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• Updated: How do the blind watch the Olympics? NBC helps them hear it

  17-08-2016 23:50
  
  STAMFORD, Conn. — Two people in a recording booth deep inside a Connecticut office park are helping millions of blind Americans feel part of the Olympics like never before. For the first time in the U.S., NBC is airing the Olympics in prime time with additional narrators who simply report what’s happening on screen — […]
  
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• Keeping outer space clean

  17-08-2016 23:38
  
  It’s a lesson every kid learns: clean up after yourself. A Colorado company and the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque are trying to put that advice to work when it comes to outer space. The laboratory, in partnership with MMA Design LLC in Colorado, has come up with a device to keep spacecraft from […]
  
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• Career criminal is convicted of more charges in New Mexico

  17-08-2016 23:38
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man already convicted on an armed career criminal charge has been found guilty on carjacking and firearms charges in New Mexico and is possibly facing life in federal prison. Prosecutors say a jury in Albuquerque convicted 40-year-old Samuel Silva on charges arising from a one-day crime spree in April 2014. Another […]
  
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• Maricopa County moves to sell Diamondbacks’ ballpark

  17-08-2016 23:33
  
  PHOENIX — Maricopa County officials are taking steps to sell the downtown Phoenix ballpark that is the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The county’s Stadium District Board of Directors unanimously voted Wednesday to sign a letter of intent to sell Chase Field to Integral Group, LLC, for a minimum price of $60 million. Any sale […]
  
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• Arizona lawmaker facing a Nov. 1 trial for food stamp fraud

  17-08-2016 22:47
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona lawmaker indicted on food stamp fraud charges is scheduled to stand trial in November. A Maricopa County commissioner on Wednesday set a Nov. 1 trial date for State Rep. Cecilia “Ceci” Velasquez. Velasquez was indicted in June by a state grand jury on felony counts of fraud, theft and unlawful use […]
  
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• Trump and Breitbart News, closer still

  17-08-2016 22:42
  
  The Washington Post. Donald Trump’s selection of Breitbart Media chairman Stephen K. Bannon as his campaign’s new chief executive made official a role Bannon has played from afar for the past few years – that of ideological soul mate and cheerleader for the Republican nominee. Bannon and Breitbart, a leading organ of the conservative media, […]
  
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• Feds declare habitat areas in Arizona for 2 types of cactus

  17-08-2016 22:41
  
  PHOENIX — Federal officials say they have set aside 27 square miles total in Arizona as critical habitat for two types of small cactus. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says its final decision Wednesday designates six different tracts in five counties as protected for the Fickeisen plains cactus and acuna cactus. Arizona is the […]
  
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• Board of Education president quits, blames schools chief

  17-08-2016 22:41
  
  PHOENIX — The president of the Arizona Board of Education is resigning his post and says it’s the result of an ongoing feud with the state’s elected schools chief. Greg Miller announced Wednesday that he’s leaving the board immediately. He says he’s offered to resign in the past to end the feud and says Gov. […]
  
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• Regulators OK Flagstaff company’s rat contraceptive

  17-08-2016 22:40
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A new birth control for rats could soon be on the market. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the way for SenesTech, a Flagstaff biotechnology company, to market the contraceptive as a pest control product to municipalities, subway systems and restaurants. The sweet liquid bait causes egg loss in female rats […]
  
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• Updated: Police: Suspect who reached for deputy’s gun fatally shot

  17-08-2016 21:25
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police in West Virginia say a sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a suspect who tried to grab the deputy’s gun inside a cruiser. John O’Handley, 55, was arrested on a methamphetamine-manufacturing charge and was being driven to a jail when he reached between the seats for the deputy’s gun Tuesday, the Charleston Gazette-Mail […]
  
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• NSA hacking tools were leaked online. Here’s what you need to know.

  17-08-2016 21:25
  
  The Washington Post. A cache of powerful hacking tools used by the National Security Agency have leaked online in what could be the biggest blow to the agency since 2013, when Edward Snowden came forward with documents that exposed the scope of its surveillance capabilities. The leak raises new questions about how the NSA uses […]
  
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• A dad took his kids to a theme park. A day later, the police found their bodies.

