Albuquerque news

• New plans for Rio Bravo interchange released

  01-12-2016 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A first look at the proposed fix to a major intersection that is notorious for its back-ups has been released.
  The Rio Bravo and I-25 corridor has become extremely busy in recent years but has not received a major update in decades.
  Thursday night, the Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting to get input on their plan.
  As seen in the renderings, there’s a plan to accommodate both regular traffic and the influx of traffic from
  
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• Updated: White House announces support for women in military draft

  01-12-2016 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration declared its support Thursday for requiring women to register for the military draft, a symbolic but significant shift that reflects the U.S. military’s evolution from a male-dominated force to one seeking to incorporate women at all levels. President Barack Obama has been considering whether to adopt the position since last […]
  
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• Commissioner: Bernalillo County is miscalculating value of tax breaks

  01-12-2016 23:41
  
  County Commissioner Debbie O’Malley says county executives are vastly underestimating the value of tax breaks when they analyze economic-development projects before the County Commission. As an example, she points to the One Central development proposed at First and Central in Downtown Albuquerque. The county’s economic development department estimated the value of one component of the […]
  
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• Updated: Jurors in Slager trial ask for transcripts of key witnesses

  01-12-2016 23:32
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jurors deliberating in the trial of a fired policeman charged with murder in the shooting death of a black motorist asked for transcripts Thursday of the testimony of the former officer and the lead state investigator in the case. Michael Slager, 35, is charged in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott, who […]
  
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• UK Brexit minister: Leaving EU won’t mean economic isolation

  01-12-2016 23:31
  
  LONDON — Britain’s minister for leaving the European Union tried to reassure businesses on Thursday that exiting the bloc won’t cut the U.K. off from much-needed international workers and investment. Brexit Secretary David Davis said the U.K. was seeking “the freest possible market in goods and services with the EU and the rest of the […]
  
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• Starbucks: Schultz to step down as CEO, focus on innovation

  01-12-2016 23:16 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says CEO Howard Schultz, who transformed the chain into a global coffee brand, is stepping down from that role at the chain that he joined more than 30 years ago.
  The Seattle-based company announced Thursday that Kevin Johnson, who was named president and chief operating officer last year, will become chief executive as of April 3.
  Schultz, currently chairman and CEO, will become executive chairman to focus on innovation and social impact activities, among other t
  
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• Florida man gets prison in New Mexico identity theft case

  01-12-2016 22:51
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Florida man has been sentenced to four years in prison in an identity theft case in New Mexico. Prosecutors say 51-year-old Clinton William Yetter, of Gainesville, also was sentenced Thursday to two years of supervised release after he serves his prison term. Yetter was indicted in May 2013 on two counts […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Stein calls Trump’s recount objection ‘shameful’

  01-12-2016 22:50
  
  LANSING, Mich. — The Latest on the presidential recount efforts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says President-elect Donald Trump’s objection to her campaign’s request to recount Michigan’s presidential votes is “shameful and outrageous.” Stein response Thursday came after the Trump campaign filed an objection, […]
  
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• Online phone bank aims to help critics troll Trump

  01-12-2016 22:50
  
  If the effort to phone Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump’s properties may be about to get inundated with calls. Digital firm Revolution Messaging and the liberal Creative Majority PAC launched an online phone bank designed to connect callers with Trump properties around the world in order to express their concerns […]
  
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• Police Oversight Board calls emergency meeting about altering evidence claims

  01-12-2016 22:49
  
  The Police Oversight Board held an emergency meeting Wednesday evening for the first time since the Albuquerque Police Department was accused of doctoring evidence. The civilian board expressed its deep concern about the possibility that APD rank and file may be deleting or altering video.
  
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• Founders, investors, physicians at Dallas hospital indicted

  01-12-2016 22:46
  
  DALLAS — The founders of and investors in a physician-owned North Dallas hospital have been indicted on charges relating to what prosecutors call a massive bribery and kickback conspiracy. The indictment unsealed Thursday in Dallas accuses 21 defendants affiliated with the now-bankrupt Forest Park Medical Center schemed to pay and receive bribes and kickbacks totaling […]
  
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• UN rights expert criticizes clampdown on media in Congo

  01-12-2016 22:45
  
  GENEVA — A U.N. expert on freedom of expression on Thursday accused the Congolese government of violating international human rights law with moves like jamming radio broadcasts and arresting journalists. David Kaye cited a decree on Nov. 12 that bars international media from operating in Congo unless they sign an agreement with local media or […]
  
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• Road-rage shooter sentenced to 16 years in plea deal

  01-12-2016 22:44
  
  Tony Torrez, the man charged with killing 4-year-old Lilly Garcia in an alleged road rage incident last year, was sentenced to sixteen years in prison plus two years parole Thursday after reaching a plea deal Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• How DirecTV Now compares to other online TV services

