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• NM author Rudolfo Anaya to be honored at White House

  14-09-2016 23:52
  
  Rudolfo Anaya, author of “Bless Me, Ultima” and the dean of contemporary Chicano literature, will receive the National Humanities Medal from President Obama at a White House ceremony next week. Anaya received the National Medal of Arts, granted by the National Endowment of the Arts, from President George W. Bush in 2001. A White House news […]
  
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• Businesses urged to join Heart Start effort

  14-09-2016 23:13
  
  Santa Fe-based film and documentary maker Patrick Bates, 65, was listening to music at home one night in March 2013 when he suddenly keeled over in his kitchen from cardiac arrest. He would have died had it not been for his wife, Faye, who was trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She immediately began pumping his chest. […]
  
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• Trump Foundation faces troubling legal, ethical questions

  14-09-2016 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Serious questions are swirling around Donald Trump’s personal and charitable financial practices.
  He claims to have given more than $100 million to charity, but the numbers don’t add up.
  As the week goes on, allegations of ethical and legal wrongdoing faced by the Republican nominee are picking up steam.
  New York’s attorney general announced Tuesday that his office is investigating the Donald J. Trump Foundation, headquartered in Manhattan, f
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Congressman questions NCAA, ACC tax status

  14-09-2016 23:06
  
  CLEMSON, S.C. — The Latest on the Atlantic Coast Conference removing championships from North Carolina in response to a state law involving LGBT rights (all times local): 4:30 p.m. A North Carolina congressman is questioning the tax-exempt status of the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA after they pulled championship events from the state while citing […]
  
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• Clinton’s doctor says she’s ‘fit to serve’

  14-09-2016 23:02 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s doctor says she is recovering from her pneumonia and remains “healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States.”
  The statement was part of medical information Clinton’s campaign released Wednesday after her pneumonia diagnosis last week.
  The campaign says that Clinton’s physician found that the remainder of the Democratic presidential nominee’s complete physical exam was “normal” and she is i
  
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• Updated: Doctor: Hunger-striking ex-Gitmo prisoner slips into coma

  14-09-2016 22:52
  
  MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — A former Guantanamo prisoner on a hunger strike slipped into a coma Wednesday, said a doctor in Uruguay, where the ex-detainee was taken in as a refugee nearly two years ago but has been demanding to move elsewhere to reunite with his family. Abu Wa’el Dhiab was unconscious and extremely dehydrated when […]
  
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• Whoever did this, US says of latest hacks, we’re coming after you

  14-09-2016 22:49
  
  WASHINGTON — Top White House and Justice Department officials asked for patience from the public Wednesday as they refused to say whether Russia or another nation may be behind a new series of headline-grabbing hacks affecting the realms of politics and sports. But they promised that the hacks will not go unpunished — once they […]
  
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• Updated: Ryan Lochte protesters defend TV show ambush after arrest

  14-09-2016 22:44
  
  LOS ANGELES — The protesters who ambushed Ryan Lochte on “Dancing with the Stars” are defending their actions after being released from jail. Sam Satoodeh and Barzeen Soroudi were arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing and each held on $1,000 bail after the pair rushed the stage Monday to protest the Olympic swimmer on the […]
  
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• My teen boys are blind to rape culture

  14-09-2016 22:05
  
  “Oh boy,” my son said, rolling his eyes. “Not rape culture again.” We were sitting around the dinner table talking about the news. As soon as I mentioned the Stanford sexual assault case, my sons looked at each other. They knew what was coming. They’ve been listening to me talk about consent, misogyny and rape […]
  
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• Updated: Six Syrians recall a year of hope and trepidation as Germany swelled with migrants

  14-09-2016 22:04
  
  The German government’s prediction spread quickly: 1 million refugees were expected to reach the country by the end of 2015, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel announced on Sept. 14 last year. Only a month earlier, official estimates had put the number at 450,000 at most. Virtually overnight, Germany had become the Western world’s main destination for […]
  
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• Can you guess the website, based on the swatch of blue?

  14-09-2016 21:56
  
  I have no idea what site you’ve set as your homepage, but I’m willing to make you a bet: Whatever the site, whoever you are, the color blue is present. Recently, the designer Paul Hebert began tracking the color palettes of the world’s largest websites, and that – of all things – was the first […]
  
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• Scottsdale woman is acquitted of misconduct at bar mitzvah

  14-09-2016 21:48
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A Scottsdale woman accused of flashing underage boys at a bar mitzvah and performing a sex act on one of them has been acquitted in the case. Jurors in Scottsdale Municipal Court on Wednesday found 33-year-old Lindsey Ann Radomski not guilty on all 18 misdemeanor counts. Radomski was arrested in March 2015 […]
  
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• For her 40th birthday, this woman ‘married’ her community

