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• State Tourism Department closing half its visitor centers

  09-09-2016 23:53
  
  The New Mexico Tourism Department is yanking the welcome mat at half of the visitor centers it operates around the state, citing declines in usage. The centers in Raton, Chama, Anthony and La Bajada are set for closure, resulting in the loss of nine jobs and an annual cost savings of $556,342. Gov. Susana Martinez […]
  
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• Presbyterian to open 13th metro-area location

  09-09-2016 23:49
  
  Presbyterian Healthcare Services will open its 13th primary care clinic in the metro area on Monday. The 26,000-square-foot clinic at 4588 Paradise NW, which cost nearly $8.8 million to build, is a multi-purpose facility. It not only expands primary services to the growing population on the West Side, but offers urgent care as well. The […]
  
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• Updated: US agency: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 too dangerous to use

  09-09-2016 23:34
  
  NEW YORK — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should turn them off and stop using them because of the risk that their batteries can explode. The agency said Friday that it’s working with Samsung on an official recall of the phones “as soon as possible” and […]
  
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• Woman arrested for stealing a D.C. police officer’s french fries

  09-09-2016 23:30
  
  A Maryland woman was arrested for theft Wednesday after allegedly stealing three french fries from a D.C. police officer, police said. About 9:40 p.m., a D.C. police officer was eating in a restaurant at 1110 U St. NW when a 26-year-old woman approached him and ate one of his french fries, a D.C. police spokesman […]
  
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• Woman accused of stabbing mom seeks $1.5M estate

  09-09-2016 23:08
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis woman who as an 18-year-old was accused of fatally stabbing her mother is fighting relatives for a $1.5 million inheritance — but her lawyer says her real goal is to prove her innocence. Noura Jackson was convicted of stabbing her mother, Jennifer Jackson, in 2009. In 2014, however, the Tennessee […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez fills two legislative vacancies

  09-09-2016 23:08
  
  A pair of legislative vacancies created by the resignations of long-serving lawmakers were filled today by Gov. Susana Martinez, who appointed one Democrat and one Republican to the open seats. The two-term governor appointed Republican Jim White of Albuquerque, a former House member, to the Senate District 19 seat vacated in late July by former […]
  
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• Filling a niche: Local food delivered locally

  09-09-2016 23:07
  
  At 2:30 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, a mint green Skarsgard Farms vehicle — license plate: VEG VAN — stopped on a quiet Los Ranchos street. Edward Whitney hopped out, grabbed a red cooler filled with eggs, potatoes, grapes and more from the back, and dropped it off on a nearby front porch. The homeowner […]
  
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• Study: Five-second rule is too generous for fallen food

  09-09-2016 23:01
  
  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — It might be time to reconsider the five-second rule when thinking about eating food that has fallen on the floor. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey say in a new study that bacteria can contaminate food that falls on the floor instantaneously. The findings were published this month in the […]
  
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• Jane Fonda and Robert Redford team up on Netflix

  09-09-2016 22:49
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are teaming up on Netflix. The network says Fonda and Redford will star in the new film “Our Souls at Night,” which is set to premiere on the platform in 2017. Netflix said Friday the two actors will play a couple in the film, which they last […]
  
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• Stocks slide on Wall Street

  09-09-2016 22:20 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market stumbled to its biggest loss since June as traders worried that interest rates may finally be heading higher.
  Stocks that had the most to lose from higher rates suffered the most in the sell-off Friday.
  Utilities and phone stocks, which investors have sought out this year for their high dividends, fell far more than the rest of the market. AT&T slumped 3.6 percent.
  Energy companies, which have also gained a lot this year, took a drubbing as the price of
  
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• Giraffes aren’t just giraffes. Turns out there are four species.

  09-09-2016 22:03
  
  A new genetic analysis of giraffes, an animal once thought to represent a single species called Giraffa camelopardalis, has revealed that the genus Giraffa actually contains at least four distinct species. The findings, published Thursday in Current Biology, come as the very meaning of the word “species” has been up for debate — and the […]
  
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• What’s new at the New Mexico State Fair?

  09-09-2016 21:52
  
  The New Mexico State Fair is back, and many people excited for what’s new this year. State Fair General Manager Dan Mourning stops by the KOB studio to talk about it.
  
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• Updated: Kristin Smart vanished in 1996. Authorities say she may be buried on her college campus.

