New Mexico news

• Updated: Energy Department grows less bearish about US oil production

  08-11-2016 23:07
  
  DALLAS — The decline in U.S. oil production may not be as severe as expected just a month ago. The government is raising its forecast of U.S. production for both this year and 2017, as drillers respond to higher crude prices. Still, output won’t match 2015, which was the biggest year for U.S. production since […]
  
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• Six student startups finish in the money

  08-11-2016 21:32
  
  Six student startups won $1,000 each Monday night at the University of New Mexico’s latest Elevator Pitch competition. Prizes went to student teams building businesses with a host of new products and services. Among them, apps to more easily update personal events calendars and better manage finances, a novel medical process to regenerate damaged cartilage, […]
  
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• Updated: The holiday meal in my sights; recipe

  08-11-2016 19:33
  
  This ought to go without saying, but to learn to hunt deer, you go to a place that has deer to hunt. I wanted to learn. I’m a carnivore, but I don’t want my choices to wreak environmental havoc; by taking an overpopulated, methane-producing ruminant out of the system, you’re actually doing the planet a […]
  
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• Updated: AP PHOTOS: Americans cast ballots for their next president

  08-11-2016 19:31
  
  Americans across the country are heading to the polls Tuesday to elect the 45th president of the United States. Here’s what some voters had to say on Election Day: ___ Yoana Baraschi voted — along with her daughter — for Clinton at a school in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, where a line stretched down […]
  
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• New Mexico to issue Amber Alerts for Navajo Nation

  08-11-2016 19:31
  
  GALLUP, N.M. — The state of New Mexico has volunteered to issue Amber Alerts for the Navajo Nation. The Gallup Independent reports (http://bit.ly/1hoDjlp ) that under the proposed system, New Mexico would notify both Arizona and Utah if the tribe issues an Amber Alert. The New Mexico system would be in place while the Navajo […]
  
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• 90 years behind bars for man who killed 3 family members

  08-11-2016 19:31
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to killing his parents and his sister at their home last year has been sentenced to 90 years. Local news agencies report 29-year-old Carl V. Hughes IV was sentenced to 150 years in prison with 60 years suspended after pleading guilty Monday to three counts of […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Jury in hot-car death trial dismissed to go vote

  08-11-2016 19:30
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The Latest on the trial of Georgia man accused of leaving his toddler to die in a hot car (all times local): ___ 1 p.m. Jurors have ended their deliberations for the day in the murder trial of a Georgia man whose toddler son died after being left for hours in a […]
  
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• Updated: College student has Kit-Kat stolen, company sends 6,500 more

  08-11-2016 19:30
  
  MANHATTAN, Kan. — Hershey has come to the rescue of a college student who had his Kit Kat bar brazenly stolen. Kansas State University student Hunter Jobbins tells The Wichita Eagle he left his car unlocked with a Kit Kat in the cup holder last month before running into his dorm building. When he came […]
  
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• Russian TV is showing nude Melania Trump and election rigging ahead of US election

  08-11-2016 18:00
  
  MOSCOW – With hackers who leak emails, epithet-tossing trolls who flood comment sections and top diplomats who speak in locker-room talk, Russia has already played a prominent part in setting the seamy tone of these U.S. presidential elections. But in the final moments before the votes were counted, Kremlin-run commentators intent on showing Russians that […]
  
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• As an orphan, the holidays are hard – here’s how I cope

  08-11-2016 18:00
  
  “I never went to Europe,” my mother, Christine Ayn Pfeuffer, sighed while in a Percocet daze. “And I can never have sex again.” It was a Thursday night, two weeks before her 38-year-old body conceded its brief battle with lung cancer. I was a senior in high school. For years, I made the mistake of […]
  
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• Updated: Stampede for big money enabled Donald Trump’s rise

  08-11-2016 17:59
  
  The hunt for big dollars began in January 2015 outside Palm Springs, Calif., at a luxury hillside resort with sweeping views of the sprawling desert floor. There, the emerging crop of Republican presidential candidates jockeyed to impress the millionaires and billionaires who make up the Koch political network. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Ted […]
  
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• The single minute that perfectly illustrates Donald Trump’s anti-media campaign

