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• Lobos beat CS Northridge to advance to Wooden Legacy Classic 5th place game

  25-11-2016 23:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Craig Neal and his University of New Mexico basketball team bounced back from defeat Friday to beat Cal State Northridge 105-89. Lobos forward Tim Williams and guard Elijah Brown led the Lobos in scoring with 21 points each. Four Lobos scored in double figures with Center Obij Aget chipping in 16 points.
  Guard Sam Logwood had 13 points. Darin Johnson led Cal State Northridge with 22. The Lobos lost the battle of the boards, getting out rebounded 31-23. From the f
  
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• Chicago protest urges boycott, awareness of police misconduct

  25-11-2016 23:34
  
  CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, protesters rallied in downtown Chicago urging a Black Friday boycott to raise awareness of police misconduct toward minorities and other inequalities in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Protesters gathered about 10 a.m. local time near the old Water Tower monument on North Michigan Avenue, the city’s famed […]
  
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• Updated: Stores try to cater to savvier customers on Black Friday

  25-11-2016 23:09
  
  NEW YORK — Even people who said they’d already done their shopping online came out for Black Friday to spend time with family members or just for the fun of looking. But it’s those very shoppers retailers are trying to keep as loyal customers, working to improve their own online sites and letting people pick […]
  
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• Basketball: Lobos blast Cal State Northridge

  25-11-2016 23:07
  
  The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team routed Cal State Northridge 105-89 Friday in a Wooden Legacy consolation bracket game in Fullerton, Calif. The Lobos next play Sunday at 11 a.m. MT (ESPNU, 770 AM) in the fifth-place game of the eight-team field against the winner of Friday’s later game between Dayton and Portland. […]
  
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• Re-trial begins in killing of Grand Junction woman

  25-11-2016 23:06
  
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A man accused of killing a Grand Junction woman nearly a decade ago is on trial for a second time. Lawyers were presenting opening statements in Lester Jones’ case on Friday. He’s charged with killing Paige Birgfeld, a single mother who led a double life as a paid escort. Investigators say […]
  
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• Texas state trooper hit by gunfire from Mexico

  25-11-2016 23:03
  
  FRONTON, Texas — A Texas state trooper has been wounded on the Texas-Mexico border by a bullet traced to a gunbattle underway on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Lt. Johnny Hernandez of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the trooper was struck in the leg by what may have been an errant […]
  
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• With recounts looming, Trump adds new administration picks

  25-11-2016 23:00 via krqe.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern battlegrounds that could complicate Trump’s push for national unity.
  Stein, who earned little more than 1 percent of the national vote, was expected to request a Wisconsin recount by day’s end, vowing to do the same in the coming days in Michigan and Pennsylvania. There is n
  
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• Brain Break: Black Friday Trivia Quiz

  25-11-2016 22:10 via krqe.com
  
  Do you know if the term “Black Friday” was also used to describe a financial crisis in 1869? Or where the term “Black Friday” originated from?
  Test your knowledge with our Black Friday Trivia Quiz »
  Filed under: Brain Break, Home, News Tagged: KRQE Extra: Quizzes, Post Redirect
  
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• Woman shares Thanksgiving with teen she accidentally invited

  25-11-2016 22:06 via krqe.com
  
  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman who accidentally texted a stranger an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner made good on her offer, greeting the teen visitor with a hug and an oven full of food after their story swept through social media.
  Wanda Dench prepped two turkeys and set up a long table in the backyard of her suburban Phoenix home Thursday before she and her family headed outside to wait for Jamal Hinton, 17, The Arizona Republic reported (http://bit.ly/2fyThMx ).
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• Dial down risk when approaching retirement

  25-11-2016 22:06
  
  There is certainly no shortage of retirement planning strategies available to individuals who actually take the time to consider them. What most financial experts do agree on is that the closer you are to retirement, the less time you have to recover from a loss. For that reason, many people start dialing down their risk […]
  
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• Updated: For now, Melania Trump plans to be long-distance first lady

  25-11-2016 21:48
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a long-distance first lady. Trump will move into the White House after the Jan. 20 inauguration. Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump and 10-year-old son Barron plan to remain in New York City at least until the end of […]
  
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• Updated: Fresh off 2016 losses, Democrats target 2018 Senate races

  25-11-2016 21:46
  
  LAS VEGAS — Democratic-leaning groups turned their attention to the 2018 Senate contest less than two weeks after this year’s divisive race in Nevada, hoping to secure the powerful majority position that eluded them this cycle. The women’s rights group UltraViolet ran a full-page ad in the Reno Gazette-Journal this week accusing Republican Sen. Dean […]
  
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• Updated: Oil pipeline: Trump’s stock in company raises concern

