New Mexico news

• Hispano Heritage Month celebrated by local chamber

  14-10-2016 23:27
  
  The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce celebrated Hispano Heritage Month with words of inspiration at the chamber’s annual luncheon Friday. Steve Maestas, CEO of the Maestas Development Group and chair of the board for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, told about 600 people that strength of character, commitment to family and community, hard […]
  
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• Facebook’s Ken Patchett gets started in Los Lunas

  14-10-2016 23:02
  
  Ken Patchett knows a chile allegiance is required of every New Mexican, and he has told his Facebook counterparts to act accordingly. At a working breakfast, he commends a spokeswoman for choosing “Christmas” with her burrito, and jokingly berates a colleague for asking for no chile at all. “You should leave!” Patchett, director of data […]
  
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• APD: Four people detained after officers set up perimeter in NW Albuquerque

  14-10-2016 22:54
  
  Officers took four people into custody from a northwest Albuquerque house where they’d spotted a stolen vehicle Friday morning, according to a spokesman for the police department. Fred Duran said officers were patrolling in the area of 54th and Iliff NW when they saw the stolen vehicle parked in the yard of a house on 54th […]
  
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• Report: Dog Head Fire quickly overwhelmed three-man crew

  14-10-2016 22:34
  
  One shovel, one axe and one fire extinguisher. That’s what a three-man forest thinning crew in the Cibola National Forest had available to them in June when a small patch of burning ground erupted into what became the Dog Head Fire. The three men from the Pueblo of Isleta were on a team that was […]
  
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• Updated: Gov’t bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from airliners

  14-10-2016 22:16
  
  WASHINGTON — Passengers and flight crews will be banned from bringing Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on airline flights under an emergency order issued Friday by the Department of Transportation in response to reports of the phones catching fire. The order, which goes into effect on Saturday at noon EDT, says the phones may not […]
  
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• Updated: Yellen: Slow recovery confounds economists’ expectations

  14-10-2016 21:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that the slow recovery from the Great Recession has surprised economists, confounding long-held beliefs about growth and inflation. Her remarks could help explain why the Fed has been reluctant to raise U.S. interest rates. Speaking to an economic conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, […]
  
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• Ohio to suspend doing business with Wells Fargo

  14-10-2016 21:22
  
  NEW YORK — Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich announced Friday that he was suspending Wells Fargo from doing business with state agencies, and excluding the bank from participating in any state bond offerings. Kasich’s announcement follows similar moves by the state treasurers of California and Illinois and the cities of Seattle and Chicago, which said […]
  
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• Updated: Why ‘The Front Page’ is the best newspaper comedy of all time

  14-10-2016 19:33
  
  So how come journalism isn’t funny anymore? In the classic stage comedy “The Front Page” – the best play about newspapering ever written – Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur found in the gaggle of rascally newshounds in 1928 Chicago a rich vein for farce, with flourishes of melodrama and satire. The reporters are invested by […]
  
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• Private prison industry fights directive to end the use of contract facilities

  14-10-2016 19:33
  
  The private prison industry is lobbying against a Justice Department directive to end the use of their facilities, encouraging legislators to question the policy change and legally protesting one significant contract reduction. The moves by the GEO Group and others demonstrate the practical and political hurdles that stand in the way of the Bureau of […]
  
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• Why Facebook suddenly blacked out all ads in Thailand

  14-10-2016 19:32
  
  Facebook is taking a very unusual step for a company that makes it money off advertisements: It will stop showing ads on its network in the entire country of Thailand in a gesture of respect for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The social network announced the decision on its blog for advertisers, saying that it […]
  
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• Updated: Student digs through a box in the archives and unearths centuries-old Geneva Bible

  14-10-2016 19:32
  
  Sam Bussan says he was almost ready to split for the day. It was late one September afternoon, and Bussan, a junior at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, was getting ready to leave the school’s archives, where he worked. But as he was walking out, Bussan spotted a sign on a shelf. “Bibles four […]
  
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• Updated: Cut thinner, this chop’s a winner; recipe

