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Legal aid for minors facing deportation Federal plan calls for $2 million in grants to enroll 100 lawyers to represent children. PAge A-5

Vodafone reveals vast data tapping

Duran, staff turned ‘nasty,’ clerks say County officials allege abusive calls from secretary of state, top aide on election night

British cell carrier says governments collect info without limits. PAge A-4

By Milan Simonich

Mayor saddles up

Two county clerks say they received loud, abusive phone calls on election night from New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran and one of her top aides over the speed

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at which clerks processed returns for this week’s primary election. Duran, a Republican who is seeking re-election this fall, on Tuesday night Dianna Duran personally called the Rio Arriba County clerk, Moises Morales, to complain about not receiving results so they could be posted to the secretary of state’s election website.

Rod Adair, who managed Duran’s last campaign and now is employed as one of her senior managers, made a similar call to the Doña Ana County clerk, Lynn Ellins. He said Adair’s tirade was “mean and nasty.” “The next time that your office asks us to cooperate with yours, please instruct Mr. Adair to wash out his mouth before calling me, and to lower his voice to a respectful conversational tone,” Ellins wrote in a post-election note to Duran. “Likewise, I don’t care to be hung up on during the midst of one of his temper tantrums.”

The Republican Governors Association on Friday launched a scathing television commercial against Attorney General Gary King. COURTESY IMAGE TAKEN FROM VIDEO

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GOP launches attack against cash-strapped AG King

District Attorney’s Office files motions to charge two juveniles as adults By Phaedra Haywood

The New Mexican

By Steve Terrell

The New Mexican

Just three days after New Mexico Democrats chose Gary King as the party’s standard bearer, the Republican Governors Association on Friday launched a scathing television commercial calling King a “terrible” attorney general who would be “a worse governor.” On the same day, the campaign of Gov. Susana Martinez launched its own commercial. However, this was a soft ad, focusing on Martinez supporting small businesses. Her ad doesn’t even mention King’s name. Together, the two ads point to one of King’s major problems: lack of funds. And that means — at least at the moment, after the primary left his campaign treasury seriously depleted — King doesn’t have the resources to fight back while the Republicans attempt to define him for voters on their own terms. And it appears that King can’t expect help from the Democratic Governors Association. In late April, the president of that group said the association would not be spending any money in New Mexico, instead concentrating on gubernatorial races that are more competitive. The Republican group’s ad, titled “The Worst Ever,” is a 30-second spot. The script is as follows: Female narrator: “Gary King’s record as attorney general.

From left, World War II veterans Hal Baumgarten, 90, of Pennsylvania, Steve Melnikoff, 94, of Maryland, Don McCarthy, 90, of Rhode Island, and Morley Piper, 90, of Massachusetts, attend a D-Day commemoration Friday on Omaha Beach in western France. THIBAULT CAMUS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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fter 70 years, a dwindling number of veterans, civilian survivors of the brutal battle for Normandy, and 19 world leaders and monarchs celebrated on Friday the sacrifices of D-Day, an assault never matched for its size, planning and derring-do. The events spread across the beaches and lush farmlands of Normandy, in western France, had an added

sense of urgency this year: It would be the last grand commemoration for many of the veterans, whether they relived the anniversary at home in silence or were among the some 1,000 who crossed continents to be present despite their frail age. Read more about the D-Day commemorations on Page A-2.

A group performs during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing at Sword Beach in Ouistreham, France, on Friday. STEPHEN CROWLEY THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Economy recoups jobs lost during recession New data show U.S. added 217K jobs in May — but recovery far from complete By Ylan Q. Mui

The Washington Post

America has finally recouped the nearly 9 million jobs lost during the recession, but the moment feels bittersweet. New government data released Friday showed the

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3 teens charged in rape of Pojoaque student

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Duran’s chief of staff, Ken Ortiz, responded for her. He said the clerks’ allegations about abusive treatment were untrue. “Our office is concerned about accurate and timely election returns for the people of New Mexico. That is the key issue,” Ortiz said. “No one was treated abusively or rudely. The proper sense of urgency was conveyed.” Ortiz said it was improper for the Doña Ana elections staff to keep

economy added 217,000 jobs in May, sending total employment to a record high that eclipsed the previous peak reached just after the country went into recession. The journey back has been longer and rockier than almost anyone expected — and it is far from complete. Even though the jobs have returned, the nation’s population has grown. The Economic Policy Institute, a leftleaning think tank, estimated that an additional 7 million positions are needed to fill that gap. “There’s no victory laps being

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done around here,” Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said in an interview. “We have a lot of unfinished business.” That helps explain why the recovery still feels so sluggish despite more than four years of job growth. Many economists say the labor market has become increasingly polarized, with improvements skewed toward workers with more skills and better education. The unemployment rate for high school dropouts in May was 9.1 percent — triple the rate for

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college graduates. The national jobless rate was 6.3 percent. But although the gains have come slowly, and often in fits and starts, they have materialized nonetheless. The job growth in May marked the fourth straight month that the economy has added at least 200,000 jobs, a key benchmark of a healthy economy. The biggest driver of jobs last month was the professional and business services sector, which includes positions such as archi-

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Operatic trilogy for families at SFO Santa Fe Opera presents fully staged, short operas composed for youth. Written in the Stars, 6 p.m.; True North, 7 p.m.; Gaddes Hall, Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, $10 at the box office, 986-5900. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

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Three teenagers have been indicted in the brutal April rape of an 18-year-old Pojoaque High School student at a house party near Española. Two of the defendants — Jacob Martinez, 15, of Fairview, and Irin K. Martinez, 16, of Santa Cruz — are juveniles. They are not related. The third suspect is a Kayla Coriz female, 19-year-old Kayla Coriz of Chimayó. Assistant District Attorney Susan Stinson said Friday that her office has filed motions seeking to charge both boys as adults. Española police found the victim on the side of McCurdy Road near the United Methodist Church at about 1 a.m. April 27 after receiving a report of a young woman who was bleeding severely. The teen was taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery for her injuries. A family member said she has since been released and is recovering. The teen told the Española officers that she had been at a home outside city limits, so the city police called in state police to question witnesses at the residence. The partygoers gave differing accounts of what had happened.

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