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• Zio’s Restaurant Co. files for bankruptcy protection

  08-09-2016 23:55
  
  Company has location in Albuquerque
  
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• State’s first 2016 West Nile death reported

  08-09-2016 23:33
  
  A Valencia County man, 63, who developed neuroinvasive disease from West Nile virus was the first New Mexican to die of the illness this year, health officials announced. The man, who was hospitalized before his death, was the second human case of the mosquito-borne infection this year, New Mexico Department of Health officials said. People […]
  
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• Photos: New Mexico State Fair 2016

  08-09-2016 23:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State opened Thursday kicking off with the Unique Food Contest. Check out photos from this year’s fair. New Mexico State Fair 2016 
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• New Mexico State Fair 2016 kicks off with Unique Food Contest

  08-09-2016 23:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s opening day for the New Mexico State Fair. The gates opened at 10 Thursday morning with a special $2 admission and $12 ride wristbands.
  This year the fair will include several new attractions. For example, the fair will feature nighttime horse racing, a canine aquatics competition and a new a new partnership with UBER.
  Organizers expect about half a million people to attend the New Mexico State Fair which ends September 18th. New Mexico State Fair 2016
  
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• 45 people stuck overnight in cable cars at Mont Blanc

  08-09-2016 23:23
  
  PARIS — A series of cable cars stopped working at high altitude over the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps on Thursday, prompting a major rescue operation and leaving 45 people trapped in mid-air overnight, France’s interior minister said. Four helicopters were deployed after 110 people became stuck when the cable cars stalled because of […]
  
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• Updated: Suspect in Drake tour bus theft a homeless janitor

  08-09-2016 23:22
  
  PHOENIX — The suspect accused of stealing jewelry from Drake’s tour bus during the rapper’s Phoenix concert is a homeless man who works as a janitor. Travion Lamar King, 21, was released on his own recognizance on one count each of burglary and theft, according to court documents made available Thursday. Police say King entered […]
  
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• A hip-hop historian explains Black Lives Matter – and Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’

  08-09-2016 23:21
  
  Last year, Jeff Chang, the executive director of Stanford University’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts, visited Ferguson, Mo., on the first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. “I went intending to be a fly on the wall and check it all out from a journalistic, intellectual point of view, but I was immediately […]
  
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• State Fair 2016 Trivia

  08-09-2016 23:17 via krqe.com
  
  Do know the names of the State Fair mascots? Take a Brain Break and test your State Fair Knowledge.
  Try the State Fair 2016 Trivia Quiz »
  Filed under: Brain Break, Home, Interactives Tagged: KRQExtra: Quizzes
  
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• Updated: Wells Fargo fined $185 million for improper account openings

  08-09-2016 22:37
  
  NEW YORK — California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million on Thursday, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals. The San Francisco-based bank will pay $100 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency created five […]
  
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• Inside a $10M scheme to steal federal funds intended to feed hungry children

  08-09-2016 22:35
  
  The money was supposed to go toward feeding the most vulnerable children in Arkansas: Kids in low-income areas who relied on after-school programs for dinner or visited community centers during the summer because they might not get to eat otherwise. Instead, authorities say a small group deliberately defrauded the system and pocketed at least $10 […]
  
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• Kerry heads to Geneva for Syria talks with Russian FM

  08-09-2016 22:34
  
  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Geneva for yet another meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to try to forge a nationwide truce in Syria, improve humanitarian aid deliveries and restart peace talks. The State Department said Kerry was departing on Thursday to see Lavrov on Friday. On Wednesday, the […]
  
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• ITT students ‘devastated’ by school’s closure

  08-09-2016 22:32
  
  The mood outside ITT Tech’s shuttered Albuquerque campus Thursday was a funereal one, as students and faculty loaded up their cars with the materials they had planned to use the rest of the year. Many were crying. Leslie Tovar and Lisa Geddie, students in the school’s nursing program, carried with them the uniforms they would […]
  
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• Updated: Navy’s futuristic destroyer makes port call in Rhode Island

  08-09-2016 22:30
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. — The U.S. Navy’s futuristic Zumwalt destroyer has arrived in Rhode Island for its first port visit since leaving the shipyard to join the fleet. The stealthy destroyer arrived at Naval Station Newport on Thursday. It was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine and left there Wednesday. It’s headed to its commissioning […]
  
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• Wells Fargo fined $185 million for improper account openings

  08-09-2016 22:01 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million on Thursday, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals.
  The San Francisco-based bank will pay $100 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency created five years ago; $35 million to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and $50 million to the City and County of L
  
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• Folds of Honor Patriots Gala to honor military members, families

  08-09-2016 22:01
  
  There are thousands of military families that are now without their loved ones because they died fighting for our freedom. There are other veterans, who did survive, but are now disabled from their injuries.
  
