New Mexico news

• Rising home prices expected in metro area this year

  13-01-2017 23:32
  
  Houses sold for more money in Central New Mexico in 2016 compared with the year before, but less inventory in some in-demand zip codes and rising prices may be a concern for home buyers going into 2017. There were 12,067 closed sales for the year, or about 8 percent more than in 2015, according to […]
  
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• Damaged ABQ restaurant holds fund-raiser

  13-01-2017 23:18
  
  Pasion Latin Fusion Restaurant in downtown Albuquerque is raising money to cover damage to its front window and walls. Owner Elvis Bencomo said in an email that a driver lost control and ran into the restaurant earlier this month. However, the driver’s insurance did not fully cover the damage. The restaurant at 722 Lomas NW […]
  
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• Sandia tech transfer, TVC future still unclear

  13-01-2017 22:37
  
  Technology Venture Corp.’s future remains clouded during the National Nuclear Security Administration’s initial stages of transferring management of Sandia National Laboratories to Honeywell International. Honeywell won a contract in December to take over management of Sandia operations from Lockheed Martin Corp., which has managed the lab since 1993. Lockheed created TVC that same year to […]
  
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• Updated: David Modell, Baltimore Ravens’ 1st president, dies at 55

  13-01-2017 22:26
  
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. — David Modell, the first president of the Baltimore Ravens and the son of former team owner Arthur Modell, died Friday. He was 55. He had cancer for two years, the team said. Modell served as president of the Ravens from their beginning in 1996 until 2004. He was instrumental in the […]
  
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• Trump’s business ties prompt a showdown between a tiny ethics office and the GOP

  13-01-2017 22:25
  
  WASHININGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his global business empire has provoked a showdown in Washington over government ethics, pitting a small federal agency tasked with preventing conflicts of interest against the incoming administration and its Republican allies on Capitol Hill. The dispute erupted Friday after a top House Republican demanded to […]
  
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• Updated: US policy change on Cuban migrants leaves many stranded

  13-01-2017 20:44
  
  PANAMA CITY — It took three months for Gabriel Marin and his wife, Yansiel, to make it from their home in eastern Cuba to this migrant shelter in Panama’s capital. The goal was the United States and now the door that spurred their odyssey has slammed shut. Hundreds of people like Marin were stranded in […]
  
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• AG’s Office sues Espanola school district for records violations

  13-01-2017 20:42
  
  The state Attorney General on Thursday filed a lawsuit in state district court against Española Public Schools, its superintendent and records custodian, alleging they violated the state Inspection of Public Records Act. The lawsuit accuses the parties of failing to respond to requests for records by an agent with the Special Investigations Division of the […]
  
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• Aggies earn academic honors

  13-01-2017 20:32
  
   DENVER – With the fall semester all wrapped up, a host of New Mexico State student-athletes landed on the fall Western Athletic Conference All-Academic team the league announced Thursday evening. In total, 17 Aggie student-athletes spread between volleyball, women’s soccer and men’s and women’s cross country were honored. Women’s soccer had the most for New […]
  
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• Takata agrees to guilty plea, will pay $1B for hiding defect

  13-01-2017 20:29
  
  DETROIT — Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a years-long scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air bag inflators. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit announced the plea deal on Friday, the same day it unsealed […]
  
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• US rig count down 6 this week to 659

  13-01-2017 20:21
  
  HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by six this week to 659. A year ago, 650 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have curtailed exploration, although the rig count has been rebounding in recent months. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that […]
  
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• Updated: Serbia warns France over extradition of Kosovo ex-premier

  13-01-2017 18:21
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia warned on Friday that it would ignore future possible extradition requests for terrorism and other suspects wanted by France and other European countries if French courts don’t hand over a former Kosovo prime minister. The Serbian government demanded the “urgent and immediate” extradition of Ramush Haradinaj, who was detained last week […]
  
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• Updated: 3 Takata workers indicted, accused of hiding air bag defects

  13-01-2017 18:19
  
  DETROIT — A federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted three former employees of Takata Corp., charging them with concealing deadly defects in the Japanese company’s automotive air bag inflators. The indictments on six counts of conspiracy and wire fraud were returned Dec. 7 and unsealed Friday, just hours ahead of a Justice Department news […]
  
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• Updated: Congress to complete first step to repealing health law

  13-01-2017 17:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The House is poised to back legislation that is the first — and by far the easiest — step toward gutting President Barack Obama’s divisive health care law. Friday’s vote would clear the way for a subsequent repeal bill to advance in the Senate without the threat of a Democratic filibuster. The legislation […]
  
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• Breaking: Sheriff: hunting party members fired on each other

  13-01-2017 17:22
  
  Authorities say two men — a New Mexico hunting guide and a client who were shot at a West Texas ran ...
  
