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• Updated: 2 killed as business jet crashes into Ohio apartment building

  10-11-2015 23:47
  
  AKRON, Ohio — A small business jet crashed into an apartment building on Tuesday, killing at least two people aboard, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine how many people were on the 10-seat jet, but they confirmed two deaths, said Lt. Sierjie Lash, an Akron fire department spokeswoman. No one was inside the small […]
  
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• Governor tells agency to stop exploring gambling expansion

  10-11-2015 23:47
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has told Texas lottery officials to stop efforts to explore the expansion of sports betting lottery games and other types of gambling that are prohibited under state law. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1Y31LcI ) reports Abbott told Texas Lottery Commission Chairman J. Winston Krause in a letter Monday that […]
  
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• 2 dead as business jet crashes into Ohio apartment building

  10-11-2015 23:47
  
  AKRON, Ohio — A small business jet crashed into an apartment building on Tuesday, killing at least two people aboard, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine how many people were on the 10-seater Hawker H25 jet, but they confirmed two deaths, said Lt. Sierjie Lash, an Akron fire department spokeswoman. No one was inside […]
  
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• Lawsuits have targeted officers jailed in boy’s shooting

  10-11-2015 23:46
  
  MARKSVILLE, La. — Two law enforcement officers facing murder charges in the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy have been the targets of excessive force complaints in the past. Derrick Stafford, 32, and Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, were working as city marshals when they opened fire on Chris Few and his son, Jeremy Mardis, […]
  
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• Detectives ID man who prompted lock down at UNM Hospital

  10-11-2015 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Detectives have identified the man that led police on a high speed chase back in September.
  Officials say the driver is 22-year-old Jesus Armijo. They say Armijo was driving a stolen vehicle when he crashed and then fled the scene on foot. Armijo ran into the UNM Hospital parking garage which prompted a lock down of the area.
  Detectives are still searching for Armijo and ask anyone with information to contact officials at 505-263-4919.
  
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• New Orleans musical legend Allen Toussaint dies at 77

  10-11-2015 23:37
  
  Hits include “Working in the Coal Mine” and “Lady Marmalade”
  
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• Updated: Video game review: ‘WWE 2K16’ requires too much excellence in execution to have a good time

  10-11-2015 23:35
  
  “WWE 2K16” is five parts technical and one part wrestling. The latest installment in 2K Sports’ wrestling franchise is the second in which Visual Concepts, the development team behind 2K’s unparalleled basketball franchise, has lent a hand to the longtime grapplers at Yuke’s. I had a lot of faith that it would push a professional […]
  
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• Updated: Police: Person of interest in judge’s attack held in slaying

  10-11-2015 23:35
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A person of interest in the wounding of a Texas judge who was shot last week was charged Tuesday with murder in an unrelated Houston slaying, police said. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said Chimene Hamilton Onyeri, 28, is being held in Houston. A criminal complaint filed by the Harris County district […]
  
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• Tijeras students collecting donations to fill Thanksgiving baskets for families in need

  10-11-2015 23:20 via krqe.com
  
  TIJERAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Some middle school students who were struck by a need in their own community are trying to help others this Thanksgiving.
  Students at Roosevelt Middle School in Tijeras are holding a food drive. The goal to help under privileged families in the East Mountains. They’ve learned the need in the area, even among fellow students, is great.
  Now they’re reaching out in hopes of giving families everything they need for a nice Thanksgiving meal. The students are h
  
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• This Christmas, city won’t stand for ‘Charlie Brown’ tree

  10-11-2015 23:20
  
  READING, Pa. — A year after its scraggly “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree caused an uproar, a Pennsylvania city is putting up a more traditional tannenbaum this holiday season. The official Christmas tree in Reading will be a pleasingly plump, 25-foot-tall white fir. The tree was hoisted into place on Tuesday. Last year’s tree was a […]
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Sanders rallies Capitol workers over pay

  10-11-2015 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is rallying for an increase in pay for low-wage workers at his day-job workplace — the Senate. Speaking in the rain in a park outside the Senate on Tuesday, Sanders urged a group of a hundred or more striking and protesting workers to keep up their fight. The […]
  
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• More development planned for high-profile Albuquerque intersection

  10-11-2015 23:16
  
  Group moving toward development at NW corner of Montgomery/Wyoming
  
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• Woman joins Virgin Galactic test pilot team

