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• Proposed bill would make changes to child sexual abuse lawsuits

  13-01-2017 23:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A state lawmaker doesn’t think there should be a statute of limitations on child sexual abuse lawsuits.
  Under current state law, an alleged victim of sexual abuse must file a lawsuit within three years of the alleged abuse, or by their 24th’s birthday whichever is later.
  State Senator Mary Kay Papen a democrat out of Dona Ana County has introduced a bill that would get rid of that statute of limitations.
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• Rising home prices expected in metro area this year

  13-01-2017 23:32
  
  Houses sold for more money in Central New Mexico in 2016 compared with the year before, but less inventory in some in-demand zip codes and rising prices may be a concern for home buyers going into 2017. There were 12,067 closed sales for the year, or about 8 percent more than in 2015, according to […]
  
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• Historic building in Old Town continues to serve

  13-01-2017 23:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – When it was first constructed in the 1890’s, the Florencio Zamora building on the west side of Albuquerque’s Old Town Plaza began as a butcher shop. Fast forward to 1973 when it became the Aceves Old Town Basket and Rug Shop and you can still find it in that status today.
  Through its many forms as butcher shop, post office and grocery store, it’s always been a landmark that many visitors can identify with when going to Old Town. This also i
  
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• Damaged ABQ restaurant holds fund-raiser

  13-01-2017 23:18
  
  Pasion Latin Fusion Restaurant in downtown Albuquerque is raising money to cover damage to its front window and walls. Owner Elvis Bencomo said in an email that a driver lost control and ran into the restaurant earlier this month. However, the driver’s insurance did not fully cover the damage. The restaurant at 722 Lomas NW […]
  
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• Brain Break: Can you name outgoing President Obama’s Cabinet?

  13-01-2017 22:59 via krqe.com
  
  Can you name the members of President Barack Obama’s cabinet based on the office they serve in?
  Take our Trivia Quiz to see how well you know this administration »
  More Politics and Government news:Proposed bill would make changes to child sexual abuse lawsuits Analysis: Joe Biden falls seven gets up eight Trump says nominees doing a ‘great job’ of expressing their views Legislators make another run at legalizing pot during 60-day session Ryan says GOP, Trump working
  
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• Family history credited for restaurant success

  13-01-2017 22:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For over four decades, Kap’s Coffee Shop and Diner on Central Avenue in Northeast Albuquerque has been sending customers away full and happy. The owner said it’s not only a credit to the food served there, but the family background in the restaurant business here in New Mexico.
  Annamarie Kapnison credits her father, Nick Kapnison, for all the success. Nick Kapnison has had his hand in owning and operating restaurants in Albuquerque dating back to the
  
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• Old Town shop devotes itself to kaleidoscopes

  13-01-2017 22:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Kaleidoscopes have long provided hours of entertainment for almost 200 years. Some might ask where you can find them, one shop in Old Town Albuquerque has answered that question. For the last twenty years, La Casita de Kaleidoscopes has been providing customers with, literally, one of a kind kaleidoscopes of all makes and sizes.
  According to the owner, Pat Asay, the shop started out by featuring kaleidoscopes from 30 artists from across the United States. Ov
  
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• Sandia tech transfer, TVC future still unclear

  13-01-2017 22:37
  
  Technology Venture Corp.’s future remains clouded during the National Nuclear Security Administration’s initial stages of transferring management of Sandia National Laboratories to Honeywell International. Honeywell won a contract in December to take over management of Sandia operations from Lockheed Martin Corp., which has managed the lab since 1993. Lockheed created TVC that same year to […]
  
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• Updated: David Modell, Baltimore Ravens’ 1st president, dies at 55

  13-01-2017 22:26
  
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. — David Modell, the first president of the Baltimore Ravens and the son of former team owner Arthur Modell, died Friday. He was 55. He had cancer for two years, the team said. Modell served as president of the Ravens from their beginning in 1996 until 2004. He was instrumental in the […]
  
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• Police: Woman kidnapped as newborn 18 years ago is alive

  13-01-2017 22:26 via krqe.com
  
  (AP) – Stolen hours after her birth in a Florida hospital 18 years ago, a young woman who came to suspect she didn’t belong with the people who raised her has been found in South Carolina, and police charged the woman she long believed was her mother with kidnapping.
  Thanks to DNA analysis, the young woman now knows her birth name: Kamiyah Mobley.
  Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said Friday at a news conference that she’s is in good health, but understandably overwhelmed.
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• Trump’s business ties prompt a showdown between a tiny ethics office and the GOP

