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• Updated: Looking for aliens on ocean worlds: ‘You’d be in denial to believe there isn’t life out there’

  02-09-2016 23:06
  
  WOODS HOLE, Mass. – The blue water of Buzzards Bay glittered as boats bobbed on the gently undulating surface and gulls swooped among their sails. The seaside air at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was thick with the sweet smell of grass and the tang of saltwater. This was late summer on Cape Cod – […]
  
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• South Texan admits shining laser at Border Patrol helicopter

  02-09-2016 23:05
  
  MCALLEN, Texas — A South Texas man has pleaded guilty to shining a laser pointer at a Border Patrol helicopter. Juan Peralez entered his plea Friday in federal court in McAllen. He faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when he’s sentenced Nov. 17. The 57-year-old La […]
  
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• ABQ isn’t cheap for used cars

  02-09-2016 23:05
  
  Albuquerque has been listed among the most expensive cities to buy a used car, according to a new study released by online shopping website CarGurus. The Duke City placed second on the list just behind Fresno, Calif., but ahead of Reno, Portland, Ore. and Bakersfield, Calif., according to the study, which was released this week. […]
  
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• Password Protection Tips from your BBB

  02-09-2016 22:49
  
  Better Business Bureau and the National Cyber Security Alliance offer these tips to make your passwords safer.
  
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• New: Cruces officers cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shooting

  02-09-2016 22:24
  
  LAS CRUCES — Doña Ana County’s top prosecutor has cleared two Las Cruces police officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a robbery suspect last week. The office of Third Judicial District Attorney Mark D’Antonio has concluded that officers were justified when they shot and killed 36-year-old Juan Gabriel Torres on Aug. 21, LCPD said […]
  
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• Updated: Slain nuns honored in funerals in Kentucky, Wisconsin

  02-09-2016 21:43
  
  BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Eulogized in the church where she took her vows decades ago, a slain nun was remembered Friday for her devotion to the poor and for the Donald Duck impression she used to comfort her young patients in Mississippi. Sister Paula Merrill was laid to rest in Kentucky as her long-time friend and […]
  
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• Updated: Maine hopes to save its Vacationland image amid boycott call

  02-09-2016 21:43
  
  PORTLAND, Maine — Protectors of Maine’s image as Vacationland — an identity so dear that it’s on the state’s license plates — want to make sure their outspoken governor doesn’t turn off tourists. The concern over Republican Gov. Paul LePage has cropped up among people who make their living persuading people to come to Maine […]
  
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• New charges against driver in bus accident that killed 3

  02-09-2016 21:43
  
  NEW ORLEANS — New criminal charges of negligent homicide and negligent injuring have been filed against the driver of a bus in an accident that killed three people and injured dozens near New Orleans, Louisiana State Police said Friday. State police announced the new charges, filed in St. John the Baptist Parish, in a news […]
  
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• Justice Dept. wants Pulse 911 case kept in federal court

  02-09-2016 21:43
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a ruling over whether 911 calls made during a massacre at a Florida gay nightclub can be released. The Justice Department said Friday that it was appealing U.S. District Judge Paul Byron’s ruling last week that the federal court lacks jurisdiction. Byron sent the case […]
  
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• Updated: American climbers who set out for one of the Pakistan’s highest peaks are missing

  02-09-2016 21:42
  
  They started up the 23,000-foot Ogre-II peak in northern Pakistan on Aug. 21. The two were to reach the summit and descend in five days. But two weeks later, the mountain climbers from Utah have yet to return. The Alpine Club of Pakistan announced Thursday that Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, who arrived in Pakistan […]
  
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• Updated: Holt, Wallace among presidential debate moderators

  02-09-2016 19:41
  
  NEW YORK — NBC News chief anchor Lester Holt will moderate the first scheduled presidential debate on Sept. 26, with ABC’s Martha Raddatz, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace lined up for others. The Commission on Presidential Debates also said Friday that CBS News’ Elaine Quijano will moderate the vice presidential debate […]
  
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• Updated: FBI publishes notes on Clinton’s use of private email

  02-09-2016 19:41
  
  WASHINGTON — Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton relied on the judgments of her staff and others not to illegally send emails containing classified information to her private email server, and told FBI investigators she was unclear about a classification marking on official government documents. The revelation came Friday as the FBI, in a rare step, […]
  
