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• Stocks fall broadly, led by drops in real estate, utilities

  03-10-2016 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in light trading Monday as investors dumped former darlings of the market, real estate companies and utilities.
  Indexes slumped from the start of trading and remained down throughout the day as investors continue to speculate about when the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates as the economy strengthens. A report earlier in the day showed U.S. manufacturing picking up.
  The selling was modest, but broad. Eight of the 11 sectors of the Standard and Po
  
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• Suspect in custody after shots fired in North Carolina

  03-10-2016 23:24
  
  CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — Police say they have a suspect in custody after receiving reports of shots fired in a North Carolina beach town. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s office said on its Twitter account that there was an active shooter in Carolina Beach on Monday afternoon and advised people to avoid the area. Shortly […]
  
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• Super-spiders take over the Jean Cocteau

  03-10-2016 23:23
  
    It would seem a decoration ready for Halloween. But, no, the giant blue spider decorating the front of the Jean Cocteau Cinema is advertising the world premiere Monday of “Sixteen Legs.” The documentary features Neil Gaiman, an author who has come to the Jean Cocteau for previous events. And since it appears he’s a […]
  
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• Prohibition-era New Mexico hotel in online auction

  03-10-2016 23:16 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – A famous northern New Mexico landmark where a newspaper publisher shot a judge and a highway official during the 1920s is being sold.
  The Las Vegas Optic reports the owners of the Prohibition-era El Fidel Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico are selling the building in an online auction.
  Two years after it opened, the hotel then called The Meadows made headlines as the site of a shooting involving Las Vegas Judge David Leahy and Carl Magee, founder of the now-defunct Albuq
  
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• Updated: US-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine

  03-10-2016 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON — Already testy, relations between the United States and Russia plummeted Monday as Washington suspended diplomatic contacts with Moscow over failed efforts to end the war in Syria and Vladimir Putin put on hold a deal with the U.S. on disposing weapons-grade plutonium. On the surface, the suspensions were unrelated. But both underscored deep […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: UN envoy regrets inability to end Syria fighting

  03-10-2016 23:08
  
  BEIRUT — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 12:10 a.m. The U.N. envoy for Syria “deeply regrets” the failure of a U.S.-Russia diplomatic effort to achieve a cease-fire in Syria. Staffan de Mistura said the United Nations will continue to push “energetically for a political solution” in Syria and “will never abandon […]
  
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• Thousands of millionaires don’t pay federal income taxes

  03-10-2016 23:01
  
  Tax documents obtained by The New York Times show that Donald Trump declared a massive net operating loss of $916 million in 1995, enough to allow him to avoid paying federal income taxes for up to 18 years. The documents shed light on provisions in the U.S. tax code that allow wealthy individuals to avoid […]
  
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• Clinton’s plan to make public university tuition F-R-E-E

  03-10-2016 22:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Hillary Clinton is busy fending off accusations that she smeared Bernie Sanders supporters as overly idealistic millennials living in their parents’ basements.
  In reality, the leaked audio from February perfectly reflects her evolution on the issue of college affordability – from “free college” skeptic to its biggest cheerleader.
  Throughout the campaign, Clinton has been fond of sharing her personal history as a cash-strapped law student
  
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• Trump’s praise of Putin could cost him the election

  03-10-2016 21:53
  
  Donald Trump likes to mock Hillary Clinton for speaking to small crowds. So what was Trump doing last week giving a surprise speech to just 100 people in Chicago – a state he has zero chance of winning? Answer: damage control. Trump seems to finally realize that his bizarre embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin, […]
  
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• How many hours of your life have you wasted on work email?

  03-10-2016 21:53
  
  Email is like the dirty laundry of the Internet. I do not mean that metaphorically. It’s this burdensome time-suck that everyone hates but that remains essential to functioning. Any cubicle drone with a corporate email address knows this well already, of course, but a new report from Adobe describes the problem with some pretty startling […]
  
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• Updated: Kardashian joins string of big jewel heist victims

  03-10-2016 21:42
  
  PARIS — Kim Kardashian West joined a line of victims of major jewel heists when armed robbers entered her Paris residence, chained her to bathroom furnishings and escaped with jewels worth an estimated $10 million. Other thieves have outwitted armed guards and alarm systems or cut through an airport fence or to seize their loot. […]
  
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• Ukrainian rebel leaders divided by bitter purge

  03-10-2016 21:42
  
  KIEV, UKRAINE — After Russian-backed rebels proclaimed the creation of the Luhansk People’s Republic in 2014, a former paratrooper-turned-entrepreneur was swept to power as the prime minister of that breakaway state in eastern Ukraine. Gennady Tsypkalov, with a background in the oil pipeline industry and rumored links to organized crime, had gained a reputation as […]
  
