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• Legislation aims to increase funding to food banks

  09-03-2016 23:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It is now easier for food banks to help the community.
  Michelle Lujan Grisham has introduced legislation that would require the federal government to set aside $100 million for food distribution costs every year and increase funding for food purchases to $500 million.
  Grisham says many food banks struggle and sometimes have to divert money donated for food to operating costs. “We’re not going to make Road Runner or any other program choose between having to
  
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• Dion’s makes restaurant ‘excellence’ list with In-N-Out, Chick-fil-A

  09-03-2016 23:54
  
  Albuquerque company makes list based on customer ratings
  
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• Air Force vet guilty of trying to join Islamic State group

  09-03-2016 23:53
  
  NEW YORK — A U.S. Air Force veteran was convicted Wednesday of terrorism charges for attempting to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr, the first verdict from more than 70 cases the government has brought against Americans accused of trying to support the militant group. An anonymous jury in Brooklyn began deliberations […]
  
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• Ammon Bundy, others face new charges in Oregon standoff

  09-03-2016 23:52
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The federal government on Wednesday leveled additional charges against Ammon Bundy and dozens of other armed activists who took over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon, including a weapons allegation that carries the possibility of life in prison. A grand jury indicted Bundy and most of his co-defendants on a new charge […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Man accused of killing 5 had battery conviction

  09-03-2016 23:51
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Latest on the man suspected of killing four men in Kansas City, Kansas, and a fifth man in central Missouri. (all times local): 6:35 p.m. A man accused of killing five people faced a battery charge last year in Kansas City, Kansas. Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino is accused of gunning down […]
  
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• Boys 6A: Rio Rancho 72, Cibola 63

  09-03-2016 23:47
  
  No. 11 RIO RANCHO 72, No. 3 CIBOLA 63: The Rams had a field day Thursday at the Pit, shooting 63 percent from the field as they led the whole way against the Cougars and beat Cibola for the first time in four tries this season. Rio Rancho (17-12) faces Cleveland in Thursday night’s 8:15 […]
  
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• Breweries allowed to fill growlers after Governor signs measure

  09-03-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Residents will be able to fill up growlers at more breweries after Wednesday.
  Governor Susana Martinez signed a measure that allows more liquor license holders to sell and replenish the refillable containers, under certain rules that take into account health.
  The move is expected to create a big boost for businesses.
  
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• Blue Cross launches mobile health care effort in ABQ

  09-03-2016 23:43
  
  Several times a week, Amy Kettleson pulls up to a home in Albuquerque to check in on the resident. Kettleson is a paramedic for Albuquerque Ambulance Service, but she drives a sports utility vehicle, not an ambulance, and instead of taking patients to an emergency room, she’s there to make sure they stay out of […]
  
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• Police arrest accused pizza thief

  09-03-2016 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police have arrested a man they say had been robbing pizza delivery drivers.
  Xavior Akina, 19, is accused of robbing at least six drivers in a four week period.
  Police say Akina would order a pizza over the phone and then would pull a gun on the driver. Akina would then steal the pizza and all the driver’s money.
  Officers caught up with him by tracking down the cell phone number used in the calls.
  Police say he’s also behind another scary crime just weeks a
  
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• Updated: Man convicted of trying to have sex with 11-year-old girl

  09-03-2016 23:31
  
  An Albuquerque jury on Wednesday convicted an 21-year-old man on charges he arranged to have sex with an 11-year-old girl in 2012. Kyle Sanchez had actually made the arrangements with an Albuquerque police officer who was posing as the father of an 11-year-old female offering the child up for sexual sale, according to the state’s […]
  
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• Marketing guru: ABQ is “incomparable” but underachieving

  09-03-2016 23:27
  
  Albuquerque needs to put its best face on for the world but acknowledge the troubles swirling beneath that visage to truly enhance its reputation, according to one local marketing guru. Steve McKee, president of McKee Wallwork & Co., told a group of business leaders Wednesday that Albuquerque has so many assets it is “incomparable.” However, […]
  
