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• Supreme Court hears cases about use of race in redistricting

  03-12-2016 23:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is returning to the familiar intersection of race and politics, in a pair of cases examining redistricting in North Carolina and Virginia.
  The eight-justice court is hearing arguments Monday in two cases that deal with the same basic issue of whether race played too large a role in the drawing of electoral districts, to the detriment of African-Americans.
  The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliabl
  
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• Family secret led to report of missing baby found in Roswell

  03-12-2016 23:30
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — Authorities say a family secret turned into a police investigation over Thanksgiving when a woman came home with a baby that wasn’t hers. Roswell police spokesman Todd Wildermuth says the investigation began that weekend when a woman called police to report she suspected the baby her 30-year-old sister brought home didn’t belong […]
  
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• Effort to remove Roosevelt County Sheriff underway

  03-12-2016 23:28
  
  PORTALES, N.M. — A local attorney has launched an effort to unseat an eastern New Mexico sheriff accused of falsifying information to get arrest warrants. Attorney Eric Dixon filed a petition in court in Roosevelt County on Friday seeking the removal of Sheriff Malin Parker. The petition claims Parker lied about a confidential informant to […]
  
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• Keys, lightbulbs tied to Thomas Edison go up for auction

  03-12-2016 23:04 via krqe.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph are up for auction in Dallas, along with some of the lightbulbs that he perfected.
  A Pittsburgh man acquired the items from his great aunt, who was married to one of the attorneys whose law firm represented Edison in patent lawsuits.
  Tags on five of the six keys list the doors that they opened, including the Menlo Park lab which Edison opened in 1876 that became known as the “invention factory
  
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• Texas officials: 1 killed, 7 hurt in cheerleader bus crash

  03-12-2016 22:15 via krqe.com
  
  BIG SPRING, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed and seven others were injured when a semitrailer crashed into a bus carrying a group of West Texas high school cheerleaders.
  Iraan-Sheffield School District Superintendent Kevin Allen says the bus, which was carrying six cheerleaders and two cheerleader sponsors, was headed home Friday night after a football game when it was hit on Interstate 20 near Big Spring.
  Allen says one of the cheerleader sponsors was killed. Authorities id
  
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• Guns at zoos? Texas says no while struggling to tame rules

  03-12-2016 22:13 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is still sorting out where firearms are allowed a year after the state vastly expanded gun rights, which included allowing openly holstered weapons.
  Lingering disputes over whether public places including zoos and county courthouses are gun-free zones frustrate advocates on both sides of the debate. The state’s Republican attorney general warned community and junior colleges this week not to impose blanket bans on firearms, even though children are sometime
  
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• Ordinary people trained to save lives in shootings, attacks

  03-12-2016 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — It’s become a hallmark of terror attacks and school shootings: the fateful minutes or hours when the wounded are hunkered down, waiting for the violence to play out and for help to arrive.
  In Monday’s car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University, one of the 11 wounded victims hid in a campus building for nearly 90 minutes before police gave the all-clear and she could be treated. When a gunman opened fire at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub, in June, a w
  
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• Updated: Police: Dead man’s body discovered on fire in Tucson alley

  03-12-2016 20:18
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson police are investigating the death of a man whose body was set on fire. Sgt. Pete Dugan says a neighborhood resident called police after spotting the body in an alley on the city’s south side Saturday morning. Officers responded and the first one on the scene confirmed it was a body […]
  
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• Police: Dead man’s body discovered on fire in Tucson alley

  03-12-2016 20:18
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson police are investigating the death of a man whose body was set on fire. Sgt. Pete Dugan says the body was found Saturday morning in an alley on the city’s south side. An officer who responded to a call about something burning in the alley discovered it was a body and […]
  
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• At least 9 killed in California warehouse fire, dozens still missing

  03-12-2016 19:59 via krqe.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area say they are prepared to deal with up to 40 deaths after a fire broke out at a warehouse party in Oakland, California.
  Alameda County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly says Saturday that nine people are confirmed dead, and that he expects that number to rise.
  Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloche-Reed says some people escaped and that between 50 and 100 people were at the warehouse at the time of the fire.
  The warehouse had bee
  
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• Updated: Universities exploring ‘sanctuary’ status for immigrants

