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• New apartments going up in Nob Hill area

  14-04-2016 23:48
  Another infill project is coming online in the Nob Hill area. A new apartment building is going up at the corner of Silver Avenue and Morningside Drive in the up-and-coming neighborhood, according to public records. The urban infill project, which lists Rob Strell as the applicant/owner, is a two-story, 4,415-square-foot building at 3919 Silver SE, […]
  
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• ABQ woman in DWI fatal gets five years

  14-04-2016 23:46
  Crystal Vanchaik was driving drunk -- not her first time and not on a valid license according to pol ...
  
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• Sandia Peak owner details mountain coaster plan

  14-04-2016 23:38
  Adventure seekers may soon have another way to zoom down from Sandia Peak, and it does not involve skis or a mountain bike. The Sandia Peak Ski Co. wants to add a new “mountain coaster” that will carry passengers downhill at speeds approaching 30 miles per hour, an addition president Benny Abruzzo said could operate […]
  
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• Breaking: 10 hospitalized after South Valley rollover crash

  14-04-2016 23:30
  Paramedics have rushed 10 people — including seven children — to a local hospital following a rollover crash near Gun Club and Isleta Thursday afternoon. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating the wreck, which happened around 3 p.m. Gun Club and Isleta SW are both closed. BCSO didn’t immediately provide any other details, including […]
  
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• Kerry says Cuba should let anyone visit via cruise lines

  14-04-2016 23:08
  
  MIAMI — Secretary of State John Kerry says a Cuban law barring people born on the island from returning by sea discriminates against Americans and Cubans living in the United States and should be eliminated. The policy has led at least one cruise line to deny tickets to Cuban-Americans. Kerry says the Cuban government should […]
  
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• Low rates, troubled loans send bank profits lower

  14-04-2016 21:39
  
  PHOENIX — 2016 is getting off to a lousy start for major U.S. banks. Energy loans are turning bad, low interest rates are making it hard to make profitable loans, and markets have been volatile. On the bright side, first-quarter results from banks, which started coming out this week, haven’t been quite as bad as […]
  
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• Northern New Mexico city gets first female mayor

  14-04-2016 21:35
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Voters in Las Vegas have made history by electing Tonita Gurule-Giron as the northern New Mexico community’s first female mayor. The Las Vegas Optic (http://bit.ly/1NaHXmt ) reports that 23 votes separated Gurule-Giron from former councilman Joseph Herrera in Tuesday’s runoff election. The results were being canvassed Thursday. Gurule-Giron and Herrera emerged […]
  
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• Texas prison inmates barred from social media presence

  14-04-2016 21:34
  
  HOUSTON — Texas prison officials are cracking down on social media accounts managed for inmates by friends or relatives while the prisoners themselves have no internet access because they’re locked up. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Thursday the agency has established a formal rule prohibiting inmates from possessing such accounts because […]
  
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• Senators call for action to increase security along border

  14-04-2016 21:33
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s U.S. senators are calling for more personnel and equipment to help the Border Patrol secure the U.S.-Mexico border along the state’s southwestern corner. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich say their call to U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a response to concerns voiced by residents of the Bootheel region […]
  
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• Prosecutor drops battery charge against top Trump aide

  14-04-2016 21:33
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump’s campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a misdemeanor battery charge after prosecutors determined there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of forcibly grabbing a female reporter. Police charged Corey Lewandowski last month after determining a video recording showed the New York City resident grabbing reporter Michelle Fields […]
  
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• El Niño weakens, with La Niña on way, meteorologists say

  14-04-2016 20:50 via santafenewmexican.com
  Prediction center deputy director Mike Halpert said it often means dry weather for the U.S. Southwest and parts of California.
  
