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• University sought to kill alumni magazine article on campus sex assault. The story never ran.

  27-10-2016 23:56
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE – In the weeks before Rolling Stone magazine published a sensational article about sexual assault at the University of Virginia in November 2014, Dean of Students Allen Groves wrote a message to high-ranking administrators questioning the magazine’s bias. “In my opinion, Rolling Stone has not been objective in recent years,” Groves wrote, noting that […]
  
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• Lawsuit seeks to block New York ban on ‘ballot selfies’

  27-10-2016 23:55
  
  NEW YORK — A New York state law that makes it a misdemeanor to show a marked election ballot to others is unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment, according to a lawsuit brought as people increasingly look for ways to express their political opinions over the internet. The lawsuit carrying the names of […]
  
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• 4-year-old’s friendship with ‘old person’ will make your day

  27-10-2016 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (MEDIA GENERAL) — It’s a story that’s sure to put a smile on your face. Four-year-old Norah was grocery shopping with her mother late last month when she befriended an elderly man. Their relationship has since blossomed into something beautiful.
  Norah’s mother, Tara Wood, wrote on Facebook that her daughter seemed “magnetically drawn” to the man when they passed by him at the store. So much so that she stood up in the cart, waved excitedly, and sa
  
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• Sandia Laboratory and Kirtland credit unions seek merger

  27-10-2016 22:18
  
  Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union and Kirtland Federal Credit Union this afternoon announced plans to merge, creating the largest financial institution headquartered in New Mexico. The two credit unions will continue operating under their own names while they work on integrating the two organizations. Combined, the new entity will have 130,000 members, according to a […]
  
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• When you lie once, that makes the second and third times easier

  27-10-2016 22:08
  
  Poor Pinocchio, he never had a chance. A new study in Nature Neuroscience confirms the reason for the puppet’s ever-growing proboscis: The more we practice prevarication, the easier it gets. In the latest contribution to research literature on lying, scientists at University College London and Duke University have shown that repetition of small lies weakens […]
  
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• Two-thirds of the world’s vertebrate wildlife could be gone by 2020, report warns

  27-10-2016 22:07
  
  A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) predicts devastating declines in wildlife populations over the next five years, unless quick action is taken. By the end of the decade, we’re likely to have lost 67 percent loss of all vertebrate wildlife compared to 1970, it claims. According to this year’s Living […]
  
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• Ex-NFL star sentenced in Nevada attempted sex assault case

  27-10-2016 22:06
  
  LAS VEGAS — A judge in Las Vegas has sentenced former NFL star Darren Sharper to as many as eight years in prison for attempted sexual assault as part of a four-state plea deal. Clark County District Judge Michelle Leavitt ordered Sharper on Thursday to serve the Nevada sentence concurrently with an 18-year sentence he’s […]
  
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• Joe Theismann on Tony Romo: ‘I don’t think he should play football again’

  27-10-2016 22:05
  
  Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo returned to the practice field on Wednesday for the first time since suffering a compression fracture of a vertebra in his back during the preseason. As Romo gets closer to game-ready condition, the Cowboys will have a decision to make: stick with rookie quarterback Dak Prescott, who has led Dallas to […]
  
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• Today in History: October 27

  27-10-2016 21:15 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Thursday, Oct. 27, the 301st day of 2016. There are 65 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Oct. 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published.
  On this date:
  In 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City.
  In 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married his first wife, Alice Lee.
  In 1886 (New Style date), the musical
  
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• Amtrak to pay $265M for Philadelphia crash that killed 8

  27-10-2016 20:44 via krqe.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve.
  The settlement allows victims to have their awards in hand by June instead of waiting years for lawsuits to play out, their lawyers said Thursday. The deadline to join the settlement program is Nov. 21.
  “The program basically allows for a judge, with help from two masters, to hold hearings a
  
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• Breaking: Jaramillo sentenced to 16 years in triple-fatal crash

