Albuquerque news

• State pushes to keep Land of Enchantment so enchanting

  08-10-2015 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The state parks department needs people’s help keeping the Land of Enchantment so enchanting.
  From the mountain top views to the hidden lakes and Carlsbad Caverns to Angel Fire Ski Resort, it’s easy to see why New Mexico is an outdoor enthusiast’s dream.
  “It is one of the most beautiful places on the planet to live. You name it, we have it,” said Linda Mcgarr.
  More than 90 percent of adults in New Mexico participate in outdoor activit
  
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• Judge peppers Arpaio with questions about investigation

  08-10-2015 23:46
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona sheriff squared off with a federal judge who peppered him with questions about an allegation that the lawman investigated the jurist in a bid to get him removed from a racial profiling case. The exchange Thursday between Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and U.S. District Judge Murray Snow marked the second […]
  
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• Ex-South Texas border officer gets prison in drug conspiracy

  08-10-2015 23:46
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A former South Texas border patrol officer has been sentenced to 6½ years in federal prison for letting drug-hauling vehicles pass in deals allegedly made by cellphone. Former Customs and Border Protection Officer Jose Luis Zavala of Brownsville entered his guilty plea Thursday before U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, who […]
  
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• Oklahoma halts executions after using wrong drug on inmate

  08-10-2015 23:45
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Mary Fallin agreed Thursday that all executions in Oklahoma should be delayed after an autopsy report revealed that the wrong drug was used to stop an inmate’s heart in January — one that experts say doesn’t work as quickly or effectively. Fallin said “it became apparent” last week that prison officials […]
  
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• ACVB is top recommendation for city marketing contract

  08-10-2015 23:28
  
  A committee's choice of ACVB bid over three other proposals must be approved by city councilors.
  
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• EPA: Sediment accidently released in western Colorado creek

  08-10-2015 23:26
  
  DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency says a contractor inadvertently released about 2,000 gallons of sediment-bearing water into a western Colorado creek from a holding pond outside an inactive mine. EPA spokeswoman Laura Jenkins said Thursday the water in the pond had been treated but she didn’t yet know whether it contained contaminants. The water […]
  
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• Photos: A morning, in flight, on the KRQE Hot Air Balloon

  08-10-2015 23:15 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  See the morning journey at Balloon Fiesta from launch to landing »
  Tagged: Balloon Fiesta 2015, Balloon Fiesta Photo Galleries, KRQExtra: Photo Galleries
  
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• Photos: A day in the flight of the KRQE Hot Air Balloon

  08-10-2015 23:15 via interactives.krqe.com
  
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  Tagged: Balloon Fiesta 2015, Balloon Fiesta Photo Galleries, KRQExtra: Photo Galleries
  
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• Rep. Steve Pearce discusses House leadership chaos, preference for Speaker

  08-10-2015 23:07
  
    Rep. Steve Pearce was sitting in the front row of a House Republican caucus meeting on Thursday afternoon preparing to endorse little-known Rep. Daniel Webster for Speaker of the House when front-runner Kevin McCarthy dropped a bombshell. McCarthy, the House majority leader, suddenly dropped out of the race. “I was amazed,” Pearce told me […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities release 911 calls in Phoenix freeway shootings

  08-10-2015 22:55
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities on Thursday released audio from 911 calls made by people whose cars were hit by bullets during a string of Phoenix freeway shootings. The calls include an injured 13-year-old girl who calmly told the dispatcher that she thought her mother’s car had just been shot. In the Aug.29 call released by the […]
  
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• Authorities release 911 calls in Phoenix freeway shootings

  08-10-2015 22:55
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities have released audio from 911 calls made by people whose cars were hit by bullets during a string of Phoenix freeway shootings. The calls, which were made available Thursday, include a 13-year-old girl who calmly told the dispatcher that she thought her mother’s car had just been shot. In the Aug. 29 […]
  
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• Updated: Albuquerque man is convicted on carjacking, firearms charges

  08-10-2015 22:53
  
  A man who’s violent crime spree included two carjackings, a hostage situation, and the lockdown of the Wayland Baptist University in Albuquerque in early July has been found guilty of several charges by a federal jury. Kevin Folse, 30, was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, two carjacking charges, and […]
  
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• Albuquerque man is convicted on carjacking, firearms charges

  08-10-2015 22:53
  
  A federal jury has convicted an Albuquerque man on carjacking and firearms charges. Prosecutors say jurors deliberated about four hours Thursday before finding 30-year-old Kevin Folse guilty Thursday following a four-day trial. Folse was indicted in the case in July. He remains in federal custody pending a sentencing hearing, which hasn’t been scheduled. According to […]
  
