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• Trilumina partners with semiconductor company ADI

  20-01-2017 23:46
  
  Albuquerque-based Trilumina Corp.’s laser-chip technology is driving a little faster into automotive markets through a new partnership with Analog Devices Inc., a global semiconductor company with firm ties to the auto industry. The two companies will combine Trilumina’s advanced laser chips — which can enable powerful 3-D sensing capabilities for things like autonomous vehicles — […]
  
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• Donald Trump’s inaugural speech may be his most religious yet

  20-01-2017 23:46
  
  President Donald Trump’s inaugural address was infused with religious language, reflecting a rhetorical shift from the nation’s new leader. His previous speeches have not usually referred to the Bible or God. Trump’s most explicitly religious mention came in the middle of the speech when he made a Bible reference to Psalm 133. “The Bible tells […]
  
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• Updated: Las Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slaying

  20-01-2017 23:31
  
  LAS VEGAS — A fight over name-calling between girlfriends promoted a fight that resulted in the death of a Missouri State University football player outside his Las Vegas home, according to a police report about the arrest of a teenager charged Friday as an adult with murder. Richard Allan Newsome Jr., 17, stood in shackles […]
  
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• Court: Indian lending companies subject to federal probe

  20-01-2017 23:31
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court says lending companies operated by Native American tribes are subject to investigation by a government regulator. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Friday rejected a claim by three tribes that their lending companies were protected by tribal sovereignty from investigation by the Consumer […]
  
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• Twain children’s story, recently discovered, coming in fall

  20-01-2017 21:44
  
  NEW YORK — More than a century after his death, Mark Twain’s publishing life continues. Doubleday Books for Young Readers announced Friday that it has acquired a fairy tale only recently discovered. The book is called “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine” and is scheduled for Sept. 26. The work is based on 16 pages of […]
  
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• After Trump pledges ‘America First,’ the world responds with protests and dismay

  20-01-2017 21:44
  
  LONDON — If the credo of the new U.S. president is “America First,” as Donald Trump emphatically declared Friday in his strikingly nationalistic inaugural address, then where does that leave the rest of the world? That’s what people around the globe – from Asia to the Middle East to Latin America – were left to […]
  
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• Updated: New Gambia leader says ‘rule of fear’ is over

  20-01-2017 21:43
  
  BANJUL, Gambia — The Latest on Gambia’s political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to leave office (all times local): ___ 9 p.m. Gambia’s newly inaugurated leader has spoken to members of the country’s diaspora in neighboring Senegal, telling them that “the rule of fear has been vanished from the Gambia for good.” […]
  
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• Updated: Trump signs first bill and actions as president

  20-01-2017 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday quickly claimed the mantle of the White House, signing legislation allowing retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his Cabinet choices. Less than an hour after wrapping up his inaugural address, Trump sat in an ornate room steps […]
  
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• How much normalizing does an abnormal president deserve?

  20-01-2017 21:41
  
  Michiko Kakutani, chief book critic of the New York Times and evidently no fan of Donald Trump, had tweeted images of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream” and gloomy quotes from Leonard Cohen. Meanwhile, over at Fox News, Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin, in high spirits on the set, had agreed, with broad smiles, about the “giddy” […]
  
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• Moments after taking the oath, Trump transforms White House website

  20-01-2017 19:42
  
  Just moments after President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, the official White House website was transformed into a set of policy pledges that offered the broad contours of the Trump administration’s top priorities — a list that included fierce support for law enforcement bordering on vigilantism, an immediate elimination of the White […]
  
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• Breaking: UNM HSC reviewing top staffer’s shouting match

  20-01-2017 19:35
  
  The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center issued a new statement Friday regarding the invo ...
  
