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• Updated: Inmates, cats tend to garden at Boulder County Jail

  03-09-2016 18:52
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The Boulder County Jail has two new residents, and they are both really scary. If you’re a mouse, that is. Charlie and Adra are a pair of cats — nature’s terminators — brought in to hunt mice and scare away rabbits at the jail’s organic garden. So far, they are doing pretty […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Our cause is just,’ says tribal leader in pipeline protest

  03-09-2016 16:54
  
  STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. — High on a hill overlooking the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, Dave Archambault II knelt and touched a stone that bears a handprint worn into it by thousands of his ancestors who have done the same for centuries. There, the leader of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe […]
  
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• Updated: Strong Oklahoma earthquake felt from Nebraska to Texas

  03-09-2016 16:20
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — A record-tying earthquake in the edge of Oklahoma’s key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Nebraska to North Texas on Saturday and likely will focus fresh new attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground. The United States Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at […]
  
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• Updated: Strong Oklahoma earthquake felt from Arizona to Nebraska

  03-09-2016 16:20
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — A record-tying earthquake in the edge of Oklahoma’s key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Nebraska to North Texas on Saturday, and likely will bring fresh attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground. The United States Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 […]
  
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• Updated: Record-tying Oklahoma earthquake felt as far away as Arizona

  03-09-2016 16:20
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — A record-tying earthquake in the edge of Oklahoma’s key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Nebraska to North Texas on Saturday, and likely will bring fresh attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground. The United States Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 […]
  
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• Updated: After slamming Florida, Hermine threatens East Coast

  03-09-2016 16:18
  
  DEKLE BEACH, Fla. — The first hurricane to hit Florida in more than a decade wiped away beachside buildings and toppled trees onto homes Friday before plowing inland on a path that could send it rolling up the densely populated East Coast with heavy rain, high winds and flooding. Hermine (her-MEEN) quickly weakened to a […]
  
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• Gay touch added to bronzed CCC worker

  03-09-2016 15:41
  
    It’s the kind of thing people do when they find a lost object. They perch or tie it somewhere eye-catching in case the person who lost it came back to search for it. Maybe that’s what happened with this brightly colored scarf jauntily knotted around the neck of the statue of this Civilian Conservation […]
  
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• $60 millon bond issue passed by Rio Rancho voters

  03-09-2016 08:15
  
  Election turnout is just under 6 pecent
  
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• Councilor guilty of filing false report

  03-09-2016 08:12
  
  David Bency says he is disappointed and plans to appeal the verdict
  
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• County Commissioner Dominguez faces charges after Nov. 10 incident

  03-09-2016 08:10
  
  Now-estranged wife filed complaint after incident
  
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• School without homework urged to give kids family time

  03-09-2016 08:09
  
  Sandia Vista principal preferskids spend time with families
  
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• Prep football roundup: Foley injured in Rio Rancho victory

  03-09-2016 08:08
  
  RIO RANCHO — One week after Rio Rancho senior running back Josh Foley ran for 357 yards and three touchdowns in a blowout of Mayfield, he managed only 21 rushing yards during the Rams’ 31-7 romp against visiting El Paso Americas on Friday night. But he made his biggest play as the first half ended, […]
  
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• Metro soccer: Cleveland girls, Sandia boys are champs

  03-09-2016 07:22
  
  The similarities were uncanny. Two scoreless matches through 80 minutes of regulation, followed by a game-winning goal at almost the identical moment of the first overtime. And when it was all said and done at the APS Soccer Complex on Friday night, it was a pair of first-time tournament winners — Sandia’s boys and Cleveland’s […]
  
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• ‘Topes Today: For Saturday, Sept. 3

  03-09-2016 06:27
  
    Saturday: At El Paso, 7:05 p.m. Radio: 610 AM   Probable starters: Isotopes RHP German Marquez (1-0,. 4.88) vs. Chihuahuas RHP Bryan Rodriguez (4-7, 5.11)   Friday: Mike Tauchman’s hitting streak reached 22 games, establishing a new Isotopes record as he helped Albuquerque to a 7-2 victory in El Paso. Tauchman extended his streak […]
  
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• Soccer: Lobo men earn first victory

  03-09-2016 06:13
  
  It was three games in the making, but the New Mexico men’s soccer team finally discovered the net Friday in the home opener against Cal State Northridge. After whitewash losses against nationally ranked Indiana and Notre Dame on the road, the Lobos delivered a score in each half against the Matadors in a convincing 2-0 […]
  
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• Aggies are glad for a shot at redemption vs. UTEP

  03-09-2016 05:38
  
  Forget about easing into the 2016 football season.The New Mexico State Aggies will gla ...
  
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• UNM football recap: Receivers stepped it up

  03-09-2016 05:30
  
  It should come as no surprise that Austin Apodaca, when given the opportunity, throws a really good...
  
