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Israel, Hamas trade fire, truce proposals
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APES HAVE MIDLIFE CRISES TOO NEW YORK (AP) — Chimpanzees going through a midlife crisis? It sounds like a setup for a joke. But there it is, in the title of a report published Monday in a scientific journal: “Evidence for a midlife crisis in great apes.”
November 20, 2012
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Smoke and fire from an explosion are seen beside a high rise housing media organizations in Gaza City, Monday.
Catch fish, enjoy sunset
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers traded fire and tough cease-fire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their border conflict if diplomacy fails. No deal appeared near. An Israeli airstrike targeting a Gaza media center killed a senior militant and engulfed the building in flames. The Israeli military said the Islamic Jihad were using space there as a command center. Gaza fighters fired 95 rockets at southern Israeli cities, nearly one-third of them intercepted by an Israeli missile shield. A total of 38 Palestinians were killed Monday. Two more Palestinians were killed in airstrikes past midnight, bringing the death toll since
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Obama’s fast-paced, preThanksgiving trip vividly illustrated the dif ferent paths the regional neighbors are taking to overcome legacies of violence, poverty and repression.
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Paul Martinez, of Roswell, fishes at Lake Van in Dexter as the sun sets on Sunday.
DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning isn’t the only player the Denver Broncos brought in to make things happen. Von Miller got the call from Denver, too, and the secondyear linebacker is ... - PAGE B1
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Obama makes history with visits
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — On a historymaking trip, President Barack Obama on Monday paid the first visit by an American leader to Myanmar and Cambodia, two Asian countries with troubled histories, one on the mend and the other still a cause of concern.
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the start of Israel’s offensive to 111, including 56 civilians. Some 840 people have been wounded, including 225 children, Gaza health officials said. Three Israeli civilians have been killed and dozens have been wounded. Over the weekend, civilian casualties in Gaza rose sharply after Israel began targeting the homes of what it said were suspected militants. Two such strikes late Monday killed five people — a father and his 4-year -old twin sons in northern Gaza and two people in the south, medics said. Jamal Daloo, who lost his wife, a son, four grandchildren and five other members
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Cheered by massive flagwaving crowds, Obama offered long-isolated Myanmar a “hand of friendship” as it rapidly embraces democratic refor ms. Hours later, he arrived in Cambo-
Weather forecasters give NM Proposal may bring slim chances for winter moisture relief to NM dairies
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Weather forecasters and state and federal water managers on Monday painted a grim picture of the chances drought-stricken New Mexico has to make up any ground this winter.
It’s early, but officials said the state is already starting off with half of the average snowpack for this time of year. “It’s not a promising start to the snow season and from most of what I’ve been seeing in terms of the models floating around, it’s not looking real optimistic as far as building snowpack through the winter either,” said Wayne Sleep, a hydrology technician with the
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Drought has a firm lock right now on much of the Mid West and Western U.S. In New Mexico, droughtrelated pressures are stacking up though after two consecutive years of little rain or snow. Ranchers continue selling off their livestock, dairy and other agricultural operations have been forced out of business and those farmers who have weathered the drought so far are bracing for another year of pumping groundwater to irrigate their crops. With no meaningful winter moisture, Bureau of Reclamation hydrologist
Raymond Abeyta said this will mark the lowest New Mexico reservoirs have ever been before an irrigation season. “It would be nice if we could just postpone the whole season next year and reconvene when we actually get snowpack, but I don’t see that happening,” he said. “It’s going to be even tougher, I think, next year.” John Longworth, chief of the state engineer’s water use and conservation bureau, described the situation at many of New Mexico’s reservoirs as “stark.” He said aerial surveys show a growing ring around east-
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PORTALES (AP) — Dairy farmers are hoping for federal help after severe drought and high feed prices have closed around 40 dairies in New Mexico. The Portales News-Tribune reports that experts believe the U.S. Farm Bill could give dairy farmers relief by ending old price support systems. New Mexico State University Extension Dairy Specialist Robert Hagevoort told the newspaper that the proposal would create a regulated producer-paid insurance program. He says the program would make sure that if margins are upside down, insurance will pay out. Most of New Mexico’s dairies are located in Curry, Chaves and Roosevelt counties, an area of the state most affected by the drought and high feed prices. Troubles began in 2009 when producers experienced an 18-month stretch of “unbelievable losses” caused by extremely high feed prices. Challenges continued into 2011 and 2012 with a hard-hitting drought. “The prices dairymen paid for forage was insane,” See DAIRIES, Page A3
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Two arrested Sunday following home invasion Girl Scouts JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Roswell Police Department arrested two men Sunday following a home invasion. This is the third home invasion in the city in the past three weeks, although according to the police, the third is unrelated to the first two. The family of four was awakened around 4 a.m. by loud pounding on the Richard Thyberg door. The male victim opened had a gun. The men beat the door to two male sub- the victim. One struck jects who forced their way him with the gun. The into the residence. One man’s partner, her 13held a knife; the second year-old daughter and 4-
Michael Samario
year -old son were still inside the residence. RPD received a call and were dispatched to the residence. When the offi-
cers arrived, Samario ran away on foot. He was caught after a brief foot chase. Samario was detained and tried to conceal his identity. Meanwhile, Thyberg fled the scene in a vehicle, but was stopped a few blocks away by another RPD of ficer and was apprehended. The two men were later identified as Michael Samario, 34, and Richard Thyberg, 22. The suspects got away with an undisclosed amount of cash from the victim’s wallet.
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spread cheer ILISSA GILMORE RECORD STAFF WRITER
Girl Scouts of Chaves County and community volunteers designed Christmas cards Monday at the Girl Scout Program Center in an effort to spread holiday cheer and boost morale of military personnel serving overseas. For the past four years, area Girl Scouts have made thousands of Christmas cards to send to troops through Christmas For Our Troops, a nonprofit organization that accepts and sends donated items to U.S. miliSee CHEER, Page A3