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• House passes bill to allow female pilots’ ashes at Arlington

  22-03-2016 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation to allow female World War II pilots known as WASPs to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 385-0 to approve the bill sponsored by an Arizona Republican, congresswoman Martha McSally, herself a retired Air Force fighter pilot. The WASPs served in a […]
  
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• Man who killed HarCo deputies was stalking estranged family

  22-03-2016 23:32
  
  EDGEWOOD, Md. — Authorities say the man who killed two Maryland sheriff’s deputies in a shootout last month had been stalking his estranged family on the Internet and set up a fake social media account to monitor them. Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said Tuesday that 68-year-old David Brian Evans likely intended to harm his ex-wife, whom […]
  
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• Terrorism looms as candidates compete in Western states

  22-03-2016 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fought to extend their delegate leads over underdog presidential rivals Tuesday in primary election voting across three Western states as the world grappled with a new wave of bloody attacks in Europe. The contests in Arizona, Utah and Idaho were largely an afterthought for much of the day […]
  
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• How the FBI might hack into an iPhone without Apple’s help

  22-03-2016 23:27
  
  NEW YORK — For more than a month, federal investigators have insisted they have no alternative but to force Apple to help them open up a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. That changed Monday when the Justice Department said an “outside party” recently showed the FBI a different way to access […]
  
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• Report: Cullen Neal to visit Ole Miss

  22-03-2016 23:26
  
    Cullen Neal, who announced last week he will transfer from the University of New Mexico to pursue educational and playing opportunities elsewhere, will visit Ole Miss this weekend, the Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Miss., reported on Tuesday. Neal averaged 12.3 points per game and had 101 turnovers to a team-high 114 assists under his […]
  
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• Fear of bloody attacks becomes part of life in Europe

  22-03-2016 23:19
  
  STOCKHOLM — Paris, Copenhagen, Brussels. In just over a year three European capitals have been ravaged by bombs and gunfire. After each attack life slowly returns to normal. But it’s a new normal for Europe, where terror alerts are always on high and where people in cities so far spared major violence assume it’s a […]
  
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• Updated: Long lines bog down Arizona presidential primary

  22-03-2016 22:58
  
  PHOENIX — The Arizona presidential primary drew long lines Tuesday as people waited at least an hour, and some up to two hours, in many polling spots to cast ballots amid heightened interest in the polarizing contest for the White House. Dozens of people were lined up before voting started at 6 a.m. at a […]
  
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• AG’s office asks for hearing in Phil Griego case

  22-03-2016 22:50
  
  In a motion filed today, Attorney General Hector Balderas has requested a Santa Fe District Court judge hold an arraignment hearing for former state Sen. Phil Griego. Since the AG’s office first filed criminal charges against Griego on Feb. 29, four different judges in the First Judicial District have recused themselves from the high-profile case, […]
  
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• ABQ firm takes boot camp concept on the road

  22-03-2016 22:44
  
  Albuquerque-based Cultivating Coders is taking its new, intensive boot-camp training for aspiring web developers straight to the masses, beginning with Native American students in northwestern New Mexico. The company, which formed in late 2015, signed a deal this month with the Farmington-based Episcopal Church in Navajoland to train up to 45 tribal students in three […]
  
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• Library book overdue nearly 50 years returned to Ohio school

  22-03-2016 22:38
  
  DAYTON, Ohio — A library book overdue by nearly 50 years has been returned to a university library in southwest Ohio. The University of Dayton says a former student who borrowed the “History of the Crusades” in 1967 has sent it back with an apology for the late return. The university says James Phillips, of […]
  
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• Texas child fatally struck by car picking him up at day care

  22-03-2016 22:33
  
  HOUSTON — Officials say a 4-year-old boy has died after an 81-year-old woman picking him up from a Houston day care didn’t realize he wasn’t in her sport utility vehicle and he was struck. The Harris County sheriff’s office said the boy was struck Tuesday outside KD Learning Center, located in a shopping center. When […]
  
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• Colorado sheriffs handed another loss in gun lawsuit

  22-03-2016 22:32
  
  DENVER — A group of Colorado sheriffs has been handed another legal defeat in their challenge to gun restrictions enacted in response to 2012 mass shootings. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a lower federal court improperly heard the sheriffs’ challenge to 2013 laws limiting the size of ammunition magazines and expanding background checks […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Bomb squad checking packages at Denver airport

  22-03-2016 22:28
  
  DENVER — The Latest on the evacuation of Denver International Airport due to a possible security threat (all times local): 4:28 p.m. A police bomb squad is checking suspicious packages found in the main terminal of Denver’s airport, part of which remains evacuated because of a possible security threat. Stacey Stegman, a spokeswoman for Denver […]
  
