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• Plane catches on fire at Tennessee airport; 3 on board escape

  13-05-2016 23:59 via krqe.com
  
  GALLATIN, Tenn. (WKRN) – A small plane caught on fire shortly after taking off from a Gallatin airport Friday afternoon.
  It happened at the Sumner County Regional Airport on Airport Road just after 2 p.m.Courtesy: Gregory HarmsAccording to officials, the pilot returned to the airport after he detected smoke.
  “I was at the end of the runway, maybe 100 feet off the ground, and I saw a little bit of smoke so I said, ‘I’m going back.’ And I saw fire and 10 seconds
  
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• Military plans security changes after killings in Tennessee

  13-05-2016 23:57
  
  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The Pentagon is developing a way to quickly warn military personnel in the U.S. about threats to their safety like the 2015 attack that killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday. Carter also said the military is clarifying its rules about […]
  
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• Southside high school students charged in accidental shooting

  13-05-2016 23:56 via krqe.com
  
  GREENVILLE, SC (WSPA) – One student at Southside High School accidentally shot themselves in the school cafeteria Friday morning and two students will be charged after the gun was brought to the school.
  The Greenville County School District says the student was shot at 8:40 a.m.
  The student was conscious and talking when they were taken to the hospital by EMS. They don’t think the injury is life threatening.Police perimeter outside of high schoolThe Sheriff’s Office said during
  
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• Baylor receives law firm’s sexual assault report

  13-05-2016 23:56
  
  WACO, Texas — Baylor University officials have received a law firm’s report on how the school handled incidents of sexual assault on campus, but they’re giving no indication on whether the document will be made public. Baylor’s board of regents said Friday that it will “carefully consider” the findings and recommendations from the Pepper Hamilton […]
  
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• Gender doesn’t matter in these bathrooms

  13-05-2016 22:36
  
  With all the talk about what gender can do what with whom, you’ve gotta love these signs on the bathrooms at the Adobe Rose Theatre in Santa Fe. Then again, it’s easy when each bathroom has a single toilet — sharing is not an issue.
  
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• Obama rule on transgender public school restrooms draws praise, scorn

  13-05-2016 22:29 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – The Obama administration directed America’s public schools to now allow transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identity.
  If schools don’t comply, they risk losing crucial federal funding.
  The new guideline, issued jointly by the departments of Education and Justice, are intended to protect trans students who may otherwise be barred from entering bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their self-identity.
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• New Mexico seeks to stop feds from releasing wolves

  13-05-2016 22:27 via krqe.com
  
  RESERVE, N.M. (AP) – Lawyers for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish are seeking to stop federal wildlife managers from releasing more endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild.
  In a court filing Thursday, they asked for a temporary restraining order that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to get state permission before releasing wildlife – including wolves – in New Mexico.
  The wolf recovery program spans parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
  The move comes a
  
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• Breaking: Sandia gets outstanding evaluation from feds, but is criticized for lobbying

  13-05-2016 22:27
  
    The private contractor that runs Sandia National Laboratories got “outstanding” overall performance ratings in its annual federal evaluation released today. But in the “leadership” category, Sandia Corp. was marked down considerably for the results of a Department of Justice investigation and a big monetary settlement over allegations of improper use of government funds for […]
  
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• Man pleads guilty to grabbing, taking off woman's hijab on flight to ABQ

  13-05-2016 22:23
  
  A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities say he grabbed a Muslim woman's hijab on a Southwest Airlines flight in December and pulled it off.
  
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• Jury convicts 2 men of plotting cartel leader’s slaying

  13-05-2016 22:23
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A jury has found a Mexican man and his cousin guilty of plotting to kill a lawyer in Texas who was acting head of a Mexican drug cartel. The federal jury in Fort Worth found Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Cepeda and Jose Luis Cepeda-Cortes guilty Friday of interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit […]
  
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• New Mexico jail inmate recaptured after escaping from clinic

  13-05-2016 22:22
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A jail inmate who escaped from a New Mexico medical clinic after being arrested in a carjacking and two police chases has been recaptured. Authorities said 24-year-old Michael Derby was apprehended Friday on a street corner in Las Cruces, the city where he escaped. A passer-by called 911 to report seeing […]
  
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• High school opens in polygamous town on Utah-Arizona border

  13-05-2016 22:22
  
  HILDALE, Utah — A school in a polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border that reopened two years ago is unveiling a new building for high school students as the rebirth of the public education system in the town sets more roots. The Water Canyon High School is in a renovated storehouse in Hildale, Utah, next […]
  
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• Immigrant mothers: Detention center harmful to kids

