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• ‘Black Olives Matter’ continues to draw flak

  19-08-2016 23:51
  
  Clever word play or insensitive marketing tool? An Albuquerque restaurant owner’s “Black Olives Matter” slogan has drawn attention worldwide for its take-off on the “Black Lives Matter” organization. Rick Camuglia of Paisano’s Italian Restaurant says the slogan, posted on a sign in front of his restaurant recently, “struck a nerve” and has drawn overwhelming support. […]
  
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• Sierra Club ties raise questions in PNM rate case

  19-08-2016 23:50
  
  A hearing examiner’s past Sierra Club membership has raised questions in an increasingly contentious rate case involving New Mexico regulators and the state’s largest utility. In a 2015 filing with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, hearing examiner Carolyn Glick disclosed she and her husband were members of the Sierra Club and led hikes with […]
  
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• Public funeral plans set for fallen Hatch officer

  19-08-2016 23:30
  
  LAS CRUCES — The body of fallen Hatch police officer Jose Chavez will make one final patrol of the village before being transported by motorcade to a public funeral on Sunday. Final patrol A contingency of motorcycles will gather at Hatch Valley High School and escort the hearse through the village and past the village […]
  
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• Updated: Uncertain future for crumbling former Port Arthur mansion

  19-08-2016 22:44
  
  PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Rose Hill Manor, once a popular site for social events at Port Arthur’s seawall, now has holes in its windows and a balcony unfit to stand on. It’s a shell of itself — a microcosm of the city’s past, present and future. Symbolic of Port Arthur’s greater predicament, the once-elegant home […]
  
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• Updated: Spacewalking astronauts install new front door for visitors

  19-08-2016 22:44
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts installed a new front door for visitors at the International Space Station on Friday, the crucial first step in welcoming commercial crew capsules as soon as next year. The two Americans, Jeffrey Williams and Kate Rubins, hooked up the docking port — their major objective — in just a […]
  
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• Updated: Officials: Zika found in South Beach; spraying not possible

  19-08-2016 22:44
  
  MIAMI — South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, and containing it there will be difficult because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday. Five cases of Zika have been connected to mosquitoes […]
  
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• Missing Utah man’s body found in Arizona, 3 face charges

  19-08-2016 22:44
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Searchers say they’ve found the body of a southern Utah man whose disappearance has brought charges against three people. Authorities said Friday a Bureau of Land Management geologist found the body believed to be 30-year-old David Heisler in a remote area on the Arizona strip, near the Utah border. The identity […]
  
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• NM unemployment up to 6.4 percent

  19-08-2016 22:06
  
  State's rate is third highest, behind Alaska and Nevada
  
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• First National, Main Bank name new presidents

  19-08-2016 21:51
  
  Two New Mexico banks this week announced significant leadership transitions. On Thursday, First National Bank of Santa Fe said William “Pablo” Sanders has been appointed president and chief executive officer. On Friday, the board of directors of Albuquerque-based Main Bank said it has named Alan Shettlesworth president, taking over from his father, Ron Shettlesworth, who […]
  
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• Updated: Kanye West’s weekend pop-up stores in NYC, 20 other cities

  19-08-2016 21:41
  
  NEW YORK — Kanye West fans waited in line overnight in lower Manhattan on Friday for the chance to buy pieces from a new clothing line centered on the rapper-turned-fashion mogul’s latest album. The store was among 21 that opened worldwide just for the weekend. Brittany Fletcher, who said she waited more than five hours […]
  
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• Updated: San Francisco to honor Tony Bennett with statue, festivities

  19-08-2016 20:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A few hundred people are gathered outside the Fairmont hotel atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill waiting for legendary singer Tony Bennett as his music plays in the background. For as long as anyone can remember, Bennett has been giving to the city where he first sang “I Left My Heart in San […]
  
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• Morgan Stanley accused of mismanaging its 401(k) plan

  19-08-2016 20:41
  
  NEW YORK — Even Wall Street workers are unhappy with how their retirement plans are run. A participant in Morgan Stanley’s 401(k) plan filed a lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in New York alleging that it offers investment options that have too-high fees and poor track records, including some mutual funds run by Morgan […]
  
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• Updated: What to do with an Olympic gold medal? Give it to the king

