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• US yanks funds from unbuilt windmill farm

  03-01-2017 23:58
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A plan to build windmills off the New Jersey coast that has already burned through nearly $11 million and remains dead in the water is being cut off from further government funding. The U.S. Department of Energy says Fishermen’s Energy failed to meet a Dec. 31 deadline to have a power […]
  
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• Updated: Black parents take their kids to school on how to deal with police

  03-01-2017 23:58
  
  HANOVER, Md. — The workshop title is simple, straightforward: “Race & the Law.” The problems it seeks to address are anything but. Capt. Katherine Goodwin, Western District commander of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, is the only white person in the room – part of a panel of experts leading the session – and […]
  
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• Albuquerque Balloon Museum starting new program for kids

  03-01-2017 23:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque International Balloon Museum has a great new program line-up for kids. It’s called “Science in the Sky.”
  It combines live science presentations with expert-led tours of the museum, including highlighting the many record-breaking balloon flights by Albuquerque residents, past and present.
  The one hour programs will be held every Tuesday starting this month. The first session is on Jan. 24 and is called “Balloons and Bub
  
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• Congress denies District of Columbia representative a symbolic vote.

  03-01-2017 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON – On the first day of the 115th Congress, members on Tuesday buzzed about the repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law, tax reform and whether to gut the ethics office. All Eleanor Holmes Norton wanted to discuss was a vote. And a symbolic one at that. For the fourth consecutive session, Norton, […]
  
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• Work to begin on $40 million Downtown project

  03-01-2017 23:42
  
  One Central going up at 1st and Central
  
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• Jack Stahl: ‘dedication, common sense, enthusiasm’

  03-01-2017 23:38
  
  Friends and colleagues of Jack Stahl, the former New Mexico lieutenant governor and Albuquerque residential real estate executive, said this week that he approached his business career and work as a public servant with dedication, common sense and enthusiasm. “His passing is a huge loss to the state,” said former Gov. Garrey Carruthers, now chancellor […]
  
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• Updated: Mexico says gas price protests causing damage

  03-01-2017 22:01
  
  MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says dozens of protests against gasoline price increases are putting fuel supplies at risk. Protesters have blocked highways, distribution terminals and gas stations since prices were hiked by as much as 20 percent over the weekend under a price deregulation plan. The company known as Pemex said Tuesday […]
  
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• Trump says no more detainees should be released from Guantanamo Bay prison

  03-01-2017 21:45
  
  President-elect Donald Trump called Monday for the end of all detainee releases from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying in a tweet that those who remain are “extremely dangerous people” who “should not be allowed back onto the battlefield.” “There should be no further releases from Gitmo,” Trump said. The statement comes as […]
  
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• Sentencing delayed for former official in United bribe plot

  03-01-2017 21:43
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — A former transportation official and mentor to New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie won’t be sentenced in a bribery scheme until March. David Samson, who once headed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, admitted pressuring United Airlines to restart a money-losing flight from Newark to South Carolina so he […]
  
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• The Latest: Medical experts say phosphine deaths are rare

  03-01-2017 21:42
  
  AMARILLO, Texas — The Latest on Amarillo accidental poisoning deaths (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Medical experts who specialize in poison control say accidental poisonings from the active ingredient in the pest control substance that led to the death of four Amarillo children are not uncommon, but deaths from aluminum phosphide are rare. Fire officials […]
  
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• How Democrats (and one Republican) protest-voted speaker of the House roll call

  03-01-2017 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON – Over the growing groans of the Republican majority, many House Democrats – including some freshmen – used the mostly-symbolic vote to confirm Paul Ryan’s speakership to give short speeches of protest. Led by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who guided Democrats through sit-down protests of gun legislation last year, dozens of minority party legislators […]
  
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• Divers looking for Colorado boy, 6, find body in frozen pond