  13-05-2016 21:57
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A group of immigrant mothers says two Texas detention centers that have been ordered to be licensed to care for children are more like jails that have sickened their kids, affected their mental health and put them in danger. The women testified at an Austin court hearing Friday after an activist group […]
  
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• Updated: Defiant Arizona sheriff has been found in contempt of court

  13-05-2016 21:56
  
  PHOENIX — A judge has found the longtime sheriff of metro Phoenix in contempt of court Friday for disobeying his orders in a racial profiling case, bringing the lawman who calls himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff” a step closer to a possible criminal contempt case that could expose him to fines and even jail time. The […]
  
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• Updated: Cottonwood raises age for tobacco purchases to 21

  13-05-2016 21:56
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Reaching adulthood generally means you can purchase tobacco. That won’t be possible soon in Cottonwood, Arizona. The small northern Arizona has joined two states and about 140 local jurisdictions nationwide in raising the age to buy tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21. It’s the only city in Arizona to do […]
  
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• Mom, 7 adult children win $429.6 million Powerball jackpot

  13-05-2016 21:56
  
  LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — A woman and her seven adult children stepped forward Friday to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot. Eight members of the Smith family announced that they had the sole winning ticket purchased in Trenton for last Saturday’s drawing. They plan to tithe 10 percent of the money to their church. One of […]
  
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• Man pleads guilty to grabbing, taking off woman’s hijab

  13-05-2016 21:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities say he grabbed a Muslim woman’s hijab on a Southwest Airlines flight in December and pulled it off.
  Federal authorities say 37-year-old Gill Parker Payne, of Gastonia, North Carolina, entered the plea Friday. He was charged with using force or threat of force to obstruct a Muslim woman in the free exercise of her religious beliefs.
  The two were on a December 11 flight fr
  
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• Boxing: Trout finally plays Vegas

  13-05-2016 21:51
  
    Austin Trout has had 32 professional boxing matches, but, strangely, none in Las Vegas, Nev. — the city often called the Fight Capital of the World. None, that is, until May 21. That night at the Cosmopolitan on the Vegas Strip, the Las Cruces left-hander will challenge unbeaten, hard-punching Jermall Charlo for the International […]
  
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• Today in History: May 13

  13-05-2016 21:28 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Friday, May 13, the 134th day of 2016. There are 232 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 13, 1916, one of Yiddish literature’s most famous authors, Sholem Aleichem, died in New York at age 57.
  On this date:
  In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).
  In 1846, the United States declared that a state of war already existed with Mexico.
  In 1918, the f
  
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• APNewsBreak: Anti-counterfeiting group suspends Alibaba

  13-05-2016 21:20
  
  SHANGHAI — An anti-counterfeiting group says it’s suspending Alibaba’s membership following an uproar by some companies that view the Chinese e-commerce giant as the world’s largest marketplace for fakes. The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition tells members it failed to inform the board about conflicts of interest involving the coalition’s president Robert Barchiesi. Earlier Friday, The Associated […]
  
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• University of New Mexico eyes seal amid racial concerns

  13-05-2016 21:09
  
  New Mexico's largest university is considering revising its half-century old seal over concerns by Native American students who say it represents the frontier's violent era.
  
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• University of New Mexico eyes seal over racial concerns

  13-05-2016 20:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s largest university is considering revising its half-century old seal over concerns from Native American students who say it represents the frontier’s violent era.
  But unlike other battles to change logos and names of buildings, this fights is drawing a defense from another minority groups – Hispanics.
  Native American student groups want the University of New Mexico to drop it seal of a rifle-toting frontiersman and a sword-carrying Sp
  
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• US rig count drops 9 this week to 406, another all-time low

  13-05-2016 20:56
  
  The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by nine this week to 406, another all-time low amid depressed energy prices.
  
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• Spain: Bullfight tensions rise with new political landscape

  13-05-2016 20:52 via krqe.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — As matadors face half-ton bulls this month during Madrid’s most important annual series of bullfights and Pamplona gears up for its chaotic July bull runs down cobblestoned streets, tensions are building between anti-bullfighting forces and the traditions’ defenders, who have launched Spain’s first pro-bullfight lobbying group.
  At least 17 Spanish cities and towns have slashed municipal funding for bullfights and bull runs or passed measures condemning or ba
  
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• Recent Intrepid Potash mine layoffs hurt Carlsbad economy

  13-05-2016 20:31 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – The recent layoffs at a potash mining facility in southeastern New Mexico are expected to slow the economy in surrounding areas.
  The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports that experts expect the 300 employees laid off by Intrepid Potash Inc. on Monday will pull the economy down, though Eddy County’s diverse economy should provide some shelter in the coming financial storm.
  Bureau of Labor Statistic economist James Howard Jr. says Eddy County relies on mining, with more
  
