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• No lights, signs required at site of fatal California crash

  01-11-2016 23:52
  
  SAN DIEGO — No signs, lighting or reduced speed limit were required for utility work done on a stretch of Southern California freeway where a tour bus slammed into a truck, killing 13 people, according to documents released Tuesday. Southern California Edison Co.’s permit allowed the utility to halt traffic on westbound Interstate 10 near […]
  
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• Iraqi elite forces enter Mosul more than 2 years after Islamic State seized the city

  01-11-2016 23:52
  
  BAZWAYA, Iraq – Despite suicide attacks, snipers and roadside bombs, Iraqi commandos swept into the eastern edge of Mosul on Tuesday, setting foot in the city for the first time since it was seized by Islamic State militants more than two years ago. It was a rapid and symbolic incursion into the northern Iraqi city […]
  
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• KRQE News 13 Analysts: Elections could be a blowout in New Mexico

  01-11-2016 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The breakdown in parties will likely translate to the presidential race. KRQE News 13’s political experts Dick Knipfing and Gabriel Sanchez discuss the likely scenario.
  “I don’t think there is any major shift, since those polls Donald Trump has run into a lot of problems, high-profile difficulties, all the national polls where folks are crunching a ton of numbers suggest New Mexico is heavily leaning Dem and expect to see Hillary win pretty comf
  
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• Police asked the face-biting Florida teen what he ate. ‘Humans,’ he said.

  01-11-2016 23:45
  
  Austin Harrouff was being taken into custody when he made the comment, according to court documents. “Help me,” he said, according to the documents, “I ate something bad . . .” A sergeant who heard Harrouff asked him he ate. “Humans,” Harrouff responded. The details of the conversation were revealed in court documents filed in […]
  
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• Bankrupt coal giant is still paying for Washington lobbyists

  01-11-2016 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON — Although Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, it has still paid its lobbyists $1.2 million this year, according to federal disclosures. Among the company’s lobbyists are several former congressional staffers and three former members of Congress, including former House Democratic leader and two-time presidential […]
  
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• Tesla says SolarCity could provide $1b in revenue next year

  01-11-2016 23:39
  
  DETROIT — Tesla is making its case to shareholders that a combination with solar panel maker SolarCity Corp. would be financially as well as environmentally beneficial. In documents released Tuesday, Tesla said SolarCity — the largest home solar panel installer in the U.S. — could add $1 billion in revenue to the combined company next […]
  
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• Updated: Face-biting attacker: ‘I ate something bad … humans’

  01-11-2016 22:18
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Florida college student accused of killing a couple and chewing on the dead man’s face told deputies, “Help me, I ate something bad” and then admitted it was “humans” as he spit out a piece of flesh, court documents show. Austin Harrouff, 19, also begged deputies to kill him […]
  
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• Updated: Pakistani gang rape victim walks the fashion runway

  01-11-2016 22:13
  
  ISLAMABAD — Gang-raped and paraded naked in public 14 years ago, Mukhtar Mai walked the fashion runway during Pakistan’s fashion week on Tuesday. A red-carpet reception in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, attended by the country’s fashion elite, served as the forum for Mai’s symbolic fashion debut–something she said she’s doing as a model […]
  
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• Updated: Trump is master of his domains, even ones that bash him

  01-11-2016 22:08
  
  Whoever owns donaldtrumpsucks.com must really hate Donald Trump, right? Wrong! It’s the Donald himself. The same goes for no2trump.com, trumpmustgo.com and two dozen other web addresses that sound like they’re bashing the billionaire Republican presidential nominee, his business interests or his political aspirations. What would Trump want with such insulting domains? Easy. To make sure […]
  
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• Founder of Teeniors program honored

