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• New hearing on San Juan begins

  13-10-2015 23:46
  
  The hearing on the future of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington could last up to two weeks.
  
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• Los Lunas police searching for missing teen

  13-10-2015 23:20 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Los Lunas police are looking for a missing teen. Elyza Peralta, 16, was last seen Monday morning on a skateboard near the 600 block of Socorro Drive.
  She was wearing a red hoodie, black sweatpants, Jordan sneakers and carrying a gray backpack. Her lower lip is also pierced.
  If you have any information on her whereabouts call Los Lunas Police.
  Tagged: Missing and Endangered Persons
  
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• Deputy superintendent appears to ignore HR emails

  13-10-2015 23:13
  
  New emails appear to show a former Albuquerque Public Schools deputy superintendent ignoring requests by Human Resources to get fingerprinted.
  
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• ‘RoboCop’ calls car theft suspect’s multiple arrests ‘disgusting’

  13-10-2015 23:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The man now known as New Mexico’s “RoboCop” said he almost had a run-in again with the suspected car thief involved in a crash that nearly killed him two years ago.
  “I feel very confident that I’m going to walk again. It’s just how I’ll walk, I don’t know,” said BCSD Reserve Deputy Jeremy Romero.
  For now, Romero walks with a new robotic exo-skeleton system he got last week, a step up from the one that first lan
  
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• Albuquerque Police: Repeat auto theft suspect arrested again

  13-10-2015 23:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A woman involved in a crash that paralyzed a Corrales police officer is back behind bars. Monday night officers arrested Casey Williams outside the hobby lobby on Juan Tabo for an outstanding warrant for auto theft.
  Williams was supposed to be in court last month for the theft case but never showed. She’s also facing charges for allegedly breaking into an Albuquerque Police Department bait car in May.
  Last year, Williams was arrested for allegedly leading police
  
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• Union: Chronic shortage of air traffic controllers a crisis

  13-10-2015 23:05 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A chronic shortage of controllers has reached a crisis that will lead to widespread flight delays if left unchecked, officials for the union that represents air traffic controllers said Tuesday.
  The Federal Aviation Administration has failed to meet its hiring goals for controllers for five consecutive years, leaving the number of air traffic controllers at its lowest level in 27 years at a time when air traffic is increasing, National Air Traffic Controllers Association
  
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• ‘I’m so drunk,’ driver says on social media before arrest

  13-10-2015 23:03 via krqe.com
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — “I’m so drunk,” a Florida driver repeatedly tells followers on the social media app Periscope, staring at her cellphone’s camera, mounted on the dashboard, before she is arrested and charged with driving under the influence.
  The Lakeland Police Department released video from the app Tuesday, after the arrest from the weekend made national headlines. In the video, a glossy-eyed-Whitney Beall said that she thinks she’s blown a tire and that
  
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• Woman with history of auto theft arrested again

  13-10-2015 23:02
  
  Casey Williams, the woman involved in a crash that left a Corrales police officer paralyzed, has been taken into custody.
  
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• Trial opens for former ABQ school official charged with abuse

  13-10-2015 23:02
  
  DENVER — A man whose hiring led to the resignation of Albuquerque’s school superintendent is on trial in Denver for allegedly sexually abusing two boys. Jason Timothy Martinez was arrested in the abuse case in 2013. Martinez was later hired in Albuquerque, which never completed a background check on him. The incident led to the […]
  
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• Food startups get new incubator site

  13-10-2015 23:00
  
  The Northern New Mexico Food Hub's Sostenga Kitchen, a business incubator for new food startups, was officially opened Tuesday at a new location in downtown Española.
  
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• Warrant reveals witness saw ex-gridiron star attack jogger

  13-10-2015 22:19
  
  DALLAS — A highly touted football recruit whose receiving skills once brought him prominence playing for Texas A&M is described by police as the assailant who used a “large bladed knife” to repeatedly strike a jogger and lodge the weapon in the victim’s head. An arrest warrant revealed Tuesday that a passing bicyclist saw 21-year-old […]
  
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• Updated: Investigators say witness saw ex-gridiron star attack jogger

  13-10-2015 22:19
  
  DALLAS — A former star football recruit whose receiving skills once brought him prominence at Texas A&M randomly attacked a jogger, using a “large-bladed knife” to repeatedly strike the man and lodging the weapon in his head, according to police documents. Investigators say Thomas L. Johnson, 21, had recently lost his housing and was angry […]
  
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• University of Houston hosts Feb. 26 GOP presidential debate

  13-10-2015 22:19
  
  HOUSTON — The University of Houston will host a 2016 Republican presidential debate on Feb. 26, four days before Texas and 11 other states are set to hold Super Tuesday primaries. Texas had previously been selected as a debate site by the Republican National Committee. The University of Houston announced Tuesday it would serve as […]
  
