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• Updated: France, Belgium alerted to possible arrival of fighters

  15-06-2016 23:57
  
  PARIS — Police have been alerted to the possibility that small groups of extremists have left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks, but have not raised threat levels, as authorities work to determine how credible the information is. Belgian intelligence services sent a note to French counterparts about the possible groups, […]
  
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• Updated: Egypt says it has found plane wreckage

  15-06-2016 23:57
  
  CAIRO — Egypt on Wednesday said that it spotted and obtained images from the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board, according to a statement by the country’s investigation committee. The committee said that the vessel John Lethbridge, which was contracted by the Egyptian […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Jimmy Page takes stand in Led Zeppelin lawsuit

  15-06-2016 23:55
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on a copyright lawsuit over Led Zeppelin’s song “Stairway to Heaven” (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has taken the stand in a copyright infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles. Page, wearing a suit and tie, denied Wednesday that he’d ever heard the song “Taurus” by the […]
  
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• Trial rescheduled in Tai Chan murder case

  15-06-2016 23:54 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – A new trial date has been set for the Santa Fe County Deputy accused of murdering a fellow deputy.
  A judge declared a mistrial in Tai Chan’s first murder trial last week after jurors say they could not come up with a verdict.
  Chan is accused of shooting and killing Jeremy Martin after a night of drinking in Las Cruces in 2014.
  According to New Mexico courts, Chan’s new trial is scheduled to start November 28th in Las Cruces District Court.
   
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• Former USPS employee in Albuquerque gets probation in theft case

  15-06-2016 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Albuquerque has been sentenced to two years of probation for theft of government funds.
  Prosecutors say 51-year-old Gary J. Devine was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Albuquerque.
  Devine pleaded guilty in the case three months ago.
  Prosecutors say Devine admitted that he sold USPS stamps to customers and kept the money for himself during a four-day period in late May 2015.
  At the time, Devine was employed as sales an
  
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• Updated: Rockies cut Reyes, likely responsible for $34M he is owed

  15-06-2016 22:51
  
    DENVER — Rather than activate Jose Reyes following his domestic violence suspension, the Colorado Rockies cut the shortstop on Wednesday and almost certainly will be responsible for the $34 million remaining on his contract. Reyes completed a 59-day suspension on May 31 for violating Major League Baseball’s new domestic violence policy, then went on […]
  
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• New: Casting call set for upcoming Western starring Christian Bale, Wes Studi

  15-06-2016 22:42
  
  New Mexico grabbed itself another Western. According to Elizabeth Gabel Casting, there will be a casting call on Friday, June 24, at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, 9169 Coors NW, for the major feature film “Hostiles.” The casting call will take place from 3-7 p.m. at the Science and Technology Auditorium. The production, starring Christian […]
  
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• Egypt says it has found plane wreckage

  15-06-2016 22:37 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board.
  The committee said in a statement late Wednesday that a vessel contracted by the Egyptian government to join the search efforts for the data recorders and the wreckage of the doomed A320 ” had identified several main locations of the wreckage, accordingly the first images of the wreckage were provided to the investigation committee.
  
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• Buckeye man gets 25-year prison sentence in shooting death

  15-06-2016 22:09
  
  PHOENIX — A Buckeye man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in his friend’s death has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 19-year-old Richard Anthony Burns Jr. was sentenced Wednesday. Burns pleaded guilty in April in the 2015 shooting death of 19-year-old Matthew Christensen. Prosecutors say Burns’ accomplice […]
  
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• Today in History: June 15

  15-06-2016 22:02 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, June 15, the 167th day of 2016. There are 199 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state.
  On this date:
  In 1215, England’s King John put his seal to Magna Carta (“the Great Charter”) at Runnymede.
  In 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.
  In 1849, James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, T
  
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• Updated: Scientists: Drop Arctic from plans for offshore drilling

  15-06-2016 21:54
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nearly 400 scientists have signed a letter urging President Obama to eliminate the possibility of Arctic offshore drilling in the near future by taking the Arctic Ocean out of the next federal offshore lease sale plan. The scientists include Jane Lubchenco, Obama’s former administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, now […]
  
