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• Endangered hawks back nesting on NMSU campus

  20-08-2016 23:46
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A hawk species under federal protection is nesting at New Mexico State University for a fourth year in a row, reigniting concern about safety for the public and the birds. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/2bvMIcn) that Swainson’s hawks have returned as students begin a new semester this week. NMSU business […]
  
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• Navajo Nation wants Mormon Church lawsuit in tribal court

  20-08-2016 23:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Navajo Nation wants a lawsuit against the Mormon Church over the alleged sexual abuse of four Navajo children heard in tribal court. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2b8AX7U) that the tribe’s attorneys filed a motion Friday asking a federal judge in Salt Lake City to dismiss the suit until after […]
  
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• Judge finds convictions in 1992 slayings should be reversed

  20-08-2016 23:11
  
  WACO, Texas — A Central Texas man serving a life prison sentence for a double slaying in 1992 is innocent, as are three co-defendants no longer in prison, a state judge has found. Retired District Judge George Allen ruled Friday that Richard Bryan Kussmaul, 45, should be free. His three co-defendants each received 20-year sentences […]
  
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• Guns, ammo, armor, cash seized at Houston-area bingo hall

  20-08-2016 23:10
  
  HOUSTON — Harris County authorities found more than bingo cards when they raided a Houston-area bingo hall. Police and deputies say they made a dozen arrests and seized 100 guns, ammunition, body armor and about $87,000 in an underground bunker at the Paradise Day and Night Bingo Hall. Those arrested are charged with engaging in […]
  
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• Is your child up-to-date with required vaccines?

  20-08-2016 22:56 via krqe.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Doctors say getting timely vaccines are all about keeping everyone healthy.
  Families like the Montone’s make sure their two young children get the shots they need.
  Dad, Chris Montone says, “There’s definitely, it’s not a chance worth taking ‘not’ vaccinating. We think it’s something you should do, just protect your kids as much as you can.”
  Dr. Ronald Angoff with Pediatric & Medical Associates — is also a m
  
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• Social Media Posts: Albuquerque rally held for Gary Johnson

  20-08-2016 22:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is trying to gain support for his Presidential campaign as he makes his way to Albuquerque Saturday.Gary Johnson to hold rally at 2 at the Convention Center. News 13 will talk to him first. Details at 5:30 on #KRQE.
  — Candace Hopkins (@CandaceKRQE) August 20, 2016Sitting down with Johnson and Weld now. Hear from them at 5:30 on #KRQE. pic.twitter.com/s5ZPwe5m82
  — Candace Hopkins (@CandaceKRQE) August 2
  
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• Do you know what to do if someone is drowning?

  20-08-2016 21:48 via krqe.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – While your first inclination may be to jump in the water and save your loved one, experts say there are better ways to rescue someone.
  When you see someone in need, it’s hard not to just jump in and save them. In fact, it’s human instinct.
  But our natural reactions aren’t always the best.
  “The last thing you want to do is enter the water to try and help and become a victim yourself,” explained Rebecca Phillips, coordinator of aqu
  
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• NASA: Last month was Earth’s hottest in recorded history

  20-08-2016 20:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA.
  Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change, July burst global temperature records.
  NASA calculated that July 2016 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1950-1980 global average. That’s clearly hotter than the previous hotter months, about 0.18 degrees warmer than the previous record of July 20
  
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• Libertarian presidential candidate seeks home-state support

  20-08-2016 20:23
  
  Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is courting voters in his home state with a weekend political rally as he pushes to break through the two-party political barrier.
  
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• Search for living, dead: Louisiana fights back from flooding

  20-08-2016 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  ST. AMANT, La. (AP) — Louisiana continues to dig itself out from devastating floods, with search parties going door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped by flooding so powerful in some cases it disturbed the dead and sent caskets floating from cemeteries.
  At least 13 people died in the flooding that swept through parts of southern Louisiana after torrential rains lashed the region. While the waters have slowly receded in many areas, the hard work of rebuilding lives is just ramp
  
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• Updated: Prairie dogs to move to Petrified Forest National Park

  20-08-2016 20:01
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Dozens of prairie dogs in northern Arizona are being relocated to make way for a 10,000-square-foot shooting range. Elise and Rob Wilson plan to build a giant indoor range on their property in Timberline just west of U.S. Highway 89. Elise Wilson, a self-professed animal lover, that she wanted to avoid killing […]
  
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• National monument proposals in vogue as Obama prepares exit

