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• Slackliner hesitated just a bit before chairlift rescue

  06-01-2017 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A man who rescued a skier dangling from a Colorado chairlift after his backpack got caught says he hesitated for a few seconds before climbing to his rescue after some people yelled at him not to.
  Mickey Wilson makes his living as a slackliner — a type of tightrope walker known for acrobatic tricks — and says he got less nervous once he acted.
  He said sliding across the 3-inch steel lift cable was actually easier than trying to balance on the 1-inch nylon web
  
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• New Mexico man gets 2.5 years behind bars for hotel fire

  06-01-2017 22:54 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico man who set a Carlsbad hotel on fire will spend the next two and a half years behind bars.
  Travis Hayslip, 36, appeared in federal court in Las Cruces Thursday. Hayslip admitted to igniting the fire that destroyed the Quality Inn hotel in 2016.
  The hotel, which was under construction, was destroyed and suffered more than $2 million in damages.
  Hayslip is also required to pay $2.4 million in restitution to choice hotels.
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• Updated: Obama’s final jobs report: Big pay gain, slower hiring

  06-01-2017 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON — Americans’ paychecks rose in December at the fastest pace in more than seven years as steady hiring and low unemployment led some businesses to pay more to attract and keep workers. Employers added 156,000 jobs, a decent total that shows that moderate hiring remains sustainable 7½ years after the recovery from the Great […]
  
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• Officers cleared of wrongdoing in Las Cruces shooting

  06-01-2017 22:43 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who was fatally shot by Las Cruces police at a hotel.
  Police say 36-year-old Joshua “Josh” Clay Dunne of Las Cruces was shot late Friday and later died at a hospital.
  Police say they were told by a relative of Dunne that he was possibly suicidal and could be armed with a handgun and hunting knife.
  Officers began looking for Dunne and found his vehicle parked at a hotel where he had rented a room.
  Police say the
  
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• A look at other deadly attacks at US airports

  06-01-2017 22:42
  
  A gunman opened fire Friday in a baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale international airport, killing five people and wounding eight before he was taken into custody. Here’s a look at other recent attacks that resulted in deaths at U.S. airports: — March 21, 2015: A machete-wielding man attacked federal transportation security officers, slightly […]
  
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• Company helps splice NM vendors into film business

  06-01-2017 22:41
  
  A lot more local businesses could soon sell goods and services to in-state film productions thanks to a new partnership between yellCast and Shoot New Mexico. yellCast, an online search platform that rapidly connects local consumers and businesses, is working with Shoot NM to link “film-friendly” firms with local production managers seeking supplies. That could […]
  
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• Former Biden chief of staff files to run for Virginia lieutenant governor

  06-01-2017 22:40
  
  A former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden filed paperwork Friday to run for lieutenant governor in Virginia, lending some political star power to a race that now has three Democrats and three Republicans vying for the office. Democrat Susan Platt served as Biden’s chief of staff in the Senate for two years […]
  
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• Updated: U.S. intelligence agencies: Putin ordered intervention in presidential election

  06-01-2017 22:39
  
  Russia carried out a comprehensive cybercampaign to upend the U.S. presidential election, an operation that was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin and “aspired to help” elect Donald Trump by discrediting his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded in a report released Friday. The report depicts Russian interference as unprecedented in scale, saying […]
  
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• Michelle Obama: Life’s ‘greatest honor’ was being first lady

  06-01-2017 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Her voice breaking and eyes filling with tears, an unusually emotional Michelle Obama said Friday that being first lady “has been the greatest honor of my life” as she bid an early farewell to the White House.
  An East Room ceremony honoring the 2017 school counselor of the year, and the work of all school counselors, marked her final event as first lady.
  Before the tearful goodbye, there were words of encouragement for young people. Mrs. Obama, as she has done
  
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• Video update, 12 p.m.: NM grapples with storm's aftermath

  06-01-2017 20:38
  
  In this noon video, Rachel Hackbarth and Kai Porter provide an update on conditions in Albuquerque and around the state in the wake of Thursday's overnight storm.
  
