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• How a major hate-watch group is preparing for President Trump’s America

  10-11-2016 21:43
  
  Following his divisive presidential campaign, Donald Trump said this week that it’s time “to bind the wounds of division.” “We have to get together,” Trump said after his victory. “To all Republicans, Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.” Now, Southern Poverty […]
  
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• Federal regulators reject railroads’ request to delay new drug testing rule

  10-11-2016 21:43
  
  Federal regulators, faced with soaring drug use among railroad workers, have rejected an industry request to postpone required testing for the more than 36,000 employees who maintain rail lines. “The country is in the throes of a devastating substance abuse crisis,” said Sarah Feinberg, who heads the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). “The rail industry and […]
  
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• Arizona Supreme Court says judicial pension changes illegal

  10-11-2016 21:43
  
  PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that it was unconstitutional for the Legislature to change the amount active judges have to pay into their state pension plans and the yearly increases they receive upon retirement. The ruling said the state as well as the retirement plan is on the hook for the […]
  
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• Updated: Gunman kills officer, self; woman found dead after fight

  10-11-2016 21:42
  
  CANONSBURG, Pa. — A gunman with a history of domestic abuse fatally shot a police officer and wounded another on Thursday before he and a woman were found dead following a fight at their apartment, authorities said. Officer Scott Bashioum and the other officer were responding separately to an emergency call from neighbors at around […]
  
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• Updated: California teen dedicates life to finding World War II vets

  10-11-2016 21:42
  
  LOS ANGELES — For as long as he can remember, Rishi Sharma’s heroes haven’t been sports stars or movie stars or any other kind of stars. They’ve been the U.S. combat veterans who won World War II. Alarmed that even the youngest of them are now in their 90s and dying each day by the […]
  
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• Weekend snow still can be seen on Sangre de Cristos

  10-11-2016 20:02
  
    After the city of Santa Fe got an inch or so of rain over this past weekend, the clouds finally unveiled the mountain-tops early this week to reveal a lovely coating of snow. Surprisingly enough, considering the warm fall we’ve had, the white still hadn’t dissipated by Thursday. Skiers and water managers shouldn’t get […]
  
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• Updated: Trump bucks protocol on press access

  10-11-2016 19:45
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday refused to let a group of journalists travel with him to cover his historic first meeting with President Barack Obama, breaking a long-standing practice intended to ensure the public has a watchful eye on the nation’s leader. Trump flew from New York to Washington on his private jet […]
  
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• Trump’s biggest ally in Britain warns him not to touch the prime minister

  10-11-2016 19:45
  
  During a radio talk show on Thursday, Nigel Farage, Britain’s most outspoken cheerleader for President-elect Donald Trump, claimed credit as the “catalyst” for the Republican nominee’s electoral success and cracked a joke about Trump molesting conservative British Prime Minister Theresa May. “I’m now going to become a diplomat. Come and schmooze Theresa — don’t touch […]
  
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• Want to work in Trump’s administration? The process starts online

  10-11-2016 19:40
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is soliciting applications for administration positions as part of a new transition website that aims to streamline the process of naming 4,000 political appointees. The site — GreatAgain.gov — reveals the preparations that took place ahead of Tuesday’s election by Trump’s presidential transition team. It invites users not only to submit job […]
  
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• The 13 most amazing findings in the 2016 exit poll

  10-11-2016 19:40
  
  It’s been 36 hours (or so) since we were all witnesses to the biggest political upset in presidential history. As President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama huddle in Washington on Thursday, and as the gears of the incoming government begin to grind in earnest, I’m still totally captivated by the “how” of this election. […]
  
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• In NBA and NFL, some struggle to accept Trump’s election

  10-11-2016 18:49
  
  The election of Donald Trump as president spurred protests in spots around the country and, for some athletes in the NBA and NFL, it was a sobering development they struggled to accept and understand. NBA players, such as David West, and coaches Doc Rivers, Steve Kerr and Stan Van Gundy, were outwardly critical, expressing anxiety, […]
  
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• Gang leader gets life in kidnapping of prosecutor’s father

  10-11-2016 18:47
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — A violent gang leader will spend his remaining years in the country’s highest-security prison for orchestrating a botched kidnapping in which his underlings mistakenly grabbed the father of the North Carolina prosecutor who helped convict him. U.S. District Judge James Dever on Thursday sentenced Kelvin Melton to life plus seven years in […]
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Warrant issued for man in Taos shooting

