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• California’s famous ‘drive-thru’ sequoia toppled by storms

  09-01-2017 23:59 via krqe.com
  
  ARNOLD, Calif. (AP) — A massive storm has toppled a giant California sequoia famous for a “drive-thru” hole carved into its trunk, causing fans of the mighty tree to mourn its loss.
  This Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 photo provided by Jim Allday shows an informational sign at the ruins of the Pioneer Cabin tunnel tree, a giant, centuries-old sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park near Arnold in California’s Sierra Nevada, after it came crashing down during a storm earlier Sunda
  
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• Uber to help cities get a better grasp on traffic patterns

  09-01-2017 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ride-hailing service.
  The assistance will come in the form of a free website, called “Movement,” expected to be available to the public in mid-February. Uber announced the new website Sunday, on the eve of a transportation-planning conference in Washington.
  Although anyone can use the website, Uber says it believes its main a
  
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• Fort Lauderdale shooting suspect appears in court, ordered held without bond

  09-01-2017 22:37
  
  While investigators explore the background of Esteban Santiago, the man accused of killing five people last week in a shooting rampage at the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., international airport, he appeared in court Monday for his first appearance on federal charges. Santiago was ordered held without bond until a detention hearing can be held next week, […]
  
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• Cher, America Ferrera, Katy Perry and others set to headline the Women’s March on Washington

  09-01-2017 22:37
  
  This is looking a lot like Lilith Fair for the political set. On Monday, the Women’s March on Washington announced the celebrity lineup for a massive demonstration to be held the day after the presidential inauguration. The “Artist Table” will be chaired by America Ferrera, a staunch supporter of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and […]
  
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• Parents, save up: Cost of raising a child is more than $233K

  09-01-2017 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON — Expecting a baby? Congratulations! Better put plenty of money in your savings account. The Department of Agriculture says the estimated cost of raising a child from birth through age 17 is $233,610, or as much as almost $14,000 annually. That’s the average for a middle-income couple with two children. It’s a bit more […]
  
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• Feds: More than 800 career programs are failing their grads

  09-01-2017 22:32
  
  Hundreds of for-profit college programs are at risk of losing federal funding after failing to meet new “gainful employment” standards. The Education Department on Monday released its first data measuring whether graduates of 8,700 vocational programs earn enough money to repay student loans. A program is considered failing if typical graduates pay at least 12 […]
  
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• 18-month sentence given rooftop owner who cheated Cubs

  09-01-2017 22:27
  
  CHICAGO — An 18-month prison sentence has been handed a man found guilty of defrauding the Chicago Cubs out of the team’s cut of revenues from his rooftop club near Wrigley Field. R. Marc Hamid was found guilty in July of multiple counts of mail fraud and illegal bank structuring for falsifying attendance records at […]
  
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• Bill to limit use of restraints on children in New Mexico schools

  09-01-2017 22:23 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A state lawmaker is proposing a bill that would limit the use of restraints used on children in New Mexico schools.
  There have been a number of lawsuits in recent years over the way special needs students have been restrained. In 2010, surveillance cameras caught an Albuquerque Public Schools teacher and an educational assistant slamming a special needs student into a wall, trying to restrain him.
  Also, another lawsuit was filed after APS Police handcuffed a 7-
  
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• Slain Orlando officer was married mother of 2, deeply committed to community

  09-01-2017 20:20 via krqe.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (MEDIA GENERAL) — A police officer shot and killed Monday morning in Orlando was a married mother of two who died protecting the community she loved, according to the Orlando Police Department’s chief of police, John Mina.
  Master Sgt. Debra Clayton passed away about an hour after she was shot outside a Walmart in a northwest neighborhood of the city.
  Chief Mina said Clayton, a 17-year veteran of the force, was extremely committed to Orlando’s youth. She had a &ldq
  
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• Updated: Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player award for 4th time

  09-01-2017 20:18
  
  ZURICH — Cristiano Ronaldo received FIFA’s best player award for the fourth time on Monday, after Portugal and Real Madrid won both major European titles in 2016. He beat runner-up and great rival Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to complete a sweep of top individual awards. “2016 was the best year of my career,” Ronaldo […]
  
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• Defense attorney: DNA excludes man convicted in 1986 North Valley murder

  09-01-2017 20:18
  
  New DNA tests of hair and blood found at the scene of the 1986 killing of a 64-year-old woman has excluded the man convicted of her murder, defense attorneys said Monday. Jacob Duran was convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery in August 1987. A jury found him guilty in the death of Teofilia Gradi, […]
  
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• Blessing the Rio Grande video

  09-01-2017 20:18
  
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• New Mexico rekindles efforts to reinstate death penalty

