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• Hawaii canoe hits halfway mark in round-the-world voyage

  16-11-2015 23:58
  
  HONOLULU — The Polynesian voyaging canoe that is guided solely by nature as it circles the globe has reached South Africa, the halfway point on its three-year journey and the most dangerous leg partly because of complicated ocean conditions. The double-hulled canoe Hokulea left Hawaii last year, and its crew members are sailing without modern […]
  
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• Hundreds attend vigil for California student killed in Paris

  16-11-2015 23:56
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hundreds of people packed a ballroom Sunday to remember a 23-year-old California college student who was among the 129 people killed in the Paris attacks. Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old senior studying industrial design at California State University, Long Beach, was at a Paris restaurant Friday night with classmates when she was […]
  
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• As world mourns Paris, many in Mideast see double-standard

  16-11-2015 23:56
  
  BAGHDAD — Within hours of the last week’s Paris attacks, as outrage and sympathy flooded his social media feeds and filled the airwaves, Baghdad resident Ali al-Makhzomy updated his Facebook cover photo to read “solidarity” — and his friends were shocked. “Everyone was like why are you posting about Paris and not about the attacks […]
  
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• Updated: Feds stand behind report that Colorado agreed to mine plan

  16-11-2015 23:55
  
  DENVER — A federal agency on Monday stood behind its assertion that Colorado officials signed off on a cleanup project that led to a 3 million-gallon toxic waste spill from an inactive gold mine. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s statement was the latest twist in a dispute between state and federal agencies over what role […]
  
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• Wary governors halt, question plan to accept Syrian refugees

  16-11-2015 23:54
  
  DETROIT — Several U.S. governors are threatening to halt efforts to allow Syrian refugees into their states in the aftermath of the coordinated attacks in Paris, though an immigration expert says they have no legal authority to do so. The governors are responding to heightened concerns that terrorists might use the refugees as cover to […]
  
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• Bail lowered for man charged in Phoenix freeway shootings

  16-11-2015 23:54
  
  PHOENIX — A judge lowered bail Monday for a man charged in several freeway shootings that put drivers in metro Phoenix on edge two months ago, but wouldn’t let his attorneys call witnesses to back up a claim that he has an alibi. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Warren Granville reduced Leslie Merritt Jr.’s $1 […]
  
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• US Catholic bishops focused on marriage, religious liberty

  16-11-2015 23:46
  
  BALTIMORE — U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, at their first assembly since gay marriage became legal nationwide, vowed Monday to uphold marriage as only the union of a man and a woman and to seek legal protections for those who share that view. Some bishops said they were committed to reversing the U.S. Supreme Court same-sex […]
  
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• Feds stand behind report that Colorado agreed to mine plan

  16-11-2015 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) – A federal agency is standing behind its assertion that Colorado officials signed off on a cleanup project that led to a 3 million-gallon toxic waste spill from an inactive gold mine.
  The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s statement Monday was the latest twist in a dispute between state and federal agencies over what role Colorado officials had in the spill.
  Colorado has objected to federal agencies’ claims that its experts endorsed the plan.
  The spill occurred Aug. 5 at
  
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• UNM teams up with Venture firm on tech transfer

  16-11-2015 23:38
  
  More early-stage capital may soon become available for startups marketing University of New Mexico technology thanks to a new agreement between UNM and Osage Venture Partners. Osage is a Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm with some of its funds specifically earmarked for investments in university technologies. Osage has agreements in place with some 70 universities, including […]
  
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• Updated: AMA: Pot use in pregnancy may pose risks, warnings needed

  16-11-2015 23:35
  
  CHICAGO — Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana products and posted wherever they’re sold if the nation’s most influential doctors group has its way. The American Medical Association agreed Monday to push for regulations requiring such warnings be written on medical […]
  
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• Belgian jihadi ID’d as mastermind of Paris attacks

  16-11-2015 23:34
  
  BRUSSELS — Once a happy-go-lucky student at one of Brussels’ most prestigious high schools, Saint-Pierre d’Uccle, Abdelhamid Abaaoud morphed into Belgium’s most notorious jihadi, a zealot so devoted to the cause of holy war that he recruited his 13-year-old brother to join him in Syria. The child of Moroccan immigrants who grew up in the […]
  
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• Updated: Sheriff: 6 killed at Texas campsite; man charged with murder

  16-11-2015 23:17
  
  PALESTINE, Texas — Six people were killed at a Texas campsite and a suspect has been arrested and charged in the weekend homicides, authorities said Monday. Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said the bodies were found in rural Anderson County, southeast of Dallas. William Hudson, 33, is charged with one murder count and is being […]
  
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• ‘World’s Friendliest Restaurant’ to close its ABQ doors

  16-11-2015 23:15
  
  Tim's Place - and owner Tim Harris - relocating to Colorado
  
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• Heart Hospital in ABQ one of top performing

  16-11-2015 22:57
  
  Truven Health Analytics listed the hospital on its top 50 list for the second time.
  