  10-11-2015 23:15
  
  Virgin Galactic has hired a combat veteran and test pilot for NASA, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force as the first woman to join its six-man pilot corps. Kelly Latimer joins Sir Richard Branson’s aspiring spaceline with more than 6,000 flight hours and more than 1,000 test flight hours under her belt, Virgin Galactic said […]
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to stealing credit cards in Albuquerque

  10-11-2015 23:07
  
  A woman has pleaded guilty to stealing and misusing credit cards from Albuquerque senior citizens. Prosecutors say Ashley Martinez faces up to 45 years in prison when she’s sentenced on Jan. 12. The 28-year-old Martinez was indicted on 41 counts of taking advantage of elderly victims. Prosecutors say Martinez went to many senior citizens’ homes […]
  
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• Former Texas justice of the peace admits stealing funds

  10-11-2015 23:06
  
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Federal prosecutors say a former North Texas justice of the peace faces up to 10 years in federal prison after admitting to stealing more than $40,000 from Archer County by keeping a portion of the fines people paid to him. Prosecutors say 63-year-old Joseph Charles Boyle pleaded guilty Tuesday to one […]
  
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• Updated: Sister: Marine killed by homeowner mistook house for his

  10-11-2015 23:05
  
  DENVER — A Marine who was shot and killed by a Colorado homeowner after he forced his way inside a house mistook the residence for his own after a night of drinking, his family said. Christopher Nelson, 32, was killed Friday, three blocks from his home in southwest Denver. Nelson’s sister Danielle Krehbiel told KMGH-TV […]
  
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• Banks, at odds with personal finance sites, disrupt service

  10-11-2015 22:32
  
  NEW YORK — The uneasy relationship between banks and companies that use their data to provide personal finance services has shown signs of fraying in recent months, causing some frustrating disruptions in service to people trying to track their spending. Who knew keeping tabs on your monthly coffee budget could be so contentious? Personal finance […]
  
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• Updated: Lawsuit: FBI tossed stun grenades into room with sleeping kids

  10-11-2015 22:04
  
  A lawsuit filed in federal court this week alleges FBI agents used excessive force in a southern New ...
  
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• NM uninsured rate drops but still in top 10

  10-11-2015 21:33
  
  New Mexico is ranked No. 8 in the nation for the biggest drop in uninsured residents under the Affordable Care Act, although the state still is among those with the highest number of people without insurance. A new study released Tuesday by WalletHub showed that New Mexico’s uninsured rate in 2010, before the ACA took […]
  
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• Updated: National American University bringing 300 jobs to ABQ

  10-11-2015 20:52
  
  National American University, a for-profit university that’s been in Albuquerque for 40 years, will gradually create about 300 jobs in Albuquerque through a consolidation of its back office, or administrative support services, at First Plaza in Downtown. The Rapid City, S.D.-based university will hire 30-50 workers immediately for its Distance Learning National Operations Center, which […]
  
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• Lawsuit: FBI raided New Mexico home with sleeping children

  10-11-2015 20:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – A new federal lawsuit says FBI agents used military-grade stun grenades against three sleeping children during a 2013 pre-dawn raid of New Mexico home.
  The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque this week alleges that agents blindly detonated multiple explosive devices during the raid, inflicting shrapnel wounds and severe emotional trauma against the children.
  The lawsuit says the children were ages 9, 10, and 12 at the time.
  According to court documents, F
  
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• Albuquerque woman pleads guilty to stealing from elderly

  10-11-2015 20:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A woman who took advantage of the elderly and then stole from them pleaded guilty Tuesday.Ashley Martinez went door-to-door telling people her car had broken down and she needed to use their phone. She would then steal their purse or wallet when they allowed her inside.
  In one case, police say she even pushed an elderly man down.
  Martinez faces 8 to 45 years in prison. She is scheduled to be sentenced in early January.The topic is jobs.
  
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• Breaking: Omaree Varela’s step-father sentenced to 30 years

  10-11-2015 19:58
  
  Stephen Casaus, the step-father of a 9-year-old boy who police say was beaten to death in 2013 while at home with his mother and Casaus, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Second Judicial District Judge Stan Whitaker declared the sentence Tuesday morning, handing down 18 years on a charge of negligent child abuse, […]
  
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• Clean Power plan meeting coming up

  10-11-2015 19:32
  
  Meetings to gather public comment on the state’s options for complying with the federal Clean Power Plan have been scheduled for next week in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan sets requirements for states to lower carbon dioxide emissions. New Mexico has said it will develop an implementation plan […]
  
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• Senate passes $80B measure for veterans, military bases

