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• Astros call Bregman

  24-07-2016 23:56
  
  Albuquerque Academy graduate Alex Bregman will join the Houston Astros today. The former LSU star shortstop, who has been playing for Triple-A Fresno, will be in Houston today, a little more than a year after the Astros selected him second overall in the 2015 MLB draft.
  
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• Scientists looking for invisible dark matter can’t find any

  24-07-2016 23:47 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have come up empty-handed in their latest effort to find elusive dark matter, the plentiful stuff that helps galaxies like ours form.
  For three years, scientists have been looking for dark matter — which though invisible, makes up more than four-fifths of the universe’s matter — nearly a mile underground in a former gold mine in Lead, South Dakota. But on Thursday they announced at a conference in England that they didn’t find what they
  
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• Bernalillo County deputies search for gunman

  24-07-2016 23:06
  
  Bernalillo County deputies are searching for a man who opened fire on another man Sunday near Alameda and Rio Grande.
  
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• Isotopes to let fans on field for Pokemon Go night

  24-07-2016 22:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Baseball fans looking to catch ’em all will be allowed onto Isotopes Park’s field before one of the team’s games this week for Pokemon Go night.
  It’s scheduled for Wednesday night when the Isotopes take on the Salt Lake City Bees.
  As part of the promotion, the team will allow fans with the app to catch Pokemon on the field from 6:00 to 6:30, before the game’s first pitch at 7:05 pm.
  There will also be a special item known as a &
  
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• State police investigate officer involved shooting in Gallup

  24-07-2016 22:53
  
  New Mexico State Police are investigating an officer involved shooting in Gallup that happened Sunday morning, according to NMSP sergeant Chad Pierce. The shooting involved officers from the Gallup Police Department, Pierce said. Investigators are still at the scene, and are expected to release more information as it becomes available, Pierce said.  
  
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• Starbucks cuts sales forecast after growth slows

  24-07-2016 22:44 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks has trimmed its sales forecast after revenue came in lighter than expected in the most recent quarter.
  The Seattle-based company said Thursday global sales rose 4 percent at established locations, including in its flagship U.S. market, for its fiscal third quarter. It now expects the figure to increase in the mid-single digit percentages for the year. It previously forecast growth to be “somewhat above” that range.
  The results come after the chain reva
  
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• Bernalillo county deputies searching for gunman

  24-07-2016 22:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County deputies are searching for a gunman after a shooting in northwest Albuquerque on Sunday.
  The incident took place on the 9600 block of Rio Grande NW, near Alameda. BCSO confirms that a male victim has been taken to the hospital with two gunshot wounds. Deputies do not have a suspect in custody and a vehicle was reported leaving the scene.
  KRQE News 13 will bring more information as it becomes available.
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• Deputies found thousands of marijuana plants in North Texas

  24-07-2016 22:05
  
  CORSICANA, Texas — Law officers have located thousands of marijuana plants at a pot farm hidden in a wooded area of North Texas. The Navarro (nuh-VAH’-roh) County Sheriff’s Office says some of the plants discovered Saturday were flourishing at a height of 10 feet. Officers acting on a tip located the illegal crop. Sheriff Elmer […]
  
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• New technique opens window into how brain cells communicate

  24-07-2016 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The brain’s nerve cells communicate by firing messages to each other through junctions called synapses, and problems with those connections are linked to disorders like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy. Now Yale University researchers have developed a way to picture synapses in living brains.
  The technique, using PET scans, is highly experimental but it raises the possibility of one day monitoring synapse function in some common diseases.
  A healthy human brain harbors
  
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• Clinton’s turn: Guide to the Democratic National Convention

  24-07-2016 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Hillary Clinton’s turn.
  The Democratic National Convention opening Monday in Philadelphia is Clinton’s chance to hit reset after a vigorous primary against Bernie Sanders and the unlikely movement that formed behind the Vermont senator.
  Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has endorsed Clinton, but many of his supporters have not. Some of them were dismayed by her choice of Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., as her running mate.
  Last week’s Rep
  
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• Chipotle out of character in struggle to win back customers

  24-07-2016 20:24 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle is acting out of character in its desperation to win back customers — a struggle that could last a significant time.
  After a series of food scares drove customers away, the company has turned to more traditional advertising, expanded its famously simple menu to add chorizo and even inaugurated a summertime loyalty program. That’s a change from better days, when Chipotle said it didn’t need such incentives to get people to buy its bowls and burrito
  
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• Potential for Zika no cause for concern