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• Albuquerque Schools launch ‘Story Time in the Park’ program

  15-06-2016 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Dozens of children and their families spent their morning reading in the shade.
  It’s part of the “Story Time in the Park” program. For the next two months, Albuquerque Public School teachers will read books to children at 35 parks, community centers and other locations.
  On Wednesday, APS Superintendent Raquel Reedy read to students at Alamosa Park.
  “It’s a wonderful bonding experience for families, learning, there’s nothing lik
  
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• Officials issue voluntary evacuation in Chilili due to Dog Head Fire

  15-06-2016 20:25 via krqe.com
  
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  CHILILI, N.M. (KRQE) – The Dog Head Fire that started Tuesday afternoon in the Manzano Mountains has burned 682 acres with no reported containment. The Torrance County Sheriff is warning residents to be ready to leave their homes at a moment’s notice if the winds pick up.
  Officials with the Mountainair Ranger District say a voluntary evacuation has been issued for Chilili.
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• Governor declaring State of Emergency due to Dog Head Fire

  15-06-2016 20:25 via krqe.com
  
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  CHILILI, N.M. (KRQE) – The Dog Head Fire that started Tuesday afternoon in the Manzano Mountains has burned hundreds of acres with no reported containment. The Torrance County Sheriff is warning residents to be ready to leave their homes at a moment’s notice if the winds pick up.
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• Governor declares State of Emergency due to Dog Head Fire

  15-06-2016 20:25 via krqe.com
  
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  CHILILI, N.M. (KRQE) – The Dog Head Fire that started Tuesday afternoon in the Manzano Mountains has burned hundreds of acres with no reported containment.
  All you need to know about evacuations>>
  See Mark Ronchetti’s Weather coverage on Dog Head Fire >>
  Health Advisory Information>>
  The fire has reached up to 2,000 acres. Governor Susana Martinez declared a state
  
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• Female veteran’s response to note left on car goes viral

  15-06-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  CONCORD, N.C. (WNCT/MEDIA GENERAL) — A female veteran’s post on social media has gone viral after she fired back at the person who left a note on her car saying the parking spot she chose was meant to be used only by veterans.
  The note was left on Rebecca Landis Hayes’ car earlier this week while she shopped at a Harris Teeter in Concord, North Carolina.
  It read, “This parking is for Veterans, lady. Learn to read and have some respect.”
  Hayes is a veteran, having se
  
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• Breaking: ABQ treatment center employee arrested for alleged sexual relationship with teen killer

  15-06-2016 19:41
  
  A staffer at a state-run treatment center has been arrested for allegedly having a romantic relationship with teen killer Nehemiah Griego while he was awaiting trial and sentencing. Amber Lucero, 35, was arrested Monday and charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor for the alleged year-long relationship while Griego was at the Sequoyah Adolescent […]
  
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• Updated: Spiraling drug costs prompt call for major Medicare changes

  15-06-2016 19:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Calling the rising cost of drugs “unsustainable,” congressional advisers on Wednesday recommended major changes to Medicare’s popular outpatient prescription program, now 10 years old. The proposal from the nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, steers clear of calling for the government to negotiate drug prices directly, an option both presidential candidates advocate. […]
  
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• Updated: SpaceX rocket crashes in latest attempt at barge landing

  15-06-2016 19:32
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After three successes, a leftover SpaceX rocket booster crashed Wednesday while trying to land on an ocean barge. The attempt came minutes after the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched two satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX chief Elon Musk said via Twitter that there was a problem with one of the […]
  
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• Orlando gunman called TV station during shooting: ‘I’m the shooter. It’s me.’

