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• Updated: Brazil’s political mess keeps foreign leaders away from Rio

  05-08-2016 23:48
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — A reception welcoming foreign dignitaries to the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics promises to be a lonely affair, with many heads of state staying away from Rio de Janeiro for fear of offending Brazilian political sensibilities. Ahead of South America’s first Olympics, officials had predicted as many as 100 heads […]
  
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• Creepy clown scares Wisconsin city

  05-08-2016 23:36
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. — Police in Green Bay, Wisconsin, say they have received a number of calls after someone was spotted dressed up as a scary clown holding black balloons. Meanwhile, someone has started a Facebook fan page for “Gags — The Green Bay Clown.” It has several photos of the clown that it says […]
  
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• Wardens seize mounted polar bear from Oklahoma airport

  05-08-2016 23:28
  
  TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma game wardens have seized a mounted polar bear that had been on display at a Tulsa airport. Wardens confiscated the taxidermied bear Thursday night from Jones Riverside Airport. Tulsa County game warden Carlos Gomez told Tulsa television station KOTV (http://bit.ly/2ammXLW ) that the bear was legally killed in 1969 in Alaska […]
  
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• Updated: Harley Quinn becomes divisive breakout of ‘Suicide Squad’

  05-08-2016 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was the breakout star of “Suicide Squad” before the movie was even finished. Audiences were captivated by this insane villain with the high-wattage smile, baseball bat, fishnets, pigtails and a T-shirt that read “Daddy’s Lil Monster.” But now that the film is out in theaters and being savaged […]
  
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• US approves GMO mosquito test, but no release imminent

  05-08-2016 23:12
  
  MIAMI — Federal authorities gave final approval Friday to a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida, but none of the insects will be immediately dispatched in the state’s fight against the spread of Zika. After considering thousands of public comments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine concluded the proposal […]
  
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• Updated: Drone pilots gather on NYC island for racing championship

  05-08-2016 23:09
  
  NEW YORK — Tyler Brennan is training to be a pilot in the Air Force, yet this weekend he’ll be vying to be top gun at the National Drone Racing Championship. The 22-year-old Air Force lieutenant traveled from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to compete in the tournament, which is being held in New York City this […]
  
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• Texas officials sue gun rights activist following complaint

  05-08-2016 22:27
  
  DALLAS — A Texas county sued a gun-rights activist who has complained that county officials were unlawfully barring firearms from being brought into a public building. The lawsuit filed by Waller County, which extends into the suburbs of Houston, takes aim at Terry Holcomb Sr., the executive director of a gun-rights organization called Texas Carry. […]
  
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• Woman accusing 2 Gators of sexual assault boycotts hearing

  05-08-2016 22:26
  
  A woman who accused two University of Florida football players of sexual assault skipped a school code of conduct hearing Friday because a Gators sports booster was assigned to adjudicate the case, her attorney said in a letter to the school. Receiver Antonio Callaway and quarterback Treon Harris were suspended by the university in January […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Cooler weather helps Colorado wildfire fight

  05-08-2016 22:15
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Firefighters are using cooler, more humid weather to get ahead of a wildfire burning on over 50 square miles along the Colorado-Wyoming border. Crews were working Friday to identify and protect structures in both states that might be […]
  
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• Father, 2 children found dead in rural West Texas identified

  05-08-2016 22:14
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Officials have released the names of a Lubbock man and his two children who were discovered dead last month in a vehicle in rural West Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. John Gonzalez said Friday that the Texas Rangers continue to investigate the deaths of 37-year-old Jeremy Contreras, 6-year-old Garett Contreras […]
  
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• Ex-Phoenix school teacher gets prison for sex crimes

  05-08-2016 22:14
  
  PHOENIX — A former Phoenix elementary school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a young girl has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 28-year-old Kenne Worthen also was sentenced Friday to lifetime probation after he serves his prison term. Four months ago, Worthen pleaded guilty to […]
  
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• New Mexico business leaders urge lawmakers to keep job fund

  05-08-2016 20:03
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A coalition of New Mexico business leaders is urging state lawmakers to keep intact a closing fund to help recruit businesses to the state amid a looming special session. The New Mexico Coalition for Jobs sent a letter Thursday to key lawmakers, asking them not to sweep Local Economic Development Act money […]
  