  13-01-2017 22:25
  
  WASHININGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his global business empire has provoked a showdown in Washington over government ethics, pitting a small federal agency tasked with preventing conflicts of interest against the incoming administration and its Republican allies on Capitol Hill. The dispute erupted Friday after a top House Republican demanded to […]
  
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• Justices will weigh limits on worker rights to sue employers

  13-01-2017 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether employers can require workers to sign arbitration agreements that prevent them from pursuing group claims in court. The justices agreed to consider an issue affecting millions of workers who have signed forms waiving rights to bring class-action lawsuits over unpaid overtime, wage disputes and […]
  
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• EPA says it won’t pay damages from mine spill

  13-01-2017 21:28 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency won’t repay claims totaling over $1.2 billion for economic damages from a mine waste spill the agency accidentally triggered in Colorado, saying the law prohibits it.
  The EPA said Friday the claims could be refiled in federal court, or Congress could authorize payments.
  But government attorneys concluded the EPA is barred from paying the claims because of sovereign immunity, which prohibits most lawsuits against the government.
  An off
  
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• Updated: US policy change on Cuban migrants leaves many stranded

  13-01-2017 20:44
  
  PANAMA CITY — It took three months for Gabriel Marin and his wife, Yansiel, to make it from their home in eastern Cuba to this migrant shelter in Panama’s capital. The goal was the United States and now the door that spurred their odyssey has slammed shut. Hundreds of people like Marin were stranded in […]
  
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• AG’s Office sues Espanola school district for records violations

  13-01-2017 20:42
  
  The state Attorney General on Thursday filed a lawsuit in state district court against Española Public Schools, its superintendent and records custodian, alleging they violated the state Inspection of Public Records Act. The lawsuit accuses the parties of failing to respond to requests for records by an agent with the Special Investigations Division of the […]
  
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• Aggies earn academic honors

  13-01-2017 20:32
  
   DENVER – With the fall semester all wrapped up, a host of New Mexico State student-athletes landed on the fall Western Athletic Conference All-Academic team the league announced Thursday evening. In total, 17 Aggie student-athletes spread between volleyball, women’s soccer and men’s and women’s cross country were honored. Women’s soccer had the most for New […]
  
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• Takata agrees to guilty plea, will pay $1B for hiding defect

  13-01-2017 20:29
  
  DETROIT — Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a years-long scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air bag inflators. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit announced the plea deal on Friday, the same day it unsealed […]
  
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• US rig count down 6 this week to 659

  13-01-2017 20:21
  
  HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by six this week to 659. A year ago, 650 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have curtailed exploration, although the rig count has been rebounding in recent months. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that […]
  
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• Man who hurt Albuquerque police officer with stun gun sentenced to six years

  13-01-2017 20:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A crook who used a stun gun on a police officer bought himself a couple extra years in prison by pulling a disappearing act.
  On Friday, George Baca was sentenced for the attack and he got more time than he was expecting.
  After giving Baca a plea deal, the state took it back.
  “So the sentencing agreement for the four year cap is void,” said a prosecutor.
  That’s because Baca vanished months before he could be sentenced.
  He was in court Friday afte
  
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• Man caught assaulting Albuquerque officer with stun gun to be sentenced

  13-01-2017 20:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A crook caught on camera using a stun gun on a blind man and again on a police officer is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
  Back in December 2014, Albuquerque police officer Charles Chavez got on a city bus looking for George Baca after he allegedly used a stun gun on a blind man during a robbery. Baca then took the stun gun and whacked Chavez in the face.
  Baca eventually struck a plea deal in the case, then vanished for months before he could be sentenced.
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• Analysis: Joe Biden falls seven gets up eight

  13-01-2017 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Joe Biden is such an icon in his small state of Delaware that for one of his six campaigns he printed bumper stickers that simply said “Joe.” Nothing more. They didn’t even refer to the Senate. They didn’t need to. He won in a landslide.
  Yet, don’t think Biden has waltzed though life or was born on third base. Hard from it. The outgoing vice president has lived a life filled with unimaginable pain. His first wife and 1-year-old dau
  
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• Federal prosecutors won’t charge deputy who tossed student

  13-01-2017 19:04
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal prosecutors say they will not charge a deputy who was videotaped tossing a South Carolina high school student across a classroom after she refused to give him her cellphone. The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release that Richland County deputy Ben Fields did not intend to violate the Spring […]
  
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• Ex-Mora school chief to stand trial for fake credentials

  13-01-2017 19:04
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. — A former northern New Mexico superintendent who resigned in disgrace over allegations of faking credentials is headed to court for criminal charges. The Las Vegas Optic reports (http://bit.ly/2j8Jddk ) that a San Miguel County Magistrate Judge on Tuesday ruled that sufficient evidence exists to bind Charles Trujillo over to District Court […]
  
