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• Updated: Latest from NFL: Texans jump to early 10-0 lead

  07-01-2017 23:41
  
  The latest from the NFL’s wild-card Saturday. (All times Eastern) ___ 5 p.m. The Houston Texans know they’ll avoid a shutout this time in the playoffs, no matter what happens the rest of the way. Houston grabbed a quick 10-0 lead against the visiting Oakland Raiders, less than 10 minutes into their wild-card game on […]
  
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• Updated: Latest from NFL: Rawls and Richardson lead Seahawks

  07-01-2017 23:41
  
  The latest from the NFL’s wild-card Saturday. (All times Eastern) 9:14 p.m. Seattle’s misfiring run game has found its legs in the first half. Specifically the legs of Thomas Rawls. Rawls had 103 yards with about three minutes left in the half. He had nine carries on Seattle’s 60-yard touchdown drive that was capped with […]
  
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• Updated: Latest from NFL: Prosise hopes Seahawks play next week

  07-01-2017 23:41
  
  The latest from the NFL’s wild-card Saturday. (All times Eastern) ___ 7:10 p.m. Long before kickoff of Lions-Seahawks, running back C.J. Prosise ran a handful of 40-yard sprints, then graduated to catching passes from Seattle quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Trevone Boykin. If Seattle can get past Detroit on Saturday night, Prosise could be a boost […]
  
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• Huggins 27 points leads N. Mexico St. to 13th straight win

  07-01-2017 23:39
  
  CHICAGO — Braxton Huggins scored 27 points and hit five 3-pointers to lead New Mexico State to its 13 straight win 78-62 over Chicago State on Saturday. The Aggies 13 consecutive wins currently ties them with Kansas for the third longest in the nation behind Baylor (14) and Gonzaga (15). Ian Baker finished with 14 […]
  
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• Reynolds, Fisher laid to rest at Hollywood Hills cemetery

  07-01-2017 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher, who has been laid to rest alongside her mother Debbie Reynolds, was adored by family, friends and fans for her gallows humor and frank talk about her struggles with mental illness.
  What better home for her ashes then, her brother Todd Fisher and daughter Billie Lourd decided, than a porcelain urn in the shape of an outsized anti-depressant?
  “Carrie’s favorite possession was a giant Prozac pill that she bought many years ago,” Todd Fisher
  
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• Updated: Brother of airport shooting suspect says US gov’t failed him

  07-01-2017 22:35
  
  PENUELAS, Puerto Rico — The brother of a man accused of killing five people at a Florida airport questioned Saturday why his brother was allowed to keep his gun after U.S. authorities knew he’d become increasingly paranoid and was hearing voices. Esteban Santiago, 26, had trouble controlling his anger after serving in Iraq and told […]
  
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• Alleged affair, accusations heat up usually quiet campaign

  07-01-2017 22:23 via krqe.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — It’s the kind of spat you’d expect to find on daytime TV.
  An anonymous email alleging an affair. Electronic records that suggest a surprise culprit. Accusations. Recriminations. A once close friendship destroyed.
  But it’s not a soap opera. It’s the GOP primary for lieutenant governor in Virginia. A contest that’s typically a little-watched election has turned into a messy public scandal.
  Earlier this week, state Sen. Bryce Reeves’ la
  
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• Updated: Sheriff’s Office: Arrested woman rescinds account of assault

  07-01-2017 21:55
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a Mesa woman who was naked when she stole a sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle and led officers on a 70-mile pursuit has been arrested and recanted her story about being sexually assaulted. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Lisa Luna was initially hospitalized, then jailed and on Saturday rescinded her account […]
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Arrested woman rescinds account of assault

  07-01-2017 21:55
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a Mesa woman who was naked when she stole a sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle and led officers on a 70-mile pursuit has been arrested and recanted her story about being sexually assaulted. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Lisa Luna was initially hospitalized, then jailed and on Saturday rescinded her account […]
  
