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• State Supreme Court to review breaking-and-entering case

  27-11-2015 23:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court will review the case of a man convicted of breaking-and-entering for placing his hand behind a window screen.
  The high court agreed to hear Anthony Holt’s case in October, The Albuquerque Journal reports.
  Holt was convicted of breaking and entering in 2013 but argued the law was ambiguous. He said putting his hands between a screen and a window wasn’t the same as actually entering a home’s interior.
  But the state Court
  
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• ABQ’s 3D Glass gearing up for mass production

  27-11-2015 23:00
  
  3D Glass Solutions, an Albuquerque startup that created a new type of glass to make advanced semiconducting chips, is gearing up for launch next year of its first standard product line. The company, which launched in 2006, has been using its proprietary glass ceramic, dubbed APEXGlass, to do custom design and production of semiconductor chips […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Civilians, 4 officers injured in Colorado attack

  27-11-2015 22:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The latest on the shooting near Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local) 2:45 P.m. Police say civilians have been injured in a shooting in Colorado Springs. Police Lt. Catherine Buckley also said a fourth officer was wounded Friday inside a Planned Parenthood building in the latest exchange of gunfire […]
  
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• Updated: Four cops shot, civilians injured at Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs

  27-11-2015 22:56
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gunman opened fire at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, wounding multiple people and engaging in gun battles with police as patients and staff members ducked behind tables to hide and keep away from the crossfire. At least nine people were taken to hospitals amid the shooting that spanned […]
  
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• Albuquerque’s popular luminaria tour sells out in hours

  27-11-2015 22:09
  
  Tickets for Albuquerque’s annual luminaria tour have sold out in record time. The city’s transit system, ABQ RIDE, says the 3,600 tickets that were available for the Christmas Eve event were gone in about four hours. It took 12 hours to sell out last year. ABQ Ride has been helping with the tour for more […]
  
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• Photos: Active shooter in Colorado Springs

  27-11-2015 21:18 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  An active shooter situation has been reported near a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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• Active shooter in Colorado Springs

  27-11-2015 21:18 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  An active shooter situation has been reported near a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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• Now is the time to think small

  27-11-2015 21:07
  
  Albuquerque merchant Andy Hageman spends all year singing the “shop local” tune. Saturday, at least, he feels like he has some backup. There’s a whole chorus of voices — from public officials to major corporations —  encouraging Americans to support their community’s mom-and-pop establishments as part of Small Business Saturday, a nationwide movement now in […]
  
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• Updated: Standoff ends at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic

  27-11-2015 20:59
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gunman was arrested Friday hours after opening fire at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, wounding multiple people and engaging in gun battles with police inside the building, officials said. At least 11 people, including five police officers, were taken to hospitals, police Lt. Catherine Buckley said. Authorities were still […]
  
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• Updated: Four cops shot, civilians injured at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic

  27-11-2015 20:59
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gunman opened fire at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, wounding multiple people and engaging in gun battles with police as patients and staff members ducked behind tables to hide and keep away from the crossfire. At least nine people were taken to hospitals amid the shooting that spanned […]
  
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• Breaking: Police: Active shooter near Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic

  27-11-2015 20:59
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police were responding Friday to a report of an active shooter near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. The situation has not been stabilized, police Lt. Catherine Buckley said. She had no further details. Ambulances and police vehicles were lined up near an intersection and police told people via […]
  
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• Army Corps to suspend recreation at Jemez Dam overlook

  27-11-2015 20:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Recreation will soon be off limits at the Jemez Canyon Dam overlook.
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s temporarily closing the day-use area so the agency can assess the long-term viability for recreation while maintaining the area’s cultural resources and infrastructure.
  The closure begins Nov. 30. It could be next fall before the situation is re-evaluated.
  The overlook includes a picnic area with views of the Jemez Mountains. The access road also is
  
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• Stocks inch higher in quiet trading, but Disney stumbles

  27-11-2015 20:36
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks finished mostly higher Friday as they wrapped up a quiet week of trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fluctuated early on, but managed to eke out a small gain as telecommunications and financial stocks rose. Disney dragged down the Dow Jones industrial average after the company said ESPN lost 3 […]
  
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• Shooting suspect in custody after deadly Planned Parenthood standoff, 1 officer killed

  27-11-2015 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — UPDATE: Law enforcement official says one police officer and three others were killed in the attack at Planned Parenthood.
  Colorado Springs’ mayor says a standoff at Planned Parenthood has ended with the arrest of the suspect.
  Police say civilians were injured in an attack near Colorado Planned Parenthood and four officers were injured.
  Our thoughts are with @CSPDPIO and all citizens of Colorado Springs on this tragic day.
  — Albuquerque Polic
  
