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• Santa Fe elementary teacher on leave after reportedly duct taping student’s mouths

  12-01-2016 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – A Santa Fe elementary school teacher is on leave after disturbing allegations.
  The incident reportedly happened on Monday and involved a fifth grade teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary putting duct tape over the mouths of several students.
  The school district sent letters home to parents Tuesday notifying them of the allegations. Some parents are concerned.
  The teacher is on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. The teacher has not be
  
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• Santa Fe elementary teacher accused of duct taping student’s mouths

  12-01-2016 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – A Santa Fe elementary school teacher is on leave after disturbing allegations.
  The incident reportedly happened on Monday and involved a fifth grade teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary putting duct tape over the mouths of several students.
  The school district sent letters home to parents Tuesday notifying them of the allegations. Some parents are concerned.
  The teacher is on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. The teacher has not be
  
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• Arizona man gets prison for drug trafficking in New Mexico

  12-01-2016 23:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – An Arizona man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for narcotics trafficking in New Mexico.
  Prosecutors say 36-year-old Jorge Antonio Rangel of Phoenix was sentenced Tuesday to a 63-month prison term in federal court in Las Cruces.
  He will be on supervised release for four years following his incarceration.
  Rangel was arrested in November 2014.
  He was charged in a criminal complaint with possession of heroin and methamphetamine with intent
  
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• Cruz promises to defend gun rights in NH campaign swing

  12-01-2016 23:42
  
  HUDSON, N.H. — Ted Cruz on Tuesday returned to New Hampshire for the first time in months, promising conservative voters he’ll protect their gun rights and several times invoking the state’s “Live Free or Die” motto. “It’s not ‘live coddled by a bunch of nanny-state liberals who want to control every aspect of your life, […]
  
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• Breaking: AP source: NFL committee picks combined site over Rams’ bid

  12-01-2016 23:42
  
  HOUSTON — An NFL committee exploring moving teams to Los Angeles has recommended the combined stadium proposal involving Oakland and San Diego over St. Louis owner Stan Kroenke’s ambitious plan for another venue, a person with knowledge of the vote said Tuesday. League owners meeting in Houston will use that nonbinding recommendation as they consider […]
  
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• AP source: NFL committee picks combined site over Rams’ bid

  12-01-2016 23:42
  
  HOUSTON — An NFL committee exploring moving teams to Los Angeles has recommended the combined stadium proposal involving Oakland and San Diego over St. Louis owner Stan Kroenke’s ambitious plan for another venue, a person with knowledge of the vote said Tuesday. League owners meeting in Houston will use that nonbinding recommendation as they consider […]
  
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• US border agents begin inspecting US-bound trucks in Mexico

  12-01-2016 23:40
  
  U.S. border authorities have started working on Mexican soil to inspect trucks entering the U.S. as part of a new enforcement program intended to reduce congestion and speed cargo crossings.
  
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• Updated: Pentagon: 2 U.S. Navy boats held by Iran but will be returned

  12-01-2016 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters after experiencing mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing but American officials said Tehran has assured them that the crew and vessels would be returned safely and promptly. The sailors, nine men and one woman, […]
  
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• High court: Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional

  12-01-2016 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON — Florida’s unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 8-1 ruling said that the state’s sentencing procedure is flawed because juries play only an advisory role in […]
  
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• Suspect identified in Lincoln County officer-involved shooting

  12-01-2016 23:28 via krqe.com
  
  CARRIZOZO, N.M. (KRQE) –The suspect, shot and killed by state police in Lincoln County, has been identified and he’s no stranger to police.
  Officers say 32-year-old Alan Franco-Armenta fled from them after a domestic violence dispute.
  After his vehicle was disabled during a chase, they say he sat in his car, threatening suicide. During the hours long standoff, officers say Armenta shot at police equipment. It was when he started shooting at officers, that they fired back killing
  
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• Freeway shooting suspect gives conflicting accounts on gun

  12-01-2016 23:28
  
  PHOENIX — A man charged in metro Phoenix freeway shootings this past summer has provided conflicting accounts on when he pawned a handgun that investigators say was used in some of the attacks. Leslie Merritt Jr. said during a Sept. 18 police interview that he couldn’t have committed the shootings because his handgun had been […]
  
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• Armed group calls meeting to talk with Oregon community

  12-01-2016 23:28
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon said Tuesday that they plan to hold a community meeting this week to explain themselves and inform residents when they will leave. A member of the anti-government group told reporters that the meeting will be held Friday evening in Burns, 30 […]
  
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• Murdoch and Hall’s engagement recalls other curious pairings

  12-01-2016 23:27
  
  LOS ANGELES — Many greeted the news of Rupert Murdoch’s engagement to Jerry Hall with a resounding “Huh?” The 84-year-old media mogul and the 59-year-old actress announced their betrothal Tuesday with a classified ad in the London Times, a newspaper owned by Murdoch’s News Corp. This will be his Murdoch’s fourth marriage. Hall had a […]
  
