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• Uber expands self-driving car service to a second city

  14-12-2016 23:09
  
  Uber users in San Francisco can now get rides from cars without drivers — sort of. The car-sharing service will begin matching a small number of riders with vehicles that rely on Uber’s self-driving technology rather than human drivers, the company announced Wednesday. Those vehicles will still have a safety driver on board who can […]
  
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• Ex-assistant coach seeks $1.7M in legal fees from Penn State

  14-12-2016 23:04
  
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A former assistant football coach who won verdicts of more than $12 million from Penn State over his treatment after Jerry Sandusky was arrested for child molestation is asking for another $1.7 million in legal fees. Lawyers for Mike McQueary filed a petition Wednesday outlining the litigation costs and lawyer bills that […]
  
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• Updated: Colorado school district decides whether to arm teachers

  14-12-2016 23:01
  
  DENVER — A rural Colorado school district is deciding whether to arm its teachers and other school staff to protect its students. The Hanover School District 28 board is set to vote Wednesday night on whether to allow school employees to volunteer to be armed on the job after undergoing training. The district’s two schools […]
  
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• Updated: Utah review of radioactive waste plan to rev up in 2017

  14-12-2016 22:46
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — State regulators next month will rev up a stagnant review of a Utah company’s push to bury in the state’s west desert a type of radioactive waste that becomes more radioactive for 2 million years. The seven-year effort from Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions has been stalled amid environmental reviews and questions […]
  
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• Professional wrestling is no joke, and neither is Linda McMahon

  14-12-2016 22:46
  
  Many pundits have framed Donald Trump’s presidential victory as the rejection of the values of the liberal elite by “regular” people, which I find pretty hilarious considering how many billionaires Trump is putting in his Cabinet. If you compare Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick to head up the Education Department — with her billions of dollars […]
  
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• Updated: Arpaio won’t face contempt case for withholding hard drives

  14-12-2016 21:32
  
  PHOENIX — Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been spared prosecution on a contempt-of-court charge for refusing to hand over 50 hard drives from a secret investigation, eliminating one legal problem for the lawman as he prepares to go on trial in the spring on a separate contempt count. The ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Susan […]
  
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• Updated: Things to know about federal land polices under Trump

  14-12-2016 21:31
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Advocates for more state control of public lands and fewer government regulations on energy development hope Donald Trump will be more receptive to their cause, which they say has been ignored during President Barack Obama’s two terms. A look at some key questions: ___ WHAT’S AT STAKE? Decisions about what activities […]
  
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• Updated: 4 dead in Alabama after vehicle goes off dock, official says

  14-12-2016 21:31
  
  CENTRE, Ala. — A vehicle drove off a boat landing in northeastern Alabama, and at least four people inside drowned, while a fifth was missing, an official said Wednesday. Those killed ranged in age from their 20s to their 40s, said Cherokee County coroner Dr. Jeremy Deaton. News outlets reported that two people survived and […]
  
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• The U.S. solar industry is booming – and it isn’t afraid of Trump

  14-12-2016 21:31
  
  The U.S. solar industry experienced its biggest boom yet this year, with a record-breaking 4,143 megawatts (or million watts) of solar generating capacity added in the third quarter of 2016, according to a new report. And the fourth quarter is on track to surpass it, with continued growth expected through the rest of the decade. […]
  
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• Will the Obamas throw one last big bash before leaving the White House?