  01-11-2016 22:01
  
  Trish Lopez is earning Hall of Fame status for her work in founding Teeniors, the Albuquerque startup that matches tech-savvy teens with seniors who need help managing smartphones and other devices. Albuquerque-based Silver Horizons, a 37-year-old nonprofit that assists low-income seniors, named Lopez as an inductee into this year’s Hall of Fame Awards. Silver Horizons […]
  
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• Driver, 18, dies in crash south of Taos

  01-11-2016 21:33
  
  An 18-year-old from Ranchos de Taos is dead after a single-vehicle crash on N.M. 68 south of Taos that was reported about 11 p.m. Monday, according to New Mexico State Police. An initial investigation indicated a vehicle traveling northbound on the highway may have struck a small animal and the driver lost control, the State […]
  
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• Fur Ball event to benefit Watermelon Mountain Ranch animal shelter

  01-11-2016 21:21
  
  KOB’s own Steve Stucker will be the master of ceremonies at a British affair that will help pets in need of a home in Albuquerque.
  
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• Updated: More people from far-flung corners of world sneaking into US

  01-11-2016 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON — An increasing number of people from far-flung corners of the world have tried to sneak into the United States among the hundreds of thousands of other, mostly Latin American migrants caught at the Mexican border in the last year, according to arrest data from the Homeland Security Department. The arrests of more than […]
  
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• Supreme Court refuses appeal of Texas nurse in bleach deaths

  01-11-2016 20:53
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal from an East Texas nurse sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing five dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach. Justices on Monday let stand, without comment, a 2015 appeals court ruling that upheld the conviction and sentence for Kimberly Saenz (synz). She […]
  
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• New Mexico college gets commercial driving simulator

  01-11-2016 20:41
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — A New Mexico college has purchased new simulation technology to enhance its 15-month Commercial Driving License program. The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/2ewLxI0 ) that the driving simulation at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell will give students the experience of driving an 18-wheeler in different conditions and circumstances, such as inclement weather or […]
  
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• Fired state workers call to appeal terminations

  01-11-2016 20:41
  
  PHOENIX — Fired state workers who want their terminations reviewed are calling the state Department of Administration after Gov. Doug Ducey pledged to allow employees who felt they were wrongly terminated to appeal the decision. As of Monday, the Department of Administration’s human-resources office has received 71 phone calls from former state employees appealing their […]
  
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• Missing dog’s skinned-off pelt found in arroyo near Santa Fe

  01-11-2016 20:39
  
  SANTA FE — A couple living just southwest of Santa Fe found a gruesome scene near their home hours after their dog went missing last week. According to a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s report, a man who lives on Serenity Lane near La Cienega found the skinned-off pelt of his white and gray Shih Tzu […]
  
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• Race tightening, Clinton relies on firewall of support

  01-11-2016 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton is pushing her supporters to cast early ballots in battleground states, as Donald Trump tries to make up ground with intensified attacks following the FBI’s renewed examination of her email practices.
  As her national lead shrinks in the final week of the race, Clinton is relying on a firewall of support from women and minority voters in demographically diverse swing states. On Tuesday in rallies across Florida, she plans to hit hard at the treatment
  
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• Today in History: November 1

  01-11-2016 19:55 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Tuesday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2016. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Nov. 1, 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America unveiled its new voluntary film rating system: G for general, M for mature (later changed to GP, then PG), R for restricted and X (later changed to NC-17) for adults only.
  On this date:
  In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established.
  In 1604, William Shakespeare’s traged
  
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• State agency launches campaign targeting underage drinking

  01-11-2016 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A stage agency is launching a new campaign targeting underage drinking in New Mexico.
  The Department of Transportation says the “ZeroProof” campaign provides resources for kids, parents, teachers and others about the dangers of underage drinking.
  The campaign is beginning with a website for teens and another for parents and teachers. They include stories and information about underage drinking, including the effects on brain development.
  Plans also call fo
  
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• Construction project to make busy stretch of Ladera safer begins

