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• New Mexico governor outlines state budget proposal

  10-01-2017 23:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday, the governor outlined what she would like to see this Legislative session when it comes the state budget.
  The governor says her proposal reduces the size of government while protecting economic gains, education and public safety. The governor’s proposal maintains the cuts made during the recent special session and cuts much more, including $268 million cash balances across state government.
  The proposal also calls for reserves to be replenished by
  
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• Rare lynx that caused stir on social media is found dead

  10-01-2017 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A rare lynx has been found dead in Colorado, days after it caused a stir by calmly walking across a ski run — a moment captured on cellphone videos and repeatedly shared on social media.
  Lynx are normally elusive animals and sightings are uncommon.
  The lynx’s body was emaciated and the animal might have been ill, which could account for its odd behavior, lingering near people at the Purgatory Resort, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Joe Lewandowski said Monda
  
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• Man accused of shooting at neighbors’ homes sentenced for prior incident

  10-01-2017 23:14 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of shooting up his own neighborhood and scaring the heck out of his neighbors has been found guilty of a prior incident.
  Derek Foote was arrested in July 2016 after shooting several homes near Tramway Road and Copper Avenue two nights in a row.
  Among the homes hit was one with a couple and a new baby. The family said they huddled in the bathtub for safety.
  While Foote is still awaiting trial in that case, he was found guilty of a similar inci
  
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• Breaking: NM PED: close La Promesa charter school in ABQ

  10-01-2017 22:54
  
  The New Mexico Public Education Department is recommending closure of La Promesa Early Learning Cent ...
  
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• Hostages ‘fine,’ suspect arrested near University of Alabama

  10-01-2017 22:51 via krqe.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A group of hostages was freed, unharmed, and a man with a gun was arrested Tuesday at a credit union branch near the University of Alabama, police said.
  Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, said the incident ended peacefully when about eight hostages believed to be credit union workers were released after officers entered the building.
  “The hostages are fine,” she said.
  The standoff happened at an Alabama Credit Union branch across the
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Obama family, friends joining for final speech

  10-01-2017 22:50
  
  CHICAGO — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s farewell speech (all times CST): 3:25 p.m. President Barack Obama is taking an array of longtime friends, staffers and relatives along for his last trip as president. Obama boarded Air Force One for the flight to Chicago along with first lady Michelle Obama, daughter Malia and sister […]
  
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• Updated: Fish on a treadmill and other government waste, according to Sen. Jeff Flake

  10-01-2017 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Flake highlights 50 examples of questionable, even frivolous federal spending in the latest edition of his government wastebook. Flake calls the latest volume “Wastebook: PORKemon Go.” All told, the Arizona Republican’s office says it details more than $5 billion in inappropriate spending by federal departments and agencies. “Government boondoggles come in […]
  
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• World Bank forecasting brighter prospects for 2017

  10-01-2017 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON — The World Bank is forecasting the global economy will accelerate slightly in 2017 after turning in the worst performance last year since the 2008 financial crisis. The 189-nation lending agency said Tuesday that the global growth should expand at a 2.7 percent annual rate this year. That is down from the bank’s June […]
  
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• Police: Man suspected in a fatal hit-and-run in Phoenix dies

  10-01-2017 22:38
  
  PHOENIX — Police say a man suspected in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Phoenix has died in an apparent suicide. They say 61-year-old Richard Carrizoza was pronounced dead at a hospital Monday evening after police were called about a drug overdose. Police say Carrizoza disclosed to his family that he had been involved in a […]
  
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• Award winning photographer is featured at Albuquerque gallery

  10-01-2017 21:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bill Tondreau’s unique photos of the Albuquerque landscape has earned him recognition with fans as well as the Sumner & Dene Art Gallery in downtown Albuquerque. His works, along with eight other artists, are featured in a new show titled, “New Year New Work.”
  Tondreau credits his love of the Duke City for the success of his photographs. Not to mention his background in Hollywood with special effects and cinematography.
  Tondreau moved t
  
