Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates Dies at 83
Daryl F. Gates, longtime Los Angeles police chief famed for battling gangs and clashing with city leaders, died Friday of cancer at age 83. His contentious handling of the Rodney King beating and the 1992 riots led to his retirement.
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Protesters and police in tax day events and crime report
Protesters gathered on tax day as police arrested an armed robbery suspect. A carbon monoxide incident is noted as a stealthy killer, and Alamogordo is mentioned in relation to a jet project. The council approves Dean Baldwin's CDBG application.
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Demons Fall Twice In Twin Bill With Portales
Dexter softball suffered a 16-3 five inning loss in game one and a 12-5 defeat in game two to Portales. Dexter led 3-0 early after Jenna Garcia hit a liner that cleared the center fielder for a homer but allowed 16 unanswered runs in the bottom of the first.
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CITY PAYS LAST RESPECTS TO TEEN COWBOYS
A memorial at the Convention and Civic Center honored two teen rodeo competitors who died in a tragic accident. Family, friends, and thousands mourned as Art Andrus performed a somber song about life's meaning and the two young men who lived each day fully. The community united in grief, reflecting on loss and remembrance.
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Close call sparks Leven's life drive
Rob Leven, 22, splits time between Amarillo and Roswell and survived a late discovering chondrosarcoma. Diagnosed after a football collision left him with rib injuries and coughing blood, the El Paso teen faced a life changing cancer battle that began at sixteen.
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Saturday Spotlight on a Cancer Survivor’s Long Road
A patient nicknamed Seven describes sudden hospital scenes in hazmat suits and a rushed downstairs evacuation. Doctors initially misdiagnosed tuberculosis before identifying chondrosarcoma. The cancer removed left rib cage sections and chest wall portions, with six years of treatment and multiple rib and chest wall reconstructions before doctors finally declare him cancer free.
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Hospital suit to go forward
A District Court judge granted class action status to a suit accusing Eastern New Mexico Medical Center of a scheme to inflate costs and bill uninsured patients higher rates to increase federal funding. Judge Ralph D. Shamas found substantial evidence the hospital billed amounts far in excess of what it should have since 2000 and did not disclose charges to patients.
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