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• Latin singers give New Mexico students college scholarships

  11-05-2016 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – They’ve achieved international fame but they haven’t forgotten their roots.
  Latin singers Lorenzo Antonio and the group “Sparx” presented a dozen New Mexico students with scholarships Wednesday morning at an awards breakfast.
  The New Mexico born siblings started a scholarship fund more than fifteen years ago. In that time, they have given out more than $1 million for kids go to college.
  “We always think it’s such a great t
  
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• Planned Parenthood shooter mentally incompetent

  11-05-2016 23:45
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday, stalling the proceedings and potentially setting the stage for a mental health defense. The decision by Judge Gilbert Martinez puts the case against Robert Dear, […]
  
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• Gov. Ducey signs bill to remove misbehaving service animals

  11-05-2016 23:45
  
  PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a proposal that gives business owners more discretion to remove misbehaving service animals under state law. Lawmakers reached a compromise with service animal advocates to revise the proposal that originally called for the registration of service animals and penalties for impostors. Sen. Barbara McGuire of Kearny is backing […]
  
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• Report ranks New Mexico as worst state for graduation rates

  11-05-2016 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A report called “Building a Grad Nation” ranks New Mexico as the worst state in America for high school graduation rates.
  It shows about 68-and-a- half percent of New Mexico high school students graduated in 2014.
  It also says the state’s biggest challenge is teaching english as a second language.
  The report points out that a majority of students that don’t graduate come from low-income families.
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• Former AZ fire district administrator faces felony charges

  11-05-2016 23:44
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities say a woman who oversaw finances for the former Show Low Fire District embezzled nearly $1.8 million over several years. A Navajo County grand jury recently indicted Natalie Cluff on multiple felony charges. She’s scheduled for an arraignment Monday. Her father, former Show Low Fire District Chief Ben Owens Sr., also […]
  
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• Christus ready to go on Santa Fe expansion

  11-05-2016 23:43
  
  SANTA FE — A ceremonial ground-breaking is scheduled today and construction is set to begin Monday on a new 36-room wing on the north and south sides of the lower level of Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. The $44 million project is part of the hospital’s goal to offer private rooms to all patients. […]
  
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• NM breezes into wind-energy gigawatt club

  11-05-2016 23:29
  
  New Mexico became the seventeenth state in the U.S. in December to surpass the 1,000-megawatt mark for installed wind energy capacity, following the startup of a 250-megawatt wind farm in Roosevelt County. New Mexico is now generating 1,112 MW of electricity from a dozen utility-scale wind installations, or enough electricity to power 190,000 homes every […]
  
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• Judge: Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter incompetent to continue with criminal case

  11-05-2016 22:22 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  The decision by Judge Gilbert Martinez puts the case against Robert Dear, 57, on hold until his mental competency can be restored through treatment. He will be sent to the state psychiatric hospital, and his mental health will be reviewed in August.
  As he was led out of the courtroom, Dear yel
  
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• Department of Corrections outlines pay raise structure

  11-05-2016 22:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The Department of Corrections has outlined a set of proposed pay increases for prison guards that officials say will help with recruitment within the department beset by staffing shortages.
  Spokeswoman Alex Tomlin says the raises will go into effect in July.
  State lawmakers this year allocated $4.5 million to the department to address correctional officer pay, after officials raised concerns about low-staffing levels and overworked guards.
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• New Mexico proposes changes for dealing with polluters

  11-05-2016 22:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators are proposing changes to a policy that governs civil penalties levied against certain polluters and how those fines can be used to benefit local communities.
  The state Environment Department wants to clarify the decades-old policy to ensure the money goes directly to projects in communities most affected by the pollution.
  New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn says that didn’t always happen in the past and the proposed changes are m
  
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• New sign marks history of Agua Fria village

