New Mexico news

• Keeping things fresh

  19-10-2016 23:24
  
  They keep your vitamins fresh, your indigestion tablets fizzy and your beef jerky from turning weird colors. They also protect your favorite coffee and chocolate products and can ensure your drum set doesn’t get ruined during shipping. The next time you notice one of those desiccant packets or little plastic canisters in your prescription bottle […]
  
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• Finally, the world may protect one of the most pristine parts of the Southern Ocean

  19-10-2016 23:12
  
  For years, world leaders have been arguing over the best way to protect the chilly Southern Ocean at the bottom of the world from threats like pollution and overfishing. Now, they may finally be one step closer to an agreement. This week, members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) […]
  
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• Updated: Phoenix serial killer 911 calls disclosed in bid for leads

  19-10-2016 23:11
  
  PHOENIX — Police released a batch of 911 recordings Wednesday from the first two shootings in a wave of Phoenix serial killings earlier this year, hoping that the calls might revive an investigation that has generated few leads in recent months. A female caller in one recording was crying as she reported on March 18 […]
  
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• Updated: Jury clears NBA’s Derrick Rose in rape lawsuit

  19-10-2016 23:11
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jurors cleared NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends Wednesday in a lawsuit that accused them of gang raping his ex-girlfriend when she was incapacitated from drugs or alcohol. The jury reached the verdict in federal court in Los Angeles after hearing dramatically different accounts of the August 2013 sexual encounter. Rose […]
  
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• Updated: Leaks put Assange at odds with Ecuador’s warming up to US

  19-10-2016 22:59
  
  QUITO, Ecuador — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finding himself in open conflict with his Ecuadorean protectors as the group’s latest dump targeting Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign runs afoul of the South American government’s goal of warming up to Washington. Ecuador’s move to cut off his internet access at its embassy in London was a […]
  
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• Updated: New York Times positions publisher’s son as his successor

  19-10-2016 21:38
  
  NEW YORK — The New York Times has named Arthur Gregg “A.G.” Sulzberger as deputy publisher, setting him up to take over for his father, publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. If made publisher, the 36-year-old Sulzberger would be the latest in a long line of family overseers. A.G. Sulzberger’s great-great-grandfather took over The Times in 1896, […]
  
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• Evangelicals have become much more accepting of politicians’ ‘immoral’ acts

  19-10-2016 21:31
  
  In just five years, white evangelicals have become much more likely to say a person who commits an “immoral” act can behave ethically in a public role. In 2011, just 30 percent of these evangelicals said this, but that number has more than doubled to 72 percent in a recent survey. The survey comes as […]
  
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• Boy, 14, charged in deaths of grandparents at Texas home

  19-10-2016 21:29
  
  BEACH CITY, Texas — Authorities say a 14-year-old boy has been charged in the fatal shooting of his grandparents at the Houston-area home where they all lived. The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office says the boy was being held Wednesday on two capital murder counts. Investigators didn’t immediately say whether they’ll seek to try the juvenile […]
  
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• Mesa man gets life in prison for sexually abusing a toddler

  19-10-2016 21:27
  
  PHOENIX — A Mesa man accused of sexually abusing a 2-year-old girl he was baby-sitting has been sentenced to life in prison. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 52-year-old Daniel Divit was sentenced Wednesday and won’t be eligible for parole for 35 years. Last month, Davit pleaded no contest to two charges of sexual conduct […]
  
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• Analysis: 3 things Donald Trump gets right

  19-10-2016 21:22
  
  Donald Trump’s campaign is in deep trouble — with the possibility of an electoral whitewash very much in play. Given the flailing state of Trump’s campaign, there’s a tendency to assume that everything he says and does is wrong or bad. That’s not true. In fact, listening to Trump’s speeches over the last few days, […]
  
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• Updated: Bach proposes holding 2020 events in disaster area

  19-10-2016 19:39
  
  TOKYO — IOC President Thomas Bach met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday and suggested staging some events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the northeastern region of Japan hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Bach said the International Olympic Committee is considering holding some of the baseball and softball […]
  
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• Updated: Fisherman reels in whopper of a lobster in Bermuda

  19-10-2016 19:38
  
  HAMILTON, Bermuda — Hurricane Nicole may have brought more than wind and rain to Bermuda. Two fishermen are crediting the storm with bringing in an enormous 14-pound spiny lobster. Charter boat captain Matthew Jones tells The Associated Press he and one of his workers, Tristan Loescher, were fishing off the shoreline on Friday, the day […]
  
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• What was fake on the internet this election: Postal workers and #repealthe19th