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• Updated: Willie Nelson wants Loretta Lynn to try pot again

  13-01-2017 16:45
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Willie Nelson wants his friend Loretta Lynn, who recently revealed that she tried marijuana for the first time at the age of 84 for her glaucoma but didn’t like it, to give pot a second chance. “She’s got a lot of guts,” Nelson said during a recent interview with The Associated Press […]
  
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• Markets Right Now: Banks lead an early rise on Wall Street

  13-01-2017 15:44
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Banks are leading an early rise on Wall Street after three major U.S. lenders reported solid results. JPMorgan Case, Bank of America and Wells Fargo each rose about 1 percent in early trading Friday. All three reported results that beat […]
  
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• Updated: No pocket change: Man delivers 300,000 pennies to DMV

  13-01-2017 15:09
  
  Now, that's a lot of change. A Virginia man used 300,000 pennies to pay sales tax on two cars at…
  
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• About the cover: January 13, 2017

  13-01-2017 15:01
  
  728 Tiwa Lane NE Rio Rancho, NM 87124 $343,224 2,200 sq. ft. 3 bed / 2 bath Ocotillo Hills model 505.892.5030 Villa Chamisa model 505.989.4850 Welcome to 728 Tiwa Lane, located in Ocotillo Hills. This Stillbrooke model home features an open floor plan ideal for entertaining. The kitchen features Knotty Alder cabinets with an upgraded […]
  
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• What are the odds? Mom, dad, son all share a birthday

  13-01-2017 13:23
  
  Luke and Hillary Gardner never have a problem remembering each other's birthday. After all, the husband and wife were born…
  
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• Updated: What are the odds? Mom, dad, son all share a birthday

  13-01-2017 13:23
  
  Luke and Hillary Gardner never have a problem remembering each other's birthday. After all, the husband and wife were born…
  
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• Updated: Frozen fox extracted from upper reaches of Danube in Germany

  13-01-2017 12:52
  
  A hunter in Germany has put on show a block of ice containing a fox that he says fell into…
  
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• Updated: Serial toll evader with $12K tab arrested at Lincoln Tunnel

  13-01-2017 12:40
  
  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police have arrested a man who owes $12,000 in unpaid tolls and…
  
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• Updated: Chinese factory makes giant inflatable 'Trump-like' roosters

  13-01-2017 11:44
  
  A Chinese factory has been doing a brisk business selling giant inflatable roosters, some as tall as 16 feet, based…
  
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• Updated: As talks loom, ‘hard Brexit’ option raises fear of tariffs

  13-01-2017 10:43
  
  LONDON — Is it cod or haddock? That’s the sort of question that will matter to Britain if it leaves the European Union’s tariff-free single market and ends up operating under rules overseen by the World Trade Organization. A complete divorce, often referred to as “hard Brexit,” would see the EU impose tariffs on an […]
  
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• Updated: Week 1: Dems find Trump’s picks more reasonable than Trump

  13-01-2017 09:57
  
  WASHINGTON — If there are going to be fireworks in the Senate over President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, they’re yet to come. Despite Democrats’ dismay over some of Trump’s selections, the first week of nomination hearings was surprisingly tranquil, with Democrats generally restrained in questioning even the more contentious picks. A few Democrats say the […]
  
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• Updated: Week 1: Cabinet picks contradict Trump stands on some issues

  13-01-2017 09:57
  
  WASHINGTON — The lack of fireworks surrounding Senate consideration of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks may reflect a slew of statements his choices have made contradicting the billionaire businessman’s position on key issues. Trump acknowledged the differences early Friday, posting a message on his Twitter account saying: “All my Cabinet nominee are looking good and […]
  
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• Updated: An American fault line: High school-only grads left behind

  13-01-2017 09:03
  
  WASHINGTON — Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college grads and everyone else has reached its widest point on record. The growing disparity has become a source of frustration for millions of Americans worried that they […]
  
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• Prep basketball: Academy’s win represents the Long and short of it

  13-01-2017 08:05
  
  Albuquerque Academy's girls basketball program is not one that usually drives a conversation. ...
  
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• Men’s basketball: Lobos hurt by transition points, boards

  13-01-2017 08:05
  
  The number on the box score that Craig Neal thinks players and media too often pay too much attentio ...
  
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• Men’s basketball: Ags cruise to 14th win in a row

  13-01-2017 08:05
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M.–Jemerrio James led six players in double figures with 19 points as New Me ...
  
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• College football: Fine returns to NM to fix Highlands program

  13-01-2017 08:05
  
  Marty Fine arrived briefly in New Mexico in 1984, an ambitious young man, going from New York City t ...
  
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• Baseball camp raises cancer funds

  13-01-2017 08:05
  
  For the fifth straight year, coaches, staff and alumni of the Albuquerque Baseball Academy will join ...
  