  11-05-2016 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A new marker describes the historical significance of Agua Fria, a village along Santa Fe’s southwest border that was a stop for people along El Camino Real.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the previous marker became defaced and worn partially because the responsibility for the sign’s maintenance transitioned from the state to Santa Fe County.
  The updated sign is part of the Official Scenic Historic Marker Program.
  Lois Mee grew up in the village and join
  
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• Former New Mexico jail officer gets prison for inmate sex abuse

  11-05-2016 22:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A former tribal corrections officer in New Mexico has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sexually abusing a female inmate and violating her civil rights.
  Prosecutors say 22-year-old Trevor Hunt, of Paguate, also was sentenced to five years of supervised release.
  He’ll be required to register as a sex offender for 15 years after completing his prison term.
  Hunt was a detention officer at the Laguna Pueblo Detention Facility when he was accused of sexual
  
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• Death of brothers investigated as double homicide

  11-05-2016 21:36
  
  Police investigating two bodies found Tuesday in northeast Albuquerque are treating the case as a double homicide.
  
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• Breaking: Two brothers found dead in apparent double homicide, police say

  11-05-2016 21:34
  
  Two brothers died in what police are investigating as a double homicide in northeast Albuquerque Tuesday evening, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. Tanner Tixier said officers were called to the house on the 3400 block of Morningside NE, near Comanche. Once there they found 31-year-old Joe Baca and his brother 29-year-old Carlos […]
  
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• Homeland released nearly 20,000 criminal immigrants last year

  11-05-2016 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. tried repeatedly to deport Jean Jacques, an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, but his native Haiti wouldn’t take him back after he served more than a decade in a state prison for attempted murder and committed multiple parole violations. Each time Jacques was arrested on a parole violation, he would […]
  
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• AZ gov signs bill protecting Salt River wild horses

  11-05-2016 21:30
  
  PHOENIX — The herd of wild horses living near Arizona’s Salt River will have new protections under legislation signed by Gov. Doug Ducey. The proposal by Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend of Mesa makes it illegal to harass, shoot, kill or slaughter a horse that is part of the Salt River herd. About 100 horses are […]
  
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• Updated: NM Corrections outlines pay raise structure

  11-05-2016 21:29
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Corrections has outlined a set of proposed pay increases for prison guards that officials say will help with recruitment within the department beset by staffing shortages. Spokeswoman Alex Tomlin says the raises will go into effect in July. State lawmakers this year allocated $4.5 million to the department to […]
  
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• New Mexico weighs federal funding for home visits

  11-05-2016 21:28
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A Medicaid policy analyst is urging New Mexico officials to seek out federal matching funds to help pay for state-sponsored home visits by nurses and educators to families with infants and toddlers. Policy analyst Kay Johnson told state lawmakers and the Secretary of Children, Families and Families Department on Wednesday that […]
  
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• State announces funding for emergency response in Eddy County

  11-05-2016 20:58 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE)- On Wednesday, a lot of New Mexicans learned they could be a little safer next time there’s a scare at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.
  The state is sending more money to emergency responders in the area to be more prepared for a radioactive leak.
  The pilot plant was shut down more than two years ago after a string of accidents.
  A leak exposed 21 workers to low-levels of radiation, but state officials are pushing to re-open the plant. They
  
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• Emergency services to get funding under nuclear settlements

  11-05-2016 20:58 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Southeastern New Mexico emergency services will receive $800,000 under settlements stemming from 2014 a radiation leak that forced the closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository.
  The state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resource Department says Eddy County will get $510,000 for training and equipment for emergency personnel and for radiological preparedness training for hospital staff. Lea (lee) County will get $260,000 to buy medical kits,
  
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• ATF: Intentional fire caused fatal blast at Texas plant

  11-05-2016 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  WEST, Texas (AP) — An intentionally set fire caused the 2013 explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 15 people, federal officials said Wednesday, saying the fire was “a criminal act.”
  Federal and state investigators said no arrests have been made, but that they are investigating who was responsible for causing the fire at the West Fertilizer Co. facility in the town of West on April 17, 2013. The fire caused ammonium nitrate to ignite, triggering a massive explosion t
  
