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• Clinton wins Iowa, campaigns turn to New Hampshire

  02-02-2016 23:31
  
  NASHUA, N.H. — Hillary Clinton tried to turn a skin-of-her-teeth victory in Iowa into a bit of momentum for her battered Democratic campaign, and Ted Cruz sought to lock in his spot at the top of the Republican field as the presidential candidates packed up Tuesday and sped to New Hampshire. The contenders descended on […]
  
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• Board votes to vacate Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission director

  02-02-2016 23:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, under investigation for theft of taxpayer money is out.
  Tuesday, the board on a vote of 8 to 3 agreed to get rid of Kimberly Greene and the programming coordinator who deals with the commission’s budget.
  The attorney general’s office is investigating the possible theft of tens of thousands of dollars by Greene and her possible forgery of an invoice from a group the commission was working for.
  
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• NM health officials investigating salmonella case

  02-02-2016 23:21
  
  The New Mexico Department of Health, CDC, FDA and state Environment Department and Albuquerque Envir ...
  
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• 92-year-old WWII veteran scares off ax-wielding would-be burglar, authorities say

  02-02-2016 23:19
  
  "I let off a shot and he took off. He left his ax. He left his hat and everything else after that."
  
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• Fish and Wildlife: Two wolves die during annual count

  02-02-2016 23:09
  
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two endangered Mexican wolves died during the agency’s annual count and capture operations in January. The agency says it has temporarily suspended capture operations to conduct a review of the events that led to the wolves’ deaths. As part of Fish and Wildlife’s annual census of the wild Mexican […]
  
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• Lovelace names new division CFO

  02-02-2016 23:08
  
  James Washecka has been named division chief financial officer of Lovelace Health System, starting March 1. For the past five years, he has been chief financial officer of Hillcrest Hospital South in Tulsa, Okla. Hillcrest South and Lovelace Health System are affiliates of Ardent Health Services.  Washecka was named Ardent’s CFO of the Year in […]
  
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• Search for runaway suspect ends in gunfire

  02-02-2016 23:07
  
  The man who was shot by authorities in Albuquerque Tuesday was suspect in at least two carjackings and a morning shooting, sources told Target 7.
  
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• ABQ man gets 11 months for airsoft attack on federal officers

  02-02-2016 23:01
  
  Charlie Ray Turnbow, 40, of Albuquerque was sentenced Tuesday to 11 months in prison followed by a y ...
  
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• Yahoo to cut 1,700 workers as CEO tries to save her own job

  02-02-2016 22:52
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is laying off about 1,700 employees and shedding some of its excess baggage in a shake-up likely to determine whether CEO Marissa Mayer can save her own job. The long-anticipated purge announced Tuesday will jettison about 15 percent of Yahoo’s workforce along with an assortment of services that Mayer decided aren’t […]
  
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• Georgia mayor charged with impersonating cop and DUI

  02-02-2016 22:33
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Ga. — The mayor of a tiny Georgia town has been jailed on criminal charges after sheriff’s deputies pulled him over for driving a city police cruiser. John Dopson is the mayor of Jacksonville, Georgia, a town of about 140 residents located 90 miles southeast of Macon. Dopson was being held Tuesday at the […]
  
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• Bill would provide tax benefits for broadband expansion

  02-02-2016 22:29
  
  The measure, which would provide a gross receipts and compensating tax deduction on construction and equipment expenses for expanding broadband services, is making its way through the Legislature.
  
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• Trump boosts turnout, but not all newcomers vote for him

  02-02-2016 22:18
  
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump’s presence is drawing unprecedented attention to the Republican presidential contest. But after careful consideration, many new Iowa voters turned to his rivals instead. The political newcomer logged a second-place finish in Iowa’s kick-off caucuses, performing far better than anyone could have imagined just seven months ago when he […]
  
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• Cheesecake Factory readies for ABQ launch with nearly 300 employees

  02-02-2016 22:04
  
  Coronado Center location to debut in three weeks
  
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• Updated: Sexually transmitted Zika case confirmed in Texas

  02-02-2016 21:48
  
  DALLAS — A person in Texas has been infected with the Zika virus after having sex with an ill person who had returned from a country where the disease was present, Dallas County health officials said Tuesday. It’s the first case of the virus being transmitted in the U.S. during the current outbreak of Zika, […]
  
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• NBA team cancels Lunar New Year promo after player complains

