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INSIDE NEWS
BROOKS FACES HACKING CHARGES
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
May 16, 2012
Shareholders confront Morgan CEO
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that “should never have happened” and survived a push to strip him of the title of chairman of the board. CEO Jamie Dimon, who in recent years has given expansive answers to questions about the bank’s handling of foreclosures and loan modifications, was unusually subdued at the JPMorgan annual meeting. He spent four minutes
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talking about the trading loss and steps the company has taken to address it, and just two more talking about accomplishments of the company over the past year. The loss, disclosed Thursday, rattled investor confidence in the largest bank in the United States and in the ability of Wall Street to fight regulatory changes more than three years after the financial crisis. It also added some theatrics to the JPMorgan annual meeting, tradition-
LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four close aides were charged Tuesday over alleged attempts to conceal evidence in Britain’s phone hacking scandal — the first prosecutions since ... - PAGE B3
ally a staid affair. Reporters swarmed, police with guns stood guard on the roof, and protesters threw eggs at a poster with Dimon’s picture on it. Dimon won a non-binding shareholder endorsement of his pay package from last year, which totaled $23 million, according to an Associated Press analysis of regulatory filings. Most of the shareholder ballots were cast in the weeks before Dimon See MORGAN, Page A3
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A poster of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is covered with eggs thrown by protesters, outside the gate of JPMorgan Chase annual stockholders meeting, in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday.
RISD ’11 HS grad rate 71.6%
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INSIDE SPORTS
400 kids have Super Day at ENMU-R Area students learn martial arts during the RISD Gifted Super Day program at ENMU-R, Tuesday.
NOAH VERNAU RECORD STAFF WRITER
Gifted students from 16 area schools participated in Super Day at Eastern New Mexico UniversityRoswell, Tuesday, exploring com-
CAV’S IRVING TOP ROOKIE
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Once Kyrie Irving finished cracking jokes, thanking Cleveland’s fans, his teammates and coaches, he looked down from the podium at the person who promised this would happen. He was the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. “This award is for us,” Irving said to his father, Dred, who raised his son ... - PAGE B1
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munity resources that helped the children determine which areas of study they are interested in the most. The event, offered annually to gifted students K-6, provided nearly 400 students with educational activities in art, science, his-
tory, sports and technology. Prior to the event, students chose 10 classes from a list of about 40, and ranked them according to their interest in the subject.
While the statewide four year graduation rate for the Class of 2011 dropped to 63 percent, a decrease of 4.3 percent over the year before, the Roswell Independent School District’s graduation rates for the same period remained relatively unchanged. The announcement from the New Mexico Public Education Department came on the heels of commencement ceremonies across much of the state. It is the earliest the NMPED has ever released the statewide graduation rate. Collectively, the RISD had a 71.6 percent high school graduation rate for its 2011 class. This number is similar to last year’s which was around 73 percent, RISD Superintendent Michael Gottlieb estimated. He expressed his satisfaction with
Gov issues statewide Ads highlight cozy relationship drought declaration ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — There’s no question it’s dry in New Mexico. Many argue that’s an understatement, including Gov. Susana Martinez. The governor on Tuesday issued a drought declaration covering all of New Mexico, confirming what far mers, ranchers and municipal water utility managers already know. “Fire danger is high, water reservoirs run low and in some cases, we’ve seen towns like Las Vegas take dramatic steps to
reduce basic water consumption in their residents’ homes and businesses,” Martinez said in a statement. Much of the state suffered from drought last year, with back-to-back dry winters sandwiching a windy spring and a summer in which monsoons never materialized. This year, maps by federal forecasters show all of New Mexico is experiencing some form of drought, from
NEW YORK (AP) — Looks like President Barack Obama’s allies got the hint. An independent group with deep ties to the president’s re-election campaign launched a television ad Tuesday hitting Mitt Romney’s business practices at Bain Capital, just 24 hours after Obama’s team debuted its own ad attacking the Republican presidential candidate’s work at the private equity firm. By law, campaigns and the outside groups are
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forbidden from working with each other. But at times like this, the lines of separation seem blurred if not crossed.
The back-to-back Obama spots, to run in four of the same five general election swing states, are a sign of the new world of campaign finance, where so-called super political action committees have wide leeway to spend as much as they want to help or hurt candidates. And the ads also cast new light on the cozy relationship between
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President Barack Obama speaks in the White House, May 9.
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Susana PAC raises $77K DAs replace VINE with NMSAVIN SANTA FE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez’s political organization raked in more than $77,000 during a five-week period as she aims to make GOP gains in the New Mexico Legislature. Susana PAC reported Monday raising the money during the reporting period that stretched from April 3 through May 7, The Albuquerque Journal reported. The governor’s PAC said it received $10,000 each from six companies, including Mack Energy of Artesia, which contributed $117,500 to Martinez’s gubernatorial campaign in 2010. Nearly half of the money — at least
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JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Gov. Susana Martinez
$30,000 — came from oil and gas companies in southeastern New Mexico and Texas. Martinez political consultant Jay McCleskey said that the $10,000 contributions include See SUSANA, Page A2
NMSAVIN, or New Mexico State Automated Information Network, was launched Monday. SAVIN replaces the old contracted VINE system. “This system offers significant savings, in excess of $500,000 annually statewide. The VINE service is an excellent system but very expensive. By creating our own in-house system, we can do it cheaper and don’t have to pay ongoing annual fees,” said District Attorney Janetta Hicks. The SAVIN system is a joint ef fort between the administrative offices of the District Attorneys and the District Attorneys Association. Hicks has been a part of planning and implemen-
tation of SAVIN from the start. “We’ve been working on NMSAVIN for about a year,” she said. The system was designed to be user -friendly and there’s even an instruction guide on YouTube. “It’s a free service. You can register at nmsavin. com, or if you’re a victim of crime, you can contact a victim advocate in the DA’s of fice who will register you,” Hicks said. SAVIN will notify victims of changes in court dates while the Chaves County Detention Center will continue to notify victims of crime about impending releases. The information and notification of change in court dates are also sent to law enforcement. “... law enforcement are registered and receive notifications of
all court settings for all cases they are involved with. We register them. They don’t have to do anything,” said Hicks. “It works very simply. You can register or use the system without registering. The advantage to registering is that you can go back and update your contact information to keep it current. To use the system, you search for the case and then click to get email, text or telephone notifications of all court settings,” she said. “Unlike the old VINE system, SAVIN includes property crimes. ... NMSAVIN is for all victims of crime. Every case we prosecute. We anticipate that it will be constantly evolving. Improvements and service See NMSAVIN, Page A2