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• A look at the surprisingly tumultuous history of the Thanksgiving holiday

  19-11-2016 23:59 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – There’s more to the history of Thanksgiving than the hand-traced turkeys and makeshift pilgrim hats we all made in the second grade. It’s a holiday with a surprisingly tumultuous history that wasn’t universally celebrated nationwide until deep into the 20th century.
  The first Thanksgiving
  Following a rough, deadly winter aboard the Mayflower off the Plymouth coast, the Mayflower passengers who survived the journey (roughly half) moved ashore in March 162
  
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• Updated: Senate Dems choose Wirth as majority leader

  19-11-2016 22:19
  
  Democratic state Sen. Peter Wirth of Santa Fe will serve as the new Senate majority leader after being selected by Senate Democrats on Saturday. Wirth succeeds Michael Sanchez, a Belen Democrat who had been in the Senate for 24 years. He lost his reelection bid to Republican Greg Baca. Sen. Mary Kay Papen, D-Las Cruces, […]
  
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• Updated: House GOP chooses Gentry as minority leader

  19-11-2016 22:19
  
  State House Republicans held a caucus today in Albuquerque and chose Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque, as House minority leader. Gentry has spent the past couple of years, since the GOP took over the House in 2014, as the chamber’s majority leader. But Democrats won the House back in last week’s election. Gentry has been in […]
  
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• Athletes using power of the selfie to clean sports of doping

  19-11-2016 22:09 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — It resembles the symbol for infinity: a sideways “S” that Kara Goucher, Molly Huddle and other elite U.S. athletes suddenly are sporting on biceps, wrists and shins.
  The tattoos are temporary. But the campaign they represent is an all-out attempt to permanently purge competitive athletics of doping.
  “People are getting the impression that everyone’s dirty,” Goucher, a top-ranked marathoner based in Boulder, Colorado, told The Associated Press. &l
  
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• Northbound I-25 between Lead and Coal has reopened after rollover

  19-11-2016 21:20
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department have closed Interstate 25 between Lead and Coal.
  
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• Updated: Pope decries ‘virus’ of polarization over race, faith

  19-11-2016 21:10
  
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis warned against what he called a “virus of polarization” and hostility in the world targeting people of different nationalities, races or beliefs, as he led a ceremony Saturday giving the Roman Catholic Church 17 new cardinals from six continents. The consistory ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica formally inducted the churchmen […]
  
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• Cubs of bear that attacked runner released into wild

  19-11-2016 20:56
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Two cubs whose mother was shot to death after attacking a marathon runner have been released into the wild. The bears went from weighing roughly 10 pounds when they were found to 125 and 90 pounds when the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released them, The New Mexican reported […]
  
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• Updated: Opponents say barring pot use in Denver businesses unwise

  19-11-2016 20:55
  
  DENVER — Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to sneak around while they use pot and consume alcohol. The new rule announced Friday bars liquor-license holders from applying for […]
  
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• Opponents say barring pot use in Denver businesses unwise

  19-11-2016 20:55
  
  DENVER — Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to sneak around while they use pot and consume alcohol. The new rule announced Friday by the Liquor Enforcement Division of […]
  
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• Navajo Nation, Urban Outfitters settle infringement lawsuit

  19-11-2016 20:13 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Nation and Urban Outfitters Inc. have reached a settlement in the tribe’s 2012 trademark infringement lawsuit against the clothing retailer.
  The Farmington Daily Times reports that terms of the settlement signed Monday by a federal judge are confidential. However, the tribe said it and Urban Outfitters plan to collaborate on American Indian jewelry.
  Urban Outfitters claimed during the litigation that the tribe knew or should have known the “Na
  
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• Updated: World leaders at APEC summit take aim at Trump over trade

  19-11-2016 19:57
  
  LIMA, Peru — Several U.S. allies took aim at Donald Trump’s trade policies as China’s president made an impassioned call against the sort of protectionism favored by the president-elect at a summit of Asian-Pacific leaders on Saturday The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is taking place in Peru as world leaders are on edge over Trump’s […]
  
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• Army investigating soldier’s death at Fort Bragg barracks

  19-11-2016 19:52 via krqe.com
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Army officials say a 21-year-old decorated soldier was found dead in his barracks at Fort Bragg.
  Local media outlets report that Pfc. David Winchester, of Adamsville, Alabama, was found Wednesday. Agents with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating.
  The Army said in a release Friday that Winchester was a biomedical equipment specialist. He joined the Army in April 2015 and was assigned to Fort Bragg last June.
  Lt. Col. Aric Bowman says Winches
  
