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• APS looks to start building new schools through the Santolina Master Plan

  10-10-2016 23:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The first step in the controversial Santolina Project has been approved. The massive new housing development is slated to be built on Albuquerque’s West Mesa. Now, taxpayers may have to help front the $587 million to build schools in the neighborhood.
  The new residential community will house about 37,000 people. That means, about 15,000 students would need new schools. Albuquerque Public Schools suggests they would need about 18 new campuses to help serve t
  
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• Carlsbad water park draws in big crowd

  10-10-2016 23:49 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) -Carlsbad’s new water park has turned out to be a big hit.
  The $4.5 million water park opened back in July.
  The city says an estimated 2,600 people visited.
  City officials also estimate between 15 to 20 percent of the visitors came from out of town with a large number of guests coming from Roswell, Artesia, and west Texas.
  The water park was paid for through the City of Carlsbad Lodger’s tax and the general fund.
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• Updated: Gymnast Louis Smith apologizes for video mocking Islam

  10-10-2016 23:47
  
  LONDON — Two-time Olympic silver medalist Louis Smith apologized Monday for a video in which he and a fellow gymnast appear to mock Islam. Smith and Luke Carson are shown in a leaked video laughing and pretending to pray while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” or Arabic for “God is greatest.” “I am deeply sorry for the […]
  
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• Jury deliberations to continue in Sandy, Perez trial

  10-10-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Jury deliberations will continue Tuesday in the murder trial of two former Albuquerque Police Department officers who shot homeless camper James Boyd.
  Jurors deliberated the fate of Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy for eight hours Friday before the judge sent them home for the weekend.
  Prosecutors have argued Sandy and Perez used excessive force when they shot Boyd in the Foothills in 2014.
  But the defense says the officers shot to protect the life of a K-9 handle
  
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• Jury deliberations continue in Sandy, Perez trial

  10-10-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Jury deliberations continued Tuesday in the murder trial of two former Albuquerque Police Department officers who shot and killed homeless camper James Boyd.
  The jury deliberated for over five hours on Tuesday. They have been deliberating for over 14 hours in total.
  So far, there have been no questions on Tuesday.
  Jurors deliberated the fate of Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy for eight hours Friday before the judge sent them home for the weekend.
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• Hung jury leads to mistrial in Sandy, Perez trial

  10-10-2016 23:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The judge declared a mistrial on Tuesday in the case of former Albuquerque Police Department officers Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy due to a hung jury.
  Three jurors found them guilty and nine believed they were not guilty.
  Live Streaming the announcement here >>
  Jury deliberations continued Tuesday; the jurors deliberated the James Boyd case for hours for several days.
  Prosecutors have argued Sandy and Perez used excessive force when t
  
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• Artisans, vendors grapple with rising turquoise prices

  10-10-2016 23:41
  
  Three years ago, buying a turquoise squash blossom necklace from Utility Shack in Albuquerque would set you back $500. Today, that same necklace costs $1,000. “The price of turquoise has been going up ever since I started in the business in 1974,” said Linda Stout, the shop’s co-owner. “But now it’s outrageous.” Just how outrageous […]
  
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• Investigators: Man shot in the face faces federal charges

  10-10-2016 23:31 via krqe.com
  
  TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Being shot by a homeowner didn’t stop him but now investigators finally have.
  Yvon Juteau, 32, who was shot in the face by a Taos homeowner this summer is now facing charges for a hit and run crash more than three years ago.Investigators say Juteau is the driver who fled the scene of a head-on collision in July 2013 that seriously injured two members of the Taos Pueblo.
  But it took some time to get the evidence they needed to arrest him. They finally did so last w
  
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• The moveTrump makes when asked whether he would really raise taxes on the rich

  10-10-2016 23:28
  
  Throughout his run for the presidency, Donald Trump has frequently talked about raising taxes on rich people. He has never actually put forth a plan to do so. Every outside analysis of his tax plan finds it would reduce taxes for the highest-earning Americans, and by a substantially higher percentage than it would for the […]
  
