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IRAN WARNS U.S.: STAY OUT OF GULF
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s army chief on Tuesday warned an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf in Tehran’s latest tough rhetoric over the strategic waterway, part of a feud with the United States over new sanctions that has sparked a jump in oil prices.
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
January 4, 2012
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Iowa: Santorum, Romney and Paul leading the vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul waged a tense, three-way struggle for supremacy in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses Tuesday night, opening the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama. Returns from nearly half of the state’s 1,774 precincts showed the three men tightly bunched — even taking turns in first place as the evening wore on — in a fitting conclusion for a race as jumbled as any since Iowa gained the leadoff position in presidential campaigns four decades ago. The winner was in line for bragging rights — and perhaps much more — as the Republican nominating campaign makes the turn to primaries in New Hampshire on Jan. 10, then South Carolina and Florida before the end of January.
Is it spring yet?
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum leaves the Fort Dodge GOP Headquarters Dec. 27, 2011, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
For some of the also-rans, history
suggested the first event of the
year might also be the last.
strove to create a distinct identity and brought a different style to the race. Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, ran the old-fashioned way, spending parts or all of 250 days campaigning in the state in hopes of emerging — as he did in the campaign’s final week — as the preferred conservative alternative to Romney. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, brought organization and money to the table, and was aided by deep-pocketed allies who ran television commercials attacking former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others. That allowed Romney to take the high road in person, running as a former businessman who knew how to create jobs and defeat Obama.
Each of the three in the top tier
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INSIDE SPORTS
Up for a little math quiz? What does two times as many field goals, plus nearly two times as many free throws, plus almost twice as many rebounds equal in high school basketball?
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TODAY’S OBITUARIES • Marion B. Kelley • Javier Rodriguez • Arthur Acevedo
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JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER An unknown subject made off with $1,800 worth of copper wire from a light pole at the Wool Bowl, 1800 N. Grand Ave., according to a Roswell Police Department incident report. The property belongs to the Roswell Independent School District. On Dec. 30, police were dispatched to the Wool Bowl in reference to a larceny. Upon arrival, police made contact with a male subject who stated that at an unknown time and date, an unknown subject removed two 100-foot sections of copper wire from a light pole on the property. The male advised police that the wire is valued at $9 per foot, but couldn’t
Martinez proposes aid for low-performing schools Sunny blue skies shine down on tall grass growing wild at Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge Tuesday morning.
NUMBERS DON’T LIE IN RHS WIN
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$1,800 in copper is stolen
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SANTA FE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday proposed to allocate more than $5 million next year to help low-performing schools and reward those that excel under a new state law that will assign grades to rate New Mexico’s public schools. The Republican governor’s proposal will be part of her budget recommendations to the Legislature, which convenes in two weeks. Lawmakers will have to approve the money before any aid becomes available to schools. The state will release preliminary school grades next week and final grades will be announced in the summer. The system will grade schools on an A-to-F scale. The gover nor proposed
$4.3 million to help schools getting grades of D or F. Of that, $3.4 million would help hire instructional coaches to assist teachers in the 40 lowest performing schools. About $500,000 would be available as incentives to attract highly rated teachers to work in struggling schools, and $400,000 would go for bonuses to top-notch administrators and other school leaders who decide to work in low-performing schools. About $1.2 million would be provided as financial rewards for the 25 highest per for ming schools, which would get $50,000 each to pay for programs or other improvements. “This proposal calls for a
focused investment in schools where students are struggling and should help us close the achievement gap,” Martinez said in a statement. “With an easier-to-understand grading system that gives us a clear idea of how schools are performing, we are better able to target those that need help and identify and reward those with the highest achievement levels.” Public education accounts for the largest share of yearly state spending. About $2.3 billion was allocated for public schools in the current fiscal year, which runs through June 30. “There is no doubt that one of the most important factors in raising student achievement is a highly
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ef fective teacher,” said Education Secretary Hanna Skandera. “Today’s proposal provides great incentives to attract successful teachers and school leaders to struggling schools in order to turn them around.” The Democratic-controlled Legislature last year approved the A-to-F grading measure, which was a key part of the governor’s agenda for improving schools. The grades will be based on standardized tests taken by students and on growth of student per for mance in reading and mathematics. Other factors include the high school graduation rate. The Martinez administration has asked the federal
government to allow New Mexico to use the new school rating system rather than continue with a federally mandated model. Nearly 90 percent of New Mexico schools missed last year’s targets for boosting student achievement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which many educators consider too rigid because it takes a pass-orfail approach rather than measure the progress that students or schools might be making. Martinez announced the school aid proposal at a news conference at a Santa Fe elementary school, which was among those that failed to make “adequate yearly progress” last year under the federal school rating system.
and the bodies of two men and a woman were inside the home. The San Diego Union-T ribune reported that a fourth victim was a 31-year-old man from suburban Chula Vista. The deaths shook Coronado, a picturesque peninsular enclave of 24,000 people on San Diego Bay that draws tourists and recorded only one homicide in 2010. The city is home to Naval Air Station North Island, serves as a training area for Navy SEALs, and is a haven for Navy retirees. David Reis held a mechanical engineering degree from the University of New Mexico and had just taken his first flight aboard an F/A-18 fighter jet. His sister, Karen, graduated
from the University of California, San Diego, in 2009 and stayed in the area, coaching volleyball and working at a grocery store. The siblings grew up together in Bakersfield in a religious, tight-knit family and were close to each other even after college, said Monsignor Michael Braun of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. David, an Eagle Scout, took his younger sister under his wing when they were altar servers together. “The family can’t find a picture of him without her in it,” said Braun. The family was together in San Diego last week to prepare for the possibility that
2 Navy pilots are among 4 found dead at Calif. condo
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two Navy pilots were among four people found dead in a New Year’s Day shooting at a condominium, a military spokeswoman said Tuesday, as investigators reaffirmed there were no suspects at large. Friends and family identified two victims as siblings, David Reis, a 25-year -old Navy pilot, and 24-year-old Karen Reis, an aspiring occupational therapist. The pilots were stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, said Marine Corps spokeswoman 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley. The Marines declined to release their names. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department planned an announcement
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A police sergeant stands near the condominium on Park Place in Coronado, Calif., where four people were found dead early Sunday morning.
on the investigation Wednesday, said Capt. Duncan Fraser. “There’s a lot of evidence that we’re sifting
through,” Fraser said.
One man was found dead in the doorway of the threestory condo in Coronado
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