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• App helps Iowa man get drunken driving conviction tossed

  25-05-2016 23:24
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa man’s use of a smartphone application to get legal help in the middle of the night proved key in getting his drunken driving conviction overturned. Davenport police violated Craig Hermann’s rights during his 2014 arrest, when a breath test showed that his blood-alcohol content was more than twice the […]
  
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• Clinton email use broke federal rules: inspector’s report

  25-05-2016 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards and could leave sensitive material vulnerable to hackers, a department audit has found. Her aides twice brushed aside concerns, in one case telling technical staff “the matter was not to be discussed further.” The […]
  
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• 6-month-old skis across lake; parents say it’s a record

  25-05-2016 23:15
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — A 6-month-old girl whose professional water-skier parents put her on junior-size water skis last week glided 686 feet across a man-made lake in what her parents say sets a youth record. Keith St. Onge said in an interview Wednesday that his daughter Zyla could have kept going if the boat hadn’t reached […]
  
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• Police say pot theft behind slaying of Fort Lewis student

  25-05-2016 22:56
  
  DURANGO, Colo. — Police say four Arizona men arrested in the fatal shooting of a college student in Durango planned to steal a large amount of marijuana from his house. Three of the men allegedly entered the off-campus home of Samuel Gordon, a junior at Fort Lewis College, while the fourth waited outside early Tuesday […]
  
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• Documents show ‘American Sniper’ Kyle embellished record

  25-05-2016 22:41
  
  HOUSTON — Documents show that slain Navy Seal and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle misrepresented the number of medals he received. Navy documents obtained by an online magazine through an open records request show that Kyle earned one Silver Star and three Bronze Stars with valor. In his best-selling book, Kyle wrote that he had […]
  
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• Today in History: May 25

  25-05-2016 21:49 via krqe.com
  
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.
  On this date:
  In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
  In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.
  In 1912, the Senate Commerce Committee issued its report on the Titanic disaster that cited a &
  
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• Congressman calls on New Mexico to help with water dispute

  25-05-2016 21:32
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s only Republican member of Congress has joined the fight between ranchers and the federal government over access to water on national forest lands. The U.S. Forest Service has fenced streams, springs and other watering holes to protect the habitat of an endangered mouse. The agency has defended the action, saying […]
  
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• Texan gets prison for lying about terrorist group allegiance

  25-05-2016 21:31
  
  DALLAS — Federal prosecutors say a Texas man has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to lying to U.S. agents about his support for a terrorist group. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Bilal Abood (bih-LAHL’ uh-BOOD’) of Mesquite was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in October to making a false statement involving international […]
  
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• Arizona sheriff warns of cartel gunfire in wilderness

  25-05-2016 21:31
  
  FLORENCE, Ariz. — An Arizona sheriff has warned holiday hikers and campers to beware of cartel assassins who have been ambushing rivals and stealing drugs and money. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu recommends that anyone using backroads, campsites or trails in an area south of the county be extra cautious and consider carrying a firearm. […]
  
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• Police: Los Alamos explosion caused by man smoking marijuana

  25-05-2016 21:19 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 has learned that an explosion at a Los Alamos apartment complex was caused by a man lighting a pipe to smoke marijuana.
  It happened earlier this month at the Caballo Peak Apartments. About 100 residents were displaced when the explosion caused a fire.
  One person was injured and brought to Albuquerque for treatment.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, 26-year-old Joseph Gonzales is accused of starting the fire when he lit a pipe to smoke marijuana.
  
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• Updated: The day after: Protesters, Trump supporters trade blame, take stock

  25-05-2016 21:14
  
  The smell of rotting trash filled the air as the protest spun out of control. A group of young men overturned an enormously heavy trash bin and rolled it into the street, just off Civic Plaza, leaving a trail of empty water bottles, a banana peel and fast-food wrappers. And then about a half-dozen volunteers […]
  
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• Tai Chan Trial: Security guard describes scene at hotel

  25-05-2016 21:12 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The murder trial for a Santa Fe County Deputy who killed his partner continues on Wednesday.
  In court, a security guard told the jury he saw Tai Chan going after Jeremy Martin at the hotel, the night Chan shot Martin.
  It happened in October 2014 while the two were in Las Cruces on their way back from a prisoner transport in Arizona.
  Chan is accused of shooting Martin several times and killing him after a night of drinking.
  After the security guard took the st
  
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• Tai Chan Trial: Bar employees recount events

  25-05-2016 21:12 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The murder trial for a Santa Fe County Deputy who killed his partner continued on Wednesday.
  It happened in October 2014 while the two were in Las Cruces on their way back from a prisoner transport in Arizona.
  Chan and Martin, both Santa Fe County Sheriff Deputies, were staying the night at the Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces after dropping off an inmate in Arizona.
  Police there said the two got into an argument at a bar, that turned into a fight back at the hote
  
