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• Updated: Secret Service: Uniformed agent hit by car near White House

  12-09-2016 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service Says a uniformed division motorcycle officer has been struck by a car near the White House and taken to a hospital. The agency tweeted shortly after 2 p.m. Monday that the officer was receiving medical attention. An AP photographer at the scene says the crash occurred between the White […]
  
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• Updated: Stem-cell clinics face new scrutiny from federal regulators

  12-09-2016 23:46
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – In a corner of Mark Berman’s cosmetic-surgery suite is a box labeled the “Time Machine” that is the heart of his stem-cell operation. In mini-liposuction procedures, Berman extracts fat tissue from patients and puts it into the Time Machine box, where a centrifuge separates stem cells from fat. The cells are […]
  
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• Man arrested after car window shot out on Phoenix freeway

  12-09-2016 23:44
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a man is in custody after a car window was shot out on Interstate 10 in Phoenix. Phoenix police say 22-year-old Leonardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez is being held on six counts of aggravated assault, as well as individual counts of assault, discharging a firearm within city limits, endangerment and preventing use of a […]
  
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• Updated: New Sandia Pueblo balloon rules may drive visitors away

  12-09-2016 23:35
  
  Exactly why Sandia Pueblo crafted more stringent rules for balloon landings on pueblo lands with les ...
  
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• Four ABQ accelerators net $50k each from feds

  12-09-2016 23:32
  
  Four Albuquerque business accelerators each got a $50,000 shot in the arm this month from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. The competition, now in its third year, awarded $3.4 million to 68 accelerators nationwide, with a total of $200,000 going to New Mexico’s ABQid, Central New Mexico Community College’s IGNITE […]
  
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• Updated: Prosecutor: Video shows ex-coach stalking boy who was slain

  12-09-2016 22:30
  
  CANTON, N.Y. — Surveillance videos show that a former college soccer coach stalked his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old son just before the boy was killed in 2011, a prosecutor told a judge Monday. Oral “Nick” Hillary “hunted” Garrett Phillips in the half hour before the boy was strangled in the apartment Phillips shared with his mother, Tandy […]
  
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• Broncos’ Marshall unfazed after losing 2nd endorsement

  12-09-2016 22:30
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall says he’ll kneel again for the national anthem even though he lost a second endorsement deal for joining Colin Kaepernick’s protest of social injustice. CenturyLink said Monday that the company respects Marshall’s right to express his beliefs but feels the national anthem was an inappropriate venue. So, CenturyLink […]
  
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• Ava DuVernay describes epic dance battle at Obama’s birthday party

  12-09-2016 22:28
  
  Those A-list dance battles at the White House? Not a myth. Last week, director Ava DuVernay sat down with “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert to dish about President Barack Obama’s not-so-top-secret 55th birthday party. The two celebs were both there to witness the commander in chief blow out the candles for the last time […]
  
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• Trio of Titans raised fists in protest after anthem ended

  12-09-2016 22:26
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A trio of Tennessee Titans say they raised their right fists in the air after the national anthem ended to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11, and to bring attention to the ongoing unequal treatment of African-Americans and other minorities. Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jurrell Casey, cornerback Jason McCourty and linebacker […]
  
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• Audit: Former worker may have embezzled $18,225 intended for those with disabilities

  12-09-2016 22:18
  
  A former official with the New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Planning Council pocketed more than $18,000 that he apparently obtained in least partially from creating false invoices for individuals with disabilities, a review by State Auditor Tim Keller’s office has found. The Auditor’s Office says the behavior may constitute felony embezzlement, and has referred its findings […]
  
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• Updated: Fed’s Brainard: Move cautiously before hiking interest rates

  12-09-2016 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard indicated Monday that she’s in no hurry to raise interest rates again, comments that were greeted with relief on Wall Street. In a speech in Chicago, Brainard said that the risk that higher rates will damage a fragile economy exceeds the risk that lower rates will ignite […]
  
