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• Sandia Labs project aims to improve farmers' crops

  21-12-2016 23:59
  
  Sandia National Laboratories is getting $2.4 million to help identify crops that are more environmentally friendly.
  
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• Congressman, Phoenix city councilwoman to split up

  21-12-2016 23:55
  
  PHOENIX — Two of Arizona’s elected officials are calling it quits in their marriage. Phoenix City Council member Kate Gallego announced on her Facebook page on Wednesday that she is splitting with U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego. The Democrats are expecting a child in January. The congressman’s spokesman confirmed the news and said the only comment […]
  
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• Pueblo-designed travel mugs are hot sellers

  21-12-2016 23:50
  
  Elizabeth Medina signed so many autographs on Wednesday that she lost count. Erik Fender, who sat next to Medina during an artist meet-and-greet at the pueblo-owned Starbucks on 12th Street, had much the same experience. Medina and Fender are among the five pueblo potters from around New Mexico whose original designs have been replicated on […]
  
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• Updated: Trump picks China hawk to lead new White House trade council

  21-12-2016 23:49
  
  WASHINGTON — In another sign that he intends to shake up relations with China, President-elect Donald Trump named economist Peter Navarro to lead a newly created White House council on trade. The University of California-Irvine professor, who advised Trump during the campaign, has sharply criticized China’s economic and military policies in books and videos. In […]
  
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• Online bullies once made Gabby Douglas cry, so now the Olympian is fighting back

  21-12-2016 23:49
  
  When Gabby Douglas logged onto the Internet after winning her second consecutive gold medal in the all-around team finals this summer, she was hoping to see articles and tweets talking about her objectively stunning performance on the uneven bars. She stuck a double layout landing and earned the third-highest score of the event with 15.766 […]
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: No proof of mass vote fraud in Michigan

  21-12-2016 23:44
  
  DETROIT — A widely shared story that claimed in headlines that Michigan had mass Democratic voter fraud and that more than half of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s Detroit vote faces disqualification is false. State election officials say there is no proof to back up either claim. The story posted by Higgins News Network on Dec. […]
  
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• How well do you know these classic holiday songs?

  21-12-2016 22:49 via krqe.com
  
  It is the most wonderful time of the year! Can you guess the lyrics to these classic holiday songs? Put your knowledge to the test and check out latest Brain Break Trivia Quiz.
  QUIZ: How well do you know these classic holiday songs? »
  Filed under: Brain Break, Home, Interactives Tagged: KRQE Extra: Quizzes, Post Redirect
  
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• Sandia Peak Ski opens Friday

  21-12-2016 22:12
  
  Sandia Peak willl open for the 2016-17 ski season on Friday, officials announced Wednesday.  &n ...
  
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• Updated: Colorado Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ wins audience prize

  21-12-2016 21:48
  
  NEW YORK — Colorado Ballet’s version of “The Nutcracker” has won the Goldstar National Nutcracker Award, beating more than 80 other “Nutcracker”-themed productions to be named an audience favorite. Ticket discounter Goldstar said Wednesday that Colorado Ballet’s production of the Christmas staple was voted the best by Goldstar members who rate and review “The Nutcracker” […]
  
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• YouTube star known for pranks claims he was kicked off Delta flight for speaking Arabic

  21-12-2016 21:47
  
  An Arab-American vlogger known for his YouTube pranks claimed he was kicked off a Delta Air Lines plane Wednesday morning because other passengers felt uncomfortable that he spoke to his mother on the phone in Arabic. Adam Saleh, a 23-year-old internet personality, tweeted a video showing him and a friend, Slim Albaher, about to be […]
  
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• Updated: Turkey links Russian envoy’s killer to US-based cleric Gulen

  21-12-2016 21:47
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president on Wednesday implicated a U.S.-based Muslim cleric in the killing of Russia’s envoy to Turkey, saying the policeman who carried out the attack was a member of his “terror organization.” Ambassador Andrei Karlov was killed Monday evening by a gunman in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in […]
  
