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• Navajo County authorities: 2 men accused of human smuggling

  18-10-2016 23:55
  
  HOLBROOK, Ariz. — Navajo County authorities say two men are in custody for alleged human smuggling. They say a county sheriff’s deputy made a traffic stop Tuesday on Interstate 40 near Holbrook and found 14 people inside the vehicle who are in the country illegally. Sheriff’s officials say 34-year-old Felipe Sales-Melendez and 22-year-old Jose Garcia […]
  
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• Grocery pickup service expands in ABQ

  18-10-2016 23:52
  
  Albuquerque’s two largest grocery retailers want to take some of the work out of shopping — at least the roaming-the-aisles-and-pushing-a-cart part. Walmart last month rolled out its grocery pickup service at four Albuquerque area stores. Now Smith’s plans to bring its own version to the Duke City too. The programs allow customers to buy anything […]
  
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• Mike Pence to host rally in Albuquerque Thursday

  18-10-2016 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence will host a rally in Albuquerque Thursday.
  Pence is Donald Trump’s running mate.
  The rally will be at the Embassy Suites. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. and the rally starts at 6:00 p.m.
  KRQE News 13 will live stream the event.
  Pence is also scheduled to stop in Durango Wednesday. KRQE News 13 will also stream that event.
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• Texas man, 50, sent to prison for sex with 2 Abilene girls

  18-10-2016 22:57
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison for having sex with two West Texas girls he met online and transported to his Fort Worth home. Robert Blaine Harris was sentenced Tuesday in Fort Worth after having previously pleaded guilty to a charge of […]
  
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• Clovis woman pleads guilty to abusing her 7 adopted children

  18-10-2016 22:57
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. — A Clovis woman has pleaded guilty to seven counts of child abuse, one for each of her adopted children. In exchange for the plea Monday, 60-year-old Patricia Gartner was granted a deferred sentence with five years of supervised probation. She had been facing up to 29 years in prison. Authorities say Gartner’s […]
  
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• APD: Car thief arrested for fourth time in three months

  18-10-2016 22:50
  
  When 30-year-old Danny Hoffert was arrested Monday afternoon, he bragged to detectives about being able to steal a vehicle in 20 to 30 seconds, according to a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. The detectives, apparently, were not impressed. Fred Duran said officers found Hoffert in a stolen vehicle and discovered he was wanted in […]
  
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• Updated: Judge to feds: Finalize a wolf recovery plan in 2017

  18-10-2016 22:47
  
  A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to finish a long-overdue recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf within a year. U.S. Judge Jennifer Zipps in the District of Arizona on Monday approved the agreement reached in April by wolf advocacy groups, the states of Utah and Arizona and […]
  
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• Could Hillary Clinton actually win Texas?

  18-10-2016 22:40
  
  Early last month, The Washington Post released polls from all 50 states, conducted in partnership with SurveyMonkey. There was a startling result in the data: Hillary Clinton led Donald Trump by 1 percent in Texas. That’s within the margin of error, but given that Texas has voted for the Republican by an average of 15 […]
  
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• Updated: VIEWERS’ GUIDE: Candidates hone final arguments for Round 3

  18-10-2016 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON — It was barely three weeks ago that Donald Trump opened the first presidential debate by asking, with faux deference, if it was OK to refer to his opponent as “Secretary Clinton.” By Round 2 he was back to calling Hillary Clinton “the devil.” Since then, the Republican candidate’s scorched-earth campaign tactics have left […]
  
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• Video shows tussle over naked Hillary Clinton statue in NYC

  18-10-2016 20:58
  
  A statue of a topless, hoofed Hillary Clinton appeared outside a subway station Tuesday, prompting a tussle after one woman…
  
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• Toys for Tots to host annual motorcycle run Sunday

  18-10-2016 20:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Toys for Tots and U.S. Marines announced their annual motorcycle run to kick off the holiday season.
  On Sunday morning, organizers say about 1,000 motorcycles will ride from Walmart on 528 near Enchanted Hills to Thunderbird Harley Davidson on Alameda.
  At the event, Toys for Tots will be accepting donations of new, unopened toys.
  “When you give a kid a toy, it tells somebody believes in him. It’s not just a toy to him,” said Paul Caputo, Toys fo
  
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• Social Hub: Bernie Sanders campaigns for Hillary in Albuquerque

  18-10-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders is in Albuquerque Tuesday to campaign on behalf of Hillary Clinton.when you casually see @BernieSanders at your school #bernierally pic.twitter.com/lNI6LwnV50
  — Stevie (@steviechavs) October 18, 2016Pro-Johnson group out in force at #BernieRally. They aren't quiet either. Not buying into much of what Sanders is saying at all. #abq #unm pic.twitter.com/JcBPBxuHhn
  — David Lynch (@RealDavidLynch) October 18,
  
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• Updated: Albuquerque’s Tim Means added to UFC 207 fight card

  18-10-2016 19:57
  
  The big stage seemed to suit Tim Means just fine in August. So, the UFC has invited him back for another. The Journal has learned Means, who trains at Albuquerque’s FIT-NHB, will fight Brazil’s Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira in a welterweight bout at the Dec. 30 UFC 207 in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. That […]
  
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• Updated: Man sentenced for ripping off woman’s hijab on flight to ABQ

  18-10-2016 19:35
  
  A federal judge Tuesday morning sentenced a North Carolina man to a year of probation including two...
  
