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• Ranked: Class of 2016 finalists for Toy Hall of Fame

  13-09-2016 23:53 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – To most kids, toys are a key part of childhood. To many adults, arguing with strangers online is a key part of adulthood.
  So let’s combine the two and discuss the latest news to come from the National Toy Hall of Fame!
  The National Toy Hall of Fame announced its class of 2016 finalists on Tuesday.
  In this year’s astute class of finalists: Fisher-Price Little People, Care Bears, Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Transformers, Nerf, Clue (the board game), Un
  
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• Updated: NCAA turns up pressure on North Carolina over bathroom law

  13-09-2016 23:37
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The NCAA’s decision to pull seven championships out of North Carolina ratchets up the pressure on this college sports-crazy state to repeal its law on bathroom use by transgender people. Unlike the recent one-time cancellations by the NBA and various rock stars, the move by college sports’ governing body could make moderate […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: ‘DWTS’ host: Protesters stage rush ‘unnerving’

  13-09-2016 23:16
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Latest on two men rushing the stage to protest Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after his performance on “Dancing with the Stars” (all times local): 8:27 a.m. “Dancing with the Stars” host Tom Bergeron said everyone in the studio was shocked when two men rushed the stage to protest Olympic swimmer Ryan […]
  
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• Jury selected for 2 officers charged in homeless man's death

  13-09-2016 23:11
  
   A jury has been selected in the trial of two former Albuquerque police officers who are scheduled to stand trial next week in the on-duty shooting death of a homeless man in 2014.
  
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• Officials outline new details of Syria cease-fire deal

  13-09-2016 23:10
  
  WASHINGTON — The new Syria cease-fire is rich in detail on the mechanics of ending violence in Aleppo. It says little about how the United States and Russia will establish a new military partnership that is seen as key to the long-term sustainability of the deal. Officials familiar with the document outline a highly technical […]
  
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• Updated: Trump child care plan breaks with conservative orthodoxy

  13-09-2016 23:08
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump is proposing Tuesday to make child care more affordable, guarantee new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and create new dependent-care savings accounts, breaking with conservative orthodoxy that says the government shouldn’t mandate what benefits companies give workers. Trump will unveil the plans in a speech in a […]
  
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• Phoenix police: Officers struck by car; driver in custody

  13-09-2016 23:08
  
  PHOENIX — Three Phoenix police officers are recovering after being struck by a car in what authorities say may be an intentional act. Police say 44-year-old Marc LaQuon Payne was the car’s driver and is facing charges. Two officers were struck around 2 a.m. Tuesday as they stood in a convenience store’s parking lot. A […]
  
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• UNM, Health Sciences Center lose two top staffers

  13-09-2016 22:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With yet another budget crisis staring down the state’s flagship higher education institution, the University of New Mexico will soon be without its top budget official.
  The university announced the departure of Andrew Cullen on Monday. Cullen, who has been with UNM for more than 27 years, has been a key figure in budgeting since 2008. He plans to resign at the end of October to take a similar job at the University of Denver.
  In an email message s
  
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• Questa schools on shelter-in-place after potential “hit list” found

  13-09-2016 22:31 via krqe.com
  
  QUESTA, N.M. (KRQE) – The junior/senior high school in Questa is on shelter-in-place Tuesday after school officials found a potential hit list.
  According to school officials, the “hit list” had a several names on it and was found on a desk Monday. Officials say that students claim to have seen another list with additional names.
  School officials and law enforcement are investigating.
  Officials say all afternoon school activities have been cancelled.
  The elementary school i
  
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• 2 boys taken into custody after Questa schools put on shelter-in-place

  13-09-2016 22:31 via krqe.com
  
  QUESTA, N.M. (KRQE) – The junior/senior high school in Questa was on shelter-in-place Tuesday after school officials found a potential hit list.
  Since the shelter-in-place, two boys from the school were taken into custody.
  According to school officials, the “hit list” had several names on it and was found on a desk Monday. Officials say that students claim to have seen another list with additional names.
  School officials and law enforcement are investigating.
  Officials say
  
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• Dakota Access CEO: Company committed to finishing project

  13-09-2016 22:30
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — The head of a Texas company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline told employees Tuesday that it is committed to the project despite strong opposition and a federal order to voluntarily halt construction near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota. The memo to employees, which was also released to some […]
  
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• Updated: Day 2 of jury selection underway in Georgia hot car death

  13-09-2016 22:29
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A second attempt at jury selection in the trial of a metro Atlanta man charged with killing his toddler son is underway at a courthouse 275 miles (440 kilometers) from the suburban parking lot where the child died in the back seat of a hot SUV. Despite the long-distance relocation of the […]
  
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• Samsung is sending mixed signals about what to do with the Galaxy Note 7

