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• Martinez ‘confident’ adviser did nothing wrong

  09-11-2015 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said Monday that she’s confident a close political adviser did nothing wrong and called allegations of fundraising violations “cheap shots” following reports of a federal investigation.
  In a statement to The Associated Press, the Republican governor said she’s aware of complaints being raised about her political consultant Jay McCleskey. The complaints, Martinez said, are coming from political opponents who have tri
  
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• Albuquerque group collects food, money donations for grieving families

  09-11-2015 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque groups wants to do something special for injured first responders this Thanksgiving. Starting Monday, the Jewish Community Center, the Albuquerque Police Officers Association and the Ten-82 organization are asking for money, gift cards, food and other items.
  It’s for the “Albuquerque Cares” project.
  The goal is to send these gifts to about eight law enforcement officers and five grieving families, including the relatives of Lilly Garcia
  
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• Wealth may give advantage for getting organ transplants

  09-11-2015 23:47
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — You can’t buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant, and less likely to die while waiting for one, a new study finds. The work confirms what many have long suspected […]
  
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• Updated: Government contractors brace for Real ID

  09-11-2015 23:44
  
  Local companies doing business with labs and military bases could face major impact
  
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• Contractors, others say Real ID may disrupt work at Kirtland AFB

  09-11-2015 23:44
  
  Robert Rubin, president and CEO of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, said the federal government’s decision to clamp down on using New Mexico driver’s licenses to access federal facilities starting in January could potentially shut down his business. That’s because the Institute, which studies the treatment and prevention of respiratory diseases, operates at a 350,000-square-foot complex […]
  
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• State reaches settlement with broker after bad Bernalillo County investment

  09-11-2015 23:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Taxpayers are getting back some of the money lost because of a bad investment strategy.
  Bernalillo County was left about $23 million in the hole, forcing all departments to make cuts. Now one of the brokers has agreed to pay $215,000 as part of a settlement.
  Oppenheimer and Co. admits to potential deficiencies when advising the Bernalillo County Treasurer’s Office, exposing the county to undue interest rate risk.
  The settlement is with the state, not the county,
  
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• APNewsBreak: Regulator lodged complaint over work for Brown

  09-11-2015 23:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A worker in the state oil and gas regulatory agency lodged a whistleblower’s complaint over being ordered to prepare a state map of the oil and gas potential, history and geology of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s family ranch, the worker and her attorney said Monday. Jennie Catalano, a mapping specialist who has […]
  
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• Regulator lodged complaint over work for Gov. Brown

  09-11-2015 23:32
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The latest on California Gov. Jerry Brown’s use of state workers to research oil and gas potential at his family ranch (all times local): 2:15 p.m. A state oil regulator has lodged a whistleblower’s complaint over being ordered to map the oil and gas potential, history and geology of California Gov. Jerry […]
  
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• FBI, police searching for Albuquerque bank robbery suspect

  09-11-2015 23:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police and the FBI are looking for the person who held up a bank Monday. It happened just before 12:30 p.m. at the Compass Bank on Academy.
  In one of the surveillance pictures you see what appears to be a gun.
  The suspect’s face is clearly hidden but if you have any information call police.
  
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• Dirty Bourbon raises more thank $3,000 for Officer Webster’s family

  09-11-2015 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A benefit concert at an Albuquerque bar this weekend raised a lot of money for the family of fallen Albuquerque Police Department Officer Daniel Webster.
  Dozens showed up to the event Sunday night at the Dirty Bourbon. It included four bands, a raffle and silent auction. By the end of the night, more than $3,700 was raised. All of that will go to Officer Webster’s family.
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• Dirty Bourbon raises more than $3,000 for Officer Webster’s family

  09-11-2015 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A benefit concert at an Albuquerque bar this weekend raised a lot of money for the family of fallen Albuquerque Police Department Officer Daniel Webster.
  Dozens showed up to the event Sunday night at the Dirty Bourbon. It included four bands, a raffle and silent auction. By the end of the night, more than $3,700 was raised. All of that will go to Officer Webster’s family.
  Tagged: Officer Daniel Webster
  
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• Bush aims to debate on his terms, after poor start

  09-11-2015 22:47
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Jeb Bush has a plan for the Republican presidential debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday night: Don’t treat it like, well, a debate. While he acknowledges he’s “gotta get better” on the debate stage, he says he’s spending less time rehearsing and sees the prime-time forum as more of a moderated conversation […]
  
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• AZ mom arrested; 2 of her kids test positive for drugs