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• Ted Cruz starts boycott of ‘rich spoiled athletes’ who protest during anthem

  12-09-2016 21:33
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz is getting in touch with his inner activist. The Texas Republican called for a boycott of the shoes, shirts and jerseys promoted by athletes who protest during the national anthem, a trend started last month when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” to call […]
  
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• Rosetta orbiter will soon crash into its comet and die

  12-09-2016 21:33
  
  In just a few days, the Rosetta orbiter will end its two-year mission by crash landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The European Space Agency spacecraft will join its ill-fated lander Philae, which was recently located after dying and evading detection for nearly two years after its historic landing on the comet’s surface. As Comet 67P’s orbit […]
  
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• On Eid, celebrating the prophets and wondering why God stopped speaking to us

  12-09-2016 21:33
  
  Why did God stop talking to us? On Eid, Muslims celebrate the story of Abraham. We celebrate the connection that we invoke every day in our prayers: “Oh God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad’s family, just as you blessed Abraham and Abraham’s family.” The line of prophecy, in which Abraham played a starring role, ends with […]
  
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• Updated: Report: South Sudan leaders amass wealth as country burns

  12-09-2016 21:29
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda — South Sudan’s leaders have amassed wealth abroad amid a conflict in which tens of thousands have been killed, a U.S.-based watchdog group said Monday, charging that the civil war is being fueled by competition among rivals over national resources such as oil. South Sudan President Salva Kiir, former deputy Riek Machar and […]
  
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• Democratic senators want hearings on Wells Fargo’s aggressive sales tactics

  12-09-2016 20:09
  
  WASHINGTON — Five Democratic senators on Monday called for hearings into the aggressive sales tactics by Wells Fargo & Co. employees that led to a $185 million settlement package with federal and state regulators last week. “The magnitude of this situation warrants a thorough and comprehensive review,” the lawmakers, led by Sen. Robert Menendez of […]
  
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• Even Austria’s far right wants to demolish Hitler’s birthplace

  12-09-2016 19:39
  
  A right-wing Austrian politician who may yet be the country’s president has called for the demolition of Adolf Hitler’s first home. The Nazi leader was born in 1889 in a yellow-brick house on a street in the northern Austrian village of Braunau am Inn. This year, authorities in Vienna pushed through legislation to forcibly expropriate […]
  
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• Updated: Paralympics entertain bigger-than-expected crowds in Rio

  12-09-2016 19:15
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Three weeks ago, organizers and event fans were worried that the 2016 Paralympics would not be well-attended. But when São Paulo resident Marco Fumis arrived at a lively Olympic Park on Saturday, he was blown away with what he saw. “I’m positively surprised by this,” said Fumis. “We are really emotional […]
  
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• Updated: Instagram rolls out its comment filter to everyone

  12-09-2016 19:15
  
  Not a fan of what you’re seeing in your Instagram comments? Starting Monday, the social network is giving you the power to ignore what you don’t want to see. In a company blog post, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom announced that all Instagram users will have the option to create a list of keywords that can […]
  
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• 2 arrested after Dallas-area fire captain fatally shot

  12-09-2016 19:07
  
  ROYSE CITY, Texas — A man has been arrested on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a Dallas-area firefighter and the victim’s wife has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Royse City police say 37-year-old Michael Garza turned himself in Sunday at the Hunt County sheriff’s office. Twenty-nine-year-old Chacey […]
  
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• Aiming to avert shutdown, Obama to meet with Congress leaders at White House

  12-09-2016 19:01
  
  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Monday afternoon to try to forge a plan to fund the government past the end of September and resolve a months-long partisan standoff over additional funding to combat the Zika virus. Obama’s first meeting with both House Speaker Paul Ryan, […]
  
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• Updated: Bezos’ new rocket built for space tourism

