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• Chello N Grill to open at Pavilions at San Mateo

  27-03-2017 23:00
  
  Chello N Grill, a new Mediterranean eatery, will open soon in the Pavilions at San Mateo shopping center, a move the company hopes will “breathe new life into the area” near San Mateo and Menaul. It will occupy the space once leased to Boston Market, next to Einstein Bros. Bagels. Chello N Grill, owned by […]
  
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• Virginia Gov. McAuliffe: If Obamacare is here to stay, then it’s time to expand Medicaid

  27-03-2017 22:49
  
  RICHMOND, Va. – The failure of Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare has emboldened Gov. Terry McAuliffe to renew his stalled crusade to expand Medicaid in Virginia. On Monday, the Democrat proposed an amendment to state budget language to give him power to set an expansion in motion, and called on the Republican-controlled General Assembly […]
  
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• The Cubs’ Epstein had a home run response to getting named the ‘world’s greatest leader’

  27-03-2017 22:49
  
  Being named the world’s greatest leader might go to some people’s heads. Not the Chicago Cubs’ Theo Epstein, who helped bring home the club’s first World Series championship in 108 years. Late last week, Fortune Magazine came out with its annual ranking of the people it calls the best leaders in the world, putting Epstein […]
  
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• Peoria police: Man accused of killing estranged wife dies

  27-03-2017 22:49
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. — Police in Peoria say a man who allegedly fatally shot his estranged wife last week and then turned the gun on himself has died. They say 53-year-old David Mattison died in a hospital from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say 49-year-old Tammy Mattison was shot in the head Friday at her […]
  
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• Chuck Berry’s stellar life may have ended, but his rock-n-roll voyage has barely begun

  27-03-2017 22:07
  
  “When they tell you your music will live forever, you can usually be pretty sure they’re exaggerating,” famed astronomer Carl Sagan wrote to even more famed rocker Chuck Berry on the latter’s 60th birthday in 1986. But in Berry’s case, Sagan continued, at least one song is likely to last “a billion years or more.” […]
  
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• A slice of tropical rain forest becomes a thing in France’s presidential election

  27-03-2017 19:29
  
  “What’s been happening in French Guiana over the past few days is serious,” said the man most likely to be France’s next president, Emmanuel Macron. He was referring to his country’s largest overseas département, which has been brought to a standstill by a strike led by labor unions. “My first response is a call for […]
  
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• University weighs asking applicants for sexual orientation

  27-03-2017 19:28
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is considering asking student applicants to disclose their sexual orientation. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/2nYx53o ) that many colleges have already added this question to their applications and CU officials believe it will create a more welcoming environment. University officials say they are also considering adding the question […]
  
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• No injuries when Amtrak derails while arriving in Chicago

  27-03-2017 19:27
  
  CHICAGO — Amtrak officials say three cars derailed when a train carrying about 200 passengers from the East Coast arrived in Chicago. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says he has received no reports of any serious injuries from the Monday morning derailment. He says the train was switching from track to track when three cars in […]
  
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• Updated: Senators urge USA Hockey to end dispute with women’s team

  27-03-2017 19:24
  
  WASHINGTON — Fourteen U.S. senators have written a letter to USA Hockey’s executive director over their concerns about the treatment of the women’s national team. Players have threatened to boycott the upcoming world championships in Michigan over a wage dispute. The senators, all Democrats, urged David Ogrean to resolve the matter and ensure the team […]
  
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• Updated: Prosecutors say terror suspect got from couch in Virginia to Syria in two weeks

  27-03-2017 19:22
  
  Mohamad Khweis quit his job as a Metro Access driver in Virginia, sold his car and created a new email account to buy a one-way ticket abroad, prosecutors said, traveling a circuitous route to the border between Turkey and Syria before contacting an Islamic State facilitator to take him across. He was undeterred by reports […]
  
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• Updated: After helping to deport hundreds of undocumented immigrants, this lawyer is now fighting for them

  27-03-2017 16:27
  
  STEWART DETENTION CENTER, LUMPKIN, Ga. – In a tiny hearing room at one of the country’s most remote and unforgiving immigration courts, Elena Albamonte walked right past the table she had used for years as the government’s highest-ranking prosecutor here. Instead, she put her briefcase on the other table, taking a seat next to an […]
  
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• After shooting rampage kills 4, Wisconsin mourns

  27-03-2017 16:27
  
  When the shooting rampage that shocked central Wisconsin last week was finally over, a lone gunman had killed four people across a cluster of three small towns, police said, and turned a bank, a law office and an apartment complex into devastating crime scenes. At each location died community members who knew or had tried […]
  
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• The health-care debacle isn’t Trump’s biggest failure

  27-03-2017 16:26
  
  When it comes to political malpractice, failing on repeal-and-replace is not Exhibit A. For weeks there has been a more obvious question for Stephen Bannon and President Donald Trump: Why are they driving Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer into the arms of the implacable opposition? Wouldn’t the smart play be to coerce, or induce, or […]
  
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• ‘Sometimes, it’s ok to throw rocks at girls’: Jewelry store billboard stirs outrage

  27-03-2017 16:26
  
  The jewelry store billboard was supposed to be a “fun play on words,” one of its owners said. But for those driving along the interstate in Asheville, North Carolina, the advertisement left a different impression. “Sometimes, it’s ok to throw rocks at girls …,” the billboard for Spicer Greene Jewelers stated. A cluster of colorful […]
  