  09-01-2017 20:14 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A Republican state lawmaker in New Mexico is reviving efforts to reinstate the death penalty as an option for convicted killers of police, children and corrections officers.
  Rep. Monica Youngblood of Albuquerque has pre-filed a bill that would bring back punishment by lethal injection to New Mexico. A spokesman for GOP Gov. Susana Martinez said Monday she supports the measure.
  A similar bill was approved by the state’s Republican-controlled House of Representati
  
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• Local soap shop grows from kitchen to store front

  09-01-2017 20:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The key to success for any business is to have a passion for what you’re doing. That’s what the owner of Synergy Soap Company in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill credits for being able to set up shop in the trendy part of town.
  Atenas Ruiz de Hill started the business with her husband in their kitchen and would sell the soap-related products at markets prior to setting up in Nob Hill in November 2016.
  Ruiz de Hill said the location has so far proved to be
  
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• Suspected getaway driver due in court after fatal officer-involved shooting

  09-01-2017 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The woman accused of being the getaway driver for an armed robber who was shot and killed by Albuquerque police this weekend is due in court Monday.
  She’s now charged with 17 robberies, the majority of them at Starbucks and McDonald’s locations around the city.
  Police say Audrey Guzman admitted to driving around Gilbert Lovato as he robbed mostly restaurants. The crime spree started back in mid-December.
  On Saturday, a tip led detectives to the Motel
  
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• Updated: US forward Carli Lloyd wins 2nd FIFA best player award

  09-01-2017 19:55
  
  ZURICH — Carli Lloyd of the United States has won her second straight FIFA’s best woman player award. Lloyd beat Olympic gold medalist Melanie Behringer of Germany and five-time winner Marta of Brazil. Lloyd says “I honestly was not expecting this.” Germany did win the women’s coaching awards as Silvia Neid earned her second FIFA […]
  
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• Updated: Kentucky’s run in AP women’s poll ends; UConn stays on top

  09-01-2017 19:55
  
  NEW YORK — Kentucky’s run in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll has come to an end. The Wildcats fell out of the Top 25 on Monday, ending a streak of 132 consecutive weeks in the poll. It was the fifth longest active streak and eighth longest overall. Kentucky split a pair of games last […]
  
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• Community a model for pursuing, using federal funds

  09-01-2017 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A northern New Mexico village is a model for accessing federal funding, leading to new jobs along with a grocery co-op, vineyard and one of the nation’s top libraries.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports rural development funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has gone toward eight projects since 2009 in the community of Dixon.
  About 30 jobs have been created as a result.
  USDA official Terry Brunner says other New Mexico communities could follow Dixon&rsqu
  
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• Farmington police seek suspect in weekend shooting

  09-01-2017 19:38 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – Authorities in Farmington are asking for the public’s help tracking down a suspect in a shooting Sunday morning. Police say a 31-year-old man was shot while confronting an intruder in his friend’s garage on Monarch Street.
  The victim was treated at the hospital and released.
  The suspect is described as either Native American or Hispanic, 5’7” to 5’9”, with a husky build. He was reportedly wearing a black and while plaid jacket w
  
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• Today in History: January 9

  09-01-2017 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Monday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2017. There are 356 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Jan. 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
  On this date:
  In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, New Jersey.
  In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforceme
  
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• Navajo Nation faces possible plant, mine closure

  09-01-2017 18:56
  
  PAGE, Ariz. — Communities on the Navajo Nation are bracing for the economic fallout from the possible shutdown of a coal-fired power plant. Closing the Navajo Generating Station and a coal mine that provides the plant’s fuel would lead to an estimated loss of 2,400 jobs in the community, reported the Arizona Daily Sun (http://bit.ly/2i7aIVL). […]
  
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• Updated: Baylor is No. 1 in AP poll for 1st time, ‘Nova falls to 3rd

  09-01-2017 18:54
  
  Baylor is No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll for the first time. The Bears (15-0) have made a meteoric rise in the poll, going from a team that didn’t receive a vote in the preseason poll to one that received 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. Baylor […]
  
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• Texas lieutenant governor vows not to ‘primary’ governor

  09-01-2017 18:49
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick insists he’ll run for re-election next year, trying to tamp down speculation he could mount a primary challenge against fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Patrick told reporters at GOP of Texas headquarters Monday they could “put it in concrete” that he won’t compete against Abbott in 2018 or […]
  
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• Updated: FACT CHECK: Streep overrated? Trump picks a decorated star

  09-01-2017 18:33
  
  NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” following her speech Sunday night at the Golden Globe awards While “overrated” is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the […]
  
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• Democrats introduce Conflicts of Interest Act, but they are unlikely to get a vote

  09-01-2017 18:33
  
  WASHINGTON – With little hope of winning a vote on its passage, Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would require the president to put his investments in a blind trust and cooperate in annual reports on his financial interests. The Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, introduced by a group of Democrats […]
  
