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• Updated: Can house dust explain why Amish protected from asthma?

  03-08-2016 23:54
  
  CHICAGO — Forget Fluffy and Fido. Bessie the cow just might make a healthier pet. That idea stems from new research in two farming-based religious communities that shun modern ways but have dramatically different childhood asthma rates. The goal was to find an explanation for why asthma is so uncommon among Amish communities, where children […]
  
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• Group pushing trade with Cuba launches in NM

  03-08-2016 23:50
  
  The Washington, D.C.-based Engage Cuba Coalition on Wednesday added New Mexico to its roster of states with a local council supporting an end to the 56-year-old trade embargo against Cuba. New Mexico is now the 13th state to form a local support council for the bipartisan Engage Cuba, which seeks to build support for lifting […]
  
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• Updated: GOP governor’s allies suffer in backlash in Kansas primary

  03-08-2016 23:44
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Sam Brownback assured the public that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy, supply plenty of money for schools and give other states a “pro-growth” policy model to follow. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of budget woes and […]
  
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• GOP governor’s allies suffer in backlash in Kansas primary

  03-08-2016 23:44
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Sam Brownback assured constituents that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy and supply plenty of money for public schools. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of the state’s budget woes and court battles over education funding. On Tuesday, […]
  
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• Updated: More rain forecast for Southwest after monsoonal soaking

  03-08-2016 23:43
  
  PHOENIX — Parts of the desert Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Forecasters warned of the potential of flooding in six states Wednesday — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and California, particularly in washes and streams. Just […]
  
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• Updated: GOP frustrations with Trump mount as allies weigh options

  03-08-2016 23:40
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Their party in crisis, Republicans’ frustration with Donald Trump reached new heights on Wednesday as GOP leaders scrambled to persuade the presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have led to sinking poll numbers and low morale. Party chairman Reince Priebus appealed to the New York billionaire’s adult children to help. […]
  
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• Office Depot announces plan to close 300 more stores

  03-08-2016 23:35
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Office Depot said Wednesday it plans to close 300 more stores nationwide over three years, part of a $250 million cost-savings program. The Boca Raton-office supply retailer, which called off its merger with Staples in May following a successful challenge by federal regulators, already completed its plan to close 400 stores, […]
  
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• Tesla Motors posts $293.2 million loss for second quarter

  03-08-2016 23:34
  
  Tesla Motors Inc. posted a second-quarter loss of $293.2 million Wednesday, a shortfall that was far worse than Wall Street expected. The loss, despite a 33 percent jump in revenue to $1.27 billion, came as the electric-car maker led by billionaire Elon Musk is ramping up production of its Model X sport utility vehicle and […]
  
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• Toronto officials want Pokemon Go sites moved

  03-08-2016 22:34
  
  TORONTO — Toronto city officials are asking the developers of the popular mobile game Pokemon Go to remove locations from the city’s downtown ferry terminal that has been overwhelmed by thousands of players. The game sends players into the real world to search for digital monsters known as Pokemon, which appear on screen when users […]
  
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• Updated: Elliot Tiber, helped enable staging of Woodstock, dead at 81

  03-08-2016 22:24
  
  NEW YORK — Elliot Tiber, an artist, screenplay writer and designer best known as the businessman who helped enable the staging of the landmark 1969 Woodstock music festival, has died. He was 81. Tiber died Wednesday in a hospice in Boca Raton, Florida, after suffering a stroke, according to his art agent, Elisa Ball. A […]
  
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• Obama shortens terms for 214 prisoners; 67 had life sentence

  03-08-2016 22:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century.
  Almost all the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent crimes related to cocaine, methamphetamine or other drugs, although a few were charged with firearms violations related to their drug activities. Almost all are men, though they represent a diverse cr
  
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• Six groups file to intervene in PNM’s Facebook request

  03-08-2016 22:09
  
  New Mexico Public Regulation Commission documents show six parties have filed motions to intervene in the case involving a proposed Facebook data center in Los Lunas. The parties that have filed motions to intervene are New Mexico Industrial Energy Consumers, the Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy, Western Resource Advocates, New Energy Economy, the City of […]
  
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• Updated: Fly me to the moon: Feds OK private firm’s lunar flight plan

  03-08-2016 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON — The federal government for the first time has given permission to a private Florida company to fly a spaceship beyond Earth’s orbit and land on the moon. The Federal Aviation Administration gave clearance Wednesday to Moon Express to land a washing machine-sized vehicle on the moon that would take hops across the lunar […]
  
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• Texas reaches deal on weaker voter ID rules for November

