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• 4 sentenced to life for slaying of reserve police officer

  19-09-2016 23:52
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Four people convicted in the slaying of a reserve police officer in Virginia have been sentenced to life in prison. News media outlets report that Daniel Mathis was sentenced to life plus 132 years for the death of 45-year-old Waynesboro Reserve Police Capt. Kevin Quick. Shantai Shelton and Mersadies Shelton were each […]
  
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• Cultivating Coders gains traction locally, nationally

  19-09-2016 23:50
  
  Albuquerque-based Cultivating Coders is headed to California this week as one of the top 50 semi-finalists in Tech.Co’s fourth annual “Startup of the Year” competition. The company, which offers training boot camps for people in underserved communities to become web and software developers, won Tech.Co’s “Startup Night” pitch competition last March at the South by […]
  
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• Updated: Anticipating debate, Trump says he thinks system rigged

  19-09-2016 23:49
  
  NEW YORK — A week before the first presidential debate, Donald Trump is putting moderators on notice that he’ll be watching to see if they get too rough on him. In a series of interviews over the past week, the Republican nominee has asserted that “the system is being rigged” against him. The first of […]
  
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• Analysts cite Clinton’s illness in new plunge by Mexico peso

  19-09-2016 22:39
  
  MEXICO CITY — Economists have long said that when the United States catches a cold, Mexico gets pneumonia. But analysts now say that Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia has given Mexico’s peso something worse. The peso broke the psychological barrier of 20 pesos per dollar Monday, and analysts and commentators cite the role of the U.S. presidential […]
  
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• Police: No shots fired at locked down Denver hospital

  19-09-2016 22:38
  
  DENVER — Police say they found no evidence that shots were fired inside a Denver hospital complex that was locked down for hours amid reports of a man carrying a rifle on the grounds. Cmdr. Patrick Phelan said Monday that nurses thought they heard gunshots during the Friday afternoon lockdown at Rose Medical Center. But […]
  
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• Updated: Official: Plane’s pilot tried to put out fire before jumping

  19-09-2016 22:37
  
  GILBERT, Ariz. — A fire department official says the pilot of a burning plane that crashed into a home in a Phoenix suburb tried unsuccessfully to put out the fire before he bailed out, following the exit of four skydivers who were his passengers. Gilbert Fire and Rescue Capt. Josh Ehrman says the pilot donned […]
  
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• Orlando and media continue fight over Pulse 911 calls

  19-09-2016 22:36
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — A battle over whether 911 calls from a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub will be made public may hinge on a technicality over how lawsuits are filed at the courthouse. The City of Orlando and news media groups are in court Monday for the first of two hearings this week […]
  
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• Online ‘sextortion’ against children growing, feds urge back-to-school awareness

  19-09-2016 22:31
  
  Federal officials and advocates say online sex-related extortion against children is growing, and they are urging educators and parents to help raise awareness at back-to-school events. They say they see a rise in so-called sextortion, which often involves adults posing as someone younger on social media to get minors to send them inappropriate photos or […]
  
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• Updated: Special high schools help kids beat drugs and drinking

  19-09-2016 21:22
  
  This summer, Melvin Matos did something that he once thought he would never do: graduate from high school. He’d started drinking at 14 and quickly moved on to pills and pot. By the time he turned 16, Matos could see where his life was heading: Some of his buddies already had died because of drugs […]
  
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• Texas student’s body found burned, dismembered; Arrest made

  19-09-2016 21:21
  
  GRAPEVINE, Texas — Officials say a suspect has been arrested after a North Texas college student’s body was found dismembered and burned in a park last week. Grapevine police said Monday that a suspect was arrested Sunday but that person hadn’t been arraigned. A news conference was planned for Monday afternoon. Police say the body […]
  
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• Eisenhower’s relatives drop objections to Ike memorial in DC

  19-09-2016 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON — Relatives of Dwight D. Eisenhower have dropped their objections to the design of a long-planned memorial for the 34th president in Washington. The Eisenhower Memorial Commission announced Monday that Ike’s relatives now support the memorial designed by esteemed architect Frank Gehry after negotiations “yielded a compromise on several design elements.” Former Secretary of […]
  
