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• Updated: Facebook glitch made it appear some users had died

  11-11-2016 23:55
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Some Facebook users received an unsettling shock Friday, when an unexplained glitch caused the social networking service to post a notice that implied they were dead. A number of Facebook users reported that their profile page on the social network was topped with a message that referred to them by name — […]
  
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• What happens after you win those big beer industry medals?

  11-11-2016 23:53
  
  Medals bring clout and new business
  
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• Updated: Trump chief of staff pick to signal direction of presidency

  11-11-2016 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is considering a conservative bomb-thrower and the face of the GOP establishment, among others, for White House chief of staff — a major post that could set the direction for his presidency. The Republican president-elect is days away from naming his chief of staff, according to people with direct knowledge of […]
  
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• Cross-country: Wright wins region, powers Lobos to another NCAA berth

  11-11-2016 23:00
  
  LOGAN, Utah — Behind Alice Wright’s second individual title in as many meets, the sixth-ranked University of New Mexico women’s cross country team claimed runner-up honors at NCAA Mountain Region Championships Friday in Logan, Utah, securing a bid for next week’s NCAA Championships. The Lobo women, who have qualified to the national championships for the […]
  
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• Trump signals flexibility on Obamacare, citing Oval Office talk

  11-11-2016 22:56
  
  NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump signaled he may take a more flexible view of what to do with the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health law that’s often called Obamacare. “Either Obamacare will be amended, or repealed and replaced,” Trump told The Wall Street Journal. Trump said Obama suggested areas of the […]
  
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• Entrepreneurship celebrated all next week

  11-11-2016 22:56
  
  A broad slate of activities are planned for Albuquerque’s third annual celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which began today and runs through Sunday, Nov. 20. The annual event, which takes place in cities throughout the U.S. and other countries, aims to celebrate technology, innovation and entrepreneurship with workshops, networking events, startup pitch competitions and more. […]
  
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• Schools report racially charged incidents after election

  11-11-2016 22:52
  
  In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, reports of racially charged incidents are emerging from the nation’s schools and universities, including students who chanted “white power” and called black classmates “cotton pickers.” Reporting by The Associated Press and local media outlets has identified more than 20 such encounters beginning on Election Day, many involving people […]
  
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• New NM secretary of state will have her hands full

  11-11-2016 22:36
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s newly elected secretary of state will be greeted by a stack of political campaign finance filings flagged for possible violations, a shrinking budget and lingering mistrust. Secretary-elect Maggie Toulouse Oliver may take office ahead of schedule — as soon as Dec. 9 — under regulations allowing for the early […]
  
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• Updated: Senate GOP leader says he asked Trump to back Keystone

  11-11-2016 20:57
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Senate’s top Republican said Friday he asked President-elect Donald Trump to move swiftly in approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has drawn strong opposition from environmentalists. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told reporters he made the request during his Capitol Hill meeting with Trump a day earlier. […]
  
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• Updated: Von Miller won’t lobby officials like some other superstars

  11-11-2016 20:43
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Von Miller isn’t going to lobby for holding calls or disparage Oakland’s punter for imitating his sack dances. And he sure won’t take coaches for granted after he organized the Denver Broncos’ mannequin challenge it proved so, well, challenging. The Super Bowl MVP is second in the league with 9½ sacks despite […]
  
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• Updated: Jets’ Fitzpatrick questionable, will be game-time decision

  11-11-2016 20:33
  
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick will be a game-time decision to play against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday after being listed as questionable with a sprained knee. Fitzpatrick participated on a limited basis during all three practice sessions this week. Coach Todd Bowles says Friday that the quarterback is […]
  
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• As thousands protest his election, Trump tweets that they ‘have passion for our great country’

  11-11-2016 20:22
  
  NEW YORK — Resisting calls by President Barack Obama to accept Donald Trump’s victory, tens of thousands of protesters — some too young to vote — took to the streets in cities across the country to protest that Trump “is not my president.” During a second night of demonstrations, a protest in Portland, Ore., was […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s path to boosting infrastructure is full of potholes

