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• Leader of armed group wants land transfer, then will go home

  05-01-2016 23:52 via krqe.com
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A leader of the small, armed group that is occupying a remote national wildlife preserve in Oregon said Tuesday that they will go home when a plan is in place to turn over management of federal lands to locals.
  Ammon Bundy told reporters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that ranchers, loggers and farmers should have control of federal land — a common refrain in a decades-long fight over public lands in the West.
  “It is our goal to get the logger back t
  
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• I-40 tumbleweed snowman taken down

  05-01-2016 23:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) –Something is missing along I-40 on Tuesday, the giant tumbleweed snowman.
  The snowman went up in early December to mark the Christmas season in Albuquerque.
  It was made of tumbleweeds that were collected throughout the year. But now it is a regular pile of tumbleweeds.
  Crews with the Albuquerque Metro Arroyo Flood Control Authority took it down Tuesday morning.
  The tumbleweeds were taken to the landfill.
  The arms, mouth, eyes, nose and scarf won’t be put up u
  
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• Mayor offers reward in missing toddler case

  05-01-2016 23:49
  
  Albuquerque's mayor is offering a $5,000 reward for a tip that leads to the arrest of a man accused of stealing a car with a 3-year-old girl inside.
  
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• Obama measures wouldn’t have kept guns from mass shooters

  05-01-2016 23:41
  
  The gun control measures a tearful President Barack Obama announced Tuesday would not have prevented the slaughter of 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut; 14 county workers at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California; or a dozen moviegoers in Aurora, Colorado. Obama’s executive action expands mandatory background checks to gun […]
  
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• Blues guitarist Long John Hunter dies in Arizona at age 84

  05-01-2016 23:41
  
  PHOENIX — Blues guitarist Long John Hunter, who recorded seven solo albums in a 60-year career and was known internationally for his onstage showmanship, has died. He was 84. Hunter died in his sleep early Monday at his home in Phoenix, his family announced Tuesday on their Facebook page. The cause of death wasn’t immediately […]
  
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• Officer says he won’t testify against colleague in Gray case

  05-01-2016 23:40
  
  BALTIMORE — One of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray is fighting prosecutors’ efforts to force him to testify against another officer whose trial begins next week. Prosecutors had planned to use William Porter’s testimony against Officer Caesar Goodson and Sgt. Alicia White. But Porter’s attorneys filed a motion on […]
  
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• Ronda Rousey to host “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 23

  05-01-2016 23:39 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — UFC star Ronda Rousey will host “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 23.
  The show announced the plan Tuesday, with Selena Gomez as the musical guest.
  Rousey (12-1) was the first female fighter signed by the UFC. She defended her 135-pound title six times before her shocking loss to Holly Holm in Australia two months ago.
  Rousey also is an actor, appearing in “The Expendables 3,” ”Furious 7″ and the film version of “Entourage.” She
  
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• Oil industry exec: US crude exports help keep prices low

  05-01-2016 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Oil prices have remained low despite heightened tensions between two of the world’s big oil-producing countries, Iran and Saudi Arabia, and a new law allowing U.S. crude exports helps explain why, the oil industry’s top lobbyist said Tuesday. Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, said the 3-week-old law lifting […]
  
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• New construction on tap for Old Town

  05-01-2016 23:28
  
  New construction in Old Town? That’s the plan for a parking lot in one of Albuquerque’s most visited historic districts. Property owner Joyce Battaglia wants to develop two new buildings — one measuring 2,500 square feet, the other 3,000 — in what is currently a private parking area just south of the Albuquerque Museum and […]
  
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• Sanders vowing to break up banks during first year in office

  05-01-2016 23:16 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Characterizing Wall Street as an industry run on “greed, fraud, dishonesty and arrogance,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged to break up the country’s biggest financial firms within a year and limit banking fees placed on consumers, should he become president, in a fiery speech on Tuesday.
  He coupled that promise, delivered in front of a raucous crowd just a few subway stops from Wall Street, with a series of attacks on rival Hillary
  
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• Judge changes trial venue for accused cop killer

  05-01-2016 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  VALENCIA COUNTY (KRQE) – The two people charged with the murder of Rio Rancho Officer Gregg Benner were hoping to move their trials to a new venue on Tuesday.
  Andrew Romero and Tabitha Littles stood before a judge in Sandoval County to ask for their trials to be moved. Lawyers say they can’t get a fair trial here because of non-stop news coverage.
  On Tuesday, a judge ruled to have the trial for Andrew Romero in the murder of Officer Benner to be moved to Valencia County.&nb
  
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• Accused cop killers request new trial venue