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• Programming Note: Presidential Transition, Inauguration Coverage

  10-01-2017 20:59 via krqe.com
  
  As President Barack Obama’s time in office winds down and President-Elect Donald Trump prepares for his transition to the White House there are several events to note. Here is list of scheduled events and programming changes.
  President Obama’s Farewell Address – January 10, 2017
  U.S. Presidents have been delivering Farewell Addresses at the end of their terms since George Washington began the tradition in 1796. The address to Americans is used as a way to reflect on the Preside
  
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• IRS to delay tax refunds for millions of low-income families

  10-01-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is delaying tax refunds for more than 40 million low-income families this year as the agency steps up efforts to fight identity theft and fraud.
  The delays will affect families claiming the earned income tax credit and the additional child tax credit. These tax breaks are geared to benefit the working poor, and many families claim both.
  “For most of these people it’s the biggest check they are going to get all year,” IRS Commissioner John Koskine
  
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• Police seek suspect in Albuquerque bank robbery

  10-01-2017 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The FBI and the Albuquerque Police Department are asking the public for help tracking down a bank robber.
  Witnesses say Monday morning, this man held up a teller at gunpoint at the U.S. Bank at Jefferson near Paseo. The suspect is described as a 5’8”, Hispanic male with a heavy build.
  Police say he has a tattoo on his left arm. He was driving a silver sedan.
  Anyone with information is asked to call police. Police seek suspect in Albuquerque bank robbe
  
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• Babysitter accused of sexually abusing 8-year-old girl

  10-01-2017 20:16 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A babysitter is accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl.
  Walter Moran-Lima of Santa Fe was arrested Sunday and charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor, after police say he rubbed himself against the girl. Moran-Lima rents a room from the girl’s parents and sometimes watches her.
  He’s also been charged with DWI because police say he was drunk when they stopped his car to question him about the girl’s allegations.
  Moran-Lima has been r
  
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• US Supreme Court rules in 2011 New Mexico police shooting

  10-01-2017 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court says a New Mexico State Police officer did not violate clearly established law when he shot and killed an armed man without first calling out a warning.
  The nation’s highest court issued its decision Monday in the case of Officer Ray White, who is facing a wrongful death lawsuit over the 2011 shooting of Samuel Pauly at a home in northern New Mexico.
  Maintaining a high bar for filing lawsuits against police under similar circumstances, the
  
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• ‘This man is evil’: Protests plague Sessions AG confirmation hearing

  10-01-2017 19:49 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — The first hearing to fill President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet kicked off Tuesday with Sen. Jeff Sessions.
  The staunchly conservative Alabama senator has been tapped to serve as attorney general, touching off a string of pre-planned protests during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which must approve his nomination.
  Sessions has served for two decades in the upper chamber. Prior to that he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 due to
  
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• Updated: Former Md. State Del. Will Campos pleads guilty to accepting bribes for official favors

  10-01-2017 19:37
  
  Former Maryland State Del. and Prince George’s Councilman William Campos has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for official favors, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. “This undercover investigation did not involve an isolated instance of misconduct,” said Maryland U.S. attorney Rod Rosenstein. “It exposed a long-standing practice of giving away taxpayer money in exchange for […]
  
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• Computer problems delay flights at North Carolina airport

  10-01-2017 19:37
  
  MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Technicians at Raleigh-Durham International Airport are working to fix a computer problem that officials say has led to flight delays from one of its terminals. A statement on the airport’s website says United, American and Delta have announced some of their flights have been canceled because of the problem. The statement also […]
  
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• Air Force Academy cadet, dad to be buried at school cemetery

  10-01-2017 19:36
  
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — An Air Force Academy cadet and his Air Force veteran father who were killed in an airplane collision in Texas will be buried at the school’s cemetery in Colorado. Freshman cadet Timothy Barber and retired Lt. Col. Greg Barber will be buried Thursday after a service at the academy chapel. […]
  