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• Cuba is high on this year’s must-see travel lists

  13-01-2017 19:00
  
  It seems like every travel organization in the country is out with its “must visit” list for 2017. What do they say? They’re literally all over the map, but one place gets repeated mentions: Cuba. The U.S. Tour Operators Association singled out the island nation as the hottest destination of 2017, while the website for […]
  
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• Updated: Vilsack leaving USDA early, no Trump replacement named

  13-01-2017 18:51
  
  WASHINGTON — Secretary Tom Vilsack left the Agriculture Department a week before his tenure ends and before President-elect Donald Trump has chosen his replacement. Vilsack, who has led USDA for eight years and was President Barack Obama’s longest-serving Cabinet secretary, told employees in an email that Friday is his final day. The email did not […]
  
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• Businessman will again seek to build casino near Gettysburg

  13-01-2017 18:51
  
  GETTYSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania businessman wants to build a harness racing track and casino near Gettysburg, the site of the 1863 battle that turned the tide of the American Civil War. David LeVan said Thursday he will apply for a harness racing license and a license to operate a casino with slots and table […]
  
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• Medicaid spending burden drops in New Mexico

  13-01-2017 18:40 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico officials say Medicaid health care for the poor and disabled will be less costly than previously expected this fiscal year and next year, easing financial pressures amid a state budget crisis.
  New Mexico Human Services Secretary Brent Earnest told lawmakers Friday that state cost overruns no longer are expected during the current fiscal year. He said state general fund spending on Medicaid is expected to increase by $42 million next year to $956 million &nd
  
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• Santa Fe city leaders vote down anti-Trump message

  13-01-2017 18:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The Santa Fe City Council has voted down a resolution that would have taken a direct shot at President-elect Donald Trump and his policies.
  The New Mexican reports that the resolution states that Trump “espouses beliefs that are contrary to and undermine our community values.” The measure died on a tie vote Wednesday night, even after direct references to the incoming Republican president were removed.
  Mayor Javier Gonzales and Councilors Carmichael Doming
  
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• Paralyzed detective who forgave shooter eulogized as hero

  13-01-2017 18:06 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Steven McDonald, a police officer best known for forgiving a teenage gunman who left him paralyzed in 1986, was remembered at his St. Patrick’s Cathedral funeral on Friday as a hero who never gave in to self-pity and lived a full life despite his disability.
  “We learned the right way to live from him,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told McDonald’s widow, Patti Ann, police officer son and other mourners packed into the Manhattan church. “He was synonymou
  
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• Breaking: Sheriff: hunting party members fired on each other

  13-01-2017 17:22
  
  Authorities say two men — a New Mexico hunting guide and a client who were shot at a West Texas ran ...
  
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• Trump says nominees doing a ‘great job’ of expressing their views

  13-01-2017 16:54 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is shrugging off the contradictions that have emerged this week between his own views and those expressed by his Cabinet nominees at their Senate confirmation hearings.
  Nominees for defense secretary, secretary of state and CIA director are among those who’ve separated themselves from Trump on a series of issues — including relations with Russia, Muslim immigration and torture.
  And Senate Democrats say they find the nominees more palatable than Tr
  
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• Updated: Willie Nelson wants Loretta Lynn to try pot again

  13-01-2017 16:45
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Willie Nelson wants his friend Loretta Lynn, who recently revealed that she tried marijuana for the first time at the age of 84 for her glaucoma but didn’t like it, to give pot a second chance. “She’s got a lot of guts,” Nelson said during a recent interview with The Associated Press […]
  
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• Updated: Surge in targeted killings of al-Qaida operatives in Syria

  13-01-2017 16:44
  
  BEIRUT — The convoy of vehicles was driving on a dirt road in northwestern Syria when the aerial attack by the U.S.-led coalition struck, turning the vehicles into balls of fire and the people inside into unrecognizable charred corpses. Among the eight dead was Khattab al-Qahtani, a senior al-Qaida official from the Persian Gulf region […]
  
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• Updated: Broadway’s biggest stars to sing on Inauguration Day, in NYC

  13-01-2017 16:44
  
  NEW YORK — Some of Broadway’s biggest stars — including Chita Rivera, Kelli O’Hara, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Betty Buckley, Jessie Mueller and Billy Porter — will be spending Inauguration Day at a concert in New York City that raises money for human rights organizations. “Concert for America: Stand Up, Sing Out! ” will be held […]
  
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• Updated: Abe ends Philippine visit with investment, aid pledge