  25-11-2016 21:25
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump’s investments could affect any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president. Concern about Trump’s possible conflicts comes amid protests that unfold daily along the proposed pipeline route. The dispute […]
  
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• Heart Institute reports privacy breach

  25-11-2016 21:14
  
  The New Mexico Heart Institute this week reported a privacy breach at one of its vendors, affecting more than 4,000 patients. Ambucor Health Solutions, a remote-monitoring service for cardiac devices used by the Heart Institute, had a privacy breach involving approximately 4,100 cardiac-monitored individuals in New Mexico, according to a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque-based Heart […]
  
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• Officials: State accidentally sponsored wrong film festival

  25-11-2016 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Officials with the New Mexico Tourism Department say the state spent $40,000 to sponsor the wrong film festival in Santa Fe.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that state officials say the accidentally gave the funds to the Santa Fe Film Festival in 2015 instead of the similarly named Santa Fe Independent Film Festival.
  The Tourism Department also paid the Independent Film Festival $40,000.
  Santa Fe Film Festival chairman Omar Hamid says the group spent the money on the
  
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• New Mexico man gets 20 years for 2 fatal shootings

  25-11-2016 20:51 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing two people.
  The Las Vegas Optic reports that 46-year-old Donald Valdez was sentenced Monday to the maximum amount allowed under his plea agreement with prosecutors.
  Prosecutors say Valdez fatally shot Fred Montoya and Bernadine Garcia inside a mobile home in Cleveland after an argument in October 2015. Amanda Miera was also shot in the left shoulder and survived.
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• Students stock pantry for others in need

  25-11-2016 19:34
  
  After a class-on-class competition, a pantry at Eisenhower Middle School is now full of food.
  
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• Tribe calls for pipeline opponents to boycott Bismarck

  25-11-2016 19:28 via krqe.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The leader of the Cheyenne River Sioux in South Dakota is urging all opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to boycott businesses in North Dakota’s capital city.
  The tribal council voted in September to not spend money in Bismarck, and Chairman Harold Frazier at the time called on all tribal members to join the effort.
  Frazier wrote a letter to other tribal leaders and supporters on Tuesday hoping to broaden the boycott.
  Bismarck City Administrator Keith Hu
  
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• Shoppers hunt for deals, hit the shops for entertainment

  25-11-2016 19:25 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers were on the hunt for deals and were at the stores for entertainment Friday as malls opened for what is still one of the busiest days of the year, even as the start of the holiday season edges ever earlier.
  Julie Singewald’s Black Friday started at 4 a.m. at a Twin Cities outlet mall. By 6 a.m., she and her two teenagers made it to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Singewald said she was merely the vehicle — “and sometimes the credit c
  
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• First lady accepts White House Christmas tree from Wisconsin

  25-11-2016 19:24 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is now officially open for the holidays.
  First lady Michelle Obama kicked off her family’s final holiday season at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. by receiving a 19-foot Balsam-Veitch fir as the official White House Christmas Tree.
  It was grown at a farm in Oconto, Wisconsin, and delivered on Friday by owners Dave and Mary Vander Velden.
  The tree will be trimmed just a bit so it can fit inside the White House Blue Room, where it is traditionally displayed and
  
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• Dona Ana County farmers brace for low water year

  25-11-2016 19:15 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Farmers in Dona Ana County are preparing for another short river water year in 2017.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that key water storage reservoirs such as Elephant Butte Lake and Caballo Reservoir have low levels, meaning farmers will have to rely on snowmelt runoff next spring in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
  Snowmelt isn’t looking promising either, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts warm weather and low precipita
  
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• Dona Ana County farmers brace for low later year

  25-11-2016 19:15 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Farmers in Dona Ana County are preparing for another short river water year in 2017.
  The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that key water storage reservoirs such as Elephant Butte Lake and Caballo Reservoir have low levels, meaning farmers will have to rely on snowmelt runoff next spring in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
  Snowmelt isn’t looking promising either, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts warm weather and low precipita
  
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• APD: Missing teen found safe

  25-11-2016 18:28
  
  Albuquerque police are asking the public to help find a 15-year-old girl who is visiting Albuquerque.
  