  03-01-2017 20:53 via krqe.com
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Divers looking for a 6-year-old boy who apparently wandered away from his suburban Denver home on New Year’s Eve found the body of a child in a frozen pond Tuesday.
  An identification has not been made yet, but authorities notified David Puckett’s family because of suspicions the body is that of the boy, Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz said.
  Bloodhounds looking for David didn’t get good results, but a dog that can track scents in the air pointed authorit
  
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• Farmington hospital aims to be model for recycling

  03-01-2017 20:23 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Officials at one hospital in northwestern New Mexico say they’re having success with energy efficiency and recycling programs.
  A decade in the making, San Juan Regional Medical Center’s efforts have resulted in an annual reduction of 200 tons of waste being taken to the landfill and a total savings of $2 million to the hospital.
  The hospital’s marketing manager, Roberta Rogers, says the programs have been so effective that San Juan Regional hopes t
  
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• Woman accused in Albuquerque teen’s murder taken into custody

  03-01-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The woman facing murder charges for the death of teenage girl in a drive-by appeared in court Tuesday. Police say Marissa Sepulveda told a group of friends to rob someone who had a pound of pot. They say that led to a drive-by shooting that killed 18-year-old Aliyah Garcia.
  Last month, a judge ruled Sepulveda could stay out of jail as long as she’s under intense supervision and attends counseling. But the judge ordered Sepulveda be taken into custody Tuesda
  
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• Teen charged in Albuquerque contractor’s death enters not guilty plea

  03-01-2017 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the teens accused in the murder of an Albuquerque carpenter made his plea in court Tuesday. Dominic Jiminez is accused of stealing the carpenter’s van back in September from a home near 12th and Griegos.
  Police say he was behind the wheel and ran over the carpenter as he tried to stop them from taking his van.
  Jiminez pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
  The carpenter’s son also addressed the court asking the judge to set a high bond
  
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• Trump targets General Motors in latest attack on automakers, while Ford cancels plans for a Mexico plant

  03-01-2017 19:47
  
  President-elect Donald Trump reiterated Tuesday his threat to impose punitive new tariffs on imports, singling out General Motors for assembling some of its Chevrolet Cruze models in Mexico and selling them in the United States. “General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border,” Trump tweeted. “Make […]
  
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• The Latest: Colorado searchers find child’s body in icy pond

  03-01-2017 19:47
  
  AURORA, Colo. — The Latest on the search for a 6-year-old boy in suburban Denver (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Authorities believe they may have found the body of a 6-year-old boy who apparently wandered away from his suburban Denver home on New Year’s Eve. The body of a child was found Tuesday in an […]
  
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• SafeLite begins hiring in Rio Rancho

  03-01-2017 19:34
  
  RIO RANCHO – Safelite AutoGlass has begun hiring for its new contact center in Rio Rancho. The company has announced it was hiring 400 phone representatives, including customer service and inbound sales positions. The company first announced the opening of the new contact center in June. Safelite expects to ramp up to 900 jobs within […]
  
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• New Mexico State turns focus toward WAC play

  03-01-2017 19:20
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State has turned its focus to the second portion of its season as Western Athletic Conference play starts this week. And the Aggies, who were picked as the preseason WAC favorites, are the hottest team in the conference right now, entering the week 13-2 overall and on a 11-game win […]
  
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• Updated: Osweiler to start for Texans against Raiders

  03-01-2017 19:19
  
  HOUSTON — Brock Osweiler will start at quarterback for the Houston Texans on Saturday in their wild-card game against the Oakland Raiders. Coach Bill O’Brien announced the decision on Tuesday with Tom Savage, who had started the past two games, still recovering from a concussion he suffered on Sunday. Osweiler started the first 14 games […]
  
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• Today in History: January 3

  03-01-2017 19:05 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Tuesday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2017. There are 362 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Jan. 3, 1967, Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, died in a Dallas hospital.
  On this date:
  In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X.
  In 1777, Gen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
  In
  
