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• Trilumina partners with semiconductor company ADI

  20-01-2017 23:46
  
  Albuquerque-based Trilumina Corp.’s laser-chip technology is driving a little faster into automotive markets through a new partnership with Analog Devices Inc., a global semiconductor company with firm ties to the auto industry. The two companies will combine Trilumina’s advanced laser chips — which can enable powerful 3-D sensing capabilities for things like autonomous vehicles — […]
  
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• Donald Trump’s inaugural speech may be his most religious yet

  20-01-2017 23:46
  
  President Donald Trump’s inaugural address was infused with religious language, reflecting a rhetorical shift from the nation’s new leader. His previous speeches have not usually referred to the Bible or God. Trump’s most explicitly religious mention came in the middle of the speech when he made a Bible reference to Psalm 133. “The Bible tells […]
  
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• ‘The Hobbit’ book returned after 38-year unexpected journey

  20-01-2017 23:44 via krqe.com
  
  ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A hardbound edition of “The Hobbit” is back on the shelves at a New York library nearly 40 years after it was checked out by a reader who traveled the world as a Marine.
  Bob James tells WSTM-TV in Syracuse that he checked out the J.R.R. Tolkien book from the Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca before enlisting in the Marines in 1979.
  The book became so popular with his fellow Marines that there was a waiting list. James believes the book was passed
  
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• On his first day, Trump begins to set up his administration

  20-01-2017 23:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump quickly assumed the mantle of the White House and began setting up his new administration on Friday, signing a bill that allows retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his other Cabinet choices.
  Less than an hour after delivering a stinging rebuke of the political status quo in his inaugural address, Trump sat in an ornate room steps from the Senate floor to officially assemble his core team.
  
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• On first day, Trump signs health care executive order

  20-01-2017 23:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump quickly assumed the mantle of the White House on Friday, making his first executive order one aimed at his predecessor’s signature health care law and swearing-in members of his national security team to his Cabinet.
  Hours after delivering a stinging rebuke of the political status quo in his inaugural address, Trump sat at the president’s formal desk in the Oval Office as he signed the order that White House chief of staff Reince Priebus
  
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• KRQE Cares donations provide new shoes to nearly 500 students

  20-01-2017 23:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Students in need got some new shoes Friday thanks to your donations.
  Nearly 500 students from Washington Middle School were taken to the Payless Shoe Store on Coors Boulevard near Interstate 40 to pick out a pair of brand new shoes. It’s all part of the KRQE Cares Shoe Drive put on by the Assistance League of Albuquerque, Payless and KRQE News 13.
  KRQE News 13’s Jessica Garate, Kristen Currie, Adam Atchison, Carmelina Hart and Chad Brummet were t
  
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• Updated: Las Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slaying

  20-01-2017 23:31
  
  LAS VEGAS — A 17-year-old suspected of shooting and killing a Missouri State University football player during a fight involving their sisters in Las Vegas has been charged as an adult with murder. Richard Allan Newsome Jr. stood in shackles and wasn’t asked during a brief court hearing Friday to enter a plea in the […]
  
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• Court: Indian lending companies subject to federal probe

  20-01-2017 23:31
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court says lending companies operated by Native American tribes are subject to investigation by a government regulator. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Friday rejected a claim by three tribes that their lending companies were protected by tribal sovereignty from investigation by the Consumer […]
  
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• Firefighters battle overnight Albuquerque house fire

  20-01-2017 23:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A house fire happened overnight in the Foothills off Soula Street, and neighbors say it was intense.
  “I heard what sounded like a big bang. Thought it might be a car accident. Then I walked up the street, his house completely in flames,” said Scott Milder, neighbor.
  Firefighters had a tough time fighting it. They had to bring in a ladder truck and fight it from a defensive position. Firefighters say no one was inside at the time.
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• Ailing George H.W. Bush, wife, showing improvement

  20-01-2017 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Doctors removed former President George H.W. Bush’s breathing tube on Friday and he was breathing well on his own at a Houston hospital, his spokesman said.
  The tube was inserted Wednesday while the 92-year-old former president was being treated for pneumonia. Bush remains in intensive care at Houston Methodist Hospital but is comfortable, family spokesman Jim McGrath said.
  “He was extubated this morning, and is breathing well on his own with minimal supplemental
  
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• Twain children’s story, recently discovered, coming in fall

  20-01-2017 21:44
  
  NEW YORK — More than a century after his death, Mark Twain’s publishing life continues. Doubleday Books for Young Readers announced Friday that it has acquired a fairy tale only recently discovered. The book is called “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine” and is scheduled for Sept. 26. The work is based on 16 pages of […]
  