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• WNMU signs agreement with Mexican state of Sinaloa

  25-11-2016 18:20
  
  SILVER CITY, N.M. — Western New Mexico University has entered another agreement with an entity south of the border. The school announced this week it has signed a letter of intent with the Mexican state of Sinaloa on research projects and student exchanges. Officials say the agreement is the first step on future collaborations with […]
  
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• Ukraine says it’s ready to resume gas purchases from Russia

  25-11-2016 18:18
  
  MOSCOW — Ukraine’s state-owned energy company says it’s ready to resume gas purchases from Russia. The statement was released several hours after the Russian energy minister and the European Union’s energy chief met for talks in Moscow on Friday and said representatives of the EU, Russia and Ukraine could get together next month to discuss […]
  
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• Updated: Arabic signs face removal threat in Istanbul’s Little Syria

  25-11-2016 18:17
  
  ISTANBUL — With its colorful signs, flashing lights and awnings displaying sales messages in Arabic, Istanbul’s Aksaray neighborhood looks just like its nickname, “Little Syria.” Those scenes soon could change as part of a crackdown on what one local official calls “visual pollution.” Last week, Aksaray businesses and residents received a notice ordering them to […]
  
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• Gov’t wants phone makers to lock out most apps for drivers

  25-11-2016 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The government wants smartphone makers to lock out most apps when the phone is being used by someone driving a car.
  The voluntary guidelines unveiled Wednesday are designed to reduce crashes caused by drivers distracted by phones. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also wants automakers to make infotainment systems easy to pair with smartphones.
  Drivers could still make calls but the phones and automaker systems would lock out the ability to enter text. Inter
  
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• About the cover: November 25, 2016

  25-11-2016 17:41
  
  7909 Tiburon Hills DR Albuquerque, NM 87120 $319,000 1,622 sq. ft. 3 bed / 1 3/4 bath Amy Waterman 505.917.5084 Realty One of New Mexico 505.883.9400 Welcome to 7909 Tiburon Hills Drive. This Rhett Ashley home is located in the heart of the highly- sought-after neighborhood of Petroglyph Estates, with spectacular 360-degree views from its rooftop […]
  
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• Updated: Woman shares Thanksgiving with teen she accidentally invited

  25-11-2016 17:38
  
  An Arizona woman who accidentally texted a stranger an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner has made good on her offer after…
  
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• Breaking: Feds investigating after ‘suspicious devices’ found at local Starbucks shops

  25-11-2016 17:33
  
  The FBI and Albuquerque police are looking for a suspected vandal who they believe broke into three Starbucks coffee shops early Friday morning and left "suspicious devices" inside.
  
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• Judge: Defendant competent to stand trial in church shooting

  25-11-2016 16:01 via krqe.com
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Dylann Roof is competent to stand trial for the killing of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church.
  Judge Richard Gergel made the ruling Friday after a two-day hearing behind closed doors earlier this week. The hearing was needed after Roof’s attorneys questioned earlier this month whether he could help them on the eve of jury selection in his death penalty trial.
  Gergel says jury selection will begin Monday.
  Gergel sealed his re
  
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• NHCC to host Jack and the Beanstalk

  25-11-2016 15:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a childhood classic and it’s coming to life on stage thanks to a homegrown theatre troupe, The Dolls.
  Each year, The Dolls, bring to the stage a much anticipated holiday production and this year it’s Jack and the Beanstalk.
  Actors Kenneth Ansloan and Nicholas Handley joined KRQE’s This Morning show to discuss the production.
  The protagonist, Jack, must navigate through tough tasks, such as selling his cow, falling in love, and ev
  
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• Equipment failure blamed for fire at New Mexico oil site

  25-11-2016 14:48 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Investigators say an apparent equipment failure is likely to blame for a fire that shut down an oil production site in northwestern New Mexico in July.
  Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy announced the findings of a three-month review on its website this week. The company says the investigation included interviews with a dozen people.
  Officials say evidence suggests the fire started a transfer pump that was used to move oil between temporary storage tanks that were on
  
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• Updated: Ohio troopers find drugs wrapped as Christmas gifts in SUV

  25-11-2016 14:42
  
  The State Highway Patrol says troopers found 71 pounds of marijuana and other drugs wrapped as Christmas gifts in a…
  
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• Florence Henderson, “The Brady Bunch” mom, dies

  25-11-2016 13:59 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in “The Brady Bunch,” has died, her manager and her publicist said. She was 82.
  Henderson died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, after being hospitalized the day before, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson had suffered heart failure, her manager Kayla Pressman said in a statement.
  Family and friends had surrounded H
  
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• Trump says he’s trying to save jobs in US

  25-11-2016 13:54 via krqe.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump didn’t take off all of Thanksgiving Day while enjoying a long holiday weekend with his family at his Mar-a-Lago estate, saying he was working to keep the makers of Carrier air conditioners from relocating from Indianapolis to Mexico.
  Meanwhile, his transition team was stepping up its effort to raise money for inaugural festivities and Trump offered a holiday prayer for a politically divided nation, even as a controversy swirled aro
  
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• Global stocks turn lower in quiet trading after US holiday

  25-11-2016 13:51 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — European stocks fell slightly and Asian markets edged higher on Friday in subdued trading after U.S. markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.
  KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped almost 0.1 percent to 6,826 and France’s CAC 40 fell 0.2 percent to 4,532. Germany’s DAX retreated 0.1 percent to 10,674. Futures showed that Wall Street, which is due to trade for a shortened day after Thursday’s holiday, was set for small gains. Dow futu
  