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• 2 teens arrested in Houston-area BB gun attacks

  02-09-2016 19:40
  
  MISSOURI CITY, Texas — Officials say two high school students have been arrested over a spate of BB gun shootings in a Houston-area neighborhood that left three people slightly hurt. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says an 18-year-old male was arrested Friday at Ridge Point High School in Missouri City on a misdemeanor charge […]
  
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• Updated: The first pop-culture president

  02-09-2016 19:30
  
  Will the United States ever again have a president who drops the mic or a first lady who raps about going to college? Barack and Michelle Obama are arguably more conversant in popular culture than any other couple that has occupied the White House. And in four months, when his presidency comes to a close, […]
  
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• The Obama White House’s favorite showbiz guests, from Aretha to Common

  02-09-2016 19:30
  
  Since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, he and first lady Michelle Obama have welcomed hundreds of performers to 1600 PennsylvaniaAve. Some came for one-on-one official visits, but most arrived to perform in the PBS co-hosted series “In Performance at the White House,”oras guests at one of the 13 state dinners. And a select […]
  
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• Louisiana boy finds bag of meth in video game package

  02-09-2016 19:30
  
  LAKE CHARLES, La. — It was Grand Theft Auto come to life: When an 11-year-old bought a video game Wednesday in Lake Charles, Louisiana, he opened the plastic case to find a bag of drugs. KPLC-TV (http://bit.ly/2cll6Yp) reports that the boy’s father returned to the store and called police. Det. Rebecca Reed with the Calcasieu […]
  
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• Obama heads to Asia with his biggest foreign policy push hanging in the balance

  02-09-2016 19:29
  
  President Barack Obama has staked much of his foreign policy legacy on boosting America’s presence in Asia. He has increased the number of Navy ships in Asia’s contested waters, forged ties with old adversaries, and relentlessly pursued a massive and controversial Asia-Pacific trade accord. But as he heads to the region for his 10th visit […]
  
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• ‘Intolerable’: Judge reprimanded after she ‘berated and belittled’ domestic-violence victim

  02-09-2016 19:29
  
  Last year, a domestic-violence victim failed to appear and testify at her alleged abuser’s trial. A Florida judge’s response was to ignore the victim’s tearful pleas, hold her in contempt of court and send her to jail. Earlier this week, Seminole County Judge Jerri Collins found herself on the opposite side of the bench as […]
  
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• The national economic implications of a taco truck on every corner

  02-09-2016 18:02
  
  A supporter of Donald Trump appeared on MSNBC’s “All In” on Thursday night to offer a vision of a bleak, delicious future. “My culture is a very dominant culture, and it’s imposing – and it’s causing problems,” Marco Gutierrez of Latinos for Trump told Joy Ann Reid. “If you don’t do something about it, you’re […]
  
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• Cats are bird killers. These animal experts let theirs outside anyway.

  02-09-2016 18:01
  
  Cats, our most popular pet, are becoming our most embattled. A national debate has simmered since a 2013 study by the Smithsonian’s Migratory Bird Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that cats kill up to 3.7 billion birds and 20.7 billion small mammals annually in the United States. The study blamed feral […]
  
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• Judge rejects appeal from British woman on Texas death row

  02-09-2016 18:00
  
  HOUSTON — A judge has rejected arguments from attorneys for a British woman on Texas death row that prosecutors coerced witnesses and improperly hid information that could have affected the outcome of her murder trial 14 years ago. State District Judge David Garner says Harris County prosecutors had overwhelming evidence Linda Carty led a plot […]
  
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• Updated: Mother Teresa’s nuns still quietly serve the poor at a Washington convent

  02-09-2016 17:45
  
  Greg Zingler watched a movie about Mother Teresa six years ago and was awed by the world-famous nun’s compassionate service to the poor. He went to the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington and asked: Is there any chance that any of Mother Teresa’s nuns are here in D.C.? The Missionaries of Charity keep […]
  
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• Man gets 10 years for having thousands of child porn images

  02-09-2016 17:45
  
  SEATTLE — A 38-year-old Seattle resident who went to Colorado to sexually molest a teen he met online has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say Gregory Bridges was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in June to possession of child pornography and traveling with intent to engage in sexual acts with a minor. […]
  
