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• Authorities search for man in fatal Memphis police chase

  28-01-2016 23:54
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Authorities searched the streets of Memphis on Thursday for a suspect who was involved in a police chase that led to the fatal shooting of another man who fired at officers. Law enforcement officers assembled at the scene of the shooting near a church in a south Memphis neighborhood, trying to piece […]
  
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• Goodbye, Gatherings

  28-01-2016 23:53
  
  Albuquerque stationery and gift shop closing after 18 years
  
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• New Mexico three-strikes law goes to House floor

  28-01-2016 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – Legislation to broaden the state’s three-strikes law for violent offenders with three or more felony convictions is scheduled for a vote on the House floor Thursday.
  Rep. Paul Pacheco’s proposal to add 16 felonies to the list of crimes that make repeat offenders eligible for life sentences is part of a slate of tough-on-crime bills proposed by Republican lawmakers.
  The proposals come as strict sentencing laws already on the books in other states are being re-eva
  
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• Family: snake drops from tree at Disney park, bites boy

  28-01-2016 23:45
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — An Alabama family says an escaped snake at Disney’s Animal Kingdom dropped from a tree and bit a boy, which led to the death of the boy’s grandmother. The family’s attorney, Matt Morgan, said Thursday that the family plans to sue Disney World. He says the grandmother saw the snake bite the […]
  
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• Updated: At least 145 sickened from apparent gas leak at Texas school

  28-01-2016 23:27
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas — Authorities say at least 145 students and staff members at a Southeast Texas school received hospital treatment after an apparent carbon monoxide leak. Beaumont emergency personnel say the children and adults from Marshall Middle School were being treated Thursday for injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Officials at Baptist Beaumont Hospital, Christus […]
  
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• Tax preparer indicted on forgery, fraud charges

  28-01-2016 23:21
  
  An Albuquerque tax preparer has been indicted for filing fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities. Flora Mascarenas, 54, was charged with two counts of identity theft, two counts of forgery and two counts of computer access with intent to defraud or embezzle, all felonies, according to the state Taxation and Revenue Department. The charges carry […]
  
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• More airlines offer Zika refunds to pregnant women

  28-01-2016 23:21
  
  DALLAS — More U.S. airlines and cruise operators are offering refunds or letting pregnant women change itineraries if they booked a trip to places dealing with an outbreak of Zika virus. While health officials say most people exposed to the virus suffer only mild symptoms, the risk is far greater for pregnant women. Brazilian officials […]
  
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• Report: Corruption, cronyism stifle NM economy

  28-01-2016 23:11
  
  New Mexico’s reliance on government jobs, its history of corruption and a “poorly compensated” citizen Legislature create a “perfect storm” that is a major reason for the state’s languishing economy, according to a report released Thursday by the non-partisan Committee for Economic Development and the University of New Mexico. “New Mexico’s economy is stagnant, largely […]
  
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• Inquiry finds sales of concert tickets are a ‘fixed game’

  28-01-2016 22:45
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — Had a hard time getting a ticket to a concert or sporting event? New York’s attorney general says that’s probably because more than half of tickets to many events are held for industry insiders or otherwise unavailable to the general public. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a report released Thursday that […]
  
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• In face of Zika virus, women ponder abortion, childlessness

  28-01-2016 22:45
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Maria Erlinda Guzman desperately wants a baby, and has been undergoing fertility treatments at El Salvador’s largest women’s hospital. But now, she fears her dream of motherhood may be dashed by Zika. After her country took the extraordinary step of advising women to avoid pregnancies for two years due to […]
  
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• Sunday is deadline for Obamacare coverage

  28-01-2016 22:36
  
  Those who have not enrolled face hefty penalties when they pay their taxes.
  
