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• Updated: Texas Republican criticizes explicit signs at women’s march

  23-02-2017 22:31
  
  WASHINGTON — A Texas Republican said Thursday he was deeply disturbed by explicit signs at the Women’s March on Washington last month while acknowledging that President Donald Trump’s vulgar and sexually predatory comments about women triggered the display. Of the march the day after the inauguration, Rep. Mike Conaway said, “On balance, it was terrific.” […]
  
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• Accident in New Mexico closes some lanes of I-10 in Arizona

  23-02-2017 22:30
  
  LORDSBURG, N.M. — A vehicle accident in New Mexico has forced the closure of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 in southeastern Arizona. Arizona Department of Transportation officials say Thursday afternoon’s closure is about 70 miles east of Tucson, where traffic is being directed onto a roughly 100-mile detour along U.S. Highway 191 to Safford […]
  
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• Yale professor’s guide to resisting tyranny coming next week

  23-02-2017 22:12
  
  NEW YORK — A Yale University history professor’s suggestions for resisting Donald Trump’s presidency and his warnings about the demise of democracy, a list widely shared on social media, have been expanded into a book. Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” will be published next Tuesday, according to the Penguin Random […]
  
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• Sudanese immigrant wanted to start a ‘sleeper cell’ for Islamic State

  23-02-2017 22:12
  
  As soon as he came to the United States, according to court documents, Mahmoud Elhassan was looking for supporters of Islamist terrorism groups. “One of our forgotten prisoners,” the 25-year-old wrote on Facebook of a man convicted in a bombing plot. “I wished to work with him one day, but the 1st day I came […]
  
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• Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s agenda at rowdy town halls

  23-02-2017 22:12
  
  GARNER, Iowa – When a voter here asked if Sen. Charles Grassley supports a probe of President Donald Trump’s tax returns, the Republican senator gave a qualified “yes.” In Virginia, asked about Russian interference in the presidential election, Rep. David Brat said an investigator should “follow the rule of law wherever it leads.” And in […]
  
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• New Mexico considers special chile pepper license plate

  23-02-2017 20:05
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — With red and green chile saturating nearly every facet of life in New Mexico, a legislative panel is supporting a measure to adorn special license plates with the hot peppers. The House Transportation and Public Works Committee on Thursday gave a favorable recommendation to the legislation sponsored by Republican Rep. Cathrynn […]
  
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• Jerry vs. Kurt: Cowboys to face Cardinals in hall game

  23-02-2017 19:45
  
  CANTON, Ohio — Dallas and Arizona will play in the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 3. With Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner being inducted into the hall this year, the matchup makes sense. For the first time, the game will be played on a Thursday night, two days before […]
  
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• Updated: Mnuchin says goal is to pass tax reform by August

  23-02-2017 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday the administration is committed to getting major tax reform legislation through Congress by August. He predicted that President Donald Trump’s economic proposals will be able to boost growth significantly to annual rates above 3 percent. Mnuchin said that tax reform is the administration’s top economic priority and […]
  
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• White Sox to retire pitcher Mark Buehrle’s number

  23-02-2017 19:07
  
  CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox plan to retire No. 56, the uniform worn by former ace Mark Buehrle. The White Sox say they will honor the four-time All-Star and 2005 championship team member before the game against Oakland on June 24. He will become the 12th player to have his number retired by the […]
  
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• Police searching for man accused of stabbing friend to death in 2015

  23-02-2017 17:33
  
  Albuquerque police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of killing his friend during a drunken argument more than a year ago. Alejandro Alvarado, 41, has been on the run since November 2015 when police filed a warrant for him for murder and bribery. Officers say he killed his friend, 29-year-old […]
  
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• Real estate attorney seeks to eliminate paper checks from homebuying process

  23-02-2017 16:59
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — After decades as a real estate attorney, Lynn Leegard is unsettled that homebuyers are still writing paper checks for their earnest money. A couple of years ago, Leegard started researching how to launch a company that would enable homebuyers to submit their earnest money electronically, closing the last gap in what is otherwise […]
  
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• On the House: ‘We Can Buy Your Home As Is,’ the letter says, but be careful

  23-02-2017 16:58
  
  The letter arrived in Robin Roberts’ mailbox innocently enough late last year. The envelope bore her name and her address. Neatly folded inside was a piece of paper, what appeared to be a handwritten note. Basically, the letter said, someone had noticed her house. And in no uncertain terms, it asked: Would she consider selling […]
  
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• LaBeouf takes down anti-Trump stream due to reported gunshots

  23-02-2017 16:56
  
  The problems for the anti-Trump “He Will Not Divide Us” installation continue in Albuquerque. At 4 a.m. Thursday morning, actor Shia LaBeouf tweeted to his followers that the stream at www.hewillnotdivide.us was taken down. The actor said, “We have taken the stream down after shots were reported in the area. The safety of everybody participating […]
  
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• The short, troubled life of Obama’s transgender student protections