  03-08-2016 21:49
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law, which federal courts have said discriminated against minorities and the poor and left more than 600,000 registered voters potentially unable to cast a ballot. The state worked fast to soften the law before November’s election, moving from requiring voters to show one of […]
  
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• DA says she was scared for safety after charging officers with murder

  03-08-2016 21:03
  
  A story published on the BuzzFeed news website Tuesday quoted District Attorney Kari Brandenburg as saying Albuquerque police retaliated against her and she was fearful for her and her family’s safety after her office decided to bring murder charges against two Albuquerque police officers. The article published Wednesday featured an interview with Brandenburg in which […]
  
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• SFPD investigating suspicious death

  03-08-2016 20:56
  
  SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the suspicious death of a man found near St. Michael’s Drive and the rail road tracks Tuesday evening. Police spokesman Greg Gurule said there are no other details available at this time.
  
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• Today in History: August 3

  03-08-2016 20:49 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, Aug. 3, the 216th day of 2016. There are 150 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Aug. 3, 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, whose raunchy brand of satire and dark humor landed him in trouble with the law, was found dead in his Los Angeles home; he was 40.
  On this date:
  In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.
  In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court
  
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• State Police describe events leading up to Amber Alert, mother’s arrest

  03-08-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The mother accused of kidnapping her own daughter from a Santa Rosa home and sparking an Amber Alert is facing serious charges.
  Merleah GuinnState Police issued an alert just before 9 a.m. Tuesday morning for 3-year-old Merleah Guinn, originally saying she was taken in the middle of the night by an unknown kidnapper.
  Later, they said the girl’s mother, Charity Chino, admitted to breaking into Merleah’s father’s home and taking her.
  It all starte
  
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• Closure of Cibola County prison could affect 300 employees

  03-08-2016 20:11
  
  A privately-run prison in northwest New Mexico that employs about 300 staffers will close at the end of September, and several state lawmakers are trying to make sure the employees land on their feet. The Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, which houses about 1,200 minimum-security male inmates, received notification earlier this week its contract […]
  
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• Updated: Obama’s release of 214 prisoners includes Albuquerque man

  03-08-2016 20:01
  
  An Albuquerque man is among 214 people selected for prison sentence reductions by President Barack Obama. Jose Carlos Arras Jr.  was sentenced in 2002 to more than 21 years in prison for importing and intending to sell more than 220 pounds of marijuana, according to a  news release from the White House issued this morning. […]
  
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• Detectives investigating suspicious death in Santa Fe

  03-08-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe Police Department says detectives are investigating after a body was found Tuesday night.
  Police say the man’s body was found near St. Michael’s Drive and the rail road tracks.
  Police are calling the death suspicious.
  No further information is available.
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• Man injured when house explodes; cause under investigation

  03-08-2016 19:31
  
  HOBBS, N.M. — Authorities in the southeastern New Mexico city of Hobbs say a house exploded, injuring a man sleeping inside. City spokeswoman Meghan Mooney says the cause of the Tuesday night explosion is under investigation. She says the man sleeping in the home was woken by the explosion and extracted himself from the wreckage. […]
  
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• Organizer’s departure to end popular Colorado bike race

  03-08-2016 19:19
  
  DENVER — A popular Colorado cycling race won’t continue following the departure of organizer Shawn Hunter. Hunter told the Denver Post (http://dpo.st/2aO8bgW ) on Tuesday that he is not pursuing the cross-state USA Pro Challenge for 2017. He announced in February that the race wouldn’t take place this summer, which would have been its seventh […]
  
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• Updated: Trump, magnet for discord and disruption, outdoes himself

  03-08-2016 19:07
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — So far this week, Donald Trump has careened from controversy to controversy, sparking headlines by escalating fights with a military family, his party’s top-elected official and, even, it seemed, a baby. The Republican presidential nominee also claimed he’s always wanted a Purple Heart, gave an eyebrow-raising response to how his daughter […]
  
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• Updated: Last house in Rio’s Olympic Park slum demolished

  03-08-2016 19:05
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The last house of a Rio de Janeiro slum in the region of the Olympic Park was demolished late Tuesday. Market vendor Augusto Pereira told the Associated Press that there was too much pressure on him to leave the region and that he needed to carry on with his life somewhere […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: The games have begun.

