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• University of California’s Napolitano in hospital for cancer

  17-01-2017 21:25
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California says President Janet Napolitano, a former U.S. Homeland Security secretary, is undergoing treatment for cancer and is hospitalized with complications. The Office of the President said in a statement Tuesday that Napolitano was diagnosed last August, but it didn’t say what type of cancer she has or respond […]
  
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• Judge: Planned Parenthood videos in Medicaid fight ‘baloney’

  17-01-2017 21:24
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge deciding whether Texas can block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid dollars scolded attorneys Tuesday for rehashing the debate over secretly recorded videos that Republicans across the U.S. — Texas included — have used to try defunding the nation’s largest abortion provider. “You can give me all this baloney you […]
  
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• Panel to review fire’s spread from Smokies to Tennessee city

  17-01-2017 21:17
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Authorities are forming a team to investigate the massive fires that tore through a Tennessee tourist city late last year, killing 14 people. The team will be made up of representatives from the Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and a fire chief from a community […]
  
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• 20-year-old jaguar, 18-year-old gibbon die at a Tucson zoo

  17-01-2017 21:16
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The Reid Park Zoo in Tucson says two of its animals have died. Zoo officials say a 20-year-old jaguar named Nikita was euthanized last Thursday due to age-related health issues while an 18-year-old white-handed gibbon named Lily died Saturday. They say Lily and her parents were transferred to the new gibbon habitat […]
  
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• Updated: Why this Wall Street powerhouse says women shouldn’t try to be like men at work

  17-01-2017 21:15
  
  Back in 2002, Wall Street veteran Sallie Krawcheck was dubbed one of “the last honest analysts” by Fortune Magazine. At the time, she was heading up independent research shop Sanford Bernstein just as Wall Street analysts’ reputations had come under fire, and was about to continue her meteoric rise, becoming the CEO of Smith Barney, […]
  
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• From Aaron Rodgers to Antonio Brown, reality TV is infiltrating the NFL playoffs

  17-01-2017 18:59
  
  In the past 15 years, reality television has stealthily infiltrated every aspect of our culture (see: the president-elect). Now it’s shown up during the NFL playoffs. Over playoff weekend, which sent the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons to next week’s conference championship round, three top players in the news […]
  
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• Court upholds Park Service rules on location of inaugural parade protests

  17-01-2017 18:59
  
  A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld regulations that allow the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump to set aside seating for supporters and to determine the location of demonstrations along the inaugural parade route Friday. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is a blow to free speech advocates […]
  
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• How Russian ‘kompromat’ destroys political opponents, no facts required

  17-01-2017 18:54
  
  The 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump have given Russia a wonderful opportunity to showcase one of its best national products: a particularly effective type of media manipulation called “kompromat.” Short for “compromising material” in Russian, kompromat is the intersection of news and blackmail. It’s the ability to sully the reputations of political opponents or […]
  
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• Updated: Limo ride and White House tea: when tradition tops partisanship

  17-01-2017 18:53
  
  Three days from now, Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, will arrive at the White House for morning tea with President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. Upstairs, in the residence, movers will rush around, simultaneously packing up the outgoing family’s last belongings as they unload those of the Trumps. By lunchtime, Obama will have […]
  
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• Trump takes over Islamic State fight, vowing to finish it

  17-01-2017 18:53
  
  As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and has been all but wiped out in another. Two and a half years after the extremists rolled across northern Iraq, Pentagon and diplomatic officials say a military victory, at least in their major strongholds, is within […]
  
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• US stock indexes drop, along with bond yields and dollar

  17-01-2017 16:29
  
  NEW YORK — Losses for financial and health care stocks pulled U.S. indexes down in Tuesday morning trading and put the Dow Jones industrial average on track for its third straight loss. Bond prices rose, while the dollar’s value sank against the British pound and other rivals. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow fell 56 points, or […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Dollar rise could hurt developing economies

  17-01-2017 16:26
  
  DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 12:55 p.m. The dollar’s strength could lead to financial bailouts in emerging market economies and even an intervention to limit the currency’s rise. That’s the view of David Rubenstein, co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm. […]
  
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• Updated: Silk, steam and slogans: Inside a North Korean factory

  17-01-2017 16:26
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea — As the morning light poured through large windows, women wearing olive-colored overalls, pink aprons and headscarves stood at stations where silkworms were being boiled. Some used their bare hands to pull silk thread from the boilers and winced as the steam rose toward their faces. But the heat didn’t seem to […]
  
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• Going bananas? Israeli zoo scrambles to find missing monkey

  17-01-2017 16:26
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel’s largest zoo is scrambling to find a monkey who swung out of a tree and escaped from the wildlife park near Tel Aviv. The “Safari,” located in the adjacent city of Ramat Gan, is asking the public to help find Kuner, a 17-year-old wedge-capped capuchin monkey who fled on Monday — likely […]
  
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• Poll: Trump draws low marks for transition, response to Russian hacking

  17-01-2017 16:25
  
  After a tumultuous campaign and transition, President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office Friday as the least popular incoming president in at least four decades, but a majority of Americans nevertheless express optimism that he will be able to fulfill campaign pledges to boost the economy and deal with threats of terrorism, according […]
  