  09-09-2016 21:49
  
  Kristin Smart went to a college party on a May night in 1996. She was a freshman at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo at the time, and the night of the party, she was wearing running shorts and what the Los Angeles Times described as a “short-cropped T-shirt.” She left with […]
  
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• How America’s 911 emergency response system can be hacked

  09-09-2016 21:49
  
  Critical to the success of the 911 emergency phone system, which has saved countless lives since it was first implemented in 1968, is its ability to quickly route calls to emergency responders closest to a caller. But a group of researchers say they’ve found a way to effectively disable the 911 emergency system across an […]
  
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• After a cruise, junk mail makes unscheduled stops

  09-09-2016 21:49
  
  When Diana Lee Craig cast off on the Oceania Riviera’s 10-day Eastern Caribbean cruise, there were no surprises. The ship left Miami as scheduled, stopping in San Juan, St. John, Punta Cana and Nassau, before returning to Florida. The shock came after she returned home. Gradually, the mailbox of her Sonoma, Calif., winery began to […]
  
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• Updated: Facebook co-founder pledging $20 million to defeat Trump

  09-09-2016 21:48
  
  WASHINGTON — With a new promise of $20 million to help defeat Donald Trump, billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz becomes one of the top Democratic donors of the election The Silicon Valley entrepreneur calls the Republican presidential candidate dangerous and divisive and says his appeal to Americans who feel left behind is “quite possibly a […]
  
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• North Dakota tribe’s request to stop work on pipeline denied

  09-09-2016 21:11 via krqe.com
  
  NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s attempt to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline near their North Dakota reservation was denied Friday by a federal judge.
  The tribe had challenged the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant permits at more than 200 water crossings for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ $3.8 billion pipeline, saying that the project violates several federal laws, includin
  
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• APD: Three in custody, possibly linked to armed robberies

  09-09-2016 21:03
  
  Albuquerque police say a truck stolen early Friday morning is believed to have been used in a string of armed robberies.
  
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• Jury selection set for Albuquerque police in shooting death

  09-09-2016 20:49
  
  Jury selection is expected to begin next week in the murder trial for two former police officers charged in the on-duty shooting death of a homeless man who authorities say struggled with mental illness.
  
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• Group sues city, county over sick leave ballot omission

  09-09-2016 20:48
  
  Supporters of a paid sick leave initiative have filed a lawsuit against the Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque for withholding the measure from the November ballot.
  
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• Witnesses testify during trial of accused Rio Rancho cop killer

  09-09-2016 20:24
  
  LOS LUNAS — James Stalter rushed to the fallen police officer as he lay dying, grabbed his microphone and cried “officer down, officer shot” over the radio to alert Rio Rancho police of what had just happened. He then grabbed his knife and cut off the officer’s shirt so he and others could try to […]
  
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• Trial of accused Rio Rancho cop killer enters day two

  09-09-2016 20:23 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s day two of the trial of Andrew Romero, the man charged with the murder of Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner on Memorial Day 2015.
  On the stand Friday were witnesses who saw the scene play out.
  The witnesses called Friday morning talked about Officer Benner pulling over a car on Southern Boulevard. Those witnesses talked a lot about Tabitha Littles, Romero’s then-girlfriend at the time who was driving the Dodge Durango. They say they saw her an
  
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• States tries to break down scene using witnesses in Andrew Romero trial

  09-09-2016 20:23 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – In day two of the Andrew Romero murder trial, jurors heard from a witness who put him at the scene right before Rio Rancho police Officer Gregg Benner was shot and killed.
  The state needs to prove Romero was there when Officer Benner was shot. Friday, prosecutors put a witness on the stand who says he saw two people in the Dodge Durango that Officer Benner had just pulled over, and that one of them was Romero.
  James Stalter, a witness for the state, testified
  
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• Genesis to offer behavioral health for UNM patients

  09-09-2016 19:52
  
  Genesis HealthCare, an operator of skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico, will offer post-hospitalization care to University of New Mexico Health System patients with a strong emphasis on behavioral health services. The two institutions on Friday announced the collaboration, which will include the opening of a 26-bed behavioral health unit in St. John Healthcare Rehabilitation […]
  
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• Authorities: 4 on plane seriously injured in Arizona crash

  09-09-2016 19:42
  
  WICKENBURG, Ariz. — A twin-engine plane crashed Friday in the yard of a central Arizona home after taking off from a nearby airport and having mechanical trouble, seriously injuring all four people aboard but nobody on the ground, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly after 7 a.m. about a half-mile from the Wickenburg municipal airport, […]
  
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• Updated: Burritos in the sky: Chipotle tests drone deliveries

  09-09-2016 19:37
  
  NEW YORK — Flying burritos will soon be a reality over Virginia Tech. Chipotle is taking part in a test this month that will let some of the university’s students and staff have their favorite tortilla-wrapped meal delivered by drone. Virginia Tech is conducting the test with Project Wing, a unit of Google owner Alphabet […]
  