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• Police: 3 officers injured in shooting near Colorado Planned Parenthood

  27-11-2015 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police were responding Friday to a report of an active shooter near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.
  The situation has not been stabilized, police Lt. Catherine Buckley said. She had no further details.
  Ambulances and police vehicles were lined up near an intersection and police told people via Twitter to stay away from the “active shooter scene” because it was not secure.
  Footage from KKTV showed police cars and officers stationed
  
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• Mayor: Shooting suspect in custody after Planned Parenthood standoff

  27-11-2015 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — UPDATE: Colorado Springs’ mayor says a standoff at Planned Parenthood has ended with the arrest of the suspect.
  Police say civilians were injured in an attack near Colorado Planned Parenthood and four officers were injured.
  The standoff at Planned Parenthood is ongoing and the shooter brought “unspecified items” with him, according to officials.
  Police were searching for a gunman Friday who opened fire near a Planned Parenthood clinic i
  
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• Older workers seeking options for reducing hours on the job

  27-11-2015 20:28
  
  Roberton Williams’ plan was to retire on his government pension and take a part-time job to make up the difference in salary. It didn’t quite work out that way. Williams, 68, did retire but then started another full-time job with the Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank. “The plan was to work full time […]
  
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• Gay marriage is legal but not on tribal lands

  27-11-2015 19:42
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Cleo Pablo married her longtime partner when gay weddings became legal in Arizona and looked forward to the day when her wife and their children could move into her home in the small Native American community outside Phoenix where she grew up. The Ak-Chin Indian Community doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages and has […]
  
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• As many African-American see it, there are 2 Ben Carsons

  27-11-2015 19:42
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him. To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your […]
  
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• After Paris, US political shift on privacy vs. security

  27-11-2015 19:41
  
  WASHINGTON — The Paris attacks have renewed debate on the U.S. government’s post-Sept. 11 domestic surveillance laws, leading to efforts to revive the issue on Capitol Hill and handing Marco Rubio an opening against Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential race. The two senators were on opposite sides earlier this year when Congress eliminated the […]
  
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• Tumbleweeds pile up near Kirtland Air Force Base

  27-11-2015 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Thanks to high winds a massive pile of tumbleweeds have stacked up near Kirtland.
  
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• Tumbleweeds create wall near Kirtland Air Force Base

  27-11-2015 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The weather led to a bizarre scene in Albuquerque on Friday. While residents are used to seeing waves of tumbleweeds invade the city out on the West Mesa, it was strange to see them so close to the metro.
  The wall of tumbleweeds on Wyoming, just outside of the Kirtland Air Force Base, stood about 7 feet tall and spanned the width of two lanes of traffic, creating quite the attraction for motorists.
  Business was a little slower than usual for Nicolaau Spilca and it&rsqu
  
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• Tumbleweeds create wall near Albuquerque Kirtland Air Force Base

  27-11-2015 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The weather led to a bizarre scene in Albuquerque on Friday. While residents are used to seeing waves of tumbleweeds invade the city out on the West Mesa, it was strange to see them so close to the metro.
  The wall of tumbleweeds on Wyoming, just outside of the Kirtland Air Force Base, stood about 7 feet tall and spanned the width of two lanes of traffic, creating quite the attraction for motorists.
  Business was a little slower than usual for Nicolaau Spilca and it&rsqu
  
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• Where’s the beef? Trucker steals 40,000 pounds of meat

  27-11-2015 19:25
  
  LOGANTON, Pa. — Where’s the beef? That’s what authorities would like to know after someone stole 40,000 pounds of it from a meat plant in central Pennsylvania. State police say it happened Nov. 21 at Nicholas Meat near Loganton. According to troopers, a trucker loaded $110,000 worth of meat into a trailer during a scheduled […]
  
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• Ski Santa Fe opens to crowds, bus to slopes mostly empty

  27-11-2015 19:25
  
  SANTA FE — Ski Santa Fe opened to crowds of skiers but the new bus route from downtown Santa Fe to the ski basin remained mostly empty. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1OvexML ) that about 2,000 showed up to the slopes on Thursday, which was the opening day of Ski Santa Fe’s 2015-16 […]
  
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• New Mexico court orders new trial in excessive force case