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• Updated: Instead of flowers, try decorating your holiday table with fruit

  21-12-2016 21:47
  
  Each era has had its excesses, and during the Victorian days, horticultural decoration topped the list. Jennifer Davies, in her book “The Victorian Kitchen Garden,” describes the art of “dressing” a formal dining table, as practiced by an estate’s head gardener. No effort was spared to bring the outdoors in. Ripe dessert fruits were offered […]
  
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• Today in History: December 21

  21-12-2016 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Wednesday, Dec. 21, the 356th day of 2016. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 5:44 a.m. Eastern time.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Dec. 21, 1891, the first basketball game is believed to have been played at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts; devised by James Naismith, “Basket Ball” involved the use of a soccer ball and two peach baskets, with nine players on each team. (The final score of this e
  
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• Man arrested in connection to salvage yard raid to appear in court

  21-12-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man arrested on nearly two dozen counts of transferring or receiving stolen vehicles is expected in court Wednesday.
  Albuquerque police arrested Jerry Frazier Tuesday after detectives raided a salvage yard on Prosperity Ave just off 2nd Street recovering 21 stolen cars.
  According to a criminal complaint, Frazier would buy stolen cars for cash, trade them for drugs, or take them apart and sell their parts with altered vin numbers.
  Tuesday, detectives served a se
  
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• Man arrested in connection to salvage yard raid appears in court

  21-12-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man arrested on nearly two dozen counts of transferring or receiving stolen vehicles was in court Wednesday.
  Albuquerque police arrested Jerry Frazier Tuesday after detectives raided a salvage yard on Prosperity Ave just off 2nd Street recovering 21 stolen cars.
  According to a criminal complaint, Frazier would buy stolen cars for cash, trade them for drugs, or take them apart and sell their parts with altered VIN numbers.
  Tuesday, detectives served a searc
  
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• Updated: Economy healed under Obama, but unhappy voters chose Trump

  21-12-2016 20:17
  
  WASHINGTON — He was a first-term senator-turned-president, a former law professor with little experience in economics or management. When he entered the White House he had one essential task: piece together the shards of a shattered U.S. economy. It wasn’t smooth and it wasn’t fast. But President Barack Obama will leave behind, by most measures, […]
  
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• Espanola district superintendent contests state’s concerns

  21-12-2016 20:16 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The superintendent of Espanola Public Schools says most of the state Public Education Department’s concerns about the district are unfounded.
  The Public Education Department last month said it was taking over the district’s finances and otherwise criticized Superintendent Eric Martinez’s leadership. The agency gave Martinez 30 days to submit a corrective plan.
  In a letter received by state education officials on Monday, Martinez called the department
  
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• Suspect formally charged for fire at Albuquerque Old Navy

  21-12-2016 20:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of firebombing an Albuquerque Old Navy has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office officially charged David Hickman Tuesday with damaging or destroying a building by fire or explosives.
  Police arrested Hickman in November after an officer saw him running into the Old Navy building through broken windows.
  He was also found with guns, ammo and explosive materials in his car.
  Hickman also connected with the oversight a
  
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• 'Whatever' claims title as most annoying word in US poll

  21-12-2016 19:59
  
  A poll has found that the most annoying word or phrase used in casual conversation in America is "whatever." The…
  
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• Wintery mix forecast today and Friday for much of NM

  21-12-2016 19:48
  
  A mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow are in store for northern and central New Mexico tonight and early Friday, the National Weather Service said this morning. Icy conditions across eastern New Mexico today could make for hazardous driving conditions for travelers. Freezing rain is possible across much of Eastern New Mexico today […]
  
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• A visitor center with a view planned for ABQ’s Route 66

  21-12-2016 19:48
  
  The location of a new Route 66 Visitor Center atop Nine Mile Hill will offer sweeping views of Albuquerque, the Rio Grande valley and the Sandia Mountains. It’s a sight that’s greeted travelers along Route 66 — or Interstate 40 — for decades, and it’ll be the centerpiece of a $3.4 million project to celebrate […]
  
