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• Map: Proposed ART Route vs. Historical Sites

  13-04-2016 23:20 via krqe.com
  
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  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Albuquerque’s proposed Rapid Transit System will pass through several historic sites on its proposed route. The Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission will hear arguments about the project. The map below shows those sites.
  
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• CDC: No doubt now that Zika virus causes rare birth defects

  13-04-2016 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say there’s no longer any doubt that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects.
  Experts had been cautious about making a definitive link despite a surge of babies born with a rare birth defect in Brazil during a Zika outbreak. The virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes, and no mosquito-borne virus had ever been known to cause birth defects.
  But on Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there’s enough evidence now to d
  
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• New Mexico appointment times lag for Medicaid patients

  13-04-2016 22:58 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State government analysts say low-income Medicaid patients in New Mexico are waiting on average from three weeks to nearly two months to get an appointment with a doctor.
  The Legislative Finance Committee on Wednesday published a survey on appointments for new patients enrolled in Medicaid. It says the results and other studies raise concerns about barriers to health care access among the poor and disabled.
  Medicaid enrollment has grown by two-thirds in the state&rsqu
  
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• Home in NY, Trump aims for a rout but faces questions

  13-04-2016 22:33
  
  NEW YORK — After several difficult weeks that have called into question his front-runner standing, Donald Trump has arrived in friendlier territory: his home state of New York. Polls show Trump with a commanding lead in a state that is likely to play a major role in determining whether the billionaire businessman can clinch the […]
  
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• Coyote found shot in head, starving delivers healthy pups

  13-04-2016 22:23
  
  SOLVANG, Calif. — First, rescuers realized the emaciated coyote they pulled from the bottom of an empty reservoir had been shot between the eyes and blindly wandered a Southern California valley until it got trapped. Then, X-rays showed the near-death animal was pregnant. After a monthlong regimen of care, including intravenous fluids and vitamins, the […]
  
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• Painkiller critics take aim at hospital surveys, procedures

  13-04-2016 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Critics of how prescription painkillers are administered in the U.S. are calling on health officials to phase out hospital procedures and questionnaires used to manage pain. They say the current system inadvertently encourages the overprescribing of addictive drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin, fueling an epidemic of overdoses tied to the opioid medications. Deaths […]
  
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• House GOP tries to find consensus on help for Puerto Rico

  13-04-2016 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday struggled to rally support for a control board to help Puerto Rico deal with its $70 billion debt while steering clear of perceptions of colonialism. Obama administration officials warned at a hearing Wednesday that the island is facing total financial collapse if Congress doesn’t step in. Republicans agree on […]
  
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• Obama to visit CIA as US weighs next steps on Islamic State

  13-04-2016 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will pay a rare visit to CIA headquarters Wednesday as the United States weighs sending more forces to Iraq to fight the Islamic State group. In a meeting with top national security advisers, Obama planned to get an update on the U.S.-led campaign in Syria and Iraq as well as […]
  
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• 6-year-olds take pickup truck for a joyride in Kansas

  13-04-2016 21:13 via krqe.com
  
  NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — Police say two 6-year-old boys took a joyride in a pickup truck through a central Kansas town, damaging five other vehicles and two mailboxes along the way.
  Newton police Sgt. Josh Millspaugh says the boys’ three-block journey ended about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when they rammed another truck.
  One of the boys was taken to a Wichita hospital with minor lacerations. The other was released to a parent.
  Millspaugh said it was “surprising” to see such young occup
  
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• Peabody, largest US coal miner, seeks bankruptcy protection

  13-04-2016 21:11 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peabody Energy, the nation’s largest coal miner, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday as a crosscurrent of environmental, technological and economic changes wreak havoc across the industry.
  Mines and offices at Peabody, a company founded in 1833 by 24-year-old Francis S. Peabody, will continue to operate as it moves through the bankruptcy process. However, Peabody’s planned sale of its New Mexico and Colorado assets were terminated after the buyer was unab
  
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• Woman lost in forest for 9 days credits survival course

