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Top education spending cuts Dollar change per student, FY 2008-14, adjusted for inflation Alabama
–$1,242
Wisconsin
–$1,038
Kansas
–$950
Idaho
–$930 –$874
New Mexico
–$873
California
Read the full –$810 report: www.cbpp. –$707 org/cms/index.cfm ?fa=view&id=4011 –$695 Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Oklahoma Georgia Virginia Mississippi
–$648
N.M.’s school funding cuts among deepest Spokesman says study flawed, cites $258M rise in spending across state
By Robert Nott The New Mexican
New Mexico has had some of the deepest education spending cuts since the recession began and is one of just 13 states where spending per student is still at
least 10 percent below 2008 levels, according to a new analysis. The report, issued by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, indicates New Mexico has
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Costly mistakes The Demons suffer a 42-0 beating at Ivan Head Stadium. SPOrTS, B-1
A fair, tireless judge One of the state’s first appellate judges, a World War II veteran, dies at 89. LOCAL nEwS, A-6
record rains take toll David Anthony Garcia
Suspect is shown in 1998, left, when he was arrested in Santa Fe on a prowling charge, and on Monday in Roach, Mo.
New DNA technology helps link suspect to 1991 rape Police re-examine ‘rape kits’ in unsolved cases By Phaedra Haywood The New Mexican
A couple ride a tandem bicycle on N.M. 502 over a raging Rio Tesuque in Pojoaque on Friday. Watch a video of Friday’s floodwaters on our website, www.santafenewmexican.com. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
State grapples with floodwaters, mud and rock slides as storm bears down By Staci Matlock and Chris Quintana
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state desperate for moisture received plenty this week as rains pounded much of New Mexico for the fourth consecutive day Friday. National Weather Service meteorologists on Friday afternoon called the previous 72 hours “life-threatening” and record-shattering.” They predicted portions of the state will continue grappling with floods, mud and rain through the weekend. The plume of the storm system was expected to bear down over Central and Eastern New Mexico, with 1 to 2 inches more of rain expected over a swath from Socorro to Santa Fe. A flash-flood watch was extended until midnight Saturday. Gov. Susana Martinez declared a statewide disaster due to flooding. Truth or Consequences Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Whitehead summed up the state’s
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Ben Carr, a hydrographer with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Resources Division, prepares to measure water flow near the Otowi Bridge over the Rio Grande. Just the week before, he said, the gauge had measured 240 cubic feet per second. It was measuring in the thousands of feet per second Friday.
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Weakened on Syria, Obama eases U.N. demands U.N. to release evidence of chemical attack By Christi Parsons and Paul Richter Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — In a sign of its weak hand in the Syria crisis, the Obama administration has abandoned for now its hope of winning U.N. authorization for the use of force against President Bashar
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Assad’s government if it fails to surrender its chemical weapons. Facing steadfast Russian resistance, officials said Friday that they would accept a United Nations resolution that imposed weaker penalties such as economic sanctions and allowed for the Security Council to reconsider the use of force if Assad did not live up to his promises. The shift, described by administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, appeared to be an
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acknowledgment of the likelihood that Security Council members Russia and China would veto the use of force, and of the overall lack of international support for military strikes to punish Assad for his alleged use of chemical weapons. But President Barack Obama’s effort to retain the option to launch military action in response to the Aug. 21 attack, which the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people, may have received a boost in comments
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Editor: Ray Rivera, 986-3033, rrivera@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Cynthia Miller, cmiller@sfnewmexican.com
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from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ban said an upcoming report by U.N. experts would show strong evidence of the use of chemical weapons. A U.N.-based diplomat said the report would build a circumstantial case that the Syrian military was responsible. Whether the international community retains the option to use force
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In 1991, a Santa Fe woman walking past Franklin Miles Park was forced into a van and brutally raped. She reported the attack to police, but they were unable to identify a suspect. Now, 22 years later, the woman was given a sense of closure in the case. With the help of old DNA samples and new technology, the Santa Fe Police Department was able to charge a man with the crime. David Anthony Garcia, 46, a former Santa Fe resident, was arrested on charges of criminal sexual penetration and kidnapping Monday at his home in Roach, Mo. He is scheduled to be extradited to New Mexico in connection with the crime sometime next week.
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Pasapick www.pasatiempomagazine.com
‘A Kinetic Encounter’ ARCOS Dance presents a performance in conjunction with Enrique Martínez Celaya’s installation The Pearl, 10:30 a.m., SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, visit arcosdance.com for information, no charge, encores Sunday. More events on Page A-2
Obituaries Ross Alan Glaser, 27, Portland, Ore., Sept. 4 PAgE A-10
Today Some sun with thunderstorms. High 75, low 53. PAgE A-12
Two sections, 24 pages TV Book, 32 pages 164th year, No. 257 Publication No. 596-440