  13-09-2016 22:20
  
  Samsung’s troubles as it tries to recall millions of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones are continuing to stack up, and its advice for dealing with the phones just got a little more complicated. The batteries in the smartphones have been known to explode and catch fire while charging. Now, Samsung is telling customers in South Korea […]
  
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• Things are getting a lot better for the working poor

  13-09-2016 22:12
  
  Last year marked the greatest improvement in the typical American family’s finances on record, according to a new annual report from the Census, especially for the working poor. The median household income before taxes increased 5.2 percent, the report published Tuesday showed, the largest increase in nearly a half-century of data. Average incomes increased more […]
  
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• Breaking: Judge finds no probable cause against LANL fake-bomb suspect

  13-09-2016 22:01
  
  A Metropolitan Court judge found no probable cause to detain a Los Alamos scientist accused of trying to bring a fake bomb through airport security Sunday. Judge Courtney Weaks told suspect Jeremy Danielson, 40, that the charges detailed in a criminal complaint against him did not meet the statute he is being charged with. The […]
  
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• Hillary Clinton isn’t the first candidate to have a health scare caught on video

  13-09-2016 21:31
  
  What if Hillary Clinton’s stumble leaving the 9/11 memorial service hadn’t been caught on video? It’s a question her campaign has surely been asking since Sunday. Yes, there is little doubt that Clinton’s abrupt departure from the event, the immediate quiet from her campaign and the shift in her campaign’s statements from being “overheated” to […]
  
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• Wanted: Female candidates for federal office

  13-09-2016 21:30
  
  On Jan. 3, 2013, the Senate broke two records. That day, 20 women raised their right hands to take the oath of office, forming the largest group of women senators in history. It was also the first time that five women were simultaneously elected to the upper chamber. That achievement has been hailed as a […]
  
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• Updated: How these powerful women learned to love fundraising

  13-09-2016 21:30
  
  When Karen Bass was elected to the California Assembly in 2004, a city council member gave her a tone-deaf piece of advice: Don’t act like the other women in Sacramento. “Women are only interested in policy,” the council member warned Bass. “They’re not interested in power and fundraising. Don’t be like all the other women.” […]
  
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• Meet Donald Trump’s ‘basket of deplorables’

  13-09-2016 21:30
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. – As thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters left his rally here this week, they were greeted by protesters who accused them of being, among other things, racist, hateful and uneducated. “Grow a brain, b—-!” one protester shouted at a Trump supporter. Another pointed at rally-goers and yelled: “Racist a——-!” A third held a […]
  
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• Loretta Lynch says women face ‘risk of not being seen.’ She speaks from experience.

  13-09-2016 21:30
  
  As a summer associate at a North Carolina law firm, Loretta Lynch said she was asked to give a presentation to a client about some research she had done on his case. A partner at the firm had another young associate, a man, sit in to watch. Lynch said her colleague had not worked on […]
  
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• Carlsbad Caverns elevator work taking longer than expected

  13-09-2016 20:54 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – A temporary shutdown of elevators used to transport visitors in and out of caves in Carlsbad Caverns National Park will last a day longer than expected.
  The elevators were scheduled to be shut down for maintenance Monday and Tuesday and be back in operation Wednesday, but park officials say a subcontractor’s miscalculation means the elevators won’t be back in operation until Thursday.
  Workers are installing new brake linings.
  Visitors are still allowed to
  
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• Fundraiser for elderly frozen treat seller tops $250,000

  13-09-2016 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — What began as a small effort to help out an 89-year-old Chicago man who was spotted pushing a paleta cart and selling the frozen treats to help pay bills has brought in more than $250,000 in just four days.
  Joel Cervantes Macias launched the online fundraiser on GoFundMe for “Fidencio the paleta man” Friday with a goal of $3,000. A paleta is Mexican treat similar to a Popsicle. The fundraising page shows more than a quarter-million dollars raised from more than 1
  
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• Jury selected ahead of Sandy, Perez murder trial

  13-09-2016 20:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A jury has been selected for the trial of two former Albuquerque police officers charged in the fatal shooting death of a homeless man in 2014.
  Twelve jurors and four alternates have been selected, according to New Mexico Courts.
  Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez are both facing murder charges.
  The two could be convicted of anything from second degree murder to aggravated assault. Making it the first time in decades that an Albuquerque police officer
  
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• New Mexico universities make lists for top colleges

  13-09-2016 20:38
  
  Two New Mexico universities have been ranked among the top in the country. Both the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University made the list from U.S. News and World Report.
  
