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• Albuquerque voters head to polls for presidential, countywide races

  07-06-2016 23:53
  
  In the last Super Tuesday of the election season, Albuquerque voters will join five other states, including California, and cast ballots in the presidential primary.
  
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• UK firm acquires ABQ’s MIOX Corp.

  07-06-2016 23:50
  
  Johnson Matthey, a publicly traded specialty chemicals company headquartered in the United Kingdom, acquired the Albuquerque-based water purification firm MIOX Corp. in April for an undisclosed price. MIOX, a venture-backed company that launched in Albuquerque in 1994, uses a proprietary, environmentally-friendly process for industrial-scale water purification. Its systems are used worldwide by municipalities and commercial […]
  
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• Crews battle fire in Rio Rancho

  07-06-2016 23:32 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are battling a residential fire in Rio Rancho Tuesday.
  Officials say the fire occurred at 10th and Idalia.
  A full evacuation took place and the Rio Rancho Fire Department is fighting the fire defensively to keep it from spreading.
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• Tom Begaye Jr. arraigned in court Tuesday

  07-06-2016 23:24
  
  A man accused of kidnapping and killing an 11-year-old Navajo girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning.
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor: Justice for victims most important

  07-06-2016 23:04
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Latest on the case against a man accused of killing nine black church members during Bible study in Charleston (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The state solicitor who will prosecute a white man charged in the killings of nine black church members says the state is ready to go with its […]
  
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• Ex-South Texas parole officer admits producing child porn

  07-06-2016 23:04
  
  VICTORIA, Texas — A former Texas prison system parole officer has pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a child after she and her boyfriend were accused of producing child pornography. Saralyn Ann Proschko admitted to texting boyfriend David Ray McGee photos of her sexually assaulting an underage girl. Prosecutors say that led to the 48-year-old Wallis […]
  
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• World Bank downgrades its forecast for 2016 global economy

  07-06-2016 23:03
  
  WASHINGTON — The World Bank is reducing its forecast for the global economy this year — again. The aid agency predicted Tuesday that the world economy will expand 2.4 percent this year, down from the 2.9 percent it expected in January and unchanged from a tepid 2015. “The global economy is fragile,” said World Bank […]
  
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• Updated: Texas regulator: Trump U preyed on ‘novice’ investors

  07-06-2016 22:56
  
  WASHINGTON — Emails from 2010 show that the staff of then-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott investigating Trump University thought the real estate seminars were a scam bilking “novices” with get-rich-quick promises that were impossible to deliver. The Associated Press reviewed government records obtained through a public records request by the Democratic political action committee American […]
  
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• Ex-police officers accused of providing tipoff on drug probe

  07-06-2016 22:56
  
  PHOENIX — Two former Phoenix police officers are accused of tipping off patrons and employees of a gentlemen’s club last March about an investigation into alleged sale and transportation of illegal drugs. Attorneys for 35-year-old Sebastian Castillo and 39-year-old Richard Denny did not immediately return calls for comment Tuesday on the May 6 indictment charging […]
  
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• Race to watch: Raul Torrez, Ed Perea contend for DA post

  07-06-2016 22:06
  
  For the first time in 15 years, the Bernalillo County District Attorney's office will be led by a new person.
  
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• Race to watch: 4 hopefuls vie for county treasurer

  07-06-2016 22:06
  
  The candidates running for treasurer will face some challenges, among them are county accounts that have more money going out than in, and investments described by commissioners as being in poor health. 
  