  27-10-2016 20:30
  
  Jacob Jaramillo was driving at nearly twice the legal limit when he sped through a red light at 89 mph and slammed into the car carrying Grace Sinfield, and Sergio and Roberto Mendez-Aguirre last November. On Thursday morning, Jaramillo was sentenced to 16 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide […]
  
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• State lawmaker cleared of ethics complaint

  27-10-2016 20:28 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Secretary of State Brad Winter has determined that a republican state representative did not violate any campaign laws.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Winter announced in a letter dated Sept. 30 that Rep. Sarah Maestas Barns, R-Albuquerque, made the appropriate changes to her financial disclosure forms and therefore did not warrant any penalties.
  The state Democratic Party had alleged that Barnes failed to disclose a $91,000 annual deal her husband h
  
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• Santa Fe Brewing goes to cans for all its beers

  27-10-2016 20:21
  
    Out with the bottles, in with the cans. Santa Fe Brewing Co. announced Thursday that it has set up a state-of-the-art canning line from Catelli Food Technology and will now offer all its core and seasonal brews in cans only. The switchover increases capacity, keeps beer fresh longer by keeping out oxygen, facilitates less […]
  
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• Drunk driver sentenced to 16 years for triple fatal crash

  27-10-2016 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The drunk driver who sped through a red light and killed three young people last November appeared in court Thursday.
  One by one Thursday morning, family and friends told the judge why they think Jacob Jaramillo should get the maximum sentence. He ended up getting a small break.
  Nearly a year ago, Jaramillo ran a red light and crashed into 20-year-old Grace Sinfield and brothers, 23-year-old Sergio Mendez-Aguire and 27-year old Roberto Mendez, killing all three.
  
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• Updated: Man’s message in a bottle comes back to his daughter decades later

  27-10-2016 19:48
  
  Clint Buffington discovered the bottle in 2011, when it was nestled in the sand. It was an overcast day in the Turks and Caicos, Buffington recalled. The ground was dotted with trash – “just a zillion empty bottles,” Buffington wrote in an email – and the glass bottle was flat on its side, partially buried […]
  
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• Online bullying may have cost the comic-book industry its next great female voice

  27-10-2016 19:48
  
  The fact that a cult of cavemen-like comic-book readers can be so vitriolic online that the industry now stands to lose the talent of a writer such as Chelsea Cain is disheartening. Despite industry gains in both diversity among creative talent and heroes on the page, there are still some within the comic-book-reading community who […]
  
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• Trump blames Clinton for leaked emails seeming to joke about religious groups

  27-10-2016 19:47
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making his pitch to Catholics, many of whom could serve as important swing voters in states such as Florida and Pennsylvania. The latest poll from the Public Religion Research Institute showed a stark divide among white Catholics: 44 percent said they support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton while another 44 […]
  
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• Wal-Mart pushes service for holiday; Target stresses value

  27-10-2016 19:06 via krqe.com
  
  TETERBORO, N.J. (AP) — €” Wal-Mart, long known for emphasizing low prices, wants to be known this holiday season for superior customer service. That comes after its main rival Target, which has a better image in that regard, stressed a focus on offering deals.
  The world’s largest retailer plans to deploy “holiday helpers” stationed at the checkouts, who can direct customers to registers with shorter lines or even run back to the aisles to pick up an item a custo
  
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• Updated: NYC firefighter stages dramatic rescue in fatal blaze

  27-10-2016 18:42
  
  NEW YORK — As roaring flames consumed an apartment building in New York City early Thursday, a firefighter dangling from a rope plucked a trapped person from a window on the fifth floor and safely lowered him to the ground. Firefighter Jim Lee told reporters at the scene that the rope that colleagues had used […]
  
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• Air pollution on Wall Street might be hurting the stock market

  27-10-2016 18:42
  
  Every week, it seems, there’s new research about the consequences of air pollution – and in particular of the smallest airborne particles, known to scientists by the name PM2.5, which are capable of traveling deep into the lungs and entering the bloodstream, and from there, causing havoc. Not only does air pollution kill millions of […]
  
