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• Hot air balloon makes emergency landing at airport

  27-07-2016 23:42
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. — A hot air balloon that ran out of fuel as winds shifted made an emergency landing at a suburban Denver airport on Wednesday. The director of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Bryan Johnson, says the balloon landed in grass near one of its three runways and tilted over. He says the 13 people […]
  
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• Updated: VIEWER GUIDE: Clinton to make her own case Thursday

  27-07-2016 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Hour after hour and speaker after speaker, Hillary Clinton has been extolled at the Democratic convention this week as a change-maker, an effective leader and a caring human being. As the convention’s closer on Thursday, Clinton — one of most recognized politicians on the planet — takes center stage to reintroduce herself to […]
  
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• Updated: Turkey, once touted as regional model, is mired in tension

  27-07-2016 23:15
  
  ISTANBUL — Turkey was riding high in 2010, casting its brand of Islamic piety, Western-style democracy and economic growth as a regional model amid popular upheavals in the Mideast and North Africa. Six years later, it is mired in tension with neighbors and allies, dominated by a president seeking to increase his constitutional powers and […]
  
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• Video: Arizona woman killed by officer held medical scissors

  27-07-2016 22:54
  
  WINSLOW, Ariz. — An Arizona woman who was fatally shot by a police officer earlier this year had medical scissors in her hand as she approached the lawman, body camera video shows. The footage released Wednesday by the city of Winslow came days after the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Officer Austin Shipley was justified […]
  
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• Updated: Lead found in state home water; disabled untested for month

  27-07-2016 22:54
  
  DALLAS — Toxic levels of lead have been found in drinking water at state-funded homes for disabled Texans, but their residents went untested for lead poisoning until a month after the lead was found. Lead levels in blood usually drop by at least half after two to four weeks and by as much as 75 […]
  
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• Updated: Cooking oil, graphene among CO2 capture prize entry ideas

  27-07-2016 22:11
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Cooking oil and graphene, a recently discovered substance stronger than steel, might seem to have little in common, but some theorize both could be made from carbon dioxide emitted by coal- and gas-fired power plants. Teams from Canada, China, Finland, India, Scotland, Switzerland and the U.S. have submitted 47 proposals for the […]
  
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• Man sentenced for scratching initials into Roosevelt Arch

  27-07-2016 21:58
  
  GARDINER, Mont. — A Texas man has been sentenced to three days in jail and ordered to pay $250 in restitution for carving his initials into the iconic Roosevelt Arch at the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Park officials say a visitor spotted 26-year-old Dakota D. Tipton of Joshua, Texas, scratching the initials “DDT” […]
  
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• Updated: Norway mulls giving mountain peak to Finland

  27-07-2016 21:57
  
  HELSINKI — Norway is considering moving a mountain — or at least its peak — to neighboring Finland. Anne Nordskog, a spokeswoman for Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, said Wednesday the government is contemplating a proposal to give the Halti peak as a gift to Finland next year as the Finns celebrate 100 years of […]
  
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• Additional samples to test for chronic wasting to be taken

  27-07-2016 21:57
  
  LONDON, Ark. — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists plan to take additional samples from deer to search for chronic wasting disease in southern Pope County. The samples will be taken from Aug. 1-5 as part of the commission’s preparation for the deer hunting season’s sampling period. Assistant deer program coordinator Ralph Meeker says the […]
  
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• T-Mobile beats expectations on earnings, now has more than 67 million customers

  27-07-2016 21:47
  
  SEATTLE — T-Mobile added 1.9 million customers during its second quarter, bringing its total number of customers to more than 67 million. The Seattle-area telecom reported profit of $225 million on revenue of $9.2 billion for the quarter, beating analyst expectations and sending the stock price up more than 1 percent to about $45.72 during […]
  
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• New: Court hearing begins on suit that could halt ABQ Rapid Transit

  27-07-2016 20:56
  
  Restaurateur Steve Paternoster was blunt Wednesday when asked to testify on plans for Albuquerque Rapid Transit. “I think it’s going to be a disaster,” he said. Paternoster, who owns Scalo Northern Italian Grill and another restaurant in Nob Hill, was on the stand Wednesday as opponents of the city’s bus-rapid-transit project try to persuade a […]
  
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• APS to host public forum on transgender directive tonight

