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• Updated: California: Chemical warning may scare poor from canned food

  24-03-2016 23:05
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones, officials said Thursday. Instead, the state on May 11 will require stores to post […]
  
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• California: Chemical warning may scare poor from canned food

  24-03-2016 23:05
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones, officials said Thursday. The decision and rationale of the California Environmental Protection Agency are […]
  
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• Tempe firefighter credited with saving flag at Phoenix fire

  24-03-2016 23:03
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — A Tempe firefighter is being publicity shy after being photographed saving an American flag from a fire outside a Phoenix recycling center. Captain/medic Nick Ells was among 150 by firefighters who battled the wind-driven fire for hours Tuesday. A photograph circulated later on social media showed a firefighter still in his gear […]
  
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• Lawsuit accuses Mormon Church of failing to protect Navajos

  24-03-2016 23:03
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Two Navajo siblings are suing the Mormon Church, alleging they were sexually abused during their time in a church program that placed them with foster families in Utah. The lawsuit seeks written apologies, unspecified damages, changes in church policy and the creation of a task force to help address cultural or social […]
  
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• Sanders fighting perceptions he can’t overcome Clinton edge

  24-03-2016 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders may be drawing thousands of people to his rallies and raising millions of dollars online, but increasingly he’s also having to make the case that his campaign isn’t a lost cause. Sanders is favored over Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in this weekend’s contests in Washington state, Hawaii and Alaska. The Vermont […]
  
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• Indiana governor signs fetal defects abortion ban into law

  24-03-2016 23:02
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill into law Thursday making Indiana the second state to ban abortions because of fetal genetic abnormalities such as Down syndrome. Pence signed the measure just hours ahead of his deadline to take action on the proposal approved by the Republican-dominated Legislature two weeks ago, the governor’s […]
  
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• Seamless Medical gets boost with community health centers

  24-03-2016 22:41
  
  Preferred vendor status from national purchasing group opens doors
  
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• Updated: Popular UNM statues defaced, again

  24-03-2016 22:32
  
  One or more vandals appear to have defaced several bronze statues in the middle of one the University of New Mexico’s busiest walkways between late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, say UNM officials. “Modern Art” by Betty Sabo is an art exhibit that features several bronze human sculptures near the Student Union Building. One […]
  
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• Moriarty warehouse converted to officer-training site

  24-03-2016 22:27
  
  A former cigarette manufacturing plant in Moriarty is getting a new life as an active shooter training facility for law enforcement and military officers. Inside the metal warehouse in Moriarty’s Industrial Park, Global Training Initiatives, Inc. is outfitting its training facilities by replicating rooms of a meth house, apartment or business. The 25,000-square-foot warehouse was […]
  
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• Shadowy hacking industry may be helping FBI crack an iPhone

  24-03-2016 22:14
  
  NEW YORK — Turns out there’s a shadowy global industry devoted to breaking into smartphones and extracting their information. But you’ve probably never heard of it unless you’re a worried parent, a betrayed spouse — or a federal law enforcement agency. Now one of those hacking businesses may well be helping the FBI try to […]
  
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• Updated: Garry Shandling, comic, ‘Larry Sanders Show’ creator, dies

  24-03-2016 22:13
  
  LOS ANGELES — Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian masterminded a brand of self-inflicted phony docudrama with “The Larry Sanders Show,” has died. Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said Shandling died Thursday in Los Angeles of an undisclosed cause. He was 66. Im said fire officials were dispatched to Shandling’s Los Angeles […]
  
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• Garry Shandling, comic, ‘Larry Sanders Show’ creator, dies

  24-03-2016 22:13
  
  LOS ANGELES — Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian pioneered a pretend brand of self-focused docudrama with “The Larry Sanders Show,” has died. Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said Shandling died Thursday in Los Angeles of an undisclosed cause. He was 66. Im said officers were dispatched to Shandling’s home Thursday for […]
  
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• New Mexico governor shuns work email account

