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• Breaking: BCSO involved in South Valley shooting

  03-05-2016 23:54
  
  At least one Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputy was involved in a shooting in the South Valley Tuesday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office said on social media that Bridge was closed between Isleta and 8th Street while deputies investigate. The sheriff’s office did not immediately release any other information, including if […]
  
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• Suspect in hospital, charged in deputy-involved shooting

  03-05-2016 23:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The suspect injured in a deputy-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque on Tuesday has been identified as 30-year-old David Hickey.
  Hickey is being charged with Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says that Hickey has an extensive criminal history including violence toward law enforcement.
  “We know one subject [Hickey] received a gun shot wound and he’s r
  
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• Suspect identified, charged in deputy-involved shooting

  03-05-2016 23:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The suspect injured in a deputy-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque on Tuesday has been identified as 30-year-old David Hickey.
  Hickey is being charged with Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says that Hickey has an extensive criminal history including violence toward law enforcement.
  “We know one subject [Hickey] received a gun shot wound and he’s r
  
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• BCSD: 1 injured in deputy-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque

  03-05-2016 23:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says a suspect was injured in a deputy-involved shooting in southwest Albuquerque.
  According to BCSD, two deputies were involved in the shooting. BCSD says two suspects were apprehended and that there are no outstanding suspects at this time.
  People are being asked to avoid the area, Bridge is closed in both directions at Isleta Boulevard as officials investigate.
  BCSD says no deputies were injured in the incident.
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• Texas prison ban on Muslim inmate beards, caps ruled illegal

  03-05-2016 23:46
  
  DALLAS — A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas prison inmate’s right to a beard and skullcap as required by his religious beliefs. A unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a lower-court ruling that David Rasheed Ali should be allowed to grow […]
  
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• Prison guard says he fired as he was punched at biker brawl

  03-05-2016 23:45
  
  DENVER — A corrections officer who killed a man during a shootout at a Denver motorcycle show said he fired the first shot because members of another biker group were punching and cornering him, according to police reports released Tuesday that offer a new glimpse into the chaotic brawl. Police proposed charging Derrick Duran, 34, […]
  
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• A classic love tail: Man rescues dog. Dog rescues man.

  03-05-2016 23:44
  
  NEW YORK — It’s a classic love tail: Broken man meets broken dog and together they make life good again. Colin Campbell was a regular guy living a regular life in 2008. He had a nice job, a nice house and a beautiful wife until, as heartache often happens, he returned from a business trip […]
  
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• Teen injured during shot-put event in Meeteetse

  03-05-2016 23:43
  
  CODY, Wyo. — A teen helping to measure distances in the shot-put event in Meeteetse was air lifted to a hospital after being struck in the head by an errant throw. The Cody Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/1Y6pVm3 ) that the incident occurred Monday afternoon while competitors were warming up with practice throws. The seventh-grader was knocked […]
  
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• Dear Mama: Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, dies

  03-05-2016 23:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rap icon Tupac Shakur, and fostered his legacy for decades after he was slain, has died of an apparent heart attack, authorities said Tuesday. She was 69. Responding to a 911 call to Shakur’s home in Sausalito Monday night, […]
  
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• Trial underway for accused intruder found sleeping nude in woman’s bedroom

  03-05-2016 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man who allegedly broke into an Albuquerque couple’s home, then took a nap naked in their bed is on trial Tuesday.
  Freddie Shelby was arrested in 2014 after police say he went in through a window at the home near Washington and Indian School. They say Shelby helped himself to a drink in the fridge, before climbing under the covers nude.
  He told officers he thought he was in his girlfriend’s house. They believe he was drunk or high at the time.
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• Fiat Chrysler, Google to cooperate on autonomous minivans

  03-05-2016 23:34
  
  DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler and Google will work together to more than double the size of Google’s self-driving vehicle fleet by adding 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans. The companies announced the agreement on Tuesday, saying that Chrysler engineers would work with Google to install sensors and software so the vans can drive themselves. The added vehicles […]
  
