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• RiskSense is finalist for cybersecurity excellence awards

  28-04-2016 23:35
  
  RiskSense, Inc., of Albuquerque has been named a finalist in two categories of the 2016 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for its innovation and leadership in information security, the company said. RiskSense and the RiskSense Platform were shortlisted in the Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company and Best Vulnerability Management product categories by a panel of security experts as […]
  
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• Santa Fe Dining plans to take over Kellys Brew Pub

  28-04-2016 23:00
  
  One of the state’s most prolific restaurant companies is looking to build its portfolio by taking over one of Nob Hill’s most recognized establishments. Santa Fe Dining — parent company of Chama River Brewing Co., Blue Corn Brewery and Rio Chama among others — is in the process of acquiring Kellys Brew Pub in Nob […]
  
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• Southwest, Delta tangle over whether to cut or raise fares

  28-04-2016 22:56
  
  DALLAS — No one should blame consumers for being perplexed by airfares — even the airlines themselves can seem confused at times. Southwest Airlines caught rivals and Wall Street by surprise when it cut many U.S. fares by $5 each way. The reduction this week applied to tickets bought within seven days of departure, which […]
  
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• Raiders owner to Las Vegas: Build it and we will come

  28-04-2016 22:56
  
  LAS VEGAS — Mark Davis was beaming as he posed with fans behind a black and silver “Las Vegas Raiders” banner. He made a few jokes before delivering a $500 million commitment to a new stadium in the city for his team. Then the owner of the Raiders got serious about the prospects of getting […]
  
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• Fans’ Holy Grail: unreleased songs in Prince’s vault

  28-04-2016 22:55
  
  LOS ANGELES — In the days since Prince died, YouTube and other uploading sites have been flooded with hundreds of hours of the superstar’s songs, concert footage, TV appearances and music videos. It’s a boon for Prince lovers, and a sign that the notoriously tight copyright controls the artist maintained over his material are rapidly […]
  
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• Lovelace named one of Top 15

  28-04-2016 22:39
  
  Lovelace Health System has been named one of the Top 15 health systems in the nation by the international business research firm Truven Health Analytics. It’s the first appearance on the Top 15 list for the Albuquerque-based Lovelace, the only health system in New Mexico on the list this year. The study divides top health […]
  
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• About 16 military disciplined in Afghanistan hospital attack

  28-04-2016 21:24
  
  WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. official says that about 16 U.S. military personnel, including one general officer, have been disciplined for mistakes that led to the bombing of a civilian hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42 people. U.S. officials say that the service members received administrative punishments, and no criminal charges were filed […]
  
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• Md. Officials: Black students behind hanging stick figure, slur

  28-04-2016 21:23
  
  SALISBURY, Md. — Officials at a Maryland university say black students are behind a drawing of a hanging stick figure with a racial slur found on a library whiteboard. News outlets quote Salisbury University spokesman Richard Culver as saying the students are black. He declined to identify them, citing privacy rules. The image found April […]
  
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• Clinton backers ‘feel the Bern’ of angry Sanders supporters

  28-04-2016 21:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Nancy Schumacher says she just wanted to do her civic duty, and so she heeded the call to become a superdelegate for Hillary Clinton. But in the year of the angry voter, not even an administrative assistant from Elk River, Minnesota, can escape the outrage. “Some of the (phone and email) messages called […]
  
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• Ohio massacre: 1 family, 8 dead, hundreds of tips, 0 answers

  28-04-2016 21:21
  
  PIKETON, Ohio — From her house on Union Hill Road, Brittany Barker heard the first sirens first thing in the morning. She looked out and saw four police vehicles rush past. That was only the beginning. “They just kept coming, kept coming, and kept coming,” she recalled. Authorities in this struggling corner of Appalachia were […]
  
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• Roswell woman convicted of creating public nuisance for online post

  28-04-2016 21:20
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — A 32-year-old Roswell woman has been convicted of creating a public nuisance by posting an online comment about the possibility of a shooting at her son’s middle school. The Roswell Daily Record (http://goo.gl/TwXFTU ) reports that Jeanette Garza Alvarez was given a 30-day deferred sentence Tuesday after being convicted following an hour-long […]
  
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• CDC: Teen birth rates plunge, but racial disparities persist

  28-04-2016 19:08
  
  Birth rates are falling dramatically for blacks and Hispanics teenagers, but remain much higher than for white teens.
  