  14-12-2016 21:30
  
  By now you might have heard tale of what it’s like to party with the Obamas – cellphones are a no and dancing is a must. The first couple has made it part of their mission to never miss an opportunity to get down in the White House. There have been star-studded birthday parties, fashion […]
  
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• New: World premiere of ‘Finding Nemo’ in Diné to be broadcast FNX

  14-12-2016 19:35
  
    Viewers may have noticed something different while scanning the New Mexico PBS channels. Recently, KNME began to air FNX | First Nations Experience, a new digital television channel that carries Native American programming. The channel currently airs on KNME, Channel 5.3. FNX is the first and only nationally distributed TV channel exclusively devoted to […]
  
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• Updated: Tech leaders to make peace, or press their case, with Trump

  14-12-2016 19:23
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley leaders were among Donald Trump’s most outspoken opponents during the presidential campaign. On Wednesday, though, many of them will come face-to-face with the president-elect for the first time since the election. The tech industry had multiple concerns about candidate Trump, among them fears that he would stifle innovation, curb the […]
  
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• Judge: Mistakenly sold Apollo 11 moon mission bag is buyer’s

  14-12-2016 19:23
  
  WICHITA, Kan. — A bag used to collect lunar samples during the first manned mission to the moon legally belongs to an Illinois woman who bought it for $995 when it was mistakenly sold during a government auction, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge J. Thomas Marten, of the U.S. District Court in Wichita, said he […]
  
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• Why Democrats need to spend less time worrying about the presidential race

  14-12-2016 19:21
  
  Veteran Democratic operative Guy Cecil rattled off a series of tweets on Tuesday offering hard advice for his party about how it can recover from the stunning loss of the 2016 campaign and the broader defeats the party has suffered downballot in recent years. I reached out to Guy to see if he would expand […]
  
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• Britain’s May, Boris Johnson keep needling each other

  14-12-2016 19:21
  
  LONDON – The barbs just keep on coming. On Wednesday afternoon, at the final Prime Minister’s Questions of 2016, British Prime Minister Theresa May called Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson an “FFS,” which she defined as a “fine foreign secretary.” She was responding to a question from Labour lawmaker Peter Dowd, who asked whether May regretted […]
  
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• Updated: Huff, puff and explode: E-cigarette fires, injuries on rise

  14-12-2016 17:11
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. — Katrina Williams wanted a safer alternative to smoking, and e-cigarettes seemed to be the answer until the day one exploded in her pocket as she drove home from a beauty salon. “It was like a firecracker,” the New Yorker said, as it seared third-degree burns in her leg, blasted through her charred […]
  
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• Oprah Winfrey to call her book imprint ‘An Oprah Book’

  14-12-2016 17:11
  
  NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey’s new book imprint has an easy name to remember. She’s calling it “An Oprah Book,” Flatiron Books told The Associated Press on Wednesday. A division of Macmillan, Flatiron first announced in 2015 that it would work with Winfrey on a line of nonfiction books, personally selected by her. The first […]
  
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• Police: Teen threatened to shoot students at Arizona school

  14-12-2016 17:10
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — Police in Sierra Vista say a 14-year-old high school student has been detained after apparently threatening to shoot other students. The Sierra Vista Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2hlsBA6 ) that Sgt. Mertie Stompro says the student made threats on at least two occasions on or close to Monday, Dec. 5. Stompro says multiple […]
  
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• I’m a black woman who doesn’t date black men; sometimes, I feel guilty about that

  14-12-2016 17:10
  
  I walked down the cereal aisle in the grocery store, determined to finish my shopping list. As I skimmed my eyes across the rows of boxes, I landed on what I was looking for: a jumbo box of Rice Krispies. “Good choice,” a deep, bellowing voice confirmed. I turned around and saw a handsome black […]
  
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• Ethics experts warn that Trump is ‘courting disaster’

  14-12-2016 17:10
  
  President-elect Donald Trump’s insistence on perpetuating egregious conflicts of interest and retaining ownership of businesses that receive money from foreign governments suggests that he will, on Day One in office, be in violation of the Emoluments Clause as soon as he enters office and, in the words of ethics expert Norman Eisen, be “courting disaster.” […]
  
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• Updated: Man robs bank with note written on rehab discharge papers

  14-12-2016 13:31
  
  Police say a Philadelphia man signed himself out of a Chester County drug and alcohol rehab center, took a cab…
  
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• Man robs bank with note written on rehab discharge papers

  14-12-2016 13:31
  
  Police say a Philadelphia man signed himself out of a Chester County rehab center, took a cab to a nearby…
  