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• Updated: ‘Kobe means LA’: Lakers fans lament on Bryant’s last game

  14-04-2016 20:37
  
  LOS ANGELES — After one, last, unforgettable, 60-point night, the fans of Los Angeles will have to get used to life without Kobe Bryant. It’s something many of them have never known. For two decades he has loomed over the city like no other figure, often literally on billboards and the sides of downtown buildings. […]
  
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• ‘Good Witch’ an enchanting opportunity for Bailee Madison

  14-04-2016 20:09
  
    There are times when an actor and the character they are portraying have a lot in common. In Bailee Madison’s case, this rings true with her latest role. Madison stars as Grace Russell in Hallmark Channel’s “Good Witch,” which returns for a second season at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 17. In the series, she […]
  
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• Breaking: Man arrested, charged with murder in shooting at NE ABQ apartment

  14-04-2016 19:34
  
  An Albuquerque man faces a murder charge after police say he shot and killed another man in the bathroom of a Northeast Albuquerque apartment earlier this month. William York, 30, was booked into jail after police say he shot and killed Cory Coyner, 31, at the Desert Willow Apartments near Jefferson and Alameda on April […]
  
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• Breaking: 3 arrested, charged with murder in shooting at NE ABQ apartment

  14-04-2016 19:34
  
  Three people face murder charges after police found a man had been shot and killed another man in the bathroom of a Northeast Albuquerque apartment earlier this month. William York, 30, Michele Freer, 46, and Steven Swayne, 35, have been arrested in connection with the killing of Cory Coyner, 31, at the Desert Willow Apartments […]
  
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• Updated: Wedding photographers in Texas use drones for unique images

  14-04-2016 19:31
  
  SAN ANTONIO — As weddings become ever more elaborate and staged, couples increasingly are demanding Hollywood-style special effects for that one-of-a-kind, jaw-dropping video. The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/1qrMTsA ) reports to accommodate them, wedding photographers are launching squadrons of remote-controlled drones equipped with eye-in-the-sky cameras to fly over ceremonies. Because of a combination of technological […]
  
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• Poll: Americans prefer low prices to items ‘Made in the USA’

  14-04-2016 19:11
  
  WASHINGTON — The vast majority of Americans say they prefer lower prices instead of paying a premium for items labeled “Made in the U.S.A.,” even if it means those cheaper items are made abroad, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. While presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are vowing to bring back millions […]
  
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• Microsoft sues US over secret demands for customer data

  14-04-2016 19:11
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online files without the individual’s knowledge. The lawsuit comes as the tech industry is increasingly clashing with U.S. officials over the privacy rights of customers. Apple has been waging a high-profile legal battle over […]
  
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• EU approves anti-terror plan to collect air passenger info

  14-04-2016 18:25
  
  BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers approved Thursday a scheme to share airline passenger information that nations hope to use to track foreign fighters travelling to and from conflict areas like Syria and who might pose a danger in Europe. The move ends years of wrangling over how to balance security needs and privacy rights. Lawmakers […]
  
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• US sending commandos, combat aircraft to Philippines

  14-04-2016 18:24
  
  MANILA, Philippines — In a military buildup certain to inflame tensions with China, the United States said Thursday it will send troops and combat aircraft to the Philippines for regular, more frequent rotations, and will conduct more joint sea and air patrols with Philippine forces in the South China Sea. The announcement by U.S. Defense […]
  
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• BP chief suffers shareholder revolt over $20M pay pack

  14-04-2016 17:55
  
  LONDON — British energy producer BP has suffered a revolt by shareholders who objected Thursday to increasing Chief Executive Bob Dudley’s pay package by 20 percent after profit plunged last year. Almost 60 percent of shareholders rejected the remuneration report, which awarded Dudley a $19.6 million pay package even though the company experienced a drop […]
  
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• School officials defend new board member with abuse arrest

  14-04-2016 17:43
  
  DENVER — Denver Public Schools officials are defending a new board member who pleaded guilty to child abuse with no injury, saying she fully disclosed details of the incident before she was chosen. MiDian Holmes told board members she was taking a shower when her 2-year-old child got out of their apartment and wandered off. […]
  
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• Iraqi forces rely on air power in battling IS for key town

  14-04-2016 17:42
  
  HIT, Iraq — Iraq’s counterterrorism forces are increasingly relying on air power in the battle to take full control of a key town in western Anbar desert from Islamic State militants, the elite force’s commander said Thursday. The fight for Hit, a small Euphrates River town west of the capital of Baghdad, has become pivotal […]
  
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• Ex-Manson family member seeks parole for 1969 murder

