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• Finland to pay unemployed basic income of $587 per month

  02-01-2017 23:59
  
  HELSINKI — Finland has become the first country in Europe to pay its unemployed citizens a basic monthly income, amounting to 560 euros ($587), in a unique social experiment which is hoped to cut government red tape, reduce poverty and boost employment. Olli Kangas from the Finnish government agency KELA, which is responsible for the […]
  
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• Updated: Police search for 6-year-old missing since New Year’s Eve

  02-01-2017 23:06
  
  AURORA, Colo. — Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora are searching for a 6-year-old boy who is believed to have wandered away from his home on New Year’s Eve. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies were helping search for David Puckett on Monday by going door-to-door within 2.5 miles of his home. Bloodhounds […]
  
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• 4 children die in Texas gas poisoning; others injured

  02-01-2017 23:06
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Officials in Texas say four children have died from gas poisoning believed to have been caused by a pesticide sprayed under their Amarillo home. Amarillo Fire Department officials say other people who were in the home are “not out of the woods” yet. Fire officials say a chemical reaction occurred when one […]
  
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• Updated: New Yellowstone dam challenged over sturgeon worries

  02-01-2017 23:05
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam aimed at benefiting Montana and North Dakota farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish species dating to the time of dinosaurs. A bypass channel would be built alongside the concrete irrigation dam near […]
  
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• Updated: Mexicans block roads, stations to protest gasoline hikes

  02-01-2017 23:05
  
  MEXICO CITY — Small groups of protesters blockaded some roads and gasoline stations in Mexico on Monday to protest a government price deregulation that sent the price of fuel up by as much as 20 percent over the weekend. One group blockaded a privately owned gasoline station on Mexico City’s main boulevard, shouting: “The people, […]
  
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• Updated: GOP Congress feels it has mandate to undo Obama’s agenda

  02-01-2017 23:03
  
  WASHINGTON — Republicans’ grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama’s agenda. With Republican President-elect Donald Trump just weeks away from assuming office, GOP lawmakers plan to open the 115th Congress on Tuesday and […]
  
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• Updated: Broncos coach Gary Kubiak officially steps down

  02-01-2017 17:18
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Gary Kubiak stepped down from his dream job on Monday because of health concerns, saying “the demands of the job are no longer a good fit for me.” Kubiak missed a week of work in October after suffering a complex migraine, his second health scare in three years. Kubiak […]
  
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• Texas lawmaker recovering after being shot at new year’s party

  02-01-2017 17:12
  
  WESLACO, Texas — A state lawmaker says he’s recovering after being struck in the head during a new year’s celebration by what he suspects was celebratory gunfire. Rep. Armando Martinez told The Monitor newspaper (http://bit.ly/2iZLkD3 ) that he had gathered with his family late Saturday at a residence near the South Texas town of Weslaco. […]
  
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• Updated: Puerto Rico’s new gov promises immediate push for statehood

  02-01-2017 17:10
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s new governor was sworn in Monday, promising an immediate push for statehood in a territory facing a deep economic crisis. Gov. Ricardo Rossello, 37, proposed several measures aimed at alleviating the crisis shortly after he was sworn in at midnight. Among them is a proposal to hold a […]
  
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• Updated: Dog named Scarface attacks family for dressing it in sweater

  02-01-2017 12:54
  
  Police in Florida say a dog named Scarface attacked a family who tried to put a sweater on it. Tampa…
  
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• Updated: Dog attacks family trying to dress it in sweater, 3 hurt

  02-01-2017 12:54
  
  Police in Florida say an angry dog sent three people to the hospital after one tried to put a sweater…
  
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• Updated: Stocks start 2017 with gains, but many markets stay shut

  02-01-2017 12:44
  
  LONDON — Global stocks rose on the first day of 2017, though trading volumes were thin as many major markets observed New Year’s holidays. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX was up 0.8 percent at 11,574 and France’s CAC 40 was 0.4 percent higher at 4,883. Italy’s FTSE MIB was up 1.5 percent at 18,520, though trading […]
  
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• Stocks start 2017 with gains, but many markets stay shut

  02-01-2017 12:44
  
  LONDON — Global stocks rose on the first day of 2017, though trading volumes were thin as many major markets observed New Year’s holidays. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX was up 0.9 percent at 11,580 and France’s CAC 40 was 0.4 percent higher at 4,881. Britain’s FTSE 100, which closed at a record high on Friday, […]
  
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• Updated: IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market

  02-01-2017 12:23
  
  BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital. The bomb went off in a fruit and vegetable market that […]
  
