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• Eastland County sheriff’s deputy, 73, dies in head-on crash

  07-09-2016 23:59
  
  EASTLAND, Texas — A West Texas sheriff’s deputy has been killed in a head-on collision while driving his SUV patrol vehicle to work. The Texas Department of Public Safety says 73-year-old Eastland County sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Maltby died in the accident around 8 a.m. Wednesday. The DPS says a pickup truck driven by 23-year-old Colton […]
  
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• Updated: Marilyn’s ‘Happy Birthday’ gown going to auction in the fall

  07-09-2016 23:57
  
  NEW YORK — The flesh-colored, skin-tight beaded gown Marilyn Monroe wore during her breathless rendition of “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy is going on the auction block this fall. Julien’s Auctions is offering the sequined stunner at a sale in Los Angeles on Nov. 17. The auction house believes the gown could fetch […]
  
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• Updated: Yosemite adding 400 acres of meadow, forest

  07-09-2016 23:45
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — Visitors to Yosemite National Park in California have more room to roam after officials on Wednesday announced a 400-acre expansion of the park — its largest in nearly 70 years. The addition features wetlands and a grassy meadow surrounded by tall pine trees on rolling hills that are home to endangered wildlife. […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton, Trump to square off on national security issues

  07-09-2016 23:40
  
  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take the same stage for the first time Wednesday night, aiming to position themselves as best prepared to lead in turbulent times and warning that their opponent would put the country at risk. Questioned back-to-back but not face-to-face, the presidential foes will address an audience of […]
  
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• Governor Martinez has activated the New Mexico Emergency Operations Center for remnants of Tropical Storm Newton

  07-09-2016 23:38
  
  The New Mexico Emergency Operations Center has been activated to aid in response to flooding and effects of the possible severe storms entering New Mexico.
  
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• Updated: Judge says US should reconsider habitat for Canada lynx

  07-09-2016 23:19
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge says the U.S. government was wrong to exclude large portions of the Rocky Mountains when it designated critical habitat for the imperiled Canada lynx. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Montana issued an order Wednesday requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider adding new habitat for the […]
  
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• Updated: What a contrast: Obama’s soft diplomacy, Trump’s brash style

  07-09-2016 23:07
  
  LUANG PRABANG, Laos — President Barack Obama sipped from a coconut Wednesday on the banks of the Mekong River. He pattered through a Buddhist temple in his socks. He led his motorcade through a lush mountain city popular with backpackers and ex-pats and ruminated on multiculturalism and his childhood in Indonesia. If there was a […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez activates Emergency Operations Center ahead of Tropical Storm Newton

  07-09-2016 23:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In preparation for possible severe storms hitting the state, Governor Susana Martinez has activated the New Mexico Emergency Operations Center.
  Live radar and full forecast here »
  The center will assist in flooding response efforts across the state. Crews are preparing for possible flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Newton.
  Rain from Newton is expected Wednesday in southwestern portion of the state with the heaviest rains forecast for Ca
  
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• Intel to spin out McAfee cybersecurity unit into new company

  07-09-2016 23:00
  
  Intel is spinning out its cybersecurity unit into a new company, called McAfee, in a deal with private equity firm TPG. The deal values McAfee at $4.2 billion, including its debt of about $2 billion. Santa Clara, California-based Intel had bought McAfee in 2011 for $7.68 billion. Intel said Wednesday that McAfee will be one […]
  
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• Updated: Ash Carter: Russia sowing seeds of global instability

  07-09-2016 22:53
  
  OXFORD, England — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter accused Russia on Wednesday of sowing seeds of global instability and questioned whether Moscow genuinely wants a viable cease-fire in Syria. In a hard-hitting speech at Oxford University, Carter emphasized deep skepticism about Russian intentions in Syria, even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry weighed more […]
  
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• Getty Images: Photographer gave up right to complain

  07-09-2016 22:44
  
  NEW YORK — A photographer who put thousands of pictures in the public domain gave up her right to complain when others sell them, photo agencies and affiliated companies say in court papers. Getty Images and other companies argued in papers filed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday and Wednesday that Carol Highsmith’s $1.1 billion lawsuit […]
  
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• Green Party’s Jill Stein charged with trespassing, mischief

  07-09-2016 22:05 via krqe.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota county has issued a warrant for the arrest of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is accused of spray-painting construction equipment during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline.
  Stein was charged Wednesday in Morton County with misdemeanor counts of criminal trespass and criminal mischief.
  A spokeswoman for Stein said Tuesday that activists invited her to leave a message at the protest site, and Stein sprayed “I approve
  
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• Updated: US growth weakened slightly this summer, Fed report shows

  07-09-2016 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON — The economy grew at a moderate or modest pace this summer in eight of the Federal Reserve’s 12 U.S. districts, a slowdown from previous reports that may make Fed policymakers more cautious about an interest rate hike. The Fed’s “Beige Book” survey of business conditions, released Wednesday, found that growth weakened in two […]
  
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• Organization aims to stop soldier suicides

  07-09-2016 21:33
  
  Twenty-two veterans die from suicide every day. It’s a troubling statistic that has people taking action.
  