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• Updated: Former Speaker Boehner calls Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

  28-04-2016 19:03
  
  FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that former House Speaker John Boehner let his “inner Trump come out” when he called Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh” during a talk to students at Stanford University. Responding to comments made by Boehner in the town hall-style event Wednesday, Cruz attempted to turn Boehner’s […]
  
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• Texas’ fetal tissue research questioned before court hearing

  28-04-2016 19:00
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers are heaping new opposition on fetal tissue research ahead of a Houston court appearance for two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos at Planned Parenthood. A House panel Thursday signaled that Texas is likely to join other Republican-controlled states trying to impose new restrictions or outright bans on fetal tissue […]
  
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• Some principals charged with kickbacks faced financial woes

  28-04-2016 18:59
  
  DETROIT — A dozen Detroit principals and an administrator are accused of finding a way to bleed their struggling public schools of $900,000 — ordering chairs, writing paper and other supplies that in most cases were never delivered, even as investigators doggedly battled fraud in a district that lacks textbooks and even toilet paper. Federal […]
  
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• The Latest: Biden cites James Joyce on Iraq visit

  28-04-2016 18:52
  
  BAGHDAD — The Latest on Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Iraq (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. has sent its troops abroad to keep the peace in places where history has led people to create artificial states based on artificial lines made up of distinct ethnic and religious […]
  
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• China passes law tightening controls on foreign nonprofits

  28-04-2016 18:51
  
  BEIJING — China passed a law Thursday tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations by subjecting them to close police supervision, a move officials say will help the groups but critics charge is the latest attempt by authorities to clamp down on perceived threats to the ruling Communist Party’s control. The law, adopted by the national […]
  
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• New killings in Bangladesh leave LGBT community full of fear

  28-04-2016 17:50
  
  NEW DELHI — The killing of two gay rights activists in the Bangladeshi capital has driven the country’s already secretive and small gay community underground, wondering if they can trust a government that considers their status to be criminal, rights groups said. Police detectives say they are working with evidence including a mobile phone, documents […]
  
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• Family of man killed in police shooting leery of grand jury

  28-04-2016 17:28
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Relatives of a legally armed black musician who was fatally shot by a police officer while waiting for a tow truck said Thursday that after meeting with prosecutors they remain leery but are also more hopeful about the decision to present the case to a grand jury. The father, stepmother […]
  
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• Business deal led to fatal shooting of Texas teen

  28-04-2016 17:28
  
  SAGINAW, Texas — Authorities say an argument over an undisclosed business transaction escalated into the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old high school student in the North Texas town of Saginaw. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/1Tg7FCW ) reports an arrest warrant affidavit says witnesses told police they saw the suspect, 23-year-old Joel Connor McCommon, fighting with […]
  
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• Waltz with Leo, Brad or Beyonce _ or their holograms anyway

  28-04-2016 17:27
  
  TOKYO — You can waltz with Leo, pirouette to “Swan Lake” or join Beyonce on the disco floor. Well, your holograms can, at Tokyo’s Madame Tussauds wax museum. The Tokyo location of the museums known for their life-sized celebrity figures in wax opened a dancing hologram attraction Thursday. Visitors can waltz and disco with Leonardo […]
  
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• Large firms find shared office space can fit needs

  28-04-2016 16:55
  
  LOS ANGELES — When co-working firm Cross Campus opens an office in downtown Los Angeles in May, its tenants will include the typical startups looking for collaborative work environments, shared coffee bars and the flexibility of a short-term lease. But the 33,000-square-foot location also will house businesses of a less typical variety, including real estate […]
  
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• New: Two die in late-evening crash

  28-04-2016 13:30
  
  A motorcycle driver and a passenger in a truck died Wednesday evening following a collision near Tramway and Indian School. Albuquerque police spokesman Daren DeAguero said the motorcyclist was traveling north on Tramway when it t-boned a truck that was traveling south as it turned east onto Indian School. The motorcyclist died on scene. The passenger of the truck was transported […]
  
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• UNM football: WR Bundy may get NFL shot

  28-04-2016 08:05
  
  When Marquis Bundy's name appeared in the New Mexico Lobos' starting lineup, as it often did the pas ...
  
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• Preps: Hawks’ Martinez gets taste of Italy

  28-04-2016 08:05
  
  The New Mexican getting the best Italian food these days is Brianna Martinez of Volcano Vista High S ...
  
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• Is personal safety worth risk to personal privacy?

  28-04-2016 08:05
  
  Apple's dispute with the FBI provides a teaching opportunity
  
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• Be it baseball or softball, La Cueva handles Sandia

  28-04-2016 08:05
  
  This was the last major step for the La Cueva softball team before the state tournament, and the Bea ...
  
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• It’s official: Kennewick Man is Native American

  28-04-2016 07:04
  
  SEATTLE — Five tribes claiming Kennewick Man as a relative will work together to rebury him after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday it has validated the skeleton is Native American. Scientists at the University of Chicago this month documented they were able to independently validate last summer’s scientific findings as to the […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: ‘Truthful hyperbole’ on foreign policy

  28-04-2016 06:46
  
  WASHINGTON — By his own admission years ago, Donald Trump likes to speak with “truthful hyperbole” at times. Here’s what that mix of reality and exaggeration looked like in the Republican presidential contender’s foreign policy pronouncements on Wednesday. TRUMP: Islamic State militants are “making millions and millions of dollars a week selling Libya oil. And […]
  
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• UN envoy appeals to U.S., Russia to help Syria peace talks

  28-04-2016 06:44
  
  GENEVA — The U.N. envoy for Syria appealed to the U.S. and Russia to intervene to help revive Syrian peace talks that sputtered to a pause Wednesday, saying a recent spike in fighting has overshadowed the talks and put an increasingly feeble truce in “great danger.” Staffan de Mistura spoke to reporters early Thursday after […]
  
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• Military buildup, fighting spells end of Syrian cease-fire

