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• New Mexico GOP campaign mailer stirring up controversy

  15-10-2016 23:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- A campaign mailer reportedly from the New Mexico GOP is stirring up controversy.
  It reads, “When the democrats win the election and you didn’t do your part to stop it, your neighbors will know.”
  The mailer first reported by the Daily Beast says it was paid for by the Republican Party of New Mexico.
  A News 13 call to a state GOP spokesperson about the flyer has not been returned.
  While the state does keep public records of whether someone voted, those r
  
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• Man beaten with mop handle after allegedly demanding money from store clerk

  15-10-2016 23:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A man accused of demanding eight whole dollars from a convenience store clerk will need a whole lot more than that to get out of jail.
  According to a criminal complaint, Anthony Jinzo walked into the Corner Store at Eubank and Central with a crowbar saying he’d hit him if he didn’t get eight dollars.
  Police say that clerk beat Jinzo with a mop handle and chased him off.
  Jinzo fled in what he later told police was his mom’s car before getting caug
  
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• Clerk fired from job after beating robbery suspect with mop

  15-10-2016 23:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A store clerk was the victim of an attempted robbery, but now KRQE News 13 has learned the clerk who said he was defending himself has lost his job because of that incident.
  That clerk said this all happened very quickly and said he was fired for not following policy, but he believes he did what he could in the moment.
  Ludgie Brister said he loved his job.
  “My employees, my staff was cool, we was like a family,” said Brister.
  He was working as a
  
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• Clerk beat alleged robber with mop, says fired from job for not following policy

  15-10-2016 23:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A man accused of demanding eight whole dollars from a convenience store clerk will need a whole lot more than that to get out of jail.
  According to a criminal complaint, Anthony Jinzo walked into the Corner Store at Eubank and Central with a crowbar saying he’d hit him if he didn’t get eight dollars.
  Police say that clerk beat Jinzo with a mop handle and chased him off.
  Jinzo fled in what he later told police was his mom’s car before getting caug
  
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• Gov’t says colder weather will boost winter heating bills

  15-10-2016 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  Expect to pay more to heat your home this winter than you spent last year.
  That’s the message from government analysts who sifted through forecasts for a colder winter and slightly higher energy prices.
  The Energy Department said Thursday that household bills are likely to be higher for all four main heating fuels — natural gas, electricity, heating oil, and propane.
  Last winter, above-normal temperatures reduced nationwide demand for heating fuels to the lowest level in at least 25
  
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• Updated: Trump challenges legitimacy of election

  15-10-2016 23:05
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A beleaguered Donald Trump sought to undermine the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday, pressing unsubstantiated claims the contest is rigged against him, vowing anew to jail Hillary Clinton if he’s elected and throwing in a baseless insinuation his rival was on drugs in the last debate. Not even the […]
  
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• Study: Minorities less likely to attend top public colleges

  15-10-2016 22:17 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Black and Latino students in the U.S. are far less likely than their peers of other races to attend elite public universities, according to a new study.
  The Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed federal data from 2014 to compare the types of public colleges students of different races attended. The group divided colleges by selectivity, ranking them as elite public universities, other four-year schools or community colleges.
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• Updated: Teen brothers, woman, charged in drive-by shooting that killed young woman

  15-10-2016 21:43
  
  Two teenage brothers were arrested and charged with murder Friday after their mother told deputies the teens were involved a drive-by shooting that killed a young woman in Albuquerque’s South Valley earlier this year, according to a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman. The brothers, who have not been identified, were arrested at a home on […]
  
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• Read It and Weep: 5 websites for book lovers

  15-10-2016 21:36 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, TENN. (MEDIA GENERAL)—Whether you’re a hardcore bookworm, a casual reader or that person who always says they ‘wish they read more,’ finding the right book can be a challenge.
  It may be the ‘digital age,’ but that doesn’t mean you have to throw out all your paperbacks with the bathwater!
  It’s time to stop wasting time scrolling hopelessly through Amazon (Seriously, “50 Shades of Grey” is still on the top-seller
  
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• 4 arrested in Albuquerque 18-year-old's shooting death

  15-10-2016 21:21
  
  Four people, including two teenage brothers, have been arrested in connection with the drive-by shooting death of an 18-year-old Albuquerque woman.
  
