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• 1-year-old fatally struck by mother’s car in Houston

  01-05-2016 22:40
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities say a 1-year-old has died after being struck as her mother backed a sport utility vehicle out of their Houston garage. Houston police spokesman John Cannon says the daughter was struck Sunday early morning. He says that the child somehow wandered behind the car as the mother was backing out about 40 […]
  
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• Could marijuana help treat painkiller and heroin addiction?

  01-05-2016 22:33 via krqe.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The growing number of patients who claim marijuana helped them drop their painkiller habit has intrigued lawmakers and emboldened advocates, who are pushing for cannabis as a treatment for the abuse of opioids and illegal narcotics like heroin, as well as an alternative to painkillers.
  It’s a tempting sell in New England, hard hit by the painkiller and heroin crisis, with a problem: There is very little research showing marijuana works as a treatment for the addi
  
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• 'Revenant' actors at Gathering of Nations

  01-05-2016 22:06
  
  The past couple of days' performers from across North America have packed Wise Pies Area aka The Pit. "The Revenant" actors Forrest Goodluck and Arthur Redcloud were in the audience and said they hope national awareness of native traditions continues to grow.
  
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• Boxing, football legends hail research into brain damage

  01-05-2016 21:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former football star Herschel Walker and former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes say they are all too aware of the toll that blows to the head can take on an athlete’s brain.
  In remarks Tuesday during a Capitol Hill news conference on brain research, Holmes introduced himself by recounting his record — 75 fights, including 69 wins with 44 by knockout.
  “My intent was not to hurt anybody,” said Holmes, appearing with boxers Paulie Malignaggi and Aus
  
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• Cleaning underway at Gathering of Nations

  01-05-2016 21:35
  
  Strong winds posed problems for some vendors at the Gathering of Nations on Sunday.
  
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• Search warrant requested for fatal crash

  01-05-2016 21:16
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department has not released many details about Friday evening’s fatal crash but said it has requested a search warrant for the vehicle involved.
  
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• Buckeye man injured, horse killed by lightning strike

  01-05-2016 21:16
  
  BUCKEYE, Ariz. — Authorities say a man remains hospitalized at a Phoenix burn unit after being struck by lightning while horseback riding. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the 31-year-old man was riding in Buckeye around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. According to deputies, the man and two relatives were riding home after they observed a storm […]
  
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• Tucson track searching for homes for hundreds of greyhounds

  01-05-2016 20:42
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — The imminent passage of a bill ending dog racing in Arizona has the state’s lone remaining greyhound racing facility trying to find homes for hundreds of animals. KGUN-TV in Tucson reports (http://bit.ly/1Ne9pQB) that kennels that have dogs racing at the Tucson Greyhound Park are seeking out adoptive or foster homes for between […]
  
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• Roswell police investigating Sunday morning shooting

  01-05-2016 20:31 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – Roswell police are investigating a shooting that took place Sunday morning.
  Police responded to the 800 block of North Greenwood at about 11:30 a.m. this morning. A 21-year-old male was taken to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries.
  Police are not releasing any more information but they do have a couple of suspects they are looking for.
  This is a developing story and KRQE will bring more information as it becomes available.
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• Report shows 72 avalanches in southwest Montana in 2016

  01-05-2016 20:28
  
  BOZEMSAN, Mont. — Despite only having two avalanche deaths this winter, Montana still ranks second in overall avalanche deaths over the last decade. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1NMtI7J ) that according to the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s annual report there were more than 30 avalanche deaths between 2006 and 2016. Colorado has the […]
  
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• 2 dead after shooting in Loveland

  01-05-2016 20:16
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. — A man and a woman are dead after an apparent shooting in Loveland. The Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1TDOjtT ) that police responded to a call about an argument on Saturday. Someone who lived in the lower level of the home called to report the disturbance. Police were able to remove the […]
  
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• Volunteers prepare for high-altitude rescues

  01-05-2016 19:55
  
  EAGLE, Colo. — Hundreds of search and rescue volunteers are getting their training at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site this year, gearing up for the busy summer season for search and rescue crews that cranks up between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Instructors say there are many things that can go wrong […]
  
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• Dubai pushes the pedal to the metal on driverless cars

  01-05-2016 19:46 via krqe.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Already home to the world’s biggest skyscraper, Dubai has another tall order to fill: By 2030, its leader wants 25 percent of all trips on its roads to be done by driverless vehicles.
  Monday’s announcement by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum came without warning and with few details, as is sometimes the case with the many aspirations of the leadership of the United Arab Emirates.
  In this car-crazed city-state of over 1.5 million registere
  
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• South Valley Celebration canceled due to weather concerns

  01-05-2016 19:03
  
  Weather concerns led Bernalillo County to cancel its South Valley Celebration. The county says the event will be schedule for a later date.
  