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• Whole Foods to debut new Albuquerque pub

  03-05-2016 23:19
  
  Shop then sip? Or sip then shop? Customers can do either starting this Saturday with the opening of Sandia Saloon, the new pub inside the Whole Foods Market in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights — part of the grocery chain’s larger trend of adding bars to its stores. Sandia Saloon has a mix of national and local […]
  
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• Extended Video: FBI gives more information in girl’s kidnapping

  03-05-2016 22:35 via krqe.com
  
  SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP/KRQE) – The Navajo Nation and the FBI have confirmed the 11-year-old girl abducted near Shiprock has been found dead.Police are searching for: 
  Maroon Mini Van
  With sliding doors
  No hubcaps
  Luggage rack on top of vehicle
  Call police if you have any information.Hundreds of law enforcement officers and volunteers have been scouring the area between Shiprock and Red Valley, Arizona for 11-year-old Ashlynn Mike since Monday afternoon.
  Investigators believe the girl was
  
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• Yearbook prank lands high school student felony charge

  03-05-2016 22:13 via krqe.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona high school student is facing a felony charge after police say he exposed himself in a football team picture that ended up in the school yearbook.
  This undated booking photo provided by the Mesa Police Department, in Mesa, Ariz., shows Hunter Osborn. The Arizona high school student is facing dozens of charges after police say he exposed himself in a football team picture that ended up in a yearbook handed out to some 3400 students. (Mesa Police Department via
  
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• PNM earnings plunge; Intel electric use partly to blame

  03-05-2016 21:48
  
  PNM Resources reported a 36 percent decline in net earnings in the first-quarter of this year, in part because of declining electric demand at Intel Corp. in Rio Rancho.
  
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• 2 US senators want states included in wolf management

  03-05-2016 21:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Two U.S. senators from the West want state wildlife authorities and ranchers to have more say in how the federal government manages endangered Mexican gray wolves.
  Arizona Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake have introduced legislation that would push the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to work more closely with states to revamp a decades-old recovery plan for the wolves.
  If the agency fails, states would have authority to step in.
  The senators say tens of millio
  
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• Today in History: May 3

  03-05-2016 21:47 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Tuesday, May 3, the 124th day of 2016. There are 242 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 3, 1791, the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania adopted a constitution.
  On this date:
  In 1515, Pope Leo X promulgated the bull “Inter sollicitudines” allowing the Catholic Church to review and censor books.
  In 1765, the first school of medicine in the American colonies, the Medical School of the College of Philadelphia (now the Perelman School of Medicine at t
  
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• More acidic seawater now dissolving bit of Florida Keys reef

  03-05-2016 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Seawater — increasingly acidic due to global warming — is eating away the limestone framework for the coral reef of the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. It’s something that scientists had expected, but not so soon. This is one of the first times scientists have documented long-term effects of ocean […]
  
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• Police: Hijacked bus strikes, kills pedestrian in DC

  03-05-2016 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON — A man attacked a city bus driver, stole the bus, then struck and killed a pedestrian after the vehicle jumped a curb at a gas station in Washington on Tuesday, police said. He was captured and brought to a hospital. The man, armed with a weapon, stood by the driver for a time […]
  
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• It takes a village to corral a llama in Colorado

  03-05-2016 21:36
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — It took a village and two hours to corral an uncooperative llama named Ethel who escaped from her pasture in rural Colorado and wandered near some busy roadways. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office tweeted a wanted poster with a photo of the wayward animal, along with the hashtag #LlamaOnTheLoose — an amended […]
  
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• Police begin wider body camera use after months of testing

  03-05-2016 21:35
  
  BOSTON — After months of testing, many of the nation’s big-city police forces are planning to expand their use of body cameras by the summer, but the number of officers with such gear will still be relatively small, an Associated Press review found. The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other deaths […]
  
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• SBA names Small Business Award winners