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• ACLU sues Colorado Medicaid over treatment of hep C patients

  19-09-2016 21:21
  
  DENVER — The ACLU has filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking to expand access under Colorado Medicaid to a drug to treat hepatitis C. The American Civil Liberties Union suit was filed Monday. It follows lawsuits in other states that seek coverage under government insurance for a drug that has a high success rate […]
  
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• Woman asked 911 for help as she was chased on freeway

  19-09-2016 21:20
  
  PHOENIX — A woman who was fatally shot on a Phoenix freeway made nervous pleas for help to a 911 operator as she was chased by three men in a pickup truck. A transcript of Dinya Farmer’s call to the 911 operator was released Monday, nearly two weeks after the 49-year-old was attacked while driving […]
  
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• What French Muslims think about France’s secular laws

  19-09-2016 19:32
  
  The relationship between the French state and France’s Muslim minority became major international news last month after a number of towns there moved to ban the burkini, a swimsuit worn by some Muslim women that covers the entire body except the face, hands and feet. Although the measures were soon overturned, to many it seemed […]
  
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• Rio Grande Valley town housing director indicted

  19-09-2016 19:32
  
  MCALLEN, Texas — The 48-year-old executive director of the housing authority in a small Rio Grande Valley town and a construction company owner have been indicted on federal charges related to what prosecutors say was a bid rigging scheme. Juan Jose Garza, who runs the La Joya Housing Authority, and 52-year-old Armando Jimenez made initial […]
  
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• 60 Minutes profiles Gary Johnson

  19-09-2016 19:32
  
  Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico governor, got the 60 Minutes treatment Sunday night as the venerable news magazine profiled him and his longshot bid for the White House. Johnson and his running mate – former Mass Gov. William Weld – acquitted themselves pretty well in the interview, but seemed at odds […]
  
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• Lyft’s vision: an autonomous fleet, ‘bar car,’ and the end of private car ownership

  19-09-2016 19:21
  
  Five years from now, you could hail a Lyft from your smartphone and — more likely than not — be picked up in a self-driving car. Or, perhaps a 10-minute ride in a Lyft “bar car” could hold you over while you’re whisked to happy hour. In a decade, private car ownership will have neared […]
  
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• Updated: Historic recognition: Washington’s family tree is biracial

  19-09-2016 19:17
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. — George Washington’s adopted son was a bit of a ne’er-do-well by most accounts, including those of Washington himself, who wrote about his frustrations with the boy they called “Wash.” “From his infancy, I have discovered an almost unconquerable disposition to indolence in everything that did not tend to his amusements,” the founding […]
  
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• Updated: With economic outlook hazy, Fed likely to leave rates alone

  19-09-2016 17:48
  
  WASHINGTON — Again and again in recent months, the Federal Reserve has signaled that it’s edging closer to resuming the interest-rate hikes it began in December. It just doesn’t seem to be there quite yet. When the Fed ends its latest policy meeting Wednesday, it’s expected to leave the short-term rate it controls at the […]
  
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• Banks focus more on new accounts and the fees they bring

  19-09-2016 17:48
  
  NEW YORK — When Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies before a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, it won’t be just his bank under fire for turning friendly branches into high-pressure sales centers. It’ll be the entire industry. Wells Fargo is in the spotlight now after its employees allegedly created 2 million bank and credit card […]
  
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• Colorado Springs school campus closed after body found

  19-09-2016 17:44
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado Springs school campus is closed after a body was found there. The Gazette (http://bit.ly/2db48cO ) reports that the death at the north campus of Classical Academy is being investigated as a possible suicide but police aren’t releasing any other details. School spokeswoman Tisha Harris said officials planned to release […]
  
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• Updated: GOP pushes U.S. citizens in Israel to vote for Trump

