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• Updated: Scientists: Drop Arctic from plans for offshore drilling

  15-06-2016 21:54
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nearly 400 scientists have signed a letter urging President Obama to eliminate the possibility of Arctic offshore drilling in the near future by taking the Arctic Ocean out of the next federal offshore lease sale plan. The scientists include Jane Lubchenco, Obama’s former administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, now […]
  
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• Breaking: ABQ treatment center employee arrested for alleged sexual relationship with teen killer

  15-06-2016 19:41
  
  A staffer at a state-run treatment center has been arrested for allegedly having a romantic relationship with teen killer Nehemiah Griego while he was awaiting trial and sentencing. Amber Lucero, 35, was arrested Monday and charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor for the alleged year-long relationship while Griego was at the Sequoyah Adolescent […]
  
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• Updated: Spiraling drug costs prompt call for major Medicare changes

  15-06-2016 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Calling the rising cost of drugs “unsustainable,” congressional advisers on Wednesday recommended major changes to Medicare’s popular outpatient prescription program, now 10 years old. The proposal from the nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, steers clear of calling for the government to negotiate drug prices directly, an option both presidential candidates advocate. […]
  
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• Updated: SpaceX rocket crashes in latest attempt at barge landing

  15-06-2016 19:32
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After three successes, a leftover SpaceX rocket booster crashed Wednesday while trying to land on an ocean barge. The attempt came minutes after the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched two satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX chief Elon Musk said via Twitter that there was a problem with one of the […]
  
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• Updated: Beat the press: Trump’s contempt for media is calculated

  15-06-2016 19:30
  
  NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s favorite nickname for the news media is the “dishonest press.” He swaps in “disgusting press” from time to time. And sometimes, he puts it all together: “disgusting, dishonest human beings.” The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has a whole menu of takedowns for individual reporters and news organizations. In recent weeks, […]
  
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• Trump to hold Phoenix rally on Saturday

  15-06-2016 18:53
  
  PHOENIX — Donald Trump has secured a location for his upcoming rally in Phoenix — the first stop he will make in Arizona as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The event is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Arizona State Fairgrounds, which can seat 15,000 people. Several Arizona Republicans have […]
  
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• Dem senator frustrated by inaction on guns begins filibuster

  15-06-2016 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator from Connecticut is launching a filibuster and demanding a vote on gun control measures. The move comes three days after 49 people were killed in a mass shooting in Orlando. Sen. Chris Murphy is holding up action in the Senate floor, demanding that Republicans allow votes on those measures. He […]
  
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• Updated: Report: Law firm employee detained over Panama Papers leak

  15-06-2016 17:50
  
  GENEVA — A Swiss newspaper reported Wednesday that a computer specialist for the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has been taken into custody by Geneva authorities in a probe linked to the leak of a massive trove of data on offshore companies. Daily Le Temps, citing an unidentified person close to the case, reports Geneva […]
  
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• Updated: Austrian court: man guilty of murdering of US woman

  15-06-2016 17:48
  
  VIENNA — An Austrian court has found a Gambian man guilty of killing an American woman and sentenced him to life in prison. The victim, 25-year old Lauren Mann of Colorado, was found dead in her apartment in January. Police and firefighters who forced open her door found her body on a mattress in the […]
  
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• Updated: GOP-led House committee pushes through censure of IRS head

  15-06-2016 17:45
  
  WASHINGTON — A Republican-run House committee Wednesday voted to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, saying he failed to provide information demanded by Congress and lied under oath as lawmakers investigated allegations the agency targeted tea party groups that had applied for tax-exempt status. The 23-15 party-line vote sent the matter to the full House, but […]
  
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• Sprouts hosting national hiring day

  15-06-2016 14:15
  
  Open interviews happening at all 230-plus stores on June 21
  
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• About the cover: June 12, 2016

  15-06-2016 08:25
  
  8827 Valle Prado NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 $339,990-$389,990 2868 sq. ft. 4 bedroom/ 2.5 bath Twilight Homes  Jose Andreu  505-450-2861 Welcome to 8827 Valle Prado, a model home in Twilight Homes’ new Valle Vista gated community in Northwest Albuquerque. This home has many amenities including energy efficient features, a deckmounted garden tub in master bathroom, […]
  
