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Canadians mourn soldier
State ed funding suit can proceed
The man who killed a soldier may have been frustrated over a stalled passport.
Judge rejects request to toss complaint over how money is distributed
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By Robert Nott The New Mexican
Doctor returns from Africa with Ebola A doctor who treated infected patients has been quarantined with the virus. PAGE A-6
First District Judge Sarah Singleton gave the go-ahead Thursday for a lawsuit to proceed against the Public Education Department, charging the state agency with failing to provide adequate education funding. Singleton rejected the department’s motion
to dismiss the case on the grounds that it could shut down the entire education system. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed the suit in April on behalf of a number of families and students, arguing that the state is violating its constitution in not providing additional services for economically disadvantaged students, those whose primary language is not English and special education students. The suit represents students and parents in the Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Gadsden, Las Cruces,
Magdalena, Zuni and Española districts. Noting the state’s low proficiency rates in math and reading and its poor educational standing nationwide — New Mexico generally ranks near the bottom of such reports — the suit contends the state is failing at-risk students on several levels, including limited preschool opportunities for English-language learners and lack of access to bilingual programs in schools. It cites the so-called achievement gap that exists between Anglo students and their
900-mile Santa Fe Trail hike promotes historic U.S. routes
Dianna Duran
Secretary of state reverses decision on using Sharpies after pens leak through marked ballots.
Voting pen recall costs state $17,000
The Secretary of Sta ate’s Office said one reasson for pies to shifting from Sharp ove the Flairs was ‘to impro voting experience.’
Photographer Bart Smith’s jogging stroller full of gear is shown along the Santa Fe Trail near Durham, Kan. Smith, who has hiked more than 25,000 miles of America’s historic trails, completed the 900-mile Santa Fe Trail on Tuesday in Santa Fe. He began his trek Aug. 19 in Franklin, Mo. COURTESY BART SMITH
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y his own account, Bart Smith figures he’s walked over 25,000 miles of America’s hiking and historic trails. His is a solitary activity, and he likes it that way. “I feel like I have the whole world to myself,” he said. The Lakewood, Ore.,
1 in 5 report they have been victims of sex, physical abuse By David Crary The Associated Press
NEW YORK — From violence to verbal taunts, abusive dating behavior is pervasive among America’s adolescents, according to a new, federally funded survey. It says a majority of boys and girls who date describe themselves as both victims and perpetrators. Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the National Survey on Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, a prominent research center that provided preliminary results to The Associated Press. Input came
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resident just finished walking the Santa Fe Trail from Franklin, Mo. — where the trail originally started before its origins shifted to Independence, Mo. — to Santa Fe. He trekked some 900 miles over the course of two months and arrived Tuesday in Santa Fe. William Becknell first walked the trail in the
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from a nationwide sample of 667 youths aged 12-18 who’d been dating within the past year and who completed a self-administered online questionnaire. Nearly 20 percent of both boys and girls reported themselves as victims of physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships — but the researchers reported what they called a startling finding when they asked about psychological abuse, broadly defined as actions ranging from name-calling to excessive tracking of a victim. More than 60 percent of each gender reported being victims and perpetrators of such behavior. The survey found no substantive differences in measures by ethnicity, family income or geographic location.
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ERIE, Colo. — To trace the border between the liberal and conservative corners of the American West, head down East County Line Road, a twolane asphalt stripe parting the plains here in northern Colorado. To the east lies Weld County, a conservative stronghold where 20,000 oil and gas wells pump day and night, and Republicans are so dominant that they are running unchallenged for county assessor, clerk and a commissioner’s seat. Fifteen miles to the west is Boulder, where a Buddhist-inspired university offers classes in yoga and the Tibetan language, and nature activists are working to carve out legal rights for ecosystems and wild species. Straddling those divisions is Erie, a town of 21,500 whose perch along
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Photographer Bart Smith, shown on the Plaza with one of his books, America’s Great Hiking Trails. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
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GOP, Dems in fierce battle to lead state
Ink on marked ballots leaks, raising concerns of accurate counting The first casualty of New Mexico’s election was not a Republican, a Democrat or even a member of the Green Party. It was the Sharpie, a pen mightier than the state’s paper ballots. All 33 county clerks were to remove Sharpie pens from voting sites Thursday at the direction of Secretary of State Dianna Duran. It was a turnabout for Duran, whose staff initially said Sharpies were the preferred pen for marking ballots. The vendor who supplied the state’s voting machines had recommended Sharpies because they would help provide accurate readings when ballots are scanned. But ink from the Sharpies leaked from the front side of the ballot to the back, worrying any number of voters. “My concern is that these bleed-
Latino, Native American and African American peers, as well as between English speakers and English-language learners. In June, the Public Education Department requested a dismissal of the case, saying the plaintiffs failed to establish “standing,” or to demonstrate that the problems can be solved by a legal decision. The department also said the plaintiffs did not provide a “cognizable claim for relief,” or proof that the claim is
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Obituaries Phoebe Titus Ward Jr., Santa Fe, Oct. 11 Georgia Ann Glasgow, Sept. 29 James Eugene Garrett, 83, Santa Fe, Oct. 17 Martha Lou Davis, Los Alamos, Oct. 8 PAGE B-2
Today Sunny. High 76, low 44. More than 300 people participate in Barry University’s College Brides Walk in 2011 to bring awareness of domestic and dating violence. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
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