  01-11-2016 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday, the city started work on a new look for a busy stretch of road plagued by speeders.
  The project will cost $3 million. The median will remain the way it is, but will be filled with landscaping. The main reason for all of this though, is to slow down speeders.
  The approximately two mile project spanning along Ladera from Ouray to Coors will take about six to eight months. There will be bike lanes installed and walking paths. But the city says the biggest c
  
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• Clinton launching new ad push in NM

  01-11-2016 19:11
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is launching a hard-hitting advertising push in New Mexico with less than a week until Election Day as Republican nominee Donald Trump has stepped up his own campaign in the state with back-to-back visits by himself in Albuquerque two days ago and his running mate Mike Pence today. The Clinton […]
  
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• City hopes new project will stop speeders on dangerous West side road

  01-11-2016 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday, the city started work on a new look for a busy stretch of road plagued by speeders.
  The project will cost $3 million. The median will remain the way it is, but will be filled with landscaping. The main reason for all of this though, is to slow down speeders.
  The approximately two mile project spanning along Ladera from Ouray to Coors will take about six to eight months. There will be bike lanes installed and walking paths. But the city says the biggest c
  
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• Ballot box bedlam: 5 of the most controversial Election Days in US history

  01-11-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – With one notable exception, recent U.S. presidential elections have played on without calls of conspiracy, but that wasn’t always the case. Here are five of the most controversial Election Days in American history.
  1800 – Hamilton spurs rival Burr to elect Jefferson
  White House portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. (Public Domain)The election of 1800 illuminated some notable flaws in the American voting process after Democrati
  
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• Independent voters behind registration surge in New Mexico

  01-11-2016 18:56 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The number of registered voters in New Mexico has climbed to almost 1,290,000 in anticipation of the general election on Nov. 8.
  Figures released Monday by the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office show an increase of 34,000, or nearly 3 percent, in registered voters since the 2012 presidential election. Independent and small-party registration account for most of the increase.
  Democrats currently account for 47 percent of registered voters and Republicans for
  
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• ABQ crews begin work on long-awaited Ladera project

  01-11-2016 18:46
  
  City construction crews are working on a $3 million project that will add landscaping, bicycle lanes and a traffic signal along Ladera on the West Side. A bipartisan group of city and state officials celebrated the project Tuesday morning. “We’re investing in our place,” Mayor Richard Berry, a Republican, said. The project “will make the […]
  
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• Comey did the right thing

  01-11-2016 18:35
  
  The continuing refrain from Hillary Clinton supporters and other observers that FBI Director James B. Comey’s action was “contrary” to Justice Department policy is flatly wrong. Given the particular circumstances facing Comey, it is absurd. While I do not agree with everything done and said over the summer in connection with the email investigation, I […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: North Dakota Capitol splashed with oil

  01-11-2016 18:34
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — The Latest on protesters trying to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Someone has splashed oil on North Dakota’s Capitol in Bismarck. The North Dakota Highway Patrol, which provides security at the building, says security footage caught two people dressed in black […]
  
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• Updated: Clinton’s email trouble is a conversation starter for Republicans in tight races

  01-11-2016 18:34
  
  WASHINGTON – The Hillary Clinton email controversy has given down-ballot Republicans something they badly need in the final days of the election: an opportunity to go on offense and talk about something other than Donald Trump. “Hillary Clinton’s latest chapter in her ongoing email scandal, saga, is just a reminder of how much corruption there […]
  
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• PNM abandons plans for $100 million gas plant

  01-11-2016 18:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The state’s largest electric utility says it’s dropping plans to build a $100 million natural gas plant and pipeline in San Juan County because of low projections for energy demand.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports the Public Service Company of New Mexico filed a motion to withdraw its application for the project with the Public Regulation Commission on Friday.
  PNM President Pat Vincent-Collawn told investors during a conference call last week that deman
  
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• What to watch for in Game 6 of the World Series

  01-11-2016 18:19 via krqe.com
  
  What to watch for tonight in Game 6 of the World Series:
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  SO CLOSE
  The Cleveland Indians can win their first championship since 1948 with a victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs. The city is primed to party, too, after Cleveland fans missed out on hosting this year’s biggest sports events so far. LeBron James and the Cavaliers completed their NBA Finals comeback on the road, beating Golden State in Game 7 for Cleveland’s first major pro sports title in 52 years. The Indians clin
  
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• Updated: After Trump, an evangelical examination of conscience?

