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• Study: New Mexico named worst state to raise a family

  18-01-2017 23:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is once again in the negative spotlight after a recent national study.
  According to WalletHub, the state is the worst to raise a family in.
  New Mexico did poorly when it comes to poverty, unemployment, crime and a high divorce rate. The state also has fewer families with two parent homes.
  The only positive part of the study, New Mexico ranked 18th for what they call “family fun.”
  The best places to raise a family are North Dakota,
  
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• Jackson Wink’s first Fight Night is Feb. 25

  18-01-2017 23:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Joby Sanchez and Jesus Urbina will fight in the main event at Jackson Wink Fight Night, Feb. 25 at Isleta Resort Casino.
  Sanchez is from Albuquerque and will enter the fight with 8 wins and 2 losses. He has experience fighting in three UFC events. His opponent, Urbina, is from El Paso, Texas and has an 8-3 record. Urbina has experience fighting in King of the Cage.
  It’s the first of what organizers hope are many Jackson Wink Fight events. The fight night is
  
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• 3 families suing Española coach, superintendent, school board members

  18-01-2017 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – Three families are suing Española coach Richard Martinez, the superintendent and school board members, claiming retaliation and battery.
  Richard Martinez has made headlines in 2016 after being fired, then rehired amid allegations he was abusive to players. There have also been allegations that Martinez has physically attacked, intimidated and made threats toward those who spoke up.
  Now, three couples have filed suit, saying they and their kids were vic
  
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• Brain Break: U.S President Quiz

  18-01-2017 22:33 via krqe.com
  
  Do you know how many Presidents will the United States have had as of January 20, 2017? Or who was the first President to appear on TV?
  Put your trivia skills to the test and take the U.S. President Quiz Brain Break »
  More Politics and Government news:Records show Trump EPA pick crusading for industry donors New Mexico Senate to archive webcast of committee meetings Councilor: Albuquerque’s ‘wish list’ needs to be shortened Dozens protest the sale of public lands nea
  
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• Updated: Iraq military: Troops have ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul

  18-01-2017 22:30
  
  BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced on Wednesday they were in “full control” of eastern Mosul after routing Islamic State militants from that part of the northern city, three months since the major operation started. The achievement was a “big victory,” said Iraqi Army Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati, who commands the counter-terrorism forces, describing […]
  
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• New: Duke City, Santa Fe rank high in MovieMaker listing

  18-01-2017 22:28
  
    The light shines bright again for the New Mexico film industry. According to the new MovieMaker list, Santa Fe and Albuquerque are some of best places to live and work as a moviemaker. The Duke City comes in three slots down to No. 8 from its 2016 ranking in the big cities category. Meanwhile, […]
  
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• Negotiating a commercial lease

  18-01-2017 22:27
  
  Leasing commercial space is a fact of life for many business owners. The expense of commercial leasing is considerable, but cost is not the only factor to consider when leasing a commercial space. The following are a few tips for business owners when negotiating their commercial space lease. Enlist some professional help While seasoned business […]
  
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• Oklahoma football player arrested on Texas robbery charge

  18-01-2017 22:23
  
  WACO, Texas — Police say an Oklahoma football player has turned himself in after authorities issued an arrest warrant for aggravated robbery in his Texas hometown of Waco. Waco police Sgt. Patrick Swanton says 19-year-old Parrish Cobb was arrested Tuesday night. He was being held Wednesday at the McLennan County jail on three counts of […]
  
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• Cannon Air Force Base retires military helicopter

  18-01-2017 22:20
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. — A military helicopter with three decades of combat experience is coming to rest in eastern New Mexico. The Eastern New Mexico News reports (http://bit.ly/2j9wk1X ) that MH-53 Pave Low on Tuesday was welcomed to Cannon Air Force Base as its final resting place. MH-53 was commissioned in 1979 after the military state […]
  
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• Committee decisively approves Mattis for defense secretary