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• Updated: Oregon RB Royce Freeman to return for senior season

  21-12-2016 19:32
  
  Oregon running back Royce Freeman says he’ll return to the Ducks for his senior year. Freeman, who was hampered by injuries this season, announced his decision through the school Wednesday. He was the Ducks’ leading rusher this season with 945 yards in 11 games. Freeman has rushed for 4,146 yards over three seasons with the […]
  
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• New Mexico to get sleet, snow, freezing rain

  21-12-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Forecasters say eastern New Mexico and possibly other areas of the state will have difficult driving conditions Thursday due to precipitation that will include snow, sleet and freezing rain.
  The National Weather Service says precipitation will begin late Wednesday and early Thursday morning and that eastern New Mexico can expect the most widespread trouble Thursday.
  The forecasters say freezing rain is rare in western New Mexico but that there have been cases in th
  
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• New Mexico gets sleet, snow, freezing rain

  21-12-2016 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) –  A weather system carrying tropical moisture is combining with a cold front to set the stage for snow, sleet and freezing rain across northeastern New Mexico and heavy snow in northern New Mexico’s highest mountains.
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• Updated: In reversal, Navy won’t scrap traditional job titles

  21-12-2016 18:06
  
  WASHINGTON — In the Navy, a corpsman will still be a corpsman. Navy leaders are dumping a plan announced in September to eliminate dozens of enlisted sailors’ job titles, some ending in “man.” They said sailors’ anger over the changes had become a distraction and they will look for other ways to modernize the system. […]
  
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• UNC receives 3rd Notice of Allegations in NCAA case

  21-12-2016 18:06
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has received a third Notice of Allegations from the NCAA outlining violations connected to its multi-year academic fraud scandal. UNC spokesman Rick White said in statement Wednesday that the university will publicly release the document but didn’t specify when. The statement didn’t comment on any changes compared to two […]
  
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• Breaking: New lawsuit in APD fatal shooting of Mary Hawkes

  21-12-2016 17:58
  
  A new lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the State of New Mexico against the city and ...
  
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• Berlin attack: what we know so far

  21-12-2016 17:49
  
  A truck plowed through a bustling Christmas market in Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 48 people. Here’s what we know so far: Monday, Dec. 19 The Breitscheidplatz square in Berlin hosts one of the city’s most famous Christmas markets. On the evening of the attack, visitors to the market were drinking […]
  
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• Updated: Energy Dept. offers $2B loan to La. carbon-storage project

  21-12-2016 17:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The Energy Department said Wednesday it is offering a conditional, $2 billion loan guarantee to capture and store carbon dioxide at a planned Louisiana methanol plant, the latest element of the Obama’s administration’s strategy to slow global warming. The Lake Charles Methanol plant will use petroleum coke, a byproduct of oil refining, to […]
  
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• New Mexico health department gets sick after holiday party

  21-12-2016 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Department of Health says dozens of its employees became sick after its holiday party.
  The New Mexican reports that about 70 staff members say they had gastrointestinal issues after the luncheon last week. A spokesman says more than 200 employees attended the catered luncheon at the Harold Runnels Building in Santa Fe.
  Health Secretary Lynn Gallgher said Monday that investigators have not identified a specific contaminated food. She told her staff
  
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• New Mexico health department gets sick

  21-12-2016 17:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Department of Health says dozens of its employees became sick after its holiday party.
  The New Mexican reports that about 70 staff members say they had gastrointestinal issues after the luncheon last week. A spokesman says more than 200 employees attended the catered luncheon at the Harold Runnels Building in Santa Fe.
  Health Secretary Lynn Gallgher said Monday that investigators have not identified a specific contaminated food. She told her staff
  
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• 8 boozy hot chocolate recipes for the holidays and beyond