  02-02-2016 21:48
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings cancelled a Lunar New Year promotional giveaway after DeMarcus Cousins complained it was insensitive on the first day of Black History Month. The Kings were set to give away T-shirts commemorating the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which starts on Feb. 8, at the team’s game against the Milwaukee […]
  
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• Libya’s political chaos slows response to Islamic State

  02-02-2016 21:46
  
  ROME — The military strategy for eliminating the Islamic State in Libya appeared on hold Tuesday as nations fighting the extremist group said they could help the North African country re-establish security once its long-awaited new government is established. But Libya is in political crisis, more than four years after a U.S.-led military effort helped […]
  
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• State police: 26 Las Cruces residents charged in drug probe

  02-02-2016 21:44
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Authorities say 26 Las Cruces residents face drug and other charges as a result of a multi-agency investigation into narcotics trafficking in Dona Ana County. New Mexico State Police said Tuesday that the three-month operation called “Southern Sweep” targeted several trafficking organizations. State police said other agencies participating in the investigation […]
  
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• Judge dismisses lawsuit over who owns roads on tribal lands

  02-02-2016 21:44
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in a decades-old dispute over who owns roads crossing tribal lands used to access private property adjacent to San Ildefonso Pueblo. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/20EJtQo ) that U.S. District Judge James Browning ruled on Saturday that the court lacked jurisdiction to […]
  
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• The Latest: Jailed Bundy says ‘land belongs to the people’

  02-02-2016 21:41
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The Latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 12:15 p.m. The jailed leader of an armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says “the land belongs to the people” and should be turned over to local authorities. In […]
  
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• Premiere production at Adobe Rose bodes well for theater’s future

  02-02-2016 21:28
  
    To judge by Saturday night’s performance, Santa Fe’s newest theater seems to be getting a positive reception. “Luna Gale,” the opening production at the Adobe Rose Theatre, had many seats filled with a rapt audience absorbed by the well-acted, fast-paced drama. And not all of the viewers had gray hair. That’s been an ongoing […]
  
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• Breaking: Police searching for suspect after man shot near Central and Wyoming

  02-02-2016 20:43
  
  Albuquerque police are searching for a suspect after a man was shot and injured near Central and Wyoming Tuesday morning, according to a spokesman. Officer Tanner Tixier said a man was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital with at least one gunshot wound after being shot on the 200 block of Rhode Island […]
  
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• Suspect killed in Albuquerque Police, BCSD involved in shooting identified

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The suspect who was killed in an Albuquerque Police, Bernalillo County involved shooting has been identified. Police say 21-year-old Edgar Rene Alvarado was killed in the incident.
  It was a dangerous scene, as a man on a crime spree through Albuquerque terrorized drivers and ran from police. Tuesday night that suspect died, gunned down by police.
  “I was headed towards the door, and all of a sudden I heard gunfire,” recalled Dennis Hunter, who lives across t
  
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• Suspect killed in Albuquerque Police, BCSD involved in shooting

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It was a dangerous scene, as a man on a crime spree through Albuquerque terrorized drivers and ran from police. Tuesday night that suspect died, gunned down by police.
  “I was headed towards the door, and all of a sudden I heard gunfire,” recalled Dennis Hunter, who lives across the street from where the shooting occurred.
  Hunter had just arrived home Tuesday afternoon when he saw a man running from officers. “With a pistol, or he had something i
  
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• Suspect dead after Albuquerque Police, BCSD involved in shooting

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Two Bernalillo County deputies and an Albuquerque Police officer opened fire on that suspect following a wild chase around town.
  They believe the suspect was behind a shooting and a string of carjackings Tuesday afternoon.
  The suspect was shot but not before police say he caused a lot of chaos.
  BCSD says Albuquerque police responded to a shooting near Rhode Island and Central Tuesday afternoon. The sheriff says that shooting is what ultimately led police and deputies
  
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• Police: Man killed by law enforcement had gun, shot at deputy

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The suspect who was killed in an Albuquerque police, Bernalillo County involved shooting has been identified. Police say 21-year-old Edgar Rene Alvarado was killed in the incident.
  Investigators said Alvarado was a wanted man.
  They released his name, Wednesday, and pictures of a gun they said he used all day before firing at officers and deputies.
  According to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, Alvarado was wanted for battery, robbery and aggravate
  
