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• Repeat offender busted with stolen purse, ID’s, laptops

  07-11-2015 23:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque police officer’s suspicions led to a car thief and repeat offender’s arrest.
  According to a criminal complaint, an officer spotted Matthew Martinez in a car in a dirt lot near Coors and Iliff last month. After pulling the car over, that officer spotted a purse, a flat screen TV, and a bunch of credit cards and ID’s. The officer claims Martinez initially told him the purse belonged to his dead wife.
  A later search of the car and an
  
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• Former NMMI cadet arrested for child porn in California

  07-11-2015 23:17
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — A former cadet at the New Mexico Military Institute is being held in California to face child pornography charges back in New Mexico. The Roswell Daily Record reported Saturday that 20-year-old Joshua Adam Williams was arrested this week in Lakeside, Calif., on charges of distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography […]
  
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• Survey: Religious Americans keep faith amid secularization

  07-11-2015 22:27 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A newly-released survey finds that the 77 percent of American adults who continue to identify with a faith group have largely stayed as religiously engaged as they were in 2007.
  The Pew Research Center’s findings are based in part on a 2014 telephone survey of more than 35,000 people.
  It found that two-thirds of religiously affiliated adults said faith was very important to them and they prayed daily, nearly unchanged from 2007, the last time Pew conducted its U.S. Re
  
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• Recovery after overdoses: Stopping heroin’s ‘revolving door’

  07-11-2015 21:35 via krqe.com
  
  CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) — It’s a truth addicts and health providers know well: Naloxone can reverse heroin overdoses, but it can’t cure the addictions that cause them.
  In a small but growing number of places, people who land in hospitals after being revived by the drug are being guided toward long-term treatment. That’s largely because decision makers have heard so many stories about people being brought back from the brink — sometimes repeatedly — and then tu
  
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• Second doctor pleads guilty in Colorado painkiller case

  07-11-2015 21:24
  
  MONTROSE, Colo. — A former Western Slope doctor has made a plea deal with prosecutors over charges that he and another physician overprescribed painkillers to patients, four of whom died of overdoses. Sam Jahani pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to violate controlled substances laws, health care fraud and money laundering. In return, prosecutors dropped dozens […]
  
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• Updated: UNM football: Lobos-Utah State LIVE BLOG

  07-11-2015 21:13
  
  Final score: New Mexico 14, Utah State 13. The Aggies miss a 41-yard field goal in the final minutes, and the Lobos win it. They improve to 5-4 on the year, 3-2 in Mountain West Conference play. Utah State is 5-4, 4-2. Lobos 14, Aggies 13: After a 45-yard interception return, the UNM defense holds […]
  
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• Updated: UNM football: Lobos-Utah State

  07-11-2015 21:13
  
  Lobos 7, Aggies 3: After a 40-yard kickoff return, two 15-yard personal foul penalties against New Mexico on the same play set up a 25-yard Jake Thompson field goal. There’s 6:10 left in the second quarter. Lobos 7, Aggies 0: Quarterback Lamar Jordan hooks up with wide receiver Delane Hart-Johnson on an 86-yard catch and […]
  
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• Updated: Lobos win in upset; UNM football: Lobos-Utah State LIVE BLOG

  07-11-2015 21:13
  
  Final score: New Mexico 14, Utah State 13. The Aggies miss a 41-yard field goal in the final minutes, and the Lobos win it. They improve to 5-4 on the year, 3-2 in Mountain West Conference play. Utah State is 5-4, 4-2. Lobos 14, Aggies 13: After a 45-yard interception return, the UNM defense holds […]
  
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• Hopi boys extend cross-country winning streak

  07-11-2015 20:21
  
  PHOENIX — The boys’ cross-country team at Hopi High School has run away with another win, maintaining the longest streak of consecutive victories in the nation. The Arizona Interscholastic Association says the Hopi Bruins scored 59 points to defeat Many Farms and Pinon for the Division IV title at Saturday’s state cross-country championships. No high […]
  
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• Albuquerque man pleads guilty to secretly filming children

  07-11-2015 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – A man charged with illegally filming children in the restroom at his Albuquerque office two years ago is pleading guilty.
  KOB-TV reports that Craig Highfill pleaded guilty Friday to one count of sexual exploitation of children by manufacture.
  Highfill must also register as a sex offender.
  Under the plea agreement, he faces a maximum sentence of four years instead of nine.
  Highfill and his attorney declined to comment.
  
