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• Singapore teen critic held in US, reportedly wants asylum

  24-12-2016 23:37 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A teenage blogger from Singapore whose supporters say is seeking asylum is in custody after being detained last week at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, U.S. immigration officials said Saturday.
  Amos Yee, 18, was detained Dec. 16 and remains in custody “pending federal immigration court proceedings,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said in a written statement.
  Separately, Marilu Cabrera with U.S. Citizenship
  
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• Blustery storm will hit much of NM with snow, wind

  24-12-2016 23:13
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Drivers in much of northern and central New Mexico will encounter snow-packed and icy roadways as a strong Pacific cold front races across the state from west to east over the holiday weekend. The National Weather Service also says heavy and blowing snow late Saturday night and early Sunday morning will restrict […]
  
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• Bureau fields complaints over online drilling applications

  24-12-2016 23:06
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. — Bugs in a new online process for drilling permits are causing concern as the Bureau of Land Management works to address complaints over wait times. Permit approvals are dramatically low and the bureau appears to be struggling, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association spokesman Wally Drangmeister told the Carlsbad Current-Argus that (http://bit.ly/2i355GC). […]
  
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• BLM fields complaints over online drilling applications

  24-12-2016 23:06
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. — Bugs in a new online process for drilling permits are causing concern as the Bureau of Land Management works to address complaints over wait times. Permit approvals are dramatically low and the bureau appears to be struggling, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association spokesman Wally Drangmeister told the Carlsbad Current-Argus that (http://bit.ly/2i355GC). […]
  
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• As former FBI agent, Santa knows if you’ve been bad or good

  24-12-2016 23:01
  
  DENVER — Vincent Wincelowicz had a hard confession to make to an aging mobster. “Bad news is,” he said, “I’m an undercover FBI agent.” The mafioso had two choices: Go to prison or become an informant. Eventually, he chose the latter, but his immediate response was surprising. “I don’t care, you’re still my friend,” he […]
  
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• Brain changes seen in pregnancy, may help preparing for baby

  24-12-2016 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — 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 help a mother understand the needs of her infant, Elseline Hoekzema, a study author at Leiden University in the Netherlands, explained via email.
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• Updated: World’s last wild frankincense forests are under threat

  24-12-2016 22:44
  
  ERIGAVO, Somalia — In a tradition dating to Biblical times, men rise at dawn in the rugged Cal Madow mountains of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa to scale rocky outcrops in search of the prized sap of wild frankincense trees. Bracing against high winds, Musse Ismail Hassan climbs with his feet wrapped in cloth […]
  
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• City decorations offer places for family photos

  24-12-2016 22:34
  
  Chances are that the holiday family photos have already been taken, but if they haven’t here are some ideas to take family photos around the metro-area.
  
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• Updated: Tragedy drives man to give ‘haven’ to thousands of babies

  24-12-2016 22:26
  
  LEVITTOWN, N.Y. — To untold numbers of children, he’s simply Uncle Tim. Nearly 3,300 babies across the country who otherwise might have been abandoned and perhaps died have found homes in the past 17 years, thanks in part to the efforts of Tim Jaccard, a retired New York police ambulance medic who grew weary of […]
  
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• Tragedy drives man to give ‘haven’ to thousands of babies

  24-12-2016 22:00 via krqe.com
  
  LEVITTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — To untold numbers of children, he’s simply Uncle Tim.
  Nearly 3,300 babies across the country who otherwise might have been abandoned and perhaps died have found homes in the past 17 years, thanks in part to the efforts of Tim Jaccard, a retired New York police ambulance medic who grew weary of responding to calls of dead infants abandoned in trash cans and alleys.
  “To hold a newborn infant in your arms and have to pronounce that child dead is heart-wrench
  
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• GOP on taxes: Cut rates, brackets but what about the deficit

  24-12-2016 21:16 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are planning a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax system next year, a heavy political lift that could ultimately affect families at every income level and businesses of every size.
  Their goal is to simplify a complicated tax code that rewards wealthy people with smart accountants, and corporations that can easily shift profits — and jobs — overseas. It won’t be easy. The last time it was done was 30 years ago.
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• Updated: Winter weather may be a bummer for jolly holiday travelers

  24-12-2016 21:08
  
  CHICAGO — It’ll be a white Christmas for the northern Plains and some Western states, but it’s likely to cause troublesome travel. Forecasters cautioned drivers to keep alternate routes in mind and prepare for possible delays. Southern California even got a dose of snow, with about 2 inches falling in a mountainous region about 75 […]
  
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• Deadline set for filings on stay to block minimum wage hike

