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• Shopping centers anchored by cafes up for sale

  10-05-2016 23:56
  
  The owners of Flying Star have put two of their restaurant-anchored shopping centers on the market but say they have no plans to close either of the resident cafes. Jean and Mark Bernstein, the couple behind the local Flying Star cafe chain, have listed the shopping centers they own along Rio Grande Boulevard and Corrales […]
  
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• Updated: Metro home sales, prices keep rising

  10-05-2016 23:48
  
  Albuquerque metro home sales prices and the numbers of detached homes sold rose in April, continuing a string of increases since the beginning of the year, the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors reported Tuesday. The association said median home sales prices for the metro region stood at $185,000 last month, a 4.6 percent increase over […]
  
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• Santa Fe moves forward with pedestrian underpass plans

  10-05-2016 23:43 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city of Santa Fe is moving forward with a pedestrian and bicycle underpass and by the looks of it, it’s going to be pretty fancy. The crossing will be under Saint Francis Drive near Cerrillos Road.
  A city council committee approved several bids for construction Monday. An artist rendering shows what it might look like, which includes a light sculpture.
  Counselors say most of the $5 million project is being paid for with federal funds.
  The underpass will co
  
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• Man accused in Alamogordo double murder now back in jail

  10-05-2016 23:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – An accused double murderer is back behind bars after a judge revoked his bond. Terrick Thompkins is charged with killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend last year in her Alamogordo home.
  A judge set a $240,000 cash or surety bond. Thompkins came up with the required 10-percent and got out to the dismay of the victim’s family.
  Prosecutors filed an emergency motion saying the severity of his crimes and prior convictions don’t guarantee him a right to bail.
  
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• Rio Rancho psychologist gets probation for health care fraud

  10-05-2016 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico psychologist from has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to health care fraud.
  Prosecutors say 61-year-old Julee K. Huggins, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Albuquerque.
  She also was ordered to pay nearly $158,000 in restitution to Medicare and two private insurance carriers – Presbyterian Health Plan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico.
  Huggins pleaded guilty in the case in Novembe
  
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• Prosecutors mull charges in Kansas officer’s shooting death

  10-05-2016 23:25
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man suspected of gunning down a police detective in Kansas was charged Tuesday with shooting and wounding a woman in a botched carjacking in Missouri moments before he was shot by police and captured. Prosecutors in Kansas’ Wyandotte County still were weighing charges against Curtis Ayers in the shooting death […]
  
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• Surveyors assess Oklahoma communities in wake of EF3 tornado

  10-05-2016 23:22
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Forecasters turned their attention to the Ohio River Valley on Tuesday following a series of powerful storms that hit the Plains, including deadly tornadoes that destroyed homes and overturned vehicles in Oklahoma. National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Smith said Tuesday’s risk for bad weather was not as great as it was on […]
  
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• This stings: Winter death rate for America’s bees jumps

  10-05-2016 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON — After two years of improvement, America’s honeybees had another tough and deadly winter, probably because of mites, according to a new federal survey released Tuesday. The annual survey of beekeepers showed the winter colony loss rate was 28 percent, up from 22 percent. That’s about average over the past decade but higher than […]
  
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• Report: Bullying is a serious public health problem

  10-05-2016 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON — Zero-tolerance policies are ineffective in combating bullying, an independent government advisory group says in urging schools to take a more preventative approach that includes teaching tolerance to address this “serious public health problem.” In a report released Tuesday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said bullying should no longer be dismissed […]
  
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• Bat at Tucson apartment complex tests positive for rabies

  10-05-2016 22:28
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Authorities in Tucson say a bat found at an apartment complex last week has tested positive for the rabies virus. Officials from Pima Animal Care Center were contacted by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and found the live bat in a box outside the apartment complex. The bat was removed last Wednesday, […]
  
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• Magazine for tween girls apologizes amid swimsuit backlash

  10-05-2016 22:27
  
  NEW YORK — The publisher is a magazine aimed at tween girls apologized Tuesday for offering adult-like tips on choosing bathing suits based on size and curves, unleashing a body shaming backlash. Girls who are “curvy” on top, for instance, were advised in the latest issue of Discovery Girls to go for a one-piece with […]
  
