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• Wrong-way driver goes over 100 mph before deadly crash

  21-12-2015 23:57
  
  SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — California Highway Patrol officers said Monday they were investigating why a 29-year-old motorist from the San Diego area crossed the U.S.-Mexico border only to turn around at a checkpoint and lead authorities on a deadly, 100 mph pursuit. The 38-mile, wrong-way run ended Sunday on busy Interstate 5 with a head-on […]
  
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• Eight businesses list NM as a finalist for expansion or relocation

  21-12-2015 23:46
  
  The New Mexico Partnership says the eight prospects, which are not identified, are expected to reach their decisions in the first quarter.
  
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• Houston police arrest worker in fatal shooting of supervisor

  21-12-2015 23:44
  
  HOUSTON — Houston police have arrested a city worker following the fatal shooting of his boss during an argument at a municipal waste management facility. Police spokesman John Cannon says the suspect was arrested Monday morning after walking out of the building. Investigators are trying to determine what sparked the argument and the shooting in […]
  
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• Updated: Bill and Hillary Clinton to become grandparents, again

  21-12-2015 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON — There may be one more Clinton on the campaign trail next fall. Chelsea Clinton, the only child of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced Monday that she is expecting her second child next summer. “Charlotte is going to be a big sister! Feeling very blessed & grateful […]
  
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• Bill and Hillary Clinton to become grandparents, again

  21-12-2015 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON — There may be one more Clinton on the campaign trail this fall. Chelsea Clinton, the only child of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced Monday that she is expecting her second child next summer. “‘Charlotte is going to be a big sister! Feeling very blessed & grateful […]
  
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• Updated: Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore warning symptoms

  21-12-2015 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack, but worse: The heart abruptly stops beating, its […]
  
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• Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore warning symptoms

  21-12-2015 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON — Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack but worse: The heart abruptly stops beating, its […]
  
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• New Native American-run Starbucks biggest in state

  21-12-2015 23:39
  
  The just-opened cafe near 12th Street and I-40 is the only stand-alone licensed Starbucks in the U.S. owned by a Native American company.
  
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• New ABQ Starbucks is biggest in state

  21-12-2015 23:39
  
  The just-opened cafe near 12th Street and I-40 also is the only stand-alone licensed Starbucks in the world owned by a Native American company.
  
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• Judge keeps bond high for accused DWI driver

  21-12-2015 23:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The bond remains high for an accused repeat DWI driver.
  Jacob Jaramillo, 23, faced a judge on Monday for arraignment.
  The district court says he pleaded not guilty and the judge kept his bond at $150,000 cash only.
  Jaramillo is accused of driving drunk and killing three New Mexico residents.
  
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• Video: Favorite holiday memory from Matt Grubs

  21-12-2015 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  For special assignment reporter Matt Grubs, a particular holiday memory that stands out involves a cross-country family road trip.
  Matt Grubs is a reporter with KRQE’s special assignment investigative team. He’s been with the station since returning to Albuquerque news in August of 2013. Matt grew up in Minnesota, graduated from Colorado College and has worked in Dallas, Orlando, Minneapolis and Grand Junction, Colorado.
  Watch all of Matt Grubs special assignment reports: http://krqe
  
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• A holiday share from special assingment reporter Matt Grubs

  21-12-2015 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  Share a holiday memory this season with friends and family, #holidayshare. From our families to yours, KRQE would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season.
  For special assignment reporter Matt Grubs, a particular holiday memory that stands out involves a cross-country family road trip…. watch his #holidayshare.
  Matt Grubs is a reporter with KRQE’s special assignment investigative team. He’s been with the station since returning to Albuquerque news in August of 201
  
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• Graham ends 2016 presidential campaign

  21-12-2015 23:24 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s picked up such a small level of support in the presidential race, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham didn’t even qualify for the undercard debate last month. And now, Graham is ending his campaign, while saying he remains committed to achieving security for the American people.
  Graham says that was the “centerpiece” of his campaign — which he says also brought forward ideas about retiring the nation’s debt and fixing the
  
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• New Hampshire police: No current credible threat to schools

  21-12-2015 23:18
  
  NASHUA, N.H. — Police who investigated threats to hurt students and teachers at schools in the state’s second largest district concluded Monday that they weren’t credible and that schools would reopen Tuesday. The threats to the Nashua school district were made by email to an administrator Sunday and were specific enough for officials to shut […]
  
