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• Dianna Duran withdraws motion to reevaluate sentence

  01-03-2016 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Dianna Duran has withdrawn her motion asking the court to reduce her probation.
  According to court officials, the motion was filed Tuesday.
  The former New Mexico Secretary of State was asking a judge to reconsider the conditions of her probation.
  As part of her probation Duran has to speak to the public four times a month for the next three years about her mistakes.
  Duran claimed the required speaking engagements will endanger her life and that they should be reev
  
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• Former lawmaker to head ABQ Realtors association

  01-03-2016 22:21
  
  Kent Cravens is taking over from Janice McCrary, who is retiring after heading theGreater Albuquerque Association of Realtors for 10 years.
  
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• The Latest: Cruz needles Trump over tax information

  01-03-2016 22:20
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race, with attention focused on the Democratic primary in South Carolina on Saturday (all times local): 10:25 p.m. Ted Cruz is needling rival Donald Trump over the billionaire businessman’s reluctance to release his tax information. On Saturday night, Cruz joined Marco Rubio in releasing tax information. […]
  
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• Las Cruces man breaks into store for cigarettes, leaves cash

  01-03-2016 22:02
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A Las Cruces man is accused of breaking into a convenience store to take a pack of cigarettes, but making sure to pay for them. Police say 24-year-old Ellis Battista is facing a charge of breaking and entering, which is a fourth-degree felony. They say Battista went to purchase a pack […]
  
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• NY court says fraud suit over Trump University can continue

  01-03-2016 21:50
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York court on Tuesday refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors. The Appellate Division unanimously rejected Trump’s request to dismiss the 2013 suit, ruling that a six-year statute of limitations applies. The four justices also denied New York Attorney […]
  
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• Judge tosses ballot challenge against Cruz in Illinois

  01-03-2016 21:50
  
  CHICAGO — A judge has dismissed a claim that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz isn’t eligible for the Illinois ballot because he was born in Canada. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Maureen Ward Kirby tossed the case on a technicality Tuesday. Kirby says the suburban Chicago attorney who filed the complaint, Lawrence Joyce, failed to […]
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: Tampons, pads for free at shelters

  01-03-2016 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON — Tampons and sanitary pads will soon be available for free to women and girls at homeless shelters. Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that she had convinced the Federal Emergency Management Agency to add feminine hygiene products to the list of key items that can be bought with grant money at shelters. Meng […]
  
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• Thousands attend funeral of Pakistani who killed governor

  01-03-2016 21:49
  
  RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of Pakistanis chanting anti-government slogans on Tuesday attended the funeral of a police officer executed the day before for assassinating a secular governor in 2011 over accusations of blasphemy. As a precaution against violence, authorities closed all schools and stepped up security in Islamabad and the adjacent city of […]
  
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• New Mexico mother accused of driving drunk with daughter in car

  01-03-2016 21:49 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – A mother from Alcalde has been arrested for driving drunk with her 1-year-old daughter in the car.
  Elizabeth Trevizo, 26, admitted to drinking two shots of run 45 minutes before she got in her car, and wrecked near Pojoaque.
  A deputy also found a partially empty beer in the backseat, along with the child.
  Trevizo blew a 0.08.
  Her daughter wasn’t seriously injured, but marks on her indicated she wasn’t buckled in properly.
  Trevizo is facing DWI and child abuse
  
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• Migrants occupy shanty rooftops to protest Calais demolition

  01-03-2016 21:49
  
  CALAIS, France — About two dozen people protesting the demolition of a sprawling migrant camp in northern France climbed onto shanty rooftops on Tuesday, briefly stalling the tear-down. Bulldozer crews plowed through blustery, damp winds, working around the protesters, who ultimately came down from the buildings. By mid-afternoon, the demolition was proceeding unimpeded. Earlier in […]
  
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• New Mexico Gov. Martinez to sign bill on DWI penalties

  01-03-2016 21:30
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is expected to sign a bill aimed at toughening state penalties on drunken driving offenses. Martinez is scheduled Tuesday to sign the measure in Albuquerque at the New Mexico State Police headquarters. The measure would require tougher sentencing guidelines for repeat drunken driving offenders. In addition, it […]
  
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• Man facing charges for bringing gun to high school in Anthem, Ariz.

