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• Pedestrian involved accident near BioPark causes delays, detours

  27-09-2016 23:14
  
  A vehicle accident involving a pedestrian Tuesday is causing major traffic delays and forced a detour of #66-Central and #766-Rapid Ride/Red Line. 
  
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• How advertisers turned the presidential debate into a new Super Bowl

  27-09-2016 23:14
  
  Beer commercials, bad jokes and multimillion-dollar deals: TV ads for the “Super Bowl of politics” looked a lot like, well, the Super Bowl. About 81 million viewers tuned in Monday night to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off during what early numbers suggest was the most-watched presidential debate in U.S. history. But the […]
  
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• Want to keep your grown kids in your life? Learn to be the impartial neighbor.

  27-09-2016 23:01
  
  When all four of our children were 8 years old or younger, and I felt one, or all of them, weren’t getting the best of my attention, I’d ask them to draw me a picture of what happened during their day, so we could talk about it later. It was a young-parent method that worked. […]
  
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• New direct digital link between tower and cockpit will speed planes on their way

  27-09-2016 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration has taken another step into the 21st century, replacing an archaic system that required a pencil and paper with a digital link between pilots and the control tower. The computer link with planes awaiting takeoff has been installed in 45 major airports – including New York’s three, all three […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Texts raised worry before Fernandez boat crash

  27-09-2016 22:49
  
  MIAMI — The Latest on Marlins-Fernandez Killed (all times local): 4:30 p.m. A friend of one of the men who died in a boating accident with Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez raised concerns in text messages before their fatal late-night trip. Will Bernal says he sent several texts to 25-year-old Eduardo Rivero after midnight Sunday, […]
  
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• Updated: Pilots, air traffic controllers shifting to text messaging

  27-09-2016 22:48
  
  CHANTILLY, Va. — Airline pilots and air traffic controllers are on schedule to switch to text communications at most of the nation’s busiest airports by the end of the year, a milestone that holds the potential to reduce delays, prevent errors and save billions of dollars in fuel cost, says the Federal Aviation Administration. Controllers […]
  
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• Homeowner critically wounded when shot by intruder

  27-09-2016 22:03
  
  Albuquerque police say a homeowner was critically wounded when shot by an intruder whom the homeowner found in his residence.
  
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• How to prepare for Balloon Fiesta: what to wear, what to bring

  27-09-2016 22:02
  
  If you're planning to spend a long morning at Balloon Fiesta Park, you'll want to prepare so that your day is safe, healthy, and stress free.
  
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• Updated: Lawmakers slam DEA’s ‘hasty decision’ to ban a pain-killing plant

  27-09-2016 21:49
  
  A bipartisan group of 51 U.S. representatives is asking the Obama administration to reconsider a unilateral move by the Drug Enforcement Administration to ban the drug kratom, a plant whose opiate-like effects are making it an increasingly popular alternative for treating pain and drug addiction. The DEA recently decided to place the drug kratom into […]
  
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• Updated: AP-GfK poll: Voters more confident in Trump’s health

  27-09-2016 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON — The “stamina,” the “look”: A new poll suggests voters are buying in to Donald Trump’s insinuations about Hillary Clinton’s health. They’re ignoring the medical reports. Voters — especially men — have more confidence that Trump is healthy enough for the presidency than Clinton, according to the Associated Press-GfK poll. It’s a disconnect considering […]
  
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• Officials: 3rd man arrested in 2015 attack on Texas judge

  27-09-2016 21:49
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities say a third man has been apprehended on allegations that he conspired to kill a Texas judge outside her home last year. Twenty-six-year-old Marcellus Burgin, who lives in suburban Houston, was taken into custody late Monday in New Orleans. Authorities say federal agents spotted Burgin in Houston on Thursday, but he […]
  
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• Ex-ASU football player gets probation after burglary arrest

  27-09-2016 21:49
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — A former Arizona State football player has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation in connection with a burglary at a Tempe student housing complex. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say Jayme Otomewo was sentenced Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to one count of attempted theft of a credit card and/or obtaining […]
  
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• Albuquerque Aloft set to launch from 85 school yards Friday

  27-09-2016 21:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will launch from the playgrounds of schools throughout Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Friday. Albuquerque Aloft has been taking place since 2001, providing students with an interactive learning experience. This year, 85 school yards will serve as a temporary launch site for Albuquerque Aloft.
  The balloons and their pilots will go to selected schools first thing in the morning, and will either launch from the school grounds, or r
  
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• Creative Startups hosts new cohorts in NM and North Carolina

  27-09-2016 19:40
  
  Veteran Santa Fe math instructors Edward Worden and Pi Luna decided the best way to teach students financial literacy and every day use of math skills is to engage learners in real-world problems. So they started Engaged Publications LLC to market their own creative, story-telling approach to teaching. They wrote and illustrated a new colorful, […]
  
