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• Silent Falcon helps NASA test drone traffic management

  27-04-2016 23:45
  
  Albuquerque drone maker Silent Falcon UAS Technologies is helping NASA develop a nationwide traffic management system for unmanned aircraft. The company’s solar-powered drone, designed and manufactured in New Mexico, will be used in flight testing later this year to help NASA gather information needed so new traffic management software can be used for low-altitude flights, […]
  
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• Foreign-matter contamination prompts Pilgrim’s Pride recall

  27-04-2016 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Pilgrim’s Pride ordered a massive recall of cooked chicken products Tuesday after consumers and federal meat inspectors found contamination by such foreign material as wood, plastic, rubber and metal.
  The recall of almost 4.6 million pounds of fully cooked chicken products announced Tuesday is an expansion of an earlier recall, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That one, ann
  
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• Wildlife agency agrees to deadline for wolf recovery plan

  27-04-2016 23:07 via krqe.com
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to a deadline to craft a recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf.
  The agency reached a settlement with environmentalists, Utah and Arizona, but it still needs the approval of a federal judge.
  Farm bureaus in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are expected to challenge the settlement, saying it places an unfair burden on the American public when the wolves’ historical range includes Mexico.
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• Bank of the West opens `wealth management center’

  27-04-2016 23:05
  
  Bank of the West is opening a “wealth management center”  in downtown Albuquerque to serve “high-net-worth individuals, affluent families and business owners in one of the bank’s expanding wealth markets,” according to a news release. The new branch will be at 500 Marquette NW, Suite 100, where the bank has an existing outlet. The new […]
  
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• Planned stadium retail development now twice the size

  27-04-2016 23:03
  
  Forget the previously released renderings of University of New Mexico’s new sports entertainment district — it turns out the project is about to double in size. The group selected by UNM to build the sports entertainment district in part of the parking lot adjacent to the stadium recently completed a study that indicated their original […]
  
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• Breaking: BCSO identifies woman shot and killed by U.S. Marshals task force

  27-04-2016 22:57
  
  Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department has identified the woman shot and killed by a U.S. Marshals task force Tuesday as 24-year-old Jaquelyn Burke. “Burke was wanted for felony warrants to include absconding from probation for battery on a peace officer,” said deputy Johann Jareno, a spokesman for the department. He said a stolen loaded handgun was […]
  
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• Appeal rejected in off-road vehicles case on forest use

  27-04-2016 22:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by a motorized off-road vehicles users group that challenged a Forest Service decision reducing the routes available for use in the Santa Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico.
  A trial judge had upheld the agency’s action, but the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling Wednesday says the New Mexico Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance didn’t have a legal basis to sue.
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• Colo. man charged with running down golfer with golf cart

  27-04-2016 22:40
  
  DENVER — Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has filed assault charges against a 57-year-old man accused of running down a golfer with a golf cart. Richard Ponds is accused of second-degree assault. There was no attorney listed for Ponds in court files. Ponds is accused of running down the unidentified man on April 3 at […]
  
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• Austin police chief punished for comments about officers

  27-04-2016 22:39
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has been stripped of five days’ pay and warned he could lose his job after his boss says he didn’t follow orders to stop discussing the police shooting of an unarmed teen. City Manager Marc Ott says Acevedo had been insubordinate, according to documents obtained by the […]
  
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• Unfair labor practices complaint filed against Volkswagen

  27-04-2016 22:12
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday filed an unfair labor relations complaint against Volkswagen for the German automaker’s refusal to bargain with the United Auto Workers union at its lone U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee. The UAW was elected to represent workers specializing in the maintenance and repair of robots and […]
  
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• Advocates hold NYC protest over price of pneumonia vaccine

  27-04-2016 22:01
  
  NEW YORK — Doctors Without Borders protested the price of pneumonia vaccines Wednesday by leading a march through midtown Manhattan and delivering a crib filled with flowers to a pharmaceutical company. About 70 people walked silently and in single file to Pfizer’s headquarters, where they placed 2,500 flowers in a crib as though laying tribute […]
  