  03-12-2016 19:58
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Universities and colleges in several states are considering labeling themselves “sanctuary campuses” amid fears from immigrant students and pressure from activists following the election of Donald Trump. College administrators in New Mexico — the state with the highest percentage of Latino residents– are looking into proposals that would grant immigrant students living […]
  
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• Updated: McConnell cautions replacement to health law to take time

  03-12-2016 19:40
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The next Congress will begin work immediately next year toward repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law but delay the changes as Republicans try to come up with an alternative, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday. The Kentucky Republican insisted that some 20 million Americans who have health care through the […]
  
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• Campus attack could be latest terror case in heartland state

  03-12-2016 19:07 via krqe.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities are investigating terrorism as a possible motive in the car-and-knife attack on the Ohio State University campus, the latest in a series of cases involving young men who apparently became radicalized in the heartland state.
  They are still piecing together information on the activities of Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the Ohio State student killed Nov. 28 by a police officer after he ran his car into others and began slashing with a butcher knife. Among other recent c
  
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• Dazed Tennessee residents get first look at wildfire rubble

  03-12-2016 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Charlotte Moore needed a phone charger.
  “I’ll just get it at home,” she shrugged.
  Then she remembered that her home was gone.
  The realization came as she made the familiar drive up to the top of Laurel Mountain in the Roaring Fork neighborhood of Gatlinburg on Friday, where what lay ahead was anything but familiar. On the first day officials let property owners return to assess the damage from the wildfire that devastated their homes, the eastern
  
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• Updated: Fire destroys warehouse, killing 9; dozens more feared dead

  03-12-2016 18:47
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — Fire tore through an Oakland warehouse converted into artist studios during a late night dance party, killing at least nine people, and officials said Saturday that the death toll could rise as high as 40. Officials said people either escaped from the cluttered building or died inside, where the only way down […]
  
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• Updated: At least 9 killed in warehouse fire, dozens still missing

  03-12-2016 18:47
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — At least nine people died in a blaze that broke out during a party in a converted warehouse late Friday night in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to fire officials. Oakland Fire Chief Teresa Deloche-Reed said at least another 25 people are unaccounted for as of Saturday morning. Authorities are working […]
  
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• Updated: 9 killed in Oakland warehouse fire, dozens more feared dead

  03-12-2016 18:47
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. — At least nine people died and authorities said they feared the toll could rise as high as 40 in a fire that broke out during a rave at a converted warehouse in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oakland fire chief Teresa Deloche-Reed said at least another 25 people were unaccounted for as […]
  
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• Emergency officials: We won’t let pipeline protesters freeze

  03-12-2016 18:34 via krqe.com
  
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota emergency management officials say they are prepared to help Dakota Access pipeline protesters who may need help during a winter storm or some other crisis.
  State Homeland Security Director Greg Wilz says it would be a challenge during a mass evacuation, but the state will be “humane in anything and everything” it does.
  Morton County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Rob Keller says all the responding officers are now from North Dakota and &ld
  
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• Updated: Road rage ends in McKnight’s death; criticism of case looms

  03-12-2016 18:13
  
  HARVEY, La. — A road rage incident possibly sparked by a driver cutting off another on a nearby bridge spiraled into a shooting that left an ex-NFL player dead, authorities said, amid criticism the shooter was allowed to go free. Joe McKnight, 28, was shot Thursday afternoon in Terrytown, across the Mississippi River from New […]
  
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• A Donald Trump museum? Atlantic City historians consider it

  03-12-2016 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A group of historians in Atlantic City wants to open a museum dedicated to President-elect Donald Trump.
  Stockton University professor Bob Blaskiewicz told the Press of Atlantic City that the subject of Trump in Atlantic City will be of historical interest now that he has been elected president.
  Trump once owned three casinos in the city. They brought in a lot of money, but were involved in four bankruptcies under his watch and one more after he was gone.
  Te
  
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• Football Friday Night Week 15

  03-12-2016 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  Watch New Mexico Ford Dealer’s High School Football Friday Night Week 15 » 
  Filed under: Football Friday Night, FOX New Mexico, SmartTV, Top Video Tagged: Football Friday, High School Sports
  
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• Updated: Friendly moose befriends 2 cows on Vermont farm

  03-12-2016 17:12
  
  A Vermont couple has chased off a moose that appeared to be bonding with their two cows on a Sheldon…
  
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• Texas officials: 8 hurt when bus with cheerleaders crashes