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• Updated: Russian fighter makes ‘unsafe close range intercept’ with US anti-submarine aircraft

  07-09-2016 21:32
  
  A Russian fighter aircraft made an “unsafe close range intercept” with a U.S. Navy jet over the Black Sea on Wednesday. Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said in an emailed statement that the Russian Su-27 spent 19 minutes intercepting the U.S. P-8A Poseidon and that the P-8 was conducting “routine operations in international airspace.” […]
  
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• Updated: Authorities to build up presence before oil pipeline ruling

  07-09-2016 21:31
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota authorities are sending officers from across the state to the site of a protest in anticipation of a federal judge’s ruling on a request by the Standing Rock Sioux to block construction of a four-state oil pipeline. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is expected to rule Friday on the tribe’s […]
  
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• Oil bust blamed as Texas budget outlook shrinks nearly $1B

  07-09-2016 21:31
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials say sagging oil prices has shrunk the budget outlook by nearly $1 billion at a time when state agencies are already facing possible cuts next year. Republican Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday that “prolonged weakness” in the oil and gas sector caused tax collections for fiscal year 2016 to finish […]
  
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• Fifteen years after 9/11, we can hear the only bit George Carlin ever cut for taste

  07-09-2016 21:31
  
  On Sept. 10, 2001, on a stage in Vegas, a city he loathed, George Carlin performed the red-hot closing bit he planned to use for his latest HBO special. “Would you like me to tell you about something I really like?” he teased the crowd at the MGM Grand. “Fatal disasters. Fatal disasters with a […]
  
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• 2 laid-off ITT Educational employees file federal lawsuit

  07-09-2016 20:53 via krqe.com
  
  CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — Two employees laid off by the parent company of for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute have filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice.
  A business analyst at ITT Educational Services Inc.’s Carmel headquarters and an instructor at two locations in California filed the complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
  The Indianapolis Business Journal reports the lawsuit seeks class-action sta
  
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• Law enforcement board votes not to discipline high-ranking APD officers

  07-09-2016 20:37
  
  The Law Enforcement Academy Board on Wednesday voted not to discipline former Albuquerque Aviation Police Chief Marshall Katz and a former high-ranking Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputy for unrelated incidents that brought them under investigation. James Hallinan, a spokesman for the attorney general, who chairs the LEA board, said the board voted Wednesday to accept recommendations […]
  
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• Murder suspect added to state’s most wanted list

  07-09-2016 20:32
  
  The U.S. Marshals Service now considers a double murder suspect one of New Mexico’s most wanted fugitives.
  
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• Police seek suspect in Tuesday bank robbery

  07-09-2016 20:31
  
  Police need the public's help to find a man who robbed a bank in northeast Albuquerque.
  
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• US clears way for cleanup of Colorado mine after huge spill

  07-09-2016 20:30 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) – A Colorado mine that spilled 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into rivers in three Western states has been designated a Superfund site.
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action Wednesday clears the way for a multimillion-dollar federal cleanup of the Gold King Mine and 47 other nearby mining-related sites.
  The EPA also added nine other sites in eight states and Puerto Rico to the Superfund list.
  A federal crew inadvertently triggered the Colorado sp
  
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• Mayor signs official Albuquerque Rapid Transit deal

  07-09-2016 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s full steam ahead for the controversial Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project.
  Wednesday morning, Mayor Richard J. Berry made the huge deal with the contractor official.
  It wasn’t a ground breaking ceremony — instead of dirt and shovels, this was pen and paper. The city signed the $83 million contract with Bradbury Stamm Construction to re-do Central from Unser to Louisiana.
  Th 14 to 16-month construction of ART is expected to bring more than 2,
  
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• City signs official Albuquerque Rapid Transit deal

  07-09-2016 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s full steam ahead for the controversial Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project.
  Wednesday morning, Mayor Richard J. Berry made the huge deal with the contractor official.
  It wasn’t a ground breaking ceremony — instead of dirt and shovels, this was pen and paper. The city signed the $83 million contract with Bradbury Stamm Construction to re-do Central from Unser to Louisiana.
  Th 14 to 16-month construction of ART is expected to bring more than 2,
  
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• Police silent on weekend convenience store killing

  07-09-2016 20:02
  
  Albuquerque police are refusing to release any information on the shooting death of a man at a southeast Albuquerque convenience store Saturday night. Police spokesman Tanner Tixier wouldn’t release the victim’s name Wednesday or any details about the crime. “We’re not releasing any information,” he said. And he wouldn’t explain why the department wasn’t releasing […]
  