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• Colorado theater trial could prompt tight security at movies

  11-05-2016 20:28 via krqe.com
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Movie theaters across the U.S. could be forced to adopt costly security measures — and ticket prices could rise significantly — if a jury finds a Colorado theater at fault in the 2012 shooting rampage that left 12 people dead, industry experts say.
  “I don’t think there’s anything more important in the motion picture industry than what’s happening in this case right now,” said theater-security consultant Howard Levinson.
  The
  
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• Smith’s hiring 200 in NM

  11-05-2016 19:37
  
  CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co. is holding open interviews in stores nationwide on Saturday to fill an estimated 14,000 permanent positions. Smith’s,  a division of Kroger, operates 24 stores in New Mexico. It is hiring 200 people in the state, according to a news release from the company. Interested candidates can apply online at jobs.kroger.com […]
  
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• Navy SEAL killed in Iraq to be promoted posthumously

  11-05-2016 19:26
  
  WASHINGTON — The Navy says it is promoting the SEAL who was shot and killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq on May 3 to the rank of chief petty officer. The announcement of the posthumous promotion for special warfare operator Charles Keating IV comes two days before his funeral in Coronado, California. Lt. Cmdr. […]
  
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• Updated: Official: Fire in Texas fertilizer plant blast was criminal

  11-05-2016 19:25
  
  WEST, Texas — The fire that caused the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013 was a criminal act, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Federal and state investigators said no arrests have been made but that they were investigating who was responsible for causing the fire at the West Fertilizer Co. facility on April […]
  
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• NM emergency services to get funding under nuclear settlements

  11-05-2016 19:25
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Southeastern New Mexico emergency services will receive $800,000 under settlements stemming from 2014 a radiation leak that forced the closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resource Department says Eddy County will get $510,000 for training and equipment for emergency personnel and for […]
  
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• Senate blocks measure to forbid buys of Iran ‘heavy water’

  11-05-2016 19:02
  
  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican effort aimed at undercutting last year’s landmark international nuclear deal with Iran. The Senate fell three votes short of the 60-vote threshold — 57-42 — to move ahead on the amendment sponsored by freshman Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Cotton’s proposed provision would have barred […]
  
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• Future of Brazil’s president on the line in key Senate vote

  11-05-2016 19:02
  
  BRASILIA, Brazil — Senators in Brazil began debate Wednesday on whether to oust President Dilma Rousseff, a movement that has built up steam and turned into a referendum on her leadership amid several spiraling crises besetting Latin America’s largest nation. If a simple majority of the 81 senators vote in favor, Rousseff will be suspended […]
  
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• Parents turn to doctors, lawmakers to save school recess

  11-05-2016 19:01
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When parents tell Dr. Gregory Fox their boisterous child was stuck in a classroom all day, the Rhode Island pediatrician takes out his notepad and writes a doctor’s order to send to school. “Please do not take away this child’s recess,” Fox writes. So many kids are being deprived of unstructured play […]
  
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• Man who won $1M lottery for 2nd time: ‘This is impossible’

  11-05-2016 19:01
  
  WEST BABYLON, N.Y. — A man who won $1 million in the New York Lottery for a second time remembers thinking: “This is impossible.” Lottery officials revealed Bruce Magistro (MAJ’-ih-stroh) on Wednesday as the two-time winner. The Lindenhurst resident says when he realized he’d won again, “even I couldn’t believe it.” The 48-year-old carpenter says […]
  
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• French teen suicide on Periscope leads to inquiry

  11-05-2016 19:01
  
  PARIS — French authorities opened an investigation Wednesday after a teenage woman allegedly live-streamed video of her suicide on the popular app Periscope. The local prosecutor said the young woman threw herself under a commuter train in the suburban Egly station, south of Paris. The woman, whose name was not released, allegedly sent a text […]
  
