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• ‘Compromise’ wage bill clears first House committee

  20-02-2017 23:20
  
  SANTA FE — A proposal to boost the minimum wage in New Mexico managed to do just about the impossible on Monday— make everyone unhappy, conservatives and liberals alike. The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce joined the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, for example, to testify against the bill. In fact, no one […]
  
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• Updated: Thousands of demonstrators across US say ‘Not My President’

  20-02-2017 23:16
  
  Thousands of demonstrators turned out Monday across the U.S. to challenge Donald Trump in a Presidents Day protest dubbed Not My President’s Day. The events on the federal holiday didn’t draw nearly as many people as the million-plus who thronged the streets following Trump’s inauguration a month earlier, but the message was similar. Thousands of […]
  
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• Updated: Ex-Texas neurosurgeon sentenced to life for maiming patients

  20-02-2017 23:03
  
  DALLAS — A jury has sentenced a former neurosurgeon to life in prison for maiming patients who had turned to him for surgery to resolve debilitating injuries. The decision came Monday, almost a week after the Dallas County jury convicted 44-year-old Christopher Duntsch of first-degree felony injury to an elderly person. Prosecutors alleged numerous cases […]
  
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• Survivors mark anniversary of nightclub fire that killed 100

  20-02-2017 22:54
  
  WEST WARWICK, R.I. — Survivors of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people have marked the 14th anniversary of the blaze with small gatherings where it happened. Small gatherings of survivors and relatives of those who died were held Sunday and Monday at the site of the former Station nightclub in West Warwick. On […]
  
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• NM exports slide nearly 4 percent in 2016

  20-02-2017 21:57
  
  New Mexico’s export boom hit a bump in 2016. Sales worldwide fell by about $150 million, or nearly 4 percent, last year compared with 2015, thanks to a sharp decline in shipments to Israel and, to a lesser extent, to Canada and Mexico, according to U.S. Commerce Department statistics released this month. Trade experts cite […]
  
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• Single mom dresses the part at 'Dads and Donuts' event

  20-02-2017 21:38
  
  A single mom is generating attention online after she donned a mustache, dressed up like a dad for a school…
  
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• Trump taps Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser

  20-02-2017 21:31
  
  President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is naming Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn. Trump called McMaster “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience” as he introduced him to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida before leaving to return to Washington. Retired Army […]
  
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• Updated: Mattis to decide soon on troop levels in Afghanistan

  20-02-2017 21:30
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he plans to make some decisions soon on whether to recommend an increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and whether the totals should be based on military requirements rather than pre-set limits. Mattis told reporters traveling with him that he […]
  
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• Updated: Iraqi forces launch offensive to drive IS from western Mosul

  20-02-2017 21:30
  
  HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a major air-and-ground offensive Sunday to retake western Mosul from Islamic State militants and drive the extremist group from its last major urban bastion in Iraq. Ground units pushed into a belt of villages outside the country’s second-largest city, and plumes of smoke rose into the sky […]
  
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• Teen suicide attempts fell as same-sex marriage became legal

  20-02-2017 20:42 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  CHICAGO — Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian and bisexual kids, a study found.
  
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• Updated: AP, other media ask judge to order release of iPhone records

  20-02-2017 20:05
  
  WASHINGTON — The Associated Press and two other news organizations asked a judge Monday to force the federal government to reveal how much it paid for a tool to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters. The news organizations said in a court filing there was “no adequate justification” for […]
  
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• Breaking: Jewish Community Center again evacuated for bomb scare in wave of threats nationwide

  20-02-2017 19:48
  
  Albuquerque’s Jewish Community Center was evacuated Monday morning for a bomb threat, the second evacuation this year following a wave of threats to Jewish Community Centers across the nation. Albuquerque police officer Fred Duran said no bomb was found and people have been allowed back in the building. The FBI is helping APD investigate, Duran […]
  
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• Updated: GOP health plan: Lower costs, better care, or road to ruin?

  20-02-2017 19:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Top House Republicans say their outline for replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law is a pathway to greater flexibility and lower costs for consumers. Democrats see a road to ruin for millions who’d face lost coverage and higher medical expenses, particularly the poor. The plan “ensures more choices, lower costs and greater […]
  
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• Updated: US Bishops join Mexico colleagues, denounce ‘Santa Muerte’

  20-02-2017 19:18
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bishops in the United States are denouncing the skeleton folk saint known as La Santa Muerte — a figure Roman Catholic leaders in Mexico routinely have attacked for the deity’s connection to violence and the illicit drug trade. Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, and San Angelo Bishop […]
  
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• Leaders of France, Spain, Germany and Italy to meet in March

  20-02-2017 19:18
  
  MADRID — French President Francois Hollande says he and the leaders of Spain, Italy and Germany will meet in early March to lay ground for a summit on the European Union’s future after Britain’s departure from the bloc. A joint declaration Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy issued after meeting in Malaga on Monday […]
  
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• Updated: UConn still No. 1 while Temple enters AP women’s hoops poll