  24-12-2016 21:08
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona employers and low-income workers could find out within days whether a voter-approved minimum wage increase will take effect Jan. 1 or be temporarily blocked pending the outcome of a business-backed legal challenge. The Arizona Supreme Court set a Wednesday deadline for filing of responses to a request for a stay to block […]
  
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• 11 Christmas quotes to lift your holiday spirits

  24-12-2016 21:03 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MEDIA GENERAL) — It’s been a strange year, 2016.
  Christmastime is finally here—but you may not feel very full of Christmas spirit.
  Here are a few quotes to give your eyes a little Christmas twinkle. Heartwarming holiday quotesFiled under: AP News, Home, National, World, News
  
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• After Berlin attack, Europe weighs freedom against security

  24-12-2016 20:39
  
  PARIS — Europe’s open borders symbolize liberty and forward thinking for many residents — but they increasingly look like the continent’s Achilles’ heel. Europe’s No. 1 terrorism suspect crossed at least two borders this week despite an international manhunt, and was felled only by chance, in a random ID check in a Milan suburb. The […]
  
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• As Obama accomplished policy goals, his party floundered

  24-12-2016 20:38 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 percent unemployment rate and 74 months of consecutive job growth.
  There’s one number you will almost never hear: More than 1,030 seats.
  That’s the number of spots in state legislatures, governor’s mansions and Congress lost by Democrats during Obama’s presidency.
  It’s a statistic that reveals an unexpected twist
  
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• Thousands of faithful celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem

  24-12-2016 19:49 via krqe.com
  
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of pilgrims and tourists from around the world together with locals began Christmas Eve celebrations in Jesus’ traditional birthplace of Bethlehem on Saturday, raising spirits after a tense year that saw a spike in violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
  The faithful braved the chilly weather outside Manger Square as traditional Christmas songs like “Jingle Bells” played in Arabic over loudspeakers and scout groups paraded with ba
  
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• Searchers rescue family stranded in snow near Grand Canyon

  24-12-2016 19:06
  
  Search crews have rescued a Pennsylvania family that got stranded Thursday on a snowy forest road in northern Arizona while trying to reach the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, which is closed for winter. Searchers early Saturday morning located the mother who had walked approximately 26 miles in search of help before taking refuge […]
  
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• Spared from demolition, 1920s black schoolhouse being saved

  24-12-2016 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — As a girl in the mid-1950s, Amy Roberts would catch a ride each morning with her neighbors the Johnsons, the couple that ran the one-room schoolhouse where black children were taught on St. Simons Island.
  “Mrs. Johnson played the piano and she had the younger children,” Roberts said, recalling her years attending first and second grade at the Harrington School on the Georgia coast in the years before desegregation. “We used to sing. We had to do a Bib
  
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• Alabama town expanding Harper Lee attractions

  24-12-2016 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Nearly a year after the death of Harper Lee, a group in south Alabama hopes to develop new attractions and bring more tourists to the novelist’s hometown of Monroeville, which helped inspire both “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Go Set a Watchman.”
  Working with Lee’s attorney Tonja Carter and others, local businessman and philanthropist George Landegger has purchased the 1909 bank building that housed the one-time office of Lee’
  
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• Santa’s on his way: Military helps kids follow fabled flight

  24-12-2016 17:45 via krqe.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Tens of thousands of children from around the world plan to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and starting Saturday they will get a cheery answer about the mythical route from a real person, not a recording.
  The wildly popular NORAD Tracks Santa operation is launching its 61st run at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Volunteers will answer phone calls and emails and post updates about Santa’s storybook world tour
  
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• The holiday shopping season is losing some of its power

  24-12-2016 17:26 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday shopping season is losing some of its power in the year’s sales.
  November and December now account for less than 21 percent of annual retail sales at physical stores, down from a peak of over 25 percent, and experts believe it’ll keep dropping. Those extra percentage points would have translated into an extra $70 billion more in buying for last year, says Michael Niemira, principal at The Retail Economist.
  The season had steadily gained in importance
  
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• Best wishes flow in for ‘Star Wars’ star Carrie Fisher

  24-12-2016 17:22
  
  NEW YORK — Tributes and well-wishes poured in for “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher, who was spending Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on a flight the day before. “Princess Leia can survive anything!” wrote one fan on Twitter. “Hold on, Carrie Fisher. We’re taking you into 2017 with […]
  
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• Albuquerque Indian Center helps ensure kids have something for Christmas

  24-12-2016 16:45
  
  Not all families can afford to put presents under the tree Christmas morning.
  
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• Stockings for newborns at Presbyterian Hospital

  24-12-2016 16:29
  
  Yesterday, today, and tomorrow will be stocking day for newborns at Presbyterian Hospital.
  