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• Updated: Good luck in Nebraska

  18-10-2016 19:25
  
  This election is winding down, thank heaven, and barring a bombshell backstage video in which Hillary is heard talking about how she loves to stroll into a men’s room and let out a whoop and yank the waistbands of men at the urinals and yell “Snuggies!” the outcome is in sight, and finally we’ll be […]
  
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• Trial of man accused of stabbing CU Boulder student underway

  18-10-2016 19:23
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The trial of a man accused of fatally stabbing a fellow University of Colorado student during an argument is underway. Testimony began Tuesday in Boulder in the trial of 22-year-old Ian Scheuermann, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the Dec. 12 death of 26-year-old Sean Hudson, of Greenfield, Indiana. […]
  
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• Updated: Navy man remains hospitalized after crash that killed 4

  18-10-2016 19:19
  
  SAN DIEGO — The Navy man arrested after the pickup he was driving plunged 60 feet off a San Diego bridge, killing four people below, will likely be arraigned this week at a hospital. District attorney’s spokeswoman Tanya Sierra says Richard Anthony Sepolio is expected to be arraigned Wednesday on charges including DUI and vehicular […]
  
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• Lufthansa latest airline to ban Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones

  18-10-2016 19:15
  
  BERLIN — German carrier Lufthansa is the latest airline to impose a total ban on passengers taking the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on any of its flights. The airline had previously banned the phone from flights in the United States and told passengers on other flights to keep the device switched off and unplugged. […]
  
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• Today in History: October 18

  18-10-2016 18:20 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Tuesday, Oct. 18, the 292nd day of 2016. There are 74 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Oct. 18, 1962, James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
  On this date:
  In 1685, King Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking the Edict of Nantes that had established legal toleration of France’s Protestant
  
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• Updated: Analysis: What Donald Trump is doing to discredit the media is very, very dangerous

  18-10-2016 17:56
  
  If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on in this election, it’s that the media suck. Just 1 in 3 people told Gallup they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the media to report the news accurately, the lowest that number has been since Gallup began asking the […]
  
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• Updated: In ‘Tower,’ a mass shooting before anyone knew what that was

  18-10-2016 17:52
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Neal Spelce was scrounging for news to fill his Austin station’s noon radio broadcast when he heard this announcement on the police scanner: “We have a report of a shot being fired at the University of Texas.” That message, on Aug. 1, 1966, didn’t even begin to capture the magnitude of the […]
  
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• Police release IDs of 3 killed in suspected murder-suicide

  18-10-2016 17:52
  
  TOLLESON, Ariz. — Phoenix police have released the identities of a man and his two young daughters who died in what police said they believed to be a murder-suicide. Police identified the father as 36-year-old Jerad Joseph Arismendez and the girls as 5-year-old Audrey Arismendez and 4-year-old Ariah Arismendez. The father and the 5-year-old daughter […]
  
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• Santa Fe considers licenses to sell Native American art

  18-10-2016 17:44 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Santa Fe city officials are considering requiring businesses to secure licenses to sell authentic Native American art.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a proposal endorsed Monday by the City Council’s Finance Committee would create a Native American Arts or Crafts District and require businesses selling such items to obtain a special business license.
  The license would require business owners to clearly distinguish between authentic tribal art and other ite
  
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• Want to change Washington? Start paying your interns, campaign says

  18-10-2016 17:42
  
  WASHINGTON – There are two common ways of thinking about Washington internships. One, as a rite of passage for ambitious young people. And two, as singular opportunities available only to candidates whose parents are wealthy enough to foot the bill. The latter (and let’s face it, more realistic) view is motivating a new campaign for […]
  
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• Federal retirees to get small sip of COLA

  18-10-2016 17:26
  
  Annuity benefits to retired federal employees will increase by 0.3 percent in January 2017, the government announced Tuesday, a cost-of-living adjustment that translates into a monthly boost averaging around $10. The adjustment to federal retirement benefits mirrors that for Social Security and is based on the change in an inflation index from the third calendar […]
  
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• Lobos’ Lilly honored by Mountain West