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• Some Arizona lawmakers’ computers may have malware

  10-01-2017 19:22
  
  PHOENIX — Arizona officials say lawmakers don’t appear to have been hacked after some legislators saw message prompts in Russian. State computer experts believe a handful of individual computers used by lawmakers may have been infected with malware, but they did not detect a system-wide breach. The state shut down external access to its human […]
  
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• NYPD captain apologizes after comment about ‘true stranger rapes’

  10-01-2017 19:21
  
  A New York police captain has apologized after suggesting that some rapes are not as serious as others – comments that went viral and sparked outrage from officials and the general public. Capt. Peter Rose, head of NYPD’s 94th Precinct, first made his controversial comments last week to a DNAinfo New York reporter about an […]
  
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• Xi to be first Chinese president to attend Davos forum

  10-01-2017 18:30
  
  GENEVA — China’s President Xi Jinping will attend the World Economic Forum next week, becoming the first Chinese head of state to do so at the annual gathering of business leaders, politicians and cultural icons in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos. As part of an official visit to Switzerland, Xi will attend and open […]
  
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• Gretchen Carlson: Fighting sex harassment is everyone’s job

  10-01-2017 18:30
  
  Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson says fighting sexual harassment is a job for everyone, not just women. The former “Fox and Friends” host settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with the network in September for $20 million and received a public apology. It also led to the downfall of Fox News chief Roger Ailes. Carlson […]
  
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• Updated: How to deal with lots of guests

  10-01-2017 18:27
  
  Washingtonians started getting inundated with texts months ago as family, friends and friends of friends began inquiring about places to crash the weekend of Jan. 20. Whether headed this way for inaugural activities or the Women’s March, many are planning to descend on local guest rooms, sofas and floors – preferably carpeted – next week. […]
  
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• Houston-area man says deputies mistook cat litter for meth

  10-01-2017 18:27
  
  CYPRESS, Texas — A Houston-area man says sheriff’s deputies conducted faulty field tests on cat litter they found in his vehicle, which they determined was methamphetamine. Ross Lebeau was charged with possession of a controlled substance following the Dec. 5 traffic stop, but court documents show the case was dismissed last week because the material […]
  
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• Father: Alabama school used ‘buckle chair’ to punish son

  10-01-2017 18:27
  
  ARAB, Ala. — The father of a special-needs student in Alabama claims his son was punished by being restrained in a chair designed for therapeutic purposes. In a federal lawsuit filed last week, the father says he only learned his son was placed in the Rifton chair after the boy told his doctor he didn’t […]
  
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• Texas company eyes new oil waste facility in New Mexico

  10-01-2017 17:55 via krqe.com
  
  EUNICE, N.M. (AP) – A Texas company is a proposing new oil waste facility in southeastern New Mexico.
  The Hobbs News-Sun reports Lubbock-based CK Disposal wants to build a 317-acre surface waste oil management plant in eastern Lea County.
  The proposed waste management facility is intended for the permanent disposal of exempt and non-exempt/non-hazardous oil field waste. It will include a liquid waste processing area, a possible deep well water injection unit, and a landfill.
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• New Mexico Dems gather to hear Obama speech

  10-01-2017 17:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Around three dozen emotional Democratic activists gathered at an Albuquerque union hall to eat green chile stew and Native American Pueblo bread and watch Obama’s farewell address.
  Some activists could be heard sniffling and be seen wiping tears within minutes into the president’s speech on Tuesday. They clapped when Obama mentioned the need to protect immigrants and fight for economic equality.
  Juan Sanchez III said the speech for very emotional f
  
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• New Mexico Democrats to watch Obama’s ‘farewell’ speech

