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• Grant will help farmers markets help SNAP recipients

  08-06-2016 23:53
  
  A public-private program is making it possible for those struggling to make ends meet  to access fresh produce while supporting small businesses and local growers. The New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association Wednesday announced it received $2.1 million in federal money to expand its Double Up Food Bucks healthy food incentive program over the next four […]
  
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• Main Event Entertainment to open next week

  08-06-2016 23:41
  
  Albuquerque, it’s time for the Main Event. Main Event Entertainment — a Dallas-based chain of “eat-bowl-play” venues — will open its new Albuquerque location to the public at 2 p.m. Tuesday, following months of construction on what had been a vacant lot alongside Pan American Freeway, near Comanche. The new 50,000-square-foot entertainment emporium marks location […]
  
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• Men charged with heroin trafficking accused of user’s death

  08-06-2016 22:57
  
  Albuquerque, N.M. — Two New Mexico men already charged with heroin trafficking are now accused of a death that resulted from use of the drug. Rosendo Flores Angulo of Albuquerque and Curtis Hutchinson of Edgewood were arraigned Wednesday on an 18-count superseding indictment in federal court in Albuquerque. Both pleaded not guilty. The indictment alleges […]
  
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• Minuteman movement founder convicted of molesting young girl

  08-06-2016 22:55
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona jury has convicted a founder of the Minuteman border-watch group of molesting one young girl, but it acquitted him of engaging in sexual conduct with another. Jurors returned guilty verdicts Wednesday against Chris Simcox on charges that he molested a 5-year-old girl and showed her pornography. He was acquitted of the […]
  
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• Texas grand jury clears officer who fatally shot black teen

  08-06-2016 22:47
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A grand jury has decided to take no action against a white North Texas police officer fired after fatally shooting an unarmed black college football player while responding to an after-hours burglary call. Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson said in a statement Wednesday that former Arlington, Texas, police trainee Brad […]
  
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• Superfund plan for Colorado mines stirs few protests now

  08-06-2016 22:47
  
  DENVER — A proposal to deploy the powerful Superfund program to clean up leaky Colorado mines isn’t stirring up much passion, despite formidable resistance in the past. Some residents feared that a Superfund designation would scare off vital tourist traffic. Others thought it was a federal intrusion. But by Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
  
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• Ash tree-killing beetle moves outside Boulder for 1st time

  08-06-2016 22:47
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. — A beetle that kills a popular Colorado landscaping tree has spread outside Boulder for the first time, attacking a tree in nearby Longmont. State and local forestry officials said Wednesday the emerald ash borer was found in an ash tree on private property. Longmont officials said they would step up treatment of […]
  
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• Police: Rio Rancho homeowner shoots intruder, suspect in hospital

  08-06-2016 22:03 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho homeowner opened fire on an intruder Wednesday morning.
  Police say 911 dispatch received a call around 2 a.m. on Wednesday from a home on the 1000 block of Luz Del Sol, saying the homeowner had shot a man who broke into their home. Shortly after that, another call said a man with a gunshot wound had been dropped off at Presbyterian Hospital.
  Officers responded to the hospital and found evidence from the burglary scene on the suspect. That su
  
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• More than 200 CNM workers owe school for insurance

  08-06-2016 21:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Central New Mexico Community College says more than 200 employees owe money on their health and life insurance benefits, while the school owes money to other workers.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that some employees underpaid on their health and life insurance benefits, while others overpaid. CNM President Kathie Winograd sent an email Tuesday explaining the situation and saying she deeply regrets the error.
  In total, employees owe about $89,000 to the school an
  
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• Judges must ask about youths’ tribal status under new rule

  08-06-2016 21:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A new federal rule will require judges in every state to ask whether a child is a Native American during foster-care and adoption proceedings.
  Under the rule announced Wednesday by the Interior Department, judges also must ask about a child’s status as a tribal member during hearings to determine whether or not a mother or father’s parental rights will be terminated.
  The rule goes into effect in December as part of the Indian Child Welfare Act – a
  
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• Lightning-caused New Mexico wildfire now at 19 square miles

