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• Updated: No Texas football teams in AP poll for 1st time since 1997

  28-11-2016 22:56
  
  College football in Texas has hit a low point not seen for nearly two decades. There were no teams from the state of Texas ranked in The Associated Press poll this week for the first time since Sept. 14, 1997. Depending how the bowl season goes, this could be a first of sorts for Texas […]
  
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• Updated: The top 10 superhero comics of 2016

  28-11-2016 22:55
  
  Many diverse characters deftly inherited iconic superhero costumes in 2016, including a black Captain America and a female Thor. The year also saw a range of top talent holding the pen, from such veterans as Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison to acclaimed-author-turned-comic-book-newcomer Ta-Nahesi Coates. Here are our top 10 superhero comic books of 2016: – […]
  
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• Updated: AP FACT CHECK: Trump won presidency but lost popular vote

  28-11-2016 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s tweets can’t erase the reality that he lost the popular vote in this month’s election, according to The Associated Press’ vote-counting operation. The president-elect tweeted on Saturday that he’d have won the popular vote “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” He also alleged “serious voter fraud” in […]
  
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• Snow to continue in western Colorado through Tuesday morning

  28-11-2016 22:55
  
  DENVER — Snow is expected to continue to fall over western Colorado through Tuesday morning. Total accumulations from the latest storm which started Saturday night were expected to reach up to 20 inches. But the National Weather Service says automated sensors detected between 13 and 25 inches in the West Elk and Sawatch ranges and […]
  
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• Family business conflict subject of talk

  28-11-2016 22:37
  
  A Texas businessman whose father was the inspiration for the 1980s television series “Dallas” will speak about family-business conflict this Friday. Doug Box, author of “Texas Patriarch: A Legacy Lost,” will speak at 7:30 a.m. as part of the Anderson School of Management’s Boerigter Business Breakfast Program at Hotel Albuquerque. Box is a certified family […]
  
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• Police trying to identify man who shot at gas station clerk

  28-11-2016 19:51
  
  Albuquerque police are trying to identify a man who they say got in a fight with a gas station clerk earlier this month and then shot through the clerk’s back windshield when he left for the night. Officers were called to the Walmart gas station around 8 p.m. on Nov. 6 and learned the suspect […]
  
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• When you’re measuring fast changes in an atom, you’re talking zeptoseconds

  28-11-2016 19:31
  
  If you’ve ever heard the word “zeptosecond,” chances are you’re either: (a) A kick-butt Scrabble player. (It has a 25-point value.) (b) A fan of the comic book character The Flash, and you like to argue about how fast he can really go. Otherwise, there hasn’t been all that much to say about the absurdly […]
  
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• Review criticizes Texas agency that regulates veterinarians

  28-11-2016 19:30
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas agency that regulates veterinarians — which aggressively pursued one high-profile case and was overwhelmed by complaints in another — hasn’t been keeping on top of basic responsibilities such as proper fiscal management, evenhanded enforcement and keeping tabs on controlled substances meant for animals, according to a state review. The San […]
  
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• A Japanese theme park thought it was a good idea to freeze 5,000 dead fish in a skating rink

  28-11-2016 19:30
  
  An amusement park in southwestern Japan has closed its ice-skating rink after public outrage over the rink’s key feature: 5,000 dead fish frozen into the ice itself. Space World, a theme park in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, had opened its new attraction Nov. 12. The rink was packed with 25 types of fish purchased from the […]
  
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• Updated: Panda cub gets meds in sweet potato after tummy surgery

  28-11-2016 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant panda cub Bei Bei is getting antibiotics and antacids via sweet potatoes after surgery to remove bamboo stuck in his intestine. The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2gyO2h7 ) reports the zoo says the panda cub is “bright, alert and responsive” following Friday’s surgery. The paper reported Monday that the 1-year-old […]
  
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• Creative solutions for table centerpieces

  28-11-2016 17:33
  
  Entertaining guests is a great way to open and share your home to make memories with family and friends. If your entertaining plans includes a meal, chances are everyone will be sitting at the table to dine and converse. A beautifully set table can make guests feel welcome and establish the ambiance for the meal. […]
  
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• Updated: With deals offered early, will shoppers buy on Cyber Monday?

  28-11-2016 17:23
  
  NEW YORK — Millions of Americans paused during the Monday after Thanksgiving to check out online deals and check off people on their holiday gift list. But so-called Cyber Monday may be in danger of losing its online sales title. The Monday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest online shopping day of the year, but […]
  
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• Updated: The Daily 202: Romney twisting in the wind offers a preview of Trump’s reality-show governing style

  28-11-2016 17:12
  
  No conventional president-elect would tolerate Kellyanne Conway’s blistering broadside against Mitt Romney on the Sunday shows, but Donald Trump is not conventional. He’s changing how the game is played. Americans historically choose presidents whose personalities are the opposite of their immediate predecessor. “No-drama Obama,” as David Axelrod first labeled the president during the 2008 campaign, […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Drain the swamp’? Federal workers worried about Trump plan