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• Investigators: Pilot error caused fatal crash into Md. house

  07-06-2016 21:22
  
  WASHINGTON — Pilot error caused a private jet to crash into a house in suburban Maryland, killing a woman and two of her young children along with the pilot and two passengers, federal investigators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded at a board meeting that the pilot failed to turn on the plane’s […]
  
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• Janis Joplin’s childhood home in Texas for sale for $500,000

  07-06-2016 21:21
  
  PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A Southeast Texas house where blues and rock star Janis Joplin lived as a child is for sale for $500,000. The Port Arthur home of Joplin, who died in 1970, has a Texas Historical Commission marker outside confirming she lived at the residence. Joplin was a preschooler when the family moved […]
  
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• New Mexico city finds thousands of unpaid traffic tickets

  07-06-2016 21:20
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Officials in a New Mexico city are reconsidering a red light camera and speed van program after discovering thousands of people who never paid fines from those tickets. KOAT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/25KpemV ) that Rio Rancho’s automated traffic system has sent out 90,000 tickets and brought in more than $1.4 million between […]
  
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• Thunderbird being moved from Colorado Springs crash site

  07-06-2016 21:19
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Workers are removing the Thunderbirds jet that crashed in Colorado Springs after the Air Force Academy’s commencement ceremony. Helicopter video from KUSA-TV (http://on9news.tv/25KA5AQ ) shows them using a crane to lift the largely intact plane onto a flatbed truck on Tuesday. The $25 million aircraft will be hauled to a hangar […]
  
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• Judge delays order on ethics course in immigration case

  07-06-2016 21:19
  
  HOUSTON — A federal judge in Texas who’s presiding over a lawsuit filed against President Barack Obama’s immigration executive action says he will put on hold a ruling he issued last month ordering Justice Department attorneys to attend an ethics course. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ordered the training for the attorneys for his belief […]
  
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• Man pleads guilty to charges stemming from fatal crash

  07-06-2016 19:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man who drove drunk, led police on a high speed chase then killed an innocent man when he crashed, pleaded guilty Tuesday.
  Ofimiano Herrera, 28, ended his spree near Coors and Quail in March of 2015 where he plowed into a family’s SUV. He killed Oscar Alemieda senior, and seriously injured Alemieda’s wife, son and son’s girlfriend.
  In court Herrera pleaded guilty to the three most serious charges including vehicular homicide. After that the
  
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• Updated: US stocks climb as energy stocks make big gains

  07-06-2016 19:37
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks continue to rise Tuesday as the price of oil inches higher. Energy companies are gaining the most, while a drop in bond yields is sending high-dividend phone company stocks higher. Drug companies are tumbling on disappointing results from clinical studies. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 77 points, […]
  
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• Man pleads not guilty to abducting, killing Navajo girl

  07-06-2016 19:26
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The man accused of abducting and killing an 11-year-old Navajo girl has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping, sexual abuse and other charges. Tom Begaye Jr. entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Albuquerque, where relatives of the victim left the courtroom weeping after his brief court appearance. The arraignment for […]
  
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• Texan gets nearly 48 years, shot at Border Patrol agents

  07-06-2016 19:22
  
  DEL RIO, Texas — A West Texas man must serve nearly 48 years in federal prison for shooting at Border Patrol agents while fleeing after being suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend. Carl Wayne Wiley of Midland was sentenced Monday in Del Rio. Jurors in February convicted Wiley of attempting to kill one or more agents, […]
  
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• Texas boy, Vermont police dog bond via viral video

  07-06-2016 18:37
  
  SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont police dog named Maximus is helping a 4-year-old Texas boy who discovered a viral video of the dog chasing a stream of water while its handler was washing his cruiser. Max’s handler, Vermont State Police Trooper Nick Arlington, says the dog has helped find more than 1,000 bags of […]
  
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• Ex-officer convicted in 2014 slaying of Texas police chief

  07-06-2016 18:36
  
  BELTON, Texas — A former Texas law enforcement officer has been convicted of capital murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of Little River-Academy police Chief Lee Dixon. David Gene Risner faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole for the slaying as Dixon responded to a report of a man with a gun. […]
  
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• TSA chief says progress being made on shortening lines

