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• Sandia Pueblo, Balloon Fiesta officials agree on landing solution

  15-09-2016 23:47
  
  Officials of the Pueblo of Sandia and Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta announced Thursday they reached a mutual understanding that opens parts of the Pueblo for “final and necessary landings” during the October 1-9, 2016 event according to a press release.
  
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• Sandia Pueblo and pilots reach agreement for balloon landings

  15-09-2016 23:25
  
  Officials of the Pueblo of Sandia and Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta announced Thursday they reached a mutual understanding that opens parts of the Pueblo for “final and necessary landings” during the October 1-9, 2016 event according to a press release.
  
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• Sandia Pueblo, Balloon Fiesta reach agreement on balloon landings

  15-09-2016 23:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Officials of the Pueblo of Sandia and Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta say they have reached a mutual understanding allowing balloons to land on parts of the Sandia Pueblo during the Balloon Fiesta.
  Parts of of the Pueblo will now be open for “final and necessary landings” during the October 1-9, 2016 event.
  Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Media Relations Team says the mutual understanding reinforces a goal of both organizat
  
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• Trash piles up along Santa Fe River

  15-09-2016 22:39
  
    Is it a homeless person’s camp or just a dump? This southern pedestrian approach to downtown is marred for anyone who gazes down at the Santa Fe River from the Galisteo Street bridge. Scads of detritus are scattered under the trees. Time for another river clean-up?
  
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• Tour guides: College is skipping dorm over pot complaints

  15-09-2016 22:31
  
  SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Student tour guides at a college outside Philadelphia say they have been told not to bring prospective students or their parents into a dormitory because it frequently smelled of marijuana. The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2d1lEjy ) reports that Swarthmore College tour guides say administrators told them that parents complained of getting a “contact […]
  
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• Updated: US regulators: Official recall of 1M Samsung Note 7 phones

  15-09-2016 22:30
  
  BETHESDA, Md. — U.S. regulators issued an official recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone on Thursday because of a risk of fire. Samsung already has voluntary recalled the devices after a few dozen devices exploded or caught fire. That was out of about 2.5 million phones sold. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is […]
  
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• Updated: Challengers of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law end lawsuit

  15-09-2016 22:29
  
  PHOENIX — A coalition of civil rights groups agreed to end its challenge of Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration law in a deal in which the state issued guidelines on how police officers must enforce the law’s most contentious section. The agreement unveiled Thursday ends the last of seven challenges to the law that was criticized […]
  
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• Updated: How Vanguard’s decision to forgo profit has paid off for investors

  15-09-2016 22:28
  
  You don’t often see the terms “Wall Street” and “forgoing profit” in the same sentence. But a decision made by the Vanguard mutual fund house decades ago to forgo profits is a key reason index funds are now a multi-trillion-dollar factor on Wall Street, and continue to gobble up market share. The idea that forgoing […]
  
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• Tornado Warning issued for Eddy County

  15-09-2016 22:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Tornado Warning for Eddy County until 4:45 p.m.  A tornado has been spotted near Hope, residents should seek shelter.
  This comes after a Tornado Warning issued for southwestern Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico between 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Thursday.
  To view weather radar map, click here.  
  Funnel cloud in Hope, New Mexico (Photo Courtesy of Kim Crockett)Chavez County Tornado Warning
  
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• Tornado Warning issued for Chavez County

  15-09-2016 22:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Tornado Warning for southwestern Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico.
  The Tornado Warning has been issued for south end of Chaves County until 3:15 p.m. Thursday.
  A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 10 miles northeast of Dunken, or 36 miles east of Cloudcroft, and is moving east at 20 mph. The storm is also producing ping pong size hail, according to the National Weather
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm, Tornado Warnings issued throughout New Mexico

  15-09-2016 22:21 via krqe.com
  
   
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The National Weather Service has issued multiple Tornado Warnings throughout New Mexico Thursday.
  The first Tornado Warning was issued for southwestern Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico between 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
  About an hour later, a Tornado Warning was issued for Eddy County until 4:45 p.m. Residents in Hope, New Mexico were advised to seek shelter after a tornado touchdown was spotted.
  Severe Thunderstorm Warnings continue for much of the southe
  
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• Police seek contractor’s van after theft; victim seriously injured

  15-09-2016 22:13
  
  Albuquerque police say they are still looking for a contractor’s van that three men reportedly stole Thursday afternoon, causing a man to be hospitalized in serious condition.
  