  13-04-2016 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman lost in the wilderness for nine days says she became desperate but stayed alive because of her survival skills.
  Ann Rodgers said Wednesday that she slept in her car the first night and wore several layers of clothing to keep warm. The 72-year-old hiked through the forest for days, leaving notes behind that would help rescuers eventually find her.
  She says she survived on plants, pond water and at one point, a turtle. Rodgers says she took a survival co
  
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• Company proposes nuclear waste storage in New Mexico

  13-04-2016 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – An energy equipment company has taken steps toward opening a long-term storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico.
  The News-Sun reports that Holtec International has submitted a letter of intent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission about its bid to open a $5 billion Consolidated Interim Storage Facility in Lea County.
  Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb says the formal notice to the NRC is the latest development in a years-long process.
  Holtec is proposing
  
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• Local non-profit gets help fighting child homelessness, hunger

  13-04-2016 20:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A local non-profit is getting some help from the community to end child homelessness and hunger.
  CLN Kids is a non-profit that’s been helping the homeless get back on their feed for nearly three decades. On Wednesday, Cricket Wireless brought two cars filled with food around 100 coats and other clothing items to hand out.
  “The majority of our team is from New Mexico, and so this is our community. And so not only is it our social responsibility, but it&rsquo
  
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• Local police oversight groups could see budget cuts

  13-04-2016 20:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Two police oversight groups could be seeing some cuts.
  The Civilian Police Oversight Agency and the Police Oversight Board are charged with making sure officers and the department is following the rules. Under the mayor’s proposed budget they would get less money this year.
  A mayor’s spokesperson says it’s still more than is required under city ordinance.
  The groups are expressing concerns they won’t have enough money to operate.
  
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• Ex-Senator clings to campaign funds amid scandal

  13-04-2016 20:41 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) — Former New Mexico Sen. Phil Griego is keeping a political campaign account open even as he fights criminal fraud and bribery allegations linked to his tenure as a lawmaker.
  Griego filed a campaign finance report this week with state election officials that shows no contributions or expenditures since six months ago, when his account had a $42,000 balance.
  New Mexico politicians can keep campaign accounts open for years on end without actually running for office as long
  
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• Man accused in massive crime spree rejects plea deals

  13-04-2016 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A man accused of a massive crime spree throughout the city last July has rejected two plea deals.
  Martin Duran put up quite the fight when he fled in a stolen vehicle last year, leading police officers on a chase. Then he holed up in a tire shop on Louisiana and Zuni. The incident shut down the neighborhood for most of the day until SWAT pulled him out using flash bangs.
  Wednesday in court, Duran turned down two different plea deals that would have capped his sentence
  
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• West Central business owners want Albuquerque Rapid Transit project stopped

  13-04-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Another shot has been fired in the battle over the mayor’s fancy new bus system for Central Avenue.
  This time, west Central business owners saying they want the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project stopped. It’s all part of the lawsuit filed last week against the city by business owners and residents along Central.
  On Wednesday, a group of business owners along west Central said the opponents living or working around east Downtown, UNM and Nob H
  
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• Cullen Neal to transfer to Ole Miss

  13-04-2016 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Cullen Neal has chosen to transfer to Ole Miss, the announcement comes after the soon to be University of New Mexico graduate decided to transfer.
  Neal told ESPN Wednesday, “They just made me feel like home,” Neal told ESPN. “I just felt like it was the right place for me — and I think they have a chance to be really good in the next few years.”
  Neal will have two years of eligibility at his new school, will be able to play
  
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• Cullen Neal to transfer from UNM to Ole Miss

  13-04-2016 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Cullen Neal has chosen to transfer to “Ole Miss” in Mississippi. The announcement comes after the soon to be University of New Mexico graduate decided to transfer.
  Neal told ESPN Wednesday, “They just made me feel like home,” Neal said. “I just felt like it was the right place for me — and I think they have a chance to be really good in the next few years.”
  Neal will have two years of eligibility at his new school and
  
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• Small plane makes emergency landing on I-40 near Tucumcari

  13-04-2016 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say a small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico.
  State Police say no one was injured during the incident late Wednesday morning near Tucumcari and no damage was reported.
  Circumstances of the emergency landing aren’t immediately known.
  The plane was moved into the highway’s median until it can be removed.
  
