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• At summer lunch programs, schools see hungry parents, too

  17-07-2016 23:48 via krqe.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Schools that provide meals for students during summer months are finding that the adults often need help, as well, to keep from going hungry.
  In Connecticut, the New Haven school district and a food bank are offering meals and groceries to parents in response to signs of household need including stories of adults eating off children’s plates.
  “The district kept coming up against this issue,” city schools spokeswoman Mercy Quaye said. “It does
  
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• Chicano poet Jimmy Santiago Baca film available online

  17-07-2016 23:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A documentary on Chicano writer Jimmy Santiago Baca is now available online and producers want to screen it in schools with Latino and Native American students.
  Director Daniel Glick says the film also is available on DVD and producers want to screen the documentary for free at juvenile detention center. He says troubled youth can learn a lot from a man who went from nearly illiterate convicted criminal to one of the most recognized Mexican-American writers in the
  
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• Former Marine kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, 3 others wounded

  17-07-2016 23:17 via krqe.com
  
   
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition shot and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police there in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide.
  Three other officers were wounded Sunday, one critically. Police said the gunman was killed at the scene.
  The shooting less than a mile from police headquarters added to the tensions across
  
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• 3 Baton Rouge officers killed in shooting; suspect dead

  17-07-2016 23:17 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers were killed and three others wounded Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests across the city that reverberated nationwide.
  Police said the suspect was shot and killed at the scene. Authorities initially believed that two other assailants might be at large, but hours later said the dead gunman was the only person who fired at the office
  
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• BCSO clears scene after hourslong SWAT call

  17-07-2016 23:03
  
  Bernalillo County authorities took a man into custody Saturday night after a standoff that lasted more than an hour.
  
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• Fear Factor: Americans scared of their presidential options

  17-07-2016 22:25 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of Americans say they are afraid of at least one of the two major candidates — Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump — winning the White House, a remarkable finding that reflects an unsettled nation unhappy with its choice.
  Eighty-one percent of Americans say they would feel afraid following the election of one of the two polarizing politicians, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. That includes a quarter who say it doesn’t matter wh
  
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• Updated: Obama urges Americans to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric

  17-07-2016 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON — Confronting another killing of police officers, President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions as a violent summer collides with the nation’s heated presidential campaign. Obama said the motive behind Sunday’s killing of three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was still unknown. It was the latest in […]
  
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• Updated: Obama condemns attack on Baton Rouge officers

  17-07-2016 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON — The attacks on public servants and the rule of law “have to stop,” President Barack Obama said Sunday after another shooting spree targeting police killed three officers in Baton Rouge and wounded three others. Obama said the motive for Sunday’s attack, the second targeting police in less than two weeks, was unknown, but […]
  
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• Industry group pushes for more stats about your suds

  17-07-2016 21:49 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The group that represents major brewers is pushing for more information on labels about what’s in your beer.
  The Beer Institute said Tuesday that it’s pushing members to reveal more details on labels, packaging and websites about ingredients, calories, carbohydrates, protein, fat and alcohol by volume.
  It is seeking compliance for voluntary disclosure by the end of 2020.
  The group is also encouraging brewers to show when a beer was brewed, to list ingredients,
  
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• Timberon Fire 60% contained, road closures lifted

  17-07-2016 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Fire officials for the Timberon Fire are meeting Sunday as mop-up operations are continuing.
  Officials sent an update Sunday saying that the fire was in the mop-up stage and that the fire was at 268 acres with 60 percent containment.
  Firefighters will have a meeting at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at the Timberon Volunteer Fire Department to discuss the transition to the Pecos Type 3 team. Residents are encouraged to attend to hear what they can expect.
  Closures are also be
  
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• Closures lifted in the Timberon Fire

  17-07-2016 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Fire officials for the Timberon Fire are meeting Sunday as mop-up operations are continuing.
  Officials sent an update Sunday saying that the fire was in the mop-up stage and that the fire was at 268 acres with 60 percent containment.
  Firefighters will have a meeting at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at the Timberon Volunteer Fire Department to discuss the transition to the Pecos Type 3 team. Residents are encouraged to attend to hear what they can expect.
  Closures are also be
  
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• Updated: Tularosa residents mark cancer deaths on Trinity anniversary

  17-07-2016 20:59
  
  TULAROSA, N.M. — New Mexico residents used the anniversary of the first atomic bomb test 71 years ago to highlight loved ones they say paid the ultimate price in the form of death from cancer and other illnesses. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders, a group that has been tracking ill people in communities surrounding Trinity Site, […]
  
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• Tularosa residents mark cancer deaths on Trinity anniversary