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• Republicans allege potential interference in EPA spill probe

  21-12-2015 23:15
  
  House Republicans want the Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to look into potential agency interference with an investigation into a 3-million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado mine, fouling rivers in three states including New Mexico. The Republicans said agency interviews with personnel involved in the spill may have tainted the Inspector General’s […]
  
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• Grandson of Jimmy Carter dies in Georgia

  21-12-2015 22:34 via krqe.com
  
  PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — Jeremy Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has died near Atlanta. He was 28.
  The cause of death was not yet known, Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell Jr. told The Associated Press on Monday.
  Jimmy Carter announced the death Sunday to the congregation of his hometown church in Plains, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Carter told parishioners his grandson hadn’t been feeling well Saturday and went to take a nap at his family&rsquo
  
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• Navajo Nation on track for first utility-scale solar plant

  21-12-2015 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – The Navajo Nation’s first utility-scale solar plant is on track to be built by the end of 2016.
  The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority says the $64 million plant in Kayenta will be capable of powering an average 7,700 homes on the reservation.
  The utility’s general manager, Walter Haase, says the tribe will use federal loans and tax credits to finance the project.
  Navajo customers won’t immediately see an increase in their bills. That’s because
  
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• Pecan harvest in New Mexico picking up steam

  21-12-2015 22:26 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – The pecan harvest in Dona Ana County is gaining steam after experiencing earlier difficulties.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that experts consider 2015 to be a heavy production year for the crop in the Mesilla Valley. Pecan trees tend to produce a heavy crop one year and a light crop the next.
  Some farmers had delayed the start of harvesting because of the timing of freezing temperatures, which prep pecan trees for harvesting, or because of rainfall, which muddies
  
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• New trial date set for officer charged in Freddie Gray death

  21-12-2015 22:24
  
  BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge scheduled a retrial date Monday following the mistrial of one of six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. A new trial for William Porter has been scheduled for June 13; the other five officers will be tried before that, meaning prosecutors may no longer go through […]
  
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• Updated: Texas man charged in Oklahoma interstate shootings

  21-12-2015 22:23
  
  ARAPAHO, Okla. — A Texas man accused of killing two people while randomly firing his gun along an Oklahoma interstate was charged Monday with first-degree murder. Jeremy Doss Hardy, 36, of Pasadena, Texas, was arraigned in Custer County, where he was arrested about an hour after reports came in Wednesday night about a man in […]
  
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• Attorneys: Man incompetent to stand trial in deputy’s death

  21-12-2015 22:23
  
  HOUSTON — Attorneys for the man accused of repeatedly shooting a Houston-area sheriff’s deputy at a gas station say the man has been found by a medical expert to be incompetent to stand trial. Prosecutors say Shannon Miles shot Deputy Darren Goforth 15 times on Aug. 28 as the law enforcement officer was filling up […]
  
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• FEMA awards more than $63.6M to New Mexico for road repairs

  21-12-2015 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded more than $63 million to New Mexico for road repairs and hazard mitigation in Eddy County.
  Damage came from severe storms and flooding in September 2014.
  A federal disaster declaration designated eight counties eligible for federal public assistance grants.
  The award provides $63.6 million in federal funding to Eddy County for permanent repairs and hazard mitigation to 24 aggregate, asphalt and chip-and-seal roadw
  
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• Box Office Top 20: ‘Star Wars’ bests ‘Jurassic World’ record

  21-12-2015 22:22
  
  LOS ANGELES — The dinosaurs of “Jurassic World” may still rule 2015 overall, but their opening weekend records have been annihilated by “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which debuted to an astronomical $248 million this weekend — about $10 million more than initial estimates. Not only does that squash the $208.8 million opening weekend of […]
  
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• Updated: NFL suspends Giants WR Beckham for 1 game

  21-12-2015 22:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Losing control during Sunday's loss to the Panthers will cost Giants star receiver Odell Beckham Jr.…
  
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• CDC reports more recent outbreak of E. coli cases at Chipotle

  21-12-2015 21:49
  
  NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is investigating more recent cases of E. coli cases linked to Chipotle, and that it does not know yet if they are linked to a larger outbreak that began in October. So far, the agency says five people have been reported sick in […]
  
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• New: Judge keeps bond high for man accused in triple-fatal DWI

  21-12-2015 21:33
  
  Impassioned words form the families of three victims killed in a drunk driving crash helped persuade ...
  