  19-08-2016 20:32
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — After winning Jordan’s first Olympic medal ever — a gold, no less — Ahmad Abughaush has an unexpected plan for it: The taekwondo champion intends to give it to his king. Many members of King Abdullah’s family stayed up late Thursday night to watch Abughaush’s historic victory in the men’s 68-kilogram […]
  
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• Charges: Producer hit sour note with fake play on opera star

  19-08-2016 20:32
  
  NEW YORK — A Broadway producer has been charged with scamming seven people by getting them to invest $165,000 in a nonexistent play about opera star Kathleen Battle supposedly starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o. Roland Scahill pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny and scheming to defraud. His […]
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks in Santa Fe

  19-08-2016 20:31
  
  It was like a rock concert for attorneys and judges, with an enthusiastic standing ovation, hoots and hollers and cell phones aloft capturing the star’s performance. “Obviously our key notes speaker is quite a big deal and we are quite excited to be here,” Brent Moore, State Bar of New Mexico president, said with a […]
  
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• Updated: Pole vault record holder Isinbayeva retires from competing

  19-08-2016 19:15
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Yelena Isinbayeva, the pole vault world record holder, says she is retiring from competing in the sport. Isinbayeva was prevented from seeking a third Olympic title in Rio de Janeiro after the IAAF banned all but one Russian track and field athlete from the games over their country’s state-sponsored doping scandal. […]
  
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• Updated: Florida officials: Zika spread by mosquitoes in South Beach

  19-08-2016 19:15
  
  MIAMI — South Beach has been identified as second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, Florida officials said Friday. But Gov. Rick Scott said the state does not plan to advise people to stay away from the beaches, nightclubs and pedestrian thoroughfares that form the heart of South Florida’s travel industry. […]
  
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• Woman’s funeral had no attendees, so 30 strangers showed up

  19-08-2016 18:59
  
  ORANGETOWN, N.Y. — About 30 people have paid their respects to a woman they never met after responding to a call for attendees for a suburban New York funeral at which no one was expected to show up. The Journal News reports (http://lohud.us/2bCMJcf) the strangers served as Francine Stein’s pallbearers and also helped bury her […]
  
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• Updated: South Beach 2nd area of Zika transmission

  19-08-2016 18:59
  
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The Latest on Zika infections in Florida (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Florida Gov. Rick Scott says officials have identified a second area of Zika transmission on the U.S. mainland. Scott told reporters Friday that five Zika infections have been linked to an area that encompasses most of tourist-friendly South Beach. […]
  
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• Updated: High court sides with employee fired for smoking pot at work

  19-08-2016 18:53
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut state worker fired after he was caught smoking marijuana on the job was punished too harshly and should get his job back, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. Gregory Linhoff was fired from his maintenance job at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington in 2012 after a police […]
  
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• Ice cream shop scooping up the taste of Olympic gold

  19-08-2016 18:04
  
  BALTIMORE — A Maryland ice cream shop is giving patrons a taste of Olympic gold. Baltimore’s The Charmery created a flavor in honor of swimmer Michael Phelps’ 23 Olympic gold medals. The shop started serving the limited-edition flavor Phelps Phlapjack Gold this week. The chocolate chip pancake-flavored ice cream was made using pancakes from Pete’s […]
  
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• Remains found near Houston are teen missing for 25 years

  19-08-2016 18:03
  
  WHARTON, Texas — The remains of a body found last year among trees and brush about 75 miles southwest of Houston have been identified as a 15-year-old girl who went missing from her job at a rural general store in 1990. Wharton County Sheriff’s Detective Scott Grosser says forensic testing confirms the remains of Rosemary […]
  
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• Updated: Text of the apology from US swimmer Ryan Lochte

  19-08-2016 18:01
  
  U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology Friday morning about an incident that occurred early Sunday at the Rio Olympics. Lochte initially said he and three teammates had been robbed at gunpoint, but Rio police discounted that on Thursday and instead said the swimmers vandalized a gas station bathroom and then paid some guards before […]
  
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• Nebraska assistant suspended, miss 4 games after DUI arrest

  19-08-2016 18:00
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska receivers coach Keith Williams was suspended without pay until Aug. 31 and won’t be allowed to coach or attend the first four games after his arrest on suspicion of third-offense drunken driving last weekend. Coach Mike Riley made the announcement on Friday. Williams apologized for his actions and will enter counseling. […]
  
