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October 31, 2014
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Udall, Weh blast rival’s decisions Real N.M. Halloween tales will be shared Ghost stories are told Friday at state records center. PAge B-1
7 New Mexicans receive Luminarias
Candidates feud over votes, comments in U.s. senate debate
an aviation company in Albuquerque, denied an alliance with the tea party, but said Udall’s regular backing of President Barack Obama’s programs had hurt the economy and the country. Their debate, which was taped Wednesday at public television station KNME in Albuquerque, aired Thursday night. Weh, 71, said he would bring private-sector skills to the Senate and push for a balanced budget amendment. He continued his criticisms of Udall as a 16-year member of the
By Milan simonich the new Mexican
In a one-hour debate that covered everything from police shootings in Albuquerque to how well New Mexico takes care of its children, the state’s U.S. Senate candidates spent much of their time accusing each other of supporting bad government.
Allen Weh
Tom Udall
The incumbent, Democratic Sen. Tom Udall of Santa Fe, made three references to Republican challenger Allen Weh being a disciple of the tea party. Weh, chief executive officer of
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Senate and House of Representatives who had helped increase the federal deficit to about $18 trillion. Udall, Weh said, had shown little independence, voting for Obama’s proposals 94 percent of the time. Udall, 66, said his work in Washington has strengthened New Mexi-
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The honorees will receive their awards on Saturday. PAge B-1
Deputies honor Misread slain colleague MVD
Economy posts solid growth
Lawmen stand guard over Martin’s body at santa Fe funeral home
Many nations continue to struggle to expand By Martin crutsinger the associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy powered its way to a respectable growth rate of 3.5 percent from July through September, outpacing most of the developed world and on track to extend the momentum through the end of the year and beyond. The result isn’t a fluke. It turns out the world’s biggest economy did a lot of things right in the wake of the Great Recession that set it apart from other major nations. Those key decisions, particularly by the Federal Reserve, appear to be paying off now. An improving economy prompted the Fed on Wednesday to end its stimulus known as quantitative easing. Launched during the financial crisis in 2008, it was an unprecedented and aggressive effort to revive a dormant economy through buying trillions in bonds. Doug Handler, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight, credited the Fed and its landmark bond buying program with helping pull the country out of the worst downturn since the 1930s. “Its greatest impact was instilling confidence in consumers and the business community that Fed officials were determined to do everything they could to stimulate growth,” Handler said. “To know you have the Fed pulling for you instills confidence.” The Fed’s efforts have translated to robust job growth and an economic recovery that looks to be solidifying. The third quarter expansion was propelled by solid gains in business investment, exports and the biggest jump in military spending in five years, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It followed a 4.6 percent expansion in the second quarter,
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navajos not mentioned, no one called illiterate, as group wrongly claims By Milan simonich the new Mexican
Deputies Marvyn Jaramillo, left, and Gene Meek stand guard Thursday in the lobby of the Rivera Family Funeral Home. Deputies will remain on watch with Jeremy Martin’s body until his funeral services, set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Capital High School. Luis sánchez sATurno/The new MexicAn
By chris Quintana
the new Mexican
Since Wednesday evening, at least two Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies have stood guard inside the Rivera Family Funeral Home in Santa Fe. Their duty is simple but solemn: watch over the body of a slain brother-in-arms, Jeremy Martin, 29. Officers honoring a fallen colleague is among the more moving ceremonies in law enforcement work. Parades of men and women in crisp, dress-blue uniforms often line the sidewalks outside funeral services and accompany the casket to its final resting place, offering what comfort they can to the fami-
Officers from agencies across New Mexico escorted Deputy Jeremy Martin’s body up Interstate 25 from Las Cruces to Santa Fe on Wednesday. courTesy KrQe news
lies of the departed. For the 90-plus sworn deputies of the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Martin’s death has been
made more traumatic because another deputy, who was wellregarded within the small depart-
tech giant takes on social policy issues By Drew Harwell
the washington Post
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When Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Thursday that he is “proud to be gay,” he did not only become the first openly gay leader of a major U.S. company. He also swept his obsessively private company into the forefront
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of one of America’s most public movements, cementing its place in the debate over equality in the workplace and beyond. Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is famously and fanatically tight-lipped, having long neglected to tell its shareholders about former chief executive Steve Jobs’s cancer diagnosis. But under Cook, the tech giant is now taking on bigger, bolder advocacy
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roles in social policy and politics, eschewing the corporate America convention of avoiding touchy subjects and winning acclaim from its customers in turn. A company once rarely seen in Washington, Apple has in the past year spoken out in support of a workplace-equality bill before Congress, advocated for same-sex marriage in California and opposed a bill that allows discrimination against
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An advocacy group’s allegation that Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration won’t help Navajos obtain a state driver’s license is explosive, but it appears to be false. ProgressNow New Mexico, an organization critical of Martinez and other Republicans, posted a story this week on its website alleging that those who speak Navajo were being discriminated against in Motor Vehicle Division offices, which issue driver’s licenses. “MVD says Navajo-only speakers are ‘illiterates,’ must learn English to obtain state ID cards or licenses,” ProgressNow said in the summary of its story. It based this charge on an email from Aurora Lopez, a bureau chief of the Motor Vehicle Division. But a complete reading of Lopez’s email shows that, while she wrote poorly herself, she never mentioned Navajos or called anybody illiterate. “Agents are not allowed to read the questions on driver’s application to a customer,” Lopez wrote to employees in motor vehicle offices. “… Applicants should be able to read the questions on their own since it raises a question as to how they obtained their driver’s license. We are not able to issue license for illiteracy [sic].” Lopez’s last sentence ignited the controversy and made her a target of criticism by ProgressNow and others. Her memo that the state cannot
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Apple CEO is 1st corporate leader to say he is gay
Apple chief executive Tim Cook, in an essay Thursday in Businessweek, said he is gay. The AssociATed Press
email sparks outrage
gays and lesbians in Arizona. This week, Cook urged Alabama, his home state, to more actively protect gay rights. “We’ll continue to fight for our values, and I believe that any CEO of this incredible company, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation, would do the same,” Cook wrote in an essay Thursday for Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Obituaries shirley M. Hooper-Garcia, Oct. 24 Bobby c. Borrego, 24, santa Fe, Oct. 26 Jeremy Martin, Oct. 28 francine Juliet Vitetta smock, 65, santa Fe, Oct. 26 tom Bachicha, 94, Oct. 25 PAge B-2
Today Partly cloudy. High 64, low 41. PAge A-6
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