Albuquerque news

• Updated: PNM energy efficiency programs rack up electric savings

  25-04-2016 23:56
  
  Since Public Service Co. of New Mexico launched its energy efficiency programs in 2007, the utility has saved enough electricity to power about 274,000 homes a year, according to PNM’s latest annual report, filed with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission this month. The company has also paid out a total of $55 million to […]
  
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• Prosecutor: Hundreds of pot plants grown where 8 were killed

  25-04-2016 23:51
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four days after the calculated killings of eight people in rural Ohio, a prosecutor revealed Monday that marijuana was found at some of the crime scenes, including a grow-house sheltering hundreds of plants. The victims — all members of an extended family — were fatally shot in the head, including the young […]
  
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• Oklahoma bill tying abortions to doctor licenses criticized

  25-04-2016 23:51
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Of the pieces of anti-abortion legislation that Oklahoma lawmakers have considered this session, one that would strip doctors of their license to practice has abortion rights activists and the state’s medical association balking. The bill would prohibit any physician who performs abortions, deemed “unprofessional conduct” in the measure, from obtaining a license […]
  
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• Former NM beer ambassador gets wine gig

  25-04-2016 23:49
  
  Chris Goblet recognizes that craft beer is all the buzz lately. As the original executive director of the New Mexico Brewers Guild, he actually helped drive the conversation and foster the industry’s growth. Now he’s hoping to help cast the spotlight on the state’s wine makers. Goblet was recently chosen to lead the New Mexico […]
  
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• Chandler police release names of 2 officers who were shot

  25-04-2016 23:48
  
  CHANDLER, Ariz. — Chandler police have released the names of the two officers who were wounded in a shooting at a Wal-Mart last weekend. They say 34-year-old Joshua Pueblo remained in the intensive care unit Monday at Chandler Regional Medical Center while 28-year-old Daniel Colwell has been released from the hospital. Police say occurred in […]
  
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• Police: Road reopened after motorcycle crash

  25-04-2016 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A motorcycle crash on an Albuquerque highway had an entire off ramp blocked for nearly an hour. Police say the motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash.
  Police said a motorcycle crashed on the westbound I-40 off-ramp near northbound Coors. Officials had the northbound ramp closed.
  The roads have since been reopened.
  The motorcycle driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
  Motorcycle accident, I40 WB off ramp to Coors NB. Northbound ramp
  
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• Police: Motorcycle crash closes northbound I-40 off ramp

  25-04-2016 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A motorcycle crash on an Albuquerque highway may affect driver’s commutes Monday night. Police say the motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the crash.
  Police said a motorcycle crashed on the westbound I-40 off-ramp near northbound Coors. At this time, the northbound ramp is closed.
  Officials say to use Unser.
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  The motorcycle driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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• More people accessing mental health services in New Mexico

  25-04-2016 23:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The number of people accessing behavioral health care services in New Mexico is growing, inching up almost 5 percent over a one-year period.
  The Human Services Department released the data Monday, saying the increase stems partly from the expansion of the state’s Medicaid program to ensure more low-income people have coverage and access to everything from primary care doctors to psychologists.
  New Mexico residents have flocked to Medicaid since eligibility wa
  
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• Colorado court: ruling stands that baker can’t cite religion

  25-04-2016 21:58 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court refused Monday to take up the case of a suburban Denver baker who would not make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner cannot cite his Christian beliefs in refusing service.
  The American Civil Liberties Union applauded the development.
  “The highest court in Colorado today affirmed that no one should be turned away from a public-facing business because of who they ar
  
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• Today in History: April 25

  25-04-2016 21:55 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Monday, April 25, the 116th day of 2016. There are 250 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On April 25, 1816, Romantic poet Lord Byron, beset by financial problems and personal turmoil (including a failed marriage), left his native England at age 28, never to return. (Byron died eight years later in Greece.)
  On this date:
  In 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” i
  
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• More Texas teachers challenge new educator appraisal plan

