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• Updated: Mom of slain Florida teen warned son of nightclub shootings

  25-07-2016 23:48
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. — With the Orlando massacre still fresh on everyone’s mind, the mother of a young man who was slain at a nightclub early Monday had warned her son about what to do if there were a shooting: “hit the floor, find a table.” But when gunfire erupted at the Club Blu parking […]
  
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• Doping whistleblower appeals to IOC, says decision flawed

  25-07-2016 23:47
  
  Russian doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova is appealing her ban from the Olympics, saying it was based on incorrect information and dubious legal grounds. Stepanova sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee contending she never said she wouldn’t compete for the Russian team, as the IOC stated. The IOC would not make any exception for […]
  
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• Request to send accused rapist back to jail denied due to lack of evidence

  25-07-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Grants man accused of an especially violent rape in Albuquerque will not go back to jail despite a plea from prosecutors. They asked a judge to send Joseph Apodaca back to jail for failing to follow his conditions of release.
  Apodcaca is accused of raping a woman so violently after a night at the bar that she nearly bled to death and then dumping her in a parking lot in Belen.
  Apodaca has been out on bond since his indictment in November but prosecutors say the
  
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• Lyft moves toward resuming NM service

  25-07-2016 23:41
  
  Ride-booking company Lyft is moving forward with a return to New Mexico after an absence of over a year. On July 19, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission issued a permit to Lyft to operate as a transportation network company. The permit is required for ride-booking companies in New Mexico under the state’s 2016 Transportation […]
  
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• ABQ rain chances picking up nicely

  25-07-2016 23:41
  
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• Film, TV give NM a blockbuster year

  25-07-2016 23:40
  
  The film and TV industry in New Mexico continues to bring in big money into the state. According to the New Mexico Film Office, the direct spend into the state economy of projects during fiscal year 2016 reached $387 million. This is up from fiscal year 2015’s record high of $288 million. “It takes a […]
  
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• Heimat House shutters

  25-07-2016 22:19
  
  German beers, pretzels, bratwursts will make their way Downtown
  
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• 1st US system to keep drones away from wildfires kicks off

  25-07-2016 22:16
  
  BOISE, Idaho — Federal authorities say they’ve launched the first national system intended to prevent hobby drones from interfering with planes and helicopters fighting wildfires. The U.S. Interior Department announced the kickoff of the pilot project Monday. It uses smartphone apps already on the market to quickly alert drone fliers to temporary flight restrictions over […]
  
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• Carter casts doubt on military partnership with Russia

  25-07-2016 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is casting doubt on prospects for a military partnership with Russia to combat the Islamic State inside Syria. At a Pentagon news conference Monday, Carter says the Russians are “a long way” from aligning their military focus with that of the United States. Carter says the Russians should be […]
  
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• Las Cruces shoplifting suspect briefly escapes custody

  25-07-2016 22:09
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A Las Cruces man suspected of shoplifting briefly escaped police custody while being transported to the Dona Ana County Detention Center. Las Cruces police say 24-year-old Ruben Rincon is being held on suspicion of shoplifting over $500, attempting to escape from a peace officer and concealing identity. They say Rincon also […]
  
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• 3 New Mexico universities competing to run Sandia Labs

  25-07-2016 21:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico’s three largest universities are all now officially competing with each other in an effort to help take over management of Sandia National Labs.
  Sandia is presently managed for the Department of Energy by Lockheed Martin under a contract expiring in April of 2017.
  Lockheed announced Monday that New Mexico Tech, New Mexico State University and Purdue University have joined as partners in the company’s bid.
  The winner will mana
  
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• Updated: Clinton turns to party’s stars to quiet Democratic firestorm

  25-07-2016 21:35
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton’s campaign scrambled to extinguish a political firestorm over embarrassing hacked emails Monday, hoping a high-wattage line-up of speakers, including first lady Michelle Obama and liberal favorite Bernie Sanders, would overshadow party infighting on the Democratic convention’s opening night. Clinton escaped one potentially ugly moment when outgoing party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz […]
  
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• Updated: Suicide bomber kills 14 at Iraq checkpoint; 9 die in Baghdad

  25-07-2016 21:30
  
  BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said, while a string of bombings in the Iraqi capital killed nine more people. Monday’s checkpoint bombing took place at one of the busy entrances to the […]
  
