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• Valencia fire chief charged over traffic stop

  23-06-2016 23:59
  
  Steven Gonzales, Valencia County fire chiefDeck starts here By Julie M. Dendinger News-Bulletin Assi ...
  
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• Updated: Western wildfires still rage but some progress being made

  23-06-2016 23:31
  
  LOS ANGELES — Firefighters battling fires raging through Western states are contending with both weather and human interference, but some progress is being made. Here is a look at the largest fires Thursday: CALIFORNIA Cooler weather helped crews fighting two fires that burned more than eight square miles of chaparral and brush in the Angeles […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton failed to hand over key email to State Department

  23-06-2016 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON — Former Secretary Hillary Clinton failed to turn over a copy of a key message involving problems caused by her use of a private homebrew email server, the State Department confirmed Thursday. The disclosure makes it unclear what other work-related emails may have been deleted by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The email was […]
  
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• Updated: AP reporter takes terrifying trip on 1,000-foot glass slide

  23-06-2016 23:30
  
  LOS ANGELES — I’ve jumped out of a plane from 13,000 feet. I’ve ridden 400-foot-tall roller-coasters that top speeds of 100 mph, and I once found myself using my fingernails to clutch the side of a rock face way too steep to climb without gear. Heights have never fazed me. Until the Skyslide, a terrifying […]
  
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• U.S. House panel asks Balderas to investigate UNM on fetal tissue research

  23-06-2016 23:04
  
  The Republican chairman of a congressional panel examining the fetal tissue research industry has asked New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas to investigate whether the University of New Mexico and an Albuquerque abortion provider broke a state law when they exchanged aborted fetuses. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who chairs the U.S. House Select […]
  
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• Updated: Vandalism discovered at sacred Native Hawaiian site

  23-06-2016 22:40
  
  HONOLULU — State officials say vandals have etched crosses on the crumbling remains of the 180-year-old palace of a former Hawaiian king. King Kamehameha (CAH-meh-hah-meh-hah) III’s summer palace sits in a forest in a Honolulu neighborhood. According to the state, the palace named Kaniakapupu (CAH’-nee-ah-cah-poo-poo) was also Hawaii’s first government building built in a Western […]
  
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• Breaking: Fire sparks near Santa Fe reservoir

  23-06-2016 22:28
  
  SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Fire Department announced Thursday afternoon that a fire has started near the McClure Reservoir in the Santa Fe watershed and has grown to about five acres. City spokesman Matt Ross said SFFD is cooperating with the U.S. Forest Service to get a handle on the fire. He said air […]
  
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• Updated: Overdose deaths overwhelm medical examiner, coroner offices

  23-06-2016 22:27
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Soaring numbers of overdose deaths are adding to woes already plaguing medical examiner and coroner offices, resulting in a shortage of places to store bodies and long delays in autopsies and toxicology testing. The Connecticut medical examiner’s office has considered renting a refrigerated truck to store extra bodies because its storage area […]
  
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• Top Arizona House Democrat wants indicted lawmaker to resign

  23-06-2016 22:27
  
  PHOENIX — The top Democrat in the Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday called on a fellow Democrat to step down after her indictment on food stamp fraud charges. Minority Leader Rep. Eric Meyer said that he had spoken with Rep. Cecilia Velasquez and urged her to resign. “This is just an accusation of wrongdoing […]
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks rally as Britons vote on EU

  23-06-2016 22:13
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are closing solidly higher on Wall Street, giving the market its biggest gain in a month, as hopes grow that Britons will vote to remain in the European Union. European markets and the British pound also rose Thursday […]
  
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• Sun protection? This hat has you covered

  23-06-2016 22:09
  
  ActiveIce Cap protects your head in the mountains or deserts and will easily fit in your pocket
  
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• Updated: Lewis, who shed blood for civil rights, leads Dems on guns

  23-06-2016 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON — Rep. John Lewis, who shed blood in Selma, Alabama, for civil rights, sat shoulder to shoulder with fellow Democrats on the House floor as the leader of an extraordinary protest demanding votes on gun control. Instead of grainy black-and-white photos, color selfies with colleagues went out on social media and Periscope transmitted live […]
  