  25-04-2016 21:27
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Another group representing teachers has objected to the updated appraisal system planned by new Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (muh-RATH’). The Association of Professional Educators on Monday announced a petition to challenge tying teacher evaluation scores to student performance on standardized tests. Morath took office in January. Association officials say his rules […]
  
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• Colorado vaccine database proposal fails for the year

  25-04-2016 21:26
  
  DENVER — Colorado won’t be starting a database this year to track kids who have not been vaccinated. The state House backed off the proposed database Monday, when the proposal was scheduled for a vote. The legislative maneuver means the database proposal is dead for the year. Colorado has some of the nation’s loosest rules […]
  
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• Sheriff: Father, 2 kids killed by suspected drunk driver; mom, 3 others seriously injured

  25-04-2016 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  TORRANCE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A father and his two children were killed by a suspected drunk driver over the weekend. Meanwhile, the mom and her three other kids are still fighting for their lives.
  Torrance County Deputies say 51-year-old Cesar Chavez was extremely drunk when he crossed the center line near Lexco and Martinez on Saturday night, hitting the family’s car head on.
  The sheriff says the family of seven from Albuquerque was in Moriarty for prom. The dad, his 18-
  
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• Sheriff: Father, 2 kids killed by suspected drunk driver

  25-04-2016 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  TORRANCE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A father and his two children were killed by a suspected drunk driver over the weekend. Meanwhile, the mom and her three other kids are still fighting for their lives.
  Cesar ChavezTorrance County Deputies say 51-year-old Cesar Chavez was extremely drunk when he crossed the center line near Lexco and Martinez on Saturday night, hitting the family’s car head on.
  The sheriff says the family of seven from Albuquerque was in Moriarty for prom. The
  
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• Family members killed, others injured in crash with suspected drunk driver

  25-04-2016 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  TORRANCE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Moments after a family gathering, a father, his daughter and his granddaughter were killed by a suspected drunk driver on Saturday night. The crash also sent four other family members to the hospital with injuries.
  Caesar Chavez“This is what happens, innocent people,” Carlos Gonzalez said.
  “They were young, really young, too young,” said Jesus Jimenez.
  A family of seven started the drive to Albuquerque on Saturday night after a birthda
  
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• Family killed, injured in crash with suspected drunk driver

  25-04-2016 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  TORRANCE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Moments after a family gathering, a father, his daughter and his granddaughter were killed by a suspected drunk driver on Saturday night. The crash also sent four other family members to the hospital with injuries.
  Caesar Chavez“This is what happens, innocent people,” Carlos Gonzalez said.
  “They were young, really young, too young,” said Jesus Jimenez.
  A family of seven started the drive to Albuquerque on Saturday night after a birthda
  
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• Senate still wavering over bill to fund Zika prevention

  25-04-2016 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Several weeks after the White House began asking for emergency funding from Congress to stop the spread of the Zika virus, a funding bill has failed to appear before the full Senate.
  Zika, a virus which has been known to cause a range of symptoms from fever to birth defects in pregnant women, remains a top health concern for U.S. officials.
  “Everything we look at with this virus, seems to be a bit scarier than we originally thought,”&
  
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• Thousands of perch transferred to Abiquiu Lake for hungry walleye, bass

  25-04-2016 20:37
  
  About 7,000 perch have been transferred from Eagle Nest Lake in northeastern New Mexico to Abiquiu Lake northwest of Santa Fe, where they are expected to serve as dinner for other kinds of fish. According to the state Department of Game and Fish, about 20 years ago yellow perch were illegally placed in Eagle Nest […]
  
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• Suspect stabs, beats BCSO dog unconscious, authorities say

  25-04-2016 20:34
  
  An Albuquerque man attacked a sheriff’s office police dog Monday, repeatedly stabbing the dog in the back before knocking him out with a baseball bat, according to authorities. Rex, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, was in emergency surgery Monday after Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he was seriously wounded trying to help deputies take a […]
  
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• Church shooting suspect’s friend expected to plead guilty

