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• Investigation finds New Mexico educators with deficient licenses

  18-09-2016 23:01 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – A newspaper investigation has determined that several New Mexico educators and administrators have instructional licenses that they were unqualified for.
  A 10-month probe by the Las Vegas Optic reports that seven people were given deficient licenses by the state education department’s Professional Licensure Bureau.
  They include a Santa Fe principal and a Luna Community College administrator.
  Public Education Department spokesman Robert McEntyre said Friday that
  
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• Judiciary asks for more money amid state budget crunch

  18-09-2016 22:57
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The state’s judicial branch is asking for more funding as New Mexico faces a budget shortfall. New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles W. Daniels told a committee of legislators that “we’ve gotten to the point where there is not much more we can do without impairing our ability to deliver justice.” […]
  
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• Photos: Top headlines from this week

  18-09-2016 22:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Here is a look at this week’s top stories in photos from September 12 to September 17.
  Tabitha Littles becomes emotional during testimony in trial of accused cop killer
  Woman sues city shelter after her adopted cat bites her
  Facebook announces decision to build new data center in Los Lunas
  APD monitor blasts police use of force, accountability
  PED releases 2016 results of controversial teacher evaluations
  Changes coming to outdated language in New Mexico co
  
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• Houston woman arrested in stabbing death of mother

  18-09-2016 22:12
  
  HOUSTON — Authorities say a 32-year-old woman was covered in blood when she was arrested in the apparent stabbing death of her mother. Police say 58-year-old Virginia Gonzales was found dead at a home Sunday morning. Her daughter, Veronica Gonzales, was booked into jail Sunday on a murder charge. Stephen Jimenez, a homicide investigator, says […]
  
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• Updated: In the Cards: Louisville surges to No. 3 in the AP Top 25

  18-09-2016 22:06
  
  Louisville surged to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, matching the best ranking in school history, and Ohio State moved up to No. 2 behind Alabama. The Crimson Tide received 50 first-place votes after coming from 21 points down to win 48-43 at Mississippi on Saturday. The Buckeyes moved up […]
  
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• Experts: Moms’ donated milk can help babies

  18-09-2016 22:06 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Human breast milk, no matter whose it is, does a baby good.
  Lisa Tuttle’s second son, Henry, was born at 26 weeks and weighed 1 pound and 11 ounces. He quickly needed nourishment and to get his gastrointestinal system working, but Tuttle’s body wasn’t able to produce the breast milk he needed for the first five days of his life.
  “I started pumping the day of my delivery,” said Tuttle, a registered nurse on the mom-baby unit at UC
  
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• APD: Motorcycle accident shuts down Coors Bypass at Ellison NW

  18-09-2016 21:43
  
  Coors Bypass at Ellison NW is temporarily shut down due to a motorcycle accident, according to an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman. The driver and the passenger of the motorcycle have been transported to a hospital, but their condition is currently unknown, officer Simon Drobik said. The accident also involved another car, Drobik said.
  
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• New Mexico attorney, senator accused of conflict of interest

  18-09-2016 21:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – According to a motion filed on Friday, the Attorney General’s Office is trying to remove a State Senator as defense counsel after an alleged conflict of interest.
  Attorney and State Senator Lisa Torraco is accused of advising a defendant to destroy evidence of child solicitation.
  The motion was filed by Assistant Attorney General Jeres Rael.
  The motion claims that Toracco became a part of the prosecution and defense of the defendant, Tyler Danzer.
  Danzer is
  
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• Updated: Winston having a tough weekend with Cardinals

  18-09-2016 21:13
  
  The Latest on Week 2 of the NFL season (all times Eastern): ___ 5:40 p.m. Jameis Winston might not be the biggest fan of Cardinals right now. The Tampa Bay quarterback — who played his college football at Florida State — has surely seen enough scoring out of teams with a Cardinal on the side […]
  
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• Updated: Football returns to Los Angeles as Rams kick off