  01-03-2016 21:29
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a man is facing felony charges for allegedly bringing a gun onto the campus of his former high school in Anthem. Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say 18-year-old Luis Barragan was booked into jail early Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies were called Monday morning after receiving reports of someone leaving Boulder Creek High with […]
  
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• The Latest: Police ID black man fatally shot by officer

  01-03-2016 21:28
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The Latest on the shooting of a suspect by a Raleigh police officer (all times local): 2:50 p.m. The State Bureau of Investigation is confirming the identity of a black man who was fatally shot by a police officer. The agency says 24-year-old Akiel Denkins, of Raleigh, was killed and that agents […]
  
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• Facebook’s Latin American boss arrested in Brazil

  01-03-2016 21:28
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Police in Sao Paulo have arrested Facebook’s most senior executive in Latin America in the latest clash between Brazilian authorities and the social media company over its refusal to provide private information about its users to law enforcement. A Tuesday news release says that Facebook’s vice president for Latin America, Diego […]
  
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• Chama River Microbar closes; Replacement in the works

  01-03-2016 21:27
  
  Parent company seeks to expand its Draft Station concept
  
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• UNM considers banning stun guns on campus

  01-03-2016 21:23
  
  The University of New Mexico is considering a ban on stun guns on campus.
  
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• Gov. Martinez to sign bill on DWI penalties

  01-03-2016 21:20
  
  New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is expected to sign a bill aimed at toughening state penalties on drunken driving offenses.
  
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• Hachette Book Group to acquire the Perseus Books Group

  01-03-2016 21:17
  
  NEW YORK — Two years after a planned deal fell through, Hachette Book Group is purchasing the Perseus Books Group, bringing together two of the country’s largest publishers. The companies issued separate statements Tuesday. They announced that Hachette had acquired Perseus’ publishing division, an extensive network of imprints that includes Basic Books, PublicAffairs and Running […]
  
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• Oreo bakers union, Mondelez halt negotiations

  01-03-2016 21:10
  
  CHICAGO — The tense standoff between Mondelez International, the global snack food company that owns the longtime Chicago Nabisco bakery, and its bakers union continues as the prospect of a strike looms. At midnight Monday, the local contract covering the bakers union employees at the Oreo plant expired, along with seven other local contracts at […]
  
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• Roswell tables proposals to name property after Cesar Chavez

  01-03-2016 21:06 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – Roswell officials have decided to put any plans to rename city property after the late California farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez on hold.
  The Roswell Daily Record reports that on Monday the City Council voted unanimously to indefinitely delay proposals to rename a recreation center or a square block after Chavez.
  The city council has been embattled for more than a year trying to honor Chavez. Last year, a proposal to rename a street after him failed to gain
  
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• Albuquerque man accused of murdering wife agrees to plea deal

  01-03-2016 20:16 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The man accused of stabbing his wife 50 times in front of their children agreed to a plea deal Tuesday.
  Jerry Chavez was arrested in 2013 when he broke into the home of his estranged wife, Sandra Ferrales, dragged her out of the shower and stabbed her 50 times while their 6 and 12-year-old sons pleaded with 911 dispatchers to help them.
  Chavez plead no contest to first degree murder.
  “Something I thought I could never do I ended up doing. But as I said I have to
  
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• Albuquerque school PTA under investigation for misusing funds

  01-03-2016 20:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque school PTA is being investigated for a possible misuse of funds.
  Documents on the APS website reveal that North Star Elementary’s principal and associate superintendent went to the district’s internal audit department with concerns about the spending of money meant for a shade structure at the school. The principal says it appears the money was spent on other things. What’s unclear is if the money was stolen, or just misused.
  An au
  
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• Chaves County’s recently convened grand jury indicts 7

  01-03-2016 19:44
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — The recently convened grand jury in Chaves County has issued its first indictments. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1QpwQCd ) that the jury on Thursday returned criminal indictments against seven people, all in connection to alleged drug offenses. Judges of the Fifth Judicial District in December exercised their authority to convene the […]
  
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• Updated: FBI: Phone encryption a ‘vicious guard dog’ in crime probes

  01-03-2016 19:40
  
  WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey likened impenetrable digital encryption to a “vicious guard dog” Tuesday, as a high-stakes fight between privacy and national security moved from the courts to Congress. “There’s already a door on that iPhone. We’re asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock,” Comey […]
  
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• Colorado man arrested after yelling at, spitting on deputies

  01-03-2016 19:40
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A Colorado man is facing criminal charges after spitting on deputies and yelling that he was glad another deputy had been killed. The Grand Junction Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/216RMTA ) that authorities say 32-year-old Jesus Villarruel of Grand Junction began yelling and cussing at citizens in the Mesa County Justice Center lobby […]
  
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• Yosemite Park’s iconic attractions get new names