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• Trump meets with harsh critic Romney at golf club in NJ

  19-11-2016 19:22 via krqe.com
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is filling his Twitter feed like the campaigner of old even while racing to fill senior positions in his administration.
  Trump was meeting Saturday with one of his sharpest Republican critics of the campaign, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, at Trump’s golf club in New Jersey, and on Sunday with two leading supporters, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani. During the campaign, Romney c
  
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• Rollover shuts down northbound Interstate 25 at Lead and Coal

  19-11-2016 19:09
  
  A rollover accident Saturday morning has shut down northbound Interstate 25 between Lead Ave. and Coal Ave., according to the Albuquerque Police Department. Police say that there are injuries from the accident. –This is a developing story. More information will be added.
  
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• 4 killed in crash of air-ambulance flight in northern Nevada

  19-11-2016 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  ELKO, Nev. (AP) — An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames.
  Three crew members and a patient were killed in the Friday night crash in Elko, Nevada, Reno-based American Medflight said Saturday in a statement. Identities were not released.
  The twin-engine plane crashed in a mining company’s parking lot near a casino and other businesses n
  
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• Racial issues likely to come up at Sessions’ Senate hearing

  19-11-2016 18:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, is likely to rehash racially charged allegations that derailed his efforts to become a federal judge and made him a symbol of black-voter intimidation under the Reagan administration.
  The expected focus on Sessions’ record on race, policing and immigration comes as the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has surged in prominence under t
  
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• Rollover accident shuts down I-25 northbound between Lead, Coal

  19-11-2016 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Northbound I-25 between Lead Ave and Coal Ave has been shut down due to a rollover accident with injuries, according to the Albuquerque Police Department.
  APD is advising drivers to seek an alternate route.
  There is no further information available at this time.I25 NB shut down between Lead and Coal due to accident with injuries.Seek alternative route.
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) November 19, 2016APD & AFD responding to a rollover accident wi
  
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• I-25 northbound reopen between Lead, Coal after rollover accident

  19-11-2016 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Northbound I-25 between Lead Ave and Coal Ave has reopened.
  The Albuquerque Police Department had shut down I-25 northbound Saturday morning due to a rollover accident with injuries causing traffic to halt. APD was advising drivers to seek alternate routes while they were on scene.
  It is unclear the extent of the injuries or how many people were involved in this accident.
  There is no further information available at this time.I25 NB shut down between Lead and Coa
  
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• Trump opponents try to beat him at the Electoral College

  19-11-2016 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.
  Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing Republican electors to cast their ballots for someone other than President-elect Donald Trump and deprive him of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to
  
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• Football Friday Night Week 13

  19-11-2016 17:31 via krqe.com
  
  Watch New Mexico Ford Dealer’s High School Football Friday Night Week 13 »
  Filed under: Football Friday Night, FOX New Mexico, SmartTV, Top Video Tagged: Football Friday, High School Sports
  
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• Lobos down the Aggies in latest installment of Rio Grande Rivalry

  19-11-2016 17:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lobos basketball coach Craig Neal started his day with 15 of 18 victories against rival New Mexico State as an assistant and head coach. He added to that total Friday night as the Lobos turned away their rival 72-59. It was a match up between two old friends.
  Neal and Aggies first year head coach Paul Weir have a bond that goes back to the time when they were on the same coaching staff at Iowa in the mid 2000’s. Weir’s club put up a fight at WisePies
  
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• Thieves steal letters written for troops, community responds in an even bigger way

  19-11-2016 17:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thieves tried to ruin Christmas for troops deployed overseas, but New Mexicans made sure that didn’t happen.
  When a Blue Star Mother’s car was broken into two weeks ago, thieves stole more than a thousand letters written for soldiers deployed overseas. After hearing their story on KRQE News 13, the community responded in a big way.
  “She said you are not going to believe what’s happening,” said Bernadette Jaramillo, UNM Hospital.
  
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• Why is turkey synonymous with Thanksgiving?

