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• Info on 5 million VTech customers and kids exposed in breach

  30-11-2015 23:54 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kid’s technology maker VTech says the personal information of about 5 million of its customers and their children may have been stolen by hackers.
  The Hong Kong-based company disclosed the breach of a customer database late last week, but didn’t say until Monday how many people could be affected.
  The news comes just as the holiday shopping season is kicking into gear and kid’s smartwatches and tablets made by companies such as VTech are expected to be high
  
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• Updated: Santa obliges dad of sleeping boy with snoozing photo

  30-11-2015 23:50
  
  EVANSVILLE, Ind. — When Donnie Walters took son Zeke to have his picture taken with Santa Claus, the 6-month-old boy couldn’t stay awake while they waited in line. So Santa obliged Walters and posed asleep with the snoozing child resting on his belly. Walters posted the photos of the sleeping pair on Facebook. The photos […]
  
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• Bernalillo County, UNMH come together to help the homeless

  30-11-2015 23:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – As temperatures drop, many are struggling to keep warm. That’s why the University of New Mexico Hospital and Bernalillo County have come together to make sure the homeless have a bed at night.UNMH has donated 75 used spring mattresses and Bernalillo County donated $5,000 for new sheets, towels and laundry carts. The donated mattresses will be placed in the families with children area and the women’s dorm.
  
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• Updated: Peoria police search for stolen bike of special-needs teen

  30-11-2015 23:48
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. — Police in Peoria are trying to locate an expensive tricycle that was stolen from the home of a special-needs teenager. They say surveillance video shows a man walked onto the home’s property around 6:30 p.m. Saturday and pedaling away on the tricycle, which reportedly sells for about $1,200. The red Delta Sun […]
  
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• Peoria police search for stolen bike of special-needs teen

  30-11-2015 23:48
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. — Police in Peoria are trying to locate a tricycle that was stolen from the home of a special-needs teenager. They say surveillance video shows a man walked onto the home’s property around 6:30 p.m. Saturday and pedaling away on the tricycle. The red Delta Sun EZ-3 recumbent with an orange flag attached […]
  
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• New company reps to speak at AED

  30-11-2015 23:47
  
  Monty Hamilton, CEO of Rural Sourcing, Inc., and Dr. Bob Tucker, with National American University’s Online 3.0 National Operations Center, will be the keynote speakers at Albuquerque Economic Development Inc.’s Quarterly Investors’ Luncheon on Dec. 10. The newly recruited companies will provide updates about their expansions in to the Albuquerque market. Chris Dunkeson, Area Vice […]
  
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• Woman accused of driving drunk with 7-year-old in the car

  30-11-2015 23:43 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho woman is facing charges for allegedly driving drunk on Thanksgiving with a young relative in the car. Deputies tell the Santa Fe New Mexican, 26-year-old Kathryn Bryant lost control and crashed through a barrier on I-25 near Highway 599.
  Neither Bryant nor her 7-year-old passenger were hurt. Deputies say Bryant appeared drunk and refused a sobriety test. She is charged with aggravated DWI and child abuse.
  
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• Platinum filling quickly, developer says

  30-11-2015 23:39
  
  The forerunner of an expected wave of multifamily projects in Nob Hill’s Central Avenue corridor, the four-story Platinum Apartments at 4100 Silver SE, is more than 50 percent leased, four months after a soft opening in early August. A new apartment property typically takes about a year, sometimes two, to lease up to somewhere approaching […]
  
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• Hispano chamber has new COO

  30-11-2015 23:35
  
  Synthia Jaramillo, a vice president at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, has been named chief operating officer.
  
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• Updated: Bond set for man accused of killing 3 in DWI crash

  30-11-2015 23:19
  
  A Metropolitan Court judge has set bond at $150,000 cash only for the 23-year-old man accused of drunkenly running a red light and crashing into another vehicle, killing its three occupants. Jacob Jaramillo is charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of Grace Sinfield, 20, Sergio Mendez-Aguirre, 23, and Roberto Mendez, 27. […]
  
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• Bond set for man accused of killing 3 in DWI crash

  30-11-2015 23:19
  
  A Metropolitan Court judge has set bond at $150,000 cash only for the 23-year-old man accused of drunkenly running a red light and crashing into another vehicle, killing its three occupants. Jacob Jaramillo is charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of Grace Sinfield, 20, Sergio Mendez-Aguirre, 23, and Roberto Mendez, 27. […]
  
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• Updated: Students return to Washington campus after racial threats