  03-08-2016 18:38
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The Latest on the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Two days before the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the sporting action has begun in the spiritual home of soccer with Brazil’s national sport being played. A women’s soccer game between Sweden and […]
  
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• Updated: Big-calorie days are a necessary part of Olympic training

  03-08-2016 18:22
  
  As far as bedtime snacks go, this one is not exactly classic. Here’s the concoction that U.S. swimmer Ryan Murphy came up with when he was desperate to get a lot of extra nutrients in a hurry before calling it a day: Handfuls of kale and spinach, followed by some beets, oatmeal, splashes of tart […]
  
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• Clinton allies uses Republican words against Trump

  03-08-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new ad supporting Hillary Clinton uses the words of Republican leaders and appointees to make the case that Donald Trump is unfit to lead the United States.
  The spot is part of an effort by the Democratic nominee and her allies to frame stopping Trump — and backing her candidacy — as a national cause for Americans of all political persuasions.
  The 30-second spot shows clips of 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, for
  
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• Independent wins Texas House seat for 1st time in decades

  03-08-2016 18:14
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — An independent has won a special election for a San Antonio-based Texas House seat and will be the first non-Republican or -Democrat in the Legislature in decades. But Laura Thompson’s term only lasts through December. She won’t be serving while the Legislature is in session beginning Jan. 10, unless a special session […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Suicide Squad’ baddies aim to save DC film ambitions

  03-08-2016 18:13
  
  LOS ANGELES — “Suicide Squad ” should have been the quirky side show to the Warner Bros./DC film “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and its kickoff of a 10 film franchise that would rival the one built by Disney and Marvel. But then “Batman v Superman” whiffed. It underwhelmed critics, who criticized the movie […]
  
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• Trial begins for man accused in death of daughter, her lover

  03-08-2016 17:59
  
  GALVESTON, Texas — Prosecutors say blood samples and surveillance video are among the evidence showing a Houston man bludgeoned his daughter and shot her girlfriend before dumping their bodies behind a convenience store. The capital murder trial of 48-year-old James Larry Cosby began Tuesday in Galveston. He’s accused of killing Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson, […]
  
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• Updated: JonBenet Ramsey’s brother to discuss case on ‘Dr. Phil’

  03-08-2016 17:58
  
  LOS ANGELES — The brother of JonBenet Ramsey will publicly discuss his younger sister’s death for the first time in an interview to be broadcast on “Dr. Phil” next month. Burke Ramsey was 9 years old when his 6-year-old sister was found dead in the basement of the family’s Boulder, Colorado, home on Dec. 26, […]
  
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• Titans sign Tim Shaw to 1-day contract as he fights ALS

  03-08-2016 17:23
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have signed Tim Shaw to a one-day contract as the former NFL linebacker continues his battle against Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS. The Titans announced the signing on their website Wednesday and called Shaw a “Titan for life.” The 32-year-old Shaw played in the NFL for Carolina […]
  
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• Updated: British cyclist Armitstead insists she is clean athlete

  03-08-2016 17:22
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead insisted in a two-page statement Wednesday that she is a clean athlete and that three missed anti-doping tests in a 12-month period amounted to honest oversights. She released the statement one day after U.K. Anti-Doping confirmed the world road race champion had successfully appealed her case to […]
  
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• Mother admits to taking toddler, prompting Amber Alert

  03-08-2016 17:17
  
  Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert that New Mexico State Police issued for a 3-year-old girl, saying the child has been found safe.
  
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• After Yahoo, who’s next?

  03-08-2016 17:10
  
  Now that Yahoo Inc. is being sold, what other struggling tech companies might soon find themselves on the auction block? Several other technology firms would seem to be candidates because their businesses are faltering and their stock prices have tumbled in recent years. That’s how Yahoo ended up agreeing last week to sell its internet […]
  
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• Dick’s giving Olympic hopefuls a boost

  03-08-2016 17:08
  
  PITTSBURGH — Getting to the Olympics takes more than grit — though plenty of determination is needed. It takes time and money to fund all that travel, gear, food and time in the gym, which can make it tricky to hold down a job. That’s where Dick’s Sporting Goods comes in. The retailer, headquartered in […]
  
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• Updated: Facebook opens hardware lab, in a sign of broader ambitions

  03-08-2016 17:07
  
  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook built its fortune on the internet, that non-physical space where people share updates and digital videos with friends. But deep inside its Silicon Valley headquarters, Facebook engineers have stocked a new lab with computerized lathes, industrial mills and tools for making physical goods. It’s not a factory for mass-producing smartphones […]
  
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• FBI: 1st US law enforcement officer charged in terror sting

  03-08-2016 16:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group.
  The FBI says he is the first law enforcement officer in the U.S. to be charged with a terror-related crime.
  Court documents say 36-year-old Nicholas Young of Fairfax was arrested Wednesday morning. According to an affidavit, Young bought nearly $250 in gift cards he intended for the Islamic State to use to purchase mobile
  