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• Depersonalize to sell

  15-06-2016 08:13
  
  We love our homes and we expect everyone else will too. However, when placing a house on the market we need to be able to step back and look at the property with objective eyes. One of the first steps is to depersonalize. This not only relates to the physical space, but also to our […]
  
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• Staffing for APD won’t be as bleak as forecast

  15-06-2016 08:05
  
  Math errors in an earlier draft blamed
  
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• Descending swarm

  15-06-2016 08:05
  
  Experts expect many mosquitoes this summer but aren't worried about Zika virus
  
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• APD monitor says first phase of reforms finished

  15-06-2016 08:05
  
  The independent monitor overseeing police reform said at a public meeting Tuesday evening that Albuq ...
  
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• Victim vignettes: All described as kind, loving, full of joy

  15-06-2016 05:50
  
  A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside Pulse, a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, leaving at least 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Here are stories of some of the victims. Paul Terrell Henry, 41, was a caring father of two […]
  
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• Survivor on Orlando gunman: ‘He was not going to stop killing people until he was killed’

  15-06-2016 05:49
  
  ORLANDO, Fla.– Patience Carter and two friends cowered inside the handicapped bathroom stall, injured and pinned by a crush of bleeding bodies, the gunman who opened fire in the Pulse nightclub kept talking. “He said, ‘Are there any black people in here?’ I was too afraid to answer,” said Carter, who is black. Carter continued: […]
  
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• Police: Man going to gay pride event had rigged magazines

  15-06-2016 03:38
  
  LOS ANGELES — Police found a loaded assault rifle with magazines rigged to allow 60 shots to be fired in quick succession, along with 15 pounds of chemicals mixed and ready to explode in the car of an Indiana man who said he was headed to a gay pride event, authorities revealed Tuesday. James Wesley […]
  
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• ‘Banished’ man arrested for trespassing at Nambé Pueblo

  15-06-2016 03:05
  
  SANTA FE – A Santa Fe County man is facing a federal misdemeanor charge of trespassing after he was formally banished from Nambé Pueblo but allegedly returned to the pueblo four times, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque. A criminal complaint filed by a Bureau of Indian Affairs agent says that in February, […]
  
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• Santa Fe SWAT team helps make drug arrest at Motel 6

  15-06-2016 03:03
  
  SANTA FE – A 30-year-old Santa Fe man has been charged with trafficking controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia after a late-night raid by police on his motel room. According to police documents, police obtained a search warrant for the first-floor room occupied by Nathaniel Ortiz in the Motel 6 in the 3000 block […]
  
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• Murder charges filed against 3 suspects in Sandoval County triple slaying

  15-06-2016 02:11
  
  Sandoval County deputies have filed charges against three suspects in connection to the killing of three people found buried in shallow graves in a rural area of Sandoval County late May. Alberto Rodriquez, Samuel Jimenez-Perez, and Omar Flores-Castillo have each been charged with three counts of murder, three counts of kidnapping, tampering with evidence, receiving […]
  
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• Santa Fe music-makers scrap solstice event

  15-06-2016 01:14
  
    First we lose the Southwest Pickers’ annual Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival, which is going from three days at the Santa Fe Fairground to one day at the Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood (Aug. 27). Now we learn that the Santa Fe Music Alliance has abandoned its “Make Music Santa Fe” event […]
  
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• Updated: Jets preparing without Fitzpatrick, Wilkerson in minicamp

  15-06-2016 00:58
  
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The two most-mentioned players on the first day of New York Jets minicamp were the guys who weren’t even there. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is still a free agent who remains in a contract stalemate with the team. Defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson has yet to sign his franchise tender while he seeks […]
  
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• Mom berated by customer for breast-feeding baby in Target

  15-06-2016 00:50
  
  TORRINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut woman who was berated by a man who called her “disgusting” for breast-feeding her baby in public at a Target store is thanking customers and employees who defended her. Jessie Maher captured part of the confrontation Monday in the cafe of a Torrington store on video and posted it to […]
  
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• New Mexico again criticizes EPA over handling of mine spill

  15-06-2016 00:48
  
  New Mexico is again criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a massive mine spill that tainted rivers in three states, accusing the agency of lying about the seriousness of the blowout. New Mexico officials said Tuesday the EPA misrepresented test samples taken after the spill to make water quality look better than it was. […]
  
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