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• Man charged in wife’s decapitation tells police about attack

  13-10-2015 22:18
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona man charged with decapitating his wife investigators he was hearing voices when he attacked her and was trying to thwart evil when he later mutilated himself. That’s according to recently released police reports that provide new detail of the gruesome case. The documents include 43-year-old Kenneth Wakefield’s bizarre explanations for why […]
  
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• Jury: Boy not liable for exuberant hello that injured aunt

  13-10-2015 22:17
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Connecticut jury has rejected a woman’s bid to sue her 12-year-old nephew for injuries she says she suffered from his exuberant greeting at his birthday party four years ago. New York City resident Jennifer Connell claimed the Westport boy acted unreasonably when he leaped into her arms at his 8th-birthday party. […]
  
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• US draws a line on protecting CIA-backed rebels in Syria

  13-10-2015 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON — The Russian military intervention to prop up Syria’s government has brought new scrutiny of the CIA’s secret support to Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad. But how far is the U.S. willing to go to empower its proxies to take on Vladimir Putin’s allies? The answer seems to be: Not very far. “Countering Russia’s […]
  
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• Texas trooper stops Dallas Cowboy back, takes photo

  13-10-2015 22:05
  
  DALLAS — A Texas trooper faces a procedural review for having his photo taken with Cowboys running back Christine (KRIS’-ten) Michael during a traffic stop. Department of Public Safety Sgt. Lonny Haschel (HASH’-el) said Tuesday that Trooper Stephen Lister has apologized for the judgment error. Lister on Sunday stopped a Bentley on a Dallas-area turnpike […]
  
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• US reports sharp drop in use of force by border agents

  13-10-2015 21:50
  
  SAN DIEGO — The government says U.S. Border Patrol agents and border inspectors used physical force far less frequently in the last year compared with previous years, even as the number of assaults on authorities rose. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday reported 768 incidents in which authorities used force during the fiscal year that […]
  
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• Police: Roswell man arrested after reporting wife’s death

  13-10-2015 21:28
  
  ROSWELL — Roswell police say a 78-year-old man was arrested in his wife’s death after he went to a fire station to report that she had been killed. Police say Ignacio Aguirre (ah-GEER’-ee) went to the fire station late Monday night. An officer then took him on to the police department to be interviewed by […]
  
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• FBI: 20 teens rescued in Colorado, Wyoming in sex sting

  13-10-2015 21:27
  
  DENVER — Authorities in Colorado and Wyoming say they’ve rescued 20 teenage victims and arrested seven pimps as part of an annual crackdown on child sex trafficking. FBI officials on Tuesday announced the results of the yearly operation, which targets the problem nationwide. Across the country, authorities rescued 149 young victims and arrested 153 pimps […]
  
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• Body of dead man found on railroad tracks in Santa Teresa

  13-10-2015 21:27
  
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. — Dona Ana County authorities say the body of a man who apparently jumped, fell or was thrown from a train has been found on railroad tracks near a Union Pacific facility in Santa Teresa. The Sheriff’s Department says a railroad employee discovered the body Monday night. The identity of the victim […]
  
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• Man jailed in 1992 slaying of rival furniture salesman

  13-10-2015 21:26
  
  CINCINNATI — A man arrested in Arizona in the 23-year-old slaying of a rival furniture salesman will be arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday in Ohio. Court and jail records showed that Sam Perone, 67, was being held without bond in Warren County Jail after waiving extradition. Warren County authorities announced last week that Perone […]
  
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• Man from Mexico pleads guilty in Texas sex trafficking ring

  13-10-2015 21:26
  
  HOUSTON — A Mexican man accused in 2005 of operating a sex trafficking ring in Texas has pleaded guilty to forcing immigrant girls and women into prostitution. Gerardo Salazar of Mexico City pleaded guilty Tuesday in Houston to four counts of harboring illegal immigrants for the purpose of prostitution. Salazar had faced charges of conspiracy, […]
  
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• Woman abducted after going with suspect to report burglary

  13-10-2015 21:25
  
  LAS CRUCES — Dona Ana County sheriff’s officials are seeking a man who stole the SUV of an 82-year-old woman who had previously agreed to go to the Sheriff’s Department with him to report a burglary of her home. Officials said the incident Monday began when the woman was mowing her lawn and saw the […]
  
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• Artist plans to render border fence ‘invisible’

  13-10-2015 21:25
  
  NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico — A California-based artist is leading an effort to paint the border fence that divides the U.S. and Mexico to make it blend in with the landscape. Ana Teresa Fernández and a group of 30 artists and painters began their work on the border fence in Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona, on […]
  
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• Small airplane lands on Idaho interstate during rush hour