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• Today in History: May 11

  11-05-2016 18:36 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2016. There are 234 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 11, 1946, the first CARE packages, sent by a consortium of American charities to provide relief to the hungry of postwar Europe, arrived at Le Havre, France.
  On this date:
  In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland.
  In 1816, the American Bible Society was founded in New York.
  In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the
  
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• Markets Right Now: Retailers pull US stocks broadly lower

  11-05-2016 18:06
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on global financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. U.S. stock indexes are falling in midday trading, a day after their biggest gain in two months. Consumer stocks plunged Wednesday after Macy’s slashed its profit forecast and reported a steep drop in earnings. Macy’s dropped 13 percent. Office Depot sank […]
  
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• Westbound I-40 flyover at I-25 reopens after crash

  11-05-2016 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The westbound I-40 flyover at I-25 is now open after a single vehicle accident closed the ramp Wednesday morning.
  The flyover was closed for more than an hour as police cleared the scene.
  Police say a woman was ejected from the vehicle and rushed to UNM Hospital. She is expected to survive her injuries.
  Police say alcohol does not appear to be a factor, but that speed was possibly a factor. The investigation is ongoing.
  The I40 Westbound flyover fr
  
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• Police: Accident closes ramp at NB I-25, WB I-40 flyover

  11-05-2016 18:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police and firefighters are responding to an accident at I-25 northbound at the I-40 westbound flyover.
  Authorities say the ramp is closed at this time. Drivers are asked to avoid the area.
  For the latest traffic information anytime, click here >>
  The I40 Westbound flyover from I25 Northbound will be shut down
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) May 11, 2016APD and AFD are enrt to an accident at I25 Northbound at the I40 Westbound flyover
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• Google to ban payday lending ads, calling industry ‘harmful’

  11-05-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Internet giant Google said Wednesday it will ban all ads from payday lenders, calling the industry “deceptive” and “harmful.”
  Google’s decision could have as much or even more impact on curtailing the industry than any move by politicians, as many payday loans start with a desperate person searching online for ways to make ends meet or cover an emergency.
  Effective July 13, Google will no longer allow ads for loans due within 60 days and will a
  
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• US stocks skid as Macy’s drags retailers sharply lower

  11-05-2016 16:51
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes are falling Wednesday morning, a day after their biggest gain in two months. Office supply companies Office Depot and Staples are tumbling after a judge blocked their plans to merge. Consumer stocks are plunging after Macy’s slashed its profit forecast and reported a steep drop in earnings. KEEPING SCORE: […]
  
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• Updated: Google to ban payday lending ads, calling industry ‘harmful’

  11-05-2016 16:50
  
  NEW YORK — Internet giant Google said Wednesday it will ban all ads from payday lenders, calling the industry “deceptive” and “harmful.” Google’s decision could have as much or even more impact on curtailing the industry than any move by politicians, as many payday loans start with a desperate person searching online for ways to […]
  
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• Officers investigate suspicious death

  11-05-2016 16:50
  
  Police are investigating the body found Tuesday in northeast Albuquerque as a suspicious death.
  
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• Father wanted in San Antonio child abuse case surrenders

  11-05-2016 16:46
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A third person wanted in a San Antonio child abuse case in which one toddler was chained to the ground and another tied to a door with a dog leash has surrendered to authorities. Bexar (bayr) County Sheriff’s spokesman James Keith says 36-year-old Deandre Dorch surrendered to deputies at the county jail […]
  
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• Businessman to lead Roswell’s UFO museum

  11-05-2016 16:44
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — A Roswell businessman has been tapped to lead Roswell’s UFO museum. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://goo.gl/vjZaU0) Jim Hill was named this week as the executive director of the International UFO Museum and Research Center. It’s the city’s biggest tourist destination and one of the world’s largest sites for research on extraterrestrial […]
  
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• At least 10 hurt as storms move into Ohio River Valley