  12-09-2016 18:59
  
  The New Shepard rocket that Blue Origin has been launching and landing is a fairly modest thing, 65 feet high, capable of getting just past the edge of space, some 60 miles up. But on Monday, Jeff Bezos’ space company announced the design of its new, orbital rocket, a towering, more powerful behemoth designed to […]
  
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• ‘This is beyond politics’: Vandals destroy 9/11 memorial on the Occidental College campus

  12-09-2016 18:10
  
  They found the discarded and destroyed American flags at about 1 a.m. Sunday, an hour into the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Some of the flags had been crushed or snapped in two. Others had been tossed into nearby garbage cans; so many of them had been trashed that they spilled onto […]
  
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• U.S.-Israel deal held up over dispute with Lindsey Graham

  12-09-2016 17:59
  
  After long and arduous negotiations, Israel and the Obama administration have agreed on a landmark military aid package that would increase U.S. aid to Israel over the next 10 years. But the White House is reluctant to sign the deal because officials are upset one leading lawmaker won’t go along: Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, R-S.C. […]
  
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• The Latest: Muslim official decries violence aimed at mosque

  12-09-2016 17:59
  
  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Latest on the fire at the Florida mosque that was attended by the Orlando nightclub shooting gunman. (all times local): 11:55 a.m. The Florida director of an Islamic advocacy group says it’s disconcerting that a mosque was set on fire on one of the two biggest holidays on the Muslim […]
  
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• Updated: I’m a 32-year-old virgin, and I’m living the feminist dream

  12-09-2016 17:58
  
  My name is Kate. I’m 32 years old. I’ve never had sex. When I was young, I always imagined I would be married by 25 and have a brood of kids. Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew to “make disciples,” and I thought it would be cool to take that verse literally and have […]
  
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• Obama: US welcomes Muslim refugees with ‘an open heart’

  12-09-2016 17:58
  
  President Obama is asking Americans to remain tolerant of Muslim refugees and other immigrants, declaring Monday that the United States welcomes them “with empathy and an open heart.” Obama marked the Eid al-Adha holiday by offering “warmest wishes” to Muslims in a statement from him and the first lady released by the White House. Obama […]
  
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• Sept. 11 and the long-lost joys of flight

  12-09-2016 16:54
  
  When I was 16, I got on a plane departing from Boston’s Logan International Airport, bound for England. I was on my way to visit my pen pal, which in retrospect is not the most anachronistic part of this story. That began when a heavy snowstorm diverted the flight from Manchester to Norwich, on the […]
  
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• How the Obamas helped Charlie Brown win an Emmy Award over the weekend

  12-09-2016 16:54
  
  The man who dreamed up bringing Charlie Brown to the screen had noted a detail about life in the Obama White House. He and the “Peanuts” team “read a few years ago that ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ was the first family’s favorite holiday special, and that they always played and sang the [show’s] music each […]
  
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• Updated: AP photographer recalls drama of Mediterranean rescue

  12-09-2016 16:53
  
  OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA — When the camera’s viewfinder is in “night vision” mode, a hidden world appears that is invisible to the naked eye in the darkness of night. Bathed in green, the view is even more dreamlike — or nightmarish. I can see hundreds of people packed inside a rickety wooden boat, […]
  
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• Updated: 48 injured by PKK car bomb in east Turkey

  12-09-2016 16:53
  
  ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have accused Kurdish militants of detonating a car bomb that wounded 48 people Monday in the eastern city of Van. The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted a statement by the governor’s office alleging that members affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party were responsible for Monday’s blast at a police point […]
  
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• Assad vows to retake Syria, calling into question impending cease-fire

  12-09-2016 16:53
  
  BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad reiterated his determination to reconquer all of Syria, hours before the scheduled start of a U.S.- and Russian-sponsored cease-fire Monday aimed at ending five years of conflict. Assad’s comments, made during a visit to the Damascus suburb of Darayya, called into question whether his government will comply with the […]
  
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• Updated: Taiwan tourism workers call for help as Chinese numbers fall