  19-09-2016 17:43
  
  KARNEI SHOMRON, West Bank – The rabbi hadn’t voted in a U.S. election in 25 years. “Didn’t see the point,” he said. Now Chaim Spring said he was all in for Republican nominee Donald Trump. The 80-year-old, whose sunny villa in a Jewish settlement was lined with religious tomes, described himself to reporters as “a […]
  
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• Clinton stresses US ‘resolve’ in terrorism fight; warns Trump policies aid militant recruitment

  19-09-2016 17:31
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Monday the United States is up to the challenge of combatting terrorism on its shores, and warned that anti-Muslim rhetoric employed by opponent Donald Trump is “giving aid and comfort” to the Islamic State. “We know that a lot of the rhetoric that we’ve heard […]
  
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• Updated: Samsung’s Note 7 battery problem expands to China

  19-09-2016 16:05
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung’s smartphone problems expanded Monday to China’s populous market, where the South Korean tech giant was looking into reports two Galaxy Note 7 handsets exploded in a country where it earlier said its units were safe and didn’t need to be included in a global recall. The reports in the biggest […]
  
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• Colleges add convenience fee to those who put tuition on credit card

  19-09-2016 16:05
  
  PITTSBURGH — Not a lot of people pay college tuition bills with a credit card. But some do — whether for convenience or to get those nice rewards points. Colleges didn’t always charge a “convenience fee” for people who pay their bills with credit cards. But in recent years the number of families using credit […]
  
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• Updated: Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic

  19-09-2016 16:04
  
  For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers’ vital role in the lives of millions of Americans, creating an echo chamber that has quietly derailed efforts to curb U.S. consumption of the drugs, which accounts for two-thirds of the world’s […]
  
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• Damage to Great Barrier Reef costs ship owner $30 million

  19-09-2016 16:04
  
  CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government reached a 39.3 million Australian dollar ($29.6 million) settlement with the owners of a Chinese coal carrier to pay for environmental damage caused when the ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago, the environment minister said Monday. The government had sued Shenzhen Energy Transport for […]
  
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• Atlanta to consider allowing Uber, other services at airport

  19-09-2016 16:04
  
  ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council is set to consider a plan to regulate Uber and other ride-booking services at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which would legalize the services to operate at the world’s busiest airport. After months of negotiations to craft the rules, the city council will take up the plan at its meeting […]
  
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• Updated: Naturalized citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast

  19-09-2016 08:42
  
  NEW YORK — Authorities are looking for a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan for questioning in a weekend explosion in a Manhattan neighborhood that injured 29 people as the governor conceded Monday that investigators could no longer rule out international terrorism. The man sought for questioning was identified as 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami. Mayor Bill de […]
  
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• Updated: Minnesota mall stabbing could be realization of terror fears

  19-09-2016 08:42
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Authorities are investigating the stabbings of nine people at a Minnesota mall as a potential act of terrorism — a finding that would realize long-held fears of an attack in the immigrant-rich state that has struggled to stop the recruiting of its young men by groups including the Islamic State. A […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities probe ties between blasts, devices in two states

  19-09-2016 08:42
  
  NEW YORK — Authorities questioned several people early Monday after car stop in Brooklyn as they worked to determine if there is a connection between an explosion that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood, an unexploded pressure-cooker device found blocks away, an earlier pipe bomb blast at a New Jersey shore town or explosive […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities probe ties between blasts, devices in 2 states

  19-09-2016 08:42
  
  NEW YORK — Authorities questioned several people early Monday as they worked to determine whether there was a connection between explosive devices found over the weekend in two states: an explosion in a Manhattan neighborhood, an unexploded pressure cooker device blocks away, a pipe bomb blast at a Jersey shore town and five explosive devices […]
  
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• Satisfaction abounds at State Fair’s end

  19-09-2016 08:05
  
  Treats, sales please visitors and vendors
  
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• #SAFE on phone makes reporting child abuse, neglect easy

  19-09-2016 08:05
  
  Reports of suspected cases up 20% since killing of Victoria Martens
  
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• Number of city murders already matches for all of last year

  19-09-2016 08:05
  
  Current pace would produce highest total since 1996
  
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• Trial to begin in ex-APD officer’s discrimination lawsuit

  19-09-2016 08:02
  
  City: Officer fired for violating procedures
  
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• Safety corridors an effort to reduce speed

  19-09-2016 08:02
  
  WHY DO HIGHWAYS HAVE SAFETY CORRIDORS? ...
  
