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Lessons from behind the lens
MacLaine speaks to new graduates
Nature gets a glam makeover
Oscar-winning actress tells Class of 2014 to live life as if it’s showbiz. LOCAL NEWS, C-1
Polished finishes make decor inspired by the natural world truly shine. REAL ESTATE, E-1
Court records show woman with criminal past has targeted troubled homeowners, others in schemes By Phaedra Haywood The New Mexican
Ayn Warriner
U.S. soldier freed in prisoner trade The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The lone U.S. prisoner of war from the Afghan conflict, captured by insurgents nearly five years ago, has been released to U.S. forces in exchange for five Taliban detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Obama administration officials said Saturday. The soldier, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was handed over to U.S. Special Operations troops inside Afghanistan near the Pakistan border about 10:30 a.m. Saturday in a tense but uneventful exchange with 18 Taliban officials, U.S. officials said. Moments
later, Bergdahl was whisked away by the helicopterborne commandos, U.S. officials said. He was described in good physical condition. The five Taliban Bowe detainees at GuanBergdahl tánamo, including two senior militant commanders said to be linked to operations that killed U.S. and allied troops as well as implicated in murdering thousands of Shiites in Afghanistan, were flown
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Violence against women comes into global focus Recent incidents spark discussion, even hope By David Crary The Associated Press
Nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria. A pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by her family for marrying the man she loved. Widespread rape in many war zones. And in California, a murderous rampage by a disturbed young man who had depicted sorority members as a prime target. From across the world, startling reports of violence against women surface week after week. The World Health Organization has declared the problem an epidemic, calculating that one in three women worldwide will experience sexual or physical violence — most often from their husband or male partner. Yet even as they decry the violence and the abundance of misogy-
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nistic rhetoric, women’s rights activists see reasons for hope. “The violence has been happening forever — it’s not anything new,” said Serra Sippel, president of the Washington-based Center for Health and Gender Equity. “What’s new is that people in the United States and globally are coming around to say ‘enough is enough,’ and starting to hold governments and institutional leaders accountable.” Even in India — where just this past week, two teenage cousins were raped and killed by attackers who hung their bodies from a mango tree — there are signs of change. Public outrage over the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student led the government to expedite legislation increasing prison terms for rapists. In April, a court sentenced three men to death for raping a photojournalist in Mumbai. In the United States, the military
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Obituaries Edward Lee Allesandro, 91, May 12 Ernestina Gallegos De Carrillo, May 23
The Poetry of Light Writing workshop open to high school students and adults led by Santa Fe Poet Laureate Jon Davis; in conjunction with the exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, 1-4 p.m., New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave., no charge, 476-5096. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
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She went by Ayn Warriner in 1997, when a New Jersey judge sentenced her to eight years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to kill one man and castrate and
remove the tongue of another. Since then, Warriner has gone by many names, court records show, and has spent years “terrorizing” the citizens of Northern New Mexico, in the words of one of her alleged victims. According to court documents,
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the Santa Fe woman uses a number of aliases — including Ayn Stern, Ayn Warriner, Ann Warriner, Ayn Fleitcher, Onya Leive, Frances Ayn Stern and Frances Williams — misrepresents herself as an attorney and “targets New Mexico consumers facing foreclosure or in default on their home loans.”
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2014 ELECTIONS DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY
Hopefuls fight voter apathy in final push
Alan Webber speaks to supporters Friday during a fundraiser at Iconik in Santa Fe. PHOTOS BY CLYDE MUELLER THE NEW MEXICAN
Large number of undecided Democrats, low early voting participation challenge those vying for governor’s seat
Gary King and his wife talk with Susie and John Vargas at the South Valley Senior Center in Albuquerque on Thursday.
By Steve Terrell The New Mexican
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n the final days of the 2014 Democratic primary election campaigns, the party’s five gubernatorial candidates have a common problem — voter apathy. Not only do polls show a large number of undecided Democratic voters — 29 percent, according to an Albuquerque Journal poll last week — and finance reports show weak fundraising compared with that of Republican incumbent Gov. Susana Martinez, but early voting totals look downright anemic. As early voting was winding down late last week, less than 6 percent of the state ’s nearly 598,000 registered democrats had voted either early or absentee, the Secretary of State’s Office said Friday. In Santa Fe County, heavily Democratic, the numbers appeared only slightly more encouraging for candidates. On Saturday, the last day for early voting, more than 5,200 Democrats in the county — just over 8 percent of registered Democrats — had requested either early or absentee ballots, according to an email from County Clerk Geraldine Salazar. It was unclear how many actual absentee ballots had been cast, but it seemed the number might top that of 2010, when the total number of early and absentee votes cast for a Democratic gubernatorial nominee was about 4,800. If the Democratic contenders are disheartened ahead of Tuesday’s election, they aren’t letting on publicly. They’ve got full campaign schedules. The various campaigns have staged several events in recent days. Attorney General Gary King held a big traditional barbecue in Albuquerque’s South Valley on Saturday. Veteran government administrator Lawrence Rael sponsored a golf tournament at Cochiti Pueblo. Several of the candidates marched in a parade for gay rights in Albuquerque on Saturday morning. The other gubernatorial candidates are State Sen. Linda Lopez of Albuquerque, state Sen. Howie Morales of Silver City and retired businessman Alan Webber. Gov. Martinez, in the fourth year of her first term, has no primary opponent. Morales started off strong. He won the March pre-primary convention — where King came in last when party delegates’ votes were counted. The Silver City senator also drew endorsements from the American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. But since then, his showing in the polls and campaign fundraising have been weak. While “undecided” actually was the most common response among voters surveyed
Howie Morales poses for a picture with Aubrey Gardner, 19, while campaigning Wednesday in Albuquerque.
Lawrence Rael campaigns at the intersection of St. Francis Drive and Cordova Road in Santa Fe on Wednesday.
Linda Lopez speaks with Elizabeth Findling while campaigning Thursday at the Roadrunner Café in Pojoaque.
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Fake foreclosure attorney ‘terrorizing’ New Mexicans, alleged victim claims
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops markss 25 years of helping photographers sharpen their skills. LOCAL NEWS, C-1
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