  13-10-2015 21:24
  
  BOISE, Idaho — A small plane with a single engine that stopped working made a belly landing on a major interstate through Boise at the start of rush-hour traffic Tuesday. The aircraft skidded onto the eastbound lanes of I-84 at about 7 a.m., authorities said. It avoided hitting any vehicles, and no injuries were reported. […]
  
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• Trial for former Albuquerque Public Schools deputy superintendent begins

  13-10-2015 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (KRQE) – The trial for former Albuquerque Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Jason Martinez began in a Denver courtroom Tuesday. Martinez is facing multiple child sex abuse charges, a scandal that cost the superintendent his job.
  The four charges Martinez faces accuses him of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old and 13-year-old boy before APS hired him without doing a background check on him. Earlier this year, Martinez was appointed APS’ deputy superintendent by now-former Su
  
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• Teen suspect in Albuquerque man’s murder headed to treatment facility

  13-10-2015 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One of the youngest teens charged in the murder of an Albuquerque bartender is out of jail. A judge is allowing 14-year-old Enrique Palomino to be transferred to Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center, a psychiatric hospital that treats violent children.
  Police say Palomino was with a group of teenagers who shot and killed Stephen Gerecke in his driveway, during a night of mobbing. The victim’s family is not happy with the judge’s decision. Once Palomino fini
  
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• Unclaimed New Mexico veterans finally receive proper burial

  13-10-2015 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – Twenty-eight New Mexico veterans are now resting peacefully at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, after finally getting a proper burial. Tuesday morning the Patriot Guard Riders of New Mexico, helped lead the 27 men and one woman to their final resting place. Each one carried the cremated remains of one of the veterans being honored.
  It is part of the state’s Forgotten Heroes Burial Program. The program recognizes veterans who go unclaimed by family. The program ensure
  
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• Woman at Tucson bus stop killed when hit by car; driver held

  13-10-2015 19:22
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A 34-year-old man has been arrested in the death of a woman killed when a car slammed into a bus stop where she was sitting. Tucson police says Colin Patterson allegedly left the crash site on foot Monday but was detained in a nearby apartment complex by at least two witnesses. Police […]
  
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• Donald Trump to host ‘Saturday Night Live’

  13-10-2015 19:22
  
  NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has agreed to host “Saturday Night Live” next month. NBC said its former “Celebrity Apprentice” host will be the headliner of the Nov. 7 show. It’s the second time he has hosted the venerable comedy institution; he was on the show in April 2004. Trump has been […]
  
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• French president is looking to sell new ships to Russia

  13-10-2015 19:13
  
  SAINT-NAZAIRE — France is looking to sell new ships to Russia in the future despite the cancellation of a controversial deal for two Mistral-class warships this year, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday. “Things went well with Russia, which has agreed to cancel the contract. And I even think we’ll get partnerships for new ships,” […]
  
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• Albuquerque police search for missing man

  13-10-2015 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are trying to locate a man who may have staged is disappearance.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department 22-year-old Eduardo Ramirez-Llamas has been missing since September 21st.
  Ramirez-Llamas was arrested after a home invasion turned deadly on September 7th.  He was arrested and charged after he and three other men kicked in the door of an apartment in the 4600 block of Gibson in an attempt to rob the resident.
  Police say the resid
  
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• Texan lied to US agents about allegiance to terrorist group

  13-10-2015 19:09
  
  DALLAS — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to lying to U.S. agents about his support for a terrorist group. Bilal Abood (bih-LAHL’ uh-BOOD’), of Mesquite, pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a false statement to a federal agency. He faces up to eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine in the plea deal in […]
  
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• Taylor Swift leads American Music Awards nominations

  13-10-2015 18:53
  
  NEW YORK — Taylor Swift earned six American Music Awards nominations Tuesday, and if she wins everything she’s up for, the singer will become the most-honored female artist in the show’s history. Ed Sheeran and the Weeknd had five nominations each, trying to win their first awards. Sam Hunt, Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor […]
  
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• Court reinstates lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims

  13-10-2015 18:53
  
  PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any resulting harm came from the city’s tactics, not the media’s reporting of them. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a judge’s […]
  
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• Man faces charges in striking of Sunland Park officer

  13-10-2015 18:23
  
  LAS CRUCES — Jaime Sandate, 41, of Sunland Park remained jailed Monday after allegedly running over and injuring a Sunland Park police officer. Sandate was at the Doña Ana County Detention Center facing charges of attempted homicide of a police officer, aggravated battery of a police officer with a deadly weapon, and felonious evasion of […]
  
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• Efforts have begun to dissolve Sunland Park

  13-10-2015 18:23
  
  LAS CRUCES — Growing dissatisfaction and frustration with elected leaders in Sunland Park has lead a group of residents to seek to dissolve the city government. That group went to Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins on Friday with the draft of a petition that proposes to disincorporate Sunland Park. “It was submitted to me […]
  