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• Pentagon grudgingly accepts Syria deal amid deep mistrust of Russia

  15-09-2016 21:56
  
  Hours after reaching an agreement on Syria last Friday with Secretary of State John Kerry and clearing the final deal with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wandered the halls of their meeting venue in Geneva, waiting for Kerry to get the OK from Washington. In a secure room upstairs, a frustrated Kerry was on […]
  
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• Updated: Wyoming police probe letter written by senior center shooter

  15-09-2016 21:47
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Police in Wyoming say they are investigating a letter written by a 77-year-old man who shot three people at the senior citizen apartment complex where he lived before killing himself. Larry Rosenberg gave the letter to complex resident Mary Eastman before he opened fire. Eastman says Rosenberg’s letter expressed frustration about poker […]
  
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• Updated: Chief: Boy’s BB gun ‘practically identical’ to police weapon

  15-09-2016 21:47
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — A police officer responding to a reported armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who had pulled from his waistband a BB gun that looked “practically identical” to a police weapon, authorities said Thursday. Because the officer is white and the boy was black, the case has brought comparisons with the […]
  
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• Updated: Daredevil readies for rocket launch over Snake River Canyon

  15-09-2016 21:45
  
  Given his particular line of work, professional stuntman Eddie Braun knows about danger — and he plans for the worst. That’s why he paid bills several months in advance. He set up emergency cash reserves to take care of his family and engaged in an emotional talk with his teenage son about looking out for […]
  
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• Of course Clinton went to work sick. That’s the American way.

  15-09-2016 21:45
  
  As Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton demonstrated when she nearly collapsed from the effects of walking pneumonia early this week, the benefits of running for elected office may include many things, but sick days are not among them. This is perhaps unavoidable in light of the fact that the job of actually being an elected […]
  
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• State leaders eager over Facebook's arrival

  15-09-2016 20:44
  
  It’s official. Los Lunas will be home to social media giant Facebook’s seventh data center. Facebook officials said the company will break ground in October.
  
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• Utility regulators to hold hearings over Crouch Mesa water

  15-09-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – State regulators are set to determine whether penalties should be assessed against a water supplier for how it conducted itself during a Farmington-area water crisis and months-long boil advisory.
  The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission voted on Wednesday to hold a hearing on Oct. 12 to determine possible penalties for AV Water Co.
  AV Water Co. customers in the Morningstar and Harvest Gold systems were issued a boil-water advisory in June. The Morningstar system
  
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• Lawyer: $1.9 million settlement in Sandra Bland lawsuit

  15-09-2016 20:30 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, have reached a $1.9 million settlement in their wrongful-death lawsuit, the family’s attorney told a Houston television station Thursday.
  Local officials insisted that the agreement is not final and that it was supposed to remain confidential.
  Bland, who was from the Chicago area, died in her cell three days after she was arrested by a white Texas state troop
  
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• Judge sentences woman found slumped in car after overdose

  15-09-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) — A woman photographed with her boyfriend slumped in a vehicle after overdosing on heroin as her 4-year-old grandson sat in the backseat has pleaded no contest to a child endangering charge in southeast Ohio.
  A judge in East Liverpool on Thursday sentenced 50-year-old Rhonda Pasek to 180 days in jail. The boyfriend received 360 days in jail last week after pleading no contest to child endangering and operating a vehicle under the influence.
  Photos taken by East Li
  
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• Gov. Martinez, Los Lunas mayor looking forward to Facebook Data Center

  15-09-2016 20:12 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The buzz over Facebook coming to New Mexico is growing. Governor Martinez and Los Lunas mayor highlighted the many positives Thursday that could come from getting the social media giant to set up shop in Los Lunas.
  The village of Los Lunas had been fighting to get the new 250-acre data center for more than a year. Construction on the first phase should start next month.
  Facebook is investing $250-million in the new facility which will create about 30 to 50 permanen
  
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• Stolen van found, suspects still at large

  15-09-2016 19:39 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police have located the van that was stolen by three men Thursday. The van was located in northwest Albuquerque on Hayes Drive and Flor Del Rey.
  Police are still on the hunt for the three suspects who ran over a man while trying to steal his van in a neighborhood off Griegos near Guadalupe Trail.
  KRQE News 13 spoke to a woman who lives in the neighborhood. She says she didn’t see the crime, but saw the man laying on the street in bad
  
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• Stolen van found in Albuquerque, suspects still at large

  15-09-2016 19:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are still looking for three thieves who stole a van. Meanwhile, the owner is recovering after police say they ran him over when he tried to stop them.
  Police spent the day searching for the Dodge van to try and connect any suspects to the crime. It was found Thursday evening in a neighborhood near Unser and Montano. Investigators took their time gather any evidence they could find.
  Police are still on the hunt for the three suspects who ran over
  
