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August 23, 2013
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More gay couples getting marriage licenses
LAS CRUCES (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples flocked to southern New Mexico for a second day Thursday to take advantage of a surprise decision to issue same-sex marriage licenses. And most were tying the knot on the spot, making sure they got their longawaited marriage certificates before any courts or state officials could inter-
fere. “We wanted a piece of paper that said, ‘Yes, the 20 years have not been in vain,”’ said Thom Hinks of Albuquerque. Hinks said he and his partner, Richard Sunman, spent much of their threehour drive discussing whether to get married immediately in Las Cruces on Thursday or use the
license to have a better planned ceremony somewhere else in the state. They said they decided to do it right away, remembering that licenses issued by the Sandoval County clerk in 2004 were later invalidated. “All it would take is for a judge to issue an edict and strike it down,” said Hinks. But neither Republican
Gov. Susana Martinez nor Democratic Attorney General Gary King, who plans to run for her seat next year, indicated they planned to do anything to try to halt the practice as cases testing the legality of same-sex marriage work their way through the state Supreme Court. The gay marriage issues pose political risks for can-
DEAL SOURS IN MAYORAL SEX SCANDAL SAN DIEGO (AP) — A deal aimed at resolving the sexual harassment scandal involving Bob Filner hit a snag Thursday when the attorney suing the mayor over such... - PAGE A7
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Tom Horan, right, gives microphone instructions to former state Sen. Tim Jennings, center, as Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, looks on during an appreciation dinner held Thursday evening in Jennings’ honor at the Roswell Convention Center. The dinner was a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern New Mexico.
Good-natured roast honors Jennings JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
Former state Sen. Tim Jennings was honored for his commitment to New Mexico, his friendship and his service Thursday night by some 475 distinguished attendees during a special dinner and roast held at the Roswell Civic Center.
HERNANDEZ INDICTED IN MURDER ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez was indicted Thursday on first-degree murder and weapons charges in... - PAGE B1
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“Issues like immigration, abortion and gay marriage, those are issues that sometimes statewide candidates
Glitch halts Nasdaq trading
See MARRIAGE, Page A3
NEW YORK (AP) — A mysterious technical glitch halted trading on the Nasdaq for three hours Thursday in the latest major electronic breakdown on Wall Street, embarrassing the stock exchange that hosts the biggest names in technology, including Apple, Microsoft and Google.
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didates in New Mexico, which leans Democratic in statewide voting but has many moderate to conservative Democrats in rural areas.
“I was very lucky. Very fortunate,” said the former state senate pro tempore, at the end of the night. “It’s really been an honor to serve you all for 38 years. We’re very fortunate to have each other as friends.” Jennings, a Democrat, marked the end of 38 years as an elected official in January, when he left
office after an election defeat. The event featured an invocation by Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, retired from the Diocese of Las Cruces, and presentations by Bill Wolf, of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern New Mexico, and entertainment by the S.O.Y. Mariachi Band. Jennings was roasted by
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., Farmington City Councilor Jason Sandel, state Rep. Candy Ezzell, R-Roswell, and state Sen. and Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, RDist. 27. Attendees paid to attend the event. Proceeds bene-
See JENNINGS, Page A3
The problem sent brokers racing to figure out what went wrong and raised new questions about the pitfalls of the electronic trading systems that have come to dominate the nation’s stock markets.
Nasdaq said only that the problem lay in its system for disseminating prices. An investigation was underway.
The outage disrupted what had otherwise been a quiet summer day on Wall Street. It was another in a series of technical problems to disrupt financial markets in recent years, though less alarming than the “flash crash” plunge of May 2010.
Main Street road Prosecutors have much project nears end to prove in murder cases JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
The city’s Main Street roadway project between College Boulevard and Country Club Road is all but finished. “As of today, we’ve completed all major aspects of construction,” said project manager Francisco Sanchez Thursday. Construction crews will re-paint the striping on the
stretch of road early next week. Beginning Monday, workers will re-paint the roadway from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The re-striping should take three days to complete, Sanchez said. “Nothing will be going on during the daytime,” Sanchez said. “There will be no lane closures.” Traffic will be diverted See PROJECT, Page A3
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Chaves County Sheriff Detective Dennis Kintigh summed up the feeling of law enforcement: “Some of the frustration is the way case law works. The (higher) courts have left more people vulnerable to be victimized in defense of the accused.”
Manning wants hormone therapy, to live as a woman FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Three years after rocking the Pentagon by leaking a mountain of secrets, Bradley Manning created a whole new set of potential complications for the military Thursday by asking to be known as a woman named Chelsea and to undergo hormone treatment.
Manning’s gender-identity struggle — a sense of being a woman trapped in a man’s body — was brought up by the defense at the court-martial, and a photo of the soldier in a blond wig and lipstick was submitted as evidence.
But the latest twist, announced the morning after Manning was sentenced to 35 years behind bars, surprised many and confronted the Pentagon with questions about where and how the Army private is to be imprisoned. The former Army intelligence analyst disclosed the decision in a statement provided to NBC’s “Today” show. “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since child-
For example, New Mexico’s definition of felony murder dif fers significantly from other states. The New Mexico statute raises any homicide that occurs during the commission of a crime from second-degree murder to first-degree. In most states, a felony murder allows authorities to charge all participants of
hood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible,” the statement read.
The statement asked people to use the feminine pronoun when referring to Manning. It was signed “Chelsea E. Manning” and included a handwritten signature.
However, George Wright, an Ar my spokesman at the Pentagon, said the Ar my does not provide such treatment or sexreassignment surgery. He said soldiers behind bars are given access to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
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Above: This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. Right: In this Tuesday, Aug. 20 photo, Manning is escorted to a security vehicle outside a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after a hearing in his court martial.
the crime with murder when a person is killed. Even those not physically present at the time are held accountable. The classic example is the driver of the get-away vehicle during a bank robbery. In New Mexico, the law requires the prosecutor to See MURDER, Page A3