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• Updated: US men’s basketball team wins final Rio gold

  21-08-2016 21:59
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 5:35 p.m. The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team won its third straight gold medal and did it easily, beating Serbia 96-66. With the win, the Americans claim the final medal of the Rio Games. After a few close calls […]
  
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• Updated: Alabama keeps rolling: Tide is No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25

  21-08-2016 21:59
  
  In a way, the 2016 season will pick up where 2015 left off: Alabama is No. 1 and Clemson is 2. The defending national champion Crimson Tide is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the fifth time overall and third time under coach Nick Saban. The Tide received 33 […]
  
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• Updated: Health official: Gulf Coast states most vulnerable to Zika

  21-08-2016 21:21
  
  MIAMI — A National Institutes of Health official said Sunday that the Zika virus could “hang around” the United States for a year or two. Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC’s “This Week” that other Gulf Coast states, besides Florida, are most vulnerable to the spread of the disease. “I would not be surprised if we […]
  
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• NIH official: Gulf Coast states most vulnerable to Zika

  21-08-2016 21:21
  
  MIAMI — A National Institutes of Health official says the Zika virus could “hang around” the United States for a year or two. Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that other Gulf Coast states, besides Florida, are most vulnerable to the spread of the disease. Mosquito-borne Zika cases have been found in […]
  
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• Updated: Public funeral for Hatch police officer set to begin

  21-08-2016 21:17
  
  LAS CRUCES — Law enforcement of all stripes milled about quietly Sunday inside a dark Pan American Center, awaiting the public funeral of fallen Hatch police officer Jose Chavez. Outside, a stream of cars began arriving — law enforcement vehicles, motorcycles outfitted with American flags and the public. Frank Angel Sr., whose son Frank Angel […]
  
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• Updated: Attorney: Texas prisoner approved to start hormone therapy

  21-08-2016 19:43
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — The federal prison system has approved a Texas inmate’s request to begin hormone therapy to transition into a man, according to the inmate’s attorney. Moira Meltzer-Cohen says 52-year-old Marius Mason, a prisoner at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, is awaiting the medications he will need to start developing […]
  
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• Updated: Proposed wind tax increase draws opposition

  21-08-2016 16:52
  
  RAWLINS, Wyo. — More towns and counties are lining up to oppose the idea of increasing wind generation taxes in Wyoming. Members of the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee have directed staff to prepare proposals to increase the state wind tax. One proposed bill would increase the current tax of $1 per megawatt hour of wind […]
  
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• Proposed wind tax increase draws opposition

  21-08-2016 16:52
  
  RAWLINS, Wyo. — More towns and counties are lining up to oppose the idea of increasing wind generation taxes in Wyoming. Members of the Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee have directed staff to prepare proposals to increase the state wind tax. The Rawlins Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2bCSirH) that one proposed bill would increase the current tax […]
  
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• Updated: Educators: More school protection helping students learn

  21-08-2016 16:09
  
  DENVER — When two students went on a deadly 1999 shooting rampage at Columbine High School, it not only shocked parents, students and teachers, it had a lasting impact on education. Copycat threats across the country have forced lockdowns and orders for teachers and students to shelter in place, and parents, teachers and students have […]
  
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• MWC Football Previews: Air Force Falcons

  21-08-2016 08:26
  
  You’ll find no 300-pound linemen on the Air Force football roster. Though there’s no rule against a Falcons player tipping the scales above that mark, there are weight/body-fat percentage standards all cadets must hit in order to graduate. And, certainly, that’s not the only thing that makes sustaining a strong program at Air Force a […]
  
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• Lobo football: Long journeys for UNM captains

  21-08-2016 08:22
  
  Daniel Henry and Austin Apodaca come from different places, but the journeys they took to their current destination were remarkably similar. They have, though, yet another destination in mind. “We don’t want to win just six or seven games,” Henry, a University of New Mexico senior safety, said after Saturday’s practice at University Stadium. “We’re […]
  
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• ‘Topes Today (Sunday Aug. 21)

  21-08-2016 08:19
  
  Sunday: Vs. Fresno, 6:05 p.m. Radio: 610 AM Promotion: Aluminum water bottle giveaway Probable starters: Isotopes RHP Eddie Butler (6-2, 4.875) vs. Grizzlies RHP Brad Peacock (5-6, 4.23) Saturday: Eddie Butler pitched seven strong innings and the red-hot Isotopes opened their final homestand of the season with a 7-2 win over Fresno in front of […]
  
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• Isotopes win again, remain red hot

  21-08-2016 08:17
  
  The Albuquerque Isotopes have made up an awful lot of ground in the Pacific Coast League standings recently. Getting from Oklahoma City to Albuquerque on Saturday was a bit more challenging, but even that could not put a damper on the ‘Topes’ parade. Flight issues made for a remarkably long day that ultimately ended with […]
  
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• Boys soccer: Metro area team-by-team capsules

  21-08-2016 08:10
  
  ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY CHARGERS Coach: Laney Kolek (6th year) Last season: 21-1-1; Class 5A state champions Key players: Alex Touche, sr., C-Mid; Charles Touche, sr., FW; Ryan O’Malia, sr., GK; Nick Williams, jr., D; Aaron Hill, soph., D; Mateo Centenera, fresh., MF/FW. Outlook: The Chargers are rated in the top 10 in the country in the […]
  
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• UFC 202: Albuquerque fighters go 2-0, McGregor survives bloody rematch

  21-08-2016 07:39
  
  Conor McGregor beat Nate Diaz while Tim Means and Donald Cerrone impressed in their fights and bring voctories back to New Mexico.
  
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• National report reveals dire extent of rural OB-GYN service shortage

  21-08-2016 07:15
  
  Hospitals and clinics, especially in rural areas such as Northern New Mexico, are competing against each other for an increasingly limited number of obstetricians, according to a report.
  
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• Updated: Flood-weary Louisiana cleans house while search continues

  21-08-2016 01:29
  
  ST. AMANT, La. — Flood-weary residents cleaned out houses Saturday as search parties went door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped by flooding so powerful in some cases it disturbed the dead and sent caskets floating from cemeteries. At least 13 people died in the flooding that swept through parts of southern Louisiana […]
  
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