  09-11-2015 22:47
  
  GILBERT, Ariz. — Authorities say a Gilbert woman has been arrested after her two of her three children tested positive for drugs. Gilbert police say 36-year-old Holly Brooke was taken into custody Saturday night on suspicion of two counts of child abuse. Police say they’ve investigating the case since August after going to check out […]
  
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• SeaWorld to end orca shows by 2017 in San Diego

  09-11-2015 22:46
  
  SAN DIEGO — SeaWorld’s orca shows at the company’s San Diego park will end by 2017, its top executive said Monday, citing customer feedback at the location that has suffered from its lowest attendance of all its theme parks. CEO Joel Manby told investors the park will offer a different kind of orca experience, starting […]
  
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• Forecasters: 63 million should have eye out for bad weather

  09-11-2015 22:46
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Forecasters are warning 63 million people in the central U.S. to have an eye out for bad weather this week as colliding air masses threaten to generate high winds and possibly tornadoes. The threat Wednesday stretches from San Antonio to Chicago to Cincinnati. Missouri, southern Illinois and northern Arkansas face the […]
  
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• Trump’s ‘SNL’ appearance wins viewers, not critics

  09-11-2015 22:45
  
  NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” earned the expected ratings benefit of an episode hosted by Donald Trump but, given the protests and vicious panning the show received, NBC has to wonder if it was all worthwhile. From a pure business viewpoint, the Nielsen company said Saturday’s show had its highest rating since January 2012 […]
  
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• Promise seen for wireless pacemakers placed without surgery

  09-11-2015 22:45
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a new generation of pacemakers — miniature, wireless ones that can be implanted through a leg vein without surgery. In a study of 725 patients, one of these devices, made by Medtronic, was successfully implanted 99 percent of the time, with a low rate of complications […]
  
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• The Latest: Missouri student protesters outline demands

  09-11-2015 22:43
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local): 3:10 p.m. A group that led the push to oust the University of Missouri System’s president says it wants a say in choosing his replacement and wants the percentage of black faculty doubled, […]
  
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• Skorpios expansion could mean up to 300 jobs

  09-11-2015 22:41
  
  Skorpios Technologies Inc., a high-tech manufacturer of photonic integrated circuits, has announced it will expand its Albuquerque operations, creating up to 300 jobs over the next few years. The positions include high-tech engineering and manufacturing roles, with an average salary of more than $60,000, according to a release from the Governor’s Office. “Building New Mexico into a […]
  
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• Gentry: Curfew proposal will win quick passage in NM House

  09-11-2015 22:22
  
  The majority leader in the state House predicted Monday that his colleagues in that chamber will quickly pass legislation this session that would allow cities to establish curfews for youngsters and toughen penalties on criminals who kill teenagers. Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque, said he will also push to establish a centralized database that would give […]
  
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• Christmas Home Tour helps the homeless

  09-11-2015 22:21
  
  Homelessness is a huge problem in the Albuquerque area, but there's one local group that's working to change that.
  
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• Councilor pushes to legalize public breastfeeding

  09-11-2015 22:07
  
  An Albuquerque city councilor wants to make breastfeeding in public legal in the Duke City.
  
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• Updated: Court weighing conflict question in NM power plant case

  09-11-2015 21:55
  
  SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court is considering a petition that seeks to disqualify members of one of the state’s most powerful regulatory panels from deciding the future of a coal-fired power plant. Lawyers made their arguments Monday afternoon. The high court is expected to announce a decision later in the day. The […]
  
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• Updated: Court denies petition in New Mexico power plant case

  09-11-2015 21:55
  
  SANTA FE  — The New Mexico Supreme Court has denied a petition that sought to disqualify members of one of the state’s most powerful regulatory panels from deciding the future of a coal-fired power plant. The unanimous decision came about an hour after lawyers made their arguments during a packed hearing Monday afternoon. The justices […]
  
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• Third-quarter vacancy rates released

  09-11-2015 21:50
  
  Seattle-based Colliers International Group, which has an Albuquerque office, has released third-quarter vacancy rates that show the Albuquerque area’s industrial, office and retail commercial real estate markets are out of step with national averages. Here’s the comparison by property type: — The average national vacancy rate for the industrial market, which is mostly warehouses, was […]
  
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• Shade Tree Cafe succumbs after two years in business

  09-11-2015 21:46
  
  Nob Hill restaurant had been featured on "Restaurant Impossible"
  
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• Barber takes center stage at Philharmonic