  28-11-2016 17:12
  
  McLEAN, Va. — Melissa Baumann lives some 850 miles from the nation’s capital, but when she hears President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters say they will “drain the swamp,” she worries she will be sucked down into the muck. Baumann, a chemist with the Forest Service, is one of the nation’s 4 million or so […]
  
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• Accused Charleston church shooter will represent himself at federal hate-crimes trial

  28-11-2016 17:11
  
  The white man charged with killing nine black parishioners in a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year will be allowed to represent himself in his federal hate-crimes trial, a judge said Monday. This means that Dylann Roof, 22, could question survivors of the attack if they are called to testify in the case, one of […]
  
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• Updated: Students learn business from the pros

  28-11-2016 08:11
  
  Job shadow program offers insight into various careers
  
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• Updated: 10 ABQ students to join Federal Reserve program

  28-11-2016 08:11
  
  The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch has accepted 10 Albuquerque high school stude ...
  
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• Metro Beat: Anti-overdose drugs proposed for city buildings

  28-11-2016 08:05
  
  Legislation proposed by two Albuquerque councilors; new strategy approved for "down and out" calls
  
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• Lingering questions on Real ID

  28-11-2016 08:05
  
  Can we still use military ID? What if I don't have a birth certificate? What is MVD doing with all these documents?
  
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• Defining the players

  28-11-2016 08:05
  
  Who's who in a case involving an incapacitated person
  
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• Sister of ‘suicide’ victim: ‘He wouldn’t end his life’

  28-11-2016 07:43
  
  Family questions medical examiner's ruling in Las Cruces death
  
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• Agent: It’s ‘premature’ to link fires, suspicious devices in ABQ

  28-11-2016 07:42
  
  Winds hamper federal inquiry into blaze that destroyed Nob Hill condos
  
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• Better bundle up

  28-11-2016 07:41
  
  Series of storms expected to bring cold and snow to Albuquerque
  
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• 5,000 fish in ice at Japan skating rink cause uproar

  28-11-2016 07:41
  
  About 5,000 dead fish packed in the ice at a skating rink in western Japan are causing an uproar. Space…
  
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• Updated: Iraq hospital brimming with Mosul civilian, army casualties

  28-11-2016 06:18
  
  IRBIL, Iraq — Doctors in the main hospital treating trauma victims from the battle for Mosul say they are overflowing with casualties, both civilians and soldiers. Speaking late Sunday, Dr. Marwan Ghafuri of the West Irbil Hospital said the location, the main triage center for trauma cases from Iraq’s second-largest city, is seeing 100 to […]
  
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• Updated: Sheriff on pipeline protests: ‘My job is to enforce the law’

  28-11-2016 05:04
  
  MANDAN, N.D. — Don’t look for apologies from the North Dakota sheriff leading the response to the Dakota Access oil pipeline protests, especially for the recent — and, in some circles, controversial — action against demonstrators who he believes have become increasingly aggressive. “We are just not going to allow people to become unlawful,” said […]
  
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• Updated: In Cuba, tourists find historic moment and limited options

  28-11-2016 05:04
  
  HAVANA — They came for salsa music and mojitos and ended up wandering through a city turned still and silent by nine days of national mourning for Fidel Castro. As Cuba prepares a massive commemoration for the leader of its socialist revolution, tens of thousands of high-season travelers have found themselves accidental witnesses to history […]
  
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• Updated: With $81 million at box office, ‘Moana’ feasts on the Thanksgiving competition

  28-11-2016 05:02
  
  LOS ANGELES — Disney’s “Moana” sailed to No.1 at the box office over the long holiday weekend, with estimated ticket sales of $81.1 million — more than enough to bump last week’s chart-topper, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” to second place. Even more encouraging for Disney, though, might be that “Moana,” an animated […]
  
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• Updated: Thanksgiving weekend shoppers spent less due to discounts

  28-11-2016 05:02
  
  NEW YORK — Thanksgiving weekend shoppers picked up hot toys, TVs and new Apple products, buying both online and in stores, but spent less per person because of rampant discounting that they’ve come to demand. Once all the receipts are in, customers look to have spent an average of $289.19 over the four-day weekend, down […]
  
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• Updated: Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

  28-11-2016 05:01
  
  NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump claimed without evidence Sunday that “millions” voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton’s nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning to his campaign mantra of a rigged race even as he prepares to enter the White House in less than two months. Trump […]
  
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• Prison can mean losing cane, wheelchair or even prosthetic leg

  28-11-2016 03:00
  
  Rick McConnell told The New Mexican in a story published in April that he spent four years of his 18-year sentence in a New Mexico prison without his prosthetic leg. He was forced to hop on one leg to
  
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• New tricks in canine cancer aim to treat humans

  28-11-2016 03:00
  
  Mice don’t normally get cancer — it must be induced — and the immune systems in many strains of lab mice have been altered. That makes them especially poor models for immunotherapy.
  
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