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• Updated: Attorney General Lynch: ‘We have always pushed forward’

  15-01-2017 23:52
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, praised the work of the Obama administration to advance the dream of justice and said worries of difficult days ahead should be a call for action, not despair. Speaking in Birmingham, Alabama, just days before leaving office with […]
  
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• Updated: Crisis warnings sound as EU gears up for new migrant wave

  15-01-2017 23:43
  
  VALLETTA, Malta — Tens of thousands of people seeking better lives are expected to trek across deserts and board unseaworthy boats in war-torn Libya this year in a desperate effort to reach European shores by way of Italy. More than 181,000 people, most so-called “economic migrants” with little chance of being allowed to stay in […]
  
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• UNM football: Juco QB commits

  15-01-2017 23:18
  
  The New Mexico Lobos, it appears, have their junior college quarterback. Cameron Burston, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound QB from Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif., announced his commitment to UNM on Sunday via Twitter. Burston, listed at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, threw for 3,852 yards and 49 touchdowns the past two seasons at Contra Costa. […]
  
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• Secret WWI telegram holds lessons for today, historians say

  15-01-2017 23:03
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. — In a secret telegram a century ago, Germany tried to get Mexico to join its side during World War I by offering it territory in the United States. Britain intercepted, deciphered and shared the “Zimmermann Telegram.” Historians, seeing parallels to today, say there’s a lot to be learned. They gathered at the […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Hidden Figures’ keeps orbit at top; Affleck, Scorsese flop

  15-01-2017 22:59
  
  NEW YORK — Labors of love, one from Martin Scorsese, the other from Ben Affleck, proved costly at a casualty strewn weekend box office where the uplifting NASA drama “Hidden Figures” stayed on top for the second straight week. “Hidden Figures,” about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold a leading $20.5 million in […]
  
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• Updated: Eddie Long, megachurch pastor embroiled in scandal, dies

  15-01-2017 22:57
  
  LITHONIA, Ga. — Eddie Long, the flamboyant megachurch pastor whose reputation was tarnished after former congregants accused him of sexual misconduct, has died. He was 63. Long died Sunday after battling cancer, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, said in a statement to multiple media outlets. His death came “after a gallant private […]
  
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• Updated: Celebrity fans support America’s Team

  15-01-2017 22:02
  
  The Latest on the NFL’s divisional playoffs Sunday. (all times Eastern): 4:35 p.m. The Dallas Cowboys have long had the moniker of “America’s Team” — and their legion of fans includes plenty of famous folks. Several celebrities provided “Go Cowboys!” messages as part of a video that was shown on the large video screen that […]
  
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• Police: Oklahoma man killed in rollover crash in New Mexico

  15-01-2017 22:00
  
  RATON, N.M. — Authorities say an Oklahoma man is dead after a crash involving a commercial vehicle in northeastern New Mexico. New Mexico State Police say the accident occurred around 3:00 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 25 near Raton. They say the vehicle exited the roadway and hit a guard rail on the right shoulder of […]
  
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• Updated: Kremlin counts days to Trump’s inauguration, blasts Obama

  15-01-2017 21:01
  
  MOSCOW — With eager anticipation, the Kremlin is counting the days to Donald Trump’s inauguration and venting its anger at Barack Obama’s outgoing administration, no holds barred. Careful not to hurt chances for a thaw in U.S.-Russia relations, President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials have deferred questions about their plans for future contacts with […]
  
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• Updated: Cutest captain: Sea lion caught in fishing gear hops on boat

  15-01-2017 20:48
  
  Officials say a juvenile sea lion was so happy to be rescued after getting hooked by fishing gear off Southern…
  
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• Breaking: APD: Person dead after possible shooting at NE ABQ motel

  15-01-2017 20:48
  
  A person was found dead by police officers responding to a reported shooting at a northeast Albuquerque motel Sunday morning, according to an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman. Officers discovered the body when they arrived at the Motel 6 on University and Interstate 40 around 8 a.m., officer Simon Drobik said. Drobik did not release the […]
  
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• Updated: World diplomats tell Trump, Israel: Mideast needs peace

  15-01-2017 20:31
  
  PARIS — Sending a forceful message to Israel’s prime minister and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries called Sunday on Israel and the Palestinians to revive work toward long-elusive peace — including an independent Palestinian state. The closing declaration at a Mideast peace conference in Paris urged both sides to “officially restate their commitment […]
  
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• Updated: More freezing rain hits portion of central US

  15-01-2017 20:15
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A third wave of sleet and drizzle glazed swaths of the central U.S. on Sunday, extending icy weather that some meteorologists began acknowledging fell short of dire forecasts. Much of the region remained under an ice storm warning on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as stretches continued […]
  
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• Updated: Photo display of mayors reveals surprise find to community

  15-01-2017 18:50
  
  A new display featuring photos of former mayors from Ohio's fourth-largest city turned up a discovery: A photo thought to…
  
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• Overall home sales in Santa Fe up 16 percent

  15-01-2017 17:56
  
  Overall city and county of Santa Fe home sales were up by 16 percent with 388 units sold this quarter compared to 336 in the fourth quarter of 2015. The city median home price jumped 13 percent, from $300,250 in the fourth quarter of 2015 to $339,928 this quarter. County home prices dropped by about […]
  
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• Updated: Defunding Planned Parenthood could harm Iowa social program

  15-01-2017 16:38
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s governor has proposed cutting funding for needy kids as part of his plan to defund Planned Parenthood, a rare step even as Republican-dominated states grapple with whether to sacrifice federal dollars in order to lessen the organization’s influence. According to budget projections reviewed by The Associated Press, Gov. Terry Branstad […]
  
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• Updated: Nowhere left to run away to: The final days of the circus