  11-11-2016 20:19
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has vowed to rebuild the nation’s roads, bridges, airports and railways, but the path to delivering on that promise is full of potholes. When President Barack Obama tried to do it, a Republican Congress fought him at almost every turn, and Trump would have to contend with his party’s deep-seated dislike […]
  
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• US faces complaint at WTO over tariffs on Brazilian steel

  11-11-2016 19:13
  
  GENEVA — Brazil has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization against the U.S. over duties imposed on Brazilian steel products. A WTO announcement Friday on the filing comes amid questions about how the U.S. will interact with the Geneva-based trade body after President-elect Donald Trump’s January inauguration. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo tweeted Wednesday […]
  
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• Updated: Judge to deadlocked jury: Keep deliberating fate of officer

  11-11-2016 19:02
  
  CINCINNATI — Jurors on Friday told a judge they can’t reach a decision after three days of deliberations in the murder trial of a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. The judge told them to keep deliberating. The jurors said they couldn’t reach a decision on murder […]
  
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• Updated: Greg Oden says he’ll be remembered as NBA’s ‘biggest bust’

  11-11-2016 19:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Greg Oden says he’ll go down as the “biggest bust in NBA history.” The big man tells ESPN that his playing days are over. He says he’d “love to continue playing,” but he’s not healthy. The 7-foot-tall Oden was the top pick in the 2007 NBA draft when he went to the […]
  
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• ESPN to do ‘Countdown’ in Mexico City before Texans-Raiders

  11-11-2016 18:55
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. — For the first time in 31 years, ESPN is taking its NFL pregame show on the road for a regular-season game. To Mexico, no less. “Sunday NFL Countdown” will move to Mexico City to proceed the Monday night game on Nov. 21 at Azteca Stadium between the Texans and Raiders. It’s the […]
  
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• No. 9 Oklahoma seeks to keep momentum vs. No. 25 Baylor

  11-11-2016 18:50
  
  NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma has rallied to salvage what appeared to be a lost season. The Sooners entered the year with hopes of returning to the College Football Playoff, but they dropped games to Houston and Ohio State early and fell out of the Top 25. Now, No. 9 Oklahoma has won six straight to […]
  
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• Updated: Deportation fears grip immigrants after Trump’s election

  11-11-2016 16:54
  
  PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump launched his candidacy on an anti-immigrant sentiment and has vowed to repeal a key Obama administration program that shields hundreds of thousands of people from deportation. Now, many immigrants in the country illegally, or with relatives who are, fear deportation and separation from their families. In immigrant-heavy areas like Los […]
  
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• Updated: 1 year on, Paris attack survivors work to heal, and unite

  11-11-2016 16:54
  
  PARIS — The flashbacks come to Denys Plaud unbidden, making it hard to work: Gunshots threatening to pierce his cramped refuge in the Bataclan theater. The excruciating silence between rounds of fire. And when it was all over, stepping over the dead and dying to reach freedom. One year on, survivors of France’s deadliest extremist […]
  
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• Russia says militants used chemical weapons in Syria

  11-11-2016 16:54
  
  MOSCOW — The Russian military said Friday its officers have found evidence of chemical weapons use by Syrian militants in the northern area of Aleppo where government forces are trying to regain control of areas they recently lost to insurgents. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that ministry experts have found unexploded […]
  
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• Iraqi troops inch ahead in Mosul as UN says chemicals used

  11-11-2016 16:54
  
  BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops inched ahead in their battle to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on Friday, as the U.N. revealed fresh evidence that the extremists have used chemical weapons. Exchanging small arms and mortar fire with IS positons, the special forces entered Mosul’s Qadisiya neighborhood, advancing slowly to […]
  
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• Houston-area man gets 85 years for fatal shooting of wife

  11-11-2016 16:53
  
  RICHMOND, Texas — Authorities say a Houston-area man who called 911 to report his wife was sick but never mentioned that she was shot must serve 85 years in prison for her death. Daniel Politte (puh-LEET’) of Missouri City was sentenced Thursday night. A Fort Bend County jury on Monday convicted him of murder in […]
  
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• Grubhub CEO backtracks after asking Trump supporters to quit