  19-10-2016 19:37
  
  “Forget the press, read the internet,” Donald Trump told supporters at a Tuesday afternoon rally. On the very same internet the day before, a joke tweet from Weird Twitter about ripping up Trump ballots was a major conservative media story, presented as actual evidence of voter fraud. It … wasn’t. Sure, the internet has always […]
  
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• Updated: The theater writer’s next stage: A deep dive into the cocktail renaissance

  19-10-2016 19:37
  
  The substantial body of writing – perhaps half of it by David Wondrich – about the early history of the cocktail helped lay the foundation for its rebirth. In the dozen or so years since that revival began, bartenders have plowed through the literature and old recipe books, revamped old drinks and put them back […]
  
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• Updated: Men were seen and heard twice as much as women in 2015’s top films

  19-10-2016 19:37
  
  Female actors had a big year in Hollywood’s top films in 2015. Daisy Ridley, Jennifer Lawrence and Shailene Woodley jumped, tumbled and fired off arrows as main characters in action franchises. In comedy, Amy Schumer, Melissa McCarthy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Anna Kendrick headlined films. Yet, overall, men were still seen and heard about […]
  
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• Updated: No officers hurt in Dallas police-involved shooting

  19-10-2016 18:36
  
  DALLAS — Dallas police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in a neighborhood where another person was later reported to be barricaded. Police didn’t immediately say who was shot Wednesday morning or the status of the individual. Police say no officers were hurt. Authorities didn’t immediately announce any arrests as officers converged on a neighborhood in […]
  
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• Acquittals ordered for Texas couple in child scalding case

  19-10-2016 18:36
  
  HOUSTON — The state’s highest criminal court has thrown out the convictions of an East Texas couple and ordered they be acquitted of charges they were responsible for severe scalding burns suffered by their nearly 3-year-old granddaughter in the family bathtub more than four years ago. Kenneth Walker, of Tyler, and his wife, Shelley, both […]
  
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• New York-New Jersey bombing suspect moved from hospital to state prison

  19-10-2016 18:31
  
  The 28-year-old accused of terrorizing New York and New Jersey with a series of bombings has been moved out of the hospital and into a New Jersey state prison, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Corrections said Wednesday. Ahmad Rahimi, a U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan, was moved into the prison […]
  
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• Gallup: Support for marijuana legalization surges to new highs

  19-10-2016 18:30
  
  A new Gallup poll released Wednesday shows 60 percent of American adults now say that marijuana should be legal, the highest level of support in nearly a half-century of polling on the question. The Gallup poll tracks closely with numbers from the Pew Research Center released last week showing 57 percent support for legalization. When […]
  
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• Don’t let prediabetes turn into the real thing

  19-10-2016 18:30
  
  Almost 90 million Americans have it, but even though the condition can carry long-term life-threatening consequences, they may have no clue. What is it? Prediabetes – which, in up to 30 percent of cases, can lead to full-blown Type 2 diabetes within five years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But don’t […]
  
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• Why calculating the pace of price growth is so complex

  19-10-2016 16:55
  
  WASHINGTON — When it comes to inflation, the price might not always be right, and that has consequences for the nation’s economy and the pocketbooks of average Americans. The pace at which prices are rising — known as the inflation rate — is crucial to important policy decisions, such as setting the poverty threshold used […]
  
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• Updated: Harley-Davidson expects to lay off 5 percent of workforce

  19-10-2016 16:51
  
  MILWAUKEE — Harley-Davidson Inc. says it expects to lay off about 225 salaried employees by the end of the year to cut costs amid a sluggish U.S. motorcycle market. The cuts amount to about 5 percent of the company’s workforce. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2erKclr ) that about 70 contractors also will be affected. […]
  
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• Updated: Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one’s fault?

  19-10-2016 16:46
  
  ACKERMAN, Miss. — Pulled over for traffic violations, Jessica Jauch was held for 96 days in a Mississippi jail without seeing a judge, getting a lawyer or having a chance to make bail. She was charged with a felony based on a secretly recorded video that prosecutors finally acknowledged showed her committing no crime. Only […]
  
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• Updated: Crying inside? Creepy craze no joke for real clowns

  19-10-2016 16:46
  
  NEW YORK — Send in the frowns. This year’s nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events have dropped sharply, even after many of the social media-fueled scary clown sightings have turned out to be hoaxes. Some fear going out […]
  
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• Choose the best paint color for your space

  19-10-2016 13:25
  
  Every home suffers a few negatives, but not every solution requires pricey structural changes. Paint is an often-overlooked, low-cost remodeler’s remedy for common complaints with interiors, offering the ability to lighten, warm, enlarge, erase or attract attention. “Paint is a powerful tool that can enhance the architectural character and in- tent of space,” says Minneapolis architect […]
  
