New Mexico news

• Desert Sands gone with the wind, but plans for site are unclear

  05-01-2017 23:02
  
  More than a month after bulldozers demolished the Desert Sands Motor Hotel on Central Avenue, workmen and earth-moving equipment were at work on the site Thursday, but plans for the property remain unclear. Shut down by the city last summer after three separate fires, the Desert Sands at 5000 Central Ave. SE was torn down […]
  
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• Snow, cold make travel hazardous in NM

  05-01-2017 22:21
  
  Moist Pacific air and an arctic front collided over the state today, bringing blowing snow and bitter cold across northern and eastern New Mexico, and making travel hazardous. The National Weather Service warned that drivers reconsider plans to travel on Interstates 25 or 40 east or north of Albuquerque because of the possibility of road […]
  
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• Breaking: Feds investigating suspicious device at downtown federal building

  05-01-2017 22:20
  
  Federal authorities were investigating a suspicious package at the Albuquerque Federal Building on the corner of 5th and Gold downtown Thursday. FBI spokesman Frank Fisher said there was a suspicious package, but didn’t provide any other information. Neither him nor Albuquerque police spokesman Fred Duran said if the building was evacuated or if the public […]
  
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• Updated: Ryan: Lawmakers will act this year on replacing health law

  05-01-2017 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON — Lawmakers will act this year on bills not simply repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law but replacing it as well, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday. The remarks by Ryan, R-Wis., suggested a faster schedule than some had expected on reshaping the nation’s health care system. While Republicans have said they plan […]
  
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• Updated: Evans, member of Buffalo’s 1958 Tangerine Bowl team, dies

  05-01-2017 21:54
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Willie Evans, the star black halfback of Buffalo’s 1958 team that balked at competing in the Tangerine Bowl because of a rule barring integrated football games, has died. He was 79. The school announced Evans died in Buffalo on Wednesday after a brief illness. Evans grew up in Buffalo and was a […]
  
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• Updated: Toyota is latest Trump target over Mexico production plans

  05-01-2017 21:22
  
  DETROIT — President-elect Donald Trump has trained his sights on Toyota in his latest effort to badger a company into building its products in the U.S. rather than Mexico. Trump tweeted Thursday that if the Japanese automaker goes ahead with plans to build the compact Corolla in a new factory in Mexico instead of the […]
  
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• Updated: Mexico gas protests, looting, leave 1 dead, 600 arrested

  05-01-2017 21:22
  
  MEXICO CITY — Sometimes-violent protests and looting over gasoline price hikes in Mexico are continuing and officials say that so far they’ve left one policeman dead and five injured, 300 stores looted and over 600 people arrested. The country’s business chambers says the combination of highway, port and terminal blockades and looting have forced many […]
  
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• Updated: McDonald’s drive-thru had some horses, ‘E-I-E-I … whoa!’

  05-01-2017 21:20
  
  POWELL, Wyo. — Two Wyoming boys, a little bored over their holiday break, saddled up for a trip to McDonald’s and a goat followed along: “E-I-E-I … whoa!” The 15-year-old Joel Perez and 13-year-old Trajen Collins, rode their horses into the small city of Powell last week. They told the Powell Tribune for a story […]
  
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• Man found dead in Maryland woods had been Coast Guard cadet

  05-01-2017 21:20
  
  Authorities say a Maryland man whose death is under investigation by homicide detectives was a former U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet who was disciplined in 2014 after a sexual-assault investigation involving a female cadet. Following the disciplinary action against him, Alexander Stevens went home to Frostburg and enrolled at Frostburg State University. University spokeswoman Elizabeth […]
  
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• Forget the big wedding: More of today’s couples ‘include’ you through Facebook

  05-01-2017 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON – On Facebook, 210 friends “liked” the wedding announcement of Zita de Pooter and Jeremy Meek. Almost immediately, the good wishes began pouring in. Congratz! Good Looking couple! Wowowow! But offline, no one attended the ceremony. Unless you count the handful of customers getting their early morning caffeine fix at Seventh Street and Indiana […]
  
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• College stands firm on sending band to inauguration, despite alumni anger

  05-01-2017 19:16
  
  WASHINGTON – The Talladega College marching band will perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade Jan. 20 after all. Billy Hawkins, president of the historically black college in Alabama, confirmed the decision in a news release Thursday morning. The school’s 200-member Marching Tornado Band first announced that it would perform in the parade Dec. 21. […]
  
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• What happens when narcissists become parents

  05-01-2017 19:15
  
  Narcissistic personality traits seem to have risen as quickly as obesity in recent years. Entitlement has become a defining characteristic of millennials, and everything from selfies to the everyone-gets-a-trophy mentality has been implicated in increased narcissism. Yet in and among all of the social commentary and scientific research about narcissism, one important question remains unanswered: […]
  
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• Updated: Dreaded ‘stomach flu’ wreaking havoc on families – and it’s only going to get worse