  11-11-2016 15:42
  
  CHICAGO — The co-founder of food delivery service Grubhub sent an email to all his employees suggesting that supporters of President-elect Donald Trump should resign, then issued a statement saying he welcomes all employees, regardless of their political beliefs. CEO Matt Maloney’s email Wednesday said he rejects Trump’s “nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful politics” and that […]
  
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• Updated: Stocks mixed as investors seek clarity on Trump policies

  11-11-2016 15:41
  
  TOKYO — Global stocks were mixed on Friday and the dollar steadied, as investors sought greater clarity on the upcoming economic policies of President-elect Donald Trump. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 fell 0.7 percent to 4,498, while Germany’s DAX was up 0.3 percent at 10,661. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 1 percent to 6,761. U.S. shares […]
  
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• Updated: Iran’s FM in Prague to discuss business, nuclear cooperation

  11-11-2016 15:41
  
  PRAGUE — Iran’s foreign minister visited the Czech capital of Prague to talk business Friday, including the development of a nuclear program after the sanctions against his country were lifted. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s visit comes just six months after the head of Iran’s nuclear program met Czech leaders in May to discuss developing […]
  
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• Updated: EU sees pause in talks on free trade deal with US

  11-11-2016 15:41
  
  BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top trade official says talks on the planned Trans-Atlantic trade deal are set to be put on hold following the election of Donald Trump in the United States. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said Friday that “with the new president-elect we don’t really know what will happen” with the Trans-Atlantic […]
  
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• Updated: 3 members of digging crew killed in Norway landslide

  11-11-2016 15:41
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Police in Norway say three men from Lithuania have died in a landslide northeast of the capital, Oslo. Police said Friday the men, aged 27, 43 and 47, died a day earlier, buried under earth and mud that slid down near the town of Soerum. They were not identified further. Police said […]
  
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• UNM to face top-seeded Charlotte in C-USA semifinals

  11-11-2016 08:05
  
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va.–The UNM men's soccer team faces fifth-ranked and No. 1 seed Charlotte to ...
  
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• Prep volleyball: State quarterfinals will offer up a pair of No. 1s vs. No. 2s

  11-11-2016 08:05
  
  The vagaries of pool play created a unusual scenario at the high school state volleyball tournaments ...
  
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• Muslim woman attacked

  11-11-2016 08:05
  
  A University of New Mexico freshman said a fellow student wearing a Donald Trump shirt attempted to...
  
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• Editorial: Super PAC money gaining election outcome influence

  11-11-2016 08:02
  
  Politics is evolving, and driving the change are well-funded dark money groups
  
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• Corrupt Washington elite clueless on ‘flyover country’

  11-11-2016 08:02
  
  There were a lot of losers in this election, beyond Clinton and the smug, incompetent pollsters
  
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• Updated: John Kerry lands in Antarctica, highest US official to visit

  11-11-2016 05:55
  
  MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry became the highest-ranking American official to visit Antarctica on Friday when he landed for a two-day trip during which he’ll hear from scientists about the impact of climate change on the frozen continent. Kerry left from New Zealand after being held up for about a […]
  
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• Report: US close to accepting 100s of Australia’s refugees

  11-11-2016 05:54
  
  CANBERRA, Australia — The United States and Australia are close to announcing a deal in which the U.S. would resettle hundreds of asylum seekers banished by Australia to Pacific island camps, a newspaper reported on Friday. The U.S. had agreed to accept up to 1,800 refugees held for up to three years at Australia’s expense […]
  
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• Updated: Singer-Songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen dead at age 82

  11-11-2016 05:28
  
  LOS ANGELES — Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82. Cohen passed away and a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date, Catherine McNelly, a representative from his record label, said […]
  
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• Updated: Shoeless, shirtless, breathless, Aussie lawmakers still vote

  11-11-2016 03:44
  
  Half-dressed, panting and disheveled, the lawmakers jolted awake by a middle-of-the-night vote were applauded by colleagues as they raced into…
  
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• Updated: Student: Classmate tried to remove hijab