  27-07-2016 20:30
  
  Critics and supporters of Albuquerque Public Schools’ new transgender directive can air their opinions tonight to the board’s equity and engagement committee. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the John Milne Community Board Room at APS headquarters, 6400 Uptown Blvd NE. It will include an update on the directive’s progress presented by Janalee […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Clinton adviser says Trump encouraging hackers

  27-07-2016 19:33
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the hacking of the Democratic National Committee (all times local): 1:15 p.m. A senior adviser for Hillary Clinton’s campaign is accusing Donald Trump of encouraging a foreign government to spy against his opponent. During a news conference, Trump addressed Russia and said he hoped the country could find Clinton’s missing […]
  
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• 2 Rifle-area Facebook groups temporarily shut down

  27-07-2016 19:33
  
  RIFLE, Colo. — Two Facebook groups used by people in the western Colorado community of Rifle were temporarily shut down this week apparently because the company believed they were violating its policy barring private gun sales. The groups, which both have “Rifle” in their names, are used to sell and swap items and post community […]
  
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• Police: Robbery suspect holed up in senior living center

  27-07-2016 19:32
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Tempe police say an armed robbery suspect is holed up in a room in a senior living center after being shot and wounded by police. Officer Lilly Duran says residents of the senior center are being evacuated and that none are near the room where the suspect barricaded himself Wednesday morning. Duran […]
  
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• NM State Engineer on mice, cows and Texas lawsuits

  27-07-2016 19:15
  
  As the person in charge of an arid state's water resources, New Mexico State Engineer Tom Blai ...
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Activists angry over decision to drop charges

  27-07-2016 19:11
  
  BALTIMORE — The Latest on the case against officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was injured in police custody (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Activists in Baltimore say they are angry and disappointed by prosecutors’ decision to drop the remaining charges against three police officers awaiting trial in the […]
  
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• Updated: US tourist spends night on roof of Milan’s Duomo cathedral

  27-07-2016 19:10
  
  MILAN — The caretakers of Milan’s historic Duomo cathedral on Wednesday requested additional police surveillance in light of an incident in which an American tourist was locked inside overnight and the terror attack on a French church. Italian police say an American tourist spent a night locked on the spectacular rooftop of Milan’s Gothic-inspired Duomo […]
  
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• Gang member on Texas 10 Most Wanted sex offender list caught

  27-07-2016 19:09
  
  HOUSTON — A convicted sex offender and gang member on the Texas 10 Most Wanted list has been captured in Houston. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday announced a tip led to 30-year-old Christopher Soloya Jr. DPS says a $3,000 reward will be paid to the person who provided information that helped officers […]
  
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• Updated: And now it’s Comcast vs. the wait for the cable guy

  27-07-2016 19:06
  
  NEW YORK — Did you hear the one about the cable company that’s actually improving customer service? The punchline: Comcast and its rivals say it’s no joke. These companies have poured hundreds of millions into new tools and staff to de-agonize the process of getting cable TV, Internet or phone service. It’s part of a […]
  
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• Fugitive in drug money US movie case extradited to Texas

  27-07-2016 17:24
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A fugitive charged in Texas with trying to launder suspected drug money by backing Hollywood movies has been extradited from Mexico. U.S. prosecutors say Mauricio Sanchez Garza and others conspired to steal, by force, a religious-themed script and invest in the film. Sanchez made an initial court appearance Tuesday in San Antonio. […]
  
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• US: Fighting in Syrian city yields trove of IS intelligence

  27-07-2016 17:23
  
  WASHINGTON — A spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition fighting the Islamic State group says an enormous amount of digital information has been obtained from IS locations in and around the Syrian city of Manbij. U.S.-backed rebels are locked in protracted fights there for control of that city. The spokesman, Col. Christopher Garver, says the […]
  
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• Why are there so many mattress stores?