  24-07-2016 20:23
  
  Mosquitoes with the ability to pass the Zika virus have been found in the Portales area. But it’s not a reason to be fearful, according to state health and local agricultural officials. Patrick Kircher, the Roosevelt County agriculture agent, compares the news announced last week to West Nile concerns that go back more than a […]
  
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• Tesla plans trucks, small SUV as part of future plans

  24-07-2016 19:30 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Motors is working on multiple new vehicles, including heavy trucks and buses that could be unveiled as early as next year.
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company also plans a compact SUV and “a new kind of pickup truck” to complement its existing fleet. Tesla currently makes a luxury sedan, the Model S, and a luxury crossover, the Model X. It plans to release a lower-priced car, the Model 3, next year.
  Musk discussed the products in his muc
  
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• State police investigating Gallup police officer involved shooting

  24-07-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police confirmed that they are investigating an officer involved shooting that took place Sunday morning.
  A spokesperson said that the shooting took place Sunday morning involving Gallup police but he could not give any more information at this time.
  KRQE News 13 will bring more information as it becomes available.
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News
  
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• Kids leaving home doesn’t always lead to parents saving more

  24-07-2016 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Raising kids costs a lot of money, so when they finally strike out on their own it stands to reason that parents would have more money to spend, save or invest. How they spend that money can have large consequences for their retirement security.
  A report by Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research found that empty nesters do increase savings, but the increases are “extremely small,” suggesting that baby boomers may be losing out on a critical opportu
  
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• The Lucky Few Prepare For Chance At Gator Hunting

  24-07-2016 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  (WKRG) – Animal Control gets a steady stream of calls for alligator nuisance problems, but soon the hunting season will help with abatement.Gator season opens in three weeks.This Saturday, hunters underwent a special training class for the dos and don’ts of gator hunting.
  “It’s a difficult sport, an alligator, in my opinion, is actually smarter than deer,” said Phil Walters, Gatorguides.com Professional Hunter.
  Interestingly this is a hunting sport for night owls. H
  
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• Green chile harvest starts in Doña Ana County

  24-07-2016 18:22
  
  LAS CRUCES – Expect the scent of flame-roasted green chile to begin filling the air in coming weeks. Local chile farmers reported the 2016 harvest has begun. Preston Mitchell, owner of The Hatch Chile Store, said Friday the first chile peppers — a hot variety — began being harvested about two weeks ago. They were […]
  
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• 15-year-old Willcox girl dies after being struck by train

  24-07-2016 18:21
  
  WILLCOX, Ariz. — A Willcox teenager is dead after being hit by a train. KOLD-TV in Tucson reports (http://bit.ly/2akHCPu) that the accident happened late Saturday near Railroad Park in downtown Willcox. Police say 15-year-old Mariah Contreras was part of a group “playing chicken” with the trains. Police Chief Jose Rios says the youths took turns […]
  
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• Updated: Art with heart: Making children’s health wards less scary

  24-07-2016 18:19
  
  NEW YORK — For Dorkas Kaya and other young patients with HIV, seeing the walls of their residential treatment facility transformed with broad splashes of color and graffiti-like scribbles brought a singular reaction: “Whoa!” Artist Jose Parla spent several days last week decorating bedrooms, hallways and common areas of the Incarnation Children’s Center in his […]
  
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• Coast Guard rescues 2 men from boat sinking off Texas

  24-07-2016 18:17
  
  GALVESTON, Texas — The Coast Guard has rescued two Louisiana men from a 42-foot boat sinking in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas. Officials say one man was treated for dehydration after the Quality Time was located Saturday night 60 miles southeast of the Sabine (suh-BEEN’) Pass jetties. The boaters, Karl Shram and Chris Bergeron, […]
  
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• As PCs decline, Microsoft betting its future on the cloud

  24-07-2016 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a world where there’s a smartphone app for everything, one company __ Amazon.com Inc. — has long been the host for an outsized share of online software and computing services.
  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to change that.
  Nadella has poured billions of dollars into building new data centers around the world, hoping to position Microsoft as the leading alternative to Amazon in selling online computing power — housed in remote centers or “c
  
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• Plans for self-driving cars have pitfall: the human brain

  24-07-2016 16:28 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Experts say the development of self-driving cars over the coming decade depends on an unreliable assumption by many automakers: that the humans in them will be ready to step in and take control if the car’s systems fail.
  Instead, experience with automation in other modes of transportation like aviation and rail suggests that the strategy will lead to more deaths like that of a Florida Tesla driver in May.
  Decades of research shows that people have a difficult time k
  
