Department of Transportation says the State Transportation Commission is canceling its scheduled meeting Thursday in Las Vegas out of a show of […]
  
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• Ailing Santa Fe dog found with stuffed polar bear in stomach

  16-03-2016 16:11
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — An ailing Santa Fe dog said to be near death was saved after a veterinarian found an unusual object in her stomach — a stuffed polar bear. Santa Fe Animal Humane officials told KRQE-TV in Albuquerque (http://goo.gl/oPZdgH) that the six-inch long, two-inch wide bear was discovered after surgery. A veterinarian the […]
  
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• Southern New Mexico community eyes colonia designation

  16-03-2016 16:08
  
  MESILLA, N.M. — A small, poor border community in southern New Mexico is considering designating itself as a colonia. Las Cruces News-Sun reports (http://goo.gl/Htrkba) that Mesilla’s board of trustees and town residents heard from federal officials on Monday about what such a move might mean. Colonias share around $170 million in federal funding for infrastructure […]
  
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• Seattle hospital urges tests after ex-worker charged

  16-03-2016 16:07
  
  SEATTLE — The Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle has urged more than 1,300 patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after a former surgery technician was charged in federal court with stealing and swapping syringes. KIRO-TV reports (http://goo.gl/z5BRW7) the notification comes after 28-year-old Rocky Allen was arrested Colorado last month. He has […]
  
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• Colo. County OKs vouchers but religious schools dropped

  16-03-2016 16:07
  
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Douglas County is re-launching its embattled school voucher program but excluding religious schools this time. The school board voted 4-3 to back the new approach late Tuesday, five years to the day after approving the initial voucher program. The Denver Post (http://dpo.st/1R2QcNI ) reports that the board’s three newest members, elected […]
  
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• Las Cruces-area couple alleges rights violated by county

  16-03-2016 16:03
  
  LAS CRUCES – A Las Cruces-area couple is alleging their civil rights were violated by Doña Ana County law enforcement and codes personnel during a confrontation over access to private property in January. The couple, John and Kimberly Gaskill, through their attorney filed a tort claim notice March 10 against the county, indicating their “intent […]
  
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• BLM carries out prescribed burn in Organ Mountains

  16-03-2016 16:02
  
  LAS CRUCES – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management successfully carried out a prescribed burn Tuesday at a recreational site in the Organ Mountains. Smoke was seen near the mountains throughout the day, as the burn took place at the Dripping Springs Natural Area. BLM officials said the work started about 10 a.m. and continued […]
  
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• Spring break first responders at Port Aransas get free meals

  16-03-2016 16:01
  
  PORT ARANSAS, Texas — On a breezy afternoon, tens of thousands of people celebrated their spring break at the beach. Music blared from sound systems while beachgoers danced, drank and walked from group to group to get in on the action. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/1SSs9pr ) reports while those visitors are welcomed by Port […]
  
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• I-10 closed at the Louisiana-Texas state line

  16-03-2016 16:01
  
  LAKE CHARLES, La. — Louisiana State Police say Interstate 10 is closed in both directions at the Texas state line. Sgt. Gary Smith with Troop D in Lake Charles says rising flood water from the Sabine River is covering the interstate Wednesday morning on the Texas side. Troopers say drivers should use Interstate 20 to […]
  
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• Startup makes sense of transit data

  16-03-2016 16:00
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — On the Internet, traffic is easily tracked. Google and Facebook have algorithms that know what users are searching for. Online retailers can monitor what shoppers are buying. Newspapers can see in real-time how many readers are viewing an article. The same hasn’t been true for traffic in the physical world, where data-gathering […]
  
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• Navajo court rules against delegate’s requests

  16-03-2016 16:00
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against two motions filed by tribal council Delegate Mel R. Begay, who is facing charges for allegedly misusing tribal emergency funds. Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan, Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley and Associate Justice by Designation Irene Toledo issued the rulings while jury selection […]
  
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• Tech review: Audi TT’s Virtual Cockpit is the future of dashboards

  16-03-2016 15:59
  
  There are good things and bad things (not really) about being a technology writer. I get to see a lot of cool things, but when I have to send them back, I realize there’s a lot of cool stuff I’ll never own. A lot of times, if something is cool enough and affordable, I’m happy […]
  
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• Colorado’s slopes remain busy despite lack of snow

  16-03-2016 15:59
  
  DENVER — Visitation at Colorado’s ski areas is about 6 percent higher than last year, despite a recent lack of snowfall. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1QWxfQ3 ) that Colorado Ski Country, which represents a majority of the state’s ski areas, saw visits grow by nearly 4 percent from January through February compared to the same […]
  
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• NM man beats rape accusation with recording

  16-03-2016 15:58
  
  FARMINGTON – A 38-year-old Shiprock woman is accused of perjury on allegations she falsely accused her boyfriend of rape. The boyfriend told detectives he was able to disprove the allegations because he videotaped the encounter, according to a police report. Dana Woodis was charged Thursday in Farmington Magistrate Court with perjury — a fourth-degree felony […]
  
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• Bernie Sanders focusing on Arizona, not losses elsewhere

  16-03-2016 15:58
  
  PHOENIX — Bernie Sanders kicked off his Arizona campaign Tuesday night without mentioning a string of losses to Hillary Clinton in contests in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio. Instead, the Vermont Senator delivered an hour-long version of his stump speech to an enthusiastic crowd of several thousand inside the Phoenix convention center. He urged supporters […]
  
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• Report: Texas flight nurse who died in fall wasn’t fastened

  16-03-2016 15:57
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A federal investigation has found that a Texas air ambulance nurse who fell to her death from a helicopter hoist was likely not fastened securely to hoist equipment. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a probable cause report Monday that in the absence of an equipment failure, STAR Flight medic Kristin […]
  
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