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• New Texas women’s health program has family planning focus

  25-07-2016 21:29
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Officials have unveiled an overhauled state-run women’s health program providing care to low-income Texans — including a renewed push for family planning services once offered by Planned Parenthood. The state created the Texas Women’s Health Program in 2013, after the Republican-controlled Legislature cut funding to health care providers that performed abortions. But […]
  
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• Guatemalan deported after rape arrest is back in US jail

  25-07-2016 21:29
  
  BOSTON — A man deported to Guatemala a decade ago before he could be arraigned on child rape charges in Massachusetts is back in jail after returning to the United States. Rony Vasquez pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Boston to charges he raped an 11-year-old girl. He is being held on $100,000 […]
  
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• German refugee policy under fire after a week of bloodshed

  25-07-2016 21:29
  
  BERLIN — Four attacks in a week — three of them carried out by asylum seekers — have left Germany on edge and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policies of welcoming refugees under renewed criticism. Anxiety over Germany’s ability to cope with last year’s flood of more than 1 million registered asylum seekers first surged following a […]
  
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• FBI investigates DNC hacking; Clinton campaign blames Russia

  25-07-2016 21:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Monday it is investigating how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked, a breach that Hillary Clinton’s campaign maintains was committed by Russia to benefit Donald Trump.
  A statement from the FBI confirmed that it is “investigating a cyber intrusion involving the DNC,” adding that “a compromise of this nature is something we take very seriously.”
  Wikileaks posted emails Friday that suggested the DNC was fav
  
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• New Mexico leaders look to recruit more female candidates

  25-07-2016 21:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico voters made history in 2010 when they elected Republican Susana Martinez as the state’s first female governor.
  But they have yet to elect a woman to the U.S. Senate, and only three have represented New Mexico as congresswomen.
  Data collected by The Associated Press show women remain underrepresented at all levels of elected office in New Mexico and around the country.
  In the New Mexico Legislature, just over one-quarter of the seats are held by wom
  
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• Texas radioactive waste company eyes New Mexico site

  25-07-2016 20:38 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – A waste treatment storage that disposes radioactive waste company may be ahead of southeastern New Mexico in landing a long-term storage facility for spent nuclear fuel.
  The Hobbs News-Sun reports that the West-Texas based Waste Control Specialists singled this month it wants a spent fuel storage facility at the company’s facility just five miles east of Eunice, New Mexico.
  WCS Communications Director Chuck McDonald says the company is asking the Nuclear Regulatory
  
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• A week of Holly: Anticipation, heartbreak and a look ahead

  25-07-2016 20:18
  
  Holly Holm spent the past week both heavily promoting Saturday's UFC on Fox card in Chicago's United Center as well as fighting, and ultimately losing, in the main event.
  
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• Solar farm under construction at Farmington hospital

  25-07-2016 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico hospital is constructing a 6,000-panel solar farm to help meet its energy needs.
  Doug Frary, a vice president with San Juan Regional Medical Center, told The Daily Times that crews from the Albuquerque firm Affordable Solar have finished about 30 percent of the project and are expected to complete the installation in September.
  Frary estimates that solar farm will provide about a quarter of the Farmington hospital’s daily energy needs and save up
  
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• DNC opens in Philly, Rep. Lujan says he’s glad DNC chair resigned over scandal

  25-07-2016 19:57
  
    Good afternoon from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Delegates – including New Mexico’s – flooded into the City of Brotherly Love yesterday and continue to arrive today. The action kicks off on the convention floor this afternoon at 2 p.m. mountain time and features speeches by First Lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Bernie […]
  
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• Updated: Yahoo’s evolution from rising to fading internet star

  25-07-2016 19:52
  
  1994 Stanford University computer graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo begin compiling “David’s and Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web” in a trailer on campus. Within a few months, they change the name to “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle,” which is abbreviated to Yahoo. 1995 Yahoo incorporates as a company, raises its first […]
  
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• Updated: What Verizon’s acquisition means for Yahoo users

  25-07-2016 19:52
  
  NEW YORK — If you have a Yahoo email account or regularly visit services like Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports, you might be wondering what will happen to the once-venerable brand once Verizon takes over. Neither company said much about the brand’s future once the $4.83 billion deal closes early next year. In announcing the […]
  