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• State Police take the stage for State Fair Karaoke Night

  13-09-2016 20:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police can do more than take down bad guys.
  A KRQE News 13 viewer who was also a judge at the State Fair Karaoke Night shot video of officers singing along to “Your Man” by country singer Josh Turner. The officers even shared a few dance moves.
  The crowd was loving it, cheering them on and applauding their performance.
  For more about the New Mexico State Fair, click here.
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• Witnesses take the stand as Andrew Romero trial continues

  13-09-2016 20:19 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Court is back in session in the Andrew Romero trial, the man accused of shooting and killing Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner.
  On the stand Tuesday — more witnesses who saw it play out on Memorial Day 2015.
  The state recalled James Stalter, a witness who testified on Friday. He was the first person to put Romero at the scene right before Officer Gregg Benner was shot and killed.
  The defense objected, but Tuesday, he identified Romero for t
  
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• Suspect leads police on chase through three towns, ending in Corrales

  13-09-2016 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  CORRALES, N.M. (KRQE) – A robbery suspect led police on a chase through three towns before he was captured in Corrales Tuesday morning.
  Rio Rancho police say that suspect is Sean Feurtado. They have not released a lot of information about what he’s accused of doing before the chase, except that he’s facing several charges, including robbery, kidnapping, assault with intent to commit a violent felony, tampering with evidence, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of dr
  
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• Police investigating after chase ends in Corrales

  13-09-2016 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Corrales police are investigating after a chase that ended in Corrales Tuesday morning.
  Information is limited at this time, but KRQE News 13 has learned the suspect committed some type of crime in Rio Rancho. He then fled through Albuquerque and ultimately into Corrales where he was caught on Corrales Road near Old Church Road.
  No further information is available at this time.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become
  
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• Animal abusers are being registered like sex offenders in these jurisdictions

  13-09-2016 19:50
  
  Starting in November, convicted animal abusers in the county that includes Tampa will be easier to identify. Their names, photos and addresses will be published on a county-run website that is publicly searchable and similar to the online sex offender registries that have proliferated since the 1990s. The animal abuser registry, passed last week by […]
  
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• Updated: Cruise ship crewmember dies in lifeboat drill in France

  13-09-2016 19:46
  
  MARSEILLE, France — A crewmember on the world’s largest cruise ship died and four others were injured Tuesday when a lifeboat fell from the deck into the water during a rescue drill in Marseille, the operator and officials in the southern French port city said. Julien Ruas, a deputy mayor of Marseille, told The Associated […]
  
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• 20 children safely evacuated from burning school bus

  13-09-2016 19:46
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A school bus driver helped evacuate nearly two dozen children from a bus after the vehicle caught fire. Prince George’s County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady said in a statement that 20 students from Glen Arden Woods Elementary School were safely evacuated Monday evening without any reports of injuries. It’s not […]
  
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• Updated: Louisiana woman saved from flooding meets her rescuer

  13-09-2016 19:44
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS, La. — Millions of people have seen and shared the video of a good Samaritan jumping off a boat to rescue Hailey Brouillette and her dog from a car sinking into south Louisiana floodwaters last month. Brouillette isn’t one of them, but she finally got to meet the man who saved her life. […]
  
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• Updated: Saudis welcome Syria cease-fire

  13-09-2016 19:34
  
  BEIRUT — The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia has come into effect (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Saudi Arabia has welcomed the U.S. and Russian-brokered truce in Syria and urged the Syrian government and its allies to abide by it. In a statement carried by the […]
  
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• Groups rekindle battle over lesser prairie chicken

  13-09-2016 18:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Four months after the federal government gave up a court fight to keep the lesser prairie chicken on the endangered species list, environmentalists say there’s new evidence that warrants listing the bird again.
  A coalition of environmental groups has filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, arguing that key populations are in danger of extinction as climate change exacerbates problems caused by energy development, farming and other infrastruc
  
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• Interim Amarillo police chief gets job, never applied

  13-09-2016 18:27
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — The interim police chief in Amarillo has accepted the permanent job even though he never applied for the position. Chief Ed Drain will drop the interim title in October. The ex-assistant police chief in Plano in June became interim police chief in Amarillo following the retirement of Chief Robert Taylor. Interim City […]
  
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• Frat at U of Richmond suspended over inappropriate email

  13-09-2016 18:15
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A University of Richmond fraternity has been suspended over what the school called a “grossly offensive” email sent to some students. The university said in a statement that it has suspended operations, activities and events of Richmond’s Kappa Alpha chapter, pending an investigation. The fraternity’s national headquarters said in a statement that […]
  
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• Public meeting on Georgia mosque canceled over safety fears

  13-09-2016 18:03
  
  COVINGTON, Ga. — Citing security concerns, Georgia officials canceled a vote scheduled for Tuesday that would have allowed plans for a new mosque to move forward. Earlier, Newton County officials had said they planned to vote to lift a ban on building permits for places of worship. The ban was prompted by opposition to a […]
  
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• Updated: Older people underrepresented in film, new survey finds