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• Volkswagen’s top US executive out amid emissions scandal

  09-03-2016 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON — Volkswagen’s top U.S. executive is stepping down amid the company’s ongoing emissions cheating scandal, the company announced Wednesday. U.S. President and CEO Michael Horn is leaving “to pursue other opportunities effective immediately,” the automaker said in a statement. He had been with the German auto maker for 25 years, assuming his most recent […]
  
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• New Mexico says oil company trespassed, left spill

  09-03-2016 23:09
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico regulators are ordering a Midland, Texas-based company to clean a spill of oil and water on state trust lands in Lea County at a waste-water injection site serving the area’s oil and natural gas industry. The State Land Office on Wednesday accused Texas-based Siana Operating LLC of trespassing under […]
  
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• Zookeeper in North Dakota carrying orphaned kangaroo

  09-03-2016 23:07
  
  WAHPETON, N.D. — A keeper at a North Dakota zoo has become a first-time mom. But the baby she carries around the clock in a colorful flannel pouch is not a little human, it’s an orphaned kangaroo. Amanda Dukart is a zookeeper at the Chahinkapa (cha-HINK’-ah-pah) Zoo in Wahpeton. For the next six months, she […]
  
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• Sports for New Mexico Kids has project on Thursday

  09-03-2016 23:07
  
  Sports for New Mexico Kids is working to send 200 under privileged kids in the Albuquerque area to FREE baseball clinics this summer taught by former MLB stars; you can help us out by stopping by Chick Fil A on Paseo Del Norte on Thursday, March 10th from 5-8pm or Wise Pies Pizza on Alameda/Jefferson […]
  
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• Ex-Mexican mayor sentenced in Arizona drug trafficking case

  09-03-2016 23:07
  
  PHOENIX — The former mayor of a small Mexican town has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for operating an Arizona-based drug trafficking organization. Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Arturo Reyes Trujillo received a 262-month prison term in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Trujillo was the incoming mayor of Fronteras in the Mexican […]
  
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• Voters recall Guadalupe, AZ mayor after food stamps fraud

  09-03-2016 23:06
  
  GUADALUPE, Ariz. — Voters have recalled the mayor of the small town of Guadalupe. Unofficial results from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office show 81 percent of voters in Tuesday’s special recall election rejected Mayor Rebecca Jimenez. Town Council member Angie Perez was elected Jimenez’s replacement as mayor of the 1-square-mile town between Phoenix and Tempe. […]
  
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• Cleveland Clinic says first uterus transplant in US fails

  09-03-2016 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON — The nation’s first uterus transplant has failed, the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday, saying doctors had removed the organ. A 26-year-old woman received the transplant on Feb. 24 and seemed to be doing well, even appearing briefly at a news conference on Monday with her surgeons. But the woman suffered a sudden complication that […]
  
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• Updated: After Trump endorsement, NASCAR leader faces the fallout

  09-03-2016 23:05
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.” He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since. France’s decision to personally back the front-runner for the Republican nomination has roiled a sport his family built from […]
  
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• NFL free agency: Broncos lose another QB, report says

  09-03-2016 22:12
  
    The Latest on the first day NFL teams can sign free agents: (all times MST) 1:56 p.m. Another day, another Super Bowl champion quarterback has left the Denver Broncos. Two days after Peyton Manning retired, backup Brock Osweiler has agreed to a multiyear contract with the Houston Texans. A person familiar with the negotiations […]
  
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• UNM: research shows promise in possible stomach cancer prevention

  09-03-2016 22:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Officials at the University of New Mexico say research being conducted by a UNM School of Medicine team is showing promise in the prevention of one of the world’s most common and most deadly cancers.
  Researchers are focusing on a common germ known as H. pylori that lives in the digestive tract. The infection activates a protein that appears to trigger tumors. The team has successfully stooped this activation process.
  Beyond surgery, there are very few t
  
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• Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?