  01-12-2016 21:30
  
  DirecTV Now is the latest online TV service to offer an alternative to cable or satellite packages that can easily cost about $100 a month. Typical cable deals get you hundreds of channels, including the major networks, sports channels, niche options like the horror-focused Chiller and premium channels like HBO. Online services, individually, are cheaper, […]
  
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• Updated: In the era of mass shootings, a movement has developed around how we should respond

  01-12-2016 21:28
  
  The door does not lock. It opens inward. The bookshelves would make a good barricade, but they are bolted in place. I am wearing a leather belt. I am not wearing flip-flops. This is important data. It could determine whether I will live or die. We have retreated to the Rainbow Lounge in the Center […]
  
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• Updated: An electric shock therapy stops self-harm among the autistic, but at what cost?

  01-12-2016 21:27
  
  Michael Shields, 51, sits quietly eating lunch with his parents, James, 83, and Phyllis, 85, who have come for their monthly visit. Michael has been a resident at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, a school for mentally disabled and autistic children and adults in a quiet Boston suburb, for 25 years. As he shoves potato […]
  
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• Russian spacecraft headed to resupply International Space Station in trouble, NASA says.

  01-12-2016 21:27
  
  A Russian spacecraft that launched from Kazakhstan Thursday morning suffered a problem as it was making its way to the International Space Station, NASA said. If the vehicle doesn’t reach the station, it would mark the fourth time spacecrafts launched on resupply missions to the station have failed in two years. No one was on […]
  
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• No one can stop President Trump from using nuclear weapons. That’s by design.

  01-12-2016 21:27
  
  Sometime in the next few weeks, Donald Trump will be briefed on the procedures for how to activate the U.S. nuclear arsenal, if he hasn’t already learned about them. All year, the prospect of giving the real estate and reality TV mogul the power to launch attacks that would kill millions of people was one […]
  
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• School district temporarily pulls classics after complaint

  01-12-2016 21:06 via krqe.com
  
  ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school district has temporarily pulled two classic novels from its classrooms after a parent filed a formal complaint over language contained in the books.
  A parent of an Accomack County Public Schools student filed the complaint over “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” because of their use of racial slurs, local media outlets reported.
  The district has temporarily suspended the use of the books while offic
  
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• Find out if your Google account has been hacked

  01-12-2016 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — If you’re still running around with an older Android phone, your account data might have been compromised.
  Software technologies company Check Point just discovered a new malware campaign called Gooligan. The company says the malware already breached more than one million Google accounts and is gaining access to 13,000 additional devices every day.
  Gooligan spreads when you install an app from a third-party app store or open malicious links from a phishing email. It
  
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• Attorney: Facebook power deal could be “sea change” for renewables

  01-12-2016 20:00
  
  The green energy tariff regulators approved for the $250 million Facebook data center being built in Los Lunas could trigger a “sea change” for renewable energy in the state, according to public utilities attorney Bruce Throne. Throne made the comments Wednesday evening at an event hosted by the Santa Fe Solar Energy Association and the […]
  
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• US overhauls public land use planning

  01-12-2016 19:38
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. government officials have overhauled how they plan for oil and gas drilling, mining, grazing and other activities across public lands in the West. Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Linda Lance told The Associated Press that the move announced Thursday increases public involvement in land-use plans that dictate development across almost […]
  
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• Some welcome Pence to new neighborhood with gay-pride flags

  01-12-2016 19:37
  
  WASHINGTON — Some of Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s new Washington neighbors are welcoming him to the area with gay-pride flags. WJLA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2fPicrT ) that several people on Pence’s new block have hung rainbow pride flags to show their displeasure about his positions on LGBT issues. Pence is living in the neighborhood during the transition […]
  
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• Democrat Heidi Heitkamp to meet with Trump on Friday

  01-12-2016 19:37
  
  Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., will meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, sparking speculation that she could be on the short list for a Cabinet job, most likely as energy secretary. Such a move would have several pluses for Trump. He would have reached across the aisle for a Democrat, and her seat would be […]
  
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• In Syria’s Aleppo, there’s no way of counting the dead

  01-12-2016 19:32
  
  BEIRUT — It’s too dangerous to bury east Aleppo’s dead in the daylight. So when night falls, an imam slips out to the latest mass grave, conducting the briskest of rites and thanking God that the skies have stayed silent. With President Bashar Assad’s warplanes circling and ground troops closing in, Aleppo’s rebel-run districts are […]
  
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• Dolly Parton’heartbroken’ by Tenn. fires; her foundation pledges financial help for victims