  10-01-2017 17:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Democratic activists in the country’s most Hispanic state are holding a “watch party” to listen to the nation’s first black president give his final address.
  KRQE News 13 will live stream President Obama’s Farewell Address – Watch it here »
  Advocates in New Mexico are gathering at a union hall in Albuquerque Tuesday night to hear President Barack Obama say goodbye and thank his supporters.
  Obama will deliver the speech
  
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• New Mexico Highlands University has named a new provost

  10-01-2017 17:49 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Highlands University has named a new provost.
  The northern New Mexico school announced this week that Roxanne Gonzales has been selected to become its new provost and vice president for academic affairs.
  Gonzales recently served as executive dean of Venango College at Clarion University in Pennsylvania.
  Clarion University officials say under her leadership, the Venango College faculty and staff grew enrollment in existing credentials in nursing, counseling
  
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• Driver ‘lucky’ to be alive after chunks of overpass fall onto car after semi crash

  10-01-2017 17:46 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (MEDIA GENERAL) — A driver is lucky to be alive after pieces of a damaged overpass fell onto her car and through her windshield in Indianapolis on Tuesday morning.(Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department)It happened around 8:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 465.
  Police told WISH-TV in Indianapolis a semi hauling a car compactor struck the overpass, resulting in the damage.
  Investigators believe the machinery somehow activated itself, causing it to become talle
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Fallen officer’s squad car displayed outside HQ

  10-01-2017 16:43
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — The Latest on the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer (all times local): 9:20 a.m. The patrol car of an Orlando police sergeant fatally shot outside a Wal-Mart store is being displayed in front of Orlando Police headquarters as scores of law enforcement officers spend a second day conducting a manhunt […]
  
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• Updated: Spotify posts ‘President of Playlists’ job made for Obama

  10-01-2017 16:42
  
  NEW YORK — If President Barack Obama is looking for a new job after Jan. 20, Spotify has a position that seems made just for him. The streaming music service has posted a “President of Playlists” position on its career opportunities webpage. Requirements for the position include “at least eight years experience running a highly-regarded […]
  
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• Updated: Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt reach divorce pact

  10-01-2017 16:42
  
  LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement to handle their divorce in a private forum and will work together to reunify their family, the actors announced in a joint statement Monday. Their statement released Monday night to The Associated Press said that they will keep future details of their […]
  
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• Updated: Carrie Fisher’s death certificate confirms heart attack

  10-01-2017 16:42
  
  LOS ANGELES — Carrie Fisher’s death certificate confirms that the actress died of a heart attack, but it says more investigation is needed to try to determine the underlying cause. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued the death certificate in the name of Carrie Frances Fisher. It was obtained Monday by The […]
  
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• GOP anxiety is mounting over health care repeal initiative

  10-01-2017 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican anxiety is mounting over voting to unravel the health care law without having an alternative in hand, fanned by words of encouragement from Donald Trump to a GOP senator who wants to simultaneously repeal and replace the statute.
  GOP leaders have made dismantling President Barack Obama’s treasured health care overhaul their premier 2017 priority. But even as the Republican-run Senate moves toward passing a budget that would make it harder for Democrats to
  
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• FIFA to expand World Cup to 48 teams in 2026

  10-01-2017 15:44 via krqe.com
  
  ZURICH (AP) — FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America.
  President Gianni Infantino’s favored plan — for 16 three-team groups with the top two advancing to a round of 32 — was unanimously approved Tuesday by the FIFA Council.
  It meets Infantino’s election pledge of a bigger World Cup, and should help fund promised raises for FIFA’s 211 member federations.
  With 80 match
  
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• Carrie Fisher’s death certificate confirms heart attack

  10-01-2017 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher’s death certificate confirms that the actress died of a heart attack, but it says more investigation is needed to try to determine the underlying cause.
  The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued the death certificate in the name of Carrie Frances Fisher. It was obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
  Under “cause of death” it says “cardiac arrest/deferred.” The “deferred” designation indicates that
  
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• Local organization offers flamenco classes