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• Rare glass penny from World War II sells for $70k

  07-01-2017 21:36 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A rare experimental glass penny made during World War II has netted a pretty penny at auction — selling for $70,500.
  Heritage Auctions announced Friday that the penny was sold during Thursday’s auction based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to an American buyer who wishes to remain anonymous.
  During the war, copper was needed for ammunition. The U.S. Mint authorized tests that included making uncirculated pennies from other metals, plastic and rubber. T
  
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• Where Americans found jobs: Health care and restaurants

  07-01-2017 20:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If you were looking for a job last month, you might have found ample opportunities in health care, restaurants and manufacturing.
  Those sectors hired at a solid pace, with health care benefiting from growth at hospitals, outpatient care centers, doctor’s offices and home health care services. For all of 2016, health care added an average of 35,000 jobs a month, roughly in line with the pace in 2015.
  Manufacturing bounced back with 17,000 added jobs in December, thou
  
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• Updated: Thousands brave cold for tickets to Obama farewell speech

  07-01-2017 20:11
  
  CHICAGO — Thousands of people waited for hours in single-digit temperatures on Saturday to try to get a ticket to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago, saying they want to show their appreciation and soak in the final moments of his history-making presidency. People began lining up well before sunrise for […]
  
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• LGBT activists view Obama as staunch champion of their cause

  07-01-2017 19:49 via krqe.com
  
  It was a new look for the White House, bathed in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide.
  President Barack Obama, who was inside, felt the glow on that June night in 2015.
  “To see people gathered in the evening outside on a beautiful summer night, and to feel whole and to feel accepted, and to feel that they had a right to love — that was pretty cool,” he said a few days later.
  “Pretty cool.”
  That might be a fair
  
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• Volkswagen recalls 136,000 autos for antilock brake fix

  07-01-2017 19:34
  
  Volkswagen Group of America is recalling nearly 136,000 Audi and Volkswagen autos to fix potential problems with their antilock brake systems. The recall covers 135,683 vehicles, including certain 2009-10 Volkswagen Jetta A5 sedans, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GTI, Rabbit and Audi A3 vehicles and 2010 Volkswagen Golf A6 vehicles. In them, the control unit […]
  
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• Small percentage of hate crimes aimed at whites

  07-01-2017 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The horrific beating of a mentally disabled white man in Chicago by four black assailants broadcast on social media is highlighting anti-white hate crimes at a time of increased racial strife in the United States.
  But federal statistics and experts say anti-white incidents remain a smaller percentage of overall hate crimes. Anti-black hate crimes are still the largest number of cases.
  According to the 2015 FBI hate crime statistics, the latest available, there were
  
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• Thousands brave cold for tickets to Obama farewell speech

  07-01-2017 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of people have lined up in frigid temperatures hoping for tickets to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago.
  Tickets are being handed out Saturday morning at McCormick Place, a convention center along Lake Michigan.
  Obama plans to speak to supporters there on Tuesday night, carrying on a tradition set in 1796 when George Washington addressed the American people for the last time as president.
  Obama has described the event as &ldqu
  
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• Relatives: Airport shooting suspect had mental health issues

  07-01-2017 18:30 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – The man police say opened fire with a gun from his checked baggage at a Florida airport had a history of mental health problems — some of which followed his military service in Iraq — and was receiving psychological treatment at his home in Alaska, his relatives said Friday after the deadly shooting.
  “Only thing I could tell you was when he came out of Iraq, he wasn’t feeling too good,” his uncle, Hernan Rivera, told The Record newspaper.
  Esteban Santia
  
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• Snow storm blankets parts of North Carolina, Virginia

  07-01-2017 18:22 via krqe.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A winter storm blanketed parts of North Carolina and Virginia with snow Saturday as its slow march across the Southeast grounded flights and left roads icy and impassible.
  The National Weather Service said North Carolina cities including Burlington, Greensboro and Roxboro had received eight inches or more of snow, while sleet and ice were making roads treacherous in Raleigh and areas southeast. Next on the storm’s path was southeast Virginia, where several inches
  