  19-11-2016 16:26 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — So many American Thanksgiving traditions stem – or at least are inspired by – the “First Thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving, in essence then and now, is a day set aside to reflect on the blessings we have received over the year; to delight in the fruits of a successful harvest.
  But, oddly enough, turkey likely wasn’t on the menu for the three-day feast between the pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe. There is only one written account of the
  
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• Updated: Knitters spreading kindness by giving scarves to strangers

  19-11-2016 16:23
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. — More than 400 scarves were hanging on a park fence earlier this month in downtown Manchester, waiting for people with chilly necks and shoulders to snatch them up for the winter season. Within a day, the scarves were gone. The hundreds of hand-knitted scarves are part of a project started two years […]
  
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• Deputy US marshal, fugitive killed in Georgia shootout

  19-11-2016 16:20 via krqe.com
  
  LONG COUNTY, GA (AP) – The hunt for a fugitive accused of shooting at police in South Carolina turned deadly when law officers tracked the suspect to southeast Georgia, where an attempt to arrest him erupted in gunfire.
  The brief shootout at a mobile home in rural Long County killed a deputy U.S. marshal as well as the man his team was trying to apprehend.
  The U.S. Marshals Service said Patrick Carothers, deputy commander of the agency’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, d
  
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• Deputy U.S. Marshal dead in Georgia shooting

  19-11-2016 16:20 via krqe.com
  
  LONG COUNTY, GA (KRQE) – Many are mourning after a U.S. Marshals deputy was shot and killed Friday while serving a warrant on a fugitive in Southeast Georgia.
  53-year-old deputy commander Patrick Carothers was part of a team serving an arrest warrant.
  The suspect was wanted for attempted murder of police officers, domestic violence, and unlawfully discharging a weapon during an incident in South Carolina in September.
  Carothers was entering a mobile home when he was shot twice and kil
  
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• ‘Hamilton’ member gives Pence earful; Trump: “Apologize!”

  19-11-2016 16:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the “Hamilton” cast member who gave Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality.
  Actor Brandon Victor Dixon told the Republican vice president-elect after the curtain call Friday night that the Broadway hit’s multiracial and multicultural cast is concerned about the Trump administration.
  “We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration
  
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• “Hamilton” actor delivers speech directed at Pence

  19-11-2016 16:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (KRQE) – Friday night, Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended Broadway show “Hamilton” where the crowd both cheered and booed him.
  But, actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr, ended with a speech directed at the Pence.
  “We truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values, and work on behalf of all of us, all of us,” Dixon said.
  Pence left as Dixon began his speech.
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• Updated: No bones about it, group wants to preserve doggie haven

  19-11-2016 16:16
  
  ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — At Dog Mountain, canines and their human owners can take walks on a 150-acre Vermont hillside, enjoy several ponds, attend dog parties and even visit a chapel and an art gallery. Now, a group is hoping to preserve the doggie haven and the vision of Stephen Huneck, the late artist and […]
  
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• One pedestrian killed in NE Albuquerque crash

  19-11-2016 16:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are investigating a car accident that left one pedestrian dead.
  It happened around 10 p.m. Friday night in the area of Montgomery and Juan Tabo.
  Police closed off the intersection, but reopened it overnight.
  As News 13 learns more, more information will become available.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News, SmartTV, Top Video
  
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• Lobos are in a ‘good spot,’ but aren’t favored

  19-11-2016 08:08
  
  It has been nearly a year since the young women from New Mexico put on their turquoise uniforms and...
  
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• Updated: Energized Lobos top Aggies, improve to 3-0

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  Tim Williams and Elijah Brown combined for 39 points to lead UNM to a 72-59 Rio Grande Rivalry win over the New Mexico State Aggies on Friday Night.
  
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• Rams clobber Oñate in 6A quarterfinals

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  RIO RANCHO–Seasons, as marked by the calendar, don't matter much to the Rio Rancho Rams. T ...
  
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• No. 2 Sartans fend off scary Scorps

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  With Farmington moving the ball up and down the field almost at will, St. Pius rediscovered its offe ...
  
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• Los Lunas holds off Belen, 16-14

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  BELEN–Michigan commit O'maury Samuels made two big plays–one on offense a ...
  
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• Energized Lobos top Ags

  19-11-2016 08:05
  
  If this season is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pit, the guest of honor made its firs ...
  
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• APD: Pedestrian killed in northeast ABQ after accident

  19-11-2016 06:25
  
  A pedestrian died in northeast Albuquerque Friday night after being fatally struck by a car, police say.
  
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• Father runs to raise awareness for daughter’s rare genetic condition

  19-11-2016 06:20
  
  Losing part of a toe from a sports injury won’t stop one Albuquerque man from running a marathon. Jeff Pompeo is doing it for his daughter, Taylor. She’s only 4 years old but has been through a lot, including five major surgeries by the time she was 1.
  
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• ART shouldn’t impact holiday traditions, city officials say

  19-11-2016 06:15
  
  Drivers say construction for the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project isn't ideal. Now that the holiday season has come, families and friends will be coming and going, and traffic is only going to get more congested.
  