  09-11-2015 21:40
  
  Up until fairly recently the music of Samuel Barber, though long beloved of the public, was considered reactionary in academic music circles. Pejoratives were freely tossed about against any music with a definite, let alone likable, melody. Well, guess what? All those “important” works so esteemed by the self-proclaimed “avant-garde” are now long forgotten by […]
  
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• Tag Heuer, tech companies unveil $1,500 luxury smartwatch

  09-11-2015 21:38
  
  NEW YORK — A leading Swiss watchmaker and two technology titans have combined forces to produce a computerized wristwatch billed as the “world’s smartest luxury watch.” Tag Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver said his company has been building mechanical watches for 155 years but knew little about building an Internet-connected device that younger buyers would want. […]
  
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• Rape charges dismissed in MDC corrections officer case

  09-11-2015 21:27
  
  The 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s office dismissed charges Monday against then-Metropolitan Detention Center corrections officer Andres Verdugo for raping an inmate after the inmate failed to show up as a witness for trial, which was scheduled before Judge Cristina Jaramillo. A “nolle prosequi” was filed by Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline James, who said in the […]
  
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• Albuquerque senior center honors veterans during memorial service

  09-11-2015 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A senior center in Albuquerque honored our veterans Monday during a memorial wreath ceremony. The Barelas Senior Center built a garden in the shape of a star last year for moments like this one.Men and woman gathered there to recognize veterans for their service. A memorial wreath was placed in front of the garden as people stood and saluted.There’s also a “Path of Honor” lined with flowers that leads visitors to the garden.
  
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• Indictment accuses livestock auction managers of fraud

  09-11-2015 20:05
  
  PORTALES — Prosecutors have announced that managers of a southeastern New Mexico livestock auction face charges in an alleged fraud scheme. The 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Portales says the 139-count indictment alleges that Calvin Pareo and Darcie Pareo purchased cattle at the High Plains Livestock Auction at certain prices and then changed the […]
  
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• New Mexico lawmaker pushing for teen curfew bill

  09-11-2015 20:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The fight to let cities across New Mexico impose teen curfews is heating up. A prominent New Mexico lawmaker says he’ll introduce the controversial bill in the Roundhouse in January following a couple high-profile murders this year.
  Republican House Majority Leader Nate Gentry promised Monday that a bill allowing local communities to enact a teen curfew will pass out of the state house in the first 15 days of the session.
  Gentry made the announcement with family
  
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• Need a friend? President Obama creates his own Facebook page

  09-11-2015 19:57 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Social media giant Facebook grew a little larger on Monday after President Obama launched his own personal page in an effort to connect with more Americans.
  “Hello, Facebook! I finally got my very own page,” said President Obama in his first post published around lunchtime.
  The Obama campaign and The White House already have their own accounts but Monday’s new portal is listed as a place to allow the president to engage directly with the Ameri
  
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• Feds release environmental study on transmission project

  09-11-2015 19:46
  
  LAS CRUCES — Federal officials say the impacts of a proposed transmission line between New Mexico and Arizona would be minimized under an alternative supported by agencies in both states. The Bureau of Land Management released its environmental impact statement for the Southline Transmission Line Project on Monday. Officials say the preferred alternative would avoid […]
  
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• Suspect accused of ramming police cars sentenced in different case

  09-11-2015 19:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A repeat offender who was hit by a police cruiser is going to jail for a different case.Danan Gabaldon appeared before a judge Monday morning for residential burglary and evidence tampering charges. He was sentenced to 10 years.Officers were trying to take Gabaldon into custody for a separate case when he slammed into at least two patrol cars and fled. Ten days later an undercover officer spotted him and, as Gabladon plead, hit him with his cruiser.
  The officer says he
  
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• 800-pound alligator found at Houston-area shopping center

  09-11-2015 19:00
  
  SUGAR LAND, Texas — An alligator dubbed “Godzilla” and tipping the scales at more than 800 pounds is being taken to a gator reserve to live out its days, after being found wandering outside a Houston-area shopping center. Godzilla was discovered Saturday by people arriving for work at the center in Sugar Land. It’s believed […]
  
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• Pot grow partner accused of killing man found in burned car

  09-11-2015 18:43
  
  DENVER — Investigators believe a man found dead in a burned car outside Denver was shot by his partner in a marijuana growing operation, possibly while harvesting plants. The body of 44-year-old Jason Dosa was found Sept. 20 in the trunk after the fire was put out in Jefferson County. His partner, 46-year-old Shawn Geerdes, […]
  