  09-03-2016 21:55
  
  NEW YORK — Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don’t think women should have to pay a “period tax,” and like a growing number of other women, they are publicly questioning whether being female in the U.S. carries unfair costs. The pair are among five New York City women who filed a lawsuit last week arguing […]
  
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• Western leaders urge for change in endangered species plan

  09-03-2016 21:54 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The nation needs to change the way it protects endangered species because the current practice is bogged down in lawsuits and weakened by mistrust, the head of the Western Governors Association said Wednesday.
  Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday the problem is nationwide and that he hopes to build bipartisan support for changes in the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary tool for protecting species on the brink of extinction.
  He stopped short of suggesting specific c
  
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• Breaking: Santa Fe mayor announces new version of budget-balancing plan

  09-03-2016 21:47
  
  Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales and other city leaders have come up with a new plan for balancing the city’s budget, with some bond refinancing, no tax increase and with a new twist on how the city’s budget changes would impact the water division’s burgeoning reserves. Previous plans called for imposing a $4.7 million annual […]
  
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• Banks now giving customers access to credit scores for free

  09-03-2016 21:44
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It might be the most important piece of financial information about you — and it’s finally easier for you to actually get a look at it. Big banks and credit card companies are increasingly offering customers free access to their FICO score. This score, named after the software and analytics company that […]
  
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• Police arrest wanted man found living in the Bosque

  09-03-2016 21:23 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. – State police arrested a wanted man after he was found in the Bosque between Belen and Los Lunas on Tuesday.
  Ronald Bierend is accused of sexual exploitation of a child, criminal sexual penetration of a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
  Officers say they found him living in a tent in a remote part of the Bosque after receiving tips from the public.
  
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• Boys 5A: Centennial 65, Roswell 61

  09-03-2016 21:22
  
  NO. 8 CENTENNIAL 65, NO. 1 ROSWELL 61 Don’t call the defending Class 5A state champion Hawks a Cinderella. By knocking off Roswell in quarterfinal action at the Pit on Wednesday, Centennial was simply living up to its own expectations — regardless of what the seeds might say. “We put together a game plan really […]
  
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• Flight to Hawaii promises prime view of total solar eclipse

  09-03-2016 21:10 via krqe.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans.
  A dozen eclipse enthusiasts were among the 181 passengers on the plane Tuesday that departed Anchorage for Honolulu. The rare event comes when the moon is close enough to Earth to completely block out the sun.
  Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural H
  
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• New: Gov. Martinez signs $158M public works package, but axes 150-plus projects

  09-03-2016 21:09
  
  New Mexico’s annual debate over capital outlay, or “pork,” spending shows no signs of abating. Gov. Susana Martinez signed a trio of bills today that authorize funding for hundreds of bricks-and-mortar projects around the state. But the Republican governor also used her line-item veto authority to strike down more than 150 projects, and chastised lawmakers for […]
  
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• New Mexico Gov. Martinez signs version of ‘Kendra’s Law’

  09-03-2016 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has signed a bill that would require some state residents with severe mental illness to receive court-ordered outpatient treatment.
  Martinez signed the bill Wednesday after advocates for years have tried to get lawmakers to pass a similar measure.
  New Mexico was one of only five states that didn’t have a version of a Kendra’s Law – a bill named after Kendra Webdale. She was a 32-year-old woman who was pushed in front of a
  
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• Would-be robber tries to stick up cab with deputy behind him

  09-03-2016 20:59 via krqe.com
  
  READING, Pa. (AP) — A would-be robber in Pennsylvania had poor timing when he pulled a gun on his taxi driver with a sheriff’s deputy behind him, police say.
  A Berks County sheriff’s deputy approached the cab after it failed to move through a green light Monday afternoon in Reading.
  Surveillance video from inside the cab shows the deputy’s cruiser pulling up behind the Reading Metro taxi on a city street. Shortly after that, a passenger in the back seat wearing
  