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• Updated: Iraq: Suicide bombing kills at least 22 in Baghdad

  02-01-2017 12:23
  
  BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle Monday in a bustling market area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, Iraqi officials said, hours after the arrival of French President Francois Hollande to the country and amid a fierce fight against the Islamic State group. The bomber driving a pickup truck attacked […]
  
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• Updated: For Trump, the 1980s still hold relevance

  02-01-2017 09:55
  
  NEW YORK — Bobby Knight. Don King. Sylvester Stallone. Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s cultural touchstones, which he’d frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on Twitter, were at their peak in the 1980s — the decade Trump’s celebrity status rose in New York, Trump Tower was built, “The Art of the Deal” was published and […]
  
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• Updated: Medicare launches revamp for heart attacks, hip fractures

  02-01-2017 09:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions, to promote quality and contain costs. Beneficiaries and family members may notice a new approach. Hospitals and doctors in dozens of communities selected […]
  
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• Updated: Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency

  02-01-2017 09:23
  
  HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put the finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returns to Washington at midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks. His final days will […]
  
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• Updated: Reports: IS believed to be behind Istanbul nightclub attack

  02-01-2017 08:14
  
  ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities suspect that the Islamic State group is behind the attack on a popular Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations, Turkish media reports said Monday. Authorities also believe that the gunman, who killed 39 people, most of them foreigners, comes from a Central Asian nation and is likely to be either from […]
  
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• Updated: IS claims New Year’s attack on Istanbul nightclub

  02-01-2017 08:14
  
  ISTANBUL — The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. The IS-linked Aamaq News Agency said the attack was carried by a “heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were […]
  
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• Updated: Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump

  02-01-2017 08:13
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from beds of […]
  
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• Updated: Lawsuit: Dude ranch owner asked chef for ‘black people food’

  02-01-2017 08:12
  
  RENO, Nev. — Madeleine Pickens wanted the African-American chef she recruited from the country club she owns in Southern California to cook “black people food” — not “white people food” — at her rural Nevada dude ranch and wild horse sanctuary, according to a federal lawsuit accusing her of racial discrimination. Armand Appling says the […]
  
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• Revenue bonds allow ABQ leaders to bypass voters

  02-01-2017 08:05
  
  These bonds finance big projects, such as Albuquerque Rapid Transit, but has the program gone too far?
  
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• Legislature 2017: House committee changes planned

  02-01-2017 08:05
  
  New Democratic leader sends out proposal memo to create new committees, eliminate others
  
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• Updated: US Sen. Warren seeks to pull pot shops out of banking limbo

  02-01-2017 06:27
  
  BOSTON — As marijuana shops sprout in states that have legalized the drug, they face a critical stumbling block — lack of access to the kind of routine banking services other businesses take for granted. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, is leading an effort to make sure vendors working with legal marijuana businesses, […]
  
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• Updated: 17 still missing after Indonesia boat fire kills 23

  02-01-2017 05:45
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia — A search resumed Monday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia’s capital that left at least 23 dead, officials said. The victims died Sunday when the vessel, Zahro Express, carrying more than 260 people from a port near Jakarta to Tidung, a resort island in […]
  
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• UNM football: California athlete commits

  02-01-2017 05:22
  
  Ahmir Davis, a 6-for-1, 165-pound wide receiver/safety/kick returner from Muir High School in Pasadena, Calif., has verbally committed to attend the University of New Mexico. Davis made the announcement on Twitter. He is the 10th player to commit to UNM toward its 2017 recruiting class. Davis also had a scholarship offer from San Jose State. […]
  
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• NFL Today, Week 17

  02-01-2017 04:46
  
  STARS Passing –Matt Ryan, Falcons, was 27 for 36 for 331 yards and four touchdown passes in Atlanta’s 38-32 win over New Orleans. –Tom Brady, Patriots, finished 25for 33 for 276 yards and three touchdowns in New England’s 35-14 win over Miami. Brady finished the regular season with 28 touchdown passes and two interceptions, the […]
  
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• Updated: Debris washes ashore amid search for small plane carrying 6

  02-01-2017 04:19
  
  CLEVELAND — Debris washed ashore near an airport where a small plane carrying six people took off shortly before it vanished over Lake Erie near Cleveland, the city said Sunday. Authorities received multiple reports of debris washing ashore east of Burke Lakefront Airport, where a plane carrying a family of four and their two neighbors […]
  
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• Officials: National park in Utah bursting, even in winter

