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• Updated: Twitter hoax targeted Vikings, stadium and the homeless

  19-12-2016 23:55
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Two Twitter users have admitted they started a false rumor that the Minnesota Vikings were opening their new stadium to the homeless during this weekend’s extreme cold. Marketer Jake Nyberg and fitness coach David Dellanave (del’-lah-NAH’-vay) say their tweets were a hoax meant to push the idea that taxpayer-funded U.S. Bank Stadium could […]
  
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• Boyfriend charged with Houston-area woman’s death

  19-12-2016 23:55
  
  HOUSTON — Harris County authorities have charged a 32-year-old man with capital murder for the death of his girlfriend who had been missing for nearly three months. Jarvis Hickerson already was jailed for violating a protective order involving 32-year-old Amalia Alexander. She was last seen with him on September 19, 2016, and was reported missing […]
  
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• IMF board: Lagarde can remain as chief despite conviction

  19-12-2016 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON — Christine Lagarde can remain head of the International Monetary Fund despite her conviction Monday of negligence in a case dating to her tenure as France’s finance minister. The IMF’s executive board announced that it “reaffirms its full confidence in the managing director’s ability to continue to effectively carry out her duties.” It praised […]
  
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• UW band bus involved in accident on way to bowl

  19-12-2016 23:49
  
  RAWLINS, Wyo. — The Wyoming Highway Patrol says a charter bus carrying University of Wyoming marching band members to the Poinsettia Bowl was involved in a crash on an icy stretch of Interstate 80 near Rawlins. However, the patrol says no students were hurt thanks to the bus driver not losing complete control of the […]
  
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• Analysis: We’re totally misunderstanding the difference between Mexico and China

  19-12-2016 23:49
  
  During the 2016 campaign, China and Mexico were often painted with the same political brush. President-elect Donald Trump described the countries as America’s biggest economic rivals, taking advantage of us, undermining growth and stealing jobs. The view wasn’t confined to Republicans: Bernie Sanders won followers as he lambasted the government for crafting free trade deals […]
  
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• Global leaders react to ‘attacks’ in Germany, Turkey

  19-12-2016 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — International leaders reached out to two grieving nations on Monday following apparent attacks in Germany and Turkey that left at least nine civilians and an ambassador dead.
  While billions of people prepare for holiday celebrations around the world, the tragedies threw the nations into chaos and millions of citizens into mourning.
  The motivation for the attacks, or any connection to extremist groups, has yet to be firmly established, although the assassin
  
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• Don’t panic: 7 Last-minute gift ideas

  19-12-2016 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Whether you procrastinated too long and now your family’s holiday celebration is just days away or you received a gift from someone you hadn’t included on your shopping list, we’ve got you covered. Here are some great last-minute gift ideas that no one will ever suspect you actually bought at the last minute:
  Sock of the Month Club: Each month a new pair of uniquely designed, USA-made socks will be delivered to their door, make them smile, and remin
  
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• Ancient skeleton to return to Native Americans for reburial

  19-12-2016 22:39 via krqe.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — One of the oldest and most complete skeletons found in North America will be given back to American Indian tribes in Washington state for reburial.
  President Barack Obama signed a bill Monday with a provision requiring the ancient bones known as Kennewick Man be returned to tribes within 90 days.
  Experts estimate the remains found in 1996 on federal land near the Columbia River are at least 8,400 years old. The discovery triggered a lengthy legal fight between tribes
  
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• US FDA clears ovarian cancer drug for hard-to-treat disease

  19-12-2016 22:33 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have approved a new option for some women battling ovarian cancer: a drug that targets a genetic mutation seen in some highly aggressive tumors.
  The Food and Drug Administration cleared the drug, Rubraca, from Clovis Oncology Inc. for women in advanced stages of the disease who have already tried at least two chemotherapy drugs. The Clovis drug targets a genetic mutation found in 15 to 20 percent of ovarian cancer patients. The FDA also approved a co
  