  14-04-2016 17:42
  
  CHINO, Calif. — Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s followers to take part in one of the nation’s most notorious killings, is trying again for parole. The homecoming princess who descended into a life of drugs before joining Manson’s cult in the 1960s is scheduled for her 21st hearing before a parole board […]
  
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• Average US rate on 30-year mortgage slips to 3.58 percent

  14-04-2016 17:32
  
  WASHINGTON — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged down this week to their lowest levels of the year, offering a continued incentive for purchasing during the spring home-buying season. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate loan touched its lowest point in nearly three years, since May 2013. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average slipped […]
  
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• Las Cruces school bus drivers, operator have tentative pact

  14-04-2016 17:11
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — School buses in Las Cruces are operating normally with a tentative agreement between the bus company and the drivers’ union averting the possibility of a strike. The school system says the tentative agreement reached late Wednesday between STS of New Mexico and Local 6341 of the Las Cruces Transportation Federation awaits […]
  
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• Teen hit, killed by pickup while test driving go-kart

  14-04-2016 17:02
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities say a teenager was killed while test driving a go-kart in Monument. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports (http://goo.gl/foVKyC ) the 17-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, traveled from Denver to buy the go-kart Tuesday night. He was hit by a pickup truck as he pulled onto a road, […]
  
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• Can’t hold up this lip-lock: Couple kisses through robbery

  14-04-2016 17:02
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — Nothing can stop true love, or at least a good kiss. Not even armed robbers. Police in Montana’s largest city are looking for three suspects who robbed a bar at gunpoint, but they didn’t seem to disturb a couple who kissed through the commotion. An employee of the Tap Inn and several […]
  
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• Siblings, 4 and 13, test positive for methamphetamine

  14-04-2016 17:01
  
  MCKINNEY, Texas — A suburban Dallas couple have been charged with child endangerment after two of their children, ages 4 and 13, tested positive for methamphetamine. Andrew and Linda Edebor of Plano, Texas, are free on bond after their arrests last week. A message to their attorney Wednesday night drew no response. Police affidavits show […]
  
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• Ex-Navajo lawmaker is sentenced in tribal slush fund case

  14-04-2016 17:00
  
  DILKON, Ariz. — A former Navajo Nation lawmaker who pleaded guilty to misusing tribal funds has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution. Young Jeff Tom Sr. was sentenced Wednesday. He was the first of more than a dozen former and current lawmakers to be sentenced in criminal […]
  
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• A&M proposes rules allowing concealed firearms in classrooms

  14-04-2016 16:59
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M University administrators have made their campus-carry recommendations to system regents, recommending that licensed concealed firearms may be carried into campus classrooms and college-owned housing. The firearms will be banned, however, from science labs, a campus child care center, counseling and health care facilities, the campus chapel and facilities under […]
  
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• US stocks edge mostly lower in early trading

  14-04-2016 15:54
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are mostly lower in early trading as investors look over the latest batch of earnings reports. Asset manager BlackRock slipped 1 percent Thursday after reporting earnings and revenue that came in below analysts’ estimates. Delta Air Lines gained 3 percent after its results came in ahead of expectations. The Dow […]
  
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• US applications for jobless aid drop, matching 1973 level

  14-04-2016 15:54
  
  WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged last week, matching a March figure that was the lowest level since 1973. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for jobless benefits fell 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 253,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less-volatile figure, dipped 1,500 to 265,000. The number of […]
  
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• UK Labour chief Corbyn argues for ‘in’ vote in EU referendum

  14-04-2016 15:54
  
  LONDON — The European Union is deeply flawed but remaining a member of the 28-nation bloc, “warts and all,” is in Britain’s best interest, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Thursday. Britain will vote on its EU membership in a June 23 referendum — the first vote ever by a nation on whether to […]
  
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• Exxon seeks to block subpoena over climate-change documents

  14-04-2016 15:54
  
  DALLAS — Exxon Mobil Corp. is squaring off against government investigators who believe the energy giant covered up knowledge of how fossil fuels contribute to climate change. Exxon went to state court this week in Texas to quash a subpoena issued last month by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company says […]
  