  20-02-2017 19:16
  
  NEW YORK — UConn survived one of the toughest tests of its winning streak to remain No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Huskies narrowly edged Tulane on Saturday, five days after beating No. 6 South Carolina for their 100th consecutive victory. Next up for UConn on Wednesday is Temple, which earned […]
  
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• Updated: Vatican, Rome’s Jews putting on first-ever joint museum show

  20-02-2017 19:12
  
  ROME — The museums of the Vatican and Rome’s ancient Jewish community have teamed up to host their first-ever joint exhibit, building on decades of improved Catholic-Jewish relations after centuries of mistrust. The exhibit’s focus is the menorah, the seven-armed candelabrum depicted in Jewish, Catholic and secular art over the centuries. Since Rome’s Jewish Museum […]
  
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• Updated: Supreme Court weighs case of Mexican boy slain across border

  20-02-2017 19:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Sixty feet and the U.S-Mexico border separated the unarmed, 15-year-old Mexican boy and the U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed him with a gunshot to the head early on a June evening in 2010. U.S. officials chose not to prosecute Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. and the Obama administration refused a request to extradite […]
  
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• Updated: Trump tries to move past controversies, toward legislating

  20-02-2017 19:10
  
  WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump begins his second month in office, his team is trying to move past the crush of controversies that overtook his first month and make progress on health care and tax overhauls long sought by Republicans. Both issues thrust Trump, a real estate executive who has never held elected office, […]
  
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• Pueblo votes to run on renewable energy by 2035

  20-02-2017 18:40
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — The city of Pueblo has committed to becoming 100 percent powered by renewable energy sources by 2035. The Chieftain reports that the Pueblo City Council approved the move 6-1. It’s a dramatic departure for the blue-collar mining and steel town. The newspaper reports that the cost of energy has perhaps been one […]
  
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• Updated: UK’s May says Lords must respect people’s will on Brexit

  20-02-2017 17:13
  
  LONDON — Britain’s House of Lords launched a bid Monday to gain a greater say for Parliament over the terms of Britain’s European Union exit, as Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers they must not hold up “what the British people want” by trying to delay the process. The Lords, Parliament’s unelected upper chamber, began […]
  
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• Updated: IMF agrees terms for $5 billion loan to debt-ridden Mongolia

  20-02-2017 16:57
  
  ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — The Mongolian government and envoys from the International Monetary Fund said Sunday that they and other partners have agreed on terms for a more than $5 billion loan package to the north Asian country to help get its economy back on track. The deal is subject to approval by the IMF’s executive […]
  
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• Nearly a year after layoffs, former Oreo plant workers struggle to find their way

  20-02-2017 16:52
  
  CHICAGO — Susana Palomo couldn’t sleep for a week, torn between a dream and reality. One of the hundreds of workers laid off last year from a Nabisco plant on Chicago’s Southwest Side, where Oreos were made for more than six decades, Palomo had embarked on a bold plan to attend college and perhaps open […]
  
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• Spooked by cyber extortion, businesses are stockpiling bitcoin

  20-02-2017 16:50
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. corporations that have long resisted bending to the demands of computer hackers who take their networks hostage are increasingly stockpiling bitcoin, the digital currency, so that they can quickly meet ransom demands rather than lose valuable corporate data. The companies are responding to cybersecurity experts who recently have changed their advice […]
  
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• Governor’s proposed gun permit fees come under fire

  20-02-2017 16:33
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — Gun rights supporters and state Republican lawmakers are fighting huge gun permit fee increases proposed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, saying they would price many people out of being able to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms. The Democratic governor wants to quadruple the five-year renewal fee for pistol permits […]
  
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• Updated: Trump wigs in big demand for Austrian carnival-goers

  20-02-2017 13:17
  
  Just about everyone wants to be Donald Trump this Carnival season in Austria - so much so that some costume…
  
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• Updated: Trump’s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations

  20-02-2017 12:10
  
  BRUSSELS — Europeans have reacted to President Donald Trump’s first month in office with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. The governments of some traditional allies have gone a step further, uniting with fundraising plans and a special conference to balance the new U.S. administration’s reverse tack […]
  
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• Updated: US Defense Secretary Mattis: No plan to seize Iraqi oil

  20-02-2017 11:59
  
  BAGHDAD — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday the United States does not intend to seize Iraqi oil, shifting away from an idea proposed by President Donald Trump that has rattled Iraq’s leaders. Mattis’ arrived on an unannounced visit in Iraq as the battle to oust Islamic State militants from western Mosul moved into […]
  
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• UNM clinical trial offers hope to women with ovarian cancer

  20-02-2017 08:05
  
  Two-drug combination 'teaches' immune system to fight cancer
  
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• 4 guilty in ‘mobbing’ murder will be back in court this week

  20-02-2017 08:05
  
  Shooter faces up to 25 years; judge to decide if 3 others are 'amenable to treatment'
  
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• Sheriffs, gun control advocates on opposite sides of background check bill

  20-02-2017 08:02
  
  Supporters say the bill would make it harder for criminals to obtain a gun
  
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• City trying to weed out redundant regulations

  20-02-2017 08:02
  
  Maze of neighborhood plans across ABQ hinders development, mayor and city officials say
  