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• Updated: Truck rams German Christmas market, killing at least 9

  19-12-2016 22:33
  
  BERLIN — A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least nine people as it tore through tables and wooden stands. Many others were injured. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger was dead. The vehicle crashed into the […]
  
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• North Texas airport seeks funds for fence to stop coyotes

  19-12-2016 22:32
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Officials with a North Texas airport are seeking $1.2 million in federal funds to build a chain-link fence to help keep coyotes from roaming onto its runway. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/2hjQZ2s ) reports coyotes are raising concerns at Arlington Municipal Airport, which opened in 1962 in what used to be an […]
  
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• US, Mexico wildlife officials draft recovery plan for jaguar

  19-12-2016 22:21
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team of wildlife officials in the United States and Mexico has drafted a recovery plan for the endangered jaguar. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the plan Monday. While the elusive cat is found in 19 countries stretching from the American Southwest to South America, the agency says the plan […]
  
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• Updated: Katie Holmes to Neil Diamond: Celeb playlists for New Year’s

  19-12-2016 22:21
  
  NEW YORK — New Year’s Eve is the party of the year, so what’s on the playlist of Neil Diamond? How about Amy Adams? We asked celebrities for their ideal jams to ring in 2017: ___ OCTAVIA SPENCER: “I love Katy Perry Roar. Roarrrrrrr. Oh ah ah ah ah.” WILL SMITH: “I want to be […]
  
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• Updated: Review: ‘Sing’ sings along, with humor and poignancy

  19-12-2016 22:20
  
  One can imagine the pitch meeting: It’s “American Idol,” but animated, and everyone’s an animal. We’ll star a cuddly koala. We’ll get McConaughey, Witherspoon, some other A-listers. We’ll throw in everyone’s favorite pop songs — get Legal on the phone! And hey, we’ll add a fart joke. How could it miss? And actually, that pitch […]
  
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• A not-so-objective ranking of classic Christmas specials

  19-12-2016 21:35 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — ‘Twas the month before Christmas, and the DVR is full–
  Of classic Christmas specials. Which to view? I mull.
  So many choices, so many shows—
  What should I watch? Hey, I know!
  I’ll make a list and I’ll check it twice—
  Of which ones to watch, and which to put on ice.
  Now these are my rankings—don’t complain or whine.
  And heaven forbid, please, don’t get “mad online.”
  To set the parameters, I’m disc
  
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• At least 9 killed after truck hits German Christmas Market

  19-12-2016 20:43 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in the center of Berlin on Monday evening killing at least nine people, and causing multiple injuries, police said.
  The truck crashed into the market outside the capital’s popular Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
  AP Television footage showed a large Scania truck with its windshield smashed out on the sidewalk alongside the market, with a swarm of ambulances nearby. A large Christmas tree with a gold s
  
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• Want to fight boycotts of Israel? Boycott West Bank settlements instead.

  19-12-2016 20:09
  
  The election of Donald Trump as president was met as an encouraging omen by far-right movements around the world, no less so than in Israel, where some ultranationalists viewed the election as an invitation to indulge some of their long-sought objectives. One day after Trump’s win, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, the leader of the right-wing […]
  
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• Villanova still No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s hoops; UCLA at 2

  19-12-2016 20:05
  
  Villanova held onto its impressive lead as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll. The Wildcats (11-0) are on top for a third straight week receiving 56 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. UCLA remained ranked second with three No. 1 votes. Kansas, Baylor (which got the other six […]
  
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• Proposal aims to address problem of untested rape kits

  19-12-2016 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A proposal headed to the Albuquerque City Council aims to keep the city’s number of untested sexual-assault evidence kits from growing.
  A proposal by Councilor Pat Davis outlines a series of deadlines that would require Albuquerque police to send new kits to the lab and have them tested in criminal cases.
  Davis says he wants to prioritize cases so victims don’t have to wait.
  The council’s finance and government committee is expected to consid
  
