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• Plane to make emergency landing at Albuquerque Sunport

  05-11-2015 23:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – According to officials, a plane is making an emergency landing at the Albuquerque Sunport due to a pressurization issue.
  The origination and destination of the place are unknown.
  Little information is known at this time.
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• Plane makes emergency landing at Albuquerque Sunport

  05-11-2015 23:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – According to officials, an Allegiant plane made an emergency landing at the Albuquerque Sunport due to a pressurization issue.
  The MD83 will be staying in Albuquerque for a few days to undergo repairs.
  Another Allegiant plane will be flying in to pick up passengers.They were originally on their way from Las Vegas to Arkansas.
  
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• Updated: Bail lowered for teacher charged with possession of child pornography

  05-11-2015 23:53
  
  APS kindergarten teacher ruled not to be a flight risk
  
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• New: Bond lowered for teacher charged with possession of child pornography

  05-11-2015 23:53
  
  The bond for a kindergarten teacher charged with downloading and sharing child pornography was drastically lowered during his first appearance in Metropolitan Court Thursday afternoon. Judge Yvette Gonzales, following the recommendation from pretrial services, lowered Joshua Weitz’s bond from $380,000 to $25,000 cash or surety. Weitz, 39, teaches kindergarten at Whittier Elementary School. He previously […]
  
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• New: Bail lowered for teacher charged with possession of child pornography

  05-11-2015 23:53
  
  Bail for a kindergarten teacher charged with downloading and sharing child pornography was drastically reduced during his felony first appearance in Metropolitan Court on Thursday afternoon. Judge Yvette Gonzales, following a recommendation from pretrial services, lowered Joshua Weitz’s bail from $380,000 to $25,000, cash or surety. Weitz, 39, teaches kindergarten at Whittier Elementary School. He […]
  
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• Bond lowered for teacher charged with possession of child pornography

  05-11-2015 23:53
  
  The bond for a kindergarten teacher charged with downloading and sharing child pornography was drastically lowered during his first appearance in Metropolitan Court Thursday afternoon. Judge Yvette Gonzales, following the recommendation from pretrial services, lowered Joshua Weitz’s bond from $380,000 to $25,000 cash or surety. Weitz, 39, teaches kindergarten at Whittier Elementary School. He previously […]
  
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• Pacers honor favorite ‘uncle’ at Mel Daniels’ memorial

  05-11-2015 23:46
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Mel Daniels’ former teammates will always remember him as a fighter. Cindy Simon Skjodt will always treasure his breath-taking bear hugs, and Reggie Miller will always consider Daniels his favorite uncle. On Thursday, Daniels, the former Indiana Pacers star, was remembered as everything from a tough-talking enforcer to a cowboy-loving poet to a […]
  
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• Calif. Gov. Brown had state workers research oil on ranch

  05-11-2015 23:45
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling potential and history at the Brown family’s private land in Northern California. After a phone call from the governor and follow-up requests from his aides, senior staffers in the […]
  
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• Updated: Texas DA touts program for first time pot offenders

  05-11-2015 23:36
  
  HOUSTON — The district attorney in Texas’ most populous county on Thursday touted the success of a program that gives nonviolent first-time offenders caught with a small amount of marijuana the chance to avoid a conviction. Under Harris County’s “First Chance Intervention Program,” first-time offenders with no prior criminal history who possess up to two […]
  
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• Texas DA touts program for first time pot offenders

  05-11-2015 23:36
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities in the most populous Texas county are touting the success of a program that gives nonviolent first time offenders caught with a small amount of marijuana a chance to avoid a conviction. Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said Thursday that of more than 1,500 people who have completed the “First Chance […]
  
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• Former Arpaio lawyer asks county to cover his legal costs

  05-11-2015 23:36
  
  PHOENIX — Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s former lawyer has asked Maricopa County to reimburse his law firm $116,000 to cover his costs in hiring an attorney to represent him as a witness in the lawman’s racial profiling case. Tim Casey defended the sheriff in the profiling case for nearly six years before bowing out a year […]
  
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• Updated: 7-year-old missing from UNMH taken by father, police say

  05-11-2015 23:30
  
  Police are searching for a man whom they say took his 7-year-old son from the University of New Mexico Hospital before the child was cleared to be released. Doctors are concerned because the child, Joshua Brown, has a catheter running from his arm to his heart that wasn’t removed before he disappeared. Doctors say the […]
  
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• 7-year-old missing from UNMH taken by father, police say

  05-11-2015 23:30
  
  Police are searching for a man who they say took his 7-year-old son from the University of New Mexico Hospital before the child was cleared to be released. Doctors are concerned because the child, Joshua Brown, has a catheter running from his arm to his heart that wasn’t removed before he disappeared. Doctors say the […]
  
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• NMSU hosting a startup weekend

  05-11-2015 23:29
  
  The university's Arrowhead Center is hosting its third Startup Weekend Las Cruces event for those who want feedback on their startup business idea.
  