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• Major area closings

  06-01-2017 20:33
  
  Update:Classes for Albuquerque Public Schools and UNM main and west campuses are cancelled due to road and weather conditions.All Bernalillo County offices are closed. City of Albuquerque offices closed due to weather and road conditions.
  
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• Rio Rancho, Albuquerque’s west side recovering from winter storm

  06-01-2017 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The icy roads Friday morning were no match for many drivers, and a lot of activity happened near Coors Boulevard and Paseo del Norte.
  It was a close call for a KRQE News 13 crew who almost got hit by a driver who was having trouble merging onto Coors Boulevard from a gas station. After the incident, the driver said he was giving up and going home.
  “There’s ice on the road so I couldn’t even go on to Paseo because there was that little hill and m
  
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• Albuquerque’s east side deals with post-storm conditions

  06-01-2017 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Not everyone got the day off Friday, and driving proved to be a challenge for those people who had to be somewhere.
  Side roads, main roads, the interstate — it didn’t matter where you were going Friday morning, all along Central Avenue and Interstate 40 to downtown, snow and ice covered the roads.
  The Lead and Coal Avenue area near Interstate 25 was slow going, with a handful of minor accidents. People were spinning out left and right, and getting stu
  
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• New Santa Fe DA Serna hires on predecessor

  06-01-2017 19:54
  
  SANTA FE — New Santa Fe District Attorney Marco Serna said Thursday that he hired his predecessor, Jennifer Padgett, to be one of his chief deputies. Padgett was selected by Gov. Susana Martinez to head the office Dec. 2015 after Angela “Spence” Pacheco announced that she was retiring before the last year of her term. […]
  
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• Duel between the nice-guy Canadian Ryans could determine ‘Deadpool’ award chances

  06-01-2017 19:44
  
  So does a superhero film really have a chance in “Hell or High Water” of winning at this weekend’s Golden Globe Awards? That depends on the duel between the nice-guy Canadian Ryans. Some industry watchers were surprised when Ryan Reynolds was nominated for best musical/comedy performance, and even more so that his “Deadpool” was nominated […]
  
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• Police respond to reports of shots fired at Fort Lauderdale airport

  06-01-2017 19:43
  
  Authorities responded Friday afternoon to reports of possible gunfire at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, international airport. A spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that officials were looking into the reports of gunshots, but said she could not provide further information. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport posted on Twitter about “an ongoing incident” […]
  
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• Updated: Dow Jones average tops 20,000 level for first time

  06-01-2017 19:42
  
  NEW YORK – The closely watched Dow Jones industrial average reached historic levels on Friday, breaching 20,000 points for the first time as the global economy continues to strengthen. In what some are calling the “Trump rally,” investors have pushed U.S. stocks to new heights in anticipation that the president-elect will work with the Republican-led […]
  
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• Tour bus goes off highway near Telluride; no injuries

  06-01-2017 19:42
  
  TELLURIDE, Colo. — Authorities say no one was injured when a tour bus with 56 people on board went off the side of a snowy highway in southwest Colorado. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis says the bus was headed to Telluride on Highway 145 when two of its tires went off the roadway Thursday […]
  
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• Starbucks to stop selling alcohol at more than 400 US stores

  06-01-2017 19:37 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks will stop selling beer and wine at more than 400 U.S. stores next week as it ends its “evenings” program.
  The coffee chain says the “Starbucks Evenings” program in 439 company-owned stores in the U.S. will end Jan. 10. It said the program may continue in some of the nine licensed stores where it is offered, or overseas. The program was first tested in 2010 near Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle, and was expanded as a way to drive sal
  
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• 5 dead, 8 wounded in airport shooting; US veteran arrested

  06-01-2017 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An arriving airline passenger with a gun in his checked luggage opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said.
  The gunman — identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Iraq but was discharged last year for unsatisfactory perform
  
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• 5 dead, 8 taken to hospital in shooting at Florida airport

