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Another big down day for Dow
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NEW YORK (AP) — Just when Wall Street seemed to have settled down, a barrage of bad economic reports collided with fresh worries about European banks Thursday and triggered a global sell-off in stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 419 points — a return to the wild swings that gripped the stock market last week. Stocks were only part of a dramatic day across the financial markets. The price of oil fell more than
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
August 19, 2011
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$5, gold set another record, the government’s 10-year Treasury note hit its lowest yield, and the average mortgage rate fell to its lowest in at least 40 years. The selling began in Asia, where Japanese exports fell for a fifth straight month, and continued in Europe, where bank stocks were hammered because of worries about debt problems there, which have proved hard to contain. On Wall Street, the losses wiped out much of the roughly 700 points that the
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — After his father died, Jamie Ford began to explore the themes of his family’s past. Ford, who lives in Great Falls, Mont., remembered the stories his father told — what it was like to be Chinese on the West Coast while the United States - PAGE A7
Dow had gained over five days. Some investors who bought in the middle of last week decided to sell after they were confronted with a raft of bad news about the economy: •More people joined the unemployment line last week than at any time in the past month. The number of people filing claims for unemployment benefits rose to 408,000, or 9,000 more than the week before. •Inflation at the conSee DOW, Page A3
Vega trial Day 3
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday.
TOP 5 WEB
For The Past 24 Hours
• Parent calls RHS north parking lot ‘dangerous’ • Job fair draws 550 • Congressman Pearce visits Roswell • Books examine Internet’s origins • United Way hosts kickoff luncheon
INSIDE SPORTS
Roswell FM filming in progress The film crew for Roswell FM prepares for a day of filming, Thursday, at KSVP studios in Artesia.
VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Pecos Valley Broadcasting Company building
COWBOYS, CHARGERS SCRIMMAGE
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The air was hot, the grass was real and the guys on the other side of scrimmage wore different uniforms. It was a practice unlike anything the Dallas Cowboys have had this preseason. The 4 a.m. Pacific time wake-up call was different for the San Diego Chargers, too. The Cowboys and Chargers spent the first of three days together Thursday with a morning workout on the outdoor fields at Cowboys’ headquarters. - PAGE B1
TODAY’S OBITUARIES
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TODAY’S FORECAST
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is eerily quiet despite the fact it is bustling with “action.” A film crew is filming parts of the upcoming
movie, Roswell FM, at the location. Roswell FM, an independent movie project, involves characters who work at a radio sta-
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tion dedicated to the paranormal. The fictional station
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER Day three of the State of New Mexico v David Vega started with Of ficer Ted Sandoval reviewing the extent of his injuries that occurred during the shootout which followed the murders of Christopher Vega, 25, and his girlfriend, Alisa (Michelle) Montgomery, 31. Sandoval still has shotgun pellets in his elbow because any attempt to remove them will cause more damage than leaving them in place. In addition, hospital staff found 10 pellets including two in his knee. Vega is facing two counts of first-degree murder for the May 10, 2010, killings, three counts of attempted murder on a police officer and one count of assault. Forensic psychologist for
Commission OKs Will repeal affect Astorga? wind farm permit EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
County commissioners approved a special use permit for a commercial-scale wind farm during a meeting Thursday. The vote had been tabled last month so commissioners could have more time to review stipulations and findings of facts since the county does not yet have a wind energy plan or policy in place. The special use permit
passed with just 8 of the 20 original stipulations. Some of the stipulations that passed included placing the turbines far away enough from the highway to avoid harm or damage in case it falls; notifying owners and operators of radio, telephone and television towers within a five mile radius of the project so the turbines do not interfere with electromagnetic communica-
SANTA FE (AP) — The state Supreme Court will consider whether New Mexico’s death penalty repeal should rule out a death sentence for an Albuquerque man convicted last year of killing a sheriff’s deputy in 2006. The court on Thursday scheduled a hearing for Sept. 1 on legal questions about the upcoming sentencing of Michael Astorga for the shooting death of Ber nalillo County Deputy James McGrane Jr. during a traffic stop near Albuquerque.
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The death penalty repeal took effect on July 1, 2009, and applied to crimes committed after that date. McGrane was killed in 2006. Astorga was convicted in the slaying nearly a year after the repeal took effect and his sentencing trial, which currently still includes the possibility of capital punishment, is to begin Sept. 12. Astorga’s lawyer, Gary Mitchell, contends the Legislature improperly tailored the repeal legislation so that his client
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could continue to face the possibility of being put to death. The justices directed lawyers to submit arguments about the effect on Astorga’s case of a state statute that says after a criminal penalty is reduced by a change in law, the amended penalty is to be applied to those not previously sentenced. The hearing before the Supreme Court came at Mitchell’s request, but he didn’t raise questions
Bradley heads to Afghanistan Deportation will be on case-by-case basis See PERMIT, Page A3
VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
Today he is enjoying time with his young, growing family, but soon, Roswell native Chris Bradley will be joining the war effort in Afghanistan. For safety purposes Bradley, 25, cannot say when exactly he will be deployed, but he will leave soon to serve as a door gunner on a Black Hawk helicopter. He plans to be in Afghanistan one year. Bradley’s military career began soon after Vanessa Kahin Photo he graduated from GodThe Bradleys enjoy family time at Peak Treatment Foster dard High School in Care, Thursday. From left: Frank Bradley, Peggy Kendrick, Jamie Bradley, Sarah Bradley, and Chris Bradley. See BRADLEY, Page A2
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it will allow many illegal immigrants facing deportation the chance to stay in this country and apply for a work permit, while focusing on removing from the U.S. convicted criminals and those who might be a national security or public safety threat. That will mean a case-bycase review of approximately 300,000 illegal immigrants facing possible deportation in federal immigration courts, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in announcing the policy change.
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Advocates for an immigration overhaul have said that the administration, by placing all illegal immigrants in the same category for deportation, has failed to live up to its promise to only deport the “worst of the worst,” as President Barack Obama has said. “From a law enforcement and public safety perspective, DHS enforcement resources must continue to be focused on our highest priorities,” Napolitano wrote a group of senators supporting new immigration legislation. “Doing otherwise hinders our public safety mission — clogging See DEPORT, Page A2