  18-10-2016 16:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Elijah Lilly made the most of his first game returning kicks for the University of New Mexico Lobos. That effort has earned him Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week Honors. Lilly had four returns, averaging 40 yards each. Three of those returns lead to touchdowns in the Lobos 45-40 victory over Air Force last Saturday.
  “He’s electric,” said head Lobos head coach Bob Davie. “He’s one of those guys. He’s a corner but he
  
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• Immigrant ID revisions raise new humanitarian concerns

  18-10-2016 16:20 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico officials are running into criticism as they try to implement revisions to New Mexico’s immigrant driver’s license law.
  Advocates for vulnerable populations such as the homeless and victims of domestic violence say proposed regulations unnecessarily tighten documentation requirements for basic identification cards that poor, displaced people can use to secure jobs or apply for government health benefits.
  The Department of Taxation and Revenue is
  
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• Republicans revive Clinton email woes ahead of debate

  18-10-2016 15:56 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have seized on new developments in the Hillary Clinton email controversy as the issue that could help Donald Trump make up ground in the final presidential debate — if he can hammer home the message.
  Republican congressional leaders are alleging a cover-up following news that the State Department had asked FBI officials to lower the classification of a sensitive email. FBI notes released Monday revealed discussion of a “quid pro quo” in tryin
  
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• Updated: Texas Governor blasts Big 12 for punting on expansion

  18-10-2016 15:48
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the Big 12 should apologize for not expanding after spending three months vetting and interviewing potential new member schools. The governor, who had previously tweeted his support for Houston being added to the Big 12, blasted the conference on Twitter on Monday night. “The Big 12 owes a lot of […]
  
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• Updated: Big 12 stands pat and touts unity, but is it built to last?

  18-10-2016 15:48
  
  The 10 schools that make up the Big 12 are bound together by a deal committing their television rights to the conference through the 2024-25 school year. That grant of rights ends with the expiration of the conference’s $2.6 billion television contract with Fox and ESPN. The question hanging over the Big 12 has always […]
  
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• Updated: Woes of 2013 draft class all over the court on Monday night

  18-10-2016 15:47
  
  When Michael Carter-Williams was traded for backup wing Tony Snell on Monday, it further underscored just how disappointing the 2013 NBA draft class has been. And that evidence was all over the court — and on the bench — in preseason action on Monday night. The Chicago Bulls completed the trade with the Milwaukee Bucks […]
  
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• Updated: She said, they said: Derrick Rose case boils down to consent

  18-10-2016 15:46
  
  LOS ANGELES — Months before Derrick Rose took the stand to defend himself in the lawsuit claiming he and two buddies raped an ex-girlfriend while she was intoxicated, the NBA star was asked if he understood the word consent. “No. But can you tell me?” he asked at a deposition in June. Rose came to […]
  
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• Updated: Former FIFA official Makudi banned 5 years for forgery

  18-10-2016 15:46
  
  ZURICH — Former FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi of Thailand was banned from soccer for five years on Tuesday for election forgery. The judging chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee said it found Makudi guilty of forgery and falsification of documents and refusing to cooperate with investigators. Makudi was also fined 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,100). […]
  
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• Automotive Expert offers tips to winterize vehicles

  18-10-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With the winter months approaching, it’s important to make sure your vehicles are ready for the change, says one local automotive center.
  Christian Brothers Automotive, an automotive service and repair shop, offers tips on how to make sure vehicles are prepared for the cold months ahead.
  Automotive Expert, Tim Johnson, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss how easy it is to winterize your vehicle. Watch above.
  Johnson suggests checking your
  
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• NMNSH offers rides to Mars one weekend only

  18-10-2016 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One local museum is offering the community an out of this world experience: a trip to mars.
  The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History (NMNSH) teamed up with Lockheed Martin for the Generation Beyond Program which gives visitors a virtual reality bus tour that will make it seem as if they are riding along the surface of the Red Plant. The program is designed to prepare students for NASA’s planned missions to mars in the 2030’s, as the wo
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Drivers, businesses concerned about ART construction

  18-10-2016 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. One day into the construction for the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project, and already drivers and businesses are concerned. The city is now telling drivers to give themselves an extra five to ten minutes, but drivers say that’s not nearly enough. During rush hour Monday evening, some drivers were stuck in a single lane for about an hour.
  Full Story: Some drivers avoid Central due to ART construction
  2. University of New Mexico officials are preparin
  
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• In the kitchen with Precision Catering

  18-10-2016 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Breakfast has always been known as the most important meal of the day and one local catering company wants to share how easy it is to eat healthy in the mornings.
  Precision Catering, a healthy catering service that works with any budget, also believes that breakfast is the most important, but there are ways to make it healthy all while helping the community.
  Precision Caterings Owner, Andrew Bustos, joined KRQE’s This Morning team whip up a delicious
  
