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• Albuquerque neighborhood association fed up with transportation center problems

  02-05-2016 23:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A downtown Albuquerque neighborhood association president is speaking out on the problems he and his neighbors say they see plaguing the Alvarado Transportation Center.
  “We’ve been asking the City of Albuquerque for about a year now, to change the atmosphere of the Alvarado Transportation Center by adding more police officers, adding more transit security,” Ron Casias said.
  Casias is the president of the months-old Silver Platinum Downtown Neighborhoo
  
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• Calif. mayor says cities are driving national economy

  02-05-2016 23:46
  
  Cities are helping drive the revitalization of the nation’s economy, said Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who joined Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on Monday as guest speakers at the monthly NAIOP New Mexico luncheon. Johnson, a former NBA player, said places like Sacramento and Albuquerque are wise to focus on building “next” economies, a concept he […]
  
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• Taco reportedly spotted training at 'Topes Park

  02-05-2016 23:37
  
  The Albuquerque Isotopes are returning to The Lab after being on the road for the past week, but the players aren’t the only ones with a return on their mind.
  
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• Leicester wins English title for 1st time in 132-year history

  02-05-2016 23:32 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Leicester secured an incredible first Premier League title without playing on Monday after second-place Tottenham drew 2-2 at Chelsea in one of the biggest-ever triumphs by an underdog in sports.
  Leicester was playing in the second tier only two years ago, came close to be relegated again last year and started this season as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title.
  Now for the first time in their 132-year history Leicester is champion of England after establishing an insurmountable s
  
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• Bernalillo County names 3 finalists to run jail

  02-05-2016 23:32
  
  Bernalillo County is considering three finalists to take over and run its massive West Side jail — including a retired New Mexico State Police chief and two corrections executives from Texas. The finalists are: — Faron Segotta, who spent nearly 30 years with the State Police, rising from patrolman to chief. He headed the department […]
  
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• Hub Intl. acquires First Santa Fe Insurance Services

  02-05-2016 23:18
  
  CHICAGO — Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of First Santa Fe Insurance Services, Inc., from First National Bank of Santa Fe, according to a news release from Hub. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With locations in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, First Santa Fe Insurance specializes in commercial and personal insurance. The […]
  
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• Police seek help finding missing 39-year-old

  02-05-2016 23:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 39-year-old.
  Lee Rowland was last seen in his home on April 30th at about 8 p.m. according to police. Officers say he was wearing a brown 49er’s shirt, jeans, and brown sandals.
  He is described by police as being 6′ 3″ and 180 to 200 pounds with brown eyes and hair.
  Police say Rowland suffers from a medical condition that may leave him disoriented.
  Anyone with information is asked to
  
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• US agency’s Nevada boss urges roundup of 4,000 mustangs

  02-05-2016 23:06 via krqe.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Nevada director wants to round up 4,000 wild horses in Elko County this summer in response to the continued deterioration of drought-stricken rangeland.
  That’s more mustangs than were gathered across 10 Western states combined last year.
  BLM Nevada Director John Ruhs says it won’t be possible to consider lifting livestock grazing restrictions in the northeast corner of the state without removing the mustangs from four herd
  
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• Judge: Former mayor’s Facebook page considered public record

  02-05-2016 22:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico judge has ruled that the City of Alamogordo and a former mayor violated state public records law by denying a citizen’s request to inspect a Facebook page.
  The Alamogordo Daily News reports that court records say Wendy Irby filed a request with Alamogordo to inspect a Facebook page established by then-Mayor Susie Galea. The city denied the request, saying Galea’s Facebook page was not a public record because the mayor did not create it on be
  
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• Israel to hold Palestinian journalist 4 months without trial

  02-05-2016 22:53 via krqe.com
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s military on Monday ordered a well-known Palestinian journalist to be held for four months without charges or trial, in so-called administrative detention.
  The military said Omar Nazzal is being held on suspicion of “unlawful activity” for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a small PLO faction that has been labeled a terrorist organization by Israel.
  Nazzal’s lawyer, Mahmoud Hassan, said he believes his client, a le
  
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• Stepson, friend held in death of small town Colorado vet

  02-05-2016 22:45
  
  BURLINGTON, Colo. — Authorities investigating the death of a veterinarian in Burlington say her stepson and another man are suspected of killing the woman and stealing items from her home. Police say 50-old Cynthia Campbell Eason was killed Friday in her home in the city of about 4,000 people near the Kansas border. In a […]
  
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• Court doc: Woman posted photos of stolen Porsche on Facebook

  02-05-2016 21:55
  
  An Albuquerque woman is behind bars after she was caught posting photos of a stolen Porsche on Facebook, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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• Today in History: May 2

