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  • Paint truck removal underway at Bandelier

    The National Park Service and a construction company began removing the wreckage materials from a vehicle accident resulting in spilled paint within Bandelier’s boundary.  Crews began work last Friday and are expected to continue into this week.  At this time, staff does not anticipate a road closure during removal operations.

    On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 18, a tractor-trailer rig traveling eastbound on New Mexico State Highway 4 missed a sharp curve and went off the road, plunging about 200 feet down a steep slope into the monument.

    The truck was carrying about 2200 gallons of highway striping paint. Spilled paint spread over nearly an acre and is visible from roads and hiking trails in and around Bandelier.

     Crews are now working with a cable and pulley system to remove the vehicle across the slope down to the road at the junction of State Highway 501 and State Highway 4.  Bandelier National Monument law enforcement staff and an archeologist are closely monitoring the removal to mitigate any potential impacts to resources.  Paint cleanup will be a separate process that will begin in the near future.    

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  • Voice of Elmo Resigns After New Accusation
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  • Today in History for November 20th
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  • 10 things to know for Tuesday

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

    1. WHAT THE U.S. BELIEVES IS KEY TO STOPPING GAZA WARFARE

    As a first step, the White House insists that Hamas must cease firing rockets into Israel.

    2. SOJOURNING OBAMA SCOLDS AN AUTOCRAT

    The president delivers his condemnation of Cambodia's Hun Sen in private. Some fear government censors will keep his stern words from reaching the Cambodian people.

    3. A PUSH FOR WIDESPREAD, ROUTINE HIV SCREENING

    All Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once, a health panel says.

    4. RED STATES, BLUE STATES: THE DIVIDE WIDENS

    In fully half the U.S., the November election created powerful one-party legislatures that can act with no need for compromise.

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  • Ind. home explosion now homicide investigation

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities launched a homicide investigation Monday into the house explosion that killed a young couple and left numerous homes uninhabitable in an Indianapolis neighborhood.

    Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons made the announcement after meeting with residents of the subdivision where the Nov. 10 blast occurred and shortly after funerals were held for the two victims, who lived next door to the house where investigators believe the explosion originated.

    "We are turning this into a criminal homicide investigation," Coons said, marking the first time investigators have acknowledged a possible criminal element to the case.

    Search warrants have been executed and official are looking for a white van that was seen in the subdivision the day of the blast, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said. Authorities are offering at least a $10,000 reward.

    Curry said the investigation is aimed at "determining if there are individuals who may be responsible for this explosion and fire."

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  • Talking Turkey: Butterball Talk-Line Experts
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  • 10 things to know for Monday

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:

    1. NO LETUP IN VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS

    Palestinian militants continued to barrage Israel with rockets, and Israel announced it was widening its offensive to target the military commanders of the ruling Islamist group.

    2. CONGRESS LOOKS TO EGYPT FOR SOLUTION TO MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

    Lawmakers say Cairo needs to take serious diplomatic steps to rein in Hamas.

    3. OBAMA EXTENDS 'HAND OF FRIENDSHIP' TO LONG-SHUNNED MYANMAR

    The president makes a historic trip to the Asian nation, meeting its leader Thein Sein and longtime activist Aung San Suu Kyi.

    4. HOW OBAMA'S EDUCATION AGENDA COULD UNFOLD IN SECOND TERM

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  • Today in History for November 19th
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  • Moonshine Makers Set Up Shop in Ga. City Hall

    Moonshine distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town's city hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law.

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  • Today in History for November 18th
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