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• Updated: Romero strikes out Ortiz to end it, Rays hold off Red Sox

  25-08-2016 23:21
  
  ST .PETERSBURG, Fla. — Enny Romero earned his first major league save, relieving with two outs in the ninth inning and fanning Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 2-1 win Thursday and a four-game split with the Red Sox. After Tyler Sturdevant struck out Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley […]
  
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• What we know: Victoria Martens killing

  25-08-2016 23:11
  
  Details continue to emerge in the brutal killing of a 10-year-old girl. Below is a list of what we know so far.
  
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• Ex-Wailers members go to court over use of band’s name

  25-08-2016 23:00
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — Former members of the Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, which played alongside Bob Marley, are going to court to try to stop the group they left from performing under the same name. Aston “Family Man” Barrett and other ex-Wailers members say in court documents that the reggae group currently playing under the […]
  
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• Ex-South Texas city council member admits taking bribe

  25-08-2016 22:49
  
  DEL RIO, Texas — A former city council member in a South Texas town has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge relating to a scheme involving city contracts. A U.S. Attorney’s Office statement says former Crystal City council member Gilbert Urrabazo pleaded guilty in Del Rio on Thursday to a federal bribery count. He […]
  
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• Updated: Nuns, priest and past quake survivor escape death in Italy

  25-08-2016 22:46
  
  AMATRICE, Italy — Among the survivors of Wednesday’s devastating earthquake in central Italy were nuns, a priest and survivors of previous quakes. Some saw their houses collapse into debris and dust, while the homes of others are still standing but deemed unsafe. Here’s a look at survivors, their escapes and how they’re coping now: THE […]
  
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• 2 charged in death of 15-year-old boy who shielded others

  25-08-2016 22:44
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy who shielded two girls from the gunfire, a Tennessee prosecutor announced Thursday. Zaevion Dobson was praised by President Barack Obama as a hero shortly after the teenager was killed Dec. 17, 2015. Since then he has […]
  
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• Updated: Prison company fights to seal documents about strip searches

  25-08-2016 22:06
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Private prison operator Corrections Corporation of America is trying to seal from public view documents in a lawsuit that claim female visitors to a Tennessee prison were forced to undergo strip searches to prove they were menstruating. Three women have accused the company of violating their rights by forcing them to expose […]
  
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• Updated: Gov sees flooded subdivision, SW city saved by sandbag wall

  25-08-2016 22:06
  
  LAKE ARTHUR, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards flew across south Louisiana Thursday, surveying flood damage from a helicopter and talking with people in a city that flooded and in one where a heroic effort by volunteers and others held floodwaters back. At a subdivision in Youngsville, near Lafayette, every third or fourth house still […]
  
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• Updated: 2 men in Nevada standoff case plead guilty in federal court

  25-08-2016 22:04
  
  LAS VEGAS — Two men have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to federal charges in an armed confrontation with U.S. officials over grazing rights near cattleman Cliven Bundy’s ranch. Gerald “Jerry” DeLemus and Blaine Cooper each admitted Thursday they conspired with others who engaged with Bundy in the tense gunpoint standoff in April 2014 about […]
  
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• Secret Service agent who protected LBJ dies in Texas

  25-08-2016 22:04
  
  FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — Jim Hardin, a Secret Service agent who protected President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family during and after their White House years, has died in Texas. He was 80. The LBJ Presidential Library in Austin announced Hardin’s death in a statement Thursday. His son, Brad Hardin, tells The Associated Press his father […]
  
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• Professor Jim Gates talks physics and whether we’re all living in the Matrix

  25-08-2016 21:49
  
  Herewith some mind-bending questions: Are we living in a computer simulation, as in “The Matrix”? Why is there something rather than nothing? That is, why does the universe exist at all? Are there multiple, parallel universes that comprise a “multiverse”? How do we reconcile modern cosmology with traditional religious faith? What is time? Is there […]
  
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• Breaking: New details released in 10-year-old girl’s gruesome slaying

  25-08-2016 21:05
  
  The details of the brutal killing of a 10-year-old girl Wednesday continue to get worse.Victoria Martens, 10, was supposed to celebrating her birthday Wednesday. Instead, homicide investigators were methodically combing through grisly evidence at her Northwest Albuquerque apartment.
  
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• State police arrest Grants police officer, girlfriend

  25-08-2016 20:45
  
  New Mexico State Police arrested a Grants law enforcement officer following a six-week misconduct investigation, a NMSP spokesperson said.
  