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• Despite Paris, Obama rejects calls for shift in ISIS fight

  16-11-2015 22:57
  
  ANTALYA, Turkey — President Barack Obama on Monday firmly rejected calls for a shift in U.S. strategy against the Islamic State following the Paris attacks, saying Republicans who want to send ground troops into the volatile region are “talking as if they’re tough” but fail to understand the potentially grave consequences. “Folks want to pop […]
  
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• Lobo forward Devon Williams suffers neck injury

  16-11-2015 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES (AP) – New Mexico basketball officials say forward Devon Williams suffered a neck injury during the Lobos’ game against New Mexico State.
  Williams was taken to a hospital Sunday night after he collapsed midway during the second half, and New Mexico coach Craig Neal later said the player has a neck injury.
  New Mexico athletics spokesman Eugene Canal said Williams had feeling in all his extremities and was up walking.
  Canal said William was kept at the hospital overnight for
  
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• Realty One to move and expand NE Heights office

  16-11-2015 22:51
  
  Realty One of New Mexico, which has been in an expansion mode, is moving its Wyoming office to 7441 Alameda NE
  
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• ISIS vows Washington attack as leaders debate Syrian refugees

  16-11-2015 22:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Tear-lined cheeks and flowers ringed the French embassy Monday as ISIS issued a new terror threat against Washington.
  “We struck France on its ground in Paris; we will strike America on its ground in Washington,” declared an ISIS member, according to the Associated Press.
  A memorial for the Paris attack victims at the French embassy in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Mark Meredith/Media General)Undeterred, mourners in D.C. paid their respects t
  
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• Stories of those who died in the Paris attacks

  16-11-2015 22:35
  
  French President Francois Hollande said Monday the attacks in Paris targeted “youth in all its diversity,” the 129 victims of 19 different nationalities. Here are their stories: –Guillaume Decherf, 43, had written about the latest album by Eagles of Death Metal late last month for French culture magazine Les Inrocks and was at the band’s […]
  
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• Hickenlooper: Don’t ban Syrian refugees, just verify them

  16-11-2015 22:35
  
  DENVER — Colorado’s governor isn’t ruling out Syrian refugees in the wake of terror attacks in Paris. But Gov. John Hickenlooper says Monday that the federal government needs to make sure the verification process for refugees is “as stringent as possible.” The governor went on to say we can protect our security and still provide […]
  
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• Kubiak benches Peyton Manning for Bears game

  16-11-2015 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning won’t suit up against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Broncos coach Gary Kubiak is going with backup Brock Osweiler as he tries to get his 39-year-old quarterback healthy.
  Kubiak said he met with Manning on Monday morning and told him of his decision — which Manning didn’t like.
  Said Kubiak: “I’ve never met a player who agreed to that.”
  Manning had the worst game of his career Sunday in Denver’s 29-13 loss to Kan
  
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• High school in Tucson closed Monday because of online threat

  16-11-2015 22:17
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A school district serving part of the Tucson area canceled classes at a small alternative high school because of an online threat. An anonymous Facebook threatened a mass shooting and bombing at the S.T.A.R. Academic Center on Monday. The school was checked out overnight but was closed Monday because of what Sunnyside […]
  
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• Here we go again: Paris attacks may renew encryption debate

  16-11-2015 21:55
  
  NEW YORK — The deadly attacks in Paris may soon reopen the debate over whether — and how — tech companies should let the government sidestep the data scrambling that shields everyday commerce and daily digital life alike. So far, there’s no hard evidence that the Paris extremists relied on encrypted communications — essentially, encoded […]
  
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• TNT shelves show depicting a Paris shooting

  16-11-2015 21:34
  
  NEW YORK — The TNT network isn’t airing an episode of its drama “Legends” on Monday because it depicts a terrorist shooting into a crowd in Paris. The network said Monday it will instead air a rerun of “Legends” that was originally shown a few weeks ago. TNT isn’t the only network to shuffle its […]
  
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• US to increase intel sharing with France

  16-11-2015 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday a new intelligence-sharing arrangement with France designed to more readily and quickly allow joint military planning in the campaign against the Islamic State. After President Barack Obama announced the arrangement to reporters in Turkey, the Pentagon issued a statement saying that Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of […]
  
