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• APD: Crash closes I-40 frontage road at 2nd street

  12-04-2016 23:38
  
  A serious crash sent multiple people to the hospital and closed down Interstate 40’s eastbound frontage road east of second street Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. “Motorists should expect this closure to last for several hours and adjust their afternoon commute,” said officer Tanner Tixier. He didn’t say what […]
  
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• You have 3 extra days this year to file your taxes

  12-04-2016 23:36
  
  CHICAGO — If you’ve left your tax return for the last minute, or don’t have the cash just yet to pay Uncle Sam, you may be relieved to know that you can squeeze a few more days out of the calendar before filing your taxes. This year’s filing deadline is Monday, April 18, thanks to […]
  
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• Texas Republicans stay silent as GOP officials face troubles

  12-04-2016 23:16
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general has been indicted for allegedly duping investors in a tech startup, and the agriculture commissioner reportedly used tax dollars to travel to obtain a so-called “Jesus shot” supposedly offering long-term relief from pain. So far, fellow Republicans are all but ignoring the troubles. Attorney General Ken Paxton, who […]
  
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• Army grants Sikh enlistees waiver to its beard policy

  12-04-2016 23:12
  
  McLEAN, Va. — The Army has ruled that three Sikh enlistees will be allowed to serve while keeping their distinctive beards and turbans. The three Sikhs filed a lawsuit seeking to end a military policy that generally bans beards. The Sikh religion requires men to grow beards as an article of their faith. On Friday, […]
  
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• Portales officer shot, wounded in traffic stop; arrest made

  12-04-2016 23:11
  
  PORTALES, N.M. — A Portales man is accused of wounding a Portales police officer during a traffic stop in the eastern New Mexico city. The Portales Police Department said 28-year-old Anthony Ortega was served Monday night with an arrest warrant in the Monday afternoon shooting after initially being booked into jail on warrants in unrelated […]
  
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• Border officers in El Paso find $1.6M in meth in tires

  12-04-2016 21:26
  
  EL PASO, Texas — Federal officers in West Texas have seized more than $1.6 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in the rear tires of an SUV entering from Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Tuesday announced the bust at the Paso Del Norte border crossing in El Paso. The driver from Dallas was […]
  
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• Colorado moving to create 1st pot courier licenses

  12-04-2016 21:25
  
  DENVER — A first-of-its-kind license for marijuana couriers is nearing approval in Colorado. The state House gave preliminary approval Tuesday to creating a new “marijuana transporter” license under the pot-regulating agency. Colorado already has 12 marijuana courier companies, which fill out shipping manifests to move pot from growing warehouses to store shelves. The couriers are […]
  
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• NYC mayor, Hillary Clinton taking heat over comedy skit

  12-04-2016 21:24
  
  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have come under fire over a comedy skit that some people feel was racially insensitive. Clinton, just days before the crucial New York primary, was a surprise guest during the mayor’s performance at the annual Inner Circle show in Manhattan on Saturday […]
  
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• Poll: Republicans not itching for a convention fight

  12-04-2016 21:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Most Republican voters think the candidate with the most delegates heading into the party’s convention in July should ultimately emerge as the GOP’s presidential nominee, regardless of whether he holds the majority of all delegates needed to secure the nomination, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. The survey finds Republicans are more […]
  
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• Original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy heading back to theaters

  12-04-2016 21:23
  
  NEW YORK — On the heels of “The Force Awakens,” the original “Star Wars” trilogy is coming back to theaters this summer. The Alamo Drafthouse announced Tuesday that it will roll out a “Star Wars” road show beginning Aug. 6 in select cities. The three films — “A New Hope,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and […]
  
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• Daniels sworn in as New Mexico Supreme Court chief justice

  12-04-2016 19:32
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Charles W. Daniels is the newest chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. Daniels was sworn for a two-year-term Monday. The chief justice serves as both a judge and an administrator, presiding at hearings and conferences but also overseeing personnel, budgets and general operations at all state courts. The lead […]
  
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• Breaking: Accused shooter in gang-related killing arrested after search

  12-04-2016 19:25
  
  An alleged murderer who police believe was a west side gang member was caught Monday after police issued a warrant for his arrest earlier this month. Police say David Lazo-Rios, 21, shot and killed Sergio Chapparo-Loya, who they believe was affiliated with a different gang, in August 2015. Chapparo-Loya was standing outside a southwest Albuquerque […]
  
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• Smoke shop owner faces tax evasion charges

  12-04-2016 19:21
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The owner of a smoke shop in Sunland Park has been charged with felony tax evasion for allegedly failing to pay more than $100,000 in taxes. Dona Ana County District Attorney Mark D’Antonio said Tuesday that 38-year-old Juan Chavez, of El Paso, has been indicted by a grand jury in state […]
  
