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• More weekend closures planned for bridgework near the Big-I

  21-10-2016 23:45 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Another weekend of construction is planned near the Big-I.
  The New Mexico Department of Transportation and contractor Truesdell Corporation says they will be performing more bridgework beginning Friday at 9 p.m.
  Drivers can expect a full closure of  I-25 northbound to I-40 eastbound flyover ramp, along with two lane closures on I-40 eastbound near University Blvd.
  NMDOT says the construction will end Monday morning at 5 a.m. unless crews
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Executive director will testify, NJ Transit says

  21-10-2016 22:16
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — The Latest on a legislative hearing on New Jersey Transit following last month’s fatal train crash (all times local): 4 p.m. New Jersey Transit says its new executive director will testify before a state legislative committee that’s investigating it after last month’s deadly crash. An NJ Transit spokeswoman says Steve Santoro looks […]
  
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• Hit and myth: Evidence debunks the notion that poinsettias can prompt fatal reactions

  21-10-2016 22:15
  
  As you think about decorating for the holidays, don’t worry about having poinsettias around. “Those beautiful flowers you’ve been so wary of keeping in your home during the holidays (lest they poison pets or children) are not toxic,” reports Live Science, citing a study that looked at nearly 23,000 cases of poinsettia exposure reported to […]
  
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• Updated: This Mormon college offers amnesty to victims of sexual assault

  21-10-2016 22:10
  
  As Brigham Young University re-examines its approach to investigating reports of sexual assault, amid an outcry that students who reported assaults have been punished for violating the school’s strict honor code, a small liberal arts college in the Blue Ridge Mountains could emerge as a model for the future. Southern Virginia University, in Buena Vista, […]
  
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• Undiscovered moons may lurk around Uranus

  21-10-2016 22:10
  
  Uranus, surely the most frequently disrespected planet in our solar system, may host a pair of tiny hidden moons. Uranus already has 27 known moons (which, fun fact, are named for Shakespearean characters instead of the usual Greek and Roman mythological figures). But now researchers think they’ve found signs of “moonlet wakes” (wow, this is […]
  
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• The latest disaster risk from climate change – huge glacial floods

  21-10-2016 22:10
  
  We all hear about how the glaciers of Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice, and so threatening to raise our sea levels — perhaps quite dramatically. But mountain ranges across the globe are also strewn with far smaller glaciers that are suffering perhaps an even bigger wallop from rising temperatures — and now, new research […]
  
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• Chemical cloud over Kansas community dissipates

  21-10-2016 20:33 via krqe.com
  
  ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — A chemical spill at a northeast Kansas distilling plant released a noxious cloud of fumes Friday, forcing temporary evacuations and sending more than 30 people to the hospital, officials said.
  The spill occurred at the MGP Ingredients plant in Atchison, according to Katie Horner, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Emergency Management. She said the spill occurred as two chemicals, sulfuric acid and sodium hypochlorite, were mistakenly combined at the plant, whic
  
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• 1st Judicial District Attorney, Marco Peter Serna (D)

  21-10-2016 20:30
  
  Marco Peter Serna PARTY: Democratic AGE: 33 EDUCATION: St. Michael’s High School, class of 2001; University of Arizona, class of 2005, bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Public Administration; St. Mary’s University (San Antonio, Texas) School of Law, class of 2008, Juris Doctor degree. OCCUPATION: Attorney POLITICAL\GOVERNMENT\LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Legal Bureau of the Risk Management Division, […]
  
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• Christie aide on trial says she told him of ‘traffic study’

  21-10-2016 20:25 via krqe.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s former deputy chief of staff testified Friday in her criminal trial that she told him about a traffic study on the George Washington Bridge before sending an email that it was “time for some traffic problems,” which prosecutors say started a political revenge plot.
  Bridget Kelly is accused of plotting with two other former Christie allies to close lanes on the bridge that connects New Jersey and New York as revenge agai
  
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• 1st Judicial District Attorney, Yvonne Chicoine (R)

  21-10-2016 20:19
  
  Yvonne Marie Chicoine PARTY: Republican AGE: 60 EDUCATION: Juris Doctor, 2007, School of Law, University of New Mexico, and recipient, 2007 Irwin Stern Moise Award in Legal and Judicial Ethics; Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude), 1977, School of International Studies, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.; Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems, summer 1975, Georgetown […]
  
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• Breaking: Celebration of service marks anniversary of officer Webster’s death

  21-10-2016 20:13
  
  About 100 people have gathered in Civic Plaza to celebrate the life of Albuquerque Police officer Daniel Webster, who was shot in the line of duty one year ago.
  