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• Starr resigns as Baylor law professor, severs school ties

  19-08-2016 17:58
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Former Baylor President Ken Starr is resigning his post as a law school professor, severing ties with the faith-based campus still reeling from a sexual assault scandal. Starr lost his job as president and chancellor in May in a scandal involving the school’s vaunted football team that also ousted coach Art Briles. […]
  
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• Cops: Angry man throws pizza and punches at police station

  19-08-2016 16:00
  
  DALLAS, Pa. — Authorities say a drunken driving suspect upset that his vehicle was still impounded a week after his arrest threw pizza and punches at a Pennsylvania police station. Police in the tiny borough of Dallas say 44-year-old Sean Mulloy showed up Thursday and began wrapping a chain around the railing outside the police […]
  
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• Phoenix police shoot man who got into altercation with officer

  19-08-2016 15:42
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police say they fatally shot a man who got into a fight with an officer and broke his nose. Sgt. Vince Lewis says an officer was investigating a suspicious car parked at a Phoenix park around 2:30 a.m. on Friday when the suspect approached him. A physical fight ensued between the suspect […]
  
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• Updated: Trump campaign chairman Manafort resigns

  19-08-2016 15:41
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern): 10:11 a.m. Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort is resigning from the campaign. In a statement, Trump says Manafort offered his resignation Friday morning. Trump praised Manafort’s work on the campaign and called him a “true professional.” Manafort is stepping down in the wake of […]
  
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• Updated: Ex-Wahlburgers employees sue, claiming denied wages and tips

  19-08-2016 15:40
  
  NEW YORK — Five former employees of the burger chain founded by celebrity brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg are suing the company over what they call “rampant” violations of labor laws. The ex-employees who filed the class-action suit in New York federal court Thursday previously worked at a Wahlburgers location in Brooklyn. They claim Wahlburgers […]
  
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• Updated: Proposed North Miami Chinatown miles from Asian community

  19-08-2016 14:07
  
  NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — North Miami, following in the steps of cities such as New York, San Francisco and Washington, plans to create a Chinatown arts and business district next year. Despite a small Asian population, the city council wants to build Chinatown from the ground up, though some business owners in the area say […]
  
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• Updated: World stocks slip as investors eye timing of Fed rate hike

  19-08-2016 14:06
  
  HONG KONG — World stock markets turned lower on Friday as investors speculated whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in coming months. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 shed 0.9 percent to 4,398 while Germany’s DAX lost 0.5 percent to 10,546. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.2 percent to 6,852. U.S. stocks were poised […]
  
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• Updated: China tightens control of online news after sensitive gaffes

  19-08-2016 14:06
  
  BEIJING — The Chinese government is holding chief editors of news websites personally liable for content, months after several portals posted material that was seen as embarrassing to President Xi Jinping. State media reported Thursday that the new rules placed responsibility squarely on head editors, saying news sites must monitor their content 24 hours a […]
  
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• Honda models top most stolen vehicle list

  19-08-2016 14:06
  
  The National Insurance Crime Bureau released its annual “Hot Wheels” list of the 10 most stolen vehicles in America during 2015. The Des Plaines, Ill., nonprofit dedicated to deterring auto theft and insurance fraud, identified the most stolen vehicles of any model year. Older Honda Accords and Civics topped the list for the third year […]
  
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• 5,000 nurses at 5 Twin Cities hospitals vote for new strike

  19-08-2016 14:06
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly 5,000 nurses at five Twin Cities hospitals have voted to authorize an indefinite strike amid a dispute over a new contract. The workers represented by the Minnesota Nurse’s Association voted Thursday to authorize an open-ended walkout at the Allina Health hospitals just two months after a weeklong strike ended without a deal. […]
  
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• Updated: US appeals court upholds UN immunity from Haiti cholera suit

  19-08-2016 08:40
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed on behalf of 5,000 cholera victims who blame the U.N. for an epidemic of the deadly disease in Haiti. In a decision issued late Thursday, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York affirmed […]
  
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• Santa Fe students’ PARCC scores rise in math, fall in English

  19-08-2016 08:07
  
  State shows slight gain, but officials acknowledge there's a long way to go
  
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• Updated: APS students’ results uneven on PARCC tests

  19-08-2016 08:05
  
  State shows slight gain, but officials acknowledge there's a long way to go
  
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• Officials target opioid addiction ‘epidemic’

  19-08-2016 08:05
  
  Leaders say more training for physicians needed
  
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• NM Supreme Court won’t rush decision on APS levy

  19-08-2016 08:05
  
  The Albuquerque Public Schools Board appealed its own victory in district court earlier this month over the challenge to the joint APS-Central New Mexico Community College bond and APS mill levy election last February in a thus-far unsuccessful attempt to get a final court ruling by Sept. 1.
  
