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• Updated: Soccer star Abby Wambach gets engaged to Christian writer

  21-02-2017 22:58
  
  Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach has announced her engagement to Christian writer Glennon Doyle Melton. Melton posted a photo of two hands flashing diamond rings on Facebook Saturday with the note, “Abby and I decided to hold hands forever. Love Wins.” Wambach posted the same photo on Instagram on Sunday . She writes in […]
  
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• Updated: Testosterone gel shows no benefit for older men’s memories

  21-02-2017 22:56
  
  CHICAGO — Testosterone treatment did not improve older men’s memory or mental function in the latest results from landmark government research that challenges the anti-aging claims of popular supplements. While testosterone use for one year appeared to strengthen bones and reduce anemia, it also showed signs of worsening artery disease and questions remain about other […]
  
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• Updated: Box Office Top 20: ‘Lego Batman,’ ‘Fifty Shades’ stay on top

  21-02-2017 22:56
  
  NEW YORK — Holdovers “The Lego Batman Movie” and “Fifty Shades Darker” led the North American box office for a second week, while Matt Damon’s “The Great Wall” — a hit in China, where it was made — struggled in its domestic debut. Warner Bros.’ “The Lego Batman Movie” was No.1 again, selling $42.7 million […]
  
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• Dona Ana County man accused of injuring his 2-month-old son

  21-02-2017 22:49
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Police in Las Cruces say they’ve arrested a Dona Ana County man suspected of injuring his 2-month-old son. They say the baby remains hospitalized with three fractured ribs and multiple subdural hemorrhages. Police say 18-year-old Christopher Jacquez is being held on suspicion of two counts of child abuse resulting in great […]
  
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• State lawmakers propose funding for Tucson shooting memorial

  21-02-2017 22:48
  
  PHOENIX — Three Arizona lawmakers from Tucson have introduced legislation that would provide state funding for the memorial commemorating the victims and the survivors of a mass shooting that targeted former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. Rep. Todd Clodfelter, R-Tucson, is the lead sponsored of House Bill 2436, which would allot $2.5 million over five years […]
  
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• Updated: US to expand pool of people targeted for deportation

  21-02-2017 20:46
  
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a priority for deportation, including people arrested for traffic violations, according to agency documents released Tuesday. The documents represent a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s immigration enforcement priorities. The Homeland Security Department memos, signed by […]
  
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• New: NM House panel approves bill aimed at blocking border wall

  21-02-2017 20:20
  
  SANTA FE — A bill that would bar New Mexico state land from being used to facilitate the building of a controversial border wall sparked debate on wildlife corridors, stolen vehicles and illicit drug use before being approved today via a party-line vote. The legislation, House Bill 292, is now headed to the House floor after the […]
  
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• Police release video of woman’s cartwheels during DWI stop

  21-02-2017 19:57
  
    Albuquerque police on Tuesday released police lapel camera footage of a sobriety test of a suspect who was arrested after she kept doing cartwheels during the test. The video shows an officer try to get Bryelle Marshall, 23, to face one direction and do a “walk and turn” test. But Marshall kept raising her […]
  
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• 4 elected officials want more time for La Promesa charter

  21-02-2017 19:32
  
  Four local elected officials rallied for La Promesa Early Learning Center this morning, appealing to ...
  
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• Updated: Lakers shake-up: Magic is in charge after GM Kupchak fired

  21-02-2017 19:28
  
  Magic Johnson is leading the Los Angeles Lakers again after a major shake-up of the struggling franchise’s front office. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss fired general manager Mitch Kupchak on Tuesday and put Johnson in charge of basketball operations. Jeanie Buss also removed her brother, Jim, from his job as the Lakers’ executive vice president of […]
  
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• Texas easing out of downturn, oil association leader says

  21-02-2017 18:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ oil and natural gas industry added 4,700 new jobs between September and December last year and is starting to “ease out of the dramatic downturn.” That’s the message from Texas Oil and Gas Association President Todd Staples, anyway. On a conference call Tuesday, Staples said that, despite the downturn, his industry […]
  
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• The left’s hypocrisy on Trump’s ‘enemy of the American People’ comment