  02-05-2016 21:24 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Monday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2016. There are 243 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 2, 1946, violence erupted during a foiled escape attempt at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay; the “Battle of Alcatraz” claimed the lives of three inmates and two correctional officers before it was put down two days later.
  On this date:
  In 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was arrested and charged with adultery; she was
  
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• Washington rolls out red carpet for White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  02-05-2016 21:15 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (CNN) – Washington rolled out the red carpet Saturday night for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
  The event brings out celebrities, journalists and politicians together for a night of jokes and jabs.  This marked Obama’s final dinner as president. And he took full advantage, poking fun at himself and those vying to replace him.
  Donald Trump decided to skip the event.In his absence, Mr. Obama and comedian Larry Wilmore made plenty of jokes at the republican
  
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• Southwest faces increased wildfire threat

  02-05-2016 20:58
  
  Fire forecasters say Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest will face an increased threat of wildfires this summer.
  
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• Injured BernCo police dog on the mend

  02-05-2016 20:58
  
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department police dog that was stabbed and beaten while trying to detain a suspect last week made a public appearance Monday.
  
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• Sheriff’s department pleased with injured K-9’s recovery

  02-05-2016 20:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – While the K-9 who was badly hurt during a domestic violence incident last month might not be back at work, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s department wants to the public to know how well Rex is doing.
  “He’s moving around — his appetite up, energy level up — things we look for, pleased with recovery so far,” said a BCSO spokesperson.
  Rex was stabbed three times and beaten with a baseball bat while trying to s
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to car burglary, battering an officer

  02-05-2016 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A serial burglar who has been in and out of jail is going back behind bars.
  Brianna Keck has been arrested for everything from petty theft to crashing into a police car.
  Keck pleaded guilty to a series of crimes committed last year, including car burglary and battering a police officer.
  In court Monday, the prosecutor pointed out that Keck’s extensive criminal history proves she’s a danger to the community and that she should serve eight years be
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: What is bitcoin? A look at the digital currency

  02-05-2016 19:42
  
  NEW YORK — Bitcoins allow people to buy goods and services and exchange money without involving banks, credit card issuers or other third parties. The online currency’s origins have long been a mystery — though an Australian man long rumored to have ties to bitcoin has come forward claiming to be its creator. Who is […]
  
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• ABQ ranks poorly as place to start a business

  02-05-2016 19:28
  
  Albuquerque is ranked in the bottom 10 among 150 cities as the best place to start a business in a list released Monday. The Duke City emerged as No. 142 in the latest WalletHub report, which measured 16 factors in three broad categories: business environment (including number of startups per 100,000 residents and five-year survival […]
  
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• Buffett praises Fed but warns of unintended consequences

  02-05-2016 19:24
  
  OMAHA, Neb. — Investor Warren Buffett said the Federal Reserve and other policymakers are generally doing a good job, but it’s difficult to predict all the effects of interest rates remaining low for this long. Buffett said on CNBC Monday that no one can predict the effects of prolonged low rates because it has never […]
  
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• Princess Charlotte rakes in the gifts on her 1st birthday

  02-05-2016 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — She may be too young to appreciate it, but Britain’s Princess Charlotte has received an extraordinary array of birthday gifts.
  Kensington Palace officials say she received letters and gifts from 64 countries on her first birthday Monday.
  Some were early birthday presents given during recent state visits by world leaders, including President Obama, who with his wife Michelle gave Charlotte a jigsaw puzzle and a soft toy modeled on Bo, the White House dog.
  British Prime M
  
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• Trump has a ‘plan B’ for convention — outside help

  02-05-2016 18:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has a Plan B if he’s faced with a contested convention, and it involves the sort of outside groups that he’s called “corrupt.”
  While the billionaire businessman might lock up the Republican presidential nomination in the next five weeks of voting, he and his allies are simultaneously undertaking a parallel effort in case he falls short.
  Outside groups, including one led by longtime Trump political ally Roger Stone, and a loose collecti
  
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• Mystery solved? Australian says he’s Bitcoin founder

  02-05-2016 18:38 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — An Australian man long rumored to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin has publicly identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world.
  BBC News said Monday that Craig Wright told the media outlet he is the man previously known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The computer scientist, inventor and academic said he launched the currency in 2009 with the help of others.
  Wright made similar claims to the Economist
  
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• Colorado Supreme Court strikes down local fracking bans

  02-05-2016 18:32
  
  DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court struck down attempts by two cities to ban or delay fracking on Monday, a major victory for the oil and gas industry. The court ruled that a ban on fracking in Longmont and a five-year moratorium in Fort Collins are invalid because they conflict with state law. State officials […]
  
