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• East Texas man on death row loses federal appeal

  10-03-2017 23:03
  
  HOUSTON — A man sent to death row for torturing and drowning an East Texas woman in his bathtub and then stuffing her body into a barrel and dumping it has lost a federal court appeal. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Friday arguments that 49-year-old Troy Clark should be allowed to reopen […]
  
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• Updated: Credibility of Congress’ Russia probes still in question

  10-03-2017 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON — As congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election are ramping up, so is the political division, raising questions about whether lawmakers’ work will be viewed as credible. The House this week scheduled its first public hearing, which some swiftly dismissed as political theater. Even as lawmakers began to review classified information […]
  
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• Class 3A girls final: Tohatchi claims first championship

  10-03-2017 23:01
  
  No. 3 TOHATCHI 57,  No. 1 EUNICE 50, Cheyenne Begay’s 3-pointer with three minutes left gave the Cougars their first lead of the game, and they rode a 24-10 fourth-quarter push to the school’s first title in the Class 3A girls basketball championship game. The Cardinals (27-4) got 25 points from Harria Mendoza and 18 […]
  
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• Updated: Source: Trump picks former FDA official to head agency

  10-03-2017 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is choosing a conservative doctor-turned-pundit with deep ties to Wall Street and the pharmaceutical industry to lead the powerful Food and Drug Administration, a White House official said Friday. Dr. Scott Gottlieb would be tasked with Trump’s goal of cutting red tape at the FDA, which regulates everything from pharmaceuticals […]
  
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• Updated: Oceans storing up staggering amounts of heat – and it’s even more than thought

  10-03-2017 22:54
  
  The world is getting warmer every year, thanks to climate change – but where exactly most of that heat is going may be a surprise. As a stunning early spring blooms across the U.S., just weeks after scientists declared 2016 the hottest year on record , it’s easy to forget that all the extra warmth […]
  
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• Updated: AP FACT CHECK: Whoopi Goldberg didn’t criticize SEAL’s widow

  10-03-2017 19:32
  
  NEW YORK — Whoopi Goldberg didn’t say the widow of a Navy SEAL “was just looking for attention” during an emotional appearance at President Donald Trump’s address to Congress last month, despite a widely shared website article that quotes Goldberg criticizing the woman. The Underground Report, which produced the online article, says it fabricates stories […]
  
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• House backs bill to deter lawsuits in business-friendly push

  10-03-2017 19:28
  
  WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Friday backed legislation that requires judges to sanction attorneys and other parties who file frivolous lawsuits in federal district court, a move that supporters said will protect individuals and businesses from unnecessary legal costs. The bill doesn’t change the standard that federal judges use to determine whether a lawsuit […]
  
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• Updated: St. Patrick’s parade organizers to revisit gay veterans ban

  10-03-2017 19:27
  
  BOSTON — The organizers of Boston’s embattled St. Patrick’s Day parade are expected to meet Friday to reconsider their vote to shut out a gay veterans group. The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which organized the parade that dates to 1901, voted 9-4 this week to bar the group OutVets from participating in this […]
  
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• Sessions doesn’t want to investigate police. Here’s why we need to.

  10-03-2017 19:27
  
  Michael Brown’s death on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014, changed the national conversation about policing and race. Police abuse became daily front-page news; the Black Lives Matter movement was born; race and inequality turned into mainstream political issues. Underlining much of the discussion after Brown’s shooting was a March 2015 report […]
  
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• Updated: In wake of fed raids, Caterpillar denies skirting tax laws

  10-03-2017 19:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Caterpillar, a week after its headquarters and other facilities were raided by a number of federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, denied that it had broken any federal tax laws. “The IRS has challenged Caterpillar’s taxes for years 2007 – 2012,” the company said Friday. “We disagree with the IRS’ position, have […]
  
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• Will the long airport lines of spring break 2016 be back again this year?

