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• Indictment: Man spoke with IS while planning attack in US

  18-08-2016 23:00
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal indictment alleges that a North Carolina man accused of plotting a terror attack in the U.S. communicated with a member of the Islamic State as he developed his plans. The indictment filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte said Justin Nojan Sullivan spoke with Junaid Hussain in June 2015 […]
  
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• Grand Canyon Lodge employee accuses co-worker of sex assault

  18-08-2016 22:59
  
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — An employee of the only lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim is facing charges he sexually assaulted and choked a co-worker, according to a federal court indictment. A judge in Flagstaff ordered a conditional release Wednesday for Jeremy Ean Bird. He was indicted on one count of assault […]
  
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• Updated: Crocs, Waikiki resort sued over kid’s escalator injuries

  18-08-2016 22:40
  
  HONOLULU — A Texas couple is suing footwear maker Crocs and a Waikiki resort after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator while the family visited Hawaii for an oral surgeon convention. The lawsuit says the Crocs shoes were “negligently and improperly designed,” while the Hilton Hawaiian Village was also negligent in maintaining […]
  
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• Texas man freed after 18 years in prison for toddler death

  18-08-2016 22:40
  
  CONROE, Texas — A Southeast Texas man serving life in prison for the suffocation of his girlfriend’s child in 1998 has been released and charges dismissed because of what prosecutors say is a lack of evidence. Neal Hampton Robbins said nothing Thursday as he left the Montgomery County courthouse in Conroe after appearing in court. […]
  
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• Updated: Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the US

  18-08-2016 22:07
  
  NEW YORK — It’s Donald Trump like he’s never been seen before. Life-size naked statues of the Republican presidential nominee greeted passers-by in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland on Thursday. They are the brainchild of an activist collective called INDECLINE, which has spoken out against Trump before. In a statement, the […]
  
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• Gretchen Carlson is close to settling her case against Ailes; let’s hope she doesn’t

  18-08-2016 21:50
  
  The Washington Post. For Gretchen Carlson, a big settlement in her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes might be the best outcome personally. The former Fox News host would get to make her point, pick up an eight-figure check, pay her legal bills and move on with her life, which includes raising two middle-school-age children. […]
  
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• Ex-NFL star gets 18 years for drugging, raping women

  18-08-2016 21:50
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Former NFL star Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a case where he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states. Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced Sharper on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty or no-contest to charges arising from the allegations […]
  
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• Clinton meets with top police officers as Trump casts himself as ‘law and order’ candidate

  18-08-2016 21:50
  
  The Washington Post. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton met on Thursday in New York with leading law enforcement officers from around the country, including from some of its largest cities, for a discussion about policing and the racial tensions that have been exposed by high-profile killings in recent years. “It’s obvious that recent events – […]
  
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• Breaking: NM improves in PARCC results, still a long way to go

  18-08-2016 21:43
  
  New Mexico students earned slightly better PARCC scores this year, though most are still not meeting ...
  
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• Yes, there is a right way to tell a rape joke – this feminist blog just showed us how

  18-08-2016 21:16
  
  The Washington Post. No, there is nothing funny about rape. But understanding that is the first step toward making a successful, feminist rape joke — as the irreverent comedy site Reductress just demonstrated. On Wednesday, fans of the feminist site noticed that its usually eclectic homepage was blanketed with more than a dozen rape-themed headlines […]
  
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• These protesters wanted to humiliate ‘Emperor’ Trump. So they took off his clothes.

  18-08-2016 19:42
  
  The Washington Post. For much of the past year, Donald Trump proved uniquely untouchable, a political force of such mind-boggling invulnerability that he even bragged about attracting voters after hypothetically shooting someone on Fifth Avenue. Hoping to strip away the Teflon Don’s legendary confidence to reveal the fleshy mortal beneath the expensive suits and long […]
  
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• Chicago Police Department recommends firing seven officers for lying about Laquan McDonald shooting

  18-08-2016 19:41
  
  The Washington Post. Chicago police officials have recommended firing seven officers for lying about the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager whose 2014 killing helped spark intense protests and a federal investigation of the department. The decision comes after the city’s inspector general delivered a report this week on the shooting that called […]
  
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• A court computer program may be racially biased