  14-10-2016 19:32
  
  If you often find pork chops to be on the dry and bland side, this recipe could change your mind about them. Here, the lean meat is infused and made extra tender with a boldly flavorful Asian marinade. And because the chops are cut extra thin – almost as thin as minute steaks – they […]
  
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• Human remains found in western Colorado desert

  14-10-2016 17:22
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Investigators say hikers found a nearly complete adult skeleton and some clothing in the western Colorado desert. The Daily Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2dPCh31 ) that Mesa County Sheriff’s Office investigators and Colorado Mesa University forensic research students worked together Wednesday to collect the bones in the desert north of Grand Junction. Sheriff’s […]
  
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• 5-year-old pulls brother, 2, from fiery truck wreck

  14-10-2016 17:22
  
  HOUSTON — Police in Houston say a 5-year-old boy pulled his 2-year-old brother out of a burning tractor trailer following a crash that killed their father. KPRC-TV reports the truck was a moving van and the family was relocating to Galveston, Texas, when the crash occurred. Police say the boys were passengers in the truck […]
  
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• DA drops charges against woman tied to ATM fatal robbery

  14-10-2016 16:55
  
  The Bernalillo County District Attorney's office has dropped charges against Veronica Trimble...
  
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• Updated: How Rudy Giuliani became Trump’s attack dog

  14-10-2016 16:46
  
  A year ago, former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani read an editorial in his hometown newspaper mocking him as a “shill” for endorsing a little-known Republican it deemed “stunningly unqualified” to become a district attorney on Long Island. This was the same New York Daily News that years earlier had celebrated Giuliani’s tenure as a corruption-busting […]
  
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• Lawmakers to feds: Give $10M to NJ Transit for train safety

  14-10-2016 16:46
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s congressional delegation is calling on the federal government to fulfill New Jersey Transit’s request for $10 million to help install an automatic train speed control system. Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez and 12 members of Congress made the request to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx after last month’s […]
  
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• State auditor’s office reviewing complaints against county

  14-10-2016 16:23
  
  Two allegations against Curry County from 2012 are being looked into by the state auditor’s office. County Manager Lance Pyle confirmed he and County Attorney Steve Doerr had a Tuesday meeting at Auditor Tim Keller’s office, and noted the county requested the meeting. A pair of complaints, Pyle said, were filed earlier in the year […]
  
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• Houston board sells naming rights to public arts school

  14-10-2016 16:23
  
  HOUSTON — The Houston school board has voted to accept a $7.5 million gift for an arts school, marking the first time the district has sold naming rights to a public campus. The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2dPgF6Q ) the board’s decision Thursday to accept the money and rename the school after the donors is a […]
  
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• Clown trend no laughing matter

  14-10-2016 16:23
  
  A national trend of clown sightings appears to have made its way to Portales, according to local police officials. Eastern New Mexico University Police Department Chief Brad Mauldin said his department has had seven sightings of people driving or walking in clown masks reported in the last week. Police departments in various states across the […]
  
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• Annual gun show set for return

  14-10-2016 16:23
  
  Thousands of gun and knife enthusiasts are expected to descend upon the Clovis Civic Center this weekend for the Clovis Evening Lions Club gun, knife and coin show — with the organization’s overarching goal being the promotion of healthy vision and awareness of preventable vision loss among children. “There will be over 100 tables of […]
  
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• Fed grant to Highlands University aims to help ESL teachers

  14-10-2016 16:22
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. — A new federal grant aims to help educators earn second language education degrees at Highlands University. The northern New Mexico school announce this week that the U.S. Department of Education recently awarded Highlands a $2.2 million grant to help students with tuition, books, and related professional development. Under the five-year grant, […]
  
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• About the cover: October 14, 2016

  14-10-2016 13:28
  
  12401 Modesto Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 $899,000 4,339 sq. ft. 4 bed / 4 bath Sean & Christine Remington 505.977.2004 Realty One of New Mexico 505.883.9400   Welcome to 12401 Modesto Avenue NE. This extraordinary custom home features stonework inside and out, radiant heating and a master suite on each floor. Unobstructed views of […]
  
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• VanDyk Mortgage: helping borrowers succeed