  13-01-2017 16:44
  
  DAVAO, Philippines — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on his way to Australia on Friday after a visit to the Philippines where he pledged $8.7 billion worth of business opportunities and private investments along with equipment to fight terrorism. He left for Sydney from southern Davao city, President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown, where the two […]
  
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• Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid

  13-01-2017 16:44 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station’s solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries Friday during the second spacewalk in a week.
  Commander Shane Kimbrough and French crew member Thomas Pesquet plugged in three new lithium-ion batteries, adding to the three hooked up last week.
  Just like before, the station’s robotic handyman saved the spacewalkers considerable time — and risk — by removing the decade-old nickel-hydrogen batteries
  
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• Obama’s EPA moves to preserve gas mileage requirements

  13-01-2017 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to cement strict fuel economy requirements that force the auto industry to make new cars and trucks significantly more efficient, a decision that will be difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo.
  The EPA said in late November that it had completed a required midterm review of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards put in place in 2012 and decided they should not be relaxed as requested by the auto industry.
  
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• Millennials are falling behind their boomer parents

  13-01-2017 16:01 via krqe.com
  
  SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) — Baby Boomers: your millennial children are worse off than you.
  With a median household income of $40,581, millennials earn 20 percent less than boomers did at the same stage of life, despite being better educated, according to a new analysis of Federal Reserve data by the advocacy group Young Invincibles.
  The analysis being released Friday gives concrete details about a troubling generational divide that helps to explain much of the anxiety that defined th
  
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• US agrees to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water

  13-01-2017 15:42 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion.
  Beginning in March, the cash payouts from the Department of Veterans Affairs may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans stationed at the Marine base for at least 30 days cumulative between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec.
  
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• Playoff history for Packers and Cowboys dates back decades

  13-01-2017 15:40 via krqe.com
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers go way back, as in the 1967 NFL championship game played in such frigid conditions at Lambeau Field that it is known in league annals as the “Ice Bowl.”
  Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant has more recent memories, and they’re painful for reasons other than the cold.
  Two of the league’s marquee franchises share a postseason history that dates back five decades. They have met seven previous times in the playoffs
  
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• Police: Barricaded SWAT suspect arrested, has extensive police record

  13-01-2017 15:23
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department says that an early morning SWAT incident started as property damage callout.
  
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• Albuquerque water meters going high tech

  13-01-2017 15:22
  
  An Albuquerque homeowner says it was dark outside when she stumbled onto a surprising discovery right in front of her northeast area home. It was something she'd never seen before, attached on top of her water utility cover. Curious, Babbitt investigated a little more.
  
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• Parents want La Promesa to remain open

  13-01-2017 15:21
  
  Parents are fighting to keep an Albuquerque charter school open after the Public Education Department recommended the school close its doors.
  
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• Billboards shining light on cold case investigations

  13-01-2017 15:21
  
  Residents in the metro area will start seeing Bernalillo County cold cases featured on billboards around town, and it isn't costing the county a dime.
  
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• Former APD officer’s trial passed to new district attorney

  13-01-2017 15:19
  
  New Bernalillo County District Attorney Raul Torrez on Thursday officially took over the case against a former Albuquerque police officer in the shooting death of a homeless man’s death.
  
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• First suspect in gun shop thefts arrested

  13-01-2017 15:16
  
  Three metro area gun stores were targeted in some pretty destructive burglaries. In one case, thieves backed a truck through the front of the store.
  
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• Three Mexican restaurants vandalized overnight

  13-01-2017 15:15
  
  Showing up to work Thursday morning came as a shock for employees at three well-known Mexican restaurants in Albuquerque. All three of them were vandalized overnight.
  
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• In The Kitchen with Conchita’s Creations

  13-01-2017 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – It incorporates everything from walk-up ordering to take and bake meals and the best part is is that it’s not only tasty it’s healthy too.
  Conchita’s Creations specializes in full services event production which provides gourmet food with original design.
  Owner Kristina Leeder joined KRQE’s This Morning team to whip up a tasty, yet healthy Power Up bowl.
  Conchita’s Creations is available for catering, food truck ser
  
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• Updated: No pocket change: Man delivers 300,000 pennies to DMV

  13-01-2017 15:09
  
  Now, that's a lot of change. A Virginia man used 300,000 pennies to pay sales tax on two cars at…
  
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• Navajo Nation: 5 found dead in New Mexico have Arizona ties

  13-01-2017 15:09
  
  Navajo Nation officials say two sisters and their three young daughters who were found dead in New Mexico were originally from the Arizona community of Red Valley.
  
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