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• NFL responds to congresswoman about unaccepted ID

  30-11-2016 23:59
  
  NEW YORK — The NFL sent a memo to the 32 teams to clarify what is valid identification after a man with a new District of Columbia driver’s license was initially denied purchasing alcohol at a stadium. A vendor at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, did not recognize the license and turned away […]
  
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• Updated: Chapecoense vows to compete, possibly with borrowed players

  30-11-2016 23:58
  
  CHAPECO, Brazil — Six players, a handful of support staff, and deep sorrow are all that remain of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer club. They will still try to play again. Because they know that’s what their 19 teammates who died when a charter plane ripped into an Andean mountainside would want them to do. “In the […]
  
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• Updated: Timeline of planned Carrier factory closing in Indiana

  30-11-2016 23:57
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — President-elect Donald Trump is set on Thursday to trumpet a deal with furnace and air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corp. that would reduce the planned 1,400 job cuts at an Indianapolis factory that became a political cause during the presidential campaign. Here’s a timeline of key events: Feb. 10: Company officials announce plans to […]
  
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• Charities to get leftover funds in student loan settlement

  30-11-2016 23:56
  
  DOVER, Del. — A federal judge has agreed that $1.6 million left over from a government settlement with student lending giant Navient Corp. should be distributed to charities. The Justice Department announced last year that nearly 78,000 members of the military would be reimbursed under a $60 million consent decree with Navient, formerly part of […]
  
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• As Oscar season approaches, let’s get smarter about fact-checking movies

  30-11-2016 22:52
  
  Just in time for Oscar season, the data journalists at Information Is Beautiful have launched a new portal, “Based on a True True Story?,” that allows users to check just how accurate recent Oscar-bait has been. The site has already inspired headlines about the accuracy of, say, Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” relative to the Alan Turing […]
  
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• Updated: An L.A. mountain lion may be put to death. His crime: llama slaughter.

  30-11-2016 22:51
  
  A 150-pound mountain lion showed up in the mountains near Los Angeles last fall, and wildlife biologists were wowed. The cat, which they dubbed P-45, was a new male that could add his DNA to an isolated cougar population severely threatened by inbreeding. Now there is a death warrant out for P-45. In the year […]
  
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• Analysis: Italy’s Brexit moment? The complex constitutional referendum that could rock Europe.

  30-11-2016 22:51
  
  On June 23, a referendum in Britain produced a dramatic result: The United Kingdom would become the first European Union member to leave the supranational institution that some credit as the glue that has kept postwar Europe together. This weekend, another less-heralded referendum could mark another blow to Europe’s status quo. Italians will go vote […]
  
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• Updated: Advocates decry another immigrant death at Arizona facility

  30-11-2016 22:50
  
  PHOENIX — The weekend death of a Guatemalan woman who became ill at a detention center in Arizona with the most in-custody immigrant deaths in the U.S. is another example of inadequate care and poor practices at the privately run site, advocates for immigrants said this week. The 36-year-old woman died at a hospital near […]
  
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• Police ID child who was fatally struck by vehicle in Phoenix

  30-11-2016 22:50
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities have released the name of a 1-year-old boy who was killed after being hit by a vehicle in a Phoenix mobile home park. Phoenix police say the victim was Xavier Hernandez. They believe the boy’s parents lost sight of him Tuesday evening and he was struck by a neighbor’s car as it […]
  
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• Torrez sentenced to 16 years in prison for Lilly Garcia’s shooting death

  30-11-2016 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thursday, the man accused of killing 4-year-old Lilly Garcia in a fit of road rage, was sentenced after taking a plea deal.
  Tony Torrez was sentenced to 15 years in prison for second degree murder, plus one year for the use of a firearm. He was also sentenced to two years parole.
  Thursday morning was supposed to be the first day of Tony Torrez’s murder trial, but now instead of facing a jury, he’s set to face a judge. It comes after a change
  
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• Torrez addresses family after pleading guilty to murder in Lilly Garcia’s shooting

  30-11-2016 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After Tony Torrez pleaded guilt to the murder of 4-year-old Lilly Garcia, Lilly’s father spoke about his part in the road rage incident that ended with the girls death. And Torrez gave a half-apology to the family.
  It was an emotional day in court Thursday as both Lilly’s mom and dad addressed the judge. Both also had some hard words for Torrez.
  The next 16 years for Tony Torrez were decided the moment he walked into court Thursday morning.
  