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• ABQ police encourage ‘random’ kindness this week

  16-11-2015 21:29
  
  Albuquerque police officers delivered donuts to 20 businesses last week, and they have a few more surprises in store, their union says. It’s part of something they’re calling “Random Acts of Kindness Week,” which runs through Friday. The goal is to help bring the community together after the fatal shootings of officer Daniel Webster and […]
  
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• Quick thinking averted massacre at Paris attacks stadium

  16-11-2015 21:28
  
  SAINT-DENIS, France — The suicide bombers’ remains, clingy flecks of flesh spread in a 10-meter (yard) radius around where they exploded, were flushed down the drains of the city they sought to terrorize, washed away by municipal workers with detergent sprays and power hoses. All that’s left of them now are questions. Their explosive belts, […]
  
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• Family’s pet dog kills 11-month-old boy; was playing in home

  16-11-2015 21:28
  
  MARSHALL, N.Y. — Police say an 11-month-old boy has died after being attacked by his family’s 2-year-old pet pit bull terrier. Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol says 32-year-old Lisa Cittadino of Marshall called 911 Sunday evening reporting that the dog had attacked her son. Cittadino told deputies the dog had been playing in the living […]
  
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• Ducey joins other GOP governors in rejecting Syrian refugees

  16-11-2015 21:28
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is joining a growing list of Republican governors calling for an immediate halt to the placement of any new refugees from the Middle East. Monday’s announcement from Ducey came three days after terrorists attacked multiple sites in Paris, killing 129 and wounding hundreds more. Ducey says in a statement […]
  
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• Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

  16-11-2015 21:09
  
  The rain that has been falling in Santa Fe on and off since Sunday afternoon has turned to snow — and begun to accumulate on the ground even from the time it took to download this pic and post this story. Temps are still not that cold, though, so streets are wet rather than icy… […]
  
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• Vigils around the world for Paris

  16-11-2015 20:44 via krqe.com
  
  Vigils were held across the world following Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. 129 people were killed and 350 injured.
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• Archive: Holly Holm in Albuquerque Journal through the years

  16-11-2015 20:42
  
  Holly Holm holds the champion belt after defeating Ronda Rousey during their UFC 193 bantamweight title fight in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 8, 2015.
  
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• Experts say states lack legal authority to block refugees

  16-11-2015 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Several U.S. governors have threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees following last week’s attacks in Paris, even as experts counter they lack legal authority to block newcomers.
  Meanwhile, President Barack Obama, whose administration has pledged to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next 12 months, argued Monday the nation needs to allow them because many are fleeing terrorism.
  Some state leaders disagree with Obama’s assertion the country can simult
  
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• Consider freezing credit reports before information is stolen

  16-11-2015 20:14
  
  PITTSBURGH — So far this year, more than 100 data breaches have resulted in an estimated 153 million financial records being stolen — hitting big names such as Experian, T-Mobile, Anthem and U.S. government personnel records — with most of the victims being offered free credit monitoring services as a check against ID theft. But […]
  
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• Winter storm warning issued for Albuquerque

  16-11-2015 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Nearly all of New Mexico is blanketed by warnings and advisories about wintry weather conditions of one sort or another as a storm system moves into the state. The warnings include Albuquerque, which is under a winter storm warning until midnight.
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  The National Weather Service says New Mexico will see warmer, drier and calmer weather by the end of the week but that there wi
  
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• Weather notices blanket virtually all of New Mexico

  16-11-2015 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Nearly all of New Mexico is blanketed by warnings and advisories about wintry weather conditions of one sort or another as a storm system moves into the state.
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  The National Weather Service says New Mexico will see warmer, drier and calmer weather by the end of the week but that there will be snow, high wind and other blustery conditions in the meantime.
  Forecasters say the
  
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• On Philanthropy: Thanksgiving –– Feast or ‘famine’?