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• Updated: Lottery players go to great lengths for Powerball tickets

  12-01-2016 23:19
  
  NIPTON, Calif. — Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert and wait in lines that can stretch for hours. In Hawaii and Alaska, they need to cross an ocean […]
  
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• Much of U.S. seeks Powerball jackpot, but 6 states opt out

  12-01-2016 23:19
  
  NIPTON, Calif. — Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert and wait in lines that can stretch for hours. In Hawaii and Alaska, they need to cross an ocean […]
  
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• Boy, 9, accidentally shot in head in Trinidad dies

  12-01-2016 23:12 via krqe.com
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head in Trinidad has died.
  The Pueblo Chieftain reports the boy and his 8-year-old brother were waiting in a parked car Jan. 4 when they found a loaded gun. The older brother was shot and underwent surgery at Denver Children’s Hospital. He was taken off of life support Sunday.
  Investigators say the two boys, whose names have not been released, were in the care of a family friend because their parents had a medical
  
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• White House turns to Snapchat and traditional media ahead of SOTU address

  12-01-2016 23:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL/AP) – Ahead of President Obama’s final State of the Union address, the White House is using both social media and the power of traditional television to showcase the administration’s last year in office.
  During an interview, aired during NBC’s Today show Tuesday morning, President Obama candidly discussed his experience delivering the national address in years past and what he hopes to accomplish Tuesday night.
  “This pla
  
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• Pfizer, Allergan CEOs: Tie-up aims for growth, not cost cuts

  12-01-2016 22:41
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — The heads of drugmakers Pfizer and Allergan said Tuesday that the record $160 billion combination they’re planning is meant to produce more medicines and boost revenue, not to just slash jobs and other costs as the companies previously have done. The deal announced last November would move Pfizer’s official headquarters for tax […]
  
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• Pentagon: 2 US Navy boats held by Iran but will be returned

  12-01-2016 22:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of two small Navy craft are being held by Iran, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that the crew and vessels will be returned safely and promptly.
  Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told The Associated Press that the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the U.S. lost contact with them.
  “We have been in contact with Iran and have received assurances that the crew and the vessels will be returned promptly,” Cook said.
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• Ex-New Mexico corrections officer sentenced in drug case

  12-01-2016 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A former corrections officer in New Mexico has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison in a drug smuggling case.
  Prosecutors say 39-year-old Luis Delgadillo of El Paso, Texas was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Las Cruces to a 40-month prison term followed by three years of supervised release.
  They say Delgadillo was accused of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin into the Otero County Prison Facility in Chaparral from December
  
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• Updated: Authorities identify man shot and injured by APD Monday

  12-01-2016 22:29
  
  Authorities have identified the suspected bank robber who was shot and injured by Albuquerque police Monday afternoon as 47-year-old Darrel Salazar, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. Investigators with the FBI say Salazar attempted to rob the Bank of America at Candelaria and Carlisle NE around 4 p.m. He handed the […]
  
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• Authorities identify man shot and injured by APD Monday

  12-01-2016 22:29
  
  Authorities have identified the suspected bank robber who was shot and injured by Albuquerque police Monday afternoon as 47-year-old Darrel Salazar, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. Investigators with the FBI say Salazar attempted to rob the Bank of America at Candelaria and Carlisle NE around 4 p.m. He handed the […]
  
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• New Mexico council approves investment funds for startups

  12-01-2016 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says a new program approved by the State Investment Council will give startup companies the capital they need to bring new innovations and ideas to the market.
  Martinez and the rest of the council voted Tuesday to approve the program. She says it will be another tool New Mexico can use as it works to diversify its economy.
  Under the program, a fund will be established using a combination of state, federal and private money. It will be u
  
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• Police: Man fatally shot by Denver officers had handgun

  12-01-2016 21:46
  
  DENVER — Denver police say a man fatally shot by officers in a motel parking lot Monday tried to get away from police and produced a handgun before being shot. Police said Tuesday that the man was in a vehicle officers were trying to secure because they believed it was linked to a group of […]
  
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• Hickenlooper refuses to give up spending and tax idea

  12-01-2016 21:45
  
  DENVER — Colorado’s governor is insisting that he can work with skeptical Republicans on his plan to avoid having to give refunds to taxpayers and invest the money instead on transportation and schools. Gov. John Hickenlooper discussed several priorities on the eve of the 2016 legislative session. State lawmakers return to work Wednesday. Hickenlooper says […]
  
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• Classified documents prompt wrangling in Bowe Bergdahl case

