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• Updated: Wawrinka tops Djokovic at US Open for 3rd major

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 8:20 p.m. Pointing to his temple after winning the biggest of points, Stan Wawrinka wore Novak Djokovic down and beat the defending champion 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday for his first U.S. Open title and third Grand Slam trophy overall. The […]
  
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• Updated: Wawrinka evens up US Open final at set apiece

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Stan Wawrinka has evened up the U.S. Open final against Novak Djokovic at a set apiece. The two-time major champ won the second set 6-4 after Djokovic won the first in a tiebreaker. Wawrinka broke Djokovic’s serve in the final game […]
  
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• Updated: Wawrinka 1 set from winning US Open final

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 7:25 p.m. Stan Wawrinka is one set from winning the U.S. Open against top-ranked Novak Djokovic. Wawrinka won the third set 7-5 to take a two sets to one lead in Sunday’s final. The third-seeded Wawrinka broke Djokovic’s serve in the final game […]
  
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• Updated: US Open champ Wawrinka notes 9/11 in victory

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 8:45 p.m. U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka took time out at the end of his victory speech to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. “It’s been a big battle on the court … four hours,” Wawrinka told the crowd in […]
  
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• Updated: Canadian Auger-Aliassime wins US Open juniors

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada won the U.S. Open junior title Sunday, beating Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-3, 6-0. For the No. 6-seeded Auger-Aliassime, his victory over the fifth-seeded Kecmanovic gives him his first Grand Slam junior singles title after reaching the […]
  
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• Suspicious device shuts down parts of Sunport

  11-09-2016 22:47
  
  A suspicious device found near the Transportation Security Administration screening area at the Albuquerque International Sunport has shut down parts of the airport, and the Albuquerque Police Department’s explosive ordnance disposal team is on site, airport spokesman Dan Jiron said just befoere 3 p.m. “The (TSA) checkpoint has been closed and evacuated,” Jiron said. “Our […]
  
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• Sunport resumes operations after suspicious device cleared

  11-09-2016 22:47
  
  A partial lockdown at the Albuquerque International Sunport was lifted about 3:45 p.m. today after an APD explosive ordnance disposal team dealt with a suspicious device and cleared the airport to resume operations. The device was found near the Transportation Security Administration screening area just before 2 p.m., said airport spokesman Dan Jiron, and that […]
  
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• Outcry for death penalty collides with Navajo Nation beliefs

  11-09-2016 22:05
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The Navajo Nation’s opposition to capital punishment is in the spotlight following recent outcry for New Mexico to reinstate it in cases of child killings. The mother of an 11-year-old Navajo girl abducted and killed in Shiprock has started an online petition demanding the tribe allow the death penalty. The Santa […]
  
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• Updated: Oklahoma State out of AP Top 25 after controversial loss

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  Oklahoma State dropped out of The Associated college football poll after a controversial loss, and Georgia and Clemson fell after close calls against lightly regarded opposition. Alabama is still No. 1, receiving 56 out of 61 first-place votes Sunday. No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan all moved up one […]
  
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• Updated: Late afternoon games end with 3 tight finishes

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 7:50 p.m. The NFL’s late afternoon slate finished up with three tight games, with Detroit, Seattle and the New York Giants scoring late to slip past their opponents. Lions kicker Matt Prater hit a 43-yard field goal with 4 seconds left to deliver […]
  
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• Updated: %headline(The Latest: Eagles fans get lots to like in QB-coach combo

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 4:25 p.m. Eagles fans are notoriously tough, but they found plenty to like about the new coach-and-QB combo unveiled at home Sunday in a 29-10 season-opening win over the Browns. New sideline boss Doug Pederson arrived there unheralded and Cleveland let the Eagles […]
  
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• Updated: Cooks, Ware fantasy stars of early games

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 5:25 p.m. Fantasy owners are celebrating Brandin Cooks right now. They have the steady Drew Brees to thank. Cooks emerged as the top wideout in fantasy for early games on Sunday, scoring 27 points on 143 yards and two touchdowns. It’s a great […]
  
