New Mexico news

• Developers start marketing Sunport South Business Park

  14-04-2017 23:49
  
  The long-term success of an industrial park south of Albuquerque International Airport will be driven by planes, trains and automobiles. Strategically located where road, rail and air meet is the hallmark of the newly named, 330-acre Sunport South Business Park, which is being marketed to regional firms and national companies as future users, according to […]
  
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• Lumen Spa opens near UNM

  14-04-2017 23:40
  
    The tenants of Triangle Shopping Center on Monte Vista and Girard are getting a new neighbor. Lumen Mind Body Float Spa, located between The Shop Restaurant and Kaktus Brewing,  opened March 20,  and business has been picking up ever since, according to owner Dan Spanogle. “Word is getting out there,” says Spanogle. “We’ve been […]
  
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• Navajo president seeks closure in case of slain officer

  14-04-2017 22:28
  
  WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The president of the Navajo Nation says he hopes the case against a man accused of gunning down a tribal police officer doesn’t languish in the federal court system. Navajo President Russell Begaye urged the court to move forward and bring closure in a statement issued Friday, a day after Kirby […]
  
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• Updated: EPA moves to undo tougher pollution limits on coal plants

  14-04-2017 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to rewrite Obama-era rules limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants. Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sent a letter announcing his decision to a coalition of energy companies that lobbied against the 2015 water pollution regulations. The rule would have required utilities by next […]
  
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• Updated: US judge says her alcoholism didn’t affect case resolutions

  14-04-2017 22:10
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana who took medical leave for treatment of severe alcoholism said Friday there are no grounds to challenge cases resolved in her court. “I’m not going to downplay the alcohol problem,” U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi said in interview with KPLC-TV (http://bit.ly/2oHONrQ ) and The American Press […]
  
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• Updated: Trump to discontinue Obama policy of voluntarily releasing White House visitor logs

  14-04-2017 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow President Barack Obama’s policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.” The announcement, from an administration that has faced pointed questions about its commitment to transparency, marks a significant […]
  
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• Updated: US prosecutors are geared to target border crossers

  14-04-2017 22:06
  
  SAN DIEGO — Through Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, the top federal prosecutor on California’s border with Mexico has resisted going after people caught entering the U.S. illegally on their first try and instead targeted smugglers and serial offenders. That approach may face a day of reckoning under President Donald Trump. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ […]
  
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• Updated: Vettel tops both practice sessions at Bahrain Grand Prix

  14-04-2017 18:56
  
  SAKHIR, Bahrain — Sebastian Vettel topped both practices at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday as Ferrari showed impressive pace heading into its qualifying showdown with Mercedes. Vettel beat Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas by just .041 in the second session under floodlights, having been comfortably ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo during the roasting-hot first […]
  
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• Updated: Colorado Triple-A baseball stadium receives renovations

  14-04-2017 18:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Renovations of the Sky Sox ballpark in Colorado are underway, which lessens the chances of Colorado Springs’ minor league team relocating. The Gazette reported (http://bit.ly/2oc3hNG ) Wednesday that hundreds of light fixtures have been replaced and next up is a revamped scoreboard costing roughly $700,000. The Sky Sox are a Triple-A […]
  
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• New: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ trailer premieres

  14-04-2017 18:27
  
  The first official teaser trailer from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" debuted today online.
  
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• Houston investigator blamed for errors had prior problems

  14-04-2017 18:14
  
  HOUSTON — A Houston crime-scene investigator who authorities say made errors in 65 cases, jeopardizing the prosecution of those crimes, was investigated once before for poor work. The previous substandard performance led to additional training and clearance for the unnamed investigator to return to work at the Houston Forensic Science Center, the independent crime lab […]
  
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• Updated: Wisconsin turns to Minnesota for new blood to restore grouse

  14-04-2017 18:11
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The entertaining springtime ritual of male sharp-tailed grouse twirling, nodding and strutting their stuff on the prairie to impress the ladies isn’t as common a sight in Wisconsin as it used to be. So biologists are bringing in new blood from Minnesota to provide an isolated flock with a shot at survival. Starting […]
  
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• Updated: N. Korea gears up to celebrate birthday of country’s founder

  14-04-2017 16:33
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea — Amid rising regional tensions, Pyongyang residents have been preparing for North Korea’s most important holiday: the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. Saturday’s holiday, known as the Day of the Sun, normally includes an immense military parade and […]
  
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• Updated: Insurers say Trump must do more to stabilize ‘Obamacare’

  14-04-2017 16:33
  
  WASHINGTON — “Obamacare” is proving more of a challenge than the Trump administration bargained for. With the “repeal and replace” effort at an impasse on Capitol Hill, the administration released on Thursday a set of fixes to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s shaky insurance markets for next year. But the insurance industry quickly said the […]
  
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• Phoenix police: Suspect shot by officer was 38-year-old man

  14-04-2017 16:32
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police have released the identity of a suspect fatally shot by a police officer. Police say 38-year-old Erik Pamias was shot Wednesday after he rammed police vehicles with his car after being cornered in front of a store in Avondale. The incident began in Phoenix when an officer tried to stop the […]
  
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• New leak suggests NSA penetrated Mideast banking networks