  16-11-2015 20:04
  
  Soon, people across the United States will gather around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends to indulge in abundant, delicious food — and to give thanks for their many blessings and freedoms. Typically, we eat and drink to excess and enjoy leftovers that will last for days. Dinnertime conversation ranges from expressing gratitude for […]
  
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• Hilary Martin: Why automate finances

  16-11-2015 20:04
  
  The easiest way to ensure your financial success is automate your finances. Simple to say, not so simple to do. Here’s how to start. Automating finances means setting up computerized systems to take deposits, payments, investments and other transactions out of your hands –– or at least out of your day-to-day thoughts. Opinions differ on […]
  
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• Getting Started: It’s easier now to give a gift to 529 college savings plan

  16-11-2015 20:04
  
  If you are already thinking about your holiday shopping list, consider this for an idea: a contribution to a 529 college savings plan. A 529 gift can pay off big for college students, whether they are attending school this year or a decade from now. And thanks to new tools, it’s becoming easier to make […]
  
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• New Mexico officials find more than 5,000 untested rape kits

  16-11-2015 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – New Mexico has amassed a backlog of at least 5,341 untested rape kits, according to state officials.
  The New Mexico Department of Public Safety surveyed police departments earlier this year and found that thousands of sexual assault evidence kits, some dating back to the 1980s, are sitting untested in police departments, reported the Albuquerque Journal.
  That number doesn’t include results from several dozen departments that haven’t responded, including Roswe
  
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• Runner struck by car in northeast Albuquerque

  16-11-2015 19:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A runner is in critical condition after being hit by a car near Montgomery and Carlisle overnight.
  Police aren’t releasing the names of anyone involved but say, neither alcohol or speed, appear to be a factor.
  Investigators say the runner was struck while crossing Montgomery they didn’t say if that person was in a cross walk.
  
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• Paris returns to work with defiance, determination and worry

  16-11-2015 19:10
  
  PARIS — After a weekend of horror, Paris returned to the routines of the work week Monday with determination, defiance — and worry. Rush-hour subway trains were full, shops were open, and office workers lined up for sandwiches or ate lunch on cafe terraces. But this is also now a city dotted with makeshift shrines: […]
  
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• IS could ultimately force West to consider invasion

  16-11-2015 19:10
  
  CAIRO — This is the fundamental contradiction, after Paris: Few in the West want to send ground troops to Syria and Iraq to battle the Islamic State group, but it may be even harder to find anyone who thinks airstrikes alone will defeat the radical extremists. So far, policy makers and experts tend to focus […]
  
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• France seeks united US-Russia assault on Islamic State

  16-11-2015 19:09
  
  PARIS — France wants to unite with the U.S. and Russia in a grand coalition dedicated to smashing the Islamic State group, French President Francois Hollande told lawmakers Monday in a rare joint session in the Palace of Versailles as authorities worldwide struggled to pinpoint those responsible for the deadliest attacks on France since World […]
  
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• NHCC selling out plenty of theater, music performances

  16-11-2015 18:42
  
  The National Hispanic Cultural Center continues to hit new milestones. The center, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary, has increased its events at the center from 200 to 700 in recent years. With the rise in the number of events, the number of visitors has increased as well. The NHCC boasts a 42.5 percent increase […]
  
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• Dallas police: 2 arrested in online trafficking of girl, 16

  16-11-2015 18:23
  
  DALLAS — Two men face trafficking charges after Dallas police say a 16-year-old girl they met online was raped and sent to Alabama. Dallas County jail records show 43-year-old Cuauhtemoc Munoz was booked Monday on charges of sexual assault of a child and trafficking of persons. Bond is $200,000. Jason Daniel Strickland was arrested Saturday […]
  
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• Who were the Paris attackers? Many crossed officials’ radar

  16-11-2015 18:18
  
  PARIS — French police, prosecutors and journalists have unveiled details about the men accused of carrying out rapid-fire attacks across Paris on Friday. Altogether, authorities say that three teams of attackers participated in the bloody assault, though the precise strength of each team hasn’t been made clear. Seven men were killed in the attacks, and […]
  
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• Pennsylvania woman arrested for DUI crashes twice in 1 hour

  16-11-2015 18:17
  
  SOMERSET, Pa. — Pennsylvania State police say they’ve arrested a woman for two different drunken driving crashes in the same day. Troopers from Somerset say Michele Leonard, of Somerset, crashed her car about 5 p.m. Saturday. She was arrested, charged with drunken driving and then released. Police say that’s when Leonard offered a stranger $3 […]
  
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• Holly Holm’s father: 'She deserves it'

  16-11-2015 18:16
  
  One fan not shocked by Holly Holm's dominant performance at UFC 193 was her father.
  
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• Holly Holm’s win, New Mexico’s upset uplifts Albuquerque

  16-11-2015 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Holly Holm’s surprising victory over UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and the University of New Mexico’s upset over 30-point favorite Boise State on Saturday gave Albuquerque one of its best sports nights in its history.
  And it came weeks after the bruised New Mexico city was getting over a string of high-profile crimes – one which claimed an officer’s life.
  Albuquerque audiences cheered Saturday as hometown hero Holm (10-0) knocked out the
  
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