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• Pentagon chief seeks to improve family leave, child care

  28-01-2016 22:35
  
  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday unveiled a series of family-friendly proposals for the military that would increase parental leave, child care and health care coverage to bolster efforts to recruit and retain high-quality service members. Carter told a Pentagon news conference that he will double the length of fully paid maternity leave […]
  
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• San Francisco park reopens with new outdoor urinal

  28-01-2016 22:34
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s iconic Dolores Park is now home to the city’s first open-air urinal, the latest move to combat the destructive scourge of public urination in the City by the Bay. The cement circular urinal is out in the open, though plants and a screen offer some privacy. It’s a welcome addition […]
  
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• Victim’s mental health an issue in Florida police air rifle killing

  28-01-2016 22:33
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A judge says he’ll decide whether a dead man’s mental health records should be allowed in the manslaughter trial of a Florida sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot the man in 2013. Broward Circuit Judge Michael Usan said at a hearing Thursday that he will privately examine the records of 33-year-old Jermaine […]
  
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• Albuquerque tax preparer is indicted for identify theft

  28-01-2016 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Authorities say a tax preparer in Albuquerque has been indicted for filing fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities.
  They say 54-year-old Flora Mascarenas has been charged with two felony counts each of identity theft, forgery and computer access with intent to defraud or embezzle.
  Authorities say the charges carry a maximum sentence of nine years in prison and $30,000 in fines.
  Mascarenas was indicted by a Bernalillo County Grand Jury in the Second Judicial Distri
  
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• Jamaican Lottery Scam

  28-01-2016 22:24
  
  The Jamaican lottery scam is one of those scams that never goes away...
  
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• Want to feel better? Move to Hawaii, Alaska

  28-01-2016 22:18
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — If you want to improve your sense of well-being, leave the Lower 48. A new report ranking all 50 states based on residents’ sense of well-being puts Hawaii at No. 1, followed by Alaska, which held the top spot last year. Hawaii has been No. 1 in the poll five times since […]
  
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• Corpus Christi schools get teaching tools with misspellings

  28-01-2016 22:17
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi school district has spent about $90,000 on teaching materials that turned out to be peppered with misspelled words or were stamped with another school district’s logo. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/1lWBzC8 ) reported Thursday that the vocabulary-based instruction cards, which also had grammatical errors, were distributed to Corpus […]
  
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• Clinton’s firewall? Black voters the key in South Carolina

  28-01-2016 22:17
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — At Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina headquarters, a young staffer readies a stack of pictures showing the former secretary of state with her old boss, President Barack Obama. Then the staffer bolts out the door. His destination: African-American businesses across South Carolina’s largest city. “If you don’t have tape, I’ll bring some to […]
  
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• Senate pushes FDA to clear 3,500+ generic prescription drugs in backlog

  28-01-2016 21:41 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – More than 3,500 new generic prescription drugs currently sit on shelves, fully developed, awaiting FDA approval. Now, U.S. senators are applying pressure for the agency to speed up its work.
  The Food and Drug Administration’s approval process “does not seem to be living up to Congress’ or the people’s expectations,” declared Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Health Committee at a Thursday hearing.
  Generic drugs
  
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• BCSO: Mail carriers robbed, mailboxes broken into as thieves seek W2s

  28-01-2016 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says two mail carriers were recently robbed in Albuquerque. Now people are being warned to stay on top of checking their mail to avoid identity theft.
  BCSO released the statement Thursday after receiving reports of people breaking into mailboxes looking for mail and W2 forms.
  Additionally, two Albuquerque mail carriers were also robbed at gunpoint this week. BSCO says the mail in their trucks was taken during the robber
  
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• Poll: 3 out of 5 support marijuana legalization

  28-01-2016 20:34
  
  A new poll finds that three out of five New Mexico residents support the legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana.
  
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• US marks 30th anniversary of shuttle Challenger disaster

  28-01-2016 20:16 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Dozens of educators who competed alongside Christa McAuliffe to become the first teacher in space gathered Thursday to remember the seven astronauts who perished aboard Challenger 30 years ago.
  They still believe strongly in what McAuliffe hoped to accomplish aboard Challenger before disaster struck during liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986.
  Names of the Challenger dead were read during the memorial service. The former astronaut reciting the names of all 24 astronauts
  
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• Roswell Republican considering Secretary of State run

  28-01-2016 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – A Roswell Republican is thinking of throwing her hat into the Secretary of State race.
  Rep. Nora Espinoza told The Associated Press on Thursday that she is gathering signatures and will make a decision later on whether she’ll seek the statewide office.
  So far, Espinoza is the only Republican to publicly say she wants to run for the seat to fulfill the remaining term after Dianna Duran resigned amid a fraud case.
  Bernalillo County clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver says will
  
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• Review: 81 school employees don’t have background checks