  20-08-2016 19:32 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The race is on to win President Barack Obama’s attention as he puts some final touches on his environmental legacy.
  Conservation groups, American Indian tribes and federal lawmakers are urging his administration to preserve millions of acres as national monuments. Such a designation often prevents new drilling and mining on public lands, or the construction of new roads and utility lines.
  The flurry of activity is creating enthusiasm — and tensions — in
  
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• 6 Notre Dame football players arrested in 2 incidents

  20-08-2016 19:10 via krqe.com
  
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — Five Notre Dame football players were arrested after Indiana State Police said a trooper found marijuana and a loaded handgun in their car, while a sixth player was arrested in a separate incident and accused of punching a police officer.
  State Police said a trooper stopped a car Friday night in Fulton County about 35 miles south of South Bend for speeding. The trooper detected the odor of marijuana and with the help of a drug-sniffing dog, he found the marijuana and
  
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• Study: Most of methane hot spot comes from natural gas leaks

  20-08-2016 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A puzzling concentration of the greenhouse gas methane over the Southwestern United States appears to come mostly from leaks in natural gas production, scientists said Monday.
  Researchers identified more than 250 sources of a methane hot spot over the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. They include gas wells, storage tanks, pipelines and processing plants.
  Only a handful were natural seeps from underground formations, and one was a vent from a coal
  
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• Former addict, now an Ironman, helps others out of addiction

  20-08-2016 17:27 via krqe.com
  
  DELAWARE CO. (WCMH) — Like many struggling with drug addictions in this state, Todd Crandell knows heroin. But with two decades of being sober under his belt, he’s gone from an addict to an Ironman.
  “My addiction was extreme, my recovery is full of variety of extremes and Ironman to me is the ultimate test of sport and then some,” Crandell says.
  The tattoos on his body tell his story.
  “Well, my story really begins when I was 3 ½ years old,” he says. &ld
  
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• APD investigates fatal pedestrian crash near Central and Unser

  20-08-2016 17:18
  
  A pedestrian was killed Friday night after being struck by a car.
  
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• Webcam whale research buoyed by viewers around the world

  20-08-2016 17:16 via krqe.com
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The underwater webcam attached to Hayley Shephard’s boat captures what at first appear to be green glowing orbs as she motors through an estuary in remote Canada. Then the orbs come into focus, revealing some of the more than 3,000 beluga whales that gather in the waters in and around Hudson Bay each summer.
  The white whales, which resemble oversized dolphins, nuzzle and clown for the camera. They feel the lens with their teeth and blow bubbles at it. Sometimes t
  
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• Pedestrian fatally hit by car in Albuquerque

  20-08-2016 17:09
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Albuquerque and police say the driver will likely not face charges. Police spokesman Fred Duran says the incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. Friday in the area of Central Avenue and Unser Boulevard. According to Duran, the victim suffered fatal injuries. Investigators […]
  
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• Hundreds attend Gary Johnson’s Albuquerque Rally Saturday

  20-08-2016 16:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds attended a rally today, as former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson made a campaign stop in Albuquerque.
  It was a homecoming for Johnson, who was joined by his running mate Bill Weld. Johnson got his speech started with some positive thinking.
  “Is this the craziest election ever, you know how crazy it is, right? I’m going to be the next President of the United States, that’s how crazy it is,” said Johnson.
  Johnson and Weld bot
  
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• Gary Johnson to hold Albuquerque Rally

  20-08-2016 16:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is trying to gain support for his Presidential campaign as he makes his way to Albuquerque Saturday.
  The Libertarian Presidential nominee is set to speak at the Convention Center this afternoon. The event starts at 2 p.m., while doors open at 1 p.m.
  Originally, Johnson was schedule to visit on Aug. 11, but his campaign needed more time to prepare for the event.
  Johnson has been trying to get to 15% in the polls, w
  
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• Gary Johnson holds Albuquerque Rally

  20-08-2016 16:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is trying to gain support for his Presidential campaign as he makes his way to Albuquerque Saturday.
  The Libertarian Presidential nominee is set to speak at the Convention Center this afternoon. The event starts at 2 p.m., while doors open at 1 p.m.
  Originally, Johnson was schedule to visit on Aug. 11, but his campaign needed more time to prepare for the event.
  Johnson has been trying to get to 15% in the polls, w
  
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• Updated: Most limits on US-Mexico flights are about to be lifted

  20-08-2016 16:18
  
  DALLAS — Most restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Mexico will lift on Sunday, a change expected to bring more options and possibly lower prices for travelers. American, Delta and Southwest have already announced that they will offer new flights across the border later this year. United is watching the demand for flights and […]
  