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• Updated: Door latch recall to cost Ford, cut into full-year profits

  08-09-2016 21:08
  
  DETROIT — Ford will spend $640 million to replace door latches on nearly 2.4 million cars, trucks and vans this year because the doors can pop open while the vehicles are moving. On Thursday, the company announced it would add 1.5 million vehicles to the pesky and growing recall, which has become so costly Ford […]
  
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• LinkedIn changes search algorithm to remove female-to-male name prompts

  08-09-2016 21:08
  
  SEATTLE — LinkedIn has changed the way it generates search results to remove prompts that had asked people who searched for some common female names if they meant to look for similar-sounding male names instead. The professional social networking site has rolled out a change to its search algorithm designed to recognize when a person […]
  
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• Updated: Credit card sensation: The hottest new plastic is metal

  08-09-2016 21:07
  
  NEW YORK — The demand has been so overwhelming that the manufacturer ran out of raw material in just a few days. Enthusiasts extol its virtues all over the internet. Millennials are clamoring for it. It’s not a new video game, or some fancy food craze, or even Apple’s latest iPhone, but a credit card. […]
  
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• Albuquerque police hoping to recruit UNM students

  08-09-2016 20:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With the Albuquerque Police Department very short staffed there was another push to bring in new officers.
  Albuquerque police are hosting a career fair at the University of New Mexico Thursday in hopes of bringing in potential recruits. Officers are stationed around campus to speak with interested applicants.
  Along with recruiting potential officers, the department is also looking for police service aides.
  “Students can now work and become public service ai
  
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• Albuquerque police aims to recruit UNM students

  08-09-2016 20:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is looking for new recruits on the University of New Mexico campus.
  APD recruiters stationed themselves around campus Thursday to speak with interested applicants and answer questions. Along with recruiting potential officers, the department is also looking for police service aides.
  “Police service aids are first responders they work hand in hand with police officers investigating crashes, directing traffic, doing traffic e
  
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• Albuquerque police aim to recruit UNM students

  08-09-2016 20:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is looking for new recruits on the University of New Mexico campus.
  APD recruiters stationed themselves around campus Thursday to speak with interested applicants and answer questions. Along with recruiting potential officers, the department is also looking for police service aides.
  “Police service aids are first responders they work hand in hand with police officers investigating crashes, directing traffic, doing traffic e
  
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• Mothers of gun violence victims fighting to change laws

  08-09-2016 20:32
  
  Two Albuquerque mothers who lost their children to gun violence are now fighting for change in the city.
  
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• Police searching for alleged shooter

  08-09-2016 20:27
  
  Albuquerque police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of shooting and injuring a man Wednesday night. The suspect is Alfonzo Rodriguez, 20. Police say he shot a man in the leg near Trumbull and Alcazar SE around 10 p.m. Wednesday. The man survived his injuries. On Thursday morning, someone called […]
  
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• New Mexico governor, lawmakers no closer to special session

  08-09-2016 20:09
  
  Democratic New Mexico lawmakers are complaining that Gov. Susana Martinez hasn't offered a plan to fill the state's budget hole.
  
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• Opening statements begin in trial of accused Rio Rancho cop killer

  08-09-2016 20:04
  
  A jury was seated Thursday morning and listened to opening statements in the murder trial against Andrew Romero. Romero, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and lesser offenses in the fatal shooting of Rio Rancho police officer Gregg Benner, 49. Prosecutors said Romero and Tabitha Littles were on their way to rob a Twisters when […]
  
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• More legal trouble for man accused of raping, killing 10-year-old

  08-09-2016 19:40
  
  The man accused of drugging, raping and mutilating 10 year old Victoria Martens is in even more legal trouble.  Not only here in New Mexico but in another state as well.  
  
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• Trial begins for man charged in New Mexico officer's death

  08-09-2016 19:30
  
  Attorneys are delivering opening statements in the trial for a New Mexico man charged in the shooting death of a police officer in suburban Albuquerque.
  