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• Report: Cullen Neal has chosen to transfer to Ole Miss

  13-04-2016 19:43
  
  Cullen Neal, the Eldorado High graduate and soon to be UNM graduate, told ESPN on Wednesday morning he has chosen to transfer to University of Mississippi. As a graduate transfer (the third-year UNM student expects to complete his coursework in June), Neal will be immediately eligible to play at Ole Miss this coming season and […]
  
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• Police: Suspect shot by Denver cop downtown wasn’t armed

  13-04-2016 19:43
  
  DENVER — Denver police say a bank robbery suspect fatally shot by an officer on a busy downtown street wasn’t armed. Major Crimes Cmdr. Ron Saunier (Sohn-yur) says the officer believed the man was armed and opened fire after the suspect made a “threatening-maneuver” as officers closed in to arrest him in a parked car. […]
  
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• 9th-grade girls hire stripper as a joke; school unamused

  13-04-2016 19:36
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines school district spokesman has confirmed that ninth-grade girls hired a male stripper to perform at their school’s synchronized swimming club’s annual banquet. District spokesman Phil Roeder (RAY’-dur) told The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/1qRu8Qd ) on Wednesday that the Roosevelt High School principal will decide whether the girls violated […]
  
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• Man gets 20 years, stole purse during Odessa church service

  13-04-2016 19:35
  
  ODESSA, Texas — A man convicted of stealing a purse from a West Texas church must serve 20 years in prison for the theft that prompted some worshippers to chase and catch him. Nicholas Kempf was convicted Tuesday of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors in Odessa say the purse was […]
  
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• Outside groups deal themselves in for GOP delegate game

  13-04-2016 19:32
  
  WASHINGTON — After burning through millions of dollars in a mostly failed attempt to sway Republican primary voters, big-money outside groups opposing Donald Trump have turned to a far smaller target audience: the delegates who will actually choose the presidential nominee. Our Principles, which is devoted to keeping Trump from winning, and super PACs backing […]
  
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• World Bank pledges $2.5 billion for teenage girls’ education

  13-04-2016 19:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank has pledged $2.5 billion to educate and empower adolescent girls in low-income countries.
  World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said that “Unleashing the full economic potentials of half the population can drive the growth and prosperity of nations.” Kim spoke Wednesday at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. About 75 percent of funds will go to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
  U.S. first la
  
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• In the line of duty: Officer shooting deaths up 113%

  13-04-2016 19:10 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – Four officers have been shot, and killed in less than 30 days. Seventeen in all this year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) which tracks officer deaths. That’s a 113% increase in firearm-related deaths since this time last year.
  The men who died are veterans of the force. One had previously survived an injury in the line of duty. Another had a baby on the way. They all leave behind family, friends and colleagues struggli
  
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• No injuries reported after balloon crash at CNM

  13-04-2016 18:50
  
  A balloon crashed in a Central New Mexico Community College parking lot Wednesday morning.
  
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• Alleged Charleston church shooter trial delayed until 2017

  13-04-2016 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge on Wednesday delayed until next year the state death-penalty trial of Dylann Roof who is charged with killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston church in June of 2015.
  Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson granted a request by Roof’s defense lawyers who provided documents saying a doctor needed two to six more months to complete psychiatric testing of Roof. No other details were mentioned at the hearing and Nicholson sealed the release of a
  
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• Today in History: April 13

  13-04-2016 18:40 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Wednesday, April 13, the 104th day of 2016. There are 262 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)
  On this date:
  In 1613, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas converted to Christ
  
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• New Mexico seeks charter school standards

