New Mexico news

• 10-year-old girl dead after rollover in NW Albuquerque

  12-11-2016 23:12
  
  A 10-year-old girl was killed in an early Saturday morning rollover crash on the interstate possibly caused by a driver in another car street racing, according to Albuquerque police. Xavier Nelson, 22, the driver of the car that is believed to have initiated the crash, was arrested and charged with reckless driving resulting in death, […]
  
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• ConocoPhillips plans to sell assets in San Juan Basin

  12-11-2016 20:18
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — A Houston-based oil and gas company plans to sell its assets in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado. The Daily Times (https://goo.gl/InI4gp ) reports that ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Davy Kong confirmed plans to sell the assets in the San Juan Basin over the next two years. ConocoPhillips has operated in the basin for […]
  
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• Construction of USS Arizona memorial on UA campus underway

  12-11-2016 17:51
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Construction of a privately funded memorial honoring the U.S. service members who died aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is underway on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. KGUN-TV (https://goo.gl/JhVxpQ ) reports that officials say the project should be completed in time for a Dec. 4 […]
  
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• Deaths of 3 young children, mother seen as murder-suicide

  12-11-2016 17:49
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — West Texas authorities are describing the shooting deaths of a woman and her three young children as a murder-suicide. The Potter County sheriff’s office said Friday that 34-year-old Michelle Stone and her children, ages 4 to 8, all were found dead of gunshot wounds in a recreational vehicle on land where the […]
  
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• Updated: Obama urges nation to ‘forge unity’ after bitter election

  12-11-2016 16:22
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. — Three days after Election Day, President Barack Obama used his last Veterans Day speech to urge Americans to learn from the example of veterans as a divided nation seeks to “forge unity” after the bitter 2016 campaign. Obama, in remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, noted that Veterans Day often comes on the […]
  
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• The surprising message from bonds about a Trump presidency

  12-11-2016 16:19
  
  NEW YORK — He’s called the spiraling federal debt a disaster, leads a party of avowed fiscal hawks and has promised to balance the budget. But if you expect Donald Trump to act as a model of fiscal rectitude as president, the bond market has a message for you, and a very Trumpian one at […]
  
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• Updated: Campaign’s disdain for civility could leave lasting damage

  12-11-2016 16:16
  
  When a South Carolina congressman shouted “You lie!” during a speech by President Barack Obama in 2009, House members rebuked him for violating norms of civility. After this year’s presidential campaign, the idea that people were once troubled by the outburst seems almost quaint. Civility in politics has been declining for years, both a cause […]
  
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• Thousands of Las Crucens participate in Veterans Day events

  12-11-2016 16:12
  
  LAS CRUCES — On the 11th hour, of the 11th day and 11th month, Las Crucens gathered to commemorate Veterans Day. A parade in downtown Las Cruces and a ceremony in Mesilla highlighted Friday’s events. The parade drew an estimated crowd of about 3,000 residents who lined Main Street and portions of Water Street. Mesilla’s […]
  
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• SweeTea brings new flavor to former House of Pho

  12-11-2016 14:40
  
  Bakery cafe takes over old House of Pho space
  
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• Prep volleyball: St. Pius, Goddard to play for title

  12-11-2016 08:07
  
    RIO RANCHO — The St. Pius Sartans had no interest in a third straight semifinal defeat. The determined, top-seeded Sartans left nothing to chance in Friday’s quarterfinals and semifinals of the Class 5A state volleyball tournament, wearing down No. 2 Los Lunas 3-1 in the former and dominating No. 4 Roswell in the latter […]
  
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• Rio Grande parent sues APS over ‘attack’

  12-11-2016 08:05
  
  The mother of a Rio Grande High School special needs student filed a lawsuit against the district al ...
  
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• Driver who killed 2 in crash is facing 30 years

  12-11-2016 08:05
  
  The driver who prosecutors said drunkenly ran a red light, slamming into an SUV and killing two peop ...
  
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• ABQ film biz keeps rolling along

  12-11-2016 08:05
  
  Ten shows currently in production
  
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• ABQ film biz keeps rolling

  12-11-2016 08:05
  
  Ten shows currently in production
  
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• Senate majority leader says he willingly endured loss for good of party

  12-11-2016 07:42
  
  Expensive attack ads against him enabled other Democrats' wins, he says
  
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• Pedestrian killed in West Central crash

  12-11-2016 07:38
  
  Part of westbound Central Avenue near 86th Street is closed tonight as police investigate a fatal crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian. The pedestrian died at the scene from his injuries, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Daren DeAguero said just before 11:30 p.m. Information about the crash is limited at this time due to the active […]
  
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• Flurry of N.M. residents are signing up for health care

  12-11-2016 07:30 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  There were lots of questions about what Donald Trump’s election means for the Affordable Care Act requirement that individuals must have health insurance or pay a fine.
  