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• Updated: Brees-Cooks TD longest in Saints history

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 3:25 p.m. Drew Brees knows a mismatch when he sees one and the Raiders paid spectacularly. On first down from his own 2, the Saints quarterback saw the Raiders defense lined up to stop the run, leaving small, speedy receiver Brandin Cooks in […]
  
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• Updated: AJ Green has field day on Revis Island

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 6:20 p.m. Receivers were once routinely warned to stay off “Revis Island,” that portion of an NFL field where Jets shutdown cornerback Darrelle Revis prowled. No more. Cincinnati wide receiver A.J. Green pitched a tent there Sunday in the Bengals’ narrow 23-22 win, […]
  
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• College Football: Ancient rivals

  11-09-2016 21:03
  
  Bob Davie spoke of the rivalry, about how it is tied by a highway and a river. It is older than the Grandaddy Rose Bowl, older than the Ford Model T. It began before Coca-Cola was sold in bottles, before New Mexico had a State Fair and Albuquerque had an electric street car. New Mexico […]
  
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• Report: Benchmark led to special education services denials

  11-09-2016 20:59
  
  HOUSTON — More than a dozen teachers and administrators from across Texas say they delayed or denied special education to disabled students in order to stay below the benchmark state officials set for the number of students who should get such services. A Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2c7S5hh ) investigation found the Texas Education Agency’s enrollment benchmark […]
  
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• Security guard injured in Austin fraternity house shooting

  11-09-2016 18:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Officials are searching for three suspects after a security guard was injured in a shooting at a party at a fraternity house near the University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin Police Department says the shooting happened early Sunday at the Sigma Chi house, located off-campus. UT police […]
  
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• Updated: Jails, prisons still trying to meet federal anti-rape rules

  11-09-2016 18:17
  
  HOUSTON — Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car. Then 17, he was placed in a holding pen in Houston, and an older inmate said of the teenager, “I got this one.” The comment sparked the first of many […]
  
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• Driver safely exits SUV dangling from Texas parking garage

  11-09-2016 16:14
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Bystanders have helped rescue an SUV driver after the vehicle plunged off the ninth floor of a Texas parking garage and dangled from the side. Austin Fire Battalion Chief Palmer Buck says the driver later described how the sport utility vehicle didn’t stop as he slowly pulled into a parking spot Friday. […]
  
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• Budget cuts trying to DA’s office

  11-09-2016 16:14
  
  EDDY COUNTY — State budget woes may force personnel cuts in an already short-handed Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, District Attorney Dianna Luce said. “This year we are facing the prospect of further cuts, even though we have started previous years in deficit and already made cuts to everything possible,” said District Attorney Dianna Luce […]
  
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• Updated: Group votes to urge countries to end domestic ivory trade

  11-09-2016 16:13
  
  HONOLULU — An international environmental group voted Saturday to call on every country to shut down domestic ivory markets that threaten elephants. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which has 1,300 members from more than 160 countries, has no enforcement power, but its policy experts could help countries craft laws. Ivory trading is banned […]
  
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• Scientists concerned about the salt cedar-eating beetles’ effect on rare bird

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  It was a good plan: Bring in hungry beetles that feed on only nonnative salt cedar trees to get a ha ...
  
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• Private college paid Bill Clinton millions as ‘honorary chancellor’

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  $17 million deal, other ties with Laureate Education raise questions
  
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• Nation reflects on 9/11 tragedy

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  We remember the 2,977 lives taken in the terrorist attacks 15 years ago
  
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• Juvenile lockup costs escalate despite fewer incarcerated youth

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  NM pays more per resident, has higher staff-to-youth ration than most states
  
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• Caricature artist delights, impresses visitors to State Fair

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  Like a Zen master, James Parker sits quietly at his easel, drawing caricatures of people who stop de ...
  
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• Updated: Metro volleyball: La Cueva repeats, outlasts Sandia

  11-09-2016 07:25
  
  Last year's winner of the Albuquerque Metro Volleyball Championships is also this year's winner. ...
  