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• Snow pounds parts of East Coast, spares several big cities

  07-01-2017 18:22 via krqe.com
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Snow and sleet pounded a large swath of the East Coast on Saturday, coating roads with ice and causing hundreds of crashes. Thousands of people lost power and forecasters warned of blizzard-like conditions from Virginia to parts of the Northeast.
  Police investigated several fatal crashes as potentially storm-related, but some of the South’s biggest cities — Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh — appeared to avoid the worst of the storm. Authorities prai
  
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• Paul: Trump backs health repeal, replacement at same time

  07-01-2017 17:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator who challenged Donald Trump for the White House nomination says the president-elect “fully supports” repealing President Barack Obama’s health law only when there’s a viable alternative to replace it.
  Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled Congress are moving toward a vote on repeal legislation in coming weeks, but they anticipate a transition period of months or years to a replacement. Some Republican lawmakers are expressin
  
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• Passenger with strong New Mexico ties stuck at Fort Lauderdale airport Friday

  07-01-2017 17:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Many passengers finally left the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday night after being stuck there for hours, including one passenger with strong New Mexico ties.
  “It was supposed to be a short 55 minute flight and it turned out to be about eight and a half hours. We spent at least seven and a half hours on the tarmac,” said Joe Williams.
  Williams, who formerly served as secretary for the New Mexico Department of Corrections, says the pilot told them
  
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• Police: 1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting during party at home

  07-01-2017 17:53
  
  PHOENIX — Phoenix police say a fight and shooting during a party at a vacant home left one woman dead and two other people hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Sgt. Vince Lewis says no arrests have been made in the shooting that occurred Saturday early morning on a street near the home. Lewis says officers determined […]
  
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• Updated: US goes from bandleader to bystander in Syria peace efforts

  07-01-2017 16:36
  
  WASHINGTON — Stung by years of failure to stop Syria’s bloodshed, the United States is now just a bystander to the civil war as President Barack Obama’s tenure ends. Secretary of State John Kerry still is speaking sporadically with Russian, Turkish and Arab foreign ministers about cease-fire efforts, and there are occasional consultations with the […]
  
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• Houston fireman, trying to rescue man, gets stabbed in eye

  07-01-2017 16:19
  
  HOUSTON — A Houston fireman has been stabbed in the eye by a man he was trying to rescue. Authorities say police and firefighters responding to a call about a fire at a business saw an unresponsive man inside the building. After a police officer used a sledgehammer to gain entry, Fire Capt. Kenneth Willingham, […]
  
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• Fort Lauderdale airport reopens after deadly shooting

  07-01-2017 16:16 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has reopened following the terminal shooting that left five people dead and eight wounded.
  Terminal 2, where the shootings took place, remains closed.
  An investigation is ongoing to figure out why the former Army National Guardsman opened fire.
  Eight were shot in total and another 37 people are recovering from injuries.
  It happened at a baggage claim Friday afternoon.
  Police say Esteban Santiago, 26, flew fro
  
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• Ross opening in Paseo corridor

  07-01-2017 14:19
  
  Major department stores may be shrinking and shutting around Albuquerque, but the off-price brands keep on coming. A sign posted outside La Cueva Town Center at Wyoming and Paseo del Norte teases that a new Ross store is on its way. The center — already home to Smith’s and Big 5 — has had a […]
  
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• Updated: Turkey’s tourism takes big hit after extremist attacks

  07-01-2017 13:47
  
  ISTANBUL — The once bustling Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is astonishingly quiet. The shops and restaurants in the city’s trendy Istiklal Street are all but empty of foreign customers and the hotels in the upscale Nisantasi district are nearly deserted. Turkey’s economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks — including […]
  
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• Updated: Snow storm blankets parts of North Carolina, Virginia

