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• Prosecutor questions letter clearing JonBenet Ramsey family

  15-12-2016 23:29
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado district attorney overseeing the unsolved killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey says a former prosecutor should never have written a letter exonerating the girl’s family. Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said Thursday that the letter clearing the girl’s family from suspicion in her 1996 death is not binding and his […]
  
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• Judge blocks Texas from requiring fetal remains be buried

  15-12-2016 23:29
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Thursday blocked until at least next month hotly debated Texas rules mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains that were set to go into effect within days. The ruling by Austin-based U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks begins the latest legal battle for a state whose tough anti-abortion laws […]
  
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• Updated: Legal-marijuana activists celebrate new Massachusetts law

  15-12-2016 23:27
  
  BOSTON — Legal-marijuana activists were in a celebratory mood Thursday as a new voter-approved law took effect in Massachusetts, allowing people 21 and over to possess, grow and use limited amounts of recreational pot. It will be at least another year before marijuana can be legally sold by licensed retailers in the state, and some […]
  
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• Fired lawyer sues Dallas city attorney’s office

  15-12-2016 23:27
  
  DALLAS — A former Dallas assistant city attorney is suing the city attorney’s office alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Petrina Thompson filed the civil lawsuit last week in Dallas County Court seeking to be rehired and monetary damages. She says she was sexually harassed by another employee and when she filed a complaint, other employees […]
  
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• US withholds aid, calls Duterte killing boasts ‘troubling’

  15-12-2016 23:25
  
  WASHINGTON — The United States said Thursday it is withholding a major aid package to the Philippines and is deeply troubled by a boast from the nation’s leader that he used to drive around looking for criminals to kill. It’s the latest sign of strain in U.S.-Philippine relations since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a crackdown […]
  
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• UNM President signs early exit agreement, drops lawsuit threat

  15-12-2016 23:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Outgoing University of New Mexico President Bob Frank has officially signed off on an agreement to leave office early, and then take a huge pay cut in his new position.
  The Board of Regents also says that President Frank will not sue the University for Defamation like he threatened.
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  UNM Regents, President reach agreement for early exit
  Regents adjourn without decision on President Frank
  President Bob Frank threatening to sue UNM
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• Wal-Mart program: Stash cash in savings account, win prizes

  15-12-2016 21:59 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart has a new program that offers prizes as incentives to get its legion of shoppers to sock away money in saving accounts.
  The “Prize Savings” program features Wal-Mart’s branded reloadable pre-paid debit cards, which are linked to a free savings “vault.” Savers are given one entry into a monthly prize drawing for every dollar they stash in the vault.
  The sweepstakes will award 500 cash prizes every month, with the average prize being abo
  
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• Updated: Tunisians reveal abuses they endured before the Arab Spring

  15-12-2016 21:44
  
  SFAX, Tunisia – Nada Elwikil was still in high school when she was taken to interrogation room 27 for the first time. Security services ordered her to take off her clothes and headscarf. When she refused, they stripped her naked. Then, in between sessions, they dunked her head in a toilet filled with excrement. “Everything […]
  
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• Scott Baio says Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer’s wife attacked him over his Trump support

  15-12-2016 21:44
  
  Not everyone loves Chachi, it seems. Actor and prominent Trump backer Scott Baio has filed a police report in California claiming that a woman attacked him at an event for their elementary-school kids, TMZ is reporting. And because it’s in the L.A. area, there’s another layer of sorta-celebrity and liberal politics in the mix: The […]
  
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• REDW to merge with Phoenix firm

  15-12-2016 21:44
  
  REDW of Albuquerque has announced a merger with Phoenix-based accounting firm Edelman Company. REDW, an accounting and business consulting firm, said in a news release the merger will help it expand its financial service offerings to the broader healthcare industry, and to physician groups more specifically. Richard Edelman, owner and managing director of the Edelman […]
  
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• In shattered Aleppo, convoys carry the devastated and defeated from last rebel zones

