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  • Raw: Ice Wave Comes Ashore in Minnesota

    Amateur video captures a wave of ice blanketing backyards and threatening houses in the Mille Lacs Lake area of Minnesota.

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  • SF National Forest, Valles Caldera impose fire restrictions

    Despite recent scattered rain showers, the Santa Fe National Forest and Valles Caldera National Preserve will enter Stage 1 fire restrictions on Tuesday, May 14 at 8 a.m. due to extreme/exceptional drought conditions and high fire danger.

    The Pecos Wilderness and San Pedro Parks Wilderness areas are exempt from Stage I fire restrictions. Devices solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuel that can be turned on and off are allowed in areas that are barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3-feet of the device.

    During Stage I fire restrictions, the following acts are prohibited:

     Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, charcoal, coal, or wood stove; except in Forest Service developed campgrounds and picnic areas where grills and fire rings are provided

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  • Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square.

    The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for defying demands by Turkish invaders who overran the citadel to renounce Christianity.

    Their approval for sainthood was decided upon by Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, in a decree read at the ceremony in February where the former pontiff announced his retirement.

    Shortly after his election in March, Francis called for more dialogue with Islam, and it was unclear how the granting of sainthood to the martyrs would be received. Islam is a sensitive subject for the church, and Benedict stumbled significantly in his relations with Muslims.

    The first pontiff from South America also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century.

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  • Today in History for May 12
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  • Council to consider property standards

    Anne Laurent’s understanding of what residents are looking for in code enforcement for property maintenance has evolved during the 12 months she has been director of the Community and Economic Development Department. 

    “When people asked for more proactive code enforcement they really wanted property maintenance standards. And that’s two different things,” Laurent said. “And we don’t currently have property maintenance standards beyond weeds, rubbish, structural failure and parking inoperable vehicles.”

    A large number of complaints coming to CEDD have to do with exterior maintenance: loose siding or roofing materials, holes in exterior walls, broken or missing windows, fences in disrepair and houses perpetually under construction.

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  • Conditions prompt restrictions

    Combine drought, high winds, low humidity, high temperatures, and you get a lot of nervous fire officials. This week, the county, as well as the Los Alamos Fire Department issued “stage one” fire restrictions in light of these factors present in the weather forecast. 

    It was these types of conditions that led to the devastating Las Conchas and Cerro Grande fires, and officials are hoping the public will get the message. 

    According to the Los Alamos Fire Department, the following restrictions are now in effect:

    • Building, maintaining, attending or using an open fire, campfire, charcoal or wood stove on all Los Alamos County lands. (See Exemption 1)

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  • Raw: Spacewalking Astronauts Hope to Stop Leak
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  • LA golfers hit road for state tourney

     

    Both the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls and boys golf teams will be represented at the state Class 4A championship tournament.

    The 4A state tournament, which will be played at the New Mexico State University championship course in Las Cruces, starts Monday and continues through Tuesday.

    Los Alamos’ girls earned four qualifying legs on the season, grabbing the necessary three qualifying legs during the fall.

    The Hilltoppers secured one leg during the spring season, that coming April 29 at Santa Fe Country Club.

    The Hilltopper girls ended up as one of eight teams to earn their way into the Class 4A tournament and was one of just two teams from the north-central part of the state to get in, with Santa Fe being the other.

    Leading all 4A girls teams with qualification legs was Deming with 11 total. Goddard earned 10 legs on the 2012-13 season.

    Los Alamos’ boys will have one entry in Las Cruces, Raul Roybal. Roybal qualified as an individual, shooting 79 at the Santa Fe Country Club April 29 to earn his try to state.

    Deming will go into the tournament as the defending 4A champs on both the boys and girls sides. The Wildcat girls shot a two-day total of 709 and the Wildcat boys carded a 633 in the 2012 tournament, played at the New Mexico Tech course in Socorro.

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  • LA softball team's upset bid falls just short

    LOS LUNAS — They were one-half inning away from pulling off a major upset, but the Los Lunas Tigers had other plans for the bottom of the seventh inning.

    The Los Alamos Hilltoppers led 7-5 over the homestanding Tigers in the first round of the Class 4A softball playoffs, but the Tigers rallied for three runs in their final at-bat to take an exciting 8-7 victory.

    Los Lunas catcher Amanda Gonzales came through with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh and, two pitches later, second baseman Cienna Thompson scored the walk-off run on a wild pitch to give the Tigers the victory.

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  • Word on the Street: 5-12-13

    Teen Pulse staff member Ben Hanlon asked students, “What is your favorite comedy?”

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