  18-09-2016 21:13
  
  The Latest on Week 2 of the NFL season (all times local): ___ 4:35 p.m. The NFL has returned to Los Angeles with a bang. The Rams and the Seattle Seahawks are underway in the first regular-season game in LA since Dec. 24, 1994. The football is only part of the action on a sweltering […]
  
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• Updated: Buckle up for some intense finishes

  18-09-2016 21:13
  
  The Latest on Week 2 of the NFL season (all times local): ___ 3:30 p.m. Some great finishes might be ahead as the early games in Week 2 are starting to near completion. There’s six games right now that are within eight points or less: Baltimore was down 20-0 and is now within 20-19 in […]
  
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• Mother of Baby Brianna to be released from prison this month

  18-09-2016 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A Las Cruces mother convicted in one of New Mexico’s most horrific child abuse cases will be released after serving less than half her sentence.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that corrections officials have confirmed Stephanie Rene Lopez is scheduled to leave prison Sept. 25.
  Lopez was sentenced to 27 years in 2003 for negligent child abuse resulting in death and child abuse after her daughter, known as Baby Brianna, died.
  Brianna’s father and uncle we
  
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• Updated: Feds investigating plane crash in suburban Phoenix home

  18-09-2016 20:56
  
  GILBERT, Ariz. — Federal investigators are trying to determine what led a plane that had been carrying several skydivers to plummet into a suburban Phoenix home. Gilbert Fire Department spokesman Gary Hildebrandt says National Transportation Safety Board personnel are at the crash site Sunday and that firefighters are assisting in the investigation. Authorities say a […]
  
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• Forum for NM House, Senate candidates

  18-09-2016 20:23
  
  A New Mexico commercial real estate group will host a forum Monday for legislative candidates running in several high-profile Albuquerque-area races. The NAIOP forum will focus on business, real estate and construction-related issues. Candidates vying for three Senate seats and two House seats have been invited to participate. Control of both the Senate and the […]
  
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• Police: 2 dead after shooting at community event in Washington DC

  18-09-2016 19:32 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say two people have been killed and seven injured after a shooting at a community event in the nation’s capital.
  The shootings occurred Saturday a little after 8 p.m. during a community concert in the Anacostia/Barry Farm area of Southeast Washington.
  Metropolitan Police on Sunday identified the two men killed as 31-year-old Scorpio-Rodney Alonzo Phillips and 18-year-old Zoruan Otto Harris, both of Southeast Washington. Both were declared dead at the scene.
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• New Mexico’s opioid fight not without campaign contributions

  18-09-2016 19:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In a state with one of the highest drug overdose rates in the nation, there has been no shortage of campaign donations in New Mexico by the prescription drug industry and allied advocacy groups.
  An investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity found that drugmakers that produce opioid painkillers and their allies spent more than $880 million nationally on political contributions and lobbying over the past decade.
  In New Mexico in 2012 al
  
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• Number of children with high blood pressure skyrockets

  18-09-2016 19:04 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The number of children with high blood pressure has skyrocketed.
  Twenty years ago, 1 in 100 children had hypertension. That number is 1 in 20 kids today.
  According to Dr. Tray Hunley, who works for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, hypertension in children can lead to more health problems down the line.
  “The incidence of hypertension in kids has paralleled the obesity epidemic… so about a third of obese kids will have hypertension — so as ob
  
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• Drone operators seek permission to fly out of direct sight

  18-09-2016 18:20 via krqe.com
  
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — As thousands of commercial drones take to the skies under new Federal Aviation Administration rules, some small operators are pursuing a coveted exemption that would allow them to fly their drones where they can’t be seen by the pilot.
  The companies who want them say the so-called line-of-sight exemptions are essential to someday use drones for such tasks as cleanup and repair after storm damage and monitoring widespread crop conditions.
  But thus far, the FAA has o
  
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• Fake gun, real crime: Police notice uptick in replicas

