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• Updated: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck needed a new label; the one he chose won’t take your credit card

  05-01-2017 23:56
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. – When Peter Buck released his solo debut, the guitarist wanted to share the news with R.E.M. fans. His former band had sold 80 million albums before disbanding in 2011. So he posted the contacts for his new label, Mississippi Records, on the R.E.M. website. A few days later, Buck ran into Mississippi’s […]
  
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• Updated: At Senate hearing, most Republicans avoid crossing Trump on Russian meddling in election

  05-01-2017 23:56
  
  WASHINGTON – A Senate panel hearing Thursday on foreign cyberthreats quickly became a politically charged affair, with Democrats eagerly questioning intelligence officials about Russian interference in the election while most Republicans seemed keen to avoid drawing links between President-elect Donald Trump and the Russian government. The prevailing Republican posture during the Senate Armed Services Committee […]
  
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• Five myths about kleptocracy

  05-01-2017 23:55
  
  Every country suffers from corruption, but not every country is a kleptocracy. Kleptocracy, or “rule by thieves,” arises when a country’s elite begin to systematically steal from public funds on a vast scale. They do so by undermining democracy and the legal system, gaining control over vital economic assets (usually the banking and natural-resource sectors), […]
  
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• Defending his legacy, Obama releases more than two dozen ‘Cabinet exit memos’

  05-01-2017 23:55
  
  Plenty of President Barack Obama’s predecessors have delivered farewell addresses, but on Thursday he sought to cement his administration’s record in an avalanche of paper: more than two dozen “Cabinet Exit Memos.” Every major department, as well as a raft of other agencies and bodies ranging from the Council of Economic Advisers to the Millennium […]
  
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• As reports of hate crimes rise, Montgomery police urge people to speak up

  05-01-2017 23:55
  
  Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger’s presentation to parents at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Md. on Wednesday evening about the post-Election Day spike in hate crimes came with a singular plea: Please report what you see and hear. “Be a good witness,” Manger said at a community forum co-sponsored by the […]
  
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• Albuquerque woman petitions for harsher punishments for car thieves

  05-01-2017 23:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a daily occurrence in Albuquerque, cars are stolen outside homes, businesses and even car dealerships.
  “It just makes you lose hope for the city, and not want to stay,” said Albuquerque resident Marcie Guerrero.
  Unfortunately, for Guerrero, she’s one of many victims whose vehicles have disappeared in the middle of the night.
  “I walked outside and said, ‘Where’s my truck?” She was staying at a friend’
  
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• Old Navy moves to temporary location after arson

  05-01-2017 23:50
  
  The Old Navy clothing store heavily damaged in a November arson has relocated, according to a representative from the retailer’s parent company.
  
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• FBI: Suspicious package at federal building not dangerous

  05-01-2017 23:20
  
  An FBI official said a suspicious package discovered at the Albuquerque Federal Building turned out not to be dangerous.
  
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• Hate-crime charges filed in attack on mentally disabled man

  05-01-2017 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet.
  The assault went on for hours, until Chicago police found the disoriented victim walking along a street, authorities said.
  The suspects, who were jailed, can be heard on the video using profanities against white people and President-elect Do
  
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• CES: Unlimited will be only option at T-Mobile

  05-01-2017 22:11 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the CES gadget show in Las Vegas:
  T-Mobile says unlimited plans will be the only option for new customers even though they are more expensive than some of its old, limited plans.
  The company had said in August that it was phasing out its other plans in favor of just an unlimited plan. On Thursday, T-Mobile said those limited plans won’t be sold anymore starting Jan. 22. Existing customers can keep their current plans.
  While some existing customers could
  
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• Intel chiefs: Trump is wrong, Russia behind 2016 hacks

  05-01-2017 22:10 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Old school Republicans in the Senate aren’t sitting idly by as their party’s new leader Donald Trump bashes the intelligence community and questions findings that Russia hacked American entities and operatives in order to influence the 2016 election.
  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., used his power as Senate Armed Services Committee chairman on Thursday to launch a probe of Russia’s role in the hacking.
  “Every American should be alarmed by
  
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• Updated: Ryan: Lawmakers will act this year on replacing health law

  05-01-2017 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON — Lawmakers will act this year on bills not simply repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law but replacing it as well, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday. The remarks by Ryan, R-Wis., suggested a faster schedule than some had expected on reshaping the nation’s health care system. While Republicans have said they plan […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: VA Secretary calls for action on homeless vets

  05-01-2017 21:54
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Latest on the effort to end homelessness among veterans (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald is calling on his agency and its partners to house as many veterans as possible in 30 days. McDonald told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that homelessness typically increases after […]
  
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• Updated: Evans, member of Buffalo’s 1958 Tangerine Bowl team, dies