  07-06-2016 18:16
  
  WASHINGTON — The head of the Transportation Security Administration says significant progress has been made on shortening screening lines since earlier this spring when airlines reported thousands of frustrated passengers were missing flights. Peter Neffenger told a Senate panel Tuesday that over the busy Memorial Day weekend, 99 percent of passengers at U.S. airports waited […]
  
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• Burundi: 11 students in jail for doodling president’s photo

  07-06-2016 18:07
  
  BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Eleven secondary school students are in jail in Burundi for scribbling on photos of President Pierre Nkurunziza, parents and a government official said Tuesday The youths, aged 14 to 19, are charged with insulting the head of state, a crime punishable by imprisonment of between six months to five years, plus up […]
  
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• Woman found dead in southeast Albuquerque, suspect arrested near Las Cruces

  07-06-2016 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man is in custody after a woman was found dead in southeast Albuquerque Tuesday morning.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, officers were dispatched at approximately 5:00 a.m. to a mobile home park located at 11100 Gibson SE. APD says when officers arrived they found a woman in her mid-20s dead inside a mobile home. Family members then told police that four children were missing.
  APD says the suspect in this case and the four children were located
  
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• Mother of 4 found dead in Albuquerque, suspect arrested near Las Cruces

  07-06-2016 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque mother of four was found murdered in her home and her kids were gone. It almost triggered an Amber Alert but the children and the suspected killer were found more than 200 miles away. Police say it appears to be a homicide.
  Police were called to a southeast Albuquerque mobile home park around 5:00 a.m. by a concerned family member. When officers got on scene they found a woman in her 20s dead inside a mobile home. They won’t say how she died
  
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• Mother of 4 found dead in Albuquerque; Police identify murder suspect

  07-06-2016 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque mother of four was found murdered in her home and her kids were gone. It almost triggered an Amber Alert but the children and the suspected killer were found more than 200 miles away. Police say it appears to be a homicide.
  Police were called to a southeast Albuquerque mobile home park around 5:00 a.m. by a concerned family member. When officers got on scene they found 26-year-old Vanessa Delgado dead inside a mobile home. They won’t say
  
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• Senate GOP drops push to ‘defund Obamacare’

  07-06-2016 16:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the Senate are abandoning an effort to use their power over the federal purse strings to block implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
  The more pragmatic approach with a huge $164 billion spending measure reflects a hope by top Republicans like Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to remove veto bait from must-pass spending bills in hopes of advancing them more easily.
  President Barack Obama has already vetoed separate legislation aimed at repealing
  
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• Oil company investing around $6M in new Hobbs headquarters

  07-06-2016 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – An East Texas-based energy company is investing more than $6 million in a new Permian Basin headquarters despite the oil and gas downturn.
  The Hobbs News-Sun reports that Mewbourne Oil started construction on a 32,000-square-foot office facility in Hobbs, New Mexico.
  Mewbourne Oil President Ken Waits says the company’s current facility is just getting old, and employees are running out of space.
  Mewbourne employs close to 120 people in Hobbs and does not plan to hi
  
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• Street fighter and MMA pioneer Kimbo Slice dead at 42

  07-06-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  Kimbo Slice, the bearded street fighter who parlayed his internet popularity into a mixed martial arts career and worldwide fame, has died. He was 42.
  Slice, whose real name was Kevin Ferguson, was taken to a hospital in Margate, Florida, near his home Monday, Coral Springs Police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek said.
  Slice’s death was confirmed by Mike Imber, his longtime manager.
  “We lost our brother today,” Imber said in a text message to The Associated Press.
  The cause of death was stil
  
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• US worker productivity slumped again in Q1

  07-06-2016 15:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American workers were less productive again in the January-March quarter, although the decline wasn’t as severe as first thought. Meanwhile, labor costs climbed at a faster pace than initially estimated.
  The Labor Department said Tuesday that productivity declined at an annual rate of 0.6 percent in the first quarter after a 1.7 percent drop in the fourth quarter. The government first estimated that productivity fell at a 1 percent rate. Labor costs for employers ro
  