  27-11-2015 19:24
  
  SANTA FE — The New Mexico Court of Appeals is ordering a new trial in a civil case against the city of Clovis and three police officers accused of using excessive force in restraining a man in 2006. The court ruled this week that a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of […]
  
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• Chicago man, 27, charged in fatal shooting of 9-year-old

  27-11-2015 19:24
  
  CHICAGO — Chicago Police say a 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting this month of a 9-year-old boy on the city’s South Side. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said at a news conference Friday that Corey Morgan of Chicago is in custody. He says the boy was killed […]
  
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• Gunmen mercilessly mowed down guests in Mali hotel siege

  27-11-2015 19:23
  
  BAMAKO, Mali — The early breakfast crowd sipped coffee and picked at croissants in the Radisson Blu’s dining room, swiping through emails and the morning headlines on their smartphones. Outside the luxury hotel, the dusty, red-earth streets were coming alive with traffic, the whine of motorbikes mixed with the rumble of minibus taxis amid the […]
  
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• Colorado pot shops again hold Black Friday sales

  27-11-2015 19:23
  
  DENVER — Call it Green Friday — a new Colorado tradition of marijuana shops drawing customers with discounted weed and holiday gift sets. At Denver Kush Club, about two dozen customers were lined up in subfreezing temperatures and snow showers Friday morning to take advantage of the shop’s doorbuster deals. The first few customers got […]
  
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• Nevada researchers trying to turn roadside weed into biofuel

  27-11-2015 19:00
  
  RENO, Nev. — Three decades ago, a University of Nevada researcher who obtained one of the first U.S. Energy Department grants to study the potential to turn plants into biofuels became convinced that a roadside weed — curly top gumweed — was growing along the road to the future. Now, scientists who’ve been cultivating gumweed […]
  
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• Albuquerque shoppers hit stores, take advantage of Black Friday deals

  27-11-2015 19:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Not even a chilly, windy day can keep shoppers at home. The Black Friday shopping craze is on but it’s a little quieter than years past.
  Beginning at 5 Friday morning, the mall looked like a ghost town and it wasn’t until close to 10:00 that the crowds started picking up.
  At Coronado Center a number of workers said they came in as early as midnight to work an actual Black Friday shift, but even at that, the crowds were nowhere near what they were in years p
  
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• Breaking: Police investigating suspicious death in SW ABQ

  27-11-2015 18:47
  
  Police are investigating what they say is a suspicious death near Iron and 3rd Street in Southwest Albuquerque Friday morning, according to a department spokesman. Officer Simon Drobik said detectives are just beginning their investigation into the death, which took place on the 300 block of Hazeldine SW. Drobik didn’t say if the person who […]
  
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• APD investigates suspicious death in southwest Albuquerque

  27-11-2015 18:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say officers are investigating a suspicious death in southwest Albuquerque.
  The Albuquerque Police Department says the investigation is being conducted in the 300 block of Hazeldine SW.
  At this time information is limited because APD says the investigation is in the early stages.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  
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• APD identifies body of suspicious death in southwest Albuquerque

  27-11-2015 18:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say officers are investigating a suspicious death of a man found in an alley in southwest Albuquerque.
  Police identified the man as 33-year-old Daniel Andrade.
  It happened at about 7:30 Friday morning. The Albuquerque Police Department says the investigation is being conducted in the 300 block of Hazeldine SW.
  At this time information is limited because APD says the investigation is in the early stages.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  
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• Photos: Winter weather in New Mexico

  27-11-2015 18:32 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  Another round of winter weather hit the state this week leaving behind snow and ice in some parts of New Mexico and more may be on the way.
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• Man charged after Thanksgiving lockdown at White House

  27-11-2015 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man who jumped the White House fence draped in an American flag on Thanksgiving has been charged.
  Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback says 22-year-old Joseph Caputo of Stamford, Connecticut, scaled the north fence on Thursday afternoon and gained access to the north grounds, but was immediately arrested. Hoback said in an email Friday that Caputo was charged with unlawful entry.
  The intrusion prompted a lockdown as the first family celebrated
  
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• Local free community college plans may be template for US

  27-11-2015 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The concept of free community college has been touted by President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidates, and some Republicans.
  The idea is to curb student debt and boost employment by removing cost from the equation. However, some educators are concerned the push could divert students and scholarships away from four-year schools and still create student debt.
  And some of the proposals could cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.
  Thousands of high school grad
  
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• Home construction loses traction in ABQ metro

  27-11-2015 18:06
  
  Single-family home construction showed signs of a small rally in October in the Albuquerque metro area, logging 115 building permits for the best showing during the month since 121 were issued in October 2012, according to the latest report from DataTraq. Home building has lost traction in the metro so far this year after reaching […]
  