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• Report: 14 wild weather events last year goosed by warming

  07-11-2015 19:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New scientific analysis shows the fingerprints of man-made climate change on 14 extreme weather events in 2014, hitting every continent but Antarctica.
  Dozens of scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and across the world examined 28 strange weather conditions last year to see if global warming partly increased their likelihood or their strength. In a series of papers in a 180-page, peer-reviewed report, the scientists spotted some effect
  
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• Glaxo wins US approval for drug to treat severe asthma

  07-11-2015 19:04 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an injectable drug from GlaxoSmithKline PLC to treat severe asthma attacks.
  The agency cleared Nucala for patients 12 years and older who cannot control their asthma with more conventional drug options.
  The new drug joins four other respiratory medicines Glaxo has launched since 2013 as it tries to re-invigorate its respiratory franchise.
  More than 22 million people in the U.S. have asthma, leading to more than 400,00
  
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• 250 drivers cited for DUI over Halloween weekend

  07-11-2015 19:03
  
  DENVER — Transportation officials say 250 drivers in Colorado were ticked for driving under the influence over the Halloween weekend. The Colorado Department of Transportation says the tickets were issued during heightened patrol that included sobriety checkpoints between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. During Halloween weekend last year, 329 drivers were arrested on DUI charges. […]
  
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• Study: Nearly half of US pregnant women gain too much weight

  07-11-2015 18:54 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly half of U.S. moms gain too much weight during pregnancy, according to a government study released Thursday.
  Putting on too many extra pounds during pregnancy can harm the mom, and may cause a range of problems for the child, experts say.
  The study found only about a third of women gain the recommended amount of weight, and about a fifth gained too little.
  Overweight and obese women most commonly exceeded the guidelines.
  Women need to eat extra calories during pregnan
  
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• ‘Happiness advantage’ over age 30 is vanishing, study finds

  07-11-2015 17:01 via krqe.com
  
  Are you happy? Very happy? If you’re in your 30s or older, a new study has found that you’re less likely to answer “yes” than your parents were.
  The findings, being published online Thursday in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, come on the heels of another recent report that found that death rates of middle-aged white Americans have been rising, largely due to suicide and substance abuse.
  “Age is supposed to bring happiness and contentment. F
  
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• Heavy October rains damaged hundreds of Texas homes

  07-11-2015 16:41
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities say heavy October rains damaged hundreds of homes extending from the Austin area down into South Texas. Travis County emergency officials said in a statement that more than 330 properties were damaged in flooding last week. About 160 homes sustained damage considered major while inspectors say nearly 160 others saw minor […]
  
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• Lobos finish exhibition basketball play with a win

  07-11-2015 15:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The next time they take the floor the game will count. Craig Neal’s Lobos finished the exhibition portion of their schedule Friday night with an 80 to 69 victory over Rogers State out of Oklahoma. Guard Cullen Neal led the way once again with 20 points and 4 assists.
  The Lobos shot 43 percent for the game but, only 25 percent from three point range, going six of 24. Head coach Craig Neal says his team has a long way to go.“Right now our team has got a lot
  
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• Teams advance to state soccer finale

  07-11-2015 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The championship brackets for the 2016 soccer finals were set Friday with an upset and double overtime thriller among the girls.
  Play among the boys featured an upset in Class 6A. The rest of the action stuck to the script.
   
  
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• Pentagon plan to close Guantanamo expected in coming week

  07-11-2015 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s plan outlining the long-stalled effort to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, expected in the coming week, suggests the Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado could be one place to send detainees whom officials believe should never be released, U.S. officials said.
  The plan represents a last-gasp effort by the Obama administration to convince opponents in Congress that dangerous detainees who can’t be transferred safely to other cou
  
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• Albuquerque teens march for ‘Gunsense’

  07-11-2015 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Saturday morning a group of Albuquerque teens are inviting people to march against violence.
  Highland High School juniors, Thao Vo and Beth Nairn, call it “Gunsense.”
  They say after hearing stories about their classmates and friends committing crimes with guns, something needs to change.
  The march will take place at 10 a.m. at Wilson Stadium.
  It will end at Los Altos Skate Park.
  
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• Veterans Day a time to give back

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  It used to be called Armistice Day; now it is called Veterans Day. It began after World War I, but n ...
  
