The Santa Fe New Mexican, April 30, 2014

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At least 35 dead in outbreak of twisters Eleven tornadoes struck the nation’s midsection Sunday, and 25 ravaged the South on Monday. NATION & WORLD, A-2

State high court keeps Jeff off ballot Controversial state representative vows to return. LOCAL NEWS, B-1

Police: Boy accused in brutal rape of Pojoaque student

SFPS to revamp teen parent program

Learning the complex art of joe

Teen Parenting Center at Santa Fe High is adopting a new curriculum, and will hire two new instructors while reassigning current staffers. LOCAL, B-1

From the French press to the pour-over, new class promises to teach participants the nuances of coffee. TASTE, C-1

With $9 million pledge, pressure’s on to save Chief Kansas, Colorado groups hope commitments push N.M. to get on board

Lifetime ban for Clippers owner

Victim, 18, undergoes emergency surgery after early Sunday assault By Chris Quintana The New Mexican

A New Mexico State Police official said Tuesday that officers have arrested at least one teen suspect in connection with what investigators believe was the savage rape of a Pojoaque Valley High School student early Sunday just south of Española. The 18-year-old woman, who was bleeding profusely, was taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for emergency surgery Sunday. Information about her condition Tuesday could not be obtained. State police Sgt. Dayman Brown wouldn’t identify the 15-year-old boy under arrest in connection with the alleged crime, which police say occurred during a gathering at a home where people had been drinking. Accounts of the incident are incomplete or contradictory, police say, and an investigation is ongoing. But court records list the names of two potential suspects. In search warrant documents, investigators reported taking a DNA sample from the 15-year-old who was arrested. Records also show investigators recovered pieces of bloodstained clothing, such as shoes, shirts and pants, from the scene, along with other evidence. An affidavit by a state police investigator says someone made a 911 call at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday and requested an ambulance for a woman who was “bleeding heavily” through her clothing. Española police Detective Solomon Romero said his agency first responded to the call and found the

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Sterling’s racial remarks spur unprecedented penalty from NBA By Cindy Boren Amtrak travelers ride in the Southwest Chief’s lounge observation car between Lamy and Albuquerque in 2012. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief route

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coalition of communities and private organizations in western Kansas and southern Colorado announced Tuesday that it has pledged $9 million and is pursuing $24.5 million in federal grants to keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief on its current route through those areas and Northern New Mexico. No such steps have been taken in New Mexico, where a state study is underway to determine the economic benefits, infrastructure needs and costs, and possible constitutional constraints, but Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration is hopeful for federal intervention. U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both New Mexico Democrats, have urged a Senate committee to set aside funds for capital improvements for long-distance rail operations throughout the country, including the Southwest Chief passenger line. “That’s the most logical,” said Tom Church, Martinez’s Cabinet secretary for transportation. “That’s the way it’s always been funded.” Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, which owns

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u No lime? Have no fear — there are cocktails that bypass the citrus standby. TASTE, C-1

LOS ANGELES — Every time a bartender at trendy Los Angeles fusion eatery Luna Park squeezes a shot of lime into a drink these days, owner Peter Kohtz says he winces a little. Luna Park, known for its large selection of craft cocktails, is one of thousands of restaurants from coast to coast that have fallen victim to the Great Green Citrus Crisis of 2014 — a severe shortage of limes that has meant that the fruit has skyrocketed in price in recent weeks. A case of 200 or so fetches between $80 and $130 now, up from about $15 last year —

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the track along the Southwest Chief route, has said it would stop maintenance on the tracks in January 2016. An estimated commitment of $4 million a year for a decade from each of the two railroads and three states involved would be necessary to keep Amtrak from bypassing the portion of the Southwest Chief’s route that runs from western Kansas through southern Colorado and the Northern New Mexico communities of Raton, Las Vegas and Lamy, the closest Amtrak station to Santa Fe for the passenger trains connecting Chicago and Los Angeles. As part of the coalition announced Tuesday, BNSF committed to contributing $2 million, Amtrak $4 million and the Kansas Department of Transportation $3 million. These would be matching funds toward federal Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic

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the result of a perfect storm of circumstances from citrus disease that struck Florida in 2001 and wiped out most lime groves to flooding to the efforts of drug cartels to disrupt supplies in Mexico, the biggest U.S. supplier. The cost might not seem like that big of a deal until one realizes that it’s lime juice that’s squeezed into every margarita, mojito or mai tai. It’s also lime that’s chopped up and mixed with fresh fish to create ceviche. It’s lime, mixed with avocado, that makes up guacamole — a mainstay at every Mexican restaurant. “It’s just one of those things that you take

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league for life Tuesday, an emphatic and unprecedented response to offensive comments Sterling made to his girlfriend on a recently released recording. Silver fined Sterling $2.5 million, the maximum he can levy under the NBA constitution and bylaws, and said he would urge the league’s Board of Governors to force Sterling to sell the team. During a news conference in New York, Silver said the league’s investigation into the recording, which was originally published on the website TMZ.com, determined the voice and views expressed do belong to the 80-year-old Clippers owner. “The views expressed by Mr. Sterling are deeply offensive and harmful,” Silver told the packed room. “That they came from an NBA owner only heightens the damage

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