  08-11-2016 17:59
  
  On his final day of campaigning, Donald Trump managed to pack into one minute the anti-media spirit (and many arguments) of the past 17 months. At a rally in Scranton, Pa. – as he has in so many other places – the Republican presidential nominee pointed angrily toward the journalists in press row. “See the […]
  
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• Chance the Rapper leads massive group to the polls following free Chicago concert

  08-11-2016 17:58
  
  Chance the Rapper led a crowd of people to an early voting site Monday following a performance in Chicago’s Grant Park. The 23-year-old Chicago native announced the free concert – dubbed Parade to the Polls – last week. Chance has publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton and performed last week at her Cleveland concert alongside Beyoncé, Jay-Z, […]
  
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• Updated: You've Got A Ride! Voice of AOL's 'mail' now Uber driver

  08-11-2016 14:04
  
  A California woman stumbled upon a voice from the past during a trip to Ohio when she discovered her Uber…
  
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• Cops: Pair charged with stuffing toll baskets to steal coins

  08-11-2016 13:43
  
  New Jersey state police say two people have been charged with stuffing material into toll baskets on the Atlantic City…
  
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• Take away teen’s cellphone, car privileges

  08-11-2016 08:02
  
  Q: Our 17-year-old daughter is bright but puts very little effort into her schoolwork. Her only afte ...
  
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• Offices of secretary of state and attorney general helping monitor vote in NM

  08-11-2016 08:02
  
  Websites and phone numbers for voters who have questions or who observe problems or irregularities
  
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• Long ballot awaits for those who vote today

  08-11-2016 08:02
  
  For those who waited until today to vote, here is a summary of what you’ll find on the ballot. Beyond the presidential race, voters will face a long ballot filled with another three dozen questions. In Bernalillo County, voters will fill three key offices: a commissioner to represent the South Valley and southwest mesa, a […]
  
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• Doctors recommend limited exposure to saunas

  08-11-2016 08:02
  
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch KIRKWOOD, Mo.–Touted for pain relief, cellular detox ...
  
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• A walk a day keeps illness at bay

  08-11-2016 08:02
  
  By Judith Graham ...
  
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• Updates on KAFB fuel spill Nov. 10, 12

  08-11-2016 07:45
  
  A Thursday evening meeting and a Saturday morning workshop have been scheduled to update the public...
  
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• Meeting seeks public input on new UNM president

  08-11-2016 07:44
  
  The University of New Mexico's governing body will hold a special meeting from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Frida ...
  
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• Kids bring after-school garden project to life

  08-11-2016 07:44
  
  15 children ages 4-11 pick a critter common to New Mexico to study
  
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• Two days of storms dumped rain across much of state

  08-11-2016 07:42
  
  Hail battered parts of Albuquerque; calm, dry weather ahead
  
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• Nearly half of NM voters have cast ballots

  08-11-2016 07:41
  
  Early, absentee numbers shatter marks set in 2008 and 2012
  
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• Early voting: Record levels in 2016 may give Clinton edge

  08-11-2016 04:45
  
  Totals driven by soaring turnout from Latino voters
  
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• Updated: A disabled boy was booed at a Trump rally. The next day, he got to meet President Obama.

  08-11-2016 04:12
  
  Twelve-year-old JJ Holmes has been enamored with the 2016 presidential election. By Election Day, the boy would encounter two of the most polarizing figures in this campaign season – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and President Barack Obama – and his experiences with them would be vastly different. For months, JJ, who has a severe […]
  
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• Updated: Man charged after 10-year-old girl found dead in well

  08-11-2016 04:06
  
  TYLER, Texas — A 24-year-old Mexican national has been jailed on a capital murder charge after his 10-year-old female cousin was found dead in an East Texas water well. Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith says 24-year-old Gustavo Zavala-Garcia was booked Saturday into Smith County Jail on a federal immigration detainer. Smith said an arrest warrant […]
  
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• Updated: Hour-by-hour guide to watching election results Tuesday night

  08-11-2016 03:58
  
  WASHINGTON — The outcome of the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will begin to unfold Tuesday night in Georgia and Virginia. And then quickly move into North Carolina, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The polls in those states are among those that close by 8 p.m. EST, meaning exit polls and early results […]
  