  13-04-2016 18:33 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico’s public education secretary is urging state lawmakers to establish standards for closing charter schools that do not measure up to academic standards and financial controls.
  Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera on Wednesday told members of the state Legislative Finance Committee it was important to hold charter schools accountable by developing new standards. She also says it’s important to acknowledge excellence in charter-school education and
  
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• Top Republicans: Zika funding on hold until September

  13-04-2016 17:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans say they are likely to grant a portion of President Barack Obama’s $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus but will probably wait until September to do so.
  Congressional Republicans have succeeded in forcing the administration to divert almost $600 million in unspent Ebola funds to fighting Zika. But the White House says that’s only a temporary solution and that more money will be needed before then.
  Top Republicans on the powerful
  
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• UNICEF: Child bombers used by Boko Haram increases 10-fold

  13-04-2016 17:35 via krqe.com
  
  KANO, Nigeria (AP) — The number of child bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased from four to 44 in a year with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats, UNICEF said Tuesday.
  Seventy-five percent of the children used are girls, a new report said, emphasizing that these children, many believed captives, are “victims, not perpetrators.”
  “As ‘suicide’ attacks involving children become commonplace, so
  
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• Regulators: 5 big banks get failing grades for crisis plans

  13-04-2016 16:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say five of the biggest banks in the U.S. failed to develop adequate plans for how they might reshape themselves in case of bankruptcy, which could leave them unable to survive without another taxpayer bailout.
  JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street Bank were cited Wednesday by the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for gaps in their bankruptcy plans known as “living wills”
  
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• Verizon workers go on strike amid contract dispute

  13-04-2016 16:10 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago.
  The workers, members of two unions — the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Mass
  
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• Governor wants to change, but not scrap, North Carolina law

  13-04-2016 15:56 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Saying he received lots of “feedback and suggestions and opinions” about a law he signed that limits LGBT protections, North Carolina’s governor has ordered anti-discrimination rules be expanded for state employees.
  Gov. Pat McCrory also wants lawmakers to soon restore the ability of all workers to sue over employment bias in state court, which was removed in the law.
  “This was my conclusion after hearing from many, many different sides of the i
  
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• Paul Ryan is not running for president — or passing a budget

  13-04-2016 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan’s national stature is such that he had to call a news conference to deny he wants to be president. Back on Capitol Hill, he’s about to blow through a statutory deadline to pass an annual budget, a major embarrassment for him and House Republicans.
  Under the government’s arcane budget law, the House is supposed to produce a budget by this Friday, April 15. But a tea party revolt over Ryan’s embrace of last year’s bipart
  
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• Video: 2 firebomb SUV belonging to Teresa Tapia

  13-04-2016 15:48
  
  Albuquerque police have security footage of two suspects firebombing an SUV that belongs to Johnny Tapia's widow.
  
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• Public wants Senate action on court, but interest is modest

  13-04-2016 15:41 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 2 in 3 Americans back Democrats’ demands that the Republican-run Senate hold hearings and a vote on President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court. But an Associated Press-GfK poll also suggests that GOP defiance against considering the nominee may not hurt the party much because, to many people, the election-year fight is simply not a big deal.
  Just 1 in 5 in the survey released Wednesday said they’ve been following the battle over Obama&rsq
  
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• Texas ‘affluenza’ teen to have first hearing in adult court

  13-04-2016 15:38 via krqe.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense following a deadly drunken-driving wreck will appear in adult court facing the prospect of more jail time.
  Ethan Couch is due Wednesday before a Fort Worth judge who could order more jail time as part of the conditions of his adult probation.
  Couch, who turned 19 on Monday, was given 10 years of probation for a June 2013 wreck that killed four people and left two severely injured. The sentence outraged vi
  
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• Judge orders Texas ‘affluenza’ teen to nearly 2 years’ jail

  13-04-2016 15:38 via krqe.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck must serve nearly two years in jail, a judge ordered Wednesday.
  Ethan Couch, who turned 19 Monday, was making his first appearance in adult court.
  Initially, state District Judge Wayne Salvant said he would not immediately rule on how much longer Couch would spend in Tarrant County jail. But he reconsidered his ruling after hearing an argument from prosecutors that Couch
  