  24-03-2016 22:08
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez seldom uses her state email account to conduct official business and keeps half of those messages under seal, according to a review of public records by The Associated Press. The governor’s office released three emails and withheld three others in response to a request for emails […]
  
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• Texas officer accused in teen’s death resigns

  24-03-2016 22:05
  
  FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — A suburban Dallas police officer who shot and killed a teenage burglary suspect and wounded another boy while off duty has resigned from his department. Farmers Branch Police Chief Sid Fuller said that Officer Ken Johnson submitted his resignation on Thursday. Fuller accepted the resignation, which took effect immediately. Johnson is […]
  
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• Hobbs firm agrees to pay $1.5 million in back wages, damages

  24-03-2016 21:57
  
  A Hobbs-based company has agreed to pay $1.5 million in back wages and damages to 241 oil-well service workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The agency accused Nova Mud Inc., and two related companies — Nova Hardbanding LLC and Nova Sand LLC — of paying the employees fixed semi-monthly salaries, without regard to […]
  
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• Updated: Firefighters battling blaze on Isleta Pueblo

  24-03-2016 21:56
  
  Firefighters are battling a field fire on the Isleta Pueblo Thursday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Bernalillo County Fire Department. Larry Gallegos said Bernalillo County firefighters were staged nearby to jump in if needed, but they were told it wasn’t necessary around 2:30. Gallegos didn’t have any other information about the fire, including […]
  
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• Wildfire burns about 620 square miles in Kansas, Oklahoma

  24-03-2016 21:50
  
  MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. — Crews were trying to get a foothold Thursday against wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles in Oklahoma and Kansas and led residents of some small communities to flee their homes. Strong winds were fanning the flames, and firefighters haven’t been able to establish effective containment lines yet, the Oklahoma […]
  
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• Texas Planned Parenthood chapter joins lawsuit over videos

  24-03-2016 21:07
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas Planned Parenthood chapter has joined a previously filed federal lawsuit, alleging criminal misconduct by anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos accusing the organization of illegally selling fetal tissue. Houston-based Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast announced Thursday that it would become part of a civil suit filed in January in San Francisco […]
  
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• Moody’s reaffirms New Mexico credit rating

  24-03-2016 21:06
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A credit ratings agency is reaffirming a top grade for New Mexico general obligation bonds as the state grapples with declining revenues from the oil and natural gas industry. The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration on Thursday announced the triple-A bond rating from Moody’s Investor Services. Moody’s says the […]
  
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• Trump: Echoes of George Wallace?

  24-03-2016 21:04
  
  ATLANTA — One presidential candidate pledged to “Stand up for America.” Two generations later, another promises to “Make America Great Again.” Their common denominator: convincing certain Americans that their version of the United States is under threat. Donald Trump, leader for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, has never said he’s following the playbook of Alabama […]
  
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• Train collides with tanker in Minnesota; town evacuated

  24-03-2016 20:52
  
  CALLAWAY, Minn. — Authorities have evacuated a small town in northwestern Minnesota after a freight train collided with a propane truck that caught fire. Sgt. Jesse Grabow with the Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened around 12:25 p.m. Thursday in Callaway. Grabow says crews are trying to put out the burning tanker. He says […]
  
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• Woman arrested for DUI after driving to ‘Coffee with a Cop’

  24-03-2016 20:44
  
  GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Montana woman who police said was stumbling and smelled of alcohol was arrested after driving to a cafe hosting a “Coffee with a Cop” event. Great Falls Lt. Doug Mahlum says 66-year-old Charlene Kranitz walked by more than a dozen uniformed officers in Schulte’s Coffeehouse on Wednesday to get to […]
  
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• ‘Obamacare’ foe tries to save expanded Medicaid in Arkansas

  24-03-2016 17:22
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Two years after winning office by promising to fight President Barack Obama’s policies, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has become the leading rescuer of a key element of the president’s health care law in his state. The Republican governor is urging GOP lawmakers to keep Arkansas’ hybrid Medicaid expansion and is warning […]
  
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• Experts: Belgium often comes up short in preventing attacks