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• Santa Fe police investigate gunfire at Walmart

  09-03-2016 20:57
  
  SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Police Department responded to gunfire at the Walmart on Cerrillos Road Tuesday night, but no one was injured and nothing was damaged, according to a department spokesman. The department originally reported that a police cruiser was hit by gunfire, but spokesman Greg Gurule said Wednesday that was not true […]
  
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• Dry, warm weather melting state’s western snowpack

  09-03-2016 20:52 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – The snowpack is melting sooner than usual but remains almost above normal in many mountain areas.
  The New Mexican reports the early snow melt could impact spring and summer river flows.
  A water supply forecast for March from the Natural Resources Conservation Service says the western New Mexico snowpack was hit hardest.
  Data shows a 40-percent loss of mountain snow that had been above average in many areas before this year’s dry February.
  Several days of high tem
  
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• 3 days of mourning for former first lady Nancy Reagan begin

  09-03-2016 20:46 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three days of formal mourning for former first lady Nancy Reagan began Wednesday with a private service before her casket was taken in a police-escorted motorcade up an empty freeway for a public viewing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
  Daughter Patti Davis, dressed in black, greeted about 20 family members and close friends upon arrival at a Santa Monica mortuary where a 20-minute service was presided over by the Rev. Stuart Kenworth.
  Attendees included the ch
  
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• Police: Suspect who fled from stolen car arrested near Del Norte High

  09-03-2016 20:30
  
  Albuquerque police say a suspect who fled from a stolen vehicle on foot near Del Norte High School has been arrested.
  
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• Del Norte High School lockdown lifted, suspect in custody

  09-03-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say a suspect in a stolen vehicle that fled from officers forced one Albuquerque school to go on lock down Wednesday.
  The lockdown at Del Norte High School has been lifted.
  Albuquerque Police say the suspect is now in custody.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
  Suspect from stolen car near Del Norte HS is in custody.
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) March 9, 2016Subject from a stolen vehicle fled on foot from officers near Del Nor
  
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• Updated: Gov signs bills for ATVs on roadways, court-ordered mental health treatment

  09-03-2016 20:15
  
  Gov. Susana Martinez today signed into law a bill that gives the go-ahead to local governments to allow off-highway vehicles on paved roadways. The governor had been urged by national consumer advocates, including a commissioner on the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, to veto the bill. The consumer advocates said all-terrain vehicles and off-highway vehicles […]
  
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• Quarantine lifted at New Mexico racetrack

  09-03-2016 20:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – State livestock officials have lifted a quarantine at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino in southern New Mexico following an equine herpes outbreak.
  The New Mexico Livestock Board announced the decision Wednesday, saying no new cases of the fast-spreading virus have been reported in the last 14 days.
  Board officials say they’ve been working closely with veterinarians at the track, and some owners say they plan to continue observing the protocols that were implemente
  
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• Albuquerque drone store shuts its doors

  09-03-2016 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Months after it landed in Albuquerque, drone retailer Drones Plus has flown out of the city.
  A spokesperson for Drones Plus says the company has closed its retail location near Winrock Mall.
  That location opened its doors in October 2015. The store was one of five to recently close. The company says it wants to concentrate on its remaining stores.
  Any customers who had deposits or pending business with the Albuquerque location are asked to call the company&rs
  
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• Boys 4A: Silver 55, Pojoaque Valley 51, OT

  09-03-2016 19:55
  
  No. 5 SILVER 55, No. 4 POJOAQUE VALLEY 51, OT The game was decided from the foul line as the Colts (20-7) scored their last five points from the stripe and the Elks (22-8) missed three free throws near the end of the regulation. “We missed some free throws at the wrong time,” Elks coach […]
  
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• Man who allegedly raped 15-year-old found hiding in bosque, police say

  09-03-2016 19:50
  
  New Mexico State Police officers searching for a man who allegedly filmed himself having sex with a 15-year-old found him hiding deep in the bosque between Los Lunas and Belen Tuesday. State Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Armijo said Ronald Bierend is facing multiple sex-related charges because police believe he had sex with a 15-year-old and videotaped […]
  