  10-11-2015 19:26
  
  WASHINGTON — The Senate passed its first spending bill of the year on Tuesday, a popular $80 billion measure for veterans’ programs and construction projects on military bases long delayed by infighting over the broader budget. The 93-0 vote sends the measure into House-Senate negotiations, where it is likely to serve as a vehicle for […]
  
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• Terminally ill Texas man who saw new ‘Star Wars’ film dies

  10-11-2015 19:08
  
  SPRING, Texas — A terminally ill “Star Wars” fan who requested an advance screening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has died less than a week after watching the movie. Daniel Fleetwood, who had cancer, had a private screening at his home in Spring, Texas, Nov. 5. His wife, Ashley, posted on Facebook that he […]
  
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• Federal court won’t reconsider inmate’s racial appeal claim

  10-11-2015 19:05
  
  HOUSTON — The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider a ruling from a three-judge panel of the court that rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose supporters contend was sentenced unfairly because of his race. Attorneys for 52-year-old Duane Buck argue the legal help he received at […]
  
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• Violence returns to Jerusalem after 2-week lull

  10-11-2015 19:04
  
  JERUSALEM — Two young Palestinian boys, aged 11 and 14, stabbed and wounded an Israeli guard on a train who responded by firing and wounding one of them Tuesday. Israeli security forces killed two other Palestinians who carried out knife attacks, police said as violence returned to Jerusalem after a two-week lull. The train attack […]
  
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• Vietnam vet pushes for national memorial for 9/11 veterans

  10-11-2015 19:04
  
  SAN DIEGO — Jan Scruggs knew as a young Army infantryman returning from Vietnam that his fellow veterans and his entire country needed a place to go to heal. More than three decades later, the man who led efforts to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, said it’s now time such a wall be […]
  
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• Vietnam veterans’ bond forged again with kidney donation

  10-11-2015 19:03
  
  NEW YORK — Serving together in Vietnam, John Middaugh and Henry “Bill” Warner forged an Army-brothers bond they knew was profound and lasting. A world and nearly a half a century away from the war zone where they’d counted on each other, Middaugh put himself on the line for Warner this month in a new […]
  
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• New national park marks development of nuclear bomb

  10-11-2015 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 70 years ago scientists working in secret created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age.
  On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz formally established the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, as they sat in a federal building near the White House where plans for the bomb were developed.
  The park preserves three sites where work on the bomb was completed: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  
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• Congress OKs bill banning Guantanamo detainees from US

  10-11-2015 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama a $607 billion defense policy bill Tuesday that bans moving Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees to the United States — something Obama has been trying to do since he was sworn in as president in 2009.
  The Senate’s 91-3 vote gave final legislative approval to the measure. The House overwhelmingly passed it last week, 370-58.
  Obama does not like the Guantanamo provisions, but so far has not threatened to veto it. The overwhelming
  
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• Gift Guide: Gadgets that make your wrist smarter

  10-11-2015 18:49
  
  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — If you’re looking for a device to track your fitness, alert you to incoming messages and occasionally let you buy stuff with a scan or a tap, there’s no shortage of computerized wristwatches to choose from. Over the past several months, I’ve tested numerous smartwatches for iPhones and Android devices, along with […]
  
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• A sign of the times

  10-11-2015 18:48
  
  We’ve all seen messages posted around our neighborhoods on lost pets. Often cats or dogs, sometimes something as exotic as a ferret or parrot. But this is a new twist — a lost drone. My theory? The drone rebelled against servitude to humans and fled for freedom, taking control over its own life. Just as […]
  
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• 3 charged in cyberattacks against US finance companies

  10-11-2015 18:48
  
  NEW YORK — Two men held in Israel and one U.S. citizen believed to be living in Moscow have been charged in the largest theft of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution in history, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Most of the theft of personal information from more than 100 million customers came […]
  
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• Man charged in machete fight, victim’s hand cut off

  10-11-2015 18:07
  
  BRYAN, Texas — A Central Texas man has been charged with assault over a bar fight in which a machete was used to cut off another man’s hand. Bryan police say the Nov. 1 fight began inside a bar, then moved outside. Brazos County jail records show 38-year-old Paulino Martinez of Bryan was being held […]
  
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• 40 Colorado sheriffs oppose Guantanamo detainee transfer

  10-11-2015 17:55
  
  DENVER — Forty sheriffs in Colorado have written to the White House to oppose any plan to move detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to prisons in the state. The letter sent Monday says that Colorado would be in danger if the Pentagon sends Guantanamo detainees to either of two prisons under consideration in […]
  
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• Updated: Obama appeals to Supreme Court to save his immigration plan

