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• Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies after fighting cancer

  22-03-2016 23:39
  
  TORONTO — Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family said. He was 46. Ford rode into office on a backlash against urban elites. He cast an image sharply at odds with Canada’s reputation for sedate, unpretentious politics. His […]
  
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• House passes bill to allow female pilots’ ashes at Arlington

  22-03-2016 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation to allow female World War II pilots known as WASPs to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 385-0 to approve the bill sponsored by an Arizona Republican, congresswoman Martha McSally, herself a retired Air Force fighter pilot. The WASPs served in a […]
  
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• Man who killed HarCo deputies was stalking estranged family

  22-03-2016 23:32
  
  EDGEWOOD, Md. — Authorities say the man who killed two Maryland sheriff’s deputies in a shootout last month had been stalking his estranged family on the Internet and set up a fake social media account to monitor them. Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said Tuesday that 68-year-old David Brian Evans likely intended to harm his ex-wife, whom […]
  
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• Terrorism looms as candidates compete in Western states

  22-03-2016 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fought to extend their delegate leads over underdog presidential rivals Tuesday in primary election voting across three Western states as the world grappled with a new wave of bloody attacks in Europe. The contests in Arizona, Utah and Idaho were largely an afterthought for much of the day […]
  
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• How the FBI might hack into an iPhone without Apple’s help

  22-03-2016 23:27
  
  NEW YORK — For more than a month, federal investigators have insisted they have no alternative but to force Apple to help them open up a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. That changed Monday when the Justice Department said an “outside party” recently showed the FBI a different way to access […]
  
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• Report: Cullen Neal to visit Ole Miss

  22-03-2016 23:26
  
    Cullen Neal, who announced last week he will transfer from the University of New Mexico to pursue educational and playing opportunities elsewhere, will visit Ole Miss this weekend, the Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Miss., reported on Tuesday. Neal averaged 12.3 points per game and had 101 turnovers to a team-high 114 assists under his […]
  
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• Fear of bloody attacks becomes part of life in Europe

  22-03-2016 23:19
  
  STOCKHOLM — Paris, Copenhagen, Brussels. In just over a year three European capitals have been ravaged by bombs and gunfire. After each attack life slowly returns to normal. But it’s a new normal for Europe, where terror alerts are always on high and where people in cities so far spared major violence assume it’s a […]
  
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• Updated: Long lines bog down Arizona presidential primary

  22-03-2016 22:58
  
  PHOENIX — The Arizona presidential primary drew long lines Tuesday as people waited at least an hour, and some up to two hours, in many polling spots to cast ballots amid heightened interest in the polarizing contest for the White House. Dozens of people were lined up before voting started at 6 a.m. at a […]
  
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• AG’s office asks for hearing in Phil Griego case

  22-03-2016 22:50
  
  In a motion filed today, Attorney General Hector Balderas has requested a Santa Fe District Court judge hold an arraignment hearing for former state Sen. Phil Griego. Since the AG’s office first filed criminal charges against Griego on Feb. 29, four different judges in the First Judicial District have recused themselves from the high-profile case, […]
  
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• ABQ firm takes boot camp concept on the road

  22-03-2016 22:44
  
  Albuquerque-based Cultivating Coders is taking its new, intensive boot-camp training for aspiring web developers straight to the masses, beginning with Native American students in northwestern New Mexico. The company, which formed in late 2015, signed a deal this month with the Farmington-based Episcopal Church in Navajoland to train up to 45 tribal students in three […]
  
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• Library book overdue nearly 50 years returned to Ohio school

  22-03-2016 22:38
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A library book overdue by nearly 50 years has been returned to a university library in southwest Ohio. The University of Dayton says a former student who borrowed the “History of the Crusades” in 1967 has sent it back with an apology for the late return. The university says James Phillips, of […]
  
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• Texas child fatally struck by car picking him up at day care

  22-03-2016 22:33
  
  HOUSTON — Officials say a 4-year-old boy has died after an 81-year-old woman picking him up from a Houston day care didn’t realize he wasn’t in her sport utility vehicle and he was struck. The Harris County sheriff’s office said the boy was struck Tuesday outside KD Learning Center, located in a shopping center. When […]
  
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• Colorado sheriffs handed another loss in gun lawsuit

  22-03-2016 22:32
  
  DENVER — A group of Colorado sheriffs has been handed another legal defeat in their challenge to gun restrictions enacted in response to 2012 mass shootings. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a lower federal court improperly heard the sheriffs’ challenge to 2013 laws limiting the size of ammunition magazines and expanding background checks […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Bomb squad checking packages at Denver airport

  22-03-2016 22:28
  
  DENVER — The Latest on the evacuation of Denver International Airport due to a possible security threat (all times local): 4:28 p.m. A police bomb squad is checking suspicious packages found in the main terminal of Denver’s airport, part of which remains evacuated because of a possible security threat. Stacey Stegman, a spokeswoman for Denver […]
  
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• Latest: High court refuses to spare Texas man from execution