  18-08-2016 19:41
  
  The Washington Post. Judges around the country are now relying on algorithms to help them decide whether defendants should be let free on bail, how long convicts should be imprisoned and more. For many reformers, the machines promise to remove human racial biases from the courtroom. Asking a computer to predict whether someone will commit […]
  
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• If Donald Trump wants to win in November, he need to do better with white, college-educated women

  18-08-2016 19:40
  
  The Washington Post. Even if Donald Trump weren’t Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president in 2016 would have a problem with nonwhite voters. The electorate, like the nation, keeps getting more diverse, with the electorate in the off-year 2014 election having the same percentage of nonwhite voters as the 2008 race that elected Barack […]
  
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• Colorado authorities prepare for Rainbow Gathering

  18-08-2016 19:40
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Authorities in southwestern Colorado are preparing for an upcoming counterculture festival. The Daily Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2bAD3jb ) that national forest land outside the town of Norwood will play host to a Rainbow Gathering for nine days in August. The loosely-organized festivals evoke the hippie vibe of the 1960s. San Miguel County […]
  
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• Green chile peels causing messy roads in New Mexico

  18-08-2016 19:04
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s harvest time for New Mexico’s green chile. And some residents say peels from the state’s staple crop are creating a hot mess. The KOAT-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://goo.gl/XW49wH) that some trucks transporting green chile are dropping peels in Albuquerque’s South Valley. Residents say the peels are sloshing and are spilling out […]
  
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• Alleged killer of Hatch police officer discharged from hospital

  18-08-2016 18:59
  
  The man accused of murdering Hatch police officer Jose Chavez has been discharged from an El Paso hospital and is in federal custody, according to the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office. Jesse Hanes, 38, has been charged with first-degree murder, willful and deliberate, in the Aug. 12 killing of Chavez during a traffic stop, according to court documents. […]
  
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• Updated: Antlers taken by Hunter S. Thompson return to Hemingway home

  18-08-2016 18:29
  
  BOISE, Idaho — Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson went to Idaho to write about literary icon Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his hero home with him — a set of trophy elk antlers. More than half a century later, the antlers have been returned. “One of the stories that has often […]
  
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• Police: Woman tried to spring boyfriend from police car

  18-08-2016 18:22
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico woman is facing charges after police said she tried to free her boyfriend from a patrol car by trying to crash into it. KOB-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://goo.gl/Po8gH8) 26-year-old Tommianne Patten chased an Albuquerque patrol car on Monday following her boyfriend’s arrest for domestic violence. According to police, Patten […]
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks trading flat on Wall Street

  18-08-2016 18:20
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 12:00 p.m. U.S. stocks are trading nearly flat Thursday as investors find little to stir the market out of its summer doldrums. The Dow Jones industrial average is flat at 18,572. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was 2 points, or […]
  
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• Gov. welcomes Lyft return to NM

  18-08-2016 17:44
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez is welcoming the Lyft ride-sharing service back to New Mexico. Lyft received a permit last month from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, allowing it to operate as a transportation network company. Lyft began its New Mexico operations in 2014 but ceased a year later, citing regulations it described as “onerous.” However, […]
  
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• How Uber plans to put its own drivers out of business

  18-08-2016 17:38
  
  The Washington Post. Uber spent years amassing an army of 1 million drivers around the world. Now its CEO says it wants to “wean” customers off of those very drivers. Beginning this month, the ride-sharing company will begin deploying self-driving cars — equipped with cameras, lasers and GPS systems — to pick up passengers in […]
  
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• A Fox News host would like you to know that a crowd of 10,000 is better than a poll of 10 million

  18-08-2016 17:38
  
  The Washington Post. This week, the hosts of Fox News’s “The Five” had a spirited debate about the nature of reality. The subject, as is always the subject these days, was the 2016 presidential race, a contest in which Donald Trump currently trails Hillary Clinton nationally by about 6 points. He also trails by wide […]
  
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• The nation’s teacher force lacks diversity, and it might not get much better

  18-08-2016 17:30
  
  The Washington Post. Persistent achievement gaps among black and Hispanic students have confounded education experts for years. One strategy researchers have found to be successful at narrowing the gaps is a simple one: Employ more minority teachers, who often can forge a better connection with them. But a new study from the Brookings Institution and […]
  