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• Lone Star scenes: New Mexico stands in for Texas in modern-day Western

  19-08-2016 08:05
  
  The Land of Enchantment serves as the backdrop for the film "Hell or High Water," which opens today nationwide.
  
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• APS students’ results uneven on PARCC tests

  19-08-2016 08:05
  
  State shows slight gain, but officials acknowledge there's a long way to go
  
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• Updated: Evacuated residents in limbo as wildfire burns in California

  19-08-2016 04:52
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Twisted metal gates and rusted mailboxes remained where houses once stood. Flames had turned a lot full of cars — including some vintage models — into a junkyard of hollowed-out shells. Countless trees were scorched or gone. Scenes of destruction were everywhere Thursday after a huge wildfire sped through mountains and […]
  
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• Updated: Mexico’s rights agency says police executed 22 at ranch

  19-08-2016 04:51
  
  MEXICO CITY — Federal police executed at least 22 people on a ranch last year, then moved bodies and planted guns to corroborate the official account that the deaths happened in a gunbattle, Mexico’s human rights commission said Thursday. One police officer was killed in the confrontation in the western state of Michoacan on May […]
  
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• Updated: Column: What would ‘Lyin’ Ryan’ Lochte do? Run away

  19-08-2016 01:28
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — To hear Ryan Lochte tell the story, at least the first time, he unflinchingly stared down the barrel of a gun during a holdup while his teammates cowered on the ground. By the time he was done with the retelling, the fake cops, the gun pointed at his head and the […]
  
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• Trump, Clinton put focus on police issues – but strike much different tones

  19-08-2016 01:27
  
  The Washington Post. Amid lingering scrutiny over a staff shake-up in his faltering campaign, Donald Trump and his team of advisers sought to reclaim their footing Thursday by turning their focus back to Trump’s calls to strengthen law enforcement around the country. The Republican presidential nominee stopped at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in […]
  
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• Updated: Rare Tyrannosaurus rex skull arrives at Seattle museum

  19-08-2016 01:26
  
  SEATTLE — Paleontologists with Seattle’s Burke Museum have unearthed the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex that lived more than 66 million years ago, including a rare nearly complete 4-foot long skull. The remarkable discovery includes the dinosaur’s vertebrae, ribs, hips and lower jaw bones, and represents about 20 percent of the meat-eating predator. Several dozen […]
  
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• 2 police face criminal probe in Taser death of ex-footballer

  19-08-2016 01:26
  
  LONDON — Britain’s police watchdog says two officers are under criminal investigation over the death of a former Premier League soccer player who was shot with a stun gun by police. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said Friday that the West Mercia Police force officers “are also being served with gross misconduct notices” after the […]
  
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• Breaking: 2 dead in fiery crash on Highway 550, road closed in both directions

  19-08-2016 00:52
  
  Two people are dead after a fiery crash on Highway 550 near Unser Thursday afternoon, according to the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office. Spokesman Lt. Keith Elder said the driver of a gray Ford pickup truck was going north from Rio Rancho and crossed into the path of a southbound red Toyota pickup truck, causing a […]
  
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• Money paid to Iran was ‘leverage’ not ‘ransom,’ State Department says

  19-08-2016 00:42
  
  The Washington Post. The State Department acknowledged Thursday that it delayed releasing a $400 million cash payment to Iran in January until it was assured that a plane carrying three released American prisoners had left Tehran. State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters that negotiators had “deliberately leveraged” Iran’s desire to get its money from […]
  
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• Updated: Images show crowded, dirty Border Patrol cells in Arizona

  19-08-2016 00:41
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Images filed as evidence in a lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol citing inhumane conditions in Arizona detention facilities show men jammed together under a thin thermal blanket trying to stay warm and a woman using a concrete floor strewn with trash to change a baby’s diaper. The photos made public Thursday […]
  
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