  15-12-2016 21:44
  
  BEIRUT – Buses and ambulances rolled out of the last rebel districts in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday as part of a major evacuation that ended the opposition’s battle for its greatest stronghold. They left behind one of the world’s great ancient cities, now shattered by brutal government-allied air strikes that have killed […]
  
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• Everything you need to know about the iPhone’s first ‘Super Mario’ game

  15-12-2016 21:44
  
  Nintendo is really getting serious about its play for mobile screens, launching its first real smartphone game starring its most iconic character: Mario. The app, called Super Mario Run, hit Apple’s App Store on Thursday. For Nintendo fans everywhere, it’s the end of a long wait that started when the app was announced at Apple’s […]
  
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• New Mexico Tax and Revenue Secretary resigns

  15-12-2016 20:18 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla has resigned after state prosecutors raided agency offices and seized her personal tax filings amid allegations she gave preferential treatment to a former business client.
  Read the search warrant »
  State investigators raided tax agency offices on Wednesday to seize personal and business income tax records for Padilla and her husband.
  A search warrant affidavit says interviews with several employees
  
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• What happened during Dylann Roof trial, what’s next?

  15-12-2016 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) —Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday of last year’s grisly massacre at a historic black church that left nine parishioners slain at a Bible study. A federal jury found Roof guilty of all 33 counts, including hate crimes and obstruction of religion. Jurors took less than two hours to reach their verdict.
  Here’s what has happened and what to expect.
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  LIFE OR DEATH
  After a break for the holidays, jurors will reconvene Jan. 3 to hear more testimony and decid
  
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• Jurors to begin deliberations in Dylann Roof trial

  15-12-2016 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof was full of hate and “immense racial ignorance” when he slaughtered nine black worshippers during a Bible study last year at a Charleston church, a prosecutor said Thursday.
  In his closing argument, assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Williams mocked Roof for calling himself brave in his racist-filled journal and his confession to the FBI, saying the real bravery came from the victims who tried to stop him as he fired 77 bullets inside the Emanuel
  
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• Jurors convict Dylann Roof in church slayings

  15-12-2016 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Minutes after Dylann Roof was found guilty of killing nine black people in a hate crime at a Charleston church, he again told a judge he wants to represent himself as prosecutors seek a death sentence.
  Roof answered a number of questions from U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel with a simple “yes” Thursday afternoon, moving his high-powered defense team to advisers.
  Roof said at the start of the trial that he wanted attorneys in the guilt phase, but not i
  
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• Updated: ‘Barry,’ on Netflix, explores a pivotal year in the life of a young Barack Obama

  15-12-2016 19:30
  
  Remarkably, two movies have come out this year about the young adulthood of Barack Obama. Even more remarkably, they’re both terrific. Last summer, Richard Tanne wrote and directed “Southside With You,” a speculative but utterly convincing day-in-the-life drama about Obama’s first date with a law-office mentor named Michelle Robinson. With “Barry,” director Vikram Gandhi visits […]
  
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• Updated: Facebook will start telling you when a story may be fake

  15-12-2016 19:29
  
  Facebook has struggled for months over whether it should crack down on false stories and hoaxes being spread on its site. Now, it has finally come to a decision. The social network is going to partner with the Poynter International Fact-Checking Network, which includes groups such as Snopes, to evaluate articles flagged by Facebook users. […]
  
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• Highway gunman pleads guilty to killing 1, injuring 3

  15-12-2016 19:29
  
  BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — A man who authorities say fatally shot a person and injured four others when he fired his gun at a hotel and at passing cars on a Tennessee highway has pleaded guilty to murder. News outlets report that 37-year-old Lakeem Keon Scott entered the plea to murder and other charges Thursday morning. […]
  
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• Updated: Not just Standing Rock: Water sources along pipeline at risk

  15-12-2016 19:28
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — A Native American tribe’s fight over its water source has grown into an international cause, with all attention focused on the Dakota Access pipeline’s route in southern North Dakota. But contractors on the project, which passes through three other states, have been drilling under and through rivers that are equally critical […]
  
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• UNM President Bob Frank signs off on agreement