  10-03-2017 16:47
  
  If you’re already bracing for a long airport security line during the spring break travel season, then you must remember last year. You do, don’t you? That’s when Transportation Security Administration screening wait times doubled under the weight of tighter security and swelling crowds. On just one day in mid-March, 6,800 American Airlines customers reportedly […]
  
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• Trump’s proposed cuts to climate agency would disarm our coasts in the face of rising seas, scientists say

  10-03-2017 16:47
  
  A proposed White House budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could put coastal communities throughout the nation at a major disadvantage as they struggle to adapt to threats from sea-level rise, severe storms and other climate-related events, scientists and other experts said. That’s because the budget, revealed by The Washington Post last week, […]
  
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• Good Samaritans whisk woman, 89, from path of onrushing train

  10-03-2017 16:47
  
  When Jonathan Mango pulled out of the Taco Bell parking lot Wednesday afternoon in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, he didn’t know his next move would save a life. The 28-year-old, listening to his radio in his idling car, was watching across the dashboard as an 89-year-old woman – a cane in each hand – hobbled […]
  
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• Could lawsuits force Trump to give up his businesses?

  10-03-2017 16:47
  
  The Wall Street Journal reports: “A lawsuit filed Thursday by a Washington wine bar targets President Donald Trump’s lease with the federal government to rent the Old Post Office downtown, with the aim of forcing him to divest himself from the Trump International Hotel operating in the historic building. “Filed by a cafe called Cork […]
  
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• Updated: Hey umpire, whattayou, drunk? Alabama cops say yes, he was

  10-03-2017 13:16
  
  Hey umpire, whattayou, drunk? At one Alabama high school baseball game, police say the answer was yes. WAAY-TV (http://bit.ly/2lIvBu0) reports…
  
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• Updated: 4-year-old takes flight amid high winds in Cleveland area

  10-03-2017 12:12
  
  High winds that blew through the Cleveland area knocked a little girl off her feet, literally. Brittany Gardner, posted a…
  
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• Updated: Court unanimously ousts South Korea’s leader for corruption

  10-03-2017 11:18
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Park Geun-hye from office in a unanimous ruling Friday over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil and worsened an already-serious national divide. The decision capped a stunning fall for the country’s first female leader, who rode a wave of […]
  
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• Updated: Democratic AGs mount fight against Trump travel ban

  10-03-2017 10:44
  
  SEATTLE — In stepping up legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, Democratic attorneys general are trying to use the court system to thwart the executive branch in the same way their GOP counterparts did under President Barack Obama. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday he was asking a federal judge […]
  
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• New: They said what? Mountain West Tournament Day 2

  10-03-2017 10:44
  
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The UNM Lobos, and three other teams, saw their seasons end on Thursday in the Mountain West Tournament quarterfinals. After each game, the coaches and select players from each team spoke with the media. Thanks to the transcription of the postgame press conferences by ASAP Sports, we posted the best quotes […]
  
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• Updated: Korean judge hair rollers seen as sign of hardworking women

  10-03-2017 09:18
  
  When the judge who oversaw the ouster of South Korea's president went to work Friday with two pink plastic hair…
  
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• Updated: In Dutch election, immigration fears drive populist vote

  10-03-2017 09:02
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — That Duindorp has no immigrant community to speak of is part of its charm for Willem van Vliet, who runs the “Willem and Toet” fish bar in the neighborhood’s small parade of shops, serving crispy homemade shrimp croquettes and other Dutch snacks. When Van Vliet, a friendly bear of a man, […]
  
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• Lawmakers of all stripes pan Obamacare substitute

  10-03-2017 08:02
  
  "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated," President Trump says
  
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• Fugitive who killed couple dies in prison

  10-03-2017 08:02
  
  John McCluskey shot Oklahoma couple in N.M. after fleeing Arizona lockup
  
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• Editorial: Capital outlay reform lets NM finally invest in itself

  10-03-2017 08:02
  
  Senate Bill 262 is a sensible bill that would end decades of wasted spending on pork barrel projects
  
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• Choke collars can have a place in the right hands

  10-03-2017 08:02
  
  Q: How do you feel about choke collars for dogs?Dr. Nichol: ...
  