  22-03-2016 22:27
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a Texas man who killed a city code enforcement worker in 2005 (all times local): 4 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of a Texas man who killed a city code enforcement worker in 2005. Attorneys for 33-year-old Adam Ward […]
  
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• Updated: Report: 70 percent of NM incentives go to large companies

  22-03-2016 22:24
  
  About 70 percent of the state’s spending on economic development goes to large rather than small businesses, even though less than half of those employed in New Mexico work at large companies, according to a report released this month. New Mexico is one of three states profiled in the study by Good Jobs First , […]
  
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• FDA adds strongest warning to widely-used painkillers

  22-03-2016 17:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators will bolster warning labels on the most widely used prescription painkillers, part a multi-pronged federal effort to reverse an epidemic of abuse and death tied
  
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• Updated: Video game review: ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ is a superlative shooter for the age of social media

  22-03-2016 16:47
  
  In 2014, Bungie introduced the genre-changing game “Destiny” — which combined role-playing with a first-person shooter and packaged the result in a universe as sophisticated as that of “World of Warcraft.” As a result, Bungie succeeded in popularizing the FPS with console players while reinventing this style of play for the age of social media. […]
  
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• Attack in Brussels weighs on airlines, travel sites, hotels

  22-03-2016 16:31
  
  NEW YORK — The travel and lodging industry took a hit Tuesday following deadly attacks in Belgium that killed dozens of people at the Brussels airport, which closed. American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines all said that their flights to and from Brussels were either cancelled or diverted. Security was tightened across Europe, just four […]
  
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• Compassus exec to help lead hospice association panel

  22-03-2016 16:29
  
  Elizabeth Ross, RN, executive director of  Compassus hospice programs serving Albuquerque and Santa Fe, has been appointed co-chair of the New Mexico Association for Home & Hospice Care hospice committee. The association represents 150 home care and hospice agency members who provide care in New Mexico. Ross will lead the group’s committee with co-chair David […]
  
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• Radiation hazards topic at NM hearing today

  22-03-2016 16:09
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Independent regulators are visiting New Mexico to discuss the hazards of storing radioactive waste as Los Alamos National Laboratory while the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste dump remains closed. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board also plans to address safety problems at the lab during a public hearing Tuesday evening […]
  
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• Moderate drought returns to western New Mexico

  22-03-2016 16:08
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — National Weather Service forecasters say moderate drought conditions have returned to western New Mexico while abnormal dryness is expanding in other parts of the state. State and federal water and land managers are meeting Tuesday to discuss the latest outlook. They say statewide precipitation for February was well below normal, with New […]
  
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• Cannon military looking off-base for homes

  22-03-2016 16:07
  
  The privatized housing project at Cannon Air Force base is well under way, but trends in the local Clovis/Portales real estate market show military members have been more likely to look off-base for homes. Privatization at Cannon consists of Balfour Beatty Communities owning, operating and managing the five neighborhoods of family housing units on government […]
  
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• Service Tuesday in Texas for pianist’s 2 slain daughters

  22-03-2016 16:06
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A memorial service will be held in Texas for the two slain daughters of a renowned concert pianist as their mother faces charges of killing the girls. A public service was scheduled Tuesday night at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church in Fort Worth to remember the children of Vadym Kholodenko (vuh-DEEM’ […]
  
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• Cruces jail director case heads to grand jury March 31

  22-03-2016 16:05
  
  LAS CRUCES – A Magistrate Court judge granted a motion Monday to extend the amount of time prosecutors have to present their case against Christopher Barela, the Doña Ana County jail director who is facing criminal charges, to a District Court grand jury. The case is now likely to go before a grand jury on […]
  
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• Cruces council holds off on statement of support for tribe

  22-03-2016 16:04
  
  LAS CRUCES – After two different tribal groups expressed conflicting stances, Las Cruces city councilors voted Monday to indefinitely postpone action on a statement of support for the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe in its quest for standing as a federally recognized tribe. Some city councilors said they felt Monday’s […]
  
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• Gospel singer Fortune serving jail term for assault on wife

  22-03-2016 16:03
  
  RICHMOND, Texas — Grammy-nominated gospel singer James Fortune has begun serving five days in a Texas jail for assaulting his wife during a 2014 argument. Fort Bend County jail records show the 38-year-old Fortune turned himself in Monday night in Richmond, about 20 miles southwest of Houston. Fortune earlier this year month pleaded guilty to […]
  
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• Dallas man charged with beating his dog to death

  22-03-2016 16:03
  
  DALLAS — Police say a Dallas man has been charged with animal cruelty after his pet dog was found beaten to death. Dallas police on Monday said 35-year-old Thyren Justice was arrested on a charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals by torture. Police say Justice was arrested early Sunday after the dog was found dead […]
  
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• Resume gap? Corporate ‘returnships’ for career breakers could help

  22-03-2016 16:02
  
  CHICAGO — The dreaded resume gap. After a career break — be it to raise a child, care for an elderly parent or jet around the world — those years without relevant work experience can stretch like a moat outside the hiring manager’s door. The good news, especially for women, who make up the majority […]
  