  01-11-2016 18:07
  
  Evangelicals, deeply divided over Donald Trump, are wrestling with what the tumultuous 2016 election will mean for their future. His candidacy has put a harsh spotlight on the fractures among Christian conservatives, most prominently the rift between old guard religious right leaders who backed the GOP nominee as an ally on abortion, and a comparatively […]
  
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• Some questions for CNN on Donna Brazile

  01-11-2016 18:07
  
  CNN announced Monday in a statement that it had parted ways with Donna Brazile on Oct. 14, after a WikiLeaks email revealed that she had shared a question in March with the Clinton campaign for a town-hall event co-hosted by CNN and TVOne. This disclosure was triggered by another WikiLeaks email that made the rounds […]
  
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• Money for Indian land buys will come up short

  01-11-2016 18:07
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — An ambitious effort to restore tribal control over huge areas of privately owned land on American Indian reservations is projected to run out of money with millions of acres still unaddressed, according to a U.S. government report obtained by The Associated Press. The Obama administration established the “land buyback program” under a […]
  
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• Updated: Rao’s cookbook serves up spicy anecdotes with the meatballs

  01-11-2016 18:03
  
  NEW YORK — So one night, the story goes, Justin Bieber was in town, and had a hankering for Italian food. Not just any Italian, but Rao’s, the tiny restaurant by a park in East Harlem that’s been around for 120 years — and is one of the hardest-to-get tables in the country, let alone […]
  
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• New Jersey tries another end run around sports betting ban

  01-11-2016 18:03
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two state lawmakers are trying an end run around a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states. Democratic state Assemblymen Ralph Caputo and John Burzichelli have introduced a bill to repeal all New Jersey laws and regulations prohibiting and regulating sports betting. It’s a reaction to New Jersey’s […]
  
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• Study: New Mexico ranks 2nd in US for high teacher turnover

  01-11-2016 17:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A think tank has found that New Mexico has the second-highest rate of teacher turnover in the country.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that according to the Learning Policy Institute, from the 2011-2012 to the 2012-2013 academic years, 23.2 percent of the New Mexico educators left their schools or the line of work, well above the national average. Only Arizona had higher turnover, at 23.6 percent. The lowest rate was in Rhode Island, where 7.4 percent of teachers l
  
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• At least 6 dead,10 hurt in 2-bus crash in Baltimore

  01-11-2016 16:56 via krqe.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A school bus blocks away from its first stop Tuesday morning rear-ended a car, hit the entrance to a cemetery and then veered into an oncoming commuter bus in a crash that killed at least six people and injured 10, authorities said.
  No children were on board the school bus, whose driver was killed along with at least five people on the Maryland Transit Administration bus, Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith said.
  “It literally looks like a bomb exploded in the bus.
  
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• Updated: Tremors haunt central Italian region devastated by quake

  01-11-2016 16:15
  
  NORCIA, Italy — Earthquake aftershocks gave central Italy no respite on Tuesday, haunting a region where thousands of people were left homeless and frightened by a massive weekend tremor that razed centuries-old towns. As the country observed the religious holiday of All Saints’ Day, tremors were coming at a rate of several per hour in […]
  
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• Updated: Cosby lawyers say prosecutors using ‘casting couch’ cliche