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• Greece: Major reforms ready, despite pause in bailout talks

  12-04-2016 19:20
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Talks between Greece and its bailout creditors over the country’s next economic reforms efforts have been suspended until next week but Athens said Tuesday that an agreement that would trigger debt relief discussions was getting nearer. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said the meetings in Athens would resume Monday, with an aim to […]
  
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• Bank won’t add 250 jobs in North Carolina due to rights law

  12-04-2016 19:17
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — Deutsche Bank announced Tuesday that it’s halting plans to add 250 jobs in North Carolina because of a state law limiting protections for lesbians, gays and transgender people — the latest fallout from the business community over the law. Several more groups have also canceled conventions or gatherings, depriving the state of […]
  
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• Most voters say ‘meh’ _ at best _ on the presidential field

  12-04-2016 16:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Most American voters say “meh” — at best — about the 2016 field of presidential candidates in both parties. That’s according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which shows that a majority of Americans believe none of the remaining candidates for president represents their opinions at least somewhat well. At least half of […]
  
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• Brussels authorities charge 2, detain 3 others over attacks

  12-04-2016 16:36
  
  BRUSSELS — Two men have been charged with offenses related to the Brussels bombings, and three others have been detained in Brussels in connection to the Paris attacks, Belgian authorities said Tuesday. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s office said the two who have been charged, identified only as Smail F. and Ibrahim F., were involved in […]
  
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• The Latest: Greek police detain volunteers

  12-04-2016 16:35
  
  BRUSSELS — The Latest on Europe’s response to mass migration (all times local): 4:20 p.m. Greek police temporarily detained 17 people, mostly foreign nationals, during a crackdown on volunteers suspected of spreading malicious rumors at a restive migrant tent city on the border with Macedonia. Police said Tuesday that 16 of the detainees were subsequently […]
  
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• IMF issues stark warning on British exit from EU

  12-04-2016 16:35
  
  LONDON — The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that a British exit from the European Union could inflict severe damage to the world economy by disrupting international trade. Listing the June 23 referendum on membership as one-of-seven downside risks for the world economy, the global financial body said the national vote on whether to stay […]
  
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• Stocks eke out modest gains as focus turns to US earnings

  12-04-2016 16:34
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks were steadily higher in early trading Tuesday, as investors worked through the first batch of earnings from the first quarter of the year. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 42 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,600 as of 10:09 a.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Ortho to drop chemicals linked to bee declines

  12-04-2016 15:45
  
  DENVER — Garden-care giant Ortho said Tuesday it will stop using a class of chemicals widely believed to harm bees. The company plans to phase out neonicotinoids by 2021 in eight products used to control garden pests and diseases. Ortho will change three products for roses, flowers, trees and shrubs by 2017 and other products […]
  
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• Weak oil prices prompt Fitch to cut Saudi Arabia’s rating

  12-04-2016 15:44
  
  LONDON — Saudi Arabia suffered another credit ratings downgrade on Tuesday after Fitch lowered its view on the oil-rich kingdom in light of the fall in energy prices. In a note, Fitch said it was reducing its rating on Saudi Arabia by one notch to AA- from AA and warned that another downgrade was more […]
  
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• Investigators visit Panama Papers law firm’s office

  12-04-2016 15:44
  
  PANAMA CITY — Panamanian prosecutors have visited the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to look into its allegations that a computer hacker was behind the leak of a trove of financial documents about tax havens the firm set up to benefit influential people around the globe. Public ministry spokeswoman Sandra Sotillo said the […]
  
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• Finance officials facing a chronically weak global economy

  12-04-2016 15:44
  
  WASHINGTON — World finance officials who meet in Washington this week confront a bleak picture: Eight years after the financial crisis erupted, the global economy remains fragile and at risk of another recession. “Growth has been too slow for too long,” Maurice Obstfeld, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, warned on the eve of […]
  
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• Correction: Offshore Accounts-Investigation story

  12-04-2016 15:44
  
  PARIS — In a story April 10 about reports that Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca had usurped the name of the Red Cross to help hide millions of dollars in questionable funds, The Associated Press reported erroneously that two newspapers alleged that a foundation set up by the firm played a role in obscuring the […]
  
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• Fact check on ulcerative colitis

  12-04-2016 08:04
  
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• Expired makeup can be harmful

  12-04-2016 08:04
  
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• ‘Broken heart syndrome’ is real

  12-04-2016 08:04
  
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• Suspect charged with kidnapping, torturing victim

  12-04-2016 08:02
  
  An Albuquerque man faces multiple felony charges after keeping another man in his South Valley home...
  
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• No public funds for PRC hopefuls

  12-04-2016 08:02
  
  SANTA FE–Two candidates for the Public Regulation Commission have been rejected by the Sec ...
  