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• Trade deal, Keystone open Clinton to flip-flop charges

  08-10-2015 22:43
  
  WASHINGTON — Martin O’Malley was blunt when he learned Hillary Rodham Clinton had announced her opposition to a Pacific Rim trade deal. “Wow, that’s a reversal,” he told reporters minutes after Clinton announced her shift. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is just the latest in a long line of issues that Clinton has shifted her […]
  
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• Updated: Court: Hot yoga’s sequence of poses can’t be copyrighted

  08-10-2015 22:42
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The founder of a popular form of yoga that is performed in a room heated to more than 100 degrees lost a court appeal Thursday to copyright a sequence of 26 poses and two breathing exercises. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the sequence used in hot yoga classes […]
  
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• Clashes intensify in Syria from Russian-backed offensive

  08-10-2015 22:41
  
  Russia says its air campaign in Syria is aimed against militants of the Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked groups, but the West accuses it of intervening to support President Bashar against even moderate rebels in the civil war. The Syrian government’s multipronged offensive began Wednesday, and state-run media said it seized several villages in central Syria, […]
  
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• Former student arrested for gun, knife at Española Valley High School

  08-10-2015 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – There was another scare at Española Valley High School Thursday. Sheriff’s deputies said a former student was found on campus with a loaded gun and a knife.
  KRQE News 13 learned that former student has a history of violence.
  Officers confirmed 18-year-old Sonny Romero was formerly a student at Española Valley High involved in a highly publicized fight with a teacher years ago. When he returned to school Thursday, deputies said he had
  
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• Former student armed with gun, knife arrested at Espanola Valley High School

  08-10-2015 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  ESPANOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – School officials say a former Espanola Valley High School student who was armed with a gun and an knife was arrested at the school Thursday.
  This comes as students returned to classrooms after the school was closed Wednesday because of a threat posted to social media earlier this week.
  The lockdown started at 1:00 p.m. Officials say no one is allowed to enter or leave the school. At this time extra police are at the school.
  Officials say buses will be provided
  
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• Officials to celebrate Valles Caldera’s transition

  08-10-2015 22:19
  
  VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE — State, federal and tribal officials will be gathering this weekend to mark the official transition of Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will be joined by members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation, Native American leaders and other local officials for a celebration […]
  
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• Rousey says Holly’s a threat

  08-10-2015 21:52
  
  For those who like long UFC fights, Ronda Rousey generally isn’t your girl. Of her 15 MMA wins, both professional and amateur, only three have lasted longer than a minute. Six ended in less than 30 seconds. But according to the undefeated bantamweight champion, her November bout against Holly Holm is going to be different. It’s going […]
  
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• Investigators: Father slept as toddlers wandered off

  08-10-2015 21:31
  
  GOLDEN, Colo. — Investigators say a man whose two toddlers were found wandering on a street in suburban Denver fell asleep after drinking and didn’t realize the boys were gone. Twenty-five-year-old Kyle Paul McClelland was arrested Wednesday after his 2- and 3-year-olds were found walking along a residential street Wednesday in southern Jefferson County. He […]
  
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• Daughter’s dash to welcome home dad brings smiles to Army

  08-10-2015 21:31
  
  FORT CARSON, Colo. — Top brass at a Colorado Army post are all smiles after a 2-year-old girl interrupted a general’s speech to dash across the room and hug her dad, who had just come home from a nine-month deployment. Fort Carson spokeswoman Dani Johnson says “everyone thought it was awesome” when 1st Lt. Daniel […]
  
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• Prudhomme, Louisiana chef who popularized Cajun food, dies

  08-10-2015 21:30
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Paul Prudhomme, the Cajun who popularized spicy Louisiana cuisine and became one of the first American restaurant chefs to achieve worldwide fame, died Thursday. He was 75. Tiffanie Roppolo, the CFO of Prudhomme’s businesses, told The Associated Press that he died early Thursday after a brief illness. Prudhomme became prominent in the […]
  
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• People pack meeting of panel eyeing expansion of whale tanks

  08-10-2015 21:30
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. — Protesters and supporters filled a meeting room Thursday where a California commission was considering a vast expansion to the tanks that SeaWorld uses to hold killer whales in San Diego. The commission that regulates land and water use along the California coast took up the issue of the $100 million expansion, […]
  
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• Federal authorities raid rash of illegal Colorado pot grows

  08-10-2015 21:30
  
  DENVER — Federal authorities say legalization has emboldened illegal pot growers into planting weed on Colorado’s sparsely populated federal lands, often for shipment to other states. U.S. Attorney John Walsh said Thursday that investigators are cracking down on illegal growers after discovering large growing operations in national forests and other federal land in Colorado. Authorities […]
  
