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• Group votes to urge countries to end domestic ivory trade

  11-09-2016 23:36 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — An international environmental group voted Saturday to call on every country to shut down domestic ivory markets that threaten elephants.
  The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which has 1,300 members from more than 160 countries, has no enforcement power, but its policy experts could help countries craft laws. Ivory trading is banned internationally, but domestic trade within countries is legal nearly everywhere.
  “Today’s vote at the IUCN World Con
  
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• Updated: Wawrinka tops Djokovic at US Open for 3rd major

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 8:20 p.m. Pointing to his temple after winning the biggest of points, Stan Wawrinka wore Novak Djokovic down and beat the defending champion 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday for his first U.S. Open title and third Grand Slam trophy overall. The […]
  
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• Updated: Wawrinka evens up US Open final at set apiece

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Stan Wawrinka has evened up the U.S. Open final against Novak Djokovic at a set apiece. The two-time major champ won the second set 6-4 after Djokovic won the first in a tiebreaker. Wawrinka broke Djokovic’s serve in the final game […]
  
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• Updated: Wawrinka 1 set from winning US Open final

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 7:25 p.m. Stan Wawrinka is one set from winning the U.S. Open against top-ranked Novak Djokovic. Wawrinka won the third set 7-5 to take a two sets to one lead in Sunday’s final. The third-seeded Wawrinka broke Djokovic’s serve in the final game […]
  
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• Updated: US Open champ Wawrinka notes 9/11 in victory

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 8:45 p.m. U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka took time out at the end of his victory speech to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. “It’s been a big battle on the court … four hours,” Wawrinka told the crowd in […]
  
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• Updated: Canadian Auger-Aliassime wins US Open juniors

  11-09-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada won the U.S. Open junior title Sunday, beating Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-3, 6-0. For the No. 6-seeded Auger-Aliassime, his victory over the fifth-seeded Kecmanovic gives him his first Grand Slam junior singles title after reaching the […]
  
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• Suspicious device shuts down parts of Sunport

  11-09-2016 22:47
  
  A suspicious device found near the Transportation Security Administration screening area at the Albuquerque International Sunport has shut down parts of the airport, and the Albuquerque Police Department’s explosive ordnance disposal team is on site, airport spokesman Dan Jiron said just befoere 3 p.m. “The (TSA) checkpoint has been closed and evacuated,” Jiron said. “Our […]
  
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• Sunport resumes operations after suspicious device cleared

  11-09-2016 22:47
  
  A partial lockdown at the Albuquerque International Sunport was lifted about 3:45 p.m. today after an APD explosive ordnance disposal team dealt with a suspicious device and cleared the airport to resume operations. The device was found near the Transportation Security Administration screening area just before 2 p.m., said airport spokesman Dan Jiron, and that […]
  
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• Investigation of suspicious package at Sunport leads to arrest

  11-09-2016 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police shut down parts of the Sunport for a short time Sunday due to a suspicious package.
  Officials say the suspicious package was found near a security checkpoint.
  APD’s bomb squad responded to the scene to evacuate and investigate the checkpoint.
  40- year-old Jeremy Danielson was arrested and charged with facsimile, hoax bomb, or explosive in connection with that suspicious device.
  Hundreds of passengers and a number of flights were affected b
  
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• All clear given at Sunport after APD investigates suspicious package

  11-09-2016 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police shut down parts of the Sunport for a short time Sunday due to a suspicious package.
  Officials say the suspicious package was found near a checkpoint.
  APD’s bomb squad responded to the scene to evacuate and investigate the checkpoint.
  Hundreds of passengers and a number of flights were affected by the threat.
  Sunport Officials have been given the all clear by APD. They say everyone is safe and will begin boarding flights soon.
  No word yet o
  
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• Albuquerque Police respond to call of suspicious package at Sunport

  11-09-2016 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police have shut down parts of the Sunport due to a suspicious package.
  Officials say that the suspicious package was found near a checkpoint.
  APD’s bomb squad is currently on scene and is evacuating the checkpoint.
  Hundreds of passengers and a number of flights have been affected by the threat.
  Information is limited at this time due to the ongoing investigation.
  KRQE will provide details as they are made available.
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• Bill would make site where Civil War began a national park

  11-09-2016 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the first black U.S. senator from the deep South since Reconstruction, is proposing that the site where the Civil War began be raised in status to that of a national park.
  The Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill creating the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park as the nation’s 60th national park and second in South Carolina.
  Fort Sumter, on Charleston Harbor, was bombarded by Confederate guns on April 12, 1861, in a fight that
  
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• Suspicious device found at Sunport

  11-09-2016 22:32
  
  Albuquerque police are responding to a report of a suspicious device at Albuquerque International Sunport airport.
  