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• Southeast gets more rain as Tropical Storm Colin heads east

  07-06-2016 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Colin was expected to continue dropping heavy rains over the Southeast on Tuesday after moving across northern Florida, knocking out power and flooding roads.
  Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as the storm churned its way across the state into southeast Georgia, and The National Hurricane Center said Colin marked the earliest that a third named storm has ever formed in the Atlantic basin.
  By 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday, the storm was moving into
  
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• Jury deliberations continue in Tai Chan trial

  07-06-2016 14:49 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The fate of former Santa Fe County Deputy Tai Chan is in the hands of a jury Tuesday.
  In closing arguments Monday, prosecutors hammered home their version of why Chan shot and killed fellow Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Deputy, Jeremy Martin, in October 2014.
  Prosecutors say the men fought in a Las Cruces hotel room, but Chan took it too far, shooting martin five times from behind.
  The defense argues Martin started punching Chan in their hotel room and even shot
  
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• Jeremy Martin’s family becomes emotional as mistrial declared in Tai Chan case

  07-06-2016 14:49 via krqe.com
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The judge declared a mistrial in the Tai Chan case regarding Jeremy Martin’s death. The jury was still deliberating Tai Chan’s fate Tuesday and could not come to a consensus.
  None of the jurors voted for a not guilty verdict. Five jurors voted for voluntary manslaughter and six thought Chan was guilty of Second Degree Murder.
  Jeremy Martin’s family was brought to tears as they learned of the mistrial.
  In closing arguments Monday, prosecutors
  
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• Groups seek to intervene in Mexican gray wolf legal battle

  07-06-2016 14:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Four environmental groups want to intervene in a legal fight between the state of New Mexico and the federal government over releases of endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild.
  Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance filed their motion Monday, saying the state has no authority to block the release of the predators.
  The state is seeking a temporary restraining order that would requi
  
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• Suspect in Navajo girl’s deadly abduction to appear in court

  07-06-2016 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The man accused in the deadly abduction of a Navajo girl along her school bus route is scheduled to be arraigned on murder and other charges in federal court.
  The hearing for 27-year-old Tom Begaye is scheduled for Tuesday in Albuquerque. Federal authorities say he kidnapped 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike and her younger brother on the afternoon of May 2 as they played by a canal near their home on the Navajo Nation.
  A criminal complaint says Begaye took the children to
  
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• Man pleads not guilty to abducting, killing 11-year-old girl

  07-06-2016 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The man accused of abducting and killing an 11-year-old Navajo girl has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping, sexual abuse and other charges.
  Tom Begaye Jr. entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Albuquerque, where relatives of the victim left the courtroom weeping after his brief court appearance.
  The arraignment for the 27-year-old Navajo man came just over a month after authorities say he kidnapped fifth-grader Ashlynne Mike and her younger brother as
  
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• Last known living 9/11 search dog dies in Texas at age 16

  07-06-2016 14:26 via krqe.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The last known living 9/11 search dog has died in a Houston suburb at age 16.
  Bretagne (BRIHT’-nee), a golden retriever, was euthanized Monday at a veterinary clinic in the Houston suburb of Cypress, according to a statement from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
  Bretagne was 2 years old when she and her handler, Denise Corliss, were part of the Texas Task Force 1 sent to the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan after the terrorist a
  
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• History in hand, Clinton faces voters as presumptive nominee

  07-06-2016 14:24 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — History already in hand, Hillary Clinton will celebrate becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party Tuesday following votes in California, New Jersey and four other states — contests Clinton hopes send her into the general election in strong standing.
  Clinton reached the 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on the eve of Tuesday’s voting, according to an Associated Press tally. Her total is c
  
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• Overnight fire at Albuquerque Lotaburger

  07-06-2016 14:01
  
  The Albuquerque Fire Department was called just before 5 a.m. Tuesday to a structure fire in northeast Albuquerque.
  