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• Puerto Rico church strips teachers of pension amid crisis

  12-04-2016 06:14
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — After 36 years teaching English at a Roman Catholic school near Puerto Rico’s capital, Norma Cardoza planned to retire with a modest pension she trusted she would get from the Archdiocese of San Juan. Her faith was misplaced. Archdiocese officials in recent weeks informed Cardoza and several hundred other current […]
  
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• Updated: With New York on their minds, Democrats trade fresh attacks

  12-04-2016 06:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tensions frayed in both parties Monday as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tried to stave off…
  
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• Zika threat wider than originally thought, White House says

  12-04-2016 06:02
  
  WASHINGTON — The Zika virus is a threat to more states than first feared, underscoring the need for Congress to approve the Obama administration’s nearly $2 billion funding request, senior health officials said Monday. But even as officials were delivering that new warning, Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s office questioned the White House’s approach for combating […]
  
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• Zika is tied to second adult brain disease, deepening fears of virus’s unknown dangers

  12-04-2016 06:02
  
  Brazilian scientists studying 151 patients who recently sought help at a local hospital for symptoms similar to those caused by Zika have made a worrisome discovery – that the virus may be associated with a second serious brain issue in adults. Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira, a doctor at Restoration Hospital in Recife, Brazil, wrote in […]
  
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• Radioactive boars are overrunning farmland in Fukushima

  12-04-2016 06:02
  
  Nuclear catastrophe is always an unmitigated disaster. The only beneficiaries, albeit in a perverse fashion, are animals, which tend to flourish in areas humans evacuate. This has certainly been the case for wild boars around Fukushima, which have multiplied so rapidly, they’ve become a problem for neighboring towns. It was a true nuclear meltdown. Since […]
  
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• Updated: Marco Serna has big fundraising lead in race for Santa Fe district attorney

  12-04-2016 03:36
  
  SANTA FE – Attorney Marco Serna has a big fundraising lead among candidates for district attorney in the 1st Judicial District consisting of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties. Democrat Serna, 32, who has worked for the attorney general’s office and as a prosecutor in another judicial district, has raised $34,321, including numerous […]
  
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• Obama to name national monument honoring women’s rights

  12-04-2016 03:36
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is designating a historic Washington, D.C., home that’s central to the women’s rights movement as a national monument. The White House says the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum will become the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. Alva Belmont and Alice Paul were figures in the women’s rights and suffrage movements. Obama […]
  
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• MMA: Is UFC passing on Holm?

  12-04-2016 02:50
  
  Talk about no respect. Not only did the UFC not give Albuquerque’s Holly Holm a rematch with Miesha Tate, not only does the UFC seemingly have no plans for Holm in the foreseeable future, the world’s most powerful and wealthy MMA promotional firm won’t even pay for her subscription to its video streaming service. Or, […]
  
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• Police hunt suspects in India temple fire that killed 110

  12-04-2016 01:52
  
  PARAVOOR, India — Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed at least 110 people, while authorities searched for those responsible for illegally putting on the fireworks display that caused the weekend blaze at a Hindu temple in southern India. Amid the burned wreckage of the Puttingal […]
  
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• Breaking: Man convicted in death of 14-month-old, faces life in prison

  12-04-2016 01:01
  
  Deputies placed Christopher Garcia in handcuffs within seconds after 2nd District Judge Cristina Jar ...
  
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• Breaking: Adult babysitter convicted in death of 14-month-old

  12-04-2016 01:01
  
  Deputies placed Christopher Garcia in handcuffs within seconds after 2nd District Judge Cristina Jar ...
  
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• Crash report: Helicopter’s tail rotor may not have had power

  12-04-2016 00:31
  
  PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — A preliminary report on a helicopter crash that killed the pilot and four people sightseeing near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has found indications the tail rotor may not have had power when it hit trees on the top of a ridge. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board […]
  
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• AP-GfK Poll: On range of issues, Clinton has edge over Trump

  12-04-2016 00:19
  
  WASHINGTON — In an early general election warning for Donald Trump, Americans say they trust Democrat Hillary Clinton over the Republican businessman on a range of issues, including immigration, health care and nominating Supreme Court justices. Even when asked which of the two candidates would be best at “making American great” — the central promise […]
  
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• Minn. activists disrupt light-rail traffic to Twins’ home opener

  12-04-2016 00:03
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Police have arrested about two-dozen demonstrators for blocking light-rail trains leading to Target Field for the Minnesota Twins’ home opener. Metro Transit spokesman Drew Kerr says transit officers arrested 25 protesters Monday afternoon for trespassing and interfering with public transportation. The demonstrators were being bused to the Hennepin County Jail. The protesters stepped […]
  
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