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• Ex-railroad town, Sparks braces for Tesla, Switch boom

  08-10-2015 21:05
  
  SPARKS, Nev. — Not since the Southern Pacific railroad rolled into this sleepy high desert town in Nevada more than a century ago has there been such excitement — Tesla Motors and other technology companies are coming, and along with them thousands of jobs. Long dwarfed by Reno, known as the Biggest Little City in […]
  
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• Beyond ‘Like:’ 5 ways you might soon emote on Facebook

  08-10-2015 21:05
  
  NEW YORK — Sometimes “Like” just doesn’t cut it. So how about Love or Angry? Haha or Sad? Or just Yay or Wow? Facebook is going “Inside Out” on the Like button, adding a range of new emotional reactions to the iconic thumbs-up icon it launched in 2009. You won’t see the new emoji right […]
  
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• Netflix raising US price for most popular video plan by $1

  08-10-2015 21:04
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is raising the price of its Internet video service by $1 in the U.S. and several other countries to help cover its escalating costs for shows such as “House of Cards” and other original programming. The new price of $10 per month for Netflix’s standard plan won’t affect most of the […]
  
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• Global worries kept Fed from hiking rates in September

  08-10-2015 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials were almost ready to raise interest rates in September but held off because of China’s economic slowdown and its potential to derail U.S. growth and inflation. Minutes of the Sept. 16-17 discussions released Thursday showed the central bank believed the time for the first Fed rate increase in nine years […]
  
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• Blue sky and red ice at Pluto, NASA spacecraft discovers

  08-10-2015 20:13 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sky over Pluto may not be sunny but it’s undoubtedly blue.
  NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto’s blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in July. The images of Pluto’s atmospheric haze were beamed down last week and released by NASA on Thursday.
  Scientists say the particles in the atmospheric haze are actually red and gray. But the way the particles scatter blue light is what has everyone excited. Princi
  
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• Firefighters: Service dog alerted Albuquerque family of fire

  08-10-2015 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque family is safe thanks in part, to their dog. Firefighters say flames broke out in the home near Montgomery and Wyoming around 7:00 Thursday morning.
  Responders say the fire started in the family’s bathroom, and they quickly quarantined the area and extinguished the flames. They were able to get there in time because of the family’s first responder, their rescue dog.
  Firefighters say the dog smelled smoke and woke the family up.
  The bathroom i
  
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• Man arrested after opening fire in Belen gas station

  08-10-2015 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – State police say a man walked into a Belen gas station and opened fire. Police say a man entered this Giant gas station in Belen and started shooting before 9 o’clock Wednesday night. He didn’t appear to aim for anything since the bullets hit the roof and other items in the store.
  Police say the man was threatening to commit suicide when they took him into custody.
  No one was injured in the incident.
  
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• South Carolina governor gives terse warning about flood

  08-10-2015 19:34
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a terse warning, South Carolina’s governor urged thousands of people in low-lying areas near the coast to evacuate Thursday before a mass of water rumbling toward the ocean floods some places for up to two more weeks. Gov. Nikki Haley said at a news conference that people in flood-prone parts of […]
  
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• In college rape debate, overseas-study crimes gain attention

  08-10-2015 19:34
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. — As colleges wrestle with how to address sexual assault, a legal challenge involving a small Vermont institution brings an obscure part of the equation to the fore: how to report, investigate and punish sexual assaults that happen in overseas-study programs. Statistics on such assaults are scant, although no one disputes they occur. […]
  
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• Marshals’ auction features exotic cars

  08-10-2015 19:31
  
  U.S. marshals are auctioning off 42 cars on Saturday, including a 1999 Plymouth Prowler convertible and other exotic vehicles.
  
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• Students return to class at Espanola Valley High School

  08-10-2015 19:28 via krqe.com
  
  ESPANOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – Students are back in class at Espanola Valley High School Thursday. The school was shut down after a threat was made on social media.
  Police say they found the student responsible for the threat but the investigation isn’t over. The threat came from an Instagram post that shows a photo of the school with a caption, “Arthur’s gonna shoot up school. RIP guys.”
  Police say the student who posted the comment is from nearby McCurdy School and was s
  
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• 3-state project to look at developing adolescent brains

  08-10-2015 19:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Researchers in New Mexico, Nevada and Louisiana are joining in a $5.9 million project to try to understand how adolescent brains develop.
  Scientists at the universities of New Mexico and Nevada will scan the brains of 230 children between the ages of 9 and 15, taking three scans of each over the four-year project, lead researcher Vince Calhoun of the University of New Mexico’s Mind Research Network said in an email Wednesday.
  He said Tulane University scientists wi
  
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• Texas official ends donations over link to abortion provider

  08-10-2015 18:55
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas official is telling his employees not to donate to the United Way because a portion of those donations are used for the “evil” done by Planned Parenthood. Tarrant County tax assessor Ron Wright says his office has raised money each year for the United Way, which forwards donations to […]
  
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• Dog saves family from burning home

  08-10-2015 18:55
  
  A dog alerted a sleeping family to a fire in their house Thursday.
  