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• Updated: Foreign officials: Uzbekistan to hold funeral for president

  02-09-2016 16:28
  
  MOSCOW — A top Kyrgyz diplomat and an Afghan government official say Uzbekistan is holding a funeral for President Islam Karimov on Saturday. Uzbek officials have said only that Karimov is gravely ill. The Afghan official told The Associated Press on Friday that President Ashraf Ghani will attend Karimov’s funeral tomorrow. The Kyrgyz diplomat told […]
  
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• Updated: 300 Syrians leave besieged suburb of Damascus after deal

  02-09-2016 16:28
  
  MOADAMIYEH, Syria — Buses carrying about 300 Syrians living in a besieged rebel-held suburb of the capital, Damascus, began leaving the area Friday following a deal struck with the government that grants amnesty to gunmen and restores state control. An Associated Press reporter in Moadamiyeh saw security forces searching the luggage of dozens of men, […]
  
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• ‘Transformational change’ must happen at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Obama official demands

  02-09-2016 16:27
  
  WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has concluded that sexual harassment and assault and other misconduct at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy are so serious the school needs to hire a team of outside experts to address the campus culture, officials said this week. Leaders of the federal service school outside New York City also […]
  
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• Syria’s message to tourists: Come back, enjoy our beaches

  02-09-2016 16:27
  
  For anyone stuck in an office in the dog days of summer, it’s a beautiful sight. As the camera drifts over a bright blue sea, we see hundreds of people relaxing and playing. Some rest on a sandy beach while others speed through the water on jetskis. In the background, euphoric electronic music plays. But […]
  
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• Pakistani Taliban attacks Christian neighborhood and courthouse, killing 12

  02-09-2016 16:27
  
  ISLAMABAD – At least 12 people were killed and 30 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday just outside a district court in Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. They said the lone attacker threw a grenade at the entrance and then detonated his vest after an officer at the […]
  
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• Updated: 2 well-known Utah climbers missing near Pakistan glacier

  02-09-2016 08:29
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two well-known Utah climbers are missing in Pakistan where they were attempting to make a treacherous ascent up an icy mountain. Alpinists Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson were due back at base camp on Aug. 26 after they left five days earlier to begin an ascent up the north face of […]
  
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• Updated: Republicans in Hispanic House districts fear Trump blowback

  02-09-2016 08:28
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Donald Trump pinatas, with dark suits, oversized pink lips and unruly yellow manes in paper mache, are top sellers across South Texas — a potential sign of trouble for its Republican congressman and some colleagues representing predominantly Hispanic districts across the country. First-term Rep. Will Hurd is seeking re-election from a constituency […]
  
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• Updated: Hermine hits Florida coast as 1st hurricane in a decade

  02-09-2016 08:28
  
  CARRABELLE, Florida — Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area early Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade. The Category 1 storm hit just east of St. Marks around 1:30 a.m. EDT with winds around 80 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Projected storm […]
  
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• Updated: Dallas chief who oversaw response to sniper attack to retire

  02-09-2016 08:28
  
  DALLAS — Dallas police Chief David Brown, whose impassioned response to a sniper attack that killed five officers made him the face of a city reeling from tragedy, is retiring from the department. Brown, who will be 56 this year, issued a statement Thursday saying he will retire Oct. 22 after 33 years with Dallas […]
  
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• Dark hours: Web series focuses on night shift at 24-hour juice bar

  02-09-2016 08:05
  
  Sometimes you have to bend a little to make things work out.
  
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• Well with too much arsenic is now back in business

  02-09-2016 07:43
  
  High arsenic level forced 2007 closure
  
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• Democrat denies Republican’s claim in secretary of state race

  02-09-2016 07:42
  
  SANTA FE–The Republican candidate for secretary of state, Nora Espinoza, is attacking her...
  
