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• Mississippi leaders divided on religious-beliefs law appeal

  13-07-2016 23:56
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general said Wednesday that he won’t join the Republican governor in appealing a federal judge’s ruling that blocked a state law on religious objections to gay marriage. Attorney General Jim Hood said a continued legal fight would be “divisive and expensive” in a state that’s already struggling with a […]
  
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• Body of missing Topock man recovered from Colorado River

  13-07-2016 23:51
  
  TOPOCK, Ariz. — Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say the body of a missing Topock man has been recovered from the Topock Gorge area on the Colorado River. Sheriff’s deputies say 32-year-old Ricky Dean Crea Jr. was reported missing after he failed to meet a friend at the Topock Marina on Sunday. They say Crea’s truck […]
  
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• Updated: Cleveland, a fractured city, an apt place for GOP convention

  13-07-2016 23:24
  
  CLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s effort to unite a splintered Republican Party around his candidacy is about to take center stage in a city that is itself deeply fractured. Once an industrial powerhouse, Cleveland is one of the poorest and most segregated big cities in America. Two out of five people live below the poverty line, […]
  
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• Updated: Phoenix gets first female police chief in its history

  13-07-2016 23:11
  
  PHOENIX — Officials say Jeri Williams has been chosen as Phoenix’s new police chief, the first female to hold that job in the city’s history. She currently is the police chief in Oxnard, California, and will start her job in Phoenix in October. Williams’ hiring was announced Wednesday by Phoenix City Manager Ed Zuercher. Williams […]
  
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• Uptown office building to see modern update

  13-07-2016 23:06
  
  Say goodbye to a 1980s-era office building and hello to The 24s@ Uptown. An Albuquerque development team, led by John Lewinger, Darrell Gustin and Irwin and Debbie Harms, has unveiled a reimaging of the Uptown office building, including a residential conversion of the top floor for those wanting to live, work and party in the […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Man robbed while playing ‘Pokemon Go’

  13-07-2016 23:02
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the “Pokemon Go” smartphone game craze (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Four suspects have been arrested after a man told police in Auburn, Alabama that he was robbed at gunpoint while he was playing Pokemon Go. Auburn police said in a news release that the man was playing the […]
  
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• Updated: Congress passes aviation bill to close airport security gaps

  13-07-2016 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON — Congress passed an aviation bill Wednesday that attempts to close gaps in airport security and shorten screening lines, but leaves thornier issues unresolved. The bill also extends the Federal Aviation Administration’s programs for 14 months at current funding levels. It was approved in the Senate by a vote of 89 to 4. The […]
  
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• Updated: Fed survey finds modest growth across most of the US

  13-07-2016 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON — The economy and hiring continued to expand modestly across most of the United States from mid-May until the end of June, leaving some firms unable to find skilled workers, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. In its latest survey of business conditions, the Fed found modest growth in 11 of 12 regions. Cleveland reported […]
  
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• State Department of Health warns of confirmed wound botulism

  13-07-2016 22:09
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating a confirmed case of wound botulism in a 33-year-old woman from Rio Arriba County who remains hospitalized. Health officials say the patient is a heroin user and the suspected source of infection is a soiled skin injection site, contaminated injection devices or contaminated […]
  
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• Russia briefly detains, deports US broadcasting chief

  13-07-2016 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON — Russian authorities briefly detained and then deported the chief of the board that oversees U.S. government broadcasting overseas, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the agency said Wednesday, the latest move amid heightening friction between Washington and Moscow. The Broadcasting Board of Governors said in a statement that its chairman, […]
  
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• Updated: Dallas sniper attack recalls 1973 slayings in New Orleans

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The gunman was a black former military man who targeted white police at a time of social unrest. The chaos and confusion led authorities to conclude there must be more than one shooter. When it was over, a major city mourned five dead officers. Last week’s sniper attack in Dallas was gloomily […]
  
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• Lawsuit filed in police shooting of man in Memphis

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that a white Memphis police officer used excessive deadly force when he shot and killed a 19-year-old black man during a fight after a traffic stop. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Darrius Stewart’s parents comes almost a year after he was shot by […]
  
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• Recount in Taos-area district attorney race doesn’t change outcome much

  13-07-2016 19:49
  
  SANTA FE – A partial recount of votes in Democratic primary race for district attorney in the 8th Judicial District resulted in the loss of one vote for challenger Paul Sanchez, expanding the margin of victory for incumbent Donald Gallegos to 18 votes. Sanchez paid $2,440 to the Secretary of State’s Office for a recount […]
  
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• Breaking: Former Colfax County deputy pleads to aiding, abetting drug trafficking

  13-07-2016 19:36
  
  A former veteran Colfax County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in c ...
  