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• Latest: High court refuses to spare Texas man from execution

  22-03-2016 22:27
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a Texas man who killed a city code enforcement worker in 2005 (all times local): 4 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of a Texas man who killed a city code enforcement worker in 2005. Attorneys for 33-year-old Adam Ward […]
  
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• Updated: Report: 70 percent of NM incentives go to large companies

  22-03-2016 22:24
  
  About 70 percent of the state’s spending on economic development goes to large rather than small businesses, even though less than half of those employed in New Mexico work at large companies, according to a report released this month. New Mexico is one of three states profiled in the study by Good Jobs First , […]
  
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• Breaking: Bosque fire near Pojoaque causes evacuations

  22-03-2016 22:13
  
  A fire that broke out in a bosque area near Pojoaque has burned 12 acres, forced evacuations of the eight to 10 houses and put local schools on alert. Santa Fe County spokeswoman Kristine Mihelcic said the fire is burning near County Road 84 and Romeroville Road in the Jacona area. It was reported around […]
  
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• 80-year-old marijuana dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison

  22-03-2016 22:06
  
  BOSTON — An 80-year-old man who ran a sprawling marijuana-dealing operation has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Marshall Dion pleaded guilty last year to drug and money-laundering charges. Prosecutors say Dion ran a large marijuana enterprise for decades. When police in Junction City, Kansas, stopped him for speeding in 2013, they found about […]
  
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• The Latest: FBI official says ‘good shot’ at unlocking phone

  22-03-2016 22:05
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the FBI’s efforts to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, attackers (all times local): 1:40 p.m. The chief of the FBI’s Los Angeles office says it will take at least two weeks to know whether an alternate method will unlock an encrypted iPhone used […]
  
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• Lumber Liquidators pays $2.5M to settle California case

  22-03-2016 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  TOANO, Va. (AP) — Beleaguered flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators is paying $2.5 million to settle allegations that some of its products violated California’s air-safety standards.
  The penalty announced Tuesday was the latest that Lumber Liquidators has absorbed for formerly selling laminate flooring made in China.
  In this case, Lumber Liquidators faced allegations that the imported flooring contained high levels of the carcinogen formaldehyde that violated California’s air-qu
  
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• Longmire TV series returning to New Mexico for 5th season

  22-03-2016 19:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – The television series Longmire will return to northern New Mexico for a fifth season.
  The New Mexico Film Office announced Tuesday that the Netflix series’ production will begin at the end of March and run through the end of June.
  The office said filming locations will include Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Espanola, Glorieta and Pecos.
  Set in Wyoming, Longmire is a contemporary crime drama based on the “Walt Longmire” mystery novels authored by Craig Jo
  
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• Chris’ Tuesday Afternoon Forecast

  22-03-2016 19:25 via krqe.com
  
  High Wind and Fire Danger are ahead for all of New Mexico this afternoon.   Wind gusts will range from 50-65 mph all across the state today.   Due to the high wind, dry conditions and warmer than normal temperatures, the fire danger is extremely high.   Red Flag Warnings are up for the entire state.   That of course means that you cannot do any outdoor burning this afternoon.
  The wind and fire danger are all thanks to a storm system that is going to be tracking to the north t
  
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• UNM to vote on proposed tuition hike

  22-03-2016 19:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico could hike tuition to help deal with millions of dollars in budget cuts.
  University administrators are proposing a 3 percent tuition increase for 2017. Students could also pay more in online fees.
  The school is facing a nearly $8 million budget hole due to state cuts and declining enrollment.
  A final vote on the tuition hike is expected to take place on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Dylan Redwine’s mom speaks out, continues search for answers

  22-03-2016 19:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Dylan Redwine’s mom is going on national TV again to talk about the death of her son and the search for answers.
  The 13-year-old disappeared during a court ordered visit with his dad Mark in 2012. His remains were found seven months later in the nearby mountains.
  The Office of the Medical Investigator declared it a homicide and Mark has been named a person of interest. On Tuesday, Dylan’s mom is going on the Dr. Phil show in her continued search for answers
  
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• Health alert issued for City of Albuquerque due to blowing dust

  22-03-2016 19:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department’s Air Quality Program is issuing a health alert for those with respiratory conditions. High winds may cause elevated levels of particulate matter. This alert is in effect until Wednesday, March 23, 2016 9:00 AM.
  People who are sensitive to blowing dust, such as those with asthma, chronic bronchitis and other respiratory and heart diseases, are encouraged to limit outdoor activity. Blowing dust contributes to
  
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• Deputy remembered 10 years after deadly shooting

  22-03-2016 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  TIJERAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Ten years ago today Bernalillo County Deputy James McGrane Jr. was gunned down during a traffic stop in Tijeras.
  On March 22, 2006, Deputy James McGrane Jr. pulled over wanted felon Michael Astorga. Astorga shot McGrane as he approached the truck. Astorga is serving life in prison at the State Pen near Santa Fe.
  There will be a memorial for Deputy McGrane on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Tijeras right in front of the public safety complex now named in his honor.
  