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• US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016

  09-01-2017 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that 2016 was the second hottest year in the U.S. as Alaska warmed dramatically and nighttime temperatures set a record.
  The U.S. also notched its second highest number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion in damage: 15 separate ones t
  
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• To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided

  09-01-2017 17:42 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s typically an unquestioned honor to participate in the inauguration of an American president. Who wouldn’t want to be part of such a historic event?
  This time, though, it’s different.
  The sharp divisions over Donald Trump’s election have politicians, celebrities and even high school students debating, two months after the election, whether taking part in the inauguration is a political act that demonstrates support for the new president and his
  
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• Updated: China’s poorest, trying to stay warm, add greatly to smog

  09-01-2017 17:18
  
  QIAN’AN, China — An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the roadside, a farmer swaddled in thick, cotton-padded winter clothing scrambles into onrushing traffic to pick up the pieces. Four hours a day, four […]
  
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• Dear Science: What’s the point of mucus?

  09-01-2017 17:18
  
  Q: It’s that time of year. My nose is stuffed up, and I can’t pronounce the letter “n,” and I have to know – snuffle – what’s the deal with mucus? What is it? Why is it so slimy? Why is there so much of it? What’s the – sniff – point? A: Here’s what […]
  
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• Updated: Your guide to ‘The Night Manager,’ ‘Goliath’ and the other surprise Golden Globe winners

  09-01-2017 17:17
  
  In one of the biggest surprises at this year’s Golden Globe ceremony, AMC’s miniseries “The Night Manager” won three awards. Tom Hiddleston even edged out favorite Courtney B. Vance to take home the statuette for best actor in a TV movie or limited series. To be fair, the Globes are notorious for shockers like this. […]
  
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• Updated: Turkey’s parliament to debate greater powers for Erdogan

  09-01-2017 17:12
  
  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s parliament is kicking off a debate Monday on a set of draft constitutional amendments that would hand Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s largely ceremonial presidency sweeping executive powers, and the possibility of serving two more five-year terms. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for 14 years, has long been pushing for greater political […]
  
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• Updated: Castle attack exposes Jordan’s vulnerability to IS threat

  09-01-2017 17:12
  
  KARAK, Jordan — Bullet marks on the thick walls of a Crusader fortress and shattered windows of nearby tourist restaurants — damage from a recent shooting rampage — bear witness to Jordan’s vulnerability to attacks by Islamic extremists. Some say the assault on Karak Castle by Jordanian followers of the Islamic State group could signal […]
  
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• Bill to increase amount of medical pot allowed in New Mexico

  09-01-2017 17:01 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A lawmaker wants to increase the amount of marijuana that licensed medical-cannabis producers in New Mexico can grow.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the proposal by Democratic Sen. Cisco McSorley of Albuquerque also would increase the amount of marijuana that the program’s participants can possess.
  The bill would let producers grow up to 1,000 cannabis plants during any three-month period.
  Currently, a producer can have 450 plants.
  The proposal also would
  
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• Manhunt underway for suspect in killing of Orlando officer

  09-01-2017 16:34 via krqe.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A massive manhunt was underway Monday in the popular tourist destination of Orlando as authorities searched for a man accused of shooting and killing a police officer.
  The Orlando Police Department announced the death of Master Sgt. Debra Clayton on its official Twitter account Monday morning. A short time later, authorities said at a press conference that a second law enforcement officer was killed in a vehicle accident while searching for the suspect in Clayton&rsquo
  
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• APD reports late night officer-involved shooting leaves suspect dead

  09-01-2017 15:58
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department is reporting an officer-involved shooting about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night, leaving one suspect dead.
  
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• Man accused of killing Albuquerque officer pleas not guilty

  09-01-2017 15:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of killing Albuquerque officer Daniel Webster was arraigned Monday.
  Davon Lymon is accused of killing Webster on Central and Eubank during a traffic stop in October of 2015.
  Lymon opted not to appear in court Monday and instead had his attorney enter a plea of not guilty. Lymon is facing charges of first-degree murder, tamping with evidence, shooting at or from a motor vehicle, forgery, resisting arrest and receiving or transferring a stolen vehic
  
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• Davon Lymon to be arraigned on murder charges

  09-01-2017 15:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Accused cop killer Davon Lymon is set to appear in court, Monday morning. A judge is expected to arraign 35-year-old Lymon on charges for the death of Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster.
  Lymon already faces up to 50 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to federal gun charges. Investigators say the busts leading to those charges happened just weeks before he shot and killed Officer Webster. The state filed murder charges against Lymon after that federal trial
  
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• NM women planning to march in Washington D.C.

  09-01-2017 15:25
  
  Thousands of people are expected to participate in the Women’s March on Washington, the day after Trump’s inauguration.
  