  05-01-2016 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO (KRQE) – The two people charged with the murder of Rio Rancho Officer Gregg Benner are shopping for a new venue.
  Andrew Romero and Tabitha Littles stood before a judge in Sandoval County on Tuesday to ask for their trials be moved. Lawyers say they can’t get a fair trial here because of non-stop news coverage.
  Police say Romero shot Officer Benner during a traffic stop last May. They say Littles, who was also in the car, knew Romero was going to shoot him but did nothing t
  
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• 2 new dog breeds join American Kennel Club’s roster

  05-01-2016 22:58
  
  NEW YORK — A hairless terrier and an ancient North African hound are ready to run with the pack of dog breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club. The organization announced Tuesday that the American hairless terrier and the sloughi have joined 187 other recognized breeds. The newcomers can now compete in most AKC shows […]
  
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• Man behind armed Oregon band says he’s on mission from God

  05-01-2016 22:57
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The man behind the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge comes from a Mormon family that has been challenging government authority for at least two decades. Ammon Bundy, like his father in previous confrontations, says he is following directions from God and invokes his family’s faith when explaining the anti-government movement […]
  
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• Clinton trying to light fire among Iowa activists

  05-01-2016 22:57
  
  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — National polls notwithstanding, Hillary Clinton is guarding against complacency as she travels along the snow-covered fields of Iowa. “I need you,” she says repeatedly on the rope-line between handshakes and selfies. Wary of another mishap in Iowa, Clinton is preaching a message of urgency, challenging her supporters to dig in during […]
  
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• Conservation groups petition feds to extend wolf monitoring

  05-01-2016 22:54
  
  BOISE, Idaho — Conservation groups are asking the federal government to continue keeping a close eye on gray wolf populations throughout the northern Rocky Mountains because states are aggressively seeking to kill more wolves. According to the petition filed Tuesday, the five groups are seeking an additional five years of monitoring from the U.S. Fish […]
  
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• Business group hopes to jumpstart momentum for trade pact

  05-01-2016 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON — Leading business groups, often at odds with President Barack Obama, are looking to give momentum to one of his top priorities before he leaves office: approval of a trade pact linking 12 nations along the Pacific Rim that make up 40 percent of the world economy. The Business Roundtable, made up of chief […]
  
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• State agriculture official to meet with farmers, ranchers

  05-01-2016 22:40 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – The state’s top agriculture official will be talking to dairy farmers and beef cattle ranchers in southeastern New Mexico impacted by last month’s record snowstorm.
  New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte will join officials from the state’s Farm Service Agency at two informational meetings organized by the Dairy Producers of New Mexico.
  The purpose of the meetings is to discuss disaster programs with dairy farmers, ranchers and other affect
  
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• Governor Susana Martinez emphasizes policing, teachers in budget

  05-01-2016 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is unveiling a $6.46 billion budget proposal that emphasizes increased spending on public education, law enforcement initiatives and economic development programs.
  Read: Governor Martinez’s budget proposal »
  Martinez announced her budget recommendations Tuesday at Corrections Department offices in downtown Albuquerque. Legislators convene later this month to craft a state budget.
  The Republican governor wants to increas
  
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• Mayor offers $5,000 reward for tips leading to arrest in missing toddler case

  05-01-2016 22:37
  
  Mayor Richard Berry announced on Twitter Tuesday that he is offering a $5,000 reward for tips that lead to the arrest of the man suspected of stealing a car with a 3-year-old inside Saturday night. Police said Caraline Leon-Alcocar was sitting in a car while her mother filled up water jugs at Smiths. A man, […]
  
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• Banner year for auto sales in nation and N.M.

  05-01-2016 22:36
  
  DETROIT — U.S. auto sales hit a record high of 17.47 million in 2015, topping the old record of 17.35 million set in 2000. Analysts expect sales could go even higher this year as unemployment continues to decline and more young buyers enter the market. Automakers reported December and full-year sales Tuesday. Dealers in New […]
  
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• New: Gov. Martinez unveils $6.5 billion spending plan with ‘targeted’ pay raises

  05-01-2016 22:33
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez rolled out today a $6.5 billion spending plan for the coming year that includes more money for public schools and Medicaid, but no across-the-board salary increases for state workers. The proposed budget, which would be a $228 million, or 3.7 percent, increase over current spending levels, includes “targeted” pay raises for certain […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez emphasizes policing, teachers in budget

  05-01-2016 22:27
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is unveiling a $6.46 billion budget proposal that emphasizes increased spending on public education, law enforcement initiatives and economic development programs. Martinez announced her budget recommendations Tuesday at Corrections Department offices in downtown Albuquerque. Legislators convene later this month to craft a state budget. The Republican governor […]
  
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• Mayor offers $5K reward to find suspect who took 3-year-old

  05-01-2016 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Mayor R.J. Berry announced on Twitter Tuesday that he will now be offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible for abducting a 3-year-old girl in Albuquerque.
  Investigators describe the suspect who abducted Caraline Leon-Alcocar as 5’11” to 6′ tall, about 190-200 pounds with short brown hair, possibly Hispanic. He was wearing a black puffy jacket and jeans. They are currently looking for two men, an
  
