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• Youths across US suing to push government on climate change

  08-11-2015 23:35 via krqe.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — They can’t vote yet, but dozens of young people want a say in the planet’s future, so minors nationwide have been suing states and the federal government in recent years to push action on climate change.
  They say their generation will bear the brunt of global warming and that government at every level has an obligation to protect natural resources, including the atmosphere, as a “public trust” for future generations.
  The Oregon-based nonprofit Our Chi
  
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• Albuquerque police surprised at low bond for suspect

  08-11-2015 23:33
  
  Officials with the Albuquerque Police Department said they're surprised how low a suspect's bond was, especially for the crimes he's accused of committing.
  
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• Hundreds attend Bacon Festival

  08-11-2015 23:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Eager bacon lovers got their fill of bacon flavored foods during the Southwest Bacon Fest.
  Hundreds attended the event at Balloon Fiesta Park on Saturday.
  From fiery bacon to bacon funnel cakes, 50 restaurants and food trucks shared their unique bacon dishes. Fifteen breweries and four bands were also at the event.
  Event goers also got to take part in a bacon cooking contest and a bacon eating contest.
  
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• Elderly prisoners up 250 percent: Should they be released to save money?

  08-11-2015 22:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Criminal justice reform is enjoying a surge of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill this year.
  On Monday, President Obama rolled out a plan focused on “rehabilitation and reintegration for the formerly incarcerated.”
  While nonviolent drug sentencing has received the majority of reform coverage, elderly prisoners are emerging as a large group under consideration for federal legislators crafting reform legislation.
  Pew Charitable Trusts found that since
  
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• US 36 tolling added to reduce congestion

  08-11-2015 22:38
  
  DENVER — Nearly $330,000 in tolls have been collected from drivers on a section of U.S. 36 between Boulder and Denver. U.S. 36 tolling started July 22. The tolls collected were as of Sept. 30. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1S7ENgO ) that an additional $1.2 million was collected from the portion of Interstate 25 tolled […]
  
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• Cotton crop in West Texas stunted by hot and dry weather

  08-11-2015 21:59
  
  MIDLAND, Texas — Expectations for a bountiful cotton crop in West Texas have been dashed after hot and dry weather in August stunted growth. The Midland Reporter-Telegram (http://bit.ly/1MFDJMK ) reports a Howard County cotton farmer with some 6,500 acres had anticipated a yield of about 10,000 bales from his farmland. Now, he hopes for about […]
  
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• College football: Lobos, Urlacher, Oxford

  08-11-2015 21:49
  
  In a faraway land called Logan, Utah, on a soggy day a long time ago, the Lobos of New Mexico played a football game against the Utah State Aggies. The Lobos won that game 25-22, slugging and slogging their way up and down the field. It was a test of toughness and the Lobos passed. […]
  
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• Albuquerque restaurant ranks among best in America

  08-11-2015 21:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s El Pinto has been named one of the 21 best Mexican restaurants in America.
  El Pinto is ranked 14th by men’s lifestyle site, Thrillist. The article says that’s because it sits on 12 scenic acres, features five patios and offers more than 140 tequilas.
  El Pinto also has an adjoining salsa factory that whips up 2,000 jars a day.
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• Gaming cafe hosts charity event

  08-11-2015 21:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Empire Board Game Library and gamers from all over the city have stayed up all night for a good cause.
  The Nob Hill gaming cafe is one of many places across the country hosting a 24 hour fundraiser. The money raised at these events goes to local children’s hospitals.
  The marathon started at 11 Saturday morning and will last until 11 a.m. Sunday.
  So far, the event has raised about $3,500.
  All of the money raised by Extra Life will stay right here in Albuquerque to
  
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• Study: Deaths rates rising in middle-aged whites

  08-11-2015 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. death rate has been falling for decades, but researchers have detected one group in which the rates have been steadily ticking up — middle-aged white people. Suicides and deaths from drug overdose and alcohol abuse are being blamed.
  Deaths rates for other races have continued to fall, as they have for whites 65 and older. But death rates for whites 35 to 44 have been level recently, they’re beginning to turn up for whites 55 to 64, and — most stri
  
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• Residents celebrate new Nob Hill mural

  08-11-2015 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Nob Hill has a new mural.
  On Saturday, people gathered in Nob Hill to celebrate the new piece of art.
  Aaron Stromberg and his assistant Bianca were the artists behind the masterpiece. Stromberg was chosen to paint it to celebrate Nob Hill’s 100th anniversary.
  People say they’re happy Nob Hill remains a hot spot for things like this.
  The mural took nearly two months to complete.
  