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• Eurozone industry starts Q4 on a flat note

  14-12-2016 12:26
  
  BRUSSELS — Official figures are showing that industry across the 19-country eurozone started the fourth quarter on a fairly flat note, with output in October down 0.1 percent from the month before. The decrease was unexpected — the consensus in the markets was for a modest 0.2 percent increase — and is likely to weigh […]
  
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• Updated: Global stocks mixed ahead of Fed’s rate decision

  14-12-2016 08:10
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — Global stock markets were mixed with European stocks getting off to a weak start on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates. The Fed was widely expected to announce later in the day an increase in the key policy rate for the first time in a year. KEEPING […]
  
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• Asian stocks mostly higher ahead of Fed’s rate decision

  14-12-2016 08:10
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates. The Fed was widely expected to announce later in the day an increase in the key policy rate for the first time in a year. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 finished nearly unchanged at […]
  
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• Trump beyond the pale trying to impair media

  14-12-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–After post-truth comes all-fake.The election of Donald Trump has...
  
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• Local autonomy is good, whoever is in office

  14-12-2016 08:02
  
  There's a wonderful exchange in "A Man for All Seasons" in which Thomas More debates young idealist...
  
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• Editorial: Heather Wilson the right pick for national security

  14-12-2016 08:02
  
  Heather Wilson's impressive résumé, breadth of world experience and thoughtful approac ...
  
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• Editorial: Astronaut Glenn lifted U.S.

  14-12-2016 08:02
  
  "Godspeed, John Glenn." –Astronaut Scott Carpenter's radio transmission as Gle ...
  
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• Baker leads NM State to 7th straight win, 79-68 over UTEP

  14-12-2016 06:04
  
  EL PASO, Texas — Ian Baker nailed 3 of 7 from beyond the arc for 20 points to help lead New Mexico State to its seventh straight win, beating UTEP 79-68 on Tuesday night. Baker has scored 1,006 career points in 97 games at New Mexico State. He was named Western Athletic Conference Player of […]
  
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• Lobo special teams play has been consistent

  14-12-2016 04:46
  
  Romero to Gentry to Sanders. It may not quite roll off the tongue like Tinker to Evers to Chance (go ahead, look it up, I’ll wait). But, 100 percent of the time, a center snap by Steven Romero, a catch and hold by Sam Gentry and a field-goal or extra-point attempt by Jason Sanders has […]
  
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• Updated: MMA: Holm to fight for title

  14-12-2016 04:39
  
  Albuquerque’s Holly Holm will be back in action Feb. 11, fighting for a newly minted UFC 145-pound women’s UFC title. The UFC announced Tuesday that Holm (10-2) will face The Netherlands’ Germaine de Randamie 6-3) for the 145-pound belt at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. “How awesome is that?” Holm said in an interview […]
  
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• Bernalillo County approves $400K for regional rail park

  14-12-2016 04:25
  
  Bernalillo County commissioners agreed to make an unusual investment Tuesday — approving up to $400,000 for a regional rail and logistics park in Los Lunas, outside the county’s boundaries. Commission Chairman Art De La Cruz, who sponsored the measure, said it made sense to contribute to an economic-development project that will bring jobs to the […]
  
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• Holm to fight in February

  14-12-2016 04:09
  
  Holly has her next fight. And it will be for a title. The UFC on Tuesday night announced the creation of a new weight division — women’s featherweight (145 pounds) — and has scheduled Albuquerque’s Holly Holm to fight Germaine de Randamie on Feb. 11 in Brooklyn, N.Y., at UFC 208 for the new division’s […]
  
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• Pharmacist gets probation after entering guilty plea to misdemeanor charge

  14-12-2016 03:48
  
  SANTA FE — A former Santa Fe pharmacist received a three-year probation term after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of dispensing a controlled substance without a prescription. He was sentenced at a hearing in Albuquerque federal court Tuesday. The U.S Attorney’s Office said that per his plea agreement, David Nunez admitted that in May […]
  
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• ‘Everybody outside of the top is suffering’: How stress is harming America’s health

  14-12-2016 03:00
  
  The stresses of poverty in the United States have grown so intense that they are harming the health of lower-income Americans — even prematurely leading to their death.
  