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• 11 states sue over federal transgender directive

  25-05-2016 20:59 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive about transgender students in public schools.
  The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Louisiana, Utah, Arizona and Georgia. The challenge follows a federal directive to U.S. schools this month to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.
  Conservative states had vow
  
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• Trump attack on Governor Martinez draws national attention

  25-05-2016 20:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Donald Trump didn’t take Governor Susana Martinez standing him up at his Albuquerque rally lying down.
  The relationship between Trump and Gov. Martinez had been frosty at best before, but a day after the governor said she’d skip Trump’s rally because she was “really busy,” Trump laid into her about the state’s economy.
  “We have to get your governor to get going. She’s gotta do a better job, okay? Your governor
  
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• Spotlight on Governor Martinez following Donald Trump bashing

  25-05-2016 20:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The real fallout from Tuesday night’s rally is from Donald Trump going after Governor Susana Martinez in front of a national audience, bashing her economic record.
  “We have to get your governor to get going. She’s gotta do a better job, okay? Your governor has got to do a better job. She’s not doing the job. Hey, maybe I’ll run for governor of New Mexico. I’ll get this place going. She’s not doing the job,” said Tru
  
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• Police: Four arrested during Trump visit, more arrests likely to occur

  25-05-2016 20:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department has arrested four people from the protests at the Donald Trump rally on Tuesday.
  Police say two of them were juveniles inside the rally.
  Another was a woman, 30-year-old Tylina Hardy, from inside the rally who was charged with Disorderly Conduct and Obstructing. The fourth arrest was a man, 19-year-old Jose Cuevas, who was charged with Disorderly Conduct for protesting outside the rally.
  Police also say m
  
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• Woman arrested at Trump rally was ‘fighting to be seen’

  25-05-2016 20:09
  
  The  woman who made news last night when she was dragged from the Donald Trump rally by her feet after causing a disturbance spent the night in jail on misdemeanor charges. Tylina Hardy, 30, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, according to jail records. Hardy said she was one […]
  
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• Obama looks to Hiroshima visit; Abe won’t go to Pearl Harbor

  25-05-2016 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  SHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he plans to use his historic visit to Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reflect on the suffering of war and the need to take steps to prevent it. Abe said he had no plans to reciprocate Obama’s gesture by paying his own visit to Pearl Harbor.
  Obama’s opened his trip to Japan with much intrigue about his upcoming stop in the city where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb. But that first-ever visit by
  
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• Help is on the way to address long airport lines

  25-05-2016 19:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday the beleaguered agency will add 768 new screeners by mid-June to deal with increasingly long airport security lines that have caused passengers to miss flights even before the busy summer travel season.
  Peter Neffenger told a House committee that a combination of factors contributed to the added waiting time to pass through security screening: more people are flying this year and fewer people than antic
  
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• Anaheim police: Anti-Trump protesters will not be tolerated

  25-05-2016 19:42
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Police in California issued a firm warning to protesters Wednesday that violence would not be tolerated ahead of Donald Trump’s scheduled rally following clashes between anti-Trump protesters and police in New Mexico a day earlier. “While we recognize and respect the First Amendment rights of all individuals to express their viewpoints and […]
  
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• Lawsuit: Cubans who scaled Keys lighthouse should stay in US

  25-05-2016 19:38
  
  MIAMI — A group of migrants who fled Cuba in a homemade boat and climbed onto a 136-year-old lighthouse off the Florida Keys should be allowed to stay in the U.S., according to a federal lawsuit filed on their behalf. The lawsuit filed Tuesday contends that the 109-foot American Shoal lighthouse is U.S. territory and […]
  
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• Hacker Guccifer pleads guilty to disclosing Bush emails

  25-05-2016 19:38
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Romanian hacker known as Guccifer will serve at least two years in prison after pleading guilty to breaking into computer accounts of the Bush family in 2013 and publicly releasing private family photos. Marcel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to unauthorized computer access and […]
  
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• Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

  25-05-2016 19:35
  
  HELSINKI — A Swedish court on Wednesday rejected a request to overturn the arrest warrant of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because there were no new circumstances to consider. The Stockholm District Court said it made the decision because Assange is still wanted for questioning in a case of suspected rape and that “there is still […]
  
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• Judge denies motion for new Gawker-Hulk Hogan trial

  25-05-2016 19:20
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida judge has denied Gawker’s motion for a new trial in the Hulk Hogan sex-video case and won’t reduce a $140 million jury verdict. Judge Pamela Campbell issued the ruling Wednesday. Gawker and Hogan faced off again in the St. Petersburg courtroom. It’s the latest chapter in a yearslong legal […]
  