  03-05-2016 19:39
  
  The U.S. Small Business Administration on Wednesday announced its  2016 New Mexico Small Business Week Award winners. Being honored by the SBA this year are: Small Business Person of the Year – Karl S. Halpert, president/CEO Private Label Select, Ltd. Co. – Taos Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Frank Garcia, president/CEO, Perikin Enterprises, LLC., […]
  
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• Phoenix police: Woman wounded still standing on balcony

  03-05-2016 19:32
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating a shooting in which a woman was wounded while standing on the balcony of a third-floor apartment and smoking a cigarette. Sgt. Jonathan Howard says officers determined that a man shot the woman from across a courtyard early Tuesday morning and fled before police arrived. Howard says it’s “highly […]
  
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• More than 200 East Texas homes damaged, destroyed in storms

  03-05-2016 19:32
  
  PALESTINE, Texas — More than 200 homes in East Texas were damaged or destroyed during last weekend’s tornadoes and deadly flooding. Teams from the American Red Cross on Tuesday assisted with recovery in Anderson, Cherokee, Harrison, Lamar, Smith, Upshur and Wood counties. Red Cross spokeswoman Anita Foster says 84 homes were left uninhabitable from the […]
  
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• Yearbook prank lands AZ high school student felony charge

  03-05-2016 19:31
  
  MESA, Ariz. — An Arizona high school student is facing a felony charge after police say he exposed himself in a football team picture that ended up in the school yearbook. Mesa police say 19-year-old Hunter Osborn was arrested after they were alerted to the picture over the weekend. A police document says the Red […]
  
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• Colorado pot-in-schools bill awaits governor’s pen

  03-05-2016 19:31
  
  DENVER — Colorado schools would be required to allow medical marijuana use under a bill awaiting the governor’s pen. Gov. John Hickenlooper says he supports the school requirement. Senators voted 35-0 Tuesday in favor of the bill. It makes Colorado the second state to require schools to accommodate student pot use. The bill says schools […]
  
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• Martinez involved in Corrections fair pay lawsuit

  03-05-2016 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico prison system is arguing that it is exempt from a state law requiring employers to pay women and men the same amount for comparable work.
  The New Mexican reports that Gov. Susana Martinez signed the Fair Pay for Women Act in 2013, but her administration is fighting claims filed under the law.
  The Corrections Department is fighting claims from former female employees who say they earned less than men in similar positions. Former Corrections Department la
  
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• Cruz hits at Trump as Indiana votes, calling rival ‘amoral’

  03-05-2016 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Ted Cruz launched a blistering attack on rival Donald Trump as voters cast ballots in Indiana on Tuesday, calling him “amoral” and likening him to a fictitious character he described as “a braggadocios, arrogant buffoon.”
  Speaking to reporters in Evansville, Indiana, on the day of the state’s presidential primary, Cruz warned that the country can “plunge into the abyss” if Trump is elected president.
  “We are not
  
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• American killed in combat in Iraq was Navy SEAL

  03-05-2016 18:41 via krqe.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — An American serviceman killed in Iraq by fire from the Islamic State group has been identified as a Navy SEAL.
  A U.S. official says the SEAL was killed during an attack on Iraqi Kurdish positions outside the IS-held city of Mosul on Tuesday morning.
  It was the third death of a U.S. service member in Iraq since the U.S.-led coalition launched its campaign against IS militants in the summer of 2014. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called it a “combat death.”
  The offic
  
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• Law enforcement hosts memorial honoring fallen officers

  03-05-2016 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office are hosting a memorial ceremony to honor officers killed in the line of duty.
  The event is being held Tuesday at noon in Civic Plaza.
  The memorial service is to pay tribute to officers who have sacrificed their lives while on the job. The families of those fallen officers will also be honored.
  Albuquerque Police officer Daniel Webster who was gunned down during a traffic stop will be h
  
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• Denver Zoo euthanizes lion suffering from liver disease.

