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• NB Eubank reopens at Lomas after fatal pedestrian crash

  01-04-2016 23:54
  
  Northbound Eubank was shut down at Lomas for hours Thursday night after a suspected pedestrian crash.
  
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• 2 dead, 1 wounded in NE Albuquerque restaurant shooting; shooter likely committed suicide

  01-04-2016 23:42
  
  Albuquerque police responded to a shooting at a business near the intersection of San Mateo and Montgomery NE around 1:45 p.m. Friday that KOB sources said claimed two lives and wounded another person.
  
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• Extended Interview: Albuquerque Police give updates on fatal restaurant shooting

  01-04-2016 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Officers say two people are dead after a restaurant shooting in northeast Albuquerque. One other person is believed to be injured, according to police.
  Police say there is ongoing police activity near San Mateo and Montgomery at The House of Pho, where the shooting took place.
  Officers also said they believe the offender has fatal self-inflicted gun shot wounds.
  Police said that the incident is a likely due to domestic violence and the shooting was not random
  
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• Police identify men killed in northeast Albuquerque restaurant shooting

  01-04-2016 21:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One victim is in the hospital and three others are dead, including the shooter, who police say took his own life after targeting people inside a busy restaurant Friday afternoon.
  Police just released the names of the victims.
  They say brothers Jerry and Anpha Nguyen died and their father Hung Nguyen was injured, all at the hands of an estranged family member.
  Business is often bustling here, but it is especially busy on a Friday at lunch time.
  Crystal Tenorio says she
  
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• Police identify gunman in Albuquerque restaurant shooting

  01-04-2016 21:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One victim is in the hospital and three others are dead, including the shooter, who police say took his own life after targeting people inside a busy restaurant Friday afternoon.
  Police just released the name of the shooter as 58-year-old Dung Nguyen.
  This comes after police released the names of the victims on Friday. They say brothers Jerry and Anpha Nguyen died and their father Hung Nguyen was injured, all at the hands of an estranged family member.
  Police
  
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• New Mexico officials, immigrants clash over tax returns

  01-04-2016 21:45
  
  Civil rights groups are seeking a court order to stop New Mexico taxation officials from withholding refunds of excess tax payments from immigrants who file under an alternative tax identification number provided by the federal government.
  
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• Woman accused of aiding escaped inmate released from jail

  01-04-2016 21:24
  
  The woman accused of letting New Mexico prison escapee Lionel Clah stay in her home for days before his capture was released from jail Friday as her cases await a grand jury indictment.
  
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• US rig count drops 14 this week to 450, another all-time low

  01-04-2016 20:50
  
  The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped 14 this week to 450, another all-time low amid continuing energy industry price woes.
  
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• Albuquerque zoo welcomes 2 new lions

  01-04-2016 19:47
  
  The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo welcomed two new members Friday: Ken and Dixie, two African lion siblings that come from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
  
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• ABQ expanding graffiti cleanup to 7 days a week

  01-04-2016 19:34
  
  It could be said that graffiti is as old as civilization itself. No village, town or metropolis is immune.
  
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• Man Pays It 4ward to 'Burrito Lady' who feeds ABQ homeless out of pocket

  01-04-2016 19:12
  
  How many words does it take to change a life? If you ask this week's Pay It 4ward recipient, it takes just one: love.
  
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• New Mexico seeks to fire 2 guards in prison escape

  01-04-2016 18:54
  
  A corrections union representative says the state of New Mexico plans to fire two guards who were in charge of a transport van when two violent felons escaped.
  
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• Albuquerque schools to check backgrounds of pre-1999 hires

  01-04-2016 17:47
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools is completing background checks on almost 2,000 employees hire before 1999.
  
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• Seeing slow progress, leaders face disparate nuclear threats

  01-04-2016 15:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of world leaders assembling Friday for a nuclear security summit will confront a disparate array of modern-day threats, ranging from government actors like North Korea to murkier groups like the Islamic State.
  Frustration over the slow pace of reducing nuclear stockpiles shadowed the final day of the summit, President Barack Obama’s last major push on denuclearization. Though Obama planned to tout the Iran nuclear deal as evidence of progress, the absence of
  
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• Companies reconsidering North Carolina over LGBT rights

  01-04-2016 15:38 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory met with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal the nation’s first state law limiting the bathroom options for transgender people.
  The law also excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections, and blocks municipalities from adopting their own anti-discrimination and living wage rules.
  The governor “appreciated the oppo
  
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• US gains 215,000 jobs in March, unemployment rises to 5 pct.