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• Treasury calls for new regulations for online lenders

  10-05-2016 22:20 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department called for additional oversight and some increased regulations for the online lending industry on Tuesday, the first time a government agency has weighed in on this quickly growing, but largely unregulated, part of the financial world.
  It also comes at a time when the biggest online lending company, LendingClub, is under scrutiny from investors after the company altered a portfolio of sketchy loans in order to sell them to an investor. The scandal fo
  
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• Debate over transgender bathroom access spreads nationwide

  10-05-2016 22:19 via krqe.com
  
  There was a showdown in Houston last fall. This spring, North Carolina became the battleground. By now, confrontations have flared across the country over whether to protect or curtail the right of transgender people to use public restrooms in accordance with their gender identity.
  The upshot, in virtually every case, has been emotional debate over privacy, personal safety and prejudice.
  Many of those who favor limiting transgender rights contend that expanding anti-bias protections to bathrooms
  
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• More than 3 dozen immigrants rescued from Texas stash house

  10-05-2016 22:10
  
  EDINBURG, Texas — Investigators say more than three dozen immigrants have been rescued from a South Texas stash house a few miles from the Mexican border. A Border Patrol statement Tuesday says a U.S. citizen and a Mexican national were arrested in the human smuggling investigation. Authorities say a traffic stop led to discovery of […]
  
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• New Mexico State University considers faculty furloughs

  10-05-2016 21:39 via krqe.com
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State University may furlough faculty members to help trim $10.7 million from the budget.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports the university is restructuring while enrollment declines and state funding drops.
  University Provost Dan Howard says the faculty has been largely untouched by the process so far, and is the last place to look for cost savings.
  He said furloughs are just one of the options up for consideration ahead of June budget decisions.
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• Judge in ex-Gov. Richardson’s hit-and-run case withdraws

  10-05-2016 21:07 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A municipal judge in a hit-and-run case involving former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has recused herself.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Santa Fe Municipal Judge Virginia Vigil said Monday she withdrew because she lobbied fellow Democrat Richardson for capital construction money while she was a county commissioner.
  Vigil’s decision postpones a hearing that was scheduled for Wednesday. Municipal Court Administrator Arlene Sisneros says another judge wi
  
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• Santa Fe National Cemetery seeks Memorial Day volunteers

  10-05-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for volunteers Memorial Day weekend.
  They need help placing more than $50,000 flags on each grave site at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
  Volunteers are needed for set up at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 27 and for removal on Tuesday, May 31 at 9 a.m.
  Anyone interested in volunteering can call 505-988-6400 ext. 105.
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• Santa Fe to waive parking tickets to increase nightlife

  10-05-2016 20:27 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe City Council has signed off a parking voucher program that would allow drivers to leave their car downtown if they’ve had too much to drink.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the committee signed off on a six month trial run. At the end of the trial run, they’ll decide if they want to continue the program.
  The program allows drivers who are too intoxicated to drive to leave their cars in the downtown area overnight and avoid getting
  
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• Police: Driver slams into grocery store to help shoplifter escape

  10-05-2016 20:12 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe Police are looking for a getaway driver who helped a suspected shoplifter escape. 
  The incident happened around 11 a.m. Sunday. Police say a driver rammed his van into the Smith’s near St. Michael’s Drive and Pacheco Street to help 22-year-old Raeann Tapia escape.
  According to the police report, Tapia tried to make off with a cart full of shrimp and detergent when an employee confronted her. That’s when police say she punche
  
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• Woman connected to veteran’s murder tells judge she’s a victim

  10-05-2016 20:10 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The woman connected to the murder of an Army veteran during an ATM robbery in Albuquerque claims she’s not only innocent, but a victim.
  Tuesday in court Veronica Trimble told a judge she had no idea her friend was going to kill Tyler Lackey and that she was held against her will as they disappeared to Oklahoma.
  Lackey was shot to death at an ATM near Yale and Gibson in February.
  Police say Trimble was in the car with the shooter, Matthew Chavez, when he got
  