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• Cash-rich super PACs prolong flagging presidential campaigns

  05-01-2016 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush’s recent cancellation of advertising plans in Iowa and South Carolina was yet another cost-saving step for a down-in-the-polls presidential campaign that had already thinned its staff. If not for his flush super PAC, the Republican might be gone from the contest by now. That group, Right to Rise, has burned through […]
  
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• Breaking: Sanders vowing to break up banks during first year in office

  05-01-2016 22:14
  
  NEW YORK — Characterizing Wall Street as an industry run on “greed, fraud, dishonesty and arrogance,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged to break up the country’s biggest financial firms within a year and limit banking fees placed on consumers, should he become president, in a fiery speech on Tuesday. He coupled that promise, delivered […]
  
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• Updated: Obama’s move on guns may have only modest effect on violence

  05-01-2016 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s move to tighten controls on guns could curb the unregulated buying and selling of weapons over the Internet and at gun shows. But the overall effect on violence in the U.S. could prove to be modest. “It’s not ever going to be difficult to get a firearm, just like it’s […]
  
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• FBI seeks to fill timeline gap in San Bernardino attack

  05-01-2016 22:13
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Authorities investigating the attack that killed 14 people last month in San Bernardino, California, asked for the public’s help Tuesday in filling out the timeline of the assailants’ moves that day. David Bowdich, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, also reiterated that there’s no evidence that […]
  
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• ‘Zombie Nativity’ man pleads not guilty in Ohio zoning case

  05-01-2016 21:39
  
  CINCINNATI — An Ohio man who put up a “zombie Nativity” display has pleaded not guilty to a zoning violation and pledges to keep his holiday tradition alive. Jasen Dixon, of Sycamore Township in suburban Cincinnati, says it’s a First Amendment issue. He’s been at odds with township officials the past two Decembers about his […]
  
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• Abbott: Obama gun control actions ‘trampled’ Bill of Rights

  05-01-2016 21:39
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott says the president’s executive actions imposing gun control measures nationwide “trampled the purpose and substance of the Bill of Rights.” In a statement Tuesday, the Republican called the plan “the president’s latest attempt to undermine our liberty.” He said Texas “will take every action to protect the Second Amendment […]
  
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• Teen bank robber trapped between electronic doors

  05-01-2016 21:38
  
  DETROIT — A teen accused of robbing a Detroit bank didn’t have a good getaway plan. Police say a teller at a Chase bank activated electronic locks Monday, trapping the 15-year-old boy between a set of doors on his way out. He was arrested when officers arrived. Officer Dan Donakowski tells the Detroit Free Press […]
  
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• Plane slides off taxiway at Spokane airport; no injuries

  05-01-2016 21:37
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. — The airport in Spokane, Washington, has reopened after freezing rain caused a United Airlines 737 to slide off an icy taxiway. No injuries were reported. Spokane International Airport spokesman Todd Woodard says the slide happened about 6 a.m. Tuesday as the Denver-bound plane was moving on the taxiway. Officials say the front […]
  
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• Police investigating Tuesday morning death

  05-01-2016 21:27
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating after finding a man's body early Tuesday morning in a home in the 1200 block of Candelaria.
  
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• Updated: Hair’s to Brian Urlacher, who sports a new look

  05-01-2016 21:20
  
  Not that it’s a light news day or anything, but when University of New Mexico football All-American and presumptive NFL Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher unveils his new look of a full head of hair, you’ve got to see it. Urlacher, whose iconic shaved-head appearance fit him well over his standout career as a Chicago […]
  
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• Ex-officer accused of beating homeless man will face jury trial

  05-01-2016 21:10
  
  The trial against a former Albuquerque police officer accused of beating a homeless man took a turn Tuesday.
  
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• GOP candidates call for end to stigma around drug addiction

  05-01-2016 20:58 via krqe.com
  
  HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls called for a more compassionate discussion around drug addiction Tuesday that focuses on substance abuse as a curable disease, not a moral failing.
  “We’ve been programmed in our society to talk about this as a moral failing,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said at the New Hampshire Forum on Addiction and the Heroin Epidemic. “As long as we continue to do this we’re going to treat this differently than othe
  
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• Lawsuits: Portland, Maine, diocese hid sex abuse by priest

  05-01-2016 20:51 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Six men have sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, claiming church leaders concealed allegations that a priest sexually abused children for decades.
  The suits were filed in November by men from Maine, New Hampshire and New York and were made public this week. They accuse the diocese of covering up abuse by the Rev. James Vallely. The men say Vallely sexually abused them as children from 1958 to 1977.
  Their lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, said Tuesday that
  
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• Last-minute request delays trial for former Albuquerque cop