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• New Mexico tax refunds will be delayed this year

  22-03-2016 18:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico will take longer to process tax refunds this year because the state is taking extra measures to protect against fraud.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the Taxation & Revenue Cabinet Secretary Demesia Padilla told lawmakers Monday that security concerns are forcing New Mexico to double-check refund claims.
  She says taxation and revenue information has not been compromised.
  The federal Internal revenue Service and private companies have reported computer
  
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• Experts see little chance of charges in Clinton email case

  22-03-2016 18:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Asked earlier this month whether she’d be indicted over her use of a private email server as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton responded: “It’s not going to happen.” Though Republicans characterized her response as hubris, several legal experts interviewed by the Associated Press agreed with the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. The […]
  
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• Texas man charged in death of infant son left in hot car

  22-03-2016 18:19
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A South Texas man has been charged in the death of his 4-month-old son whom he left in a hot car for at least 40 minutes last summer. Nueces (nyoo-AY’-sis) County jail records show 22-year-old Alex Rodriguez of Corpus Christi is being held Tuesday on charges of criminally negligent homicide and […]
  
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• Colorado Springs could extend medical marijuana business ban

  22-03-2016 18:19
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs officials have suggested extending the city’s ban on medical marijuana businesses for another year. The Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1SfD0aO ) that the City Council passed a six-month ban last November with the promise that it wouldn’t be extended. A task force that has studied the issue made some recommendations Monday […]
  
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• Colorado hunters could soon wear hot pink, not just orange

  22-03-2016 18:19
  
  DENVER — A bill to allow Colorado hunters to wear fluorescent pink, not just blaze orange, is on its way to the governor. Colorado would become the second state after Wisconsin to make the change. Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to sign the measure. Hunters now are required to wear blaze orange as a safety […]
  
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• Minnesota lawmakers look for answers to black wealth gap

  22-03-2016 18:18
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — When a young black man was killed in a confrontation with two police officers last November, Minneapolis became the latest city to endure weeks of street protests. But the unrest over 24-year-old Jamar Clark’s death evolved beyond his case to include demands that city and state leaders do more about the […]
  
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• In Cuba, Obama calls for burying ‘last remnant’ of Cold War

  22-03-2016 18:18
  
  HAVANA — President Barack Obama urged Cubans on Tuesday to look toward a hopeful future with the United States, casting his historic visit to the communist nation as a moment to “bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” In a speech peppered with Spanish at the Grand Theater of Havana, Obama […]
  
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• Checkpoints outside of airport checkpoints necessary, security experts say

  22-03-2016 17:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Terrorists directed by ISIS detonated bombs in Brussels that killed dozens of victims in an airport and metro system, prompting security experts to predict increased security checkpoints at American airports even before fliers go through TSA screenings.
  Earlier checkpoints are “absolutely” in the offing, says former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell.
  Morell told CBS This Morning’s Anthony Mason that terrorists are now “adjusting to our
  
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• Local startup company’s CEO steps down

  22-03-2016 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The CEO of local startup Lavu Inc. has resigned.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, Andy Lim helped launch the company in 2010.
  Lavu is known for their point of sale software systems used in restaurants around the world. Lim says the company needs someone experienced in a rapidly growing technology business to take Lavu to the next level, and has appointed Marc Chesley to do the job.
  Lim will remain on the Lavu board of operations.
  
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• Albuquerque Police investigate stabbing incident near Central

  22-03-2016 17:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police are investigating a stabbing that left a man hospitalized.
  It happened Monday night near San Mateo and Central. Police say the man was stabbed multiple times.
  Two people have been taken in for questioning.
  There is no word yet on the condition of the victim or a possible motive.
  
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• Woman accused of covering up 6-year-old’s rape faces judge

  22-03-2016 17:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A woman accused of trying to cover up the rape of a 6-year-old girl living in her home faced a judge Tuesday.
  Bernalillo County deputies say the little girl told school officials her 15-year-old cousin raped her twice. The girl said Nicole Mitchell told her she’d be kicked out of the house if she told anyone.
  Mitchell is charged with child abuse, conspiracy and witness intimidation.
  Mitchell’s boyfriend who lives with her told the Sheriff’s Office he
  
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• Judge lowers bond of man accused in deadly drunk driving crash

  22-03-2016 17:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A judge has lowered the bond for a suspected drunk driver accused of killing three people.
  Police say Jacob Jaramillo was driving drunk when he hit a car stopped at a red light on a frontage road at the Big-I in November.
  The crash killed brothers Roberto Mendez and Sergio Mendez-Aguirre, along with passenger Grace Sinfield.
  A toxicology report lowered Jaramillo’s bond from $150,000 cash only to $50,000 cash only.
  
