State employee layoffs spread amid budget squeeze
As governors promise no furloughs, New Mexico lays off 44 workers and trims more than 3,000 positions overall. The reductions hit the Public Education Department hard while reform plans and consultant hires unfold, amid ongoing budget constraints and regulatory cuts.
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Santa FE
Bill Richardson
Susana Martinez
State
Public Education Department
Hanna Skandera
New Mexico
Skandera
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Turkey votes as Erdogan leads third straight victory
World opinion contrasts secular Turkey with Syria as Erdogan's AKP clinches a historic third consecutive win. Voters turnout 87 percent but no two thirds majority, forcing a referendum for constitutional change amid Turkey's economic challenges and Syria policy concerns. Iran favors status quo while Turkey seeks reform.
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Bashar al-Assad
Ankara
Islamist Justice and Development Party
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Syria
Assad
Iran
Turkey
IMF race narrows to Lagarde and Carstens for IMF top post
The IMF leadership contest narrows after Stanley Fischer is disqualified for age. Christine Lagarde remains the favorite against Agustin Carstens as Arab-Israeli tensions influence debates on leadership and tradition. Saudi newspaper Arab News notes calls for a non European head from developing nations.
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Israel
Stanley Fischer
International Monetary Fund
Christine Lagarde
Agustin Carstens
Mexico
Fischer
Lagarde
IMF
Arab News
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Wart removal myths and home remedies shared in letters
A reader recounts a seven year wart shrinking after chalk use at school and disappearing. The column reviews chalk calcium carbonate facts, offers unconventional remedies such as clear nail polish Tang paste aspirin tea tree oil glue and cautions about allergies and repeated applications.
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Federal agents raid Stockton home in DOE probe
A Stockton man recounts a surprise 6 am raid by federal agents seeking his estranged wife. Officers, from the Department of Education Office of Inspector General, searched the house and detained his three children for hours while the warrant’s purpose remains sealed.
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Kenneth Wright
Stockton
Calif
Wright
News 10
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Justin Hamilton
Office of Inspector General
Hamilton
OIG
John Whitehead
Rutherford Institute
Charlottesville
Ruther
Rain Deluge Piles Up in Roswell After Two Days
Thunderstorms friday and Saturday dump over an inch of rain on Roswell. Yearly total rises to 4.36 inches, about 1.83 inches above normal. Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2575 reelects twelve officers for 1986 87 term including Norma Stevens as president and Doreen Carter as senior vice president. New officers took oath after installation.
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New Mexico
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Norma Stevens
Doreen Carter
Theresa Fairfield
Josephine Montano
Barbara Nowell
Chieko Nowell
Martha Yates
Lilly Ferriera
Maria Amaro
Grace Babich
Mary Grant
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