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• Updated: The Latest: World tennis body expects Russia’s team in Rio

  24-07-2016 16:11
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Latest from the IOC meeting on Russia’s participation at the Rio Games (all times local): 7:45 p.m. The International Tennis Federation says it expects Russia’s eight-player Olympic tennis team to compete at the games in Rio de Janeiro. The ITF’s announcement came after the International Olympic Committee allowed individual sports to […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Tygart assails IOC for lack of leadership

  24-07-2016 16:11
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Latest from the IOC meeting on Russia’s participation at the Rio Games (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The leader of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says the IOC refused to take decisive leadership by stopping short of a complete Russian ban at the Olympics. Travis Tygart says the decision and the confusing […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: National Olympic Committees back IOC ruling

  24-07-2016 16:11
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Latest from the IOC meeting on Russia’s participation at the Rio Games (all times local): 7:20 p.m. The body representing the 204 national Olympic committees has welcomed the IOC’s decision not to impose a blanket ban on Russians from the Rio de Janeiro Games. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board decided […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Judo federation gives anti-doping details

  24-07-2016 16:11
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Latest from the IOC meeting on Russia’s participation at the Rio Games (all times local): 8:45 p.m. The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, has detailed its anti-doping testing before the Rio de Janeiro Games. The IJF says in a statement that it has already tested […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: IOC decides against full ban on Russian athletes

  24-07-2016 16:11
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Latest from the IOC meeting on Russia’s participation at the Rio Games (all times local): ___ 3:55 p.m. The IOC has decided against a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The International Olympic Committee says it is leaving it up to global federations to decide […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities: Munich shooter planned attack for a year

  24-07-2016 16:09
  
  MUNICH — The teenager behind the deadly shooting rampage at a Munich mall had planned his attack for a year and chose his victims at random, investigators said Sunday. Bavarian investigator Robert Heimberger said the shooter, an 18-year-old German-Iranian identified only as David S., visited the site of a previous school shooting in the German […]
  
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• Wyoming near Central closed overnight due to police activity

  24-07-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is working to find out more about police activity that shut down a portion of Wyoming near Central in northeast Albuquerque.
  Crime scene tape blocked off the area around 3:30 a.m. this morning.Police aren’t saying anything at this time
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• World-class Mexican Museum being built in San Francisco

  24-07-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is getting another cultural treasure — a world-class museum to showcase the largest collection of Mexican and Latino art in the nation.
  A dedication ceremony is set for Tuesday for the new Mexican Museum — the realization of a dream by Mexican-American artist Peter Rodriguez, who opened the city’s first museum for Latino art in a Mission District storefront in 1975.
  Rodriguez started a collection that now has more than 16,000 pre-Columbi
  
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• Police find woman’s body while responding to call about naked man

  24-07-2016 15:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are investigating the death of a woman in southeast Albuquerque.
  They say they got a call about a naked man in the area of Charleston near Zuni just before 9:00 p.m. Saturday night. When they got there they say they found a woman dead. Police say they also found the naked man.
  It’s not clear if he was taken into custody. Police aren’t saying how the woman died.
  No names have been released at this time.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, Ne
  
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• The Isotopes snap their 3 game losing streak in Fresno

  24-07-2016 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- The Isotopes were red hot in the beginning of the 2nd half of this season. They then cooled down against Nashville and lost to Fresno Friday night. They came out with the victory on Saturday night 5-4.
  Academy Grad Alex Bregman did not have the best game for the Grizzles going 0-5 with a strikeout. This marks Bregman’s worst game in AAA baseball.
  Game 3 of this series is going on Sunday at 6:05 pm in Fresno, California.
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• Brenda Gonzales-Means looks to bring the “Boom Boom” in her next fight

  24-07-2016 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- Brenda Gonzales-Means is fighting Pam Sorenson on Saturday for the King of The Cage Interim Bantamweight Title in Wisconsin. Brenda is riding a two fight win streak and now sits at 7-2 overall in her professional MMA Career.
  She beat Anita Rodriguez by unanimous decision in her last fight, but Brenda focused more on her ground game. This time around, for the interim title, Brenda looks to tap back into the best tool in her fight game arsenal.
  “Last camp you know I conce
  
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• Fracking may worsen asthma for nearby residents, study says

  24-07-2016 14:43 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Pennsylvania.
  The study found that asthma treatments were as much as four times more common in patients living closer to areas with more or bigger active wells than those living far away.
  But the study did not establish that fracking directly caused or worsened asthma. There’s also no way to tell from the study whether ast
  