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• Colorado health care proposal divides the left

  18-08-2016 17:28
  
  DENVER — A universal health-care proposal headed to Colorado ballots this fall is exposing some painful rifts among the state’s liberals. The tension boiled over this week when the left-leaning activist group ProgressNow held a news conference to denounce the measure. That drew angry shouts from some supporters of the measure, who showed up to […]
  
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• New Mexico set to release PARCC student test results

  18-08-2016 14:29
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico education officials are set to release results from the latest student standardized tests. The New Mexico Public Education Department is scheduled Thursday afternoon to unveil the latest results that will help determine school grades. The test results come a year after only around a quarter of New Mexico students in […]
  
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• Updated: Nestle sales grow in North America, slow in China

  18-08-2016 14:28
  
  GENEVA — Swiss food and beverage giant Nestle says first-half profit dipped due to a one-time tax expense even as revenues edged up behind growth in its key North American food business and despite a slowdown in the Chinese market. The maker of Kit Kat chocolate bars, Lean Cuisine meals, Maggi noodles and Gerber baby […]
  
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• Consumer Confidential: Medical bills could leave you feeling sick

  18-08-2016 14:27
  
  Denis Robinson wasn’t bothered in the least that he was billed nearly $100,000 by Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles for the recent removal of his gallbladder. “What do I care?” he said. “I have Medicare Plan F, the Cadillac of Medicare plans. They covered every dime.” Actually, Robinson, 69, should care a great […]
  
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• UK retail spending in surprise jump after Brexit vote

  18-08-2016 14:26
  
  LONDON — Retail spending in Britain rose by an unexpectedly robust 1.4 percent in July, the month after the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. The Office for National Statistics says that the biggest increase in sales was in clothing, footwear and other non-food items. Economists had been expecting a far more moderate month-on-month […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton shrugs off Trump shakeup, attacks his tax plan

  18-08-2016 08:17
  
  CLEVELAND — Hillary Clinton shrugged off Donald Trump’s latest campaign shakeup Wednesday, saying he’s the “same man” who would cut taxes for rich people while she would force the super-wealthy to pay more. “Donald Trump doesn’t need a tax cut. I don’t need a tax cut. It’s time for the wealthiest Americans, whoever you are, […]
  
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• Evidence mounts that NSA computer code was stolen

  18-08-2016 08:16
  
  WASHINGTON — Analysis of the cyber weapons that hackers say they extracted from the top secret National Security Agency has left a key team of outside experts increasingly certain that the files came from the NSA. The Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, which has been at the forefront into research of NSA techniques, said it found 347 […]
  
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• Accused FSU face-eater: ‘I’ve got a psycho side and a normal side’

  18-08-2016 08:11
  
  MIAMI — Until he exploded in cannibalistic rage late Monday night, Austin Kelly Harrouff appeared to be a gentle giant: a good student at Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach, a powerful athlete on the wrestling and football teams. He was about to enter his sophomore year at Florida State University, where he was studying […]
  
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• New jail training starts on use of force

  18-08-2016 08:05
  
  Bernalillo County executives say they are moving to address use of force inside the jail.
  
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• La Promesa leader waiting for information from PED

  18-08-2016 08:05
  
  Principal says he can't fully address problems without knowing more
  
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• Updated: California wildfire brings destruction and uncertainty

  18-08-2016 07:34
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A ferocious wildfire had swallowed up many homes as it spread across 40 square miles of mountain and desert east of Los Angeles. Exactly how many, however, and to whom they belonged, remained uncertain. Firefighters were faced with the difficult task of tallying that damage while still battling the huge, unruly […]
  
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  18-08-2016 07:10
  
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• As wildfires approach, many refuse to evacuate

  18-08-2016 07:09
  
  PINON HILLS, Calif. — Trucks and SUVs hurtled out of the canyons in clouds of dust, loaded to the headliners with keepsakes and valuables, towing ATVs and old Jeeps. As if there weren’t enough smoke in the air, Leo Paguin took a drag from a cigarette and watched his neighbors flee. “Those are the smart […]
  
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• Mother’s lawsuit seeks to strike medical pot production cap

  18-08-2016 07:05
  
  A department spokesman said the agency has no immediate plans to lift the cap, which allows producers to grow up to 450 marijuana plants at a time.
  