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• Bataan participants collect record 12 tons of food

  22-03-2016 16:02
  
  LAS CRUCES – More than 12 tons of food was donated by some participants in Sunday’s Bataan Memorial Death March, at White Sands Missile Range. WSMR spokesman Cammy Montoya, said the food collected after the march was a record for the event, which is staged annually to commemorate American and Filipino military personnel who were […]
  
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• Colo. skiers warned to look out for moose on slopes

  22-03-2016 16:01
  
  DENVER — Colorado’s growing moose population has presented new hazards for skiers as more of the animals have shown up at ski areas. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1pGUN1C ) that Winter Park and Steamboat resorts have installed signs warning skiers and snowboarders to stay away from the migrating moose. At Winter Park, a wounded bull […]
  
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• Fort Worth hail could cost $600M in auto, property damage

  22-03-2016 16:00
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A trade group says it estimates that damage caused by hailstorms that rolled through the Fort Worth area last week will reach $600 million in auto and property claims. Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, estimates $300 million came from vehicle damage alone and that at least […]
  
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• Ex-Texas trooper in Sandra Bland case set for arraignment

  22-03-2016 15:59
  
  HEMPSTEAD, Texas — A fired Texas trooper is facing arraignment on a misdemeanor perjury charge related to his arrest last summer of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was later found dead in a county jail. A Waller County grand jury indicted Brian Encinia in January on the perjury charge for saying in an affidavit […]
  
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• We’re being watched at work: Is it Big Brother, or a helping hand?

  22-03-2016 15:58
  
  SEATTLE — Joyce Juntunen balances an open laptop on her left forearm like the appendage it has become. It’s with her throughout the day as she checks the progress of her 20-person sales team at Bizible, a tech startup in Seattle that helps companies gauge the success of their marketing efforts. And it follows her […]
  
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• Colo. legislators look to limit shackling juveniles in courtrooms

  22-03-2016 15:58
  
  DENVER — Colorado lawmakers will consider legislation that would require restraints on juvenile offenders to be removed before court hearings. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1RcrUUW ) the bill sponsored by Rep. Susan Lontine and Sen. Michael Merrifield also includes a list of exceptions for when ankle cuffs and chains on youths would be necessary. It […]
  
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• Rex Huppke: Workplace communication requires strategy

  22-03-2016 15:57
  
  Consider this hypothetical work conversation: “Hey, boss. Check out this cute picture of a panda. Oh, also, would it be possible to …” “I HATE PANDAS! GET OUT OF MY OFFICE!!” That didn’t go well, in large part because the worker forgot that the boss once fell into an exhibit at the city zoo and […]
  
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• NM man charged in tire iron death pleads not guilty

  22-03-2016 15:57
  
  LAS CRUCES – The 36-year-old man accused of fatally striking a man with a metal tire iron pleaded not guilty on Monday in 3rd Judicial District Court in Las Cruces, according to the man’s attorney. Vernon Castle Clark is charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a third-degree felony, according to […]
  
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• Live Free or Trump

  22-03-2016 10:26 via nytimes.com
  #NeverTrump Republicans want a spoiler. They should look to the Libertarian Gary Johnson.
  
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• Mentally ill women target of sex abuse, officials say

  22-03-2016 07:05
  
  75-year-old Las Vegas man also accused of trying to lure victims into prostitution
  
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• Lawsuit seeks accounting for Rio Grande water use

  22-03-2016 07:05
  
  A lawsuit filed in state district court by an environmental organization demands that the New Mexico ...
  
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• High winds, freezing temperatures forecast

  22-03-2016 07:05
  
  Winds strong enough to test a Holy Week pilgrim's resolve will be blowing through New Mexico as we a ...
  
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• Grant helps move lab chimps to forever home

  22-03-2016 07:05
  
  19 being sent from Alamogordo to Louisiana sanctuary
  
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• ‘Bosque fuel’ feeds fire along Rio Grande near La Joya

  22-03-2016 07:05
  
  SOCORRO–A wildfire that began along the Rio Grande bosque near La Joya Sunday had grown to ...
  
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• Program designed to slow Alzheimer’s

  22-03-2016 07:04
  
  Clare Bridge Crossings, a program designed to slow th
  
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• Presentation offers a look at Medicaid

  22-03-2016 07:04
  
  The Alzheimer's Association, New Mexico chapt
  
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• Learn natural ways to treat chronic pain

  22-03-2016 07:04
  
  Natural Life Acupuncture and Wellness Clinic
  
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• Compression-only CPR classes are free

  22-03-2016 07:04
  
  The New Mexico Heart Institute will offer a s
  
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• To repel mice, try cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil

  22-03-2016 07:02
  
  Q. You wrote recently about the dangers of using mothballs to repel mice. I have a safer suggestion. ...
  
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• Stop Trump movement gets boost from Mexico

  22-03-2016 07:02
  
  ABQ consulate says citizenship push not aimed at any candidate
  
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• Light sleepers

  22-03-2016 07:02
  
  Researchers at the University of New Mexico have a new high-tech venue to study the effects of light ...
  
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