  27-07-2016 17:14
  
  CHICAGO — Shortly after Melissa Marik moved into a new apartment in February, a Mattress Firm store moved in a block or two away from Marik — and from another Mattress Firm. She was baffled. “I never even see anyone in the stores,” said Marik, 27, who was walking down a mile stretch of Chicago’s […]
  
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• New: Man arrested on domestic violence charges after SWAT situation

  27-07-2016 17:12
  
  A man who SWAT officers were negotiating with after he was allegedly involved in a domestic violence incident was arrested just before midnight Tuesday, according to Albuquerque police. Spokesman Tanner Tixier identified the suspect as 47-year-old John Malcolm. Officers were called to a home on the 1700 block of Girard SE, near Gibson, around 8:45 […]
  
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• Updated: WTO chief: global trade not main culprit for lost US jobs

  27-07-2016 17:08
  
  GENEVA — Global trade is not the main cause for the loss of manufacturing jobs in places like the United States and needs to be defended from its critics, the chief of the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. Director-General Roberto Azevedo rebuffed arguments made by some politicians around the world, such as U.S. presidential candidate […]
  
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• Remains confirmed as those of missing treasure hunter

  27-07-2016 08:05
  
  Colorado man was reported missing in January
  
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• Program ‘bridges gap’ for low-income seniors

  27-07-2016 08:05
  
  Silver Horizons helps with food, utility bills, home repairs
  
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• Dems make history with Clinton nomination

  27-07-2016 08:05
  
  Hillary Clinton becomes nation's first femalenominee for president ...
  
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• Experienced APD officers will get longevity pay

  27-07-2016 08:02
  
  New contract will also let some work 12-hour shifts
  
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• Albuquerque is 15th best-run U.S. city

  27-07-2016 08:02
  
  Taxpayers get 'more bang for their buck,' website analyst says
  
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• Despite delay, ’Topes bats come alive against the Bees

  27-07-2016 07:37
  
    Tuesday’s Albuquerque Isotopes game was delayed by a half hour as a truck hauling the home team’s equipment — bats, gloves, helmets, etc. — was late arriving after the team’s recent four-game California road trip in Fresno. It was worth the wait. Once the bats arrived in Albuquerque, the Isotopes put them to good […]
  
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• APD’s SWAT team responded to Girard near Gibson SE

  27-07-2016 06:49
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department SWAT team is negotiating with a man holed up in a house on Girard near Gibson SE Tuesday night, according to a department spokesman. Mike Schroeder said police were called to a home on the 1700 block of Girard SE around 8:45 p.m. for a domestic dispute. “The female half was […]
  
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• Updated: Japan police search home of suspect in stabbing spree

  27-07-2016 06:41
  
  SAGAMIHARA, Japan — Japanese police on Wednesday searched the home of the suspect in a mass stabbing spree that left 19 people dead at a facility for the mentally disabled. Earlier in the day, suspect Satoshi Uematsu was transferred from a local police station to the prosecutor’s office in Yokohama. Kanagawa prefectural authorities said the […]
  
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• Breaking: Maestas suspended as school’s leader

  27-07-2016 06:39
  
  La Promesa places embattled executive director on leave
  
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• Updated: N. Korea floats propaganda leaflets in river for 1st time

  27-07-2016 06:20
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday accused rival North Korea of floating propaganda leaflets down a river in the first such incident. South Korea’s military discovered dozens of plastic bags, each carrying about 20 leaflets, near the estuary of Seoul’s Han River close to the tense Korean border last Friday, according to the […]
  
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• Seoul: North Korea floats propaganda leaflets via river

  27-07-2016 06:20
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday accused rival North Korea of floating propaganda leaflets via a river in the first such incident. South Korea’s military discovered dozens of plastic bags, each carrying about 20 leaflets, near a Seoul river close to the tense Korean border last Friday, according to the South’s Defense Ministry. […]
  
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• Updated: Takeaways: Glass ceiling shattered; ‘change agent’ hailed

  27-07-2016 06:19
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton became the first female presidential nominee of a major party, and her husband made a personal but forceful case for her to reoccupy the White House — this time from the West Wing. Delegates erupted in cheers as Hillary Clinton’s primary rival, Bernie Sanders, helped make the nomination official Tuesday when […]
  
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• State Police ID man officers fatally shot in Gallup Sunday

  27-07-2016 06:01
  
  New Mexico State Police have identified the man shot and killed by officers in Gallup Sunday as 29-year-old Alvin R. Sylversmythe. Sgt. Chad Pierce, a NMSP spokesman, said officers with the Gallup Police Department were called to the 300 block of Arnold in Gallup to investigate after people reported Sylversmythe was threatening others with a […]
  
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• NMSP: Police fatally shoot armed man in Artesia

