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Police say mom high on pot let tots run in road Woman arrested on two counts of child abuse after her 2-year-old children were found running on Cerrillos Road. lOCAl news, B-1
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Vandals strike $1M humming sculpture at gallery
Records show Martinez’s biggest share of expenses between September and December was police security. PAge B-1
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Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, upon the release of the endowment total, tweeted, “Time to invest in early childhood education!”
Permanent funds hit record high $19.6 billion Lawmakers rekindle debate on using cash for early education By Milan Simonich
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King’s new consultant resigns over crass tweets By Steve Terrell
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Gary King’s rough start in his general election campaign for governor got even bumpier Tuesday. King’s new campaign manager, Louisiana political consultant Steve Verzwyvelt, resigned on his second day of the job after a conservative Washington, D.C., online publication published an article about several controversial tweets Verzwyvelt had authored in recent years. The Washington Free Beacon’s story said Verzwyvelt “has a long history of publishing offensive comments on Twitter, including calling Republican politicians ‘douchebags,’ making derogatory statements towards obese women, and thinly veiled sexual remarks.”
A sculpture by Harry Bertoia valued at almost $1 million on display on the east grounds of the Peyton Wright Gallery, shown Tuesday, was vandalized earlier in the week. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN
Albuquerque Journal North that the piece was installed last Sunday, and he called the vandalism an “absolutely mindless tragedy.” sculpture valued at nearly $1 milA staff member at the Peyton Wright Gallion outside the Peyton Wright lery said the vandalized piece would remain Gallery was supposed to sing in on display until police finish investigating the wind, but since vandals got and would then be removed. The employee ahold of it during the weekend, it merely also said the gallery had displayed art outclicks. doors for years without problems. The copper sculpture, titled Untitled (MonThe vandalism of the sculpture is just the umental Sonambient), by artist Harry Bertoia latest attack on public art within the past few is made of 112 vertical rods that sway gently months. in the wind, bouncing off one another to proJust last month, someone removed the tail duce a hum. Vandals, though, damaged sevfrom the iconic donkey sculpture in Burro eral of the rods, pulling them into the ground, Alley — one of the most photographed while twisting others out of shape. pieces of art in the city — which cost the city Gallery owner John Schaefer did not Please see ART, Page A-4 return a reporter’s call Tuesday. He told the By Chris Quintana
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Pentagon: U.S. captures top suspect in ’12 Benghazi siege The New York Times
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New Mexico lost jobs in the last year, but its endowments hit a record high of $19.6 billion Tuesday. Steve Moise, the state investment officer, announced the total to the legislative committee that oversees investments and pensions. Moments later, legislators revived their long-running debate over whether some of the money should be spent on early childhood education. InsIde Many Democrats in the u A breakdown Legislature say investing in of New Mexico’s early childhood programs is the key to turning around endowments. PAge A-4 the state’s economy. A combination of gains in the stock market and smarter overall investments account for much of the increase in the endowments, Moise said. Another factor has been heavy inflows of money because of the booming oil industry in southeastern New Mexico. Oil and gas companies contribute to the state endowments through leases and royalties. The state’s largest endowment, the Land Grant Permanent Fund, also was at an all-time high Tuesday of $13.8 billion, Moise said. This year, about $596 million from that fund will go toward public programs, mostly K-12 schools. On the downside, the $4.5 billion Severance Tax Permanent Fund was generating less money for the state, Moise said. It still will con-
House and Pentagon officials said Tuesday. Apprehension of the suspect, Ahmed Abu Khattala, is a major breakthrough in the 2½-year investigation into the attack, which also killed three other Americans, just two months before the presidential election in the United States. President Barack Obama vowed
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