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• Updated: Havana hails end to special US immigration policy for Cubans

  13-01-2017 06:19
  
  HAVANA — The Cuban government hailed President Barack Obama’s decision ending automatic legal residency for any Cuban who touches U.S. soil, while ordinary citizens mourned the end of an easy pathway to a new life in the United States. Average Cubans and opponents of the island’s communist leaders said they expected pressure for reform to […]
  
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• Updated: Officials: More than 40 percent of California out of drought

  13-01-2017 05:33
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — More than 40 percent of California is out of drought, federal drought-watchers said Thursday at the tail end of powerful storms that sent thousands of people fleeing from flooding rivers in the north, unleashed burbling waterfalls in southern deserts, and doubled the vital snowpack in the Sierra Nevada in little more than […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him

  13-01-2017 05:32
  
  Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, in their first round of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, have one after another contradicted the president-elect on key issues, promising to trim back or disregard some of the signature promises on which he campaigned. A fresh set of examples came Thursday, the third day of hearings. Retired Marine Corps Gen. […]
  
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• Updated: Guitarist who avoided Buddy Holly plane crash dies at 85

  13-01-2017 05:32
  
  HOUSTON — Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson, has died. He was 85. Allsup, died Wednesday at a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, due to complications from […]
  
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• Guitarist who avoided Buddy Holly plane crash dies at 85

  13-01-2017 05:32
  
  HOUSTON — Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson, has died. He was 85. Allsup, died Wednesday at a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, due to complications from […]
  
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• Testing wearable sensors as ‘check engine’ light for health

  13-01-2017 03:06
  
  WASHINGTON — A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning that he was getting sick before he ever felt any symptoms of Lym
  
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• Panel studies the good, bad and unknowns of marijuana’s health effects

  13-01-2017 03:00
  
  NEW YORK — It can almost certainly ease chronic pain and might help some people sleep, but it may also raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and trigger heart attacks.
  
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• Updated: Lawyers ask judge to suppress murder suspect’s statements

  13-01-2017 01:59
  
  Suspect allegedly was asked 72 questions before Miranda rights were read
  
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• Motion: Police failed to `Mirandize’ Nambé homicide defendant

  13-01-2017 01:59
  
  SANTA FE — Lawyers for a man accused of killing a Nambé woman and living with her dead body for a few weeks is asking a judge to suppress statements the alleged killer made to police about the homicide because he has not been read his Miranda rights. Robert Mondrian-Powell was arrested in Las Cruces […]
  
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• Eclipse confirms layoffs at aircraft plant

  13-01-2017 01:55
  
  Albuquerque’s Eclipse Aerospace confirmed Thursday that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees at its New Mexico aircraft factory. The company, a maker of twin-engine light jets, did not disclose whether workers might be called back or whether more employees would be laid off but emphasized that it was still operating its manufacturing […]
  
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• Updated: Live from D.C., it’s the Ben Carson hearing

  13-01-2017 01:33
  
  What was on Ben Carson’s mind during his Senate confirmation hearing? In the final 10 minutes, it was actor Peter Falk. “You remind me of Columbo,” Carson, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Housing and Urban Development secretary, told Sherrod Brown, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s top Democrat. The room gasped, then broke […]
  
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• Rain, high-elevation snow in store this weekend

  13-01-2017 01:17
  
  Moist air expected to push into the state this weekend should dump some fresh snow on the state’s ski areas, and deliver rain to the lower elevations across much of northern New Mexico. Albuquerque could get some of the white stuff on Sunday night, when temperatures are expected to drop to around freezing, forecasters said. […]
  
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• Updated: BCSO investigating a suspicious death in East Mountains

  13-01-2017 01:02
  
  Deputies are investigating after a man was discovered dead under the Interstate 40 bridge at the Carnuel exit Thursday morning, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Felicia Romero said it appears as though the man fell from the bridge and into the ravine, about 62 feet below the bridge. She […]
  
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• BCSO investigating a suspicious death in East Mountains

  13-01-2017 01:02
  
  Deputies are investigating after a man was discovered dead under the Interstate 40 bridge at the Carnuel exit Thursday, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Felicia Romero said they’re considering the man’s death suspicious and it appears he has been dead for a couple days. She said when deputies arrived […]
  
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• Updated: Frosty weather delights Oregon Zoo animals in popular video

  13-01-2017 00:59
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — While residents may not be reveling in the recent frosty weather, some animals seem delighted by the snow in a recent Oregon Zoo video. The Wednesday snowfall seemed to delight Nora, the polar bear, as the video shows her rolling back and forth in the thick white powder. Two seals slide around […]
  
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• Colorado county pays $150,000 in jail guard sex assault case

  13-01-2017 00:59
  
  DENVER — A Colorado county has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by an inmate who was sexually assaulted by a jail guard. The Denver Post (http://dpo.st/2j5QHgY ) reported that Jennifer Hernandez’ attorney says her client received the settlement Wednesday. The Associated Press usually does not name victims of sexual assault. […]
  
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• Obama surprises Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

  13-01-2017 00:50
  
  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a shocked Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House. Biden and the president had gathered for what the White House had described as a final tribute to the vice president. The event began with a […]
  
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• Updated: UN: Humanitarian crisis triggered by Boko Haram is worsening

  13-01-2017 00:43
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The humanitarian crisis triggered by Boko Haram’s “violent and inhuman campaign” is worsening, with 10.7 million people in need of aid in northeast Nigeria and parts of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Thursday. Stephen O’Brien told the U.N. Security Council that although Boko Haram has lost much of […]
  
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