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• Parents of slain Prescott aid worker urge US to help hostage

  23-06-2016 21:45
  
  PHOENIX — The parents of a Prescott woman captured and killed by Islamic State group militants say they remain haunted every day that they could not secure her release. Karl and Marsha Mueller, whose daughter Kayla was taken hostage in August 2013 in Syria, submitted a letter with families of three other slain hostages urging […]
  
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• Updated: Man, 52, charged in Houston fatal stabbing of boy, 14

  23-06-2016 21:39
  
  HOUSTON — Houston police have charged a 52-year-old man in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in a strip mall parking lot. Christopher Bert Taylor of Houston was being held Thursday on a murder charge, with bond set at $50,000. Online court records do not list an attorney for Taylor, who was arrested Wednesday. […]
  
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• Updated: Agency hopes apps will keep drones away from wildfires

  23-06-2016 21:39
  
  BOISE, Idaho — When Brian Cresto and his fellow firefighters fly toward a wildfire at just a few hundred feet off the ground, he’s scouting for the best spot for them to land when they parachute out. Lately, he’s also been keeping an eye out for hobby drones that could take out their twin-engine propeller […]
  
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• Supreme Court immigration decision sparks Phoenix protest

  23-06-2016 21:39
  
  PHOENIX — Protesters are gathering outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Phoenix to voice their dismay at a Supreme Court decision blocking President Barack Obama’s plan to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. More than 60 activists blocked parts of Central Avenue, a major thoroughfare, just north of downtown […]
  
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• Republican candidate drops out of DA race

  23-06-2016 20:17
  
  The Republican candidate for Second Judicial District Attorney dropped out of the race on Thursday. Candidate Simon Kubiak issued a news release that said he lacked financial support. “It would be irresponsible of me to ask our supporters to donate their hard earned money to my campaign knowing that it can become a million dollar […]
  
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• Former Sneakerz Sports Bar owner pleads to $1 million in tax evasion

  23-06-2016 20:15
  
  The former president and owner of the company that operated the now-defunct Sneakerz Sports Bar pleaded guilty Thursday to evading $1 million in federal taxes. James E. Coleman, Jr., in his plea agreement, acknowledged underrepresenting Sneakerz’s gross receipts taxes to the Internal Revenue Service “with the intention of evading his corporate tax liability” between 2002 […]
  
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• Zombie dog? Coyote? Mystery animal seen in cemetery

  23-06-2016 19:11
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire say a macabre mammal spotted in a town cemetery is likely a mangy fox — not a “zombie dog” or mythical beast as some have speculated. A photo taken this week by the Merrimack Police Chief Mark Doyle and posted on Facebook attracted much speculation about the nearly […]
  
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• Updated: Democrats end 25-hour plus protest to demand House gun votes

  23-06-2016 19:11
  
  WASHINGTON — House Democrats have ended their 25½-hour sit-in on the chamber’s floor that they’ve been staging to demand votes on gun control. With just a few interruptions, Democrats commanded the House floor since 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The protest was broadcast live to the world over social media. There are no indications that Republicans — […]
  
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• New Mexico True Fest planned for Labor Day weekend

  23-06-2016 19:06
  
  The New Mexico Tourism Department is partnering with EXPO New Mexico on a new Labor Day event highlighting products made in the state. New Mexico True Fest will take place Sept. 3-4 in conjunction with the New Mexico Wine & Jazz Festival on the state fairgrounds. The event will feature local entertainment, arts and artisans, […]
  
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• Police trying to ID suspects in SE ABQ fight that ended in stabbing death

  23-06-2016 19:04
  
  Police are asking for help identifying a man who allegedly stabbed another man to death in the parking lot of Walgreens at Central and San Mateo Wednesday night. Albuquerque police spokesman Daren DeAguero said officers were called to the Walgreens parking lot around 9:30 p.m. for a fight and found a man with a stab […]
  
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• Updated: AP Sources: VW to pay near $10.2B to settle emissions claims