  14-10-2016 12:37
  
  When Bill Vering started at Vandyk mortgage corporation seven and a half years ago, he was flying solo in a small office working in an industry that had recently been disastrously pummeled. It was the national company’s first foray into the state and Vering not only helped get the newly launched ship headed out into smooth waters, he helped it thrive to the […]
  
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• An accidental shooting kills a child every other day

  14-10-2016 09:02
  
  During the first six months of this year, minors died from accidental shootings at a pace of one every other day
  
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• Updated: Weight survey for Pago Pago fliers prompts airline action

  14-10-2016 08:37
  
  HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines executives had a dilemma: Their planes were burning more fuel than projected on their regular 2,600-mile route between Honolulu and American Samoa. Various factors for increased fuel use, like winds, were ruled out. So the carrier asked passengers on the twice weekly flights if they wouldn’t mind being weighed before boarding. […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton says she can’t recall key details about email server

  14-10-2016 08:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton said under oath in a court filing Thursday that she can’t recall key details about her use of a private email server or she refused to answer questions about it posed by a conservative legal group. Clinton lawyer David Kendall provided the Democratic presidential nominee’s sworn responses to 25 written questions […]
  
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• Albuquerque native’s film to screen at Santa Fe festival

  14-10-2016 08:10
  
  Matthew Stanasolovich has always had a vision.
  
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• Burque Noir: Vol. 2 showcases African-American performers

  14-10-2016 08:09
  
  Burque Noir: Vol. 2 will celebrate black culture through multimedia visual and performance art.
  
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• Indie power: Santa Fe Festival earns reputation for providing top-quality films

  14-10-2016 08:08
  
  After eight years, the light continues to shine bright for the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival.
  
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• Oscillation Electronic Music Festival restarting after eight-year hiatus

  14-10-2016 08:07
  
  After an eight-year hiatus, the Oscillation Electronic Music Festival is coming back to the Duke City.
  
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• Ex-Lumineers member ‘moving forward’ with Denver-based folk trio Edison

  14-10-2016 08:06
  
  Life is good for Maxwell Hughes. He is on tour and has a new album of music out.
  
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• Updated: Fight over thermostat may have led to 911 call, 2 cops shot

  14-10-2016 07:11
  
  BOSTON — The domestic disturbance that Boston police were responding to when two veteran officers were shot and wounded may have started as an argument over the thermostat, police said. The officers were called late Wednesday night to an apartment in the East Boston neighborhood, where Kirk Figueroa, 33, was allegedly threatening his roommate with […]
  
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• Trump just laid out a pretty radical student debt plan

  14-10-2016 07:02
  
  Donald Trump is promising the most liberal student loan repayment plan since the inception of the federal financial aid program, in a clear effort to court the millions of Americans struggling with the high cost of college. “We would cap repayment for an affordable portion of the borrower’s income, 12.5 percent, we’d cap it. That […]
  
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• Updated: Early editions of Shakespeare’s plays get rare public view

  14-10-2016 07:01
  
  BOSTON — The public is getting a rare peak at first and early editions of some of William Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. The Boston Public Library is commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death with “Shakespeare Unauthorized,” a free exhibition that opens on Friday. The library famously holds a copy of the so-called “First […]
  
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• Updated: AP Explains: How Yemen’s stalemate war could entangle US

  14-10-2016 07:01
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — By firing missiles into Yemen, the United States likely will be further entangled in a stalemate war in the Arab world’s poorest country, a conflict it has sought to extract itself from in recent weeks. But who exactly is fighting in Yemen and what does the U.S. have to do […]
  
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• Updated: Billy Bush lawyer: Bush risked firing if he rebuked Trump

  14-10-2016 06:09
  
  LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Billy Bush is defending the TV personality’s part in a lewd 2005 exchange with Donald Trump. Marshall Grossman told The Hollywood Reporter that Bush would have been fired from his then-job with “Access Hollywood” if he’d been passive or told Trump to shut up. Grossman noted Bush was a […]
  
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• APD: Man in critical condition after possible stabbing

  14-10-2016 02:56
  
  Police are investigating after a man was possibly stabbed near Candelaria and Carlisle NE Thursday evening, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. “The male subject was transported to the University of New Mexico Hospital and is listed in critical condition,” said officer Daren DeAguero. He said officers are investigating in the area of […]
  