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• UNM’s chase for bowl bid continues: ‘We know we can do this’

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Ultimately, the games weren't close. The New Mexico Lobos lost to Tulsa by 19 points, to Nevada by 1 ...
  
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• To redo or not to redo? Analyze market to find out

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Q: I'm getting my 1960s house ready to sell and I'm thinking of doing some updates. The kitchen and...
  
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• Rust hospital has big plans for the future

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  The field of medical care is changing and Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in Rio Rancho will change ...
  
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• RR parks and recreation leader dies

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  The man who had a lot to do with parks and recreation in the City of Vision has passed away.
  
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• Program to mentor struggling teachers announced

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  BELEN–From time to time, everybody needs a little help.That's the philosophy ...
  
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• Obama rejects Keystone pipeline

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  NM Democrats back move; Pearce says jobs will be lost
  
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• Mormon church rules aimed at gay members

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  SALT LAKE CITY–Mormon church officials have issued a rule change that says members in same ...
  
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• Loving Thunder: Where horses help with healing

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  At one end of Loving Thunder Therapeutic Riding's "sensory" trail, an American flag flies high above ...
  
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• Kill aphids on long-needled pine trees with a dormant oil

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Q: While I was out disconnecting the hoses and getting things cleaned up for the winter, I noticed l ...
  
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• Homeless vet hopes for ‘planned serendipity’

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Truck he was living out of was stolen after house was lost
  
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• Fundraising success takes family out to the ballpark

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  2-year-old cancer patient gets to throw ceremonial first pitch at Cubs game
  
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• Events will provide health insurance help

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Open enrollment for health insurance started Nov. 1, and the Sandoval County Community Health Progra ...
  
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• Detention officers again plead for better pay

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Sandoval County Detention Center officers made another plea for better pay at Thursday's county comm ...
  
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• D.A. still hasn’t received complete case file on Los Altos shooting

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Nearly six months after the Albuquerque Police Department said the man who allegedly shot and killed ...
  
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• Cleanup to close bosque trail

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  Cleanup of woody debris along the Paseo del Bosque Trail will force the closure of portions of it to ...
  
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• City OKs demolition of burned, ‘nuisance’ home

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  The fire-damaged home located at 1205 Kent Road in western Rio Rancho sits on a lot littered with ga ...
  
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• Best Buddies holds fall fundraiser

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  A new club at Cleveland High School is connecting students with disabilities to their peers– ...
  
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• Accused armed burglar indicted

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  A Rio Rancho man was indicted last week on 12 charges in connection with what court documents descri ...
  
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• ABQ-based air tanker off to Australia

  07-11-2015 08:05
  
  An airborne firefighting tanker company based at the Kirtland Air Force Base/Albuquerque Internation ...
  
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• Which came first, real life or movies?

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  Violence permeates civilization worldwide. So many violent conditions exist across the ...
  
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• U.S. must step back from endless, unwinnable war

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  "To understand the nature of the present war–for in spite of the regrouping which occurs e ...
  
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• Subsidizing excessive drinking is NM’s ‘runaway train’

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  It's really sad when lawmakers bemoan the cost of public health with slurs like "a runaway train." H ...
  
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• Russia suspends flights to Egypt, citing security

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  MOSCOW–In an abrupt turnaround, Russia on Friday suspended all passenger flights to Egypt...
  
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• Program demonstrates the human resiliency to survive once the horrors of war are over

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  The horrors of World War I's trench warfare impacted English composers in multiple ways. Some lost l ...
  
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• Prep soccer notes: Eldorado’s Genas bounces back; St. Pius’ Limon is OK

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  One name was conspiculously absent from the scoring leaders in Class 6A girls soccer this year durin ...
  
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• Past defeats heighten urgency for Lobos vs. Utah State

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  Ultimately, the games weren't close. The New Mexico Lobos lost to Tulsa by 19 points, to Nevada by 1 ...
  
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• New Energy portrayal perplexing

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  I have been perplexed by the portrayal of New Energy Economy as extremist in various media, Public R ...
  
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• New dinosaur likened to ‘a turkey from hell’

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Tyrannosaurus rex may have been known as the big guy around the Hell Cre ...
  
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• Lobo women: One more chance to experiment with lineup

  07-11-2015 08:02
  
  Behind-the-scenes competition is a big part of the exhibition basketball game.Players...
  
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