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• Man accused of killing Lilly Garcia in road rage shooting agrees to plea deal

  30-11-2016 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE/AP) – Attorneys for Tony Torrez, the man charged in a road rage shooting that killed 4-year-old Lilly Garcia say they have reached a plea deal with prosecutors a day before the trial in the case was expected to begin.
  The shooting happened on I-40 in October 2015. Lilly’s father said he was attempting to exit I-40 when a car crossed two lanes of traffic, cutting him off. According to court documents, that’s when Lilly’s father and Torrez
  
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• Law enforcement gets hairy for men's health

  30-11-2016 22:23
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department is home to more than 100 scruffier characters this time of year – all for a good cause.
  
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• PNM offers customers assistance with their power bills

  30-11-2016 21:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – PNM is offering some New Mexicans some help with their power bills.
  Customers under a certain income level may qualify for its Good Neighbor Fund. Fellow PNM customers make it possible by donating to an account that pays others’ bills.
  If you’re interested in applying, an assistance event will be held Friday at the Alamoso Community Center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  To apply for assistance, please bring:
  Your current PNM electric bill (applicant name and a
  
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• Former US senator to serve as adviser for Land Office

  30-11-2016 21:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici says he’ll be returning to New Mexico early next year and will serve as an adviser to state Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn.
  The State Land Office says the 84-year-old Domenici made the announcement Wednesday. He has lived in the Washington, D.C.-area for years with his wife Nancy. They’ll be returning to New Mexico permanently in mid-January.
  As for his new role, Domenici will provide advice on energy, natural resources and ot
  
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• FBI searching for Albuquerque bank robbery suspect

  30-11-2016 21:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The FBI is looking for a male suspect they say robbed a Bank near the Albuquerque Uptown shopping center.
  The incident happened Wednesday morning at the U.S. Bank at 2300 Louisiana Blvd, according to the FBI. The suspect is described as a white male in his late 40’s to early 50’s and is about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10 with a stocky build.
  The FBI says he was wearing a dark ski jacket that possibly had a North Face logo on the front, a white t-shirt, a lig
  
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• Breitbart editor Yiannopoulos to speak at UNM

  30-11-2016 20:25
  
  A writer tied to the "alt-right" movement and who was banned by Twitter for abusive comments is scheduled to speak at the largest university in the nation's most Hispanic state.
  
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• Las Cruces police: Woman cut, stabbed her boyfriend in car

  30-11-2016 20:24 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Las Cruces police say a woman is accused of using knives and a chain saw to stab and cut her boyfriend after restraining him inside his car.
  Police spokesman Dan Trujillo says it’s unclear why 30-year-old Kayla Martinez Bailey allegedly attacked the boyfriend, who was hospitalized with wounds reported to not be life-threatening.
  Trujillo says the victim suffered multiple stab wounds, two bite wounds and two lacerations from being struck with a chain saw during
  
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• Pete Domenici returning to NM, will be advisor to State Land Office

  30-11-2016 20:04
  
  Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, a powerhouse of modern New Mexico politics, is moving back to New Mexico and will take on a new role as an advisor to state Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn.
  