  03-12-2016 16:56
  
  BIG SPRING, Texas — Officials say eight people were injured when a bus carrying high school cheerleaders crashed with a tractor-trailer rig in Texas. The Iraan-Sheffield bus carrying the cheerleaders crashed in Howard County after a football game late Friday night. Amanda Duforat with Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring told KWES-TV that eight […]
  
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• Las Cruces barricade situation ended with fatal shooting

  03-12-2016 16:55
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Las Cruces police say a man is dead as a result of a shooting that occurred after officers went to a hotel where a person reportedly had “suicidal intentions.” A police statement did not specify how the Friday night shooting occurred but said no officers were injured and that two officers […]
  
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• Updated: Guns at zoos? Texas says no while struggling to tame rules

  03-12-2016 16:33
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — More than a year after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made firearms, including openly holstered weapons, legal in more places in the state, disputes remain over where guns are allowed — much to the frustration of advocates on both sides of the debate. Firearms are banned in zoos but not wildlife preserves. Republican […]
  
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• Trump speaks with Taiwan president in unprecedented move

  03-12-2016 16:22 via krqe.com
  
  BEIJING (KRQE) – President-elect Donald Trump is making waves as he makes his transition to the White House.
  On Friday, he spoke with Taiwan’s president, an unprecedented move for a U.S. leader after the country cut former diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979.
  China considered the self-governing island of Taiwan part of its territory and in the 1970’s, the U.S. adopted the so-called “one China” policy recognizing Beijing as the official government.
  “The no
  
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• USC professor dead in alleged targeted stabbing

  03-12-2016 16:11 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KRQE) – A professor at the University of Southern California is dead after getting attacked with a knife on campus.
  Police have a USC student suspect in custody.
  They said the 50-year-old Psychology professor was targeted. He had taught at the university since 2001.
  Police said there is no threat to the rest of the campus.
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• One man dead in officer involved shooting in Las Cruces

  03-12-2016 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Two Las Cruces Police Officers are on administrative leave, as is standard procedure, after a deadly officer involved shooting Friday night.
  Police say a possibly suicidal 36-year-old man barricaded himself in a room at the Sleep Inn.
  They tried to negotiate with him for several hours starting at around 5 p.m. Friday, but say he wasn’t cooperating.
  They say shots rang out around 10:30 p.m. Friday night.
  Police say the man was hit at least once and died at Me
  
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• Eight injured in Texas bus crash carrying cheerleaders

  03-12-2016 14:25 via krqe.com
  
  BIG SPRINGS, TX (KRQE) – Eight people are in the hospital after a school bus carrying cheerleaders crashed in Big Springs, Texas.
  Two of them are in critical condition.
  The bus was driving back from a football game last night when it crashed with an 18-wheeler.
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• Albuquerque Police investigating fatal crash on Coors

  03-12-2016 14:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police is investigating a multi-car crash that left one person dead.
  It happened on Coors and Montano early Saturday morning.
  It closed off the area for some time, but it has since reopened.
  Police have not released the victim’s name pending notification of the family.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News, SmartTV, Top Stories, Top Video
  
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• Women’s basketball: Lobos to stress putting out max effort

  03-12-2016 08:05
  
  The stands were empty but things got a little bit loud Friday afternoon at the Pit.Uni ...
  
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• Men’s basketball: Neal will limit the offense

  03-12-2016 08:05
  
  NORMAL, Ill.–The Lobos are frozen, and it has nothing to do with what they left behind in...
  
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• Delay on selections unlikely for New Mexico Bowl

  03-12-2016 08:05
  
  Jeff Siembieda's analysis: There will be no paralysis for the Gildan New Mexico Bowl in announcing t ...
  
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• Combat sports: Sanchez returns from hiatus for Jackson Series fight

  03-12-2016 08:05
  
  Even warriors need a break once in a while. Angelo "San-I Warrior" Sanchez has had his.
  
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• Cleveland’s pressure defense spells doom for Carlsbad

  03-12-2016 08:05
  
  RIO RANCHO–The difference between Carlsbad and Cleveland was 14 points.But t ...
  