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• Updated: Singer Adele postpones Phoenix concert due to cold

  18-08-2016 07:02
  
  British artists tells fans that she'll reschedule performance in Arizona
  
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• Libertarian ticket hits Miami seeking disenfranchised voters

  18-08-2016 04:50
  
  MIAMI–In an election rife with Never-Trumpers and Bernie Bros, the Libertarian presidential ticket traveled to Miami-Dade County Wednesday evening in search of disenfranchised voters and some badly needed media exposure. Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, both former two-term Republican governors, spoke to a packed and excited house at Florida International University’s Herbert and Nicole Wertheim […]
  
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• Research links fins with hands

  18-08-2016 03:30
  
  A team from the University of Chicago reported that our hands share a deep evolutionary connection not only to bat wings or horse hooves.
  
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• Two arrested in Kmart jewelry heist

  18-08-2016 03:10
  
  SANTA FE — Santa Fe police have arrested a couple for stealing more than $40,000 worth of jewelry from Kmart on Saturday. One of the suspects was already sitting in the Santa Fe County jail. Jacob Paquin, 40, was charged with shoplifting over $20,000, receiving or transferring stolen property, tampering with evidence and conspiracy while […]
  
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• Updated: Iran acknowledges Russia using its air base to strike Syria

  18-08-2016 02:31
  
  BEIRUT — In a move that could reverberate across the Middle East, Iran confirmed Wednesday that Russia is using its territory to launch airstrikes in Syria even as a second wave of Moscow’s bombers flew out of the Islamic Republic to hit targets in the war-ravaged country. The development represents a historical rapprochement with Russia […]
  
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• Five things to know about Breitbart, the new force in the Trump campaign

  18-08-2016 01:33
  
  The Washington Post. Steve Bannon’s elevation from chairman of Breitbart News to chief executive of the Donald Trump campaign has been seen as a pivot away from the “establishment,” a way for Trump to be around people who he likes and trusts for the last stretch for the presidential race. It’s also been an occasion […]
  
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• Updated: 10 shell casings found at Phoenix serial killer crime scene

  18-08-2016 01:28
  
  PHOENIX — Police investigating a serial killer stalking two predominantly Latino neighborhoods in Phoenix found 10 shell casings outside a home where one of seven of those killed suffered at least five gunshots, according to a recently released police report. Horacio de Jesus Pena, 32, had just returned home June 3 at night from his […]
  
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• Mississippi jurors get oil spill fraud case against lawyer

  18-08-2016 01:24
  
  GULFPORT, Miss. — Texas lawyer Mikal Watts and six other people each had plenty of opportunity to know they had a fake client list and were pursuing bogus claims after 2010’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, prosecutors told Mississippi jurors Wednesday in closing arguments. Watts himself and lawyers for the six others though said the […]
  
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• Assistant Texas warden suspended after prison guard killed

  18-08-2016 01:23
  
  ABILENE, Texas — An assistant warden has been suspended and a guard and two food service managers have been recommended for dismissal after a male inmate at a West Texas state prison killed a female guard. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Wednesday that Assistant Warden Jimmy Webb of the Robertson Unit […]
  
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• McDonald’s to stop distributing Happy Meal activity trackers

  18-08-2016 01:02
  
  NEW YORK — An attempt by McDonald’s to get kids moving isn’t working out so great: The chain said it will no longer distribute activity trackers in its Happy Meals after reports that they might cause skin irritations. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said Wednesday it received limited reports of potential skin irritations that may […]
  
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• Breaking: Gov. Martinez will push to reinstate NM death penalty

  18-08-2016 00:46
  
  In the wake the recent shooting death of a Hatch police officer, Gov. Susana Martinez will push during next year’s legislative session to reinstate New Mexico’s death penalty.
  
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• Updated: Resurrected rape allegations derail an Oscar favorite

  18-08-2016 00:39
  
  NEW YORK — “Festival fever” is the name the film industry gives to the inflated reception a movie can experience at a festival, where exuberant audiences and the competition of negotiations can ratchet up a film’s hype and price tag. But what can appear a surefire hit in the mountains of Sundance can turn into […]
  
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