  30-11-2015 22:43
  
  SEATTLE — Most, but not all, students returned to a Washington state university Monday as police investigate racial threats against black students and others on social media that shut down the campus last week. At a public forum about the racist remarks, one student said she had to force herself to come to Western Washington […]
  
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• Most Washington students return to campus after hate speech

  30-11-2015 22:43
  
  SEATTLE — Most, but not all, students returned to Western Washington University on Monday as campus police continued to investigate racial attacks against the school’s black students and others on social media. At a public forum Monday morning about last week’s hate speech posted on Yik Yak and other social media, one student said she […]
  
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• Flight attendant charged with attacking crew, US marshals

  30-11-2015 22:43
  
  An American Airlines flight attendant who described herself as “crazy” and a “train wreck” attacked fellow crew members and U.S. marshals during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Frankfurt, Germany, last week, according to documents filed in federal court. The complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, says Joanne Snow is charged […]
  
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• KRQE News 13 hosts Toys for Tots phone bank

  30-11-2015 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Toys for Tots is a crucial program to ensure every boy and girl receives a present for Christmas.KRQE News 13 is hosting a phone bank in the Newsplex Monday evening.The marines will be in the Newsplex taking your donations.
  The phone bank will run from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. If you are interested making a donation call 1-877-715-7400.
  
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• Updated: GOP leader defends House Planned Parenthood investigation

  30-11-2015 22:29
  
  WASHINGTON — A Republican congressional leader on Monday defended a House investigation of Planned Parenthood’s provision of fetal tissue to researchers, offering no suggestion that last week’s shooting deaths at one of the group’s clinics will cause the GOP to retreat from that probe. But House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., also indicated that the […]
  
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• GOP leader defends House Planned Parenthood investigation

  30-11-2015 22:29
  
  WASHINGTON — A Republican congressional leader on Monday defended a House investigation of Planned Parenthood’s provision of fetal tissue to researchers, offering no suggestion that last week’s shooting deaths at one of the group’s clinics will cause the GOP to retreat from that probe. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., also indicated that the Republican-run […]
  
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• State Department to release new batch of Clinton emails

  30-11-2015 22:16 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it will release on Monday approximately 7,800 pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails, largely sent or received in 2012 or 2013.
  Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau described it as the department’s largest production to date as part of the court-ordered disclosure of emails from the personal server Clinton used while she was secretary of state.
  Trudeau said one email was among four that Intelligence Community Inspector General I. Charles McCullou
  
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• Updated: Maldonado re-ups with Golden Boy

  30-11-2015 22:09
  
  Albuquerque boxer Fidel Maldonado Jr. has re-signed with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, the fighter’s father, trainer and manager said. Maldonado Jr. (20-3, 17 KOs) has been a Golden Boy contract fighter since 2011. Next up for his son, Fidel Maldonado Sr. said, is a Jan. 30 bout (opponent TBA) at Buffalo Thunder […]
  
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• Bond set for man accused in deadly DWI crash

  30-11-2015 22:01
  
  The man accused of causing a crash that killed three people over the weekend appeared in court Monday.
  
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• Make-A-Wish dream vacation ends in burglary

  30-11-2015 22:00
  
  An Albuquerque family’s trip of a lifetime turned into a nightmare.
  
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• Next year’s Balloon Fiesta set for first Saturday in October

  30-11-2015 21:53
  
  Balloon Fiesta 2016 is scheduled to start Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, and continue until Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.      
  
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• The Latest: Chicago cop’s lawyer says he may post bond soon

  30-11-2015 21:39
  
  CHICAGO — The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer (all times local): 2:05 p.m. The lawyer for a white Chicago police officer charged with fatally shooting a black teenager says he’s hopeful the officer can post bond in the “very near future.” A judge […]
  
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• Teen girl accidentally wounded at shooting range

  30-11-2015 21:38
  
  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Authorities say a teenage girl is recovering after being accidentally shot at a Casa Grande shooting range. Casa Grande police say the 14-year-old girl was flown to a Phoenix hospital after the incident Saturday night. A police department park ranger was conducting a security check of the range and provided first […]
  
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• Hurricane season ends with just 1 tropical storm in Texas

  30-11-2015 21:38
  
  HOUSTON — The Atlantic Hurricane Season ended on a quiet note for Texas with just one tropical storm reaching the state in the past six months. Monday marked the end of the June-through-November hurricane season. Experts say this year’s season ends with 11 named storms, four hurricanes and two major hurricanes. Tropical Storm Bill was […]
  
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• Germany deals IOC and Bach a message: No thanks, to Olympics