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• Police: Man killed in Virginia standoff threatened suicide

  27-04-2016 22:00
  
  NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia State Police say a man who was fatally shot by snipers during a standoff last week said he was going to kill himself, threatened to kill police officers and fired eight rifle shots at an armored police vehicle. State police spokeswoman Sgt. Michelle Anaya tells The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/1VCtOkQ ) that 30-year-old […]
  
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• Day care owner charged in death of toddler found in vehicle

  27-04-2016 22:00
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky police have charged a day care owner with manslaughter in the death of her great-nephew, who was found in a hot vehicle. News media outlets report that 70-year-old Jacquelin Thomas was arrested late Tuesday in connection to the death of 2-year-old Lavontae Swain. The Courier-Journal reports Thomas pleaded not guilty Wednesday […]
  
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• Alabama city passes transgender bathroom ordinance

  27-04-2016 21:59
  
  OXFORD, Ala. — People in an Alabama city who use public restrooms intended for a gender other than what is listed on their birth certificate will be punished under an ordinance officials passed this week. Oxford City Council President Steven Waits was quoted by news media outlets as saying the ordinance was a response to […]
  
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• Today in History: April 27

  27-04-2016 21:50 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 118th day of 2016. There are 248 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On April 27, 1986, a video pirate calling himself “Captain Midnight” interrupted a movie on HBO with a printed onscreen message protesting home satellite de-scrambling fees. (Captain Midnight turned out to be John R. MacDougall of Florida, who was fined and placed on probation.)
  On this date:
  In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by native
  
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• Police arrest man accused of kidnapping, stabbing woman 23 times

  27-04-2016 21:28 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – Clovis Police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping and stabbing a woman at least 23 times.
  Police say 26-year-old Robert Sena entered a home on the 500 block of West 11th Street in Clovis, armed with a knife and gun after kicking down the door.
  According to police, Sena got into a fight with another man at the home and stabbed him. Police say Sena then stabbed and kicked the unidentified female before forcibly taking her with him.
  Police say they a
  
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• Cruz to tap Carly Fiorina as running mate

  27-04-2016 20:28 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign. (all times Eastern):
  2:10 p.m.
  Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the race for the White House.
  The Texas senator plans to formally unveil his pick for vice president Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis.
  That’s according to a Republican with direct knowledge of the plan, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized
  
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• Woman killed in Albuquerque deputy-involved shooting identified

  27-04-2016 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies identified the woman shot and killed during Tuesday’s deputy-involved shooting, as 24-year-old Jacquelyn Burke.
  KRQE News 13 has reported on Burke in the past, and her photo is hard to forget, with Burke displaying a large neck tattoo of the word ‘Savage’ in her mug shot.
  In just the last few years, Burke has found herself in a lot of trouble. In her last run-in with law enforcement Tuesday, i
  
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• Unanswered questions remain following officer-involved shooting

  27-04-2016 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Many questions have been left unanswered by the the Bernalillo County Sheriff after a woman was shot and killed by a deputy.
  It all went down at the Mountain Run apartments near Eubank and Juan Tabo. Detectives say a unit with the Department of Corrections were trying to catch a woman wanted for assaulting a peace officer. But Bernalillo County deputies say she got away, using a stolen vehicle.
  “As a result, they called the U.S. Marshals Task Forc
  
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• Suspect in Albuquerque deputy-involved shooting identified

  27-04-2016 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 has learned the name of the woman was shot and killed by a deputy in northeast Albuquerque Tuesday.
  Police tell KRQE News 13 that 24-year-old Jaquelyn Burke was the woman authorities were trying to apprehend prior to the shooting. Burke has an extensive criminal history including identity theft and burglary.
  Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says Burke was wanted for felony warrants to include absconding and probation f
  