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• The drug war’s most enthusiastic recruit: Hollywood

  27-10-2016 18:41
  
  Santa Claus is running down the street, arms pumping, hat lost, beard blowing back over his shoulder. But he’s not in a hurry to deliver overdue toys – he’s on the hunt. His quarry trips and falls in an abandoned lot. Santa pulls a gun from an ankle holster and begins to pistol-whip the man. […]
  
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• Baseball commissioner plans to discuss Chief Wahoo logo with Indians owner

  27-10-2016 18:41
  
  Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, plans to meet with Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan after the World Series to discuss the controversial Chief Wahoo logo the franchise has used for generations. Although the team no longer uses Chief Wahoo, a grinning, red-faced caricature of a Native American, as its primary logo, it […]
  
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• ‘Parks and Recreation’ very deliberately predicted a Cubs 2016 World Series win

  27-10-2016 18:35
  
  There was a time not long ago when the idea of a Chicago Cubs team in the World Series was met with skepticism or outright disbelief. For years, the team had not given even the most die-hard fans reason to believe anything would change. But that didn’t stop “Parks and Recreation” co-creator Michael Schur from […]
  
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• World Series spotlight shifts to Chicago and Wrigley Field

  27-10-2016 17:40 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A woman in a Chicago Cubs jersey climbed onto a man’s shoulders to pose for — what else? — a selfie in front of the cherry-red marquee at Wrigley Field, the second-oldest ballpark in the major leagues.
  Not far away, red carnations lay at the foot of Harry Caray’s bronze statue and fans were sipping midday beers outside Murphy’s Bleachers, where a sign outside the pub declared: “We’ve been preparing for today for 71 years. Cleveland&
  
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• New Mexico Tourism Department creates development division

  27-10-2016 17:06 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Tourism Department has created a new tourism development division aimed at expanding the state’s tourism base and help communities develop new tourism products.
  The department announced this week the new division will focus on increasing gross receipts taxes and promoting greater economic development opportunities.
  The new division comes after analysis earlier this month said the number of travelers to the state in 2015 increased by more than 2 pe
  
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• New Mexico man in brother’s ax killing pleads not guilty

  27-10-2016 16:41 via krqe.com
  
  SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) – A northwestern New Mexico man who authorities said killed his brother with an ax has pleaded not guilty.
  The Gallup Independent reports that Charley Joe Jr., of Shiprock, entered his plea Wednesday before a federal magistrate judge in Albuquerque.
  According to investigators, Joe killed his brother with an ax in August following an argument over property. Authorities say Joe lived in a hogan next to the brother’s home on the Navajo Nation.
  Joe was arrested at the
  
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• Updated: US goods orders dip in September with investment down

  27-10-2016 16:34
  
  WASHINGTON — Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dipped slightly in September as a key category that tracks business investment fell by the largest amount in seven months. Orders for durable goods edged down 0.1 percent in September after gains of 0.3 percent in August and 3.6 percent in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Orders […]
  
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• Updated: Health care leads US stocks higher on solid earnings

  27-10-2016 16:33
  
  NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are edging higher Thursday morning as health care companies rise following strong earnings for companies including drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb. Real estate companies continue to fall, and banks move higher as bond yields surge. Chipmaker Qualcomm said it will buy competitor NXP Semiconductors for $38 billion. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones […]
  
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• Updated: Ford’s 3Q profit falls on recall, truck launch

  27-10-2016 16:33
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. — Troubles in Ford Motor Co.’s home market — including a massive recall and the difficult launch of new heavy-duty pickups — are hurting the company’s bottom line. Ford said Thursday its net income plunged 56 percent to $957 million in the third quarter, down from $2.2 billion in the July-September period a […]
  
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• Updated: Applications for US unemployment benefits fall to 258,000

  27-10-2016 16:33
  
  WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, a sign that businesses are holding onto their workers and hiring is likely solid. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell 3,000 to 258,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, not far from the 43-year low reached last month. Applications have been below 300,000 for 86 […]
  