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• California wildfire now 40% contained

  20-08-2016 16:10 via krqe.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – Thousands of California residents chased from their mountain and desert homes are slowly beginning to take stock of their losses from the wildfire that erupted 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
  Firefighters now have the fire 40 percent contained and more people are being allowed to return home.
  Crews expect to make good progress against the fire again today. Plans are underway to demobilize some of the nearly 1,600 firefighters.
  Officials say 96 homes have been de
  
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• Uber to use autonomous cars to haul people in next few weeks

  20-08-2016 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ride-hailing service Uber says it will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh in next several weeks.
  The company says its autonomous Ford Fusions will have human backup drivers but will transport passengers just like normal Uber vehicles.
  Uber has a self-driving research lab in Pittsburgh and is working on autonomous technology.
  Also Thursday, Uber and Volvo announced a $300 million deal for Volvo to provide SUVs to Uber for autono
  
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• Brixens to fill Cafe Bien vacancy in Downtown

  20-08-2016 15:06
  
  New restaurant-bar taking over SW corner of 4th/Central intersection
  
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• FBI searching for Albuquerque bank robber

  20-08-2016 13:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The FBI is looking for a man who robbed a Northeast Albuquerque bank Friday.
  They said he walked into Bank of the West on Eubank around 4:30 p.m. and took off with some money. Officers have not said how much.
  He was wearing a long-sleeve shirt with the words “Just Net” on it. He is also described as a white man, around six-feet tall, and an unshaven face.
  FBI is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. If you can help, cont
  
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• Pedestrian killed in car crash near Central and Unser

  20-08-2016 13:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department said a pedestrian was killed after getting hit by a car overnight.
  They said it happened around 11 p.m. Friday in the area of Central and Unser.
  They do not know yet if the driver will face any charges. The initial investigation points it to being the pedestrian’s fault.
  KRQE will update the story as soon as more information becomes available.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• Updated: The wait is over; Means ready for return at UFC 202

  20-08-2016 08:07
  
  Tim Means is a patient man. He didn't become one by choice. But, nevertheless, the Alb ...
  
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• Updated: Means thrilled to be part of UFC 202 show

  20-08-2016 08:07
  
  Tim Means is a patient man. He didn't become one by choice. But, nevertheless, the Alb ...
  
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• Updated: Lobo single-game tickets set to go on sale

  20-08-2016 08:07
  
  The University of New Mexico announced that single-game tickets for UNM's 2016 football season were...
  
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• Rio Rancho Public School Board turns away First Nations

  20-08-2016 08:05
  
  Proposed Native American charter school to seek approval from state
  
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• PARCC results mixed for Rio Rancho Public Schools

  20-08-2016 08:05
  
  Scores drop in 3rd, 4th grade reading
  
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• Child shooting probe wrapped up

  20-08-2016 08:05
  
  Boy wounded 5-year-old brother; DA gets report
  
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• Football Friday Night Preview Show

  20-08-2016 07:30 via krqe.com
  
  Its that time again, time for those Football Friday Night lights!
  Click here and watch the Football Friday Night Preview Show »
  Filed under: Football Friday Night, FOX New Mexico, Home, Sports
  
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• New: NMSU graduate hired by Lakers after 18 year coaching grind

  20-08-2016 07:05
  
  Las Crucean Casey Owens was officially announced Friday an assistant coach and advanced scout for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.
  
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• New Mexico man invented colorful tape athletes wear in Rio

  20-08-2016 06:41
  
  A lot of Olympic athletes are sporting colorful pieces of tape all over their bodies. Did you know the man who invented this kind of therapy lives in New Mexico?
  
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• UNM starts alcohol sales at football games Sept. 1

  20-08-2016 06:27
  
  When the 2016 football season gets under way, beer and wine sales at University of New Mexico games will begin during the Sept. 1 opener against South Dakota.
  
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• Appeals court lifts order to stay on ART; project will begin

  20-08-2016 06:22
  
  The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday lifted an order to stay on the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project, allowing construction efforts to begin.
  
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• Downtown grocery opening soon, but no additional traffic signals planned

  20-08-2016 06:20
  
  Downtown Albuquerque’s long-awaited grocery store is scheduled to open in 10 days. Anticipating an uptick in traffic, the Silver Barelas Downtown Neighborhood Association has been fighting for traffic signals at two Silver Avenue intersections, one on First Street and the other on Second.
  
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• Teachers at school directed to stop addressing students as ‘boys and girls’

  20-08-2016 06:19
  
  Teachers at Carlos Rey Elementary School are in a tough situation after their assistant principal told them to stop calling their students “boys and girls.”
  