  15-01-2017 16:28
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. — Goodbye to death-defying feats — daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs. Goodbye to the scent of peanuts and popcorn, the thrill of three rings, the jaunty bum-bum-dadadada of circus music. Send out the clowns. The Big Top is coming down — for good. On […]
  
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• Updated: Treasury chief says UK will adapt if barred from EU market

  15-01-2017 13:44
  
  LONDON — Britain’s leaders on Sunday signaled their resolve to play hardball in talks with the European Union, suggesting they will look for partners elsewhere if the bloc restricts access to its huge market. Under pressure to reveal her Brexit blueprint, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said she will call for a “truly global […]
  
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• Treasury chief says UK to adapt if barred from EU market

  15-01-2017 13:44
  
  LONDON — Britain’s treasury chief says the UK will take whatever steps necessary to stay competitive in the global economy, if the country is shut out of the European Union market. Philip Hammond’s comments Sunday in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag came as Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to give a speech this […]
  
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• Updated: Military: Mosul University fully liberated by Iraqi troops

  15-01-2017 13:20
  
  BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops on Sunday fully liberated the sprawling complex of Mosul University, an Iraqi military spokesman said, a major step in the massive operation to retake the Islamic State group-held city of Mosul. The spokesman for the Joint Military Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, declared the campus was under the full […]
  
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• Updated: Trump clashes with civil rights leader as inauguration looms

  15-01-2017 08:32
  
  NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s feud with civil rights icon John Lewis is highlighting the president-elect’s willingness to attack any and all political rivals even with his inauguration less than a week away. The Republican billionaire slammed the Democratic congressman — and his Atlanta-area district — on Saturday, a day after Lewis described Trump as […]
  
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• Get affairs in order to avoid guardianship, conservatorship

  15-01-2017 08:05
  
  These steps will help keep courts from getting involved in your life
  
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• Watch your back and keep ‘surfers’ from snaring ID

  15-01-2017 08:02
  
  Ever wait in a long line until you finally get to pay, only to notice that the person behind you is...
  
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• Editorial: Reflecting on the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  15-01-2017 08:02
  
  Some important figures in American culture, even though they produced a great body of work, are most ...
  
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• League looking into postgame altercation between UNM, CSU

  15-01-2017 07:17
  
  VIDEO: CSU's Emmanuel Omogbo came outside & started argument w/ UNM coaches, Terrence Rencher in particular. Larry Eustachy pulled hom away. pic.twitter.com/Dq9CbvVOBd — Geoff Grammer (@GeoffGrammer) January 14, 2017 FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Journal video showing Colorado State player Emmanuel Omogbo and University of New Mexico assistant coach Terrence Rencher in a verbal altercation […]
  
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• State using $12M in frozen funds as leverage in talks with behavioral health care providers

  15-01-2017 07:00
  
  State officials are using some $12 million that New Mexico owes to at least 10 behavioral health care providers as leverage to settle the state’s allegations that the providers overbilled Medicaid, sa
  
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• Updated: Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years

  15-01-2017 06:50
  
  ELLENTON, Fla. — After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May. The iconic American spectacle was felled by a variety of factors, company executives say. Declining […]
  
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• Updated: Woman pulls gun on security at Cottonwood Mall

  15-01-2017 05:39
  
  Woman pulls gun on security guards who took a man into custody for theft
  
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• Man dies in Hagerman after being pinned under truck

  15-01-2017 05:10
  
  State Police say an elderly man in southeastern New Mexico was killed after being trapped under a truck on Saturday. Police were called to the scene at 413 Stephens Road in Hagerman, located in Chaves County, around noon and learned that 96-year-old Lecil L. Warren had become trapped under a pickup truck and was unconscious, […]
  
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• Valle del Sol exit means more uncertainty for behavioral health

  15-01-2017 05:00
  
  TAOS — For 2 1/2 years, Natalie Paynter was an employee at TeamBuilders Counseling Service in Taos, which worked with kids and families who were having a hard time.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in crash north of Santa Fe

  15-01-2017 04:53
  
  A pedestrian was killed in a crash north of Santa Fe early Saturday, according to New Mexico State Police. Eldon Enjady, 29, of Mescalero died in the crash that happened around 3 a.m. at mile marker 177 on U.S. 84/285, south of Pojoaque, police said. State Police in a news release said the initial investigation […]
  
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• Shooting makes all the difference as Lobo women lose

  15-01-2017 04:45
  
  Bombs away took on a whole new meaning Saturday at the Pit.Colorado State's women's ba ...
  
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• SpaceX launches rocket, its first since explosion on launchpad

  15-01-2017 03:00
  
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A Falcon 9 rocket roared into the sky Saturday carrying 10 communications satellites — a return by SpaceX and its billionaire leader, Elon Musk, to the business of
  
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• Opioid prescribers forced to confront ‘doctor shopping’

  15-01-2017 03:00
  
  Over the objections of many doctors and their powerful advocacy groups, states are moving to force physicians to check on patients’ narcotic purchasing habits, one of the more effective ways of curbin
  
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• Man accused of burning girlfriend’s toddler

  15-01-2017 02:02
  
  Albuquerque police late Friday arrested a man who was wanted on suspicion of burning his girlfriend’s 15-month-old son, possibly leaving the child with permanent scars. Michael Wayne Prudhomme, an 18 year old who goes by “Smoke,” has been charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm. He is being held without bond and made […]
  
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• Firefighter charged with child abuse

  15-01-2017 01:59
  
  A man identified in court documents as a Valencia County firefighter was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion that he broke his four-month-old daughter’s wrist. Frank Lopez, 19, made his initial appearance on a child abuse resulting in great bodily harm charge on Saturday morning in Metropolitan Court in Albuquerque. A criminal complaint filed in that […]
  
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