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• Community comes together to honor Officer Daniel Webster

  21-10-2016 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Friday marks one year since Albuquerque police officer Daniel Webster was gunned down during a traffic stop. On the somber anniversary of his death, the community is coming together to honor the fallen officer.
  The Celebration of Service at Civic Plaza began at noon and lasts until 1 p.m. There are food trucks here, the honor guard and music and a balloon release are planned.
  Officer Webster was shot during a traffic stop on Central and Eubank a year ago today.
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• Mayor’s youth council launches ABQ Kindness campaign, app

  21-10-2016 20:05
  
  Mayor Richard Berry’s youth advisory council on Friday challenged Albuquerque residents — adults and children alike — to commit one million acts of kindness. It can be as simple as helping someone who’s fallen, welcoming a new student to school or offering a compliment. A free city application for smart phones, ABQ Kindness, allows people […]
  
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• Updated: Washington State meets Arizona State amid accusations of sign stealing

  21-10-2016 19:49
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Washington State coach Mike Leach told the Pac-12 to look at whether Arizona State stole signs last season, joining a chorus of teams accusing the Sun Devils. Leach has taken it too far this season, according to the Pac-12. The conference fined Leach $10,000 and officially reprimanded him on Thursday, adding a […]
  
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• New Mexico Military Institute celebrates 125 years

  21-10-2016 19:30 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – This year’s homecoming celebration at the New Mexico Military Institute is about more than just a football game. The school is marking its 125th anniversary.
  To celebrate, the Roswell Daily Record reports that cadets will be representing each decade of the institute’s history by wearing uniforms from those decades.
  In 1898, 13 cadets made history by being the first women to enroll, including Edith Matthews. She’ll be represented this weekend by her gr
  
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• A giant nude statue in California is stirring controversy

  21-10-2016 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) — There have long been complaints about the lack of women in the tech industry. Now there’s a towering female figure, in a tech park across the bay from San Francisco, although not quite what some people had in mind.
  A 55-foot tall statue of a nude woman unveiled this week in the working-class community of San Leandro is stirring controversy and a lot of conversation.
  At the base of the 13,000-pound statue is a message in 10 languages that says: “What w
  
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• DOE finishes toxic waste cleanup at 4 Los Alamos sites

  21-10-2016 18:59
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy says it has finished cleaning up toxic waste at four northern New Mexico sites. The Los Alamos Monitor reports (http://bit.ly/2e7NjAE ) that soil at four locations on the south rim of the Los Alamos Canyon was contaminated with waste leftover from the Manhattan Project and early […]
  
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• Office Max shutters another Albuquerque store

  21-10-2016 18:44
  
  Chain intends to close 300 by 2018
  
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• Updated: Trump first swept into the nation’s capital 40 years ago and it didn’t go well

  21-10-2016 18:43
  
  WASHINGTON – In the fall of 1976, Fred Trump made a rare visit to a housing complex he owned in Seat Pleasant, Maryland. For months, Prince George’s County inspectors had complained of broken windows, rotted rain gutters and missing fire extinguishers at the 504-unit Gregory Estates. When the problems weren’t fixed, fed-up officials asked Trump […]
  
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• Appeals court revives lawsuit by Abu Ghraib inmates

  21-10-2016 18:43
  
  RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against a military contractor filed by former inmates of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. The lawsuit, which has now been bounced between courts for eight years, had most recently been tossed out after a judge ruled the allegations could not be litigated in the judicial […]
  
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• Updated: Trump, Clinton spending furiously as Election Day nears

  21-10-2016 18:41
  
  WASHINGTON — Defying his notorious stinginess, Donald Trump more than doubled his campaign spending last month compared to August. He burned through roughly $70 million as his standing in polls and among fellow Republicans dropped. His Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, spent even more — almost $83 million. New finance reports filed with the Federal Election […]
  
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• US stock indexes head lower in early trading

  21-10-2016 16:44
  
  U.S. stocks veered lower in early trading Friday as investors pored through earnings from General Electric, McDonald’s and other big companies. Energy stocks were down the most as crude oil prices headed lower. Technology companies bucked the broader downward trend. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slid 99 points, or 0.6 percent, to 18,063 […]
  
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• Updated: Tom Hanks sees US election warning in thriller ‘Inferno’

  21-10-2016 16:39
  
  LONDON — Embedded within the manic action of “Inferno,” the latest big-screen adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller, is a warning about the dangers of seeking simple solutions to complex problems. Star Tom Hanks says it’s a theme with echoes in the current U.S. presidential race. “Inferno” sets Hank’s polymathic professor Robert Langdon on the […]
  
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• Updated: Venezuela suspends recall campaign against President Maduro

  21-10-2016 16:38
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s electoral council said it was suspending a recall campaign against President Nicolas Maduro after courts annulled the signature collecting campaign in four states. The next phase of the complex recall process in which the opposition needed to collect signatures from 20 percent of voters seeking Maduro’s removal was slated to take […]
  