  25-04-2016 20:25 via krqe.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A friend of the white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year is set to plead guilty to two federal charges, according to an agreement signed by federal prosecutors and filed online Monday.
  Joey Meek, 21, has agreed to plead guilty to lying to authorities and failure to report a crime, according to the agreement.
  Authorities have said that Meek failed to tell investigators all he knew about Dylann Roof’s plans to shoot nin
  
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• Albuquerque schools won’t cut current teaching positions

  25-04-2016 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque Public School officials say teachers will not be laid off despite a proposal to save money by hiring fewer teachers.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that APS officials say they’re trying to cover a projected $9.5 million shortfall in state funding. They expect to save $3.3 million by hiring fewer teachers in response to declining enrollment, but say they won’t remove any current teachers.
  Some schools might lose vice principals and othe
  
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• BCSO: Suspect stabs K-9 when deputies respond to domestic dispute

  25-04-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says K-9 officer Rex was injured when a suspect stabbed him and hit him with a bat during a domestic dispute early Monday morning.
  According to BCSO, deputies responded to a domestic dispute between two brothers at a trailer park on Barcelona in the South Valley.
  Deputies say 22-year-old Oscar Valadez was threatening his brother with a knife.
  BCSO K-9 RexDeputies arrived on scene and found Valadez with t
  
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• Trump on Deflategate: ‘Leave Tom Brady alone’

  25-04-2016 19:40
  
  WARWICK, R.I. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is weighing in on Deflategate, saying “Leave Tom Brady alone.” Trump made his comments during a campaign appearance in Rhode Island on Monday, soon after a federal appeals court ruled the New England Patriots quarterback must serve a four-game suspension imposed by the NFL. Trump told hundreds […]
  
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• Deputy fired for pepper spraying restrained inmate who spit on her

  25-04-2016 19:39
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia sheriff says he has fired a deputy for using pepper spray on a restrained inmate who spit in her face. Chatham County Sheriff John Wilcher said Sgt. Charlesetta Hawkins was also charged Monday with cruelty to an inmate. The sheriff said Hawkins “lost her cool” after inmate Jonathan Mahone spit […]
  
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• A look at the men accusing Dennis Hastert of sexual abuse

  25-04-2016 19:38
  
  CHICAGO — When he steps before a judge Wednesday, Dennis Hastert will learn whether he goes to prison for breaking federal banking rules in a scheme to cover up sexual abuse. The banking charges, punishable by up to five years behind bars, are just part of broader allegations that the former House speaker molested at […]
  
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• Trump’s path: What he has to do on Tuesday to stay on track

  25-04-2016 19:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump needs another big night on Tuesday to stay on track to clinch the Republican nomination for president by the end of the primaries. Five states vote. Trump can only afford to lose one. There are a total of 172 delegates up for grabs. If Trump can win Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut and […]
  
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• Philly cheesecake is a test for candidates, not just a lunch

  25-04-2016 19:35
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Five-point plans, engaging speeches and star endorsements are all important in a presidential campaign, but how well do candidates REALLY know the cities and towns where they’re wooing voters? The supreme test in Philadelphia: ordering a cheesesteak. Just ask Secretary of State John Kerry, who was roundly mocked in 2003 for […]
  
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• Report: 52,000 New Mexico youth have had parent imprisoned

  25-04-2016 19:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A new report says 52,000 children in New Mexico have had a parent serve time behind bars at some point in their lives.
  The Annie E. Casey Foundation report released Monday shows New Mexico is one of a six states where 10 percent of youth have a parent who has been incarcerated.
  Only Kentucky and Indiana had higher rates. The national rate is 7 percent.
  The non-profit New Mexico Voices for Children says the report underscores the need for reforms that could include
  
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• Police arrest man accused of shooting heroin with child in car