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• Trump cruises in West Virginia as Clinton braces for another loss

  10-05-2016 19:57 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is prepping for another primary loss Tuesday night – this time in West Virginia.
  They say good things come to those who wait, and Clinton has wound up waiting a heck of a lot longer to claim the Democratic nomination than first anticipated.
  On the flip side, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump triumphed well ahead of schedule, and West Virginia will be the big juicy cherry on top of his 2016 sundae.
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• Kerry: Businesses using US sanctions as excuse to avoid Iran

  10-05-2016 19:29
  
  LONDON — Businesses around the world are using the United States as an excuse to avoid doing business with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday as he declared the Islamic Republic “open for business” for European banks. Kerry, ahead of a meeting on Iran with European bankers, said it was unfair and […]
  
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• Judge: Co-conspirators in bridge scandal should be revealed

  10-05-2016 19:28
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a list of unindicted co-conspirators should be made public in the case of two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie charged in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal. U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton said Tuesday it’s in the public’s interest for the […]
  
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• 30-year-old Siamese cat is named world’s oldest living cat

  10-05-2016 19:28
  
  MANSFIELD, Texas — A Siamese cat born during President Ronald Reagan’s administration has been named by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living cat. Guinness says Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday on March 26. He lives in Mansfield, Texas. Owner Gail Floyd attributes Scooter’s longevity to staying active. She tells Guinness he keeps busy […]
  
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• South Texas voters recall 3 leaders amid corruption scandal

  10-05-2016 19:04
  
  CRYSTAL CITY, Texas — Three leaders of a South Texas town have been ousted in a 2015 recall effort prior to a federal corruption investigation made public this year. Crystal City voters on Saturday rejected Mayor Ricardo Lopez and council members Rogelio Mata and Marco Rodriguez. Lopez resigned in February but ran again for mayor. […]
  
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• FDA to re-evaluate definition of ‘healthy’

  10-05-2016 19:03 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration will re-evaluate its definition of “healthy,” which could eventually change how a range of foods are marketed.
  In light of evolving research, the FDA said it believes “now is an opportune time to re-evaluate the regulations concerning nutrition content claims, generally, including the term ‘healthy’.” The agency plans to solicit public comment on the matter in the near future, said Lauren Kotwicki, an FDA
  
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• Today in History: May 10

  10-05-2016 18:59 via krqe.com
  Today is Tuesday, May 10, the 131st day of 2016. There are 235 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 10, 1941, Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau Prison until 1987, when he apparently committed suicide at age 93.)
  On this date:
  In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, along with Col. Benedict Arnold, captured the British-held fortress at T
  
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• Colo. officials discuss moratorium on building in landslide zones

  10-05-2016 18:58
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs officials are eyeing a moratorium on building in landslide zones as owners of about 80 homes participate in the city’s third landslide-related buyout since 1995. The Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1T2e3l5) homeowners signed on to pursue buyouts, condemnation and demolition in a program administered by Colorado and funded through the Federal […]
  
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• New Montana State athletic director backs out of job

  10-05-2016 18:38
  
  BOZEMAN, Mont. — The deputy athletic director at the University of Utah, who last week was named athletic director at Montana State University, has backed out of the job. MSU President Waded Cruzado said Kyle Brennan told her Monday that he was concerned about finding affordable housing and moving his children to new schools. Cruzado […]
  
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• Colorado inmate claims Prince is his father, seeks DNA test

  10-05-2016 18:34
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — A Colorado inmate has filed a paternity claim with a Minnesota court against the estate of Prince, claiming the musician is his biological father. In filings with Carver County District Court, Calvin Q. Williams of Kansas City, Missouri, seeks DNA testing to determine if he’s Prince’s child. In an affidavit included with the […]
  
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• FIFA official: CONCACAF’s $10 million funding released

