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• Trump rails anew against delegate system after big NY win

  20-04-2016 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, the nearly unstoppable Democrat, and Republican front-runner Donald Trump accelerated Wednesday toward Northeast primaries on an increasingly direct path to presidential nominations after trouncing party challengers in New York. Clinton, now 81 percent of the way toward clinching the Democratic nomination that eluded her eight years ago, can lose every remaining […]
  
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• Veto of Bible as official Tennessee book survives challenge

  20-04-2016 23:47
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has a state reptile, a state rock and a state song in the moonshine-themed “Rocky Top.” For now, though, the Bible will not be its official state book. Gov. Bill Haslam had vetoed a bill that would elevate the holy book’s status, and lawmakers trying to override that veto fell seven […]
  
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• Israel says it arrests 6 settlers who attacked Palestinians

  20-04-2016 23:47
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli security officials announced Wednesday the arrest of six young Israeli settlers from what it called a “Jewish terror” group suspected of carrying out attacks against Palestinians and their property last year, in what officials said was a victory in its campaign to reduce extremist Israeli attacks against Palestinians. Also Wednesday, an Israeli […]
  
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• Mayor boasts of local film efforts

  20-04-2016 23:46
  
  Albuquerque needs to find a way to bring the arts community closer together. And Mayor Richard Berry has a plan. Speaking to a group at the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience on Wednesday, Berry talked about his support for the film, TV and arts community in the city. He wants to cultivate a process that […]
  
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• BCSO: Pedestrian killed crossing Coors NW

  20-04-2016 23:46
  
  A pedestrian was killed while crossing Coors north of Gun Club with two other people Tuesday night, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Felicia Romero said a Ford F250 pickup truck was traveling southbound on Coors as three people wearing dark clothing crossed the street near the Countryside mobile home park […]
  
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• Police catch 2 suspected car thieves

  20-04-2016 23:35 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police have caught two suspected car thieves after a lengthy chase.
  Police believe 28-year-old Jeremy Chavez and 36-year-old Reyes Garcia are part of a larger auto theft ring and are responsible for the thefts of at least five stolen vehicles throughout Santa Fe.
  Police say they led officers on at least four high speed chases, including one that left an 80-year-old woman injured.
  Chavez and Garcia both have extensive criminal histories.
  Police say they are
  
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• US stocks end modestly higher as oil price recovers

  20-04-2016 23:32 via krqe.com
  
  Financial and energy companies led a modest increase in U.S. stocks Wednesday, giving the stock market its third gain in a row.
  The market got a boost from a pickup in the price of oil, which climbed about 4 percent after an early slide. When oil prices rise they tend to favor battered energy stocks and financial companies such as banks, which have been in the doldrums due to investor concerns that loans to struggling oil companies could go bad.
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• Nebraska allows state licenses for thousands of immigrants

  20-04-2016 21:53
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska will allow thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to work in at least 170 professions that require state licenses including health care and education after lawmakers overrode conservative Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts’ veto of the measure on Wednesday. Senators took the vote on the last day of […]
  
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• Obama pushes Saudis, Gulf allies to step up Iraq aid

  20-04-2016 21:52
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — With fresh friction wearing on an old alliance, President Barack Obama pressed Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf nations on Wednesday to step up efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and help rebuild war-torn Iraq. Obama huddled privately with Saudi King Salman at Erga Palace as Defense Secretary Ash Carter appealed […]
  
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• Today in History: April 20

  20-04-2016 21:33 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, April 20, the 111th day of 2016. There are 255 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On April 20, 1916, the Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field (then known as Weeghman Park); the Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-6.
  On this date:
  In 1792, France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary Wars.
  In 1861, Col. Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army. (Lee went on to command the Army of N
  
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• Breaking: APS cuts ties to former CFO Moya

  20-04-2016 21:33
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools has cut ties to former chief financial officer Don Moya, who filed a whis ...
  