  15-12-2016 19:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Outgoing University of New Mexico President Bob Frank has officially signed off on an agreement to leave office early and then take a huge pay cut in his new position.
  Read the settlement agreement here »
  KRQE News 13 is finding out more details about that settlement with the Board of Regents.
  President Frank will not sue the university for defamation like he threatened. Just a couple days ago the university reached a deal to give President Frank an e
  
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• Updated: Happy Falalala-llamakkah: Holidays have a new face

  15-12-2016 19:26
  
  NEW YORK — Happy Falalala-llamakkah, one and all. With Hanukkah and Christmas bumping together this year, a holiday theme for the ages is ready to go — llamas. What do we mean? We mean cute and funky sweaters, T-shirts, holiday cards, wrapping paper and more showing off the cud-chewing pack animal for Christmas and Hanukkah, […]
  
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• BCSO starts High Risk Victims Unit

  15-12-2016 19:20
  
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Ghost Unit detectives focus on finding and helping missing and exploited people, and their work has already saved the lives of many children. To expand their impact, the Ghost Unit is now training the "High Risk Victims Unit."
  
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• Police: Suspect wanted for anti-police graffiti now in custody

  15-12-2016 19:19 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say the man suspect wanted for anti-police graffiti has turned himself in.
  Belen Police Department announced that an arrest warrant had been issued for Daniel Kota Wednesday. Officials say Kota turned himself into police early Thursday morning.
  Kota is accused of 11 counts of unauthorized graffiti.
  Last week, the Little Caesars on Main Street and Ross Avenue was hit with a derogatory message against police. Included in that message: “Crash Harder
  
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• Native American network comes to Albuquerque airwaves

  15-12-2016 18:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico PBS has announced it is bringing a California-based television network dedicated to Native Americans to the Albuquerque area.
  The station said Wednesday that First Nations Experience now is live on KNME-TV, Channel 5.3, in the Albuquerque area and will feature programs focusing on Native American and indigenous people around the world.
  The public TV network known as FNX is a partnership of the San Manuel band of Mission Indians and KVCR-PBS in San Bernar
  
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• New Mexico completes inspection of federal nuke repository

  15-12-2016 18:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulatory officials have completed their inspection of the federal government’s underground nuclear waste repository as the troubled facility looks to reopen.
  State Environment Secretary Butch Tongate says the onsite review covered issues that date back to a 2014 fire involving one of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s mining trucks and a separate radiation leak that forced the repository’s closure.
  Tongate acknowledged the facility is
  
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• Facebook: New Mexico subcontractors will work on data center

  15-12-2016 18:44 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (AP) – Facebook says the contractor building a planned data center in the Albuquerque area plans to use at least six New Mexico companies for the project.
  A Facebook announcement Thursday says work for the project in Los Lunas is still being arranged so additional companies may be involved. The general contractor is Portland, Oregon-based Fortis Construction Inc.
  New Mexico construction leaders previously said subcontractor restrictions for the project likely would disquali
  
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• Claims for unemployment benefits fall to 254,000

  15-12-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week, the second straight week that claims have declined.
  THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly claims for jobless benefits dropped by 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 254,000, the lowest level in three weeks. The less-volatile four-week average rose by 5,250 to 257,750. Overall, 2.02 million Americans are collecting unemployment checks, down 10.1 percent from a year ago.
  THE TAKEAWAY:
  
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• Obama environmental legacy at stake as GOP, industry align

  15-12-2016 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration will leave behind a host of disputed recent actions and unfinished business on the environment — from shelved energy leases and blocked mining projects to pollution restrictions and decisions on hundreds of potentially imperiled species.
  Republicans and business groups emboldened by Donald Trump’s victory are gearing up to reverse many of the administration’s signature environmental moves, particularly those made since the e
  
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• NASA launches 8 mini-satellites for hurricane forecasting