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• Updated: Levi’s CEO: Please don’t bring guns into our stores

  30-11-2016 19:48
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The CEO of Levi’s is asking customers and employees not to bring guns into its stores, offices or facilities, even in states where it’s legal. Levi Strauss & Co. President and CEO Chip Bergh writes Wednesday in an open letter posted on LinkedIn that a customer was injured in a Levi’s store […]
  
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• Old Navy arson suspect believed to responsible for recent crime spree

  30-11-2016 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firebombing the Old Navy appeared in federal court Wednesday morning. For the first time he was publicly linked to the string of other fires around the city including The Carlisle building in Nob Hill.
  The judge decided David Hickman is a danger to the community and a flight risk so he’ll stay behind bars until his trial.
  The state argued he could strike again and that he is a danger to the community and to responding police officers and
  
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• Old Navy arson suspect believed to be responsible for recent crime spree

  30-11-2016 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firebombing the Old Navy appeared in federal court Wednesday morning. For the first time he was publicly linked to the string of other fires around the city including The Carlisle building in Nob Hill.
  The judge decided David Hickman is a danger to the community and a flight risk so he’ll stay behind bars until his trial.
  The state argued he could strike again and that he is a danger to the community and to responding police officers and
  
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• Creator of McDonald’s flagship sandwich, the Big Mac, dies

  30-11-2016 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — You probably don’t know his name, but you’ve almost certainly devoured his creation: two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame-seed bun.
  Michael James “Jim” Delligatti, the McDonald’s franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago and saw it become perhaps the best-known fast-food sandwich in the world, died Monday at home in Pittsburgh. Delligatti, who according to his son ate at least one 540
  
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• Updated: Saudi Arabia boosts wealth fund with $27 billion injection

  30-11-2016 19:33
  
  Saudi Arabia is boosting the firepower of its sovereign wealth fund to accelerate dealmaking and lessen the country’s dependence on oil. The Public Investment Fund is receiving a 100 billion-riyal ($27 billion) transfer from official reserves, according to a statement Wednesday on the SPA official news agency, increasing its existing assets by about 17 percent. […]
  
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• Texas man charged in killings of 15-year-old girl, 3 women

  30-11-2016 19:33
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A Texas man has been charged with capital murder in the death by asphyxiation of a 15-year-old girl and three women in separate attacks from December 2014 to April 2015. Bexar (bayr) County prosecutors say they’re seeking the death penalty for 29-year-old Johnny Joe Avalos (AH’-vuh-lohs) of San Antonio. Investigators say the […]
  
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• Is a retweet an endorsement from President-elect Trump?

  30-11-2016 19:33
  
  Donald Trump has, more than 10,000 times, tweeted something that begins with “@,” a reliable sign that he is quoting a tweet from someone else. On Tuesday, the man who will become president of the United States in January quote-tweeted multiple fans of his who were mocking CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny. “@jeffzeleny Pathetic – you […]
  
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• New Mexico judge finds public defender in contempt

  30-11-2016 18:59
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico judge has found the state’s chief public defender in contempt for failing to provide lawyers to defendants who couldn’t afford them. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/2gVDBVn ) that Lea County District Judge Gary Clingman also imposed a $1,000 fine in each of five criminal cases in […]
  
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• Updated: Iraqi troops south of Mosul face IS attack

  30-11-2016 18:57
  
  AL-QASR, Iraq — Iraqi army troops sweeping through an area southeast of Mosul on Wednesday came under attack from Islamic State militants firing automatic weapons and mortars. The troops from the 9th Armored Division were on a foot patrol when they came under fire by IS militants stationed on the opposite bank of the Tigris […]
  
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• Updated: OPEC agrees on oil output cuts as Saudis soften stance on Iran

  30-11-2016 18:56
  
  OPEC clinched a deal to curtail oil supply, confounding skeptics as the need to clear a record global crude glut — and prove the group’s credibility — brought its first cuts in eight years. Crude rose as much as 8.8 percent in London. OPEC will reduce output to 32.5 million barrels a day, Iranian Oil […]
  
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• Trump Tower elevator cam has officially become reality TV