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• TV legend Carol Burnett signed to ABC sitcom project

  21-10-2016 16:38
  
  NEW YORK — Carol Burnett fans: You’d be glad to have some more time together with this comedy legend, and she’s likely headed back to series TV in a project Amy Poehler will executive produce. Poehler publicist Lewis Kay and ABC have confirmed the project, a so-called “put pilot” deal for a multicamera sitcom. Burnett, […]
  
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• Trump, Clinton spending furiously as Election Day nears

  21-10-2016 16:27 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying his notorious stinginess, Donald Trump more than doubled his campaign spending last month compared to August. He burned through roughly $70 million as his standing in polls and among fellow Republicans dropped.
  His Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, spent even more — almost $83 million.
  New finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission outlined their dramatically different approaches to the quest for the White House. Trump, while putting more
  
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• Yoga pants parade to protest man's comments on women's wear

  21-10-2016 15:38
  
  Women clad in yoga pants plan to parade through a coastal Rhode Island town in protest of a man who…
  
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• Police: Man thanks trooper in letter after speeding ticket

  21-10-2016 15:32
  
  New Jersey State Police say the general manager of a company that operates radio stations complimented a trooper in a…
  
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• Friday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Five arrested after BCSO chase

  21-10-2016 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Five suspects are in custody and several officers are at the hospital Friday morning after an officer-involved crash in northwest Albuquerque.Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were responding to an armed carjacking in the South Valley. That led to a chase in northwest Albuquerque. The suspects’ vehicle then hit an Albuquerque Police Department officer who was on their way home. Officials say one officer was trapped and
  
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• Peanut butter vandal mistakes gathering for Trump rally

  21-10-2016 14:42
  
  Disorderly conduct charges are pending against a woman who authorities say smeared peanut butter on 30 vehicles outside a gathering…
  
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• Breaking: Officers injured, taken to hospital, in early morning crash

  21-10-2016 14:40
  
  At least four law enforcement officers were taken to the hospital after a crash early Friday morning near Atrisco and St. Joseph’s in northwest Albuquerque, officials say. All four officers have minor, non-life threatening injuries, KOAT-TV reported at about 6 a.m. They have all been transported to the hospital, according to an email from the […]
  
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• Video shows people trying to pronounce New Mexico city names

  21-10-2016 14:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Many New Mexicans can probably relate to a video that’s going viral. It’s putting New Mexico and our hard to pronounce city names on the map.
  The city they all seemed to pronounce pretty well was Taos. The video already has more than 126,000 views.
  Some people commenting say they’ve lived in New Mexico for years and still can’t pronounce some of the words.
  To watch the video, click here.Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News, SmartTV, T
  
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• Effort to reveal political spending comes with own price tag

  21-10-2016 14:17 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s director of elections is briefing state lawmakers on efforts to modernize an online campaign finance information system widely criticized for obscuring the complete sources and destinations of political spending.
  Elections Director Kari Fresquez of the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office is scheduled to brief a legislative technology committee Friday on the estimated $985,000 cost for the project.
  Funding has yet to be secured for the new o
  
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• Attack in Afghanistan killed Illinois solider, Oklahoma man

  21-10-2016 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  FAIRVIEW, Ill. (AP) — A U.S. soldier from Illinois and an Army civilian employee from Oklahoma have been identified as those killed in an attack this week in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, the Defense Department said.
  Army Sgt. Douglas J. Riney, 26, of Fairview, Illinois, and Michael G. Sauro, 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma, died Thursday in Kabul of wounds received from encountering hostile enemy forces, the military said in a statement.
  NATO and an Afghan official earlier said a man w
  
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• New Tennessee reactor becomes nation’s first of 21st century

  21-10-2016 14:04 via krqe.com
  
  SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee reactor is now complete, making it the nation’s first new nuclear generating plant of the 21st century.
  News outlets report the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday morning officially declared the Unit 2 reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant operational after more than nine years of construction and $4.7 billion in expenses.
  TVA President Bill Johnson says the new reactor in Spring City will provide TVA a carbon-free, reliable source of
  
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• New details emerge in case of 3 men accused in Kansas plot

  21-10-2016 13:47 via krqe.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An anti-Muslim militia group in Kansas calling itself “The Crusaders” first came to the government’s attention when one of its members, alarmed by the heightening talk of violence, contacted FBI agents and became a confidential source, prosecutors said.
  The new details came Thursday in a government court filing in the case of three men accused of conspiring to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the western
  
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• World stocks drift as investors factor in Fed rate hike