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• China’s live-streaming sites offer chance to gain cash, fame

  14-04-2016 15:54
  
  BEIJING — China’s live-streaming sites have become a burgeoning cottage industry, offering money-making opportunities and even stardom to their mostly female hosts and an entertaining new alternative for millions of viewers to online dramas and stodgy state-controlled TV. Zhang Qige, a 23-year-old woman who plays computer games and chats on her webcam, attracts hundreds of […]
  
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• WIPP receives positive rating, awarded $11.7M

  14-04-2016 15:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  Don Hancock with the Southwest Research and Information Center called the awards outrageous and suggested the system was rigged.
  
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• Nuclear waste dump earns positive rating, $11.7M in fees

  14-04-2016 15:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  ALBUQUERQUE — The contractor that manages the federal government’s underground nuclear waste repository is being awarded nearly $12 million in fees and performance pay for work done while the troubled
  
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• APNewsBreak: Thieves targeting California almonds, walnuts

  14-04-2016 08:10
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — International crime rings targeting California’s booming agriculture industry are increasingly stealing truckloads of high-value nuts, prompting authorities and the firms falling victim to ramp up efforts to break the spree costing millions. The sophisticated organizations in many cases use high-tech tactics, hacking into trucking companies to steal their identity. Armed with false […]
  
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• ‘She was an unbelievable person’

  14-04-2016 08:05
  
  Woman who was killed along with two of her kids and their aunt recalled as someone who would help anybody, anytime
  
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• No charges after body is dumped in recycling bin

  14-04-2016 08:05
  
  Body of woman, reported missing last year, had been disposed of by drinking partner, APD says
  
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• GOP spotlight to shine on Martinez

  14-04-2016 08:05
  
  NM governor is guest of honor, will share stage with presidential candidates at a glitzy fundraiser tonight in NYC
  
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• Broken Walls breaks through barriers

  14-04-2016 06:12
  
  Native American band Broken Walls will perform at a suicide prevention program, "Carry the Cure" to Mescalero middle and high school students at the Mescalero Apache School auditorium at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Cruz says he’s considering VP options as he praises Rubio

  14-04-2016 06:05
  
  Ted Cruz said Wednesday night that he has started looking at possible vice presidential running mates, and that it would be a mistake not to consider former rival Marco Rubio for that slot. Speaking at a CNN televised town hall, Cruz heaped praise on Rubio, saying the Florida senator’s campaign “inspired” him and that he […]
  
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• CDC confirms Zika virus causes microcephaly, other birth defects

  14-04-2016 06:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  Federal health officials confirmed Wednesday that the Zika virus causes a rare birth defect and other severe fetal abnormalities, marking a turning point in an epidemic that has spread to nearly 40 co
  
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• In New Mexico, appointment times lag for Medicaid patients

  14-04-2016 05:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  A spot survey by state analysts found low-income Medicaid patients in New Mexico are waiting an average of three weeks to nearly two months to get an appointment with a doctor, prompting new concerns
  
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• Judge gives Texas ‘affluenza’ teen nearly 2 years in jail

  14-04-2016 03:51
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge on Wednesday ordered a Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck to serve nearly two years in jail, a surprising sanction that far exceeds the several months in jail that prosecutors initially said they would pursue. Ethan Couch, who was appearing in adult court […]
  
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• Judge rejects exclusion of eyewitness identification of defendant in Santa Fe double homicide

  14-04-2016 03:15
  
    SANTA FE — A Santa Fe District Court judge on Wednesday denied two defense motions in the case of a man accused of killing a young Santa Fe couple in 2014. Attorneys for Ricardo Martinez, accused of the fatal shootings of 18-year-old Venancio Cisneros and 13-year-old AnaMarie Ojeda in October 2014 just south of […]
  
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• Brain implant lets paralyzed man regain use of hand

  14-04-2016 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  NEW YORK — A paralyzed 24-year-old man has regained some use of his right hand, controlling it with signals relayed from electronic sensors in his brain.
  
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• Updated: Daughter surprised EMT may have stolen card

  14-04-2016 02:55
  
  Paramedic accused of taking debit card from deceased patient
  
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