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• Updated: Ahead of possible strike, Chicago school talks continue

  10-10-2016 23:24
  
  CHICAGO — A weekend of inconclusive contract talks meant that negotiators for the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools met again Monday in a bid to avert a threatened teachers’ strike, with an announcement expected before a midnight deadline on whether teachers would form picket lines in the nation’s third largest public school district. […]
  
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• Updated: Ethiopia blames Egypt for forcing new state of emergency

  10-10-2016 23:18
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s government on Monday blamed Egypt for supporting outlawed rebels and forcing the declaration of the country’s first state of emergency in a quarter-century as widespread anti-government protests continue. There is “ample evidence” that Egypt provided training and financing to the Oromo Liberation Front, labeled a terrorist organization by Ethiopia, government […]
  
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• Updated: Trump, Clinton offer few plans for Syrian mess lying ahead

  10-10-2016 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON — Whoever wins the White House, he or she will inherit the war in Syria, one of the most complex and brutal crises in the world. But neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump has articulated a comprehensive or realistic proposal to deal with it With Syrian President Bashar Assad and his allies Russia and […]
  
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• Updated: The White House is for sale? Actually, two are on the market, just two miles apart.

  10-10-2016 22:30
  
  If you are among those shopping for your own personal White House, don’t worry. You have options. Is the replica White House for sale on Georgetown Pike in McLean, Va. – complete with curved portico and towering columns – not quite right? Then maybe the replica White House for sale two miles away on Towlston […]
  
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• How Trump got a personal tax break by defaulting on loans

  10-10-2016 22:30
  
  Now we know, from what Donald Trump said at Sunday night’s debate, that he avoided paying federal income taxes for years. Let me try to explain to you how he managed to do it; how his assertion that Hillary Clinton supporters Warren Buffett and George Soros did the same thing is almost certainly untrue; and […]
  
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• Updated: The secret network of political tweeters making debate memes go viral

  10-10-2016 22:29
  
  In the aftermath of the second presidential debate, Facebook and Twitter lit up with two competing memes. One depicts a smiling Hillary Clinton, with the campaign slogan “I’m with her” superimposed in black text at the top of the screen. The second juxtaposes a photo of Clinton — shown in a menacing shade of red […]
  
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• Trump Taj Mahal closes for good following bitter dispute with unions

  10-10-2016 22:29
  
  Trump Taj Mahal, the Atlantic City casino-hotel Donald Trump once suggested was proof of his deal-making mastery, closed for good on Monday, putting 3,000 people out of work and further eroding the Republican’s message that he is an unmatched business success. The casino closed at 6 a.m. Monday, just hours after Trump faced off with […]
  
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• Nestle recalls drumstick ice cream due to Listeria concern

  10-10-2016 22:22 via krqe.com
  (CNN) – Nestle has issued a voluntary recall of its drumstick ice cream cones.
  The drumsticks may be contaminated with Listeria.
  The recall includes the 16-count variety pack and the 24-count vanilla pack.
  No illnesses have been reported at this time.
  Nestle says if you have these ice creams, please don’t eat them. Return them to the store you bought them from, or contact Nestle consumer services for replacement.
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• Medics plead for access to Syria’s embattled Aleppo

  10-10-2016 21:59 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Doctors Without Borders pleaded on Monday for access to treat the wounded in the rebel-held part of Syria’s Aleppo as government forces pressed ahead with an offensive that has killed hundreds of people in recent weeks.
  The international charity, also known by its French acronym MSF, said in a statement that medical workers in Aleppo are exhausted and that the overstretched facilities face an impending fuel shortage. MSF, which supports eight hospitals in Aleppo’s
  
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• Frontier Airlines continues to grow, goes on a hiring spree

  10-10-2016 20:16
  
  Planning to expand to more warm-weather markets, Denver-based Frontier Airlines is going on a hiring spree with hopes of recruiting 800 flight attendants and 300 pilots by the end of next year. Frontier is still one of the nation’s smallest commercial carriers, with only 63 planes. But the airline’s owner, Indigo Partners, wants to spread […]
  