  03-05-2016 18:34
  
  DENVER — The Denver Zoo has euthanized a 3-year-old lion that had been suffering from liver disease. The Denver Post (http://tinyurl.com/h57efmd ) reports Sango was euthanized Saturday. The zoo says he began having seizures about a week ago and worsened until he was unable to walk or position himself to drink. Veterinarians diagnosed liver disease, […]
  
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• Good Samaritan killed trying to help wounded Texas woman

  03-05-2016 18:33
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Authorities say a father of three was killed when he attempted to assist a woman who had been shot by her husband during an argument outside of a Dallas-area store. Arlington police allege that 35-year-old Anthony Antell Jr. saw 22-year-old Ricci Bradden shoot at the feet of his wife during an argument […]
  
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• Fund to fight poverty, global warming OK’d

  03-05-2016 18:28
  
  The city of Santa Fe on Monday moved a step closer to creating what it’s calling the Verde Fund — a pool of money that would be used to provide capital for programs that combat poverty and climate change. A motion to create the fund and to use a one-time allocation of $300,000 from what […]
  
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• Light-up gowns and gladiators: Met Gala fashion was fierce

  03-05-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — They came as robots and gladiators, light-up princesses and high-haired goddesses shimmering in green, copper and silver.
  As predicted, the annual parade of fashion and star power at the Met Gala on Monday night included an array of interpretations on the evening’s vibe: “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.”
  That’s the name of an exhibit opening Thursday that set the tone for the star-studded evening that raises millions for the Metropo
  
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• Trump repeats unsubstantiated claim Cruz dad has Oswald ties

  03-05-2016 17:46
  
  NEW YORK — Republican front-runner Donald Trump rehashed unsubstantiated claims Tuesday that his rival Ted Cruz’s father has links to President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. In a telephone interview broadcast by Fox News on Tuesday, Trump cited a National Enquirer story that claimed Rafael Cruz appeared in a 1963 photo in New […]
  
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• Archbishop ‘concerned’ as primaries head to New Mexico

  03-05-2016 17:33
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester says he is “concerned” about the political rhetoric surrounding immigration as the presidential primary campaign heads to New Mexico. Wester told The Associated Press on Monday candidates who seek to blame immigrants for nation’s problems are diverting attention from other issues like poverty and inequality. The Roman […]
  
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• Many workers feel overweight, but don’t use company’s wellness perks

  03-05-2016 17:11
  
  PITTSBURGH — More than half of workers in a recent survey believe they have packed on too many pounds because they sit at their desks all day, engage in stress-induced eating and are too exhausted to exercise. Yet among those who reported feeling overweight, more than half who have access to gyms or wellness programs […]
  
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• Wanted: Stay-at-home moms wanting to get back to work

  03-05-2016 17:06
  
  CHICAGO — After nine years at Google, Phoebe Elder quit in July to stay home with her two kids. Relieved to get off the hamster wheel of juggling a demanding job and family time, Elder, who lives in suburban Chicago, also feared losing the independence of having her own paycheck and the notoriously tough task […]
  
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• Diane Stafford: Email habits that lose friends at work

  03-05-2016 17:04
  
  Here’s what busy workers don’t have time to tolerate: Any email that fails to include a subject line. People don’t go to their inboxes for treasure hunts. Any email that only says “Hi!” There’s too much danger behind that fake friendship. Any email WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS — hard to read. Ditto a gray blob […]
  
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• Solar plane on global trip arrives in Arizona

  03-05-2016 16:11 via krqe.com
  
  GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A solar-powered airplane landed in suburban Phoenix Monday night after a daylong flight from California — the latest leg in its around the world journey using only energy from the sun.
  The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 arrived in the suburb of Goodyear, just to the southwest of Phoenix, shortly before 9 p.m. PDT.
  Pilot Andre Borschberg called the 16-hour trip “a beautiful flight,” after stepping from the cockpit.
  “It was a special flight; not a l
  
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• APD: Woman tries to run officers over with kids in car

  03-05-2016 15:57
  
  Police blocked in a woman they say was extremely intoxicated Monday night, driving recklessly through Albuquerque with her two children in the car.
  
