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• Chinese tourists arrive on direct flights to Taiwan

  TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of mainland Chinese tourists — some in matching white or pink shirts — arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regular commercial flights in nearly six decades between the old foes. »Read Story...
  

       

• Horse and buggy NM man's new form of transportation

  HOBBS — Neal Heard has been spending his gasoline money on another type of fuel — horse feed. »Read Story...
  

    

• Server work to continue through weekend

  Technical staff are servicing Web servers that power registration and story comment features. The work will disrupt those features throughout the weekend. We hope to have those services restored as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience, please send questions to webeditor@sfnewmexican.com. »Read Story...
  

    

• Olympics: Hansen flounders in 200-meters breaststroke trials

  OMAHA, Neb. — In the first major stunner of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night. »Read Story...
  

    

• UCI head: Clean Tour de France needed to win back fans

  AIGLE, Switzerland — The head of cycling's world governing body believes it will take more than one scandal-free Tour de France to convince the public that cycling has beaten its doping problems. »Read Story...