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• Woman accused of stabbing mom seeks $1.5M estate

  09-09-2016 23:08
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis woman who as an 18-year-old was accused of fatally stabbing her mother is fighting relatives for a $1.5 million inheritance — but her lawyer says her real goal is to prove her innocence. Noura Jackson was convicted of stabbing her mother, Jennifer Jackson, in 2009. In 2014, however, the Tennessee […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez fills two legislative vacancies

  09-09-2016 23:08
  
  A pair of legislative vacancies created by the resignations of long-serving lawmakers were filled today by Gov. Susana Martinez, who appointed one Democrat and one Republican to the open seats. The two-term governor appointed Republican Jim White of Albuquerque, a former House member, to the Senate District 19 seat vacated in late July by former […]
  
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• Filling a niche: Local food delivered locally

  09-09-2016 23:07
  
  At 2:30 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, a mint green Skarsgard Farms vehicle — license plate: VEG VAN — stopped on a quiet Los Ranchos street. Edward Whitney hopped out, grabbed a red cooler filled with eggs, potatoes, grapes and more from the back, and dropped it off on a nearby front porch. The homeowner […]
  
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• Study: Five-second rule is too generous for fallen food

  09-09-2016 23:01
  
  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — It might be time to reconsider the five-second rule when thinking about eating food that has fallen on the floor. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey say in a new study that bacteria can contaminate food that falls on the floor instantaneously. The findings were published this month in the […]
  
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• Jane Fonda and Robert Redford team up on Netflix

  09-09-2016 22:49
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are teaming up on Netflix. The network says Fonda and Redford will star in the new film “Our Souls at Night,” which is set to premiere on the platform in 2017. Netflix said Friday the two actors will play a couple in the film, which they last […]
  
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• Updated: Kristin Smart vanished in 1996. Authorities say she may be buried on her college campus.

  09-09-2016 21:49
  
  Kristin Smart went to a college party on a May night in 1996. She was a freshman at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo at the time, and the night of the party, she was wearing running shorts and what the Los Angeles Times described as a “short-cropped T-shirt.” She left with […]
  
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• How America’s 911 emergency response system can be hacked

  09-09-2016 21:49
  
  Critical to the success of the 911 emergency phone system, which has saved countless lives since it was first implemented in 1968, is its ability to quickly route calls to emergency responders closest to a caller. But a group of researchers say they’ve found a way to effectively disable the 911 emergency system across an […]
  
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• After a cruise, junk mail makes unscheduled stops

  09-09-2016 21:49
  
  When Diana Lee Craig cast off on the Oceania Riviera’s 10-day Eastern Caribbean cruise, there were no surprises. The ship left Miami as scheduled, stopping in San Juan, St. John, Punta Cana and Nassau, before returning to Florida. The shock came after she returned home. Gradually, the mailbox of her Sonoma, Calif., winery began to […]
  
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• Updated: Facebook co-founder pledging $20 million to defeat Trump

  09-09-2016 21:48
  
  WASHINGTON — With a new promise of $20 million to help defeat Donald Trump, billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz becomes one of the top Democratic donors of the election The Silicon Valley entrepreneur calls the Republican presidential candidate dangerous and divisive and says his appeal to Americans who feel left behind is “quite possibly a […]
  
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• France hails foiled Paris attack as an intelligence success

  09-09-2016 21:47
  
  PARIS – On Friday, President François Hollande praised French security forces for apprehending a group of suspected terrorists believed to be plotting another major attack. On Friday morning, an Interior Ministry official told the Reuters news agency that this foiled attack had been planned for the Gare de Lyon, a train station in the southeast […]
  
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• Genesis to offer behavioral health for UNM patients

  09-09-2016 19:52
  
  Genesis HealthCare, an operator of skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico, will offer post-hospitalization care to University of New Mexico Health System patients with a strong emphasis on behavioral health services. The two institutions on Friday announced the collaboration, which will include the opening of a 26-bed behavioral health unit in St. John Healthcare Rehabilitation […]
  
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• Authorities: 4 on plane seriously injured in Arizona crash

  09-09-2016 19:42
  
  WICKENBURG, Ariz. — A twin-engine plane crashed Friday in the yard of a central Arizona home after taking off from a nearby airport and having mechanical trouble, seriously injuring all four people aboard but nobody on the ground, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly after 7 a.m. about a half-mile from the Wickenburg municipal airport, […]
  
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• Updated: Burritos in the sky: Chipotle tests drone deliveries

  09-09-2016 19:37
  
  NEW YORK — Flying burritos will soon be a reality over Virginia Tech. Chipotle is taking part in a test this month that will let some of the university’s students and staff have their favorite tortilla-wrapped meal delivered by drone. Virginia Tech is conducting the test with Project Wing, a unit of Google owner Alphabet […]
  