  28-04-2016 06:42
  
  BEIRUT — A military buildup in northern Syria, coupled with heavy fighting and mounting civilian casualties, spells the end of a cease-fire that for two months brought some relief to a war-weary country. The renewed violence is ushering in what could be an even more ruinous chapter in the 5-year-old conflict. About 200 civilians have […]
  
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• Midwest sees 2nd day of storms but no major damage

  28-04-2016 04:54
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Springtime storms lashed parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday, but on a smaller scale than the night before when tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas injured more than a dozen people and damaged homes. Gusts up to 75 mph were expected near Louisiana’s Gulf coast during the latest round of […]
  
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• Updated: Fatal motorcycle crash shuts down Indian School at Tramway

  28-04-2016 04:37
  
  Officers have shut down eastbound Indian School at Tramway while they investigate a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and vehicle, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. “The motorcyclist has succumb to his injuries on scene,” said officer Daren DeAguero. “One of the passengers that was in the vehicle has been transported to […]
  
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• State Police: Española driver arrested for DWI for 10th time

  28-04-2016 03:55
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — Authorities say an Española man has been arrested for DWI for the 10th time. New Mexico State Police say 38-year-old Max Padilla was stopped around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday for multiple traffic violations on State Road 74 in the town of Chamita. A police officer says Padilla smelled of alcohol and exhibited numerous […]
  
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• Police arrest 19-year-old who allegedly stabbed, ran over mom

  28-04-2016 02:52
  
  A 19-year-old has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and running over his mother in southeast Albuquerque Tuesday. Police say Lazaro Viera, 19, was spotted at an apartment complex on the 300 block of Pennsylvania and police tracked him down and arrested him Wednesday. Viera is suspected of stabbing and running over his mother in what […]
  
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• All shaken up: Owner reunited with sentimental snow globe

  28-04-2016 01:40
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When Michael Moore was forced to throw away a liquid-filled snow globe before going through airport security, he was heartbroken: It had been a gift from his parents to celebrate his and his wife’s adoption of a 5-year-old girl. A couple who picked up on Moore’s distress retrieved the sparkling, silver […]
  
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• Paper bag fee generates few complaints, city reports

  28-04-2016 01:36
  
    The city of Santa Fe generated a little more than $92,000 in the first eight months after it implemented an ordinance that banned the use of plastic bags by most retail businesses and required them to charge customers a 10-cent fee to get a paper bag. The goal of the program implemented last year […]
  
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• Wyoming legislators continue to struggle with marijuana laws

  28-04-2016 01:29
  
  ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Wyoming lawmakers continue to wrestle with setting criminal penalties for possession of marijuana edibles that are increasingly coming in from Colorado and other states where the drug is legal. The Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee held a daylong hearing in Rock Springs on Wednesday. The panel heard from state prosecutors that although […]
  
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• Updated: Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma reserve deputy in suspect’s death

  28-04-2016 01:28
  
  TULSA, Okla. — A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff’s deputy who said he mistook his handgun for his stun gun when he fatally shot an unarmed suspect last year was convicted of second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday. Jurors handed down the verdict in the case of 74-year-old Robert Bates, a wealthy insurance executive accused of fatally shooting […]
  
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• Trump’s mention of ‘woman’s card’ draws backlash

  28-04-2016 01:28
  
  ATLANTA — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s claim that Hillary Clinton is playing “the woman’s card” drew intense backlash Wednesday, from the Democratic front-runner herself as well as tens of thousands of critics on social media. “If fighting for women’s health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the ‘woman card,’ then […]
  
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• Phoenix man is accused of murder after woman found on fire

  28-04-2016 00:40
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a Phoenix man is accused of murder after a woman was found on fire. Phoenix police arrested 28-year-old Hector Manuel Sarty-Aceves on Monday. Bond was set at $375,000 at Sarty-Aceves’ initial court appearance Wednesday. He doesn’t have an attorney yet. Police say they received a call about a person on fire […]
  
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• Updated: 2016 wildfire season expected to be less severe in U.S.

  28-04-2016 00:39
  
  But parts of the nation, such as parts of the Southwest, should expect a rough season after a warm, dry winter
  
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• Prosecutor offers no details on Phoenix freeway shootings

  28-04-2016 00:38
  
  PHOENIX — For months, metropolitan Phoenix residents lived in fear as shots were fired at motorists on the freeway at random. Drivers avoided highways, school buses took different routes and signs were posted telling people to be careful. The head of the Arizona Department of Public Safety called the shootings the work of a “domestic […]
  
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• Corps determines Kennewick Man is Native American

  28-04-2016 00:36
  
  The ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man is related to modern Native American tribes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday, opening the process for returning to tribes for burial one of the oldest and most complete set of bones ever found in North America.
  
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• Galisteo painter picked for Santa Fe Opera poster

  28-04-2016 00:18
  
    A single tree centered in front of a juniper-studded hill is the image chosen for this year’s Santa Fe Opera 60th anniversary season poster. Woody Gwyn, a Galisteo resident, painted the image. It doesn’t really have anything to do with any of the operas being performed, as far as we can tell, but conjures […]
  
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