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• Updated: AP Source: GM to announce $1B factory investment, new jobs

  17-01-2017 13:30
  
  DETROIT — General Motors will announce a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs, a person briefed on the matter said Monday. The Detroit automaker will make the announcement Tuesday morning. The investment is part of the normal process of equipping factories to build new models, and it’s […]
  
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• Updated: Going bananas? Israeli zoo scrambles to find missing monkey

  17-01-2017 13:05
  
  Israel's largest zoo is scrambling to find a monkey who swung out of a tree and escaped from the wildlife…
  
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• Updated: Forever a mystery? MH370 search ends after nearly 3 years

  17-01-2017 11:41
  
  SYDNEY — After nearly three years, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended in futility and frustration Tuesday, as crews completed their deep-sea search of a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean without finding a trace of the plane or the 239 people aboard it. The Joint Agency Coordination Center in Australia, which helped […]
  
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• Inflation up, economy better, but ECB to continue stimulus

  17-01-2017 10:45
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany — Inflation has suddenly jumped in Europe. Growth is picking up. But don’t expect the European Central Bank to start withdrawing its extensive stimulus programs just yet. This week, ECB President Mario Draghi is expected to lay out the reasons why the chief monetary authority for the 19-country eurozone intends to stick with […]
  
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• Updated: Tax deadline looms for Prince estate; government to get half

  17-01-2017 10:32
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night,” Prince once sang. But his money matters a lot to the IRS, and the case provides a cautionary tale not just for the wealthy, but not-so-rich Americans as well. Prince’s estate has until Saturday to file an estate tax payment for the late rock superstar, and the taxes […]
  
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• Updated: DeVos likely to advance school choice as education secretary

  17-01-2017 09:48
  
  WASHINGTON — Charter schools and school choice are expected to be a major focus of education policy under the new Trump administration. Betsy DeVos, Trump’s choice for education secretary, has spent over two decades advocating for school choice programs, which give students and parents an alternative to traditional public school education. Her confirmation hearing was […]
  
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• Updated: Interior nominee Zinke to be quizzed on public lands, coal

  17-01-2017 09:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke says he would never sell, give away or transfer public lands, a crucial stance in his home state of Montana and the West where access to hunting and fishing is considered sacrosanct. Zinke feels so strongly that he resigned as a delegate to the Republican National Convention last summer […]
  
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• Updated: Istanbul gunman captured after more than 2 weeks on run

  17-01-2017 09:22
  
  ISTANBUL — Turkish police captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying Tuesday that he’s an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters in Ankara that the man was being questioned by police and expressed hope […]
  
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• NM legislation would spare bears that attack people

  17-01-2017 08:20
  
  A case-by-case review of euthanization is part of the new bill
  
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• Weekend rain, snow break records

  17-01-2017 08:05
  
  Storm adds to state's best snowpack in years
  
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• Kids Count report is a mixed bag for New Mexico

  17-01-2017 08:05
  
  Children's health improves, but economic indicators are uneven
  
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• Federal report flunks 2 NM career schools

  17-01-2017 08:05
  
  Programs at 2 other for-profit institutions receive warnings
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr. Day in New Mexico

  17-01-2017 08:02
  
  Eight Albuquerque area high school students get scholarships
  
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• 12 men who walked on moon in final years of Apollo program

  17-01-2017 01:31
  
  NASA’s Apollo space program stretched from 1961 to 1972, culminating in a dozen men walking on the moon in its final years. Gene Cernan, who died Monday, was the 11th man to set foot on the moon — but the last to leave the lunar surface at the end of his third and final moonwalk […]
  
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• Everything you want to know about the Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings

  17-01-2017 01:27
  
  Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and other nominees will come fast and furious starting the second week in January. Here’s your guide to the details, with information on completed hearings at the bottom: –WHO: Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont. NOMINATED FOR: Interior secretary WHEN AND WHERE: 2:15 p.m. Jan. 17; Senate Committee on […]
  
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• Obama offers final reminder about the value of sports in America

  17-01-2017 01:20
  
  In his last words, in his last fancy White House ceremony, in his last week as the commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama chose to spend three minutes articulating why sports matter. Behind him stood the Cubs, from his adopted hometown of Chicago, continuing to celebrate their first championship in 108 years. The scene served as the […]
  
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• School district employee in Maryland fired after correcting student’s spelling in a tweet

  17-01-2017 01:11
  
  The downfall of Katie Nash as social media coordinator for Frederick County [Maryland] Public Schools was, she said, sealed in a tweet. On Jan. 5, as a storm approached, a student tweeted a message asking the district to “close school tammarow PLEASE.” Thinking she would combine pedagogy with a little levity, Nash tweeted from the […]
  
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• A river really DOES run through Santa Fe

  17-01-2017 00:54
  
    And we thought that this was going to be a dry winter. It started out that way. Then the last few weekends have sent storm fronts through the City Different, dropping mostly rain in the city and snow in the mountains. The best way to get moisture in this city of snow-phobic (or idiotic) […]
  
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