  01-03-2016 19:25
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The prices of Yosemite National Park souvenirs have been slashed in half, and road signs directing visitors to iconic attractions have been switched. Among the changes, the historic Ahwahnee Hotel became the Majestic Yosemite Hotel, and Curry Village campground was renamed Half Dome Village. Badger Pass Ski Resort became Yosemite Ski and […]
  
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• Labels on genetically modified foods? Not so fast

  01-03-2016 19:24 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — States could no longer require labeling of genetically modified foods under legislation approved by a Senate panel.
  The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 14-6 Tuesday to prevent the labeling on packages of foods that include genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Vermont is set to require such labels this summer, and other states are considering similar laws.
  Senators have said they want to find a compromise on the labeling issue before Vermont’s law kicks in. Se
  
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• Updated: Roswell tables proposals to name property after Cesar Chavez

  01-03-2016 19:19
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — Roswell officials have decided to put any plans to rename city property after the late California farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez on hold. On Monday the City Council voted unanimously to indefinitely delay proposals to rename a recreation center or a square block after Chavez, The Roswell Daily Record reported (http://bit.ly/216Rhss ). […]
  
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• High court limits state power to gather health care data

  01-03-2016 19:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says state officials can’t force certain health insurers to turn over reams of data revealing how much they pay for medical claims.
  The justices ruled 6-2 that efforts by Vermont and at least 17 other states to gather and analyze the data conflict with federal law covering reporting requirements for employer health plans.
  The case involves Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., which operates a self-insured health plan for its workers and refused to turn it
  
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• Slain 1-year-old had bruises on forehead, ears

  01-03-2016 19:12
  
  A criminal complaint sheds new light on the death of a 1-year-old child in northeast Albuquerque.
  
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• Voices of voters as they cast ballots on Super Tuesday

  01-03-2016 19:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve states in all cast votes for presidential nominees on March 1, also known as Super Tuesday, the biggest single-day delegate haul of the nomination contests. Republicans are voting in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake. Democrats are casting ballots in 11 states, too, plus American Samoa, with 865 delegates up for grabs.
  Here’s a look at what some voters had to say as they went to the polls Tuesday:
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  Retired Marine Corps. Gen. Bill Weise joined about a
  
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• Everything you need to know about Super Tuesday

  01-03-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Super Tuesday is scheduled for March 1st 2016.
  What is Super Tuesday? 
  Super Tuesday is the day in which the greatest number of states host primary elections early in a presidential election year.
  What does this mean for the candidates?
  Super Tuesday primaries are typically large number states that are socially diverse. This means that this is a candidates first test at being nationally elected. Wins in Super Tuesday primaries usually get candidates thei
  
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• Albuquerque women plead guilty to stealing mail

  01-03-2016 17:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – On Monday, two Albuquerque women pleaded guilty to mail theft and conspiracy charges.
  Crystal Devon Romero, 33, and Michelle Josephine Candelaria, 25, were arrested in January by police.
  A criminal complaint says they pried open cluster mail boxes and stole mail from them. Inside their truck, authorities found stolen mail including altered checks, plus debit and credit cards.
  Romero and Candelaria could each face up to five years in prison.
  
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• US construction spending up 1.5 percent in January

  01-03-2016 16:44 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending increased in January by the largest amount in eight months as weakness in home building was offset by a solid rebound in nonresidential activity.
  Construction spending increased 1.5 percent in January, the biggest gain since May, following a 0.6 percent increase in December, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The advance pushed total spending to a seasonally adjusted $1.14 trillion in January, the highest level in more than eight years.
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• Automakers post healthy February sales gains

  01-03-2016 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Automakers posted big U.S. sales gains in February as consumers returned to showrooms after a snowy January.
  Ford Motor Co.’s sales rose 20 percent over last February, while Fiat Chrysler’s were up 12 percent. Nissan’s sales rose nearly 11 percent.
  Industry analysts had expected February sales to bounce back after a slight decline in January. Consulting firm LMC Automotive consulting firm predicts an 8.1 percent increase over a year ago to 1.36 million new
  
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• Erin Andrews testifies through tears about nude videos

  01-03-2016 15:54 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews took the witness stand Monday, breaking down repeatedly and telling jurors of the devastation she continues to feel after a man secretly shot nude videos of her and posted them on the Internet.
  Andrews sobbed as she recalled how some in the media speculated that she was doing it to attract attention to herself before the FBI made an arrest.
  “Probably for three months, everybody thought it was a publicity stunt,” she
  