  23-06-2016 18:51
  
  DETROIT — Volkswagen has agreed to take a series of steps with a total cost of about $10.2 billion to settle claims from its unprecedented diesel emissions cheating scandal in the U.S., two people briefed on the matter said Thursday. Most of the money would go to compensate 482,000 owners of cars with 2-liter diesel […]
  
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• Mayor signs bill to provide $24M for ABQ open space

  23-06-2016 18:42
  
  In the shadow of the Sandia Mountains, Mayor Richard Berry signed legislation Thursday that could provide $24 million over the next 20 years to buy and restore open-space lands in Albuquerque. The bill, sponsored by Councilor Don Harris, sets aside 2 percent of the city’s general-obligation bond program for open space, or roughly $2.4 million […]
  
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• Data firm looks to Los Lunas for up to $30B in IRBs

  23-06-2016 18:30
  
  LOS LUNAS — The Los Lunas Village Council tonight will consider authorizing $5 billion industrial revenue bonds — the first of a possible six totaling $30 billion —  for the benefit of a data storage company, Greater Kudu, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Data storage is like cloud storage, a huge network of computers […]
  
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• WNNU to continue to recruit DACA students despite ruling

  23-06-2016 18:28
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A college in western New Mexico says it will continue to recruit immigrant students living in the country illegally despite Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling. Western New Mexico University spokesman Abe Villarreal says the school will remain “an open, accepting university” to all students who went to attend the college. The Silver City, […]
  
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• Updated: Texas woman has foreign accent syndrome after jaw surgery

  23-06-2016 18:28
  
  HOUSTON — A Houston-area woman’s accent sounds completely different since she underwent jaw surgery in December, and doctors say she might have a neurological condition called foreign accent syndrome. In a KTRK-TV (http://abc13.co/28Q4OkZ ) video posted online, Lisa Alamia’s (al-uh-MEE’-uh) accent swings between various British accents and a faint Australian twang. Foreign accent syndrome is […]
  
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• The office of the future comes with collaboration, coffee and dogs

  23-06-2016 18:17
  
  DALLAS — Developers and designers creating the latest generation of workspace environments are scrambling to keep up with a changing market. The influx of millennial workers has caused them to toss out familiar floor plans in favor of new offices that will appeal to younger workers. There are more open work areas, and office cubes […]
  
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• Senior police volunteers to patrol downtown Loveland

  23-06-2016 17:28
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. — As part of an ongoing effort to increase the visible police presence in Loveland, senior police volunteers are patrolling downtown. The Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/28QkyG1 ) that the Police Department’s 23 senior police volunteers dress in uniform and can radio police dispatch. Officials say the volunteers will help increase the visual […]
  
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• North Texas fire chief arrives home to find house on fire

  23-06-2016 17:28
  
  COPPER CANYON, Texas — A North Texas fire chief who arrived home to find his house ablaze says he has a new understanding about what people go through after fires. Argyle Fire Department Chief Mac Hohenberger says he’s very lucky that nobody was home and that he was able to save his family’s two dogs. […]
  
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• Updated: Instagram to allow users to translate posts with button

  23-06-2016 17:03
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Instagram is aiming to increase interaction with users across the globe through a new translation button it plans to roll out in the next month. The photo sharing app says the button will appear on feed stories and profile bios written in languages different from the language a user’s phone or […]
  
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• Updated: Obama immigration plan blocked by 4-4 tie at Supreme Court

  23-06-2016 17:01
  
  WASHINGTON — A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama’s immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The justices’ one-sentence opinion on Thursday effectively kills the plan for the rest of Obama’s presidency. The outcome underscores that the direction of U.S. immigration policy will […]
  
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• Former football players take plea deals in Iowa hazing cases

  23-06-2016 17:01
  
  CLARION, Iowa — Two former high school football players in northern Iowa have taken plea deals in their hazing cases. Court records two 18-year-olds were sentenced earlier this month after pleading guilty to assault. Both had been charged with sexual abuse after they were accused last October of hazing freshmen on the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows football team […]
  
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• New Mexico sues Colorado over mine spill

  23-06-2016 08:05
  
  Neighboring state's oversight of toxic groundwater was lax, AG says
  
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• Family’s lawsuit reveals more details in Hawkes shooting