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• Santa Fe Sheriff’s deputies arrest wrong way driver

  10-10-2016 20:07 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over a wrong way driver on I-25 Sunday who they suspect was drunk.
  Diana Nunez-Montes, 23, was stopped at about 3 a.m. near Cerrillos Road.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, deputies had received several calls about the wrong way driver headed north in the southbound lanes of I-25. They say Nunez-Montes smelled of alcohol.
  About two weeks ago, a suspected drunk driver killed someone while driving the wrong wa
  
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• Breaking: Hinton leaving Presbyterian for top spot at Dallas health care system

  10-10-2016 20:00
  
  Jim Hinton, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Presbyterian Healthcare for the past 21 years, announced Monday he is leaving to take the top slot at Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas. Baylor Scott & White is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in […]
  
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• Las Vegas mental patients struggling after discharge

  10-10-2016 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – An investigation has found that some patients discharged from the state mental hospital in Las Vegas live in poor conditions, including going hungry, while staying in boarding homes in the northern New Mexico city.
  The Albuquerque Journal found that the state mental hospital, formally known as the Behavioral Health Institute, discharges about 200 patients each year into Las Vegas and surrounding San Miguel County and that many don’t have anywhere to go.
  The n
  
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• The first post-hot mic poll is out, and it suggests that Donald Trump is in deep, deep trouble

  10-10-2016 19:46
  
  Even before The Washington Post reported on a 2005 recording of Donald Trump making crude comments about exploiting his celebrity to sexually assault women, Hillary Clinton’s campaign was on the upswing. Her strong performance in the first presidential debate had pushed her national polling numbers up fairly quickly. Not as quickly as after the party […]
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg calls national anthem protests ‘dumb and disrespectful’

  10-10-2016 19:46
  
  As a legal scholar, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg supports the decision by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other athletes to protest racial injustice by refusing to stand for the national anthem. But personally? She doesn’t like it one bit. “Would I arrest them for doing it? No,” Ginsburg said in a […]
  
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• Gas balloon race winners from ABQ

  10-10-2016 19:43
  
  Albuquerque balloonists Peter Cuneo and Barbara Fricke are the winners of the 2016 America's C ...
  
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• New Mexico College Republicans chair to support Gary Johnson

  10-10-2016 19:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The chair of New Mexico College Republicans has announced that he will vote for Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson over GOP nominee Donald Trump.
  Michael Aguilar told a group of Johnson supporters on Saturday that he couldn’t support Trump after a video showed the wealthy businessman making lewd comments about women. Aguilar and other College Republicans in the state announced their support for Johnson during a rally for the Libertarian at
  
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• Top green group to spend at least $40 million this election, shattering past records

  10-10-2016 18:59
  
  The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund will spend at least $40 million this election, according to its president, Gene Karpinski, a record-setting amount for the group that underscores the extent to which liberal groups are working to buttress Democrats’ campaigns this year. Coupled with the efforts of billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate and a […]
  
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• Trump wanted to put Bill Clinton’s accusers in his family box. Officials said no.

  10-10-2016 18:58
  
  ST. LOUIS – Donald Trump’s campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family’s box at the presidential debate here Sunday night, according to four people involved in the discussions. The campaign’s plan, which was closely held […]
  
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• Dad squashes son’s giant pumpkin record with 2,261-pounder

  10-10-2016 18:58
  
  WARREN, R.I. — A Rhode Island man has squashed a record set by his son by taking first prize in a pumpkin contest with a 2,261.5-pound gourd. WJAR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2e3L0Ob) Richard Wallace’s 2,261.5-pound pumpkin beat the North American giant pumpkin record set by his son, Ron, at the same event last year. Ron Wallace’s pumpkin […]
  
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• Filthy! Farcical! Furious! From ‘Access Hollywood’ to ‘SNL’ to the debate, three days of must-see campaign craziness