  17-07-2016 20:59
  
  TULAROSA, N.M. — New Mexico residents living near the site of the first atomic bomb test 71 years ago are remembering loved ones who have died from cancer. The Alamogordo Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/29MputD) Tularosa Basin Downwinders lit more than 700 luminaries as part of an annual vigil Saturday night. The group says the 1945 […]
  
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• 3 dead after fatal crash on central New Mexico freeway

  17-07-2016 20:58
  
  VAUGHN, N.M. — Authorities say a family from Denver, including a child, is dead after their vehicle hit a cow and then a car in central New Mexico. State Police say the deadly crash occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 54 north of Vaughn. According to investigators, a Saturn struck a cow in a […]
  
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• Roping and wrangling

  17-07-2016 20:48
  
  A chance encounter with a rope and a bucket helped to craft a Clovis child’s love for all things rodeo. “One day I just found an old rope and started roping a tin can bucket,” said Kyan Wilhite, who is competing in the goat tying and ribbon roping events during the 2016 High Plains Junior […]
  
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• Local Turkish Americans speak out against military coup

  17-07-2016 20:46 via krqe.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Turkish Americans in the Miami Valley came together Saturday to speak out against the failed military coup. Turkish Americans meeting in Dayton say they want peace restored in their county. And they want to know that anyone involved in the coup, will be held responsible.
  “We need unity among our community,” Turkish American Community Center President Islom Shakhbandarov said. “We need solidarity among our community.”
  And they’re hoping to
  
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• Confederate flag supporters describe how their views changed

  17-07-2016 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Thousands of people wrote to South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley after she said the Confederate flag must come down in response to last year’s church shootings. Many were angered by her call, but some said the massacre changed their minds.
  The Associated Press reached out to the writers of these emails and letters after the Republican governor’s office released 10,000 pages of documents last week in response to requests for public records from last summer&rsqu
  
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• BCSO: Man accused in girlfriend’s death in custody after SWAT situation

  17-07-2016 20:28
  
  A suspect in a woman’s death is in custody following a SWAT situation in northwest Albuquerque Thursday night, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriffs Department. Christopher Fernandez, 44, allegedly barricaded himself inside an apartment on Coors near Eagle Ranch and refused to leave, but was peacefully taken into custody after an hour of negotiation, deputy […]
  
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• State police investigating triple fatal car crash

  17-07-2016 19:22 via krqe.com
  
  VAUGHN, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police are investigating a triple fatal accident that happened early Saturday morning.
  State police say that they responded to a crash involving two vehicles at about 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning. The crash was on US 54 near mile marker 215, north of Vaughn, N.M.
  According to police, their initial investigation shows that a passenger car was heading south on US 54 when it struck a cow that was in the southbound lane. After striking the cow, the car ente
  
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• Obamacare 2.0: Obama calls for revisiting the public option

  17-07-2016 19:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a “public option” to let Americans buy insurance from the government.
  Obama’s assessment of the Affordable Care Act comes in an eight-page article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a peer-reviewed publication. The article debuted Monday on the journal’s website, and Obama plans to echo the t
  
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• Suspicious death leads to SWAT standoff in Albuquerque

  17-07-2016 18:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a suspicious death on Saturday.
  The deputies were dispatched at about 7:00 p.m. to a suspicious death of a woman identified as 41-year-old Alma Contreras.
  Through a preliminary investigation, deputies were able to identify 44-year-old Christopher Fernandez as a suspect. Fernandez was located at the Bluewater Apartments at 6600 Coors Blvd. where he barricaded himself inside an apartment and refused to exit.
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• ‘Pokemon Go’ digital popularity is also warping real life

  17-07-2016 18:32 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “Pokemon Go” craze has sent legions of players hiking around cities and battling with “pocket monsters” on their smartphones. It marks a turning point for augmented reality, or technology that superimposes a digital facade on the real world.
  But the game’s popularity has created unintended consequences in everyday life, from annoyed property owners dealing with hordes of monster hunters to store owners using the game to attract customers
  
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• Dozens attend vigil at vandalized Muslim community center

  17-07-2016 18:06 via krqe.com
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Dozens of people crowded into the Muslim Community Center of Kingston’s Masjid Al-Hoda Saturday afternoon for an interfaith vigil.
  The gathering comes in the wake of vandalism at the center, including a smashed window and graffiti that read, “Muhammed, prophet of butchers.”
  “We can either find strength and solace in our faith and be strong and do what we know is right, or we can cave into fear and ignorance and do foolish things like w
  
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• Updated: Black and a cop: Detective says ‘We’ve all got work to do’

  17-07-2016 18:05
  
  DALLAS — In the aftermath of the deadly attack on Dallas officers, the city’s police chief issued an appeal to blacks: If you want to change law enforcement, join us. Apply to become a cop. Chelsea Whitaker heeded that call nearly a decade ago, long before the fatal police shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and North […]
  