  18-01-2017 21:35 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Armed Services Committee voted decisively Wednesday to approve Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, clearing the way for retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to be confirmed shortly after the president-elect is sworn in.
  On a vote of 26-1, the Republican-led panel agreed that Mattis’ nomination should be sent directly to the full Senate for consideration instead of first being referred to the committee. Although Trump selected Mattis last month, h
  
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• Who’s attending (and avoiding) Trump’s inauguration

  18-01-2017 21:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Donald J. Trump will become America’s 45th president on Friday as the clock strikes noon.
  The president-elect will be joined by family, friends, and current and former presidents as he places his hand on a Bible and swears to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.”
  Certain members of the Supreme Court and incoming cabinet will join the semicircle of influential people witnessing Trump’s oath of office, wh
  
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• For third-straight time, Earth sets hottest year record

  18-01-2017 20:34 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, government scientists said Wednesday. They mostly blame man-made global warming with help from a natural El Nino, which has since disappeared.
  Measuring global temperatures in slightly different ways, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that last year passed 2015 as the hottest year on record.
  NOAA calculated that the average 2016 global temperature was 58.69 degrees (14.84 degre
  
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• USDA announces stricter animal welfare rules for eggs, meat

  18-01-2017 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Organic meat and egg producers will have to abide by stricter animal welfare standards under a new rule announced Wednesday by the Agriculture Department.
  The rule is a victory for animal rights groups two days before President Barack Obama leaves office. The regulations will ensure that organically grown livestock have enough space to lie down, turn around, stand up and fully stretch their limbs. Poultry will have enough room to move freely and spread their wings. Beaks
  
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• Obama holds final press conference at White House

  18-01-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to defend his decision to shorten the sentence of convicted leaker Chelsea Manning when he holds his final news conference on Wednesday, two days before his second term ends.
  Watch President Obama’s News Conference here »
  Manning was among 273 people granted clemency Tuesday by Obama.
  The former Army intelligence analyst asked Obama last November to commute her 35-year sentence for giving classified government and milita
  
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• Obama defends decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s sentence

  18-01-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama firmly defended his decision to cut nearly three decades off convicted leaker Chelsea Manning’s prison term Wednesday, arguing in his final White House news conference that the former Army intelligence analyst had served a “tough prison sentence” already.
  Taking questions on many topics two days before his presidency ends, Obama also warned that the “moment may be passing” for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palesti
  
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• Two new committee chairs on tap for Senate

  18-01-2017 20:03
  
  SANTA FE — The New Mexico Senate signed off on changes to its committee makeup today, which include two new committee chairs. Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, is the new chairman of the Senate Conservation Committee, a post previously held by new Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe. Legislators holding leadership positions are generally […]
  
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• Man to be sentenced for role in Albuquerque teen’s murder

  18-01-2017 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the teens behind the murder Jaydon Chavez-Silver will be sentenced next month.
  Nicholas Gonzales took a plea deal in exchange for pointing the finger at two other suspects in the murder, Asias Madrid and Dominic Conyers.
  Chavez-Silver was shot and killed during a drive-by at a party in the Northeast Heights in 2015.
  Gonzales appeared in court Wednesday for possible early sentencing, but the judge agreed to put that off until February in part to give Chavez
  
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• Slain girl’s father sues Navajos over lack of alert system

  18-01-2017 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) – The father of an 11-year-old Navajo girl who was abducted and left to die on the Navajo Nation is suing the tribe for failing to have an emergency notification system that he claims would have saved his daughter’s life.
  The Farmington Daily Times reports that Ashlynne Mike’s father, Gary Mike, has filed a civil complaint against the tribe. He’s demanding a jury trial.
  Ashlynne was found dead May 3, the day after she was abducted near her school bus s
  
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• Updated: Finally, an explanation of strange African 'fairy circles'?