  30-11-2015 21:37
  
  LONDON — Once again, German voters delivered a harsh and sobering message to the Olympic movement: No thanks. The rejection of Hamburg’s bid for the 2024 Olympics in a referendum sent out another clear signal that the IOC still has a lot of work to do to convince cities that hosting the games is a […]
  
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• Farmington-area oil and gas tax revenue still dropping

  30-11-2015 21:37
  
  FARMINGTON — As tax revenue from the Farmington area’s oil and gas sector continues its downward trend, the city is relying more heavily on retail and San Juan County is considering budget cuts. Retail taxes are increasing thanks to Farmington’s growing role as a shopping hub, reported The Farmington Daily Times (http://bit.ly/1MQSkIv). But San Juan […]
  
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• EPA boosts amount of ethanol in gasoline supply

  30-11-2015 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is boosting the amount of corn-based ethanol and other renewable fuels in the U.S. gasoline supply despite sustained opposition by an unusual alliance of oil companies, environmentalists and some GOP presidential candidates. The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a final rule designed to increase production of ethanol to be […]
  
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• Crash cleared on I-25 near Avenida Cesar Chavez

  30-11-2015 20:49
  
  Two southbound lanes of Interstate 25 have reopened near Avenida Cesar Chavez after a Monday morning rollover accident.
  
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• Pope outlines Mexico trip with four stops, including Juarez

  30-11-2015 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says he hopes to add the key Mexico-U.S. border city of Juarez to his Mexico itinerary next year, confirming the trip will have a strong immigration theme.
  Speaking to reporters en route home from Africa on Monday, Francis said he would begin his trip in the capital, Mexico City, to pray before the Virgin of Guadalupe “the mother of the Americas.”
  He said he planned to visit Chiapas on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, whe
  
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• NYC’s novel salt warning rule set to take effect at chains

  30-11-2015 19:55
  
  NEW YORK — New York City is beginning a new era in nutritional warnings this week: Chain restaurants will have to start putting a special symbol on highly salty dishes. Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett discussed the first-of-its-kind rule Monday at an Applebee’s in Times Square. The rule requires a salt-shaker emblem on menu items […]
  
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• Suspect in fatal DWI crash to appear in court Monday

  30-11-2015 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The suspected drunk driver charged with killing three young people will appear before a judge Monday. That driver, Jacob Jaramillo is locked up right now on a $105,000 cash or surety bond and a judge will decide if it that bond will remain.
  This is the aftermath of the crash that Jaramillo allegedly caused at the I-25 and I-40 frontage roads Sunday morning. Police say Jaramillo not only ran a red light but was speeding when he slammed into a car carrying 27-year-old Ro
  
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• Suspect in fatal DWI crash appears in court Monday

  30-11-2015 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The suspected drunk driver charged with killing three young people appeared before a judge Monday. That driver, Jacob Jaramillo is locked up right now on a $150,000 cash only bond.This is the aftermath of the crash that Jaramillo allegedly caused at the I-25 and I-40 frontage roads Sunday morning. Police say Jaramillo not only ran a red light but was speeding when he slammed into a car carrying 27-year-old Roberto Mendez, 23-year-old Sergio Mendez-Aguirre and 20-year-o
  
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• Families speak on fatal crash: ‘We want justice for our children’

  30-11-2015 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The suspected drunk driver charged with killing three young people appeared before a judge Monday. That driver, Jacob Jaramillo, is locked up right now on a $150,000 cash only bond.
  “I have to look at your criminal history which I have to say is concerning,” Judge Sandra Engel said. “That you had a DWI and some other serious charges that were dismissed.”
  Jaramillo told the judge that his family probably wouldn’t be able to put up the mone
  
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• Updated: Special prosecutor confirms Bland case nearly complete

  30-11-2015 19:35
  
  HOUSTON — A team of special prosecutors has nearly completed its investigation of the arrest and subsequent death of a black woman in a Texas jail, and it plans to finish presenting its evidence to a grand jury by the end of December, one of the prosecutors said Monday. Houston attorney Darrell Jordan was among […]
  
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• Texas lawmaker: Sandra Bland investigations nearly complete

  30-11-2015 19:35
  
  HOUSTON — A Texas lawmaker who assembled state and local authorities to review initial evidence following the death of Sandra Bland in a Southeast Texas jail says multiple investigations of her arrest and death are nearly complete. Sen. Royce West said Monday in a statement that a five-member team of special prosecutors wants additional information […]
  
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• High court’s election-year lineup rich in high-profile cases

  30-11-2015 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s lineup of new cases is fit for an election year. Affirmative action, abortion and another look at the Obama health care law all are before the court, and they could well be joined by immigration, giving the justices a run of cases that reads like a campaign platform. Also coming; […]
  