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• Updated: Amazon’s 2nd Prime Day orders breezed past first-year totals

  13-07-2016 19:24
  
  NEW YORK — Amazon’s big sales day is here to stay. Amazon says Prime Day orders rose 60 percent globally this year versus last year’s inaugural showing. It says sales of Amazon’s own electronic devices were particularly strong. And the company says that this won’t be the last “Prime Day.” “After yesterday’s results, we’ll definitely […]
  
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• Updated: Bereavement fares have disappeared on most US airlines

  13-07-2016 19:11
  
  DALLAS — Airlines used to give discounts to passengers who were traveling to a relative’s funeral, but those days are just about gone. Now buying a ticket to attend a funeral or visit a relative in the hospital is no different than last-minute travel plans for any other reason. Among the largest U.S. airlines, only […]
  
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• Updated: Thousands gather to mourn, honor 3 slain officers in Dallas

  13-07-2016 19:04
  
  DALLAS — Nearly a week after five officers were killed by a gunman in Dallas, memorial services for three of them drew thousands of mourners Wednesday. Services were held for Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens — all three slain in downtown […]
  
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• Updated: Fire at New Mexico oil site being allowed to burn out

  13-07-2016 19:03
  
  NAGEEZI, N.M. — Crews are monitoring a fire at an oil production storage site in northwestern New Mexico. Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy says the fire started Monday when 36 storage tanks caught fire. Seven tanks were still burning Wednesday, but officials say the extent of the fire had diminished. The flames are being allowed to […]
  
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• Updated: Man accused of shooting up neighborhood, released on bond

  13-07-2016 19:00
  
  Hours after Albuquerque police arrested him for allegedly shooting at his neighbors' homes on...
  
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• Updated: Pakistan says school attack mastermind killed by US drone

  13-07-2016 18:01
  
  ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military says the mastermind of a 2014 attack on an army-run school has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa said Wednesday that a U.S. Army general confirmed the death of Taliban leader Khalifa Umar Mansoor in a phone call to Pakistan’s army chief. Bajwa did not say […]
  
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• Browns’ Crowell pledges to Dallas police fund as apology

  13-07-2016 18:01
  
  BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell says he will donate about $35,000 to a fallen officers’ fund in Dallas as part of his apology for posting a drawing on Instagram last week showing a police officer getting his throat slashed. In a video posted on Facebook Wednesday, Crowell again apologized for the […]
  
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• Trial delay for man accused of hitting Trump protester

  13-07-2016 17:55
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The trial for a man accused of hitting a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina earlier this year has been delayed until after the presidential election. The Fayetteville Observer reports (http://bit.ly/29RjCBJ) a defense attorney asked for a delay for 79-year-old John Franklin McGraw, who had been scheduled to stand […]
  
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• Police: Burglary suspect dies after officers used stun gun

  13-07-2016 17:55
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A home burglary suspect has died after police used a stun gun on him, authorities said, adding the suspect resisted officers who found him wrapped in material that looked like it came from house air conditioner ducts. Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards said a homeowner in that Alabama city called police early […]
  
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• Deadline nears for Navajos in national land buyback program

  13-07-2016 16:55
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Deadlines are nearing for thousands of Navajos considering offers to sell off land interests as part of a nationwide program. The U.S. Department of the Interior has made offers worth more than $260 million to about 26,000 Navajo landowners. The buyback program is the second phase of the $3.4 billion Cobell […]
  
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• Updated: APNewsBreak: Large Montana coal plant to close 2 units

  13-07-2016 16:53
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — A large Montana coal plant serving utility customers across the Pacific Northwest agreed Tuesday to shut down two of its four units by 2022 and limit pollution from the plant until that happens, under a settlement with environmentalists who sued over emission violations. Terms of the partial shutdown of the 2,100-megawatt Colstrip […]
  