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• After Trump pledges ‘America First,’ the world responds with protests and dismay

  20-01-2017 21:44
  
  LONDON — If the credo of the new U.S. president is “America First,” as Donald Trump emphatically declared Friday in his strikingly nationalistic inaugural address, then where does that leave the rest of the world? That’s what people around the globe – from Asia to the Middle East to Latin America – were left to […]
  
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• The Latest: Jammeh agrees to cede power: Senegalese official

  20-01-2017 21:43
  
  BANJUL, Gambia — The Latest on Gambia’s political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to leave office (all times local): ___ 7:55 p.m. A Senegalese government official confirms that defeated Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has agreed to cede power to the country’s newly inaugurated leader, Adama Barrow. The official says final arrangements are […]
  
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• Updated: Trump signs first bill and actions as president

  20-01-2017 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday quickly claimed the mantle of the White House, signing legislation allowing retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his Cabinet choices. Less than an hour after wrapping up his inaugural address, Trump sat in an ornate room steps […]
  
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• How much normalizing does an abnormal president deserve?

  20-01-2017 21:41
  
  Michiko Kakutani, chief book critic of the New York Times and evidently no fan of Donald Trump, had tweeted images of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream” and gloomy quotes from Leonard Cohen. Meanwhile, over at Fox News, Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin, in high spirits on the set, had agreed, with broad smiles, about the “giddy” […]
  
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• Police: Suspect in crash that killed Albuquerque teen arrested

  20-01-2017 21:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say she admitted to driving the stolen van that crashed into a family’s car, killing a 14-year-old girl on her way to school — and that suspect is no stranger to the law.
  Officers walked Elexus Groves out of Albuquerque Police Department Headquarters Friday afternoon, and she wasn’t in the mood to talk about the crash that killed Shaylee Boling.
  Police say she and an unidentified man were in a stolen van when it sped through a stop sign a
  
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• Police: Suspect confessed to crash that killed teen

  20-01-2017 21:24 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New details have been released on how police tracked down the woman they say admitted to crashing a stolen van into a family’s car, killing an innocent girl.
  Albuquerque Police Department officers walked Elexus Groves out of APD Headquarters Friday afternoon, but she didn’t want to talk about the crash that killed 14-year-old Shaylee Boling.
  Police say she and an unidentified man were in a stolen van when it sped through a stop sign and plow
  
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• Smashed windows, chaotic confrontation near inauguration

  20-01-2017 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have used pepper spray and made a number of arrests in a confrontation with protesters in downtown Washington, D.C.
  At one point, police gave chase to a group of about 100 protesters who smashed windows of downtown businesses including a Starbucks, Bank of America and McDonald’s as they denounced capitalism and Donald Trump.
  Police in riot gear used pepper spray from large canisters and eventually cordoned off the protesters.
  They say the demonstrators damage
  
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• Confrontation near parade route escalates, pepper spray used

  20-01-2017 20:37 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Trump’s inaugural parade route. Scores were arrested for trashing property and attacking officers.
  Several spirited demonstrations unfolded peacefully at various security checkpoints near the Capitol as police helped ticket-holders get through to the inaugural ceremony. Signs read, “
  
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• Transcript: Donald Trump’s presidential inaugural address

  20-01-2017 20:30 via krqe.com
  
  A transcript of Donald Trump’s inaugural address, delivered Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after his swearing-in as the 45th president of the United States.
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  Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: Thank you.
  We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.
  Together we will determine the course of America a
  
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• Taking his exit, Obama says presidency proved hope wins out

  20-01-2017 20:25 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama exited the presidency on Friday with a message of gratitude to Americans and a plea to his supporters not to be bowed by the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
  “You proved the power of hope,” Obama said before departing Washington as a newly minted ex-president.
  In a farewell speech at Andrews Air Force Base before boarding the presidential plane for the last time, Obama said he’d been met by skepticism and doubt throug
  
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• Former APS kindergarten teacher sentenced on child pornography charges

  20-01-2017 19:46
  
  A former APS kindergarten teacher who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 6 1/2 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release.
  
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• Moments after taking the oath, Trump transforms White House website

  20-01-2017 19:42
  
  Just moments after President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, the official White House website was transformed into a set of policy pledges that offered the broad contours of the Trump administration’s top priorities — a list that included fierce support for law enforcement bordering on vigilantism, an immediate elimination of the White […]
  
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• Breaking: UNM HSC reviewing top staffer’s shouting match

  20-01-2017 19:35
  
  The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center issued a new statement Friday regarding the invo ...
  