  01-12-2016 18:39
  
  Country legend Dolly Parton was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, which includes Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, the two resort towns that were recently engulfed in a wildfire’s flames. Hundreds of buildings were damaged, some completely destroyed, and at least seven lives were lost in the blaze. Just outside Pigeon Forge towers Dollywood, a theme park […]
  
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• Amazon Prime to offer HBO

  01-12-2016 18:39
  
  Amazon is continuing its push into online streaming video by letting its Prime customers purchase monthly subscriptions to HBO and Cinemax right from their Amazon accounts. HBO will be available on Prime for $15 a month, while the Cinemax add-on will cost $10 a month, Amazon said in a release. Both channels were also recently […]
  
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• Trevor Noah,Tomi Lahren go head-to-head on Black Lives Matter on ‘The Daily Show’

  01-12-2016 18:38
  
  “The Daily Show” is trying to do something about the liberal media echo chamber. Trevor Noah invited conservative commentator Tomi Lahren on his show Wednesday night for a lengthy debate, during which the two hashed out everything from Black Lives Matter to the Affordable Care Act to Donald Trump’s hot-mic recording. Lahren is the host […]
  
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• Public defender standoff reaches Supreme Court

  01-12-2016 18:38 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state prosecutor is asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to order public defense attorneys back to work on behalf of indigent defendants at courts in Lea County.
  District Attorney Dianna Luce said Wednesday she has submitted an emergency petition that urges the Supreme Court to intervene in cases where legal representation was declined or withdrawn by the Law Offices of the Public Defender.
  Chief Public Defender Ben Baur says that state budget restrictions mean his o
  
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• Poll shows Obamacare started looking a lot better after the election

  01-12-2016 18:38
  
  Support for repealing the Affordable Care Act dropped significantly among Republicans immediately after the November election, according to a new poll. The data also reveal that, although a large majority of Trump voters say they view President Barack Obama’s health care law negatively, they like many of its provisions. According to the data, collected by […]
  
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• All-Star Game should still decide home-field advantage in the World Series

  01-12-2016 18:37
  
  As the provisions of baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement trickled out Wednesday night, The Associated Press reported one of the most noteworthy changes: The All-Star Game will no longer decide home-field advantage in the World Series, and instead the pennant winner with the best record will host Games 1, 2, 6 and 7. After 14 […]
  
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• Chattanooga police seek suspect who shot officer 3 times

  01-12-2016 18:07 via krqe.com
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are searching for a suspect who shot an officer three times.
  Chattanooga Police Department spokeswoman Elisa Myzal says at least one of the shots Thursday hit the officer in the arm, and none of his injuries are life-threatening.
  Police Chief Fred Fletcher says the officer was shot while checking to see if someone was squatting in an abandoned building.
  Myzel says authorities are using helicopters and drones to try to find the suspect, who Flet
  
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• Feds prepare to repackage radioactive waste in New Mexico

  01-12-2016 17:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing to treat dozens of containers of radioactive waste that were inappropriately packed at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories.
  It was a similar container from Los Alamos National Laboratory that ruptured in 2014, forcing the closure of the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste repository.
  The chemical reaction that caused the breach was spurred by organic cat litter that was mean
  
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• Updated: His sisters said he was fine at Thanksgiving – but now he is accused of dismembering their parents

  01-12-2016 17:12
  
  The four Guy children gathered last week for a Thanksgiving feast at their parents’ tidy, two-story home, situated on the corner lot of Goldenview Lane inside a manicured neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee. It would be the family’s last holiday together in that house, for in two weeks, Joel Guy Sr., and his wife, Lisa, planned […]
  
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• Trump and the Carrier plant: Smart politics, unsustainable economics

  01-12-2016 17:12
  
  Once, on a visit to the French countryside, I visited the most beautiful, picturesque little country farm I’d ever seen. The farm produced an organic yogurt for the market and, ever the annoying economist, I asked my host how this boutique operation could compete with factory farms. “We couldn’t possibly do so,” he told me. […]
  
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• The Daily 202: Trump’s Midwest swing is unofficial kickoff of 2020 reelection campaign

  01-12-2016 17:12
  
  Donald Trump is coming back to the Midwest on Thursday for the first time since the election to take a victory lap in the region that gave him the presidency. The billionaire businessman quipped throughout the campaign that America is going to win so much when he’s president that people are going to get tired […]
  
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• In labor deal, MLB moves closer than ever to salary cap; Series homefield process altered

  01-12-2016 17:12
  
  The notion of a salary cap in Major League Baseball has always been the Holy Grail for the owners, a non-starter for the players and the primary cause of death in the infamously rancorous negotiations of 1994, which led to a players strike and resulted in the cancellation of the World Series. In the new, […]
  
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• Arizona legislator sentenced to probation in food stamp case