  01-04-2016 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers notched another solid month of hiring in March by adding 215,000 jobs, driven by large gains in the construction, retail and health care industries.
  Despite the jump, the Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate ticked up to 5 percent from 4.9 percent. But that increase includes some good news: more Americans came off the sidelines to look for work, though not all found jobs.
  That is the fifth time in the past six months that the proportion o
  
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• Affordable Model 3 is Tesla’s biggest test yet

  01-04-2016 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — It’s the car thousands of people were waiting for: Tesla Motors’ new, lower-priced Model 3 sedan.
  Tesla unveiled the Model 3 on Thursday night at its Los Angeles design studio. It doesn’t go on sale until late 2017, but in the first 24 hours that order banks were open, Tesla said it had more than 115,000 reservations. Long lines at Tesla stores, reminiscent of the crowds at Apple stores for early models of the iPhone, were reported from Hong Kong
  
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• Officials elevate fire danger rating on Lincoln Forest

  01-04-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) – Officials on the Lincoln National Forest have elevated the fire danger rating to high due to a combination of windy, warm weather and persistent drought.
  The new rating will be reflected on signs across the southern New Mexico forest starting Friday.
  Officials say the rating indicates that grass and other fine fuels can ignite easily and fires can start quickly from most causes. Unattended campfires also are more likely to escape.
  Under the current conditions, spark
  
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• New communication system installed at nuclear waste dump

  01-04-2016 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Workers at the federal government’s underground nuclear waste dump in southern New Mexico will be able to signal officials aboveground in the event of an emergency thanks to a new wireless communication system.
  The U.S. Department of Energy and the repository’s manager announced the installation of the system Thursday. It includes audible and flashing alarms and allows for two-way voice and text communication.
  The system also provides for real-time trackin
  
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• New Mexico senator seeks opinion on student testing

  01-04-2016 15:18 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – A state senator from southwest New Mexico wants Attorney General Hector Balderas to weigh in on whether parents can legally opt out their children from taking an upcoming standardized test.
  Democrat Howie Morales of Silver City says parents have a fundamental right to direct the education of their children and that includes whether they take assessments developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC.
  Morales sent a letter to Balde
  
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• New Mexico man caught in Texas gets 25 years for crime spree

  01-04-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  PECOS, Texas (AP) – A New Mexico man must serve 25 years in federal prison over a crime spree and gunbattle with law officers in Texas that left him wounded.
  Enrique Sanchez Quiroga of Lovington, New Mexico, was sentenced Thursday in Pecos. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede or injure officers, plus several firearms and assault-related charges.
  Officers in 2014 tried to stop a stolen vehicle near Sierra Blanca. Sanchez Quiroga and two other people were inside.
  Authorities say the tr
  
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• Bob Davie doesn’t want his team to be in a comfort zone this spring

  01-04-2016 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – UNM football is in the heart of their spring season. The team is taking advantage of this time to learn their even more spread out offense from last year. Meanwhile, they are also down some key players from last year.
  The Lobos as of now are down three starting offensive lineman, two tight ends, two wide receivers, and last year’s leading rusher Jhurell Pressley. This is a part of the college game though, players come in and players go. Coach Davie says it&r
  
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• Firefighters work to fully contain Moon Mountain Fire

  01-04-2016 14:50 via krqe.com
  
  RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – Cooler temperatures Friday will likely help firefighters continue their work to fully contain the Moon Mountain Fire burning in Ruidoso.
  According to Ruidoso spokesperson Kerry Gladden, crews were happy to see snow on Friday morning.
  Dozens of the 200 firefighters headed home Thursday. There are currently about 65 people still mopping up.
  The 125 acre fire is now 70 percent contained. Cooler weather and lower winds Wednesday night and Thursday morning helped crews ho
  
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• Albuquerque Public Schools to conduct new background checks

  01-04-2016 14:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools is expected to begin conducting background checks for nearly 2,000 employees hired before 1999.
  APS will ask for the first 300 people to come in to be fingerprinted and to discuss an prior convictions.
  In March, the APS board approved two new policy changes when it comes to background checks, one of which will require school employees to tell their supervisor of any prior criminal convictions. The other requires employees to get backgrou
  
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• Police investigating deadly pedestrian crash

  01-04-2016 13:59
  
  Eubank Boulevard near Lomas was closed for several hours Thursday night following the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle in Albuquerque.
  