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• Sunport has restricted access to certain areas

  11-09-2016 22:27
  
  Areas of the Sunport are currently being restricted.
  
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• Outcry for death penalty collides with Navajo Nation beliefs

  11-09-2016 22:05
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The Navajo Nation’s opposition to capital punishment is in the spotlight following recent outcry for New Mexico to reinstate it in cases of child killings. The mother of an 11-year-old Navajo girl abducted and killed in Shiprock has started an online petition demanding the tribe allow the death penalty. The Santa […]
  
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• 15 years after Sept. 11: How the unity we forged broke apart

  11-09-2016 21:42 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For a time, it felt like the attack that shattered America had also brought it together.
  After Sept. 11, signs of newfound unity seemed to well up everywhere, from the homes where American flags appeared virtually overnight to the Capitol steps where lawmakers pushed aside party lines to sing “God Bless America” together.
  That cohesion feels vanishingly distant as the 15th anniversary of the attacks arrives Sunday. Gallup’s 15-year-old poll of Americans&rs
  
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• Updated: Oklahoma State out of AP Top 25 after controversial loss

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  Oklahoma State dropped out of The Associated college football poll after a controversial loss, and Georgia and Clemson fell after close calls against lightly regarded opposition. Alabama is still No. 1, receiving 56 out of 61 first-place votes Sunday. No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan all moved up one […]
  
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• Updated: Late afternoon games end with 3 tight finishes

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 7:50 p.m. The NFL’s late afternoon slate finished up with three tight games, with Detroit, Seattle and the New York Giants scoring late to slip past their opponents. Lions kicker Matt Prater hit a 43-yard field goal with 4 seconds left to deliver […]
  
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• Updated: %headline(The Latest: Eagles fans get lots to like in QB-coach combo

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 4:25 p.m. Eagles fans are notoriously tough, but they found plenty to like about the new coach-and-QB combo unveiled at home Sunday in a 29-10 season-opening win over the Browns. New sideline boss Doug Pederson arrived there unheralded and Cleveland let the Eagles […]
  
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• Updated: Cooks, Ware fantasy stars of early games

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 5:25 p.m. Fantasy owners are celebrating Brandin Cooks right now. They have the steady Drew Brees to thank. Cooks emerged as the top wideout in fantasy for early games on Sunday, scoring 27 points on 143 yards and two touchdowns. It’s a great […]
  
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• Updated: Brees-Cooks TD longest in Saints history

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 3:25 p.m. Drew Brees knows a mismatch when he sees one and the Raiders paid spectacularly. On first down from his own 2, the Saints quarterback saw the Raiders defense lined up to stop the run, leaving small, speedy receiver Brandin Cooks in […]
  
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• Updated: AJ Green has field day on Revis Island

  11-09-2016 21:08
  
  The Latest on Week 1 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 6:20 p.m. Receivers were once routinely warned to stay off “Revis Island,” that portion of an NFL field where Jets shutdown cornerback Darrelle Revis prowled. No more. Cincinnati wide receiver A.J. Green pitched a tent there Sunday in the Bengals’ narrow 23-22 win, […]
  
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• College football player arrested after punching referee

  11-09-2016 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A California junior college football player has been arrested after he appeared to punch a referee during a game Saturday night.
  The Ventura County Star reports that Mount San Antonio freshman offensive linesman Bernard Schirmer was immediately ejected from the game and later arrested on suspicion of battery and taken to Ventura County jail.
  Police say the official, whose name was not released, had broken up an argument between players and was struck while wal
  
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• College Football: Ancient rivals

  11-09-2016 21:03
  
  Bob Davie spoke of the rivalry, about how it is tied by a highway and a river. It is older than the Grandaddy Rose Bowl, older than the Ford Model T. It began before Coca-Cola was sold in bottles, before New Mexico had a State Fair and Albuquerque had an electric street car. New Mexico […]
  
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• Report: Benchmark led to special education services denials

  11-09-2016 20:59
  
  HOUSTON — More than a dozen teachers and administrators from across Texas say they delayed or denied special education to disabled students in order to stay below the benchmark state officials set for the number of students who should get such services. A Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2c7S5hh ) investigation found the Texas Education Agency’s enrollment benchmark […]
  
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• Filing for student financial aid starts Oct. 1