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• No campus-wide alert sent over armed man at UNM

  19-11-2016 06:09
  
  Many students on the University of New Mexico campus were unaware that more than a week ago a man walked into the Student Union Building with a loaded gun.
  
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• UNM video inspires Lobos, gains social media traction

  19-11-2016 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico released a new video Friday to promote the university and attract students.
  Within six hours of the video showing up on Facebook, it had been viewed 13,000 times.
  “We found that there are a lot of misperceptions about not only the campus but the city and the state and we wanted to dispel some of that,” said Cinnamon Blair, UNM’s chief marketing and communications officer.
  The video is part of a larger push at UNM to
  
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• Video: Thief steals tools from Albuquerque man used for work

  19-11-2016 05:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In less than a minute, surveillance video shows an Albuquerque thief smashing a car window, stealing what’s inside.
  It’s just after 3:00 a.m. when the thief shows up on camera.
  The video shows he walks from the apartment complex across the street to the Echo Ridge Homes near San Pedro and Montgomery where Joshua Rochelle lives.
  The thief then scopes out Rochelle’s truck, all while he’s being recorded on Rochelle’s cameras.
  But h
  
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• That’s no snow: Sea of foam cascades from airport hangar

  19-11-2016 05:43 via krqe.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Much of the foam that spewed out of a Northern California airport hangar and flooded a city street appears to be gone.
  Television news footage late Friday afternoon showed little of the foam from Mineta San Jose International Airport that was several feet deep in spots and had taken up a city block earlier in the day.
  The bobbing sea of white foam covered cars and blocked businesses as it cascaded onto a nearby street.
  The foam was a chemical used as a fire retardan
  
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• City admits DOJ police reform behind schedule

  19-11-2016 05:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In federal court, the city of Albuquerque acknowledged it’s likely a federal monitor will be around longer than the mayor and police had hoped.
  Friday marked the halfway point for the police reform deal signed two years ago but the city admitted its behind schedule.
  That means Albuquerque may have to pay more to keep an independent monitor around until the Albuquerque Police Department can prove it has made significant changes to the way it polices the Duke
  
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• Basketball team donates backpacks to patients

  19-11-2016 04:39 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The Valencia High School Boys basketball team is taking a time out from the court to do something good for the community.
  Members of the varsity team collected backpacks filled with school supplies, toys, and other items and then delivered them to the kids at the pediatric unit at Presbyterian Hospital.
  “Everybody was pretty excited cause we usually do a food bank but this is a little bigger so everyone was excited to come out here and talk to the children an
  
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• Lapel video released of NMSU shooting

  19-11-2016 03:44 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State University  police have released lapel video the night one of their officers shot a student on campus.
  Officers responded to calls of a man with a gun earlier this week at the Chamisa Village Apartments.
  They say 28-year-old Karsten Cuthair refused orders to drop a gun so Officer Jarrod Colliver shot him in the leg.
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• Chaves County Joy Center faces major budget cuts

  19-11-2016 02:54 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE)- A program that delivers meals to hundreds of elderly people every day is worried about its future.
  The Joy Center in Roswell just lost more than $50,000 of its budget.
  Now they need to come up with some money fast or make some big changes.
  Monday through Friday between 10 and noon, many of Roswell’s elderly citizens get a visit from people like staff at the Chaves County Joy Center, delivering their meals.
  “In terms of meals, we serve about 650 meals a day,&rdqu
  
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• Flix Brewhouse offers one–stop movies, food, and beer experience

  19-11-2016 02:51
  
  A new movie house – with a twist – opens on Albuquerque's west side.
  
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• Jaywalking, close calls a common sight on game day

  19-11-2016 02:41
  
  Albuquerque police say the man who was killed outside WisePies Arena aka The Pit after a UNM game Monday was on a crosswalk when a car hit him. While he was using the crosswalk, jaywalking and near accidents seem to happen every time there’s a sporting event.
  
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• Woman on the run for 10 years sentenced

  19-11-2016 02:34 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – She was on the run for 10 years after a deadly crash until the Albuquerque Police Department finally caught up with her.
  The woman- who drunkenly led police on a chase that ended in a crash, killing her 2-year-old son- found out how long she’ll be spending in prison.
  In court Friday afternoon, the judge sentenced the mom to ten years in prison.
  Back in 2005 Crucita Perez led police on a chase while driving drunk in Nob Hill.
  That chase ended when she crashe
  
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