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• US companies waver ahead of Fed meeting; tech stocks plunge

  27-04-2016 19:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are little changed Wednesday afternoon as investors wait for the Federal Reserve to conclude its April meeting. Technology companies are sliding following weak results from Apple and Twitter. Energy companies are rising with oil prices, and utility and telecommunications companies are moving higher as bond yields fall.
  KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average picked up 9 points, or 0.1 percent, to 17,999 as of 1:31 p.m. The Standard & Poor’s 500
  
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• Search resumes for missing treasure hunter

  27-04-2016 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Authorities have resumed the search for a Colorado man who disappeared while hunting for a $2 million cache of gold, jewels and artifacts in a rugged part of New Mexico.
  Officials at Bandelier National Monument confirmed Wednesday that a search-and-rescue mission was underway in an area of the monument off-limits to the public.
  Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott declined to provide details but said authorities are encouraging people to stay out of the area, which
  
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• APNewsBreak: Search resumes for missing treasure hunter

  27-04-2016 19:15
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities have resumed the search for a Colorado man who disappeared while hunting for a $2 million cache of gold, jewels and artifacts in a rugged part of New Mexico. Officials at Bandelier National Monument confirmed Wednesday that a search-and-rescue mission was underway in an area of the monument off-limits to the […]
  
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• South Korea reveals Zika-proof clothing for Rio

  27-04-2016 19:14
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Olympic committee on Wednesday unveiled Zika-proof long-sleeved shirts and pants it says will help protect the country’s Olympic athletes from the mosquito-borne virus at this year’s games in Rio de Janeiro. The sets of clothing will be impregnated with mosquito-repellent chemicals and will be worn by athletes during ceremonies, […]
  
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• Green Jeans introducing ‘Co-op Fitness’ studio

  27-04-2016 19:11
  
  Studio equipped for yoga, spinning, kettle bell training and more
  
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• Rio gets Olympic flame 100 days before games

  27-04-2016 18:51
  
  ATHENS, Greece — The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games in Athens on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony in Brazil. Dressed as a high priestess, actress Katerina Lehou led the brief ceremony at the Panathenian Stadium, a horseshoe-shaped marble venue where the first modern Olympics were held […]
  
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• Toby Keith reflects on Merle Haggard ahead of tribute

  27-04-2016 18:50
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Toby Keith said it was always a thrill to perform with Merle Haggard, whether it was playing together for fun or helping Haggard finish one of his last shows before his death at age 79. The “Beer for My Horses” singer-songwriter will perform a tribute to the late country music […]
  
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• Jon ‘Bones’ Jones set to fight Daniel Cormier

  27-04-2016 18:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Jon “Bones” Jones will fight Daniel Cormier in the UFC 200 main event.
  Last week, Jones made his return to the UFC Octagon after more than 15 months and giving up his title. Now, Jones says he wants to regain the title he once held.
  The fight will be held July 9 in Las Vegas.
  
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• FBI says it won’t disclose how it accessed locked iPhone

  27-04-2016 18:25 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says it won’t publicly disclose the method that allowed it to access a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers.
  In a statement Wednesday, FBI official Amy Hess said the FBI does not “have enough technical information” about the software vulnerability that was exploited to make it public.
  An unidentified third party approached the federal government last month with a method that it said could get into the phone used by Syed Faroo
  
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• White House on lockdown after person threw items over fence

  27-04-2016 18:22 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was put on lockdown Wednesday after a man threw “personal belongings” over the north fence line of the White House complex.
  The Secret Service was making what it describes as protective sweeps of the grounds to ensure nothing dangerous made it inside the fence line.
  Once the sweeps are complete, the Secret Service says the White House complex would return to normal operations.
  The Secret Service did not identify the person taken into custody.
  