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• Owner of stolen van in critical condition, suspects still at large

  15-09-2016 19:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are on the hunt for three men who ran over a man while trying to steal his van. It happened Thursday in a neighborhood off Griegos near Guadalupe Trail.
  KRQE News 13 spoke to a woman who lives in the neighborhood. She says she didn’t see the crime, but saw the man laying on the street in bad condition.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the victim was a contractor hired to do some work for a resident at the end of the Co
  
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• Albuquerque police: Thieves stealing van run over owner

  15-09-2016 19:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are on the hunt for three men who ran over a man while trying to steal his van. It happened in a neighborhood off Griegos near Guadalupe Trail.
  Police say the trio showed up in a stolen truck then tried to steal the van. The owner tried to stop the three suspects and in the process was run over and dragged by his own van. They say he is in critical condition.
  Police are working leads to try to identify the three suspects. They say the third sto
  
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• More than 300 Lockheed workers in NM face layoffs

  15-09-2016 19:38
  
  More than 300 Lockheed Martin employees will be laid off in New Mexico at the end of September when an Air Force training contract ends, according to a notification the company has filed with the state. However, it’s unclear how many people, if any, will actually lose their jobs, since the Air Force may award […]
  
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• Turkey plans to build dozens of new jails after post-coup crackdown

  15-09-2016 19:37
  
  Authorities in Turkey plan to construct 174 prisons over the next five years to “meet the unanticipated increase in the number of convicts,” according to a Justice Ministry statement. Though not explicitly stated, the move is most probably linked to the strain placed on Turkey’s penal system amid a nationwide purge launched in response to […]
  
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• Updated: Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne to star at anti-guns concert

  15-09-2016 19:36
  
  NEW YORK — Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne and Roseanne Cash will headline at New York’s Beacon Theatre as part of the livestreamed Concert Across America to End Gun Violence . Organizers said Thursday it’s one of the Sept. 25 events featuring more than 1,000 artists at 250 venues across the United States. Don Felder, Carnie […]
  
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• Updated: George W. Bush helps dedicate 1st Texas school named for him

  15-09-2016 19:35
  
  ST. PAUL, Texas — Former President George W. Bush has helped dedicate the first school in Texas named for him by encouraging students to hit the books. Bush, who lives in Dallas, was on hand Thursday at George W. Bush Elementary School in the town of St. Paul, in the nearby Wylie Independent School District. […]
  
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• Hearing set for Mississippi man charged with killing 2 nuns

  15-09-2016 19:29
  
  JACKSON, Miss. — A man charged with killing two nuns in Mississippi is scheduled for a court hearing Friday. Prosecutors will present some evidence against 46-year-old Rodney Earl Sanders of Kosciusko, Mississippi, and his attorneys will have a chance to respond in Durant municipal court. The case will later go to a grand jury. Sanders […]
  
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• Thanks for your concern, but I’m not a battered woman

  15-09-2016 19:10
  
  She almost threw up on the way to Penn Station. Too many sites and too many late nights had taken their toll on my daughter, Eliana, a seasoned 9-year-old traveler, but it couldn’t be helped. I’m a freelance writer and author. My daughter travels with me when I have to go on the road for […]
  
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• Mortgage rates move higher heading into fall homebuying season

  15-09-2016 19:07
  
  The rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage, the most popular home loan product, made its biggest jump in three months after a volatile week in the bond market. The movement of the 10-year U.S. Treasury typically is a leading indicator of where mortgage rates are headed. When yields rise, home loan rates tend to follow. […]
  
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• Car theft victim run over by suspects

  15-09-2016 19:06
  
  A man was run over after he tried to stop a group of car-thieves from stealing his van, Albuquerque police say.
  
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• Breaking: APD: Man mowed down, critically injured trying to stop car thieves

  15-09-2016 19:03
  
  Violent crimes detectives are investigating after a maintenance worker was run over and critically injured trying to stop three suspected thieves from stealing his van Thursday morning. Albuquerque police spokesman Simon Drobik said officers were called to a home near 12th and Griegos NW around 9:30 a.m., where they found the man seriously injured. He […]
  
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• Breaking: Highland High School evacuated due to suspicious package, police say

  15-09-2016 18:58
  
  Highland High School was evacuated Thursday morning after reports of a suspicious package being left on school grounds, according to Simon Drobik, a police spokesman. Students and faculty were moved to a field nearby while Albuquerque Public Schools police and the Albuquerque Police Department investigate. Concerned parents began arriving to check on their children shortly […]
  