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• Updated: Belgian deal clears way for EU-Canada free trade pact

  27-10-2016 16:32
  
  BRUSSELS — The European Union and Canada are on the cusp of sealing a landmark free trade deal after the Belgian government on Thursday overcame an impasse with its regional authorities, which had been seeking more protections from multinationals. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said he had finally reached a deal with holdout Wallonia, a […]
  
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• Santa Fe police investigating possible explosive device

  27-10-2016 16:17 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police are asking people to avoid the 300 block of Read Street due to a possible explosive device.
  The Santa Fe Police Department says the threat could also impact Rail Runner service and District Court. Police say Read Street, and nearby Guadalupe and Manhattan Street are also closed.
  SFPD says number of business have been closed and home evacuated while officers investigate.
  No further information is available.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates.
  
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• Santa Fe police clear scene after bomb scare

  27-10-2016 16:17 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police say the scene at the 300 block of Read Street is clear after a possible explosive device was reported Thursday morning.
  Police said Read Street, and nearby Guadalupe and Manhattan Street are reopen and the device has been rendered safe. 
  After the bomb scare was reported at about 8:30 a.m., Santa Fe Police Department said the threat could impact Rail Runner service and District Court.
  SFPD also said number of business we
  
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• Help offered for homeless veterans

  27-10-2016 16:13
  
  Homeless veterans and others without homes can get free clothes, food, and other assistance this Thursday and Friday.
  
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• Patients left in limbo as more doctors flee Puerto Rico

  27-10-2016 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Wanda Serrano arrived at Puerto Rico’s largest public hospital before dawn to take her 17-year-old son to an appointment. Six hours later, they were still in the packed waiting room hoping to see a doctor.
  They had gone to San Juan’s Centro Medico to see one of the many kinds of specialists the teen needs for treatment of a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis, which can cause tumors to grow on his brain, kidneys and other organs. But specializ
  
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• NMSU launches cancer study targeting Hispanic mothers

  27-10-2016 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State University’s College of Health and Social Services has launched a study to examine the impact of cancer on Hispanic families and to develop programs targeting Latinas.
  Researchers in the university’s Department of Public Health Sciences said this week they are looking for Hispanic mothers who have been diagnosed with cancer in the past two years as participants for the study.
  Associate Professor Rebecca Palacios says most of the research
  
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• Twitter slashes staff with revenue under pressure

  27-10-2016 15:34 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter, seemingly unable to find a buyer and losing money, is cutting about 9 percent of its employees worldwide.
  The social media site has failed to keep pace with rivals Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram and in recent months, rumors that it would be acquired have run rampant.
  Shares of Twitter, which have tumbled 27 percent in the past month as possible suitors have wandered away, rose 4 percent before the opening bell Thursday.
  The San Francisco company said it expects t
  
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• Man who did no time for child porn now behind bars

  27-10-2016 15:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – A man who admitted to multiple counts of sexual exploitation of children is behind bars.
  KRQE News 13 first reported on Casey Logan, late September. A grand jury indicted the 28-year-old on more than 30 counts of possessing, manufacturing and distributing child pornography.
  Documents indicate Logan admitted it to investigators, but a judge granted him conditional discharge. He was not required to serve any time or register as a sex offender.
  Now, a Corrections Depa
  
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• Oil pipeline protesters brace for confrontation with police

  27-10-2016 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Protesters trying to stop construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are bracing for a confrontation with police Thursday after the demonstrators refused to leave private land in the pipeline’s path.
  A months-long dispute over the four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline reached a crisis point when some 200 protesters set up camp on land owned by pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners. The disputed area is just to the north of a more permanent and larger en
  
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• Three ways to stays safe on and off campus

  27-10-2016 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – There’s no better feeling for parents than knowing that their child is safe once they leave for college, and this means while at school and their new home.
  Signal 88, a security service for residential, commercial, retailers and institutional customers, believes that safety is a basic human right and has tips on how college students can stay safe both on and off campus.
  Signal 88 Representatives, Jeff Carlyle and Rick Dunn joined KRQE’s This
  