  18-09-2016 18:12
  
  As Ohio authorities investigate the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy who officers said pulled a realistic-looking BB gun from his waistband, law enforcement agencies are grappling with suspects using fake guns to commit real crimes. The federal government doesn’t track criminals’ use of toy or replica guns. But some police departments say they’ve […]
  
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• Unique prom gives 10 year-old with heart defect a night to remember

  18-09-2016 17:19 via krqe.com
  
  TURBEVILLE, SC (WBTW) – Minutes after the sunset above East Clarendon High School, 10 year-old Bj Wilkes experienced the moment of lifetime.
  “We’re just trying to make him as happy and comfortable right now,” said Bj’s mother Haley Wilkes.
  Brian and Haley Wilkes son Bj was born with a congenital heart defect.
  The condition causes skin discoloration, rapid breathing and shortness of breath.
  “We deal with it like he does,” mentioned Wilkes.
  Wilkes say
  
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• Sunday events in New Mexico

  18-09-2016 16:30 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –  Many events happen around New Mexico each weekend. Below is a list of events happening Sunday, September 18.
  To see full details on local events taking place in your area, click here.
  New Mexico State FairThe fair is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Expo New Mexico Fairgrounds.
  Santa Fe Society of Artists Outdoor Fine Art ShowMeet Santa Fe’s premier local artists and enjoy their exceptional and diverse talents at the Santa Fe Society of Artists Fine Art
  
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• Albuquerque teen recognized by President Obama and First Lady

  18-09-2016 16:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – You may recognize Donovan Smith as the Albuquerque teen who has spent the last year making soaps for the homeless. Now, he is getting recognized by the President of the United States and the First Lady.
  He received personalized letters from the First Family themselves. In each letter President Obama and the First Lady congratulate him on his accomplishments.
  In a year, Donovan has made more than 10,000 soaps for the homeless.
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• Competition-winning motorcycles stolen in Albuquerque

  18-09-2016 16:20
  
  A Taos man’s motorcycles have won competitions all over the country, but they never made it to a show in Albuquerque Sunday.
  
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• Man run over and dragged by van is a church deacon

  18-09-2016 16:18
  
  KOB has learned the man dragged by his own van earlier this week during a carjacking was a deacon for an Albuquerque church.
  
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• Updated: Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis

  18-09-2016 16:16
  
  The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling […]
  
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• Updated: Drugmakers fought domino effect of Washington opioid limits

  18-09-2016 16:16
  
  When Washington state made one of the first major moves to place limits on opioid painkiller prescriptions, pharmaceutical companies fought back — using the Pain Care Forum, a national network of drug companies and opioid-friendly nonprofits, many of them funded by drugmakers. Alarm bells rang at the forum in 2007 after Washington state’s agency medical […]
  
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• North Carolina bus crash kills 4, injures dozens

  18-09-2016 16:16 via krqe.com
  
  ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (KRQE) – Four people are dead and more than 40 hurt after a bus crash in North Carolina.
  Troopers say it happened Saturday as the bus was carrying a South Carolina private school’s football team.
  Medics took dozens to local hospitals.
  The injuries span from minor to critical.
  An early investigation shows the front left tire of the bus blew out, causing the driver to lose control and hit the the median.
  Filed under: Home, KRQE: Mornings, National, World, News, SmartTV
  
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• Man injures 9 in Minnesota mall stabbing, suspect dead

  18-09-2016 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  SAINT CLOUD, M.N (KRQE, AP) – At least nine people are injured after a man carried out a knife attack in a Saint Cloud, Minnesota mall Saturday night.
  Police say the man was dressed in a private security uniform and made a reference to Allah.
  They say the incident ended with an off-duty officer shooting the man dead.
  Mayor David Kleis says there were nine people who were hurt, not eight, as authorities previously reported. He says the ninth person took themselves to a hospital and was
  
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• Man injures 8 in Minnesota mall stabbing, suspect dead