  18-01-2017 19:47
  
  The forces behind the mysterious "fairy circles" that dot a desert in southern Africa do not appear to be supernatural,…
  
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• Updated: Malaysia says OIC will push Myanmar to halt Rohingya crisis

  18-01-2017 19:27
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is expected to call for a halt to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority and for the safe return of refugees. Malaysia, which has urged Myanmar to stop what it calls a policy of genocide toward Rohingya, is hosting a […]
  
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• Updated: AP Explains: The African leader who refuses to leave

  18-01-2017 19:27
  
  JOHANNESBURG — The tiny nation of Gambia has West Africa on the brink of a military intervention, and thousands, including cabinet ministers, are fleeing the country. Longtime President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down after losing elections and has declared a state of emergency. On Thursday, President-elect Adama Barrow intends to go through with […]
  
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• China judge sees notion of independent courts as ‘erroneous’

  18-01-2017 19:27
  
  BEIJING — China’s top judge dismissed the concept of judicial independence as an “erroneous Western ideal” in remarks that seemed to emphasize the Communist Party’s ultimate control over all areas of public life. Zhou Qiang, the head of the Supreme People’s Court, has at times been seen as a reformer keen on limiting the influence […]
  
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• Price says affordability, access key to health care reform

  18-01-2017 18:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday that access and affordability were his goals for health care reform, and he offered assurances that the new administration is not planning to launch a Medicare overhaul.
  Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at the start of a confirmation process that at times turned contentious.
  He said the health care system is losing focus on patients, its fi
  
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• Updated: AP-NORC Poll: Americans of all stripes say fix health care

  18-01-2017 18:24
  
  WASHINGTON — Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. But when it comes to “Obamacare,” she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump. This makes her chuckle amid the serious choices she faces every month between groceries, electricity and paying a health insurance bill that […]
  
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• Former after-school assistant gets prison term in sex case

  18-01-2017 18:24
  
  PHOENIX — A former after-school care assistant in Phoenix has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say Judge John Rea (ray) on Wednesday also sentenced Lawrence Joseph Amaral to lifetime probation. Amaral pleaded guilty last June. He […]
  
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• Updated: When it comes to inaugural crowds, does size matter?

  18-01-2017 18:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says his inauguration will have “an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout.” Organizers of a protest the next day call it the biggest demonstration in history to welcome a new president. Exactly how many people actually show up for both events will likely never be known. Counting the number of people at major […]
  
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• Updated: For third-straight time, Earth sets hottest year record

  18-01-2017 18:23
  
  WASHINGTON — Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, government scientists said Wednesday. They mostly blame man-made global warming with help from a natural El Nino, which has since disappeared. Measuring global temperatures in slightly different ways, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that last year passed 2015 as […]
  
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• Teen killed in stolen vehicle crash, suspects sought

  18-01-2017 18:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s car theft problem has turned deadly, this time claiming the life of a 16-year-old girl.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the 12000 block of Turquoise TL NE around 6:30 Wednesday morning. Police say that the van was stolen when someone left it warming up.
  APD says officers were able to find the stolen vehicle but when they tried to stop it, the driver refused to stop. Police s
  
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• Albuquerque teen killed in stolen vehicle crash, suspects sought

  18-01-2017 18:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are still looking for two thieves who stole a van and slammed into a car while trying to dodge police.
  Witnesses say a mom and her two kids were in that car. One of them, a teen, was killed.
  Witnesses in the area Wednesday morning say the family was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The crash brought them to tears, saying it could have easily been them and their kids.
  A video of the scene near Chelwood Park and Copper shows how badly the fami
  
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• Authorities: Southeastern New Mexico sheriff killed in crash

  18-01-2017 18:19
  
  HOBBS, N.M. — Authorities say a southeastern New Mexico sheriff has died in a crash. The Lea County Sheriff’s Office said Sheriff Steve Ackerman died Tuesday as a result of injuries he sustained in the crash. There were no passengers the vehicle. The office says New Mexico State Police is handling the investigation. No other […]
  