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• Las Vegas NM man charged with two more rapes of women released from psychiatric hospital

  05-08-2016 19:59
  
  LAS VEGAS, NM — A man accused of preying on women released from the state psychiatric hospital has been charged with raping two more women. The new charges against Benjamin Baca, 75, of Las Vegas, bring to four the number of women that Baca is accused of raping after they were released from the Behavioral […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: US men’s gymnast Brooks looks to all-around

  05-08-2016 19:27
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Chris Brooks’ remarkable resurgence will reach its peak on Saturday when the captain of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team competes in the all-around. The 29-year-old Brooks, a first-time Olympian, will do all six events for the Americans […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: NBC to telecast tape-delayed opening ceremony

  05-08-2016 19:27
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 3:40 p.m. Want to watch the opening ceremony in the United States when it kicks off in Rio? You’ll have to wait at least an hour. NBC won’t begin telecasting the festivities until an hour after they begin in […]
  
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• Updated: Kerry to visit Turkey amid strained ties after failed coup

  05-08-2016 19:27
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Turkey later this month, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday, amid strained relations with Washington over the possible extradition of a Muslim cleric accused of being behind an attempted military coup last month. The Turkish government has expressed growing annoyance with what […]
  
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• GOP lawmakers eye new death penalty law after court ruling

  05-08-2016 19:26
  
  DOVER, Del. — Republican lawmakers plan to introduce legislation revising Delaware’s death penalty law, which the state Supreme Court declared unconstitutional this week. Citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Florida case earlier this year, the state justices said Delaware’s law was unconstitutional because it allows judges too much discretion and does not require […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Suspect in killings shakes throughout hearing

  05-08-2016 19:23
  
  ATLANTA — The Latest on the killings of two teenagers whose bodies were found behind a grocery store in suburban Atlanta (all times local): 1:15 p.m. The suspect accused of killing two teenagers in an Atlanta suburb has appeared before a judge for the first time, his legs and hands shaking. Video from WSB-TV (http://2wsb.tv/2azsp9t) […]
  
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• Updated: Service, burial slated for slain San Diego police officer

  05-08-2016 19:23
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. — Hundreds of law enforcement vehicles and motorcycles escorted a hearse Friday to a final memorial service for Jonathan De Guzman, a San Diego police officer who was fatally shot in the driver’s seat of his patrol car after his partner approached a man on the street. Burial was to follow the […]
  
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• Restaurant takes down Trump photo amid Yelp complaints

  05-08-2016 17:53
  
  NEW YORK — The owners of a German restaurant in New York have taken down an autographed photo of Donald Trump because they say it was hurting the business. The Brooklyn Daily reports Schnitzel Haus owners Fred and Amber Urban say the photo of the Republican presidential nominee had been there since the restaurant opened […]
  
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• New: Police search for woman accused of shooting, injuring boyfriend

  05-08-2016 17:33
  
  Albuquerque police are searching for a woman who they say shot her boyfriend in the leg in Northeast Albuquerque and fled the scene Thursday night. Police say the woman, Ranitra Howard, is “armed and dangerous.” They believe she may be in her silver 2005 Nissan Altima, license plate number NSD702, and officers asked anyone who […]
  
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• Father charged in hot-car deaths of 15-month-old twin girls

  05-08-2016 17:30
  
  CARROLLTON, Ga. — A father was arrested Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls, who were left in a hot car the night before outside Atlanta. The man and his neighbors frantically tried to revive the toddlers with ice packs in a baby pool, but they were too far gone, authorities said. Asa […]
  
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• Updated: FBI searches Philadelphia City Hall, union boss’ home

  05-08-2016 17:29
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The FBI spread across the city on Friday to search several properties linked to a powerful labor boss and the City Hall office of his protege on City Council. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that agents Friday were searching the South Philadelphia home of Johnny “Doc” Dougherty, a nearby union bar named Doc’s Union […]
  
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• Measles outbreak at Pinal County immigration center ends

  05-08-2016 17:29
  
  PHOENIX — A measles outbreak at a federal immigration detention center in Pinal County will officially be over on Saturday. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2aYpKL9 ) that Saturday marks the end of a second 21-day incubation period since the last case of measles was confirmed at the Eloy Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
  