  01-12-2016 17:11
  
  PHOENIX — State Rep. Cecilia Velasquez was sentenced Friday to one year of probation for her guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully using food stamps. The one-term Democrat from Litchfield Park also was ordered to serve 100 hours of community service. She was accused of fraudulently obtaining $1,726 in benefits. Her lawyer says […]
  
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• Dona Ana treasurer convicted; allegedly made offer to worker

  01-12-2016 16:42 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Dona Ana County Treasurer David Gutierrez has been convicted of public corruption and gross immorality for allegedly offering $2,000 to a female office employee to have sex with him.
  Prosecutors say the District Court jury verdict Wednesday means Gutierrez has been effectively removed from office.
  Gutierrez testified that what he said to the employee was a compliment, not a sexual proposition.
  District Attorney Mark D’Antonio applauded the jury’s decisio
  
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• US House approves bill recognizing Filipino WWII veterans

  01-12-2016 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to honor Filipino soldiers who fought under U.S. command in World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.
  The House’s unanimous approval came Wednesday after the Senate passed the legislation this summer. The bill will now go before President Barack Obama to be signed.
  Under the legislation, over 260,000 Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers who responded to President Franklin Roosevelt’s call-to-duty will
  
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• Updated: New York man caught speeding had license suspended 46 times

  01-12-2016 15:22
  
  A New York man whose driver's license has been suspended nearly four dozen times was arrested for speeding on Interstate…
  
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• Trump to take victory lap at factory, rally

  01-12-2016 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is poised to take a victory lap on Thursday, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory that he made a campaign promise to save and then in Ohio on the first stop of a “Thank You Tour” to honor the supporters in states that gave him his stunning victory.
  The Midwest swing will be the first time Trump, who has shown an early inclination to revel in the role of showman-in-chief, has barnstormed across the country since t
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Man accused in Lilly Garcia’s shooting death agrees to plea deal

  01-12-2016 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. The man accused of killing 4-year-old Lilly Garcia during a fit of road rage is expected to take a plea deal in court as early as Thursday morning. Torrez’s public defender says it was a better option than risking a jury finding his Torrez guilty of first-degree murder which carries a life sentence. If a judge agrees to the plea deal, Torrez will serve 16 years in prison for second-degree murder.
  Full Story: Man accused of killing Lilly Garcia in road r
  
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• Recovery begins as rains help put out Tennessee wildfires

  01-12-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — After nearly 24 hours of drenching rain helped quench a series of devastating wildfires in eastern Tennessee, local officials turned to cleanup and recovery efforts even as they battled their own personal crises.
  Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner said discussions were under way about re-opening the resort city as early as Friday, which would give business owners and residents their first look at the damage in a city that has been closed since Monday night.
  Werner has sp
  
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• Desert Rose Playhouse hosts Tuesdays With Morrie

  01-12-2016 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE)– It’s the final lessons between a professor and a student, and the lectures include everything from love to death.
  Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom, brings a long lost student back to his dying professor. After 14 consecutive Tuesdays of meeting,  the student, Mitch, learns more than he could ever imagine.
  Actor Bryan Durden and Desert Rose Playhouse Board President, Dagmar Garza, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the upcoming p
  
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• ABQ bike shop taking vacant space in Nob Hill

  01-12-2016 15:00
  
  Morningside Antiques spot getting new tenant in early 2017
  
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• Lobo women fall at NMSU and drop third straight game

  01-12-2016 14:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lobo Women’s basketball team suffered their third straight defeat Wednesday night in a 77-70 loss at New Mexico State.
  Before leaving for the trip Lobos Head Coach Mike Bradbury said his team would face a different Aggies team then they did in Albuquerque where the Lobos won by 29 points. Lobos guard Cherise Beynon lead the team in scoring with 22 points and eight rebounds.
  Lobos center Richelle Van Der Keijl scored 21 points and also pulled down eight
  
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• St. Pius students raise money for injured ABQ High cheerleader

  01-12-2016 14:36
  
  Albuquerque High School senior cheerleader Vanessa Mendoza is struggling for her life in a coma with almost every bone broken after a major car crash Thanksgiving weekend.
  
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• Jurors in Slager trial deliberate after monthlong trial

  01-12-2016 14:28 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jurors in the Michael Slager murder trial will resume deliberating the fate of the white former North Charleston police officer whose fatal shooting of a black motorist was captured on cellphone video.
  Slager is charged in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott, who was shot five times in the back as he ran from a traffic stop in April of last year.
  Although Slager was charged with murder, Circuit Judge Clifton Newman told the jury with 11 white members and one
  
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• Man accused in Old Navy fire remanded to US Marshal's custody

  01-12-2016 14:25
  
  The man accused of setting an Albuquerque Old Navy store on fire won't be getting out jail.
  
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