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• Terror in Brussels: Timeline

  22-03-2016 17:08 via krqe.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP/MEDIA GENERAL) — Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens. Events unfolded quickly and were shared worldwide almost in real-time. Here’s what we’ve learned so far about what happened when for the people of Brussels.
  The times below are in Brussels local time.
  8:30 a.m.: Airport explosions
  In this photo, two women wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, after e
  
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• Employers fight rule that could broaden transgender rights

  22-03-2016 16:56
  
  WASHINGTON — Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services under the nondiscrimination mandate of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Civil rights advocates representing transgender people say the regulation, now being finalized by the Health and Human Services Department, […]
  
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• High court’s tie vote upholds loan bias ruling

  22-03-2016 16:54
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued its first tie vote since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, leaving in place a lower court ruling that barred two Missouri women from suing a bank for loan discrimination. The justices divided 4-4 in a case that considered whether the women could bring claims under the […]
  
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• Updated: Video game review: ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ is a superlative shooter for the age of social media

  22-03-2016 16:47
  
  In 2014, Bungie introduced the genre-changing game “Destiny” — which combined role-playing with a first-person shooter and packaged the result in a universe as sophisticated as that of “World of Warcraft.” As a result, Bungie succeeded in popularizing the FPS with console players while reinventing this style of play for the age of social media. […]
  
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• Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies after fighting cancer

  22-03-2016 16:42 via krqe.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Rob Ford the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family said. He was 46.
  Ford rode into office on a backlash against urban elites. He cast an image sharply at odds with Canada’s reputation for sedate, unpretentious politics. His tenure as mayor of the country’s largest city was marred by revelations about his drinking problems and illegal drug use
  
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• Attack in Brussels weighs on airlines, travel sites, hotels

  22-03-2016 16:31
  
  NEW YORK — The travel and lodging industry took a hit Tuesday following deadly attacks in Belgium that killed dozens of people at the Brussels airport, which closed. American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines all said that their flights to and from Brussels were either cancelled or diverted. Security was tightened across Europe, just four […]
  
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• Compassus exec to help lead hospice association panel

  22-03-2016 16:29
  
  Elizabeth Ross, RN, executive director of  Compassus hospice programs serving Albuquerque and Santa Fe, has been appointed co-chair of the New Mexico Association for Home & Hospice Care hospice committee. The association represents 150 home care and hospice agency members who provide care in New Mexico. Ross will lead the group’s committee with co-chair David […]
  
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• Radiation hazards topic at NM hearing today

  22-03-2016 16:09
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Independent regulators are visiting New Mexico to discuss the hazards of storing radioactive waste as Los Alamos National Laboratory while the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste dump remains closed. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board also plans to address safety problems at the lab during a public hearing Tuesday evening […]
  
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• Moderate drought returns to western New Mexico

  22-03-2016 16:08
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — National Weather Service forecasters say moderate drought conditions have returned to western New Mexico while abnormal dryness is expanding in other parts of the state. State and federal water and land managers are meeting Tuesday to discuss the latest outlook. They say statewide precipitation for February was well below normal, with New […]
  
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• Cannon military looking off-base for homes

  22-03-2016 16:07
  
  The privatized housing project at Cannon Air Force base is well under way, but trends in the local Clovis/Portales real estate market show military members have been more likely to look off-base for homes. Privatization at Cannon consists of Balfour Beatty Communities owning, operating and managing the five neighborhoods of family housing units on government […]
  
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• Teen targeted on video chat site

  22-03-2016 16:06
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating after a 13-year-old girl was targeted on the popular video chat website "Omegle," which allows users to talk with "strangers" online.
  
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• Service Tuesday in Texas for pianist’s 2 slain daughters

  22-03-2016 16:06
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A memorial service will be held in Texas for the two slain daughters of a renowned concert pianist as their mother faces charges of killing the girls. A public service was scheduled Tuesday night at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church in Fort Worth to remember the children of Vadym Kholodenko (vuh-DEEM’ […]
  
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• Cruces jail director case heads to grand jury March 31

  22-03-2016 16:05
  
  LAS CRUCES – A Magistrate Court judge granted a motion Monday to extend the amount of time prosecutors have to present their case against Christopher Barela, the Doña Ana County jail director who is facing criminal charges, to a District Court grand jury. The case is now likely to go before a grand jury on […]
  
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