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• School Choice Week to kick off across nation

  20-01-2017 19:30
  
  Next week, parents have a chance to learn about some of the choices for their children's education. It's "National School Choice Week," and supporters will hold thousands of events across the nation and nearly 200 in New Mexico.
  
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• Searchers find 2 of 4 dogs missing after fatal I-25 crash

  20-01-2017 19:28
  
  PUEBLO, Colo. — Two of four dogs who ran away after a fatal crash on Interstate 25 have been found. The Pueblo Chieftain reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/2jgEtBH ) that Sandy, a 67-pound chocolate Labrador/pit bull mix was found near where the accident took place outside Colorado City. The Colorado State Patrol says 59-year-old Charles Roberts of […]
  
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• Donald Trump still can’t escape Hillary Clinton

  20-01-2017 19:28
  
  As Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, a shadow loomed over his inauguration. Was it his multitudinous conflicts of interest and almost certain violation of the Emoluments Clause? Well, yes, but there’s another shadow: Hillary Clinton. Clinton may not have been the right person to beat Trump in November, but since then, she’s […]
  
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• Malia Obama is set to intern for Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein

  20-01-2017 19:27
  
  Malia Obama’s gap year is truly taking shape. Starting next month, the 18-year-old daughter of former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, who graduated from Sidwell Friends last May but won’t attend Harvard University until fall, will intern for Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein in the super-producer’s New York office. After the inauguration activities January 20, […]
  
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• Albuquerque police searching for missing man

  20-01-2017 19:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing Albuquerque man.
  Albuquerque police are trying to find 49-year-old John Crespo.
  Police say Crespo may be suffering from depression due to illness in the family.
  He is was driving a silver 2014 Chevrolet Spark with New Mexico license plate 882-SFW. Police say the vehicle has damage to the front left side and numerous stickers on the rear and side windows.
  Crespo was last seen wearing dress clothes.
  
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• Animal treatment questions cancel ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ premiere

  20-01-2017 18:08 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — This weekend’s premiere of “A Dog’s Purpose” has been canceled following the release of a video that appears to show a frightened dog being forced into churning water during production of the film.
  TMZ published video Wednesday that shows a man struggling to put a dog into a pool of rushing water while the dog fights to stay out.
  Producer Amblin Entertainment and distributor Universal Pictures haven’t disputed the authenticity of the footage
  
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• 1 student hurt, another in custody in Ohio school shooting

  20-01-2017 17:48 via krqe.com
  
  WEST LIBERTY, Ohio (AP) — A male student who was shot and wounded at an Ohio school was hospitalized Friday, and another student suspected in the shooting was in custody, officials said.
  West Liberty-Salem Local School District Superintendent Kraig Hissong said the shooting occurred just as classes were getting underway at the school complex roughly 45 miles northwest of Columbus.
  Authorities haven’t released information about the shooter. The shooting victim was taken to a Columbus
  
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• US airstrike said to kill 100-plus al-Qaida in Syria

  20-01-2017 17:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. warplanes bombed an al-Qaida training camp in Syria, killing more than 100 militants, marking the second major U.S. counterterrorism strike in the final hours of Barack Obama’s presidency, a defense official said Friday.
  The Syria strike was carried out by one B-52 bomber and an undisclosed number of U.S. aerial drones, the official said. The official, who was not authorized to publicly announce the operation and so spoke on condition of anonymity, said it happ
  
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• Violent protests, free marijuana usher in Trump inaugural

  20-01-2017 17:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – President Donald J. Trump’s highly orchestrated inauguration took place at the U.S. Capitol well away from the widespread protests throughout the District of Columbia.
  The main show of opposition will take place Saturday at the Women’s March on Washington, which has attracted hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of protesters.
  Organizers hope to keep the demonstrations peaceful, but protests ahead of Friday morning’s inauguration sh
  
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• Washington businesses embrace diversity and tolerance for inaugural weekend

  20-01-2017 17:37
  
  As hundreds of thousands descend upon Washington this weekend to celebrate – or protest – Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, the Washington service industry is trying to send a message of tolerance and inclusion. In all, 124 bars, restaurants, cafes and salons – from celebrity chef José Andrés’s restaurant group to neighborhood joints – have pledged […]
  
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• @POTUS Twitter account shifts to Trump

  20-01-2017 17:37
  
  At about 9 a.m. on the day that President Obama prepared to become a former president, the official @POTUS Twitter account was still tweeting on his behalf. But @POTUS belongs to whoever is President of the United States. And as President Trump takes office, that means Trump gets @POTUS, along with its 13.7 million followers. […]
  
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• Tucson police on watch for trafficking ahead of gem show