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• IS bomb on Russia plane would herald new phase in conflict

  05-11-2015 23:16
  
  BEIRUT — At this stage, there is no hard evidence. But reports from the U.S. and Britain suggesting an Islamic State group bomb may have caused the Russian plane crash in Egypt are raising the alarm among experts, who say such an act would be a frightening change in tactics by the extremist group. It […]
  
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• UNM’s Innovation Academy takes off

  05-11-2015 23:15
  
  The spirit of innovation is gripping the University of New Mexico this fall, with 198 students now enrolled in UNM’s new “Innovation Academy.” The program launched this semester to provide more direct experience and real-world skills to students in entrepreneurship, critical thinking and problem solving. “We hoped for maybe 25 students to dive in during […]
  
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• Dreamstyle continues explosive growth

  05-11-2015 23:14
  
  Albuquerque-based Dreamstyle Remodeling, which now operates in five western states, is buying a 35,488-square-foot industrial building to house an expansion of both its regional back-office operations and local warehousing.
  
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• Updated: Lawmakers propose anti-crime legislation

  05-11-2015 23:10
  
  Mayor Berry calls for bipartisan support
  
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• GOP lawmakers propose anti-crime legislation

  05-11-2015 23:10
  
  The mayors of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho joined Republican lawmakers Thursday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on violent career criminals. Mayor Richard Berry of Albuquerque said he hoped the legislative package will win bipartisan support — a necessity given that Republicans and Democrats each control one chamber of the Legislature. Berry was […]
  
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• Bipartisan support takes shape for some anti-crime initiatives

  05-11-2015 23:10
  
  Some common ground emerged Thursday as Democratic and Republican lawmakers outlined legislative priorities aimed at cracking down on career criminals and improving public safety in Albuquerque. Both sides spoke of support for a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow judges to hold people in jail without bail if the defendant is a danger to the […]
  
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• New Mexico man dies in crash near Flagstaff

  05-11-2015 22:58
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities have identified the person who died in a multivehicle crash north of Flagstaff as a New Mexico resident. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Thursday that 26-year-old Marcus Richardson, of Farmington, died a day earlier. A storm dumped heavy rain in the area Wednesday, making roads slippery. But authorities say […]
  
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• Business bankruptcy snapshot

  05-11-2015 22:50
  
  The pace of bankruptcies generally follows the counter-intuitive pattern of increasing during robust economic times, when credit tends to be easier to get, and falling in sluggish economies, when access to credit is tighter. The pace can also be affected by changes in bankruptcy law, most recently with the implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention […]
  
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• Seattle’s ‘gum wall’ to be cleaned after 20 years

  05-11-2015 22:42
  
  SEATTLE — After 20 years of people sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place Market, officials say it is time for a cleanup. Pike Place Market announced this week it will take down the estimated 1 million pieces of gum off the walls of Post Alley. Known as the […]
  
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• Netanyahu appointment casts cloud over US visit

  05-11-2015 22:41
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s newly appointed spokesman on Thursday apologized for a series of insulting comments about U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, days before his boss heads to Washington on a fence-mending mission. The apology from Ran Baratz, issued by Netanyahu’s office, cast a cloud over Monday’s […]
  
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• Majority of Texas out of drought thanks to heavy Oct. rains

  05-11-2015 22:40
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Recent rains that fell on Texas saturated many parts of the state and lessened drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows that about 95 percent of Texas has no drought. Just more than 4 percent has moderate drought. Heavy rains that brought flooding to the Austin region eliminated small […]
  
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• EPA widens investigation into Colorado mine-waste spill

  05-11-2015 22:20 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general is expanding its investigation into a toxic spill from an inactive Colorado mine to include questions about whether the agency was following its own rules when it triggered the blowout.
  The inspector general’s office said Thursday that it will add more than a dozen lines of inquiry, some requested by Congress and others raised by a review of the spill by the Interior Department.
  An EPA-led contractor inadvert
  