  11-05-2016 16:27 via krqe.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Bad weather moved into the Ohio River Valley on Tuesday after a series of powerful storms hit the Plains, including tornadoes that destroyed homes and left two people dead in Oklahoma.
  National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Smith said Tuesday’s risk was not as great as it was Monday, when about two dozen tornadoes were reported across six states. But communities along the Ohio River saw strong storms, and tornadoes were reported in southern Illinois and west
  
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• Factors to consider before leaving your child home alone

  11-05-2016 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KRXM/KRQE) – It’s a tough decision for parents, especially in this day and age: When is your child ready to be left alone? It may have been no big deal when you were growing up, but more and more parents are giving it a second thought, and experts say there’s more to consider than just age.
  “A lot of it has to do with personality. Some kids just come out anxious… But then there’s other children that feel capable. They’re very resi
  
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• Man behind mall stabbings described as mentally disturbed

  11-05-2016 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A man described by his family as mentally disturbed went on a stabbing rampage hours after leaving a hospital, killing two people and assaulting and stabbing more in a house and a shopping mall before being fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.
  The assailant in Tuesday night’s attack was identified as Arthur DaRosa, of Taunton. Officials said they are searching for a motive.
  DaRosa’s sister and father said he had claimed tha
  
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• Dry erase motivation: Teachers get personal to pump up kids

  11-05-2016 16:01 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – Standardized tests can be intimidating, discouraging, and even boring. But, one teacher in Woodbury, New Jersey is finding a way to make test-taking personal. And, her messages of support are spreading across the globe.
  Chandni Langford at Evergreen Avenue Elementary decided to motivate her fifth grade students using some special messages. Before PARRC tests, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, Mrs. Langford used dry erase marke
  
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• Farmington police arrest suspect in Sept. 2015 homicide case

  11-05-2016 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say an arrest has been made in a murder case in Farmington last year.
  Farmington police say 32-year-old Timothy Serrano was taken into custody Tuesday.
  He’s being held at the San Juan County Detention Center under a $750,000 cash bond on suspicion of an open count of murder and tampering with evidence.
  Serrano is a Farmington resident. It’s unclear if Serrano has a lawyer yet.
  Police were called out last Sept. 14 to the Rimrock Inn and found
  
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• New Mexico state revenues lag

  11-05-2016 15:57 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico budget analysts say state revenues continue to trail last year by about 10 percent amid low energy prices and weak tax receipts.
  The Legislative Finance Council is reviewing its estimates Wednesday that show the state collecting revenues of $3.6 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year. The state had collected $4 billion a year earlier.
  Committee staff say the revenue decline is a reflection of a bust in the oil industry and a relate
  
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• Lab tests find human and rat DNA in burgers

  11-05-2016 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  (WFLA) — A recent analysis of burger products found a few offensive extras like rat DNA and human DNA.
  Clear Labs released the results of its most recent test that analyzed 258 samples of ground meat, frozen patties, fast-food burger products and veggie burger products from 79 brands and 22 retailers.
  Clear Labs uses high-tech testing to screen food to see if the food actually contains what is listed on its packaging. The food tests screen for substituted ingredients, contamination, gluten
  
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• New: Motorcycle rider dies in crash

  11-05-2016 15:46
  
  A motorcycle rider died after losing control of the bike and hitting a curb in Northeast Albuquerque Wednesday morning. Police say the motorcycle was traveling east on McLeod approaching San Mateo NE at a high rate of speed when the rider lost control. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, police said. […]
  
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• New Mexicans call on president to recognize how Trinity Test hurt community

  11-05-2016 15:44 via krqe.com
  
  TULAROSA, N.M. (KRQE) – People living in Tularosa where the first atomic bomb was tested are calling on the president to come visit their town.
  This comes after President Obama recently announced plans to visit Hiroshima, the city in Japan where the U.S. dropped a devastating atomic bomb.
  Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city.
  The Tularosa Basin Downwinders say they want the president to visit, and that the U.S. Government has never acknowledged how the Trin
  
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