  10-11-2016 18:46
  
  TAOS, N.M. — Authorities in northern New Mexico are looking for a 34-year-old Taos man in connection with a shooting in which a man was wounded. The Taos County Sheriff’s Office says Antonio “Tony” Martinez Jr. is named in an arrest warrant in the wounding of fellow Taos resident Hernaldo Aragon. According to the Sheriff’s […]
  
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• Houston pharmacy owner faces up to 5 years in referral scam

  10-11-2016 18:46
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Prosecutors say a Houston pharmacy owner faces up to five years in prison and agreed to repay more than $5 million in a health care kickbacks scheme. Nermin Awad El-Hadik, of Hope Pharmacy, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Austin to willful offer and payment of illegal remuneration in a federal health care program. […]
  
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• For Americans living in Europe, a struggle to explain Trump’s triumph

  10-11-2016 18:36
  
  LONDON – How did Donald Trump win the 2016 election? Can you explain how this is even possible given his comments on minorities and the claims of sexual assault? Will he really seek to jail his opponent in the race? These are the kinds of questions that many Americans living abroad have faced in the […]
  
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• UNM football receiving more national exposure

  10-11-2016 08:05
  
  Since the Mountain West Conference's National Exposure TV Bonus System was instituted in 2013, the N ...
  
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• Unhappy with Trump’s win, protesters take to streets

  10-11-2016 08:05
  
  CHICAGO–Raw divisions exposed by the presidential race were on full display across America ...
  
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• State volleyball to tip off with pool play

  10-11-2016 08:05
  
  It's not yet a full-fledged changing of the guard. For the moment, let's call it a temporary displac ...
  
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• Ouch! Needles are hurting flu vaccination clinics at schools

  10-11-2016 08:05
  
  School officials balked at providing shots after being unable to use nasal sprays
  
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• Cormier is Volcano Vista football’s ‘multiple weapon’

  10-11-2016 08:05
  
  Of all the Volcano Vista Hawk football players, Julian Gallegos is perhaps the one best equipped to...
  
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• World Series win pushes ‘Go Cubs Go’ onto Billboard charts

  10-11-2016 06:26
  
  CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ momentous World Series championship has put a 1984 song on the Billboard charts. The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/2fDEFIS) the team’s victory song, “Go Cubs Go,” has debuted on the Billboard Pop Digital Song Sales chart at No. 21 and on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart at No. 49. The […]
  
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• The media didn’t want to believe Trump could win. So they looked the other way.

  10-11-2016 05:33
  
  To put it bluntly, the media missed the story. In the end, a huge number of American voters wanted something different. And although these voters shouted and screamed it, most journalists just weren’t listening. They didn’t get it. They didn’t get that the huge, enthusiastic crowds at Donald Trump’s rallies would really translate into that […]
  
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• New: Hoops notebook: Lobos insist they’ll get defensive this season

  10-11-2016 05:19
  
  Two years ago, the Lobos basketball team, outside of Hugh Greenwood and Deshawn Delaney, couldn’t buy buckets. The team averaged 62.0 points per game and was 230th (of 351 teams) in offensive efficiency. So last year, when newcomers Elijah Brown and Tim Williams joined the fold and Cullen Neal returned from ankle injury, the team […]
  
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• Updated: ‘I don’t feel safe’: Undocumented immigrants fear what Trump will do as president

  10-11-2016 05:04
  
  Claudia Quiñonez was driving home from an election watch party early Wednesday morning when a friend broke the news: Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States. Quiñonez, 21, pulled over to the side of the road and wept. She was 11 when she and her mother moved to Maryland from Bolivia […]
  
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• A hazy future for state marijuana laws

  10-11-2016 05:04
  
  Americans woke up Wednesday morning to find the nation’s drug-policy landscape radically altered. California, Massachusetts and Nevada legalized recreational marijuana use on Tuesday, while voters in a handful of Southern and deeply conservative states embraced medical marijuana. Regardless of how a still-contested legalization vote turns out in Maine, more than 1 in 5 Americans now […]
  
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• New: ‘Cowboy’ ready to ride in NYC at UFC 205

  10-11-2016 04:39
  
  If there was ever an anyone, anywhere, anytime fighter in the UFC, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone is it.
  
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• Goalkeeper Parker stars in shootout as Lobo men top No. 19 Kentucky

  10-11-2016 03:25
  
  HUNTINGTON, W. VA. — The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team earned its way to the Conference USA semifinals on Wednesday afternoon after a thrilling game went through double overtime to penalty kicks. Redshirt freshman Ford Parker entered the game for the shootout and saved four penalty kicks to give the Lobos a 2-1 edge, knocking No. […]
  
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• Doctors warn about overdosing on Vitamin D

  10-11-2016 03:18
  
  Doctors say there’s too much needless testing and too many people taking too many pills for a problem that few people truly have.
  