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• From Springs to Wyoming line, Colorado flunks ozone ratings

  20-04-2016 21:25
  
  DENVER — An annual report card on air quality says the Front Range from Colorado Springs to Greeley and Fort Collins gets a failing grade on ozone pollution. The American Lung Association rankings released Wednesday say eight Western Slope counties did a little better, with grades ranging from B to F. The report card listed […]
  
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• 1 injured in shooting at Washington University in St. Louis

  20-04-2016 21:24
  
  ST. LOUIS — Police at Washington University in St. Louis are urging students, faculty and staff to go to a safe place after a shooting that injured at least one person on the school’s Danforth campus. The shooting happened Wednesday afternoon. University spokeswoman Sue Killenberg McGinn says one person was injured in a shooting near […]
  
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• Senate GOP drafts Zika funding bill for Thursday panel vote

  20-04-2016 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say top GOP lawmakers are proposing to partially fund President Barack Obama’s request for money to fight the Zika virus.
  The $1.1 billion measure circulating Wednesday comes in advance of an Appropriations panel meeting on Thursday and could enjoy support from Democrats. The measure has not been finalized and is part of continuing negotiations. The money would be used to try to slow the spread of the Zika virus and develop a vaccine against it.
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• Papa Felipe's to be featured on Cooking Channel

  20-04-2016 21:05
  
  Papa Felipe’s Mexican Restaurant will be featured in the Albuquerque episode of "Cheap Eats" on the Cooking Channel. Show producers selected the restaurant because of its unique take on New Mexican classics.
  
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• Feds to release wolves in New Mexico despite opposition

  20-04-2016 21:01 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – U.S. officials plan to release Mexican wolves in New Mexico this year despite the state’s opposition.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday posted a plan to its website saying it intends to release a pack of wolves in the state and place pups born in captivity into a wild pack to improve the population’s genetic diversity.
  The agency and the New Mexico Game Commission wrangled over bureaucratic issues for
  
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• Police issue missing, endangered juvenile alert for Albuquerque teen

  20-04-2016 20:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police Department has issued a missing and endangered juvenile alert for 15-year-old Jannesa Ortega.
  Police say Ortega was last seen leaving her house in the North Valley on Sunday to go spend the night at a friend’s. However, police say she did not attend school the next day.
  When she left her house, Ortega was carrying a black backpack with silver stars. Ortega is also described as 5-foot-4 and 135 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
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• Albuquerque police issue missing, endangered alert for 15-year-old

  20-04-2016 20:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police Department has issued a missing and endangered juvenile alert for 15-year-old Jannesa Ortega.
  Police say Ortega was last seen leaving her house in the North Valley on Sunday to go spend the night at a friend’s. However, police say she did not attend school the next day.
  When she left her house, Ortega was carrying a black backpack with silver stars. Ortega is also described as 5-foot-4 and 135 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
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• Virgin Galactic team returns to Spaceport America

  20-04-2016 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A team of pilots, ground crew and mission control specialists with Virgin Galactic is busy at Spaceport America, running a series of ground and air exercises in preparation for future commercial flights.
  The focus is on WhiteKnightTwo, the aircraft that will one day help carry the company’s rocket ship and paying tourists to the edge of space.
  Virgin Galactic chief executive George Whitesides was standing on the tarmac Wednesday watching as WhiteKnightTwo lan
  
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• Mobile virtual reality classroom stops in Rio Rancho

  20-04-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a new type of learning system taking students into a virtual reality.
  The Z-Space RV rolled through Rio Rancho on Wednesday giving students at MLK Elementary a one-of-a-kind learning experience. It’s all part of a nationwide program to meet with local school districts. Z-Space offers a virtual reality platform that allows students to complete classroom activities in 3-D.
  Teachers say this has been a great educational tool for the students.
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• Suspect arrested in Albuquerque gun safe heist

  20-04-2016 20:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the suspects accused in a brazen gun safe heist is now behind bars.
  Back in January, a neighbor snapped pictures as three people got away with full size gun safe that he later learned belonged to his neighbor.
  Court documents show that the alleged thief got tripped up before even leaving the crime scene.
  Albuquerque Police say Dennis Archibeque is the man in those photos snapped by a man living near Candelaria and Carlisle. He noticed something strange out
  
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• Treasury official: Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill

  20-04-2016 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Treasury official says Secretary Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill.
  