  21-02-2017 18:57
  
  When President Donald Trump tweeted that the news media “is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” the outrage on the left was palpable. That’s how dictators speak, they cried, comparing Trump to everyone from Lenin and Stalin to Mao and Mussolini. Former Obama adviser David Axelrod declared, “No other president […]
  
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• Russian cross-country skiers denied entry into worlds

  21-02-2017 18:46
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled against five Russian cross-country skiers who wanted their provisional suspensions lifted to allow them to compete at the world championships. The five were suspended by the International Ski Federation pending a full inquiry after World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren alleged doping samples they […]
  
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• Updated: Macy’s profit falls nearly 13 percent as sales drop as well

  21-02-2017 18:43
  
  NEW YORK — Macy’s, the nation’s largest department store chain, says its earnings for the quarter that includes the holiday period dropped nearly 13 percent as results were dragged down by lower sales, store closures and other costs. The profit results beat Wall Street expectations, but Macy’s said it would post another year of sales […]
  
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• Updated: Deadline to leave pipeline protest camp won’t be extended

  21-02-2017 18:39
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — The Army Corps of Engineers said it won’t extend a Wednesday deadline for Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents to vacate their encampment on federal land in North Dakota. The camp has existed since August and at times has housed thousands of people who supported the concerns of Sioux nations that the $3.8 […]
  
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• 2 Texas death row inmates lose at US Supreme Court

  21-02-2017 17:16
  
  HOUSTON — Two men on death row for separate slayings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have lost appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices, without comment Monday, have refused to review the cases of 52-year-old Joseph Lave (luh-VAH’) and 54-year-old Juan Segundo. Lave was condemned for the November 1992 robbery at a suburban Dallas […]
  
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• Updated: Wal-Mart earnings fall, but online sales surge

  21-02-2017 16:40
  
  NEW YORK — Wal-Mart drew more shoppers to its namesake stores in the United States and its e-commerce sales soared, signs that its efforts to lower prices and improve web services are helping it compete better against online leader Amazon. The company saw the biggest gain in a key revenue measure in its U.S business […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks start week at new highs on deals and earnings

  21-02-2017 16:40
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks are breaking records again Tuesday. Energy companies are rising more than the rest of the market. Consumer goods giant Kraft Heinz is falling after it withdrew a $143 billion offer for competition Unilever, but several other food and household goods makers are rising as investors bet Kraft will make an offer […]
  
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• Updated: Burger King, Tim Hortons parent to buy Popeyes for $1.8B

  21-02-2017 16:40
  
  NEW YORK — Restaurant Brands International says it’ll pay $1.8 billion for Popeyes, bringing the fried chicken chain under the same corporate umbrella as Burger King and Tim Hortons. The move fits Restaurant Brands’ strategy of taking over well-known fast-food chains that it believes have the potential for wider expansion. The deal gives Popeyes shareholders […]
  
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• Jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell dies in NYC at age 73

  21-02-2017 16:27
  
  NEW YORK — Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, known as the “Godfather of Fusion,” has died in New York City. He was 73. His publicist, Kurt Nishimura, said Coryell died Sunday in his hotel room of natural causes. Nishimura says he had just performed two shows at the Iridium on Friday and Saturday. Coryell grew up […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s new national security adviser a soldier-scholar

  21-02-2017 13:38
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has chosen as his national security adviser a soldier-scholar who fought in both Iraq wars and wrote an influential book that called out the U.S. government for “lies” that led to the Vietnam War. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster would remain on active military duty while leading the National Security […]
  
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• Updated: Eurozone economy seen running at near 6-year high

  21-02-2017 10:17
  
  LONDON — Economic growth in the 19-country eurozone accelerated in February to reach the strongest pace in nearly six years, a closely watched survey found Tuesday. In its monthly survey of economic activity across the region, financial information company IHS Markit also said job creation was the best for nine and a half years, as […]
  
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• Eurozone growth seen running at near 6-year high

  21-02-2017 10:17
  
  LONDON — A closely watched survey is showing that the economic recovery in the 19-country eurozone has accelerated in February and that growth is running at a near six-year high. In its monthly survey of economic activity across the region, financial information company IHS Markit also said Tuesday that job creation was the best for […]
  