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• Facebook could get $10 million from NM for proposed data center

  25-08-2016 20:19
  
  Facebook would get $10 million in state economic development funding for its proposed data center under an incentive package that is to be considered tonight by the Los Lunas Village Council. “The village will contribute $10,000,000 to the project, subject to receipt of such funds from the state,” reads the agenda. “The LEDA funds will […]
  
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• Updated: Apple boosts iPhone security after Mideast spyware discovery

  25-08-2016 19:59
  
  PARIS — A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has trigged a global upgrade of Apple’s mobile operating system, researchers said Thursday. The spyware took advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in Apple’s mobile operating system to take complete control of iPhone devices, according to […]
  
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• Today in History: August 25

  25-08-2016 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Thursday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 2016. There are 128 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Aug. 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishing the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior.
  On this date:
  In 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some settling in present-day New Orleans.
  In 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.
  In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.
  In 19
  
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• What we know in brutal murder of 10-year-old

  25-08-2016 19:56
  
  Details continue to emerge in the brutal killing of a 10-year-old girl. Below is a list of what we know so far.
  
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• Northern New Mexico’s prep football schedules

  25-08-2016 19:54
  
  CLASS 6A SANTA FE DEMONS Aug. 26, 7 p.m. vs. St. Michael’s Sept. 9, 7 p.m. vs. Capital Sept. 15, 7 p.m. vs. Taos Sept. 23, 7 p.m. vs. Goddard Sept. 30, 7 p.m. at Los Alamos Oct. 8, 1 p.m. vs. Sandia* at Wilson Stadium Oct. 14, 7 p.m. vs. La Cueva* Oct. 21, […]
  
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• Woman falls to death from zip line platform at Delaware park

  25-08-2016 19:41
  
  DOVER, Del. — Delaware State Police investigators were trying to determine Thursday how a woman fell 35 feet to her death from a zip line platform at a state park. Tina Werner, 59, of Felton, was waiting to ride the zip line at the Go Ape Tree Top Adventure at Lums Pond State Park in […]
  
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• Updated: Woman falls to death from zip line platform at Delaware park

  25-08-2016 19:41
  
  DOVER, Del. — Delaware State Police investigators were trying to determine Thursday how a woman fell 35 feet to her death from a zip line platform at a state park. Tina Werner, 59, of Felton, was waiting between zip lines at the Go Ape Tree Top Adventure at Lums Pond State Park in Bear on […]
  
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• Updated: Portugal star Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player in Europe award

  25-08-2016 19:40
  
  MONACO — Cristiano Ronaldo has won UEFA’s award as the best player in Europe last season after helping Portugal to win the European Championship and having another stellar campaign for Real Madrid. Ronaldo, a favorite for a fourth world player of the year award, beat club teammate Gareth Bale of Wales and Atletico Madrid’s France […]
  
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• State police: Lapel video leads to arrest of police sergeant

  25-08-2016 19:31
  
  GRANTS, N.M. — Authorities say a 33-year-old police sergeant in a northwestern New Mexico city has been arrested after he unwittingly recorded himself on a lapel camera taking marijuana from his office and giving it to his girlfriend. State police say Grants Police Department Sgt. Roshern McKinney was arrested Wednesday following an investigation requested by […]
  
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• Luna County approves tax to expand emergency services

  25-08-2016 19:31
  
  DEMING, N.M. — Luna County had one of the best turnouts in years for a vote to approve a special tax to fund emergency ambulance services. The Deming Headlight reports (http://bit.ly/2bRQQ3R ) that unofficial results show the county had a 22 percent turnout with the overwhelming majority voting to approve the measure. The measure allows […]
  
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• Albuquerque Police video: ‘What happened to this little girl, it’s horrific.’

  25-08-2016 18:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department released more details in the killing of a 10-year-old Albuquerque girl, after they took three people into custody in connection with the child’s death Wednesday night.
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• Updated: Auto, technology industries clash over talking cars

  25-08-2016 18:01
  
  WASHINGTON — Cars that wirelessly talk to each other are finally ready for the road, creating the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths, improve the safety of self-driving cars and someday maybe even help solve traffic jams, automakers and government officials say. But there’s a big catch. The cable television and high-tech industries want to […]
  
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• Updated: Dwayne Johnson tops Forbes list of highest-paid actors

  25-08-2016 17:45
  
  NEW YORK — Dwayne Johnson elbowed Robert Downey Jr. aside to become the highest-paid actor with a fast and furious income of $64.5 million, according to Forbes magazine. The former wrestler beat out Jackie Chan with $61 million and Matt Damon, who earned $55 million. The rest of the top five on the list, released […]
  
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• Here’s one place in the world you can already hail a driverless taxi

  25-08-2016 17:45
  
  Although Uber may soon be the first company to launch a self-driving car service in the United States, it won’t be the first in the world. That honor went Thursday to nuTonomy, a Massachusetts-based company that has now officially rolled out what many analysts say will transform the future of transportation and the economy. NuTonomy’s […]
  
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• London flight delayed for hour as easyJet crew members argue

  25-08-2016 17:42
  
  LONDON — An easyJet flight from London’s Gatwick Airport to Belfast has faced an hourlong delay after two crew members got into an epic shouting match. Shocked passengers tweeted about the argument that grew so heated that the two crew members had to be removed from Wednesday’s flight. Dan Lobb, a television presenter on the […]
  
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• Six cows are dead or hurt. Now Washington state will shoot 11 wolves and pups.