  08-06-2016 20:16 via krqe.com
  
  MAGDALENA, N.M. (AP) – A wildfire in the San Mateo Mountains of west-central New Mexico has grown to 19 square miles.
  Officials say the lightning-caused fire that started May 21 around 25 miles southwest of Magdalena on the Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands is 20 percent contained and that its size will increase daily as ignition operations continue.
  Spokeswoman Cynthia Wolfe of the Magdalena Ranger District says a new incident commander has taken over in a switch that she cal
  
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• Judge grants motion to obtain accused cop impersonator’s fingerprints

  08-06-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of impersonating an officer while breaking into an Albuquerque home faced a judge Wednesday in a different case.
  Police say Shane Garcia kicked in the door of a house and claimed he was serving a search warrant before stealing about $28,000 worth of items.
  In court, a judge granted a motion hearing to obtain his fingerprints to tie him to several other crimes.
  “There’s a contradiction here with the state claiming they have Shane Garcia
  
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• Albuquerque aquarium crushes seashells for World Oceans Day

  08-06-2016 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque BioPark is celebrating World Oceans Day by crushing hundreds of seashells.
  It’s all in an effort to bring awareness to the consequences of shell trade. Every year, millions of marine mollusks like sea starts and clams are killed to become trinkets for the tourist industry. The BioPark hopes this event will make you think twice before buying a souvenir.
  On Wednesday, people gathered at the aquarium to crush the seashells. They were confi
  
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• Some looking to profit from free tickets to Ali services

  08-06-2016 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali, who long ago began crafting the plan for his final tribute, insisted the tickets for his memorial service be free. But on Wednesday, after the tickets were handed out, some people looked to make a profit.
  People started arriving outside the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville late Tuesday, hours ahead of the ticket distribution. The line stretched around the arena. Thousands of tickets for Ali’s memorial service Friday were claimed on a first-come, firs
  
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• Man accused of murdering Albuquerque mother to appear in court

  08-06-2016 19:46 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of murdering a young Albuquerque mother of four is scheduled to face a judge on Wednesday.
  Vanessa Delgado, 26, was found murdered in her home near Gibson and Juan Tabo on Tuesday morning after a family member called police asking them to check on her.
  According to court documents, it was Delgado’s boyfriend, Carlos Perez, who contacted that family member asking for money and saying he had “hurt his wife really bad.&rdqu
  
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• Man accused of murdering Albuquerque mother faces judge

  08-06-2016 19:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of murdering a young Albuquerque mother of four faced a judge on Wednesday.
  Vanessa Delgado, 26, was found murdered in her home near Gibson and Juan Tabo on Tuesday morning after a family member called police asking them to check on her.
  According to court documents, it was Delgado’s boyfriend, Carlos Perez, who contacted that family member asking for money and saying he had “hurt his wife really bad.”
  When officers
  
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• Initiative aims to increase outdoor education for Rio Rancho students

  08-06-2016 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bureau of Land Management and Rio Rancho Public Schools are teaming together to hit the trails.
  It’s part of Tent Rocks National Monument’s “Hit the Trails” learning initiative, which is aimed at increasing outdoor education while encouraging kids to explore nature.
  BLM will also provide teachers and students opportunities to learn about the monument by waiving entrance fees and providing free rides to and from the monument. BLM is
  
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• De La Cruz: Santolina will preoccupy his successor

  08-06-2016 19:40
  
  The winner of the District 2 race for the Bernalillo County Commission should brace for conflict as commissioners consider measures related to the proposed Santolina Master Plan development, Commissioner Art De La Cruz told members of the Economic Forum on Wednesday. “Breaking Bad” actor Steven Michael Quezada won a tight three-way race in Tuesday’s primary […]
  
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• Libyan forces enter main Islamic State bastion

  08-06-2016 19:35
  
  BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan forces loyal to a U.N.-brokered government have advanced deep inside the coastal city of Sirte, the main stronghold of the Islamic State group’s local affiliate, officials said Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghasri told The Associated Press that forces have seized a key bridge inside the city where the extremists used to […]
  
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• Cultural sensitivities obstacle at UN AIDS conference