  21-10-2016 13:43 via krqe.com
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — World stock markets drifted Friday as investors increasingly factored in a U.S. interest rate increase soon, based on the brightening corporate and economic outlook.
  KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 edged down 0.2 percent to 4,531 and Germany’s DAX was flat at 10,699. Britain’s FTSE 100 ticked 0.3 percent higher to 7,048. U.S. stocks were poised to open lower, with Dow and S&P 500 futures both slipping 0.4 percent.
  FED OUTLOOK: Investors are seeing a hi
  
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• Syrian government opens new Aleppo corridor for evacuations

  21-10-2016 13:41 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government on Friday opened a new corridor for rebels and civilians who want to leave the besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, but the U.N. said planned medical evacuations haven’t begun as planned because of a lack of security assurances from the warring sides.
  The evacuations, part of a Russia-announced pause in fighting, were announced a day earlier with great hopes by U.N. officials.
  But the spokesman for the U.N’s humanitarian aid agency, Jens
  
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• Strong quake shakes western Japan

  21-10-2016 13:39 via krqe.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake in western Japan knocked loose roof tiles, toppled store shelves and caused power outages Friday afternoon, but apparently caused no widespread damage. At least seven people were injured, one seriously.
  The Japan Meteorological Agency said the 6.6-magnitude quake occurred in Tottori, a prefecture on the Sea of Japan about 700 kilometers (430 miles) west of Tokyo. The epicenter was at a relatively shallow depth of 11 kilometers (7 miles). Shallow quakes po
  
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• Police: Suspects in crash wanted on felony warrants

  21-10-2016 13:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque police officer is trying to recover after his patrol unit was t-boned by a carjacking suspect.
  It happened early Friday morning in northwest Albuquerque.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies were in pursuit of the suspect who was speeding through parts of the city and county. APD says the suspect ran a red light at Astrisco Dr. and St. Josephs Dr. and hit an APD officer – pinning him insid
  
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• Police: Officer injured after BCSO chase ends in crash

  21-10-2016 13:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say an Albuquerque officer was injured in an early morning crash.
  It happened early Friday morning after Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were involved in a pursuit.
  Right now, roads are blocked off from St. Josephs to Ladera as police investigate.
  At this point, it is not clear why deputies were in pursuit, if the suspect is in custody or how the Albuquerque Police Department officer became involved.
  The officer’s condition
  
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• AFD: 3 officers, 1 deputy injured after pursuit ends in crash

  21-10-2016 13:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Officials say several law enforcement officers are recovering after a chase ended in a crash in northwest Albuquerque.
  It happened early Friday morning after Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were pursuing a carjacking suspect.
  According to the Albuquerque Fire Department, units were dispatched just before 4:00 a.m. Officials say one officer was trapped and an Albuquerque police unit was reportedly on fire. AFD says three Albuqu
  
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• Updated: After rejecting Trump, McCain navigates tough GOP path

  21-10-2016 09:24
  
  PHOENIX — In his pursuit of a sixth term, Republican Sen. John McCain reluctantly stood by Donald Trump for months despite personal insults and the bombastic businessman’s string of controversial claims. That tepid support ended earlier this month after the release of a 2005 recording in which Trump used crude, predatory language to boast about […]
  
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• Santa Fe Comic Con: ‘Flash Gordon’ star gaining new recognition among young fans

  21-10-2016 08:08
  
  Sam Jones is seeing a resurgence in his career. And he's grateful for it.
  
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• UNM women’s soccer team battling for spot in MWC tourney

  21-10-2016 08:05
  
  The UNM women's soccer team plays a pivotal Mountain West Conference match tonight at home against W ...
  
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• La Cueva shuts down Sandia

  21-10-2016 08:05
  
  For all intents and purposes, this was a playoff game for the La Cueva Bears.At least, ...
  
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• Cibola girls clinch District 1-6A soccer title

  21-10-2016 08:05
  
  One of the final day of the season–Cibola's, not the regular season–the defendin ...
  
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• Big plays – good and bad – mark UNM’s football season so far

  21-10-2016 08:05
  
  Halfway through the 2016 football season, the New Mexico Lobos have displayed a big-play offense and ...
  
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• Updated: Trump, Clinton trade caustic barbs as roast turns bitter

  21-10-2016 07:00
  
  NEW YORK — The annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala in New York that is often the last time the two presidential nominees share a stage before Election Day, is traditionally a time when campaign hostilities are set aside. Not this year. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded sharp barbs and […]
  
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• Elephant Butte Dam turns 100 years old

  21-10-2016 06:35 via krqe.com
  
  TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Jesse Higgins operates the power plant and serves as an electrician at the century-old Elephant Butte Dam in central New Mexico.
  “It is an amazing feeling to just think about 100 years and this place is still just rocking and rolling,” Higgins mused.
  Higgins joined about 100 dignitaries and fellow Bureau of Reclamation staffers this week to celebrate the dam’s centennial. Even New Mexico Governor Susanna Martinez helped dedicate the ne
  
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