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• Councilors OK step toward joint film stage, convention center expansion

  20-04-2016 18:40
  
  LAS CRUCES — City councilors on Monday took the first step toward building a shared film sound stage and Las Cruces Convention Center expansion. They voted 7-0 to OK a two-phased plan that calls for using $5 million — $4 million in city funds and $1 million in state appropriations — to build a convention […]
  
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• Death toll reaches 8 from Houston-area storms, flooding

  20-04-2016 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say another person has died in Houston-area floods, raising the toll to eight.
  The Austin County Sheriff’s Office didn’t provide more information Wednesday on the most recent drowning.
  Six people have died in Harris County and one more in neighboring Waller County since a huge storm dropped more than a foot of rain on the area. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and major highways were closed after the rains that started Sunday ove
  
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• Little help for survivors of Central African Republic abuses

  20-04-2016 18:21
  
  BANGUI, Central African Republic — The peacekeepers motioned to the teenage girl weaving through the sprawling camp in the baking afternoon sun selling bananas from a plate atop her head. Soon their real intentions were clear: They yanked her inside their tent and began unbuttoning their pants. Just 16 years old, she cried and pleaded […]
  
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• BYU students investigated by school after reporting rape

  20-04-2016 18:21 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Madeline MacDonald says she was an 18-year-old freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on an online dating site.
  She reported the crime to the school’s Title IX office. That same day, she says, BYU’s honor code office received a copy of the report, triggering an investigation into whether MacDonald had violated the Mormon school’s strict code of behavior, which bans premarital sex and drinking, among othe
  
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• 30 years after blast, labor to clean Chernobyl’s traces

  20-04-2016 18:21
  
  CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine — Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future. The plant is derelict. After the No. 4 reactor exploded in the early-morning hours of April 26, 1986, its […]
  
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• Rio Olympic flame will live downtown _ not in a stadium

  20-04-2016 18:20
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Olympic flame will have an unusual home for the Rio de Janeiro Games. The flame will burn somewhere in downtown Rio during the games, and not in a stadium as has been traditional at the Summer Olympics. Rio spokesman Mario Andrada tells The Associated Press the cauldron will be lit […]
  
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• State Police arrest suspect in 2012 homicide case

  20-04-2016 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  CHIMAYO, N.M. (KRQE) – State Police have arrested a murder suspect in connection to a nearly four year old homicide case.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, 24-year-old Juanito Martinez of Española was found shot to death in the front yard of a Chimayo home in 2012. The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office says Martinez was killed by a single gunshot wound.
  The New Mexican reports that police are not releasing the suspect’s name, but they are searching for a second sus
  
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• Wednesday marks 17 years since Columbine High School massacre

  20-04-2016 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  LITTLETON, Colo. (MEDIA GENERAL) – It’s been 17 years since the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado.
  On April 20, 1999, two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives. Twenty three others were injured.
  Here’s a look back at photos from that day and the days that followed: Columbine High School massacre SWAT members run down Pierce Street while a Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's Departm
  
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• Clinton on brink of Dem nomination; Trump strengthens path

  20-04-2016 17:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton emerged from New York’s presidential primary closer to clinching the Democratic nomination and becoming the first woman to reach that milestone. Republican Donald Trump strengthened his own path to the general election with a commanding victory, but has little room for error in the states ahead.
  The front-runners now hope to replicate their strong showings in New York in the cluster of Northeastern states next up on the primary calendar. Clinton was
  