  05-01-2017 19:15
  
  Once the virus hits, the attacks are often swift and brutal. The stomach and intestines become inflamed. Bouts of vomiting and diarrhea follow that leave victims weak and exhausted. And since the bug is extremely contagious, it can spread easily to others, especially in places like day-care centers, schools, cruise ships and nursing homes. If […]
  
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• Chris Berman changing role at ESPN

  05-01-2017 19:10
  
  Longtime ESPN fixture Chris Berman is giving up his regular on-air NFL and baseball roles for a new job at the network. Berman, who joined ESPN one month after it launched in 1979, will make occasional appearances on-air and will also serve as a spokesman for the network at some of its events. He will […]
  
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• Updated: US imposes terrorism-related sanctions against bin Laden son

  05-01-2017 19:09
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration imposed sanctions Thursday on a son of Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, saying the younger bin Laden poses a risk to U.S. national security. The State Department said Hamza bin Laden has been added to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list after he was “determined to have committed, or […]
  
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• US indexes drift in early trade; department stores nosedive

  05-01-2017 16:32
  
  NEW YORK — Department stores dominated the news Thursday morning as Macy’s and Kohl’s both plunged following weak holiday-season reports that led the chains to cut their profit forecasts. Macy’s also said it will eliminate 10,000 jobs as it continues to close stores. Sears jumped after it said it will close 150 stores and sell […]
  
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• Updated: US services companies saw solid growth in December

  05-01-2017 16:32
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. services companies grew again in December during the holiday season, maintaining the high pace reached in the previous month. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade organization of purchasing managers, said Thursday that its services index came in at 57.2 in December, matching the November figure. It was the strongest reading since […]
  
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• Updated: Uprooted by war, fearing troops, Myanmar girls learn karate

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  JE YANG, Myanmar — Every afternoon, dozens of teenage girls at the school for displaced children line up on the grounds, dressed in white uniforms with belts of various colors: yellow, blue, white. They kick high and jump with glee before settling into their exercises, shouting in Japanese as they punch into the air. The […]
  
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• Updated: Israeli arrested for threatening convicted soldier’s judges

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  JERUSALEM — Police have arrested an Israeli man for inciting against military judges who convicted a soldier for manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a badly wounded Palestinian attacker. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says Thursday the arrest came after a threatening Facebook post. She says police will act against those inciting to violence against public […]
  
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• Updated: 34 of 158 inmates recaptured after jailbreak in Philippines

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  MANILA, Philippines — Philippine security forces have recaptured 34 out of 158 inmates who escaped after suspected heavily armed Muslim rebels stormed a jail in the country’s south, officials said Thursday. Police said one jail guard died in the initial gunfight, while five inmates who resisted capture were killed during pursuit operations. A village official […]
  
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• Updated: Weekly applications for US jobless aid drop to 235,000

  05-01-2017 14:33
  
  WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped significantly last week, a sign of a robust job market. THE NUMBERS: Weekly requests for jobless aid fell 28,000 to a seasonally adjusted 235,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That is barely above the 233,000 jobless claims achieved in late November, the lowest weekly total […]
  
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• Updated: Flood of plastic eggs delights children on North Sea island

  05-01-2017 12:29
  
  Easter has come early to the German North Sea island of Langeoog. A flood of plastic eggs containing tiny toys…
  
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• Updated: ‘Daddy’s dead?’ Chilling 911 call played in church case

  05-01-2017 09:22
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — For about 20 harrowing minutes, Jennifer Pinckney huddled under a desk with her 6-year-old daughter, her hand clasped over the girl’s mouth to keep her quiet as Dylann Roof opened fire. Not knowing for certain if the danger had passed, Pinckney dialed 911 and breathlessly told an operator she had heard shots […]
  
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• Updated: Analysis: Health care battle could decide balance of power

  05-01-2017 09:22
  
  WASHINGTON — The messaging battle is over on repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law, and the balance of power in Washington may be at stake. Democrats believe they already lost the public opinion fight over the law once, when they pushed through the Affordable Care Act in the first place, and Republicans […]
  
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• Updated: Top US intelligence officials to testify on Russian hacking

  05-01-2017 09:14
  
  WASHINGTON — Top U.S. intelligence officials are set to testify at a Senate hearing to be dominated by accusations Russia meddled in America’s presidential election to help Donald Trump win. The Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday comes a day before the president-elect is to be briefed by the CIA and FBI directors — along […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s deportation vow spurs California farmers into action

  05-01-2017 08:02
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — Days after Donald Trump won the White House vowing to deport millions of people in the country illegally and fortify the Mexican border, California farmer Kevin Herman ordered nearly $600,000 in new equipment, cutting the number of workers he’ll need starting with the next harvest. Herman, who grows figs, persimmons and almonds […]
  
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• Lobos fall to Utah State

  05-01-2017 07:12
  
  LOGAN, Utah  — Utah State handled New Mexico 79-75 in a Mountain West Conference men’s basketball game on Wednesday night. Tim Williams scored 30 points for UNM (9-6, 2-1).  
  