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• Tri-State inks purchase agreement for New Mexico solar power

  13-10-2015 18:06 via krqe.com
  
  DEMING, N.M. (AP) – A wholesale provider that serves rural electric cooperatives in four states has signed a contract to buy power from a planned solar farm in southern New Mexico.
  Denver-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association says the contract calls for the Alta Luna Solar Project to provide it with 25 megawatts of electricity for 25 years.
  The solar farm is expected to come online in December 2016. Its more than 108,000 photovoltaic solar panels will be located on a 220-
  
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• Apple adds Retina displays to its iMacs

  13-10-2015 17:57
  
  NEW YORK — Apple is adding Retina displays to its iMacs, which will enhance the text and the image quality of photos and videos. The Cupertino, California-based company said its 21.5-inch iMac will have a Retina 4K display, while every 27-inch iMac will have a Retina 5K display. The 21-inch iMac, which starts at $1,099, […]
  
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• Both sides seek delay in Aaron Hernandez double murder trial

  13-10-2015 17:54 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors and lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez are asking to delay the start of his double murder trial.
  Hernandez is charged in the 2012 slaying of two Boston men he encountered in a Boston nightclub. His trial is scheduled to begin Dec. 1.
  During a court hearing Tuesday, the judge closed the courtroom to the public, saying he planned to discuss an undisclosed issue.
  The judge says the issue relates to a search warrant being sought by prosecut
  
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• 2 firefighters die after 2 rescued from Kansas City blaze

  13-10-2015 17:50
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two firefighters involved in rescuing two residents from a burning Kansas City building died after a wall collapsed on them, authorities said. Fire Chief Paul Berardi said two other firefighters were injured Monday night as the massive fire engulfed the building comprising businesses and apartments on the city’s northeast side. “They […]
  
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• Pentagon team scouts Colorado sites for Guantanamo prisoners

  13-10-2015 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A team of Pentagon officials began scouting sites in Colorado on Tuesday as potential alternatives to hold prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as part of the long-stalled effort to close the controversial detention center on the U.S. base in Cuba.
  The team planned to assess facilities at the Federal Correctional Complex in Florence and the state penitentiary in Canon City as alternatives for a “limited” number of detainees from Guantanamo, said Navy Cmdr. Gary Ross, a Pe
  
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• Insurgents shell Russian embassy in Syria during rally

  13-10-2015 17:40
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria — Insurgents fired two shells at the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital on Tuesday as hundreds of pro-government supporters gathered outside the compound to thank Moscow for its military intervention. An Associated Press reporter was outside the embassy when the first shell slammed into the compound in central Damascus and smoke billowed […]
  
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• Candidates face deadline to file campaign finance reports

  13-10-2015 17:36
  
  SANTA FE — Elected officials and candidates for office have until the end of Tuesday to file their latest campaign finance reports with the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office. The reporting period covers spending and donations received during the last six months. Even though state law doesn’t require it, the office’s ethics bureau plans […]
  
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• Preseason votes put Lobos at 6th in Mountain West

  13-10-2015 17:22
  
  Last year’s regular-season Mountain West co-champions are favorites to finish the 2015-16 season atop the conference, according to votes from conference media.
  
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• New Mexico Supreme Court vacancy attracts 8 applicants

  13-10-2015 17:17
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico officials will soon meet to consider replacements for retiring state Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Bosson. The Judicial Nominating Commission will meet Oct. 19 to consider applicants for the court vacancy. Bosson is himself a member of the commission that will decide his replacement. A Friday news release from the […]
  
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• J.C. Penney CEO focused on building customer loyalty

  13-10-2015 17:07
  
  DALLAS — Crowds are following Marvin Ellison around these days. When the J.C. Penney CEO spoke to a gathering of Dallas retail executives on a Wednesday night in September, the turnout was a couple hundred people, more than the local industry group usually gets. The same thing happened earlier last month at the Goldman Sachs […]
  
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• World’s biggest beer makers agree to join forces

  13-10-2015 16:54
  
  BRUSSELS — The world’s top two beer makers agreed Tuesday to join forces to create a company that would control nearly a third of the global market and threaten to dominate the U.S. by bringing together Budweiser and Miller Genuine Draft. After turning down five offers, British-based brewer SABMiller accepted in principle an improved takeover […]
  
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• Woman sues nephew, says his exuberant greeting led to fall

  13-10-2015 16:53
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A woman is suing her 12-year-old nephew in Connecticut for $127,000 for injuries she says she suffered from his exuberant greeting at his birthday party four years ago. The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/1hChTBy ) that New York City resident Jennifer Connell says the Westport boy acted unreasonably when he leaped into her […]
  
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