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• The school that ‘banned’ Christmas ignites an uproar in Germany

  19-12-2016 19:39
  
  BERLIN – Call it the high school that stole Christmas. As the holiday season approached, the administration of Istanbul High School – an academy in Muslim-majority Turkey partly funded by the German government – took a highly unusual step. It instructed, according to an email obtained by Germany’s DPA news service, that Christmas this year […]
  
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• Siblings donate $10 million to lynching victims memorial

  19-12-2016 19:39
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The children of a late Michigan businessman are donating $10 million to help build a memorial and museum in Alabama dedicated to black lynching victims. Philanthropists Jon and Pat Stryker have each given $5 million toward the Equal Justice Initiative’s $35 million campaign to build The Memorial to Peace and Justice. The […]
  
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• Judge declares mistrial in manslaughter case of ex-officer

  19-12-2016 19:39
  
  DALLAS — A state district judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former North Texas police officer charged with manslaughter after shooting 41 times at a fleeing suspect. Judge Quay Parker declared the mistrial Monday after being told by jurors they were hung and further deliberations would not help. Former Garland officer […]
  
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• The story behind the beautiful way a Texas mom told her sons the truth about Santa

  19-12-2016 19:38
  
  Adam Rush’s son was ready. So, the Texas father sat his 9-year-old down and he let him in on the secret of Santa Claus. A jolly man didn’t traverse the globe in one night leaving gifts, he explained. But not because Santa doesn’t exist. There just isn’t only one Santa, he told the boy, but […]
  
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• Lawmakers push EPA to repay all costs of mine spill response

  19-12-2016 19:38
  
  DENVER — Two members of Colorado’s congressional delegation are pressing the Environmental Protection agency to fully reimburse state, local and tribal agencies for the cost of responding to a toxic mine waste spill triggered by the EPA. Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton said Monday a law passed this month removed some of the […]
  
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• 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: For Music Lovers

  19-12-2016 19:19 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Whether you’re shopping for a musician or a passionate listener, these gifts are perfect for the audiophiles on your Holiday shopping list.Musical Tote $18
  A lightweight tote bag is a perfect gift for musicians or music teachers who need a stylish and practical way to carry sheet music back and forth to lessons.King of Pop iPhone Case $26.25
  A great gift for the Michael Jackson superfans in your life. Every time the phone rings they’ll be inspir
  
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• Judge: Man accused of shooting at neighbors’ homes to keep GPS monitor

  19-12-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firing shots at neighbors’ homes will keep his GPS monitor on while he awaits trial in three weeks.
  Derek Foote appeared in court Monday. Foote was arrested in July after police say he shot at homes and cars in the middle of the night.
  Monday morning, his attorney asked the judge to change his conditions of release and remove his GPS monitor citing good behavior. But prosecutors pointed to past issues of compliance.
  The judge agreed and d
  
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• Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit

  19-12-2016 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A gunman wearing a suit and tie and shouting “Allahu Akbar” shot and killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey as he gave a speech at a photo exhibition Monday.
  Turkish police fatally shot the gunman, Turkish station NTV reported.
  The ambassador, Andrei Karlov, was several minutes into his speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition in the capital, Ankara, when the gunman fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience. The atta
  
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• Albuquerque police say body found behind Walmart was missing a body part

  19-12-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque police say they are still waiting for the Office of the Medical Investigator to release the cause of death of a person found behind a Walmart Saturday.
  The Albuquerque Police Department says the body was found around 12 a.m. behind the Walmart at Wyoming and Menaul.
  According to APD, they are still waiting for OMI to identify the person and that they are still missing a body part.
  No further information is available.
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• Albuquerque police: Decapitated body found behind Walmart

  19-12-2016 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police say they are still waiting for the Office of the Medical Investigator to release the cause of death of a person found behind a Walmart Saturday.
  The Albuquerque Police Department says the body was found around 12 a.m. behind the Walmart at Wyoming and Menaul.
  According to APD, they are still waiting for OMI to identify the person because the person’s head and other body parts were missing.
  No other information has been
  