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• Today in History: July 25

  25-07-2016 19:33 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Monday, July 25, the 207th day of 2016. There are 159 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner SS Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and began sinking; 51 people — 46 from the Andrea Doria, five from the Stockholm — were killed. (The Andrea Doria capsized and sank the following morning.)
  On this date:
  In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Ar
  
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• Updated: Busy NYC subway tunnel to close for 18 months for repairs

  25-07-2016 19:27
  
  NEW YORK — A subway tunnel that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy will be closed for 18 months starting January 2019 for repairs, shutting down of one of the system’s most crowded lines, officials said Monday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the decision to close the East River’s Canarsie Tube completely for a year […]
  
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• Fatal accident shuts down I-40 frontage road at 2nd Street

  25-07-2016 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police say the westbound I-40 Frontage Road is shut down to 2nd Street because of a fatal crash.
  According to police, the accident happened around 9:30 a.m.
  The road is expected to remain closed for some time while police investigate.
  No further information is available.
  For the latest traffic updates, click here.I40 Frontage/2nd will remain closed, as this crash is a fatal accident. Please avoid the area while our Traffic Unit investigates
  
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• 1 dead after crash at I-40 frontage road, 2nd Street

  25-07-2016 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police closed the westbound I-40 Frontage Road to 2nd Street while they investigated a fatal crash Monday.
  According to police, the accident happened around 9:30 a.m.
  Witnesses say a woman driving a car ran a red light and was hit by a truck.
  No further information is available.
  For the latest traffic updates, click here.I40 Frontage/2nd will remain closed, as this crash is a fatal accident. Please avoid the area while our Traffic Unit inves
  
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• Cloudcroft homeowner shoots, kills bear attacking dogs

  25-07-2016 18:03 via krqe.com
  
  CLOUDCROFT, N.M. (AP) – A rural homeowner in southern New Mexico shot and killed a mother bear after it attacked his two dogs.
  The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish says the incident happened Thursday in Cloudcroft and the bear’s two cubs are now in the care of a veterinarian.
  The agency says the man’s wife discovered the cubs on the patio and then the mother bear showed up.
  The woman fled into the house but the dogs slipped out an open door.
  Game and Fish Conservation Off
  
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• Updated: Philippine leader declares ceasefire with communist rebels

  25-07-2016 17:39
  
  MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral cease-fire with communist guerrillas effective immediately Monday and asked the rebels to do the same to end decades of deadly fighting and foster the resumption of peace talks. In his first state of the nation address before Congress, Duterte said he wanted a “permanent and […]
  
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• Band of monkeys raid Thai polling place, tear up voter lists

  25-07-2016 17:38
  
  BANGKOK — Election officials in northern Thailand think they can buy off a gang of monkey vandals with fresh fruit and vegetables, after about 100 macaques tore up voter lists publicly posted ahead of next month’s referendum on a proposed constitution. Phichit election official Prayoon Jakkraphatcharakul said if feeding the monkeys did not deter them, […]
  
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• Winds revive California fire, chasing thousands from homes

  25-07-2016 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unpredictable wildfire that destroyed more than a dozen houses has surged back to life, darkening the skies north of Los Angeles with black smoke and driving thousands from their homes.
  Some evacuees were about to return home Sunday when unexpected winds stirred up the blaze that ignited two days earlier in canyon brush withered by days of 100-degree temperatures and years of drought.
  “All the experience we’ve had with fires is out the window,” said
  
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• What does that web search say about your credit?

  25-07-2016 17:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — For Chinese consumers, what you search for online soon could determine whether you’re eligible for a loan. Through a landmark deal with Los Angeles credit scoring firm ZestFinance, China’s leading search engine, Baidu, soon will assign credit scores to its users based on search, location and payment data. A handful of Chinese […]
  
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• Susan Tompor: A $100 bonus for a new checking account can be costly

  25-07-2016 17:25
  
  Checking accounts aren’t typically a trendy topic at backyard barbecues. But banks are building more buzz this summer by offering everything from $100 gift cards for NBA merchandise to $400 cash bonuses for opening new checking accounts. Throwing money on the table, of course, always gets people talking. But if you don’t dig deep into […]
  
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• How to invest in stocks like a pro

  25-07-2016 17:25
  
  It’s easy to see the stock market’s appeal. Popular culture has made investing out to be a path to certain riches. But in reality, investing is a lot more work than it appears, especially if you hope to become a great investor and make big returns. You need a pound of hard work and good […]
  