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• Surgeon General warns staff that personal information may have been stolen

  03-10-2016 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON – The Surgeon General on Monday issued a warning to his staff that is all too familiar to federal employees: Your personal information may have been stolen. In an email, Surgeon General Vice Adm. Vivek H. Murthy told “commissioned corps” employees of the Public Health Service that information, including their names, dates of birth […]
  
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• Updated: House panel: Mylan CEO minimized EpiPen profits in testimony

  03-10-2016 19:43
  
  WASHINGTON — Leaders of the House Oversight Committee want EpiPen maker Mylan to explain why the company’s CEO apparently misled Congress about profits the company claimed for the life-saving EpiPen injection device. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch repeatedly told the panel last month that Mylan made just $50 in profit for EpiPens sold for more than […]
  
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• Updated: Extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew heading for Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica; some U.S. impacts likely

  03-10-2016 19:29
  
  Hurricane Matthew remains an extremely powerful Category 4 hurricane, and it is now less than a day away from producing a prolonged period of life-threatening conditions in parts of Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica. Ultimately, those conditions will extend into the Bahamas. Some impacts along the U.S. East Coast now appear to be more likely as […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton tears into Trump on taxes

  03-10-2016 19:29
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio — Hillary Clinton tore into Donald Trump’s tax history, business acumen and trustworthiness on Monday, as she sought to capitalize on news that the New York real estate mogul may not have paid federal taxes for years — one of several revelations that rattled the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign. Campaigning at a union […]
  
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• She called the man who sexually assaulted her a rapist. Now he is suing for defamation.

  03-10-2016 19:29
  
  For four years, 24-year-old Yee Xiong fought to put it all behind her. The sexual assault. The questions about what role she may have played in it. Two hung juries and, finally, a plea deal that sent her attacker to jail. Just when Xiong thought it was all over, it seems to be starting again. […]
  
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• US bees were just added to the endangered species list for the first time

  03-10-2016 19:28
  
  The bees are dying. For the first time in the United States, bees have been placed on the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday determined that seven species of yellow-faced bees, all native to Hawaii, should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. All seven species belong to the Hylaeus […]
  
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• Why are people mocking Kim Kardashian for being a victim of violent crime?

  03-10-2016 19:22
  
  PARIS — Kim Kardashian was reportedly robbed here. At gunpoint. In her flat, by masked men who tied her up and escaped with some $10 million worth of jewelry. Her spokesperson said she is fine. And that is good news. What has bubbled up in the aftermath of this story is a geyser of schadenfreude, […]
  
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• Russia suspends plutonium deal with US

  03-10-2016 19:22
  
  Citing “unfriendly actions” by the United States, the Kremlin announced Monday that Russia has suspended a landmark agreement to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium, the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries. In a decree released by the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin issued several ultimatums, demanding that Washington reduce its military presence in NATO […]
  
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• Polish women go on nationwide strike against proposed abortion ban

  03-10-2016 19:22
  
  LONDON — Women all over Poland went on strike Monday to protest the government’s plans for a total ban on abortions. It was unclear how many women participated nationally, but organizers estimated that up to 6 million women joined in the protest, according to news reports. Some protesters wore black clothes as they marched through […]
  
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• Updated: Converting churches to condos brings logistical, social challenges

  03-10-2016 19:11
  
  It looks ancient, but the formidable stone church in Washington has, in its own way, kept up with the times. Constructed in 1891, the Romanesque Revival building started as a Presbyterian church. But that congregation began to fade in the 1950s, and eventually another took over. And then another and another – none of them […]
  
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• Civilian casualties in Yemen bring charges of US responsibility for Saudi actions

  03-10-2016 19:11
  
  Reservations are growing within the Obama administration about American military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s air campaign in Yemen, as some lawmakers and human rights groups charge the United States with responsibility for Saudi attacks that have killed large numbers of civilians. Civilian casualties have spiked in Yemen since the collapse of peace talks last month, […]
  
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• Updated: Transgender boy’s mom sues hospital, says he was traumatized by being called a girl

  03-10-2016 17:43
  
  The transgender teenager had once written a poem about the heartache of a boy born in a girl’s body. His words were raw and revealing. In time, they would also seem haunting. “I’ve been looking for him for years, but I seem to grow farther away from him with each passing day,” 14-year-old Kyler Prescott […]
  
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• Ohio plans January execution using 3-drug combo

  03-10-2016 17:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio plans to resume executions in January with a new three-drug combination after an unofficial three-year moratorium blamed on shortages of lethal drugs, an attorney representing the state told a federal judge Monday. Thomas Madden with the Ohio attorney general’s office said the state will use the drugs midazolam, which puts the […]
  
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• Toddler accidentally killed with relative’s gun, possibly by his 3-year-old brother, police say

  03-10-2016 17:42
  
  Police are investigating the death of an 18-month-old boy who they say was accidentally shot in the head in his family’s Georgia home. The shooting happened about 3 p.m. Saturday in McDonough, about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta. Police are trying to determine who pulled the trigger – the toddler or his 3-year-old brother. Henry […]
  
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• The US military is great on STEM. It should also be great on liberal arts.