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• Berry administration: No need to worry about ART grant

  08-11-2016 03:28
  
  The money will come through. Michael Riordan, Albuquerque’s chief operating officer, offered that assurance repeatedly late Monday during a presentation to city councilors. The Federal Transit Administration, he said, will provide the $69 million “Small Starts” grant that’s critical to carrying out the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project. The FTA has recommended the funding, but Congress […]
  
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• Davie leans toward starting Jordan at QB

  08-11-2016 02:57
  
  New Mexico football coach Bob Davie said on Monday he’s leaning toward starting junior Lamar Jordan at quarterback on Saturday at Utah State. In his weekly interview on KNML-AM radio, Davie acknowledged that Jordan’s two first-half turnovers (an interception and a fumble) could have been costly in UNM’s eventual 35-26 victory over Nevada last week. […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities: 3rd body found on South Carolina man’s property

  08-11-2016 02:55
  
  WOODRUFF, S.C. — Investigators discovered a third body on the property of a South Carolina man who is now linked to seven deaths and the kidnapping of a woman who was found chained inside a storage container, authorities said Monday. Todd Kohlhepp, 45, became a suspect after the woman was found Thursday chained by her […]
  
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• Critics raise issues about Santa Fe telecommunications proposal

  08-11-2016 02:53
  
  SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing Wednesday on an ordinance that will allow the city to collect fees from telecommunications providers for use of public rights of way. While that may be so, opponents argue that gaps in the proposal will lead to an “uncontrolled proliferation” […]
  
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• Ex-luxury homebuilder’s fraud, embezzlement trial starts in Santa Fe

  08-11-2016 02:43
  
  SANTA FE — Luxury-home builder William Kalinowski was known as a brilliant charmer before he was financially ruined by the housing market crash in 2008. Prosecutors on Monday told a jury that Kalinowski, on trial for nine fraud and embezzlement charges, in addition lied and deceived people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. In […]
  
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• Teen suspected of being part of violent group held without bond

  08-11-2016 02:19
  
  The 16-year-old charged with breaking into a Sandia Park house, stealing a laptop and other items and shooting and killing Moose, the family dog, appeared in Children’s Court for a detention hearing Monday for a failure to appear in another case. Hearing officer Ted Martinez decided Sebastian Garcia should not be let out on bond, […]
  
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• How ‘faithless electors’ are messing with our electoral maps, explained

  08-11-2016 01:12
  
  Here’s a wrinkle in the electoral math on Tuesday: What if we told you that 270 electoral college votes wouldn’t be enough to elect Hillary Clinton president? That appears to be the situation, after in recent days one Democratic elector in Washington state said he won’t vote for Clinton and another in the same state […]
  
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• Updated: New Mexico couple found dead in an apparent murder-suicide

  08-11-2016 00:55
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Authorities say an elderly couple has been found shot to death inside their southern New Mexico home and it appears to be a murder-suicide. Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials a relative went to the couple’s home near Mesilla about 9 a.m. Monday and discovered the bodies. They say the man and […]
  
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• Election officials brace for chaotic day of voting

  08-11-2016 00:55
  
  State leaders, voting experts and advocates say they are preparing for an unusual level of confusion and chaos Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in a historically bitter presidential race. Early voters in some states have faced hours-long lines the past several days. Democrats have filed a flurry of last-minute lawsuits alleging voter intimidation by […]
  
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• Updated: Russia’s children of WWII now survive on $4.50 a day

  08-11-2016 00:48
  
  ORYOL, Russia – For Russia’s eldest generation, the “children of the war” as they are called, poverty is a matter of perspective. When Galina Chuchukova, 81, was 10 years old, in 1944, she crawled onto a minefield searching for berries, only to be called back by an imagined voice whispering her name. “My guardian angel,” […]
  
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• The Latest: Jurors considering damages in Rolling Stone case

  08-11-2016 00:48
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Latest on the defamation case against Rolling Stone magazine over its 2014 story “A Rape on Campus” (all times local): 6:30 p.m. A federal jury is considering how much to money to award a University of Virginia administrator who they concluded was defamed by a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article about […]
  
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