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• Event and film screening spotlight black women in medicine

  01-04-2016 13:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – As part of their commitment to diversity, University of New Mexico will host the country’s first black surgeon general of the United States.
  It’s all part of a campus screening of a new documentary spotlighting black women in medicine.
  While the documentary “Black Women in Medicine” shows women already working as doctors, former United States Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, says the reason there aren’t more is the lack of female represent
  
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• Fundraiser to benefit local flute maker who lost fingers

  01-04-2016 13:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- An outpouring of support for a man they say does so much. Artists from across the region, even the country, are giving back to one of their own after a life-altering accident.
  “Letting us experience healing through practicing with his music is just a huge gift,” said Madrid yoga instructor, Rachel Fredell.
  His name is Dan Hooke.
  “A big reason why people love me is because of my art,” said Dan.
  Several of his pieces are on display at Moonbow Herbs and G
  
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• Taryn Miller, aka Your Friend, shows some ‘gumption’

  01-04-2016 08:22
  
  Since the release of her debut self-recorded EP, "Jekyll/Hyde," in early 2014, Taryn Miller has experienced many firsts as an artist
  
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• U.S. may ease ban on dollars to help Iran

  01-04-2016 08:05
  
  WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering easing restrictions that prohibit U.S. dollars from being used in transactions with Iran, U.S. officials said.
  
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• Obama, Chinese leader vow to work closely on North Korea

  01-04-2016 08:05
  
  U.S. urges China to implement sanctions
  
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• Jemez Pueblo man gets life for killing woman

  01-04-2016 08:05
  
  Gavin Yepa had been found guilty of murder in sexual assault
  
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• DOE wants to send surplus plutonium to WIPP

  01-04-2016 08:05
  
  Diluted weapons-grade material would come from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina
  
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• Vote forecasts not what they used to be

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Changes in society make it harder for pollsters to get accurate information about who we will vote for
  
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• Updated: Would-be bank robbers’ plans foiled by police

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  A group of suspected bank robbers spent days planning their heist.The men donned disgu ...
  
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• Updated: New women’s hoops coach Bradbury relishes challenge UNM offers

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Mike Bradbury knows precious little about the state of New Mexico.The University of Ne ...
  
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• Sanders’ agenda can bring real change

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  The United States is at a pivotal time in its history.
  
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• Prison van officers to be fired

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Union vows to fight; long hours, lack of chase vehicle may be factors
  
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• Mother of woman shot by police: ‘There was no compassion whatsoever’

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  DA Angela ‘Spence’ Pacheco admits prosecution of police shootings is ‘not a perfect process’
  
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• Medicare to make new knees, hips better and cheaper

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Some 400,000 such surgeries cost taxpayers $7 billion in 2014
  
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• Hispanics who support Trump have their reasons

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  SAN DIEGO – For Latino conservatives, Donald Trump is the Republican of last resort.
  
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• Editorial: Why finance non-elections?

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Fortunately, the state Board of Finance was able to scrape up $314,739 to fill in a shortage of cash that is made available to candidates who agree to use public financing to run for office.
  
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• Editorial: In these tales of the tapes, the cops look good

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Police officers find themselves under the microscope more and more in these days of increasingly commonplace video and audio recordings, from the cameras and recorders cops are required to have to omnipresent cellphone cameras wielded by the public.
  
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• Editorial: Going after scofflaws in Oil Patch a good move

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  All it takes are a few bad actors to ruin the show.
  
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• Court of Appeals marks 50 years of innovation

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Created as a relief valve for the Supreme Court, the panel is first stop for most appeals
  
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• Berry proposes $524M operating budget for 2017

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Mayor's proposal would spend $18M on new construction projects
  
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• Awareness can battle sexual assault

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  We must examine the ways such violence affects not just victims but communities
  
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• Action group urges City Council to put equity first

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  Chainbreaker Collective advocates for economic justice, environmental issues
  
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• A lose-lose situation for Clinton

  01-04-2016 08:02
  
  WASHINGTON – This may sound strange coming from someone who doesn't expect Hillary Clinton to be indicted and doesn't think she should be, but I've been worrying about what will happen if she isn't.
  
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• Parent fears school is ducking him on test opt-out

  01-04-2016 06:53
  
  Frustration is building for a Rio Rancho parent who believes his daughter's elementary school is stalling in an effort to keep her from opting out of the PARCC tests next week.
  
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• Cop who cited UFC's Jones slapped with lawsuit over DWI arrest of epileptic man

  01-04-2016 06:48
  
  The same Albuquerque Police Department officer who recently cited Jon “Bones” Jones for allegedly drag racing is now in hot water over a different traffic stop. This one happened last year and the man he arrested just slapped him with a lawsuit.
  
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