New Mexico news

• Trash piles up along Santa Fe River

  15-09-2016 22:39
  
    Is it a homeless person’s camp or just a dump? This southern pedestrian approach to downtown is marred for anyone who gazes down at the Santa Fe River from the Galisteo Street bridge. Scads of detritus are scattered under the trees. Time for another river clean-up?
  
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• Tour guides: College is skipping dorm over pot complaints

  15-09-2016 22:31
  
  SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Student tour guides at a college outside Philadelphia say they have been told not to bring prospective students or their parents into a dormitory because it frequently smelled of marijuana. The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2d1lEjy ) reports that Swarthmore College tour guides say administrators told them that parents complained of getting a “contact […]
  
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• Updated: US regulators: Official recall of 1M Samsung Note 7 phones

  15-09-2016 22:30
  
  BETHESDA, Md. — U.S. regulators issued an official recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone on Thursday because of a risk of fire. Samsung already has voluntary recalled the devices after a few dozen devices exploded or caught fire. That was out of about 2.5 million phones sold. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is […]
  
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• Updated: Challengers of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law end lawsuit

  15-09-2016 22:29
  
  PHOENIX — A coalition of civil rights groups agreed to end its challenge of Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration law in a deal in which the state issued guidelines on how police officers must enforce the law’s most contentious section. The agreement unveiled Thursday ends the last of seven challenges to the law that was criticized […]
  
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• Updated: How Vanguard’s decision to forgo profit has paid off for investors

  15-09-2016 22:28
  
  You don’t often see the terms “Wall Street” and “forgoing profit” in the same sentence. But a decision made by the Vanguard mutual fund house decades ago to forgo profits is a key reason index funds are now a multi-trillion-dollar factor on Wall Street, and continue to gobble up market share. The idea that forgoing […]
  
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• Pentagon grudgingly accepts Syria deal amid deep mistrust of Russia

  15-09-2016 21:56
  
  Hours after reaching an agreement on Syria last Friday with Secretary of State John Kerry and clearing the final deal with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wandered the halls of their meeting venue in Geneva, waiting for Kerry to get the OK from Washington. In a secure room upstairs, a frustrated Kerry was on […]
  
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• Updated: Wyoming police probe letter written by senior center shooter

  15-09-2016 21:47
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Police in Wyoming say they are investigating a letter written by a 77-year-old man who shot three people at the senior citizen apartment complex where he lived before killing himself. Larry Rosenberg gave the letter to complex resident Mary Eastman before he opened fire. Eastman says Rosenberg’s letter expressed frustration about poker […]
  
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• Updated: Chief: Boy’s BB gun ‘practically identical’ to police weapon

  15-09-2016 21:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A police officer responding to a reported armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who had pulled from his waistband a BB gun that looked “practically identical” to a police weapon, authorities said Thursday. Because the officer is white and the boy was black, the case has brought comparisons with the […]
  
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• Updated: Daredevil readies for rocket launch over Snake River Canyon

  15-09-2016 21:45
  
  Given his particular line of work, professional stuntman Eddie Braun knows about danger — and he plans for the worst. That’s why he paid bills several months in advance. He set up emergency cash reserves to take care of his family and engaged in an emotional talk with his teenage son about looking out for […]
  
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• Of course Clinton went to work sick. That’s the American way.

  15-09-2016 21:45
  
  As Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton demonstrated when she nearly collapsed from the effects of walking pneumonia early this week, the benefits of running for elected office may include many things, but sick days are not among them. This is perhaps unavoidable in light of the fact that the job of actually being an elected […]
  
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• More than 300 Lockheed workers in NM face layoffs

  15-09-2016 19:38
  
  More than 300 Lockheed Martin employees will be laid off in New Mexico at the end of September when an Air Force training contract ends, according to a notification the company has filed with the state. However, it’s unclear how many people, if any, will actually lose their jobs, since the Air Force may award […]
  
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• Turkey plans to build dozens of new jails after post-coup crackdown