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• Three ways to stay safe on and off campus

  27-10-2016 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – There’s no better feeling for parents than knowing that their child is safe once they leave for college, and this means while at school and their new home.
  Signal 88, a security service for residential, commercial, retailers and institutional customers, believes that safety is a basic human right and has tips on how college students can stay safe both on and off campus.
  Signal 88 Representatives, Jeff Carlyle and Rick Dunn joined KRQE’s This
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: City to remove illegal pedestrian crossings they built

  27-10-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. More issues are popping up along the Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction zone. The city says that using a number of street crossings they put in for pedestrians, is actually illegal. The city put seven median cut-outs in the Nob Hill area about a decade ago, and as recently as last year recommended that people use them. But now that ART construction is underway, the mayor says using them is jaywalking. Of the seven cutouts, only one of the c
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: City to remove illegal pedestrian crossings it built

  27-10-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. More issues are popping up along the Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction zone. The city says that using a number of street crossings they put in for pedestrians, is actually illegal. The city put seven median cut-outs in the Nob Hill area about a decade ago, and as recently as last year recommended that people use them. But now that ART construction is underway, the mayor says using them is jaywalking. Of the seven cutouts, only one of the c
  
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• Officials in quake-ridden central Italy assess damage

  27-10-2016 14:53 via krqe.com
  
  VISSO, Italy (AP) — Officials in central Italy began early Thursday to assess the damage caused by a pair of strong earthquakes in the same region of central Italy hit by a deadly quake in August, as an appeal went out for temporary housing adequate for the cold mountain temperatures.
  Thousands of people spent the night in their cars following the pair of quakes that struck late in the evening, sending residents into the streets in pouring rain, too late for authorities to come up with ade
  
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• Modest gains, but US students still lag in science learning

  27-10-2016 14:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of U.S. students still lack a solid grasp of science despite some modest gains by fourth and eighth graders, especially girls and minorities.
  The problem is particularly acute among the nation’s high school seniors.
  The 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation’s Report Card, released Thursday shows only about a third of fourth and eighth graders demonstrated strong academic performance in the sciences. Among 1
  
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• NYC apartment building fire leaves 1 dead, 12 others hurt

  27-10-2016 14:48 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An overnight blaze that tore through a five-story apartment building in Manhattan left one person dead and 12 civilians and firefighters injured, fire officials said Thursday.
  The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. in a building on East 93rd Street in the Yorkville neighborhood on the Upper East Side. The flames quickly spread throughout the building and, at one point, were shooting out the roof, sending burning embers onto nearby buildings. Some residents of the burning bu
  
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• Judge rules on settlement against stoplight camera company

  27-10-2016 14:45
  
  Those flashing speeding or red-light cameras are no longer at intersections giving out tickets in Albuquerque, but a recent settlement means some drivers who got ticketed could be getting some money.
  
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• Family held at gunpoint during home invasion, robbery in Rio Communities

  27-10-2016 14:43
  
  Police arrested a man accused of a violent home invasion and robbery where he allegedly held a family at gunpoint.
  
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• Search continues for fugitive in Oklahoma ‘rage killings’

  27-10-2016 13:49 via krqe.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The search for an Oklahoma man wanted in a string of killings, shootings and carjackings is entering its fourth day, and authorities say they have no idea where he is.
  Michael Dale Vance Jr. is wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree murder for the near-decapitations of two relatives in the town of Luther that Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel described as “rage killings.”
  The 38-year-old Vance was last seen early Monday about 30
  
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• Triple net lease investments

  27-10-2016 13:46
  
  The uncertainty of traditional investment classes and lack of a meaningful return have generated tremendous investor interest in net-leased, single-tenant real estate here in Albuquerque and across the nation. These properties, often referred to as NNN or STNL, are typically freestanding buildings leased to national tenants on a long-term lease of 10 to 25 years. The typical tenants are widely varied and most are household […]
  
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