New Mexico news

• Updated: Turkey remains in contention with 2-0 win over Czechs

  21-06-2016 23:55
  
  LENS, France — Turkey rebounded from two losses at the European Championship to beat the Czech Republic 2-0 on Tuesday and keep alive its chances of reaching the knockout stages from Group D. With their team having failed to score in its defeats to Spain and Croatia, the Turkish fans celebrated with firecrackers and flares […]
  
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• ABQ plans to increase fee on passengers departing the Sunport

  21-06-2016 23:15
  
  Passengers departing from the Albuquerque International Sunport may pay an extra $1.50 starting this fall to help pay for safety and security upgrades at the airport. The increased “passenger facility charge” still needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, but it was passed by city councilors this week on an 8-1 vote. The charge is […]
  
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• Updated: Christie calls for equal funding per student in New Jersey

  21-06-2016 23:05
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday proposed redistributing billions of dollars in educational aid from the poorest districts to hundreds of other schools, calling the current funding formula “immoral” and a factor in the state’s highest-in-the nation property taxes. Christie, a high-profile adviser to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, focused on […]
  
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• Democrats could slow passage of Puerto Rico rescue bill

  21-06-2016 23:05
  
  WASHINGTON — Skeptical Democrats could threaten passage of legislation to help debt-stricken Puerto Rico as it faces a $2 billion payment to creditors in just 10 days. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew met with Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pressure them to support the package, which would create a new control board and restructure the U.S. […]
  
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• Updated: Once labeled invasive, ‘rock snot’ algae now deemed native

  21-06-2016 22:57
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. — Researchers say a type of algae called “rock snot” that was thought to be an invasive species in the Northeast is actually native to the northern United States. The algae, didymo, has caused massive blooms in some U.S. rivers. Fishermen spotted it in rivers in Vermont in 2007, sparking alarm. To fight […]
  
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• Research: California years away from making drought recovery

  21-06-2016 22:41
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — It could take California four years to recover from the most severe drought on record, even if the next several winters bring above-normal snowfall to the Sierra Nevada, researchers said Tuesday. One winter of El Nino storms that delivered a near-normal snowfall wasn’t enough to make up for the deficit from four […]
  
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• Updated: Trump filing shows payout to firm with Man Men-inspired name

  21-06-2016 21:53
  
  LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire — A $35,000 payment for “web advertising” in Donald Trump’s most recent campaign finance filings is turning heads because of the firm’s name: Draper Sterling. “Draper” and “Sterling” are the last names of two characters in the television show Mad Men, a fictional drama about a 1950s advertising firm called Sterling Cooper. […]
  
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• Justice closes discrimination case against Colorado courts

  21-06-2016 21:53
  
  DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice has closed a discrimination case against the state court system in Colorado that was sparked by concerns about the way people who speak little English were being treated. In a statement Tuesday, the federal department said Colorado transformed language services following the filing of a complaint under the […]
  
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• Newspaper overwhelmed by demand for Cavs’ victory reprints

  21-06-2016 21:44
  
  CLEVELAND — Overwhelming demand for a piece of history has prompted The Plain Dealer newspaper to print nearly 500,000 copies of its Monday edition proclaiming the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA champions. Newspaper officials said Tuesday that the normal press run for a Monday is around 36,000 copies, but the newspaper printed 180,000 copies to mark one […]
  
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• Updated: Michelle Obama in passenger seat for ‘Carpool Karaoke’

  21-06-2016 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON — Who will be next in the passenger seat for an upcoming edition of “Carpool Karaoke” with late-night comic James Corden? None other than Michelle Obama. Corden was at the White House on Tuesday for the taping. The first lady announced the appearance with Corden as she launched an account on Snapchat. Follow her […]
  
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• Arizona law enforcement revising stance on rape kits

  21-06-2016 21:39
  
  PHOENIX — Law enforcement agencies across Arizona are sifting through evidence lockers looking for every last untested sexual assault kit under new efforts driven largely by Gov. Doug Ducey. It’s part of a push across the country to cut the backlog of untested DNA evidence in sexual assault cases. The samples went untested for a […]
  
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• Judge, survivors sign off on Gallup Diocese settlement

  21-06-2016 19:41
  
  Victims of predatory priests and workers with the Diocese of Gallup have finally agreed to and won a ...
  