  27-07-2016 05:45
  
  At least one officer with the Artesia Police Department shot an killed an armed man around 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to a spokesman for the New Mexico State Police. Sgt. Elizabeth Armijo said officers were called to W. Runyan street in Artesia to investigate fired shots. “As Artesia Police Department officers arrived on scene they […]
  
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• Environmentalists take aim at TransCanada pipeline project

  27-07-2016 05:12
  
  BOSTON — Environmentalists are again taking aim at the company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline — this time for another of its projects they fear would send hundreds of supertankers laden with crude oil down the Atlantic coast to refineries in Texas and Louisiana. TransCanada is behind the Energy East Pipeline project, a 4,600-kilometer […]
  
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• Sissy Kelly climbs for a special cause

  27-07-2016 03:47
  
  Sissy Kelly still has mountains to climb. So there she was last week, a couple of days from commemorating her 74th year on this good Earth, atop a Colorado peak, being serenaded by strangers. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. … Climbing 14,000-foot peaks is something the former Albuquerque tennis pro has been […]
  
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• Lobo football: Gautsche finds his footing at tight end

  27-07-2016 03:42
  
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — There are passing quarterbacks and run-pass quarterbacks. Cole Gautsche, essentially, had become a run-run quarterback. No one tried harder to master the passing game than Gautsche, who came to the University of New Mexico in 2012 after leading Cleveland High School to a big-school state title the previous fall. Brilliant at […]
  
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• Updated: Homicide detectives investigating death near 12th and Griegos

  27-07-2016 03:38
  
  Homicide detectives are investigating a suspicious death on 12th Street near Griegos NW, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Mike Schroeder said officers were called to the 4400 block of 12th to investigate the death and determined it may be a violent crime. “The investigation is still in it’s beginning stages,” he […]
  
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• A night at Isotopes Park

  27-07-2016 03:36
  
  Earlier this month, Minor League Baseball released a report announcing the average cost for a family of four to attend a minor league baseball game. On July 17, I took my adoring wife and two ruggedly handsome sons to Isotopes Park to see how the ‘Topes’ prices stacked up. According to MiLB, the average cost […]
  
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• Updated: APD: SWAT team responding to SE Albuquerque

  27-07-2016 02:57
  
  Police are negotiating with a person holed up in an apartment near San Mateo and Kathryn following a domestic dispute Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Mike Schroeder said around 4:45 p.m. officers were called to at the 1000 block of Valencia SE where they found a woman who had […]
  
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• APD: SWAT team responding to SE Albuquerque

  27-07-2016 02:57
  
  Police are negotiating with a person holed up at the 1000 block of Valencia SE, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Office Mike Schroeder said it has been made a SWAT call out but did not give any further information. He did not identify the suspect, or say why officers were trying […]
  
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• Breaking: OMI, police confirm remains found along Rio Grande are those of Fenn treasure hunter

  27-07-2016 02:34
  
  The Santa Fe police today (Tuesday, July 27) announced that the state Office of the Medical Investigator has confirmed that remains found July 18 along the Rio Grande north of Cochiti Lake are those of Randy Bilyeu. Bilyeu, 54, from Colorado, went missing on the river in January while searching for the treasure that Santa […]
  
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• Updated: Funeral services Thursday for GOP pollster, consultant

  27-07-2016 02:20
  
  SANTA FE — Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday in Albuquerque for Bruce Donisthorpe, a Republican political consultant and pollster whose long and varied career included working for former Gov. Garrey Carruthers and the late U.S. Rep. Joe Skeen, R-N.M. Donisthorpe, 56, died Sunday at his Albuquerque home, apparently of a heart attack, according to […]
  
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• APD: Two arrested after fleeing from hit and run

  27-07-2016 01:56
  
  A man and a woman were arrested after fleeing from a stolen car following a hit and run at Lomas and Carlisle NE Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Office Mike Schroeder said the police helicopter was able to spot their fleeing vehicle, which was determined to be stolen. The […]
  
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• Sushi restaurant worker among 93 Hawaii hepatitis A cases

  27-07-2016 01:34
  
  HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Department of Health says an outbreak of hepatitis A has grown to 93 cases, including a sushi restaurant employee. The department on Tuesday warned the public they may have been exposed to the disease if they ate any food from Sushi Shiono in the Waikoloa Beach Resort during certain dates between July […]
  
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