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• 3 planets orbiting dwarf star prime spots to search for life

  02-05-2016 18:31 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life may need to look no farther than a small, nearby star.
  That’s the word Monday from a Belgian-led team that has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years away. It’s the first time planets have been found around these types of stars. Scientists say it opens up new territory in the search for life beyond our home planet.
  Because this star is so close and so
  
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• Bank of Albuquerque names senior vp

  02-05-2016 18:30
  
  Loral Butler has joined Bank of Albuquerque as senior vice president and trust officer in the Private Bank. Butler has 25 years’ experience in the financial services field, and previously was a senior vice president and senior wealth adviser at New Mexico Bank and Trust. She has a bachelor’s degree from Winona State University, and […]
  
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• First US cruise in decades arrives in Havana

  02-05-2016 18:28 via krqe.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — The first U.S. cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana on Monday, restarting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility.
  Carnival Cruise Line’s Adonia became the first U.S. cruise ship in Havana since President Jimmy Carter eliminated virtually all restrictions of U.S. travel to Cuba in the late 1970s.
  Travel limits were restored after Carter left office and U.S. cruises
  
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• Two doctors join Presbyterian

  02-05-2016 18:25
  
  Presbyterian Healthcare Services has hired two new providers: Justin O’Guinn, M.D. O’Guinn has a bachelor’s degree in biology and a medical degree, both from the University of Arkansas; completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Kansas; and completed an orthopedic sports fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital. Marie Bartholdi, M.D. Bartholdi has a bachelor’s […]
  
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• Buchholtz named director at Sloan, Akin & Robb

  02-05-2016 18:19
  
  David P. Buchholtz, formerly Of Counsel for Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb PA, has been elected to the board of directors of the firm. Buchholtz began his legal career in 1976 and joined the firm in 2014. He focuses on government finance law, economic development and state tax incentive la w, financial institutions law, […]
  
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• Guide highlights Native American link to historic Route 66

  02-05-2016 18:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new story is unfolding along historic Route 66 thanks to a yearlong project coordinated by a tourism group with help from the National Park Service and American Indian tribes along America’s Mother Road.
  The result is a guidebook detailing the histories of more than two dozen tribal communities along the 2,400-mile byway and their relationship to the road that helped change the West.
  Stretching from Chicago to California, more than half of the route cuts th
  
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• Study ranks New Mexico on ease of access to doctors’ information

  02-05-2016 17:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In an age when you can find an internet search engine listed in the dictionary as a verb, there’s not much you can’t find online. Unless — that is — you’re looking for information on your doctor.
  “You know more about your dishwasher and your automobile than you do about the doctor.”
  Paul Gessing is the president of the Rio Grande Foundation, a New Mexico policy research group and government watchdog.
  “I think it&rsq
  
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• The Latest: Cruz to hang in as long as he has ‘viable path’

  02-05-2016 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2016 presidential race on the eve of Indiana’s primary (all times EDT): 10:45 a.m. Ted Cruz is calling the Indiana primary “neck and neck” and says he’ll stay in the Republican presidential race for as long as he has a “viable path to victory.” He spoke to reporters after […]
  
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• Q&A: When is a Boot on the Ground not a Boot on the Ground?

  02-05-2016 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON — No one disputes that U.S. military forces are fighting in combat in Iraq and Syria — except maybe President Barack Obama and some members of his administration. The semantic arguments over whether there are American “boots on the ground” muddy the view of a situation in which several thousand armed U.S. military personnel […]
  
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• State Supreme Court considers rules for closed courtrooms

  02-05-2016 17:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court is considering a rule to help trial judges decide when to close a courtroom to the public.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the high court is considering a proposal that defines official guides for closures and establishes the steps and notifications that must be followed.
  Closing a courtroom can help witnesses who may not otherwise testify feel safe, but since the decision to keep the public out competes with the right of the
  
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• US, Europe struggle to make progress in free trade talks

  02-05-2016 17:20
  
  BRUSSELS — Talks to create a massive free trade zone between the United States and the European Union continue to be held back because of disagreements on key issues, making success under President Barack Obama’s administration ever less likely. With the November U.S. elections drawing closer, chief EU negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero says that “still, […]
  
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• Wounded, beaten sheriff’s canine recovering nicely

  02-05-2016 17:15
  
  Rex, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's canine who was stabbed with a knife and beaten with a bas ...
  
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• Unused gift cards? Consumers increasingly buying and selling them online

  02-05-2016 16:58
  
  PITTSBURGH — A gift card can be the perfect gift. Except when it’s not. Let’s say your generous out-of-town aunt sends you a $100 gift card for your birthday good at AMC theaters. Too bad the theater chain in your neighborhood is a Cinemark. Or maybe your clueless cousin bought you a $50 card to […]
  
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• Can fixed payments transform the health care industry?