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• Search resumes in Grand Canyon for missing Florida man

  21-06-2016 19:36
  
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities are resuming the search inside Grand Canyon National Park for a Florida man who has been missing since Saturday. Park officials say several ground teams and a National Park Service helicopter are joining in the search Tuesday for 52-year-old Floyd E. Roberts III. Searchers are focusing on an […]
  
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• Texas county judge suspended after open meetings indictment

  21-06-2016 19:35
  
  TYLER, Texas — An East Texas county judge has been removed from office after allegedly holding illegal closed meetings to discuss a red-light traffic enforcement contract. Smith County Judge Joel Baker was suspended without pay Tuesday by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Baker was indicted last Thursday on three misdemeanor counts of violating the […]
  
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• Which Mountain West hoops teams won’t play each other in league’s unbalanced schedule?

  21-06-2016 19:26
  
  Heading into the fourth year of the 11-member Mountain West’s unbalanced 18-game schedule for men’s basketball, here are the teams each league member will play only once in the season ahead (all other teams play each other twice): • Air Force: won’t play at UNM, won’t host Colorado State • Boise State: won’t play at San […]
  
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• Hedge fund manager dies of apparent suicide following arrest

  21-06-2016 19:22
  
  NEW YORK — A hedge fund manager arrested last week on insider trading charges declared his innocence in a short, handwritten note before he was found dead with a slashed neck in an apparent suicide, authorities said Tuesday. Sanjay Valvani, 44, was unresponsive when his wife found him early Monday evening in a bedroom of […]
  
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• Updated: Legal weed sparks Colorado debate – why not allow pot clubs?

  21-06-2016 19:11
  
  DENVER — Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms. The result is something marijuana advocates and opponents feared — people toking up on sidewalks, in city parks and in alleys behind bars […]
  
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• New: Lobo hoops will be challenged early in Mountain West play (see full MWC schedule)

  21-06-2016 19:07
  
  Mountain West title hopes for the University of New Mexico Lobos gets a rather challenging start in the coming season. And the defending league tournament and regular season champions from last season bookend the Lobos league schedule for the 2016-17 season. The Lobos start league play against defending MWC Tournament champion Fresno State in the […]
  
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• Pregnant woman, Mrs. Claus among 72 new emojis

  21-06-2016 19:04
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A face representing “rolling on the floor laughing” and a hand taking a selfie are among 72 new emojis that will soon make their way to your smartphone. The California-based Unicode Consortium, which controls emoji standards, has released a list of the new characters. Other highlights include emojis representing a pregnant […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Some New Mexico fire evacuees returning home

  21-06-2016 19:03
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local): 10 a.m. Hundreds of firefighters have cleared the way for some evacuees to return to their homes in central New Mexico. Authorities in Bernalillo and Torrance counties lifted evacuation orders in some areas Tuesday after crews contained nearly half of a […]
  
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• Breaking: Police ID man found dead in NE ABQ cul de sac

  21-06-2016 18:56
  
  Police have released the identity of a man found dead of a gunshot wound in a northeast Albuquerque cul de sac early Monday morning. He is Larry Sanchez, 49. Police have not released any more information about the crime, which surprised residents of the quiet neighborhood near Wyoming and Academy where Sanchez’s body was found. […]
  
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• Suicide attack on Jordan army post near Syria border kills 6

