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• Driver of van in crash that injured 11 faces charges

  16-04-2016 23:52
  
  The driver of a van that rolled over and ejected several people on Isleta Boulevard Thursday afternoon in Albuquerque now faces charges of great bodily harm by motor vehicle and child abuse.
  
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• HTC’s new phone focuses on camera quality

  16-04-2016 23:22 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — HTC is promising a better camera — along with refinements in audio and design — as it unveils its latest flagship phone, the HTC 10.
  The camera has long a weak point in HTC devices. At first, HTC sacrificed image resolution and made the size of individual pixels larger to capture more light. But the resulting 4 megapixel images were often fuzzy, especially when cropped or enlarged. HTC went with smaller individual pixels in a 20-megapixel camera last year, but i
  
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• Restoration projects at Questa mine up for discussion

  16-04-2016 23:11
  
  QUESTA, N.M. — State and federal officials will be gathering in northern New Mexico later this month to begin discussions about restoration projects aimed at offsetting damage stemming from mining operations in Questa. The state, the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department will be seeking public comment during an April 27 meeting regarding projects that […]
  
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• 77-year-old man accused of robbing Alamogordo bank with gun

  16-04-2016 23:04
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Police say a 77-year-old man is accused of robbing an Alamogordo bank at gunpoint. Authorities say Anthony Ferdico has been booked on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a felon. The alleged robbery occurred Thursday around 12:30 p.m. at Security Finance. According to witnesses, Ferdico came into […]
  
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• Balloon Fiesta tickets now on sale, with price increase

  16-04-2016 22:57
  
  Tickets and parking passes are now on sale for the 2016 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, and there's a price increase for both.
  
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• ADHD link to menopause

  16-04-2016 22:55 via krqe.com
  
  WALLINGFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Sandra Centorino feels extremely anxious most days.
  “Maybe I’m overloading myself too much but I blame everything on menopause.”
  Keeping a list to stay focused and organized has done little to keep her on track.
  “I’ll check off like all the boxes. I’ll cross things out and I’ll be like whoo hooo like I almost want to do a chant because that was a good day. But most of the days I definitely feel like there is some kind of
  
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• Busy day in Albuquerque

  16-04-2016 22:46
  
  A number of events happening this weekend in Albuquerque. Here are a few of them. Just make sure to watch out for that road construction on I-40 at Carlisle.
  
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• How social networking is putting pressure on proms

  16-04-2016 22:27 via krqe.com
  
  MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Gianna Ortiz looked for the perfect prom dress with her family. She says prom is an exciting time but it comes with a lot of pressure. “I feel like it does make it difficult to be a teen because everything is constantly being posted,” she said.
  Gianna says when prom rolls so do the comments from cyber bullies. “They say mean things about like their bodies if they’re not like, perfect,” added Ortiz.
  Experts say social media and the inter
  
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• Expect major delays on I-40

  16-04-2016 21:50
  
  Bumper to bumper traffic caused a headache for drivers on I-40 the last few weekends and now the cones are back. There will be lane closures in both directions from the Big I  to Carlisle that will cause delays.
  
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• Menzies leaving NMSU for UNLV

  16-04-2016 21:44 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES (KRQE) – New Mexico State head basketball coach Marvin Menzies is headed to Vegas.
  Menzies has verbally agreed to become the next men’s basketball coach at UNLV. Menzies interviewed for the job last month before withdrawing his name from consideration. Chris Beard was named coach soon after. When Beard left for Texas Tech, less than a month into the job, Menzies was interviewed again by phone and offered the job.
  Menzies spent 9 seasons at New Mexico State. His teams won t
  
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• FedEx employee naps, is shipped with packages to Texas

  16-04-2016 21:44
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A FedEx Express hub worker fell asleep in the loading area of the plane and ended up on an early-morning flight to Texas. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/23FaLLl ) the employee, who wasn’t identified, reportedly woke up in mid-flight, knocked on the cabin door and communicated with pilots via telephone. The pilots […]
  
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• Breaking: UNLV announces it will hire NMSU basketball coach Marvin Menzies

  16-04-2016 21:31
  
  UNLV on Saturday announced it has chosen New Mexico State’s Marvin Menzies as the Runnin’ Rebels new basketball coach. The decision, after a tumultuous past few weeks that included UNLV choosing Chris Beard over Menzies in late March only to have Beard leave Friday to take the Texas Tech job, is still pending the approval […]
  
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• Millennial generation willing to sacrifice money for happiness