  17-08-2016 21:25
  
  The Washington Post. Earlier this month, Mark Short took his three children to a theme park in Pennsylvania. The next day, they were all dead. On Aug. 6, police arrived at the Short’s home after receiving a call from his mother-in-law, who reported that her daughter, Megan Short, was having domestic issues with her husband, […]
  
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• North Korean diplomat defects from London embassy

  17-08-2016 21:24
  
  The Washington Post. LONDON — The second in command of North Korea’s embassy in London defected to South Korea with his family, officials in Seoul said Wednesday, describing him as “sick and tired” of Kim Jong Un’s regime. The defection, the latest in a string of high-profile escapes, constitutes an embarrassing blow to North Korea’s […]
  
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• Updated: Caster Semenya divides opinion in Rio Olympic debut

  17-08-2016 21:23
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Olympic Games is running head long into a storm of controversy involving Caster Semenya. The only thing her competitors agree on: There is no easy solution. The South African who has become the unwilling face of track and field’s sporting, ethical and medical dilemma over women athletes with high levels […]
  
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• Two sentenced in Española bank robbery

  17-08-2016 20:01
  
  Fidel Naranjo, 27, of Santa Fe, and Kendra Brophy, 29, of San Pedro were sentenced today (Wednesday, Aug. 17) in Albuqerque federal court for charges from a Dec. 2 bank robbery in Española. Naranjo was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Brophy was sentenced to […]
  
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• Updated: Feds will review Commerce City police department

  17-08-2016 19:40
  
  DENVER — The Latest on a federal review of the Commerce City Police Department (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Justice Department officials have agreed to review the Commerce City Police Department after a series of high-profile misconduct cases. Officials announced plans for the voluntary review by the federal agency’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Man beaten to death, possibly robbed in SE ABQ last week

  17-08-2016 19:40
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating a man’s death in southeast Albuquerque last week as a homicide after medical investigators determined the 66-year-old was beaten to death, according to a police spokesman. Officer Simon Drobik said Irvin Sanchez, 66, was taken to the hospital in critical condition Aug. 10 after a witness called 911 saying a man […]
  
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• Updated: Are France’s burkini bans sexist, or liberating?

  17-08-2016 19:31
  
  PARIS — Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches — and people across a wide swath of French society say that’s a good thing. Decrees issued by several mayors this month ban the body-encompassing burkini swimsuit, which France’s secular political class says subjugates women and is incompatible with a country whose […]
  
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• Lawyer: Mom accused in drownings dealt with mental illness

  17-08-2016 19:31
  
  HOUSTON — A Houston mother accused of drowning her two children in her home’s bathtub has a history of mental illness, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, her attorney said Wednesday. Sheborah Thomas, 30, had been set to appear in court but remained in the Harris County Jail undergoing a mental health evaluation, attorney Alvin Nunnery […]
  
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• With extra supplies on hand, kids head off to school

  17-08-2016 18:43
  
    Even though the calendar says we have another month of summer, school bells that began ringing on Wednesday gave a different message to thousands of schoolkids in Santa Fe. Yes, it was the first day of school, marking another year of inquiry, investigation and, with any luck, learning and creativity. Those three R’s, learned […]
  
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• Abilene man gets 60 years for hammer beating death of woman

  17-08-2016 18:43
  
  ABILENE, Texas — A West Texas man must serve 60 years in prison for the 2015 hammer beating death of a woman he had dated. Cody Adam Alvarez was sentenced Tuesday in Abilene. The 33-year-old Abilene man on Monday pleaded guilty to murder in the death of Alexis Baker. The body of the 26-year-old victim […]
  
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• Updated: Tesla isn’t alone with cars that can nearly drive themselves

  17-08-2016 18:42
  
  DETROIT — With all the attention paid to Tesla Motors’ Autopilot system, you’d think the company was the only one making cars that can almost drive themselves. But many automakers have rolled out cars that do what Teslas do. The difference: Tesla debuted Autopilot, a suite of semi-autonomous driving features, with a swagger, while others […]
  
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• Man accused of killing mother, 3 children in North Carolina

  17-08-2016 18:17
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. — A man accused of killing a North Carolina mother and her three children is being held on a murder charge after fleeing to Virginia. Greenville Police Chief Mark Holtzman said at a news conference Wednesday that 39-year-old Dibon Jab Toone has been charged with killing the woman, and he will be charged […]
  
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• Updated: Funeral for Georgia officer moved to accommodate large crowd

  17-08-2016 18:04
  
  EASTMAN, Ga. — Authorities say the funeral for a slain Georgia police officer is being moved from a church to a gymnasium in order to accommodate the expected large crowd. Eastman police tell The Telegraph (http://bit.ly/2aZKxj3) that Eastman Patrol Officer Timothy Smith’s funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Dodge County High School […]
  