  15-06-2016 19:18 via krqe.com
  
  ORLANDO (MEDIA GENERAL) – Investigators have said Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen called 911 during the shootings to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State. Now, we’re learning a television producer said Mateen called him as well during the assault.
  Matthew Gentili is a producer at News 13, a cable news channel in Orlando.
  The organization published an article Wednesday where Gentili describes hearing words he’ll never forget.
  “I’m the shooter. It’s me.&
  
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• Strike looming at Macy’s iconic New York store

  15-06-2016 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at Macy’s flagship store in New York City are threatening to strike if contract negotiations fail.
  The current contract is set to expire at midnight Wednesday. The store, a Manhattan tourist hot spot on 34th Street, hasn’t had a strike since 1972. Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which represents the 5,000 workers including the 3,500 from the store, said contested issues include health care, unpredictable s
  
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• Trump to hold Phoenix rally on Saturday

  15-06-2016 18:53
  
  PHOENIX — Donald Trump has secured a location for his upcoming rally in Phoenix — the first stop he will make in Arizona as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The event is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Arizona State Fairgrounds, which can seat 15,000 people. Several Arizona Republicans have […]
  
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• Dem senator frustrated by inaction on guns begins filibuster

  15-06-2016 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator from Connecticut is launching a filibuster and demanding a vote on gun control measures. The move comes three days after 49 people were killed in a mass shooting in Orlando. Sen. Chris Murphy is holding up action in the Senate floor, demanding that Republicans allow votes on those measures. He […]
  
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• Judge orders New Mexico Legislature to release records

  15-06-2016 18:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state district court judge is ordering New Mexico’s Legislature to turn over 15 subpoenaed documents to prosecutors as they pursue fraud charges against a former senator.
  The order was released Tuesday and resolves part of a standoff between the attorney general’s office and legal advisers to the Legislature who contend that recent subpoenas of documents and testimony may threaten the integrity of the law-making process. The order also says communication
  
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• Garland speaks at school where he tutors kids

  15-06-2016 17:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland hasn’t made much progress winning over Senate Republicans, but a room full of graduating fifth graders was more receptive.
  Garland has delivered brief commencement remarks Wednesday for a Washington elementary school where he has spent the last 18 years tutoring students.
  He urged the children from J.O. Wilson Elementary School to “go ahead and dream, but also work to make those dreams come true.”
  About 50 children a
  
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• Updated: Report: Law firm employee detained over Panama Papers leak

  15-06-2016 17:50
  
  GENEVA — A Swiss newspaper reported Wednesday that a computer specialist for the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has been taken into custody by Geneva authorities in a probe linked to the leak of a massive trove of data on offshore companies. Daily Le Temps, citing an unidentified person close to the case, reports Geneva […]
  
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• Updated: Report: IT worker detained in Geneva over Panama Papers leak

  15-06-2016 17:50
  
  GENEVA — A computer specialist for the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has been taken into custody by Geneva authorities in a probe linked to the leak of a massive trove of data on offshore companies, a Swiss newspaper reported Wednesday. Daily Le Temps, citing an unidentified person close to the case, reports that Geneva […]
  
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• Updated: Austrian court: man guilty of murdering of US woman

  15-06-2016 17:48
  
  VIENNA — An Austrian court has found a Gambian man guilty of killing an American woman and sentenced him to life in prison. The victim, 25-year old Lauren Mann of Colorado, was found dead in her apartment in January. Police and firefighters who forced open her door found her body on a mattress in the […]
  
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• Updated: GOP-led House committee pushes through censure of IRS head

  15-06-2016 17:45
  
  WASHINGTON — A Republican-run House committee Wednesday voted to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, saying he failed to provide information demanded by Congress and lied under oath as lawmakers investigated allegations the agency targeted tea party groups that had applied for tax-exempt status. The 23-15 party-line vote sent the matter to the full House, but […]
  
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• Finding his own swing

  15-06-2016 17:37
  
  DAVE WASZAK TRADES HIS IRONS FOR HAMMERS   Dave Waszak of Waszak Enterprises got his start in the home building business as a youngster, swinging a hammer for his father, uncles and grandfather in their company back in Ohio. But for a time, it looked like Waszak just might earn a living swinging a golf […]
  