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• Updated: Evidence of alleged police ‘code of silence’ not allowed in Boyd death case

  02-09-2016 07:41
  
  Judge rules on motions in Boyd shooting case
  
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• Updated: Inactive volcano spotted on largest object in asteroid belt

  02-09-2016 07:33
  
  LOS ANGELES — A NASA spacecraft has spied what appears to be an inactive volcano on the surface of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The volcano is about half as tall as Mount Everest and likely last erupted several hundred million years ago, scientists reported Thursday. “It’s totally […]
  
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• Updated: Pena Nieto: Trump proposals ‘a threat’ to Mexico’s future

  02-09-2016 07:32
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said that Donald Trump’s proposals represent a threat to the future of his country and that he agreed to a widely criticized meeting with the Republican candidate to open a space for dialogue. President Enrique Pena Nieto has been ridiculed in his country for inviting Trump, as well as for […]
  
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• Man bitten by Santa Fe prairie dog contracts plague

  02-09-2016 07:20
  
  The New Mexico Department of Health said in a release Thursday that the man had been hospitalized, but is now recovering at his home.
  
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• ‘Topes Today: Friday, Sept. 2

  02-09-2016 06:15
  
  At El Paso 7:05 p.m.   Radio: 610 AM   Probable starters: Isotopes Kyle Freeland (5-3, 4.26) vs. Chihuahuas Walter Lockett (1-1, 2.13)   Thursday: The Isotopes offense could not get into a rhythm, falling to the Salt Lake Bees 3-0 from Smith’s Ballpark. The defeat marked the fourth time this season Albuquerque has been […]
  
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• Lobo football fan guide: Things to know

  02-09-2016 06:04
  
  Just a few things good to know about today's Lobo football season opener:
  
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• Lobos roll past South Dakota 48-21 in season opener

  02-09-2016 06:03
  
  Teriyon Gipson scored on the first play from scrimmage and New Mexico continued to pile up yards and points against South Dakota in a 48-21 victory on Thursday night at University Stadium. In the season opener for both teams, Gipson finished with 181 yards on 10 carries and had touchdown runs of 84 and 75 […]
  
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• Updated: UNM football: Lobos vs. Coyotes

  02-09-2016 02:40
  
  The rout is not on. South Dakota quarterback Chris Streveler runs 55 yards for a touchdown, and it’s 7-7 with 12:59 left in the first quarter. Where’s that experienced defense for UNM? On the first play from scrimmage, Lobos senior running back Teriyon Gipson bolts 75 yards for a touchdown. 7-0 Lobos, 14:48 left in […]
  
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• Officers arrest man with pieces of mask glued to face, note demanding money

  02-09-2016 01:32
  
  A man who was carrying a note demanding money and who had pieces of a foam mask stuck to his face was arrested near Indian School and Wyoming in northeast Albuquerque Wednesday, according to Albuquerque police. Officers believe Evan Lemmon, 23, was planning on committing an armed robbery. A citizen called police Wednesday morning to […]
  
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• Updated: US takes key step to implement sage grouse conservation plan

  02-09-2016 01:29
  
  DENVER — Federal land managers issued guidelines Thursday for restricting energy development, livestock grazing and other activities on public land in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, part of a broad effort to save the bird without resorting to listing it as an endangered species. The Bureau of Land Management guidelines tell field […]
  
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• APD searching for “two bumbling car thieves”

  02-09-2016 01:24
  
  A man and a woman tried — but failed — to steal a city-owned bait car Monday, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Officer Tanner Tixier said the auto theft unit is looking for assistance in identifying the “two bumbling car thieves” from photos taken within the car. “While they were unsuccessful […]
  
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• Breaking: APD: Possible suicidal man ran into traffic, briefly shut down I-25 southbound

  02-09-2016 01:03
  
  A man apparently trying to commit suicide ran into traffic on I-25 and was struck while officers were trying to help him get his vehicle started, according to a police spokesman. Southbound I-25 was closed for about an hour during the incident. Officer Daren DeAguero said officers were called to a vehicle stuck on the […]
  
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• Updated: Lindsay Lohan loses lawsuit versus ‘Grand Theft Auto’ makers

  02-09-2016 00:58
  
  NEW YORK — A New York state appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by actress Lindsay Lohan that says the producers of “Grand Theft Auto” used a likeness of her in one of their video games. A panel of judges in the Manhattan Appellate Division ruled that Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. didn’t use her […]
  
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• Two Albuquerque RNs indicted in opioid trafficking case

  02-09-2016 00:48
  
  Two registered nurses in Albuquerque have been indicted on drug trafficking charges because official ...
  
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