  25-04-2016 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police arrested a man on Sunday who is accused of shooting heroin while driving with a child in the car.
  According to police, an officer spotted 27-year-old Richard Diaz injecting what appeared to be a controlled substance while he was driving on San Mateo. Police also say that Diaz had a young child in the backseat of the car.
  During the traffic stop, police found multiple syringes and other drug paraphernalia on the floor of the car.
  Diaz was t
  
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• Quick response to Wisconsin prom shooting draws praise

  25-04-2016 18:41
  
  ANTIGO, Wis. — Officials praised the quick actions of police and district staff to stop an 18-year-old gunman, saying they averted what could have been a much worse attack on a high school prom in Wisconsin. Two students were injured when the gunman — identified by police as Jakob E. Wagner — fired a rifle […]
  
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• Colorado State Forest Service going after tree-killing pest

  25-04-2016 18:40
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado State Forest Service is trying to determine the best way to stop a tree killer called the emerald ash borer. The service said Monday that it will be working with the city and county of Boulder to place more than 120 traps this year. The test will help in researching […]
  
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• US to states: Make it easier for ex-prisoners to obtain IDs

  25-04-2016 18:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging the nation’s governors to make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification after they get out of prison, part of a broader plan being announced Monday to help smooth the path for state and federal inmates who are preparing to re-enter society. The announcement, on […]
  
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• Lubbock police say 1 teen shot another while handling gun

  25-04-2016 18:22
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Lubbock police say one teenager has been shot in the neck by another youth as several boys were at a home and examining a gun. Police say the wounded 16-year-old was hospitalized in stable condition following Sunday night’s shooting. Authorities say four boys were in a bedroom when a 15-year-old began showing […]
  
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• Kingman, AZ to pay for Route 66 promotional trip to Germany

  25-04-2016 18:22
  
  KINGMAN, Ariz. — The city of Kingman will fund one resident’s trip to Germany so he can promote international Route 66 tourism. The Kingman Daily Miner reports (http://bit.ly/1VUafEv ) that the City Council on Tuesday voted to provide nearly $4,900 to Jim Hinckley to help him attend the inaugural European Route 66 Festival near Stuttgart, […]
  
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• US ends Honda probe for failing to report deaths, injuries

  25-04-2016 17:57
  
  DETROIT — The U.S. government has closed an investigation into Honda’s failure to report deaths and injuries, saying that the company has met all of its obligations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website Monday that Honda paid a $70 million fine and took steps needed to make sure […]
  
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• Updated: Appeals court: QB Tom Brady must serve ‘Deflategate’ penalty

  25-04-2016 17:57
  
  NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has ruled that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game “Deflategate” suspension imposed by the NFL, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in New York. The […]
  
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• Appeals court: QB Tom Brady must serve ‘Deflategate’ penalty

  25-04-2016 17:49 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that New England Patriots Tom Brady must serve a four-game “Deflategate” suspension imposed by the NFL, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union.
  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in New York. The decision by a three-judge panel may end the legal debate over the scandal that led to months of football fans arguing over air pressure and the reputation of one of the le
  
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• The Latest: Kasich says Cruz compact ‘not a big deal’

  25-04-2016 17:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the presidential nomination race (all times local): ___ 11 a.m. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is urging people in Indiana to vote for him, despite his agreement to stand aside in that state. That’s the Republican presidential candidate’s message about 13 hours after he announced an arrangement to give rival Ted […]
  
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• Funding cut puts UNM specimen collection at risk

  25-04-2016 17:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A museum at the University of New Mexico maintains the world’s largest archive of frozen tissue samples, but a recent National Science Foundation decision put the specimens at risk.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the NSF last month indefinitely suspended a program that funds maintenance of biological research collections like the half-million specimens at UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology.
  Scientists argue that such collections enable a wi
  
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• Consumer Confidential: In search of fair drug prices

  25-04-2016 17:20
  
  When CVS Health in February began taking over pharmacy operations at more than 1,600 Target stores, CVS Pharmacy President Helena Foulkes called the changeover “an important milestone.” “Our heart is in every prescription we fill, and providing accessible, supportive and personalized health care is part of our DNA,” she said. Accessible, supportive, personalized — those […]
  
