New Mexico news

• Court mulls if Arizona must count wrong precinct ballots

  26-10-2016 22:32
  
  PHOENIX — An attorney representing several Arizona voters and the state and national Democratic parties urged a federal appeals court panel Wednesday to order the counting of ballots cast by voters in the wrong precinct. The attorney, Elisabeth Frost, noted that nearly that nearly 11,000 Arizona voters had their ballots tossed in the 2012 presidential […]
  
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• Cape Cod doctors file lawsuit addressing right-to-die issue

  26-10-2016 22:32
  
  BOSTON — Two Cape Cod doctors are asking a Massachusetts court to rule that it’s not a criminal act for physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court by Dr. Roger Kligler, who himself has terminal cancer, and Dr. Alan […]
  
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• Updated: US abstains in UN vote on Cuba embargo for the first time

  26-10-2016 22:22
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The United States abstained for the first time in 25 years Wednesday on a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba, a measure it had always vehemently opposed. The U.S. was joined in abstaining by Israel, the only other country to vote against the embargo resolution in the General Assembly last […]
  
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• Wells Fargo refunds $25K to NM customers

  26-10-2016 22:16
  
  While nationwide fallout continues over the Wells Fargo sales scandal, a regional bank spokesman says up to 18,847 accounts in New Mexico may have been opened without customer approval. That would be about 1.9 percent of the nearly 1 million accounts in the state that were reviewed by a third-party consultant, according to Michael King, […]
  
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• Updated: Health premium news gives attacks to GOP Senate candidates

  26-10-2016 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican Senate candidates are jumping on news of sharply rising premiums under President Barack Obama’s health care law as they seek advantage in the closing days of the election. The unpopular law was already an issue in some key Senate races, a recurring attack line for GOP candidates and in some cases another […]
  
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• New: New Mexico bond rating downgraded by national agency

  26-10-2016 19:52
  
  A national credit rating agency has downgraded New Mexico’s top rating for general obligation bonds, a move that could drive up future borrowing rates.
  
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• Updated: Displaced Iraqis watch Mosul offensive with longing and fear

  26-10-2016 19:36
  
  BAHARKA CAMP, Iraq — Reports about the battle for Mosul play on the TV set in the makeshift barber shop where Faris Khatham cuts hair, but sometimes the news is so overwhelming that he has to change the channel to a sports program. For Khatham and the more than 4,000 displaced people in the Baharka […]
  
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• Updated: Arby’s to sell venison sandwiches in 6 deer-hunting states

  26-10-2016 19:34
  
  ATLANTA — Deer hunting season is on the way, but fans of venison might not have to trek out into the woods this year to get their fix. Arby’s has announced that it will be offering venison sandwiches this fall in six states where deer hunting is popular. The Atlanta-based chain says its sandwich will […]
  
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• There’s a difference between talking about Trump’s accusers and being ‘fascinated by sex’

  26-10-2016 19:33
  
  Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, slammed Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night for the way she has covered the sexual assault and harassment accusations against Donald Trump. “You are fascinated with sex,” he said during a televised tangle on Kelly’s show, “and you don’t care about public policy.” The charge […]
  
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• Lobo women picked 6th in MWC preseason basketball poll

  26-10-2016 19:27
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS. –The UNM women’s basketball team has been picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West preseason poll, but did receive one first-place vote. The voting panel consisted of the league’s 11 head coaches and select women’s basketball media from around the Conference. Junior Cherise Beynon and freshman Mykiel Burleson earned preseason honors. Beynon was […]
  
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• Evan Bayh damaged, but not yet defeated by Republican hammering

  26-10-2016 19:03
  
  KOKOMO, Ind. – Evan Bayh is the first to acknowledge things have really changed since his last competitive election. “I think it’s gotten a lot nastier than it used to be, that’s for sure,” the former Democratic senator said recently. “You know, back in the day, candidates at least made some effort to say what […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: US abstains in UN on Cuba embargo for first time

  26-10-2016 19:02
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The Latest on the U.S. abstention from a U.N. resolution condemning the embargo against Cuba (all times local): 12:30 p.m. The United States has abstained for the first time in 25 years on a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba, a measure it had always vehemently opposed. The General Assembly […]
  
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• Updated: In pop culture, there are no bad police shootings

  26-10-2016 19:02
  
  Buster Keaton’s 1922 short film “Cops” begins with a mistake. “The Great Stone Face,” as the actor was known, is driving a wagon when he wanders into the route of a Los Angeles Police Department parade. If that isn’t enough to annoy the police commissioner, things get worse. Keaton’s character lights a cigarette on what […]
  
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• Did North Korea just test missiles capable of hitting the US? Maybe.