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• Rehearsal for mega-quake, tsunami starts in Northwest

  07-06-2016 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  CAMP MURRAY, Wash. (AP) — The Pacific Northwest kicks off a massive earthquake and tsunami drill Tuesday as part of a multi-day event to rehearse scenarios on how the region would deal with a dual natural disaster that could kill thousands, cut off coastal communities, and collapse phone and internet service.
  The four-day event, called Cascadia Rising, is built around the premise of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake 95 miles off of the coast of Oregon that results in a tsunami. Both events would
  
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• Car bomb attack targeting police kills 11 people in Istanbul

  07-06-2016 13:51 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A rush-hour car bomb targeted a bus carrying riot police in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 others, Istanbul’s governor said.
  Speaking at the scene of the blast in the Beyazit district, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said the dead included seven police officers and four civilians. At least three of the wounded were in serious condition.
  The bomb was placed inside a car and detonated as the police vehicle passed by, Sahin said. There was no immedi
  
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• NATO troops in massive airborne exercise in Poland

  07-06-2016 13:45 via krqe.com
  
  TORUN, Poland (AP) — Some 2,000 NATO troops from the U.S., Britain and Poland are conducting an airborne operation as part of the biggest exercise performed in Poland since the 1989 end of communism and amid concerns over Russia.
  The troops are to parachute Tuesday near the central city of Torun, where they are to secure a bridge on the Vistula River, as part of Polish-led exercise that involves some 31,000 troops.
  Russia considers NATO troops’ presence close to its border as a secur
  
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• Primary 2016: Clinton, Trump win in New Mexico

  07-06-2016 13:38 via krqe.com
  
  ☰ All Election Results • Democratic Primary Results • Republican Primary ResultsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The results are in as thousands of New Mexicans vote in the primary election.
  Hillary Clinton had locked up the needed delegates for the needed delegates for the Democratic Presidential nomination even before voting started Tuesday. Her camp is celebrating a solid lead in New Mexico over her rival Bernie Sanders.
  On the Republican side, Donald Trump, the presumpti
  
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• Primary 2016: Clinton beats out Bernie Sanders in New Mexico

  07-06-2016 13:38 via krqe.com
  
  ☰ All Election Results • Democratic Primary Results • Republican Primary ResultsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The results are in as hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans cast their ballots in the primary election.
  A little less than 34 percent of New Mexicans cast their ballots on Tuesday, and close to 33 percent in Bernalillo.
  On the republican side, Donald Trump took a little more than 70 percent of the vote. Ted Cruz received the second most votes with about 13 percent desp
  
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• New Mexico voters head to the polls

  07-06-2016 13:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The polls are now open across New Mexico for the state primary. Republicans and Democrats are choosing their party’s nominee in a number of races, including president. So far more than 14,000 ballots have been cast and more than 200 absentee ballots have been received.
  There are 69 polling places across Bernalillo County.
  Even though it appears that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have clinched their party’s nomination, University of New Mexico Polit
  
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• New Mexico primary kicks off Tuesday

  07-06-2016 13:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Polls are set to open across New Mexico for the state primary.
  New Mexico is one of six states holding primaries Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are choosing their party’s nominee in a number of races including president.
  There are 69 polling places across Bernalillo County that are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
  Early voter turnout has been impressive so far. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, nearly 120,000 people have voted e
  
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• More NM residents get naloxone

  07-06-2016 08:05
  
  Those taking narcotic painkillers given drug to reverse opioid overdoses
  
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• Globalization remains best option

  07-06-2016 08:05
  
  WASHINGTON–Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric (2015 revenues: $117 billion), gave ...
  
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• Editorial: When a DC ‘glitch’ is a lie: your government at work

  07-06-2016 08:05
  
  While it's not the twin brother of the 18½-minute gap on President Richard Nixon's Watergate...
  
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