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• Updated: Nissan keeps self-driving simple _ and not quite autonomous

  13-07-2016 16:47
  
  YOKOSUKA, Japan — Self-driving cars may be all the rage, but when it’s a real product, coming soon from Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., the technology gets toned down. And so don’t expect to the driver to disappear for years to come. The Serena minivan equipped with ProPilot technology relies on a single camera in […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: German official: Theresa May ‘right’ for Britain

  13-07-2016 16:39
  
  LONDON — The Latest on British political developments (all times local): 3:05 p.m. Germany’s interior minister says Theresa May is “the right woman for Britain” as she takes over as prime minister in the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union. Thomas de Maiziere has been outgoing Home Secretary May’s German counterpart […]
  
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• Updated: Stocks edging up on Wall Street in early morning trading

  13-07-2016 16:37
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks are edging up on Wall Street in early morning trading Wednesday after setting records the last few days. Utility companies are making the largest gains while energy companies fall with the price of oil. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average added 15 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,363 at 10:14 […]
  
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• Poll: Clinton’s lead over Trump shrinks dramatically

  13-07-2016 12:01
  
  CLEVELAND — Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump has withered to 3 percentage points, signaling their battle for the White House has become too close to call heading into the two major-party national conventions, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, now leads Trump by 42 to 39 percent in […]
  
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• NM suffers setback in Texas water case

  13-07-2016 08:05
  
  Supreme Court to consider recommendation to let Texas case move forward
  
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• City to use electric buses for rapid transit

  13-07-2016 08:05
  
  Mayor says fleet will save money and lower pollution
  
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• Meeting focuses on clearing backlog of rape kits

  13-07-2016 08:02
  
  Justice for rape victims calls for more than processing DNA evidence, but clearing a backlog of 5,40 ...
  
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• KAFB fuel spill cleanup report on Thursday

  13-07-2016 08:02
  
  Progress reports on efforts to clean up the Kirtland Air Force Base fuel spill will be provided duri ...
  
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• Glimmers of hope sparkle amid the darkness

  13-07-2016 08:02
  
  Random acts of kindness on social media spur epiphany
  
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• Sports Speak Up! Laguna Acoma, Dodgers trade

  13-07-2016 06:43
  
  GREAT TO SEE Laguna Acoma 3-sport All State athlete Ryan Arkie back in Laguna for a couple of days. Ryan showed me his 2015 Ivy League Champion football ring as he played for Dartmouth. He has it right next to his 2013 Laguna Acoma NM State Championship basketball ring. Ryan was an All-State QB and […]
  
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• New: Vannata looks for his groove at UFC Fight Night

  13-07-2016 06:35
  
  It’s where all the greats go to find that last piece of the puzzle, right? Sitting in an International House of Pancakes in Palm Springs, Calif., in December with Jackson-Wink teammate Cub Swanson, Landon Vannata added what all fighters need before they hit the big time. “We were trying to come up with a nickname […]
  
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• Authorities looking at cellphone records connected to Dallas gunman

  13-07-2016 06:29
  
  DALLAS — Authorities are analyzing cellphone records connected to the gunman who killed five police officers and injured nine others Thursday night in downtown Dallas, according to search warrants released Tuesday. The search warrants show that authorities are looking at text messages, transaction histories and subscriber histories of three T-Mobile cell numbers. One of the […]
  
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• Updated: China blames Philippines for stirring up trouble in dispute

  13-07-2016 06:19
  
  BEIJING — China blamed the Philippines for stirring up trouble and issued a policy paper Wednesday calling the islands in the South China Sea its “inherent territory,” a day after an international tribunal said China had no legal basis for its expansive claims. “It is the Philippines that has created and stirred up the trouble,” […]
  
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• Ginsburg continues criticism of Trump, and he fires back

  13-07-2016 06:02
  
  The unusual and apparently unprecedented battle of words between a justice of the Supreme Court and a presumptive presidential nominee continued Tuesday. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear that her criticism of Republican Donald Trump was not the result of an unguarded moment. She told a CNN analyst in an interview late Monday that Trump […]
  