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• Health officials report 3 new West Nile illnesses

  27-09-2016 19:34
  
  Three New Mexico men have been hospitalized with a neuroinvasive form of West Nile virus, bringing the total number of cases this year to five, health officials said. The mosquito-borne virus may continue to circulate until the first hard frost, Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher warned today. The new cases included a 53-year-old Bernalillo County man, […]
  
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• Updated: Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottles

  27-09-2016 19:28
  
  Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating Target’s drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking — in some cases begging — the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer’s red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the […]
  
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• Breaking: Teen in ‘mobbing’ killing takes plea deal

  27-09-2016 19:28
  
  One of the six teens charged in the “mobbing” killing of local bartender Steven Gerecke in June 2015 pleaded guilty Tuesday to seven charges. If sentenced as an adult, Andrew Hubler faces up to 21 years in prison under the terms of his plea agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. He pleaded guilty to charges […]
  
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• Health Department announces three new cases of West Nile Virus

  27-09-2016 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Health says three people have been affected by the West Nile Virus in the past month.
  According to the department, a 53-year-old Bernalillo County man, a 57-year-old Doña Ana County man, and a 40-year-old McKinley County man have all been diagnosed.
  Officials say all three were hospitalized and developed neuroinvasive disease. Symptoms of West Nile Fever, the milder form of the illness, can include headache, fever, muscle and
  
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• Georgia sheriff seeks clues after deputy’s home is shot at

  27-09-2016 19:09
  
  DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A Georgia sheriff is offering a $10,000 reward for information that results in an arrest and conviction after someone opened fire on the home of one of his deputies. Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said in a statement that someone Monday evening “shot up the house” of the Douglas County deputy, who […]
  
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• Hillary Clinton offers inspiring advice to a 7-year-old who wanted to be called ‘Lillary’

  27-09-2016 18:51
  
  On the night the first woman ever secured enough delegates to win a major party’s nomination for president, Jennifer Rosen-Heinz watched her little girl jump around their living room in Madison, Wis., in celebration. Seven-year-old Lilly’s enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton’s success wasn’t motivated by ideology or party. Rather, the little girl saw on the television […]
  
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• Attorneys clash over what happened before officer killed man

  27-09-2016 18:51
  
  NORFOLK, Va. — The manslaughter trial of a white police officer who killed a black man in Virginia will focus largely on the seconds before the shooting. In Tuesday’s opening statements, attorneys offered contrasting views on whether a mentally ill man with a knife posed an imminent threat. A prosecutor said David Latham stood in […]
  
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• Updated: A lean toward Clinton among one group of undecided North Carolina voters

  27-09-2016 18:43
  
  CARY, N.C. — Donald Trump so captured Ron Townley’s attention as “an outsider ready to tear down the system,” just the one who might break the Washington logjam, the doer to build new airports and highways, that he was considering voting for him. But Trump’s response Monday night when Hillary Clinton accused him of not […]
  
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• Donald Trump’s dispatches from fantasyland

  27-09-2016 18:43
  
  “Donald, I know you live in your own reality,” Hillary Clinton told Donald Trump during the first debate between the two contenders for the presidency. And rather than deny it, Trump proceeded to give millions of Americans a tour of the rarefied world he inhabits and the decidedly unique attitudes that guide his dealings with […]
  
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• The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.

  27-09-2016 18:42
  
  Republicans learned again during the first presidential debate that no matter the setting, no matter the stakes, no matter the expectations, Donald Trump will insist on being Donald Trump. He will rise or fall politically as himself – brash, unpredictable, volatile and true to his own instincts. Monday’s debate might not move mountains politically. Most […]
  
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• Balloon Fiesta Events Schedule & Flying Competitions

  27-09-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  Complete schedule of events for the 2016 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Please note all events & times may change due to field/weather conditions. The morning competitions will be announced at each morning’s pilot briefing. Pin trading is located at the North end of Launch Field.
  Saturday October 1
  Morning Session
  6:00 Dawn Patrol Show & Laser Light Show
  6:30 Morning Glow
  6:45 Opening Ceremonies
  7:00 Mass Ascension
  8:30-11:30 AIBF
  
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• Former state police sergeant, experts take the stand in Sandy, Perez trial

  27-09-2016 17:34
  
  As the trial against two former Albuquerque police officers continues this week, prosecutors played a now-infamous belt tape for the jury that captures officer Keith Sandy calling James Boyd a slur. The audio came from a state police sergeant at the scene, who took the stand Monday.
  