  02-01-2017 03:28
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Officials at southern Utah’s Zion National Park say they’re being overrun by visitors, even during the usual winter lull. Rangers have had to block tour buses and oversize vehicles from Zion Canyon to control the crowds during the holiday season and close the road, The Salt Lake Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2hHBV10 ). […]
  
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• Dog duo suspected in house fire

  02-01-2017 03:21
  
  Firefighters say two dogs are responsible for setting a southeast Albuquerque home on fire Sunday morning. Albuquerque firefighters responded to the home on Florida near Gibson and Louisiana around 11 a.m. Sunday and found flames and heavy smoke coming from the garage, according to spokeswoman Diane Burns. Crews were able to extinguish the blaze. Burns […]
  
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• Medical insurance often undone by lack of dental coverage

  02-01-2017 03:00
  
  My patient sat quietly in our urgent-care dental clinic. He had just been diagnosed with tongue cancer and would soon undergo radiation therapy. Before treatment, he needed all invasive dental treatme
  
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• Food safety inspections, Jan. 2, 2016

  02-01-2017 03:00
  
  For the period ending Dec. 27. To file a complaint, call the state Environment Department at 505-827-1840.
  
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• Bee colony research under the microscope

  02-01-2017 03:00
  
  Scientists who cross agrochemical companies can find themselves at odds with the industry for years.
  
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• Updated: Hungry Venezuelans flood Brazilian towns, as threat of mass migration looms

  02-01-2017 01:59
  
  PACARAIMA, Brazil – Rosibel Diaz used to affectionately call her 4-year-old son “my chubby boy.” She couldn’t stand it when he started going hungry. So in November, Diaz packed up her family’s possessions and boarded a bus with the boy and her 11-month-old daughter to escape Venezuela’s famished interior. She now lives under a blue […]
  
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• Updated: Crash closes westbound I-40 near Carnuel

  02-01-2017 01:08
  
  A wreck on westbound Interstate 40 has the roadway closed between Carnuel and Tijeras Sunday evening, according to the state Department of Transportation. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Felicia Romero said the crash involved a semi and an SUV and that at least one person was injured. A 4 p.m. update on the DOT website […]
  
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• Lobos stun San Diego State

  02-01-2017 01:07
  
  SAN DIEGO  Elijah Brown scored 22 points, Tim Williams added 12 points and nine rebounds and New Mexico scored the last six points to upset San Diego State 68-62 on Sunday. The Lobos, who trailed by 11 at halftime, took a 64-62 lead on two free throws by Williams with 45 seconds remaining and he […]
  
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• Updated: Refugee youths find safe haven in Boy Scouts of America

  02-01-2017 01:06
  
  EVERGREEN, Colo. — Boy Scouts Jean Tuyishime and Moise Tuyikunde sit around a crackling campfire under a canopy of stars in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, joking and teasing each other as adolescent brothers tend to do. Only two and a half years ago, they were a world away living at the crowded Gihembe refugee camp, built […]
  
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• Mexicans are outraged over a big hike in gas prices on Jan. 1

  02-01-2017 01:02
  
  MEXICO CITY – Mexican motorists awoke to a shock as gasoline prices at the pump shot up by more than 20 percent in some corners of the country on the first day of the year, sparking panic buying, street protests and even a call by one prominent lawmaker for a “peaceful revolution.” “If the price […]
  
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• Updated: Priebus faces daunting task bringing order to White House that will feed off chaos

  02-01-2017 00:40
  
  Reince Priebus says that one of his most important tasks as Donald Trump’s chief of staff will be to establish “some level of order within the White House.” That, of course, has been the central mission of everyone who has held this post in the past, but it is certain to be a particularly daunting […]
  
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• No injuries as small plane crashes into New Braunfels house

  02-01-2017 00:20
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — A small single-seat airplane has crashed into a South Central Texas home but authorities say the pilot and four people inside the home have escaped without injury. New Braunfels police say the 67-year-old pilot, identified only as a Converse man, says the plane lost power late Sunday morning and he tried […]
  
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• Updated: Oil pipeline protesters unfurl huge banner at Vikings game

  02-01-2017 00:11
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters trying to stymie the Dakota Access oil pipeline sneaked up on a truss connected to the roof and rappelled down to unfurl a huge banner inside U.S. Bank Stadium during the Minnesota Vikings’ season finale against the Chicago Bears. Play was not interrupted on the field during Sunday’s game, but eight rows […]
  
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• Updated: Obama boosted White House technology; Trump sees risks

  02-01-2017 00:05
  
  WASHINGTON — As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased and faster internet was installed. Not included in the modernization plans? A courier service. But that delivery method of a bygone era may […]
  
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