  05-01-2016 19:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The trial for a former Albuquerque Police Department officer accused of roughing up a homeless man was supposed to start Tuesday. Instead, the former cop made a request that blind-sided the judge and put the trial on hold.
  Cedric Greer is accused of beating a homeless man and then not providing lapel video of the incident. A judge was supposed to decide his fate Tuesday but the trial was unexpectedly rescheduled because Greer requested a jury trial. A request prosecuto
  
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• Truck blocks entrance to US land as armed standoff persists

  05-01-2016 19:41 via krqe.com
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A pickup truck blocked the entrance Tuesday to a national wildlife preserve where a small armed group upset over federal land policy has occupied the frozen swath of remote Oregon since the weekend.
  From a watchtower, a member of the group looked out over the snowy grounds. The activists who came to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were bundled in camouflage, ear muffs and cowboy hats in the bleak, high desert of eastern Oregon where they seemed more likely to encoun
  
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• Police: Man who held 11 children inside motel room stabs himself

  05-01-2016 19:27
  
  DECATUR, Ga. — A man armed with a knife held 11 children and his girlfriend inside a motel room for five hours before he stabbed himself in the neck Tuesday morning, ending a standoff with police, authorities said. No one else was injured. Authorities had surrounded the motel and tried to negotiate with Korrie Thomas, […]
  
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• Woman in Reno hospital end-of-life case dies on life support

  05-01-2016 19:21
  
  RENO, Nev. — A 20-year-old woman at the center of an end-of-life court battle over her treatment at a Reno hospital has died while still on life support, her family’s lawyer said Tuesday. Aden Hailu died about 4:30 p.m. Monday at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, where she never awoke from anesthesia after surgery April […]
  
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• Rare galaxy with 2 black holes has 1 starved of stars

  05-01-2016 19:21
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — An astrophysicist has discovered something even rarer than a double-black hole galaxy: a skinny black hole. The University of Colorado’s Julie Comerford reported her findings Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in Kissimmee (kuh-SIMM-ee) Florida. Comerford says only 12 galaxies are known to exist with two black holes in their […]
  
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• Judge to weigh venue change in Albuquerque police trial

  05-01-2016 19:03
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Attorneys for two former Albuquerque police officers charged in the on-duty shooting death of a homeless man in 2014 argue that unprecedented media attention stands to compromise their clients’ right to a fair trial. Defense attorneys for now-retired detective Keith Sandy and ex-police officer Dominique Perez made their case for a […]
  
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• So what ELSE is GRRM up to?

  05-01-2016 18:55
  
  Resident author George R.R. Martin has been getting a lot of press and air lately based on his New Year’s “Not a Blog” post about not finishing his latest installment in the “Songs of Ice and Fire” series that form the basis for the “Game of Thrones” TV series. His recent posts also talk about […]
  
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• An emotional Obama unveils his plan to cut gun violence

  05-01-2016 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A visibly emotional President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass.
  Obama accused the gun lobby of taking Congress hostage, but said “they cannot hold America hostage.” He insisted it was possible to uphold the Second Amendment while doing something to tackle the freq
  
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• Mystery of missing men in Hong Kong takes a twist

  05-01-2016 18:43
  
  HONG KONG — Five men associated with a Hong Kong publisher known for books critical of China’s leaders have vanished one by one in the last three months, alarming activists and deepening suspicions that mainland authorities are squeezing free expression in the enclave. The mystery took another turn Tuesday when the wife of the latest […]
  
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• A look at where countries stand in Saudi Arabia-Iran dispute

  05-01-2016 18:43
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which began with the kingdom’s execution of a Shiite cleric and escalated with attacks on Saudi diplomatic posts in the Islamic Republic, have countries around the world responding by choosing sides or urging calm. Some nations have followed the Saudis’ lead in severing or […]
  
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• The Latest: Mom of ‘affluenza’ teen agrees to go to Texas

  05-01-2016 18:35
  
  LOS ANGELES — The latest on the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense (all times local): 9:35 a.m. The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case has agreed to be sent from […]
  
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• Man found dead in northwest Albuquerque home

  05-01-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say an Albuquerque man was found dead Tuesday in the 1200 block of Candelaria NW.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, officers were dispatched to the home when woman called 911 saying her husband was covered in blood and unresponsive in the bathroom.When officers arrived on scene the man was deceased.
  Police are investigating the incident. APD says at this time, it has not been ruled a homicide.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become availa
  
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• Man arrested in slaying of North Texas college student

  05-01-2016 18:13
  
  DENTON, Texas — Investigators say a suspect has been arrested in Arizona in the fatal shooting of a University of North Texas student on New Year’s Day. Police in Denton, Texas, say Eric Jamal Johnson was arrested Tuesday in Yuma, Arizona, on a murder warrant in the death of 20-year-old Sara Mutschlechner. Denton police didn’t […]
  
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