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• Updated: Virtual reality, new tools let you redecorate from the couch

  15-06-2016 17:25
  
  NEW YORK — Stop moving around the new sofa to try to figure out where it fits. Forget about trying to judge a paint color from tiny samples against the wall. New tools like virtual reality measuring apps and online mood boards are trying to help consumers find easier and quicker ways to decorate homes […]
  
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• ABQ Market Summary

  15-06-2016 17:23
  The Albuquerque Industrial, including 2015 on a high note. Both gross activity and net absorption were up, with net positive absorption (873,544 square feet) being the highest since 2007. The actual numbers of lease transactions tracked was a bit below 2014, but the median transaction size was the highest since 2007. The end of 2015 marked […]
  
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• Planned leadership change at Great Books college stirs angst

  15-06-2016 17:09 via krqe.com
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tiny St. John’s College offers the most venerable of liberal arts educations: a course of study founded firmly on discussions of the Great Books of western civilization.
  These days, though, some say the college’s Board of Visitors and Governors strayed from the college’s spirit of inclusive dialogue as it made plans to consolidate leadership. The board proposes naming one president over the college’s two campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and San
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Swiss coach sticks with same lineup for Romania

  15-06-2016 16:59
  
  PARIS — The Latest from soccer’s European Championship (all times local): ___ 5:10 p.m. Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic has kept the same lineup to face Romania as started in its opening 1-0 win over Albania. Forward Haris Seferovic will lead the attack despite strong support back home for Basel teenager Breel Embolo to play from […]
  
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• Updated: Thousands gathering for Pittsburgh Penguins victory parade

  15-06-2016 16:58
  
  PITTSBURGH — Thousands of fans have gathered in downtown Pittsburgh for the 2016 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins victory parade. The parade is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Some fans began lining up 12 hours ahead of time. It comes seven years to the day after a 2009 parade celebrating the team’s last […]
  
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• Obama, Dalai Lama to meet at White House on Wednesday

  15-06-2016 16:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet at the White House Wednesday with the Dalai Lama in a get-together the Chinese government assailed.
  Obama had been scheduled to travel to Wisconsin to appear at a campaign event with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. But the event was postponed after Sunday’s shooting at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub that left 50 people dead, including the gunman.
  That created a hole in Obama’s schedule, and the Whit
  
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• Obama, Dalai Lama anger China with White House meeting

  15-06-2016 16:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama thanked the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for offering condolences after 49 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as the pair once again angered China by meeting at the White House.
  It was Obama’s fourth White House meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader, whom Beijing accuses of leading a campaign to split the region off from the rest of China. The Dalai Lama says he simply wants a higher degree of autonomy under Chine
  
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• Senate approves defense bill, defies White House veto threat

  15-06-2016 16:25 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying a White House veto threat, the Senate voted decisively Tuesday to approve a defense policy bill that authorizes $602 billion in military spending, bars shuttering the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and denies the Pentagon’s bid to start a new round of military base closings.
  The GOP-led Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act passed 85 to 13, with all but seven members of the Democratic caucus backing the legislation.
  
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• Authorities: Dispute led to massive fire that killed 5

  15-06-2016 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles believe a dispute between homeless people living together in an abandoned office building led one of them to set a fire that killed five others.
  Just one man was declared dead during the fire on Monday night, but two more men and two women were found dead in the rubble by a search team with dogs on Tuesday afternoon, city fire officials said.
  The delay came because the badly damaged building was too unstable to search immediately, fire Chief Ra
  
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• Report: New evidence of rising ‘Obamacare’ premiums

  15-06-2016 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums for popular low-cost medical plans under the federal health care law are expected to go up an average of 11 percent next year, said a study that reinforced reports of sharp increases around the country in election season.
  For consumers, the impact will depend on whether they get government subsidies for their premiums, as well as on their own willingness to switch plans to keep the increases more manageable, said the analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan
  
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• ‘Not the America we want’: Obama blasts Trump’s Muslim plans