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• Gov-elect: North Carolina will repeal LGBT law on Tuesday

  19-12-2016 18:10 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators will repeal the contentious HB2 law that limited protections for LGBT people and led to an economic backlash, the state’s incoming governor said Monday.
  Gov.-elect Roy Cooper made the surprising announcement just weeks before he takes office and shortly after the Charlotte City Council voted to repeal its own local nondiscrimination ordinance enacted in early 2016. It was that ordinance that Republicans blamed for the statewide law.
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• Safety advocates fear truck speed limiter rule could stall

  19-12-2016 17:58
  
  DETROIT — President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will decide the fate of a government regulation that would electronically limit speeds of new tractor-trailer rigs. Safety advocates were hoping for a decision before President Obama leaves office. They worry that Trump could cancel the regulation. Two federal agencies proposed the rule that would cap truck speeds at […]
  
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• Updated: A level playing field: Lab adapts toys for disabled children

  19-12-2016 17:57
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Because of her cerebral palsy, 4-year-old Scarlett Wilgis has trouble opening her hands and can’t get around without help. Her parents have scoured store shelves and websites for toys for her but have mostly been disappointed. “Finding the toys at Walmart or Target, they’re pretty much non-existent,” said mom Dezaraye Wilgis, sitting […]
  
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• Player to sue UConn over punishment for giving middle finger

  19-12-2016 17:57
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — A former UConn soccer player who lost her scholarship after giving the middle finger to a television camera said she is suing the school, calling her punishment excessive. Noriana Radwan, who now plays for Hofstra, held a news conference Monday in Newburgh, New York. Her lawyer said the lawsuit would be filed […]
  
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• Gunfire wounds Russian ambassador in Turkey, reports say

  19-12-2016 17:57
  
  Gunfire erupted Monday at a photo exhibit where Russia’s ambassador was one of the speakers, wounding the diplomat and others, Turkish media reported. The private television channel NTV described the injuries to Ambassador Andrei Karlov as serious. The identities of the others reported wounded was not immediately clear. There was no immediate claim of responsibility […]
  
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• Updated: Brain changes seen in pregnancy, may help preparing for baby

  19-12-2016 17:56
  
  NEW YORK — Pregnancy affects not only a woman’s body: It changes parts of her brain too, a new study says. When researchers compared brain scans of women before and after pregnancy, they spotted some differences in 11 locations. They also found hints that the alterations help women prepare for motherhood. For example, they might […]
  
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• Today in History: December 19

  19-12-2016 17:29 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Monday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2016. There are 12 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Dec. 19, 1946, war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French.
  On this date:
  In 1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the winter.
  In 1813, British forces captured Fort Niagara during the War of 1812.
  In 1843, “A Christmas Carol,&rd
  
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• The dictionary folk at Merriam-Webster sum up 2016: surreal

  19-12-2016 16:55 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare?
  Try something in between: “surreal,” which is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, unveiled Monday.
  Meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream,” or “unbelievable, fantastic,” the word joins Oxford’s “post-truth” and Dictionary.com’s “xenophobia” as the year’s top choices.
  “It just seems like one of those years,” said Peter Sokolow
  
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• NM Firefighters group spreads holiday cheer

  19-12-2016 16:30
  
  This week, a lot of people are working to spread Christmas cheer among friends and family. That includes local firefighters, who spent the past weekend visiting kids with donated gifts to make the holiday a little brighter.
  