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• 5 arrested men were planning imminent attack on France

  25-11-2016 13:47 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Five men arrested this week in two French cities were planning a terror attack in France as early as next week and were receiving their orders from an Islamic State group member based in Iraq or Syria, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Friday.
  The five were arrested on Sunday, four of them in the eastern city of Strasbourg, and one in the southern city of Marseille.
  Molins said Friday the Strasbourg “commando” of four was plotting a terror act on Dec. 1 but tha
  
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• Albuquerque police seek missing 15-year-old girl

  25-11-2016 13:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police need your help finding a missing 15-year-old girl who is visiting Albuquerque from Wisconsin.
  Police say Synderelia Trujillo was last seen outside of her grandfather’s house Thursday morning when police say she went outside to the family’s vehicle but she never returned.
  Her family is visiting Albuquerque but she does know the area well.
  A witness told police they saw a girl matching Trujillo’s description with an unknown man in a gray fo
  
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• Albuquerque police: Missing Wisconsin teen found safe

  25-11-2016 13:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say the missing 15-year-old girl who is visiting Albuquerque from Wisconsin was found safe Friday.
  Police say Synderelia Trujillo was last seen outside of her grandfather’s house Thursday morning when police say she went outside to the family’s vehicle but she never returned.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, Trujillo was with friends that she previously knew.
   
   
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• What you need to know if you plan on shopping this Black Friday

  25-11-2016 13:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s possibly the biggest shopping day of the year as many of you get ready to head out the door to get the best deals.
  If you’re planning on doing some shopping Black Friday you might want to listen up.The first thing KRQE News 13 found that you should do is decide what you want to buy before you start shopping. The experts at C-Net says that means going in with a game plan. If you don’t, you could be lured into buying something that may look
  
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• Updated: Long Song: Aretha's anthem gobbles Thanksgiving conversation

  25-11-2016 13:23
  
  Aretha Franklin's lengthy version of the national anthem ahead of the Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings matchup may have been as much…
  
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• Source: Suspicious devices left at several Albuquerque Starbucks locations

  25-11-2016 13:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police responding to several Starbucks locations throughout the city.
  A source has told KRQE News 13 they’re investigating small devices being left behind and suspects possibly shooting at the locations.
  The Albuquerque Police Department was on scene at the Starbucks on Lomas and Washington as well as the Starbucks on San Mateo and Gibson.
  Roads were blocked off for some time in both areas.
  We’re waiting to hear back from APD officials to
  
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• Feds, police investigate vandalism at 3 Starbucks locations

  25-11-2016 13:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Federal authorities and police are investigated reports of vandalism at three Starbucks locations in Albuquerque.
  FBI spokesman Frank Fisher said suspicious devices were placed at the coffee shops after midnight and that one of them caused minimal damage. The shops were closed at the time, and no one was injured.
  Fisher did not provide any details about the devices Friday but noted that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was investigating along
  
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• Breaking: Police search for Wisconsin girl gone missing in Albuquerque

  25-11-2016 09:39
  
  Missing persons detectives are searching for a 15-year-old Wisconsin girl who disappeared Thanksgiving morning while visiting family in Albuquerque. Synderelia Trujillo, 15, was at her grandfather’s house near I-40 and Louisiana around 9:30 a.m. Thursday when she told a family member she was going to the family vehicle, according to an Albuquerque police spokesman. “She […]
  
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• Updated: Death toll in Iraq bombing claimed by IS rises to 73

  25-11-2016 08:54
  
  BAGHDAD — The death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group rose to 73 on Friday, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims, Iraqi hospital and police officials said. They said 65 other people were wounded in the attack, which took place on Thursday night at a gas station on […]
  
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• Updated: Death toll in Iraq bomb claimed by IS rises to 73

  25-11-2016 08:54
  
  BAGHDAD — Iraqi hospital and police officials say the death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group has risen to 73, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims. The officials said Friday that 65 people were wounded in the attack. Earlier, they had put the death toll from the Thursday […]
  
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• Tele Novella touring after release of debut album

  25-11-2016 08:13
  
  Putting out a new body of work takes time and energy.For the past month, Natalie Ribbo ...
  
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• Role in ‘Salem’ boosts Albuquerque Academy grad’s profile

  25-11-2016 08:12
  
  Elise Eberle just finished a photo shoot for Women's Wear Daily.Yes, that's right. ...
  
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• Real-life Dumbledore to perform in magic show at KiMo

  25-11-2016 08:12
  
  After decades of performing, Dale Salwak often finds himself a student."There's always ...
  
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