  12-01-2016 21:41
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army judge is considering how classified information should be handled in the case against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off an outpost in Afghanistan in 2009. Bergdahl’s attorneys argued at a hearing Tuesday for wider leeway in their ability to gather and use the classified information in his case. He […]
  
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• Researchers: Small Colorado glacier could melt in 20 years

  12-01-2016 21:40
  
  DENVER — Researchers say a small glacier in the mountains west of Boulder could disappear within 20 years because of regional climate warming and drought, and similar effects could be underway elsewhere in Colorado’s high country. University of Colorado Professor Mark Williams said Tuesday a severe drought and high temperatures in the early 2000s caused […]
  
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• Iowa panel to look into state lotteries’ jackpot-fixing case

  12-01-2016 21:39
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — A legislative committee in Iowa will look into the jackpot-fixing scandal that started in that state and has spread to several other state lotteries, a lawmaker says. The Iowa House government oversight committee will investigate how an employee at the Multi-State Lottery Association could allegedly fix jackpots in several states to […]
  
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• 1996 Texas slaying that led to Amber Alert still unsolved

  12-01-2016 21:38
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — The 1996 slaying of a North Texas girl that led to the Amber Alert notification system to find missing children remains unsolved. Arlington police on Tuesday repeated their request for tips in finding the killer of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman. Amber’s mother, Donna Williams, also appealed for justice for her daughter. Wednesday is […]
  
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• Roswell moves to name recreation center after Cesar Chavez

  12-01-2016 21:37
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — Roswell’s Parks and Recreation Commission has recommended that a new recreation center be named after the late California farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez, a move that may help a yearlong debate about honoring the civil rights icon. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1RJUwoc ) that the recommendation, adopted Monday, will proceed to […]
  
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• Psychiatric patient jumps from ambulance on Phoenix highway

  12-01-2016 21:36
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a psychiatric patient has life-threatening injuries after he jumped out of a moving ambulance on a Phoenix area highway. Southwest Ambulance says the man was being transported from Tucson to Phoenix on Monday night. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the man was found near where Loop 101 and Interstate […]
  
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• Lawsuit against Border Patrol detention now class action

  12-01-2016 21:36
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol over detention conditions is now a class action suit. Federal Judge David Bury issued an order on Monday allowing the case originally filed on behalf of three immigrants to now include others. The suit was filed in June by a coalition of advocacy groups. It […]
  
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• With race narrowing, Clinton rips into Sanders

  12-01-2016 21:35
  
  AMES, Iowa — Facing a narrowing primary contest, Hillary Clinton ripped into rival Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, saying the Vermont senator was offering unrealistic policies and overstating his anti-establishment credentials. For days, Clinton has cast Sanders as a less forceful advocate for gun control, honing in on a 2005 vote he cast that gave immunity […]
  
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• As oil plunges, energy companies cut jobs, postpone projects

  12-01-2016 21:35
  
  LONDON — The world’s biggest oil companies are slashing jobs and backing off major investments as the price of crude falls to new lows — and there may be more pain to come. Companies like BP, which said Tuesday it is cutting 4,000 jobs, are slimming down to cope with the slump in oil, whose […]
  
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• Underdog candidates keep powering along the campaign trail

  12-01-2016 21:34
  
  PARKERSBURG, Iowa — Running as an underdog presidential candidate isn’t always glamorous. You speak to half-filled halls and small rooms, low-key rallies. There may not be a bus emblazoned with your smiling face. And then there are the rally-goers who blatantly say they aren’t quite convinced. But for the longshots sprinting across Iowa and New […]
  
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• Review: New ways to get cable without an ugly cable box

  12-01-2016 21:33
  
  NEW YORK — Getting cable service no longer requires a technician who’ll come and install an ugly cable box. Instead, cable companies are starting to offer slimmed-down bundles of channels that you can stream to your TV over your Internet connection — sort of like Netflix, although mostly not as convenient. Dish’s Sling TV and […]
  
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• Officials explored hush up of Russia bans

  12-01-2016 21:33
  
  PARIS — Six years before the IAAF banned Russia, track and field’s governing body knew of doping so out of control it feared Russian athletes could die from abusing blood-boosting drugs and transfusions, and officials considered collaborating with Russians to hide the extent of cheating before the 2012 London Olympics, according to internal documents obtained […]
  
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• Updated: Oil keeps falling. And falling. How low can it go?