  14-09-2016 21:40
  
  So many of our modern rituals are tied to marriage and children. But what becomes of someone who doesn’t want either? Deanna Zandt is a digital strategist with pink-streaked, short, spiky hair. Her Instagram feed is largely filled with pictures of her dog, Izzy. She is in an open relationship and doesn’t want children. Over […]
  
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• New: Ex-girlfriend testifies in alleged cop shooter’s murder trial

  14-09-2016 20:38
  
  In the two months leading up to Rio Rancho police officer Gregg Benner’s death, Andrew Romero several times told his former girlfriend that he was never going to be taken into custody by police. “Andrew always said he was never going back to prison,” Tabitha Littles testified Wednesday. “It was either him or the cops.” […]
  
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• Warrants: Mom sought men to sexually assault daughter, 10

  14-09-2016 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old New Mexico girl found dead and dismembered told police she sought men online and at work to sexually assault her daughter, according to warrants obtained by the Albuquerque Journal.
  Michelle Martens told police that she had set up encounters with at least three men to sexually assault her daughter, the Albuquerque Journal reported. The child’s death sparked vigils and outcry across the state.
  Martens, 35, told investigato
  
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• Warrants: Mom sought men to sexually assault 10-year-old Victoria Martens

  14-09-2016 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New details on the final days of 10-year-old Victoria Martens life are being released as the case around her accused killers continues to grow and some of the details are hard to hear.
  Victoria was killed last month, allegedly by her mother Michelle Martens, her boyfriend Fabian Gonzales and his cousin Jessica Kelley.
  Now search warrants in the case reveal that Victoria was victimized in the weeks leading up to her death.
  Michelle told police she had allowed othe
  
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• Tabitha Littles testifies in trial of accused cop killer Andrew Romero

  14-09-2016 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Tabitha Littles says she was with Andrew Romero when he murdered Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner. Wednesday, Romero’s now ex-girlfriend Tabitha Littles took the stand.
  Note: Live streaming coverage will continue at 1:15 p.m.
  Tabitha Littles, Romero’s then-girlfriend, is the prosecution’s key witness. She was the only other person at the traffic stop where investigators say Romero shot and killed Officer Benner.
  Littles told the prosecu
  
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• Tabitha Littles becomes emotional during testimony in trial of accused cop killer

  14-09-2016 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The state’s key witness in the Andrew Romero murder trial was on the stand Wednesday. Tabitha Littles, Romero’s then-girlfriend, says she watched that night last year when Romero shot and killed Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner.
  Prosecutors and defense attorneys questioned Littles for about six hours.
  She told jurors that Romero had said in their previous conversations that he’d never go back to prison and that if ever he was
  
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• Updated: ACC to relocate athletic championships from North Carolina

  14-09-2016 19:44
  
  CLEMSON, S.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA’s lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law limiting protections for LGBT people. The ACC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday to relocate the league’s championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes 10 neutral site […]
  
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• The pluses and minuses of drugmakers’ discount cards

  14-09-2016 19:44
  
  WASHINGTON — Facing public furor for the price of its emergency allergy shot EpiPen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals quickly pointed to a familiar industry solution: copay discount cards. Copay coupons or cards have become a ubiquitous part of the pharmaceutical business, offered through websites, mobile apps and doctor’s offices. Patient advocates say they can bring down out-of-pocket […]
  
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• Updated: UPS to hire 95,000 seasonal workers for upcoming holidays

  14-09-2016 19:43
  
  DALLAS — It’s not even officially fall yet, but delivery companies and retailers are making their hiring lists for the holiday season. UPS said Wednesday it will add about 95,000 seasonal workers to meet the demand from increased online shopping. Many of the full-time and part-time jobs will be package handlers and drivers. That’s close […]
  
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• Dog lovers are outraged over a Garmin gadget that shocks dogs into behaving

  14-09-2016 19:41
  
  Garmin, the company known for GPS devices that help drivers navigate and runners record their mileage, released a new product for dog owners last week. The Delta Smart, a small, smartphone-compatible contraption that slips onto a collar, can help keep pooches fit by tracking the time they spend active or sedentary. But the product’s primary […]
  
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• US wants to accept more refugees; most are coming from Myanmar

  14-09-2016 19:15
  
  With the Syrian civil war ravaging that nation, the Obama administration has informed Congress it wants to increase the number of refugees accepted to the United States next year from 85,000 to 110,000. But it’s not Syria, or another Middle East country, that is sending the most refugees here at the moment. It’s Myanmar, also […]
  
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• Senior citizens are ‘an endangered species’ in Hollywood

  14-09-2016 19:15
  
  It’s no surprise that Hollywood worships youth and that, as actresses in particular get older, their careers can come to a premature end. That’s not simply bad news for the job prospects of aspiring Meryl Streeps or Ruby Dees of the world. As a new report from the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative scholars […]
  