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• Updated: Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting ties up retail district

  27-11-2015 17:46
  
  CHICAGO — Demonstrators angry about the killing of a black teenager who was shot 16 times by a white police officer last year marched through the streets and disrupted Black Friday shopping in Chicago’s ritziest retail district. Despite a cold, drizzling rain, hundreds of demonstrators turned out to protest Friday, the traditional beginning of the […]
  
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• Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting set for retail district

  27-11-2015 17:46
  
  CHICAGO — After days of protests in Chicago since the release of a video showing a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer, demonstrators were poised to disrupt Black Friday shopping with a march through the heart of the city’s most famous retail district. Demonstrators scheduled the march on Friday, the traditional […]
  
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• More snow, cold temps expected in parts of New Mexico

  27-11-2015 17:46
  
  More snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected for some parts of New Mexico. Forecasters with the National Weather Service say the wintry weather will persist through early Saturday, making for treacherous driving conditions. Slick and icy roads were reported Friday along Interstate 40 east of Albuquerque and across the eastern plains. Forecasters had issued […]
  
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• The Latest: Body found after water recedes in North Texas

  27-11-2015 17:45
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — The Latest on severe weather hitting parts of the U.S. on Black Friday (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Authorities say the body of one of two women swept away in fast-moving floodwaters in the Fort Worth area has been found downstream from her car. Johnson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tim Jones […]
  
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• 3 Chinese brokerages say they are under investigation

  27-11-2015 17:38
  
  BEIJING — Three of China’s biggest securities firms are under investigation in a fresh aftershock from this summer’s market plunge. Shares in Citic Securities Ltd. and Guosen Securities Ltd. fell Friday by the 10 percent daily limit after both said they were being probed by regulators. A third brokerage, Haitong Securities Ltd., issued a similar […]
  
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• Stocks open mostly lower, led by declines in energy sector

  27-11-2015 17:34
  
  NEW YORK — Stocks are opening mostly lower, led by declines in energy stocks as the price of oil turns lower. Consol Energy sank 4 percent in early trading Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average edged down 17 points, or 0.1 percent, to 17,795 as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 […]
  
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• NM housing sales flat; prices inch up

  27-11-2015 17:30
  
  While total home sales numbers were basically flat year over year in New Mexico during the month of October — 1,569 homes in 2015 compared to 1,575 in 2014 — the total dollar volume of the sales increased 2 percent to $362,308,141, according to the Realtors Association of New Mexico. The state’s five most-populous counties […]
  
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• Police: Victim was in captivity for 24 hours

  27-11-2015 16:43
  
  A Portales homicide victim suffered a traumatic brain injury, multiple burns and severe bruising during a series of altercations with his accused killer, according to an arrest affidavit filed in district court on Tuesday. Police said William Vaughn, 45, died of blunt force trauma on Sunday in a Lubbock hospital. David Michael Smith, 40, of […]
  
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• Clovis mother sentenced to 16 1/2 years for abuse

  27-11-2015 16:43
  
  A Clovis mother was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 16 1/2 years in prison for multiple counts of child abuse. District Judge Drew Tatum delivered the sentence to Kayla Bass, 25, for abusing her then-18-month-old son in 2013 — he suffered bruises all over his body, bite marks, cigarette burns and a broken clavicle bone — […]
  
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• Updated: New Mexico to share in federal energy revenues

  27-11-2015 16:41
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Oil and gas development and mineral production on federal and tribal lands in New Mexico have netted nearly a half-billion dollars in revenues for the state. The U.S. Interior Department announced this week that more than three dozen states, 34 American Indian tribes, numerous counties and thousands of individual Indian mineral owners […]
  
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• New Mexico to share in federal energy revenues

  27-11-2015 16:41
  
  Oil and gas development and mineral production on federal and tribal lands in New Mexico have netted nearly a half-billion dollars in revenues for the state. The U.S. Interior Department announced this week that more than three dozen states, 34 American Indian tribes, numerous counties and thousands of individual Indian mineral owners are getting disbursements […]
  
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• State charges dropped in fatal stabbing of New Mexico inmate

  27-11-2015 16:40
  
  LAS CRUCES — State charges were dropped against two New Mexico prisoners suspected of fatally stabbing another inmate, but the prosecutor’s office indicated that the case is going to be filed in federal court. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/1T7vTjP) that no federal charges have yet been filed against Jerry Montoya and Jerry Armenta in […]
  
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