  08-06-2016 19:34
  
  UNITED NATIONS — No one at the high-level United Nations conference devoted to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 denies serious scientific and financial challenges remain, but cultural sensitivities may prove the toughest obstacle on the way to achieving that goal. A number of gay and transgender groups were excluded from attending the three-day-long conference […]
  
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• Texas woman faces up to 30 years for babysitting sex scam

  08-06-2016 19:33
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A South Texas woman faces up to 30 years in prison for a babysitting scam in which she recorded her convicted sex offender boyfriend molesting a girl. Rosa Linda Ganceres of Mathis pleaded guilty Wednesday to production of child pornography. Ganceres remains in custody pending sentencing by a federal judge in […]
  
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• What’s opening next at Country Club Plaza? That’s Amore!

  08-06-2016 19:30
  
  Green Jeans' pizzeria expands concept with new restaurant
  
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• Man wanted for stabbing woman arrested after SWAT standoff

  08-06-2016 19:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man wanted for stabbing a woman was finally caught after a long SWAT stand off in Clovis.
  Police say 32-year-old Aaron Morisette was holed up inside a home on the 500 block of East 16th Street. When Morisette refused to comply with police, the SWAT team used tear gas to get him out.
  Morisette has been wanted since Monday when he allegedly stabbed a 34-year-old woman several times. She was airlifted to Lubbock because her injuries were so severe.
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• Raul Torrez wins Bernalillo County DA nomination

  08-06-2016 19:23
  
  Raul Torrez  has won the Raul Torrez wins Bernalillo County DA nomination.
  
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• Police arrest Santa Fe trio accused of failed robbery attempt

  08-06-2016 19:04 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A criminal trio wanted for a slew of charges is now behind bars.
  Santa Fe detectives say 31-year-old Anthony Berrios-Espinosa, 24-year-old Anthony Chacon and 19-year-old Ashley Ritch were all part of a botched armed robbery attempt.
  The incident happened last month at a Motel 6 on Cerrillos Road. Police say Ritch was near the getaway car when Berrios-Espinosa and Chacon tried to rob a construction worker at gunpoint in his hotel room.
  Police say the man ended up cha
  
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• NFL, law enforcement looking into hacked tweet about Goodell

  08-06-2016 18:56 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has “engaged law enforcement” to look into how its Twitter account was hacked with a post purporting that Commissioner Roger Goodell had died.
  “We have engaged law enforcement to look into the matter,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday. “We are reviewing and strengthening our cyber-security measures.”
  Around midday Tuesday, a post went up on the league’s official account that read: “We regret to
  
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• Updated: I-25 southbound reopened after possible jumper detained

  08-06-2016 18:10
  
  Officers briefly shut down I-25 southbound at Comanche Wednesday morning because a man was on the retaining wall over Menaul, possibly trying to jump off, according to the Albuquerque Police Department. He was taken into custody about half an hour later unharmed, according to police. Police spokesman Tanner Tixier said officers are still trying to […]
  
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• Leopard escapes at Utah zoo; visitors take shelter

  08-06-2016 18:02 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When she got word of a leopard on the loose at the zoo in Salt Lake City, Katie Boender ducked into the nearest building with her group of preschool students: A bathroom.
  They spent the next 30 minutes holed up there as an emergency team tranquilized the rare animal that escaped from an enclosure Tuesday morning.
  The big cat was perched close to home, sleeping on a wooden support beam right above where people would have clustered to watch her.
  A visitor spotted the 4-
  
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• Police: I-25 reopens at Comanche, subject in custody

  08-06-2016 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – I-25 is back open after a dangerous situation.
  Police shut down southbound I-25 at Comanche around 10 a.m. on Wednesday after a man was seen standing on a retaining wall just feet away from traffic.
  Police were able to talk him down, and he was taken into custody.
  They are not releasing his name.
   
