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• Updated: Senate Dems choose Wirth as majority leader

  19-11-2016 22:19
  
  Democratic state Sen. Peter Wirth of Santa Fe will serve as the new Senate majority leader after being selected by Senate Democrats on Saturday. Wirth succeeds Michael Sanchez, a Belen Democrat who had been in the Senate for 24 years. He lost his reelection bid to Republican Greg Baca. Sen. Mary Kay Papen, D-Las Cruces, […]
  
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• Updated: House GOP chooses Gentry as minority leader

  19-11-2016 22:19
  
  State House Republicans held a caucus today in Albuquerque and chose Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque, as House minority leader. Gentry has spent the past couple of years, since the GOP took over the House in 2014, as the chamber’s majority leader. But Democrats won the House back in last week’s election. Gentry has been in […]
  
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• Updated: Pope decries ‘virus’ of polarization over race, faith

  19-11-2016 21:10
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis warned against what he called a “virus of polarization” and hostility in the world targeting people of different nationalities, races or beliefs, as he led a ceremony Saturday giving the Roman Catholic Church 17 new cardinals from six continents. The consistory ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica formally inducted the churchmen […]
  
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• Cubs of bear that attacked runner released into wild

  19-11-2016 20:56
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Two cubs whose mother was shot to death after attacking a marathon runner have been released into the wild. The bears went from weighing roughly 10 pounds when they were found to 125 and 90 pounds when the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released them, The New Mexican reported […]
  
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• Updated: Opponents say barring pot use in Denver businesses unwise

  19-11-2016 20:55
  
  DENVER — Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to sneak around while they use pot and consume alcohol. The new rule announced Friday bars liquor-license holders from applying for […]
  
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• Updated: World leaders at APEC summit take aim at Trump over trade

  19-11-2016 19:57
  
  LIMA, Peru — Several U.S. allies took aim at Donald Trump’s trade policies as China’s president made an impassioned call against the sort of protectionism favored by the president-elect at a summit of Asian-Pacific leaders on Saturday The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is taking place in Peru as world leaders are on edge over Trump’s […]
  
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• Rollover shuts down northbound Interstate 25 at Lead and Coal

  19-11-2016 19:09
  
  A rollover accident Saturday morning has shut down northbound Interstate 25 between Lead Ave. and Coal Ave., according to the Albuquerque Police Department. Police say that there are injuries from the accident. –This is a developing story. More information will be added.
  
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• Updated: Knitters spreading kindness by giving scarves to strangers

  19-11-2016 16:23
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — More than 400 scarves were hanging on a park fence earlier this month in downtown Manchester, waiting for people with chilly necks and shoulders to snatch them up for the winter season. Within a day, the scarves were gone. The hundreds of hand-knitted scarves are part of a project started two years […]
  
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• Updated: No bones about it, group wants to preserve doggie haven

  19-11-2016 16:16
  
  ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — At Dog Mountain, canines and their human owners can take walks on a 150-acre Vermont hillside, enjoy several ponds, attend dog parties and even visit a chapel and an art gallery. Now, a group is hoping to preserve the doggie haven and the vision of Stephen Huneck, the late artist and […]
  
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• Lobos are in a ‘good spot,’ but aren’t favored

  19-11-2016 08:08
  
  It has been nearly a year since the young women from New Mexico put on their turquoise uniforms and...
  
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• Updated: Energized Lobos top Aggies, improve to 3-0

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  Tim Williams and Elijah Brown combined for 39 points to lead UNM to a 72-59 Rio Grande Rivalry win over the New Mexico State Aggies on Friday Night.
  
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• Rams clobber Oñate in 6A quarterfinals

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  RIO RANCHO–Seasons, as marked by the calendar, don't matter much to the Rio Rancho Rams. T ...
  
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• No. 2 Sartans fend off scary Scorps

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  With Farmington moving the ball up and down the field almost at will, St. Pius rediscovered its offe ...
  
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• Los Lunas holds off Belen, 16-14

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  BELEN–Michigan commit O'maury Samuels made two big plays–one on offense a ...
  
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• Energized Lobos top Ags

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  If this season is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pit, the guest of honor made its firs ...
  
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• Volleyball: Lobo seniors say farewell to indoor home Ssaturday

  19-11-2016 01:55
  
  It won’t necessarily be an emotional senior day goodbye. The University of New Mexico volleyball program will bid a “sort-of” farewell to seniors Cassie House, Marisa Doran, Devanne Sours and Julia Warren prior to Saturday’s 2 p.m. home match against San Diego State. It will be the foursome’s final match at Johnson Center. The Lobos […]
  
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• Updated: University stops wrestlers from competing after lewd texts

  19-11-2016 01:07
  
  NEW YORK — Some Columbia University wrestlers will be suspended from the team for as long as the rest of the school year over lewd and racially insensitive text messages, but some teammates can keep competing, including in a state championship this weekend, the university announced on Friday. Columbia wouldn’t say how many wrestlers are […]
  
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• Public defender won’t disclose cost of homebuilder Kalinowski’s defense

  19-11-2016 00:53
  
  SANTA FE — The state Public Defender Office is declining to disclose information on how much it has spent defending William Kalinowski, a former high-end homebuilder in the Santa Fe area now on trial for fraud and embezzlement. The office maintains that records of expenses for the Kalinowski case are protected from disclosure as attorney-client […]
  
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• Exploring a new frontier this holiday shopping season: Virtual reality

  19-11-2016 00:53
  
  It is a sad truth for technology enthusiasts that it’s almost the end of 2016, and we still don’t have flying cars, a moon colony or fully functional robot butlers. But there is at least one sci-fi technology that is aiming to make a breakthrough into your living room: virtual reality. Companies big and small […]
  
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• Updated: The tiny faces of a holiday toy craze: How Shopkins became big business

  19-11-2016 00:52
  
  Vicki Vanilla. Susie Sausage. Buncho Bananas. If these names sound like gibberish to you now, consider yourself warned: There’s a good chance you’ll soon be on a frantic hunt to get them under your Christmas tree. These tiny plastic characters are part of an explosively growing line of toys called Shopkins, which can perhaps best […]
  
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