  15-09-2016 19:37
  
  Authorities in Turkey plan to construct 174 prisons over the next five years to “meet the unanticipated increase in the number of convicts,” according to a Justice Ministry statement. Though not explicitly stated, the move is most probably linked to the strain placed on Turkey’s penal system amid a nationwide purge launched in response to […]
  
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• Updated: Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne to star at anti-guns concert

  15-09-2016 19:36
  
  NEW YORK — Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne and Roseanne Cash will headline at New York’s Beacon Theatre as part of the livestreamed Concert Across America to End Gun Violence . Organizers said Thursday it’s one of the Sept. 25 events featuring more than 1,000 artists at 250 venues across the United States. Don Felder, Carnie […]
  
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• Updated: George W. Bush helps dedicate 1st Texas school named for him

  15-09-2016 19:35
  
  ST. PAUL, Texas — Former President George W. Bush has helped dedicate the first school in Texas named for him by encouraging students to hit the books. Bush, who lives in Dallas, was on hand Thursday at George W. Bush Elementary School in the town of St. Paul, in the nearby Wylie Independent School District. […]
  
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• Hearing set for Mississippi man charged with killing 2 nuns

  15-09-2016 19:29
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — A man charged with killing two nuns in Mississippi is scheduled for a court hearing Friday. Prosecutors will present some evidence against 46-year-old Rodney Earl Sanders of Kosciusko, Mississippi, and his attorneys will have a chance to respond in Durant municipal court. The case will later go to a grand jury. Sanders […]
  
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• Girl reported missing in Wilmington found, man arrested

  15-09-2016 18:41
  
  WILMINGTON, N.C. — A 6-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert in North Carolina has been found, and a registered sex offender has been charged with kidnapping. New Hanover County Sheriff Ed McMahon said at a news conference that Stefanny Lenneth Lopez-Castro was found Thursday morning in Wilmington, in woods about 2 […]
  
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• Former Speaker Boehner, who loves a good smoke, joins tobacco company board

  15-09-2016 18:41
  
  Former House Speaker John Boehner was never shy about lighting up a cigarette during his years in Congress, and now he’s joining the board of tobacco giant Reynolds American, the company announced Thursday. Boehner, reportedly such a fan of Camel Ultra Lights that his successor Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had to fumigate the speaker’s office before […]
  
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• Updated: Behind health law’s ‘growing pains,’ more serious problems?

  15-09-2016 18:40
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told insurers this week his health care overhaul has had some growing pains. But with premiums rising and marquee insurers bailing, could the real diagnosis be “failure to thrive?” The medical term refers to when patients, often youngsters but also adults, fail to achieve or maintain proper weight. This is […]
  
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• Updated: Truckers warn speed caps will cause crashes, jam highways

  15-09-2016 18:38
  
  DETROIT — Truckers are warning that a government plan to electronically limit the speed of tractor-trailers will lead to highway traffic jams and possibly an increase in deadly run-ins with cars. More than 150 people, most identifying themselves as independent truckers, have filed comments recently with the government about the proposed rule, unveiled last month […]
  
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• How Pluto paints its largest moon red

  15-09-2016 18:30
  
  When NASA’s New Horizons probe zipped by Pluto in 2015, scientists were blown away by the complexity of the dwarf planet. But they were also pleasantly surprised by Pluto’s largest moon, Charon: It appeared to have a relatively young, complex surface, suggesting recent geological activity had smoothed over ancient impact craters. It also featured intriguing […]
  
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• Updated: US producer prices flat in August with food costs falling

  15-09-2016 16:47
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. producer prices were unchanged last month as the biggest decline in wholesale food costs in more than three years helped to keep a lid on inflation. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index, which measures cost pressures before they reach the consumer, was flat in August after a 0.4 […]
  
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• Updated: US current account trade deficit narrows to $119.9 billion