   Individual has been safely taken into custody. Traffic will be opening shortly.
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) June 8, 2016I25 SB is being clo
  
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• Small plane that crashed into Texas cement plant was stolen

  08-06-2016 17:45
  
  MIDLAND, Texas — Police say a small plane that crashed into the silo of a West Texas cement plant had been reported stolen from a Midland airport. Officials on Tuesday said the pilot who died in the June 1 crash worked for the company that owned the plane, which was used to inspect pipelines. The […]
  
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• Man found killed in Phoenix home was convicted sex offender

  08-06-2016 17:44
  
  PHOENIX — A man found killed in his Phoenix home has been identified as convicted sex offender. Phoenix police say 73-year-old Reginald Locke was found inside his central Phoenix resident Tuesday and that he was “restrained and showed signs of trauma to his body.” Police did not immediately respond Wednesday to inquiries about the circumstances […]
  
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• Yellowstone rangers look for man presumed dead in hot spring

  08-06-2016 17:43
  
  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Rangers are navigating a dangerous landscape where boiling water flows beneath a fragile rock crust as they search for a man who reportedly fell into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park. Officials said Wednesday that the safety of park personnel was a top concern during the search in the […]
  
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• Maria Sharapova suspended for 2 years for doping

  08-06-2016 17:38 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Maria Sharapova was suspended from tennis for two years Wednesday for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open, and immediately responded by saying she would appeal the decision to sport’s highest court.
  The ruling by an independent three-person panel appointed by the International Tennis Federation said Sharapova did not intend to cheat, but that she bore “sole responsibility” and “very significant fault” for the positive test.
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• The Latest: Deputy kills armed man who fatally shot woman

  08-06-2016 17:30
  
  CULPEPER, Va. — The Latest on two fatal shootings, one by a deputy sheriff, in Virginia (all times local): 11:15 a.m. Virginia State Police say a deputy sheriff shot and killed a man who confronted officers with a gun after fatally shooting his estranged wife’s neighbor. Police say in a news release that 49-year-old Willis […]
  
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• 2 Air National Guard pilots eject after midair collision

  08-06-2016 17:15
  
  MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. — Two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter pilots ejected safely after an apparent midair collision in eastern Georgia, the Guard said. The collision happened about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday during night training operations over a remote military operating area in Jefferson County, Georgia, a National Guard spokeswoman said. […]
  
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• Maris Sharapova suspended for 2 years for doping

  08-06-2016 17:08
  
  LONDON — Maria Sharapova has been suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. The ruling, announced Wednesday, can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The five-time Grand Slam champion was provisionally suspended by the ITF in early March, when she announced […]
  
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• Texas hurricane air evacuation drill runs through Thursday

  08-06-2016 17:07
  
  DALLAS — A mock storm dubbed Hurricane Tejas (TAY’-hahs) will help first responders practice air emergency evacuation methods at some big Texas airports. Department of Public Safety Trooper Robbie Barrera says the drill began Wednesday and runs through Thursday. The exercise involves people supposedly needing to leave South Texas. Barrera says the 2016 Rio Grande […]
  
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• US job openings rise, yet employers cut back on filling them

  08-06-2016 17:04 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised the most open jobs in nine months in April but pulled back on filling them, a sign of caution that may reflect concerns about tepid economic growth.
  Job openings rose 2 percent to 5.8 million, the Labor Department said Wednesday, matching a record high reached in April. Yet hiring slipped for the second straight month to just under 5.1 million.
  The figures suggest that an annual economic growth rate of just 0.8 percent in the first three months o
  
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• Today in History: June 8

  08-06-2016 16:54 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, June 8, the 160th day of 2016. There are 206 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlights in History:
  On June 8, 1966, the strongest of a series of tornadoes struck the Topeka, Kansas, area, killing 17 people. A merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
  On this date:
  In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina.
  In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
  In 1864,
  
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• Houston man gets life in prison for 9th DWI conviction

  08-06-2016 16:31
  
  CONROE, Texas — A Houston man convicted of drunken driving nine times since 1980 has been sentenced to life in prison. The Montgomery County judge who sentenced Donald Middleton on Tuesday said the 56-year-old man is a habitual offender. Middleton pleaded guilty last week to driving drunk in a May 2015 traffic accident. Investigators say […]
  
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• Abandoned campfire caused wildfire burning north of Payson, AZ