  13-09-2016 18:02
  
  NEW YORK — Older people are significantly underrepresented in movies and often are the butt of ageist jokes, an analysis of top films has found. The study, being released Tuesday by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, found just 11 percent of […]
  
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• Parents need to prepare for school lockdowns, too

  13-09-2016 18:02
  
  The back-to-school excitement has faded, and it’s time to settle into routine. For even the smallest students, that routine probably includes practicing for the worst: taking part in lockdown drills to prepare for active shooters or other intruders in school. We parents don’t want to think about it. I know I don’t. When I happened […]
  
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• Breaking: Corrales Road closed after high speed chase

  13-09-2016 17:47
  
  Corrales Road was shut down in both directions near Old Church road Tuesday morning after a suspect led officers on a high speed chase through Rio Rancho, Albuquerque and Corrales, according to an Albuquerque Police Sergeant. Sgt. Richard Hilger said the suspect committed some sort of violent crime in Rio Rancho and took off around […]
  
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• Trump’s campaign manager just said the Donald J. Trump Foundation ‘is his money.’ No.

  13-09-2016 17:44
  
  Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, was asked on CNN Tuesday morning to provide evidence to prove Trump’s claim that he has given generously to charity. She didn’t. In the process, Conway also seemed to be unaware of a key fact about Trump’s personal charity, the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Which is: The Trump Foundation’s […]
  
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• Russian scientists are ‘besieged’ by polar bears at a remote Arctic post

  13-09-2016 17:41
  
  A team of Russian weather experts claim that their station on an ice-covered Arctic isle is “besieged” by polar bears, according to a report by Russian news agency TASS. The five researchers charged with staffing the outpost on Troynoy Island say that there are about 10 adult polar bears as well as cubs circling their […]
  
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• Updated: White House women want to be in the room where it happens

  13-09-2016 17:40
  
  When President Barack Obama took office, two-thirds of his top aides were men. Women complained of having to elbow their way into important meetings. And when they got in, their voices were sometimes ignored. So female staffers adopted a meeting strategy they called “amplification”: When a woman made a key point, other women would repeat […]
  
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• El Paso: patient dies after jumping out of moving ambulance

  13-09-2016 17:40
  
  EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say a patient has died after he jumped out of a moving ambulance and fell onto Interstate 10. Police say the 24-year-old man was under an emergency detention order when he was being transported Monday. Investigators didn’t immediately say how fast the ambulance was going when the man, […]
  
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• Today in History: September 13

  13-09-2016 17:06 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Tuesday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2016. There are 109 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Sept. 13, 1971, a four-day inmates’ rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed the lives of 32 inmates and 11 hostages.
  On this date:
  In 1515, during the Italian Wars, the two-day Battle of Marignano began as forces led by Francis I of France clashed with troo
  
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• Updated: Stocks skid as weaker forecast sends oil prices lower

  13-09-2016 16:33
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are skidding Tuesday morning after the International Energy Agency said it expects slower growth in demand for oil this year. That’s pushing the price of oil down and sending energy companies solidly lower. Banks and phone companies are also falling. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average gave up 176 […]
  
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• Updated: Scarce cash in land of plenty: Farmers adjust to downturn

  13-09-2016 16:33
  
  MAXWELL, Iowa — Pale green and 8 feet tall, tightly packed corn stalks reach to the horizon throughout the Midwest in what is likely to be the biggest harvest the U.S. has ever seen. Aside from a sense of pride in breaking the previous record by nearly a billion bushels, farmers won’t benefit. They’ll lose […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton sparks interest in 1st woman nominated, in 1872

  13-09-2016 16:32
  
  HOMER, Ohio — Nearly a century and a half before Hillary Clinton, a fiery activist from Ohio became the first woman nominated for U.S. president. Victoria Woodhull’s varied and colorful life makes her difficult to pigeonhole. The suffragist, medium, businesswoman, stockbroker and newspaper publisher was “Mrs. Satan” to some, a visionary champion of women’s and […]
  
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• Updated: Syrian refugee musicians sell out shows in Germany

  13-09-2016 16:31
  
  BERLIN — At the neoclassical Concert House in Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt, busts of German composers Beethoven, Bach and Handel looked on as the 65 musicians took their seats for a sold-out weekend concert. The Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra settling in to play represents a much more recent chapter in German history, consisting entirely of professional musicians […]
  
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• Updated: People, not judges, choose Sparky’s in green chile cheeseburger contest

  13-09-2016 16:31
  
  LAS CRUCES – The people have spoken, and they choose Sparky’s. The judges? Not so much. Considered one of the better green chile cheeseburgers in the region, Sparky’s Burgers, BBQ and Expresso didn’t win Monday’s contest for the best green chile cheeseburger at the New Mexico State Fair. It didn’t even place in the top […]
  
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