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After hours of evacuations at Los Lunas Middle school, students and nearby residents can breathe a sigh of relief.

Around 9:30 a.m. a Los Lunas police officer was called to the fire department to check out a suspicious device found Wednesday by an employee of the fire department.

It was discovered Tuesday in the parking lot of a Walmart distribution center. An employee noticed the object and called the fire department which took it and kept it overnight. In the morning a police officer recognized the object as an improvised explosive device, and a one-mile perimeter was set up.
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The Department of Homeland Security is systematically reviewing thousands of pending immigration cases and moving to dismiss those filed against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records, according to several sources familiar with the efforts.

Culling the immigration court system dockets of noncriminals started in earnest in Houston about a month ago and has stunned local immigration attorneys, who have reported coming to court anticipating clients’ deportations only to learn that the government was dismissing their cases.
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Source: The Washington Post

An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

All 13 people on board the Vermilion Oil Rig 380 have been accounted for, and the one who was injured is being transported to a hospital, Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said.

The rig is believed to be on fire, Colclough told CNN in a live telephone interview. He said it has not yet been determined whether there is a leak as a result of the explosion.

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