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• Grant to help Central Texas nature center

  01-05-2016 18:32
  
  BELTON, Texas — Trails at a 260-acre nature center in Central Texas will be reconstructed and habitat restored with the help of a grant. The Temple Daily Telegram (http://bit.ly/1SGCEZ6 ) reports the grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for $100,000 will fund the two initiatives at the Miller Springs Nature Center, located near […]
  
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• Special needs athlete enjoys the spotlight

  01-05-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  MULVANE, Kan. – – A special needs athlete who fought so hard for his and other special needs athlete right to wear a varsity letter was given a special opportunity Saturday night.
  Michael Kelley, who will be a senior at Wichita East High School next year helped lead EFC fighter Steven “The Ninja” Nguyen into the ring for his very first professional fight at the Kansas Star Casino
  It was almost a year to the day that the USD 259 Board of Education voted unanimously, six to
  
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• Deported U.S. veterans fight to return home from Mexico

  01-05-2016 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  (CNN) – A military veteran who was deported to Mexico talks about his fight to return home to the United States.
  How this country treats its military veterans is a hot-button issue and not just during election season. For U.S. military veterans with a green card, it doesn’t matter if they put their lives on the line for this country, they can still face deportation. CNN’S Gabe Ramirez talks with a U.S. veteran about his fight to return home from Mexico.
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• Photos: May 1 brings spring snowfall

  01-05-2016 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Areas of New Mexico are seeing wind, rain and even snow Sunday, May 1.
  If you have any weather photos you’d like us to see, click here to submit.  May 1, Spring weather Spinks in Fox HillsMay 1, 2016 snow in New Mexico.May 1, 2016 snow in New Mexico.May 1, 2016 snow in New Mexico.May 1, 2016 snow in New Mexico.Springtime in the Rockies - Bayfield, COFiled under: Home, News, Photo Galleries
  
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• 2 men killed in north Phoenix ATV crash identified

  01-05-2016 18:03
  
  PHOENIX — Police have identified two men killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in north Phoenix. Police spokesman James Holmes says Hunter Zachery Votaw and Christopher Robert George Erickson, both 21, suffered fatal injuries Saturday morning. According to authorities, a passer-by found both men and an ATV near 52nd Street and Jomax Road around 6:20 […]
  
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• NM players will get NFL shot

  01-05-2016 17:45
  
  Several New Mexico college football players will get a chance to prove they belong in the National Football League. No in-state player was selected in the 2016 NFL Draft, which concluded Saturday. But New Mexico running back Jhurell Pressley, New Mexico State cornerback Winston Rose and New Mexico Highlands cornerback Ken Spigner quickly came to […]
  
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• Hiker in southern Arizona attacked by skunk

  01-05-2016 17:33
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — Cochise County sheriff’s officials say a skunk that attacked a hiker is being tested for rabies. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas says the incident happened Saturday afternoon in Brown Canyon in southern Arizona. According to Capas, two women were hiking when the skunk started to follow them. The skunk then jumped onto […]
  
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• Elephants to perform for final time at Ringling Bros. circus

  01-05-2016 17:08 via krqe.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago.
  Six Asian elephants will deliver their final performances in Providence, Rhode Island, and five will perform in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, during several shows on Sunday. The last Providence show will stream live on Fac
  
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• Apple reports iPhone sales down, 1st revenue drop since 2003

  01-05-2016 16:58 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple sold more than 51 million iPhones in the first three months of this year — and that’s the problem.
  That’s 10 million fewer iPhones than the tech giant sold during the same quarter a year ago. As a result, Apple on Tuesday reported its first drop in quarterly revenue in 13 years — and the first-ever year-over-year decline in iPhone sales.
  The slide is putting more pressure on Apple and CEO Tim Cook to come up with its next big product.
  Cook
  
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• Today in History: May 1

  01-05-2016 16:50 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Sunday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2016. There are 244 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, was killed by United States forces in Pakistan.
  On this date:
  In 1907, Kate Smith, the American singer who was considered the “first lady of radio,” was born.
  In 1707, The Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotlan
  
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• CSX train derails in Washington, DC; possible hazardous leak

  01-05-2016 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning, sending about 10 cars off the tracks and spilling hazardous material from one of them, emergency officials and the railroad company said.
  No injuries were immediately reported and no evacuations were ordered.
  The train derailed Sunday about 6:40 a.m. near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station and one of the derailed cars is leaking sodium hydroxide, which is used to produce various hous
  
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• Rio Rancho schools approve new rule regarding drug testing athletes