  03-10-2016 17:42
  
  The U.S. military understood the importance of STEM long before it became the most coveted acronym in education. Recognizing their critical skills in the conduct of war, George Washington appointed the first engineering officers to the Revolutionary Army on June 16, 1775. Military historian Ian Hope describes how “American military thinking emerged in the young […]
  
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• Hillary Clinton calls for ‘smart and fair trade.’ What is that?

  03-10-2016 17:41
  
  It’s not for me to score last week’s debate, but I will say this: I watched it with my 14- and 16-year-old kids, and I used the occasion to point out to them: “See, this is the difference between doing your homework and winging it. The road to success is paved with preparation.” The fact […]
  
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• Outdoor giant Bass Pro to acquire rival Cabela’s for $4.5B

  03-10-2016 17:34 via krqe.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Outdoor gear giant Bass Pro is snapping up rival Cabela’s in a $4.5 billion deal announced Monday.
  Bass Pro is paying Cabela’s shareholders $65.50 cash per share, a 19 percent premium to Friday’s closing price. The deal combines two companies known for their giant destination superstores.
  It also creates uncertainty about jobs in Cabela’s home state of Nebraska. The combined companies plan to keep some operations in Sidney and Lincoln, Nebraska, b
  
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• Trinity Test Site tour met with protest from descendants

  03-10-2016 16:59 via krqe.com
  
  TULAROSA, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico residents living near the site of the first atomic bomb have held their annual demonstration as visitors caravanned into the Trinity Test Site for a tour.
  The Alamogordo Daily News reports Tularosa Basin Downwinders protested Saturday as caravanners enter the site that is opened twice a year to visitors.
  The group says the 1945 Trinity Test irreparably altered the gene pools of residents in surrounding communities such as the historic Hispanic village of Tu
  
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• Balloon Fiesta officials: No flights today

  03-10-2016 16:34
  
  Balloon Fiesta officials have cancelled flights this morning due to wind.
  
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• North Carolina could provide Clinton knockout over Trump

  03-10-2016 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican Donald Trump can do little to stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from winning the presidency if she carries North Carolina, where their close race reflects the national liabilities of both candidates.
  Trump is struggling with conservative Democrats, especially women in the big and booming suburbs of Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, who’ve long been part of the GOP’s winning formula in North Carolina.
  Clinton has her own worries: Younger voters who helped
  
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• Armed jewelry thieves target Kardashian West in Paris

  03-10-2016 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said.
  A spokeswoman for Kardashian West said the reality TV star, who was in Paris attending fashion week shows, was badly shaken but physically unharmed. Police said she left Paris Monday morning.
  A Paris police official said five assailants, who w
  
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• Powerful Hurricane Matthew a threat to Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba

  03-10-2016 15:50 via krqe.com
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Vulnerable Haiti braced for flash floods and violent winds from the extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew as the powerful storm approached the hemisphere’s poorest country Monday.
  The eye of the Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph), was expected to pass east of Jamaica and then over or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It was p
  
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• Trump has a challenging week with a tax revelation

  03-10-2016 15:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ever defiant, Donald Trump and his Republican allies embraced a report that said the New York businessman may not have paid federal income taxes for nearly two decades after he and his companies lost nearly $916 million in a single year.
  The unexpected weekend revelation punctuated a week of missteps and aggressive personal attacks from the Republican presidential contender, with early voting already underway in some states and Election Day quickly approaching.
  If there was
  
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• Social Hub: #BalloonFiesta Day 3

  03-10-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s day three of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Monday is scheduled to be the first day of competition flying, weather permitting.
  At last word, Balloon Fiesta Officials are waiting for the sunrise before making a final decision on whether they will fly or not.Flag status currently: #balloonfiesta pic.twitter.com/TSp1f2nJLP
  — Caitlin Elizabeth (@CaitlinEPhoto) October 3, 2016Fresh mini-donuts #breakfastofchampions #mostimportantmealoft
  
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• Horse rescue ranch talks Balloon Fiesta

  03-10-2016 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an organization dedicated to rescue, rehabilitate and re-house abandoned horses, and they are looking for volunteers and those wishing to adopt.
  Walking N Circles is a non-profit corporation that provide caring attention to horses who were left to fend for themselves. This non-profit also collaborates with other rescue teams throughout New Mexico.
  Ruth Andrews, Executive Director for Walking in Circles, along with Matt Coulombe, Presiden
  
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• Officials respond to balloon crashes

  03-10-2016 14:44
  
  A hot-air balloon that crashed into a power line caused a temporary outage in northwest Albuquerque on Sunday.
  