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• Updated: In a tragic moment on Thanksgiving Day, everything changed

  03-12-2016 07:45
  
  Relatives grieve, reach out to each other after horrific crash claims young man's life and leaves teen in coma
  
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• Release of IDs on gang informants requested

  03-12-2016 07:44
  
  Confidential sources used to build racketeering case
  
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• Threat of vetoes may lead legislators to seek constitutional changes

  03-12-2016 07:43
  
  Democrats fear high-profile bills may not make it past Governor's Office
  
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• Blood donations keep boy alive

  03-12-2016 07:42
  
  10-year-old has rare, potentially deadly bone marrow disease
  
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• Low test participation tied to D grade for APS

  03-12-2016 07:41
  
  Superintendent says PARCC opt-outs cut grade from C
  
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• KOB recognized during ‘Best of the City’ event

  03-12-2016 06:37
  
  Some of KOB’s finest took home awards Friday night for Albuquerque the Magazine’s “Best of the City” event.
  
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• Early holiday events draw big crowds

  03-12-2016 06:26
  
  The Albuquerque BioPark's River of Lights is already off to a great start. Last Saturday was opening night, and 5,200 guests showed up even with the art construction on Central.
  
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• Taos Ski Valley thanks skiers, snowboarders for their ‘snow dances’

  03-12-2016 06:20 via krqe.com
  
  TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Taos Ski Valley is thanking its skiers and snowboarders for their smooth moves.
  Watch the video above to see some of them performing their best snow dances after lackluster snowfall last month.
  Resort officials asked them to post videos on social media, hoping it would bring on the powder. Since then, the resort has gotten dumped on.
  Now, one lucky dancer will be chosen, and as a thank you get a night’s stay at The Blake– the ski valley’s new prem
  
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• Updated: Death threats and abuse for woman leading Brexit court fight

  03-12-2016 06:12
  
  LONDON — Gina Miller is paying the price for going to court. The financial entrepreneur says she has received death threats and racial and sexual abuse since she won a High Court ruling forcing the British government to seek Parliamentary approval before leaving the European Union. She’s hired bodyguards and made “different arrangements” for her […]
  
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• PNM hosts Good Neighbor Fund event

  03-12-2016 06:12
  
  Electric bills can be pricey, especially this time of year when temperatures drop. That's why the PNM Good Neighbor Fund hosted an assistance event on Friday.
  
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• City councilor calls for feasibility study on pro soccer stadium

  03-12-2016 06:12
  
  Bringing a big-league soccer team to downtown Albuquerque has always been the dream of a lifetime for Ron Patel, president of the state’s only minor league soccer team – the Albuquerque Sol. In the Duke City, building a new arena has not worked out so well.
  
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• Restaurant still dealing with condo fire aftermath

  03-12-2016 06:07
  
  This last week hasn't been easy for a handful of Albuquerque businesses. At least five dealt with fires, and one so far has been confirmed as arson. Meanwhile, explosive devices were found in front of four area Starbucks. Many local business owners are taking a huge hit after the incidents, including Ragin’ Shrimp owner Nicholas Nellos.
  
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• Registered sex offender arrested for child porn while working at Albuquerque church

  03-12-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A registered sex offender is behind bars for distributing child porn. Investigators said it all happened while he was working and living at an Albuquerque church.
  Sandia Valley Nazarene Church in the South Valley is also home to convicted sex offender, Randal Paul.
  According to a criminal complaint, Paul and his wife moved from California to Albuquerque in 2011 to live and volunteer at the church.
  The complaint said Paul did maintenance and even helped prepare se
  
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• Artist defends controversial mural after vandals strike

  03-12-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – After a mural sparked a heated debate, an artist found himself trying to protect it from vandals and then from the county that commissioned him to do the work in the first place.
  Artist Glen Strock is defending his work.
  First, critics called for its removal, saying it glorified violence against native people. Then vandals struck, and KRQE News 13 went to the Santa Fe County Human Resource building on Friday to watch Strock repair the damage.
  That’s when other
  
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• National cemeteries in need for ‘Wreaths Across America’ celebration

  03-12-2016 05:56 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It a holiday tradition to honor soldiers buried at national cemeteries, but this year they need your help.
  The Santa Fe National Cemetery and Fort Bayard National Cemetery are getting ready for the annual “Wreaths Across America” celebration. Wreaths are laid on grave sites at both cemeteries.
  It’s a chance to honor and show respect for soldiers this holiday season and to help the cemeteries.
  The Santa Fe National Cemetery only has about 2,000
  
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