  23-02-2017 16:55
  
  Well-intended as they might have been, President Barack Obama’s protections for transgender students were on shaky ground from the get-go. As quickly as the Obama administration rolled out the protections last year, the Trump administration on Wednesday revoked them, saying they were devised without enough legal analysis. All told, it took little more than the […]
  
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• Updated: Hamilton thrilled with feel of new Mercedes F1 car

  23-02-2017 15:59
  
  SILVERSTONE, England — Lewis Hamilton was back on the track, testing out his new Mercedes car for the upcoming Formula One season. His verdict: “It felt incredible.” “Yesterday was the first time seeing the car come together,” said the 32-year-old Hamilton, who drove at Silverstone, “it’s the most detailed piece of machinery I’ve seen so […]
  
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• Updated: US musician makes mics in Russia using Kalashnikov machinery

  23-02-2017 15:46
  
  TULA, Russia — Claims of hacking by the Russian state may be feeding international tensions, but they’ve given Californian musician David Brown a great icebreaker when selling his line of Russian-made microphones. “We give free hacking lessons with these microphones,” he tells potential buyers in Los Angeles. “Watch what you say because they never turn […]
  
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• Low-cost Norwegian Air promises bargain flights to Europe

  23-02-2017 15:45
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle is promising cheap trans-Atlantic flights when it starts service to Europe this summer from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York’s Hudson Valley. Norwegian announced Thursday that it’s opening new flight crew bases at Rhode Island’s T.F. Green Airport and Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York. Year-round […]
  
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• German federal police say British hacker arrested in London

  23-02-2017 15:45
  
  BERLIN — A 29-year-old Briton was taken into custody in London on a European arrest warrant issued by Germany on suspicion of a carrying out a cyberattack on Deutsche Telekom, federal police said Thursday. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, or BKA, said the man, whose name wasn’t released, is suspected of conducting a cyberattack on […]
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks open higher on Wall Street

  23-02-2017 15:41
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are posting moderate gains in early trading on Wall Street, led by gains in energy stocks which recouped some of their losses from a day earlier. Oil rig operator Transocean jumped 4 percent, one of the biggest gains in […]
  
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• Updated: End of transgender bathroom rule gets conservative praise

  23-02-2017 09:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Conservatives are praising the Trump administration’s rollback of public school bathroom requirements for transgender students, saying the move corrects a legal overreach by the Obama administration that is best left for states to decide. Transgender rights advocates, meanwhile, are vowing to overcome a major setback. “We’re not discouraged. And we’re going to keep […]
  
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• Updated: Conservatives hail end of bathroom rule for transgender kids

  23-02-2017 09:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Conservatives are praising the Trump administration’s rollback of public school bathroom requirements for transgender students, saying the move corrects a legal overreach by the Obama administration that is best left for states to decide. Transgender rights advocates, meanwhile, are vowing to overcome a major setback. “We’re not discouraged. And we’re going to keep […]
  
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• Updated: US, Mexico at odds over deportation as top officials meet

  23-02-2017 09:25
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown are looming over a gathering of U.S. and Mexican leaders that the U.S. had hoped would project a strong future for relations between neighbors. There is no shortage of tension points as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security […]
  
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• Women’s basketball: Nystrom helps CSU edge Lobos

  23-02-2017 08:05
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo.–Ellen Nystrom is not the Mountain West's reigning women's basketball p ...
  
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• Prep basketball: Sandia boys likely punch playoff ticket

  23-02-2017 08:05
  
  This one probably put the Sandia Matadors over the top.Sandia's second straight road w ...
  
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• Las Cruces council votes against border wall

  23-02-2017 08:05
  
  City says wall would harm the state's relationship with Mexico
  
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• Park’s ringtail needs naming

  23-02-2017 08:02
  
  Submissions for Guadalupe mascot being taken on Facebook or by email
  
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• Catholic Charities seeks support for refugees

  23-02-2017 08:02
  
  A program information meeting is set for March 5
  
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• Updated: North Dakota officials plead with last protesters to leave

  23-02-2017 07:09
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. — Public officials in North Dakota are pleading with the remaining protesters at the Dakota Access oil pipeline camp to pack up and leave so authorities can resume cleaning up the premises without any further arrests. Most of the campers marched out of the area ahead of a Wednesday deadline to get […]
  
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• Updated: Asian shares dip as Fed minutes show rate hike expected soon

  23-02-2017 07:09
  
  HONG KONG — Asian shares slipped Thursday after the latest Fed minutes raised the possibility that a U.S. rate hike could come sooner than expected. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.3 percent to 19,315.11 and South Korea’s Kospi was flat at 2,106.22. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.3 percent to 24,117.18 and the […]
  
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• Updated: Professor has taken ‘selfie’ every day for last 30 years

  23-02-2017 06:47
  
  BOSTON — Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it, every day, for the next three decades. Baden’s “Every Day” project officially turns 30 on Thursday and he says he has no intention of stopping. The stark contemplation on mortality and aging […]
  