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• Fed will likely keep rates unchanged in face of global slump

  25-04-2016 17:15
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market is healthy. The stock market is up. Home prices are rising. Yet as the Federal Reserve prepares to meet this week, it seems in no mood to resume raising interest rates from ultra-lows. With the global economy struggling and U.S. inflation still below the Fed’s target rate, many economists […]
  
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• New Mexico awaits fate of troubled Intel Rio Rancho plant

  25-04-2016 16:49 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) – One of New Mexico’s fastest growing city remains on edge as Intel is set to give details on massive job cuts.
  The plan expected to be unveiled Monday could determine the future of the company’s plant north of Albuquerque in the city of Rio Rancho.
  Intel announced last week it is cutting 12,000 jobs – about 11 percent of its workforce. The move is part of the company’s effort to reorganize amid a decline in sales of personal computers.
  Busines
  
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• Overseas, Obama begins the long goodbye

  25-04-2016 16:18 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Back home, President Barack Obama has eight months, a dogfight over the Supreme Court and scores of campaign speeches for a successor ahead of him. But overseas, the president already has begun a long, slow goodbye.
  As Obama wrapped up his valedictory trip to London on Saturday, he looked very much like a president on his way out the door, reflecting on his tenure and eager to shape how he is remembered. At a town hall with young people, he was asked to look back far more tha
  
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• Cleveland settles lawsuit over Tamir Rice shooting for $6M

  25-04-2016 16:01 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The city on Monday reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center.
  An order filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland said the city will pay out $3 million this year and $3 million the next. There was no admission of wrongdoing in the settlement.
  Family attorney Subodh Chandra called the settlement historic but added: “The res
  
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• Trump bristles at Cruz-Kasich collaboration

  25-04-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a desperate move by “mathematically dead” rivals.
  Such collusion would be illegal in many industries, the Republican presidential front-runner said, but it’s illustrative of “everything that is wrong in Washington and our political system.”
  Under the arrangement outlined Sunday, Kasich, t
  
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• State police honor officer killed by fugitive still on the run in Cuba

  25-04-2016 15:32
  
  New Mexico State Police are honoring a fallen officer and still fighting for justice decades later.
  
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• White House set to release secret pages from 9/11 inquiry

  25-04-2016 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers.
  The documents, kept in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol, contain information from the joint congressional inquiry into “specific sources of foreign support for some of the Sept. 11 hijackers while they were in the United States.”
  Bob Graham, who was co-
  
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• Authorities: Pot operations found in homes where 8 died

  25-04-2016 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Marijuana growing operations were discovered at some of the crime scenes where officials said eight family members were killed in a “pre-planned execution,” raising more questions as authorities scrambled to find a suspect or suspects in the slayings in a rural southern Ohio community.
  The killings at four homes near the small community of Piketon on Friday was “a sophisticated operation,” Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a news conference
  
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• Olive Garden celebrates Bring Your Kids To Work Day

  25-04-2016 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A restaurant in Albuquerque is helping to celebrate Bring Your Kids To Work Day.
  Olive Garden is having a special coupon to honor the special day. 
  Olive Garden Manager, Kelly Bianco, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to cook a tasty dish. Watch above.
  Bianco demonstrated how to make Grilled Chicken Piadina and Grilled Vegetable Piadina. In honor of Bring Your Kids To Work Day, her children joined her to demonstrat
  
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• Carlsbad mental health center workers cleared of fraud

  25-04-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Medicaid fraud charges against three employees of a defunct Carlsbad mental health center have been dismissed.
  The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports (http://bit.ly/21b1R3g) that an Eddy County Magistrate Court judge ruled last week that there was insufficient evidence that the trio knowingly committed fraud.
  Attorney General Hector Balderas indicted Noel Clark, Darril Woodfield and Michael Stoll in June 2015.
  They were facing five counts related to Medicaid fraud, one co
  
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