  25-08-2016 17:41
  
  Washington state officials plan to completely kill off an 11-member wolf pack following a rash of attacks on cattle that began in July. State biologists say that the wolves have injured or killed six cows in little more than a month. The predators, named the Profanity Peak pack after the Washington mountain near their territory, […]
  
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• Carbondale women say they feel unsafe after recent assaults

  25-08-2016 17:41
  
  CARBONDALE, Colo. — Some women in the community of Carbondale are saying they don’t feel safe after recent assaults on women walking at night. The Post Independent reports (http://bit.ly/2bkTimI ) that the Carbondale Police Department announced a month ago that it was looking into two assaults in the small community near Aspen and since then […]
  
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• Finally — Downtown has its grocery store

  25-08-2016 17:39
  
  Ron Hassan was used to begging others for rides every time he needed to restock his refrigerator or cupboard. Not anymore. Hassan, who is on disability and does not drive, can now just walk across the street from his Downtown apartment complex and pop into the new Silver Street Market. It’s such an exciting development […]
  
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• Transgender Ken doll cake sparks outrage; supporters tells critics to eat it

  25-08-2016 17:22
  
  A popular bakery in Northern California is caught at the center of a heated debate on social media over a transgender “Ken Doll Cake” that it said it made for a customer. Freeport Bakery, a well-known business in Sacramento, posted a picture online nearly two weeks ago showing a special-ordered cake that depicted Ken wearing […]
  
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• Trial postponed for New Mexico mom in son incest case

  25-08-2016 16:59 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – The trial of a New Mexico mother facing charges for having an incestuous relationship with her 19-year-old son has been postponed.
  The Clovis News Journal reports the case against Monica Mares has been moved to late October. The trial originally was scheduled to start Thursday.
  The 36-year-old Mares and her son, Caleb Peterson, made international headlines following a recent interview with the British paper the Daily Mail. They told the newspaper they made their relatio
  
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• APD: Mother, 2 others drugged girl before killing her

  25-08-2016 16:48
  
  Albuquerque police are releasing new details in what they are calling one of the worst cases they've ever seen.
  
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• La Cueva outlast Cibola in football opener

  25-08-2016 16:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Cibola Cougars had a good start in the East vs. West Classic. Quarterback Gannon Chavez had 248 first half passing yards as his team went into the half with a 19-14 lead.
  The La Cueva Bears came out in the second half and took control of the game, limiting the effectiveness of Chavez and getting on the scoreboard. Bears quarterback Chris Campbell got into a rhythm. Once the Bears got the lead at 22 to 19, they never let it go. The Bears would win the game 31-
  
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• Updated: Leader of British movement to leave EU joins Trump at rally

  25-08-2016 16:32
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — Republican nominee Donald Trump is linking his “movement to take back the country” to Britain’s surprising vote to leave the European Union. The architect of the withdrawal campaign, known as Brexit, joined the GOP presidential nominee on stage during a rally late Wednesday in Jackson, Mississippi. “If I was an American citizen, […]
  
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• Updated: Fan-made ‘Star Trek’ sets become tourist attraction in NY

  25-08-2016 16:32
  
  TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — On its many voyages through space, the Starship Enterprise has endured bridge-shaking blasts from enemy ships and infiltration by scheming aliens. Now it’s being invaded by tourists. Sets mimicking those of the 1960s TV series “Star Trek” — including Capt. Kirk’s bridge, sick bay and engine room — were built by fans […]
  
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• Updated: Bold moves, tepid gains: Have central banks met their limit?

  25-08-2016 16:32
  
  WASHINGTON — The world’s key central banks have worked themselves into contortions to try to rev up economic growth, raise inflation and coax consumers and businesses to borrow and spend more. They’ve pumped trillions into financial systems and driven interest rates about as low as they can go — even below zero in Europe and […]
  
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• Updated: Applications for US unemployment benefits slipped last week

  25-08-2016 16:32
  
  WASHINGTON — Slightly fewer people filed for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign the American job market remains healthy. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for jobless aid slipped by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 261,000. The less volatile four-week average dropped by 1,250 to 264,000. Overall, the number of people […]
  
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• NASA continues splashdown tests, this time with dummies