  14-04-2017 16:32
  
  PARIS — A new set of documents published by a group calling itself TheShadowBrokers suggests that the U.S. National Security Agency has burrowed deep into the Middle East’s financial network. TheShadowBrokers, which startled security experts last year by releasing some of the NSA’s hacking tools, has resumed pouring secrets into the public domain, this time […]
  
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• Justice Department drops North Carolina LGBT rights lawsuit

  14-04-2017 16:32
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit accusing North Carolina of discriminating against LGBT residents on Friday in response to the state’s decision to undo its “bathroom bill.” The filing represents the first significant movement in a tangle of legal action challenging the state’s nondiscrimination laws since a deal last month to replace […]
  
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• Updated: Arkansas death penalty foes hope for big Good Friday rally

  14-04-2017 11:41
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While outrage on social media is growing over Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to put seven inmates to death before the end of the month, the protests have been more muted within the conservative Southern state where capital punishment is still favored by a strong majority of residents. A few dozen people regularly […]
  
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• Updated: Government: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by massive bomb

  14-04-2017 08:20
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan — The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that several IS caves and ammunition […]
  
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• Updated: Officials roll out good news on New Mexico water front

  14-04-2017 08:08
  
  Cities, farmers can expect full allotment
  
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• Prohibition on disclosing info from trial taken to state Supreme Court

  14-04-2017 08:05
  
  Trial over Abruzzo lawsuit concludes
  
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• ‘The answer to isolationism’

  14-04-2017 08:02
  
  UNM's International Festival has purpose beyond introducing new foods
  
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• Higher education secretary in running for UNM presidency

  14-04-2017 08:02
  
  After being told of nominations, Cabinet member submitted materials
  
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• Updated: Rescuers pluck passengers from stuck roller coaster

  14-04-2017 06:31
  
  BALTIMORE — An amusement park roller coaster featuring a “cobra roll,” “sidewinder loop,” and “countless swift reversals” stalled Thursday evening outside of Washington, D.C., leaving 24 riders stuck 100 feet (30 meters) up in the air. Prince George’s County Fire/EMS spokesman Mark Brady said on his Twitter account that the riders came to a standstill […]
  
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• Updated: Man gets 5 years in prison for beating puppy to death after drinking all day at party

  14-04-2017 06:28
  
  DALLAS — A man who claimed he was too drunk to remember beating his Australian shepherd puppy to death was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Thyren Clent Justus, 36, pleaded guilty to a felony animal cruelty charge but claimed he remembers nothing about breaking his dog’s leg and stomping him so hard that […]
  
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• Women’s basketball: UNM lands ‘high-octane’ Texas guard

  14-04-2017 06:01
  
  Wondering what the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team’s lineup might look like next season? Coach Mike Bradbury is curious, too. The Lobos secured another impressive puzzle piece Thursday when prep guard Jasmine Smith’s signed National Letter of Intent arrived on campus. Smith is a 5-foot-8 guard from Houston’s Dekaney High School who is […]
  
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• Prep notes: Cibola’s Brown officially begins her tour

  14-04-2017 05:59
  
  Tallahassee, done. Next up, Corvallis and Los Angeles. The recruitment of Cibola junior basketball guard Amaya Brown has reached its most serious phase, as the standout took her first official visit last weekend, touring Florida State. “It went good,” Brown said. “I got along with the team very good, and the coaches treated me like […]
  
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• Oman’s mountains could hold clues for reversing climate change

  14-04-2017 03:00
  
  While many have focused on reducing emissions, some researchers are also testing ways to remove or recycle existing carbon.
  
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• Ocean world near Saturn shows potential for life beyond Earth

  14-04-2017 03:00
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A tiny, ice-encrusted ocean world orbiting Saturn is now a hotter-than-ever candidate for potential life.
  
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• Xavier Adams leaving UNM basketball

  14-04-2017 02:32
  
  It wasn’t about the coaching change, Xavier Adams said. The University of New Mexico junior’s decision to transfer from the Lobos men’s basketball team to play for another school was simply about a need to get a fresh start. “I sort of feel like I need a new beginning,” said Adams, the 6-foot-4 junior guard/forward […]
  
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• California Chick-fil-A store seeks stolen cow costumes

  14-04-2017 02:17
  
  A California Chick-fil-A franchise is waiting for its cows to come home after thieves absconded with three mascot costumes from…
  
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• Texas getting first immigrant center built under Trump

  14-04-2017 02:09
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A private prison company announced Thursday it has won a $110-million federal contract to build in Texas the first new immigrant detention center under the Trump administration. The GEO Group said that its 1,000-bed detention facility will be in Conroe, north of Houston, and will open by the end of next year. […]
  
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• Updated: AP Interview: Top US Catholic bishop plans for Trump meeting

  14-04-2017 02:08
  
  HOUSTON — The top Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S. lauds President Donald Trump for his anti-abortion views, for comments on the importance of Catholic schools and for promising to defend religious liberties. When it comes to refugees and immigration, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo says he and Trump will “have to agree to disagree.” In a […]
  
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• Updated: Harrison Ford visit, Fisher tribute launch Star Wars event

  14-04-2017 01:02
  
  How do you celebrate 40 years of “Star Wars” in 90 minutes? With a surprise Harrison Ford appearance, a touching Carrie Fisher tribute, a John Williams performance and a fair amount of jokes about George Lucas’s dialogue, of course. Attendees at Star Wars Celebration were treated to that and more Thursday in Orlando, Florida, at […]
  
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