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• Police: Drug suspect tried to dissolve heroin by urinating

  15-09-2016 18:53
  
  SCRANTON, Pa. — Police say a Pennsylvania drug suspect was all wet when he urinated in his pants in the hope that it would dissolve the heroin and cocaine in his pocket. The (Scranton) Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/2cAxkIu ) says 42-year-old Wesley Autrey sold heroin Tuesday during an undercover sting in Scranton. When police tried to arrest […]
  
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• Suspicious package prompts shelter-in-place at Highland High School

  15-09-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One Albuquerque has school is now under a shelter-in-place.
  According to Albuquerque Public Schools, the shelter at Highland High School is due to a suspicious package.
  Albuquerque Police and APS Police are investigating.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
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• Highland High School students returning to class after evacuation

  15-09-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Highland High School students are returning to class after an evacuation Thursday.
  Albuquerque Public Schools officials say the evacuation was prompted by a suspicious package left on school property.
  Albuquerque Police have completed their check of the package and found that there was no threat.
  Further information about the incident have not been released.Highland students returning to class. APD has completed check of suspicious package and determined no threa
  
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• Highland High School being evacuated due to suspicious package

  15-09-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Highland High School is being evacuated Thursday due to a suspicious package.
  Albuquerque Police and APS Police are investigating.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.Highland HS is being evacuated due to a suspicious package left on their property @ABQschools
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) September 15, 2016Shelter in place at Highland @highlandhornets due to a suspicious package in the area. @APS_PD and @ABQPOLICE investigating.
  
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• Man charged in death of Victoria Martens admits probation violation

  15-09-2016 17:25
  
  The man charged with murder and rape in connection to the killing of 10-year-old Victoria Martens ad ...
  
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• Calf scramble goes on amidst controversy

  15-09-2016 17:23
  
  Although it had some controversy this year, the State Fair calf scramble still went on Wednesday night.
  
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• US retail sales slump 0.3 percent, ending 4 months of gains

  15-09-2016 17:21
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. shoppers retreated in August, cutting back their spending at auto dealers, furnishers and building material stores to depress overall retail sales after four straight monthly gains. The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales fell 0.3 percent in August, a tentative sign of caution for American consumers. Rising incomes and job growth […]
  
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• Where Ivanka Trump’s Cosmo interview went off the rails

  15-09-2016 17:20
  
  When we say the Donald Trump campaign has a volatile relationship with “the media,” we’re generally talking about The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, Politico and other news agencies that scrutinize his policies and rhetoric. We’re not talking about Cosmopolitan magazine, a publication that describes its focus as “fun, fearless advice on men, […]
  
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• The Latest: Some ticket counters closed at Denver airport

  15-09-2016 17:20
  
  DENVER — The Latest on the closure of a ramp for departing passengers at Denver International Airport (all times local): 7:56 a.m. The bomb squad has been called in to examine a suspicious item found Thursday morning at Denver Interational Airport where a ramp for departing passengers is closed. Airport spokesman Heath Montgomery says departing […]
  
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• Trump calls Flint pastor ‘a nervous mess,’ accuses her of planning to interrupt him

  15-09-2016 17:18
  
  Donald Trump said Thursday that the pastor who interrupted him during a speech in Flint, Mich., the previous day planned to interrupt him no matter what he said and that he knew “something was up” when he took the stage. The GOP presidential nominee made a quick visit Wednesday to Flint, where a drinking-water crisis […]
  
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• UNM to move forward with on-campus residency requirement

  15-09-2016 16:44
  
  The University of New Mexico is moving forward with a plan to require incoming freshmen to live on campus.
  
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• Obama creates first marine national monument in Atlantic

  15-09-2016 16:38 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday established the first national marine monument in the Atlantic, a move that’s designed to permanently protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England.
  The White House said the designation will lead to a ban on commercial fishing, mining and drilling, though a seven-year exception will occur for the lobster and red crab industries. Also, recreational fishing will be allowed within t
  
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• Hyundai recalls SUVs; software flaw may stop acceleration

  15-09-2016 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai is recalling about 41,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because a software glitch can stop the vehicles from accelerating.
  The recall came after pressure from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It covers 2016 Tucson models with seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmissions made from May 20, 2015 to May 31, 2016.
  Hyundai says it started getting reports in June that the engines would rev but the SUVs wouldn’t move after coming to a stop. The problem w
  
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• New disturbing details revealed in Victoria Martens case

  15-09-2016 16:10
  
  New documents revealed that the mother of the 10-year-old girl who was killed had arranged for her daughter to be sexually assaulted in the past.
  
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