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• Road closures near southern New Mexico wildfire to be lifted

  17-07-2016 18:05
  
  TIMBERON, N.M. — Authorities are expected to lift closures of roads in the area of a southern New Mexico wildfire that has destroyed more than 40 homes. Fire officials say closures near a fire in the mountain village of Timberon will be lifted Sunday at 2 p.m. However, motorists will be asked to drive at […]
  
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• New Hampshire city police use Pokemon Go to lure fugitives

  17-07-2016 18:03
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire’s largest city have gotten the Pokemon Go bug, trying to lure fugitives with the popular app. A post on the Manchester Police Department Facebook page announces that police recently detected one of the more rare Pokemon characters — a Charizard — in the booking area. The post invites […]
  
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• Breaking: 3 officers dead in Baton Rouge shooting, spox says

  17-07-2016 17:57
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said. Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, […]
  
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• Breaking: 3 officers dead, 3 hurt in Baton Rouge shooting

  17-07-2016 17:57
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said. Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, […]
  
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• Report: US wheat production much higher than expected

  17-07-2016 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Growers are harvesting a bountiful winter wheat crop across the nation and in Kansas — added bushels that will help farms’ bottom line but dampen hopes for a quick turnaround in the dismal crop prices.
  The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Tuesday that it now expects the nation’s wheat production to come in at 1.63 billion bushels. The government’s forecast for the nation is up 8 percent from their estimate just last month, and u
  
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• Police say more than 1 officer shot in Baton Rouge

  17-07-2016 17:06 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say that more than one officer has been shot in Baton Rouge.
  The shooting happened early Sunday, less than 1 mile from police headquarters.
  Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or the precise number of officers injured.
  He said that authorities believe the “scene is contained,” meaning that a shooter was unlikely on the loose.
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• 3 officers dead in Baton Rouge shooting, spox says

  17-07-2016 17:06 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said.
  Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, said in a statement that the public should call 911 immediately if they see anything suspicious.
  The shooting — which happened
  
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• Racers: Speed Week on Utah salt flats good to go, so far

  17-07-2016 16:44 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wet weather and rough salt have forced the cancellation of Speed Week races at Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats for the past two years, but organizers say they now have enough miles of smooth, dry salt to hold the event.
  The Southern California Timing Association is planning the races for Aug. 13 to 19, as long as Mother Nature cooperates, according to association president Bill Lattin.
  Speed Week is the largest event of several annual races staged at the tre
  
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• Vigil held at Civic Plaza for first responders

  17-07-2016 16:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Community members came together Saturday to support local law enforcement and first responders.
  The group “American Patriots” held a candlelight vigil at Civic Plaza. Organizers say the “Back the Blue” event is a way to “support the good guys” who keep our community safe.
  Among those who attended was Elisabeth Sacco, the creator of the Hi-4 campaign.
  She hopes that anytime the community sees a first responder, they’ll wav
  
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• Girls on fire: Camps help females prep for firefighter jobs

  17-07-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  ASHLAND, Mass. (AP) — Firefighting is largely a man’s world, but one suburban Boston firefighter is among a few women trying to change that.
  Ashland fire Lt. Lyn Moraghan founded Camp Bailout for girls in 2011 to give them a feel for what a firefighting career entails and to provide mentoring and guidance from other women, something she never really had early in her 22-year career.
  Only about 7 percent of U.S. firefighters were women as of 2014, the latest year for which data are ava
  
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• Route 66 Summerfest had something for everyone

  17-07-2016 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, (KRQE)- Many in Albuquerque went out and enjoyed all the fun of the Route 66 Summerfest in Nob Hill.
  It was a day packed with activities for people of all ages.
  Central between Gerard and Washington was blocked off for the festival.
  There was a little something for everyone there.
  Two couples even renewed their vows at the main stage Saturday afternoon as a part of a group wedding ceremony that Summerfest has every year. They have been together a long time and they’ve wan
  
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• 1st round action wraps up at NMWT Women’s Am & ABQ Women’s Golf Championship

  17-07-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- 1st round action wrapped up at the Santa Ana Golf Club for this years at New Mexico-West Texas Women’s Am & ABQ Women’s Golf Championship. Defending Champion, Shania Berger of Socorro, N.M. took the first round lead after an opening two-under par 70 in windy and hazy conditions from the wild fire smoke.
  Sunday’s second round shotgun start is set for an 8:00 a.m. Championship, conducted at par 72 Santa Ana Golf Club in Bernalillo. Championship Fligh
  
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• Saga Tuitele hired on at UNM