  11-09-2016 20:31 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – School may have just started but it’s time to start thinking about next year if your child will be in college.
  That’s because the date you can begin to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is three months earlier this year — Oct. 1. The FAFSA is used by schools to determine eligibility for student financial aid and is considered the most important document in getting help paying for college.
  It’s advantageous to file it as soon as poss
  
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• Police: 30 hurt in off-campus deck collapse in Connecticut

  11-09-2016 20:15 via krqe.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A pair of crowded decks collapsed during a party at an off-campus house near Trinity College in Connecticut, injuring about 30 people, Hartford police said Sunday.
  College spokeswoman Kathy Andrews said 28 students were taken to hospitals after the Saturday collapse and most of them were treated and released by Sunday morning.
  “While this event is upsetting, we are grateful that none of the injuries are life-threatening,” she said, adding that college hea
  
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• Jails, prisons still trying to meet federal anti-rape rules

  11-09-2016 19:41 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car.
  Then 17, he was placed in a holding pen in Houston, and an older inmate said of the teenager, “I got this one.” The comment sparked the first of many fights Moll had while behind bars.
  “The mentality you have to develop very quickly is either that of a wolf or that of a lamb,” he recalled.
  A generation later, the federal government has adopt
  
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• CIA Director John Brennan warns of Russian hacking

  11-09-2016 19:00 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Brennan warned on Sunday that Russia has “exceptionally capable and sophisticated” computer capabilities and that the U.S. must be on guard.
  When asked in a television interview whether Russia is trying to manipulate the American presidential election, Brennan didn’t say. But he noted that the FBI is investigating the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails, and he cited Moscow’s aggressive intelligence collection and its
  
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• On 15th anniversary of 9/11, ‘the grief never goes away’

  11-09-2016 18:22 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, with victims’ relatives reading their names and reflecting on a loss that still felt as immediate to them as it was indelible for the nation.
  “It doesn’t get easier. The grief never goes away. You don’t move forward — it always stays with you,” Tom Acquaviva, who lost his son, Paul Acquaviva, said as he joined over 1,000 victims’ family members, survivors and dignitaries at gro
  
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• Security guard injured in Austin fraternity house shooting

  11-09-2016 18:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Officials are searching for three suspects after a security guard was injured in a shooting at a party at a fraternity house near the University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin Police Department says the shooting happened early Sunday at the Sigma Chi house, located off-campus. UT police […]
  
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• Updated: Jails, prisons still trying to meet federal anti-rape rules

  11-09-2016 18:17
  
  HOUSTON — Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car. Then 17, he was placed in a holding pen in Houston, and an older inmate said of the teenager, “I got this one.” The comment sparked the first of many […]
  
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• Police search for missing Albuquerque man

  11-09-2016 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police need help finding a man they say could be endangered.
  Ray Reed was last seen at his home Friday morning near Copper and Wisconsin.
  Police say he was wearing a Dallas Cowboy’s hat and t-shirt, with dark jeans and gold framed glasses. They say Reed is mentally challenged and could be in danger.
  Anyone with any information is asked to call police.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News Tagged: Missing and Endangered Persons
  
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• Albuquerque BioPark holds ‘Beastly Bash’ fundraiser

  11-09-2016 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque BioPark now has more money thanks to a fundraiser that had grown-ups playing like kids at the “Beastly Bash.”
  Saturday night, adults attending the 21-and-over event got to enjoy many of the standard zoo offerings, like the animal exhibits and the carousel.
  But there were also lots of other activities to unleash the kid within all of us, including games like corn-hole, pedal-boating on the pond and even bouncy houses. It was all just fo
  
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• Flag firefighters raised at ground zero returns to site

  11-09-2016 16:15 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An American flag raised at ground zero on Sept. 11 in a defining moment of patriotic resolve took its place at the site Thursday after disappearing for over a decade.
  The 3-foot-by-5-foot flag took a symbolic and curious journey from a yacht moored in lower Manhattan to the smoking wreckage of the World Trade Center, then to a firehouse about 2,400 miles away in Everett, Washington — and now to a glass case at the National Sept. 11 Museum. A TV show, a mysterious man
  
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• Driver safely exits SUV dangling from Texas parking garage

  11-09-2016 16:14
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Bystanders have helped rescue an SUV driver after the vehicle plunged off the ninth floor of a Texas parking garage and dangled from the side. Austin Fire Battalion Chief Palmer Buck says the driver later described how the sport utility vehicle didn’t stop as he slowly pulled into a parking spot Friday. […]
  
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• Budget cuts trying to DA’s office

