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World’s No. 1-rated female boxer eyes last match

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:07pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The world’s No. 1-rated female boxer is set to step into the boxing ring for the last time.

Holly Holm is scheduled Saturday to face Mary McGee at Route 66 Casino Hotel outside of Albuquerque, capping a decade-long boxing career.

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This April 19, 2013 photo shows Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church parishioners Nick McGovernor, left, and Orlando Lucero talking about the framed statue of San Ysidro, the patron saint of farmers, after a prayer procession for rain in Bernalillo, N.M. From the heart of New Mexico to West Texas and Oklahoma, the pressures of drought have resulted in a resurgence of faith, from Christian preachers and Catholic priests encouraging prayer processions to American Indian tribes using their closely guarded traditions in an effort to coax Mother Nature to deliver some much needed rain. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Drought across West spurs prayers for rain

Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 3, 2013 - 10:28am

BERNALILLO, N.M. — Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before tossing rose petals into the water.

Remnants of a tradition that stretches back to the days of Spanish explorers, the humble offerings are aimed at blessing this year’s meager irrigation season and easing a relentless drought that continues to march across New Mexico and much of the western half of the U.S.

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This 1950 document released by the FBI under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Section, shows a Federal Bureau of Investigation report of "flying saucers" in New Mexico sent to then-Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1950. The document has become the FBI's most popular file in the bureau's electronic reading room. (AP Photo/FBI)

What did FBI say about Roswell 'flying saucers?'

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 29, 2013 - 1:47pm

ROSWELL, N.M. -- An FBI report of "flying saucers" in New Mexico sent to then-Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1950 has become the most popular file in the bureau's electronic reading room.

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Horse-slaughter house embraced by community known for UFOs

Alan Bjerga, Amanda J. Crawford Bloomberg News

Last updated Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 11:29am

ROSWELL, N.M. — Tim Sappington is ready to buy horses for Valley Meat Co., which is seeking to open the first U.S. horse slaughterhouse since 2007. Right now he’s the only paid employee, and he puts his money where his mouth is.

He eats horse meat. And he likes it.

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Next oil boom could be in New Mexico

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 9:36am

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Executives from some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies said Monday that the next big oil boom could take place in northwestern New Mexico.

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FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 file photo, former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., right, speaks before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former U.S. Sen. Domenici is acknowledging he fathered a son outside his marriage three decades ago. Statements released by the New Mexico Republican and the son's mother, Michelle Laxalt, of Alexandria, Va., identify Domenici as the father of Las Vegas lawyer Adam Paul Laxalt, the Albuquerque Journal reported Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Another ex-senator reveals child out of wedlock

Jeri Clausing The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 6:04pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Former Sen. Pete Domenici has disclosed that he fathered a secret child in the 1970s with the 24-year-old daughter of one of his Senate colleagues — a startling revelation for a politician with a reputation as an upstanding family man.

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Nehemiah Griego, 15, is seen in an undated photo provided by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment. Griego is charged with killing five family members on Jan. 19, 2013, including his father, mother, and three youngest siblings in Albuquerque, N.M. Authorities in New Mexico say Griego had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people. Instead, they say he texted a picture of his dead mother to his 12-year-old girlfriend, then spent much of Saturday with her. The two went to the church where his father had been a pastor, and Griego eventually confessed to killing his parents and three younger siblings. (AP Photo/Bernalillo County Sheriff's Deptartment)

Teen who shot, killed family liked violent video games

Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 5:32pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico teenager accused of gunning down five family members over the weekend ambushed his father as he returned home from an overnight shift at a rescue mission, then reloaded his rifles and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people, authorities said Tuesday.

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Police: Teen who killed family intended to "shoot people at random" with AR-15 rifle

Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 21, 2013 - 6:48pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The New Mexico teenager accused of fatally shooting his parents and three younger siblings told authorities he was annoyed with his mother and had been having homicidal and suicidal thoughts, according to a probable cause statement.

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Teen gunman kills 5 at NM home

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Last updated Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:43pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A teenage boy fatally shot two adults and three children at a home near Albuquerque, authorities said Sunday.

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This undated photo from the U.S. Army shows the Army's solar array at White Sands, N.M. Officials with the U.S. Army gathered Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico to dedicate the largest of the military branch’s solar photovoltaic systems. The $16.8 million array includes nearly 15,500 sun-tracking solar panels spread across 42 acres. It will be capable of producing 10 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, which is enough to meet about 10 percent of the missile range’s needs. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

NM missile range becomes site of Army solar energy plant

Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 6:18pm

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) -- The U.S. Army dedicated its largest solar energy-producing system on Wednesday at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico.

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'Brain in bag' lawsuit may move to Utah

Barry Massey The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:00am

SANTA FE, N.M. — A family can’t bring damage claims in New Mexico against an out-of-state funeral home that placed a relative’s brain in a casket with an embalmed body shipped to New Mexico, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

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This image provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos)

Skydiver breaks record in towering jump

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 15, 2012 - 9:39am

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In this photo provided by Red Bull, pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria is seen in a screen at mission control center in the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, N.M. on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of 120,000 feet, an altitude chosen to enable him to achieve Mach 1 in free fall, which would deliver scientific data to the aerospace community about human survival from high altitudes.(AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos, Stefan Aufschnaiter)

Supersonic jump breaks sound barrier

Juan Carlos Llorca, Oskar Garcia The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 15, 2012 - 9:50am

ROSWELL, N.M. — Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of space, poised in the open doorway of a capsule suspended above Earth and wondering if he would make it back alive. Twenty four miles below him, millions of people were right there with him, watching on the Internet and marveling at the wonder of the moment.

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Skydiver cancels try at supersonic jump

Jeri Clausing The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 1:19pm

ROSWELL, N.M. — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner canceled his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall Tuesday because of high winds, the second time this week he was forced to postpone his quest to be the first supersonic skydiver.

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Mission Control meteorologist Don Day discusses the weather conditions Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Roswell, N.M., where Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the speed of sound with his own body by jumping from a space capsule lifted by a 30 million cubic foot helium balloon. Baumgartner plans to jump from an altitude of 120,000 feet - an altitude chosen to enable him to achieve Mach 1 in freefall – which will deliver scientific data to the aerospace community about human survival from high altitudes. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Winds delay skydiver's supersonic jump

Jeri Clausing The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 9:40am

ROSWELL, N.M. — Plans for extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner to make a death-defying, 23-mile free fall into the southeastern New Mexico desert were on hold Tuesday morning due to winds, but his team was still hoping the weather would clear in time to make the jump.

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