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• Video: Sword-wielding thief strikes in Albuquerque’s Uptown

  20-08-2016 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are asking for the public’s help finding a sword-wielding thief who’s targeting victims in a popular Uptown shopping center.
  “I feel like Uptown is more of a safer place to shop too, like it’s not something that I’d be too scared about getting my car broken into,” Target shopper James Campbell said. “I just think it’s just a nicer place to shop, it has a really good atmosphere.”
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• Lowrider groups driven toward Gary Johnson campaign

  20-08-2016 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – They’re a regular fixture on Central, especially on the weekends. But come Saturday, some lowriders will be cruising for a political cause that embraces less government.
  They are holding a rally for former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.
  Fernando Ortega, founder of Taking Over Car Club, said, “He’s always been there for my family. My pops, when he was going through some hard times when we were younger, he wrote a letter to Gary Johnson about h
  
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• Court order denies injunction on ART construction

  20-08-2016 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a blow for those against Albuquerque Rapid Transit as the city got the green light to start digging up Central.
  The order came down Friday night from a panel of federal appeals court judges, saying they will not put a stop to construction for the ART bus project.
  Read the ruling here >>
  The city is happy with the court order while those against ART say that the fight is far from over.
  “It’s really just a bump in the road,” sai
  
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• Advocacy group helps Officer Jose Chavez’s family deal with his death

  20-08-2016 05:57 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A special advocacy group has stepped up, to help murdered Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez’s family deal with his death.
  The group is called “COPS: Concerns of Police Survivors.” It’s made up of the loved ones of fallen officers, and their goal is to help families who have lost an officer navigate their new reality following that death.
  Cheryl Schultz is a member of COPS. Her husband, Pojoaque Pueblo Officer Kevin Schultz, died in 2002 saving a dr
  
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• Hoffman gets the MLB call

  20-08-2016 05:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  (KRQE)- Jeff Hoffman is finally making the move to the Colorado Rockies. The organizations top prospect pitcher showed his merit while pitching for the Isotopes this season. He racked up 124 strikeouts while in triple-A, and maintained a 4.02 ERA.
  “It’s not something that I have thought a whole lot about. Obviously it is a goal it’s a dream of mine to get there. Just need to keep getting batter here and then when that call does happen I will be ready for
  
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• Tim Means ready for Saturday night

  20-08-2016 05:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  (KRQE)– New Mexico fighter Tim Means is ready to make his return to the octagon on Saturday night on the main card of UFC 202. The “Dirty Bird” is taking on Sabah Homasi in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is even more determined after a shot from Homasi.
  “I am an angry bird and I am prepared well by my team there in New Mexico. I am coming in there to get my hand raised and I am knocking Sabah out. He had some comments that he said about the USADA issue,&rd
  
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• Notah Begay’s Grande Slam Charity Golf Tournament was a hit

  20-08-2016 05:24 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- Four time PGA Tour winner and golf analyst Notah Begay III continues to assist in the fight against Native American childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes through his NB3 Foundation. On Friday he along with other local organizations teamed up to hold the inaugural New Mexico Grande Slam Charity Golf Tournament at Santa Ana Golf Club.
  “We want to see things change. Its one thing to identify the problem, but it’s another thing to go put some ideas out to
  
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• UNM ready to sell single-game football tickets

  20-08-2016 04:30
  
  With the 2016 football season less than two weeks away, UNM Athletics has offered a variety of plans for season tickets, from the new Chama River Brewing Company Craft Corner, to the Albertsons/Sadie’s/Domino’s Family Plans which can get a family of four season tickets that come out to $5.21 per person per game.  But maybe […]
  
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• Imperial Eagle is fastest in All American Futurity qualifying

  20-08-2016 04:26
  
    RUIDOSO DOWNS  – Charles Robinson’s Imperial Eagle did not get to race until the15th and final trial, but he made the most of his final act opportunity by racing to the fastest-qualifying mark to the Grade 1, $3-million All American Futurity during the first of two days of trials on Friday at Ruidoso Downs. […]
  
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• FBI: Unshaven man takes undisclosed amount of cash in ABQ bank robbery

  20-08-2016 04:22
  
  A man with bristles, a ball cap and long-sleeved T-shirt with the words “Just Net,” made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from a northeast Albuquerque bank during a Friday afternoon robbery, according to the FBI. The robbery occurred at the Bank of the West branch at 2101 Eubank NE around 4:40 p.m., when […]
  
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