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• Houston police say men used laptop to reprogram, steal cars

  05-08-2016 17:08
  
  HOUSTON — Houston police say they’ve arrested two men who used a laptop computer and a generic electronic key to steal more than 100 cars and trucks that likely wound up in Mexico where they attracted big money on the black market. Authorities say the men, 24-year-old Michael Arce and 22-year-old Jesse Zelaya, focused on […]
  
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• Man skips out on his Fort Worth sex abuse trial

  05-08-2016 16:49
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Authorities are searching for a man who left court during his sex abuse trial in Fort Worth and never returned. A Tarrant County sheriff’s office spokesman says authorities continued to search for 34-year-old Jayson Neal Sparks on Friday, two days after he left his trial. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/2aKbQZR ) […]
  
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• Body of missing Phoenix man found in desert in Pinal County

  05-08-2016 16:49
  
  RED ROCK, Ariz. — Authorities say the body of a north Phoenix man missing since June has been found in southern Arizona. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office say searchers found the body of 70-year-old Conan Nelson in the desert west of Red Rock and Interstate 10 and about a mile from where his SUV was […]
  
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• Aspen’s million-dollar affordable homes draw few buyers

  05-08-2016 16:49
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — Aspen officials are moving forward with a planned affordable housing project despite receiving little interest in the million dollar homes. The Aspen Times reports (http://bit.ly/2aYHY0n ) that the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority has only received two lottery bids with mortgage prequalification for the single-family homes, which are part of a planned development […]
  
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• Troopers recommend Dennis Rodman be charged with hit-and-run

  05-08-2016 16:47
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol says former basketball player Dennis Rodman should face charges in a freeway crash. Officer Florentino Olivera told The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/2aTIN8W) on Thursday the agency recommends Orange County prosecutors charge Rodman with felony hit-and-run and driving the wrong way on a freeway. District attorney’s spokeswoman Roxy […]
  
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• Updated: UK Black Lives Matter protesters block Heathrow airport road

  05-08-2016 15:49
  
  LONDON — Activists linked to the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London’s Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities. Organizer Joshua Virasami told the BBC that the movement — founded to protest the killings of black people by American police — was needed “in Britain and all […]
  
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• Updated: US trade deficit hits $44.5 billion, biggest in 10 months

  05-08-2016 15:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit increased to the highest point in 10 months, driven up by a big rise in imports of oil and Chinese-made computers, cell phones and clothing. The deficit rose to $44.5 billion in June, 8.7 percent higher than a revised May deficit of $41 billion, the Commerce Department reported Friday. […]
  
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• Updated: Taj Mahal closing may sway New Jersey casino expansion vote

  05-08-2016 15:48
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The impending closure of Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino may help bolster the arguments of both sides in a referendum over putting casinos in northern New Jersey. Proponents say the state is already losing business to casinos in nearby states and needs new ones closer to these customers. Opponents argue […]
  
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• Updated: Proposed Alabama beer rule prompts privacy concerns

  05-08-2016 15:48
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s alcohol regulators want to know who is buying beer from one of the state’s craft breweries and taking it home to drink. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is considering a new rule that would require brewers to collect the name, address, age and phone number from anyone who purchases beer […]
  
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• Updated: Parts maker ZF recalls 505K transmission control sensors

  05-08-2016 15:48
  
  DETROIT — Automotive parts supplier ZF North America is recalling 505,000 control sensors in the U.S. because they can make some nine-speed transmissions shift into neutral without warning. The company says in government documents that the transmissions were sold to several automakers that will issue recalls. But the only one identified was Fiat Chrysler, which […]
  
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• Updated: Amazon unveils cargo plane as it expands delivery network

  05-08-2016 08:18
  
  SEATTLE — Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that will make up the e-commerce giant’s own air transportation network as it takes more control of its delivery process. The latest push to speed delivery of its products comes as the company ships an increasing number of packages worldwide. […]
  
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• Updated: McCain sticks by Trump despite myriad reasons not to

  05-08-2016 08:17
  
  PHOENIX — U.S. Sen. John McCain seemingly has every reason to oppose Donald Trump. The Republican presidential nominee has attacked many issues dear to the Arizona senator, including the family of a fallen soldier, NATO and even McCain’s own military service. Yet McCain, who faces a primary challenge and a strong Democratic opponent in the […]
  