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• St. Louis jury awards $55M in Johnson & Johnson cancer suit

  03-05-2016 15:50 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — For the second time in three months, a St. Louis jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a huge award over claims that its talcum powder causes cancer.
  The jury deliberated eight hours Monday before ordering the company to pay $55 million to a South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on years of talcum powder use.
  In February, another St. Louis jury awarded $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused b
  
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• New: APD: Fleeing driver rams police car

  03-05-2016 15:42
  
  Two are in custody this morning following a car chase and a woman trying to run over police officers. Police say that around 9:45 p.m., officers were in the 6400 block of Cochiti Road SE when they saw Christopher Norkus walking and a white Honda following him. Norkus and the driver were believed to be in […]
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ leads Tony nods, sets record with 16 nods

  03-05-2016 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The megahit musical “Hamilton” has grabbed a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations, the biggest haul in Broadway history and another notch in the show’s march into theatrical history.
  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary on Tuesday broke the 15-nominations record held by “The Producers” and “Billy Elliot.” ”Hamilton” was nominated in virtually every category it
  
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• New Mexico water managers celebrate new Springer Dam

  03-05-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  SPRINGER, N.M. (AP) – Two small, old dams that had been deemed by New Mexico water managers as most likely to fail have been replaced.
  Officials with the Office of the State Engineer and the town of Springer gathered Monday to celebrate the completion of the new Springer Dam with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
  State Engineer Tom Blaine says the new dam will help provide a safe and reliable water supply for the northern New Mexico community.
  The project was funded by $7 million in state capital
  
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• New Mexico lobbyists report greater spending

  03-05-2016 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico political lobbyists are reporting a nearly 20 percent increase in spending in the first four months of 2016 over last year.
  Financial statements filed with the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office before a Tuesday deadline show lobbyists spent $269,000 to influencing public officials between the start of the year and April 25, including a 30-day legislative session. That was up from $226,000 in 2015.
  The spending includes direct campaign contributio
  
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• Popejoy hall celebrates golden anniversary

  03-05-2016 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local and  popular theater is gearing up for a big celebration.
  This season marks the golden anniversary for Popejoy Hall. To celebrate they are hosting A Taste of Broadway Gala.
  Wanda Easley-Small and Maryellen Missik-Tow joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the gala. Watch above.
  The gala will be held on Saturday, June 11 at Sandia Casino. There fine dining, award winning wines and spectacular auction items. 
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• American Red Cross hosts largest fundraiser of the year

  03-05-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A local organization is gearing up for their largest fundraiser of the year.
  American Red Cross will be hosting the Century of Service Gala.
  Beverly Allen and Katie Sherk joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the gala. Watch above.
  The gala will take place at Hotel Albuquerque on Saturday, May 21 from 5:30 p.m to 10 p.m.
  Purchase tickets in advance for $75 or $120 at the door.
  The night will be filled with entertainment by an all fem
  
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• Two organizations team up to benefit asthma

  03-05-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An innovative program is being offered in New Mexico to not only address a certain issue, but to also improve it.
  Tuesday, May 3rd is World Asthma Day and Blue Cross and Blue Shield have teamed up the the American Red Cross to improve the pediatric asthma care right here in our state.
  Duane Ross, M.D. with Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico and Kathleen Moseley with the American Lung Association joined KRQE’s This Morni
  
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• Police arrest Albuquerque mom after chase, crash

  03-05-2016 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque mom arrested after leading police on a wild chase with her two kids along for the ride.
  It happened Monday just before midnight.
  Officers say they noticed a white car following a man who was walking near the 6400 block of Cochiti Road SE. When officers approached the man, identified as Christopher Norkus, they say say the driver of the white car returned.
  Christopher NorkusThe driver of the white car has been identified as Patsy Anaya, who police s
  
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