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• The media would have missed the Office of Congressional Ethics

  03-01-2017 18:59
  
  WASHINGTON – Crystal tea sets and $10,000 rugs presented to U.S. lawmakers by the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan are just some of the headline-making revelations by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which House Republicans voted to neuter Monday night. They backed off Tuesday, after President-elect Donald Trump questioned their priorities, but could renew the […]
  
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• How Trump could really disrupt NASA and the space program

  03-01-2017 18:59
  
  The Trump people are taking over NASA, and it’s hard to predict how this will play out for the agency’s human spaceflight program. That’s in part because the usual rules of partisanship and ideology don’t apply in outer space. Above the stratosphere, there’s no left and right. (If anything, things are somewhat reversed, because a […]
  
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• Deputies shoot man who fired gunshots inside hospital

  03-01-2017 18:54
  
  CYPRESS, Texas — A man who authorities say apparently became angry over waiting for treatment in a suburban Houston hospital emergency room fired gunshots into the ceiling of the waiting area, then left and was shot outside the hospital by off-duty sheriff’s deputies when he refused to drop his pistol. Harris County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cedrick […]
  
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• 3 dead following plane crash in rugged Arizona mountains

  03-01-2017 18:54
  
  PAYSON, Ariz. — Searchers in Gila County, Arizona, have found three bodies inside the wreckage of a small plane that was reported overdue on a flight from Scottsdale to Telluride, Colorado. County Sheriff Adam Shepherd said it was spotted crashed north of Payson on the rugged Mogollon (MUH’-ghi-ohn) Rim early Tuesday morning. The sheriff’s office […]
  
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• Updated: Counting sheep: Bighorns still struggling in southern Nevada

  03-01-2017 18:53
  
  LAS VEGAS — Wildlife officials in Nevada say they’re seeing more wild desert bighorn lambs in the River Mountains east of Las Vegas, but the herd is still struggling with an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia that the animals have no natural way to fight. An aerial tally in October counted 15 lambs per 100 ewes […]
  
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• Ford cancels plan to build new plant in Mexico, adds US jobs

  03-01-2017 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) — Ford is canceling plans to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million in a Michigan plant to build new electric and autonomous vehicles.
  Ford, however, still plans to shift production of the Focus small car to Mexico and will make the car at an existing plant. President-elect Donald Trump has been pressuring Ford to keep production of the Focus in the U.S.
  The company made the announcements Tuesday at a factory in Flat Rock, Michigan, ne
  
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• Trump names lawyer Lighthizer as top trade rep

  03-01-2017 17:54 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will nominate lawyer Robert Lighthizer as U.S. trade representative, picking an experienced trade official who has questioned the conservative movement’s commitment to free trade.
  Lighthizer, who served as deputy USTR under President Ronald Reagan, would play a key role in Trump’s trade agenda. The president-elect has vigorously opposed the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, but has said he would ink one-o
  
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• New Mexico counties lead in Permian Basin oil, gas output

  03-01-2017 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  HOBBS, N.M. (AP) – Two New Mexico counties continue to lead all others in the entire Permian Basin in oil and gas production.
  The Hobbs News-Sun reports data from the state agencies of Texas and New Mexico show Lea County leads the Permian Basin in oil while Eddy County tops in natural gas. The agencies say both exceed production of the more than two dozen Texas counties in the Permian Basin.
  The Texas Railroad Commission and the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division track and publish produ
  
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• Opinion polls missed Trump and Brexit. No more polling, says French paper

  03-01-2017 17:00
  
  BRUSSELS — Opinion polls got Brexit wrong last year and missed Donald Trump’s spectacular rise in the U.S. presidential race. In light of those failures, a prominent Paris newspaper has taken a stand in covering France’s presidential elections this spring: no more polling. The Parisien newspaper plans to send more reporters to talk to people […]
  
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• Kissinger: Donald Trump has a unique opportunity

  03-01-2017 17:00
  
  Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his contributions to peacemaking in Vietnam, spoke with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Dec. 20, 2016, about how Donald Trump as the next president of the United States may affect the world in 2017. The following are excerpts from the interview. […]
  
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• Congress wants to rein in presidential power. Will Trump sign on?