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• Facebook to enable viewing of Apple’s animated photos

  21-12-2015 21:32
  
  NEW YORK — The latest iPhones come with the ability to turn still images into video — just like magic — but sharing options had been limited to other Apple apps. That’s changing as Facebook, one of the leading forums for photo sharing, adds Apple’s Live Photos feature to Facebook’s iPhone and iPad app. Facebook […]
  
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• Obama: Trump exploiting blue-collar fears in campaign

  21-12-2015 21:26 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a broadside against the leading Republican presidential candidate, says billionaire Donald Trump is “exploiting” the fears that working-class men in particular have about the economy and stagnant wages.
  In a year-end interview with NPR News, Obama said demographic changes combined with the “economic stresses” people have been feeling because of the financial crisis, technology and globalization have made life harder for tho
  
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• The Latest: Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen listed as missing

  21-12-2015 21:20
  
  DALLAS — The latest on the disappearance of Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck and whose lawyer invoked an “affluenza” argument that his wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility (all times local): 10 a.m. A missing person report has been filed for the mother […]
  
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• More than $1B in disaster funds unspent since Dolly, Ike

  21-12-2015 21:19
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Records show more than a third of the $3 billion in federal disaster recovery funds available for Texas after 2008 hurricanes Ike and Dolly remains unspent. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1J1YNlk ) reported Sunday that several state reports and audits confirm the delays. Members of a Texas Senate committee want the disbursement process […]
  
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• Regime change debate creates unusual 2016 alliances

  21-12-2015 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON — America’s 2016 presidential candidates are split on promoting regime change in the Middle East, but not along the usual party lines. GOP contenders Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are finding common cause with Democrats Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley in suggesting it’s better to keep authoritarian leaders — including Syria’s Bashar […]
  
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• Outraged Colombians look for blame in Miss Universe mix-up

  21-12-2015 21:18
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombians celebrated for a little more than two minutes what appeared to be an unprecedented feat for this beauty pageant-obsessed South American nation: back-to-back Miss Universe titles. From President Juan Manuel Santos to Miss Colombia’s relatives in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla, millions of Colombians who tuned in for Sunday’s pageant […]
  
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• Texas nurse faces 90 years for health care fraud

  21-12-2015 21:17
  
  DENTON, Texas — A North Texas registered nurse faces up to 90 years in federal prison after being convicted of health care fraud in a billing scam. Florence Kroma of Denton was convicted of nine counts of fraud related to billings from 2008 to 2013. Prosecutors on Monday announced the 55-year-old nurse was convicted Friday […]
  
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• Photos: Santa visits gone wrong in 2015

  21-12-2015 21:17 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  Let’s be real, it takes a bit of work to get the perfect Christmas photo of your little ones. Here’s a look at some of our viewers’ holiday bloopers!
  ‘Tis the season to be traumatized »Tagged: Holidays, KRQExtra: Photo Galleries, Post Redirect
  
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• Oklahoma to pursue marijuana lawsuit against Colorado

  21-12-2015 21:16
  
  WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has said that he plans to continue to press the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue Colorado over its marijuana laws, despite objection from President Obama’s administration. Oklahoma and Nebraska asked for the court’s permission a year ago to sue Colorado over aspects of its marijuana legalization […]
  
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• The Latest: Child welfare officials have daughter of suspect

  21-12-2015 21:15
  
  LAS VEGAS — The latest on a deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local): 11:40 a.m. The 3-year-old daughter of a woman suspected of plowing a car into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip is being cared for by child protective services. A Clark County spokesman, Erik Pappa, cited […]
  
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• Contract to manage federal nuke lab up for grabs after 2017

  21-12-2015 21:10 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – The $2 billion contract to manage one of the federal government’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories will be up for grabs after 2017.
  The National Nuclear Security Administration has decided not to grant an extension of Los Alamos National Security’s contract to run the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation say the reasons cited by the National Nuclear Security Administration include a serious safety inc
  
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• Public memorial set for woman killed in Albuquerque crash

  21-12-2015 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Family and friends are saying goodbye this week to an Albuquerque grandmother who was killed in a crash. Kathleen Krech Courchesne was driving through the intersection of Coors and Tower earlier when a man driving a stolen pickup ran the light.
  She was on her way to pick up her grandson.
  Kathleen and the other driver were both killed.
  The family says there will be a public memorial for her at the Calvary Chapel near Tramway and Indian School on Wednesday night at 6:30.
  