  05-01-2017 21:54
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Willie Evans, the star black halfback of Buffalo’s 1958 team that balked at competing in the Tangerine Bowl because of a rule barring integrated football games, has died. He was 79. The school announced Evans died in Buffalo on Wednesday after a brief illness. Evans grew up in Buffalo and was a […]
  
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• Pact resolves suit over officer’s ‘deviant’ photos of women

  05-01-2017 21:54
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. — A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit that accuses a Louisiana police officer of forcing two women to expose their breasts so he could photograph them during a roadside encounter. A court filing says the settlement was reached Wednesday, but attorneys for the two women and the city of […]
  
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• Facing criticism, EPA withdraws uranium-mining cleanup rule

  05-01-2017 21:46
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering plans to require groundwater at former uranium mines to be restored to conditions similar to those that existed before mining began. The proposal withdrawn Wednesday and resubmitted for further consideration in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration involves a process that uses chemicals to dissolve uranium out of […]
  
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• Consumer Electronic Show: A hair brush with sensors to coach you

  05-01-2017 21:38 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing with many companies unveiling the future of electronics.
  Beauty brands L’Oreal and Karastase want to make bad hair days a thing of the past.
  The two companies teamed up with tech company Withings on a Hair Coach brush that uses a microphone, gyroscope and other sensors to monitor how fast and how hard a person is brushing.
  An accompanying app recommends how to brush for optimal quality and minimal breakage and split ends
  
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• Federal building at 5th and Gold evacuated due to suspicious package

  05-01-2017 21:26
  
  FBI officials and Albuquerque Police Department officers confirm they are investigating a suspicious package at the Albuquerque Federal Building at 5th Street and Gold Avenue in downtown Albuquerque.
  
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• House GOP passes bill to undo ‘midnight’ Obama administration regulations

  05-01-2017 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — House Republicans passed a bill aimed at reversing “midnight” or last-minute regulations created in the waning months of a presidential administration on Wednesday.
  The Midnight Rules Relief Act, which passed the House mostly along party lines 238-184, would allow Congress to repeal rules finalized in the last 60 legislative days of President Obama’s administration.
  “We are prioritizing to remove unnecessary regulatory burdens,” Re
  
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• Suspicious device evacuates downtown Albuquerque post office

  05-01-2017 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Post Office building on 5th and Gold Ave in downtown Albuquerque has been evacuated by FBI SWAT teams.
  Officials also have the roads blocked while police say they are investigating a possible suspicious device in the area.
  This is a developing story. KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
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• Police: Suspicious package found downtown declared not dangerous

  05-01-2017 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say the suspicious package discovered at the U.S. Post Office building in downtown Albuquerque is not dangerous.
  The Albuquerque Police Department, FBI, Federal Protective Service and U.S. Marshals responded to the post office on 5th and Gold Ave Thursday afternoon in reference to a suspicious package.
  Officials had evacuated the building and also had the roads blocked while they investigated. No word yet on if the roads are reopen or the evacuat
  
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• Ryan: GOP to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal

  05-01-2017 20:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans would slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law.
  Ryan spoke a day after a special House panel issued a report criticizing the organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services, for its practices regarding providing tissue from aborted fetuses to researchers. The Wisconsin lawmaker’s comments, while expected,
  
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• Updated: UNM’s Bob Frank is a finalist for post at Ohio University

  05-01-2017 20:25
  
  University of New Mexico outgoing president Bob Frank, who is on sabbatical after a dramatic back and forth with university regents, has been selected as one of four finalists for president of Ohio University. Frank, who was the 21st president of UNM in its 127 years, left his office Dec. 31 but is still in […]
  
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• Sisters traveling to see dying father kicked off plane

  05-01-2017 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Two sisters said they were kicked off an Allegiant Air flight after authorities deemed them a threat, and it cost them the chance to see their dying father.
  Debbie Hartman and Trisha Baker of DeLand, Florida, said they were on the plane Monday in Orlando, waiting to take off for Asheville, North Carolina, to see their father, who was in hospice care.
  When Baker got a text message saying her father only had hours to live, she wanted to tell her sister, who was sitting fu
  
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• Iconic WWII bomber visiting Albuquerque, Las Cruces

  05-01-2017 20:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A rare opportunity to experience a piece of history, flying in one of the few remaining B-17 bombers. The plane “Aluminum Overcast” is visiting Albuquerque this week on its national tour.
  Visitors to Double Eagle Airport can learn about the history and take a tour of the aircraft on the ground. That costs $10.
  But if you’re willing to shell out more than $400, you can actually take a flight in the World War II era craft.
  Pilot Lorraine Morr
  
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• Breaking: Four charged in videotaped beating in Chicago