  15-12-2016 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has launched eight mini-satellites to measure surface wind deep in the heart of hurricanes.
  The plane carrying the satellites took off shortly after sunrise Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. An hour later, the co-pilot pushed the button that released the Pegasus rocket and attached satellites 39,000 feet above the Atlantic, 100 miles east of Daytona Beach. The Pegasus fired five seconds later, propelling the satellites toward orbit.
  The $157 million Cy
  
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• Updated: FCC Chairman Wheeler to resign on Inauguration Day

  15-12-2016 17:38
  
  NEW YORK — The head of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasters, phone and cable companies, says he will step down in January as President-elect Donald Trump takes office. That will leave a 2-1 Republican majority at the commission, which next year is likely to start paring back or overturning the measures that Chairman […]
  
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• Updated: Corpus Christi, Texas, tells residents not to use tap water

  15-12-2016 17:35
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi, a Texas Gulf Coast city, is warning its 320,000 residents not to use tap water because it might be contaminated with petroleum-based chemicals, prompting a rush on bottled water and the closure of local schools. City officials said in a statement late Wednesday that a “back-flow incident” in an […]
  
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• Updated: Police: warrant issued for man who sprayed anti-police graffiti

  15-12-2016 17:11
  
  Belen Police have issued an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Daniel Kota in connection with anti-polic ...
  
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• Facebook data center hires 6 NM subcontractors

  15-12-2016 17:06
  
  Six New Mexico companies have been hired as subcontractors for the Facebook data center project in Los Lunas, the social media giant announced today. In a post on the data center’s Facebook page, the company said subcontracting packages had been awarded to Kone Elevators & Escalators, Western States Fire Protection, Safety Counseling Inc., Terracon Inc., […]
  
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• Trump picks Montana Rep. Zinke for interior post

  15-12-2016 17:00 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has officially chosen Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke to serve as his interior secretary.
  Zinke was an early supporter of Trump’s and publicly sought a Cabinet post when Trump visited Montana in May.
  Trump’s decision to tap Zinke for interior upends Senate Republican plans of recruiting the congressman to challenge two-term Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in 2018.
  As Montana’s at-large representative, Zinke has proven he can win statewide
  
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• Caravan East to auction off equipment, fixtures

  15-12-2016 16:50
  
  You will soon be able to own a chunk of a historic Albuquerque nightclub.
  
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• Updated: In measure labeled ‘reform’ by Christie, some see ‘revenge’

  15-12-2016 16:49
  
  TRENTON, N.J. — Newspapers in New Jersey and political opponents say Republican Gov. Chris Christie is targeting the media organizations he has long fought with by pushing a measure to allow state and local governments to post public notices on their own websites, rather than in the print publications. State and local government agencies across […]
  
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• New Mexico Legislature opens doors to pre-filed bills

  15-12-2016 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico lawmakers are getting their first opportunity to file bills for consideration ahead of next year’s regular legislative session.
  The Legislature began accepting “pre-filed” bills on Thursday in advance of a 60-day session.
  Lawmakers convene on Jan. 17 to resolve a budget deficit linked a downturn in the oil and natural gas industry and consider a wide variety of policy initiatives. Lawmakers are honing proposals to crack down on reckless dr
  
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• Thousands stranded as winter storm snarls traffic in Oregon

  15-12-2016 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Forecasters said more snow was possible in the Portland area Thursday, a day after a rare snow storm brought Oregon’s largest city to a halt with thousands of vehicles barely able to move along numerous roadways.
  Many commuters left work early Wednesday, hoping to beat the storm, but they quickly found themselves on streets that were clogged with traffic that was inching along on snow-slick streets. Cars fish-tailed, spun out and collided. Semi-trucks littered I
  
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• Updated: Real Madrid advances to Club World Cup final

  15-12-2016 15:45
  
  YOKOHAMA, Japan — Real Madrid beat Mexican side Club America 2-0 to reach the Club World Cup final on Thursday and extend its unbeaten run to 36 games. Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo each scored to help the European champions reach the final on Sunday, when they will face Japanese champions Kashima Antlers. Benzema took […]
  
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• The electoral voters speak, and they’re not out for a revolt