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• New Starbucks opens at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

  21-12-2015 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A new kind of Starbucks opens Monday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Officials opened the doors to the new location near 12th and Indian School.The news store doesn’t look like an ordinary Starbucks. That’s because it was uniquely designed in conjunction with the Indian Pueblo Group which is made up of the state’s 19 pueblos.
  
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• Staples says FTC rejected updated offer of Office Depot

  21-12-2015 19:57
  
  NEW YORK — Federal regulators rejected an offer from Staples to sell $1.25 billion in contracts, an attempt on the part of the office supply retailer to ease monopoly fears as it tries to acquire rival Office Depot. The Federal Trade Commission sought to block the deal earlier this month believing that a tie up […]
  
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• Roswell Police: Alleged intruder shot during break-in

  21-12-2015 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – Roswell Police say an alleged intruder is recovering from a gunshot wound Monday.
  Police say it happened Saturday night in the 1700 block of north Delaware Avenue when a 22-year-old resident called police saying someone had tried to throw a brick through a window in an attempt to break into his home. The man told police that he had fired and shot through the window at the alleged intruder.
  When officers arrived on scene they found a 38-year-old man sitting on th
  
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• Roswell Police: Alleged intruder during break-in

  21-12-2015 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – Roswell Police say an alleged intruder is recovering from a gunshot wound Monday.Police say it happened Friday night in the 1700 block of north Delaware Avenue when a 22-year-old resident called police saying someone had tried to throw a brick through a window in an attempt to break into his home. The man told police that he had fired on shot through the window at the alleged intruder.When officers arrived on scene they found a 38-year-old man sitting on the back por
  
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• US troops killed near Bagram, Taliban insurgency intensifies

  21-12-2015 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol Monday killing six foreign troops, among them Americans, in the deadliest attack on international forces since August.
  The attack happened as Taliban fighters overran a strategic district in southern Helmand province, the scene of some of the deadliest fighting between the Taliban and international combat forces prior to the 2014 withdrawal, adding weight to Pentagon predictio
  
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• US official: 6 US troops killed in Afghan attack, 2 wounded

  21-12-2015 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says six American troops were killed in a suicide attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Two others were wounded along with an Afghan.
  The troops were killed Monday when an attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into their patrol in a village near the airfield. The Taliban has claimed responsibility.
  The official was not authorized to discuss the incident publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
  The attack comes just days after Defense Sec
  
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• New Mexico struggles with campaign finance enforcement

  21-12-2015 18:43 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran funneled thousands of dollars in campaign donations to private accounts during a gambling binge without any regulatory agency noticing she was breaking the law.
  It was a confidential tip about numerous cash deposits that led to her getting caught.
  In the wake of Duran’s violations, more lawmakers have been accused of sidestepping campaign finance laws by spending political donations on satellite TV service, clothing an
  
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• KaloBios fires embattled pharmaceutical executive Shkreli

  21-12-2015 18:34
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — In barely 24 hours, Martin Shkreli went from an egotistical pharmaceutical boy wonder running two small drug developers and live-streaming his daily activities to unemployed and facing securities fraud charges that could land him in prison for years. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, one of Shkreli’s companies, said Monday in a statement that it had […]
  
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• FDA eases restrictions on blood donations from gay men

  21-12-2015 18:07 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are lifting the nation’s 32-year-old lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, but major restrictions will remain on who can donate.
  Medical groups and gay activists have long said the ban could no longer be justified, based on modern testing methods. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that the change is “backed by sound science and continues to protect our blood supply.”
  Officials are replacing the bla
  
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• Study shows limited long-term gains in K-3 Plus Program

  21-12-2015 18:02
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico summer education program that is requesting $29 million in funding appears to have little long-term effects for students, a new study said. A Utah State University political science professor presented the findings of a five-year study of the K-3 Plus Program to lawmakers earlier this week. Professor Damon […]
  
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• Albuquerque’s first cat cafe lands location

  21-12-2015 17:59
  
  Owner hopes to open Gatos y Galletas by early 2016
  
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• Updated: Driver repeatedly plows into people on Vegas Strip; 1 dies

  21-12-2015 17:58
  
  LAS VEGAS — A driver with a 3-year-old in her car repeatedly smashed into crowds of visitors on the Las Vegas Strip, killing a woman from Arizona and injuring dozens of others, authorities said. Video of the car plowing into pedestrians in front of the Paris and Planet Hollywood casino-hotels “looks like it’s very intentional,” […]
  
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