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• Updated: Slow train coming: Spanish engineer strands passengers

  14-09-2016 19:14
  
  MADRID — A Spanish bullet train stranded 109 passengers in a small town after the engineer said his shift had ended for the night and refused to go any further. State rail company Renfe said in a statement Wednesday that the Santander to Madrid express train stopped at the station in Osorno less than halfway […]
  
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• Updated: Biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history begins

  14-09-2016 18:54
  
  CHICAGO — Six purported leaders of the Hobos street gang went on trial Wednesday in a case that is expected to provide a rare look inside the criminal activity fueling gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city. Prosecutors say the defendants murdered, maimed and tortured their way into controlling the most lucrative drug markets on […]
  
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• Aid convoys for Syria stalled amid security worries despite cease-fire

  14-09-2016 18:54
  
  ISTANBUL – Efforts to bring aid to Syrians amid a cease-fire remained stalled Wednesday, challenging a key part of a deal brokered by the United States and Russia to curb the violence and ease civilian suffering. The cease-fire agreement, which took effect Monday, calls for full humanitarian access to besieged areas such as the city […]
  
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• Facebook to build new data center in Los Lunas

  14-09-2016 18:41 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico officials say Facebook will build their new data center in Los Lunas.
  PNM says Facebook would want to open their data center in the last half of 2017 and the first phase of operations could provide between 30 to 50 full-time jobs. Facebook’s initial investment would cost about $250 million.
  The PRC approved PNM’s power plan for the data center. The agreements indicate Facebook would want the new data center to be 100% powered by ren
  
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• Facebook announces decision to build new data center in Los Lunas

  14-09-2016 18:41 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Facebook has announced that their new data center will be built in Los Lunas.
  → Los Lunas Data Center Facebook Page 
  Facebook officials made the announcement Wednesday saying the facility will be one of the most advanced data centers and that it will be powered by 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
  Facebook says the data center will bring hundreds of millions of dollars to New Mexico along with hundreds of construction jobs and several
  
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• Today in History: September 14

  14-09-2016 18:25 via krqe.com
  
  Today is Wednesday, Sept. 14, the 258th day of 2016. There are 108 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” after witnessing the American flag flying over the Maryland fort following a night of British bombardment during the War of 1812; the poem later became the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
  On this date:
  In 1715, Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Perignon, cr
  
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• Warrants: Mother of slain girl sought men to sexually assault daughter in past

  14-09-2016 18:11
  
  The mother of a 10-year-old girl found dead and dismembered in her New Mexico home told police that she sought men online to sexually assault her daughter.
  
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• Updated: All Teresa Barnwell wants to do is impersonate Hillary Clinton; instead she’s starring in crazy conspiracy theories

  14-09-2016 17:46
  
  Ask her how she’s doing, and Teresa Barnwell, the veteran Hillary Clinton impersonator who recently got dragged into the latest health conspiracy swirling around the Democratic candidate for president, lets out a deep sigh. “How much time do you have?” asked Barnwell with a laugh from her home office in Palm Desert, California. “It’s been […]
  
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• Companies are quietly changing health plans to make you pay more

  14-09-2016 17:46
  
  WASHINGTON – While politicians have been embroiled in a fiery debate over President barack Obama’s signature health-care law, a quiet but profound shift is fundamentally reshaping how health insurance works for the roughly 155 million Americans who receive coverage through their employers. A national survey of employer health benefits released Wednesday shows how much deductibles […]
  
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• LULAC: Albuquerque school mistreating bilingual teachers

  14-09-2016 17:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A Latino civil rights group says an Albuquerque middle school is mistreating its bilingual education teachers who face discrimination and harassment.
  The New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens said this week that former and current bilingual education teachers at Jimmy Carter Middle School have repeatedly complained about mistreatment. But LULAC state director Dennis Montoya says those complaints have been ignored.
  Montoya says white principals have &l
  
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• Census: Fewer New Mexicans going without health insurance

  14-09-2016 17:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – More New Mexicans have access to health care than ever before thanks to the expansion of a government program aimed at helping low-income people.
  A report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the number of residents going without health insurance dropped nearly a quarter in 2015. The share of people in the state who were uninsured for the entire year was 10.9 percent, down from 14.5 in 2014.
  New Mexico is one of the states that opted to expand Medicaid under President
  
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• Tropical Storm Julia dumping heavy rain on Florida, Georgia

  14-09-2016 16:50 via krqe.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Julia dumped rain across northeast Florida and along much of the Georgia coastline Wednesday morning, but in most places it was business as usual.
  Schools and government offices remained open as the storm, which formed late Tuesday afternoon off Florida’s Atlantic coast, skirted across Jacksonville and moved north, bringing rain and tropical winds to much of southern Georgia.
  At 8 a.m. EDT Julia was centered about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west
  