  10-05-2016 18:28
  
  MEXICO CITY — A FIFA executive says funding to the scandal-hit North American soccer confederation is being unfrozen. FIFA halted payments to CONCACAF as well as the South American body CONMEBOL while seeking greater assurances about how money was being spent in the confederations. Now Fernando Sarney, a FIFA Council member from Brazil, says the […]
  
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• US officials in Belgium to promote intelligence-sharing

  10-05-2016 18:27 via krqe.com
  BRUSSELS (AP) — A U.S. government delegation is in Belgium to promote greater intelligence-sharing by Belgian and European authorities in the wake of the March suicide bombings that killed 32 victims here, the group’s members said Tuesday.
  Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said “what we have learned in the hard work that we did and continue to do after 9/11 is the importance of sharing information, both across our services as we
  
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• Updated: Alcohol sales at UNM football games possible this fall

  10-05-2016 18:26
  
  The University of New Mexico could start selling beer and wine at Lobo football games starting this...
  
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• Vikings sign former Augustana RB C.J. Ham, a Duluth native

  10-05-2016 18:23
  
  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have signed running back C.J. Ham, who took part in their rookie minicamp last weekend on a tryout basis. Ham is the latest regional prospect to catch the team’s attention. The product of Duluth Denfeld High School played at Division II Augustana College in South Dakota, leading the […]
  
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• Fugitive since 1968 found after filing for Social Security

  10-05-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A boat repairman well known in his small Connecticut town was exposed this week as a robbery convict who escaped 48 years ago from a prison work camp in Georgia.
  Robert Stackowitz’s application for Social Security played a role in his capture, authorities said.
  This 1966 photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows Robert Stackowitz, arrested Monday, May 9, 2016 by U.S. Marshals and Connecticut State Police in Sherman, Conn., 48 years after esc
  
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• US stocks jump on the prospect of new China stimulus

  10-05-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Tuesday after the Chinese government moved to stimulate its economy. Machinery companies and banks are rising the most, and energy companies are trading higher with the price of oil.
  KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 164 points, or 0.9 percent, to 17,869 as of 11:32 a.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 added 17 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,075. The Nasdaq composite index picked up 32 points, or 0.7 percent, to
  
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• New Mexico students miss a third of instructional time

  10-05-2016 17:35 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A survey of available instruction time at public schools in New Mexico has found that almost a third of the hours are lost to a combination of standardized assessments, test preparation, re-teaching distracted students, absences and disciplinary actions.
  Staff at the Legislative Finance Committee announced the findings Tuesday at the state capitol. They found that late starts, recess and subsidized breakfasts also offset instructional time while being counted as produ
  
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• Star-spangled suds: Budweiser temporarily changes beer name to ‘America’

  10-05-2016 17:00 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (MEDIA GENERAL) – On Tuesday, Anheuser-Busch announced it is taking its summer branding campaign to new starred-and-striped heights. The brewer is temporarily changing the name of Budweiser lager to “America,” first reported by Fast Company.
  The beer’s iconic label is getting plenty of tweaks, too. With America written in recognizable Budweiser script, the brewer also added patriotic touches to the label, including “E Pluribus Unum” in place of &ldqu
  
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• The Latest: Officer in Freddie Gray case choses bench trial

  10-05-2016 16:37
  
  BALTIMORE — The Latest on the trial of an officer who arrested Freddie Gray about a year ago (all times local): 10:30 a.m. A Baltimore police officer charged in the Freddie Gray case has chosen a trial before a judge rather than a jury. Officer Edward Nero faces assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office […]
  
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• Congressional Republicans grapple with new Trump reality

  10-05-2016 16:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans returned to Capitol Hill to confront an awkward new reality: Donald Trump is their presumptive presidential nominee, but instead of uniting behind him, leading figures like House Speaker Paul Ryan are withholding their support. That highly unusual state of affairs is creating a tricky situation for Republicans in the House and […]
  
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• State Dept. says it has no emails from ex-Clinton staffer

  10-05-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON — The State Department can find no emails to or from a former Hillary Clinton aide who worked for the agency and also managed Clinton’s private computer server while she served as secretary of state, the government told a Republican party group in a court filing made public Monday. The agency insisted later that […]
  