  26-10-2016 19:02
  
  TOKYO – North Korea has made no secret of its goal to produce an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States mainland, giving it the means to send a nuclear warhead to its arch-enemy. Kim Jong Un’s rocket scientists are thought to be several years from being able to do this, instead concentrating […]
  
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• Updated: Hacked emails show Clinton campaign’s fears about Sanders

  26-10-2016 19:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Allies of Hillary Clinton felt threatened by the power of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ candidacy and wondered about getting some signal of support from President Barack Obama in the heat of the Democratic primaries, according to the latest emails in a hacked trove from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Ahead of the Illinois primary […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks slip further as Apple pushes tech stocks down

  26-10-2016 16:35
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks continue to slide Wednesday morning. Technology companies are taking some of the biggest losses as investors weren’t impressed with Apple’s latest results. Energy companies are falling with the price of oil. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average skidded 71 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,097 as of 10:05 a.m. […]
  
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• Updated: Venezuela braces for anti-government protests amid crisis

  26-10-2016 16:30
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s standoff deepened after congress voted to open a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for breaking the constitutional order and opposition leaders called for mass protests on Wednesday to drive the unpopular socialist leader from office. Tuesday’s vote by the opposition-led legislature is unlikely to have any legal effect as Maduro […]
  
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• Updated: Police: Oklahoma man wanted for violent crimes had hit list

  26-10-2016 16:30
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities say the Oklahoma man who has been wanted since Sunday in a string of violent crimes, including the killings of two relatives, had a hit list purporting to target several more people. Michael Dale Vance Jr., a 38-year-old man from Chandler, Oklahoma, is wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of […]
  
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• Updated: Oregon weighs whether all kids should get outdoor education

  26-10-2016 16:30
  
  MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST, Ore. — Each year, thousands of Oregon parents hug their kids goodbye and send them tramping into the wilderness for up to a week to learn about their state’s natural wonders. The Outdoor School program was groundbreaking when it started more than a half-century ago. Since then, more than 1 million […]
  
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• Down payment assistance

  26-10-2016 14:06
  
  Know this: if you are looking to purchase a home, you may not need that down payment you think you do. There is a program right here in Albuquerque and all across New Mexico that is available to first time homebuyers as well as non-first time homebuyers with low to moderate income. The down payment assistance grant is used to finance single-family, owner-occupied residences […]
  
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• Updated: Police: 7-year-old gets pills instead of toy from dispenser

  26-10-2016 13:06
  
  Police in New Hampshire say a 7-year-old girl inserted coins into a toy dispenser and received a plastic capsule filled…
  
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• Boho Chic: from fashion design to home decor

  26-10-2016 12:38
  
  Colorful and Kitschy Bohemian Chic, also known as Boho Chic, has dominated the fashion industry for years and has recently expanded into home decor. With clothing styles popularized by such names as Sienna Miller, Kate Moss, as well as Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen – boho chic has moved from the closet to living rooms, bedrooms and more. It is the unconventional marriage […]
  
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• Free food, clothes on offer for city homeless

  26-10-2016 08:05
  
  Homeless veterans and other homeless individuals can receive free clothing, food and other help at t ...
  
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• If you care for our public land, vote for Clinton

  26-10-2016 08:02
  
  I'm a God-loving, red-blooded, gun-toting, camo-wearing sportsman. I devoutly pledge allegiance to t ...
  
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• Hefty insurance hikes to hit in New Mexico

  26-10-2016 08:02
  
  In New Mexico, most individuals and small businesses purchasing coverage on the Affordable Care Act...
  
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• GOP trying to run from the Trump they created

  26-10-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–The lies and distortions that Donald Trump's campaign messengers deploy to rati ...
  
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• Democrats are running ‘dirty tricks’ campaign

  26-10-2016 08:02
  
  Students of the Watergate era (or those old enough to have lived through it) will recall the "dirty...
  