  24-03-2016 17:21
  
  BRUSSELS — Belgium has come up short in its efforts to prevent extremist attacks time and again, experts say — failing to coordinate intelligence, investigate suspects and control its borders. No country has a perfect record, but Belgium’s is especially bad. On Tuesday, suicide bombers linked to the Islamic State group detonated their explosives at […]
  
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• Colo. police officer cleared in accidental shooting

  24-03-2016 17:21
  
  DENVER — An Aurora police officer who slipped and accidently shot a car theft suspect during a foot chase has been cleared of any wrongdoing. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey ruled that Officer David Musgrave did not intentionally shoot Christopher Padilla and the officer committed no crime. The officer was part of a team pursuing […]
  
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• New: Bookworks to host Stephen King at the Kiva

  24-03-2016 17:06
  
  Albuquerque landed on the short list for Stephen King’s “End of Watch Tour.” Bookworks will host the legendary author at 7 p.m. June 16 at the Kiva Auditorium. For the Bookworks Albuquerque event, each ticket will admit one person and include an “End of Watch” hardcover. Tickets will be on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, […]
  
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• Obama: US slow to speak out for human rights in Argentina

  24-03-2016 16:59
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States was slow to speak out for human rights in Argentina during a dark chapter that still haunts South American nation, but pledged that his administration will do its part to “confront the past with honesty and transparency.” Forty years to the day […]
  
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• Karadzic convicted of genocide, gets 40-year sentence

  24-03-2016 16:59
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A U.N. court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout Bosnia’s 1992-95 war that left 100,000 people dead. As he sat down after hearing his sentence, Karadzic slumped slightly in his […]
  
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• Officials approve outdoor marijuana grow in Aspen

  24-03-2016 16:44
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — Pitkin County commissioners have approved the first outdoor marijuana crop on a trial basis. The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/1VJh8rp ) that commissioners on Wednesday voted to approve what they call a “one-year experiment” allowing an already-permitted indoor marijuana facility to grow as many as 250 plants outdoors this summer. The agreement requires […]
  
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• Review: Beyond size, what you get and give up with iPhone SE

  24-03-2016 16:25
  
  NEW YORK — Unless you take a lot of selfies or need a bigger phone, Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price. You get the same 12-megapixel rear camera that’s in the much larger iPhone 6S, but for $250 less, at about $400. You also get the same speeds […]
  
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• Small businesses look to improve benefits and job security

  24-03-2016 16:06
  
  PHILADELPHIA — When a blizzard blankets a customer’s business, making entrance impossible, when a fallen tree blocks a driveway, when leaves or ice clog a drain, flooding the parking lot, landscaper Bob Keller wants to be there for his customers. Which is why Keller said he decided to invest more in his employees by offering […]
  
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• Women in commercial real estate battle in boys’ club

  24-03-2016 16:05
  
  CHICAGO — After 30 years helping companies find and develop their perfect workspaces, Lisa Davidson is still an anomaly. As a tenant representative for commercial real estate firm Savills Studley, Davidson is one of a few women in a mostly boys club. As executive managing director in the firm’s Chicago office, Davidson has facilitated office […]
  
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• The Mortgage Professor: Shift control of appraisals to mortgage borrowers

  24-03-2016 16:03
  
  There are two ways to make the home loan market much more efficient by empowering borrowers. The first is to authorize borrowers to order their own appraisals. The second, which will be discussed next week, is to eliminate misleading features of the annual percentage rate. APPRAISALS IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM The appraised value of the […]
  
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• Real estate Q&A: ‘Kickout clause’ essential for seller

  24-03-2016 16:03
  
  Q: I am selling my house. A seemingly well-qualified buyer has presented a full-price offer, but he wants to make the deal contingent on the sale of his existing house. I am eager to sell, but this makes me nervous. What should I do? — Doreen A: You are right to be nervous. A lot […]
  
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• 4 collectibles worth more than their weight in gold

  24-03-2016 16:03
  
  So far, 2016 has been a challenging year for stock market investors. Often in this type of market, investors will gravitate to gold as a real asset and a store of value. In August 2011, gold was about $1,905 per ounce. But by early March 2016, gold stood at about $1,265 per ounce. That’s a […]
  