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• Updated: Merger of two schools hailed as a success

  05-08-2016 08:05
  
  Some 60 Acoma Elementary students now attend Oñate Elementary after their school closed
  
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• Hearing examiner slashes PNM rate hike request

  05-08-2016 08:05
  
  Utility's proposed increase would be cut from $123.5 million yearly to $41.3 million
  
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• APD adds larger vehicles to its fleet

  05-08-2016 08:05
  
  SUVs will help transport, training
  
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• Breaking: Former Mora superintendent arrested, charged with fraud

  05-08-2016 06:44
  
  New Mexico State Police arrested the former superintendent of the Mora Independent School District Thursday evening for allegedly faking his credentials in order to get high ranking positions, according to a State Police spokeswoman. Sgt. Elizabeth Armijo said agents with the NMSP Investigations Bureau arrested Charles Trujillo, 43, in Albuquerque. He is charged with multiple counts […]
  
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• Breaking: Ex-Mora superintendent arrested, charged with fraud

  05-08-2016 06:44
  
  Former schools official forged his credentials, according to police
  
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• Updated: Isotopes among winners of the 2016 NM Humanitarian Award

  05-08-2016 06:36
  
  Ballpark helps generate an average $200,000 a year for charity
  
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• Updated: After ‘Scary Lucy,’ Ball’s hometown to unveil new statue

  05-08-2016 04:50
  
  CELORON, N.Y. — What could be scarier than a statue of Lucille Ball that was so hated it was dubbed “Scary Lucy”? Being the sculptor hired to replace it. “It was completely intimidating,” said Carolyn Palmer, whose new Lucy is to be unveiled Saturday in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the actress’ western New York […]
  
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• Updated: Jury: Ex-officer should serve 2 1/2 years for manslaughter

  05-08-2016 04:08
  
  PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A jury recommended 2 1/2 years in prison for a white former police officer convicted of voluntary manslaughter on Thursday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man who had been accused of shoplifting. The ex-officer, Stephen Rankin, shot 18-year-old William Chapman in the face and chest outside a Wal-Mart store […]
  
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• Updated: ABQ attorney Turner Branch dies at age 77

  05-08-2016 01:54
  
  Attorney praised for his "great heart," generosity
  
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• Branch, attorney, businessman, dies

  05-08-2016 01:54
  
  Turner Branch, founder of one of New Mexico’s most influential law firms, a former state legislator and a longtime supporter of UNM athletics, died Thursday in Phoenix after a lengthy illness. Branch was a 1960 UNM graduate and served in the Marine Corps in the early 1960s. A graduate of the Baylor Law School, he […]
  
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• Updated: Obama: Islamic State likely to continue to threaten US

  05-08-2016 01:39
  
  WASHINGTON — The Islamic State group will probably continue to be a threat to the U.S. even after it is ousted from key strongholds in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama said Thursday, warning that lone-wolf believers will still be inspired to launch attacks that are harder to detect and prevent. Speaking to reporters after […]
  
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• Updated: Delta Air Lines investigates Muslim couple’s profiling claim

  05-08-2016 01:13
  
  CINCINNATI — Delta Air Lines says it’s investigating an Ohio Muslim couple’s claim that they were removed from a return flight from Europe after an airline employee singled them out because of their appearance. A statement from Delta also says the company will issue a full refund of the couple’s airfare for the July 26 […]
  
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• Updated: Documents: Officer told woman to drop scissors before firing

  05-08-2016 01:11
  
  Documents stemming from an investigation into the shooting death of a Native American woman by an Arizona police officer describe a chaotic scene in which witnesses say the officer repeatedly tells the woman to drop the scissors in her hand and stop resisting before he opens fire. Officer Austin Shipley was nearly three hours into […]
  
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• NCAA asks school leaders to look at sexual violence measures

  05-08-2016 01:11
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA’s Board of Governors is asking leaders in all three athletic divisions to consider legislation to deal with athletes accused of sexual violence. The announcement came Thursday after the board’s quarterly meeting in Indianapolis — and one day after it received a petition signed by more than 157,000 people seeking a ban […]
  
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