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• Democrats propose mining fees to help pay for cleanups

  05-11-2015 22:20 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday proposed new fees for mines on federal land to help pay for cleaning up sites such as Colorado’s inactive Gold King Mine, where 3 million gallons of wastewater spilled into rivers that run through three states.
  Separately, the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general said it was broadening its investigation of the spill – which an EPA-led crew triggered – to include more than a dozen new lines of inqu
  
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• University stabber ‘looked like he was having fun’

  05-11-2015 22:08
  
  MERCED, Calif. — He attacked with a smile on his face. Faisal Mohammad, 18, burst into an early-morning University of California, Merced, classroom on Wednesday with a knife and started stabbing a student, authorities said. Byron Price, the construction worker credited with preventing Mohammad from killing, said the teen looked scared. “He also looked like […]
  
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• Russia, Egypt dismiss suggestions a bomb caused crash

  05-11-2015 22:07
  
  LONDON — Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment. British Prime Minister David Cameron, who spoke to the presidents of both […]
  
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• PLO criticizes Cruz over hearing, cites ‘Israel apologists’

  05-11-2015 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON — The Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday criticized Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz over a Senate hearing he oversaw on Palestinian and Iranian terrorism that it called “biased and inflammatory.” In an unusual and harsh statement issued Thursday, the PLO said the Judiciary subcommittee hearing provided no Palestinian viewpoint and conflated all Palestinians with […]
  
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• Experts dismiss Carson’s belief pyramids used to store grain

  05-11-2015 22:01
  
  MIAMI — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday stood by his belief that Egypt’s great pyramids were built by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain, an assertion dismissed by experts who say its accepted science they were tombs for pharaohs. Video posted online Wednesday by Buzzfeed News shows Carson explaining his theory 17 […]
  
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• Apache leader apologizes for wearing Bob Marley costume

  05-11-2015 22:00
  
  SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — The chairman of the San Carlos Apache tribe has apologized for dressing up as Bob Marley for Halloween and painting his face dark, calling it a “poor choice.” Terry Rambler wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that he realizes the costume was a bad decision. He says Marley is one of […]
  
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• Utah court eyes lawsuit involving polygamous sect leader

  05-11-2015 21:51
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by a woman who says polygamous leader Warren Jeffs forced her to marry her cousin when she was 14. Elissa Wall is seeking as much as $40 million in damages from the communal property trust of the church group led […]
  
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• Tribes get access to US crime databases in push to close gap

  05-11-2015 21:50
  
  SEATTLE — Ten American Indian tribes are gaining access to national criminal databases after a deadly shooting in Washington state helped reveal flaws in the way federal authorities and tribal governments share information. The program allows tribes to conduct thorough background checks and enter criminal records, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. It comes […]
  
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• Artsy-designed cow statue missing from Houston museum

  05-11-2015 21:50
  
  HOUSTON — An artsy cow statue decorated with a Southwestern theme has been swiped from outside the Children’s Museum of Houston. Museum officials on Thursday announced the theft of the “Border Bovine” artwork. Museum workers noticed the brightly colored statue was missing and contacted Houston police. The statue features images of mountains, the Rio Grande, […]
  
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• I-40 reopens in eastern Arizona after closure; lines fell

  05-11-2015 21:49
  
  SANDERS, Ariz. — Interstate 40 has reopened in northeastern Arizona after being closed in both directions about 20 miles west of the Arizona-New Mexico line because of fallen power lines. The Arizona Department of Transportation says the lines fell late Thursday morning and the highway was reopened early Thursday afternoon after crews put the lines […]
  
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• US faces task of helping terror suspects return to society

  05-11-2015 21:48
  
  WASHINGTON — In the last two months two Minnesota men have admitted they plotted to travel to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to helping his brother fly to the Middle East to join extremists and a 20-year-old intercepted at a Chicago airport took responsibility for backing the […]
  
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• The Latest: Thousands protest in Romania for 3rd day running

  05-11-2015 21:48
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania — The latest on the fallout from a fire at a Bucharest nightclub on Friday that left more than 30 dead. All times local. 10:40 p.m. Thousands of Romanian protested for a third day demanding early elections and an end to widespread corruption after a nightclub fire killed more than 30 people and […]
  
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• Illinois mom who watched 3 kids drown fights for new family