  18-09-2016 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  SAINT CLOUD, M.N (KRQE) – At least eight people are injured after a man carried out a knife attack in a Saint Cloud, Minnesota mall Saturday night.
  Police say the man was dressed in a private security uniform and made a reference to Allah.
  They say the incident ended with an off-duty officer shooting the man dead.
  The victims were taken to a local hospital with mostly non-life threatening injuries.
  Police also say the suspect asked at least one person during the course of the attack whethe
  
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• Plenty of events on last day of State Fair

  18-09-2016 16:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Sunday is the last day of the New Mexico State Fair. There is still plenty to see.
  Most notably, the Fuddruckers three-pound cheeseburger challenge is at 1:30 p.m.
  At 3 p.m., you can catch the karaoke grande finale.
  At 4 p.m., the PRCA Rodeo will take place.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News, SmartTV, Top Video
  
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• Updated: Police: Man stabs 8 at Minnesota mall before cop kills him

  18-09-2016 16:10
  
  ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A man in a private security uniform stabbed eight people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him, authorities said. All eight victims were treated at a hospital for non-life threatening wounds, […]
  
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• Explosion causes at least 29 injuries in New York City

  18-09-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – It’s still not clear who was behind an explosion last night in New York City that injured 29 people.
  Mayor Bill de Blasio called it an “intentional act” but declined to call it terrorism.
  A law enforcement official says the blast that rocked a bustling Chelsea neighborhood appeared to have come from a construction toolbox in front of a building. The official also said that a second object found four blocks from the blast scene appeared to be a pressure coo
  
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• Week 4 NM High School Saturday Football

  18-09-2016 15:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- There were 3 high school games in the metro area on Saturday afternoon. Here are the scores from those games.
  WLV-56, ABQ. Academy-23
  Carlsbad-34, Cibola-7
  Las Cruces- 42, Valley-6
  For a full look at the scores from Friday night games as well as KRQE’s power poll go to this LINK. http://krqe.com/tag/football-friday/
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News, Sports, Top Stories, Top Video
  
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• Lobos fall to Rutgers after a hot start

  18-09-2016 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- It was another fast start for Bob Davies’ Lobos at Rutgers on Saturday.
  The Lobos jumped out to a 21-0 lead over the Scarlet Knights, but they wouldn’t score again until the 4th quarter. Rutgers would answer after a huge Lamar Jordan touchdown with a 78 yard TD pass of their own to end the 1st quarter making the score 21-7 UNM.
  The Scarlet Knights went on to score 24 unanswered points from there. The Lobos would cut the Rutgers lead to 6, and in the 4th led
  
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• NM Tech Raises around $150,000 in Golf Tournament

  18-09-2016 15:23 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- New Mexico Tech University held their annual golf tournament to raise money for the students at the university.
  The event was a success as over 250 people made it out to the NM Tech Golf Course in Socorro.
  It was an event with the theme of recreation meets science, education, and students. The event raised around $150,000 and since its conception back in 1993 the tournament has raised around $2 million. NM Tech President Dr. Stephen Wells says that this is a great even
  
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• Syndicato prison gang targets witnesses, FBI agents

  18-09-2016 08:05
  
  Affidavit says law enforcement responded with raids to send message to members
  
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• Port director ‘integral part’ of Santa Teresa’s growth

  18-09-2016 08:05
  
  'Business-friendly' border official 'gets stuff done'
  
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• NM legislative candidates get support from outside state

  18-09-2016 08:05
  
  National groups join fight for control of Roundhouse
  
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• Main figures in the Boyd trial

  18-09-2016 08:05
  
  JAMES BOYD A 38-year-old man with a history of mental illness, James Boyd had taken to living in the foothills since he was no longer welcome at many of the area’s homeless shelters because of his propensity for unprovoked violence. His criminal record included assaults, including those against correctional officers or law enforcement officers. In […]
  
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• Jurors will have their say in Boyd shooting