  10-11-2015 17:52
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to save the president’s plan to shield as many as 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation, after lower courts blocked it. A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction against President Barack Obama’s plan. […]
  
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• Colorado lieutenant gov. Garcia resigns for higher ed post

  10-11-2015 17:51
  
  DENVER — Colorado’s lieutenant governor is stepping down to run a higher education commission. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia made the announcement Tuesday morning. He says he is leaving the administration to be president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Garcia was elected lieutenant governor in 2010. Before that, he was president of Colorado […]
  
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• Arizona judges bring missing jurors into court, fine them

  10-11-2015 17:51
  
  KINGMAN, Ariz. — Two Arizona judges have hauled nearly 60 people into court to explain why they didn’t appear for jury duty. The Kingman Daily Miner reports (http://bit.ly/1PmQVwT ) that Mohave County Superior Court Clerk Virlynn Tinnell says Judge Steven Conn and Judge Billy Sipe fined dozens of people who didn’t provide legitimate excuses for […]
  
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• Bail bond reform coverage

  10-11-2015 17:03
  
  This is A Series of stories on changes in the state's bail system, including a proposed constitutional amendment
  
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• Navajo Nation estimates $700K in damage from mine spill

  10-11-2015 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – The Navajo Nation estimates that ranchers and farmers in two reservation chapters will suffer approximately $700,000 in damages from an August mine spill in Colorado.
  The Daily-Times reports that the Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture on Monday released a preliminary survey on damages from the Gold King Mine Spill.
  The department estimates that the millions of gallons of wastewater released into the Animas and San Juan rivers will cause $569,700 in damages for
  
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• Kremlin: Russian ban on flights to Egypt will last months

  10-11-2015 16:48
  
  MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff says that a Russian ban on all flights to Egypt in the wake of a Russian plane crash will last for at least several months. Sergei Ivanov said on a visit to Finland Tuesday that it would be impossible to radically revise the nation’s security system in […]
  
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• NM man faces sentencing hearing for abuse of boy who died

  10-11-2015 16:46
  
  A sentencing hearing is scheduled Tuesday for the stepfather of a 9-year-old Albuquerque boy who authorities said was kicked to death by his mother. Stephen Casaus was convicted in September of charges that included child abuse, tampering with evidence and intimidation of a witness in connection with the case of his stepson. Jurors ruled Casaus […]
  
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• Town hall set on Cesar Chavez street in Roswell

  10-11-2015 16:45
  
  ROSWELL — A Latino civil rights group is set to hold a public meeting on a proposal to rename a Roswell street after the late California farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://goo.gl/ILRtcY) the local chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens is scheduled Tuesday to host the public […]
  
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• Medal of Honor recipient tackled suicide bomber, saved lives

  10-11-2015 16:44
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. — He tackled a suicide bomber while serving in Afghanistan, saving fellow soldiers’ lives while suffering a gruesome leg injury. During three years of recovery and more than 30 surgeries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Army Capt. Florent Groberg was left with a lot of time to think. His thoughts often […]
  
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• AZ hair salon applies for liquor license

  10-11-2015 16:44
  
  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — A Casa Grande hair and nail salon is hoping to help its customers relax with a beer or glass of wine. The Casa Grande Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1HF6V5m ) that Diva’s Hair & Nails has been recommended for a liquor license by the city. It is not waiting for approval from the […]
  
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• Texan blamed for 3 traffic deaths gets prison in DWI case

  10-11-2015 16:43
  
  EL PASO, Texas — A West Texas man awaiting trial over three deaths in an alcohol-related accident must serve a year in prison in an earlier drunken driving case. The El Paso Times (http://bit.ly/1MUhrgO ) reports 25-year-old Joel Garcia Jr. was sentenced Monday in a plea deal on a misdemeanor DWI count. Prosecutors say Garcia […]
  
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• Letters defend terminated Portales officer

  10-11-2015 16:43
  
  Seventeen individuals who have worked with former Portales Police Officer Larry Garrison came to his defense last month before he was terminated from the Portales Police Department. Letters from the 17 were sent to Portales Police Chief Pat Gallegos, noting Garrison’s character and moral standards. City officials released the letters last week in response to […]
  
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• Military training planned this week and next in Phoenix area

  10-11-2015 16:42
  
  PHOENIX — A military training exercise will be conducted in the Phoenix area this week and next. Phoenix police say law enforcement agencies are providing support for the training exercise, which is intended to provide realistic urban sites for training for special operations forces. Police say the sites being used were selected to minimize the […]
  
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