  10-10-2016 18:55
  
  Following the latest, looniest developments in the presidential campaign on television over the last few days, it was easy to see a nation falling apart. Or maybe, just maybe, it was finally coming to its senses. “BREAKING NEWS,” that dreaded appellation, lived up to its billing for the first time in this never-ending 2016 election. […]
  
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• Choir director accused of recording naked student

  10-10-2016 18:55
  
  HOUSTON — An assistant choir director in a suburban Houston high school is accused of telling a female student to remove all her clothes to try on gowns and then secretly recording her in a classroom closet that had been converted to a changing room. Clarence Appleby refused to answer questions from reporters following his […]
  
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• Albuquerque changing and adapting to more tourists

  10-10-2016 18:44
  
  Airbnb is a business that is growing in Albuquerque.
  
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• Hobbs public defender office to stop taking clients

  10-10-2016 18:12 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – A public defender office in southeastern New Mexico has announced it won’t be taking new clients amid a budget crisis in the state.
  The Hobbs News-Sun reports that Hobbs Public Defender Office intends to start filing a “notice of unavailability” into magistrate court on Monday. That means the office cannot accept appointments for representation in the adult criminal courts of Lea County for 90 days.
  Public defenders are state-funded attorneys who repres
  
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• Today in History: October 10

  10-10-2016 17:35 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Monday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2016. There are 82 days left in the year. This is Columbus Day in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Oct. 10, 1966, the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations” by Brian Wilson and Mike Love was released by Capitol Records.
  On this date:
  In A.D. 19, Roman general Germanicus Julius Caesar, 33, died in Antioch under mysterious circumstances, possibly from poisonin
  
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• Albuquerque police responding to 2 separate crashes

  10-10-2016 17:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department says officers are working two separate traffic crashes and are asking drivers to avoid those areas if possible while the accidents are cleared up.
  A rollover has closed several lanes at Pan American and Osuna. No serious injuries have been reported.
  Officers are also on scene at another crash on westbound I-40 at the Big I. Again, no serious injuries have been reported.
  No further information is available.
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• Albuquerque police respond to 2 separate crashes

  10-10-2016 17:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department said officers responded to two separate traffic crashes Monday morning and were asking drivers to avoid those areas if possible.
  A rollover closed several lanes at Pan American and Osuna. No serious injuries were reported.
  Officers were also on scene at another crash on westbound I-40 at the Big I. Again, no serious injuries were reported.
  No further information is available.
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• Aviation company general manager banned from Clovis airport

  10-10-2016 17:00 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – The general manager of an aviation company that operates at the Clovis Municipal Airport has been banned from airport property.
  The Clovis News Journal reports that City Manager Larry Fry sent a letter to Blue Sky Aviation General Manager Carlos Arias last week that he was no longer be allowed to enter the Clovis Municipal Airport.
  Fry wrote in an Oct. 4 letter that if Fry came onto airport property, he would be arrested for criminal trespass.
  Arias said he believes the
  
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• Aviation company general manager banned for Clovis airport

  10-10-2016 17:00 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – The general manager of an aviation company that operates at the Clovis Municipal Airport has been banned from airport property.
  The Clovis News Journal reports that City Manager Larry Fry sent a letter to Blue Sky Aviation General Manager Carlos Arias last week that he was no longer be allowed to enter the Clovis Municipal Airport.
  Fry wrote in an Oct. 4 letter that if Fry came onto airport property, he would be arrested for criminal trespass.
  Arias said he believes the
  
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• Bi-partisan debate viewing party turns raucous

  10-10-2016 16:45
  
  Well over 100 people, possibly more than 200, showed up to a bi-partisan debate watch-party.
  
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• APS kids taste test possible lunch menu foods

  10-10-2016 16:44
  
  When it comes to food, kids like what they like. But getting them to eat meals they think are tasty and fun, while also meeting USDA nutrition guidelines, can be tough. That’s why the Albuquerque Public Schools district is trying a new method to balance the two.
  