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• Updated: AP Exclusive: Missing drugs a problem at VA medical centers

  21-02-2017 09:07
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are stepping up investigations at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers due to a sharp increase in opioid theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use by VA employees since 2009, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. Doctors, nurses or pharmacy staff at federal hospitals — the vast majority […]
  
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• Updated: Pinpointing cause of death for NK’s Kim Jong Nam may be hard

  21-02-2017 08:43
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Determining whether poison killed the half brother of North Korea’s leader in a busy airport is proving difficult for Malaysian officials, who said Tuesday that autopsy results are so far inconclusive. More than a week has passed since Kim Jong Nam was approached by two women at a budget air terminal […]
  
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• Updated: Malaysian: No cause of death yet for exiled North Korean

  21-02-2017 08:43
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The cause of death has not yet been determined for the exiled member of North Korea’s ruling family who died last week after apparently being poisoned in a Kuala Lumpur airport, officials said Tuesday. The autopsy showed no evidence of a heart attack in Kim Jong Nam’s death, or sign of […]
  
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• Updated: Malaysia: No cause of death yet for exiled North Korean

  21-02-2017 08:43
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — No cause of death has been determined yet for the exiled member of North Korea’s ruling family who died last week after apparently being poisoned in a Kuala Lumpur airport, officials said Tuesday. The autopsy showed no evidence of a heart attack in Kim Jong Nam’s death, or sign of puncture […]
  
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• Proposed soda tax clears first committee

  21-02-2017 08:05
  
  2-cent-per-ounce levy would fund pre-K education program in Santa Fe
  
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• Judge to decide if teen is amenable to treatment

  21-02-2017 08:05
  
  Decision is difference between 15 years in jail or release at 21
  
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• Bernalillo County commissioners to discuss proposal for new GRT increase

  21-02-2017 08:05
  
  If approved the new rate would raise $30 million a year for general county operations
  
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• Canine Cafe looking for help ahead of opening

  21-02-2017 07:45
  
  ABQ adoption center is in need of some volunteers, donations
  
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• Capital Notebook: House votes to set up boardinghouse licensing system

  21-02-2017 07:42
  
  Bill moves to Senate after 65-0 vote
  
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• United by art: Participants at Shia LaBeouf’s installation find common ground

  21-02-2017 07:41
  
  Reaction to 'He Will Not Divide Us' is mellower in Albuquerque than it was in Queens
  
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• Senate approves emergency funding for courts

  21-02-2017 07:41
  
  $1.6 million appropriation would fund juries through June
  
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• Owner, suspects in fatal stolen-van crash sued

  21-02-2017 07:41
  
  Leaving van unattended while it was warming up was negligent, suit charges
  
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• Tribes bury remains of ancient ancestor known as Kennewick Man

  21-02-2017 06:23
  
  SEATTLE — In the high desert of the Columbia Plateau, more than 200 people gathered early Saturday to lay the Ancient One to rest, returning his 9,000-year-old remains to an undisclosed location not far from the Columbia River. There was a feeling of finality and catharsis for those who had fought for 20 years to […]
  
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• Updated: Teen suicide attempts fell as same-sex marriage became legal

  21-02-2017 06:21
  
  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. The research found declines in states that passed laws allowing gays to marry before the Supreme Court made it legal nationwide. The results don’t prove there’s a […]
  
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• Updated: Asian stocks higher after Wall Street long weekend

  21-02-2017 06:19
  
  BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors looked ahead to minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting and Wall Street prepared to reopen after a three-day weekend. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 advanced 0.7 percent to 18,379.63 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.3 percent to 3,249.01. Hong Kong’s Hang […]
  
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• Updated: Routine traffic stop ends with police in gunfight, leaving one officer dead

  21-02-2017 05:19
  
  WHITTIER, Calif. — It began as a routine police call to a rear-end collision, the sort of traffic accident that happens every day in Southern California. It ended in tragedy, with one Whittier police officer dead and another wounded. The officers didn’t know when they approached the accident scene about 8 a.m. Monday that one […]
  
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• Deshaun Watson plans to fully participate in NFL combine