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• UNM football: Hart-Johnson injured in car wreck

  13-05-2016 20:21
  
    Delane Hart-Johnson, a junior wide receiver for the New Mexico Lobos, was involved in a serious auto accident Wednesday night in his hometown of Philadelphia. Lobos coach Bob Davie issued the following statement: “… I have been with Delane and his family at the hospital and fortunately he is alert, responsive and in stable […]
  
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• UNM football: Hart-Johnson injured

  13-05-2016 20:21
  
  Delane Hart-Johnson, a junior wide receiver for the New Mexico Lobos, was involved in a serious auto accident Wednesday night in his hometown of Philadelphia. Lobos coach Bob Davie issued the following statement: “… I have been with Delane and his family at the hospital and fortunately he is alert, responsive and in stable condition. […]
  
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• NM seeks restraining order against feds over wolf releases

  13-05-2016 19:49
  
  The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is seeking a temporary restraining order in state district court to prevent the federal government from releasing endangered Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico. “Basically we are asking the court to review our case and to halt any imminent releases” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, […]
  
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• Lubbock issues public health advisory over shigellosis

  13-05-2016 19:35
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — Lubbock officials have issued a public health advisory due to an increase in shigellosis with more than 100 cases reported this year. The Lubbock Health Department says the number of cases increased in recent months following an outbreak that began last September. Experts say 110 cases of shigellosis were reported between January […]
  
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• Investigators: Shooting sparked by squirrel feeding dispute

  13-05-2016 19:35
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — Investigators say a dispute about feeding squirrels led a Boulder man to shoot his neighbor. Fifty-nine-year-old Jon Marc Barbour was arrested Thursday after calling 911 to report shooting his 46-year-old neighbor, Jeffrey Browning, in the rear. He’s expected to recover. The Daily Camera (http://bit.ly/1X7F9sz ) reports neighbors have objected to Barbour and […]
  
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• Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s school funding formula

  13-05-2016 19:19
  
  DALLAS — Texas’ complicated school finance system is constitutional, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday — a surprise defeat for the 600-plus school districts that endured more than four years of costly legal battles hoping judges would force the Republican-controlled Legislature to fork over more funding. The all-Republican court reversed a lower judge’s decision […]
  
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• Phoenix police: Man fatally shot in store’s parking lot

  13-05-2016 19:19
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police detained a man for questioning following the fatal shooting of another man in a grocery store’s parking lot. Witnesses said they heard the 40-year-old victim involved in an argument before the Thursday night shooting and saw another man involved in the argument drive off in a sport utility vehicle. Officer James […]
  
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• Guns stolen in South Dakota recovered from Colorado suspects

  13-05-2016 19:18
  
  RAPID CITY, S.D. — Three handguns stolen from a Rapid City outdoors store in April have been recovered in Colorado after violent crimes. Rapid City police say two of the guns were recovered following a standoff in Lakewood, Colorado, with a suspect in a fatal shooting. The third gun was recovered from a suspect killed […]
  
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• Register for draft: It’s what a man’s got to do, and women?

  13-05-2016 18:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is on the verge of ordering young women to register for a military draft for the first time in history, touching off outrage among social conservatives who fear the move is another step toward blurring gender lines.
  The female draft requirement, approved late Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee, could be as heated as the divisive debate over what public lavatories and locker rooms transgender people should use.
  Opponents of expanding the draft may be
  
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• The Latest: 1st woman taking over top US combat command

  13-05-2016 18:49
  
  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The Latest on the installation of the first woman to lead a top-tier U.S. warfighting command. (all times local): 10:20 a.m. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, are in Colorado for the installation of the first woman to lead a […]
  
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• Father of slain Navajo girl thanks community for support

  13-05-2016 18:48
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. — The father of an 11-year-old Navajo girl who was kidnapped and killed last week says he is grateful for the support his family has received. The Daily Times of Farmington reports (http://bit.ly/1TSPx4K ) that in his first statement since Ashlynne Mike’s death, Gary Mike said Thursday that he was grateful for law […]
  
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• Flight attendant charged with stealing mini liquor bottles

  13-05-2016 18:47
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Prosecutors say a Delta Air Lines flight attendant has been charged with stealing nearly 1,500 mini-bottles of liquor from her job and selling them online. The Shelby County district attorney’s office said Friday that 28-year-old Rachel Trevor has been indicted on charges including theft, unlawful sale of alcohol and unauthorized transportation of […]
  
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• Subaru tells some Legacy, Outback owners: Don’t drive them