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• Updated: Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai

  03-08-2016 16:24
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport Wednesday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all traffic at the Middle East’s busiest airport. There were no fatalities and all the passengers were safely evacuated before the plane was engulfed […]
  
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• Updated: 2 consultants charged in South Dakota tribal pot operation

  03-08-2016 16:24
  
  FLANDREAU, S.D. — Two consultants who advised a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation’s first marijuana resort have been charged with drug offenses, South Dakota’s attorney general announced Tuesday. Eric Hagen, chief executive of Monarch America, and the company’s vice president and cultivation expert, Jonathan Hunt, were charged with a range […]
  
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• Updated: Pokemon statue appears in New Orleans park

  03-08-2016 16:23
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Amid the craze over virtual characters in the smartphone-based “Pokemon Go” game, a Pokemon that people can see with their own eyes is grabbing attention in New Orleans. Someone put up a statue of the iconic Pokemon, Pikachu, at the center of a broken fountain in a park over the weekend. Pictures […]
  
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• Updated: Phelps to carry United States flag during Olympic opening

  03-08-2016 16:23
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Unlike the last four Olympics, Michael Phelps will be taking part in the opening ceremony for the Rio Games. And he’ll have something to carry. Phelps will be the bearer of the U.S. flag during the Friday night ceremony at Maracana Stadium, selected in a vote by all members of the […]
  
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• Spain: 5 Germans arrested after flash mob spreads panic

  03-08-2016 16:23
  
  MADRID — Spanish police say they have arrested five German women for organizing a flash mob event that sent dozens of people running in the streets of a northeastern tourist resort town, apparently fearing there had been a shooting attack. A police statement Wednesday said agents were called to Platja D’Aro following reports of shots, […]
  
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• Facebook account deactivated as woman posts during standoff

  03-08-2016 15:50 via krqe.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — In the midst of a five-hour standoff that turned deadly, Facebook granted an emergency request from the Baltimore County Police Department to take offline the social media accounts belonging to a woman who wielded a shotgun at officers.
  Baltimore County Police officers shot and killed Korryn Gaines, 23, after she barricaded herself inside her Randallstown apartment with her 5-year-old son and pointed a shotgun at officers attempting to serve an arrest warrant.
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• Grants adds ‘Route 66 Neon Drive Thru’ amid tourist push

  03-08-2016 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  GRANTS, N.M. (AP) – A western New Mexico city has added a new drive-thru roadside attraction on its Route 66 path.
  The city of Grants is holding a ribbon cutting on Saturday to celebrate the completion of the “Route 66 Neon Drive Thru” in the heart of downtown.
  Officials hope the 18-foot tall illuminated roadside arch will become a tourist hotspot for fans traveling through Route 66.
  Grants partnered with the NMSU-Grants welding department to build the Neon Drive Thru and is on
  
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• Highlands University gets big sheet music donation

  03-08-2016 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – A sheet music donation to Highlands University is doubling the collection at its music program.
  The college announced this week that former professor Ron Thielman is giving the school $150,000 worth of sheet music from more than 3,000 scores.
  Thielman, who retired from New Mexico State University in 1995, says he donated his collection to Highlands because of his fond memories as the school’s director of bands from 1967-1969.
  Highlands music professor Edward Ha
  
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• Wednesday Morning’s Metro Traffic

  03-08-2016 15:21 via krqe.com
  
   
  Morning Traffic Updates:
  8:42 AM: Right lane blocked southbound I-25 at Comanche/Exit227b
  8:02 AM: Center lane blocked southbound I-25 at Comanche/Exit227b
  7:47 AM: Accident I-25 frontage road south at Ellison/San Antonio
  7:17 AM: Left lane closed Carlisle Blvd South at Indian School
  7:17 AM: Construction on Atrisco Dr NW between Central and Illiff
  7:17 AM: Left lane closed 98th Street between Dennis Chavez and Blake Rd
  Now clear: 
  Ongoing:
  Two right lanes closed Central Ave between
  
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• FDA approved drug forces cancer to self-destruct

  03-08-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New research from local University of New Mexico doctor shows that new approved drugs can force cancer to self-destruct.
  All cells produce a chemical cyclic adenosine monophosphat (cyclic AMP). Leukemia cells pump out cylclic AMP to stay alive, normal cells cannot pump out this chemical.
  UNM Cancer Centers Dr. Alexandre Chigaev joined KRQE’s This Mornings team to talk about the new drug. Watch above.
  The new drug prevents the Leukemia cells from pumpin
  
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• ABQ 365 details early August events

  03-08-2016 15:12 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.
  For 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
  
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