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• A look at victims of Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting

  30-11-2015 19:27
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gunman killed three people at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, including a police officer and two people accompanying friends to the clinic Friday. Here’s a look at the lives of the victims: ___ KE’ARRE STEWART The 29-year-old went with someone to the clinic when he was killed and leaves […]
  
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• Albuquerque man sought in fatal stabbing of neighbor

  30-11-2015 19:25
  
  Albuquerque police are seeking help in locating a 39-year-old man sought in the fatal stabbing of a neighbor. An arrest warrant says Alejandro Alvarado is charged with murder in the killing early last Wednesday of Manuel Puentes. Alvarado is also charged with bribery or intimidation of a witness. Alvarado and Puentes lived on the 400 […]
  
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• Change of venue dropped in one of accused cop killer’s cases

  30-11-2015 19:09
  
  Attorneys for Andrew Romero have withdrawn a request to relocate the trial for a case in which he is ...
  
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• Police issue arrest warrant for suspect in fatal Albuquerque stabbing

  30-11-2015 19:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are searching for a man believed to be connected to the murder of an Albuquerque man earlier this month.The Albuquerque Police Department says investigators are trying to find Alejandro Alvarado in connection to the murder of Manuel Puentes. Police say it happened on the 400 block of Arizona SE. When officers got there, they found 29-year-old Puentes with multiple stab wounds. He was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries.
  Police believe Puentes
  
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• Texas threatens resettlement agency over Syrian refugees

  30-11-2015 19:03
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is threatening legal action against a resettlement agency over its plans to defy Republican Gov. Greg Abbott by continuing to accept Syrian refugees. Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Chris Traylor says the New York-based nonprofit International Rescue Committee hasn’t cooperated with a directive to relocate Syrians somewhere other than Texas. […]
  
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• Updated: Man shot by police sues, claiming they didn’t ID themselves

  30-11-2015 19:02
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man sued Roswell police and claimed officers shot him without identifying themselves following a bizarre chain of events involving a fight with a relative. Richard Johnson’s family member pistol-whipped him in October 2013, leaving him with a concussion and a bleeding gash, according to his recently filed federal civil rights lawsuit. […]
  
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• Pop goes the pontiff: Pope Francis rocks out on new album

  30-11-2015 19:02
  
  Pope Francis, “Wake Up!” (Believe Digital) He’s a global pinup who fills stadiums and thrills fans. And now Pope Francis has released what is, essentially, a rock album. He doesn’t sing, but the pontiff who has energized millions of Roman Catholics with his vision of a compassionate, socially committed church lends his voice to an […]
  
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• Turkey won’t apologize to Russia over warplane downing

  30-11-2015 19:01
  
  BRUSSELS — Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the military was doing its job defending the country’s airspace. Ahmet Davutoglu also said Turkey hopes Moscow will reconsider economic sanctions announced against Turkish interests following last week’s incident. The Turkish resort […]
  
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• Updated: Pope urges peace while visiting C. African Republic mosque

  30-11-2015 18:59
  
  BANGUI, Central African Republic — Pope Francis made a historic visit to the last remaining Muslim neighborhood in Central African Republic’s capital on Monday, a move that almost immediately opened up a part of the divided city that had been closed off for months because of retaliatory violence between Muslim and Christian militia fighters. Moments […]
  
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• Crews douse fire near Candelaria Road

  30-11-2015 18:51
  
  Firefighters are battling a blaze in the 1900 block of Candelaria Road NW.
  
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• Volunteers scrape, scrub and sweep Nob Hill neighborhood

  30-11-2015 18:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Volunteers spent Sunday morning cleaning up a popular Albuquerque neighborhood. They scraped, scrubbed and swept the streets of swanky Nob Hill.
  “We call it Nob Hill Refresh,” said Nob Hill Main Street Executive Director Carolyn Chavez.
  The goal of the refresh is to spruce up the historic district for this week’s holiday festivities.
  Shop and Stroll is scheduled for Thursday and the Twinkle Light Parade is on Saturday. More than 50
  
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• Crash on I-25 near Cesar Chavez cleared

  30-11-2015 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The crash that closed two lanes of I-25 southbound Monday have reopened.The crash was cleared from the area and traffic is expected to resume as normal.At this time it is unclear what caused the crash. Police say there were injuries but further details have not been released.
  
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• Crash slows I-25 traffic near Avenida Cesar Chavez

  30-11-2015 18:16
  
  Two southbound lanes of Interstate 25 are closed near Avenida Cesar Chavez after a Monday morning rollover accident.
  
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