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• Retired police officer faces potential charges of DWI, vehicular homicide

  24-12-2016 16:27
  
  Moments after Kay Moss, while in her wheelchair, was hit and killed in September the block was overrun with police, EMS, and witnesses. Newly obtained video shows an uncomfortably calm scene a block away.
  
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• Vikings’ plane slides off runway, gets stuck for hours

  24-12-2016 16:26 via krqe.com
  
  APPLETON, WI (KRQE) – The Minnesota Vikings will face the Green Bay Packers Saturday after a scary plane incident Friday night.
  The team plane slid off a Wisconsin runway in snowy conditions and became stuck in grass, leaving players waiting for hours to get off the aircraft.
  There were no injuries
  Officials say a rear wheel on the plane’s landing gear slid off the taxiway.
  The team finally reached their hotel just 14 hours before kickoff at Lambeau Field.
  Filed under: Home, National
  
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• Young actor gives backstage pep talk

  24-12-2016 16:15
  
  Standing in the spotlight can be tough, and tougher when you’re in elementary school performing a play.
  
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• Christmas Eve events scheduled around Albuquerque

  24-12-2016 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – If you are wanting to celebrate the holidays, there is plenty to do.
  52nd Annual Luminaria Tour: a tour travels through Old Town and Country Club neighborhoods while glancing at luminarias. Tour times include 5:30 p.m., 5:50 p.m., 6:10 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:05 p.m., and 7:25 p.m.
  http://www.cabq.gov/transit/programs-and-projects/luminaria-tourChristmas Eve Luminaria Celebration: Luminarias will be on display at Sunset Memorial Park to honor the memori
  
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• Investigators hunt supply network for slain Berlin attacker

  24-12-2016 16:07
  
  MILAN — Investigators on Saturday sought to hunt down where the Berlin Christmas market attacker got possible logistical support to cross at least two European borders and evade capture for days before being killed in a police shootout during a routine stop in a Milan suburb. Tunisian fugitive Anis Amri’s fingerprints and wallet were found […]
  
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• Correction: Carrie Fisher story

  24-12-2016 15:56
  
  LOS ANGELES — In a story Dec. 23 about Carrie Fisher’s medical emergency, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the movie “Postcards From The Edge” was released in 1987. It was released in 1990. A corrected version of the story is below: Carrie Fisher remains in intensive care unit, brother says Carrie Fisher’s brother says […]
  
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• Suspected copper thief bonded out after arrest

  24-12-2016 15:53
  
  A suspect that was caught on camera stealing copper a few weeks ago has now been arrested.
  
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• Chris’ Christmas Weekend Forecast

  24-12-2016 14:28 via krqe.com
  
  New Mexico has a chance for a White Christmas as a quick-hitting storm system moves in from the West Saturday night.  Snow chances will start to increase across western New Mexico between 5-7pm tonight with Albuquerque and Santa Fe seeing snow between 10pm – 12am this Christmas Eve.
  The heaviest snow will be across the Northern Mountains and in the San Juans of southern Colorado that is where Winter Storm Warnings are up from 5pm tonight into Christmas Day night.  The San Juans o
  
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• Chris’ Christmas Eve Night Forecast

  24-12-2016 14:28 via krqe.com
  
  Snow is beginning to move in to western New Mexico from eastern Arizona and the wind will continue to crank up across the state as the cold front approaches.  Rain and snow will be on the increase across western New Mexico between 7-9 pm this evening making for some slick travel along I-40 between Gallup and Grants.   Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Socorro will see a chance at rain and snow between 10pm & 1 am this evening.  A trace to a light coating of snow is expected in th
  
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• Some New Mexico lawmakers push for change to electoral college

  24-12-2016 13:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Some New Mexico lawmakers have recently voiced support for a measure to allow states to work around the electoral college.
  The push is gaining steam since Hillary Clinton won the national popular vote, but lost the electoral vote to President-elect Donald Trump.
  Most of the lawmakers supporting the idea are Democrats.
  Other states making a push include Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News
  
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• Police investigate crash near I-40 on Saturday morning

  24-12-2016 13:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are investigating a crash that ended with one person in the hospital.
  The Albuquerque Police Department said it happened early Saturday morning on southbound 98th Street south of I-40. KRQE News 13 knows medics took one person to UNM Hospital with unknown injuries.
  All southbound lanes on 98th Street have reopened.
  No further information is available at this time.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• APD investigates crash near I-40 on Saturday morning

  24-12-2016 13:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are investigating a crash that ended with one person in the hospital.
  APD said it happened early Saturday morning on southbound 98th Street south of I-40. KRQE know medics took one person to UNM Hospital with unknown injuries.
  All southbound lanes on 98th street have reopened.
  As KRQE learns more, information will become available.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• South Korean investigators summon Park’s jailed friend