  28-01-2016 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – A new review says 81 newly hired employees in schools district and charter schools throughout New Mexico don’t have required background checks.
  Results of the New Mexico Public Education Department review released Thursday also found that background checks weren’t available for 14 administrators statewide.
  The department ordered a comprehensive review of background check policies for every school district after it became public Albuquerque Public Schools last
  
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• Bigfoot expert coming to UNM Gallup campus

  28-01-2016 20:04
  
    A leading expert on the myth and science behind the questionably-real simian creature Bigfoot is coming to the University of New Mexico’s Gallup campus. Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University, is a researcher with a specialty in the emergence of bipedal motion in humans and simians. He’s also […]
  
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• The Latest: Oregon holdouts willing to leave if no arrests

  28-01-2016 19:10
  
  BURNS, Ore. — The latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 9:50 a.m. A video posted by the holdouts occupying an Oregon wildlife refuge says the remaining five members of the armed group will leave if none of them face arrest. The statement […]
  
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• Udall, Heinrich call for end to Oregon siege

  28-01-2016 19:04
  
  New Mexico’s U.S. senators are expressing hope that the now-deadly confrontation between anti-government militants and law enforcement at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife refuge will come to an end. So far, 11 occupiers have been arrested and one killed in the conflict with local, state and federal law enforcement authorities. USA Today reported today that five remaining occupiers […]
  
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• Poll: 3 out of 5 New Mexicans support marijuana legalization

  28-01-2016 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – A new poll finds that three out of five New Mexico residents support the legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana.
  The survey released Thursday by Albuquerque-based Research & Polling, Inc. found that 61 percent of residents support proposed legislation to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana sales among adults of ages 21 and over.
  Support rises to 69 percent when residents are informed that tax revenue generated by marijuana sales would be used to pay for he
  
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• Identity thieves target mailboxes, mail carriers

  28-01-2016 19:00
  
  Thieves are targeting Albuquerque mailboxes in search of W-2s to steal people’s identities.
  
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• ‘Affluenza’ teenager Ethan Couch arrives in Texas

  28-01-2016 19:00 via krqe.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck arrived at a Texas airport following his deportation from Mexico on Thursday, more than a month after he and his mother fled the U.S. as prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation.
  Ethan Couch, 18, arrived at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport late Thursday morning and could be seen walking through the airport escorted by law enforcement. Couch w
  
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• Breaking: Public access to NM’s Sabinoso Wilderness almost there

  28-01-2016 18:54
  
  Public access to New Mexico's 16,000-acre Sabinoso Wilderness - entirely "landlocke ...
  
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• Man with 2 handguns, partner arrested at Disneyland Paris

  28-01-2016 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — A man with two handguns and a Quran was detained Thursday along with his female partner at Disneyland Paris, Europe’s most-visited tourist attraction, police said.
  No one was hurt in the incident and the park remained open after the arrests. They come as France remains on edge and under a state of emergency after Islamic extremist attacks around Paris in November that killed 130 people.
  The man, 28, was detained at the New York Hotel, part of the Disneyland complex, acco
  
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• Lousy Robot puts out album in honor of singer

  28-01-2016 18:46
  
  Lousy Robot achieved some great things during its run. And I had a few chances to interview Dandee Fleming and Jim Phillips a few times since writing about music and both impressed me each time. In May 2015, Phillips, singer and mastermind behind Lousy Robot, unexpectedly passed away. Before his death he and the band […]
  
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• Crash closes southbound lanes of Coors near I-40

  28-01-2016 18:39
  
  All southbound lanes of Coors Boulevard are shut down at Hanover Road because of a crash.
  
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• Graceful New Mexico Philharmonic concert

  28-01-2016 18:29
  
  It’s always rewarding to see one of our own stepping into the spotlight. First chair oboist Kevin Vigneau was the concerto soloist as part of an all-Mozart program of the New Mexico Philharmonic at Popejoy Hall led by Grant Cooper. The Artistic Director of the West Virginia Symphony and of the Bach and Beyond Festival, […]
  
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• Updated: State: Most school districts complying with background checks

  28-01-2016 18:25
  
  A new report released by the New Mexico Public Education Department and the New Mexico Department of ...
  