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• Dallas Cowboys staffers’ bus involved in fatal Arizona crash

  25-07-2016 17:02 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A van collided with a bus carrying Dallas Cowboys staffers but no players on an Arizona highway, leaving four dead in the van, authorities said.
  The bus occupants emerged uninjured from Sunday’s crash, Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Quentin Mehr said.
  “All on the bus came through OK with some bumps and bruises,” Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul) said in an email.
  Dalrymple said the bus was only carrying members of the fra
  
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• APD speeding citations down 37%

  25-07-2016 16:52
  
  Albuquerque police are issuing far fewer speeding tickets this year compared with last.
  
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• Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83B, marking end of an era

  25-07-2016 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.
  It is the second time in as many years that Verizon has snapped up the remnants of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital reach. The nation’s largest wireless carrier paid $4.4 billion for AOL last year.
  Yahoo will be rolled into Verizon’s AOL operations and CEO Marissa Meyers could be working again with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who wo
  
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• Updated: South Korean baseballer under investigation for match-fixing

  25-07-2016 16:21
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police say they’re investigating a baseball player who confessed to his team about match-fixing. The investigation of Yoo Chang-sik, a left-handed pitcher for Kia Tigers, came four days after prosecutors indicted two other players on match-fixing allegations. Police said Yoo told investigators Monday that he deliberately allowed walks in […]
  
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• Mountain guide falls to his death while leading group

  25-07-2016 16:21
  
  JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — A guide who was leading tourists down Grand Teton mountain has died. The Exum Mountain Guide company says Gary Falk, 42, was leading a group down from a successful ascent of Grand Teton National Park’s highest peak when he fell at 10:30 a.m. Saturday about 2,400 feet from the top of […]
  
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• Defense attorney: Judge’s comment not appropriate

  25-07-2016 16:21
  
  A magistrate court judge’s comment following a jury trial could impact future trials, a Clovis defense attorney is alleging. Jennifer Burrill, who represented a woman acquitted of shoplifting and battery, said Magistrate Court Judge Richard Hollis made the comment Monday after the jury’s verdict. Burrill said Hollis announced in court that the case would have […]
  
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• Updated: Hemingway (no relation) wins look-alike contest in Key West

  25-07-2016 16:20
  
  KEY WEST, Fla. — For the first time in its 36-year history, a Hemingway has won a competition seeking the man who most looks like literary giant Ernest Hemingway. Dave Hemingway was named the winner of the “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest on Saturday in Key West, Florida. The winner said he is not related to […]
  
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• Musician who just performed at Dallas-area bar fatally shot

  25-07-2016 16:20
  
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Police say a performer at a Dallas-area bar has been fatally shot by an attacker who then fled in an SUV. Grand Prairie police say 21-year-old musician Raul Bustamante (boost-ah-MAHN’-tay) was shot around 3 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Los Balones (lohs buh-LOH’-nays) Sports Bar. Officer Lyle Gensler […]
  
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• Crouch Mesa want water cutbacks to end boil advisory

  25-07-2016 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Residents in northwestern New Mexico are pushing for water conservation to help end an ongoing boil advisory.
  Officials with the AV Water company said Saturday that construction of a pump station to bring treated water to Crouch Mesa community is complete but existing water in their pipes needs to be flushed out.
  Protesters tell the Farmington Daily Times that the nearly 7,000 residents will have to reduce water usage to ensure there’s enough to complete the f
  
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• NMHU Football excited and optimistic about 2016 season

  25-07-2016 15:56 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico Highlands University Football is coming off a 2-9 season last year. It was a rebuilding year and a time for first year coach Jeff Mills to get acclimated to the program. While their record wasn’t the best, this Cowboy’s team did make many strides in the right direction.
  They had multiple player’s move on to NFL rookie mini camp tryouts, and Coach Jeff Mills has begun to really start to recruit from within.
  “I am excited for t
  
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• Isotopes drop game 3 in Fresno

  25-07-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Isotopes will have to look to split their series on Monday now, as they lost to the Grizzles 6-2 on Sunday night. That game will be at 6:05 pm in Fresno, California and after that the Isotopes will return home for a home series.
  While the team lost on Sunday, outfielder David Dahl had some good news. The Rockies top prospect outfielder has gotten the call and will join the MLB Club in Baltimore on Monday.
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