  11-09-2016 16:14
  
  EDDY COUNTY — State budget woes may force personnel cuts in an already short-handed Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, District Attorney Dianna Luce said. “This year we are facing the prospect of further cuts, even though we have started previous years in deficit and already made cuts to everything possible,” said District Attorney Dianna Luce […]
  
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• Updated: Group votes to urge countries to end domestic ivory trade

  11-09-2016 16:13
  
  HONOLULU — An international environmental group voted Saturday to call on every country to shut down domestic ivory markets that threaten elephants. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which has 1,300 members from more than 160 countries, has no enforcement power, but its policy experts could help countries craft laws. Ivory trading is banned […]
  
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• 9/11 memorials planned throughout New Mexico

  11-09-2016 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is hosting events around the state to honor the September 11th attacks on its 15th anniversary.
  In Albuquerque, the community will pay their tributes with the annual stair climb. To remember the thousands of lives lost, Albuquerque Fire Department will climb 110 stories.
  “It’s a great way for us to put our head down, do work, and suffer just like they suffered in honor of what they gave. They gave their lives, the least we can give is our eff
  
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• 9/11 memorials held throughout New Mexico

  11-09-2016 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is hosting events around the state to honor the September 11th attacks on its 15th anniversary.
  In Albuquerque, the community will pay their tributes with the annual stair climb. To remember the thousands of lives lost, Albuquerque Fire Department will climb 110 stories.
  “It’s a great way for us to put our head down, do work, and suffer just like they suffered in honor of what they gave. They gave their lives, the least we can give is our ef
  
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• Memorials planned for 15th anniversary of 9/11

  11-09-2016 13:39 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (KRQE) – Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks when a hijacked plane slammed into the World Trade Center, killing nearly 3,000 people.
  President Barack Obama will travel to the Pentagon to address a memorial service. Before that, he will observe a private moment of silence at the White House at 8:46 a.m. ET. That is when the first plane hit the North tower.
  Meanwhile, relatives and loved ones of 9/11 victims will also come together today. Orga
  
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• Scientists concerned about the salt cedar-eating beetles’ effect on rare bird

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  It was a good plan: Bring in hungry beetles that feed on only nonnative salt cedar trees to get a ha ...
  
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• Private college paid Bill Clinton millions as ‘honorary chancellor’

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  $17 million deal, other ties with Laureate Education raise questions
  
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• Nation reflects on 9/11 tragedy

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  We remember the 2,977 lives taken in the terrorist attacks 15 years ago
  
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• Juvenile lockup costs escalate despite fewer incarcerated youth

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  NM pays more per resident, has higher staff-to-youth ration than most states
  
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• Caricature artist delights, impresses visitors to State Fair

  11-09-2016 08:05
  
  Like a Zen master, James Parker sits quietly at his easel, drawing caricatures of people who stop de ...
  
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• Cleveland Storm boys soccer wins Academy Invite

  11-09-2016 07:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The Cleveland Storm defeated the Hope Christian Huskies on Saturday morning for the Academy Invite title, winning 3-0. A big win for this team in a game they dominated from the beginning.
  On the girls side of things Sandia Prep would take the Title beating Hope Christian 1-0 in overtime.
  Filed under: New Mexico, Sports
  
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• Saturday High School Football Roundup

  11-09-2016 07:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- The action of week 3 in NM High School football spilled over to Saturday. There were some great North South battles in the Metro and in Las Cruces. Here are the Scores:
  Centennial- 23, La Cueva- 20
  Eldorado- 28, Mayfield- 42
  Bernalillo-6, Abq. Academy- 38
  Filed under: New Mexico, News, Sports, Top Video
  
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• Aggies break Lobos’ rivalry streak in nailbiter

  11-09-2016 07:05 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE)- The 107th edition of the Rio Grande Football Rivalry ended with a late win from the New Mexico State Aggies 32-31. A huge win for the Aggies as they were heavy underdogs heading into this game.
  Right off the top of this game the Lobo offense seemed to be in prime form, as Teriyon Gipson capped off a stellar 75 yard drive with a 13 yard Scamper to put the Lobos up 7-0 after the PAT. The Lobos let the Aggies regain some ground before the half, but still lead 17-15.
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• Residents confused as mailbox units stolen overnight

  11-09-2016 07:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – More than half the neighborhood in a Northeast Heights community woke up to no mail not because it was a day off for the postal service, but because a pair of group mailboxes were stolen overnight.
  Where there used to be two of these big group mailboxes, all that’s left are a few screws and washers that have been left behind. Residents we spoke with said they are confused as to why someone would want the entire box.
  When Lyn Wilcox has tried to re
  
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