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• Updated: APD: SWAT team searching for suspected bank robber in North Valley

  30-03-2016 23:57
  
  The SWAT team, along with the FBI, is searching the neighborhood around 14th and Griegos NW for a bank robbery suspect, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. “We believe he has committed numerous bank robberies,” said officer Tanner Tixier. “Our special investigation detectives were conducting surveillance on him earlier today and…at some […]
  
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• Updated: APD: SWAT team arrests suspected bank robber in North Valley

  30-03-2016 23:57
  
  The SWAT team arrested a suspect in multiple bank robberies after negotiating with him in a North Valley neighborhood for a couple of hours Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department.
  
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• Police arrest 5 immigrant rights activists at AZ Capitol

  30-03-2016 23:51
  
  PHOENIX — Police have arrested five immigrant rights activists for locking themselves to the front entrance of the executive tower at the Capitol to demand Arizona gov. Doug Ducey veto what protesters call anti-immigrant legislation. Four demonstrators chained themselves to doors blocking the front entrance Tuesday morning. Others carried signs saying “veto hate” and calling […]
  
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• Mayo Clinic to manage care for NM dealership

  30-03-2016 23:41
  
  The health plan arm of the U.S.-based Mayo Clinic will manage the care of employees of Don Chalmers Ford, a new business collaboration that an Albuquerque insurance broker said brings a new layer of competition to the state’s health insurance marketplace. In an alignment with Lovelace Health System, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health Solutions will […]
  
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• Crews begin to control Brown Fire near Socorro

  30-03-2016 23:36 via krqe.com
  
  SOCORRO, N.M. (KRQE) – Barring any windy conditions or flare-ups, crews seem to have control of a fire in the Bosque near Socorro.
  The so-called “Brown Fire” started Tuesday evening on private land on both sides of the Rio Grande.
  No structures were threatened and a cause is still unknown.
  A crew is still out there watching over the burn area and some smoldering spots just so it doesn’t start back up again.
  
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• Detroit schools to get stopgap aid, more corruption alleged

  30-03-2016 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law $48.7 million in emergency funding to keep the Detroit Public Schools open through the end of the school year on Tuesday, the same day that more than a dozen current and former district officials were charged with crimes stemming from a federal corruption investigation.
  The state’s largest school district was in danger of starting to run out of money in April. The stopgap spending legislation shows the district’s challenges &ldquo
  
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• Updated: Family of missing US speed flyer hopes he’s still alive

  30-03-2016 23:13
  
  BERLIN — The family of an American extreme sports enthusiast who went missing in the Swiss Alps over the weekend said Wednesday they’re holding out hope that he’s still alive. Harrison Fast of Boulder, Colorado, was speed flying on the Jungfrau mountain in central Switzerland when the group he was with lost sight of him […]
  
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• California man dies saving daughter from electrified pool

  30-03-2016 23:12 via krqe.com
  
  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday that a father died in Southern California after trying to save his 9-year-old daughter from electrocution in a swimming pool accident on Easter Sunday.
  The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the girl and five others were injured in the incident in Palm Springs.
  The girl was in critical condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center Wednesday. A 10-year-old girl is in stable condition at the same facility. Everyone else was treated
  
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• Judge: Sanctioned slaughter of fish-eating birds broke law

  30-03-2016 23:07
  
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted improperly when it allowed tens of thousands of migratory aquatic birds to be shot each year to protect farmed and sport fish populations, a federal judge has ruled. The agency said it lacked resources for a “hard look” at either the long-range environmental effects of or possible alternatives […]
  
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• Cruz declares ‘celebration of women’ at Wisconsin forum

  30-03-2016 23:07
  
  MADISON, Wis. — Ted Cruz surrounded himself with women — including his mother and wife — at a campaign stop in Wisconsin Wednesday, where he tried to show a softer side to further contrast himself with his brash Republican rival Donald Trump. Cruz’s wife, mother and former rival Carly Fiorina joined him for what Cruz […]
  
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• 5 inmates intend to sue over February fire

  30-03-2016 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – Five female inmates intend to sue over injuries they say they sustained in a February fire at the Curry County Adult Detention Center.
  The Clovis News Journal reports Portales attorney Eric D. Dixon filed the tort claim against the county Tuesday. The filing says the fire was started by another inmate who had been given a lighter by a jailer.
  Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said an investigation is planned.
  Pyle declined to comment further on “threatened litigatio
  
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• FBI: Hospice nurses told to overdose patients to speed death

  30-03-2016 22:48
  
  DALLAS — The owner of a Dallas-area hospice ordered nurses to increase drug dosages for patients to speed their deaths and maximize profits, according to an FBI affidavit. A copy of the affidavit for a search warrant obtained by KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth (http://bit.ly/1VTzfeh ) alleges Brad Harris ordered higher dosages for at least four […]
  