  16-04-2016 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The average person works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks out of the year.
  Taking home a hefty paycheck might make all of those hours feel worthwhile, but it could take more than that to satisfy the millennial generation.
  College Senior Caroline Gasparini will enter the workforce for the first time this summer. Like thousands of others in her generation, she’d sacrifice money for a better work environment. “I feel like I should be thinking
  
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• Two dead in multi-vehicle crash near Loving

  16-04-2016 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  LOVING, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police released details Saturday about a multi-vehicle crash that killed two men.
  Police said that they responded to a crash just after 5:00 a.m. on Friday morning near mile marker 5 on State Road 128, northeast of Loving.
  According to police, their initial investigation shows that a westbound vehicle driven by Tyvorrance Sullivan (26) of Odessa, Texas crossed the center line and collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle driven by Jonathan Doud (40)
  
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• Food truck for Fido: New Seattle business caters to canines

  16-04-2016 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Stand on any block around lunchtime near Amazon.com’s downtown Seattle headquarters and there are two common sights: people walking their dogs and people buying lunch at food trucks.
  The scene offers a window into Seattle’s infatuations with dogs (and cats), which outnumber children here, and the maturing roaming food truck market.
  Now, one truck is combining both by catering to humankind’s best friend.
  “It kind of seems natural that now that we&rsquo
  
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• 2 drivers killed in head-on collision in southern New Mexico

  16-04-2016 20:21
  
  LOVING, N.M. — Two men, including one from Texas, are dead after their vehicles collided in southern New Mexico. New Mexico State Police say 26-year-old Tyvorrance Sullivan and 40-year-old Jonathon Doud were both driving on State Road 128 northeast of Loving when the crashed head-on Friday morning. A third vehicle driven by 31-year-old Dwayne Arredondo […]
  
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• Mom crafts book out of texty pearls of wisdom for new grads

  16-04-2016 20:15 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Becky Blades wrote her oldest daughter a letter after she left home for college offering all the advice and words of wisdom she wished she had dispensed beforehand.
  Her daughter had some advice of her own: Turn the letter into a book. Blades, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri, did just that and the result is a nifty, gifty little book titled, “Do Your Laundry or You’ll Die Alone,” out in April from Sourcebooks.
  Blades knows her audience, keeping her pearl
  
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• Old Flagstaff jail may become new municipal courthouse

  16-04-2016 19:44
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An old county jail in Flagstaff may be the site of a new municipal courthouse. The Flagstaff City Council is moving forward with a proposal to remove the jail downtown to make room for the courthouse. The Arizona Daily Sun reports (http://bit.ly/25ZS9Ev) that the city and Coconino County will share the $40 […]
  
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• State Police investigating fatal crash near Roswell

  16-04-2016 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal single vehicle car crash that happened shortly after 1:00 p.m. Friday.
  The crash happened near mile marker 89 on US 285 south of Roswell.
  State police say the initial investigation shows the vehicle driven by Bobby Madron (73) of Artesia, N.M. was southbound when it exited the road and overturned several times on the southbound shoulder.
  Madron was pronounced deceased on scene.
  Passenger Joyce Dehnen (72) also of Arte
  
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• Medicare plan on payment for cancer drugs stirs battle

  16-04-2016 19:22 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Medicare proposal to test new ways of paying for chemotherapy and other drugs given in a doctor’s office has sparked a furious battle, and cancer doctors are demanding that the Obama administration scrap the experiment.
  The vehement reaction is raising questions about the government’s ability to tackle high drug costs, the top health care concern for the public.
  At issue are some of the most expensive drugs for treating life-changing diseases. The question i
  
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• Air Force airman from Maryland dies in Southwest Asia

  16-04-2016 18:32
  
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. — Authorities say an Air Force airman from Maryland has died after extreme winds caused structural damage to the building in which he was working in Asia. The Baltimore Sun reports (http://bsun.md/1Sdoa2L ) that Pentagon officials said Saturday that Airman First Class Nathaniel H. McDavitt died Friday from the injuries sustained in […]
  
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• Espanola vehicle explosion likely caused by cigarette

  16-04-2016 18:28
  
  ESPANOLA, N.M. — Authorities say a vehicle explosion in Espanola that injured two people was ignited when a lit cigarette came into contact with a canister of oxygen. New Mexico State Police said Saturday that Henry Wilton and Eric Lucero are hospitalized with severe injuries at an Albuquerque hospital. According to Sgt. Elizabeth Armijo, Wilton […]
  
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• Spring snowstorm moving across Rocky Mountains