  15-12-2016 15:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican electors have been hounded to abandon Donald Trump, but they appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections is on course to produce a traditional outcome Monday — an Electoral College ticket to the White House for the president-elect.
  Whether they like Trump or not, and some surely don’t, scores of the Republicans chosen to cast votes in the state-capital meet
  
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• Updated: Triple-Double Talk: Westbrook getting tired of stat chat

  15-12-2016 15:44
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Russell Westbrook is tired of talking about triple-doubles. Oklahoma City’s do-it-all guard fell short of a triple-double for the third consecutive game Wednesday night and is beginning to get a little annoyed with all the chatter about him averaging one for the entire season. “Honestly, people with this triple-double thing, is […]
  
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• Updated: Ryan Lochte, fiancee announce pregnancy with underwater pics

  15-12-2016 15:44
  
  Ryan Lochte has jumped in the pool to announce that he and fiancee Kayla Rae Reid are expecting a baby. The Olympic swimmer and the former Playboy model shared pictures on Instagram of Lochte under water and kissing Reid’s tiny baby bump. Lochte says his “Christmas gift came early this year.” Reid says , “Just […]
  
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• Updated: Game on: NBA players pleased about proposed labor deal

  15-12-2016 15:44
  
  MIAMI — Washington Wizards guard John Wall didn’t even need to see the details of the tentative collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players before drawing his conclusion. “It’s a lot better than having a lockout,” Wall said. Such was the sentiment around much of the NBA on Wednesday night, when it was […]
  
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• Updated: Flyers hold off Avalanche 4-3 for 10th straight win

  15-12-2016 15:44
  
  DENVER — Wayne Simmonds handed his own stick to Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in the middle of a late onslaught by the Colorado Avalanche and continued to try to block shots with his body. It was the kind of all-out effort the Philadelphia Flyers needed to preserve their longest winning streak in 31 years. Roman Lyubimov and […]
  
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• Yahoo’s big breach helps usher in an age of hacker anxiety

  15-12-2016 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo has become the worst-case example of an unnerving but increasingly common phenomenon — massive hacks that steal secrets and other potentially revealing information from our personal digital accounts, or from big organizations that hold sensitive data on our behalf.
  On Wednesday, Yahoo disclosed a gargantuan breach affecting more than a billion user accounts, the largest such attack in history. The company said that attack happened in August 2013, although Y
  
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• Mother Road Theatre presents: All is Calm

  15-12-2016 15:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a true story told in the words and songs of men who lived it.
  The Mother Road Theatre in collaboration with The Vortex Theatre will be presenting All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.
  Artistic Director, Julia Thudium, along with Director, Vic Browder, joined KRQE This Morning’s team to talk about an upcoming show.
  The show is about an extraordinary night of camaraderie as a German soldier stepped in No Man’s Lan
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Theory brings new attention to West Mesa murder mystery

  15-12-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. There’s renewed national attention on the West Mesa murders as new theories emerge about a possible second burial site for eight women that are still missing. Almost eight years ago, 11 victims were discovered in a mass burial site. A field geologist and non-profit group say they’ve analyzed aerial images near the makeshift grave and think they’ve spotted manmade digging a half mile away. No arrests have been made in the case. The Albuq
  
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• Local author shares personal experiences on depression

  15-12-2016 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – While the holidays bring most people joy and happiness, not all feel that way.
  A Drop of Water: A Spiritual Journey is a book that focuses on finding peace after experiencing any kind of depression or grief. 
  Author, Yvonne William Casaus, joined KRQE This Morning to talk about her newly released book.
  In her book, Casaus reflects on past experiences and how water is used as a way to express human connection. The book is for anyone who is interested in
  
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• UNM introduces The Lobo Life

  15-12-2016 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a new way to show both current and prospective students what life in New Mexico is like inside and outside the classroom.
  The Lobo life is an online adventure series created by University of New Mexico students that takes viewers to destinations across the state through its website and Instagram account.
  UNM Lobo Life Photographer, Josh Lane, and UNM’s Marketing Director, Argy Maniatis, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the sight.
  
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