  15-09-2016 16:46
  
  WASHINGTON — The deficit in the nation’s broadest measure of trade fell in the second quarter to the smallest amount since the final three months of last year. The Commerce Department says the current account trade deficit declined to $119.9 billion in the April-June quarter, down by 9.1 percent from a first quarter deficit of […]
  
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• Updated: Applications for US jobless benefits rose slightly last week

  15-09-2016 16:46
  
  WASHINGTON — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remained at levels consistent with a healthy labor market. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that claims rose by 1,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 260,000. Applications have come in below 300,000 for 80 straight weeks, longest streak since 1970. […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks move higher as Apple pulls tech companies up again

  15-09-2016 16:44
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are higher in early trading on Wall Street Thursday. Apple is leading technology stocks higher again. Energy companies are edging higher along with the price of crude oil. Retailers are slipping after the government said shoppers cut back on spending in August, while phone companies are taking losses as bond […]
  
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• How to tell if your 401(k) is a dud

  15-09-2016 16:44
  
  There’s a lot to like about employer-sponsored retirement plans like the 401(k): They’re convenient (funded via automatic payroll deduction), offer tax savings (contributions lower a participant’s taxable income, and investments grow tax-free) and many companies sweeten the deal by pitching in their own money to encourage employees to save. But even this most valuable of […]
  
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• Updated: Global markets drift in the run-up to key US data

  15-09-2016 14:17
  
  LONDON — Global markets traded in narrow ranges Thursday ahead of a raft of U.S. economic data that could impact on market expectations over when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, Germany’s DAX was more or less unchanged at 10,380 while the CAC 40 of France fell 0.2 percent […]
  
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• Updated: UK approves stalled Chinese-funded nuclear power plant deal

  15-09-2016 14:16
  
  LONDON — The British government on Thursday approved the construction of the country’s first new nuclear power plant in more than two decades, a French and Chinese-backed project that had prompted high-level fears about national security. The government said in a statement that it had decided to proceed with the 18 billion-pound ($23 billion) Hinkley […]
  
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• Updated: Romania: truckers protest against insurance hikes

  15-09-2016 14:16
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania — Hundreds of trucks, taxis and other commercial vehicles blocked a major square in the Romanian capital on Thursday to protest planned new insurance rates that truck drivers say are too expensive. Nearly 400 protesters parked their vehicles outside the government offices in Bucharest’s central Victory Square, snarling traffic in the city. They […]
  
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• Updated: Obama’s vow to lift economic sanctions welcomed in Myanmar

  15-09-2016 14:15
  
  YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar economists and businessmen on Thursday welcomed President Barack Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will lift economic sanctions and restore long-lost trade benefits to the Southeast Asian country as it emerges from half a century of oppressive military rule. The nation of more than 50 million is rich in natural resources, and […]
  
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• EU court backs Wi-Fi providers in German copyright case

  15-09-2016 14:15
  
  BERLIN — The European Union’s highest court has ruled that the manager of a business offering free Wi-Fi to customers can’t be held liable for copyright infringements by users. A Munich court sought a judgment from the European Court of Justice in a dispute between the manager of a sound-system shop and Sony’s German branch. […]
  
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• New Mexico income rises, but growth is nation’s third-lowest

  15-09-2016 09:00
  
  State's poverty rate dips nearly 1 percent to 20.4 percent from 2014 to 2015
  
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• UNM freshmen residency plan advances

  15-09-2016 08:05
  
  Policy for students to live on campus takes effect in 2018
  
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• Police union: Paid leave cut for officers in military

  15-09-2016 08:05
  
  "It's a huge impact for these families," union official says
  
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• New Mexico’s highest court OKs amendment change

  15-09-2016 08:05
  
  Decision means changes for school election voting
  
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• Governor calls data center in Los Lunas a ‘big win’ for state

  15-09-2016 08:05
  
  Some raise concerns about subsidies, tax breaks
  
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• Former mayor still has a vision for ABQ