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• Programming Note: Sunday NFL on KRQE

  08-10-2015 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  Sunday October 11, KRQE will air the Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders football game at approximately 2:25 PM. We will not be able to carry the New England Patriots at Dallas Cowboys game because it will be on CBS at the same time. The network does not allow us to move them to another station.
  KRQE and 2 KASA make every effort to broadcast all regular season Cowboys and Broncos games. On occasions when both teams are playing at the same time on the same network, we carry Broncos games because we
  
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• Updated: McCarthy withdraws candidacy for speaker

  08-10-2015 18:38
  
  WASHINGTON — In a stunning move, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew his candidacy for House speaker Thursday, throwing Congress’ Republican leadership into chaos. McCarthy was heavily favored to win his GOP colleagues’ endorsement for the post, but a vigorous challenge from hardline House conservatives threatened a smooth ratification when the full House voted Oct. 29. […]
  
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• McCarthy withdraws candidacy for speaker

  08-10-2015 18:38
  
  WASHINGTON — In a stunning move, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn his candidacy for House Speaker. GOP lawmakers said McCarthy told colleagues at the start of the conference Thursday that he was not the right person for the job. He recommended that the election be postponed and Speaker John Boehner delayed it.
  
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• New Mexico State University police: ‘Device’ rendered safe

  08-10-2015 18:20
  
  LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State University police investigated a suspicious package on the campus in Las Cruces and later said a “device” had been rendered safe. NMSU police didn’t provide details and referred inquiries to university spokeswoman Minerva Baumann. She said she didn’t immediately know whether the device was explosive. According to Twitter posts […]
  
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• Updated: US airman who helped thwart French train attack is stabbed

  08-10-2015 18:19
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, who was hailed as a hero for helping to subdue an attacker on a French train in August, was stabbed in California and was in stable condition, an Air Force spokesman said Thursday. Lt. Col. Christopher Karns said that he had no details on the circumstances around […]
  
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• Why is elephant cancer rare? Answer might help treat humans

  08-10-2015 18:18
  
  CHICAGO — Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts’ bodies have many more cells. That’s a paradox known among scientists, and now researchers think they may have an explanation — one they say might someday lead to new ways to protect people from cancer. Compared with just […]
  
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• New: Judge grants Dianna Duran more time to ready defense

  08-10-2015 18:12
  
  District Judge Glenn Ellington has granted a request by embattled Secretary of State Dianna Duran for more time to prepare her defense in a high-profile case in which Duran is accused of using campaign contributions to cover personal spending at casinos. In a motions hearing today in Santa Fe, Duran’s attorney argued she needs more […]
  
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• Air Force: French train hero stabbed in California

  08-10-2015 18:00 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force spokesman says Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, who helped subdue an attacker on a French train in August, is in stable condition after being stabbed in California.
  The spokesman, Lt. Col. Christopher Karns, says details are sketchy. He says Stone is being treated in a hospital in the Sacramento area.
  Stone is assigned to Travis Air Force Base in California.
  Karns says the matter is being handled by local law enforcement officials. Karns has no details on the
  
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• Judge declines to order new auction for Gallup Diocese

  08-10-2015 17:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – A bankruptcy judge has declined to order a New Mexico diocese to hold a new auction after questioning practices at the diocese’s September sales.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David T. Thuma said Wednesday that ordering a new auction could reduce the money available to settle the Diocese of Gallup’s bankruptcy case.
  He says that would be harmful to the creditors, who are victims of sexual abuse by priests.
  The diocese raised about
  
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• NM part of project to look at developing adolescent brains

  08-10-2015 17:11
  
  Researchers in New Mexico, Nevada and Louisiana are joining in a $5.9 million project to try to understand how adolescent brains develop. Scientists at the universities of New Mexico and Nevada will scan the brains of 230 children between the ages of 9 and 15, taking three scans of each over the four-year project, lead […]
  
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• VW’s US CEO apologizes for emissions rigging scandal

  08-10-2015 17:08
  
  WASHINGTON — Volkswagen’s top U.S. executive apologized Thursday as the emissions-rigging scandal engulfing the world’s largest automaker deepened and members of Congress said the company violated the public’s trust. “On behalf of our company, my colleagues in Germany and myself, I would like to offer a sincere apology for Volkswagen’s use of a software program […]
  
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