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• Balloon Fiesta Trivia – Quiz

  27-09-2016 17:08 via krqe.com
  
  How many football fields can fit in the Balloon Fiesta launch field?
  Take the Balloon Fiesta Trivia Quiz »
  Filed under: Brain Break Tagged: Balloon Fiesta
  
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• Suspect in murder of Albuquerque bartender expected in court

  27-09-2016 16:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – One of the suspects accused of killing an Albuquerque bartender is set to appear in court, Tuesday. Andrew Hubler, 15, is expected to enter a guilty plea, according to court documents. It’s for his alleged involvement in the murder of Steve Gerecke.
  Police arrested Hubler last summer, along with five other teens. Police say they killed Gerecke after a night of breaking into cars. They say one of the teens shot Gerecke when he confronted them in his driveway.
  
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• Suspect in murder of Albuquerque bartender accepts a plea deal

  27-09-2016 16:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – No more murder charges for one of the teens accused of going on a crime spree and killing an Albuquerque man in his driveway. In court Tuesday, Andrew Hubler took a plea deal.
  There was no mention of murder this morning in court and the wife of Steven Gerecke says all these cases have been “severed.”
  Andrew Hubler is one of six teens accused of shooting and killing Gerecke in his driveway in the heights after a night of breaking into cars and homes la
  
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• Debate Takeaways: Clinton gets under Trump’s skin in debate

  27-09-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump repeatedly clashed with Hillary Clinton during Monday’s first presidential debate, interrupting her and appearing agitated at times as they tangled over the economy, her use of a private mail server and his unwillingness to release his income tax returns. Clinton maintained an even demeanor, smiling indulgently when Trump turned aggressive.
  Clinton and Trump engaged in a vigorous back-and-forth on the debate stage at Hofstra University as polls sho
  
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• Liberal activists to denounce Martinez’s death penalty plan

  27-09-2016 16:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Liberal advocates and some Democratic lawmakers say they will strongly oppose a push by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez to reinstate the death penalty.
  The coalition of death penalty foes is scheduled Tuesday to denounce the governor’s plan to bring back capital punishment in New Mexico after it was abolished seven years ago. They are meeting at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice to discuss how they will oppose the governor’s plan.
  Martinez vo
  
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• More jurors reporting in Charleston church shooting trial

  27-09-2016 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — More potential jurors are reporting to the federal courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, for initial screening in the trial of Dylann Roof, who faces 33 federal counts in the June 2015 shooting deaths of nine black church members.
  Roof is charged with hate crimes and obstruction of religion resulting in death among other counts in the case.
  About 320 potential jurors reported Monday and those who weren’t dismissed or had their jury service moved were asked
  
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• Updated: WHY IT MATTERS: Social Security

  27-09-2016 16:05
  
  WASHINGTON — THE ISSUE: More than 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children rely on monthly Social Security benefits. That’s nearly one in five Americans. The trustees who oversee Social Security say the program has enough money to pay full benefits until 2034. But at that point, Social Security will collect only enough taxes […]
  
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• Updated: Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo

  27-09-2016 16:04
  
  LONDON — As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web. While it’s unknown to what extent the stolen data has been or will be circulating, giant […]
  
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• Updated: European stocks falter amid Deutsche Bank, trade worries

  27-09-2016 16:04
  
  LONDON — European stocks faltered Tuesday as investors worried over Deutsche Bank’s outlook, a big decline in oil prices and a sharp downgrade in global trade predictions. The reaction in markets to the first U.S. presidential debate of this campaign was fairly minimal. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, France’s CAC-40 rose 0.6 percent to 4,381 while […]
  
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• Updated: Britain’s Johnson: Rude poem was not brought up in Turkey

  27-09-2016 16:04
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Visiting Turkey, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Tuesday that his hosts had not brought up the controversy caused by a rude poem he composed mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, Johnson said his country hopes to sign a “new […]
  
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• Updated: Air France workers on trial over ripping off bosses’ shirts

  27-09-2016 16:04
  
  BOBIGNY, France — Fifteen current and former Air France workers went on trial Tuesday for alleged violence during a union protest last year at the airline’s headquarters that saw two company executives flee over a fence with their shirts ripped off. The incident, caught on camera, was an extreme example of the often strained relations […]
  
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• New SAT exam taken by nearly 1.4 M students, no scores yet

  27-09-2016 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — No score results yet, but students didn’t seem to be scared off by the new version of the SAT college entrance exam.
  The College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the SAT, said Tuesday that nearly 1.4 million high schoolers took the newly redesigned SAT between March and June of this year. The board says that’s up about 180,000 test takers over the same period last spring.
  The new version of the test — with more of a focus on real-world vocabul
  
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• Homeland chief: Homegrown attacks an increasing threat

  27-09-2016 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bombings in New York and New Jersey — and a stabbing attack in Minnesota the same day — underscore that homegrown attacks inspired by violent extremists are as much a threat to the United States as those directed by terrorists, the nation’s Homeland Security chief says.
  While all attacks are difficult to detect and prevent, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the United States and its allies continue to “take the fight militarily to terror
  