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• 4 hurt as student opens fire in Ohio school cafeteria

  01-03-2016 15:41 via krqe.com
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A 14-year-old boy pulled out a gun in a school cafeteria Monday and opened fire, hitting two students, and then ran from the school, threw the weapon down and was apprehended nearby with the help of a police dog, authorities said.
  Two other Madison Local Schools students also were injured, possibly from shrapnel or while running away. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, said Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones.
  Jones said the 14-year-old was a studen
  
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• Obama to meet with GOP leaders on Supreme Court fight

  01-03-2016 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is due to meet face-to-face Tuesday with the Senate Republican leaders vowing to block his Supreme Court nominee — no matter who it is — with the hope of keeping the seat open for a Republican president to fill next year.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are due at the White House midmorning for the sit-down with Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Minority Leader
  
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• Super Tuesday: Clinton, Trump look to pull away from rivals

  01-03-2016 15:28 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are eyeing an opportunity to pull away from their rivals on Super Tuesday, a delegate-rich dash across the country that could accelerate their march toward the general election.
  Voters from Vermont to Colorado, Alaska to American Samoa and a host of states in between were heading to polling places and caucus sites on the busiest day of the 2016 primaries.
  The contests come at a turbulent moment for Republicans as they g
  
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• Appellate court upholds New Mexico’s oil and gas pit rule

  01-03-2016 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – The New Mexico Court of Appeals is refusing to overturn revamped regulations aimed at managing certain wastes produced by oil and natural gas drilling.
  The court recently issued an opinion in response to an appeal filed by environmental groups that accused regulators of not adequately explaining why the rules were being revised.
  The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project wanted the rules to be reconsidered by the Oil Conserva
  
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• Amore Neapolitan Pizzeria discusses ABQ’s restaurant week

  01-03-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The late winter’s tastiest annual event has kicked off for it’s seventh year.
  New Mexico’s Restaurant Week has begun in Santa Fe.
  Sunday, February 21 was the first day of culinary celebrating. Participating restaurants will be offering multiple course dinners starting at $25 for two for casual dining and then anywhere from $20 to $40 per person at fine dining restaurants.
  Gabriel Amador, Jess Cloud, and Matt Robinson from Amore Neapolitan Pizzeria joi
  
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• Leap Day costs Albuquerque thousands

  01-03-2016 14:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It’s good news for Albuquerque that Leap Day won’t be coming around again for four more years.
  The extra day actually costs the city more money.
  Whether it’s running city buses, opening the BioPark’s doors or even a game of golf, on Leap Day the City of Albuquerque still has to keep everything moving.
  The extra day cost the city about $250,000.
  
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• Officer involved in fatal shooting of a homeless man wants his job back

  01-03-2016 14:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) –  One of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of a homeless camper is expected in a hearing today, hoping to get his job back.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports the hearing before the personnel board is scheduled for Tuesday.
  Nearly two years ago, former Albuquerque Police SWAT officer Dominique Perez and retired APD officer Keith Sandy shot James Boyd in the Foothills after an hours long stand off.
  Perez was fired from APD last year after a judge ordered him
  
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• GolfMart staging a comeback

  01-03-2016 14:22
  
  National chain buys and revives Albuquerque shop
  
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• Study: Childhood poverty effects eating habits in adults

  01-03-2016 13:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A new study finds that children who grow up impoverished may develop bad eating habits that last a lifetime.
  About a third of New Mexico kids don’t have enough to eat.
  That study finds that kids who grow up in poorer homes may have a tendency to eat more as adults, even when they’re not hungry.
  Researchers at Texas Christian University say they took college students from different socioeconomic backgrounds and gave them the opportunity to eat snacks.
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• Union: St. Vincent firing workers for union activity

  01-03-2016 08:05
  
  SANTA FE–Sharon Argenbright is the most recent of three union leaders fired from Christus...
  
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• SFIS, St. Michael’s try to move on

  01-03-2016 08:05
  
  Hoping to move on from an ugly incident last month at a boys basketball game, administrators for San ...
  
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• Santa Fe election centers on District 1 council contest

  01-03-2016 08:05
  
  Candidates increase spending ahead of vote
  
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• Try turning your yoga practice upside down

  01-03-2016 08:02
  
  Hanging around upside down could help bring you to your senses.Two South Florida yoga...
  
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• Studies: Experimental devices show promise in HIV prevention

  01-03-2016 08:02
  
  In the fight against HIV, women have been severely limited in what they can do to protect themselves against the virus and ...
  
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