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• Across the spectrum, one shared belief: Political arguments on Facebook are terrible

  26-10-2016 06:16
  
  WASHINGTON — In an election year with two candidates as polarizing as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, accusations are being hurled from both sides of the political spectrum — and often, by your Facebook friends. According to a new Pew Research Center study, 83 percent of social media users say they try to ignore political […]
  
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• Updated: Four juveniles charged in armed robbery, chase that ended with crash

  26-10-2016 03:00
  
  Accompanied by frustrated and at times tearful parents, the four juvenile defendants charged in an armed robbery and  chase that ended when they crashed into an off-duty police officer last week appeared in Children’s Court for their detention hearings Tuesday afternoon. According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, early Friday morning five teenagers, […]
  
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• Five teens, ages 13 to 19, charged in armed robbery, chase, that ended with crash last week

  26-10-2016 03:00
  
  Accompanied by frustrated and at times tearful parents, the four juvenile defendants charged in an armed robbery and chase that ended when they crashed into an off-duty police officer last week appeared in Children’s Court for their detention hearings Tuesday afternoon. According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, early Friday five teenagers, ranging in age […]
  
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• Santa Fe merchants still hot over parking rates; some say Texas tourists now have less to spend downtown

  26-10-2016 02:43
  
  SANTA FE — One thing is certain about recent parking rate hikes in downtown Santa Fe: Local merchants still are not happy about them. “I don’t think you realize how big this fire really is,” Greg Menke, owner of the Beestro on Marcy Street, told Mayor Javier Gonzales and top city administrators Tuesday. “To put […]
  
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• Bob Hoover, pilot who escaped POW camp by stealing a German plane, dies at 94

  26-10-2016 01:42
  
  Bob Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot who escaped a POW camp and flew to freedom by stealing a German airplane and who spent decades testing aircraft, thrilling spectators at air shows and training military aviators, died Oct. 25 at a hospital in Torrance, Calif. He was 94. The cause was congestive heart failure, […]
  
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• Updated: Man says tree stunt that blocked traffic was performance art

  26-10-2016 01:40
  A man arrested for blocking traffic in Maine while dressed as an evergreen tree says the public display was intended…
  
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• Iran-born Americans face long prison terms

  26-10-2016 01:40
  
  The Iranian government in recent weeks has handed down a string of lengthy prison sentences to American citizens born in Iran, a move that experts say could signal the country’s interest in a prisoner swap or payoff. A San Diego man received an 18-year sentence on Monday, according to his girlfriend, who spoke over the […]
  
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• With the battle for Mosul underway, US sets sights on ISIS capital of Raqqa

  26-10-2016 01:37
  
  PARIS – As thousands of Iraqi troops slowly encircle the city of Mosul, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter met here Tuesday with key coalition members, suggesting that the battle for the Islamic State’s de facto capital in northern Syria could soon begin. Carter spoke alongside French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, discussing what will come after […]
  
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• Updated: Contention over voting laws remains after court rulings

  26-10-2016 01:37
  
  LOUISBURG, N.C. – Two weeks from Election Day, a number of battleground states are still fighting over voting laws and whether voters have been adequately informed about an array of changing and sometimes complex rules. An unprecedented number of states have put stricter election laws in place since the last presidential race. And in several […]
  
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• Visit Albuquerque unveils new logo

  26-10-2016 00:35
  
  Say goodbye to those elongated, nearly mustachioed, Qs. Albuquerque, the word at least, is going to look a lot different in marketing efforts used to lure visitors to the Duke City. Visit Albuquerque has overhauled its logo for the first time in a decade, unveiling on Tuesday a new version — or versions — meant […]
  
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• Updated: Schwarber on Cubs’ World Series roster; starting at DH

  26-10-2016 00:32
  
  CLEVELAND — Kyle Schwarber was added to the Chicago Cubs’ World Series roster and immediately inserted into the starting lineup for Tuesday night’s opener against the Cleveland Indians. The 23-year-old outfielder was batting fifth as the designated hitter. He replaced left-handed pitcher Rob Zastryzny on the 25-man roster announced 10 hours before Game 1. Schwarber […]
  
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• Updated: Mormons preach love for LGBT members, but no doctrinal shift

  26-10-2016 00:28
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mormon leaders told gay and lesbian members Tuesday that attraction to people of the same sex is not a sin or a measure of their faithfulness and may never go away, but reminded them that having sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change. The newly unveiled “Mormon and Gay” […]
  
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• Arizona sheriff officially charged with criminal contempt

  26-10-2016 00:28
  
  PHOENIX — The longtime sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has been formally charged with criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring a judge’s order in a racial-profiling case. Prosecutors promised two weeks ago that they would charge Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but the misdemeanor count wasn’t officially filed against the 84-year-old lawman until a judge signed an order on Tuesday. […]
  
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• Resolution, years later, in boy’s suspension over ‘pastry gun’

  26-10-2016 00:19
  
  A long-running student discipline case involving a Maryland boy who was suspended after he chewed a pastry into the shape of a gun and aimed it at his classmates has ended with a settlement between school officials and the child’s family. Neither side would discuss the terms of the agreement, but the recent resolution brought […]
  
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