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• Microsoft pitches ‘intelligent’ conversations with computers

  30-03-2016 22:44
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft wants people to have more intelligent conversations with their computers. The giant software company is promoting new tools for software developers to build intelligent “bots” or commercial programs that will work with Cortana, its voice-activated digital assistant, to perform tasks like booking a hotel room, ordering a meal or arranging a […]
  
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• Updated: Five NM inmates intend to sue over February fire

  30-03-2016 22:20
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. — Five female inmates intend to sue over injuries they say they sustained in a February fire at the Curry County Adult Detention Center. The Clovis News Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1Snq1Bp) Portales attorney Eric D. Dixon filed the tort claim against the county Tuesday. The filing says the fire was started by another inmate […]
  
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• Updated: After Brussels, leaders tackling threat of nuclear terrorism

  30-03-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON — Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the chilling prospect of the Islamic State group or other extremists unleashing a nuclear attack on a major Western city. Preventing terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials is the central focus as President Barack Obama hosts leaders from roughly […]
  
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• Updated: Who knew? ‘The Walking Dead’ is helping families connect

  30-03-2016 22:19
  
  NEW YORK — Michelle Fiala says her 14-year-old daughter, Laura, is fine watching humans run for their lives from snarling, flesh-eating zombies on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” but if one of the characters vomits, the teen has to look away. “My youngest has a real thing about seeing people vomit,” the St. Louis mom said […]
  
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• BernCo water restrictions begin Friday

  30-03-2016 21:58
  
  Seasonal water restrictions outlined in Bernalillot County's Water Conservation Ordinance take ...
  
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• NM pot producer teams with Israeli firm on smokeless options

  30-03-2016 21:54
  
  A New Mexico medical marijuana producer announced a joint venture with an Israeli pharmaceutical firm to manufacture a line of smokeless cannabis products with measured dosages at a planned $1 million facility in Bernalillo. Ultra Health LLC will manufacture what it calls pharmaceutical-grade cannabis products including tablets, rectal and vaginal suppositories, and oral spray inhalers […]
  
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• UNM hires new women’s basketball coach

  30-03-2016 21:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico Lobo Women’s Basketball team has a new head coach.
  Mike Bradbury of Wright State is the new UNM women’s basketball coach. UNM Athletic Director confirmed the hire on Wednesday afternoon.
  This comes after former women’s basketball coach, Yvonne Sanchez, was fired earlier this month amid some controversy.
  KRQE News 13 will update this story as more information becomes available.
  Welcome Coach Mike Bradbury!!!
  — Paul Kr
  
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• Bradbury named UNM women basketball head coach

  30-03-2016 21:52
  
  The University of New Mexico on Thursday will name Mike Bradbury, previously of Wright State University, as the sixth head women’s basketball coach in school history. UNM has scheduled a 1:30 p.m. press conference at the Pit to introduce the coach. Check back here later and in Thursday’s Journal for more information.    
  
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• FDA grants use of experimental blood test for Zika screening

  30-03-2016 21:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are granting use of an experimental test to screen blood donations for Zika virus, an emergency step designed to protect local blood supplies from the mosquito-borne virus.
  The action means U.S. territories with active Zika infections, primarily Puerto Rico, will be able to resume collecting and screening their own blood. Earlier this month, the island of 3.5 million barred local donations and began importing blood from the U.S., following recomme
  
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• Texas native among those dead in Brussels attacks

  30-03-2016 21:34
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Southeast Texas native and wife of an Air Force lieutenant colonel was one of the people killed in the Brussels attacks, a U.S. congressman said Wednesday. Gail Minglana Martinez was identified as a victim by the office of U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, who said in a statement that he had […]
  
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• Candidates raffle guns to make a point, get attention

  30-03-2016 21:34
  
  DENVER — DENVER — It’s campaign season. So it must be time for the candidate gun raffles. Colorado state senator and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Neville has already given away a semi-automatic rifle in what his campaign manager Joe Neville called a bid to get voters’ attention and underline his father’s support for gun rights. […]
  
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• Complaint: Court sentences Latinos to costly English classes

  30-03-2016 21:33
  
  NEW ORLEANS — A suburban New Orleans court discriminates against Latinos by charging them for inadequate English interpreters and making them attend overpriced, ineffective English classes as a condition of probation, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday in a letter to the U.S. Justice Department. The SPLC complaint centers on practices in 1st Parish […]
  
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• Clinton faces April tests in Wisconsin, New York

  30-03-2016 21:33
  
  MILWAUKEE — Hillary Clinton’s campaign aims to effectively end the Democratic primaries against Bernie Sanders by early May. But first she needs to navigate tricky contests in Wisconsin and her home state of New York. Clinton enters April with a big delegate lead and insider support among Democrats crucial to the nomination. But Sanders is […]
  