  18-09-2016 08:05
  
  Murder trial for former APD officers begins Monday
  
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• Albuquerque church gives heat sensing cameras to local fire departments

  18-09-2016 07:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque church is giving back to local first-responders by donating heat sensing cameras as their way of saying thank you for their service.
  “I think on 9/11 we really learned who our real heroes were. Those are the guys that want to come in and the people that will come protect and save our lives,” said Steve Smothermon, the Senior Pastor at Legacy Church.
  As a thank you to those first-responders, the people at Legacy Church are giving away th
  
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• Local wrestlers fundraise to make it to Nationals

  18-09-2016 07:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – For a local wrestling team, the journey to nationals is just as tough as the competition they will face once they get there.
  Marcus loves to wrestle and his dad loves to coach. But their fight starts long before they reach the mat and their local junior club team has more to fight for than the average squad.
  Marcus isn’t the largest wrestler on the team, but makes up for it with heart.
  “It’s hard, but I get out there and I wrestle my hardest,
  
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• Parade of playhouse homes on display at Albuquerque Zoo

  18-09-2016 06:31
  
  The Albuquerque Zoo is displaying the NM Sweetapple Playhouses until they are ready to go to a raffle to raise funds to combat poverty.
  
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• Child advocate group helps educate the community about helping abuse victims

  18-09-2016 06:26
  
  All too often the Albuquerque community finds itself releasing balloons, holding vigils and demanding justice while people ask what they could have done to stop tragedies like the murders of Victoria Martens and Nhi Ngyuen.
  
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• Crash on I-25 leaves one dead and several others injured

  18-09-2016 05:35 via krqe.com
  
  BERNALILLO, N.M. (KRQE)– A crash on the interstate leaves one person dead and others injured.
  It happened on I-25 on the Santo Domingo Pueblo just before 3 Saturday afternoon.
  Investigators tell us traffic was slowing because of construction.
  They say that’s when 47-year-old Frank Lopez rammed into a truck going about 70 miles an hour. The truck was carrying eight people, four of them children.Lopez died at the scene.
  The other eight were taken to the hospital.
  One was flown by helic
  
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• FDNY: 25 hurt in apparent explosion in Chelsea neighborhood

  18-09-2016 05:07 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police and firefighters are at the scene of an apparent explosion in New York City, and authorities say 25 people suffered minor injuries.
  Police spokesman J. Peter Donald said on Twitter that the explosion happened at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. He says several people were taken to hospitals with injuries. The Fire Department tweeted that none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
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• Strange sight in the sky nothing to fear

  18-09-2016 04:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 was flooded with phone calls Saturday night from viewers curious hoping to know more about a bright light in the northwestern sky.
  It’s not an unidentified flying object, but a NASA-affiliated weather balloon launched from Fort Sumner.
  As of Saturday evening, the balloon was close to Farmington and visible in Albuquerque flying approximately 118,000 feet high.
  The research is part of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas.
  
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• Custom motorcycles worth $120,000 stolen in Albuquerque

  18-09-2016 04:44
  
  Albuquerque police are asking for tips after three custom motorcycles were stolen Friday night.
  
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• Memorial run held in honor of Lilly Garcia

  18-09-2016 04:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A road rage incident last October that killed four-year-old Lilly Garcia is still bringing community members together to stand behind her family.
  Saturday, a special biker run in her honor.
  “Lilly was the most beautiful little girl, with the big brown eyes, she had a smile that would just light up a room and she just had a great personality, huge personality,” Veronica Garcia, Lilly’s mom said.
  Nearly a year after her death, Lilly Garcia’s
  
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• Police respond to crash involving bicyclist in northeast Albuquerque

  18-09-2016 04:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Police have responded to an accident involving a bicyclist in northeast Albuquerque.
  The crash happened near the intersection of Monroe and Phoenix.
  The bicyclist has been transported to the hospital and is listed in critical condition.
  APD has shut down the intersection and is asking drivers to avoid the area if possible.
  KRQE will provide details as information is made available.Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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