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• Cold, blustery storms to dominate New Mexico weather

  18-01-2017 17:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Several storm systems are expected to blow across New Mexico starting Thursday and continuing into the weekend, producing strong winds, colder temperatures, rain in lower elevations and significant snowfall in high country.
  The National Weather Service says the state will be under an unsettled weather pattern into at least early next week.
  Forecasters say high temperatures will fall Friday and Saturday, starting the weekend with temperatures 5 to 15 degrees below a
  
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• Lea County Sheriff killed in crash

  18-01-2017 16:43 via krqe.com
  
  LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lea County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of Sheriff Steve Ackerman.
  Officials say Ackerman was killed in a crash Tuesday night.
  State Police are investigating so details about the crash are limited at this time.
  KRQE News 13 will provide more information as it becomes available. 
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• Crash that killed Lea County Sheriff under investigation

  18-01-2017 16:43 via krqe.com
  
  LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lea County Sheriff was killed overnight in a crash.
  Sheriff Steve Ackerman was on his way to Santa Fe Tuesday night when his vehicle rolled. It happened east of Encino on Highway 285 at about 7:30 p.m.
  The Torrance County Sheriff says that they are still investigating what caused Ackerman to lose control.
  Ackerman was the only one in the vehicle. Ackerman has been Sheriff of Lea County, which is near Hobbs, for two and a half years. He, like many sheriffs, was
  
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• Updated: US industrial output rose in December; best pace in 2 years

  18-01-2017 16:37
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. industrial production increased in December at the strongest pace in two years, as auto factories cranked out more vehicles and power plants helped heat homes and businesses. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that output at America’s factories, mines and utilities rose 0.8 percent last month, the largest percentage gain since November 2014. […]
  
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• Updated: US homebuilder confidence, sales outlook slip in January

  18-01-2017 16:36
  
  U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less confident this month about their sales prospects, a pullback from December when builders’ confidence reached the highest level in 11 years. The decline in builder confidence comes amid heightened concerns about how rising mortgage rates could affect sales this year. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment […]
  
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• Updated: US consumer prices up moderate 0.3 percent in December

  18-01-2017 16:36
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices, driven up by rising energy costs, rose moderately in December, closing out a year in which consumer inflation rose at the fastest pace in five years. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its consumer price index increased 0.3 percent last month, up from a 0.2 percent gain in November. Energy […]
  
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• Updated: Russia, Turkish in joint airstrikes on IS in northern Syria

  18-01-2017 16:35
  
  MOSCOW — The Russian military says it has teamed up with Turkey to conduct joint airstrikes against an Islamic State group’s stronghold in northern Syria. Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the military’s General Staff said nine Russian warplanes and eight Turkish jets have taken part in the strikes on the outskirts of al-Bab in the […]
  
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• Updated: Jerry Seinfeld series, specials coming to Netflix under deal

  18-01-2017 16:35
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jerry Seinfeld and Netflix have announced a deal that will bring the star’s interview show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” to the streaming service later this year. Netflix says new episodes of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” will premiere in late 2017 and previous episodes will also be made available. The show […]
  
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• Police activity closes section of Lomas, Central

  18-01-2017 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A portion of Lomas and a portion of Central have been shut down due to police activity.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, Lomas from Rancho Seco to 16th Street has been closed in both directions. Central is closed in both directions from Rancho Seco to Laguna.
  Details about what police are responding to have not been released.
  KRQE News 13 will provide more updates on the situation when they become available.
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• Lomas, Central reopen after bomb threat at Manzano Day School

  18-01-2017 16:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A portion of Lomas and Central were shut down after a reported bomb threat at Manzano Day School.
  The Albuquerque Police Department says that the threat was received via email around 7:30 Wednesday morning. As a precaution, the school was evacuated and the surrounding streets were closed.
  Police say that officers and the APD Bomb Squad did not locate any threats and cleared the school.
  Investigators are now working to determine who sent the email.
  Staff and stude
  