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• The Latest: Earnest: Trump campaign conduct ‘unacceptable’

  30-03-2016 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on campaign 2016 as candidates vie for votes in states with upcoming primaries, including Wisconsin and New York (all times Eastern Daylight Time): 3:12 p.m. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says neither President Barack Obama, nor his predecessor, would have put up with the behavior that led to a battery charge […]
  
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• Breaking: NM Environment Dept. rolls out new plan to require cleanup at Los Alamos

  30-03-2016 21:30
  
    SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department has developed a draft version of a new legal agreement with the federal Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory over how to clean up decades of hazardous waste at the lab, replacing a previous, decade-old “consent order” whose missed deadlines for waste removal ran […]
  
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• Attorney: City settles with UNM student kneed in groin

  30-03-2016 20:57
  
  The city of Albuquerque has settled a lawsuit filed by a University of New Mexico law student who had a testicle surgically removed after being kneed in the groin by a police officer. The city will pay $245,000 to end the lawsuit brought by Jeremy Martin, the law student, in connection to a April 2014 […]
  
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• City settles $6.5M lawsuit filed by officer shot during undercover sting

  30-03-2016 20:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Court records now show that the City of Albuquerque has settled a lawsuit filed by Albuquerque Police Officer Jacob Grant.
  Lieutenant Greg Brachle shot Detective Jacob Grant nine times during an undercover drug bust in January 2015.
  In response, Grant sued the city and Brachle, claiming the lieutenant didn’t follow protocol.
  According to the city, the settlement amount is $6.5 million and the city will cover Grant’s medical expenses.
  The city issued th
  
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• ACLU files suit against PED over ‘gag rule’

  30-03-2016 20:51
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is accusing the Public Education Department of violating constitutional free speech rights by prohibiting teachers from “disparaging” standardized tests. The ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of five educators and a parent, arguing that PED essentially has imposed a gag order that prevents open discussion of […]
  
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• Updated: City settles lawsuit filed by APD officer shot by his own lieutenant

  30-03-2016 20:24
  
  The city of Albuquerque and Jacob Grant have settled a lawsuit that Grant brought after being shot in the line of duty by his own lieutenant. U.S. District Judge Karen B. Molzen filed an order in court that said she was aware the case had settled. She asked the parties to file closing documents within […]
  
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• UFC fighter Jon ‘Bones’ Jones to appear in court, again

  30-03-2016 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – After another run-in with police, Jon “Bones” Jones is now behind bars. And on Thursday, the UFC star is expected to appear in court.
  Jones turned himself in to authorities Tuesday morning. He was then booked into MDC and charged with violating his probation. Jones was pulled over just last week, the day after a judge told him to stay out of trouble for 90 days.
  An Albuquerque Police officer pulled over Jones, saying he was drag racing. Jones denied breakin
  
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• UFC fighter Jon ‘Bones’ Jones appears in court, again

  30-03-2016 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – After another run-in with police, Jon “Bones” Jones was booked into jail and appeared in court on Thursday.
  Jones was booked into jail on Tuesday, charged with violating his probation. 
  If the court finds that Jones did break the rules, his probation officer is recommending that Jones take a driver improvement course, have a curfew that would keep him home from 10 p.m.- 4 a.m. unless he has work commitments, and
  
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• Updated: ABQ woman stopped at border with coke load

  30-03-2016 20:03
  
  An Albuquerque woman was caught Tuesday allegedly trying to cross with more than 12 pounds of cocaine from Mexico through an El Paso, Texas, border crossing, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Border officers stopped 34-year-old Francis Jaramillo of Albuquerque around 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Zaragoza international bridge on the city’s east side. […]
  
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• Hopkins begins nation’s first HIV-positive organ transplants

  30-03-2016 19:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients. It’s a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing.
  Johns Hopkins University announced Wednesday that both recipients are recovering well after one received a kidney and the other a liver from a deceased donor — organs that ordinarily would have been thrown away because of the HIV inf
  
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• Report slams hirings by Indian agency director

  30-03-2016 19:34
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A new report from a federal watchdog says the director of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education violated hiring practices and gave inconsistent statements to investigators. The report by the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General found Charles “Monty” Roessel abused his position to hire a close relative and a woman with […]
  
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• Texas governor defends state police help in troubled Dallas

  30-03-2016 19:33
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is defending offering Dallas help from state police as the nation’s ninth-largest city grapples with a dramatic spike in violent crime. Abbott said Wednesday he wanted to provide “an intensified focus” of law enforcement after Dallas police this week reported a 75 percent jump in homicides over the […]
  
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• Crews continue mopping up 125-acre wildfire in Ruidoso