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• Updated: After deadly police encounters, voters OK civilian oversight

  12-11-2016 06:39
  
  DENVER — Amid a national push for greater police accountability, voters in several major cities have approved measures to create or strengthen civilian oversight of law enforcement. The trend reflects growing public demand for independent reviews of misconduct claims after deadly police encounters in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore and New York spotlighted police […]
  
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• Lobo men win hoops opener

  12-11-2016 06:30
  
  Sam Logwood scored 20 points and New Mexico rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Idaho State 81-70 in the men’s basketball season opener for both teams on Friday night at the Pit. Ethan Telfair scored 25 points for Idaho State, which led 38-32 at halftime. Check back here later and in Saturday’s Journal for […]
  
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• Manzano gets 1st-quarter knockout in rout of Atrisco Heritage

  12-11-2016 06:17
  
  The Manzano football team dominated Atrisco Heritage in the season opener for both teams. Three months later, and the gap between the two teams grew even larger. The fifth-seeded Monarchs routed the 12th-seeded Jaguars 47-0 at Wilson Stadium on Friday night in a Class 6A first-round state tournament game. “I think we’re a much better […]
  
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• Lobo women hope to put on a show in Bradbury’s debut

  12-11-2016 04:45
  
  Time to see what the buzz is about. The new-look, new-style, new-coach New Mexico women’s basketball team will play its first official game today against Fairleigh Dickinson at the Pit. First-year coach Mike Bradbury and his Lobos stirred anticipation by racking up 190 combined points in two exhibition games, but the curtain goes up for […]
  
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• Lobo football’s trite-but-true story turns the page at Utah State

  12-11-2016 04:40
  
    It’s so cliché, right? Team struggles, captains call players-only meeting, team goes on a win streak. But then, clichés become clichés because they keep happening. This one happened to the New Mexico Lobos the week of Oct. 11, after a sobering, 49-21 loss to Boise State dropped UNM to 2-3 on the season. “We […]
  
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• Aggie football hopes fast finish starts at Arkansas State

  12-11-2016 04:33
  
  Where does the New Mexico State University football team go from here? It’s been a subject to ponder as the Aggies (2-6, 1-3 Sun Belt Conference) worked through last week’s open date and prepared for their final four games of 2016. All the remaining matchups are against league competition, beginning today at Arkansas State (4-4, […]
  
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• Still fighting: Vietnam vets seek help for rare cancer

  12-11-2016 04:13 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  DANVILLE, Calif. — They were the lucky ones who managed to make it home from Vietnam. Now, a half-century later, some veterans are finding out they, too, are victims of the war.
  
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• Speak Up! Fan upset over late UNM football start

  12-11-2016 03:51
  
  I DROVE TO Albuquerque from Bloomfield to take my sister to the Lobos football game against Nevada and was highly disappointed to learn that the game did not actually begin until 8:15 p.m. Since I had to head back home early the next morning, we decided not to attend the game. I have no idea […]
  
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• Father of slain Dallas officer suing Black Lives Matter

  12-11-2016 03:20
  
  DALLAS — The father of a Dallas police officer killed by a sniper after a July protest against police brutality is suing Black Lives Matter, the Nation of Islam and a handful of other defendants saying they incited a “war on police.” Enrique Zamarripa, the father of slain officer Patrick Zamarripa, filed the lawsuit Monday […]
  
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• Updated: Putin aide: Trump could build confidence with NATO pullback

  12-11-2016 02:19
  
  NEW YORK — Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says one way Donald Trump could help build confidence with Russia after he becomes president would be to persuade NATO to slow down its expansion or withdraw its forces from Russia’s borders. Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with The Associated Press that this “would lead to a kind […]
  
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• Updated: Trump protesters: students, immigrants, anarchists and more

  12-11-2016 02:06
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald Trump says the thousands of men and women taking to the streets to protest his election are “professional protesters incited by the media.” But who are they really? The answer varies from state to state. The crowds include high school students, immigrants and even anarchists. “There’s no professional protesters here,” said […]
  
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• Map: New Mexico county-by-county election results

  12-11-2016 01:14
  
  Click each county to see how residents voted.
  
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• Computer outage briefly grounds flights on several airlines

  12-11-2016 00:31
  
  DALLAS — Travelers on several airlines had trouble checking in for flights and waited out delays Friday after a computer outage at a company that runs airline technology systems. American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Alaska Airlines and Virgin America confirmed that a technology glitch briefly interrupted their operations. The problems seemed to have been […]
  
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