  12-01-2016 21:32
  
  DALLAS — The price of oil keeps falling. And falling. And falling. It has to stop somewhere, right? Even after trending down for a year and a half, U.S. crude has fallen another 17 percent since the start of the year and is now probing depths not seen since 2003. “All you can do is […]
  
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• NM State Police identify man killed during standoff

  12-01-2016 21:31
  
  CARRIZOZO, N.M. — New Mexico State Police have released the identity of a man killed by police during a lengthy standoff along a highway in south-central New Mexico. Police said 32-year-old Alan Huberth Franco-Armenta of Carrizozo was killed by police gunfire after he shot at officers Thursday morning. The standoff along State Route 380 outside […]
  
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• Lovelace adds primary care clinic Downtown

  12-01-2016 21:26
  
  To accommodate hundreds of potential new patients living near downtown Albuquerque, Lovelace Medical Group has opened a new primary care facility adjacent to the Lovelace Medical Center campus. “We didn’t have a primary presence in the area,” said Dr. John Cruickshank, chief medical officer of Lovelace Health System of the new facility, called the St. […]
  
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• Investment Council OKs new startups fund

  12-01-2016 21:15
  
  At least $30 million will soon flow into dozens of New Mexico startup companies thanks to a new funding program approved by the State Investment Council this morning. The Council unanimously approved a new, $20 million “fund of funds” that will provide money to micro funds around the state that invest in startup firms. The […]
  
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• California regulators reject Volkswagen recall plan

  12-01-2016 21:09 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators said Tuesday they have rejected Volkswagen’s recall plan for some of its most popular diesel models, including the Passat and the Jetta, that used software to intentionally deceive government emissions tests.
  The California Air Resources Board said the recall plan was unacceptable for a variety of reasons, including that it did not adequately identify the affected vehicles; did not include a sufficient method for obtaining the car owners&rsquo
  
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• Gov’t to announce new safety relationship with automakers

  12-01-2016 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A top safety regulator says automakers have agreed to fundamental changes in their relationship with the U.S. government to promote greater safety using the aviation industry as a model.
  Mark Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, told reporters at the Detroit Auto Show that the process of issuing government regulations to correct safety problems takes too many years. He said that by the time the regulations are issued changes in technology mak
  
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• Oil keeps falling. And falling. How low can it go?

  12-01-2016 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The price of oil keeps falling. And falling. And falling. It has to stop somewhere, right?
  Even after trending down for a year and a half, U.S. crude has fallen another 17 percent since the start of the year and is now probing depths not seen since 2003.
  “All you can do is forecast direction, and the direction of price is still down,” says Larry Goldstein of the Energy Policy Research Foundation, who predicted a decline in oil in 2014.
  On Tuesday the price fell an
  
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• SF teacher placed on leave for allegedly taping students’ mouths shut

  12-01-2016 20:39
  
  A Santa Fe Public Schools elementary school teacher this morning was placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation into whether the teacher placed duct tape over the mouths of students. While few details are currently available, the alleged incident took place in December at César Chavez Elementary School and involved […]
  
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• Teen sends pics, sexual texts after murdering his family

  12-01-2016 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The hearing continues over whether a teen, who murdered his family, should be sentenced as an adult.
  Nehemiah Griego, now 18,  shot and killed his mother in the middle of the night as she slept and then murdered his three younger siblings at their South Valley home in 2013. The home-schooled boy then ambushed his father when he later came home.
  Bernalillo County deputies didn’t make the disturbing discovery until the evening after the murders.
  At f
  
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• Messages show teen texted girlfriend about wanting to kill family

  12-01-2016 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The hearing continues over whether a teen, who murdered his family, should be sentenced as an adult. On Tuesday morning in court, KRQE News 13 learned Nehemiah Griego tried to pin the mass murder on someone else at first.
  Testimony shows the then 15-year-old made up a story before admitting to shooting his five family members.
  Griego, now 18,  shot and killed his mother in the middle of the night as she slept and then murdered his three younger siblings
  
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• Juvenile or Adult? Day 2 in Nehemiah Griego hearing

  12-01-2016 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The hearing continues over whether a teen who murdered his family should be sentenced as an adult and Tuesday morning in court we’re learning Nehemiah Griego tried to pin the mass murder on someone else at first.
  Testimony shows the then 15-year-old made up a story before admitting to shooting his five family members.
  Griego, 18, was fifteen when he shot and killed his mother in the middle of the night as she slept and then murdered his three younger sibling
  
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• White rhino “Caroline” dies at BioPark Zoo

  12-01-2016 20:14
  
  Caroline, the white rhino, was a resident at the ABQ BioPark Zoo for only a brief time, but on Tuesday she was remembered as “very kind, easy going, and enjoyable to work with,” said zoo manager Lynn Tupa. The 38-year-old rhino died in her indoor enclosure Sunday evening from complications of a gastrointestinal condition as […]
  
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• Updated: White rhino “Caroline” dies at BioPark Zoo

  12-01-2016 20:14
  
  Caroline, the white rhino, was a resident at the ABQ BioPark Zoo for only a brief time, but on Tuesday she was remembered as “very kind, easy going, and enjoyable to work with,” said zoo manager Lynn Tupa. The 38-year-old rhino died in her indoor enclosure Sunday evening from complications of a gastrointestinal condition as […]
  
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