  30-03-2016 19:33
  
  RUIDOSO, N.M. — Firefighters in Ruidoso are mopping up a wildfire on the outskirts of the southern New Mexico mountain village. Village spokeswoman Kerry Gladden says firefighters kept the 125-acre fire within fire lines overnight and she says Wednesday is being devoted to extinguishing any remaining hotspots, particularly near Ruidoso High School. The high school […]
  
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• Updated: New abortion drug label could undo several state laws

  30-03-2016 19:27
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal agency approved a new label for a common abortion-inducing drug that will undermine restrictions on medication abortions passed by several states, allowing women to take the drug later in a pregnancy and with fewer required office visits. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified the manufacturer of the drug Mifeprex […]
  
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• Trader Joe’s settles cookie lawsuit with Pepperidge Farm

  30-03-2016 19:27
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — A clash over chocolate-filled cookies has culminated in Trader Joe’s settling a lawsuit filed by Pepperidge Farm. Norwalk, Connecticut-based Pepperidge Farm sued in federal court in Hartford in December, saying Trader Joe’s Crispy Cookies filled with Belgian chocolate too closely resembled Pepperidge Farm’s Milano brand. Ira Levy, a New York lawyer representing […]
  
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• Study: Indonesia ‘hobbit’ fossils older than first thought

  30-03-2016 19:27
  
  NEW YORK — It was a spectacular discovery: Fossil remains in an Indonesian cave revealed a recent relative of modern humans that stood about 3 feet tall. The creatures were quickly nicknamed “hobbits.” With evidence that they had survived to just 12,000 years ago, the hobbits appeared to have been the last of our companions […]
  
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• Balloon Museum hosts family-friendly, spring break event

  30-03-2016 18:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – For people looking for something fun to do for spring break, there’s still time to take part in “Family Day” at the International Balloon Museum.
  This year’s theme is “Celebrate the Sky.” Families are invited to celebrate with balloons, bubbles and kite flying. Kids can also get up close and personal with butterflies, as well as tackle the rock climbing wall.
  Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for kids 4 to 12-years-old.
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• New Mexico’s plan to use pesticide on fish makes some uneasy

  30-03-2016 17:50 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico officials plan to use a pesticide to help re-establish a native Gila trout population, but some scientists say the chemical could pose health risks for humans and other species.
  The New Mexican reports that the New Mexico Game and Fish Department says the pesticide, rotenone, has been safely used to kill invasive fish species for years. The department hopes to use rotenone to kill off remaining populations of rainbow and brown trout in parts of Whitewater Cr
  
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• Hospital cyberattack highlights health care vulnerabilities

  30-03-2016 17:39
  
  A cyberattack that paralyzed the hospital chain MedStar this week is serving as a fresh reminder of vulnerabilities that exist in systems that protect sensitive patient information. That attack came a month after a Los Angeles hospital paid hackers $17,000 to regain control of its computer system and more than a year after intruders broke […]
  
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• It’s tax time. Which software should you use? Our guide

  30-03-2016 17:30
  
  NEW YORK — As though paying taxes isn’t annoying enough, prices and plans for tax software keep changing. What was best for you last year isn’t necessarily so now. Software makers will try to hook you in with free options, then get you to upgrade along the way. Here are some tips for navigating tax […]
  
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• Caffeinated rewards: A look at rewards programs for coffee

  30-03-2016 17:21
  
  NEW YORK — Some Starbucks customers are vowing to take their money elsewhere after the company said it was overhauling its loyalty program, but finding an alternative may require a little homework. The changes announced by Starbucks last month essentially rewards bigger spenders, while those who stop in for a regular $2 drip coffee lose […]
  
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• EPA aims to cut methane leaks from natural gas companies

  30-03-2016 17:19
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a new partnership with 41 energy companies that have agreed to voluntarily reduce methane emissions from natural gas operations to help combat climate change. Among them are Xcel Energy, which serves southeastern New Mexico. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program at […]
  
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• Obama shortens prison sentences for 61 drug offenders

  30-03-2016 17:12
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system. All of the inmates are serving time for drug possession, intent to sell or related crimes. Most are […]
  
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• Activists to rally after decision in Clark case in Minneapolis

  30-03-2016 17:12
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest on an expected decision on whether charges will be filed in the death of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man who died after he was shot Nov. 15 by Minneapolis police (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Activists in Minneapolis are planning demonstrations to react to an anticipated decision on whether a […]
  
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• New hearing aid will help people not to miss a beat

  30-03-2016 17:10
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — After three years and millions of dollars, Starkey Hearing Technologies recently unveiled a next-generation hearing aid that promises to channel both realistic speech and authentic-sounding music to the hard of hearing. Officials of the Minneapolis-area manufacturer said their new Muse hearing aid uses separate “signal processors” for the first time. They are banking […]
  
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