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• SpaceX accident ‘most difficult and complex’ in its history

  09-09-2016 19:37
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s chief executive says last week’s launch pad accident is the “most difficult and complex failure” in the company’s 14-year history. After a week of public silence, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said via Twitter that the company is still investigating the accident. He’s calling it a Falcon fireball, versus an explosion. […]
  
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• Ohio police find 4-year-old in car with unconscious adults

  09-09-2016 19:19 via krqe.com
  
  EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (WKBN) – A 4-year-old boy was placed in the custody of children’s services Wednesday after police said they found him in the backseat of a car with two adults that had passed out.
  An officer following the car on St. Clair Avenue in East Liverpool around 3 p.m. said it was driving erratically and weaving on the roadway.
  According to a police report, the driver, later identified as 47-year-old James Acord, skidded to a stop as a school
  
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• Updated: Convictions tossed, new trial ordered in Rutgers webcam case

  09-09-2016 19:18
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals court on Friday threw out the 15-count conviction of a former Rutgers University student whose roommate killed himself after being captured on a webcam kissing another man. The three-judge panel dismissed four bias intimidation counts against Dharun Ravi because of a change in state law since Ravi’s 2012 […]
  
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• U.S. to track religious discrimination in schools as anti-Muslim sentiment grows

  09-09-2016 19:17
  
  The U.S. Education Department announced it will begin collecting data this year about allegations of discrimination or bullying of students based on their religion, bringing new attention to what educators and advocates call a growing problem in public schools, particularly for Muslim students. Catherine E. Lhamon, the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights, said the […]
  
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• Updated: Flow of foreign fighters plummets as Islamic State loses its edge

  09-09-2016 19:17
  
  LONDON – The flow of foreign fighters to the ranks of the Islamic State – once a mighty current of thousands of radicalized men and women converging on Syrian and Iraqi battlefields from nations across the globe – has been cut to a trickle this year as the group’s territory has shrunk and its ambitions […]
  
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• Giant cruise ship makes historic voyage in melting Arctic

  09-09-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  NOME, Alaska (AP) — The giant luxury cruise liner was anchored just off Nome, too hulking to use the Bering Sea community’s docks on its inaugural visit.
  Instead, its more than 900 passengers piled into small transport boats and motored to shore, where they snapped photos of wild musk oxen, lifted glasses in the town’s colorful bars and nibbled blueberry pie while admiring Alaska Native dancers at Nome’s summer celebration.
  The Crystal Serenity’s visit to Alaska&rsq
  
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• They lived through Sept. 11; now they relive it for tourists

  09-09-2016 18:33 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For almost a decade after her brother was killed on 9/11, Jeanmarie Hargrave avoided the World Trade Center. Being there was “too emotional, too sad.”
  But five years ago, she tried a different way of grieving. She joined a group of about 800 people touched personally by the attacks who now lead tours of the Sept. 11 memorial plaza.
  The guides, who include attack survivors, rescue and recovery workers and people who lost a loved one, give visitors the soul-stirri
  
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• Updated: VW engineer pleads guilty in emissions case, will cooperate

  09-09-2016 18:31
  
  DETROIT — A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the company’s emissions cheating scandal and has agreed to cooperate in the widening criminal investigation. James Robert Liang, 62, of Newberry Park, California, entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to one count of conspiracy to defraud the […]
  
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• GM recalls 4M vehicles for air bag defect linked to 1 death

  09-09-2016 18:24
  
  DETROIT — General Motors Co. is recalling about 4 million vehicles worldwide to fix an air bag software defect that has been linked to one death. The company said Friday that in rare cases, the car’s computers can go into test mode and the front air bags won’t inflate in a crash. The seat belts […]
  
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• Aerial spraying for Zika virus begins in Miami Beach

  09-09-2016 18:22
  
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Aerial insecticide spraying to combat mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus is underway in Miami Beach. A plane carrying the insecticide naled released the spray over the Atlantic Ocean before dawn Friday. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/2cL57UF ) quotes Miami-Dade County officials as saying that on-board meteorological equipment was used to measure weather […]
  
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• Cochise County employees investigated over Internet use

  09-09-2016 18:14
  
  SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — As many as 10 Cochise County employees are under investigation and five have resigned over allegations that they violated the county’s computer use policy by visiting entertainment and pornographic sites. The Sierra Vista Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2bXUZ53 ) that City Administrator Jim Vlahovich says employees who resigned did so after computer records […]
  
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• Bill championed by families of 9/11 victims headed for likely veto showdown with the White House

  09-09-2016 18:14
  
  WASHINGTON – Congress on Friday sent President Obama a bill that would let families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged ties to terrorism, but advocates of the legislation worry it could be defeated by a presidential veto. The House passed the legislation by voice vote with leaders calling […]
  