  21-06-2016 17:43
  
  AMMAN, Jordan — A suicide attacker driving a truck packed with explosives barreled through Syria’s border with Jordan on Tuesday, setting off a blast that killed six members of the Jordanian security forces and wounded 14. King Abdullah II said Jordan will “respond with any iron fist” against anyone harming its borders or security, but […]
  
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• Riff rift over Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway’ returns to court

  21-06-2016 17:43
  
  LOS ANGELES — Three surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited in a California courtroom last week at a trial over whether a riff from the band’s best-known song, “Stairway to Heaven,” was ripped off from the founder of the band Spirit. The copyright infringement trial resumes Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court. Here are some […]
  
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• Updated: Olympic leaders call for drug-testing of Russians, Kenyans

  21-06-2016 17:41
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Olympic leaders called for drug-testing of individual Russian and Kenyan athletes across all sports, warning Tuesday that evidence of inadequate doping controls in those countries could lead to more teams being barred from the Rio de Janeiro Games. At the same time, the international sports officials also opened the door to some […]
  
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• North Texan charged in slaying of estranged wife, her twin

  21-06-2016 17:41
  
  McKINNEY, Texas — Police say a man has been charged in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife and her twin sister in an attack at a North Texas house. Collin County jail records show 50-year-old Kelley Eugene Bigham of McKinney was being held Tuesday on a charge of capital murder of multiple persons. McKinney […]
  
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• Updated: Benghazi panel misses self-imposed deadline to issue report

  21-06-2016 17:40
  
  WASHINGTON — The House Benghazi Committee missed a self-imposed deadline to issue a report “before summer,” the latest setback for a probe that has gone on for more than two years and drawn scorn from Democrats who say its primary goal is to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. The panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., […]
  
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• Updated: English seek less stubborn opponent to show attacking threat

  21-06-2016 15:48
  
  SAINT-ETIENNE, France — England seems sure that facing more attack-minded sides in the knockout stages of the European Championship will work to its advantage. The team, which stumbled rather than sauntered through to the round of 16, insists it’s not going to be consumed by any negativity back home. Headlines back home Tuesday say the […]
  
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• Updated: Russian fan union chief being deported from France _ again

  21-06-2016 15:46
  
  TOULOUSE, France — A Russian fan group leader is being kicked out of France again — days after he was deported for alleged involvement in hooliganism and slipped back in to the country illegally. Alexander Shprygin’s actions exposed failings in Europe’s internal border security, and kept attention on Russian football fans despite Russia’s elimination from […]
  
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• NYPD: Man arrested for blasting Mets stadium with music

  21-06-2016 15:46
  
  NEW YORK — Police in New York City say they’ve nabbed the culprit who outfitted a van with more than 50 speakers and blasted loud music late at night near the New York Mets’ stadium. WNBC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/28IWrHC ) police received multiple noise complaints Saturday night in the Queens neighborhood of Willets Point, near Citi […]
  
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• Ex rowing world champion banned 16 months for missed tests

  21-06-2016 15:45
  
  ROME — Former rowing world champion Vincenzo Abbagnale has been banned for 16 months after missing three doping tests and will not compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping court issued the decision following a case that began when Abbagnale missed his last surprise test on Feb. 1 at a […]
  
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• Updated: Albanian players at Euro 2016 to get diplomatic passports

  21-06-2016 15:43
  
  TIRANA, Albania — The players on Albania’s national soccer team will be given diplomatic passports in recognition of their win over Romania at the European Championship. Albania scored its first goal of the tournament and won its first match on Sunday, beating Romania 1-0 in the Group A match in Lyon. Armando Sadiku scored in […]
  
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• The incredible shrinking vacation

  21-06-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–We Americans have a confused and contradictory relationship with vacation. In t ...
  
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• Editorial: DNA testing delays put DA’s Office on hot seat

  21-06-2016 08:02
  
  Excuses, excuses.That's what the 2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office is offering u ...
  
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• Editorial: Consider not using fireworks

  21-06-2016 08:02
  
  Just as sure as Monday was the first day of summer, New Mexico is in the throes of another fire seas ...
  