  10-01-2017 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s the first authentic flamenco in Albuquerque offering world class dancing, authentic tapas and even lessons for the whole family.
  The National Institute of Flamenco is an organization that offers flamenco classes for kids and adults. The institute has partnered up with Heritage Hotels & Resorts to announce the opening of Tablao Flamenco.
  Director of The National Institute of Flamenco, Eva Encinas-Sandoval, joined KRQE This Morning to
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Bodies of woman, 2 children found on Santa Ana Pueblo

  10-01-2017 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Authorities are investigating after three bodies, an adult woman and two children, were found on the Santa Ana Pueblo. This as the search for Vanessa and Leticia George and their three children, who police believe are in danger, continues. Police also say interviewing 34-year-old Murphy Becenti is a high priority. The estranged boyfriend of Vanessa George already told authorities he last saw the missing sisters and kids on the Santa Ana Pueblo on Thursday. No
  
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• Woman says male flight attendant opens restroom door while in use

  10-01-2017 14:45
  
  An Albuquerque woman said she feels humiliated after what happened to her on an Allegiant flight out of Albuquerque last Thursday.
  
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• Police: Shoplifter used daughter in escape attempt

  10-01-2017 14:42
  
  Albuquerque police say a man used his 7-year-old daughter as a barrier as he tried to escape a shoplifting incident.
  
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• Officers on leave after weekend shooting; robbery suspect killed

  10-01-2017 14:41
  
  Three Albuquerque Police Department officers are on paid leave after a shooting that turned deadly for a serial armed robbery suspect over the weekend.
  
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• Court records: Investigators find more images in child porn case against doctor

  10-01-2017 14:40
  
  The case against a pediatric surgeon accused of child porn has gotten more disturbing.
  
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• Shoes on a Shoestring closing on West Side

  10-01-2017 14:39
  
  There will no longer be a pair of Shoes on a Shoestring stores serving Albuquerque. The local footwear warehouse is closing its West Side location at 9311 Coors NW. Owner Dave Riddle said the exact date is unknown and depends on how long it takes to liquidate the inventory. The closure will leave Shoes on […]
  
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• Man suspected of burglarizing photo studio twice in 2 weeks

  10-01-2017 14:38
  
  Burglary suspect Stanley Hicks was in court Monday facing burglary charges a second time within weeks for breaking into the same Albuquerque business.
  
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• Charter school moves into downtown Albuquerque

  10-01-2017 14:37
  
  The past couple of years have been a gradual turn-around for the once-blighted downtown Albuquerque. The arts, pubs and coffee cafes now line an emerging Central Avenue. Soon, teenagers will be studying at a publicly funded charter school called Siembra Leadership High.
  
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• Democrats to press attorney general pick as hearing opens

  10-01-2017 14:29 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, is set to be questioned by his peers in a high-visibility Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.
  Sessions is likely to stress his conservative legal credentials even as he works to persuade Democrats on the panel that he can be fair and even-handed as the country’s top law enforcement official.
  A two-day hearing will feature testimony from the Alabama Republican on Tuesday,
  
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• In final speech, Obama must reconcile his hopes with Trump’s

  10-01-2017 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Now an elder statesman, Barack Obama is returning to Chicago where he launched his unlikely political career to tell Americans not to lose faith in their future, no matter what they think about their next president.
  KRQE News 13 will live stream President Obama’s Farewell Address. Watch it live here »
  Obama’s final speech as president, before thousands who will gather at McCormick Place, is his last chance to try to define what his presidency meant
  
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• Forceful and tearful, Obama says goodbye in emotional speech

  10-01-2017 14:27 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Conceding disappointments during his presidency yet offering vigorous encouragement for the nation’s future, Barack Obama issued an emotional defense Tuesday night of his vision to Americans facing a moment of anxiety and a dramatic change in leadership.
  Obama’s valedictory speech in his hometown of Chicago was a public meditation on the trials and triumphs, promises kept and promises broken that made up his eight years in the White House. Arguing his faith in Am
  
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