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• Searchers find 2 of 4 dogs missing after fatal I-25 crash

  20-01-2017 19:28
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — Two of four dogs who ran away after a fatal crash on Interstate 25 have been found. The Pueblo Chieftain reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/2jgEtBH ) that Sandy, a 67-pound chocolate Labrador/pit bull mix was found near where the accident took place outside Colorado City. The Colorado State Patrol says 59-year-old Charles Roberts of […]
  
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• Donald Trump still can’t escape Hillary Clinton

  20-01-2017 19:28
  
  As Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, a shadow loomed over his inauguration. Was it his multitudinous conflicts of interest and almost certain violation of the Emoluments Clause? Well, yes, but there’s another shadow: Hillary Clinton. Clinton may not have been the right person to beat Trump in November, but since then, she’s […]
  
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• Malia Obama is set to intern for Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein

  20-01-2017 19:27
  
  Malia Obama’s gap year is truly taking shape. Starting next month, the 18-year-old daughter of former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, who graduated from Sidwell Friends last May but won’t attend Harvard University until fall, will intern for Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein in the super-producer’s New York office. After the inauguration activities January 20, […]
  
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• Donald Trump and Paul Ryan’s on-and-off-again relationship is on again

  20-01-2017 17:26
  
  The breakup is a distant memory; love is in the air. At a luncheon with Republican Party leaders at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump proclaimed his affection for House Speaker Paul Ryan thusly: “I’m starting to really, really love Paul.” “We are doing very,” he continued. “I just want to let […]
  
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• Updated: Protesters block entrances to inauguration, set fires, vandalize

  20-01-2017 17:24
  
  WASHINGTON – Protesters who had promised to shut down the city for the inauguration were successful at several security checkpoints Friday morning, as they slowed crowds from entering onto the Mall and, in one spot, stopped them completely. “Shut it down!” protesters shouted at the checkpoint at John Marshall Park. There, five black men stood […]
  
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• Updated: Japan PM pledges ‘unchanging’ allegiance to US under Trump

  20-01-2017 16:44
  
  TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that he plans to visit the U.S. as soon as possible to meet with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking on the eve of Trump’s inauguration, he called the U.S.-Japan alliance an “unchanging principle” for his country’s foreign and security policy. His urgency to meet Trump […]
  
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• Updated: Farmers battered by Thailand floods find a golden upside

  20-01-2017 16:44
  
  BANG SAPHAN, Thailand — Nature regularly taunts the farmers of Thailand by flooding their fields, but this time she’s tossed some of them a potential safety net: the chance to pan for gold. Crops in Bang Saphan district, a rural community 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of Bangkok, were decimated by heavy flooding that affected […]
  
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• Adele to perform at the Grammy Awards next month

  20-01-2017 16:44
  
  NEW YORK — Adele is set to take the stage at next month’s Grammy Awards, where she is nominated for album, song and record of the year. The Recording Academy announced Friday that Adele will perform at the Feb. 12 show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Previously announced performers include Metallica, Carrie Underwood, […]
  
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• Updated: Passengers scream as Florida alligator leaps into airboat

  20-01-2017 13:19
  
  A Missouri couple vacationing in Florida had a close encounter with an alligator when it leapt into their airboat and…
  
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• ‘Scenic route’ gets California couple stranded in NM

  20-01-2017 12:00
  
  Maybe they should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque. In any case, a California couple was stranded for several days in western New Mexico after deciding to take “a scenic route” back to the Golden State and getting stuck on a muddy, impassable forest road. “The couple stated they had remained with their van, […]
  
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• Updated: Inauguration Day: Trump to become America’s 45th president

  20-01-2017 09:24
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, a real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years. Ebullient Trump supporters flocked to […]
  
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• Updated: Perry vows to support national labs, protect WIPP

  20-01-2017 09:06
  
  WASHINGTON lead the U.S. Department...
  
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• Updated: Rescuers searching for victims of Iran building collapse

  20-01-2017 09:05
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — Rescue teams worked through the night to try and reach trapped firefighters and other victims after a commercial building collapsed in Iran’s capital and killed at least 30 firefighters. Scores of workers and dozens of trucks were searching the ruins Friday, a day after a historic high-rise building in the heart of […]
  
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• Prep hoops: It’s a sweet homecoming for Valley

  20-01-2017 08:05
  
  Home cooking is a wonderful thing.The last time the Valley High School boys basketball ...
  
