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U.S. troops heading to Nigeria as attacks leave scores dead Military crew of 80 to help hunt for the missing girls abducted by Islamic extremists who killed 48 villagers Wednesday. PAge A-3
Zozobra out of a jam? Kiwanis: Traffic plan changes could ease worries over Friday burning
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Legacy of a diplomat Santa Fe businessman and philanthropist Charles W. Robinson dies at age 94. LOCAL NeWS, A-5
Lab’s proposal calls for isolating, securing, monitoring and treating 86 barrels of nuke waste. PAge A-5
Cleaner air to come at a cost: Higher electric bills
City panel OKs plan to revive speed SUVs
U.S. predicts 4% rise in power prices this year as coal plants shut down The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces. New and tighter pollution rules and tough competition from cleaner sources such as natural gas, wind and solar will lead to the closings of dozens of coal-burning plants across 20 states, including New Mexico, over the next three years. And many of those that stay open will need expensive retrofits. Because of these and other factors, the Energy Department predicts retail power prices will rise 4 percent on average this year, the biggest jump since 2008. By 2020, prices are expected to climb an additional 13 percent, a forecast that does not include the costs of coming environmental rules.
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he Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe served up a possible solution Wednesday for downtown restaurateurs who said they might have to close their doors if the burning of Zozobra is held the Friday before Labor Day. “We really need to examine the closure of streets,” event Chairman Ray Sandoval said after a special meeting of the city’s Business and Quality of Life Committee. “I had not considered that people are physically blocked from actually going to a business that would like to stay open.” Wednesday’s special meeting came after representatives from several downtown businesses told city officials last week that the event’s date change could force them to close shop that day. Many said the traffic plan for the event, which closes several downtown blocks surrounding the Fort Marcy Ballpark, blocks patrons from getting to their restaurants.
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sures, and people can’t really get to the restaurant. That’s the only reason we close. If we could map out some different kinds of things where there was more parking and more streets open to get to businesses, I think we would have a much more
Speed SUVs might be returning to Santa Fe streets this summer. On Tuesday, the city’s Public Safety Committee approved a new proposal from the sole bidder to provide the speed-enforcement vehicles, Redflex Traffic Systems, a Phoenixbased company at the center of bribery allegations in several states. Redflex previously provided Santa Fe’s mobile photo-enforcement service, but in January, city officials let the contract lapse and then issued a request for new proposals. The city had become concerned about contracting with the firm when a former Redflex official alleged the company had bribed government officials in more than a dozen states, including New Mexico. In the most recent development, The Associated Press reported last week that federal authorities arrested a retired Chicago official who had
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Paul A.C. Margetson, a managing partner of Hotel Santa Fe, speaks to the city’s Business and Quality of Life Committee on Wednesday.
James Caruso, chef and owner of La Boca on Marcy Street and its nearby sister restaurant, Taberna, said he would prefer to stay open Aug. 29. “I still might, but it’s really difficult to do business during that time with all the crowds and the street clo-
More Hispanics shifting toward white identification
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Census study points to changing self-perception among Latinos in U.S.
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Hispanics are often described as driving up the nonwhite share of the population. But a new study of census forms finds that more Hispanics are identifying as white. An estimated net 1.2 million Americans of the 35 million Americans identified in 2000 as of “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin,” as the census form puts it, changed their race from “some other race” to
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David Caffey The author discusses Chasing the Santa Fe Ring: Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico, 6 p.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226.
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Redflex, sole bidder on contract, embroiled in bribery accusations
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Ray Sandoval, Zozobra chairman, addresses the city’s Business and Quality of Life Committee on Wednesday about business owners’ concerns over moving Zozobra to the Friday before Labor Day. ‘We really need to examine the closure of streets. I had not considered that people are physically blocked from actually going to a business that would like to stay open,’ Sandoval said. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/
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“white” between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, according to research presented at an annual meeting of the Population Association of America and reported by Pew Research. The researchers, who have not yet published their findings, compared individual census forms from the 2000 and 2010 censuses. They found that millions of Americans answered the census questions about race and ethnicity differently in 2000 and 2010. The largest shifts were among Americans of Hispanic origin, who are the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group by total numbers. Race is an immutable characteristic for many white, black and Asian Americans. It is less clear for
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Americans of Hispanic origin. The census form asks two questions about race and ethnicity: one about whether individuals are of Hispanic or Latino origin, and another about race. “Hispanics” do not constitute a race, according to the census, and so 37 percent of Hispanics, presumably dissatisfied with options like “white” or “black” selected “some other race.” The researchers found that 2.5 million Americans of Hispanic origin, or approximately 7 percent of the 35 million Americans of Hispanic origin in 2000, changed their race from “some other race” in 2000 to
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1. 2 million
Americans identified in 2000 as of “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin” who changed their race from “some other race” to “white” between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, according to a new report by Pew Research.
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Americans of Hispanic origin who changed their race from “some other race” in 2000 to “white” in 2010. An additional 1.3 million people switched in the other direction.
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