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• SpaceX accident ‘most difficult and complex’ in its history

  09-09-2016 19:37
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s chief executive says last week’s launch pad accident is the “most difficult and complex failure” in the company’s 14-year history. After a week of public silence, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said via Twitter that the company is still investigating the accident. He’s calling it a Falcon fireball, versus an explosion. […]
  
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• Updated: Convictions tossed, new trial ordered in Rutgers webcam case

  09-09-2016 19:18
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals court on Friday threw out the 15-count conviction of a former Rutgers University student whose roommate killed himself after being captured on a webcam kissing another man. The three-judge panel dismissed four bias intimidation counts against Dharun Ravi because of a change in state law since Ravi’s 2012 […]
  
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• Judge grants TRO to wild horse advocates

  09-09-2016 18:36
  
  Advocates for the return of a dozen free-range horses to Lincoln County won their fight Thursday to...
  
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• Updated: VW engineer pleads guilty in emissions case, will cooperate

  09-09-2016 18:31
  
  DETROIT — A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the company’s emissions cheating scandal and has agreed to cooperate in the widening criminal investigation. James Robert Liang, 62, of Newberry Park, California, entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to one count of conspiracy to defraud the […]
  
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• GM recalls 4M vehicles for air bag defect linked to 1 death

  09-09-2016 18:24
  
  DETROIT — General Motors Co. is recalling about 4 million vehicles worldwide to fix an air bag software defect that has been linked to one death. The company said Friday that in rare cases, the car’s computers can go into test mode and the front air bags won’t inflate in a crash. The seat belts […]
  
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• Updated: Aerial spraying for Zika virus begins in Miami Beach

  09-09-2016 18:22
  
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Aerial insecticide spraying to combat mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus is underway in Miami Beach. A plane carrying the insecticide naled released the spray over the Atlantic Ocean before dawn Friday. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/2cL57UF ) quotes Miami-Dade County officials as saying that on-board meteorological equipment was used to measure weather […]
  
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• Bill championed by families of 9/11 victims headed for likely veto showdown with the White House

  09-09-2016 18:14
  
  WASHINGTON – Congress on Friday sent President Obama a bill that would let families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged ties to terrorism, but advocates of the legislation worry it could be defeated by a presidential veto. The House passed the legislation by voice vote with leaders calling […]
  
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• San Antonio woman convicted in husband’s motorcycle death

  09-09-2016 16:51
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Authorities say a San Antonio woman has been convicted in the 2013 death of her estranged husband when her SUV and his motorcycle collided as she chased him. Frances Hall faces up to life in prison when the penalty phase begins Monday in San Antonio. A Bexar (bayr) County jury on Thursday […]
  
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• Body found in Pitkin County identified as Longmont teacher

  09-09-2016 16:51
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. — The body of a Longmont man that was found near the top of McClure Pass in Pitkin County has been identified as that of a well-liked teacher at Longs Peak Middle School. The Daily Times-Call reports (http://bit.ly/2cqBhmE ) that the body of 49-year-old Matthew Barz was found Monday near the top of […]
  
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• Updated: US stock indexes slide in morning trading; oil falls

  09-09-2016 16:45
  
  U.S. stocks fell broadly in early trading Friday, pulled down by sharp declines in utilities and consumer-focused companies. Energy stocks also fell as the price of crude oil turned lower following a rally the day before. News that North Korea had conducted a nuclear test also weighed on the market. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones […]
  
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• Updated: MasterCard faces $18.6 billion UK lawsuit over fees

  09-09-2016 16:45
  
  LONDON — MasterCard is being sued for 14 billion pounds ($18.6 billion) on behalf of British consumers for allegedly charging excessive fees on millions of transactions over a 16-year period. The law firm filing the suit says the claim is the biggest in British legal history and could bring a payout to 46 million British […]
  
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• Updated: US wholesale inventories are unchanged in July; sales drop

  09-09-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale businesses left their inventories unchanged as their sales fell in July. The Commerce Department said Friday that wholesalers held the line on stockpiles after increasing them 0.3 percent in June. Their sales fell 0.4 percent in July, reversing a 1.7 percent increase in June. It was the biggest sales drop since […]
  
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• ¡Cine Magnifico! festival focuses on works from Argentina, Spain

  09-09-2016 08:06
  
  For the past four years, the Instituto Cervantes has put together some of the best Spanish-language films.
  
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• Up-and-coming country singer Chase Bryant adds ‘sex appeal’ to his music

  09-09-2016 08:05
  
  Chase Bryant is making a change in his music.
  