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• Emergency phone installed near site of fatal avalanche

  08-11-2015 20:42
  
  AMERICAN FORK CANYON, Utah — An emergency phone system is in place near the site of an avalanche that killed 21-year-old Brigham Young University student Ashleigh Cox. The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/1PjhuCR) family members of the Colorado Springs native and the crew that responded to the avalanche dedicated the system on Saturday. Firefighters solicited donations […]
  
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• Police provide few details on Central Texas judge’s shooting

  08-11-2015 20:07
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Investigators are keeping a lid on new information on the shooting of a Texas state judge outside her Austin home. The Austin Police Department said in a tweet Sunday that no new details on the shooting would be provided on the shooting of state District Judge Julie Kocurek. She was shot Friday […]
  
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• Tucson tradition brings out tens of thousands to honor dead

  08-11-2015 19:29 via krqe.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Tens of thousands of people in elaborate costumes are expected in Tucson on Sunday for one of the nation’s largest processions honoring the deceased, one week after other cities held Day of the Dead events with similar themes.
  The All Souls Procession is Tucson’s version of the Day of the Dead, drawing about 150,000 people who paint their faces, dress in costumes, carry art and candles and wear towering paper mache puppets as they walk through Tucson street
  
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• Google will let artificial intelligence reply to your email

  08-11-2015 18:34 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is putting a different twist on the concept of “automated reply” with a new tool that aims to write artificially intelligent responses to your email.
  The technology is part of an update to Google’s Inbox app for managing and organizing email. The feature announced Tuesday is the latest example of Google’s effort to teach machines how to take over some of the tasks typically handled by humans.
  The most conspicuous example so far has been G
  
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• 2014 Colorado oil deaths greater than previously calculated

  08-11-2015 18:06
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A new federal database that was developed to more precisely count the number of deaths in the oil and gas industry shows eight workers died in Colorado in 2014. The count by the Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction is two more than what the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics tabulated […]
  
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• Vatican scandal heats up with revelations of greed, intrigue

  08-11-2015 17:49 via krqe.com
  
  Two new books are deepening a Vatican scandal with tales of mismanagement and greed, such as sainthood causes that can cost up to a half-million dollars and a monsignor who allegedly breaking down the wall of his next-door neighbor — a sick, elderly priest — to expand his already palatial apartment.
  Pope Francis has made it a top priority to reform the Vatican bureaucracy known as the Curia, a hive of intrigue and gossip. He appointed a commission of eight experts in 2013 to gather i
  
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• Pope pledges to continue reforms in face of leaks

  08-11-2015 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his first public comments on the latest scandal rocking the Vatican, Pope Francis told followers in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that the theft of documents describing financial malfeasance inside the Holy See was a “crime” but pledged to continue reforms of its administration.
  The pope said that publishing the documents in two books released last week “was a deplorable act that doesn’t help.” The books, “Merchants in the Tem
  
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• Police: Mother kills son, herself at Phoenix-area hospital

  08-11-2015 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A mother of a patient at a suburban Phoenix children’s hospital took her son’s life before taking her own, police said Saturday.
  Mesa police spokesman Steve Berry said nurses at Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa found the woman and her 5-year-old child dead inside the child’s room while conducting a 2 a.m. bed check.
  “Every two hours they do a check,” Berry said. “They were seen alive and fine at midnight and then found at
  
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• State Police: U.S. Airman dies in motorcycle crash

  08-11-2015 17:05 via krqe.com
  
  DONA ANA COUNTY (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police officers responded to a fatal crash in Dona Ana County.
  Police say it happened on Saturday morning at about 9:15. The crash happened on Interstate 10, south of Las Cruces, near mile marker 148.
  Officials say 24-year-old Andrew Dare from North Carolina was driving westbound on Interstate 10 on a motorcycle. Dare struck a vehicle, sending him into the median where he collided with a barrier.
  Dare died on scene from his injuries.
  Andrew Dare wa
  
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• Study: Reproduction of dolphins hurt by BP oil spill

  08-11-2015 16:22 via krqe.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dolphins living in a Louisiana bay polluted by BP’s massive 2010 offshore oil spill have had a very difficult time giving birth long after their bay was covered in slicks, a new study shows.
  The government study is the latest by a team of scientists that has tracked the health of a population of common bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, an estuary south of New Orleans covered in heavy slicks after BP’s April 2010 oil spill off the coast of Louisiana.
  The r
  
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• Arizona State University police using body cameras

  08-11-2015 16:16
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — All Arizona State University police officers will soon be outfitted with body cameras. KPNX-TV in Phoenix reports (http://bit.ly/1S7q4lX) that the school purchased more than 80 cameras from Taser International earlier this month. The department says many officers are already equipped with them in the field. Police spokesman Bennett Elrod says footage on […]
  
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• Feds may be looking into governor’s political advisor

  08-11-2015 16:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – There are multiple reports coming out that federal agents are looking into Governor Martinez’s top political advisor.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican and a National Journal reporter say multiple sources tell them the FBI is investigating Jay McCleskey.
  That investigation reportedly surrounds funds from the governor’s campaign and her 2011 inauguration.
  On Saturday, News 13’s calls to McCleskey and an FBI spokesperson were not returned.
  KRQE News 13 will
  
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• States expect fierce legislative campaigns in 2016