  03-01-2017 17:00
  
  Republican leaders in Congress plan early votes on at least two bills designed to restrict or repeal executive branch regulations issued by departments and agencies. “The votes would give President-elect Donald Trump . . . measures he could sign or embrace immediately,” wrote Politico’s staff in Playbook, presumably thinking of Trump’s loud calls for deregulation. […]
  
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• Updated: Joe Scarborough says he met with Trump, but not at party

  03-01-2017 16:59
  
  NEW YORK — MSNBC host Joe Scarborough says he was at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida during a New Year’s Eve party to talk to Trump, but didn’t attend the festivities. The former Republican congressman battled reporters over the weekend on Twitter who said he attended the party. A photo shows him standing […]
  
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• Toddler boy pushes fallen dresser off twin brother in video

  03-01-2017 16:59
  
  OREM, Utah — A 2-year-old boy in Utah has been caught on a nanny cam saving his twin brother by pushing a fallen dresser off him. The video shows the Orem toddlers climbing on open drawers before the dresser tips over, pinning one boy to the ground. The boy cries and struggles before his brother […]
  
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• City of Albuquerque combines ART project with intersection construction

  03-01-2017 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was already one of the more backed up intersections during rush hour commutes, and that was before the Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction. Now, the city is starting work on two very busy intersections along Central Avenue, while the ART work is already going on.
  The Y-intersection where Central Avenue and Lomas Boulevard meet has caused a lot of headaches for George Hooper. Now, he just avoids it all together.
  “The intersection of Lomas and Cent
  
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• Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction picks back up in Old Town, Nob Hill

  03-01-2017 16:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As everyone heads back to work on Tuesday, many will once again be greeted to more Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction along Central Avenue.
  Construction will be picking back up in Old Town as well as Nob Hill after crews took a brief break for the holiday shopping season.
  The construction company says they will be reconstructing the intersection at Central, Lomas and Rio Grande. They also plan to replace the water lines along that route as well. The hope is t
  
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• Santa Fe school cuts free lunch program due to budget

  03-01-2017 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A charter school in Santa Fe has abruptly ended its free and reduced-price lunch program due to state education funding cuts.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Monte del Sol students were informed during the holiday break that the school can no longer afford to contribute about $40,000 from its annual budget to offer federally subsidized lunches to about 80 or 90 students enrolled in the program.
  Monte del Sol Head Learner Robert Jessen says the school only receiv
  
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• Trump claim on N. Korean nukes may underestimate program

  03-01-2017 15:53 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to vow that North Korea won’t develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the United States. But it might already have done so.
  Views vary, sometimes wildly, on the exact state of North Korea’s closely guarded nuclear and missile programs, but after five atomic test explosions and a rising number of ballistic missile test launches, some experts believe North Korea can arm short- and mid-range
  
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• ART construction picks up again this week

  03-01-2017 15:27
  
  Starting Tuesday, Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction is getting back up to speed. The city had a bit of a reprieve over the holidays after the city slowed things down.
  
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• Man sues credit agencies for allegedly keeping inaccurate, prohibited info

  03-01-2017 15:17
  
  An Albuquerque man is suing Experian Information Services LLC, TransUnion LLC and Experian Information Services Inc. in federal court for allegedly having inaccurate and federally prohibited information in his credit report.
  