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• 3 dead, 12 wounded in gunfire at Los Angeles restaurant

  15-10-2016 21:09 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An early morning argument at a Los Angeles restaurant apparently triggered gunfire that left 3 people dead and 12 wounded, authorities said Saturday.
  Police who arrived at the scene in a working class neighborhood dotted by tall palm trees found shell casings and blood throughout the restaurant, located west of downtown Los Angeles.
  Two possible suspects were being questioned.
  Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Lopez said a preliminary investigation found a party
  
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• Navy’s new destroyer rides like ‘a really souped-up’ SUV

  15-10-2016 21:04 via krqe.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — What’s a ride like in the Navy’s largest and most sophisticated new destroyer? Capt. James Kirk compares it to “a really souped-up sport utility vehicle.”
  “It’s not like a Ferrari, but it’s like a very big SUV that is made to go very fast,” says Kirk, commanding officer of the futuristic USS Zumwalt that’s being commissioned Saturday in Baltimore.
  With a price tag of at least $4.4 billion, the guided missile destroyer i
  
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• BCSO makes arrests in the murder of 18-year-old killed in drive-by

  15-10-2016 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says four individuals are now facing charges in the murder of Aliyah Garcia, who was gunned down in the South Valley back in May.
  BSCO says they have arrested two teenage brothers for firing the guns in the drive-by shooting of Aaliyah Garcia after their mother, Nikki Casaus, disclosed information to deputies in an interview after she was arrested for child abuse and neglect on Tuesday.
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• 2 more N Carolina deaths raise Matthew’s US death toll to 43

  15-10-2016 18:31 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Searchers found two more bodies inside vehicles that were submerged in flood waters in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, increasing the toll in the state to 26 dead, Gov. Pat McCrory said Saturday.
  McCrory talked a lot about recovery at his Saturday news conference — one week after the hurricane dumped more than a foot of rain 100 miles inland causing massive flooding in the eastern part of the state. Towns such as Princeville, Lumberton and Fair Bluff remai
  
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• Nevada fire destroys 22 homes

  15-10-2016 16:31 via krqe.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (KRQE) – A trio of wind-whipped wildfires are burning near Lake Tahoe in Nevada.
  So far, the blaze has destroyed 22 homes forcing hundreds of evacuations and closing a major highway in the area.
  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval declared a State of Emergency Friday.
  No serious injuries have been reported, but four firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.
  As many as 1,000 crew members are expected to battle the fire Saturday.
   
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• Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in Santa Fe this weekend

  15-10-2016 16:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson returns to New Mexico this weekend.
  The Johnson-Weld campaign announced Friday that Johnson will host a rally in Santa Fe on Saturday. The rally is at 3:00 p.m. in the Santa Fe Plaza.
  The event will follow Johnson’s Fit to be Prez, 70 mile bike ride from Taos to Santa Fe.
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• Gary Johnson set out to show he’s fittest to be president, bikes to rally in Santa Fe

  15-10-2016 16:25 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Libertarian Gary Johnson set out to show he’s the “fittest” candidate for president Saturday — and he got quite a workout in the process bicycling all the way from Taos to his rally in Santa Fe
  Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson campaigned in his home state for the second weekend in a row.
  “It’s really cool. It’s a big name coming to town. It’s awesome to see him out here,” said Jack White, atte
  
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• 2 women arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into Arizona

  15-10-2016 16:20
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Federal authorities in Douglas say they’ve arrested two women in separate incidents for trying to smuggle nearly $125,000 worth of marijuana across the border into Arizona in luxury cars. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working with a narcotics-detection dog at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas found 216 […]
  
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• Prep football: West Mesa scores late to beat Atrisco

  15-10-2016 08:05
  
  A pair of touchdown passes from Domonic Fischer to Brandon Bouldin capped off a frantic final four m ...
  
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• Prep football: Eldorado gets first District 2-6A win

  15-10-2016 08:05
  
  The Eldorado Eagles showed no mercy to the battered Sandia Matadors, rolling to a 42-7 victory at Wi ...
  
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• Business leaders quiz candidates at forum

  15-10-2016 08:05
  
  Right-to-work, gross receipts tax on agenda
  
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• Ballot question on renewing hospital mill levy polarizes opinion

  15-10-2016 08:05
  
  Is 8 years of help enough or are funds still essential?
  
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• Recent scary clown trend nothing new, expert said

  15-10-2016 06:33
  
  With the creepy clown phenomenon going global, including some reports popping up in New Mexico, the world’s expert on bad clowns weighed in.
  
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• Deputy hit by car in SW Albuquerque

  15-10-2016 06:25
  
  A Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputy was struck by a fleeing suspect in a southwest Albuquerque parking lot Friday night.
  