  16-04-2016 18:01
  
  DENVER — A spring snowstorm expected to dump up to several feet of snow along the eastern foothills of Colorado and Wyoming is getting a late start, but the National Weather Service says snow is expected to begin piling up Saturday and Sunday. Jim Kalina of the National Weather Service in Boulder and Brian Chapman […]
  
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• Drowning history: Sea level rise threatens US historic sites

  16-04-2016 18:00 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – With scientists forecasting sea levels to rise by anywhere from several inches to several feet by 2100, historic structures and coastal heritage sites around the world are under threat. Some sites and artifacts could become submerged.
  Scientists, historic preservationists, architects and public officials are meeting this week in Newport, Rhode Island — one of the threatened areas — to discuss the problem, how to adapt to rising seas and preserve historic structures.
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• 5 Fort Bliss soldiers arrested for El Paso car burglaries

  16-04-2016 17:49
  
  EL PASO, Texas — Five Fort Bliss soldiers have been arrested on burglary charges after they were spotted pulling door handles of parked cars in an El Paso neighborhood after midnight. The five — two 18-year-old and two 19-year-old privates and a 21-year-old specialist — were jailed and held on $10,000 bond each. Fort Bliss […]
  
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• Prairie View street now officially Sandra Bland Parkway

  16-04-2016 17:21
  
  PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — Signs are up officially renaming the street leading to Prairie View A&M University after Sandra Bland, the university graduate whose death in the Waller County jail last summer added to the national debate about treatment of minorities by law enforcement. The Houston Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1NeTKQO ) University Drive signs were replaced […]
  
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• Customer eating alone leaves East Texas waitress $1,000 tip

  16-04-2016 16:40
  
  GUN BARREL CITY, Texas — A customer eating alone in an East Texas restaurant left a big surprise behind for an 18-year-old waitress — a $1,000 tip. Alesha Palmer says she was so stunned by the gift she began crying in the middle of Vetoni’s Italian Restaurant in Gun Barrel City. The high school senior […]
  
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• Woman crashes van with 10 people inside, faces multiple charges

  16-04-2016 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The woman that crashed her van and seriously injured several kids on Friday is facing charges for not properly buckling them up and possibly driving drunk.
  Eyewitnesses say the van with 10 people in it was swerving before it crashed near Isleta and Gun Club.
  A woman, a teen and two small kids were thrown from the van. One kid ended up in a ditch filled with water.
  Deputies say all six kids, between the ages of four and 10, were injured.
  They say the driver, 30-year-old
  
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• Sights and Sounds of Isotopes Home Opener

  16-04-2016 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes hosted a special home opener Friday night as they honored long time PA announcer Stu Walker, who passed away after battling cancer last year.
  His wife, Francina Walker, was in attendance and even threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
  “It was not a job you know it was just something he really enjoyed,” said Francina Walker.
  It was a great home opener as the Topes got the win 11-6, but coming out to these games isn’t just about
  
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• Isotopes win their Home Opener 11-6

  16-04-2016 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes hosted their 14th home opener in franchise history Friday night taking on the Tacoma Rainiers.
  They went on to cruise in their home opener, winning 11-6. They are now on a four game winning streak and there are now 5-4 overall on the season.
  The Topes will continue their seven game home stretch tomorrow, with the first firework show of the year happening after the game Saturday. UFC mega star Holly Holm is slated to throw out the game
  
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• Smoothie chain charting Albuquerque expansion

  16-04-2016 14:21
  
  First of five planned ABQ stores expected to open this June
  
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• Rio Rancho graduation rate dips a bit

  16-04-2016 08:19
  
  District remains far ahead of state average
  
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• Proposal on drug tests may mean two strikes, you’re out

  16-04-2016 08:19
  
  Student athletes may face harsher penalties if they fail a drug test
  
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• Ex-girlfriend of alleged cop-killer may plead insanity

  16-04-2016 08:19
  
  Traffic stop ended in Gregg Benner’s death
  
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• Council bids farewell to Wilkins and Clayton

  16-04-2016 08:13
  
  Farewells and thank you's highlighted Wednesday's regular governing body meeting as councilors Chuck ...
  
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• Rap lyrics in poetry lesson cause dust-up

  16-04-2016 08:12
  
  RRPS teachers reminded about policy regarding sensitive material
  
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• Judge ordered into mentorship, put on probation for year

  16-04-2016 08:10
  
  The state Supreme Court has ordered that a Sandoval County magistrate judge complete a mentorship program after she sought favored treatment from another judge who was set to handle a paternity case involving her son, according to court documents.
  