  08-06-2016 16:31
  
  PAYSON, Ariz. — Arizona State Forestry officials say an abandoned campfire is the cause of a wildfire burning north of Payson. Approximately 120 firefighters and other personnel are assigned to the so-called “Reservoir Fire” that has burned 138 acres of Ponderosa pine and grass. The fire started Monday morning near the Blue Ridge Reservoir. Crews […]
  
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• Boy, 11, dies after motorbike hits brick mailbox in Texas

  08-06-2016 16:30
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Police say an 11-year-old boy has died after the small motorbike he was operating hit a brick mailbox in a North Texas neighborhood. Arlington police on Wednesday did not immediately release the name of the child who died. Officers on Tuesday night responded to a report of a motorbike accident near some […]
  
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• Inside Trump, Clinton’s secret 2016 social media playbook

  08-06-2016 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — The moment Hillary Clinton utters a word about Donald Trump’s thin skin and erratic temperament, the billionaire shoots off a tweet within seconds.
  Thus is 2016.
  It’s a new era of online tit-for-tat politicking born of the public’s demand for accessibility and the ease of blasting out messages to uber-connected supporters in one simple post.
  Trump, Clinton battle it out in 2016’s new social media landscape. (AP file)In many ways, Trump
  
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• Official: Truck slams into bicyclists in Michigan, killing 5

  08-06-2016 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police fielded complaints that a pickup truck was being driven erratically just minutes before the vehicle slammed into a group of bicyclists in western Michigan, killing five, authorities said.
  Four other bicyclists suffered serious injuries in the crash early Tuesday evening in Cooper Township and were being treated at area hospitals, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting said during a news conference Tuesday night.
  The truck driver is in custody but h
  
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• Local sandwich shop adds Texas twist

  08-06-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It all started with three friends and the love for Texas and sandwiches.
  Texas Meltz is a local restaurant with a Texas twist. Everything’s big.
  General Manager, William Armstrong, and Kitchen Manager, Oscar Vasquez joined KRQE’s This Morning team to talk about the restaurant and make a delicious sandwich. Watch above.
  What makes them unique is their focus on various meats. Brisket, pulled pork, roast beef, pastrami, turkey & ham on Texas toast an
  
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• Romero wins GOP nod in New Mexico congressional contest

  08-06-2016 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Retired law enforcement officer Michael Romero has won the GOP nomination in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District.
  Unofficial results show Romero ahead of challenger Michael Lucero with more than 60 percent of the vote.
  The race marks Romero’s first foray into politics. He served in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Grants High School. Following a stint with the Taos County Sheriff’s Office, Romero worked with the police department in La
  
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• Authorities: Man set fire to apartment to escape sex noise

  08-06-2016 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say an Albuquerque man took drastic action to escape the sounds of his neighbors having sex – he set fire to his own apartment.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that Reuben Cook told police Sunday he “tried to burn anything he could think of” in his apartment to run from the annoying sounds.
  A criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court says police found minor fire damage when they arrived to Cook’s apartment.
  The complaint say
  
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• FDR granddaughter to speak at New Deal symposium in Santa Fe

  08-06-2016 14:58 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Descendants of President Franklin Roosevelt and relatives of FDR administrators are scheduled to speak at a New Deal symposium in Santa Fe.
  Nina Gibson, a granddaughter of the late World War II-era president, is slated to participate in a conference June 24 sponsored by the National New Deal Preservation Association.
  Speakers will share their families’ New Deal histories and how their experiences affected their lives and career paths.
  The event will be held at L
  
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• Curry Leaf bringing flavor of Northern, Southern India

  08-06-2016 14:57
  
  Restaurant expected to open this summer in NE Albuquerque
  
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• Restoration of the Bonito Lake eyes 2018 completion

  08-06-2016 14:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) – Officials say restoration of the Bonito Lake, damaged after the 2012 Little Bear Fire, is estimated to be completed in 2018.
  The Alamogordo News reports that Alamogordo’s Public Works Director Brian Cesar recently told city commissioners that workers are still pulling material out of the lake.
  Debris from the fire had plugged pipeline coming into Alamogordo.
  Cesar says construction time for pulling material out of the lake has been expanded because officials d
  
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