  01-11-2016 16:15
  
  PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby’s lawyers will argue Tuesday that prosecutors are reaching back to the “casting couch” era to round up female accusers and build a “stale” sexual assault case against him. And they will take a Pennsylvania judge through a time warp to prove their point, challenging sexual misconduct claims that spanned the freewheeling […]
  
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• Updated: A bridge too far? Trial reinforces New Jersey’s poor image

  01-11-2016 16:14
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — If the state that brought you Abscam (fake sheikhs bribing politicians), Bid Rig (rabbis laundering money, more bribes to politicians) and other instances of political corruption was looking for an image makeover, this was not it. Testimony in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial began in September with descriptions of profane tirades […]
  
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• Dad takes daughter trick-or-treating on cross-country flight

  01-11-2016 16:14
  
  BOSTON — A father determined to help his 3-year-old daughter enjoy Halloween even though they were on a Boston-to-San Francisco flight decided to take her trick-or-treating on the plane. Stephanie Kahan told The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/2f6acGH ) via email that she was on the flight with the man and his daughter on Monday when he […]
  
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• The future of health care, according to Clinton or Trump

  01-11-2016 16:13
  
  Many Americans’ health care – and the roiling health-care debate in Washington – is likely to be very different depending on whether Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump becomes the next president. We looked at what both have said they would do with major aspects of the health-care system. The statements you see below […]
  
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• Toddler OK after Saturday 5-vehicle crash

  01-11-2016 15:43
  
  A toddler taken to the hospital Saturday night after a five-vehicle crash involving alleged DWI by the child's father is OK, police say.
  
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• 100 Haitian migrants being held in New Mexico county prison

  01-11-2016 15:35 via krqe.com
  
  CHAPARRAL, N.M. (AP) – Volunteers say around 100 Haitian immigrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally are being held in a New Mexico county prison.
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement told KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, last week the agency has detained the men in partnership with the Otero County Prison Facility.
  Volunteers say around 130 men are believed to have crossed through California before being detained and sent to different facilities while they await deportation.
  The advocacy
  
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• TV series ‘Midnight, Texas’ to film in New Mexico

  01-11-2016 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State film officials say NBC’s new television supernatural drama “Midnight, Texas” will be shooting in New Mexico through early next year.
  Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Bernalillo and Belen are serving as backdrops for the series, which is based on a collection of books by author Charlaine Harris.
  Home to a vampire, witch, angel and hit woman, Midnight, Texas is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different until one of their own is murdered.
  The cast
  
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• ABQ voters to see ART question on ballot

  01-11-2016 14:34
  
  Even with shovels already in the ground, Albuquerque Rapid Transit is an election day issue.
  
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• Why is Election Day a Tuesday in November?

  01-11-2016 14:14 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – Like Thanksgiving and Easter, Americans are accustomed to floating holidays. They are scheduled based on other factors instead of a specific date and don’t land on the same day every year. Election Day is no different.Election Day, according to federal law, will be held on the Tuesday immediately following the first Monday in November. The earliest an Election Day can be held is Nov. 2. The latest an Election Day can be held is Nov. 8, on which it falls this year &n
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Candidates make final push 1 week ahead of Election Day

  01-11-2016 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. With just one week until Election Day, Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson says he thinks Hillary Clinton could face impeachment if she’s elected. CNN reports that he made the comments on a radio show while talking about the FBI’s investigation of newly discovered emails possibly connected to her private server controversy. The FBI says it’s working to review those emails quickly. Clinton says there’s no case. Trump is tryi
  
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• Local coffee association showcase different menu drinks

  01-11-2016 14:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – What’s better than a great cup of coffee in the morning? A local cup of coffee.
  The New Mexico Coffee Association is encouraging local residents to try all the great local coffee shops in the Albuquerque area. There are many great options when it comes to specialty coffee and related drinks.
  NM Pinon Coffee‘s Sales Manager, Madison Rumbaugh, along with Marketing Manager, Kelsey Bishop, and Red Rock Roasters Coffee Director, Rachel Lange
  
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