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• Van for used for northern New Mexico veterans vandalized

  17-08-2016 17:34
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. — A van used to take northern New Mexico veterans to medical appointments at Albuquerque’s VA Hospital has been vandalized. The Las Vegas Optic reports (http://goo.gl/I8QCJb) authorities say parts from the San Miguel County van were stolen over the weekend, knocking it out of commission. San Miguel County Manager Les Montoya says […]
  
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• Updated: Turkey to release 38,000 from jail; frees space for plotters

  17-08-2016 17:33
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey issued a decree Wednesday paving the way for the conditional release of some 38,000 prisoners, the justice minister said — an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for thousands of people who have been arrested as part of an investigation into last month’s failed coup. The government […]
  
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• Obama once referred to a ‘Polish death camp.’ In Poland, that could soon be punishable by 3 years in prison.

  17-08-2016 17:33
  
  The Washington Post. More than six decades after the end of World War II, Nazi-era concentration camps again were the main issue of public debate in Poland this week. As a Polish search committee started digging for a train presumably filled with Nazi gold taken from Jews, the country’s lawmakers debated a ban of the […]
  
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• German cop hops on kid’s bike to pursue, nab suspect

  17-08-2016 17:33
  
  BERLIN — Four wheels bad, two wheels good. That’s what German police must have thought when their car got stuck on a narrow path while pursuing a moped-riding suspect. Rather than give up, one of the officers jumped on a child’s bike and successfully chased down and arrested the 27-year-old suspect. Police say the suspect, […]
  
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• The latest overdose outbreak shows just how dangerous the heroin epidemic has gotten

  17-08-2016 17:32
  
  The Washington Post. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that police in Huntington, W.Va., responded to 26 heroin overdose cases in a span of four hours on Monday evening. To get a sense of the scale of the outbreak, consider this: Huntington is a small city with a population of about 49,000 people, according to the Census […]
  
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• Breaking: BCSO identifies suspect, victims in South Valley double homicide

  17-08-2016 16:17
  
  Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a 27-year-old man in connection with a shooting that left a man a women dead in Albuquerque’s South Valley Monday night. Deputy Felicia Romero said deputies were called to a shooting at Coors Blvd and El Charro SW around 11 p.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found Adrian […]
  
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• Updated: Hong Kong airline Cathay’s 1H profit tumbles 82 percent

  17-08-2016 15:48
  
  HONG KONG — Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday that its profit tumbled in the first half of the year as economic weakness in China and other important markets cut passenger demand while it faced cutthroat competition from rivals. Hong Kong’s biggest airline posted an interim net profit of 353 million Hong Kong dollars ($45.5 million), […]
  
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• Updated: Making extra mortgage payments can pay off, but should you?

  17-08-2016 15:47
  
  It’s a strategy that crosses the mind of many borrowers when they take on a home loan: Make an extra mortgage payment or two every year and save tens of thousands of dollars in interest. The move can shave off costs for a home loan and ensure it’s paid off faster. Even one additional payment […]
  
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• Updated: Lowe’s 2Q results miss Street, cuts profit outlook

  17-08-2016 15:47
  
  MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowe’s reported weak sales growth at existing stores, its second-quarter profit was short of most expectations and the company cuts its profit expectations for the year, sending shares down sharply before the opening bell Wednesday. For the three months ended July 29, Lowe’s Cos. earned $1.17 billion, or $1.31 per share. Adjusting […]
  
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• Updated: Global stocks dip ahead of release of Fed minutes

  17-08-2016 15:47
  
  BEIJING — Global stocks and the price of oil dipped Wednesday as investors awaited the release of the minutes to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for hints on when interest rates might be raised again. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC-40 dropped 0.7 percent to 4,431 while Germany’s DAX shed 1.2 percent to 10,549. London’s FTSE […]
  
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• Mich. family sues over Pokémon players near home

  17-08-2016 08:05
  
  DETROIT–Nintendo says its mission is to "put smiles on people's faces."Scott ...
  
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• Clinton attacks rival’s foreign policy

  17-08-2016 08:05
  
  PHILADELPHIA–Hillary Clinton vowed Tuesday to conduct a national security and foreign poli ...
  
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• Big O-Line looks to help Knights bounce back from tumultuous season

  17-08-2016 08:05
  
  Expectations rose for the Del Norte High School football team last season.The Knights...
  
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• 82,000 ordered to get out as new fire rages

  17-08-2016 08:05
  
  LOS ANGELES–A wildfire broke out Tuesday and spread at a staggering pace in every directio ...
  