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• Updated: Woods says he hopes to return next month

  07-09-2016 19:57
  
  CARMEL, Ind. — Out of golf for more than a year, Tiger Woods said Wednesday he hopes to play the first event of the PGA Tour season next month and could play as much as twice more before the end of the year. Woods said if his rehabilitation from back surgeries keeps going well, he […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Pliskova rolls past Konjuh, into US Open semis

  07-09-2016 19:56
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Karolina Pliskova dominated with her serve to roll past 18-year-old Ana Konjuh and into the U.S. Open semifinals. The 10th-seeded Pliskova won 6-2, 6-2 in just 57 minutes Wednesday, losing only one point on her serve in the first set. She’ll […]
  
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• Major construction work on ABQ Rapid Transit to start in mid-October

  07-09-2016 19:53
  
  Bradbury Stamm is on the clock. Mayor Richard Berry’s administration signed an $82.6 million contract Wednesday that calls for the local construction company to finish work on Albuquerque Rapid Transit in 16 months, or by late 2017. The city is entitled to damages if the work isn’t done on time, city officials said. Heavy demolition […]
  
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• Updated: Goodell doesn’t agree with Kaepernick’s actions

  07-09-2016 19:37
  
  NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disagrees with Colin Kaepernick’s choice to kneel during the national anthem, but recognizes the quarterback’s right to protest. Asked by The Associated Press about Kaepernick’s decision not to stand before games when the national anthem is played, Goodell said Wednesday: “I don’t necessarily agree with what he is […]
  
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• Tortorella, Marshall weigh in on national anthem

  07-09-2016 19:37
  
  U.S. hockey coach John Tortorella says he’d bench any player who stays seated during the national anthem, while New York Jets receiver Brandon Marshall is defending Colin Kaepernick for his protest against racial injustice and minority oppression. Kaepernick is protesting by choosing not to stand for the anthem. The San Francisco quarterback’s stance came to […]
  
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• $3 million in jewels missing from Drake, Future tour bus

  07-09-2016 19:35
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police say $3 million worth of jewelry was taken from a tour bus belonging to rappers Drake and DJ Future the Prince. Police Sgt. Vince Lewis says the theft occurred Tuesday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, where the men were performing. According to investigators, a suspect entered […]
  
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• Updated: Ex-New Mexico high court justice, MALDEF founder Sosa dies

  07-09-2016 19:30
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts says former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice and pioneering Latino lawyer Dan Sosa Jr. has died. He was 92. Born in Las Cruces, Sosa served as a World War II pilot before graduating from the University of New Mexico Law School in 1951. He […]
  
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• House report: Massive breaches at OPM were preventable

  07-09-2016 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON – A blistering new report from Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says the massive breaches at the Office of Personnel Management revealed last summer were preventable and that the agency misled the public about the severity of the problem. The two breaches exposed the personal information of more than 20 […]
  
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• Today in History: September 7

  07-09-2016 18:48 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2016. There are 115 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Sept. 7, 1916, the Federal Employees Compensation Act, providing financial assistance to federal workers who suffer job-related injuries, was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson.
  On this date:
  In 1533, England’s Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich.
  In 1812, the Battle of Borodino took place as French troops clashed with Russian forces outside Moscow. (
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Philippine official says Obama and Duterte met

  07-09-2016 18:25
  
  VIENTIANE, Laos — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Laos (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay says President Barack Obama has met briefly with new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of a summit in Laos. There was no immediate confirmation from the White House. Yasay says […]
  
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• The Daily 202: Trump making a play for Virginia, despite long odds

  07-09-2016 18:25
  
  WASHINGTON – Donald Trump will spend more money this week in Virginia than anywhere else. Of the $3.5 million in advertising time he’s booked, $1.9 million will go into the commonwealth. More specifically, $1.4 million will be spent in the Washington-area market. This is notable because the Clinton campaign is so confident about its prospects […]
  
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• Poll: Most Americans say that globalization is a positive and that free trade improves their lives

  07-09-2016 18:25
  
  It’s pretty clear that dramatic subjects such as terrorism and illegal immigration are having an effect on the 2016 presidential campaign. But perhaps a less heralded undercurrent in this year’s race is free trade. Both candidates have taken a stance against unbridled globalization, to varied degrees. Republican Donald Trump has upended his party’s standard rhetoric […]
  
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• Updated: Black voters sue over Alabama’s method of electing judges

  07-09-2016 18:24
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A civil rights group challenged Alabama’s practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote on Wednesday, saying the result is all-white courts in a state where one in four people is African-American. The lawsuit filed on behalf of NAACP’s Alabama chapter and four black voters in Montgomery federal court argues that at-large […]
  
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• Updated: Axl Rose, ‘Jane the Virgin’ actress reach out to waitress whose customers stiffed her, writing ‘we only tip citizens’

  07-09-2016 18:24
  
  Since Sadie Elledge’s story went viral – she’s the young waitress of Honduran and Mexican ancestry whose customers stiffed her on a tip, leaving a nasty note that read “we only tip citizens” – she’s gotten plenty of attention. She’s been interviewed by reporters and has received messages of support from customers and strangers alike. […]
  
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• What If: Could Gary Johnson get hot and play the spoiler?