  06-01-2017 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An arriving airline passenger pulled a gun from his luggage and opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said.
  The gunman was immediately taken into custody.
  Authorities gave no details on a possible motive for the shooting, which sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto t
  
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• City officials respond to residents’ concerns regarding storm response

  06-01-2017 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The storm was on the radar for days, but residents said major streets still turned into sheets of ice, leaving many asking where were the city trucks plowing and sanding the roads?
  There are still some areas where the snow and ice is so packed down and the sun hasn’t touched it, leaving it slick and difficult for drivers.
  While some cars were left slipping and sliding on the streets, city trucks loaded up throughout the day with salt and cinder to try
  
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• Albuquerque mayor holds press conference regarding storm response

  06-01-2017 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mayor Richard Berry is holding a press conference Friday in response to the storm that’s sweeping across New Mexico.
  Sleet and freezing rain mix began falling on Albuquerque early Friday just before 3 a.m.
  City of Albuquerque COO Mike Riordan says all city resources are being used to clear the ice and snow from the roads. He says the primary focus for roads is access to hospitals, steep grades and then schools.
  City officials say trash and recycling co
  
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• Albuquerque mayor holds press conference regarding storm repsonse

  06-01-2017 18:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Mayor Richard Berry is holding a press conference Friday in response to the storm that’s sweeping across New Mexico.
  Sleet and freezing rain mix began falling on Albuquerque early Friday just before 3 a.m.
  City of Albuquerque COO Mike Riordan says all city resources are being used to clear the ice and snow from the roads. He says the primary focus for roads is access to hospitals, steep grades and then schools.
  City officials say trash and recycling co
  
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• Trump hours away from briefing on classified Russia report

  06-01-2017 18:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was hours away Friday from listening to the nation’s top intelligence officials make their most detailed and persuasive case yet that Russia’s government interfered in this year’s U.S. presidential elections.
  Without seeing the intelligence, Trump dismissed the findings and told The New York Times the focus on Russia’s involvement is a “political witch hunt” by adversaries who are embarrassed they lost the e
  
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• After intel brief, Trump says hack had no impact on election

  06-01-2017 18:19 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a briefing from the nation’s top intelligence officials, President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he is confident Russians did not affect the outcome of the U.S. presidential election but he didn’t say whether he now accepts the intelligence assessment that Moscow did meddle in the race.
  Trump acknowledged in a statement that “Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people” are consistently trying to hack U.S. networks, including t
  
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• About the cover: January 6, 2017

  06-01-2017 17:51
  
  4008 Pasaje Place NW Albuquerque, NM 87114 $259,900 2,460 sq. ft. 4 bed / 4 bath Melissa Morenus 505.620.5504 Re/Max Alliance 505.298.9999 Welcome to 4008 Pasaje Place, a beautiful home nestled in the Seven Bar North community on Albuquerque’s Westside. This home is close to schools and restaurants and has an open floor plan. The downstairs […]
  
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• Feds find $20M cash hidden in Massachusetts box spring

  06-01-2017 17:39 via krqe.com
  
  WESTBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — About $20 million in cash that was hidden inside a box spring in a Massachusetts apartment has been seized as part of a wide-ranging investigation into an internet telecom company that authorities say was actually a massive international pyramid scheme, federal prosecutors said.
  The cash was found Wednesday inside a Westborough apartment by investigators who had tailed a Brazilian man from New York. That man, Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha, 28, was charged with conspir
  
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• Updated: US adds 156K jobs; unemployment rate ticks up to 4.7 pct.