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• Updated: Pence introduces Trump at rally that doubles as VP audition

  13-07-2016 05:43
  
  WESTFIELD, Indiana — Republican Donald Trump campaigned alongside Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Tuesday evening, the latest in a series of public auditions as the billionaire businessman mulls his vice presidential pick. Walking onto the stage to cheers, Pence confidently introduced the presumptive GOP nominee and vigorously advocated for Trump as the best person to […]
  
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• Prep federation mandates pitch counts

  13-07-2016 04:23
  
  As expected, the National Federation of State High School Associations has mandated that its state associations implement pitch counts for the 2017 season. The New Mexico Activities Association and the state’s baseball sports-specific committee had seen this coming months ago and have a list of recommendations to send forward. “I personally am all for it,” […]
  
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• Albuquerque attracts National Senior Games

  13-07-2016 04:19
  
  The National Senior Games are coming to Albuquerque in 2019. The two-week event is expected to attract 10,000 athletes 50 or older for competition in about 20 sports, including track and field, swimming, golf, shuffleboard and softball. The Albuquerque Convention Center will serve as the hub — with athletes staying at hotels around Downtown — […]
  
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• Lobo golfer Green to represent Malaysia at Olympics

  13-07-2016 04:13
  
  Former University of New Mexico golfer Gavin Green’s worldwide tour will continue next month at the most watched site in the world — Rio de Janeiro. Green has been selected as one of four golfers — two men and two women — to represent Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics next month in Brazil. The […]
  
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• More than $33,000 raised to help injured Cibola coach

  13-07-2016 03:40
  
  More than $33,000 has been raised thus far to help the family of injured Cibola boys soccer coach Cameron Clarke. Clarke suffered neck and spinal cord injuries last Friday when he dove into the shallow end of the swimming pool in his back yard. He has been at University of New Mexico Hospital in the […]
  
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• Report: Aggies hoops assistant Brown resigns

  13-07-2016 03:38
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State assistant men’s basketball coach Keith Brown has resigned, the Sun-News reported. Brown was at NMSU for five seasons and was part of four Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship teams, four NCAA Tournament teams, a NIT team and two WAC regular season championships teams during his time in Las Cruces. […]
  
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• APD: Suspected kidnapper arrested after cross-town pursuit

  13-07-2016 02:01
  
  Officers arrested a kidnapping and battery suspect following a cross-town pursuit Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Det. Tasia Sullivan said around 4:25 p.m. someone reported a man was beating a woman inside a vehicle near Menaul and Madeira NE. The caller said the woman was holding a baby and […]
  
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• State police identify Los Lunas officers who shot and injured suspect

  13-07-2016 01:34
  
  New Mexico State Police have identified the officers who shot and injured two men in Valencia County on June 24 as Sgt. Mark Gurule, officer Marcus Taylor and officer Juan Jojola of the Los Lunas Police Department. Sgt. Chad Pierce, a state police spokesman, said officers Jojola and Taylor fired at the men when they […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Big Papi draws a walk in last All-Star at-bat

  13-07-2016 01:02
  
  SAN DIEGO — The Latest on the All-Star Game (all times local): ___ 6:30 p.m. If Big Papi was hoping for a big moment in his final All-Star Game, he didn’t get it. David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox star who has announced he’ll retire at season’s end, walked against Miami’s Jose Fernandez in the […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Big Papi brings lineup card to home plate

  13-07-2016 01:02
  
  SAN DIEGO — The Latest on the All-Star Game (all times local): ___ 5:37 p.m. Big Papi participated in the All-Star Game even before settling into the batter’s box as the American League’s DH. David Ortiz, the Boston star who is retiring at season’s end, brought the lineup card out to the home plate meeting […]
  
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• Updated: All-Star Game, the latest: Cubs, Sox All-Stars have October on their minds

  13-07-2016 01:02
  
  SAN DIEGO — The Latest on the All-Star Game (all times local): ___ 3:56 p.m. David Ortiz was quick with an answer when asked what he hoped to get out of his 10th All-Star Game: “Home field advantage.” The winning league gets home-field advantage in the World Series, and Big Papi would love to wrap […]
  
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