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• On the House: Low interest rates bring a resurgence of refinancing

  24-03-2016 16:02
  
  Continuing low interest rates for 30-year mortgages — now hovering at 3.75 percent — may be sparking a new wave of refinancing. Interest in refinancing is created by the power of suggestion — when a homeowner sees opportunity, said Jerome Scarpello of Leo Mortgage Inc., in suburban Philadelphia. “I took an application last week, and […]
  
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• Court dismisses complaint over power plant on Navajo Nation

  24-03-2016 15:58
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A complaint that sought to overturn the final rule for haze-causing nitrogen oxide emissions at an Arizona power plant has been dismissed. Environmentalists on the Navajo Nation had alleged in the October 2015 lawsuit that a federal advisory group met in secret to craft a pollution control plan for the coal-fired Navajo […]
  
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• Effort in 3 US cities to combat extremism off to slow start

  24-03-2016 15:56
  
  BOSTON — A federally funded effort in Boston, Los Angeles and Minneapolis to combat extremist recruitment has been slow to start since it was announced a year and a half ago. Few local programs have been directly created by the “Countering Violent Extremism” pilot initiative, with officials in those cities just starting to distribute more […]
  
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• Charlotte transgender rule nixed; other cities reined in

  24-03-2016 15:55
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — Sparked by backlash to Charlotte’s ordinance allowing transgender people to use restrooms aligned with their gender identity, the North Carolina legislature reined in local governments with a broad bill that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed the legislation Wednesday night, dealing a blow […]
  
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• Appeals court drops damages in ‘Billy the Kid’ records suit

  24-03-2016 15:54
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A former New Mexico sheriff and one of his deputies will not have to pay $100,000 to an author over documents from an investigation into legendary outlaw Billy the Kid. Writer Gale Cooper in 2014 was awarded $100,000 and the records she sought relating to the outlaw’s 1881 death. The Santa […]
  
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• January jackpot boosted funds for lottery scholarships

  24-03-2016 15:52
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A boost in the money funneled to New Mexico’s lottery scholarship fund is due to frenzied sales in January brought on by the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot. The New Mexico Lottery Authority says it transferred $8.5 million to the scholarship fund in January. That’s more than twice the $3.8 million that […]
  
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• Authorities prepare for Chimayo pilgrimage

  24-03-2016 15:51
  
  CHIMAYO, N.M. — Authorities are preparing for the thousands of people who are expected for the annual Good Friday pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo. Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies will increase traffic patrols beginning Thursday when the majority of pilgrims begin walking to the northern New Mexico shrine. Deputies are urging walkers to make […]
  
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• DWI-related deaths in New Mexico lowest since 1980

  24-03-2016 07:05
  
  Gov. credits laws, ad and police campaigns
  
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• CYFD computer system costs escalating

  24-03-2016 07:05
  
  Legislative Finance Committee review calls it poorly planned
  
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• Clean Water Act settlement to cost utility $433,500

  24-03-2016 07:05
  
  6 million gallons of sewage accidentally dumped in river in 2015
  
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• Change of course at Ladera

  24-03-2016 07:05
  
  April Fools!Any golfer heading to Ladera Golf Course for a round on April 1 might very ...
  
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• Candidate in House race taken off, then returned to ballot

  24-03-2016 07:05
  
  But hearing pending after rival challenges nominating petitions
  
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• Whites can be hate speech targets

  24-03-2016 07:02
  
  CHICAGO – We live in a country where it's considered out of bounds to put down African-Americans and other ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTs, unlawfully present immigrants and many other special interest groups.
  
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• Updated: UNM engineering dept. successes touted

  24-03-2016 07:02
  
  The University of New Mexico's dean of engineering at a Wednesday meeting touted the school's busine ...
  
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• Two big tournaments set for Rio Rancho this weekend

  24-03-2016 07:02
  
  Rio Rancho is hosting a top baseball and softball tournament this week.The annual Sal...
  
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