  07-01-2017 12:05
  
  DURHAM, N.C. — A winter storm blanketed parts of North Carolina and Virginia with snow early Sunday as its slow march across the Southeast left grocery store shelves empty and roads icy and impassible. The National Weather Service said North Carolina cities including Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Roxboro had received six inches or more of snow […]
  
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• Updated: Gunman picked off passengers, sent crowds fleeing at airport

  07-01-2017 09:15
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Without a word, the gunman moved through the baggage claim picking off travelers until his handgun ran out of ammunition, leaving five dead and eight wounded in Fort Lauderdale’s airport. Panicked witnesses ran out of the terminal and spilled onto the tarmac, baggage in hand. Others hid in bathroom stalls or […]
  
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• Updated: Airport gunman sent panicked passengers fleeing for lives

  07-01-2017 09:15
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Without a word, the gunman moved through the baggage claim picking off travelers until his handgun ran out of ammunition, leaving five dead and eight wounded in Fort Lauderdale’s airport. Panicked witnesses ran out of the terminal and spilled onto the tarmac, baggage in hand. Others hid in bathroom stalls or […]
  
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• Updated: Report on election hacking says Russia plans to do more

  07-01-2017 08:19
  
  WASHINGTON — The new, declassified report on Russian efforts to influence the presidential election has a troublesome prediction: Russia isn’t done intruding in U.S. politics and policymaking. Immediately after Election Day, Russia began a “spear-phishing” campaign to try to trick people into revealing their email passwords, targeting U.S. government employees and think tanks that specialize […]
  
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• U.S. must pressure China to derail North Korea’s nuclear weapons program

  07-01-2017 08:05
  
  The Chinese have many nightmares, none worse than a nuclear-armed Japan
  
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• Obama should protect immigrants with pardons

  07-01-2017 08:05
  
  Donald Trump will soon sweep into the office of the U.S. presidency, buttressed by both houses of Co ...
  
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• Editorial: ABQ should make living within its means top goal

  07-01-2017 08:05
  
  Plenty of Albuquerque families would be happy to have an extra 3 percent in income to spend in the n ...
  
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• Winter storm strikes several areas across New Mexico

  07-01-2017 06:23
  
  The entire state dealt with a winter wallop for most the day Friday from a cold system that moved through beginning in the overnight hours.
  
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• Theft at hardware store caught on camera

  07-01-2017 06:15
  
  An Albuquerque hardware shop has had enough of being burglarized. Luckily one of their creative precautions left the latest thieves nearly empty-handed. Mark Johnson, the general manager of Fastenal in Northwest Albuquerque describes surveillance video from a break-in early Monday morning. The thieves made it in and out of the store within minutes.
  
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• Updated: Lobo women aiming for 4-0 MWC start

  07-01-2017 06:02
  
  How far can the UNM women's basketball team take it?Riding an impressive streak of thr ...
  
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• Stolen cars recovered in Albuquerque often found trashed

  07-01-2017 05:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  It’s no secret car thefts continue to plague the metro. But for many drivers, even if they do get their car back, it isn’t always the reunion they hoped for.
  “I get anywhere from four to five a week,” said Art Baca.
  Baca said day after day, he’s cleaning up recovered stolen cars.
  “I know other detailers out here that get just as many,” said Baca.
  Baca is the owner of Art of Detail. He said car theft victims often co
  
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• Updated: Lobo Xavier Adams to miss season with ACL tear

  07-01-2017 05:58
  
  Looking at pictures tweeted by a reporter during the past two Lobo basketball games showing Xavier A ...
  
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• Updated: Nevada-UNM men: Those who stay up could see quite a show

  07-01-2017 05:55
  
  The late show featuring the two highest scoring duos in the Mountain West Conference shouldn't disap ...
  