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• Albuquerque Police respond to officer-involved shooting

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police say officers are on scene of an officer-involved shooting.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the shooting happened near La Veta and Constitution.
  Police are asking people to avoid the area.
  KRQE News 13 will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.
  Officer involved shooting near La Veta/Constitution. Avoid the area. More details to follow
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) February 2, 2016Tagged: Albuquerque Police
  
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• Albuquerque police investigate shooting

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are investigating after a man was shot near Central.
  Albuquerque Police officers responded to the shooting in the 200 block of Rhode Island Street NE. There they found a man who had been shot. He was taken to a UNM Hospital.
  At this time APD is trying to locate the suspect. As a result La Mesa Elementary has been placed on lockdown.
  KRQE News 13 will provide more information as it becomes available.
  
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• Albuquerque Police, BCSD involved in shooting

  02-02-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Two Bernalillo County deputies and an Albuquerque Police officer opened fire on that suspect following a wild chase around town.
  They believe the suspect was behind a shooting and a string of carjackings Tuesday afternoon.
  The suspect was shot but not before police say he caused a lot of chaos.
  BCSD says Albuquerque police responded to a shooting near Rhode Island and Central Tuesday afternoon. The sheriff says that shooting is what ultimately led police and deputies t
  
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• Former Los Alamos laboratory workers ask for fraud probe

  02-02-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – Three former employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory are asking the U.S. attorney to reopen a fraud case at the lab and investigate the death of a former lab deputy director.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the whistleblowers wrote in a letter to New Mexico U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez that the new probe should come to ensure the lab runs smoothly as the Department of Energy looks for a new contractor to run operations.
  The laboratory was rocked by a purchasin
  
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• New Mexico Senate panel to hear new REAL ID bill

  02-02-2016 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – A New Mexico Senate committee will take up a new compromise bill aimed at making New Mexico compliant under the federal REAL ID act.
  Senate Majority Leader spokesman Jim Farrell told The Associated Press that the Senate Public Affairs Committee added the bipartisan proposal to the agenda on Tuesday, and will debate it along with four other bills.
  The proposal introduced by Democratic Sen. John Arthur Smith and Republican Sen. Stuart Ingle combines elements of dueling Demo
  
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• New Mexico lawmakers rewrite budget with less money to spend

  02-02-2016 20:03 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – Legislative leaders in New Mexico’s House of Representatives are preserving pay increases for police and prison guards and trimming funding to higher education as they redraw next year’s state budget to offset falling revenue projections.
  The House Appropriations and Finance Committee voted to move forward with $81 million in spending increases with no new taxes during the fiscal year starting in July.
  That is a far cry from the roughly $230 million spending inc
  
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• Missing 15-year-old girl located at Albuquerque school

  02-02-2016 19:55
  
  A missing 15-year-old Albuquerque girl has been found safe, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department.
  
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• FUSION flies high with ‘Bird’

  02-02-2016 19:47
  
    The world has changed so much over the centuries that the classics present unusual problems for producing theatrical artists. How do we give life to masterpieces written in a time so remote from our own? The Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov is especially difficult to produce. No dramatist of genius has […]
  
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• Fast-growing motorcycle group is largely for law enforcement

  02-02-2016 19:47
  
  DENVER — One of the nation’s fastest-growing motorcycle clubs is composed largely of military, police officers and prison guards. The Iron Order also embraces the regalia and traditions of outlaw biker gangs — a choice that has provoked deadly clashes with other groups. The club insists it is a law-abiding, charitable brotherhood of family men […]
  
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• Exxon’s 4Q and annual profit plunge with oil prices

  02-02-2016 19:42
  
  DALLAS — The big plunge in crude prices is taking a toll on Big Oil. Exxon Mobil Corp. said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 58 percent to $2.78 billion. It was the oil giant’s smallest profit since the third quarter of 2002. Exxon’s core exploration and production business lost money in the U.S. and international […]
  
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• Microsoft recalling 2.4 million Surface tablet power cords

  02-02-2016 19:40
  
  SEATTLE — Microsoft is recalling about 2.44 million of its Surface tablet power cords because of the risk of fire or electrical shocks, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. Seattle-based Microsoft has received 56 reports of AC cords overheating and emitting flames, and five reports of electric shock, the commission said. The […]
  
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• House GOP to vote to repeal Obama’s health care law