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• Suspected school shooter wounds girl, kills herself

  09-09-2016 08:05
  
  ALPINE, Texas–A 14-year-old girl died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday ...
  
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• Study documents rapid loss of wilderness

  09-09-2016 08:05
  
  Wilderness areas on Earth have experienced alarming losses in the past two decades, a new study sugg ...
  
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• Hostage rescue effort in Afghanistan fails

  09-09-2016 08:05
  
  WASHINGTON–U.S. special operations forces launched a rescue mission to retrieve two men ki ...
  
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• Christus St. Vincent tries ultraviolet lamp to cut infection rate

  09-09-2016 06:45 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  The Star Wars-like light machine has helped reduce the incidence rate of  Clostridium difficile in half, the hospital says.
  
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• AG Balderas wants info on restoring obstetrical services in Las Vegas NM

  09-09-2016 04:39
  
  SANTA FE — Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M., has not provided obstetrical and delivery services for about six months now, and Attorney General Hector Balderas wants the hospital and a local nonprofit organization to show him evidence of what has been done to change that. Letters from Balderas released by the Attorney […]
  
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• Minor party wins spot on NM presidential ballot

  09-09-2016 03:09
  
  SANTA FE — A minor party that had sued New Mexico for refusing to certify it has been determined to be qualified and plans to put a presidential candidate on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. Secretary of State Brad Winter’s office decided this week that The Better for America Party of New Mexico had […]
  
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• Coverage gaps mean access to care isn’t guaranteed even for insured

  09-09-2016 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  Tracey Stahl lost part of a leg to bone cancer last fall, and she has to wince through bouts of crippling pain from an ill-fitting artificial limb because of a strange health insurance limit: Her plan
  
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• Updated: Williams upset in US Open semifinals by Pliskova

  09-09-2016 02:04
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 8:48 p.m. Serena Williams was upset in the U.S. Open semifinals for the second year in a row, beaten 6-2, 7-6 (5) by 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic on Thursday night. Williams, who clutched at her left hamstring occasionally in the […]
  
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• Updated: Kerber beats Wozniacki to reach US Open final

  09-09-2016 02:04
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 10:55 p.m. Angelique Kerber has reached her third major final this year after dispatching Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets at the U.S. Open. Kerber earned her first career No. 1 ranking before she even stepped on court Thursday with Serena Williams’ loss in […]
  
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• Updated: Vanished flag from famous 9/11 photo returns to ground zero

  09-09-2016 01:39
  
  NEW YORK — An American flag raised at ground zero on Sept. 11 in a defining moment of patriotic resolve took its place at the site Thursday after disappearing for over a decade. The 3-foot-by-5-foot flag took a symbolic and curious journey from a yacht moored in lower Manhattan to the smoking wreckage of the […]
  
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• Former All-American pitcher Reeder joins UNM softball staff

  09-09-2016 01:30
  
   Kim Reeder, a former All-America pitcher at Ohio State and a coach the last two years with the Central Coast Girls Athletic Foundation, has joined the University of New Mexico softball staff as an assistant coach. “Kim is going to an instrumental part of our staff,” said UNM head coach Erica Beach. “She brings a […]
  
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• Face-biting suspect’s dad says he believes son was poisoned

  09-09-2016 01:25
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The father of a Florida college student accused of randomly killing a couple and biting the dead husband’s face said Thursday that his son’s condition is deteriorating. Dr. Wade Harrouff said his 19-year-old son Austin Harrouff “is not doing well” and remains hospitalized nearly four weeks after the Aug. 15 beating […]
  
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• Updated: NASA spacecraft on way to asteroid to bring back samples

  09-09-2016 01:19
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first NASA explorer of its kind took off on a seven-year quest Thursday, chasing after a big, black, unexplored asteroid to gather a few handfuls of gravel for return to Earth. These bite-size bits of ancient space rock from asteroid Bennu could hold clues to the origin of life, not […]
  
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• Updated: Killer identified by victim’s blink is sentenced

  09-09-2016 01:18
  
  Before the photos flashed in front of Melvin Pate’s face, the police detective gave the man in the hospital bed clear instructions: “Blink hard once for ‘yes.’ “ Police were showing Pate a photo lineup, asking whether any of the images showed the man who had shot him during a drug robbery and left him […]
  
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• Breaking: Bernalillo County rejects addition of sick-leave, public-financing ballot questions

  09-09-2016 00:06
  
  Bernalillo County commissioners rejected a request Thursday to add two questions to the Nov. 8 ballot — one centering on a proposal to require employers to offer paid sick leave to workers, the other on public financing of mayoral campaigns. Both questions would go only to voters within Albuquerque city limits. The debate over whether […]
  
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