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• Greece struggling to convince creditors to release cash

  09-11-2015 18:42
  
  BRUSSELS — Greece may have upped its reforming zeal in recent months, but it’s going to have to do more to get the next 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) due from its bailout, the country’s European creditors said Monday. The release of the money is important for Greece, particularly since it will bring it one […]
  
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• Court to weigh conflict question in New Mexico power plant case

  09-11-2015 18:28 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court will consider a petition that seeks to disqualify members of one of the state’s most powerful regulatory panels from deciding the future of a coal-fired power plant.
  The court will have a hearing Monday afternoon on the request by New Energy Economy.
  The environmental group argues that four Public Regulation Commission members have created at least an appearance of being biased through their public statements about a plan to shutter part o
  
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• Updated: University of Missouri president leaves over race complaints

  09-11-2015 17:59
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — The president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. President Tim Wolfe, a former business executive with no previous experience in academic leadership, took “full responsibility for the frustration” students had […]
  
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• New Mexico GOP Majority Leader eyes criminal justice reforms

  09-11-2015 17:59
  
  House Majority Leader Nate Gentry wants state lawmakers to take up new criminal justice reform measures amid a string of high-profile crimes involving repeat offenders. The Albuquerque Republican is scheduled Monday to unveil proposals aimed at requiring harsher penalties for intentional child abuse and developing a criminal database to help judges. Gentry also wants a […]
  
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• High court sides with state trooper over fatal shooting

  09-11-2015 17:58
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has sided with a Texas state trooper who was sued after he fatally shot a man fleeing from officers during a 2010 high-speed chase outside Amarillo. The court ruled Monday that Trooper Chadrin Mullenix did not violate the constitutional rights of Israel Leija Jr. when he shot six times at […]
  
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• Photos: Parking lot collapses in Mississippi

  09-11-2015 17:55 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  Several cars fell into a hole after the ground caved in at a parking lot in Meridian Mississippi.
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• Without Keystone, industry must find new paths for oil

  09-11-2015 17:01
  
  TORONTO — Following the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil industry faces the tricky task of making sure the crude oil targeted for the pipeline still gets where it needs to go. The pipeline, first proposed by TransCanada Corp. in 2008, was projected to carry 800,000 barrels a day of crude […]
  
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• Mysterious electric car startup looking to build $1B factory

  09-11-2015 16:59
  
  LOS ANGELES — The luxury electric car market may be small, but it’s lucrative enough to get another jolt — this time from a mysterious startup that says it wants to re-imagine how people interact with their autos. The startup’s name is Faraday Future, and it has been hunting for a place to build what […]
  
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• Analysis: Polarized politics dictated Obama Keystone call

  09-11-2015 16:54 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline has exposed an endlessly polarized Washington, and likely hardened its divides.
  Obama is now being praised to the skies by environmentalists and most Democrats, and denounced in apocalyptic terms by Republicans and the business community. And although environmental issues once produced bipartisan agreement in Congress, consensus on action to increase energy production or deal with climate change
  
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• Patients’ needs addressed in ‘person-centered health care’

  09-11-2015 16:52
  
  CHICAGO — Every time JoAnna James took her husband, Lawrence, to the doctor, she left the hospital without understanding what was wrong with him. “You ask (doctors) to break it down so you can understand what they are saying and they make you feel like there is something wrong with you,” said James, 67. Frustrated, […]
  
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• Trade slowdown points to world recession risk, watchdog says

  09-11-2015 16:41
  
  PARIS — A slowdown in international trade could be a harbinger of a new recession for the world’s leading economies, a leading global policy organization warned Monday. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says trade figures are worrisome because the stagnating or declining rates of trade seen this year “have, in the past, been […]
  
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• Target has become a vastly different company

  09-11-2015 16:41
  
  (c) 2015, The Washington Post. At the new Target store in Rosslyn, Virginia, there’s evidence everywhere of the big-box chain’s efforts to make itself revelant again. There’s plenty of cycling gear – helmets, seat covers, tire pumps, reflective shirts – because Target has micro-tailored the selection here for a neighborhood that its research found is […]
  
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• Match Group plans to raise up to $466.2M from its IPO

  09-11-2015 16:39
  
  NEW YORK — The owner of Tinder, Match.com and OkCupid hopes to raise as much as $466.2 million in an initial public offering of company shares. Match Group Inc. disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that it will price its IPO of about 33.3 million shares between $12 and $14 per share. The underwriters will […]
  
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