  11-11-2016 03:40
  
  Woman says incident occurred at UNM's Zimmerman Library
  
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• Man in Trump shirt accused of trying to remove UNM student’s hijab

  11-11-2016 03:40
  
  A University of New Mexico freshman said a fellow student wearing a Donald Trump shirt attempted to remove the hijab from her head and implied she was a terrorist while she was in Zimmerman Library on Election Day. The woman, who identifies as Muslim, said she reported the incident to the UNM’s Office of Equal […]
  
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• Four share Mayor’s Prize

  11-11-2016 01:55
  
  Four local businesses and organizations won a total of $200,000 in grants on Thursday evening through the second annual Mayor’s Prize for entrepreneurship. The prize, funded by the Albuquerque Community Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, was launched last year to support local organizations that help build grass-roots innovation and entrepreneurship. A panel of […]
  
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• Updated: Here’s a college bookstore that doesn’t stock any textbooks

  11-11-2016 01:04
  
  For all but a few days of the year — mainly around the start of a semester — college bookstores are focused much more on building school brands than on selling textbooks. They might as well be called college hoodie stores. American University, in a shift reflecting that retail reality, this fall joined a modest […]
  
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• Aleppo faces widespread starvation without humanitarian aid, U.N. says

  11-11-2016 01:03
  
  The last of stockpiled rations were distributed Thursday in east Aleppo, and widespread starvation is expected to set in as winter arrives if no progress is made in negotiations to deliver food and medical aid, the United Nations said. “It is terrible as we speak; it could get much worse,” U.N. relief envoy Jan Egeland […]
  
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• Funeral scheduled Monday for slain Show Low police officer

  11-11-2016 01:01
  
  SHOW LOW, Ariz. — Funeral services are scheduled Monday for a Show Low police officer who was killed in the line of duty earlier this week. Officer Darrin Reed was fatally shot after responding to a disturbance at a restaurant Wednesday in the town of about 10,000 people in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Authorities say […]
  
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• Austin police officer won’t face charges for violent arrest

  11-11-2016 01:01
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas grand jury has decided against criminal charges for a white police officer who attracted national attention by throwing a black motorist to the ground after a traffic stop. Austin police officer Bryan Richter won’t face indictment over the arrest of Breaion King. It occurred last year, but sparked outcry upon […]
  
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• New weapon against deadliest cancer

  11-11-2016 00:07
  
  Lung cancer, which kills almost 160,000 Americans a year, is among the cruelest of foes. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, undergo punishing chemotherapy and still have a bleak prognosis. More than half die within a year. Bit by bit, though, scientists are making progress against the nation’s biggest cancer killer. Years ago, […]
  
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• Markets seem to think Trump’s economic plan could be much better than was thought

  11-11-2016 00:06
  
  The Dow Jones industrial average reached a record high on Wednesday amid growing hopes that President-elect Donald Trump would deliver major stimulus to the economy. The rose 218 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 18,808, while the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 stock-index also gained. Among the factors driving the rally were bets on […]
  
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• Updated: After off-mark polls, some question value of ‘big data’

  11-11-2016 00:03
  
  For an American public that relies on data for everything from where to find the best taco to the likely victor in a baseball game, Election Day offered a jarring wake-up: The data was wrong. Donald Trump’s stunning electoral win came despite prognosticators’ overwhelming insistence he would lose. And it has forced many to question […]
  
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• Updated: What went wrong in this year’s presidential polls?

  11-11-2016 00:02
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s victory came as a surprise to many Americans, the nation’s pollsters most of all. Heading into Election Day, most national surveys overstated what will likely be a narrow popular vote advantage for Hillary Clinton and led many to believe she was a shoo-in to win the Electoral College. “The polls clearly […]
  
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• Medicare premium to rise modestly for most beneficiaries

  11-11-2016 00:02
  
  WASHINGTON — Medicare has announced the “Part B” premium for 2017, and for most beneficiaries it’s a modest increase. Next year’s tiny Social Security cost-of-living increase means that about 70 percent of Medicare recipients will be protected from rising medical costs. For this group, the average premium will be about $109 a month. That’s about […]
  
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