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• DEAR ABBY: Wife’s man of her dreams is angered by men in her books

  21-06-2016 08:02
  
  DEAR ABBY: I'm happily married to the man of my dreams. We met after I had gone through a particu ...
  
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• A tyrant’s quick solutions are alluring to a fearful nation

  21-06-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–Along came the alligator.A horrifying story at the end of a horri ...
  
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• Sports Speak Up! Crying in …

  21-06-2016 04:05
  
  I GUESS THERE is crying in … basketball. — Jimmy Dugan SPLASH BROTHERS or Choke Brothers? They were exposed down to their shorts because of Cleveland’s defense of the perimeter. After being up 3 – 1, that has to be one of the biggest meltdowns of all time. When all you are doing is throwing […]
  
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• Topes Today, June 21

  21-06-2016 03:52
  
  at Fresno 8:05 p.m.   Radio: 610 AM Probable starters: Isotopes RHP Carlos Hernandez (3-3, 2.92) vs. Grizzlies RHP Brad Peacock (1-3, 5.19) Monday: Sean Jamieson’s two-run double in the sixth and Jack Reinheimer’s RBI double in the seventh lifted visiting Reno to a 4-3 comeback victory and a four-game series sweep of the Isotopes. […]
  
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• Aces sweep aside Isotopes

  21-06-2016 03:50
  
  Scorching temperatures had little impact on the Albuquerque Isotopes’ bats Monday. They remained ice cold. Reno completed a four-game sweep of the ‘Topes with a 4-3 matinee win on Monday, shutting the home team out over the final six innings. In the series Albuquerque mustered just seven runs and scored in only five of the […]
  
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• Metro track standouts to compete in Junior Worlds

  21-06-2016 03:47
  
  Clovis, Calif., is not exactly a pristine summer destination — it’s not even a secondary summer destination — but this weekend, it will be the center of the world for Alejandro Goldston, Gavin Sleeter and Abram Schaap. That decorated trio of Albuquerque track and field stars are headed to central California for the U.S. tryouts […]
  
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• Bairstow goes about his business

  21-06-2016 03:42
  
  Patience and perseverance amid a lack of playing time seems to have suited Cameron Bairstow just fine so far in his basketball career. So when the former University of New Mexico power forward was traded to the Detroit Pistons last week after a pair of under utilized seasons with the Chicago Bulls (he played 18 […]
  
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• NM Supreme Court: Road dispute not grounds for waiving tribal immunity to lawsuits

  21-06-2016 02:25
  
    SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that it is “settled federal law” that Indian tribes enjoy immunity from lawsuits, even when access to what had been a public road is at issue. The doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity “is a wholesale bar to suit against a tribe in New Mexico […]
  
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• State Police: Woman hauling 110 pounds of marijuana

  21-06-2016 02:17
  
  A New Mexico State Police officer who pulled over a woman for tailgating Saturday charged her with a much more serious offense when he found she was hauling over a hundred pounds of marijuana, according to court documents. The officer first spotted Frances Camacho, 35, driving a grey Nissan that was following another vehicle too […]
  
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• Estancia man arrested with 45 pounds of meth

  21-06-2016 01:00
  
  An Estancia man faces multiple felony drug trafficking and firearms charges after authorities seized ...
  
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• Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs flees home confinement

  21-06-2016 00:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has fled home confinement in Salt Lake City less than two weeks after he was let out of jail pending trial on charges in a multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme. A warrant for Jeffs’ arrest was issued Sunday afternoon after he took off sometime over the […]
  
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• Police investigate after dog left in car at Kauffman Stadium

  21-06-2016 00:44
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police are investigating after someone left a dog in a sweltering car at Kauffman Stadium during a Kansas City Royals baseball game. The dog was rescued by fans who heard it whimpering when they left a game on Sunday. The fans took the dog, which had no access to […]
  
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