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• New Mexico regulators push for more testing of racehorses

  27-04-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators say they’re expanding efforts to catch cheaters at the state’s horse tracks.
  The New Mexico Racing Commission announced Tuesday that enhanced out-of-competition testing is beginning immediately at SunRay Park, where live racing started earlier this month.
  The random testing applies to horses being kept at licensed tracks or training centers, those under the care of licensed trainers or owners and any horse whose papers are filed in
  
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• BCSO: Woman killed by deputy was wanted fugitive

  27-04-2016 16:05
  
  At least one Bernalillo County deputy shot and killed a wanted fugitive Tuesday in Albuquerque.
  
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• Trump vows to put “America first” in foreign policy

  27-04-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security “above all else” if elected president, warning allies they would be left to defend themselves if they don’t “pay their fair share.” He also called for an easing of tensions with Russia “from a position of strength, only.”
  “‘America first’ will be the major and overriding theme of my administration,”
  
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• For Trump, speech a test of foreign policy and style

  27-04-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements can present a more presidential persona as he works to coalesce a still-weary Republican establishment around his candidacy.
  Trump’s speech will focus on “several critical foreign policy issues” such as trade, the global economy and national security, according to his
  
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• Storms bring hail, strong winds, small tornadoes to Plains

  27-04-2016 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunderstorms bearing hail as big as grapefruit and winds approaching hurricane strength lashed portions of the Great Plains on Tuesday, but arrived without the destructive tornadoes that many had worried about for days.
  A rope tornado brushed fields south of Wichita, Kansas, and another small twister touched down in southwestern Indiana. As the sun went down on the western prairie, the Storm Prediction Center had received reports of bad weather from Texas to Nebraska
  
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• Storm threat shifts after day of hail, wind in central US

  27-04-2016 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Springtime storms developed in parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday, with forecasters warning that hail and high winds would be a bigger concern than tornadoes.
  Gusts to 75 mph were expected near Louisiana’s Gulf coast during a round of morning storms, and forecasters said 15 million people along the Mississippi River between Iowa and New Orleans had at least a slight chance to see severe weather at some point.
  But Wednesday’s forecast wasn&rsquo
  
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• Video: Pilot escapes fiery crash in Alabama

  27-04-2016 15:48 via krqe.com
  
  FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG/Media General) — An Alabama pilot is OK after crashing shortly after takeoff Tuesday.
  WKRG-TV reported the pilot clipped some trees shortly after takeoff from Foley Municipal Airport, causing his Cessna 421 to crash into another tree and catch fire.
  Aubrey Morris, who owns a towing company, first heard a big crash before looking outside to see the fiery wreckage just yards away from his business.
  “All of a sudden, I heard a big boom (and) looked out. I thought a tor
  
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• Rollover accident closes Albuquerque road in both directions

  27-04-2016 15:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – According to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s department, a rollover accident has shut down a section of Edith in Albuquerque.
  Edith between Montano and Osuna is said to be shut down in both directions.
  No word yet on how many people might be involved or what injuries they may have sustained.
  KRQE News 13 will update this story as more information becomes available.
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  Roll over accident 6000 block of Edith Blvd NE.
  
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• Albuquerque roads reopened after rollover crash

  27-04-2016 15:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One person is in the hospital after a rollover crash in northeast Albuquerque.
  It happened around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on Edith and Mission Avenue.
  Deputies say a truck was turnig onto Edith when a small car T-boned the truck, and that the driver of the truck was trapped underneath.
  People who work nearby say accidents here are nothing new.
  “This intersection is very, very scary,” said Paul Nieto from M&M Body Shop. “Actually, this
  
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• Hillary Clinton to set up campaign offices in New Mexico

  27-04-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Hillary Clinton’s campaign says it will start setting up offices across New Mexico in the coming weeks.
  The campaign has also announced the staffers who will be working on Clinton’s behalf ahead of the June 7 primary.
  Former Democratic Party Executive Director Scott Forrester will lead the campaign here. Forrester previously worked as Political Director in New Mexico for Clinton back in 2008.
  Rich Thuma will serve as the Organizing Director.
  