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• Author suggests “Think No Pink” when it comes to Breast Cancer

  27-09-2016 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Twelve percent of women in the United States are projected to develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime, but one author and breast cancer survivor advise that thinking pink may just be a frame of mind.
  MJ Jenkins, diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Breast Cancer in 2012, after reconstructive surgery she is now cancer free.
  Jenkins authored “Think No Pink: Your BFF Guide To Breast Cancer” in order to help women navigate the
  
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• Endless shrimp is back at Red Lobster

  27-09-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – What’s better than eating shrimp? Eating shrimp when it’s endless.
  Red Lobster has brought back it’s ever so famous Endless Shrimp event giving shrimp lovers the opportunities to enjoy as much shrimp as they can stomach and any way they want it.
  Red Lobster General Manager, Samuel Alvarado, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the special.
  This year, the Endless Shrimp promotion is offering five flavors to choose from, incl
  
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• Officials: Suspect in Lilly Garcia’s death attacked in jail

  27-09-2016 14:38
  
  A man accused of taking a little girl's life in a road rage incident has been attacked in jail.
  
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• FBI: Motor vehicle thefts in New Mexico up around 36 percent

  27-09-2016 14:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The FBI says motor vehicle thefts reported by New Mexico law enforcement agencies jumped around 36 percent in 2015 from the year before.
  New crime statistics released this week show the estimated number of motor vehicle thefts in New Mexico was 8,526, or a 35.5 percent surge from the 2014 estimate.
  That spike was well above the percentage increase nationally. The FBI says the estimated number of motor vehicle thefts in the nation was 707,758, or a 3.1 percent incre
  
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• Police: Mall shooting suspect confessed, shot 5 in 1 minute

  27-09-2016 14:10 via krqe.com
  
  MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The suspect accused of killing five people at a Macy’s department store confessed to police, court documents said, but his motive remained a mystery Monday as a portrait emerged of him as a mentally troubled young man whose parents said they were trying to help him.
  Arcan Cetin, 20, appeared in court and was officially charged with five counts of first-degree premeditated murder following his arrest over the weekend for the rampage at the Cascade Mall in Bu
  
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• Charlotte residents denounce officials over police shooting

  27-09-2016 13:43 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Angry Charlotte residents verbally lashed City Council members for hours, complaining about what they called unaccountable police officers and civilian leaders who have failed to force change as the city marked a week of protests since a police officer fatally shot a black man.
  At its Monday night meeting, the council opened the floor to dozens of residents who voiced their opinions about the Sept. 20 shooting of Kevin Lamont Scott by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Ma
  
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• SWAT sergeant explains his ‘concern’ with James Boyd standoff

  27-09-2016 13:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  In the murder trial of two former Albuquerque Police officers, a retired SWAT sergeant told the jury on Tuesday what concerned him about the standoff with homeless camper James Boyd.
  “We resolve critical incidents with the least amount of force,” said Sgt. James Fox.
  One of the biggest tools SWAT has to do that is its crisis negotiation team, according to Fox.
  During the standoff in the foothills in 2014 with Boyd, Fox spoke
  
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• Prosecutors expected to wrap up case in Sandy, Perez trial

  27-09-2016 13:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The murder trial of two former Albuquerque Police Department officers is now in its second week and the prosecution is expected to wrap up its case soon.
  Monday’s testimony focused on the wounds and the weapons.
  The defense asked an APD detective to open an evidence bag. He then was instructed to show the jury one of the two pocket knives James Boyd was holding before Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy shot and killed him in 2014.
  Meanwhile, the special prosec
  
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• Crisis Intervention Officer in Sandy, Perez trial takes the stand

  27-09-2016 13:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  On Tuesday, the first witness on the stand in the murder trial of two former Albuquerque Police Department officers was an APD detective who helped investigate the shooting of homeless camper James Boyd.
  He told the jury a bean bag shot gun was on its way to the scene when Keith Sandy fired the first shots.
  A former officer trained in crisis intervention took the stand on Tuesday. He told the jury that he was making progress with James Boyd before another g
  
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• Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo

  27-09-2016 13:07 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web.
  While it’s unknown to what extent the stolen data has been or will be circulating, giant breaches can send ripples of insecurity across the internet.
  “Data breaches on the scale of Yahoo are the security equivalent of ecological disast
  
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• WHO: Excessive air pollution affects 92 percent of people

  27-09-2016 13:04 via krqe.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — More than nine out of 10 people worldwide live in areas with excessive air pollution, contributing to strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and other problems, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
  The U.N. health agency said in a new report that 92 percent of people live in areas where air quality exceeds WHO limits, with southeast Asia, eastern Mediterranean and western Pacific regions hardest hit.
  The country-by-country figures come from new satellite data over rural a
  
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