  08-11-2015 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – With the November 2016 elections just one year away, Republicans, Democrats and outside groups are preparing for expensive battles over state legislative seats.
  Increasing activity by independent groups could push next year’s campaign fundraising totals past those of previous election cycles. Since 2006, contributions to state legislative candidates have ranged between $900 million and $1 billion.
  In some states, control of a chamber is at stake. In others, parties are seeking
  
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• Judge finds approval in Gila River project improper

  08-11-2015 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The Interstate Stream Commission improperly approved two contracts involving the Gila River diversion project in southwestern New Mexico, a judge’s ruling found.
  State district Judge Francis J. Mathew of Santa Fe ruled earlier this month in Santa Fe that the entire commission must retroactively pass the multimillion-dollar contracts for work on diverting water from the river.
  The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by former commission director Norm Gaume last yea
  
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• Former New Mexico Military Institute cadet arrested for child porn in California

  08-11-2015 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – A former cadet at the New Mexico Military Institute is behind 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, California on charges of distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography and attempted production of child pornography.
  He will be transported to Las Cruces to appear in federal court.
  Authorities say W
  
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• Trump hosts ‘SNL’ amid protests

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  NEW YORK–During Donald Trump's opening "Saturday Night Live" monologue, he was heckled by...
  
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• NM jails in the dark about new ICE program

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  Feds want notification if 'priority' immigrants are in custody
  
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• New Mexico is growing an industry, one brew at a time

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  A veritable family tree of craft breweries means work for almost 900 people statewide
  
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• Navajo leaders bitter about EPA’s handling of mine spill

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  -"The Navajo Nation does not trust the EPA...." ...
  
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• More prison time won’t cut violent crime

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  The horrific shootings in the last few months have generated calls for reform of our criminal justic ...
  
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• Ending reliance on polls could give politics back to people

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  What if the polls just stopped working?Admittedly, this needs work as a plot device fo ...
  
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• Editorial: Data disprove NM is over-testing its K-12 students

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  There are two new key data points in the ongoing debate about over-testing in New Mexico public scho ...
  
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• Duplicitous Iraqi led U.S. into war

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  WASHINGTON–Among the remarkable facts about Ahmed Chalabi was that after turning Iraq and ...
  
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• Common Core, PARCC right for NM

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  We have a skills gap in New Mexico and it is limiting our children's opportunities. Co ...
  
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• Bail bondsmen fight to protect their turf

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  They oppose constitutional amendment concerning bail, say they provide valuable service
  
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• $215K settlement in Bernalillo County investment woes

  08-11-2015 08:05
  
  Investment firm will also change internal policies on investments
  
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• MasterWorks seeks NM artists

  08-11-2015 08:04
  
  MasterWorks of New Mexico 2016 is calling New
  
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• Senility among federal judges addressed head on

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  SAN FRANCISCO–Now 84, federal appellate court Judge William Canby made the difficult decis ...
  
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• Noise heard at end of Russian plane’s cockpit recording

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  CAIRO–A noise was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice recording from the Russian ...
  
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• No arrests in attack on Texas state judge

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  AUSTIN–Authorities provided few details Saturday about the Texas state judge who was shot...
  
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• Man accused of taking son expected capture

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  CLEVELAND–The man accused of taking his 5-year-old son from the Alabama home of the boy's...
  
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• Keystone rejection fits into big plan

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for tr ...
  
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• Girls Class 5A soccer: Sartans win 3rd straight title

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  St. Pius girls soccer coach David Sullivan Jr. took the handoff from his father, David Sullivan Sr., ...
  
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• Colo. prison eyed for detainees at Gitmo

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON–The Pentagon's plan outlining the long-stalled effort to close the Guantanamo B ...
  
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• 2 arrested in autistic boy’s death

  08-11-2015 08:02
  
  NEW ORLEANS–Louisiana investigators are combing through evidence in the death earlier this ...
  
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• Prep football: The brackets are out

  08-11-2015 07:23
  
  They're out, so let's get to them.The prep football brackets for Classes 6A-3A were re ...
  
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• Lobos women’s hoops team wins 2nd exhibition vs. Highlands

  08-11-2015 07:18
  
  Second verse was much like the first for the UNM women's basketball team.The Lobos led ...
  
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• Cross-country: Cleveland girls, Hobbs boys take Class 6A titles

  08-11-2015 07:15
  
  RIO RANCHO–It was supposed to be the race of the day, and the Cleveland Storm and Rio Ranc ...
  
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• Preps: State Tournament updates

  08-11-2015 07:02
  
  SOCCER TOURNAMENT Boys CLASS 6A Championship (3) Albuquerque High 1, (4) Atrisco Heritage 0 CLASS 5A Championship (1) Albuquerque Academy 2, (3) Los Alamos 0 CLASS 1A-4A Championship (1) Bosque School 3, (2) Taos 0   Girls CLASS 6A Championship (5) Cibola 2, (2) Eldorado 1 CLASS 5A Championship (3) St. Pius 1, (5) Los […]
  
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