  12-09-2016 14:36
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of Taiwanese workers in tourism-related businesses rallied in the capital Monday to draw attention to a sharp decline in Chinese visitors that is putting their industry under heavy strain. Workers marched down a central street in Taipei before gathering outside the Presidential Office Building. They called for the preservation of jobs […]
  
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• Updated: France’s government pushes Alstom to maintain train making

  12-09-2016 14:36
  
  PARIS — France’s Socialist government is vowing to maintain the train-making site of rail giant Alstom in the country despite the company’s decision to end production. Finance minister Michel Sapin said Monday that the government will work with local officials, Alstom’s management and potential clients about ensuring the workload so that the railway production “will […]
  
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• Updated: Bailout inspectors back in Greece as reforms delayed

  12-09-2016 14:36
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Inspectors from Greece’s bailout creditors have returned to Athens as the Greek government faces calls to speed up the implementation of economic reforms so it can get more rescue loans. Representatives from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and European Commission were due for talks starting Monday with government officials. […]
  
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• Updated: Fed rate hike jitters and Clinton concerns hit stocks hard

  12-09-2016 14:35
  
  LONDON — Global stock markets tumbled Monday as investors fretted over the possibility of an imminent U.S. interest rate hike and reacted to the weekend health problems of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX was down 1.8 percent at 10,384 while the CAC-40 in France fell 1.8 percent to 4,412. The […]
  
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• HP buying Samsung Electronics’ printer business for $1.05B

  12-09-2016 14:35
  
  NEW YORK — HP is buying Samsung Electronics Co.’s printer business in a transaction worth $1.05 billion. HP Inc. said Monday that it is the largest print acquisition in the company’s history and will help it go from traditional copiers to multifunction printers. HP also said the deal will strengthen its position in laser printing, […]
  
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• What’s going on with the wavy Paseo del Norte striping?

  12-09-2016 08:05
  
  WAS PASEO STRIPED DURING A THREE-MARTINI LUNCH?...
  
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• Thousands recall Sept. 11 on 15th anniversary

  12-09-2016 08:05
  
  NEW YORK–The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 with the solemn roll call of the dea ...
  
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• Music of Mexico’s Juan Gabriel touched souls

  12-09-2016 08:05
  
  Juan Gabriel's death causes outpouring of love
  
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• High court to hear case on election law amendments

  12-09-2016 08:05
  
  Can school elections take place alongside local nonpartisan elections?
  
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• 9/11: The day ‘the world stopped turning’ 15 years ago

  12-09-2016 08:05
  
  The 2,977 people killed in terrorist attacks are remembered in solemn Civic Plaza ceremony
  
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• Small business shouldn’t count on Congress

  12-09-2016 08:02
  
  While many hope for tax or health care reform, focus will be on elections
  
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• Service providers look beyond NM’s borders

  12-09-2016 08:02
  
  Out-of-state work has proven a boon to firms willing to market themselves elsewhere
  
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• Public Service Awards nomination deadline extended

  12-09-2016 08:02
  
  There's still time to nominate a deserving someone from your community for this year's Governor's Ne ...
  
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• One-on-One with Paul Mondragon: Banker with a biologist’s heart

  12-09-2016 08:02
  
  Paul Mondragon is a commercial banker with a biologist's heart.
  
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• Business across the border: Trump’s attacks on NAFTA are vague, shortsighted

  12-09-2016 08:02
  
  Calls for modernizing the agreement are based on misinformed rhetoric about trade with Mexico
  
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• Getting to the ballot box isn’t always easy

  12-09-2016 07:15
  
  Research indicates that people with disabilities are less likely to vote than people without disabilities.
  
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• Science on the Hill: Trinity ushers in new age of supercomputing

  12-09-2016 06:30
  
  As Los Alamos National Laboratory begins testing the second half of its new supercomputer, Trinity, the occasion highlights how intertwined scientific breakthroughs and computer innovations have becom
  
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