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• Feds close deadly strenuous canyon hike to Colorado River

  10-05-2016 16:34
  
  BOULDER CITY, Nev. — A week after a 25-year-old woman was rescued, unresponsive, on a popular but sometimes deadly Colorado River canyon trail, the National Park Service is closing the route to hikers during the hottest parts of the year. Park spokeswoman Christie Vanover said Monday that Goldstrike Canyon and Arizona Hot Spring trails will […]
  
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• Boxing great Manny Pacquiao close to Philippine Senate win

  10-05-2016 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Boxing great Manny Pacquiao appears to have won a seat in the Philippine Senate, according to unofficial results.
  Pacquiao has garnered more than 15 million votes, with about 93 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday. That places him eighth among candidates for 12 Senate seats, and nearly 3 million votes ahead of the candidate in 13th place. Official results are days away.
  He cast his vote Monday in his home turf of southern Sarangani province. He had bounced bac
  
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• Study links swaddling to heightened risk of SIDS

  10-05-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – The risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome might increase when an infant is swaddled, according to a new study from the American Association of Pediatrics.
  Swaddling, the traditional practice of tightly wrapping a baby in a light blanket or cloth, is believed to create a calmer child who sleeps better.
  But when the swaddled infant is placed on his/her side, the risk of SIDS increases, according to the analysis published online this month.
  Four studies that spanned over two
  
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• 4 months later, no sign of California Powerball winner

  10-05-2016 15:39 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As officials in New Jersey await the winner of Saturday’s $429.6 million Powerball game, a California Lottery representative said he’s losing hope that his state’s ticket-holder for a world-record January jackpot will ever come forward.
  Winners in Florida and Tennessee took just days to claim their shares of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot drawn Jan. 13. But there’s been no sign of the third and final winner, who bought a ticket in Southern Cal
  
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• LLS hosts competition for Man or Woman of the Year

  10-05-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The race is on for the title Man or Woman of the year.
  Thirteen of Albuquerque’s prominent community members are competing to see who can raise the most money to fight blood cancers like Leukemia. This week marks the half-way point of the 10-week campaign. With just five weeks to go until the grand finale celebration on June 18, it’s going to be an exciting race.
  Lisa Goodman, Lori Medik, and “Boy of the Year,” Nieves Garcia, joined
  
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• All ages walk benefits National Kidney Foundation

  10-05-2016 15:11 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The second New Mexico kidney walk is approaching. It’s all to benefit the National Kidney Foundation.
  Proceeds will help to provide education about kidney disease and free kidney screening.
  Lennette Mora and Jennifer Adams joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the walk. Watch above.
  Pre-walk events include kids races, face painting, music, vendors, contests and much more.
  The distance of the walk varies. Anyone is welcome to attend, there is
  
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• New Mexico plans $61 million in Medicaid cuts, for starters

  10-05-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico officials are predicting they can shrink next year’s state budget shortfall for Medicaid health care by $61 million if proposals go forward to reduce reimbursements to hospitals and general physicians.
  The Human Services Department on Monday released detailed financial projections for its evolving plan to deal with an initial $85 million shortfall in the state’s obligations toward Medicaid.
  The agency is proposing reductions of up to 8 percent t
  
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• Democratic presidential hopeful wants on New Mexico ballot

  10-05-2016 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A Democratic presidential candidate not named Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders is fighting to be placed on the ballot in New Mexico.
  Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente, a California Democrat, has filed a federal lawsuit to get his name on the New Mexico ballot for the state’s June 7 primary.
  De La Fuente says he collected enough signatures to be on the state’s ballot but the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office says his campaign fell short.
  
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• New Mexico Gov. Martinez says she will attend GOP convention

  10-05-2016 14:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The nation’s only Latina governor says she will be attending the Republican National Convention amid anxiety within the party over the presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
  New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said Monday that she has a responsibility to attend the convention since she is the head of the Republican Governors Association. But she says she is concerned about the discord in the party over Trump.
  The second-term Republican governor has criticized Trum
  
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