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• Obama creates new cancer task force, blessing Biden’s effort

  28-01-2016 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama created a new federal task force Thursday to accelerate cancer research, putting Vice President Joe Biden in charge of the drive to streamline government efforts toward a cure.
  Dubbed the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, the group will be modest in scope — the White House says the task force is “advisory only.” Yet its formation gives a formal green light to what until now has been an amorphous effort by the vice president t
  
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• For the world’s most scrutinized body, changes for Barbie

  28-01-2016 18:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Barbie’s got a brand new bod.
  Mattel, the maker of the iconic plastic doll, said it will begin selling Barbie with three new bodies — curvy, tall, and petite. The doll will also be available in seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles.
  The El Segundo, California, toy company will also continue to sell the original Barbie. The new options come after years of criticism that Barbie had created unrealistic expectations for girls.
  The new cover of Time magaz
  
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• Texas traffic stop yields $3M in drugs in picture frames

  28-01-2016 18:04
  
  CONWAY, Texas — A Texas Panhandle traffic stop has yielded $3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in the frames of religious-themed pictures. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday announced two people were arrested during the stop near Conway while bound for Georgia. A DPS trooper on Tuesday morning pulled over the vehicle for […]
  
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• Customs officer in South Texas faces bribery charge

  28-01-2016 18:03
  
  McALLEN, Texas — A Customs and Border Protection officer in South Texas has been charged with accepting a bribe and illegally using a government computer in visa cases. Julio Trujillo (troo-HEE’-yoh) of Mission was arrested Thursday. The 30-year-old officer faces a federal detention hearing Friday in McAllen. Trujillo is charged with bribery and exceeding his […]
  
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• Sandia Pueblo hosts job fair Thursday

  28-01-2016 17:58
  
  Sandia Pueblo will hold a job fair Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Sandia Resort and Casino Ballroom.
  
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• Aux Dog’s ‘Other Mozart’ is compelling in all facets

  28-01-2016 17:48
  
  Very few people are aware that the great musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a sister, and that Maria Anna Mozart was, like her brother, a musical prodigy. However, because women were not expected to pursue music as a vocation — it was meant to be merely “ornamental,” a means to catch a husband — […]
  
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• McDonald’s to test expanded all-day breakfast with McGriddle

  28-01-2016 17:30
  
  NEW YORK — Basking in the fanfare over its all-day breakfast menu, McDonald’s is pushing its operational limits by testing the addition of another morning favorite to the lineup: the McGriddle. The world’s biggest burger chain plans to start offering an expanded all-day breakfast menu that includes McGriddle sandwiches in 72 restaurants in Tulsa, Oklahoma […]
  
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• Crash closes southbound Coors at Hanover

  28-01-2016 17:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are responding to a crash at Coors and Hanover.
  At this time all southbound lanes of Coors are closed in the area.
  Details about the crash have not been released.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates when they become available.
  
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• Who will get Charlotte the pig?

  28-01-2016 17:20
  
  The pig that was found abandoned on the side of the road in a burlap sack has an uncertain future.
  
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• Average US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.79 percent

  28-01-2016 17:18
  
  WASHINGTON — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for a fourth straight week amid persisting turmoil in stock markets and global economic worries. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage slipped to 3.79 percent from 3.81 percent a week earlier. That means it stays below the symbolically […]
  
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• Mexico puts ‘affluenza’ teen on plane to Texas

  28-01-2016 17:01
  
  MEXICO CITY — Uniformed Mexican immigration agents put “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch aboard a commercial flight to Dallas Texas Thursday morning, ending his monthlong stay in Mexico. Mexico’s immigration institute said that Couch, who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident, was taken to the Mexico City airport from an immigration holding center […]
  
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• School board responds to Skandera’s rebuke

  28-01-2016 16:59
  
  LAS CRUCES – Las Cruces school board members responded Wednesday to a letter sent Tuesday by state Education Secretary Hanna Skandera citing numerous alleged violations of the state’s Open Meetings Act and instances in which Skandera feels the board has acted beyond its authority. “I have read the Secretary’s letter and I am deeply troubled […]
  
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• Colorado man gets prison time for 10th DUI

  28-01-2016 16:59
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado Springs man has been sentenced to three years in prison after his 10th DUI conviction. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/20uzygl ) that 54-year-old William Randall Nance was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to drunken driving. His most recent DUI charge comes from a Labor Day crash in Colorado […]
  
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