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• Trump ignores civic rules

  24-07-2016 08:05
  
  Some of the norms the GOP nominee shuns are glue that holds country together
  
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• Tips for preventing auto theft

  24-07-2016 08:05
  
  Albuquerque police suggest that vehicle owners take these and other precautions to help prevent auto theft: • Always lock your car, take the keys with you and never hide a spare key in the vehicle. • Make your vehicle more visible by parking in well-lit spaces with heavy foot traffic or at the end of […]
  
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• NM delegates confident about unity at convention

  24-07-2016 08:05
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign has most of the Democrats excited
  
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• Car thieves shift into high gear in Albuquerque

  24-07-2016 08:05
  
  City grabs No. 2 spot in vehicle thefts in the U.S.
  
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• Scanning the heavens

  24-07-2016 08:02
  
  NM Tech telescope keeps an eye on asteroids that might strike Earth
  
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• Officers who responded to report of public nudity find body

  24-07-2016 07:03
  
  Officers responding to reports of public nudity Saturday found a female body in a parking lot in Albuquerque.
  
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• Police supporters respond to torn down signs by posting more

  24-07-2016 06:53
  
  After someone tore down signs in support of police, a northwest Albuquerque neighborhood responded with even more signs.
  
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• Fans still have hope after Holly Holm loss

  24-07-2016 06:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Holly Holm wanted redemption and a chance to get back on the winning track, instead, all she found was another loss.
  Many fans did not stick around Spectators Sports Pub and Grill after seeing the outcome of the fight.
  “You know it’s very disappointing. I think tactically, she was just a little too conservative,” said Charles Brown, a longtime fan of Holly Holm.
  This is the first fight for the hometown hero after losing her title to Miesha
  
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• Updated: APD: Officers find dead person while looking for naked one

  24-07-2016 06:51
  
  Police officers responding to a report of a naked male also found a dead female at the southeast Albuquerque location Saturday night. About 9 p.m., officers were sent to the 300 block of Charleston SE, APD spokesman Daren DeAguero said. “This was in reference to a naked male subject in the parking lot,” he said. […]
  
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• Woman says wet tar damaged her car on Albuquerque street

  24-07-2016 06:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman says the tires on her car were destroyed by wet tar, after a street was repaired but left open to traffic.
  Felicity Flippen has a job across town and a baby to get around, but she says for now, she’s going nowhere.
  “At this point the car is undriveable,” said Flippen.
  Flippen says she realized something was wrong Thursday, after driving away from her daughter’s babysitter’s house.
  “It definitely just s
  
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• Valentina Shevchenko stuns Holly Holm at UFC Chicago

  24-07-2016 06:34
  
  Valentina Shevchenko stunned Holly Holm on Saturday night at UFC Chicago, unanimously outpointing the former UFC champion.
  
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• New Mexico woman turns 103

  24-07-2016 06:23
  
  A New Mexico woman is still beating the century mark as Martha Chavez turned 103 today.
  
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• Thief steals patient's belongings from UNM Hospital room, sister says

  24-07-2016 06:21
  
  Naashon Tso has been recovering at UNM Hospital, unable to walk, since November 2014. That's when 19-year-old was seriously hurt in a bad car crash. Now he’s suffered another blow, this time at the hands of a heartless thief, according to his sister Sophie Tso.
  
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• Task force pushing dangers of ditches and arroyos

  24-07-2016 05:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Rescue crews in Albuquerque are no strangers to arroyo and ditch rescues. While there have not been any drowning deaths in the last five years in ditches or arroyos, they have been working hard to prevent one from happening again.
  “Obviously the risk of flash floods here in Albuquerque so there’s a lot of inherent risk and danger that comes with swimming in ditches and arroyos,” said Brandon Gibson, City of Albuquerque Aquatic Manager.
  Flash flo
  
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• Groups organize car show in protest of Albuquerque Rapid Transit project

  24-07-2016 05:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Groups against the controversial Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus line tried to send a message to the city in the form of a car show.
  Dozens of classic cars were lined up to protest plans to bring Central down to one lane each direction for a new bus line, a move project opponents say will hurt Route 66 business and clog traffic.
  The mayor’s office has defended the project saying it has already helped spur development along Central and will help strengthen the
  
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• Shevchenko defeats Holm in UFC Fight Night Chicago

  24-07-2016 04:23
  
  Valentina Shevchenko defeated Holly Holm by unanimous decision Saturday in UFC Fight Night Chicago. 
  
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