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• Heritage Hotels offer discounts for New Mexico residents

  03-01-2017 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The new year has come and most are looking to make a new start to 2017. For those looking to travel more, there are great ways to do just that, and the great news is you don’t have to go far.
  Heritage Hotels, the largest independent hotel brand in New Mexico, has made it easy for New Mexicans to stay close to home, but feel like they are far from it.
  Heritage Hotels and Resorts Senior Communications and Creative Director, Maresa Thompson, joined KRQE&r
  
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• In the kitchen with The Blazing Barn

  03-01-2017 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – They’re new to the Duke City and they’re bringing a bold taste.
  Blazing Barn Food Truck offers an array of different food from Texas Chili to Fish n’ Chips.
  Owner, David Wright, joined KRQE’s This Morning Team to whip up some delicious meals.
  Wright demonstrated how to make their Fine Swine Sandwich. It’s a smoked pulled pork with barbecue sauce, green chile, and pepper jack cheese on a wheat hoagie and if that isn’t enoug
  
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• Forecasters: New Mexico was warm and dry in 2016

  03-01-2017 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – National weather experts say 2016 will go down as one of the warmest years on record in New Mexico.
  While final data has yet to be tallied by the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, no less than six months were in the top 10 warmest on record and three months were in the top three warmest.
  But forecasters say the warm weather is nothing new.
  The last time New Mexico experienced a year in which temperatures were below normal was 1992, meaning the state has expe
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Amber Alert canceled, father sought

  03-01-2017 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. The Amber Alert for a once-missing 2-year-old boy has been canceled but authorities are still searching for the boy’s father. The alert went out after officials say the Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez abducted the boy in La Mesa Monday afternoon. Border officials confirm Jacquez took the boy across the border to Mexico. Authorities say sometime Monday night the boy was returned safely to his paternal grandparents.
  Full story: Officials: 2-year-old re
  
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• Avoid these mistakes when writing thank you cards

  03-01-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Now that the holidays have come to a close, it may be time to get started on your thank you cards, but one expert has tips on how to avoid common mistakes when expressing your gratitude.Americans receive an average of close to 14 gifts each holiday, according to Mailing Industry Expert Jeff Peoples and he believes thank you cards are still the best way for people to connect.Peoples joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss key mistakes to avoid before drop
  
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• Public education gets boost from New Mexico permanent funds

  03-01-2017 14:28 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Funding for public education will get a boost this year from New Mexico’s two major sovereign wealth funds thanks to strong investment results.
  A spokesman for the State Investment Council says disbursements will increase by $60 million to about $896 million during the upcoming fiscal year from New Mexico’s Land Grant Permanent Fund and Severance Tax Permanent Fund.
  Charles Wollmann says the value of the two funds climbed to nearly $20 billion at the end o
  
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• House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office

  03-01-2017 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison.
  The ethics change, which prompted an outcry from Democrats and government watchdog groups, is part of a rules package that the full House will vote on Tuesday. The package approved Monday also includes a means for Republican leaders to
  
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• Searchers: Much of debris is consistent with missing plane

  03-01-2017 14:25 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland officials searching for a plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie say more than 120 pieces of debris have been recovered, and many are consistent with the type of aircraft that vanished.
  A statement from officials says they’re not sharing details about the debris or its location because it’s part of an active investigation. Only a bag that washed ashore near a private harbor near Cleveland has been confirmed as coming from the plane.
  
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• South bracing for more severe storms, rain

  03-01-2017 14:23 via krqe.com
  
  At least five people have been killed as severe storms moved across the Southeast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.
  The line of severe thunderstorms spawned several possible tornadoes, and the threat continued into Tuesday morning for southern Alabama, southwest Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
  Four people were killed Monday evening when a tree fell on their mobile home in Rehobeth, Alabama, said Kris Ware, a spokeswoman for the Dothan Houston County Emergency Management Agency.
  Alabama G
  
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• Republicans primed for push to dismantle Obama’s policies

  03-01-2017 13:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon Tuesday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama’s Democratic policies.
  The first and biggest target is Obama’s healthcare law, which Republicans have long sought to gut and blamed as a primary cause for a lackluster economic recovery. But decades-old programs that millions of Americans rely on every day, such as
  
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