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• Big commitment paying off for aspiring coach

  10-03-2017 08:02
  
  Estevan Sandoval is learning 'so much' from Craig Neal
  
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• Pro scouts get a closer look at former Lobos

  10-03-2017 03:55
  
  Throughout his football career at the University of New Mexico, Teriyon Gipson lobbied to return pun ...
  
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• UNM skiers eighth at nationals

  10-03-2017 03:36
  
  JACKSON, N.H. — Krista Niiranen was the highlight of the day for University of New Mexico skiing as the team struggled Thursday in the Nordic Classical, but Niiranen earned a seventh-place finish, picking up UNM’s third All-America honor of the championships.  However, the Lobos slid from sixth place to eighth place in the overall standings […]
  
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• Updated: South Korea’s president formally ousted by court

  10-03-2017 03:34
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — In a historic, unanimous ruling Friday, South Korea’s Constitutional Court formally removed impeached President Park Geun-hye from office over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil, worsened an already-serious national divide and prompted calls for sweeping reforms. It was a stunning fall for Park, the country’s first […]
  
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• Boys 6A semifinals: 12th seed Volcano Vista takes yet another step

  10-03-2017 03:03
  
  Does this sound familiar, anyone? The boys basketball team from Volcano Vista continued its unlikely playoff surge on Thursday evening at the Pit, as the 12th-seeded Hawks advanced to the Class 6A state championship game with a 49-45 semifinal victory over No. 8 Atrisco Heritage. Volcano Vista (17-12) will face No. 2 Las Cruces or […]
  
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• Doctors tie Zika virus to heart problems in some adults

  10-03-2017 03:00
  
  “I think as awareness increases, the cases will start to show up more,” said Dr. Karina Gonzalez Carta, a Mayo Clinic research fellow working in Venezuela who investigated the heart cases.
  
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• Boys 3A semifinals: Santa Rosa gets OT victory

  10-03-2017 03:00
  
  No. 3 Santa Rosa 78, No. 2 Texico 73 (OT): The Lions stormed back from a 21-1 first-half deficit in a thrilling boys Class 3A semifinal at the Santa Ana Star Center on Thursday.  Santa Rosa (21-8) didn’t make a field goal until Javante Chavez scored with 6:31 remaining in the second period, but the […]
  
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• Utah’s drunken driving law is about to become the country’s strictest

  10-03-2017 00:51
  
  The state of Utah is poised to adopted the toughest drunken driving standards in the nation, lowering the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) standard for impairment from .08 percent to 0.05 percent. Researchers and public health experts who study alcohol impairment, including the National Transportation Safety Board, have been clamoring for years for all 50 states […]
  
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• Capitol Notebook: Expanded voter registration blocked in House

  10-03-2017 00:46
  
  SANTA FE — A proposal to allow people to register to vote closer to Election Day was narrowly rejected by a House committee Thursday. Rep. Debbie Rodella, D-Española, crossed party lines to join with Republicans to table the bill — a procedure that blocks it from moving forward. The proposal, Senate Bill 224, would have […]
  
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• Bill would let Spaceport keep client information secret

  10-03-2017 00:45
  
  Among several bills attempting to nip into New Mexico’s public records access law is a piece of legislation that would allow Spaceport America to keep secret a wide range of its business and client information. Senate Bill 429 proposes a “Spaceport Confidential Records Act” that would exempt from the Inspection of Public Records Act many […]
  
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• Updated: On climate change, Pruitt causes an uproar, contradicts the EPA’s own website

  10-03-2017 00:32
  
  Scott Pruitt, the nation’s top environmental official, strongly rejected the established science of climate change on Thursday, outraging scientists, environmentalists, and even his immediate predecessors at the Environmental Protection Agency. “I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there’s tremendous disagreement about the degree of […]
  
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• Defendant’s medical complaint interrupts standoff trial

  10-03-2017 00:31
  
  LAS VEGAS — A medical complaint by a defendant with a history of health problems briefly interrupted a trial Thursday in Las Vegas for six men accused of wielding guns during a 2014 armed standoff between followers of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and federal agents. An attorney for Gregory Burleson rose suddenly during testimony and […]
  
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