  15-09-2016 08:05
  
  David Rusk says taxes, annexation are keys to growth
  
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• Updated: Update from Clinton’s doctor: Democrat is ‘fit to serve’

  15-09-2016 06:24
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Hoping to put the issue of her health behind her as she gets ready to return to the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released an updated review of her physical fitness and details about a recent bout of pneumonia. “She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest,” said her doctor, […]
  
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• Assault charge dropped against ex-APD officer

  15-09-2016 04:35
  
  Prosecutors have agreed to drop an aggravated assault charge against a former Albuquerque police officer who is scheduled to stand trial next week in the on-duty shooting death of a homeless man. Former officer Dominique Perez and now-retired detective Keith Sandy were both charged with second-degree murder and other counts in the death of 38-year-old […]
  
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• Aggies frustrated by lack of radio home in Albuquerque (w/audio)

  15-09-2016 04:23
  
  
  New Mexico State University football fans have been hard-pressed to find their Aggies on Albuquerque’s radio airwaves this season. NMSU’s 32-31 win over New Mexico last Saturday was on the air, but only via the UNM broadcast on KKOB (770 AM). The Aggies’ season-opener at UTEP was not broadcast in the metro area, and upcoming […]
  
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• Slade takes 7th at Paralympics long jump

  15-09-2016 03:41
  
    RIO DE JANEIRO — Nick Slade, a 2015 Albuquerque Academy graduate and sophomore at the University of New Mexico, finished seventh on Wednesday in the men’s long jump finals. Slade jumped 6.82 meters (22 feet, 4½ inches), well behind the bronze medal-winning jump of 7.11 meters. Roderick Townsend-Roberts of the United States won the […]
  
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• Rising deductibles new norm for employer-sponsored health plans

  15-09-2016 03:00
  
  WASHINGTON — While politicians have been embroiled in a fiery debate over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, a quiet but profound shift is fundamentally reshaping how health insurance
  
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• To treat or to monitor prostate cancer?

  15-09-2016 02:10
  
  LONDON — Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation, finds a major study that dir
  
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• Former Santa Fe charter school teacher charged in alleged ‘sexting’ case

  15-09-2016 02:04
  
  SANTA FE — A former teacher at Tierra Encantada Charter School here was charged this week with several sex crimes involving a female student at the school, after the Santa Fe Police Department started investigating their inappropriate relationship in May Carlos Martin, who was fired from Tierra Encantada after the investigation started, is charged with […]
  
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• Trump spent $20,000 in charity cash for his own portrait

  15-09-2016 01:43
  
  In 2007, Donald Trump spent $20,000 that belonged to his charity – the Donald J. Trump Foundation – to buy a six-foot-tall portrait of himself, during a fundraiser auction at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. That purchase was reported Sunday by The Washington Post. Since then, the portrait has been the center of a mystery: […]
  
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• Authorities sued over arrest in Phoenix’s freeway shootings

  15-09-2016 01:43
  
  PHOENIX — A landscaper who had been charged in a string of freeway shootings that kept Phoenix motorists on edge for weeks filed a lawsuit claiming that authorities falsely accused him when they knew their evidence was weak. Lawyers for Leslie Merritt Jr. filed the lawsuit Tuesday accusing state crime lab workers of assuring detectives […]
  
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• Updated: Republican hold on Mormon voters slips with Trump as nominee

  15-09-2016 01:36
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mormons Manuel and Claire Saldana say they normally identify with Republican values and principles, but the Virginia couple is struggling to stay on board with the GOP after Donald Trump became the party’s presidential nominee. Trump’s inability to connect with Mormon voters such as the Saldanas is likely the main reason […]
  
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• Updated: Trump tries to repurpose Clinton’s attacks against her

  15-09-2016 01:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Racist. Divisive. Lacks policy details. Those are the jibes Donald Trump has recently unleashed on Hillary Clinton. If they sound familiar, it could be because she’s lodged those very attacks on him throughout the campaign. As he works to gain ground against Clinton in the final stretch of the presidential race, Trump is […]
  
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