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WORKERS SLIGHTLY MORE PRODUCTIVE WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. worker productivity accelerated to a stillmodest 0.9 percent annual pace between...
August 17, 2013
Egypt street battles kill at least 82
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s capital descended into chaos Friday as vigilantes at neighborhood checkpoints battled Muslim Brotherhood-led protesters denouncing the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and a deadly crackdown. The fiercest street clashes Cairo has seen in more than two years of turmoil left at least 82 people dead, including 10 policemen. The sight of residents firing at one another marked a dark turn in the conflict,
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as civilians armed with pistols and assault rifles fought protesters taking part in what the Muslim Brotherhood called a “Day of Rage” — ignited by anger at security forces for clearing two sit-in demonstrations Wednesday that sparked nationwide clashes in which more than 600 people died. Military helicopters circled overhead as residents furious with the Brotherhood protests pelted marchers with rocks and glass bottles. The two sides
also fired on one another, sparking running street battles throughout the capital’s residential neighborhoods. Across the country, at least 72 civilians were killed, along with 10 police officers, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Friday’s violence capped off a week that saw more than 700 people killed across the country — surpassing the combined death toll from two and a
half years of violent protests since the ouster of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak until the toppling of Morsi in a July 3 coup. Unlike in past clashes between protesters and police, Friday’s violence introduced a combustible new mix, with residents and police in civilian clothing battling those participating in the Brotherhoodled marches. Few police in unifor m were seen as neighborhood watchdogs and pro-Morsi protesters fired at one
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Experts: Roswell’s truth is still out there JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
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another for hours on a bridge that crosses over Cairo’s Zamalek district, an upscale island neighborhood where many foreigners and ambassadors reside. Friday’s violence erupted shortly after midday prayers when tens of thousands of Brotherhood supporters answered the group’s call to protest across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the bloodshed earlier this week.
Gov. appoints Rogers as magistrate judge
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House fire claims cat
Expert researchers of the 1947 Roswell Incident weighed in Friday about whether the CIA’s admission of the existence of Area 51, a top-secret site in the Nevada desert, will lead to further proof of crashing flying saucers or alien autopsies. “My suspicion is that they will stay quiet about that for a long, long time,” said Roswell UFO researcher Don Burleson, who is also area director of the national Mutual UFO Network. Jeffrey Richelson, a senSee EXPERTS, Page A2
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Gov. Susana Martinez announced Wednesday that she has appointed Keith (“K.C.”) Rogers of Dexter to Division I of the Chaves County Magistrate Court. He will fill the vacancy created by Eugene M. De Los Santos’ retirement on May 31. “Mr. Rogers’ experience will make him an excellent magistrate judge. I am confident Mr. Rogers will fairly and impartially uphold the law for the people of Chaves County,” Martinez said. “I’m excited,” Rogers said. “It’s a new chapter in my life, yet it is something where I can still make a difference.” Rogers is currently a hearings officer for the New Mexico Law Enforcement
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Academy where he hears cases of misconduct of law enforcement of ficers throughout the state and deter mines if they are founded or unfounded, then reports his findings to the Academy Board. Rogers is also the president and owner of ASPEN See ROGERS, Page A3
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A firefighter brings out a plastic bag containing the remains of a cat that didn't survive a house fire to an awaiting animal services officer at 508 N. Lea, Friday morning.
Record-breaker John Sebastian brings rebellion to Roswell radio
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AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Working his way from an on-air radio personality to program director, John Sebastian seeks out the challenge of making the worst radio stations into the best, earning many gold and platinum album awards in the process.
“Good is the enemy of great.” Not only is it his mantra, this simple saying has helped take John Sebastian from disc jockey to a radio program director with gold and platinum album awards. His house office wall is covered with famous faces and names: Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Alan Jackson and Rascal
Flatts, just to name a few. Of course, this wall only displays country artists. Piles of classic rock awards lie hidden in the closet. Moving from one big station to the next, Sebastian has gained a reputation for being able to take a station from worst to best in record time. This statistic is seen in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, Boston and Seattle — just to name a few of
the big name markets he has dabbled in.
So why Roswell? It’s a question he is asked often, and to which he replies simply, freedom.
“The big companies that own stations predominately in the major markets where I’m used to working have been overcome by Wall Street and Wall Street has squelched all the creativity out of those compaSee SPOTLIGHT, Page A3