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• Boys 6A: Cleveland 59, Rio Grande 48

  09-03-2016 19:37
  
  No. 2 CLEVELAND 59, No. 7 RIO GRANDE 48 Even against a first-time opponent, the Cleveland Storm’s comfort level was easy to see Wednesday at the Pit. While Rio Grande struggled with early nerves, Cleveland quickly got down to business in the morning quarterfinal. The Storm scored the first 10 points of the game and […]
  
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• Police: Albuquerque cycle shop burglary suspect leaves big clue behind

  09-03-2016 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police say a man who burglarized a motorcycle shop in northeast Albuquerque last month left behind a big clue.
  According to police, 32-year-old Shawn Kneip left his wallet after burglarizing J&D Cycles on January 31. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
  Police also say J & D Cycles was burglarized again on March 4. Officials say there is currently no evidence linking Kneip to that crime.
  Anyone with information about Kneip is being asked to call
  
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• Trump received tax credit for middle class taxpayers

  09-03-2016 18:58
  
  WASHINGTON — In three consecutive years, Donald Trump has received a property tax credit for people with incomes of less $500,000. The perk from the New York State School Tax Relief Program, known as STAR, was small — only $302 off of Trump’s tax bill of more than $175,000 for his penthouse apartment in Trump […]
  
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• Texas teacher says she was ‘being silly’ when mouths taped

  09-03-2016 18:58
  
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas — A first-grade teacher in Wichita Falls says she was just “being silly” when she let students put duct tape on their mouths to keep them quiet. The Wichita Falls Times Record News (http://bit.ly/1pxwgM0 ) obtained school district documents in the investigation of Dawn Renfro. She was put on administrative leave, then […]
  
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• Police: Carlsbad man fatally shot by law enforcment

  09-03-2016 18:42 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD N.M. (KRQE) – A Carlsbad man was shot and killed by agents of the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force on Monday.
  According to State Police, the task force, which was made up of Carlsbad Police and Eddy County Deputies, met up with 41-year-old Daniel Chavez at house in Carlsbad. Chavez was wanted for violating his parole and probation.
  Police say Chavez attempted to flee on foot, and then eventually took off in his vehicle. As he attempted to flee, Chavez hit a po
  
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• Boys 5A: Capital 52, Los Lunas 44

  09-03-2016 18:36
  
  NO. 3 CAPITAL 52, NO. 6 LOS LUNAS 44: Whenever the Jaguars needed a lift, Eric Coca was there to provide it. Coca finished with a team-high 22 points and four assists, made several sparkling defensive plays and hit all of seven his free throw attempts to lead Capital (26-4) past Los Lunas (21-10) in […]
  
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• Newborn girl found abandoned in Mesa, AZ yard

  09-03-2016 18:32
  
  MESA, Ariz. — Authorities say a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in the yard of a Mesa home. Mesa police say a 911 call was placed around 11 a.m. Tuesday after someone discovered the infant in the area of Alma School and 9th Place. Investigators say “Baby Jane” was in a baby carrier and […]
  
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• Iowa man killed in head-on collision on I-40 in New Mexico

  09-03-2016 18:28
  
  TUCUMCARI, N.M. — New Mexico State Police say a 65-year-old Iowa man was killed in a head-on collision on Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico. Police say Michael Ryan of Ottumwa, Iowa, was killed when a westbound tractor-trailer rig crossed the median and collided with an eastbound vehicle driven by Ryan. An unidentified passenger in […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Video shows Google self-driving car hit bus

  09-03-2016 18:28
  
  LOS ANGELES — Newly released video shows the moment a Google self-driving car learned the hard way not to tussle with a public bus. The collision happened on Valentine’s Day, when a Google vehicle struck the side of a public bus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. A Lexus SUV, which the company […]
  
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