  01-05-2016 16:07 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – The Rio Rancho Public School board has unanimously approved a rule to create stricter penalties for student athletes who fail drug tests.
  According to the Albuquerque journal, starting next school year, any student athlete who fails a drug test two times will be suspended from their team for the entire season.
  Originally, students were only suspended for 45 days.
  Rio Rancho Public Schools started administering random drug testing last July.
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• Career education making a comeback in US high schools

  01-05-2016 15:45 via krqe.com
  
  ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — There was an emergency in Room 14. Three girls injured, one with a broken thighbone and maybe something more serious. Snapping on sterile gloves and kneeling before the worst-off patient, two 17-year-olds went to work.
  The pair cut open the girl’s pant leg, pinched her toes to see if she had feeling and fit her with a neck brace. Sweat flecked their faces by the time they had the patient — a perfectly healthy classmate — strapped to a back board 12
  
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• Lobo Baseball Drops 2nd straight game in Tempe, AZ

  01-05-2016 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lobo Baseball dropped their second straight game to #27 Arizona State on Saturday night.
  They went on to lose 7-4, being out hit by ASU 16-10. They tried to make a run late, as they trailed 5-0 in the seventh.
  Dalton Bowers would get the Lobos on the board in the seventh with an RBI Single, then Chris DeVito would make it 7-2 in the next inning with a solo shot his 13th homer of the season.
  The run was a little too late though as they drop their th
  
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• La Cueva Takes the 6A District 2 Title

  01-05-2016 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a heated battle at the end of the season for the class 6A District Title.
  In the end, the La Cueva Bears would take home the title as they won eight straight games to close out their season and finished with a 10-2 district record.
  Eldorado would take second with a 9-3 district record. Both the Eagles and Bears would sweep in their final double headers on Saturday.
  The big question is now where will these teams sit in the 2016 State Baseball tournamen
  
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• Jhurell Pressley gets NFL Free Agent Deal, 3 other Lobos get invited to Mini Camp

  01-05-2016 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – University of New Mexico running back Jhurell Pressley received praise before the 2016 NFL Draft, and was even projected as getting drafted in the fifth round. That did not happen, as no Lobos heard their name in this year’s draft, and only nine former Mountain West players were called in the draft.
  Pressley said he really can’t be too disappointed that his name wasn’t called in the Draft, because immediately after he received a deal h
  
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• Is there plastic in your fast food?

  01-05-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  (CNN) – A new study links a dangerous chemical from plastics to fast foods.
  While most of us is aware that fast food is not the healthiest option, a new study is raising new concerns. The Centers for Disease Control found people who eat a lot of fast have higher levels of hormone disruptors in their system.
  It is because some of the chemicals used in food packaging and processing can seep into what you are eating.
  This hormone disruptor can cause infertility and it has been linked to probl
  
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• Annual ‘Run for the Zoo’ kicks off

  01-05-2016 14:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The 31st annual “Run for the Zoo” takes place Sunday morning.
  The race begin at 7 a.m. at the BioPark. Participants are running to raise funds for the zoo, Botanic Garden, the aquarium and Tingley Beach.
  Click here for event details.
  Run for the Zoo course map
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• Research shows spanking can lead to other problems later

  01-05-2016 08:05
  
  ATLANTA–Many child psychologists have been arguing for years that spanking is bad for chil ...
  
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• No magic bullet: ‘You have to want to quit’

  01-05-2016 08:05
  
  For medical assisted treatments to work, "you have to want to quit," said Lane Lee, 21, a recovering ...
  
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• Gathering of Nations finale

  01-05-2016 08:05
  
  An audience of thousands was captivated by dancers representing tribes from across the continent in...
  
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• Business incubators can boost startups

  01-05-2016 08:05
  
  It is a source of long-standing disappointment that world-class technological assets such as Sandia...
  
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• Miss Indian World crowned at 33rd Annual Gathering of Nations

  01-05-2016 06:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)– 2016’s Gathering of Nations pow-wow wrapped up Saturday with a crowning and an honor for a local actor.
  The crowing of the new Miss Indian World went to Danielle Ta’sheena Finn from North Dakota.She’s taking over for Cheyenne Brady also from North Dakota.
  Also honored was Forrest Goodluck who played Leonardo DiCaprio’s son in “The Revenant”.
  Saturday’s festivities conclude the annual 3-day event.
  Forrest Goodluck was honored at
  
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• Groups creates gesture to recognize first responders

  01-05-2016 06:14
  
  There is a new way to show support for first responders, and all it takes is a wave. On Saturday, the nonprofit group Survivors in Action launched their inaugural Hi-4 campaign.
  
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• Spike in PNM bill causes confusion for woman

  01-05-2016 06:13
  
  An Albuquerque woman is still wondering what caused her January PNM bill to skyrocket to more than $600 for one month. She said she's not getting a straight answer from PNM and now has a warning for others.
  