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• At 9-1 odds, Laynis Diamond wins ABQ Downs feature race

  03-09-2016 05:00
  
  Sent to post at odds of 9-1, Laynis Diamond rewarded his backers with a wire-to-wire, half-length victory in Friday‘s $22,300 Quarter Horse feature race at Albuquerque Downs. Laynis Diamond covered 400 yards in 19.713 seconds while earning his second win in four starts. Elliot Bachicha Jr. rode the homebred 3-year-old gelding for owner Shoe L […]
  
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• Women’s soccer: Galicia’s OT goal gives Aggies 1st win

  03-09-2016 04:53
  
  LAS CRUCES – Sophomore Aileen Galicia fired in the game-winning goal Friday evening, giving the New Mexico State women’s soccer team its first win of 2016 in overtime, 1-0 over visiting Texas State. The win on Friday is New Mexico State’s third home-opening victory and the first since 2013 when the Aggies defeated Omaha 3-1. […]
  
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• Volleyball: UNM splits at Tampa tournament

  03-09-2016 04:00
  
  TAMPA, Fla. — Devanne Sours, Julia Warren and Carson Heilborn all notched double-doubles and Lauren Twitty added a career high in kills, but it wasn’t enough as the University of New Mexico volleyball team fell in four sets to host South Florida Friday night. Although the Lobos (4-2) played the Bulls (5-0) close in the Sun […]
  
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• Speak Up! (More) Thoughts on Kaepernick, UNM football

  03-09-2016 03:39
  
  ■ I REALLY ENJOYED the game. … I paid $50 for two tickets in the turquoise section, $5  for parking,   $40 for two dry chili cheese burgers w/chips and two beers, plus $8 for another beer. All total, $103 for my girlfriend and I. We had good time, just not sure it’s worth it after […]
  
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• Women’s soccer: UNM squanders chances in 0-0 tie at Weber State

  03-09-2016 03:35
  
  OGDEN, Utah — The University of New Mexico women’s soccer team came out firing in the opening minutes Friday against Weber State, getting a trio of shot off with two on target – both saved by the Wildcat goalkeeper. It turned out to be the theme for the Lobos as they had their chances, controlled […]
  
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• Former Los Alamos pastor gets 1-year jail sentence for child porn

  03-09-2016 03:18
  
    SANTA FE – Former Los Alamos pastor Paul Cunningham faced four and a half years in jail on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. But at his sentencing Friday, prosecutors asked that he be spend just a single year behind bars, citing Cunningham’s lack of a prior criminal history. After he pleaded guilty […]
  
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• The Latest: Video shows gunfight, apparent suspect suicide

  03-09-2016 01:12
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on the release of a police video showing a gunfight ending with the apparent suicide of a car theft suspect (all times local): 3:50 p.m. New Orleans police have released dashcam video showing a gunfight that ends with the apparent suicide of a car theft suspect who opened fire as […]
  
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• Updated: Suspect killed, deputy critically injured south of Denver

  03-09-2016 01:05
  
  PARKER, Colo. — Authorities say a suspect was killed and a Colorado sheriff’s deputy was critically injured in a shooting south of Denver. Officials say police and deputies were responding to a report of a suicidal person in the town of Parker Friday when the suspect fired on them, wounding the deputy. Douglas County Sheriff […]
  
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• Updated: In Mississippi, ‘there’s just been something in the atmosphere’

  03-09-2016 01:05
  
  JACKSON, Miss. – The man who might be president came to this city last week and Priscilla Sterling could barely stomach that he was still in the race, much less in her home town. When she saw the clips on television, she saw throngs of white people wearing “Build That Wall” T-shirts in a state […]
  
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• Aggie volleyball gives Jordan 400th career win

  03-09-2016 00:57
  
  TROY, Ala. – With the 3-0 sweep of Valparaiso (2-2) on Friday, New Mexico State head coach Mike Jordan reached rarified air earning his 400th career win. The Aggies (3-2) captured the win with a 25-9, 25-19, 25-21 decision. “I have had a lot of great players and a lot of great coaches in my […]
  
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• Updated: Highlights of FBI notes on Clinton email investigation

  03-09-2016 00:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The FBI on Friday took the unusual step of releasing to the public documents related to its yearlong investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. The documents include a summary of her July interview with FBI agents as well as a detailed chronology of steps that […]
  
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• Clinton isn’t doing better than previous Democrats with Latinos – even against Trump

  03-09-2016 00:38
  
  In a presidential year expected to produce record turnout among Hispanic voters, there are few signs that Hillary Clinton is performing any better among Latinos than past Democratic presidential candidates – even with immigrant-bashing Donald Trump as her GOP opponent. In Nevada and Florida, the two battleground states with the highest Latino populations, the Democratic […]
  
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• Updated: Another Texas death row inmate gets reprieve

  03-09-2016 00:36
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted the execution scheduled for later this month of a man convicted of killing a Houston police officer 28 years ago. Robert Jennings, 58, was set for lethal injection Sept. 14 for fatally shooting Elston Howard, a Houston police vice officer, at an adult […]
  
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• Texas attorney general dines with 8-year-old transgender boy

  03-09-2016 00:36
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had dinner with the family of an 8-year-old transgender boy whose mother has criticized the Republican over policies she says impacts her son. Amber Briggle said Friday that Paxton and his wife were polite and there was no awkwardness during the nearly two-hour dinner at their Denton […]
  
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• Updated: NASA spacecraft beams back close-up views of Jupiter’s poles

  03-09-2016 00:05
  
  LOS ANGELES — A NASA spacecraft has captured the best views of Jupiter yet, revealing turbulent storms in the north pole. Jupiter’s northern polar region is stormier than expected and appears bluer than the rest of the planet, said mission chief scientist Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “This image is […]
  
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