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• State Dept audit faults Clinton on emails

  25-05-2016 17:29 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found Wednesday.
  The inspector general’s 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, cites “longstanding, systemic weaknesses” related to the agency’s communications. These started before Clinton’s appointment as secretary of state, but her failures were singled out as more serious.
  Despite guidelines
  
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• The best summer wines under $20 (that won’t make you look cheap)

  25-05-2016 17:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (MEDIA GENERAL) – Whether you’re going to a Memorial day BBQ or just hanging out with friends cooling off in the AC, there’s no reason to break the bank buying expensive wine. To celebrate National Wine Day, here’s a list of some of the best summer wines under $20:
  Casal Garcia Vinho Verde: It’s slightly carbonated, which makes it almost like drinking a wine spritzer — except better, because it’s not a wine spritzer.
  Twin Vines Vinho Verde:
  
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• Fed up with waiting: TSA administrator faces tough questions from Congress

  25-05-2016 17:12 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — After wait times at some of the nation’s busiest airports stretched on for nearly three hours, the head of the Transportation Security Administration faced tough questions from Congress about how the agency plans to handle a busy summer travel season.
  On Wednesday, Peter Neffenger stressed the TSA is working to improve customer relations and improve employee morale. Despite the promises, members of the House Homeland Security Committee demanded more
  
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• Ford recalls 271K pickups to fix brake fluid leak

  25-05-2016 16:35 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling some of its top-selling vehicles in the U.S. to fix a fluid leak that can reduce braking power.
  The recall covers about 271,000 F-150 pickups in North America from the 2013 and 2014 model years that have 3.5-liter V6 engines.
  Ford says brake fluid can leak from the master cylinder. That could reduce the ability of the front brakes to stop the trucks.
  The company reports nine alleged crashes with no injuries, but one person said they suffered a knee injury w
  
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• The Avengers heed call to visit teen battling cancer

  25-05-2016 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Each night, 18-year-old Ryan Wilcox sleeps under a portrait of himself dressed as Captain America — the pinnacle of human strength and endurance.
  The Marvel Comics fan knows a thing or two about those heroic attributes. He is battling cancer for a second time in his life, and so when he recently received some disappointing news about his prognosis, his schoolmates rallied and called in the Avengers.
  On Monday, the 70-pound teen answered his front door and was
  
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• Trump, Clinton win Washington state’s presidential primaries

  25-05-2016 16:31 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state.
  Trump’s win Tuesday moves him to within 28 delegates of the clinching the Republican nomination for president.
  Clinton’s win might give her some momentum, but it won’t get her any delegates. There were no delegates at stake in the Democratic primary. Washington Democrats already awarded their delegates based on party caucuses.
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• Crews evaluate damage after tornadoes in western Kansas

  25-05-2016 16:04 via krqe.com
  
  DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Crews are evaluating the damage Wednesday after tornadoes destroyed several homes and left two people critically injured in western Kansas as a series of severe storms swept across the Plains.
  Meanwhile, one person drowned in central Oklahoma after a vehicle was swept off a road and a 13-year-old boy was found safe in northeastern Arkansas three hours after falling into a flooded drainage pipe.
  The most damage in Kansas was reported in Ford and Hodgeman counties, wh
  
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• SWAT standoff in southeast Albuquerque

  25-05-2016 15:57
  
  U.S. Marshals say they tracked down a wanted fugitive at an apartment complex near Central and Western Skies Tuesday night.
  
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• Planners seek to transform border town into destination

  25-05-2016 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) – A nonprofit group that operates a booming border town in New Mexico is working to transform the area from a place where people work into one where they might live.
  Officials in Santa Teresa are drafting plans that call for the building of a plaza on an upslope, surrounded by Mediterranean-style housing and international restaurants.
  Such developments also could include hotels, retail stores and entertainment attractions that would turn this industrial park into a
  
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• Injuries, damages and arrests reported after violent Trump protests

  25-05-2016 15:32
  
  A group of about 100 protesters forced their way through police barricades and tried storming the Albuquerque Convention Center after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took stage.
  