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• Target pulling some clown masks from shelves

  18-10-2016 14:45 via krqe.com
  
  (KRON)—Target is pulling at least some of its clown masks both in stores and online.
  A statement says they’re removing “a variety” of clown masks leaving it unclear whether that means all of them.
  The reason of course is the seemingly endless reports of clown threats across the country.
  Home Depot took a similar step last month when it pulled a decoration called the “Scary Peeper Creeper” from its stores in Canada.
  McDonald’s is limiting community appear
  
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• UNM committed to reforming sex assault response, president says

  18-10-2016 14:37
  
  The University of New Mexico president says he's sensitive to the reality that the school didn't handle past sexual assault and harassment cases as well as it should have.
  
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• Rocket launch reignites space station deliveries in Virginia

  18-10-2016 14:33 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s main delivery companies made a triumphant comeback seen up and down the East Coast on Monday night, launching its first space station shipment from Virginia since a rocket explosion two years ago.
  It was the first flight of Orbital ATK’s unmanned Antares rocket since the Oct. 28, 2014, blast that wrecked the pad and destroyed everything on the space station supply run.
  The launch provided a show for sky gazers along much of the East Coa
  
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• Reactions are mixed to police leader’s apology

  18-10-2016 14:29 via krqe.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — For some, the apology went too far. For others, it didn’t go far enough. For many, it was just right.
  The president of one of the largest police organizations in the United States on Monday apologized for historical mistreatment of minorities, calling it a “dark side of our shared history” that must be acknowledged and overcome.
  Terrence Cunningham, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, said at the group’s annual
  
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• Russia, Syria halt Aleppo airstrikes ahead of 8-hour lull

  18-10-2016 14:26 via krqe.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and Syrian warplanes on Tuesday halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary pause in the military push that Moscow has announced for later in the week, the Russian defense minister said.
  According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the halt in the strikes should help pave way for militants to leave the eastern rebel-held parts of the contested city.
  Both Russian and Syrian air raids on Aleppo were suspended on 10 a.m
  
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• At least 18 dead in Brazilian prison mutinies

  18-10-2016 14:24 via krqe.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At least 18 inmates died in clashes in two separate penitentiaries in Brazil’s Amazon region and more than three dozen escaped after a third prison riot caused a large fire in a complex outside Sao Paulo, officials said Monday.
  Authorities were investigating a possible connection between the first two uprisings in the jungle states of Rondonia and Roraima, police said. Ten prisoners died in the mutiny in Roraima, while eight others were killed in a sim
  
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• Cooler weather could help effort to douse Colorado wildfire

  18-10-2016 13:40 via krqe.com
  
  WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) — Cooler and calmer weather on Tuesday should help crews fighting a wildfire in southern Colorado that mushroomed to 24 square miles in its first day, officials said.
  The fire was reported before dawn Monday east of the small town of Westcliffe near the Rocky Mountain foothills.
  Gusty winds helped it spread quickly, destroying one home and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. The winds also grounded water-dropping helicopters.
  The fire sent up large plumes o
  
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• Colorado wildfire destroys structures, forces evacuations

  18-10-2016 13:40 via krqe.com
  
  WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire in southern Colorado has destroyed structures and forced the evacuation of more than 150 homes, officials said.
  The fire was reported before dawn Monday some 25 miles southwest of Pueblo, the Custer County Emergency Management Office said.
  And by Monday evening it had mushroomed to 21 square miles, according to El Paso County sheriff’s spokeswoman Gail Perez.
  The fire sent up large plumes of smoke, which led to a health advisory for pe
  
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• Bernie Sanders holds Albuquerque rally for Hillary Clinton

  18-10-2016 13:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The “Bern” is back in Albuquerque. Bernie Sanders is expected in town Tuesday, stumping for the Democrat who beat him out in the primary.
  The last time the once presidential hopeful was in New Mexico, he drew thousands of supporters. This time, he’s set to send a much different message. Bernie Sanders wants you to vote for Hillary Clinton.
  He’s been all over the country telling other voters the same thing in Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine
  
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• UNM unveils road map to make campus safer

  18-10-2016 08:05
  
  Agreement reached after 2-year DOJ probe
  
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• UNM bracing for new OT requirements

  18-10-2016 08:05
  
  More overtime pay could create strain on budget
  
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• Heavy work begins on Central for ART

  18-10-2016 08:05
  
  Months of debate, a pair of lawsuits and plenty of politicking gave way to this reality on Monday: H ...
  
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• GOP mailer raises hackles

  18-10-2016 08:05
  
  Campaign ad suggests voters are being watched
  
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