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• More clemency coming after Obama shortens Manning’s sentence

  18-01-2017 15:27 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Embracing his clemency powers like never before, President Barack Obama is planning more commutations in his final days in office after a dramatic move to cut short convicted leaker Chelsea Manning’s sentence.
  Obama became the president to have granted more commutations than any other when he announced Tuesday that Manning will be freed in May, almost 30 years ahead of schedule. Manning, the transgender Army intelligence officer who leaked more than 700,000 U.S. doc
  
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• Prosecutor: Orlando gunman’s widow knew about the attack

  18-01-2017 15:24 via krqe.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time and then hindered the criminal investigation when she lied to FBI agents after the shooting, prosecutors said during a brief court appearance a day after her arrest in California.
  Visibly nervous and bewildered, Noor Salman quietly acknowledged Tuesday that she understood the two felony charges alleging she assisted her husband and obstructed justice. She could face life in prison if convic
  
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• Bernalillo Commissioner: New charter could help address problem properties faster

  18-01-2017 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — County commissioners will soon begin creating rules under its new charter. They say this county constitution will help them address your concerns, quicker.
  Many South Valley residents likely remember what used to occupy an empty lot on the 2100 block of Metzgar Road. It was a nuisance property destroyed in 2012, but it wasn’t easy to demolish. It took a year and a court order before the county could put a bulldozer to the task.
  “It’s more c
  
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• Getting creative with Coffee and Canvas

  18-01-2017 15:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It’s a place to pull out your creative side with a date, friend, children or even co-workers all while enjoying local coffee and treats.
  Coffee and Canvas, the first ever sip and paint art studio, offers classes for all ages.
  Owner, Terry DeWitt, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the classes. Watch above.
  The art studio offers a range of classes suitable for any age or anyone.
  The Power Classes offer a judgement free space for those of all levels o
  
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• Become a superhero by adopting a sidekick

  18-01-2017 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local organizations are coming together to help the community become actual real life super heroes.
  The Albuquerque Welfare Department is teaming up with the Comic Crusaders 4 NM for the “Be a Superhero, Adopt A Sidekick” adoption event.
  Animal Welfare Department Director, Paul Caster, and Comic Crusaders 4 NM Manager, Michelle Watkins, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the event. Watch above.
  The event will take place at all
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Councilors need to find other ways to fund Albuquerque’s ‘wish list’

  18-01-2017 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Lawmakers are getting back to work at the Roundhouse and over the next two months, they’ll be deciding which local governments get money for projects. Among the items on the city of Albuquerque’s so-called “wish list” which has nearly three dozen capital projects. The projects include constructing a more inviting pleasant underpass at Central Avenue under the tracks, phase two of the regional sportsplex and building a new fire station.
  
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• Man charged with stealing generators, police say

  18-01-2017 15:01
  
  Albuquerque police are looking into a case that could have played out of a “Breaking Bad” episode.
  
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• Navajo Nation, feds reach deal with company in uranium mine cleanup

  18-01-2017 15:00
  
  A big danger on the Navajo Nation is going to get cleaned up. The Navajo Nation, along with the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, has reached a deal with mining company Freeport-McMoRan to clean up 94 abandoned uranium mines.
  
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• No quick process to deal with dilapidated buildings, city says

  18-01-2017 14:59
  
  Many people see them all over Albuquerque: dilapidated homes and businesses creating eyesores, even public safety concerns. That's the situation on Dolores Drive where a home has been sitting vacant for years.
  
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• Records show Trump EPA pick crusading for industry donors

  18-01-2017 14:54 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency first took office as Oklahoma’s attorney general, he disbanded the unit responsible for protecting the state’s natural resources.
  Instead, Scott Pruitt reassigned his staff to focus on filing lawsuits against the federal agency he’s now selected to lead.
  Records also show that Pruitt, a Republican who faces a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, failed to
  
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