  17-07-2016 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- It has been in the works to hire Cal Poly Offensive Coordinator, Saga Tuitele, at UNM, and according to the Cal Poly Football website Saturday afternoon he has resigned and is headed to UNM. Tuitele spend six years at Cal Poly and will now replace Jason Lenzmeier, who resigned earlier this month.
  He will take over the Offensive Line Coaching gig as well as the Running Coordinator for the Lobos. It should be an easy transition for Tuitele, as he ran the triple option whi
  
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• Isotopes win their 6th straight

  17-07-2016 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The Isotopes have been hot at the plate since the All-Star Break. They won three games in Las Vegas prior to the break, but now also have won three in a row against Memphis. The Isotopes are now on a six game winning streak, and looking to top off their series finale with the Red Birds on Sunday with the sweep.
  The Topes had the chance to see the St. Louis Cardinals top prospect, Alex Reyes, on the bump Saturday night. They would take advantage early in the first inning
  
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• Two top prospects don’t quite shine

  17-07-2016 08:05
  
  Their paths didn't cross last week in San Diego at the All-Star Futures game.Not on th ...
  
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• Shot security guard with ‘a heart bigger than Texas’ remembered

  17-07-2016 08:05
  
  When security guard Stephen Wills stopped responding to radio chatter early Friday morning, his coll ...
  
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• NM delegates close ranks

  17-07-2016 08:05
  
  Most strongly back Trump as convention opens
  
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• A long and winding road to Rio

  17-07-2016 08:05
  
  As a youngster growing up in Roswell, Gerina Mendoza had no interest in golf.She didn' ...
  
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• $17M in new taxes; no mental health programs yet

  17-07-2016 08:05
  
  Officials say they are being careful and deliberate
  
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• City-funded trap and release program touts continuing success

  17-07-2016 06:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- It’s a controversial technique, but leaders of one city-funded program to cut down on the cat population say, it’s working.
  “I’m not totally sure they’re still under there,” said Robert Fernandez.
  Jayne Sage heads to a South Valley home to check four traps.
  “I just noticed the kittens underneath the shed. Two little black ones and a calico. I was like, ‘Wow! Where did those come from?'” recalls Fernandez.
  When Fernan
  
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• Suspect search continues in security guard’s murder

  17-07-2016 06:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (KRQE) – Police continue to search for suspects in the shooting death of a security guard at an Albuquerque apartment complex.
  Investigators say 46-year-old Stephen Wills was shot to death while working at The Pearl at Spring Creek Apartments early Friday morning.
  Police haven’t said much about the shooting, but a man whose apartment faces the section of the parking lot where it happened says the gunshots startled him.
  “I got up at just the right moment, I gues
  
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• Search for suspect continues in security guard’s murder

  17-07-2016 06:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (KRQE) – Police continue to search for suspects in the shooting death of a security guard at an Albuquerque apartment complex.
  Investigators say 46-year-old Stephen Wills was shot to death while working at The Pearl at Spring Creek Apartments early Friday morning.
  Police haven’t said much about the shooting, but a man whose apartment faces the section of the parking lot where it happened says the gunshots startled him.
  “I got up at just the right moment, I gues
  
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• Clinic teaches football coaches about concussion prevention

  17-07-2016 06:36
  
  There's no doubt that concussions and football are linked. It's a concern that continues to be top of mind for parents of athletes and local coaches.
  
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• Lavender in the Village Festival makes a come back to Los Ranchos

  17-07-2016 05:12 via krqe.com
  
  LOS RANCHOS, N.M. (KRQE)– A soothing smell was in the air in Los Ranchos Saturday.
  The Lavender in the Village Festival celebrated the plant known for its calming scent.
  There were cooking demos, vendors, and food trucks.
  A lot of people were hoping the lavender would help them kick back a little.This was a big comeback for the event which started about a decade ago but had been on hiatus since 2013.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, New Mexico, News, SmartTV, Top Video
  
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• Families take advantage of deal offered by Albuquerque’s BioPark

  17-07-2016 04:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The near triple digit temps weren’t enough to deter people from a deal. Tickets are half price at the Albuquerque BioPark this weekend.
  The crowds were out in the heat for a nice family stroll at the zoo Saturday.
  Many of the families we spoke to took advantage of half price admission.The half price weekend also includes entrance at the aquarium and Botanic Garden and continues through Sunday.
  If you can’t make it out there this time around, there’s an
  
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• APD: Search for cigarette leads to punches, threat

  17-07-2016 02:24
  
  A local man in search of a cigarette threatened three people with a knife and punched one man in the head after his request for a smoke was denied, according to police. John Archuleta, 33, approached four people who were drinking beer at Los Altos Park on Friday afternoon and asked one of the men […]
  
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