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• Colombia in unchartered territory with peace deal’s defeat

  03-10-2016 14:41 via krqe.com
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A stunning referendum defeat for a peace deal with leftist rebels leaves Colombians with no Plan B to save an accord that sought to bring an end to a half century of hostilities.
  Instead of winning by an almost two-to-one margin on Sunday as pre-election polls had predicted, those favoring the accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia lost by a razor-thin margin, 49.8 percent to 50.2 percent for those against the deal.
  Both President Juan Manuel Santos
  
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• House of Representatives to continue work on state budget

  03-10-2016 14:37 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state’s legislature is headed back to the Capitol Building Monday to continue a special session. The House of Representatives is expected to continue their work on the state’s budget crisis after making headway on another one of the governor’s top priorities.
  Some may be wondering whether the Senate will show Monday morning now that the House has made changes to several parts of its budget plan. None of those bills can go to the governor&r
  
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• House GOP tweaks Senate budget plan, increases cuts to UNM

  03-10-2016 14:37 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – House Republicans have unveiled their plan to plug a nearly $600 million budget hole in the state.
  It comes on day four of the special session called by the governor, and the Republican plan softens the cuts on K-12 education while slamming the University of New Mexico hard.
  The plan unveiled Monday is a modified version of the Senate plan approved over the weekend. It’s mean to address budget crisis caused by crashing oil and gas prices and a bad state econom
  
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• House GOP lays out its budget plan

  03-10-2016 14:37 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M (KRQE) – Day four of the special session focused on who will feel the pain most from budget cuts made necessary by a nearly $600 million hole in the state’s finances.
  House Republicans laid out their changes to a fix approved by the Senate over the weekend in a news conference Monday morning.
  While both proposals make significant cuts to state government, they differ in some key areas.
  “There are some things in the Senate plan that we are just unable to do,&r
  
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• Transmitter towers damaged by suspected arsonist

  03-10-2016 14:28
  
  County officials are investigating the unusual attempted arson on transmitter towers at the top of Sandia Crest.
  
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• New Jersey train engineer says he can’t remember crash

  03-10-2016 14:22 via krqe.com
  
  HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The engineer at the helm of a train that smashed into a New Jersey commuter rail terminal, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 others, told federal investigators he was going only 10 mph as he approached the station, but has has no memory of the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
  The statements from the engineer, Thomas Gallagher, came as investigators learned that an event data recorder that was supposed to record the New Jersey Transit train
  
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• Car crashes into fence, almost hits house

  03-10-2016 14:14
  
  A car ploughed into a fence, and the people living at the house say it’s not the first time.
  
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• Second day of Balloon Fiesta sees balloons hitting power lines

  03-10-2016 14:13
  
  In day two of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, two balloons hit power lines Sunday morning.One of them caused a small explosion.
  
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• Police offer safety tips for people at Balloon Fiesta

  03-10-2016 13:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – This week, thousands more people are expected to pass through the gates at Balloon Fiesta Park. Police are reminding everyone to only bring what you need.
  Albuquerque Police say they want to make this event as safe as possible, protecting your safety and the safety of others. So, they are encouraging you to pack lightly.
  Police will be checking bags at the gates as you pass through, and there are also other important reminders.
  “We don’t want anyone t
  
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• 10-year-old receives Youth Hero Award

  03-10-2016 13:39
  
  Ben Daley was awarded the American Legion Auxiliary's Youth Hero Award on his 10th birthday.
  
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• Pre-K kids doing science labs as part of unique hands-on program

  03-10-2016 13:33 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – Walk down the halls of Saint Mary’s Belen and you’ll find a different kind of class.
  Students as young as Pre-K up to eighth grade are buttoning up their lab coats, pulling on their gloves and sliding on their goggles.
  It’s all for a new program called Lablearner. It’s giving the students a chance to learn about science with a hands on approach.“It’s a lot of answering questions inside the notebook and then we do the labs and then it
  
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• Updated: Rowing federation opposed to proposed Olympic venue move

  03-10-2016 13:10
  
  TOKYO — The head of the international rowing federation wants to stick with his sport’s planned venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rather than move to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) outside the city. World Rowing president Jean-Christophe Rolland said Monday he was surprised and “disappointed” by a city government panel’s recommendation to relocate […]
  
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