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• Rule leaves limited time for prosecutors to refile Sandy, Perez case

  15-10-2016 06:24
  
  Prosecutors don’t have a lot of time left if they want to bring back two former Albuquerque officers on trial for shooting and killing a homeless man.
  
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• Report: Thinning machine that struck rock sparked Dog Head fire

  15-10-2016 06:24
  
  The Dog Head Fire in the Manzano Mountains forced dozens to evacuate and leave all their belongings behind. Now a new report says it started when a three-person thinning crew used a masticator in the area.
  
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• Albuquerque teen with rare cancer looking for treatment options out of state

  15-10-2016 06:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A high school senior’s life changed in a matter of days, he is one of only a handful of people in the U.S. with a rare form of cancer.
  His doctors in New Mexico said they don’t have a treatment option for him and don’t give him long to live. Even the Mayo Clinic and St. Jude Hospital aren’t options, but, he’s still holding out hope.
  Nineteen-year-old Kyle Osborne likes to do what most boys his age enjoy doing.
  “I like to p
  
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• Caught on Video: DWI suspect drives with flat tire

  15-10-2016 06:08 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The same weekend one woman was stopped for driving the wrong way on I-25, another DWI suspect was seen driving there with sparks flying after she got a flat tire and just kept going.
  Santa Fe County deputies say 23-year-old Karly Vicenti was riding her car down to the rim after a flat tire on I-25 near the Cochiti exit on Friday, Oct. 7.
  “I didn’t realize how eaten up that rim is,” one deputy is heard telling another in the lapel video.
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• Albuquerque elementary school warns of suspicious activity near bus stops

  15-10-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque elementary school sent an alert to parents warning them of suspicious activity around school bus stops.
  The message from the principal at Marie Hughes Elementary in Northwest Albuquerque read, “We have received reports of suspicious activity in the neighborhood at school bus stops after school.”
  “It was a little worrisome, you know, because my child is young and I don’t want anything suspicious going around his school o
  
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• State Rep. finds re-election campaign signs vandalized

  15-10-2016 05:56 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A current State Representative running for a fourth term found two of his campaign signs ripped up – and the vandal was caught on surveillance video.
  Election season doesn’t come without its jabs and attacks among opponents and their supporters, but someone may have taken it too far in Valencia County.
  Republican Alonzo Baldonado is seeking re-election for the House of Representatives Dist. 8 seat, which covers much of Valencia County. He and his campai
  
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• Aggie soccer falls 2-1 at home to Seattle U.

  15-10-2016 05:53
  
  LAS CRUCES – A resilient New Mexico State women’s soccer team had a late-goal in the 79th minute to narrow the score to 2-1 but fell short as time expired on Friday against Seattle U. at the Soccer Athletic Complex. Solid defensive play saw the Aggies (4-10-1) face 10 shots, but hold the defending WAC […]
  
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• MLB: Moriarty’s Moore had a wild ride in 2016

  15-10-2016 05:47
  
  Matt Moore began the 2016 season pitching one of the most historic games in baseball history in Cuba. He ended it with a masterful performance in one of the most memorable postseason games of all time. Just three days later, the 2007 Moriarty High School graduate was back home in St. Petersburg, Fla. “It was […]
  
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• BCSO: Deputy injured when pinned by vehicle during chase

  15-10-2016 05:40
  
  A deputy was pinned against another vehicle, and sustained non-life threatening injuries, while chasing a suspect in a parking lot near the South Valley Friday night, according to a spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Felicia Romero said around 9 p.m. deputies made a traffic stop near Central and Atrisco, but the driver fled on foot […]
  
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• Suspect pins deputy with car during chase

  15-10-2016 05:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A deputy was involved in a crash Friday night during a foot-chase.
  According to Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, a driver fled on foot and a deputy chased the driver on foot across Central. The suspect tried to carjack a car during the chase and pinned the deputy into a second vehicle.
  The deputy was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  The suspect was taken into custody.
  Deputies say to avoid the area near Central an
  
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• Deputy involved in crash near Central and Atrisco

  15-10-2016 05:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A deputy was involved in a crash Friday night.
  It happened at about 9:20 p.m. Deputies say the crash is near Central and Atrisco Boulevard.
  Information is limited at this time but drivers are told to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
  No word on the condition of the deputy or what caused the crash.
  KRQE News 13 has a crew at the scene and will provide updates online and on air at 10 p.m.***Deputy Involved Crash at Central/Atrisco Blvd*** AVOID THE AREA
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• Fedora-wearing bank robber caught, police say

  15-10-2016 05:14
  
  Authorities say a dapper, well-dressed man robbed multiple banks around the metro area. But now, he’s off the streets.
  