  24-12-2016 10:59
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean special prosecutor on Saturday summoned the jailed friend of impeached President Park Geun-hye who allegedly exploited her connections with Park to extort money and favors from the country’s largest companies and manipulate government affairs. In handcuffs, white prison clothes and a surgical mask, Choi Soon-sil was escorted into […]
  
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• A first lady who followed her own path more than precedent

  24-12-2016 08:36
  
  WASHINGTON — When Michelle Obama considered the daunting prospect of becoming first lady, she avoided turning to books by her predecessors for guidance. Instead, she turned inward. “I didn’t want to be influenced by how they defined the role,” Mrs. Obama once said. She instinctively knew she had to define the job “very uniquely and […]
  
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• Vote on Israel could spur further action or trouble for UN

  24-12-2016 08:30
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. green light that allowed the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem could spur moves toward new terms to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it also poses dangers for the United Nations with the incoming Trump administration and may harden Israel’s attitude toward […]
  
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• Updated: Trump vows nuclear expansion, warns of ‘alternate path’

  24-12-2016 08:25
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President-elect Donald Trump has stepped away from his typically tempered view of U.S.-Russia relations, vowing to expand America’s nuclear capabilities while warning that the two global powers should restore collaboration so they don’t “have to travel an alternate path.” Trump’s transition team said Friday that the president-elect received a “very […]
  
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• Editorial: Christmas message could help bring peace and unity

  24-12-2016 08:02
  
  "Christmas should be a time of renewed hope–not hope in a particular political concept, bu ...
  
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• ABQ Ride surveillance video puts BCSO motorcade under scrutiny

  24-12-2016 06:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New video puts a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department motorcade under scrutiny again, but this time the sheriff’s department speaks out.
  KRQE News 13 has a second video, putting squad cars from the same motorcade at the scene of two separate incidents on Saturday. BCSD tells KRQE News 13, they debrief after every escort and maintain they did nothing wrong
  A strong jolt, on an Albuquerque city bus. Surveillance video from the bus showed a BCSO d
  
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• Los Lunas shop owner creates unique Christmas village display inside store

  24-12-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – An amazing Christmas village was set up by a Los Lunas shop owner.
  “When I put it up, not only do I smile, sometimes I cry, sometimes I wonder why I still do it,” said Alicia Torrez.
  Alicia Torrez, who owns D’Alicia’s Fine Jewelers in Los Lunas, spends hours putting up the unique display in the middle of her store.
  It features a replica of not only her business, but other businesses around her that locals know and recognize. She’s also
  
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• Bail bonds business booms around the holidays

  24-12-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Come this time of year, there’s a holiday hustle at some bail bonds offices.
  At Help Bail Bonds downtown, Owner Juliet Sanchez said her business often booms right before Christmas.
  “People always want to get out of jail, but I think at this time of year it just gets a little bit more urgent,” said Sanchez.
  Sanchez said the spike in business is because people want to get their relatives out of jail.
  “That’s sometimes what they’r
  
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• Albuquerque man hopes to reunite lost SD card with owner

  24-12-2016 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man hopes to reunite a lost SD card full of photos, mostly of a young child’s first birthday, to its rightful owner.
  Richard Montoya recently went shopping at local Goodwill, looking for a camera.
  “Our car got stolen, got broken into it and someone took my camera from there,” he explained.
  It wasn’t until he got his new purchase home that he realized it contained an old, nearly corroded SD card. Despite its gunk and tarnishi
  
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• Sunport flights delayed because of early morning fog

  24-12-2016 05:41
  
  There's nothing like the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. It’s a time to pack your bags and catch a flight to spend time with loved ones.
  
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• NASA climate scientist and astronaut Sellers dies at 61

  24-12-2016 05:24 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Piers Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut who gained fame late in life for his eloquent commentary about the earth’s fragility and his own cancer diagnosis, has died. He was 61.
  Sellers died Friday morning in Houston of pancreatic cancer, NASA said in a statement.
  Sellers shared his astronaut’s perspective on climate change in Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary, “Before the Flood,” released this fall. He told DiCaprio that seeing t
  
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• Obama signs defense policy bill, objects on Guantanamo

  24-12-2016 05:22 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a defense policy bill that authorizes $611 billion for the military in 2017, lauding provisions designed to sustain momentum in countering the Islamic State group while harshly criticizing Congress’s insistence on keeping open the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  The legislation provides a 2.1 percent pay hike for the military and sets spending priorities and guidance for the current fiscal year. The funding for th
  
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• MMA fighter Borg sued by his former coach

  24-12-2016 05:02
  
  Well, this could get awkward.Albuquerque MMA fighter Ray Borg has been sued in Bernali ...
  
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