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• Group looking for summer items to donate to homeless

  01-05-2016 06:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- A steady stream of sneakers pound an Albuquerque sidewalk as the sun greets another Saturday. There’s a chill in the air, and Marissa Brown says the people she serves feel it.
  Brown– a coordinator for the “Who I Am Foundation”–  originally planned to deliver summertime items, like sunscreen, umbrellas and sunglasses, Saturday.
  “They’re kind of things that get forgotten,” said Brown.
  Rene Anaya is a homeless woman who has se
  
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• UNM’s medical school honors cadaver donors

  01-05-2016 06:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman’s parents decided to donate their bodies to medical research, changing the course of her life, too.
  “It was kinda like, oh my gosh, no, I don’t think I want that to happen,” said Gail Green.
  Green was shocked to learn her parents, Daniel and Ruth Cella, had made a big decision.
  “About 20 years ago Mom and Dad told me that they had been to a health fair and donated their bodies to medical research,” said Green.
  Th
  
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• Family plans rally to protest Nehemiah Griego’s release

  01-05-2016 06:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A grandparent of 19-year-old Nehemiah Griego is speaking out saying he believes his grandson is not ready to be released.
  This is the first time KRQE is hearing from Nehemiah’s grandfather, Richard Griego, who like many others in the family believe the judge in this case made the wrong decision.
  In March a judge decided Nehemiah would remain in state custody until he is 21.
  Griego was 15 years old in 2013 when he murdered his parents and three younger siblings i
  
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• Gathering of Nations wraps up Saturday

  01-05-2016 05:59
  
  They make their own music. They create their own outfits. Every April, hundreds of Native American tribes pack The Pit in Albuquerque for the Gathering of Nations.
  
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• Canada could be the real winner in the U.S. election

  01-05-2016 04:18 via krqe.com
  
  TORONTO, ON, CANADA (WIVB) — Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are relocating to the land up north, making Canada their new home.
  “Our government is very strong for our people,” said Stephen Lukawski, a Century 21 real estate owner in Niagara on the Lake.  “We have social assistance program, affordable housing and best of all, free healthcare.”
  “I think that there is an interest in Canada because Canada is a unique place,” said Toni Mo
  
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• Albuquerque Rescue Mission will hault food services for expansion project

  01-05-2016 03:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)– Beginning Monday the Albuquerque Rescue Mission will stop serving food to the public, but just for a few weeks.
  That’s because of major construction project to expand and upgrade the facility.The expansion project began in early spring and is scheduled to continue through the summer.The mission says other local community partners will be providing services to those in need.Food services are expected to resume on May 23rd.
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• In Internet age, pirate radio arises as surprising challenge

  01-05-2016 02:56 via krqe.com
  
  IRVINGTON, N.J. (AP) — In the age of podcasts and streaming services, you might think pirate radio is low on the list of concerns of federal lawmakers and broadcasters. You’d be wrong.
  They’re increasingly worried about its presence in some cities as unlicensed broadcasters commandeer frequencies to play anything from Trinidadian dance music to Haitian call-in shows. And they complain the Federal Communications Commission can’t keep up with the pirates, who can block list
  
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• Deputies find eight stolen vehicles in South Valley yard

  01-05-2016 02:49
  
  An Albuquerque man was arrested Friday after deputies found eight stolen vehicles parked in the South Valley yard he shares with his landlord, according to a criminal complaint. Jose Mejia-Velazquez, 43, faces eight counts of receiving or transferring a motor vehicle, deputies said. Deputies were sent to the home, located on Lisa Road, near Coors […]
  
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• Aggie golf: Men are fourth after first round of WAC tourney

  01-05-2016 02:18
  
    BLAINE, Wash. – The New Mexico State Aggies opened the 2016 Western Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship with a 301 to sit fourth after the first round action at the Loomis Trail Golf Club at the Semiahmoo Resort.   The Aggies are 18 strokes behind leader Missouri-Kansas City that posted a 5-under-par 283. The […]
  
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• APD: Kentucky limo’s long trip ends in Albuquerque

  01-05-2016 02:10
  
  A limousine reported stolen in Kentucky was located more than 1,200 miles away: in the driveway of a Northeast Albuquerque home Friday, according to police. Officers were dispatched to a home in the 6900 block of Shoshone NE, near Louisiana and Candelaria, after a woman called to report that her neighbor said a black limo […]
  
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• Gathering of Nations draws large crowd

  01-05-2016 02:09
  
  Drums echoed throughout Wise Pies Arena Aka “The Pit” as people trickled into their seats this Saturday morning for the 33rd annual Gathering of Nations. It is the world's largest powwow.
  
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