  30-11-2016 18:56
  
  Donald Trump may be officially out of the reality TV business, but it seems the “Celebrity Apprentice” host-turned-president-elect never really left the game. After all, what unfolds before the live-stream cameras at Trump Tower has all of the elements of a Kardashian-worthy unscripted drama. The camera feed of the downtown Manhattan building’s lobby, which C-SPAN […]
  
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• Apple wants everyone seeing RED for World AIDS Day

  30-11-2016 18:56
  
  Apple fans, get ready to see red: Apple is using its ubiquitous presence to raise awareness and money for the AIDS awareness campaign Red on World AIDS Day. Expanding on the growing attention the company has paid to charitable events under chief executive Tim Cook, the company on Thursday will release several products to raise […]
  
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• House Democrats re-elect Pelosi as leader amid grumblings

  30-11-2016 17:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader Wednesday, ratifying the status quo in a changing Washington despite widespread frustration over the party’s direction.
  That disenchantment manifested itself in 63 lawmakers supporting Pelosi’s opponent, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, in the secret-ballot vote. That was by far the largest defection Pelosi has suffered since she began leading House Democrats in 2002.
  Still, the California lawmaker had declared ahead
  
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• House Democrats re-elect Pelosi as leader

  30-11-2016 17:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader.
  The California lawmaker, who has led the party since 2002, turned back a challenge from Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan on Wednesday.
  Her win came despite disenchantment among some in the Democratic caucus over the party’s disappointing performance in the elections earlier this month. Democrats will remain in the minority in the House and Senate next year and won’t have the presidency as a bulwark against Republ
  
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• Elton John returns to Albuquerque for the first time in 10 years

  30-11-2016 16:58
  
  Elton John and his band will return to Albuquerque for one performance at Tingley Coliseum on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 8 p.m. The show is part of an eleven-city concert tour that will feature hits and classic album tracks from throughout his five-decade career, as well as selected tracks from his latest release, Wonderful Crazy Night.
  
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• Pennsylvania McDonald’s franchisee who created Big Mac dies

  30-11-2016 16:37
  
  PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh-area McDonald’s franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago has died. Michael “Jim” Delligatti was 98. McDonald’s spokeswoman Kerry Ford confirmed that Delligatti died at home surrounded by his family on Monday night. Delligatti’s franchise was based in Uniontown, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh, when he invented the […]
  
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• New Mexico ed secretary praises Trump’s ed secretary pick

  30-11-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary is an advocate for strong children and will help the nation’s most Hispanic state.
  Skandera told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she didn’t know Betsy DeVos very well but believes her policies won’t change New Mexico’s overall educational reforms.
  Trump named DeVos – a wealthy Republican donor and an advocate for school vo
  
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• Retrial in El Rancho killings case underway

  30-11-2016 16:32 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The second trial of a man charged in the slayings of an El Rancho family is underway.
  Opening statements started Tuesday in the trial of Nicholas Ortiz, who is accused is accused of killing Dixie and Lloyd Ortiz and their special-needs adult son, Steven, with a pickax in 2011. The suspect was not related to the Ortiz family.
  This is Ortiz’s second trial, as a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision in June on the three counts of murder. The jury also failed to
  
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• Campus police: ENMU active shooter alert was false alarm

  30-11-2016 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – Campus police say an active shooter alert issued Wednesday by Eastern New Mexico University was just a false alarm.
  ENMU in Portales sent out an alert Wednesday morning, advising those on campus to shelter in place and mute their cell devices.
  Campus police now say the alert was just a false alarm, caused by an accidental button push. ENMU says campus may return to its normal operations.
  No further information is available.Attention, please.All clear.
  
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• Who guards the guardians: a 5-part series by Diane Dimond

  30-11-2016 16:09
  
  Investigative journalist Diane Dimond, whose weekly syndicated column on crime and justice appears in the Journal, is preparing a book on the nation’s elder guardianship system. It’s a system designed to protect the elderly from the unscrupulous. But as Dimond discovered, it can be dominated by a core group of court-appointed, for-profit professionals who are accused of isolating family members and draining the elders’ estates. New Mexico is no exception.
  