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• Comeback kids: News in 2016 to lift spirits of animal lovers

  20-01-2017 08:05
  
  From foxes and ferrets fighting back from extinction to hope for male chicks
  
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• SFPS seeks public support for $100M G.O. bond issue

  20-01-2017 08:02
  
  Money would go toward improvements and a new middle school
  
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• Protesting in pink: Hats are part of marches set for Saturday

  20-01-2017 08:02
  
  Local knitters are showing their political activism
  
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• Administrator: No politics on city time

  20-01-2017 08:02
  
  A handful of city employees in Albuquerque might be in trouble with their boss after they invited th ...
  
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• 1 in 4 U.S. men has cancer-linked HPV genital infections

  20-01-2017 02:31
  
  CHICAGO — The first national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers.
  
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• ‘Gorilla’ or ‘guerrilla’? Adler apologizes for Venus remark

  20-01-2017 01:30
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — A TV commentator has been dropped from coverage of the Australian Open and has apologized for how he spoke about Venus Williams’ play in the second round, saying he was describing her aggressive style as “guerrilla” tactics and not comparing her with a “gorilla.” Former tennis pro Doug Adler on Thursday said […]
  
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• Updated: Minor league hockey team bus rolls over; 3 seriously injured

  20-01-2017 01:27
  
  PEORIA, Ill. — A bus carrying a minor league hockey team has been involved in a rollover crash and three people are in serious condition. The charter bus carrying the Columbus (Georgia) Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League team overturned on Interstate 74 near Peoria on Thursday. Morton Fire Chief Joe Kelley says firefighters […]
  
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• Updated: Expect ‘aggressive’ pace in early days, Trump aides say

  20-01-2017 01:27
  
  In rally after rally, and speech upon speech, Donald Trump built a verbal skyscraper of campaign promises about what he would do on his first day in the White House. Begin building a wall at the nation’s southern border. End the “war on coal.” Label China a currency manipulator. The list went on and on. […]
  
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• Updated: Captures, extraditions of Mexico drug chiefs in recent years

  20-01-2017 01:27
  
  MEXICO CITY — Top Mexican drug cartel bosses captured, killed or extradited in recent years: ___ Jan. 19, 2017: World’s most powerful drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is extradited to the United States. ___ Jan. 8, 2016: Mexican marines capture “El Chapo” Guzman for a third time in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. ___ Feb. 27, […]
  
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• BNSF identifies 2 railroad workers killed in South Dakota

  20-01-2017 01:18
  
  EDGEMONT, S.D. — BNSF Railway has released the names of two employees who were struck and killed by a train in South Dakota. The railroad on Thursday identified the victims as 35-year-old gang foreman Richard Lessert and 58-year-old motor vehicle operator Douglas Schmitz. Lessert had 10 years of service with BNSF while Schmitz was employed […]
  
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• What happens now to Justice Dept.’s civil rights enforcement?

  20-01-2017 01:06
  
  Vanita Gupta came to national prominence by leading a successful NAACP Legal Defense Fund fight on behalf of 38 people who had been railroaded on drug charges in Tulia, Tex. She took that same passion to the Justice Department, when she was chosen to lead its Civil Rights Division in 2014. Now, with the end […]
  
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• Updated: Facebook CEO trying to buy out land near his Hawaii estate

  20-01-2017 01:03
  
  HONOLULU — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went to court to gain ownership of isolated pockets of land tucked away within his sprawling estate in Hawaii, many of which are less than an acre and could be split between hundreds of owners in a situation unique to the islands. The 14 parcels on the north shore […]
  
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• At the World Economic Forum, talk of equitable capitalism

  20-01-2017 01:00
  
  DAVOS, Switzerland – Romina Savoldelli dropped a few Swiss francs into a small wood fire burning on the snow-covered street, near the center of this exclusive mountain resort. She and roughly two dozen other demonstrators had come to protest economic inequality at the World Economic Forum, an annual conference where prominent figures in government and […]
  
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• Islamic rights groups denounce Texas lawmaker’s survey

  20-01-2017 00:49
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas lawmaker is asking mosque leaders to pledge support for the “safety” of former Muslims in a mailed survey being condemned by Islamic civil rights groups. A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Thursday that he told mosque leaders to ignore Republican state Rep. Kyle Biedermann. Mustafaa Carroll called […]
  
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