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• Put a price tag on your pride

  19-10-2016 12:34
  
  As homeowners, we all want our property to sell quickly and for top dollar. To have the best opportunity to attain this goal we need to get out of our own way. You can also think of it as putting a price tag on your pride. Ask yourself how long you want to own this property and how much money […]
  
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• Meet Azalea the smoking chimp, new star at Pyongyang zoo

  19-10-2016 12:32
  
  Pyongyang's newly opened zoo has a new star: Azalea, the smoking chimpanzee. According to officials at the newly renovated zoo,…
  
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• Ruling in Edgewood shooting is appealed

  19-10-2016 08:05
  
  Woman won complaint that it took too long to get law enforcement documents she requested in husband's death
  
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• Prep soccer: La Cueva girls shut out Eldorado

  19-10-2016 08:05
  
  The hardware was a nice reward, but not the hardware the La Cueva girls soccer team has in mind this ...
  
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• ‘Lost in Space’ found in 1968 message

  19-10-2016 08:05
  
  Time capsule opening reveals thoughts of 10-year-old students
  
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• County voters to get symbolic say on ART

  19-10-2016 08:05
  
  Crews have begun ripping up medians and preparing Central Avenue for the start of Albuquerque Rapid...
  
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• APS to showcase options at fair

  19-10-2016 08:05
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools offers specialized education in a variety of areas from science to dual l ...
  
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• New: Cranston talks life, TV and NM at KiMo

  19-10-2016 05:59
  
  Steven Michael Quezada was there. As was Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian. Let’s not forget about Jonathan Banks, who said he flew in from New York to make the event. Oh, and even Aaron Paul called in to leave a message for New Mexico fans. It was a “Breaking Bad”-esque reunion of sorts (and a […]
  
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• Updated: Colorado fire burns 5 homes; hundreds of others threatened

  19-10-2016 05:31
  
  WESTCLIFFE, Colo. — A wildfire in southern Colorado has destroyed five homes, and hundreds of people remain under evacuation orders, authorities said Tuesday. The fire has scorched more than 25 square miles, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Department said. The fire started when high winds blew a metal outbuilding into a power line, the sheriff’s department […]
  
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• Updated: Chinese astronauts enter space station following docking

  19-10-2016 05:30
  
  BEIJING — A pair of Chinese astronauts entered the country’s orbiting space station for a month-long stay early Wednesday, as China’s sixth and longest crewed mission gets underway in earnest. The Shenzhou 11 spacecraft that blasted off Monday morning docked with the Tiangong 2 station using an automated maneuver worked out during missions to an […]
  
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• Updated: Race for Comstock’s seat is considered a toss-up

  19-10-2016 01:30
  
  The race for Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock’s seat in northern Virginia is tightening in the final three weeks of the campaign, with several independent political analysts moving the race to “toss-up” status. Experts consider the district among the most competitive in the nation despite lackluster fundraising numbers from Democratic challenger LuAnn Bennett and evidence that […]
  
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• Race for Comstock’s seat is considered a toss-up

  19-10-2016 01:30
  
  The race for Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock’s seat in northern Virginia is tightening in the final three weeks of the campaign, with several independent political analysts moving the race to “toss-up” status. Experts consider the district among the most competitive in the nation despite lackluster fundraising numbers from Democratic challenger LuAnn Bennett and evidence that […]
  
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• A missed opportunity for Abdul-Jabbar

  19-10-2016 01:29
  
  WASHINGTON – When basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar met recently with the Howard University basketball team, he emphasized the importance of education as much as the skills needed to play the game. “Whatever you guys do in college, get your degree and get great jobs where you have authority and decision-making ability,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “I hope […]
  
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• Elderly man bitten by alligator near Houston-area home

  19-10-2016 01:28
  
  RICHMOND, Texas — An 88-year-old man has been treated and released from a Houston-area hospital after he was bitten by an alligator near his home. Authorities say the man was cutting weeds near a pond behind his home when he was bitten on Tuesday. He was later treated for hand and arm injuries. Investigators say […]
  
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• Appeals Court to consider blocking ballot-collection law

  19-10-2016 01:28
  
  PHOENIX — A federal appeals panel that rejected a Democratic effort to block a new Arizona law barring groups from collecting early ballots from voters now has expedited a full hearing on the request. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled arguments for Wednesday. Last week, a panel summarily rejected an emergency injunction […]
  
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• First influenza cases of the season reported in New Mexico

  19-10-2016 00:30
  
  Health officials say the first influenza cases of the flu season in New Mexico have been confirmed by laboratory tests.
  
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