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• Woman charged in 18-month-old son’s death from head injuries

  30-11-2016 16:02 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A Santa Fe woman is charged in her malnourished 18-month-old son’s death from head injuries.
  A criminal complaint charges 27-year-old Miranda Rabago with child abuse and reckless child abuse resulting in death in the Nov. 23 death of Arias Baroz.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Rabago took her son to a hospital on Nov. 21, telling police she found him unconscious in his crib in their apartment. He died two days later.
  The complaint says the boy had a skull
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Merkel sends condolences to Brazil over crash

  30-11-2016 15:56
  
  LA UNION, Colombia — The Latest on the aftermath of Colombian plane crash that killed members of Brazilian soccer team (all times local): 7:30 a.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it was with great dismay that she learned about the tragic plane crash in Colombia. The chancellor expressed her condolences Wednesday in a letter to […]
  
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• Updated: Someday soccer will return to Chapecoense, as at Man Utd

  30-11-2016 15:56
  
  LONDON — Someday, somehow, soccer will likely return at Chapecoense. Through the grieving and after the funerals of the 19 team members who died in a plane crash, soccer will probably be played again, just as it was at Manchester United and Torino following similar tragedies. “For so many years I was at the heart […]
  
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• Updated: Former FIFA secretary general is suspect in criminal case

  30-11-2016 15:56
  
  BERN, Switzerland — Swiss authorities say their criminal investigation into FIFA has expanded and former secretary general Urs Linsi is a suspect. The case relates to Germany’s staging of the 2006 World Cup and a suspicious payment of 6.7 million euros ($7 million) that went through FIFA in 2005 when Linsi was its top administrator. […]
  
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• All lanes reopen after accident on I-25 north at Lead

  30-11-2016 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The two right lanes on I-25 northbound at Lead are reopen after being blocked by an accident.
  The accident was reported Wednesday morning at about 7:15 a.m.
  Drivers were asked to use caution and reduce speed. All lanes have since reopened.
  For live traffic updates, click here.
   
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• Accident blocking 2 right lanes on I-25 north at Lead

  30-11-2016 15:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The two right lanes on I-25 northbound at Lead are currently blocked due to an accident.
  The accident was reported Wednesday morning at about 7:15 a.m.
  Drivers are asked to use caution and reduce speed.
  No further information is available.
  For live traffic updates, click here.
   
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• Nevada man leaves bait package for front-porch thieves

  30-11-2016 15:28 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (CNN) – It’s a problem in nearly every neighborhood during the holidays: thieves driving up to steal packages right off your doorstep. But one man is fighting back.
  In Nevada, Eric Snow noticed the growing problem, so he decided to leave a bait package, and it worked. Thieves took the package, but what was inside?
  “I stuffed it full of reprocessed dog chow,” said Snow.
  He got that from his 95 pound German Shepard named Heidi. He’s hoping the bait package i
  
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• Mice, droppings found at La Promesa Early Learning Center

  30-11-2016 15:20
  
  Cleanliness is being questioned at a southwest Albuquerque early learning charter school after staff discovered mice and mice droppings in classrooms.
  
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• Man accused in hit and run of police officer pleads guilty

  30-11-2016 15:18
  
  The man accused of leaving the scene of a crash that severely injured an off-duty Albuquerque police officer pleaded guilty in court Tuesday morning.
  
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• Information limited as arson investigations continue

  30-11-2016 15:16
  
  A huge presence remained in Nob Hill Tuesday from both Albuquerque Fire Department and ATF investigators after a fire at an upscale condominium complex, one of several blazes in the city over the last week.
  
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• Carjacking suspect shot by intended victim

  30-11-2016 15:15
  
  Albuquerque police say an attempted carjacker is in critical condition in the hospital -- after his intended target fought back.
  
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