  02-02-2016 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Republicans launched their latest, doomed try to kill President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul on Tuesday. With no chance of succeeding, the House vote was solely an exercise in election-year political messaging. Tuesday’s vote was an attempt to override Obama’s veto last month of legislation gutting much of the law and ending federal […]
  
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• Updated: Grim anniversary: 11 women, unborn child found buried on West Mesa 7 years ago

  02-02-2016 19:30
  
  Seven years ago today, a woman walking her dog on Albuquerque’s West Mesa stumbled across a human bone. It was the first of many in what would become one of the largest crime scenes in American history. By the end of the month, investigators had found the remains of 11 women and an unborn child […]
  
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• Smokers in Italy hit with new $600 fines

  02-02-2016 19:26
  
  ROME — Smokers in Italy are now facing fines of up to 500 euros ($600) if they light up in a car with a child or pregnant woman — or if they toss a cigarette butt on the street — after new health and environmental laws went into effect Tuesday. The smoking prohibitions extend bans […]
  
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• Woman pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of another driver

  02-02-2016 19:23
  
  PHOENIX — A 32-year-old Mesa woman has pleaded not guilty in a fatal shooting that police have said may have reflected a desire to be shot by police. Holly Davis entered her plea Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court. She is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and other crimes in the Jan. 16 shooting of […]
  
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• AZ lawmakers again seek tax break for Grand Canyon University

  02-02-2016 19:22
  
  PHOENIX — Lawmakers are again seeking a big property tax break for a growing private Christian university in west Phoenix. A 2014 effort benefiting Grand Canyon University in west Phoenix failed because of concerns it was unconstitutional. The new legislation addresses that by giving a break on property taxes to any regionally or nationally accredited […]
  
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• Repair worker dies in 7-story fall down elevator shaft

  02-02-2016 19:21
  
  GUTTENBERG, N.J. — Federal authorities say an elevator repair worker has fallen seven stories to his death down a shaft in New Jersey. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Leni Fortson says it happened Tuesday at the Galaxy Towers in Guttenberg. The condominium complex is composed of three octagonal towers that each rise 415 feet […]
  
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• EU and US reach new data-sharing agreement

  02-02-2016 19:16
  
  BRUSSELS — The European Union and the United States struck a deal Tuesday over data-sharing that will allow the likes of Facebook and Apple to continue sending people’s information across the Atlantic. The sides had been trying to forge an agreement since October, when Europe’s top court struck down the previous pact — known as […]
  
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• APD investigating suspicious death near 9th Street

  02-02-2016 19:16
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating a suspicious death at Freeman and 9th Street.
  
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• Santa Fe looks to attract millennials with outdoor recreation

  02-02-2016 19:14 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – Looking to attract more millennial visitors to Santa Fe, city and county officials are trying a different campaign.
  Tourists know Santa Fe for its art and culture, but the city’s outdoor activities are a bit of a secret. Santa Fe officials say it’s time to step up their efforts when it comes to promoting all of the activities the city has to offer.
  “We’ve identified outdoor recreation as being an area wh
  
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• Updated: Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders’ strong challenge

  02-02-2016 19:08
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, outpacing a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for president. The former secretary of state, senator from New York and first lady edged past the Vermont senator in a race the Iowa […]
  
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• Police investigating suspicious death in northwest Albuquerque

  02-02-2016 19:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are investigating a suspicious death in northwest Albuquerque.
  Police say the deceased was found near 9th Street and Freeman. Officers received a call Tuesday, and believe the death to be suspicious.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as soon as they become available.
   
  
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• Police search for missing teenage girl

  02-02-2016 18:58
  
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing 15-year-old.
  
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• Zika virus overshadows buildup to Rio de Janeiro Olympics

  02-02-2016 18:54
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Zika virus is overshadowing the final preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, even eclipsing concerns over deep budget cuts and severe water pollution. Hundreds of reporters packed Olympic headquarters on Tuesday to hear about ticket sales, venue construction and a reminder that Friday marks six months until the opening […]
  
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• Super Bowl ads this year might be a snooze

  02-02-2016 18:53
  
  NEW YORK — No GoDaddy. Not a bikini in sight. Service messages instead of crotch or fart jokes. As the Super Bowl turns 50 and faces middle age, will this be the year that advertisers stick to — gasp — good taste? The Super Bowl remains advertising’s biggest stage, especially as the broadcast TV audience […]
  
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