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• Russian scientists find 7,000 Siberian hills possibly filled with explosive gas

  27-03-2017 16:26
  
  Russian scientists recently discovered 7,000 earthen knobs erupting from the Siberian Arctic, each the size of a small hill. It was as though the permafrost had broken out into giant grass-covered mounds. What’s more, an unknown number of these bubbles could contain methane and explode, forming craters, the Siberian Times reported. Using a combination of […]
  
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• Updated: South Korean prosecutors push to arrest ousted president

  27-03-2017 10:17
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors said Monday that they want to arrest former President Park Geun-hye over the corruption allegations that triggered a huge political scandal and toppled her from power. The move comes after prosecutors grilled Park for 14 hours last week over suspicions that she colluded with a jailed confidante to […]
  
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• Updated: Schumer seizes on Trump team’s offer to work with Dems

  27-03-2017 09:22
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s aides opened the door to working with moderate Democrats on health care and other issues while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer quickly offered to find common ground with Trump for repairing former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Schumer said Sunday that Trump must be willing to drop attempts to […]
  
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• Updated: Global stocks weaker as US health overhaul failure lingers

  27-03-2017 09:07
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — Global stocks were lower on Monday as caution among investors prevailed with lingering doubts about the future policy agenda of the new U.S. administration following the health care reform failure. KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 200 slid 0.8 percent to 7,280.49. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.5 percent to 4,994.32 and Germany’s DAX […]
  
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• Asian stocks weaker as US health overhaul failure lingers

  27-03-2017 09:07
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stocks got off to a weak start on Monday as caution among investors prevailed with lingering doubts about the future policy agenda of the new U.S. administration following the health care reform failure. KEEPING SCORE: Nikkei 225 finished 1.4 percent lower at 18,985.59 while South Korea’s Kospi closed 0.6 percent […]
  
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• One-third of jail workers granted FMLA

  27-03-2017 08:05
  
  MDC has highest usage, but countywide audit of leave scheduled
  
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• Meals on Wheels awaits results of budget ax

  27-03-2017 08:02
  
  Federal cutbacks won't affect agency–at least not yet
  
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• Updated: Police search for suspects in deadly nightclub shooting

  27-03-2017 06:28
  
  CINCINNATI — Cincinnati police searched for suspects in a nightclub shooting that left one man dead and 15 other people injured and sent club patrons diving to the ground to dodge bullets in what they described as a chaotic and terrifying scene. A gunfight broke out inside the crowded Cameo club early Sunday after a […]
  
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• Asian stocks weaker as US health overhaul failure linger

  27-03-2017 05:29
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stocks got off to a weak start on Monday as caution among investors prevailed with lingering doubts about the future policy agenda of the new U.S. administration following the health care reform failure. KEEPING SCORE: Nikkei 225 lost 1.5 percent to 18,970.79 while South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.4 percent to […]
  
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• UNM softball team wins at UNLV

  27-03-2017 05:17
  
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Chelsea Johnson hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Lobos hung on to beat UNLV 5-4 in a Mountain West Conference softball game on Sunday. Johnson had three hits and Jasmine Casados added a couple more for UNM (16-12, 2-1). Tess McPherson (8-5) got the win, while Krissy […]
  
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• Lobo baseball team 9-0 in MWC

  27-03-2017 05:15
  
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jack Zoellner hit a three-run homer in the first inning Sunday as New Mexico completed a sweep of UNLV and improved to 9-0 in the Mountain West Conference baseball standings. The Lobos (15-9) also got a double each from Zoellner and Andre Vigil. Luis Gonzalez (2-2) got the win, allowing 12 […]
  
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• Horse Racing: Hence captures $800,00 Sunland Derby

  27-03-2017 05:14
  
  SUNLAND PARK — Calumet Farm’s Hence passed Conquest Mo Money in the stretch to win the 14th running of the Sunland Derby on Sunday at Sunland Park. Hence earns 50 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky-bred colt is trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen and was ridden in the Grade 3, […]
  
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• Man injured in car wash shooting

  27-03-2017 03:04
  
  Albuquerque police responded Sunday evening to a shooting near a Northwest Albuquerque car wash where one man was injured. Witnesses said a man who was shot three times near the Hose It Car Wash on Coors near Quail was transported to a local hospital. Police have not released details on the incident. Shawn Tillman had […]
  
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• Boy killed in Las Cruces trailer fire

  27-03-2017 03:03
  
  A 3-year-old boy was killed in an early Sunday morning fire in Las Cruces after his parents and infant sister escaped “but were unable to reach their young son,” police said. The Las Cruces Police Department has not released the name of the child or family, but said the boy’s 23-year-old father and 21-year-old mother […]
  
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• Food safety inspections, March 27, 2017

  27-03-2017 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  For the period ending March 23. To file a complaint, call the state Environment Department at 505-827-1840.
  
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• Cybercriminals are getting cagier with their scams

  27-03-2017 03:00 via santafenewmexican.com
  
  Recuperating at home after a fall down a flight of stairs and a subsequent head injury, a friend was working on his computer when he received a call from “Windows Computer Services.”
  
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• Updated: Carolina (North) your tour guide for this year’s Final Four

  27-03-2017 02:36
  
  PHOENIX — Consider North Carolina the tour guide at this year’s Final Four. The Tar Heels will be making their record 20th trip, and most of the players on this year’s roster were on hand last season to find out all about the agony of coming oh-so close to winning it all. For the rest […]
  
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