  23-06-2016 08:05
  
  First APD officer to encounter 19-year-old details interactions in deposition
  
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• Auditor decries delays in medical marijuana cards

  23-06-2016 08:05
  
  State Department of Health struggles with surge in requests from patients
  
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• APS will spend summer creating new readers

  23-06-2016 08:05
  
  Kids can get free books at Story Time in the Park, followed by lunch
  
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• A trip to Hooters and a Chinese massage

  23-06-2016 08:05
  
  Family blasts APD officer's activities two days after fatal shooting of Mary Hawkes
  
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• APD: Man stabbed to death at Walgreens on Central and San Mateo

  23-06-2016 07:02
  
  A man was fatally stabbed at the Walgreens on Central and San Mateo Wednesday night, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Officer Daren DeAguero said police were called to the parking lot in reference to a fight around 9:30 p.m. “Officers arrived and discovered a male subject on the ground with a […]
  
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• New: Former UFC champ Holly Holm focused on fighting, not films

  23-06-2016 05:52
  
  They didn't give her a rematch after her loss to Miesha Tate. They haven't told her sh ...
  
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• The classical music lover’s summer reading list

  23-06-2016 05:15
  
  (c) 2016, The Washington Post. Not long ago, in a review, I called Julian Barnes’s Shostakovich novel “The Noise of Time,” which recently came out in the United States, “one of the least musical books about a composer ever written.” This statement prompted a reader to ask, perhaps timidly, what works of fiction I thought […]
  
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• Updated: Commentary: Lush conditions at West Side course are a pleasant surprise

  23-06-2016 04:50
  
  I'm well aware that age, back pain and a lack of practice–not to mention a lack of raw abi ...
  
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• Updated: Golf: Strong field entered in annual San Juan Open in Farmington

  23-06-2016 04:44
  
  Assistant Sports EditorA trio of Albuquerque's top touring golf pros have added to an...
  
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• Sports Speak Up! (June 23)

  23-06-2016 04:33
  
  Readers sound off on the sports stories of the day.
  
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• Raging Wildfires in the Southwest Stretch Resources

  23-06-2016 04:02 via nytimes.com
  Efforts to fight wildfires in five states were complicated by a relentless heat wave and bone-dry conditions, forcing much of the toughest work to be done at night.
  
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• Updated: City, Nature Conservancy at odds over river flows into Santa Fe Canyon Preserve

  23-06-2016 02:46
  
  SANTA FE – City government officials and supporters of the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve are at odds over water flows into the preserve, a 525-acre wetland paradise on the city’s east side. The Nature Conservancy, owner of preserve that dates from 2002, maintains the city is violating the terms of its own “Living River” ordinance […]
  
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• Updated: APD: Body dumped in parking lot on Central and Pennsylvania

  23-06-2016 01:53
  
  Homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found dumped in a convenience store parking lot on Central and Pennsylvania Wednesday evening, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. A man, who appeared to be in his 20’s or 30’s, could be seen dead in the Circle K parking lot before he was […]
  
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• APD: Body dumped in parking lot on Central and Pennsylvania

  23-06-2016 01:53
  
  Police are investigating after a body was found dumped in a convenience store parking lot on Central and Pennsylvania Wednesday evening, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. A man, who appeared to be in his 20’s or 30’s, could be seen dead in the Circle K parking lot before he was covered […]
  
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• Updated: Ouch! Flu spray fails again, panel urges shot instead

  23-06-2016 01:31
  
  NEW YORK — The nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine failed to protect kids again last year, the latest in a string of failures that has prompted an expert panel to recommend that doctors stop giving it to patients. Health officials reported Wednesday that the spray performed dismally for the third straight year, […]
  
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• Updated: Houston Sky Lobby on 60th floor closing to most visitors

  23-06-2016 01:27
  
  HOUSTON — As famous observation decks go, the Sky Lobby some 60 floors up in downtown Houston’s Chase Tower is a bit less than ideal: Parking is a hassle, the view is limited, and there are no concessions, souvenirs or interactive whatnots to give visitors a sense of what they’re really looking at. On the […]
  
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