  06-01-2017 17:27
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in December, capping a year of slower but solid hiring and providing the last major snapshot of the economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit from President Barack Obama. Friday’s report from the Labor Department portrayed a job market that remains durable 7½ years after the recovery from the […]
  
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• Updated: US factory orders drop 2.4 percent but investment up

  06-01-2017 17:25
  
  WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories fell for the first time in five months in November, but much of the weakness reflected a swing in the volatile category of commercial aircraft. A key category that tracks business investment spending posted an increase. Factory orders dropped 2.4 percent after a 2.8 percent rise in October, the […]
  
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• What U.S. higher education can learn from Canada: Bigger schools can be the best

  06-01-2017 17:07
  
  The recent presidential election has spurred plenty of comparisons of how U.S. public policy stacks up against our neighbors to the north, from health care to gun control. Perhaps we should add higher education to that list. Canada’s three most-prominent universities – the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the University of British Columbia – […]
  
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• Bat-friendly tequila, research play role in species recovery

  06-01-2017 17:02
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Wildlife officials say it might be time for a toast now that a once-rare bat important to the pollination of plants used to produce tequila is making a comeback. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the lesser long-nosed bat from the endangered species list. Mexico delisted the bat […]
  
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• Expert: Cluttered kitchens encourage unhealthy eating

  06-01-2017 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)-  Cleaning up the clutter in your kitchen is a great way to leverage your New Year’s resolution and one local organization can help you get off to the right start.
  More Than Organized, an organizing company that helps clients design simple systems that work for the individual, suggests that organization in the kitchen can also lead to a healthier lifestyle.
  Cluttered environments tend to cause stress which leads to unhealthy snack choices, and cluttered k
  
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• Florida softball league is 87, many players are even older

  06-01-2017 16:55 via krqe.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Irwin Abelson runs to catch a softball and puts on his glasses before throwing the ball to second base. Abelson’s arm is strong, and the man in his 80s on the opposing team is out.
  “My doctor said recently, ‘I’d never guess that you were 91 years old,'” shrugs Abelson, a former life insurance salesman and a player for the Kids & Kubs senior league in St. Petersburg. To be eligible, players must be at least 75 — so it&rsquo
  
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• SeaWorld: Tilikum, orca that killed trainer, has died

  06-01-2017 16:54 via krqe.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has died.
  Sea World officials said Friday that Tilikum died but did not give a cause of death. In a statement, the officials said Tilikum had faced serious health issues including a persistent and complicated bacterial lung infection. He was estimated to be 36 years old. A nec
  
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• Yahoo deletes tweet that included racial slur

  06-01-2017 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  Yahoo Finance says it accidentally tweeted out a racial epithet when promoting a story about the cost of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to increase the size of the U.S. Navy.
  The headline for the story on Yahoo Finance is, “Trump Wants a Much Bigger Navy: Here’s How Much It’ll Cost.” But when it was tweeted Thursday, the word “bigger” had an “n” as its first letter instead of a “b.”
  The tweet was deleted and Yahoo Finance tw
  
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• Police: Beating on video began after friendly encounter

  06-01-2017 16:04 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The two 18-year-old men had been schoolmates, police say. After meeting at McDonald’s, they spent two days together, driving around visiting friends. Then a pretend fight escalated into a brutal beating of one of the men, a mentally disabled teenager, in an attack that stirred racial tensions and outrage after being broadcast on Facebook Live.
  How the white suburban teen ended up beaten by four black people, threatened with a knife and taunted with profanities against
  
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• VP Biden to President-elect Trump: ‘Grow up’

  06-01-2017 15:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to “grow up.”
  Biden dismissed a Trump complaint on Twitter about how the Obama administration has handled the transition. The vice president told “PBS NewsHour” in an interview: “Grow up, Donald. Grow up. It’s time to be an adult.”
  Biden said of Trump: “You’re president. You’ve got to do something. Show us what you have.”
  The vice president
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stocks open mostly lower on Wall Street

  06-01-2017 15:43
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in high-dividend stocks like phone companies and utilities. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher, after the government reported Friday that employers added jobs at a steady pace last month […]
  
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• Friday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Winter storm slams New Mexico

  06-01-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A band of moderate to heavy snow will continue pushing south into southern NM this morning – leaving behind snow-packed and icy roadways in its wake. Bitterly cold temperatures have taken hold of central and eastern New Mexico with most walking out the door to “Feels Like” temps in the single digits, if not, below zero.
  Video: Kristen’s Friday Morning Forecast
  2. New Mexico is seeing it’s largest winter storm of the season s
  
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• Video: 6:30 a.m. storm report

  06-01-2017 14:55
  
  KOB's morning crew reports on the ongoing storm.
  