  21-12-2016 17:12 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — ‘Tis the season to be merry and it’ll be hard not to with these delicious alcoholic add-ins to make your standard cup of hot chocolate even better.
  Here are eight flavors to try to this holiday season:
  1. Red Wine
  Red Wine Hot Chocolate (immaEATthat.com/Kylie Michell)Because who doesn’t love wine and chocolate? Houston-based blogger Kylie Michell combines just three ingredients for this simple recipe: Dark chocolate, wine and milk. Check it out at immaEA
  
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• Feds to pour $225M into water projects around the US

  21-12-2016 16:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The federal government will be pouring nearly a quarter-billion dollars into several dozen projects aimed at tackling the effects of drought in the West and restoring watersheds that provide drinking water to communities around the nation.
  The $225 million in funding will be shared among 88 projects, from California’s Central Valley to centuries-old irrigation systems in northern New Mexico and thousands of square miles of fragmented streams in Maine.
  The hea
  
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• Police: New Mexico man arrested for his 12th DWI

  21-12-2016 16:12 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico police say a man has been arrested on his 12th drunken driving charge.
  The Las Vegas Optic reports 45-year-old Edward Moya was arrested earlier this month after a state police officer reported seeing him travel 120 mph in northern New Mexico. Authorities say he was taken into custody following a short chase.
  Police say Moya smelled of alcohol and admitted to consuming alcohol.
  New Mexico State Police say Moya had been arrested 11 previous times for drunken
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stock indexes edge lower in early trade

  21-12-2016 15:46
  
  NEW YORK — 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening slightly lower as the Dow Jones industrial average remains just short of the 20,000-point mark. Bank stocks are taking some of the largest losses Wednesday morning. Financial firm Northern Trust lost 1 percent. Energy companies rose as the price of oil inched up 0.3 percent. EQT Corp. […]
  
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• Standoff with police ends with man arrest

  21-12-2016 15:28
  
  Police eventually arrested a man on a felony warrant after he barricaded himself inside a northwest Albuquerque residence and refused to come out, an APD spokesperson said.
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Panel to review murder case against Sandy, Perez

  21-12-2016 15:17 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A team of prosecutors is now expected to review the murder case against former Albuquerque police officers Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez in the shooting death of James Boyd. The newly elected District Attorney Raul Torrez says it’s the next step in deciding if there will be another trial. Torrez says seven other New Mexico DAs offices will provide a prosecutor to review the evidence in the controversial shooting and a recommendation of how to move for
  
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• Syrian rebels say deal reached to complete Aleppo evacuation

  21-12-2016 15:17
  
  BEIRUT — Syrian rebels said they have reached an agreement with the government in Damascus on Wednesday to complete their withdrawal from Aleppo, the country’s largest city. “An agreement has been reached to resume the evacuation of Aleppo,” announced Ahmad Qara Ali, spokesman for the Ahrar al-Sham faction. He said the evacuations would begin “shortly.” […]
  
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• In the kitchen with Chef Rede

  21-12-2016 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Holiday’s aren’t just about the gifts and the giving, it’s also about the food we share with our friends and family and this year one local chef has holiday dishes that will impress just about anyone.
  Chef Victor Rede joined KRQE’s This Morning team to share some of his original recipes.
  First up, the Rede made his delicious Chicken Drummies. This includes a pickled Jalapeno wrapped in bacon and topped with BBQ Sauce.
  To finish it off, Rede made
  
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• Emergency managers charged over Flint’s lead-tainted water

  21-12-2016 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A criminal investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water turned to former key officials at City Hall on Tuesday as Michigan’s attorney general announced charges against four people accused of keeping residents on a contaminated system that caused the crisis.
  Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose separately were state-appointed emergency managers in Flint in 2014-15 when the city was using the Flint River as a source of drinking water. Ambrose also served earl
  
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• Driver suspected of shooting girl on I-84 in custody