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• Updated: Lobo hoops will have at least 28 games broadcast or streamed online

  08-09-2016 19:28
  
  The Lobos men’s basketball team will have at least 28 of its games broadcast on cable television or streamed online this coming season. The league announced its 2016-17 season national television broadcast schedule Thursday morning, showing UNM will have eight games broadcast on CBS Sports Network, eight on ROOT Sports and 11 on the ESPN […]
  
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• Updated: Airbnb apologizes for racism complaints, outlines changes

  08-09-2016 19:15
  
  NEW YORK — Airbnb on Thursday apologized for its slow response to accusations of racism and outlined new policies to combat the problem, including reducing the prominence of photos in the booking process. The company also plans to automatically block future reservations for dates where a host has told someone that a property was unavailable. […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez blasts Senate Democrats as budget tension mounts

  08-09-2016 19:01
  
  After days of being on the receiving end of budget-based criticism, Gov. Susana Martinez lashed out at Senate Democrats today for playing “political games” with the state’s dicey fiscal situation. In a statement this morning, Martinez spokesman Michael Lonergan insinuated majority Senate Democrats are more worried about November elections — all 112 legislative seats are […]
  
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• Highlands using historic building for new media, tech center

  08-09-2016 18:33 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – Highlands University is using a historic Las Vegas landmark for its Media Arts and Technology Department.
  The northern New Mexico school is set next week to publicly unveil the transformed 21,000-square-foot Trolley Building a month after classes started.
  Officials say the revamped building includes 3-D printers, a large-scale laser cutter, and a modern television studio. It also has labs for studio photography and audio mixing.
  The Trolley Building is a historic and
  
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• Updated: What Marvel canceling Nighthawk means for superheroes of color

  08-09-2016 18:23
  
  What do we want from comic books’ superheroes of color? That’s a question I asked myself after Marvel confirmed last month that it had canceled “Nighthawk,” a dark and gritty Chicago-based series that featured a black man in a mask taking on everything from police corruption to gentrification and racism. Four issues of “Nighthawk” have […]
  
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• Here’s how to watch NASA launch its mission to an asteroid

  08-09-2016 18:23
  
  Thursday night, for the first time in NASA’s history, the space agency will launch a craft to visit an asteroid, scoop up some of it and return the sample to Earth. It’s the start of the seven-year OSIRIS-REx mission (the initials stand for “Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer,” because NASA never met an […]
  
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• On retirement, Dallas police chief says ‘it’s time to go’

  08-09-2016 18:14
  
  DALLAS — Dallas Police Chief David Brown says he’s retiring because, “it’s time to go,” but he’s not saying what he’ll do next. Brown became the face of a city reeling from tragedy after a sniper killed five law enforcement officers during a July 7 protest against police brutality. He spoke publicly for the first […]
  
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• Prosecution to re-try ex-deputy Tai Chan on murder charge

  08-09-2016 18:12
  
  LAS CRUCES — State prosecutors say they intend to re-try former Santa Fe sheriff’s deputy Tai Chan in the fatal shooting of his partner in an upscale hotel in 2014, according to court documents. The 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office has also asked Chief Judge Fernando Macias to postpone the trial, currently on the docket for the […]
  
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• Updated: UK lawmakers told to vacate crumbling Parliament for repairs

  08-09-2016 18:11
  
  LONDON — Britain’s creaky, leaky Parliament building faces “an impending crisis,” and lawmakers must move out for the first time since World War II so repair work can be done, a report on the structure said Thursday. The report by the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster said the 19th-century landmark beside the River […]
  
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• Video, audio evidence sheds light during Rio Rancho cop killer’s trial

  08-09-2016 18:05 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The trial of accused cop killer Andrew Romero is officially underway.
  The first day of the trial for the man accused of shooting and killing a Rio Rancho Police Officer ended with intense video from that night. The prosecution played video and audio from the scene just seconds after Gregg Nigel Benner was shot.
  In that audio, Officer Benner run the plates of the Dodge Durango he had just pulled over; that came back no good. Then minutes after he is s
  
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• Trial of accused Rio Rancho cop killer moves forward

  08-09-2016 18:05 via krqe.com
  
   
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The trial of accused cop killer Andrew Romero is moving forward in Los Lunas.
  Watch the live stream above or click here.
  Romero is accused of killing Officer Benner after he pulled Romero and his girlfriend Tabitha Littles over for a traffic stop. Prosecutors say Romero and Littles were driving around looking for robbery targets at the time.
  The jury was selected Thursday at about 8:30 a.m. Opening statements are expected to happen T
  
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• Officers testify in Rio Rancho cop killer’s trial