  15-06-2016 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is angrily denouncing Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security and a menacing echo of some of the most shameful moments in U.S. history.
  Obama’s rebuke Tuesday was his most searing yet of the man seeking to take his seat in the Oval Office. While the president has frequently dismissed Trump as a buffoon or a huckster, this time he challenge
  
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• Roster of recalls related to peanut residue grows

  15-06-2016 16:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Peanut residue accidently included in some of the country’s most well-known snacks is creating a lengthening roster of recalls.
  Kellogg and Mars joined the list this week after supplier Grain Craft recalled certain lots of flour for undeclared peanut residue.
  Kellogg Co. is recalling some Mother’s, Keebler, Kellogg’s, Special K brownies, Murray and Famous Amos snacks and cookies. Mars Chocolate North America is recalling some Combos.
  Neither company has re
  
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• Authorities try to piece together Orlando killer’s movements

  15-06-2016 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Omar Mateen drove around the Orlando area the night before the nightclub massacre, visiting several places, the mayor said Wednesday as investigators tried to piece together the killer’s movements and zeroed in on how much his wife may have known about the plot.
  An official who was briefed on the case but insisted on anonymity to discuss a continuing investigation said authorities believe the wife, Noor Salman, knew ahead of time about the plans for the attack th
  
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• Sheriff says forces now “looking for a body” after boy dragged by alligator

  15-06-2016 15:46 via krqe.com
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says some 50 people are now “working on recovering the body” of a 2-year-old boy snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World.
  He says the boy’s family “will no question lose a 2-year-old child.”
  Some 50 people are now using sonar equipment as they search a system of lakes and ponds linked by canals to the Seven Seas Lagoon where the boy was attacked while wading in about a foot of water a
  
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• Home Depot: US credit card firms slow to upgrade security

  15-06-2016 15:39 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Visa and MasterCard are using security measures prone to fraud, putting retailers and customers at risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves, The Home Depot Inc. says in a new federal lawsuit.
  It’s the latest giant retailer to raise serious concerns about security with its lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Last month, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sued Visa Inc. over similar issues.
  Atlanta-based Home Depot says new payment cards with so-c
  
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• New Mexico settles with Texas well operator

  15-06-2016 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico oilfield regulators have reached a settlement agreement with a Texas well operator in response to spills of oily salt water at the company’s waste-water injection sites and oil wells.
  The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division confirmed Tuesday the agreement with Siana Operating of Midland, Texas, that outlines a timeline for cleaning up the spills at two clusters of wells outside Eunice in the southeastern corner of New Mexico. Siana also would pay a p
  
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• Ex-New Mexico county manager fired for 3rd DWI files lawsuit

  15-06-2016 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A former top western New Mexico county official fired after her third drunken driving arrest just two days into her new job has filed a lawsuit.
  An attorney for former interim Cibola County manager Rheganne Vaughn says in court papers she was wrongful terminated since the 2014 drunken driving arrest happened outside of work and didn’t affect her duties.
  The lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque seeks an unspecified amount in damages fr
  
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• Independent monitor says Albuquerque Police officials finished 1st phase of reforms

  15-06-2016 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The independent monitor overseeing changes for the troubled Albuquerque Police Department says officials have gotten through the first phase of reforms.
  According to the Albuquerque Journal, James Ginger says the court has approved 36 of 37 policies and he has already given initial approval for a final policy.
  After this, the reform effort will move forward by training officers and future cadets.
  Ginger is inviting the public to learn more about the reform effort
  
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• Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire is calling all Makers

  15-06-2016 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s part science fair, county fair, show and tell and something completely new.
  The Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire is combining hobbyists, engineers, science clubs and much more from all generations.
  Makers join together to share what they have planned, which include engineering oriented pursuits.
  Director of the mini fair, Wendi Flybutter, and Makers, Mark Burton, Heather Norman, and Shelly Gruenig, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to show what th
  
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• ABQ 365 details Father’s Day Weekend

  15-06-2016 15:08 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 the community. T
  
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