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• The Latest: Stranded Coloradans dig out after heavy snow

  19-12-2016 16:28
  
  DENVER — The Latest on Coloradans recovering from heavy snow (all times local): 2:05 p.m. Coloradans are digging out after up to 16 inches of snow fell across the state on Saturday, stranding motorists and leaving some areas of the state with subzero temperatures on Sunday. Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies and police rescued 40 people […]
  
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• North Texas man gets 10 year sentence for stealing ambulance

  19-12-2016 16:28
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing an ambulance last year and later crashing it. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports (http://bit.ly/2i4dS9I ) that 31-year-old Kenneth Golightly was convicted last week of aggravated robbery. Authorities say Golightly took the ambulance at knifepoint in March 2015 […]
  
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• GOP again eyes sanctuary cities ban due to political tide

  19-12-2016 16:28
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans have spent years trying to crack down on illegal immigration across the southern border with Mexico. Emboldened by the election of Donald Trump, however, the time may finally be right for the GOP to mobilize an assault on loosely defined “sanctuary cities,” especially with two large counties eyeing such policies. […]
  
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• Updated: Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota still not cleaned up

  19-12-2016 16:27
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn’t fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn’t even set a date for completion. Though crews have been working around the clock to deal with the Tesoro Corp. pipeline break, which happened in a wheat field in September […]
  
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• Failed ballot measure prompts $7,000 donation to school

  19-12-2016 16:27
  
  GREELEY, Colo. — A school has an unexpected $7,000 to use after 26 people donated the amount that their property taxes would have increased under a measure that voters rejected. St. Patrick Presbyterian Church Pastor Michael Mathews and 25 members of the congregation donated $7,000 to Shawsheen Elementary School, the Greeley Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2hxTErU). “It’s […]
  
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• North China cities choked by smog shut factories, stop cars

  19-12-2016 16:21 via krqe.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories Monday to reduce air pollution during a national “red alert.”
  More than 700 companies stopped production in Beijing and traffic police were restricting drivers by monitoring their license plate numbers, state media reported. Dozens of cities closed schools and took other emergency measures after a “red alert” was issued from F
  
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• Buses resume taking remaining civilians, rebels from Aleppo

  19-12-2016 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile cease-fire was back on in Syria on Monday, as buses resumed evacuating those still remaining in eastern Aleppo following days of delays, and others departed with the sick and wounded from two rebel-besieged Shiite villages in the country’s north.
  At the United Nations, the Security Council was expected to vote within hours on a resolution seeking to deploy U.N. monitors to Aleppo immediately in order to prevent what France has warned could be “mass atroc
  
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• Police: Suspect jumped from window, was caught by police dog

  19-12-2016 15:48
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department says a suspect jumped out of a second-story window to avoid officers Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Kettle call: Cowboys ride Elliott’s stunt to bounce-back win

  19-12-2016 15:31 via krqe.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott probably has a fine coming from the NFL for jumping into an oversized Salvation Army red kettle to celebrate a short touchdown run in a bounce-back win for the Dallas Cowboys.
  Owner and general manager Jerry Jones sure hopes so.
  “My dream is that the NFL would fine the daylights out of him, and I’m going to take them to the Supreme Court,” Jones joked after the Cowboys (12-2) moved closer to home-field advantage throughout the
  
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• Colder weather means Joy Junction's help is even more necessary

  19-12-2016 15:24
  
  Workers from Joy Junction spent Saturday night out in Downtown to make sure the homeless would have a place to survive the cold.
  
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• Monday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Electoral college members to officially cast their ballots

  19-12-2016 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Members of the electoral college are meeting to formally cast their ballots, officially electing Donald Trump as president. Demonstrators took to the National Mall Sunday trying to persuade members not to vote for Trump. One Republican elector in Texas plans to break from his state’s vote and wants 37 other electors to join him. Meanwhile, Trump’s team continues to cast doubt that Russia interfered in the election to help him win.
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• Three Angels Kickball fundraiser hosted to help Four Hills family

  19-12-2016 15:12
  
  9-year-old Ian, 6-year-old Olivia and 5-year-old Elijah Mascarenas may not be with us anymore, but ask any of these kickball players and they'll tell you, those three precious children are now angels watching over all of us.
  
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