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• Breakthrough cholesterol drugs fizzle amid price pushback

  20-04-2016 17:45
  
  WASHINGTON — When a powerful pair of cholesterol-lowering drugs first hit the market last summer, initial excitement in the medical community quickly turned to panic. The new drugs promised to reduce artery-clogging cholesterol by nearly twice as much as older ones. But they came at an eye-popping price: more than $14,000 per year, compared with […]
  
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• GMO mosquito plan headed for residents’ vote in Florida Keys

  20-04-2016 16:48 via krqe.com
  
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Residents in the Florida Keys will get to vote on whether genetically modified mosquitoes should be released in their neighborhood.
  The mosquito control district in the island chain wants the British biotech firm Oxitec to test its modified mosquitoes in a neighborhood of 444 homes clustered on a relatively isolated peninsula north of Key West.
  At a board meeting Tuesday in Marathon, the district’s board of commissioners decided to allow residents of the Key Hav
  
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• US stocks waver early as investors eye company earnings

  20-04-2016 16:35
  
  U.S. stock indexes wavered between small gains and losses in early trading Wednesday as investors sized up the latest company earnings and deal news. Consumer staples companies were down the most, while health care and financial companies moved higher. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose six points to 18,060 as of 10:07 a.m. […]
  
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• Senate approves wide-ranging energy bill

  20-04-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a wide-ranging energy bill that would promote a variety of energy sources and speed federal approval of projects to export liquefied natural gas to Europe and Asia. Senators backed the measure, 85 to 12, the first ambitious energy bill approved by the Senate in nearly a decade. The bill […]
  
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• Sharp shock hits Ecuador, biggest post-quake jolt

  20-04-2016 16:30 via krqe.com
  
  MONTECRISTI, Ecuador (AP) — A fresh tremor rattled Ecuador before dawn Wednesday, a magnitude-6.1 magnitude jolt that set babies crying and adults pouring into the streets, fearful of yet more damage following a monster earthquake over the weekend.
  It was the strongest aftershock yet following the magnitude-7.8 quake that killed more than 500 people.
  The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor was centered offshore, 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the devastated beach town of Muisne, at 3:
  
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• Missing ingredient for millennials: Down payment savings

  20-04-2016 16:09
  
  WASHINGTON — Short of savings and burdened by debt, America’s millennials are struggling to afford their first homes in the face of sharply higher prices in many of the most desirable cities. Surveys show that most Americans under 35 lack adequate savings for down payments. The result is that many will likely be forced to […]
  
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• Coca-Cola’s profit slips, strong dollar hits sales

  20-04-2016 16:09
  
  ATLANTA — Coca-Cola’s profit slipped in the first quarter as the world’s biggest beverage maker was squeezed by a strong dollar and charges related to the transformation of its North American operations. The maker of Sprite, Fanta and Dasani said global beverage volume rose 2 percent in the period. Soda volume was flat, while non-carbonated […]
  
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• China looks to rice cookers to pep up economy

  20-04-2016 16:09
  
  BEIJING — The Chinese government’s latest plan to perk up its slowing economy is based on the humble rice cooker and luxury toilet seats. The development plan issued this week strikes a blow for China’s consumers, calling for better products to help create an economy driven by domestic consumption instead of trade and investment. The […]
  
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• University professor mauled by a brown bear while teaching

  20-04-2016 15:35 via krqe.com
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Students and teaching assistants have arrived back in Juneau from a remote mountaineering class that was cut short when one of their professors was mauled by a brown bear.
  They said Tuesday night that they were tired and not yet ready to talk about Forest Wagner, 35, who was teaching the class on Mount Emmerich near Haines when he was attacked by the brown bear sow on Monday. The mountain is near Kicking Horse River in Alaska’s panhandle.
  A student hiked into ce
  
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• Palestinian sister-city proposal stirs rancor in Colorado