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• UNM women beat Utah State to go 3-0 in MWC

  05-01-2017 06:33
  
  The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team had to prove it could take a punch Wednesday night. After knocking out their first two Mountain West opponents early, the Lobos found themselves in a battle against Utah State at the Pit. The Aggies led 37-32 at halftime and refused to go away despite numerous UNM […]
  
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• Updated: No. 18 Butler ends top-ranked Villanova’s 20-game win streak

  05-01-2017 04:34
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Butler coach Chris Holtmann had the perfect plan to take down No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday night. Play ugly, which worked beautifully. Kethan Savage scored five of his 13 points during a decisive late run that helped the 18th-ranked Bulldogs end the nation’s longest winning streak at 20 games — and perhaps the […]
  
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• Mysterious radio burst came from a galaxy 2.5 billion light years away, astronomers discover

  05-01-2017 03:00
  
  For the first time, scientists have nailed down a source of fast radio bursts, one of astronomy’s most enigmatic phenomena.
  
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• Updated: BCSO: Man accidentally shoots, kills best friend with shotgun

  05-01-2017 02:39
  
  John Bennett quietly wept throughout his first court appearance Wednesday after sheriff’s deputies say he accidentally shot and killed his best friend Tuesday with a shotgun he’d been carrying around for protection. Deputies responding to a call in a neighborhood near Second Street north of Alameda midafternoon Tuesday found a chaotic and bloody scene. Charles […]
  
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• BCSO: Man accidentally shoots, kills best friend with shotgun

  05-01-2017 02:39
  
  John Bennett quietly cried and shook throughout his first court appearance Wednesday after sheriff’s deputies say he accidentally shot and killed his best friend Tuesday with a shotgun he’d been carrying around for protection.
  
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• Lawsuit over Santa Fe police chase crash seeks TV station’s video

  05-01-2017 02:35
  
  SANTA FE — Arlena Jackson’s attorneys have subpoenaed raw video from an Albuquerque TV station that she claims is key in her civil suit against Santa Fe city government, the police department and a local car dealership for injuries she sustained after a high-speed police chase ended with a suspect crashing a stolen truck into […]
  
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• Amid transitions, both NM nuke labs get good evaluations

  05-01-2017 02:10
  
  SANTA FE – New Mexico’s national labs, both in the midst of management transitions, got good marks from the federal government in performance evaluations for the 2016 fiscal year that ended in September. Sandia National Laboratories was rated “excellent” by the National Nuclear Safety Administration and was awarded a “fee” for the year of $27,550,800, […]
  
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• Biden to tackle cancer drug prices as part of post-White House ‘moonshot’ work

  05-01-2017 01:42
  
  Vice President Joe Biden, who led the Obama administration’s “cancer moonshot” initiative, plans to start a “national conversation” about the high cost of cancer drugs as part of a nonprofit organization he will create to extend his cancer work, he said in an interview Wednesday. “I’m going to begin a national conversation and get Congress […]
  
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• Analysis: With Obamacare, GOP faces the ‘Pottery Barn rule’: You break it, you own it

  05-01-2017 01:42
  
  Democrats have an emerging strategy to defend the Affordable Care Act from Republican assault, daring their opponents to defy the “Pottery Barn rule”: They’re about to break the health-care system, and that means they will own it. For more than six years, Republicans have attacked unpopular parts of the law without having to proposing alternatives. […]
  
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• Dallas County sues to suppress records on jail lobby death

  05-01-2017 00:30
  
  DALLAS — Dallas County is suing the state to keep under wraps records on a man’s death after a struggle with deputies in the county jail lobby. The Dallas County grand jury had declined any indictments in the August 2015 death of Joseph Hutcheson. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2icctOQ) reports his family’s attorney requested records […]
  
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• Updated: Governor unveils $10 billion plan to improve Kennedy Airport

  05-01-2017 00:17
  
  NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a $10 billion plan to transform the aging John F. Kennedy International Airport into a world-class hub with easy access. The Democrat told a gathering of the Association for a Better New York on Wednesday that JFK lags far behind modern overseas airports. “JFK is ranked 59th […]
  
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• Lawsuit seeks to ban Google from US government contracts

  05-01-2017 00:17
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Labor Department is trying to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless the internet company turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees. The potential banishment is being sought in a Labor Department lawsuit filed Wednesday with the Office of Administrative Law Judges. The complaint alleges […]
  
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• Texas mom still critical after home poisoning, 5 improving

  05-01-2017 00:07
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — Officials say a Texas father and four of his children hospitalized since an apparent accidental poisoning killed four of their siblings have been upgraded to good condition. A spokeswoman at BSA Health System in Amarillo says the five were listed in good and stable condition Wednesday. An official with University Medical Center […]
  
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• Roberts recuses from patent case after discovering conflict

  05-01-2017 00:06
  
  WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says he will no longer participate in deciding a patent infringement case because he discovered he owns shares in the parent company of one of the parties. Roberts took part in arguments in the dispute between California-based Life Technologies Corp. and Wisconsin-based Promega Corp. on Dec. 6. […]
  
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