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• Updated: Michelle Obama attacks Trump over sexual assault comments

  14-10-2016 02:32
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michelle Obama said Thursday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s boast on a 2005 tape about his fame allowing him to “do anything to women” shook her to the core. Speaking at a campaign rally in New Hampshire for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Mrs. Obama called the comments “shocking and demeaning.” She […]
  
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• In two searing speeches, the 2016 presidential race is crystallized

  14-10-2016 01:36
  
  Two speeches. Two Americas. A pair of apocalyptic arguments and one call to burn down the house. That’s the summation from just two remarkable hours Thursday that crystallized the final month of Campaign 2016. In back-to-back appearances, in what might be the two most compelling hours of the entire election, Michelle Obama in New Hampshire […]
  
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• Updated: Kendall Jenner says she was terrified at stalking scene

  14-10-2016 01:35
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kendall Jenner testified Thursday at the trial of a man accused of stalking her that she was terrified when he followed her up the driveway of her Hollywood Hills home and repeatedly banged on the window of her car. The 20-year-old model and reality TV star used her hands to illustrate how […]
  
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• Updated: Georgetown janitor felt invisible to students until one changed his life

  14-10-2016 01:35
  
  WASHINGTON – Every night, they had the same routine. The Georgetown University business student would settle in for his cram session – soda, chips, books lined up. And the janitor would come in to start his night shift – polishing each of the windows in the study room, moving amid all those books and chips […]
  
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• New: Former Gov. Richardson says no hard feelings over hacked email

  14-10-2016 01:35
  
  SANTA FE — Former Gov. Bill Richardson says he wasn’t bothered by an unflattering description of him made by John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, in a hacked email released this week. The former governor, a Democrat, also told the Journal today he is neither “seeking nor expecting” any White House appointment […]
  
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• Explosive device in backpack rattles Colorado mountain town

  14-10-2016 01:35
  
  NEDERLAND, Colo. — This Colorado mountain refuge of hippies and artists has long thrived on close ties among neighbors and a welcoming embrace of outsiders. But a backpack containing a homemade explosive, dropped on the doorstep of the town’s five-officer police department, has left many of these take-it-as-it-comes residents shaken. Authorities on Thursday were still […]
  
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• Updated: On a ‘Women for Trump’ tour, more disdain for Clinton than respect for Trump

  14-10-2016 00:22
  
  ICARD, N.C. – If Hillary Clinton becomes the first female president of the United States, a lot of women will be upset at Granny’s Country Kitchen. They know Trump has said crude things about women. He may even have behaved like a lout. But when forced to weigh Trump’s behavior against their disdain for Clinton, […]
  
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• Analysis: Surrogates explaining away Trump’s sexual behavior only seem to make things worse

  14-10-2016 00:22
  
  A wave of aides and surrogates have fanned out in recent days to defend Donald Trump after the release of a video in which he brags about forcing himself on women and subsequent allegations that he groped or kissed multiple women without their consent. But in trying to justify or wave away the reports, many […]
  
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• She changed his flat tire; he never called her again. Is this a case of a fragile male ego?

  14-10-2016 00:21
  
  Theresa Ukpo was sitting in the passenger seat of her date’s car, trying to figure out what she did wrong. She was out with a guy she’d been seeing regularly for three months. It was the kind of night that required stilettos, and things had been going well – until his car got a flat […]
  
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• New York bombing suspect makes first court appearance

  14-10-2016 00:21
  
  ELIZABETH, N.J. – The man suspected of terrorizing New York and New Jersey with a series of bombings last month appeared in court here for the first time Thursday via a video feed from a hospital, where he continues to recover from wounds he suffered in a shootout with police. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 28, a […]
  
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• ‘No more’: Evangelical women are done with Donald Trump and his misogyny

  14-10-2016 00:19
  
  Bible teacher Beth Moore is someone who “keeps politics out of it,” so the saying goes. When she speaks at events or on social media, the founder of Living Proof Ministries typically shares encouraging spiritual quips and jokes about her big Texan hair. But this Sunday, in just 94 words, the 59-year-old Houstonian lighted a […]
  
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