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• Updated: Chicago schools take a stand on immigration enforcement

  23-02-2017 06:47
  
  CHICAGO — As educators around the United States wonder whether a crackdown on immigrants will reach their schoolhouse doors, principals in Chicago have been given a simple order: Do not let federal immigration agents in without a criminal warrant. The stand taken by Chicago Public Schools, the country’s third-largest school system, is among the boldest […]
  
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• James Yodice: Ex-Cleveland coach Smith excels at new California high school

  23-02-2017 04:09
  
  Brian Smith is a SoCal guy now, and give the guy credit. The new climate seems to agree with him. The former Cleveland head coach, who resigned after last season to take over at Portola, the newest high school in Irvine, Calif., saw his first season go exceedingly well. His team went 22-1 — although […]
  
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• Prep basketball rankings, stats for Feb. 22

  23-02-2017 04:03
  
  Click here for the New Mexico Overtime Sports Center coaches’ polls. BOYS Scoring Class 6A (Avg.) Anthony Chavez, Valley        21.5 Juan Hurt, Rio Rancho        21.1 Taylor Turner, Highland        20.6 Clay Patterson, Rio Rancho    19.9 Jose Rodriguez, Rio Grande    18.2 David Cormier, Volcano Vista    16.0 Jose Vigil, West Mesa     &nb
  
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• Identical Trujillo twins are part of Jackson-Wink Fight Night card

  23-02-2017 03:52
  
  Brandon and Brendan Trujillo, identical twins, pursued different sports as high school athletes. Brandon wrestled for Del Norte; Brendan played basketball for the Knights. Now, almost five years after graduation, they find themselves on an identical path. They’re both MMA fighters. Both 24-year-olds are scheduled to fight — provided a replacement opponent is found for […]
  
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• Rio Rancho’s Murphy a win away from 500 for his career

  23-02-2017 03:37
  
    He may not remember the first, but he surely will remember the next. Sometime over the next three days, Ron Murphy figures to earn his 500th career victory as a high school baseball coach, and he also will earn membership into a very small club. “I just love the fact that I get a […]
  
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• Host Lobos to chase favored Colorado State at MWC indoor championships

  23-02-2017 03:31
  
  Since New Mexico swept its way to Mountain West Conference men’s and women’s indoor track and field titles in 2014 and 2015, a funny thing has happened. The rest of the league is catching up to the Lobos. UNM hopes its home-track advantage is meaningful beginning Thursday, when the three-day Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships […]
  
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• Updated: Conservatives welcome Trump with delight and wariness

  23-02-2017 01:47
  
  WASHINGTON — For the past eight years, thousands of conservative activists have descended on Washington each spring with dreams of putting a Republican in the White House. This year, they’re learning reality can be complicated. With Donald Trump’s presidential victory, the future of the conservative movement has become entwined with an unconventional New York businessman […]
  
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• Senate requires intervention in abortion with signs of life

  23-02-2017 01:05
  
  PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate has voted to require doctors who perform abortions to try to revive the fetus if it shows any sign of life and have equipment on hand to do so. Backers of Senate Bill 1367 said the legislation is needed to ensure that babies born alive are given life-saving care. Opponents […]
  
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• Updated: Tesla swings to loss in 4Q, says Model 3 on target

  23-02-2017 00:55
  
  DETROIT — Unable to string together profitable quarters, electric car and solar cell maker Tesla Inc. reported a loss for the last three months of 2016. Tesla posted its first profit in three years in last year’s third quarter and had predicted net income in the fourth quarter. Instead, Tesla lost $121.3 million, or 78 […]
  
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• ‘This is not Trump’s America!’: Passengers rejoice when man accused of racism kicked off flight

  23-02-2017 00:51
  
  “Goooodbyeee raaacists!” That was the blunt – and unquestionably sarcastic – message one heated passenger delivered to a man and a woman as they were being kicked off a United Airlines flight Saturday evening for causing a disturbance that was blamed on racist comments. The confrontation on Flight 1113 from Chicago to Houston began several […]
  
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• New anti-Islamic State plan could change US strategy in Syria

  23-02-2017 00:51
  
  President Donald Trump’s developing plan to defeat the Islamic State may lead to significant alterations in the Syria strategy that Trump inherited from Barack Obama, including a reduction or elimination of both long-standing U.S. support for moderate opposition forces fighting against the Syrian government and the use of Syrian Kurdish fighters as the main U.S. […]
  
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• Caregiver accused of stealing about $190K from Sedona woman

  23-02-2017 00:49
  
  PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A caregiver is accused of stealing nearly $190,000 from an elderly Sedona woman over a three-year span. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say 42-year-old Christina Rodriguez from the Village of Oak Creek was booked into a Camp Verde jail on suspicion of theft, fraudulent schemes, credit card fraud, identity theft and unlawful use […]
  
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