  05-01-2017 20:14
  
  CHICAGO — The Latest on the beating of a white man in Chicago that was broadcast live on Facebook (all times local): 1 p.m. Prosecutors have filed hate crime and aggravated kidnapping charges against four black suspects accused of beating and taunting a white man during an attack streamed live on Facebook Cook County prosecutors […]
  
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• Firehouse Subs donates defibrillators to Santa Fe Police Department

  05-01-2017 20:03 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A life-saving donation for the City of Santa Fe. The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation donated 25 defibrillators to the police department.
  Officers carry the devices on patrol, so they’re prepared to treat someone in the case of a heart attack.
  Santa Fe Police Department says just two days after receiving the donation, an officer used one to save a woman’s life at Home Depot.
  “It was simple to use, the training was great, and it was fast
  
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• City of Albuquerque facing $24 million budget shortfall in 2017

  05-01-2017 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city could be looking at one of its biggest budget shortfalls in years.
  City councilors got a look at the financial forecast Wednesday night and KRQE News 13 caught up to the mayor Thursday to ask what this means for the city.
  After years of cutting, the city could be $24-million short as the economy here stagnates, but Mayor Richard Berry says it’s not something to worry about. At least not yet.
  He says these forecasts are worst case scenario, and
  
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• New Mexico sees increase in high school students taking advanced courses

  05-01-2017 19:48 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – More New Mexico high school students than ever before are earning college credit through Advanced Placement courses. Governor Susana Martinez made the announcement Thursday.
  According to the governor, New Mexico is also a national leader in offering access to AP courses for low-income students.
  AP classes offer university-level education, giving students the chance to enter college with credits already under their belts.
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• McAuliffe bans state contracts with firms engaged in anti-LGBT discrimination

  05-01-2017 19:41
  
  RICHMOND – Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Thursday issued an executive order banning state contracts with firms that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The policy applies to all executive branch contracts, including those to build roads and highways, but not to those entered into by the legislature or the courts. McAuliffe, […]
  
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• Historically black college: Band will march at inauguration

  05-01-2017 19:36 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The marching band of a historically black college in Alabama will perform in President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inaugural parade, despite a barrage of criticism, the school’s president announced Thursday.
  Talladega College President Billy Hawkins confirmed what the Presidential Inaugural Committee had announced Dec. 30. It was the first official word from the school.
  The Inaugural Committee’s announcement last month ignited passionate debate on the camp
  
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• Study: More black cops won’t stop police killing of black citizens

  05-01-2017 19:32
  
  Amid the public outcry following the spate of high-profile fatal police shootings of black men, communities have called for police departments to diversify their ranks to better reflect the populations they serve. From St. Paul, Minn., to Baton Rouge, Charlotte to Ferguson, Mo., activists, newspaper editorials and even the White House urged police departments to […]
  
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• Marine drill instructors accused of using a ‘dungeon’ on recruits and drinking on the job

  05-01-2017 19:31
  
  QUANTICO, Va. – Drill instructors at the Marine Corps recruit center at Parris Island, South Carolina, drank alcohol on the job and repeatedly ordered recruits to do illegal calisthenics in a decrepit building called “the dungeon,” recruits testified here Thursday. The allegation emerged as Staff Sgt. Antonio B. Burke, a Parris Island drill instructor, became […]
  
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• New: The Shins to kick of tour in ABQ on March 2

  05-01-2017 18:38
  
    It’s a homecoming for The Shins. The Grammy-nominated band, which got its start in Albuquerque, will perform at the El Rey Theater on March 2. The date also kicks off the band’s world tour in support of its fifth album, “Heartworms.” The album will be released on March 10. Tickets will range from $30-$40, […]
  
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• Updated: Blake Shelton-themed bars to open in Tenn., Okla.

  05-01-2017 18:32
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The company that owns the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium is opening two new venues in Tennessee and Oklahoma with the help of country star Blake Shelton. At a press conference Thursday in Nashville, Shelton and Colin Reed, the CEO of Ryman Hospitality Properties, announced details about Ole Red Nashville […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s trade team suggests his tough campaign talk was no bluff

  05-01-2017 18:31
  
  The makeup of President-elect Donald Trump’s trade team suggests he wasn’t joking when he promised voters to shake things up. On the campaign trail, Trump portrayed an America that has been shortchanged by bad trade deals and unscrupulous trading partners, leading to the hollowing out of the nation’s manufacturing sector. He promised to label China […]
  
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• Celebrities need to rethink their awful political ads

  05-01-2017 18:31
  
  Our cast consists of three advertising consultants: Donny, mid-40s, sharply dressed with jet black hair; Robert, late-50s, a silver fox; and Peg, late-20s, a little hipper. Donny kicks things off. He’s standing in front of a spare white-grey background. A light jingle plays behind him-something hopeful but with a tinge of desperation, or perhaps it’s […]
  
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• Naked woman who stole deputy’s truck in custody after chase