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• New: Brother/sister duo to helm programming for Jean Cocteau

  14-12-2016 02:13
  
    The driving force behind the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival will begin programming the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe. Jacques Paisner and Liesette Paisner will be taking over programming of the 1970’s theater reopened by George R.R. Martin. The brother/sister programming team behind the success of the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, named […]
  
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• Democratic House Candidates Were Also Targets of Russian Hacking

  14-12-2016 02:02 via nytimes.com
  The fallout for nearly a dozen congressional candidates underscores the effect of the Russian influence operation on the American electoral system.
  
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• Same gunman wanted for Home Depot robberies in Santa Fe, Albuquerque

  14-12-2016 01:45
  
  SANTA FE — An armed robber fired a handgun at Santa Fe Home Depot loss prevention employees as he was leaving the store with over $2,000 in merchandise Monday afternoon, according to an incident report released Tuesday by the Santa Fe Police Department. Officers believe the same man and his younger accomplice previously pointed guns […]
  
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• Updated: Feds slap curbs on Wells Fargo, find ‘living will’ lacking

  14-12-2016 01:27
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have determined that Wells Fargo has not done enough to patch the holes in the plan it would deploy if it fell into bankruptcy. As a result, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Tuesday slapped restrictions on the bank, barring it from setting up new international banking […]
  
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• Updated: Rover’s ‘ChemCam’ device run out of Los Alamos finds evidence of ‘habitable’ water on ancient Mars

  14-12-2016 01:17
  
  SANTA FE — NASA’s Curiosity rover, whose laser-zapping “ChemCam” is operated out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has identified boron for the first time on the surface of Mars, indicating the possibility of long-term habitable groundwater in the ancient past. “No prior mission to Mars has found boron,” said Patrick Gasda, a postdoctoral researcher at […]
  
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• Rover’s ‘ChemCam’ device run out of Los Alamos finds evidence of ‘habitable’ water on ancient Mars

  14-12-2016 01:17
  
  SANTA FE — NASA’s Curiosity rover, whose laser-zapping “ChemCam” is operated out of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has identified boron for the first time on the surface of Mars, “No prior mission to Mars has found boron,” said Patrick Gasda, a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos. Curiosity’s Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument was developed at […]
  
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• Black women’s life spans hold firm, a near miracle

  14-12-2016 01:06
  
  The results are in, the conclusion inescapable: Black women are exceptional, phenomenal even. The latest evidence is perhaps the most compelling: While the life expectancy for everybody else in the country declined last year, the black woman held her own. Ironic, isn’t it? White men, white women and black men took a hit, according a […]
  
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• Appeals court confirms photo ID voting provision

  14-12-2016 01:04
  
  A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld Virginia’s voting rules requiring residents to present photo identification to cast ballots. The 3-0 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit comes only months after a different panel of judges in the Richmond, Virginia-based court threw out North Carolina’s far-reaching election restrictions, finding its state […]
  
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• Updated: Angels pitcher Street: Rookie Dress Up a healthy ritual

  14-12-2016 01:02
  
  First off it is literally impossible to answer this question without someone getting offended, but I am going to try and take an objective approach. I am not arguing for bullying because that’s not what this is. I’m not arguing for purposely offensive behavior because that’s not even close to what this is. I am […]
  
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• A.A. Gill, British columnist and food critic with an acid wit, dies at 62

  14-12-2016 01:01
  
  A.A. Gill, a food critic and travel writer whose acid wit and stylish turns of phrase in stories for the Sunday Times made him one of Britain’s most revered – and feared – newspaper columnists, died Dec. 10 in London. He was 62. Martin Ivens, the editor of the Sunday Times, announced his death in […]
  
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