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• Prep football roundup: Centennial holds off La Cueva, 23-20

  11-09-2016 07:24
  
  At the moment it happened, it simply registered as a great special teams play by Centennial's Cruz C ...
  
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• Updated: Huge crowd, huge smiles for Lobo volleyball despite loss

  11-09-2016 07:21
  
  As Jeff Nelson walked down the Pit ramp from the locker room before the third set of Saturday night' ...
  
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• Federal recovery plan meant to help rare ocelots in Texas

  11-09-2016 07:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  More than 25 years after it was initiated, ocelot subspecies in Texas and Arizona finally have their own official federal recovery plan.
  
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• ENMU routs WNMU in debut of Greyhounds’ new stadium

  11-09-2016 06:19
  
  PORTALES  — The Eastern New Mexico University football team rushed for 466 yards en-route to a 37-16 victory over visiting Western New Mexico, on Saturday at the grand opening of Al Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium. The contest marked the first time ENMU played on campus since the 1967 season. With the win Eastern moved […]
  
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• Prep soccer: Sandia Prep girls, Cleveland boys win Academy Invite

  11-09-2016 05:54
  
  Sandia Prep's girls and Cleveland's boys won soccer titles Saturday morning at the Albuquerque Acade ...
  
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• Prep football: Mayfield rallies from 3-TD deficit to beat Eldorado

  11-09-2016 05:44
  
  LAS CRUCES — Saturday’s tale of two halves had an unhappy ending for the Eldorado Eagles. Mayfield quarterback Torry Locklin absolutely went off after halftime, leading the Trojans to a stunning 42-28 victory over the Eagles at the Field of Dreams. Locklin rushed for 238 of his 248 yards and scored four touchdowns in the […]
  
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• Aggies knock off Lobos 32-31

  11-09-2016 05:37
  
  LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico State Aggies edged the University of New Mexico 32-31 on Saturday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium, breaking a four-game losing streak to the Lobos in the annual rivalry. Both teams are 1-1. The Aggies play at Kentucky next Saturday while the Lobos are at Rutgers. Check back here later […]
  
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• State has yet to determine legality of daily fantasy sports

  11-09-2016 05:15
  
  They're baaaack.While you probably won't be overwhelmed with endless commercials from...
  
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• Updated: James Yodice: Gap widens between APS, RRPS football programs

  11-09-2016 05:02
  
  Last year, with the help of a couple of sources, I put together a story that outlined the primary di ...
  
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• Aggie volleyball falls to visiting Arizona

  11-09-2016 03:21
  
    LAS CRUCES  – Junior Jordan Abalos led the New Mexico State volleyball team with a career-high 19 kills, but visiting Arizona defeated the Aggies 25-21, 19-25, 25-16, 25-20 in the final contest of the Borderland Invitational at the Pan American Center. The Aggies were 1-2 in their home event, having beaten Sacramento State 3-2 […]
  
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• Prep football: Games To Watch in Week 4

  11-09-2016 02:10
  
  All games at 7 p.m. Friday 1. St. Pius (3-0) at Alamogordo (2-1): Two outstanding quarterbacks on display in this game — St. Pius’ Drew Ortiz and Alamo’s Kyle Hooper — and lots of fireworks should ensue. Tigers probably want this one badly after already losing at home to Los Lunas in Week 2. 2. […]
  
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• Updated: Live blog: Lobos-Aggies

  11-09-2016 01:53
  
  Lobos 14, Aggies 3: UNM drives 80 yards in nine plays. A 17-yard Apodaca-to-Gamblin pass on 3rd and 10 (great catch), a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty and a 23-yard run by Apodaca finish the drive. There’s 2:40 left in the first half. Lobos 7, Aggies 3: New Mexico State marches from its 25 to […]
  
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• Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash on Central

  11-09-2016 01:46
  
  A motorcyclist was taken to a local in critical condition after being in a crash on Central near Wisconsin on Saturday evening, according to Albuquerque police. Central was shut down for a about 45 minutes as police investigated, according to Albuquerque police news releases. Police didn’t release any additional information about the wreck.
  
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