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• Police increase security at Sunport in response to Florida shooting

  07-01-2017 05:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After Friday’s shooting at Fort Lauderdale’s airport caused chaos and panic, the Albuquerque Police Department beefed up its presence at the Sunport.
  APD said there hasn’t been any threats to the Albuquerque International Sunport, but said they are on high alert with plenty of officers on patrol in the area.
  The shooting in Florida left five people dead, eight others injured.
  “We’ve been working with the FBI, the Departmen
  
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• Commentary: Adding another football division could benefit Lobos, Aggies

  07-01-2017 04:42
  
    Today, the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision lives up to its name and decides its national champion. Monday, Alabama and Clemson slug it out in the Football Bowl Subdivision final, which pragmatically is represented only by the Power 5 leagues. The NCAA’s  Division II and Division III champions were determined last month on the field […]
  
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• Speak Up! Debate on recruiting in-state football players tires reader

  07-01-2017 04:31
  
  I’M SO SICK of the Sports Speak Up! argument of whether UNM should have more NM athletes in their programs or not. You’ve beat it to death for God’s sake. Nobody cares anymore about the opinions … get over it. If you don’t like Bob Davie’s (or Craig Neal or anybody else) style of recruiting, […]
  
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• Aggie men in Chicago to seek 13th straight win

  07-01-2017 04:24
  
  CHICAGO — The New Mexico State men’s basketball team seeks its 13th consecutive win Saturday when it plays at Chicago State (1 p.m., 101.7 in Albuquerque, 99.5 FM in Las Cruces). The Aggies (14-2, 1-0) are playing for the second time in three days after winning their Western Athletic Conference opener 77-64 at Missouri-Kansas City […]
  
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• Snow and ice create dangerous driving conditions in Roswell

  07-01-2017 03:06 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL N.M. (KRQE) – People in Roswell woke up to the snow storm and some dangerous driving conditions.
  At the scene of one of many crashes that kept Roswell police busy Friday morning, a car slid off the road into a tree on South Main.
  “The police department handled 25 accidents between 7 a.m. this morning and noon,” said Todd Wildermuth, spokesman for the City of Roswell.
  Two of those accidents involved school buses. One happened early Friday morning
  
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• A cartel connection to high-end bicycle thefts in Santa Fe and ABQ?

  07-01-2017 02:59
  
  SANTA FE — Three Albuquerque men who were charged with stealing high-end bicycles from a downtown Santa Fe bike shop last week have admitted to stealing bikes from elsewhere in Santa Fe and from an Albuquerque shop, according to a police statement made public in District Court Thursday. One of the alleged thieves said stolen […]
  
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• Speed, winter weather factors in fatal U.S. 550 crash

  07-01-2017 02:30
  
  An Albuquerque man died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 550 on Friday, according to the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s office spokesman Lt. Keith Elder said it appears speed and winter driving conditions were factors in the wreck that killed 47-year-old Michael Chavez. Deputies were called the scene near milepost 95, in the area […]
  
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• Subjects of controversial viral video explain what happened at gas station

  07-01-2017 02:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Remember the Albuquerque video of the incoherent woman who hopped into a stranger’s car at a gas station and wouldn’t get out? It was seen by millions of people. Now, the two have reunited and posted a video to explain what happened that night.
  The driver who took the video was blasted by people around the world for the way he treated the woman who was clearly in need of help. He now said he is sorry for his behavior — and she said everyone
  
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• APD increases Sunport presence after Florida shooting

  07-01-2017 02:15
  
  It was a dramatic scene at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport after a gunman opened fire, killing multiple people.
  
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• Lobos guard Xavier Adams is out for the season

  07-01-2017 02:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Craig Neal and his Lobo men’s basketball team will have to finish the season without their spark plug from the bench. Junior guard Xavier Adams is out for the remainder of the season due to a right torn ACL injury he suffered in a loss at Utah State Wednesday.
  “You know it’s difficult because he has put a lot of work in,” said Lobos Head Coach Craig Neal. “You know he had a defining role on our team that was going to be very pro
  
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