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• Protestors demonstrate against Trump in Downtown Albuquerque

  10-11-2016 02:48
  
  A group of demonstrators held a rally to protest against President Elect Donald Trump in Downtown Albuquerque Wednesday evening. About 150 to 200 people held signs and chanted anti-Trump slogans at 1st and Central decrying Trump. They marched to west to 5th and Central and toward Civic Plaza before returning to 1st and Central. — […]
  
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• Breaking: Anti-Trump protesters briefly block northbound I-25 at Central

  10-11-2016 02:48
  
  A group of demonstrators marched up and down Central Avenue between Downtown Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico Wednesday evening to protest against President-Elect Donald Trump before briefly blocking northbound Interstate 25 at Central Avenue. About 150 people marched from the corner of 1st and Central to the UNM Bookstore while carrying signs and […]
  
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• New: Gov. Martinez congratulates Trump on Election Day victory

  10-11-2016 02:15
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez, who criticized some of president-elect Donald Trump’s controversial comments in the run-up to Election Day, said today Trump was a better choice for the country than his opponent. “I may have taken issue with some of the rhetoric on the campaign trail, but I believe that President-elect Trump was a better choice […]
  
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• Colorado police station bomb suspect pleads not guilty

  10-11-2016 01:38
  
  DENVER — A man has pleaded not guilty to leaving a backpack bomb outside a police station in a small Colorado mountain town. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered 64-year-old David Michael Ansberry jailed without bond. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Holloway told the judge Ansberry is dangerous, saying his explosive device was sophisticated and contained […]
  
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• Updated: Creditors reach settlement in Flying Star bankruptcy

  10-11-2016 01:27
  
  Flying Star’s owners no longer have a creditor-backed challenger vying for control of the Albuquerque-based cafe chain. The unsecured creditors’ committee in Flying Star’s U.S. Bankruptcy Court case has agreed to withdraw a reorganization plan that would involve selling Flying Star as a going operation to Southwest Brands. As part of a settlement reached Wednesday, […]
  
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• Roswell star is part of Bradbury’s first Lobo recruiting class

  10-11-2016 01:27
  
    The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team and first-year head coach Mike Bradbury announced the signing of five National Letter of Intents for the 2017-18 season on Wednesday. Madison Washington, Antonia Anderson, N’Dea Flye, Tatiana Wright and Roswell’s Jaedyn DeLaCerda have all signed to join the Lobos next season. New Mexico’s signing class ranks #28 […]
  
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• Berry, councilors undeterred by results of ART advisory question

  10-11-2016 01:12
  
  Voters’ resounding call for an election on Albuquerque Rapid Transit didn’t resonate at City Hall. Mayor Richard Berry and several city councilors said Wednesday that it simply isn’t practical to halt construction and schedule an election on a project that’s already underway. The results of Tuesday’s election — when 76 percent of city voters said […]
  
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• Updated: British trader charged in ‘flash crash’ pleads guilty

  10-11-2016 01:02
  
  CHICAGO — A British futures trader pleaded guilty on Wednesday during his first U.S. court appearance since helping to trigger a May 6, 2010, “flash crash” from his parents’ suburban London home that wiped tens of billions of dollars off the value of U.S. stocks, rattling investors and leaving many wondering if the market was […]
  
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• Trump victory inflates antiabortion movement

  10-11-2016 01:02
  
  The antiabortion movement reluctantly embraced Donald Trump. Now, activists say they plan to make sure that uneasy partnership pays dividends. Groups taking some credit for Trump’s presidential upset on Wednesday pledged to hold him to his promise to promote an antiabortion agenda. They announced immediate plans to revive in Congress several bills, including one targeting […]
  
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• Amid a world of problems, Trump’s plans are opaque

  10-11-2016 01:02
  
  There have been times in America’s past when an untested new president faced immediate calamity and potentially world-shattering disaster, from the Civil War to the Cuban missile crisis. But the broad array of international challenges now facing Donald Trump is among the most daunting and dangerous in modern U.S. history. After a campaign of bombastic […]
  
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• Updated: Trump begins to play catch up on transition to White House

  10-11-2016 00:37
  
  WASHINGTON — The true test now begins for Donald Trump. The Republican president-elect paid little attention to transition planning leading up to his stunning victory. With 72 days before he takes control of the executive branch, Trump and his senior team on Wednesday immediately began the herculean task of picking a Cabinet and tapping hundreds […]
  
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