  20-04-2016 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — This peaceful university town is 7,000 miles from the violence of the Middle East, but a proposal to become sister cities with a Palestinian community has stirred such rancor that the City Council is trying to negotiate a truce among its own residents.
  The council decided Tuesday to hire a moderator and convene a citizen panel in hopes of settling differences between two sides arguing about whether Boulder should have a formal sister-city relationship with Nablus on t
  
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• 3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis

  20-04-2016 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and several other felony and misdemeanor counts related to the Michigan city’s lead-tainted water crisis.
  The charges — the first levied in a probe that is expected to broaden — were filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supervisor and stem from an investigation by the Michigan attorney gener
  
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• ABQ 365 details end of April events

  20-04-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (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.
  This g
  
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• Upcoming festival promotes healthier planet

  20-04-2016 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  Earth Day weekend is approaching and one festival is looking to celebrate by promoting healthier lifestyles.
  The Red and Green VegFest promotes the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a vegan lifestyle. This isn’t a festival just for the vegans and vegetarians, it’s also for those curious about veg-eating or are looking to taste what’s fresh and new.
  Nancy Arenas, Rae Sikora and Jim Corcoran joined KRQE’s This Morning team
  
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• 2 Las Cruces residents plead guilty in methamphetamine case

  20-04-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Two Las Cruces residents accused of possessing a pound of methamphetamine have pleaded guilty to a drug charge.
  David S. Thompson, 29, and Marlene C. Sandoval, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
  Authorities say the drug was discovered after the vehicle Thompson and Sandoval were in was pulled over for speeding in Dona Ana County.
  The methamphetamine was found in a shoe inside the vehicle.
  
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• Planned Parenthood abortion drug prescriptions net complaint

  20-04-2016 14:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s board of nursing is investigating a complaint that a Planned Parenthood nurse prescribed an abortion drug in violation of state law.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports the complaint says the nurse practitioner who prescribed the abortion medication violated the law that stipulates licensed physicians alone can perform abortions.
  Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Whitney Phillips said in a written statement that nurse practitioners are not performi
  
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• Clean up to begin at national monument aircraft crash site

  20-04-2016 14:50 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – The military will finally clean up the site where a drone aircraft crashed in 2014 at White Sands National Monument.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports the crash at Dunes Drive caused jet fuel to spill and closed the popular area of the park.
  Department of Defense acting assistant secretary Peter J. Potochney told Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., during an April 7 meeting that the situation is now being watched very carefully.
  He did not lay out a timeline and said contrac
  
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• New, ergonomic pillow claims to slow aging

  20-04-2016 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  TORONTO, CANADA (KRQE) – You’ve heard of pillows promising better sleep, but what about one that helps you look younger, longer?
  Two nurses out of Canada say they’ve created just that. They say the Envy Pillow has an ergonomic design, helping to support the neck and natural curve of the spine. The women say it’s been a life-saver for them. They both suffer from scoliosis.
  That’s not all. Creators say the sloped sides of the memory foam pillow help to tilt your head
  
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• Pascal Siakim putting his name in NBA Draft

  20-04-2016 13:52 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State sophomore forward Pascal Siakim has decided to enter his name into the NBA Draft. Siakim will not sign with an agent. That will make him eligible to return to NMSU if he pulls out of the draft by May 25.
  The 6-foot-9 Siakim held a press conference to announce his decision one day after junior guard and teammate Ian Baker threw his name in the NBA hat. Both players say the move has nothing to do with the departure of head coach Marvin Menzies to th
  
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• New Mexico governor rebukes Trump on border-fence plan

  20-04-2016 13:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susan Martinez is expressing fundamental differences with presidential candidate Donald Trump on his proposal to build a bigger wall along the southern U.S. border and make Mexico pay for it.
  Martinez told the Associated Press on Tuesday that building fences can impact the U.S. economy and relationship with trading partners in Mexico and farther south.
  The chairwoman of the Republican Governors Association confirmed comments made behind closed doors
  
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