  25-08-2016 16:32
  
  HAMPTON, Va. — NASA says it’s simulating a splashdown of its Orion spacecraft in Virginia, this time with crash test dummies, as it prepares to eventually send humans to Mars. A pendulum will swing a test capsule into a pool of water Thursday at NASA’s Langley facility in Hampton. Inside will be dummies in spacesuits […]
  
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• UNM’s Kimmie Carson has more to play for

  25-08-2016 16:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Redshirt Junior Linebacker Kimmie Carson has proven to be one of the key components in this Lobo Defense. Last season Carson led Lobo football with 53 solo tackles, and the combination of him and senior Dakota Cox at Linebacker in 2016 is sure to make some noise.
  He’s a leader on this football team and does it all with more on his plate than most college athletes.
  “It’s my family man, I have two kids at home and you know I look at them, in their
  
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• Los Alamos app for 1940s ‘Atomic City’ now on Android

  25-08-2016 16:27 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – An app that lets users experience Los Alamos during the nation’s top-secret World War II nuclear development program now is available on Android phones.
  The Los Alamos Monitor reports that the “Los Alamos: The Secret City of The Manhattan Project” recently was released for Android months after the iPhone app was made public.
  The app allows users to enjoy “augmented-reality” while seeing the place as it was in the 1940s. Los Alamos Natio
  
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• 10 ex-Navajo Nation lawmakers sentenced for slush funds case

  25-08-2016 15:57 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Ten former Navajo Nation lawmakers have been sentenced for their involvement in misusing the tribe’s discretionary fund.
  The Daily Times reports that most of the lawmakers were sentenced Wednesday in Window Rock to probation and community service or ordered to pay restitution with the exception of former Delegate Leonard Teller and former Delegate Jack Colorado, both of whom were sentenced to serve brief stints in jail.
  Prosecutors say all 10 delegates abused
  
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• Attack on American University in Afghanistan leaves 13 dead

  25-08-2016 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A brazen, hours-long militant attack on the American University of Afghanistan ended early Thursday after at least 13 people were killed and dozens were wounded in the assault on the sprawling campus on Kabul’s outskirts, a government spokesman said.
  The attack underscored how despite efforts by the Afghan authorities to improve security, militants in this country are still able to stage large-scale and complex attacks, including in the country’s capit
  
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• Tornadoes damage Indiana, but leave no one seriously hurt

  25-08-2016 15:30 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tornadoes that touched down in central Indiana tore roofs off apartment buildings, sent air conditioners falling onto parked cars and cut power to thousands of people, but left no one seriously injured.
  About a dozen people suffered minor injuries as the twisters moved through the area Wednesday, Indiana State Police Capt. David Bursten said. Most of those injuries were in Howard County and included a resident who was trapped in a home by one of the storms.
  A 5-month-ol
  
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• New Mexico Black Expo hosts community empowering experience

  25-08-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Their goal is to empower the community by providing resources and cultural experiences to the community, and they’re doing it in a fun way.
  The New Mexico Black Expo (NMBE) will be hosting over 40 employers, a luncheon, kids activities, hair battles, live music and much more!
  Yvette Kaufman-Bell with the New Mexico Office of African American Affairs joined KRQE’s This Morning Team to discuss the event. Watch above.
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• New drug helps to reverse effects of overdose

  25-08-2016 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – There is an important drug that can save lives by reversing the effect of an overdose, and no prescription is needed.
  Naloxone is a safe medication that reverses and blocks the effects of opioids, and can be used to treat a known or suspected opioid overdose.
  It isn’t necessary for those seeking the medication to rush to the doctor, a pharmacist can prescribe and fill it at the pharmacy.
  Chad Andrew, Smith’s Pharmacist, joined KRQE’s This M
  
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• Updated: Obama administration taps Kim for second term at World Bank

  25-08-2016 14:19
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is nominating current World Bank President Jim Yong Kim for a second term leading the 189-nation international lending organization. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew praised Kim for using his first term at the World Bank to effectively address “today’s most pressing global challenges in innovative ways, from ending extreme poverty and […]
  
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• Updated: In Iran, unique system allows payments for kidney donors

  25-08-2016 14:19
  
  TEHRAN, Iran — The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi’s life but for an unusual program in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor. Iran’s kidney program stands apart from other organ donation systems around the world by openly […]
  
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• Italy toll rises to 247 as anguish mounts over quake past

  25-08-2016 14:07 via krqe.com
  
  AMATRICE, Italy (AP) — Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy, but the death toll rose to 247 and Italy once again anguished over trying to secure its medieval communities built on seismic lands.
  Dawn broke over the rolling hills of central Lazio and Le Marche regions after a night of uninterrupted search efforts. Aided by sniffer dogs and audio equipment, firefighters and rescue crews using their bare ha
  
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