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• APD hopes bigger incentives will persuade officers to transfer

  17-08-2016 07:42
  
  Signing bonus, higher pay should attract applicants from other departments
  
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• Social media threats intensify, focus on officer in Milwaukee

  17-08-2016 07:01
  
  MILWAUKEE — The unrest in Sherman Park after a fatal police shooting Saturday appears to have mostly abated, but the social media communication that helped fuel it has, if anything, intensified and focused on the officer. As of Tuesday, at least 3,000 people have shared a Facebook photo of the 24-year-old Milwaukee patrolman who fatally […]
  
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• Updated: Whee! Niagara Falls latest natural wonder to add zip line

  17-08-2016 06:46
  
  Niagara Falls has become the latest natural wonder to add a zip line, offering honeymooners and everyone else the chance to take an adrenaline-pumping plunge toward churning mist at speeds topping 40 mph. The elevated cable rides have evolved from a novel way to explore jungle canopies to almost necessary additions to lure tourists in […]
  
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• Updated: Police: Suspect in imam’s slaying had gun stashed in wall

  17-08-2016 04:42
  
  NEW YORK — The suspect in the “assassination” of an imam and his friend after they left a mosque had the murder weapon stashed in the wall of his basement apartment, investigators said Tuesday. New York Police Department investigators determined the .38-caliber revolver was the weapon used in the ambush slayings near the Al-Furqan Jame […]
  
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• Updated: Trump to finally begin airing TV ads

  17-08-2016 04:41
  
  MILWAUKEE — Republican Donald Trump will begin airing the first television ads of his general election campaign, a month after officially becoming his party’s nominee. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks confirms that the campaign will be hitting the airwaves in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — all key states that Trump is hoping to win […]
  
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• NMSU football to hold charity event

  17-08-2016 04:40
  
  LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico State football team and local law enforcement personnel are partnering for a flag football charity event at 7 p.m. Friday. Funds raised will be donated to the Officer Jose Ismael Chavez Memorial Fund. The free event will be in Aggie Memorial Stadium. Chavez was killed in the line of […]
  
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• Updated: Michigan couple sues Pokémon Go, claiming players have overwhelmed neighborhood

  17-08-2016 04:38
  
  DETROIT — Nintendo says its mission is to “put smiles on people’s faces.” Scott and Jayme Dodich of St. Clair Shores, northeast of Detroit, aren’t smiling. Pokémon Go, they say, is making them miserable — so they’ve decided to sue the video game giant and its wildly successful game in federal court. After weeks of […]
  
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• Mayor wades into Santa Fe Fiesta debate, wants permanent ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’

  17-08-2016 03:14
  
  SANTA FE – Mayor Javier Gonzales said Tuesday that organizers of the Santa Fe Fiesta — which commemorates re-occupation by the Spanish 12 years after the 1680 Pueblo revolt — have agreed to meet and talk with representatives of Tesuque Pueblo “in the wake of an ongoing conversation that has included protests at Fiestas by […]
  
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• Oklahoma man jailed in killing accused of anti-Muslim rants

  17-08-2016 02:26
  
  TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma man suspected of fatally shooting a male neighbor was accused of harassing and shouting anti-Muslim slurs at the man’s family, who are actually Christians from Lebanon, and of trying to run over the man’s mother with his vehicle. Police say Khalid Jabara was killed at his Tulsa home Friday and […]
  
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• Updated: Americans rolling in medal-count standings at Rio Olympics

  17-08-2016 01:43
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The medal race at the Rio Olympics will likely remain close going into the final weekend. For second place, that is. The U.S. — which has left the last five Summer Games with more medals than any other country — is about to make it six in a row, and the […]
  
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• Updated: Hawaii sushi chain tied to hepatitis A outbreak tosses food

  17-08-2016 01:40
  
  HONOLULU — A restaurant chain in Hawaii that serves sushi on a conveyor belt threw out food and scrubbed its counters Tuesday after state authorities identified its raw scallops as the probable source of a hepatitis A outbreak. Genki Sushi was ordered to close its 10 restaurants on Oahu and one on Kauai, said Peter […]
  
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• Updated: Gawker sold to Univision in aftermath of Hulk Hogan case

  17-08-2016 01:27
  
  NEW YORK — Spanish-language broadcaster Univision won an auction Tuesday for Gawker Media, which was put on the block in the aftermath of a $140 million judgment against it in the Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case. Univision is paying $135 million for the online gossip and news publisher, according to a person familiar with the matter […]
  
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