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• Hundreds of nails litter North Valley street

  15-10-2016 04:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  Some North Valley residents are spitting nails because somehow hundreds of nails wound up all over the roads of their neighborhood near 12th street and Candelaria.
  Residents spent much of Friday walking along the street and picking up nails one by one.
  Some people didn’t even realize it and drove right over them, causing flat tires.
  Including one lady who had collected a whole bag of nails from the street.
  “I got two nails in my car and I had to
  
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• Brandt receives DOD certificate of appreciation

  15-10-2016 04:06
  
  State Sen. Craig Brandt has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense for his legislative work. Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, received a Department of Defense Certificate of Appreciation “for his leadership on public policy changes positively impacting the quality of life of service members and their families … during the 2016 Legislative Session,” reads a […]
  
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• 3 arrested in alleged bomb plot targeting Somalis in Kansas

  15-10-2016 04:06 via krqe.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that’s home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City, a thwarted attack prosecutors say was planned for the day after the November election.
  The arrests were the culmination of an eight-month FBI investigation that took agents “deep into a hidden culture of hatred and violence,” Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
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• Teacher brings TV to life in unique school activity

  15-10-2016 04:01 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – We all know little kids live in their own world. So when a kindergarten teacher put on her own version of “Antiques Road Show” to see what her students thought was old and important, she didn’t know what to expect.
  From your television to the halls of Sandia Vista Elementary in Rio Rancho, kindergarten teacher Michelle Garmon put her students as the focus of a lesson on past and present.
  It was show-and-tell with a TV show twist.
  One by one, the
  
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• Aggie cross country to run at Santa Clara

  15-10-2016 03:55
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State cross country will be in Santa Clara, Calif. on Saturday for the 2016 Bronco Invitational, hosted by Santa Clara University. This race will also serve as the final tuneup for the Western Athletic Conference Championships on Oct. 29 in Seattle, Wash. “The Bronco Invitational is a fast course with […]
  
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• New Mexico to offer 'safe program' for those with warrants

  15-10-2016 02:53
  
  Those with bench warrants in New Mexico may be able to avoid arrest thanks to a "Safe Surrender Program" next week.
  
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• Crash closes 528 near Sabana Grande in Rio Rancho

  15-10-2016 02:44
  
  A car crash on Highway 528 and Sabana Grande Avenue in Rio Rancho has closed all northbound and southbound lanes Friday afternoon.
  
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• Car crashes through man’s backyard fence

  15-10-2016 02:39
  
  An Albuquerque man’s backyard is in shambles after a speeding car crashed through his backyard wall that backs up to Copper Avenue.
  
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• Updated: Column: Dodgers-Nats shows baseball at its best and worst

  15-10-2016 02:33
  
  It was one of the most compelling postseason games in baseball history. Too bad much of the nation had surely dozed off by the time it ended. Simply put, the Los Angeles Dodgers beating the Washington Nationals in the decisive contest of the NL Division Series epitomized everything that’s great about the playoffs — and […]
  
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• Trial for man accused of killing daughter to proceed

  15-10-2016 02:21
  
  The trial of a Santa Fe man accused of killing his adult daughter will go on as planned despite efforts by the defense to toss out the case due to an issue over evidence.
  
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• Thief burglarizes Albuquerque church

  15-10-2016 02:17
  
  A congregation in Albuquerque is devastated after a thief broke into the church and stole something irreplaceable.
  
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• Police seeking protesters who attacked truck

  15-10-2016 02:12
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating after some anti-APD protesters physically attacked one driver's truck on Wednesday.
  
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• Tim Solano gets maximum prison time for his 6th DWI

  15-10-2016 01:48
  
  SANTA FE — A state District Court judge on Friday gave Tim Solano the maximum amount of new prison time for his latest DWI arrest, which came just a little over two months after he’d been released after serving 10 years for killing a Santa Fe woman while driving drunk. Judge Mary Marlow Sommer rejected […]
  
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• Timeline changes in Lilly Garcia case

  15-10-2016 01:45
  
  Accused killer Tony Torrez walked in to court Friday wearing cuffs, and lawyers met briefly with Judge Charles Brown. All in all, he spent about two minutes in the courtroom. Lilly Garcia’s parents and family members said that didn’t matter.
  
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