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• Updated: Uber gives riders a preview of the driverless future

  14-09-2016 16:04
  
  PITTSBURGH — Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own. Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber riders who opted to participate in a test program. While the vehicles are […]
  
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• Updated: Libyans hope to export from oil terminals seized by general

  14-09-2016 16:03
  
  BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya’s state oil company says it hopes to resume exports from three terminals seized this week by forces loyal to a powerful general based in the east. Mustafa Sanalla, chairman of the National Oil Corporation, said in a statement late Tuesday that teams have begun assessing damage to the facilities in Ras […]
  
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• Updated: Ford expects lower profit in 2017

  14-09-2016 16:03
  
  DETROIT — Ford expects its pretax profit to fall next year, but to improve in 2018 as it invests in emerging businesses. The company is projecting adjusted pretax profit of $10.2 billion this year, lower than the record $10.8 billion it booked last year. It had initially forecast a profit equal to or better than […]
  
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• Updated: Czech lawmakers pass divisive conflict of interest amendment

  14-09-2016 16:03
  
  PRAGUE — Czech lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday that limits the business activities of future government ministers, angering a governing coalition party which says the law is targeting its leader — the country’s finance minister and a favorite to become the next premier. In a 135-39 vote in Parliament’s lower chamber, coalition and opposition lawmakers agreed […]
  
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• Updated: Bayer, Monsanto try to create global chemical and ag giant

  14-09-2016 16:03
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany — The U.S. seedmaker Monsanto agreed to a $57 billion buyout offer from Germany’s Bayer in a deal that would create global agricultural and chemical giant. The deal comes with record harvest driving crop prices to painfully low levels for farmers. It was the third time in four months that Bayer returned with […]
  
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• Gun rights activists sue Couric over documentary edits

  14-09-2016 15:45 via krqe.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia gun rights activists have filed a $12 million defamation lawsuit against Katie Couric and other makers of a documentary over an edit they say misrepresented the activists’ response to a question.
  The segment in “Under the Gun” shows nearly 10 seconds of silence after Couric asks members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League how felons or terrorists could be prevented from purchasing a gun without background checks.
  Activists can b
  
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• Manning: Ending hunger strike after Army approves treatment

  14-09-2016 15:42 via krqe.com
  
  LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website will end a hunger strike after the Army agreed to allow her to receive medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday.
  Chelsea Manning’s medical treatment will begin with surgery that was recommended by her psychologist in April, the ACLU said. Manning began the hunger strike at Fort Leavenworth military
  
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• APS police hold clothing drive, play with kids

  14-09-2016 15:34
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools police officers are there to protect kids, but they also want to show them they’re there for more than just dangerous moments.
  
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• Kirtland Air Force Base recruiting local employees

  14-09-2016 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A push to boost diversity at Kirtland Air Force Base is happening Wednesday.
  It’s an outreach event where the community is invited to learn more about Kirtland’s missions and how to become part of its team. Local applicants must still meet certain qualifications, but representatives say this event is one way they’re working to recruit local talent so their work force is more representative of Albuquerque.
  Reps add a large portion of employe
  
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• Navy crew visits Albuquerque for ‘Navy Week’

  14-09-2016 15:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the next couple of days, you can celebrate the rest of “Navy Week.”
  The crew of a Naval ship is in town for Navy Week, which runs through Saturday. It’s an opportunity for the public to learn about the Navy, and get to know the sailors who serve. The crews made the rounds to schools and youth groups as well as the State Fair.
  Tuesday, the Navy Band even stopped by KRQE This Morning for a preview of their upcoming show at the State Fair.
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• Out of this world playhouses auctioned off to end poverty

  14-09-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Ten builders and 10 designers have partnered up to create an innovative playhouse and will soon be auctioned off for a great cause.
  New Mexico Appleseed, a non-profit organization that aims to end poverty around the state, is hosting the Parade of Playhouse fundraising gala to help to support their cause.
  New Mexico Appleseed Director of Developement, Sara Keller, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to talk about the gala. Watch above.
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• TEDx Speaker: Mary Lou Robinson and Debra Haaland joins KRQE This Morning

  14-09-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the seventh year in a row, new ideas and perspectives will be hitting the stage for those interested in taking action to help improve the community.
  TEDxABQ introduces new ideas to elevate community engagement, connection and enthusiasm for the future with inspirational speakers who discuss everything from technology to social justice.
  Mary Lou Robinson and Debra Haaland, a speaker at the 2016 TEDxABQ, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to
  
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• NCAA turns up pressure on North Carolina over bathroom law

  14-09-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — 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 and conservative voters question whether the price tag for the law has finally become too high.
  Economic development official
  
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