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• US adds 156K jobs; unemployment rate ticks up to 4.7 pct.

  06-01-2017 14:54 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in December, capping a year of slower but solid hiring. The report is the last major snapshot of the economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit from President Barack Obama.
  The Labor Department says the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.7 percent from a nine-year low of 4.6 percent.
  Hourly pay jumped 2.9 percent from a year earlier, the biggest increase in more than seven years. That is a positive sign that the low unemployment rate
  
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• Winter storm: South braces for snow, sleet and freezing rain

  06-01-2017 14:49 via krqe.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panicked shoppers emptied shelves of bread and milk, road workers began working 12-hour shifts, and governors in Alabama and Georgia declared states of emergencies ahead of a winter storm stalking the South.
  In Cary, North Carolina, Stuart Hall’s regular run for groceries looked like something out of the just concluded holiday shopping season.
  Hall said the parking lot of the store near his home in Cary, North Carolina, is usually fairly empty when he shops so
  
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• Updated: US trade deficit climbs to $45.2 billion in November

  06-01-2017 14:33
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit in November rose to the highest level in nine months as imports of oil and other foreign goods increased, while American exports fell for a second month. The trade deficit jumped 6.8 percent to $45.2 billion, the largest imbalance since February, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Exports edged down […]
  
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• Struggling Hamburg names Jens Todt as sporting director

  06-01-2017 14:19
  
  HAMBURG, Germany — Relegation-threatened Hamburger SV appointed former youth team coordinator Jens Todt as sporting director on Friday. The 47-year-old Todt signed a two-year deal and has already joined the team at its winter training camp in Dubai, the Bundesliga club said. Todt was previously sporting director at second-division club Karlsruher SC. He fills the […]
  
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• Updated: Vanek, Coreau power Red Wings past Kings 4-0

  06-01-2017 14:18
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Detroit Red Wings have plenty of work to do if they’re going to make the playoffs for the 26th consecutive season. The effort they displayed against the Los Angeles Kings was a good start, harnessing the speed of promising second-year forward Andreas Athanasiou to lift an erratic offense and come away […]
  
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• Updated: Raonic beats Nadal, keeps Brisbane title defense on track

  06-01-2017 14:18
  
  BRISBANE, Australia — Rafael Nadal was up a set and had a break point against defending champion Milos Raonic when he sent a forehand just wide. It was a mistake the 14-time Grand Slam champion wouldn’t recover from. Raonic made the most of the reprieve, holding serve in that fifth game of the second set […]
  
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• Obama derides ‘reckless’ plan to repeal now, replace later

  06-01-2017 14:18 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is deriding as “reckless” a Republican plan to repeal his health care law now and replace it later.
  Obama is urging lawmakers to come up with an alternative to the Affordable Care Act before voting to gut it. He writes in the New England Journal of Medicine that it would be “irresponsible” to do otherwise and could devastate the health care system.
  Obama says the resulting uncertainty could lead insurance companies to bail on
  
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• Trump on border wall: Mexico will pay us back

  06-01-2017 14:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that Mexico will reimburse American taxpayers for a new border wall and that U.S. money spent will be for the “sake of speed.”
  His tweet came as top aides consider a plan to ask Congress to ensure money is available in U.S. coffers for the wall, but to rely on existing law that already authorizes fencing and other technology along the southern border.
  The potential approach was confirmed Thursday by two congressio
  
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• Breaking: APS closes East Mountain schools, city schools on two-hour delay

  06-01-2017 13:23
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools has announced that its East Mountain Schools will be closed and the remainder of its facilities will be on a two-hour delay Friday because of snowy and icy roads. Santa Fe schools will also be closed. The announcement is posted on the district’s web site. Many other schools across Central and Northern […]
  
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