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• Carnaval brings spirit of Rio to Albuquerque

  20-02-2017 08:02
  
  If you can't get to New Orleans or Rio, consider Carnaval 2017 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center
  
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• Updated: Immigration rallies held around US to support Muslims

  20-02-2017 06:58
  
  NEW YORK — Demonstrations were held in cities around the U.S. this weekend to support Muslim Americans and to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. More than a thousand people of various faiths rallied in New York City on Sunday. The “I Am A Muslim Too” event was held in Times Square and was organized […]
  
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• Updated: Americans on Presidents Day: Admiration, fear mark holiday

  20-02-2017 06:58
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The United States on Monday marks Presidents Day, a holiday that’s taking on a new meaning for some Americans this year as President Donald Trump — to the dismay of some and delight of others — upends traditional notions of the office. The holiday began as a celebration of George Washington’s birthday, […]
  
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• Updated: Russ and KD provided an All-Star highlight

  20-02-2017 06:44
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant played together for only 81 seconds in the All-Star Game, just one very early stint. It was enough for a signature highlight. A give-and-go — Westbrook to Durant, back to Westbrook for a dunk, rekindling their Oklahoma City magic for a moment — was the one of […]
  
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• Updated: AP Source: Pelicans acquiring Cousins in multi-player deal

  20-02-2017 06:44
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Sacramento Kings have agreed to trade DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Tyreke Evans, 2016 first-round draft pick Buddy Hield, Langston Galloway and first- and second-round draft picks this summer, a person familiar with the situation said Sunday night. The person spoke to The […]
  
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• TV footage appears to show deliberate attack on North Korean

  20-02-2017 06:35
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Security camera footage obtained by Japanese television appears to show a careful and deliberate attack last week on the exiled half brother of North Korea’s ruler, while Malaysia said Monday it had recalled its ambassador to North Korea amid rising tensions between the nations. The footage, obtained by Fuji TV and […]
  
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• BCSO: Woman kills man in self-defense

  20-02-2017 05:43
  
  Deputies say that a woman who shot and killed a man Saturday evening may have done so in self-defense as he attempted to sexually assault her. Bernalillo County Sgt. John Allen said deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a South Valley home around 7:45 p.m. Saturday. They found Guillermo Mendez dead with a […]
  
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• Updated: AP source: Trump’s revised travel ban targets same countries

  20-02-2017 05:16
  
  WASHINGTON — A draft of President Donald Trump’s revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S., even if they haven’t used it yet. A senior administration official said the order, which Trump revised after federal courts […]
  
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• Updated: Tribes hope Trump’s ‘America first’ helps first Americans

  20-02-2017 05:15
  
  BOSTON — Native Americans hope President Donald Trump doesn’t forget America’s first inhabitants as he promises to put “America first.” Tribes have been reaching out to the Republican administration since it took office last month, saying they’re ready to help it meet its campaign promises of improving the economy and creating more jobs for Americans. […]
  
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• Updated: Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those in US illegally

  20-02-2017 05:15
  
  WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to a pair of memoranda signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly. The memos dated Friday seek to implement President Donald Trump’s broad directive to crack down on illegal immigration. Kelly outlines […]
  
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• Lobo baseball completes sweep of Binghamton

  20-02-2017 04:32
  
  Danny Collier smacked his first career home run and the University of New Mexico baseball team racked up 15 hits on its way to an 11-4 victory over Binghamton on Sunday. Carl Stajduhar went 4-for-5 and scored three runs to spark the Lobos, who swept the season-opening series at Santa Ana Star Field. Jared Mang […]
  
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• Lab-grown diamonds are scientist’s best friend

  20-02-2017 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  Scientists have been creating diamonds since the 1950s, but it took them several decades more to cultivate large gem-quality stones
  
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• Food safety inspections, Feb. 20, 2017

  20-02-2017 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  For the period ending Feb. 16. To file a complaint, call the state Environment Department at 827-1840.
  
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• Updated: 2 dams illustrate challenge of maintaining older designs

  20-02-2017 02:31
  
  LOS ANGELES — Twelve years ago, widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast helped compel federal engineers 2,000 miles away in California to remake a 1950s-era dam by constructing a massive steel-and-concrete gutter that would manage surging waters in times of torrential storms. The nearly $1 billion auxiliary spillway at Folsom Dam, scheduled […]
  
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• Updated: West leads All-Star game 97-92 at halftime

  20-02-2017 02:27
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on Sunday night’s All-Star game (all times local): 8:30 p.m. Anthony Davis has turned in a strong enough first half to keep him firmly in the running to walk away with All-Star MVP honors in his home arena, dunking eight times on his way to a game-high 22 first-half points. […]
  
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• Updated: Hunters charged in Texas shooting had blamed immigrants

  20-02-2017 02:11
  
  PRESIDIO, Texas — Two hunters accused in a shooting on a remote Texas ranch near the Mexican border had told authorities that they were attacked by immigrants who had entered the country illegally. Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez told Odessa television KOSA that a grand jury indicted Michael Bryant and Walker Daugherty last week on […]
  
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