Santa Fe New Mexican, April 4, 2014

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In a year when many speculate that the state Republican Party has a decent shot at winning control of the New Mexico House of Representa-

tives for the first time in decades, legislative leaders of both parties agree that the fate of the House probably boils down to 10 races — two of them in districts that include parts of Santa Fe County. When asked in separate interviews this week to list the races on which they will focus, Rep. Nate Gentry, the Republican spearheading his party’s House effort, and Rep. Moe Maes-

tas, his Democratic counterpart in recruiting House candidates, agreed on the five best chances for Republican pickups and the five best chances for Democrats to take seats away from the GOP. Among seats where incumbents are considered vulnerable are those held by Republican Vickie Perea,

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Vickie Perea, R-Belen, left, and Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-Los Alamos, are considered vulnerable in upcoming races.

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Almost a month after being sworn in as Santa Fe’s mayor, Javier Gonzales announced Thursday he has tapped about 40 volunteers from the community to serve on his transition team. The group will be tasked with helping Gonzales find ways to make the city government work more efficiently, by examining each city department Javier and helping to deterGonzales mine if the people with the right skill sets are in the right place, the mayor said in his announcement. The transition team “is not an attempt to reorganize city government,” said Earl Potter, an attorney and local businessman who will head the group. “And it’s not an

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ARCHBISHOP SHEEHAN MEETS POPE IN ROME

Contamination from mines a ‘historic environmental injustice,’ Sen. Udall says

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Navajos receive $1B for uranium cleanup

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — More than $1 billion is going to help clean up abandoned uranium mines that have left a legacy of disease and death on the Navajo Nation. The money is part of a $5.15 billion settlement that the federal government reached with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. for the cleanup of thousands of longcontaminated sites nationwide. The settlement announced Thursday resolves a legal battle over Tronox Inc., a 2005 spinoff of Kerr-McGee Corp. that Anadarko acquired in 2006. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Indian Affairs and Environment and Public Works committees, said we still don’t know “the full scope of the contamination,” but he called the settlement a “major step” toward repairing a “historic environmental injustice.” In a statement, he said, “The Cold War took a toll in the West, perhaps most tragically in the Navajo Nation. Over the years, the federal government failed to ensure the safety of uranium workers, their families, and the people affected by the hazards of exposure to radioactive materials. Uranium mining companies emerged overnight, left a legacy of sick-

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10 races may decide House control By Steve Terrell

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Republican Party hasn’t held majority since 1953

Tiff may have sparked Fort Hood attack

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Pope Francis greets Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe during a trip to Rome last week. COURTESY PHOTO

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he Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Thursday that Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan met with Pope Francis for the first time during a business trip to Rome last week. According to a news release, the archbishop said in Italian, “Holy Father, you and I have never met. This is the first time, but I just want to tell you something.” The pope reportedly asked, “What? What?” Sheehan replied, “You’re doing a tremendous ministry as successor of St. Peter. You’re bringing such hope and joy to the people by your words, your life and your lifestyle. You’re doing a great

job as pope!” The Holy Father smiled and patted Sheehan on the hand. Sheehan, who plans to retire later this year, had another brief encounter with the Holy Father the next day, after he concelebrated Mass with the pope and about 15 other visiting bishops at the pope’s Vatican residence. Sheehan then presented Pope Francis with a rosary made by Taos artist Roberto Lavadie. The rosary was made from clay from the pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh near Española. The New Mexican

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about 310 miles across. The data do not show if the ocean extends to the north pole, said the lead researcher, Luciano Iess of Sapienza University of Rome. At the very least, it’s a regional sea some 25 miles deep under miles-thick ice. On Earth, it would stretch from our South

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday defended its creation of a Twitter-like Cuban communications network to undermine the communist government, declaring the secret program was “invested and debated” by Congress and wasn’t a covert operation that required White House approval. But two senior Democrats on congressional intelligence and judiciary committees said they had known nothing about the effort, which one of them described as “dumb, dumb, dumb.” A showdown with that senator’s panel is expected next week, and the Republican chairman of a House oversight subcommittee said that it, too,

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Ocean found on Saturn moon By Marcia Dunn

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have uncovered a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s little moon Enceladus. Italian and American researchers made the discovery using Cassini, a NASA-European spacecraft still exploring Saturn

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and its rings 17 years after its launch from Cape Canaveral. Their findings were announced Thursday. This new ocean of liquid water — as big as or even bigger than North America’s Lake Superior — is centered at the south pole of Enceladus and could encompass much if not most of the moon. Enceladus is

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