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• US energy boss lauds opening of nuke repository

  09-01-2017 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The head of the U.S. Energy Department says it was the determination of workers and pure ingenuity that allowed the nation’s only underground repository for nuclear waste to recover from a radiation release.
  Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz tells The Associated Press that resuming work at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southern New Mexico means the nation’s multibillion-dollar cleanup of waste from decades of bomb-making and nuclear research can get ba
  
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• New Mexico State Parks host bird and bat festival

  09-01-2017 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an event for nature lovers everywhere and tickets are only three dollars.
  The New Mexico State Parks is gearing up for the Winter Bird and Bat Festival at the Rio Grande Nature Center on Saturday, January 14.
  Public Relations Coordinator, Christina Cordova, joined KRQE This Morning to talk about the upcoming event and their employee awards program.
  The festival will offer speaker programs that focus on habitats, identification, and behavior of bat
  
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• Walking N Circles ranch promotes benefit event

  09-01-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an organization committed to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-housing abandoned horses, and they are looking for volunteers and those wishing to adopt.
  Walking N Circles is a non-profit organization that provides caring attention to horses who were left to fend for themselves. They have over 100 volunteer ranch hands who do all of the work all while learning how to handle horses.
  Ruth Andrews, Executive Director for Walking in Circle
  
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• Monday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Detectives on leave after fatal officer-involved shooting

  09-01-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Three undercover Albuquerque Police Department detectives are on standard paid administrative leave following an officer-involved shooting that left a suspected robber dead. APD says they were searching for repeat offender Gilbert Zambronio-Lovato when they conducted a traffic stop. They say an altercation erupted thaT led to shots being fired and Lovato being hit. He later died at the hospital. At this time police are not saying the suspect was armed.
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• Metropolitan Opera Council set for second annual auditions

  09-01-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an opportunity to discover exceptional young talent.The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions is a program to provide a venue for young opera singers from all over the country to be heard by a representative and to assist those with the greatest potential in their development.District Director and Music Commissioner, Renato Estacio-Burdick, joined KRQE This Morning to discuss their second annual auditions.The New Mexico District
  
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• Education secretary says reading problems go undisclosed

  09-01-2017 14:58 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says new statistics show most parents are not being informed properly when early reading difficulties.
  The Public Education Department found that fewer than 5 percent of parents received necessary written notices when third graders failed to meet reading proficiency standards at public school throughout the state.
  The agency says that parents of those students should be required by schools to sign a waiver before th
  
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• West prepares for flooding while East Coast in deep freeze

  09-01-2017 14:55 via krqe.com
  
  As the East Coast waits to thaw out from a weekend icy mess, another storm is bringing rain and the potential of the worst flooding in more than a decade to the West coast.
  At least four deaths have been blamed on the East Coast storm, which dropped more than a foot of snow in southern New England, caused a former governor to fall on his icy driveway in Mississippi and caused schools in North Carolina to cancel classes Monday.
  Out West, forecasters are warning of heavy rains in northern Californ
  
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• Albuquerque mayoral race starts up

  09-01-2017 14:49
  
  City Councilor Dan Lewis and former Chief of Staff for the New Mexico Attorney General Michelle Garcia Holmes officially announced they’ll be running for Albuquerque mayor on Sunday.
  
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• Many 3rd grade students that can't read are still moving to 4th grade

  09-01-2017 14:36
  
  Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says the state has lots of work to do about literacy in the state.
  
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• Trump battles Streep as Cabinet picks prepare for grilling

  09-01-2017 14:30 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and his Cabinet picks are preparing to face public questioning over their business conflicts, their approach to Russia and other issues during a critical week of confirmation hearings and the president-elect’s first news conference in nearly six months.
  Less than two weeks from taking office, Trump plunged Monday into another fight with a high-profile critic, this time in a three-part tweet responding to actress Meryl Streep’s denunciation of him fr
  
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• Airport shooting suspect makes initial court appearance

  09-01-2017 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Iraq war veteran held in the fatal shooting of five people inside Fort Lauderdale’s airport answered questions in a clear voice Monday as he was appointed public defenders and told he could face the death penalty.
  Esteban Santiago, 26, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Valle, who ordered him held until his next hearings.
  Shackled in a red jumpsuit in the heavily guarded federal courtroom, Santiago answered mostly yes or no to questions, and
  
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• Airport shooting suspect due for Florida court appearance

  09-01-2017 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Iraq war veteran accused of fatally shooting five people and wounding six at a crowded Florida airport baggage claim is due for his first court appearance.
  This booking photo provided by the Broward Sheriff’s Office shows suspect Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Broward Sheriff’s Office via AP)Esteban Santiago is scheduled to be in Fort Lauderdale federal court Monday morning. The 26-year-old from Anch
  
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