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• Local comedy group named Albuquerque Best Comedy Troupe

  27-04-2016 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local group of comedians have been named Albuquerque’s Best Comedy Troupe four years in a row.
  The One Night Stanley’s started in nearly 10 years ago to give improv comedy a vessel in which to deliver its truth and beauty to the Duke City.
  Members of the One Night Stanley’s, Alex Knight and Joe Carney joined KRQE’s This Morning team to talk about the groups upcoming performances. Watch above.
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• New Mexico outlines cuts to Medicaid provider rates

  27-04-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico is releasing an outline of proposed cuts to reimbursement rates for Medicaid health care providers that would trim up to $160 million in annual state and federal spending.
  The state Human Service Department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would rescind enhanced reimbursements to nearly 2,000 physicians and shave reimbursement rates to hospitals by between 3 percent and 8 percent.
  Preventive care and obstetrics would be exempt from reimbursement cuts linked
  
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• Plans to re-zone Club Rio Rancho move forward

  27-04-2016 14:44 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Plans to re-zone Club Rio Rancho are set to move forward in May so that a developer can begin construction on some new homes.
  Over the weekend, Pulte Homes presented its new plan for the old golf course to residents. The company decided to build 145 homes instead of the 180 originally planned, and split the land into three lots.
  Developers say most of the homes will be single story in order to address concerns that the homes would block the views of the existing n
  
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• School district fights mother over GPS tracker request

  27-04-2016 14:32 via krqe.com
  
  CALIFORNIA (KRQE) – A school district in California is fighting a mother’s request to put a GPS tracker on her autistic daughter.
  Darcy Cotton says she loses sleep worrying that her 6-year-old daughter will wander away.
  A study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that roughly half of all autistic children wander at least once.
  The superintendent says there are still many questions about the device, and has concern that it could be a privacy issue for both students a
  
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• Lotaburger employees protest sexual harassment

  27-04-2016 13:54 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – At least a dozen women held up signs and marched outside a Blake’s Lotaburger in Santa Fe on Tuesday, saying they’re tired of being sexually harassed.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the female employees were protesting sexual harassment by a district manager of the chain, as well as the company’s retaliation when they tried to complain.
  The New Mexican states the women filed separate complaints with the state and federal governments before
  
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• Scientist slams EPA’s slow response to mine spill

  27-04-2016 13:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Parts of New Mexico could be facing long-term damage from the Gold King Mine Spill that happened last year.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that scientist Rich Dembowski told residents at a meeting Monday that metals, particularly lead, will wash downstream from the spring run off and spread to other parts of New Mexico and Colorado. He says it’s possible the metals will be taken up in the food chain.
  Demowski also slammed the EPA’s slow response
  
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• Albuquerque sees boost in commercial recycling

  27-04-2016 13:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – You’ve seen the commercials: Mayor Richard Berry encouraging Albuquerque residents to recycle more and increase recycling in their homes by two pounds each week.
  But is the campaign working?
  KRQE News 13 asked the Solid Waste Management Department to crunch some numbers.
  Solid Waste Management officials say they’ve seen a big improvement across the board, but where they’ve really seen an increase is in commercial recycling.
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• Prep baseball: Sartans, Ravens come back to win

  27-04-2016 08:05
  
  On the most important day of their baseball seasons, the Albuquerque Academy Chargers led their game ...
  
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• Langford ‘pleasantly surprised’ to attract NFL’s interest in advance of draft

  27-04-2016 08:05
  
  If a workout warrior was all he was, Ryan Langford's chances for a career in the National Football L ...
  
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• College baseball: Aggie errors help Lobos beat their Rio Grande rivals

  27-04-2016 08:05
  
  James Harrington has basically been a poster boy for the Rio Grande Rivalry this baseball season....
  
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