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• Tsonga returns from injury with win at Shanghai Masters

  10-10-2016 15:48
  
  SHANGHAI — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won for the first time since retiring from his quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open, beating Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-2 Monday in the opening round of the Shanghai Masters. Tsonga, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai final last year, had 12 aces against Mayer and saved all five break […]
  
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• Dutch union threatens FIFA with legal action over Qatar

  10-10-2016 15:48
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch labor union said Monday it will launch legal action against FIFA if soccer’s governing body does not step in to halt what it called “modern slavery” in the construction of venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Dutch union FNV, which is taking legal action along with 21-year-old […]
  
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• Duck hunter rescued from marshy muck in northeast Nebraska

  10-10-2016 15:47
  
  STANTON, Neb. — Authorities have rescued a rural Madison man who got stuck in mud and water while duck hunting in northeast Nebraska. The Stanton County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old John Johnson was hunting alone Saturday morning southeast of Stanton when he moved into a marshy area and his hip waders began filling with water. […]
  
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• 4 Michigan duck hunters face charges after tip to poaching hotline

  10-10-2016 15:47
  
  CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say four men are facing poaching charges after they were caught with too many dead ducks in western Michigan. The Grand Haven Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2d72szd ) authorities confiscated 58 ducks Sunday in Ottawa County’s Chester Township. Conservation Officer Ivan Perez says the hunters were over the legal limit for ducks […]
  
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• Updated: Ryan Lochte engaged to former Playboy model Kayla Rae Reid

  10-10-2016 15:46
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ryan Lochte has gotten engaged to former Playboy model Kayla Rae Reid. The pair shared Instagram pictures Sunday night of the 25-year-old Reid sporting a big diamond ring in front of a Malibu backdrop. Reid’s photo included the note, “Speechless. Absolutely beautiful. So in love with YOU.” The 31-year-old Olympic swimmer and […]
  
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• Monday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Trump, Clinton attack each other in second debate

  10-10-2016 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A CNN poll released overnight shows a majority of debate watchers thought Hillary Clinton won the match up again, but that Donald Trump “exceeded expectations.” The two candidates attacked each other for 90 minutes. Trump apologized for comments heard in a video from 2005 where he described advances on women. Clinton was attached for her use of a private email while she was Secretary of State. The two square off again next week.
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• Kansas sheriff’s deputy kidnapped, sexually assaulted

  10-10-2016 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  OLATHE, Kansas (AP) — A Kansas sheriff’s department says it’s investigating after one of its deputies was kidnapped and sexually assaulted.
  The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department says the deputy was abducted late Friday from a parking lot as she headed into work at the detention center in Olathe. It says the deputy, who has been with the department for about six months, did not know her abductors and was not in uniform at the time.
  The department says the
  
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• Missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen land near US destroyer

  10-10-2016 15:11 via krqe.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near an American destroyer in the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy said Monday, the second such launch targeting ships in the crucial international waterway in recent days.
  The missile launches Sunday came as a ballistic missile fired from Yemen apparently targeted a Saudi air base near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the deepest strike yet into the kingdom by Shiite rebels and their allies.
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• Walking N Circles Horse Rescue sponsors vet clinic

  10-10-2016 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and providing homes for abandoned horses, and they are looking for volunteers and those wishing to adopt.
  Walking N Circles is a non-profit that provides caring attention to horses who were left to fend for themselves. They have over 100 volunteer ranch hands who do all of the work all while learning how to handle horses.
  Ruth Andrews, Executive Director for Walking in Circles, a
  
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• Trump Taj Mahal closes after 26 years; 5th casino casualty

  10-10-2016 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump opened his Trump Taj Mahal casino 26 years ago, calling it “the eighth wonder of the world.”
  But his friend and fellow billionaire Carl Icahn closed it Monday morning, making it the fifth casualty of Atlantic City’s casino crisis.
  The sprawling Boardwalk casino, with its soaring domes, minarets and towers built to mimic the famed Indian palace, shut down at 5:59 a.m., having failed to reach a deal with its union workers to rest
  
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