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• ABQ 365 details early Spring events

  13-04-2016 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Whether you’re a visitor, lived here your entire life, or are somewhere in the middle, you are bound to be looking for something to do.
  With Albuquerque’s feel of a small town in a big city, repetitiveness seems to become the norm.
  So those who are looking to get out of the same-old, same-old, look to ABQ 365 to help you venture from your comfort zone.
  ABQ 365 is Albuquerque’s online source for community happenings, by the community.
  T
  
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• Santa Fe paramedic accused of stealing from dead patient

  13-04-2016 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – Santa Fe paramedic is facing serious charges and will not be heading out to rescue calls anytime soon after police say he charged more than $11,000 on a dead patient’s debit card.
  Police say 31-year-old Michael Harcharik stole the man’s card when he was dispatched to his home on March 25. They say he then used it at places like Walmart and Auto Zone, even buying himself a $1,600 riding lawnmower.
  Investigators say the dead man’s daughter went to close hi
  
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• Attorney General hopes to track methadone users

  13-04-2016 14:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – New Mexico’s attorney general is teaming up with attorneys general from 32 other states in hopes of tracking methadone users.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, current federal law does not require methadone programs to report patients to the state. Attorney General Hector Balderas and others are calling other federal government to change that.
  Balderas says it will help doctors know who’s on methadone and prevent addicts from being over medicated.
  
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• Historic preservation group to hear Albuquerque Rapid Transit project arguments

  13-04-2016 14:32 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A historic preservation group with the city is set to hear arguments over the Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project on Wednesday.
  It’s a regularly scheduled meeting of the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission, a group with their eye on the city’s rich history. On the agenda — an application to do roadwork on a legendary highway.
  Some worry this well-known highway will never be the same after a proposed public transit project is put into plac
  
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• Sen. Tom Udall to support free tax prep legislation

  13-04-2016 14:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – U.S. Senator Tom Udall is putting his support behind legislation for a free tax prep system through the IRS.
  Senator Elizabeth Warren is expected to file it Wednesday. The legislation would make it mandatory for the IRS to create a free online system, that way tax payers could file with the government directly.
  The bill would also ban the IRS from working with for profit tax prep companies.
  
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• Hand cleaning, safe injection procedures skipped one-third of the time

  13-04-2016 14:04 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A new study shows medical staff at local outpatient facilities are not washing their hands enough and are not following safe injection procedures.
  It’s a big concern given the headlines of infectious outbreaks in hospitals around the country.
  A study done by University of New Mexico medical students and the state health department looked at 15 outpatient facilities throughout the state.
  Medical students watched more than 160 shots given to patients over the course
  
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• New: One dead in motorcycle crash

  13-04-2016 13:54
  
  One person has died and another was critically injured when the motorcycle they were riding crashed early Wednesday morning. Officers responding to a call to the 1000 block of Vista Brande NW found a motorcycle crashed into a wall and its riders critically injured, according to Albuquerque Police Spokesman Fred Duran. The driver’s injuries were severe and […]
  
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• Police: 1 dead, another injured in Albuquerque motorcycle crash

  13-04-2016 13:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police responded to a crash early Wednesday morning involving a stolen motorcycle.
  Police say they were dispatched to the 1000 block of Vista Grande Drive NW around 3:00 a.m., where they found a motorcycle that had crashed into a wall.
  Two people were riding on the motorcycle and are both said to have sustained critical injuries.
  Police say the driver succumbed to his injuries and died at the scene. The other rider was transported to a local
  
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• New: One arrested following early morning SWAT situation

  13-04-2016 13:46
  
  A man was taken into custody early Wednesday morning after holding up in a motel room for several hours, according to Albuquerque Police Department Officer Fred Duran. Duran said that detectives were conducting routine patrols when they located a stolen vehicle in the area of the Motel 6 at 1701 University NE.  When detectives tried to talk […]
  
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