  02-05-2016 16:57
  
  MADISON, Wis. — Two items stood out when employees of UnityPoint Health-Meriter first saw the total cost of knee and hip replacement surgery for its Medicare patients. One was that some physicians sent patients to nursing homes after surgery much more often than others — at a cost of $550 to $600 a day, a […]
  
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• 4 characteristics of the best mutual funds

  02-05-2016 16:57
  
  Before you invest in a mutual fund, you need to know more about it than simply whether it appeared on a best mutual funds list. Although some of the funds that make these lists are undoubtedly good, using them as the sole basis to pick the mutual funds that you will invest in is a […]
  
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• At Tony Award nominations Tuesday, all eyes on ‘Hamilton’

  02-05-2016 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — One thing practically assured on Tuesday is that the Broadway megahit “Hamilton” will get plenty of Tony Award nominations. The real question is how many.
  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary has already won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, a Grammy, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History and a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant.
  Adored by critics and the public alike,
  
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• Closing arguments set in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer trial

  02-05-2016 16:07 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The trial of alleged “Grim Sleeper” Lonnie Franklin Jr. headed to a close Monday after months of testimony about a serial killer who stalked women during the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic, then laid low for 14 years before renewing the grisly sex attacks.
  Closing arguments were scheduled to begin in the morning and could last two days.
  Franklin, 63, could face the death penalty if convicted.
  He is charged with nine women and a 15-year-old girl between 1985 and
  
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• Gender politics playing a big role for Trump, Clinton

  02-05-2016 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — She has no stamina. She shouts. She’s got nothing going for her but being a woman.
  Donald Trump, after toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, is all in on a mission to undercut Hillary Clinton’s credentials by syncing up his say-anything campaign strategy with his alpha-male persona.
  The same Republican presidential candidate who mocked “little” Marco Rubio, dismissed “low-energy” Jeb Bush and promises to “che
  
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• Malia Obama to enter Harvard in 2017 after taking gap year

  02-05-2016 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A year off between high school and college is becoming a popular choice for U.S. students and it has caught the eye of President Barack Obama’s daughter, Malia. The White House says the high school senior will enter Harvard in 2017, not later this year as had been widely expected.
  The elder of Obama’s daughters is a senior at Sidwell Friends, an exclusive private school in the District of Columbia that helped educate another first daughter, Chelsea Clinton, in
  
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• Puerto Rico won’t make $370 million in debt payments Monday

  02-05-2016 15:45
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced that Puerto Rico’s government will not make nearly $370 million in bond payments due Monday after a failure to restructure or find a political solution to the U.S. territory’s spiraling public debt crisis. Garcia said Sunday that he had issued an executive order suspending payments […]
  
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• Hungary aiming to drive Uber ride-hailing app out of country

  02-05-2016 15:45
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian government wants to drive out ride-hailing app Uber from the country while proposing new legislation to crack down on unlicensed passenger transport, officials said Monday. Taxi drivers have held several demonstrations against Uber and unlicensed drivers, slowing traffic in Budapest and petitioning authorities to ban the U.S. company, whose European […]
  
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• Energy explorers Halliburton and Baker Hughes abandon merger

  02-05-2016 15:44
  
  WASHINGTON — Two companies crucial to the business of U.S. energy exploration — Halliburton and Baker Hughes — have abandoned their planned $34 billion merger. The companies and the Justice Department disclosed the plans on Sunday. The department filed suit April 6 to block the merger of Halliburton and Baker Hughes. It claims the transaction […]
  
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• Gannett tells Tribune shareholders not to vote for board

  02-05-2016 15:42
  
  NEW YORK — Gannett is escalating its pursuit of buy rival newspaper company Tribune, telling shareholders of Tribune not to vote for its board member nominees up for election in June. Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and other newspapers, said Monday that withholding a vote at Tribune’s annual meeting next month will send a […]
  
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• ABQ Solid Waste to remove yard waste for limited time

  02-05-2016 15:24
  
  Beginning Monday, Albuquerque residents can get branches or weeds removed for free without leaving their homes.
  
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• Captive-born wolf pups released into wild den in New Mexico

  02-05-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials say they have, for the first time, successfully integrated wolf pups raised in captivity with a wild litter in New Mexico.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two 9-day-old endangered Mexican wolf pups raised at a conservation center in Missouri have been adopted by a wild wolf and her litter of five in Catron County.
  Endangered Wolf Center Director of Animal Care and Conservation Regina Mosso
  
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