  08-09-2016 18:05 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The trial of accused cop killer Andrew Romero is officially underway.
  The first day of the trial for the man accused of shooting and killing a Rio Rancho Police Officer ended with intense video from that night. The prosecution played video and audio from the scene just seconds after Gregg Nigel Benner was shot.
  In that audio, Officer Benner checked the plates of the Dodge Durango he pulled over. They came back no good. Then minutes after he was shot,
  
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• Lochte banned through June 2017, loses $100,000 in bonuses

  08-09-2016 17:23 via krqe.com
  
  Ryan Lochte is banned from swimming through next June and will forfeit $100,000 in bonus money that went with his gold medal at the Olympics, part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during last month’s games.
  The U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Swimming announced the penalties Thursday. Lochte agreed to a ban that includes next year’s world championships.
  He’ll get no monthly funding from either organization, can’t access USOC training cent
  
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• Texas sheriff: 1 student dead, 1 hurt in school shooting

  08-09-2016 17:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A female student died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday after shooting and injuring another female student inside a high school in West Texas, according to the local sheriff.
  “The shooter appears to have shot herself,” Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson told radio station KVLF. A gun was found near the suspected shooter, he said.
  The incident began shortly before 9 a.m. at Alpine High School in the town of 5,900 in Texas’ Big Bend
  
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• Texas police report active shooter situation at high school

  08-09-2016 17:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — Police in the West Texas town of Alpine say there’s an “active shooter” situation at a high school and schools have been locked down amid the search for a suspect.
  Elizabeth Carter, a lieutenant with the Texas Department of Public Safety, said someone brought a gun onto the Alpine High School campus Thursday morning.
  Ruth Hucke (HOOK’-ee), a spokeswoman for Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine, said hospital personnel were tending to three
  
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• Opening arguments in alleged cop killer’s trial likely to begin today

  08-09-2016 17:05
  
  A jury has been seated for the trial of Andrew Romero, who is accused of killing a Rio Rancho police officer last year.
  
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• Out-of-work financial execs still feeling bite of economic crisis

  08-09-2016 16:58
  
  CHICAGO — About 30 years ago, Lise Rosengard was persuaded by family and friends to set aside her passion for art and go for a secure job with good earning potential. She went to work in banking and worked her way up to vice president at one of the world’s most prominent financial institutions, Societe […]
  
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• The Mortgage Professor: Reverse mortgages: A strategy for seniors

  08-09-2016 16:57
  
  Many senior homeowners are attracted to the idea of using a reverse mortgage to draw additional funds, but are so fearful of making a costly mistake involving their house, or being taken advantage of by loan providers, that they are immobilized and do nothing. The three-step strategy described below is directed to them. It is […]
  
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• 6 home renovations you can do yourself

  08-09-2016 16:57
  
  Americans spent a combined total of more than $326 billion on remodeling and home improvements in 2015 as of October, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2015 Remodeling Impact Report. If you’re looking to add value to your home without spending a fortune, you might be considering a few do-it-yourself projects. But not all […]
  
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• North Dakota’s chief archaeologist to inspect pipeline site

  08-09-2016 16:56
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s chief archaeologist plans to inspect an area along the route of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline where Standing Rock Sioux officials say they’ve identified cultural artifacts. Paul Picha (PEE’-kuh) told The Associated Press that the trip likely won’t happen until next week. If any artifacts are found, pipeline work […]
  
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• Applications for unemployment benefits slipped last week

  08-09-2016 16:54 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign the U.S. job market remains healthy despite a downshift in hiring last month.
  THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of applications for jobless aid slid by 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 259,000, lowest since mid-July. Weekly claims have come in below 300,000 for 79 straight weeks, longest streak since 1970. The less volatile four-week average slipped by 1,750 las
  
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• Amazon slashes price, adds Alexa to new Fire tablet

  08-09-2016 16:40
  
  NEW YORK — Amazon wants to be under the Christmas tree this year. It’s cut the price of its new Fire tablet almost in half and added its popular voice assistant, Alexa, in hopes of making it a hot holiday item, despite a slump in overall tablet sales. The new Fire HD8 tablet will cost […]
  
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• Today in History: September 8

  08-09-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2016. There are 114 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlights in History:
  On Sept. 8, 1966, the science-fiction series “Star Trek” premiered on NBC; the situation comedy “That Girl,” starring Marlo Thomas, debuted on ABC.
  On this date:
  In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
  In 1761, Britain’s King George III married Pr
  
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