  05-01-2017 18:29
  
  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Authorities say a naked woman who stole a sheriff’s vehicle is in custody after a 75-mile pursuit on two interstate highways in southern Arizona. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the pursuit began Thursday morning after the unidentified woman overpowered a deputy and stole his truck at a gas station in […]
  
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• Los Alamos lab earns nearly $60M in performance pay

  05-01-2017 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – Managers of one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories have earned positive marks and nearly $60 million in fees and performance pay for work done over the last fiscal year.
  The National Nuclear Security Administration released documents this week that detailed the fees earned by Los Alamos National Security LLC, the contractor that manages Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  The annual performance evaluation comes as the northern New Mexico lab work
  
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• As Obama leaves office, goal on homeless veterans goes unmet

  05-01-2017 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Pledges by President Barack Obama and a national nonprofit organization to end homelessness among veterans did not meet their goal.
  Federal officials say homelessness among veterans has been effectively ended in Virginia and Connecticut. But many veterans still sleep on the streets elsewhere in the country.
  Nonprofits helping the homeless say the lack of available affordable housing is the reason why. But as Obama’s term ends, advocates call the push a success
  
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• Albuquerque faces $24 million budget shortfall in 2017

  05-01-2017 17:00
  
  Albuquerque is facing a potential budget shortfall of $24 million in the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1.
  
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• Gun regulation proposals converge on New Mexico Legislature

  05-01-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Currents in the national debate over gun regulations are converging on New Mexico as the state Legislature prepares to meet.
  A Republican state lawmaker pre-filed legislation this week to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a concealed carry license if they can meet essential requirements. Missouri, West Virginia and Idaho enacted similar measures last year that allow concealed weapons without a permit.
  GOP Sen. Steven Neville of Aztec says his proposal
  
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• New Mexico attorney general launches anti-opioid initiative

  05-01-2017 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has announced a new initiative aimed at attacking opioid abuse in the state.
  The attorney general’s “Project OPEN: Opioid Prevention & Education Network” will kick off January 11th in Albuquerque and will hopes to education the public on New Mexico’s opioid crisis.
  Opioids are the main driver of drug overdose deaths nationwide and in New Mexico. In 2015, only seven other states had higher overd
  
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• US indexes drift in early trade; department stores nosedive

  05-01-2017 16:32
  
  NEW YORK — Department stores dominated the news Thursday morning as Macy’s and Kohl’s both plunged following weak holiday-season reports that led the chains to cut their profit forecasts. Macy’s also said it will eliminate 10,000 jobs as it continues to close stores. Sears jumped after it said it will close 150 stores and sell […]
  
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• Updated: US services companies saw solid growth in December

  05-01-2017 16:32
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. services companies grew again in December during the holiday season, maintaining the high pace reached in the previous month. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade organization of purchasing managers, said Thursday that its services index came in at 57.2 in December, matching the November figure. It was the strongest reading since […]
  
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• 2 killed in car bombing in Turkish city; 2 attackers dead

  05-01-2017 16:30 via krqe.com
  
  IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — A senior official says two attackers exploded a car bomb at a police checkpoint near a courthouse in the western city of Izmir, before escaping and shooting at police.
  Izmir Gov. Erol Ayyildiz said Thursday one of the policemen and a court employee were killed in the attack, while the two assailants were killed by police.
  He did not refer to earlier reports that a third attacker was on the run.
  Ayyildiz said preliminary signs indicated that the outlawed Kurdistan Worke
  
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• Updated: Uprooted by war, fearing troops, Myanmar girls learn karate

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  JE YANG, Myanmar — Every afternoon, dozens of teenage girls at the school for displaced children line up on the grounds, dressed in white uniforms with belts of various colors: yellow, blue, white. They kick high and jump with glee before settling into their exercises, shouting in Japanese as they punch into the air. The […]
  
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• Updated: Israeli arrested for threatening convicted soldier’s judges

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  JERUSALEM — Police have arrested an Israeli man for inciting against military judges who convicted a soldier for manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a badly wounded Palestinian attacker. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says Thursday the arrest came after a threatening Facebook post. She says police will act against those inciting to violence against public […]
  
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• Updated: 34 of 158 inmates recaptured after jailbreak in Philippines

  05-01-2017 16:29
  
  MANILA, Philippines — Philippine security forces have recaptured 34 out of 158 inmates who escaped after suspected heavily armed Muslim rebels stormed a jail in the country’s south, officials said Thursday. Police said one jail guard died in the initial gunfight, while five inmates who resisted capture were killed during pursuit operations. A village official […]
  
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• Much of northern, central New Mexico under storm warning

  05-01-2017 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Much of northern and central New Mexico is under a winter storm warning as forecasters say snowfall may make travel hazardous along Interstates 25 and 40 in mostly rural areas north and east of Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
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