  07-09-2016 17:22 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP/KRQE) — Unpopular among many Americans, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have opened the door for a third-party spoiler in the presidential campaign — and just as Gary Johnson is starting to warm up.
  Voters like Carlos Moreno could help him catch fire.
  “I certainly don’t want Trump to get in, but Clinton worries me,” said Moreno, a registered Democrat who works as a process server in the Phoenix area. “I’ve thought about Johnson, but I h
  
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• Baker Hughes to cut pay to curb job losses

  07-09-2016 16:52
  
  FARMINGTON — Baker Hughes Inc., the third-largest oil field services company in the world, plans to temporarily lower some of its employees’ pay later this month. The Houston-based company, which has offices in Farmington, will institute a 5-percent pay reduction for certain employees starting Sept. 11. Those cuts are expected to continue for the remainder […]
  
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• Updated: LG unveils the first phone to ship with Google’s new Android

  07-09-2016 16:47
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — LG is unveiling the first phone to ship with Google’s new Android Nougat software, in hopes of appealing to people who like to take and share photos and video. The new V20 phone comes on the eve of a San Francisco event where Apple is expected to launch new iPhones. Nougat is […]
  
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• Updated: What to look out for from the European Central Bank meeting

  07-09-2016 16:46
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany — Should the European Central Bank give another push to an economy that’s not rolling fast enough to raise excessively low inflation? That’s the question facing the bank’s 25-member governing council when it meets Thursday at its skyscraper headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. The council, headed by President Mario Draghi, decides on interest rate […]
  
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• Updated: Colorado hits another cannabis 1st with certified hemp seed

  07-09-2016 16:46
  
  FRUITA, Colo. — Colorado is expected to reach another national first on cannabis Wednesday when state agriculture officials show off the first domestic certified hemp seeds. The Colorado Department of Agriculture has been working for years to produce hemp seeds that consistently produce plants low enough in the chemical THC to qualify as hemp and […]
  
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• Updated: US stocks mixed in early trading; oil up

  07-09-2016 16:35
  
  U.S. stock indexes drifted between small gains and losses in early trading Wednesday following mixed signals from Europe and Asia overnight. Technology and health care stocks were among the biggest gainers, while consumer-focused stocks and utilities companies were among the laggards. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 16 points, or 0.1 percent, to […]
  
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• Davie not ready to name starting QB against NMSU

  07-09-2016 16:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – When it comes to naming a starting quarterback, University of New Mexico head football coach Bob Davie is doing what he did in week one, playing it close to the vest.
  Lamar Jordan started most of last season, but Davie had Austin Apodoca start game one of the 2016 season. Apodoca responded by going 12 of 16 passing with 172 yards and two touchdowns. That performance was balanced with a Lobo rush attack that accounted for 428 rush yards, which is currently tied fo
  
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• Bregman is USA Today Minor League Player of the Year

  07-09-2016 16:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year.
  Bregman put together his body of work to win the award before getting the big call up to the Astros. He started the season in double A Corpus Christi where he feasted on Texas League pitching.
  The former LSU and Albuquerque Academy star had 14 homers and 46 RBI in 62 games with the Hooks. He had 6 homers and 15 RBI in only 18 games with triple A Fresno while batting .333.
  
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• Apple’s iPhone 7 has a better camera, repels water and dust

  07-09-2016 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple announced its newest iPhones, the 7 and 7 plus, which are water and dust resistant.
  Analysts say the new iPhones could help Apple recover modestly from a recent dip in sales. But with few expected dramatic changes from previous models, Apple watchers aren’t expecting the kind of big spikes in consumer demand that the company saw two years ago, when it introduced larger screens.
  Apple sold nearly 92 million iPhones during the first six months of this year, a
  
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• Apple to show off new iPhones and maybe new ways to listen

  07-09-2016 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is expected to show off new iPhones, an updated smartwatch — and maybe some new gear for listening to both — during its annual fall product launch event Wednesday.
  Hard-core Apple fans will be watching closely for details about the newest features coming to Apple’s gadgets, from a widely anticipated dual-lens camera for the iPhone to a rumored GPS sensor in the Apple Watch.
  But even casual users of consumer technology may be interested to see if
  
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