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• Keeping Santa Teresa port running smoothly

  19-09-2016 08:02
  
  As trade with Mexico surges, director has his work cut out for him
  
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• Editorial: High court’s ruling clears up Constitution questions

  19-09-2016 08:02
  
  The state Supreme Court has cleared away clouds of confusion about what it takes to amend certain se ...
  
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• County hopes First Plaza Galeria tenants will stay

  19-09-2016 08:02
  
  Commissioners recently authorized negotiations to buy site
  
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• Three mysterious incidents in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota raise fears of terrorism

  19-09-2016 06:40
  
  NEW YORK – Authorities are investigating three incidents – explosions in New York and New Jersey and a stabbing attack in Minnesota – that took place within a 12-hour period on Saturday and sowed fears of terrorism. Officials said they could identify no definitive links between the disturbances – a bombing that hurt 29 in […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ take top honors at Emmys

  19-09-2016 06:39
  
  LOS ANGELES — “Game of Thrones” conquered the Emmy kingdom Sunday, honored as top drama for the second consecutive year and becoming the most honored prime-time TV series ever on a night of surprises and sharp political jabs. “Veep” repeated as best comedy series and its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, won a record-breaking sixth Emmy as […]
  
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• Updated: UN holds first-ever summit on refugees and migrants

  19-09-2016 06:23
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The issue of what to do about the world’s 65.3 million displaced people takes center stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday when leaders from around the globe converge on New York for the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. With more people forced to flee […]
  
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• Coleman tennis: Eldorado’s Corley eliminated

  19-09-2016 05:13
  
  A year ago at the Coleman Vision Tennis Championships, Albuquerque’s Ivana Corley, 16, won just two games in a first round match of the USTA Pro Circuit’s qualifying tournament at Tanoan Country Club. Michaela Krajicek, 10 years Corley’s senior, rolled over her, 6-1, 6-1. Krajicek went on to the win the tournament.  Corley went back […]
  
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• UNM men’s soccer rolls

  19-09-2016 04:50
  
  IRVINE, Calif. —  Senior Niko Hansen notched his first career hat trick on Saturday night, leading the Lobos to a 3-1 victory over UC Irvine. The win marks the fifth straight for UNM (5-2-0), matching last season’s longest win streak. The hat track was the first by a Lobo since Devon Sandoval netted three goals […]
  
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• Lobo football: Jordan may show he’s a dual-threat

  19-09-2016 04:45
  
  This was vintage Lamar Jordan. Late in the fourth quarter of the New Mexico Lobos’ 37-28 loss at Rutgers on Saturday, Jordan, UNM’s redshirt junior quarterback, took an option play to the right from the Scarlet Knights’ 48-yard line. Seeing that Rutgers linebacker Greg Jones had his back to him, defending against a possible pitch […]
  
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• Updated: Feds test bomb remnants of New York blast that injured 29

  19-09-2016 03:19
  
  NEW YORK — The bomb that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood contained residue of an explosive often used for target practice that can be picked up in many sporting goods stores, a federal law enforcement official said Sunday, as authorities tried to unravel who planted the device and why. The discovery of Tannerite […]
  
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• Mysterious life thrives in deep-sea volcano

  19-09-2016 03:00
  
  A three-man submarine went down, down, down into the abyss and drew within sight of something no human had ever laid eyes on: Cook seamount, a 13,000-foot extinct volcano at the bottom of the sea.
  
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• America tries to fight Zika on shoestring

  19-09-2016 03:00
  
  There have been more than 18,000 cases of Zika in the U.S. and its territories. Congress, however, still hasn’t allocated one penny of funding to fight the disease.
  
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