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• Santa Fe Airport’s removal of prairie dogs draws fire

  09-09-2016 18:09 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Santa Fe Municipal Airport officials’ removal of prairie dogs is drawing scrutiny from some wildlife advocates.
  That’s because the filling of prairie dog holes also is hurting the burrowing owl population.
  Airport manager Cameron Humphres says prairie dogs attract birds of prey like burrowing owls, and both cause problems at the airport.
  Humphres says planes have had four bird strikes at the airport in recent years, but the prairie dogs can also mess with
  
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• Albuquerque police: 3 in custody following multiple armed robberies

  09-09-2016 18:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Three subjects were taken into custody by Albuquerque police Friday morning in connection to a series of armed robberies.
  Police say a victim reported his silver Toyota pick up truck stolen around 5:45 a.m. They say the vehicles inside the subject have been linked to robberies throughout southeast and northeast Albuquerque that then occurred.
  Police say officers were able to locate the vehicle around 8:30 a.m. and after a short foot chase, three people
  
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• Zuckerberg slammed after Facebook censors Vietnam war photo

  09-09-2016 16:57
  
  If you were to pick a handful of images that changed how people think about war, Nick Ut’s most famous photograph would surely be among them. The image of 9-year-old Kim Phuc running from napalm – her skin burning, her clothes burned away – defined the horrors of the Vietnam War. Norwegian author Tom Egeland […]
  
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• The Daily 202: Did Obama squander an opportunity by nominating Merrick Garland?

  09-09-2016 16:56
  
  For six months, the Democratic push to move Merrick Garland has gone nowhere. Using the awesome power of the bully pulpit, the White House Thursday deployed Joe Biden to Capitol Hill. The vice president appeared at a press conference with 75 members of Congress, including Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Garland himself met with Pat […]
  
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• San Antonio woman convicted in husband’s motorcycle death

  09-09-2016 16:51
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Authorities say a San Antonio woman has been convicted in the 2013 death of her estranged husband when her SUV and his motorcycle collided as she chased him. Frances Hall faces up to life in prison when the penalty phase begins Monday in San Antonio. A Bexar (bayr) County jury on Thursday […]
  
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• Body found in Pitkin County identified as Longmont teacher

  09-09-2016 16:51
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. — The body of a Longmont man that was found near the top of McClure Pass in Pitkin County has been identified as that of a well-liked teacher at Longs Peak Middle School. The Daily Times-Call reports (http://bit.ly/2cqBhmE ) that the body of 49-year-old Matthew Barz was found Monday near the top of […]
  
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• Today in History: September 9

  09-09-2016 16:50 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Friday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2016. There are 113 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Sept. 9, 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”
  On this date:
  In 1543, Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, nine months after she was born.
  In 1850, California became the 31st state of the union.
  In 1893, Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, g
  
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• Updated: US stock indexes slide in morning trading; oil falls

  09-09-2016 16:45
  
  U.S. stocks fell broadly in early trading Friday, pulled down by sharp declines in utilities and consumer-focused companies. Energy stocks also fell as the price of crude oil turned lower following a rally the day before. News that North Korea had conducted a nuclear test also weighed on the market. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones […]
  
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• Updated: Old Firm reunited: Celtic, Rangers renew rivalry in Scotland

  09-09-2016 15:39
  
  It’s a new start for the Old Firm. One of the most iconic fixtures in world football returns on Saturday when Rangers and Celtic, bitter rivals from the Scottish city of Glasgow, meet for the first time in the country’s top league in four years. And it is putting Scottish football back on the map. […]
  
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• FIFA opens bribery case against Sepp Blatter, 2 others

  09-09-2016 15:39
  
  GENEVA — Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is now facing a bribery case. The FIFA ethics committee said Friday it opened formal proceedings against Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke and former finance director Markus Kattner over million-dollar payments in their contracts — some of which were approved by other senior FIFA officials. FIFA revealed […]
  
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• Airbnb apologizes after racism complaints, outlines changes

  09-09-2016 15:33 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb is apologizing for its slow response to accusations of racism. And it’s outlining 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.
  Anecdotes on social media involve African-American guests who were told listings were unavailable for the dates they wanted, only to se
  
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• Seoul: North Korea’s 5th nuke test ‘fanatic recklessness’

  09-09-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it conducted a “higher level” nuclear test explosion on Friday that will allow it to finally build “at will” an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons. It was the North’s fifth atomic test and the second in eight months.
  South Korea’s president called the detonation, which Seoul estimated was the North’s biggest-ever in explosive yield, an act of &ldq
  
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