  13-05-2016 18:46 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Subaru is telling owners of some newer Legacy and Outback vehicles not to drive them because the steering can fail.
  The company is recalling about 52,000 of the cars and SUVs from the 2016 and 2017 model years. It also has told dealers to stop selling them until they’re repaired. About 22,000 of the cars have been sold in the U.S., with the remainder still on dealer lots, Subaru says.
  In documents posted Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Sub
  
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• Breaking: Police investigating bomb threat at NE ABQ business

  13-05-2016 18:45
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department’s bomb squad is investigating at a business near I-25 and Candelaria after an upset employee told coworkers he had a bomb in his truck, according to a police spokesman. APD spokesman Tanner Tixier said the employee has been detained, and the business was evacuated. The bomb squad is investigating whether his […]
  
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• Trump denies he posed as his spokesman during tabloid days

  13-05-2016 18:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Back when Donald Trump’s love life was tabloid heaven, a Trump spokesman with intimate knowledge of the businessman’s personal relationships offered juicy stories about a failing marriage, a new live-in paramour and three other girlfriends he was juggling at once.
  The spokesman identified himself as John Miller. But The Washington Post says it was actually Trump, posing as his own publicist on the phone with a reporter who wondered why Miller’s voice sou
  
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• Police: Section of Candelaria closed due to bomb threat

  13-05-2016 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A number of Albuquerque businesses have been evacuated after someone walked into one of them and made a scary claim.
  Albuquerque Police have released very few details, but they say that a man showed up at a business claiming to have a bomb in his truck.
  Police say the suspect was “disgruntled” at the business when he walked inside and told employees he didn’t get all of his belongings out a Penske truck he rented, and that he would blo
  
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• Police: Bomb scare suspect taken into custody; roads reopened

  13-05-2016 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A number of Albuquerque businesses had been evacuated Friday after someone walked into one of them and made a scary claim.
  We will have more on air at KRQE News 13 at 4 >>
  Albuquerque police have released very few details, but they say that a man showed up at a business claiming to have a bomb in his truck.
  Police say the suspect was “disgruntled” at the business when he walked inside and told employees he didn’t get al
  
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• Rep. Lujan seeks funding for opioid crisis; programs for addicted pregnant women

  13-05-2016 18:14
  
  Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s legislation to enhance treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women with substance abuse problems passed the House this week; now he is among 90 House Democrats seeking more than $1 billion to combat opioid addiction nationwide. Lujan’s legislation aimed at mothers struggling with substance abuse would reauthorize an existing residential treatment […]
  
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• Albuquerque Police respond to fatal motorcycle crash

  13-05-2016 18:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police officers are currently investigating the scene of a fatal crash involving a motorcycle.
  Police say someone was driving a stolen motorcycle north on 2nd Street when the driver lost control and crashed into a fence.
  According to police, the driver died at the scene. A search showed the bike was stolen.
  Police are not releasing his name.
   
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• Albuquerque Police respond to fatal motorcycle accident

  13-05-2016 18:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police officers are currently investigating the scene of a fatal accident involving a motorcycle.
  Police say a someone was driving a stolen motorcycle north on 2nd Street when the driver lost control and crashed into a fence.
  According to police, the driver died at the scene.
  No further information has been released at this time.
  KRQE News 13 will update this story as more information becomes available.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home
  
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• Lawyer: 48-year fugitive in poor health, seeks commutation

  13-05-2016 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A lawyer for a Connecticut man who spent 48 years on the lam after escaping from prison says his client is in poor health and he will ask Georgia officials to commute his 17-year robbery sentence.
  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 escaping from a Georgia prison work camp. (Georgia Department of Correctio
  
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• UNM discussing new seal for school

  13-05-2016 17:49
  
  University of New Mexico President Bob Frank said Friday he and his staff have started discussing th ...
  
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• TSA to address extreme waits, upcoming summer travel season

  13-05-2016 17:47
  
  WASHINGTON — Facing a growing backlash over extremely long airport security lines, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Transportation Security Administration Administrator Peter Neffenger will address the upcoming summer travel season Friday afternoon and what steps they’re taking to alleviate waits. Fliers across the country have been facing growing lines, which during peak hours have […]
  
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• Police: Man found dead after stolen motorcycle crash in South Valley

  13-05-2016 17:44
  
  A property owner in the South Valley found a man dead after a crash involving a stolen motorcycle in the South Valley early Friday.
  
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• Air Force general is 1st woman at top-tier US combat command

  13-05-2016 17:38 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Air Force has just two female four-star generals, and one is about to become the first woman to head a top-tier U.S. warfighting command, but that may not be the most remarkable thing about her.
  Gen. Lori J. Robinson takes over the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command in Colorado on Friday. People who know Robinson describe her as the personification of a new generation of leaders, someone who understands the Air Force has a broad role in spa
  
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