  05-11-2015 21:47
  
  CHICAGO — In horrifying detail, prosecutors described how three children, trapped in the back seat of their mother’s car, screamed for help before they drowned in 4 ½ feet of water in an Illinois lake while their mother and her boyfriend escaped unharmed. Amanda Hamm was convicted of child endangerment and served five years in […]
  
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• Cop who fatally shot motorist in back cleared of all charges

  05-11-2015 21:47
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed motorist in the back as he lay face down on the ground has been found not guilty of murder and manslaughter. A jury acquitted Hummelstown Officer Lisa Mearkle on Thursday. She shot David Kassick after he fled from a traffic stop in February. The […]
  
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• Wells Fargo to pay $81.6M to homeowners in bankruptcy

  05-11-2015 21:40
  
  Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $81.6 million to settle claims that it failed to notify homeowners in bankruptcy of changes in their mortgage payments. The Department of Justice said Thursday that the lender’s failure to give borrowers timely notice of payment hikes or reductions violated a federal bankruptcy rule aimed at ensuring proper […]
  
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• US housing recovery divided on age, race and place

  05-11-2015 21:38
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s the most profitable time to sell a house since the Great Recession started in late 2007. But first-time buyers are increasingly scarce. More Americans are qualifying for mortgages, yet minorities still get disproportionately rejected. Three new industry analyses released Thursday show that the recovering economy has produced a divided U.S. housing market. […]
  
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• Police search for missing 7-year-old

  05-11-2015 21:29
  
  Police are searching for a missing 7-year-old.
  
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• Police: Missing Albuquerque boy was taken from hospital

  05-11-2015 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are trying to locate a missing Albuquerque boy who was taken from UNM Hospital.According to University of New Mexico police 7-year-old Joshua Brown was last seen on Wednesday. Officials say Joshua was taken while he was still receiving medical treatment Wednesday night. Police say, Joshua still has an IV line that goes from his upper arm to his heart.Authorities say Joshua may be with his father, 51-year-old Jeffery Brown, or with his mother.Joshua is described
  
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• Police: 7-year-old taken from hospital during treatment

  05-11-2015 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are trying to locate a missing boy who was taken from UNM Hospital with medical equipment still in his body. The boy’s life might be in danger.
  University of New Mexico Police say 7-year-old Joshua Brown was last seen on Wednesday around 4:45 p.m. in the hospital. It’s unknown what he was being treated for.
  The boy vanished with a PICC line in his body that goes from his upper arm to his heart.
  “According to the doctors, the PICC is subjec
  
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• Job creator or job killer? A look at the Pacific trade deal.

  05-11-2015 20:17
  
  WASHINGTON — The sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal now being debated would cover everything from Vietnamese labor unions to copyright protections to trade in sockeye salmon. With the details having been released Thursday, a furious dispute is expected in the United States and some of the 11 other countries that negotiated it. Supporters say the […]
  
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• Albuquerque police return items found in burglary ring to rightful owners

  05-11-2015 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A week after Albuquerque police took down a major burglary ring in Albuquerque, dozens of items are back in the hands of their rightful owners including a some valuable pieces of art.
  Police first searched the home last week. Then, they went back on Monday with another warrant and uncovered that artwork in a dingy shed out back. The home on Cardenas near the Coronado Mall turned out to be a vault of stolen stuff.
  Initially, police estimated there was more than $60,000
  
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• New NASA photos show massive rocket explosion in Virginia

  05-11-2015 19:56 via krqe.com
  
  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — The launch of an unmanned commercial supply rocket on the eastern shore of Virginia was supposed to be a moment of celebration for NASA. Crowds gathered to watch as the sun set. Hundreds of miles up, astronauts huddled around a live video feed in anticipation.
  But cheers were quickly replaced with screams as the Antares rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded six seconds after liftoff on Oct. 28, 2014, marking the first catastrophic launch in NA
  
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• Thanksgiving holiday air travel expected to jump 3 percent over last year

  05-11-2015 19:46
  
  Expect U.S. airports to be even more crowded this holiday season. The number of Americans traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday is expected to rise to 25.3 million, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a projection from Airlines for America, the trade group for the nation’s airline industry. Airline representatives […]
  
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• US can’t rule out terrorism in Russian plane crash in Egypt

  05-11-2015 19:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States say it can’t rule out the possibility of terrorism in the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
  White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the U.S. hasn’t determined what brought down the Metrojet flight last Saturday, killing all 224 people onboard.
  Earnest says he can’t discuss what U.S. intelligence officials have learned so far.
  He also says the administration is reviewing what steps it can take to enhance security
  
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