  21-12-2016 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An 8-year-old girl was injured in what police are calling a “possible road rage” shooting on Tuesday night.
  The girl’s mother was driving on I-84 when police say 32-year-old Joshua Constantine was driving recklessly in a minivan and nearly caused her to crash, police said. The woman drove past the van and the suspect fired a shot into the car.
  The girl received a superficial injury to her foot. Another child in the back seat was not hurt.
  The
  
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• ABQ 365 details holiday events

  21-12-2016 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Whether you’re a visitor, lived here your entire life, or are somewhere in the middle, you are bound to be looking for something to do.
  With Albuquerque’s feel of a small town in a big city, repetitiveness seems to become the norm.
  So those who are looking to get out of the same-old, same-old, look to ABQ 365 to help you venture from your comfort zone.
  ABQ 365 is Albuquerque’s online source for community happenings, by the communit
  
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• Texas gives Planned Parenthood notice of Medicaid ouster

  21-12-2016 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas put Planned Parenthood on notice Tuesday of plans to soon cut off Medicaid funds, a move that federal judges have blocked in other Republican-controlled states, which are now waiting to see if President-elect Donald Trump will strip the organization of taxpayer money.
  Planned Parenthood responded by vowing to ask a court to stop Texas from defunding clinics in January. Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kansas are among the states where judges have de
  
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• AG: Convicted killer should not be allowed change 2008 plea

  21-12-2016 14:50
  
  A convicted murderer who had admitted to killing five people wants to change his 2008 guilty plea, but Attorney General Hector Balderas said he is taking action to ensure Clifton Bloomfield remains behind bars.
  
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• First teen learns fate in bartender’s mobbing death

  21-12-2016 14:36
  
  The first of six teens charged in connection with the murder of a popular Albuquerque bartender learned his punishment Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• County program aims to keep repeat DWI offenders off the streets

  21-12-2016 14:11 via krqe.com
  
  BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Holiday parties and celebrations are just days away and officials say with that usually comes an increase of people drinking and driving.
  One local program is looking to keep you safer on the road by helping repeat offenders recover.
  It’s no secret, New Mexico has been trying to combat a problem with DWIs for a long time.
  The DWI Recovery Court Program in Bernalillo County is looking to stop repeat offenders from getting back on the road by rehabilita
  
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• Deadly Mexico fireworks blast hit market packed for holidays

  21-12-2016 14:05 via krqe.com
  
  TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — The San Pablito fireworks market was especially well stocked for the holidays and bustling with hundreds of shoppers when a powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through its stalls, killing at least 29 people and leaving dozens more badly burned.
  The third such blast to ravage the market on the northern outskirts of Mexico’s capital since 2005 sent up a towering plume of smoke that was lit up by a staccato of bangs and flashes of light. Once the smoke clear
  
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• 31 confirmed dead after fireworks explosion in Mexico

  21-12-2016 14:05 via krqe.com
  
  TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — A 3-month-old boy and a 12-year-old girl are among the 31 people confirmed dead after a powerful explosion ripped through a fireworks market near Mexico City yesterday.
  Nearly 50 people are still hospitalized, including ten children. A prosecutor says some of the dead were so badly burned that neither their age nor their gender could be immediately determined. He says the death toll could rise — because 11 people are listed as missing, and some body parts were
  
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• Dick Van Dyke to appear in upcoming sequel to ‘Mary Poppins’

  21-12-2016 13:54 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Van Dyke will appear in Disney’s upcoming sequel to “Mary Poppins.”
  Van Dyke played chimney sweep Bert in the 1964 original as well as the elderly banker, Mr. Dawes. He tells Entertainment Tonight that in “Mary Poppins Returns,” he’ll play Mr. Dawes’ son.
  The 91-year-old comedy legend says he’ll be going to London in the spring to shoot his part, which he calls “a little song-and-dance number.”
  He tells The
  
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• AP Poll: US election voted top news story of 2016

  21-12-2016 12:38
  
  NEW YORK — The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump’s unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, was the overwhelming pick for the top news story of 2016, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No. 2 story also was a dramatic upset — Britons’ vote […]
  
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