  21-02-2017 04:30
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Deshaun Watson is trying to approach everything leading up to the NFL draft as having fun and enjoying the process while preparing for another once-in-a-lifetime moment. Having accomplished his goal of a national championship at Clemson, the dual-threat quarterback said he is now working hard preparing for the draft. The next […]
  
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• Updated: FA Cup: Arsenal advances impressed by 5th-tier Sutton’s grit

  21-02-2017 02:55
  
  SUTTON, England — Relief for Arsenal, pride for Sutton United. On the plastic patch at tiny Gander Green Lane stadium, the gulf in class between teams separated by 105 places in the English soccer pyramid but pitted against each other in the FA Cup was not always apparent. Arsenal wasn’t simply allowed to stroll into […]
  
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• Woman wanted in June shooting death on New Mexico Most Wanted List

  21-02-2017 02:35
  
  The U.S. Marshals added a woman suspected in the shooting death of an Albuquerque man last summer to their New Mexico’s Most Wanted list. Antoinette “Tone” Martinez, 41, is charged with murder in the death of Larry Sanchez, 49. Sanchez was found shot to death on June 20 on Casa Feliz NE, a residential street near […]
  
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• Police arrest one suspect in August beating death; two suspects at large

  21-02-2017 01:49
  
  Police have arrested one of the three young men suspected of beating up and robbing an older man in front of a 7-Eleven in southeast Albuquerque last summer. Emilio Mirabal, 19, is charged with murder and robbery with a deadly weapon and was booked into the county jail Monday. The other two suspects are still […]
  
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• Updated: Astros looking for Bregman to take next step in 2017

  21-02-2017 01:41
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bregman doesn’t regret the difficult start to his major league career, when he went hitless in his first five games with the Houston Astros last July. “I’m happy it happened,” he said. Huh? The second overall pick in the 2015 draft explains that he can now look back and […]
  
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• Updated: In first month, Mar-a-Lago 3, Camp David 0

  21-02-2017 01:40
  
  THURMONT, Md. – Dwayne Snurr, a janitor and lifelong resident of this rural, working-class town 60 miles from the White House, was eating chicken wings in a cafe off Main Street last week when he began chewing over a locally important subject: President Donald Trump’s taste in vacations. “I guess he’s got that place down […]
  
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• 3 injured when race car crashes over fence in Florida

  21-02-2017 01:21
  
  BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Three people in a pit area were injured when they were struck by a race car that hit a barrier and catapulted over a 10-foot fence at a dirt speedway near Daytona Beach, Florida. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday’s crash at Volusia Speedway Park left one victim in extremely critical […]
  
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• Scores protest Trump in Washington

  21-02-2017 01:15
  
  WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people blocked traffic and prompted rolling street closures as they marched in downtown Washington on Monday afternoon, waving signs and shouting slogans to protest President Donald Trump’s policies. The throng walked from Dupont Circle to the White House, echoing demonstrations across the country timed to the Presidents’ Day holiday. There was […]
  
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• Updated: Burberry draws on sculptor Henry Moore in fashion highlight

  21-02-2017 01:14
  
  LONDON — All eyes were on Burberry and creative director Christopher Bailey Monday night as London Fashion Week reached its starry climax. Bailey didn’t disappoint, drawing on the sculptor Henry Moore for inspiration in a startling new collection that built on the English heritage brand’s traditional appeal. The Burberry spectacle capped four days of shows […]
  
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• Brazil fires coach of Rio Olympic football gold medalists

  21-02-2017 01:14
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s football confederation has fired the coach who led Neymar and company to the country’s first Olympic football gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. Confederation spokesman Gregorio Fernandes confirmed on Monday that youth division coach Rogerio Micale was removed after Brazil failed to qualify for the next Under-20 World Cup. In […]
  
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• Updated: For a Trump adviser, an odyssey from the fringes of Washington to the center of power

  21-02-2017 01:12
  
  On the night of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sebastian Gorka attended the celebratory balls in a high-necked, black Hungarian jacket. Pinned on his chest was a Hungarian coat of arms, a tribute to his father who had been tortured by the communists, and a civilian commendation from the U.S. military. For years, Gorka had labored […]
  
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