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• Festival to celebrate diverse South American culture

  25-05-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A festival is coming up to celebrate the unique and diverse culture of South America.
  The South American Folk Fair is back again for it’s second year. It’s paying homage to the Andean Communities.
  Organizers, Jackie Zamora and Giuliana Diamond, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the event. Watch above.
  The fair will feature traditional music, dance, food, and art. The event will be held on Sunday, May from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m
  
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• ABQ 365 details Memorial weekend

  25-05-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Whether you’re a visitor, lived here your entire life, or are somewhere in the middle, you are bound to be looking for something to do.
  With Albuquerque’s feel of a small town in a big city, repetitiveness seems to become the norm. So those who are looking to get out of the same-old, same-old, look to ABQ 365 to help you venture from your comfort zone.
  ABQ 365 is Albuquerque’s online source for community happenings, by
  
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• UNM photography program, professor recognized nationally

  25-05-2016 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A University of New Mexico professor is helping to thrust the university’s photography program into the national spotlight while also receiving an honor of his own.
  The program has been named one of the best in the country. In fact, it’s tied with the School of Visual Arts in NYC for the fifth best graduate photography program as ranked by U.S. News.
  The photography program started its transition into one of the best when Professor Jim Stone was hired
  
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• May promotes awareness for stroke

  25-05-2016 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Paying attention to the risk factors and warning signs can help to eliminate the nations number five killer.
  For American Stroke Month this May, the American Stroke Association’s, “Together to End Stroke,” initiative to offers five things everyone should know concerning strokes.
  Dr. Hedna, UNM Stroke Program Director, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss preventative measures. Watch above.
  Anyone is at risk f
  
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• Local man raises awareness for a unique condition

  25-05-2016 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A campaign is being put in place to help raise awareness for a condition that most may have never heard of.
  Guillian Barré Syndrome (GBS) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) are extremely rare auto immune conditions that attack your nervous system.
  On May 10th The Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners, officially recognized May as GBS/CIDP Awareness Month. 
  GBS Patient, Jacob Lowry, joined KRQE’s
  
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• Sitel hiring 350 full time and part-time positions

  25-05-2016 14:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A total of 350 full time and part-time jobs are now up for grabs in Albuquerque.
  Sitel, a national and international customer care provider based here in the Duke City, is holding an on-site job fair.
  The company says those hired for these jobs would work at the in-bound call center located along The 25 Way near Albuquerque’s Industrial Park.
  The company has grown from 800 employees and will grow to about 1,100 after this job fair.
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• Rio Rancho remembers fallen Police Officer Nigel Benner

  25-05-2016 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wednesday marks one year since Rio Rancho Police Officer Nigel Benner was shot and killed while making a routine traffic stop.
  The City of Rio Rancho and the Rio Rancho Police Department will gather to honor Benner and all fallen officers of Sandoval County on Wednesday.
  The event will get underway at the Veteran’s Memorial Park at 5 p.m where officers will dedicate a new memorial statue.
  Fallen New Mexico police officers were honored in Washington D.C. jus
  
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• Photo: Mini-look-alike of Thunder’s Steven Adams goes viral

  25-05-2016 13:45 via krqe.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (MEDIA GENERAL) – As the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, one little girl is stealing the Thunder’s uhh… Thunder.
  ICYMI. Steven's mini-me in #ThunderAlley tonight.#ThunderUp #LilStacheBro pic.twitter.com/tfX4ggIQ2Z
  — OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) May 25, 2016“Lil’ Stache Bro,” as she currently is known on social media, is a dead ringer for Oklahoma City 7-footer Steven Adams, with the matching ponyt
  
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• Multiple agencies investigate incident near Central and Western Skies

  25-05-2016 09:32
  
  Multiple law enforcement agencies were investigating an incident at Central and Western Skies early Wednesday morning. A spokesman from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said the incident is an ongoing investigation being handled by the U.S. Marshals Service. Deputy Johann Jareno said around 9:30 p.m. SWAT teams with the Albuquerque Police Department and BCSO are on scene. […]
  
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• Injuries and damages reported after violent Trump protests

  25-05-2016 08:45
  
  A group of about 100 protesters forced their way through police barricade and tried storming the Albuquerque convention center after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took stage according to our partners at the Albuquerque Journal.
  
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• Penn taken off UFC 199 card

  25-05-2016 08:05
  
  For those eagerly awaiting BJ Penn's return to the octagon, just know the wait's going to be at leas ...
  
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• MWC baseball tourney begins today; Lobos play Thursday

  25-05-2016 08:05
  
  Ray Birmingham's Mountain West baseball tournament forecast landed somewhere between a guarantee and ...
  
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• Diving: Ex-Lobo is set to compete at Olympic trials

  25-05-2016 08:05
  
  Former University of New Mexico springboard diver Gabby Erickson Han is set to compete at the U.S. O ...
  
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• 8,000 rally for Trump in Albuquerque

  25-05-2016 08:05
  
  8,000 turn out to support presidential candidate; more than 600 protesters show up, waving flags and taunting supporters
  
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• Officers try to control protesters as they get violent

  25-05-2016 07:05
  
  A group of about 100 protesters forced their way through police barricade and tried storming the Albuquerque convention center after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took stage according to our partners at the Albuquerque Journal.
  
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