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• Save Sunday evening for Musicfest 2016

  16-04-2016 08:09
  
  Event will benefit Storehouse West
  
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• SandRidge erred in not responding to public comments

  16-04-2016 08:09
  
  Company could have calmed residents’ fears, answered questions
  
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• Isotopes hold their opening day

  16-04-2016 06:44
  
  Their billboards say Isotopes Park is “where the grass is greener.” Friday night, baseball fans saw just how green that grass really is.
  
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• Report says Intel cutting jobs, no word on impact in Rio Rancho

  16-04-2016 06:35
  
  A Portland, Oregon newspaper reported Friday Intel plans to make “significant round of job cuts” later this year, citing sources inside the company.
  
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• Jon Jones hungry to be called champ again

  16-04-2016 06:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It’s been almost a year since Jon Jones has had a fight. The former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion said in a media teleconference Friday that he is hungry.
  “I feel like getting this belt back will be like a big part of getting my life back, you know, the way I’ve gotten use to it being,” said Jones. “I have been a champion since I was 23.”
  Jones is fighting Ovince Saint Preux for the UFC Interim title.
  He was originally schedule
  
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• Facebook scam targets young women, girls

  16-04-2016 06:24
  
  Some disturbing online messages were allegedly used by a 19-year-old man to lure underage girls into sending nude photos and much more. At least one girl thought she was getting a modeling job by sending photos and performing sexual acts and authorities think there could be many more victims just like her.
  
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• ‘New Mixico’ competition to pit 32 bartenders against each other

  16-04-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Bartenders from across New Mexico will take part in the first ever “New Mixico” competition.
  The event will be held April 30 at The Library’s Downtown location, featuring 32 bartenders from Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces.
  “I wanted them to come together and really display their techniques, their skills, and meet each other,” said Organizer Daniel Gonzales.
  Organizers say while speed is always important, flair will also be needed to w
  
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• Woman on run for 10 years finally behind bars

  16-04-2016 05:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – After 10 years on the run, Albuquerque police captured a mother charged in the death of her 2-year-old son.
  It was a tip that led police to 37-year-old Crucita Perez.
  APD said in 2005 she led officers on a chase in southeast Albuquerque. They said Perez crashed into four cars, including a police unit, eventually rolling the black SUV and killing her 2-year-old son who was inside.
  Police said Perez admitted to drinking before she drove. Perez was charged with aggr
  
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• Missing ballooning truck found badly damaged

  16-04-2016 05:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A balloon pilot’s missing truck was found badly damaged.
  It was the pilot’s chase truck that was stolen two nights ago that KRQE News 13 recently showed you.
  Police found it Friday near Marquette and Louisiana.
  The thieves ripped off the front bumper.
  It had about $2,000 worth of ballooning equipment in it and the paperwork the balloon pilot needs to fly, none of that was recovered.
  
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• Mayor Berry urges locals to support Gathering of Nations

  16-04-2016 05:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)– Albuquerque’s Mayor wants to attract more New Mexicans to the Gathering of Nations.
  About 85% of ticket sales are from people outside the state.
  The pow wow encompasses everything from wellness to spirituality all while celebrating native culture.
  Mayor Berry urged locals to get out and support the event.
  The Gathering of Nations runs from April 28th to April 30th.
  General admission is $18 a day.
  
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• Sources: Intel may cut more jobs

  16-04-2016 05:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Intel is getting ready to cut thousands of jobs.
  That’s according to the Oregonian, which says this year’s cutbacks will be considerably larger than last year’s more than 1,100 cuts.
  According to multiple sources inside the company, Intel may be looking to consolidate some operations and close some smaller outposts.
  The downsizing could begin soon after Intel reports its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday.
  No word on how it could impact Intel’s R
  
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• Video shows driver intentionally run over victim

  16-04-2016 05:36 via krqe.com
  
  This post has video that may be graphic.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are looking for a driver they say intentionally ran a man over.
  It happened near Kathryn and San Mateo earlier this month. The Albuquerque Police Department released the surveillance video on Friday.
  Police say the victim has tentatively identified the driver as Jesse, and describes him as a Hispanic male in his mid-20’s who sometimes goes by the name “Stranger.”
  APD is actively sea
  
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• Los Lunas school placed on precautionary lockdown

  16-04-2016 05:36 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Los Lunas High School was placed on lockdown Friday while police investigated an armed robbery near the school.
  Police say a man walked up to his car to find a man burglarizing it. They say the two then got into a fight.
  The suspect pulled a gun, but took off.
  The lockdown was precautionary and there was no threat to the students.
  
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