  20-01-2017 17:35
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson authorities are hoping to track down human traffickers that may be attracted to the thousands of tourists headed to southern Arizona for the annual gem show. KOLD-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2kaP7Or ) that on Friday the Tucson Police Department is partnering with local, state and national experts to develop a plan to address […]
  
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• Mesa residents remember teacher shot, killed in backyard

  20-01-2017 17:35
  
  MESA, Ariz. — More than 400 people recently gathered in Mesa to remember a math teacher who was shot and killed in his backyard. A vigil was held at Mesa High School on Thursday night to remember Ryne Zahner, who was shot and killed while sitting in his Tempe backyard on Sunday. During the somber […]
  
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• Donald Trump and Paul Ryan’s on-and-off-again relationship is on again

  20-01-2017 17:26
  
  The breakup is a distant memory; love is in the air. At a luncheon with Republican Party leaders at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump proclaimed his affection for House Speaker Paul Ryan thusly: “I’m starting to really, really love Paul.” “We are doing very,” he continued. “I just want to let […]
  
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• Navajo leaders consider switching name to Dine Nation

  20-01-2017 16:49 via krqe.com
  
  GALLUP, N.M. (AP) – Navajo Nation leaders are considering changing the name of the tribal government from Navajo to Dine.
  The Gallup Independent reported Thursday that legislation proposing the official name change went before the Navajo Nation Council’s Budget and Finance Committee and was unanimously supported.
  The legislation would change the name of the Navajo Nation to Dine Nation and would have the president and all departments, divisions, agencies and entities of the tribe use
  
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• Traffic on the rise at Albuquerque international airport

  20-01-2017 16:36
  
  Traffic is up at New Mexico's largest airport.
  
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• Social Hub: Trump Inauguration Day

  20-01-2017 16:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – “It all begins today!”
  Trump kicked off the day with a tweet. Friday, President-Elect Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States. Throughout the day people voiced their reactions on Twitter to the ceremony.even though the future seems bleak, i'm feeling very positive and happy today. we shall overcome ️‍☮️ #Inauguration
  — ascha (@aschalee) January 20, 2017Today we are not republican or dem
  
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• Photos: Donald Trump’s Inauguration

  20-01-2017 15:40 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (KRQE) – Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. Photos: Donald Trump’s Inauguration President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive at a pre-Inaugural "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)President-elect Donald Trump, right, salutes as he arrives with his wife Melania Trump to the "Make America Great Aga
  
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• Rotting radishes stinking up Pennsylvania town

  20-01-2017 15:25
  
  A television station has found the reason one central Pennsylvania town stinks: a field of decaying radishes. WNEP-TV (http://bit.ly/2jGF7LV )…
  
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• City convenience center accepts old electronic devices

  20-01-2017 15:12
  
  Old and small electronics fill the West Mesa area. There's also a busted television set. As people start to replace their old electronics with new ones, the city says there's a good way to go about it and a bad way.
  
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• ART slowing traffic at Rio Grande, Central

  20-01-2017 15:10
  
  Southbound Rio Grande between I-40 and Central is down to one lane and causing many commuters a huge headache.
  
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• Fallen Lea County sheriff remembered, honored

  20-01-2017 15:09
  
  Lea County Sheriff Steve Ackerman came home for the last time Thursday. Ackerman died in a car crash Tuesday traveling east of Encino on Highway 285 at about 7:30 p.m.
  
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• Real-life pirates terrorize New Mexico man

  20-01-2017 15:04
  
  Merchant marine captain Mike Brown spends his summers in Las Vegas, New Mexico and his winters on his sailboat. On Thursday, he described why he thought he might be a goner when he encountered real-life pirates.
  
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• Isotopes hold Luncheon to support Albuquerque Little League

  20-01-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Colorado Rockies 2017 Winter Caravan is rolling into the Duke City to help with a luncheon to benefit a great cause.
  Albuquerque Little League is trying to recover from theft and vandalism that happened last year and this upcoming luncheon will donate all net proceeds to help them get back on their game.
  Albuquerque Isotopes General Manager, John Traub, and Lobo Little League President, Josh Price, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss th
  
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• Friday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Donald Trump to be sworn in as 45th President

  20-01-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. The National Mall in Washington D.C. is beginning to fill up for President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. Trump is scheduled to take the oath of office at 10 a.m. MST. More than 30,000 law enforcement officers are joining 5,000 National Guardsmen in patrolling the area and prepping for possible protests. KRQE News 13 will live stream inaugural events. You can watch them live here.
  Full story: Inauguration Day: Trump to become America&r
  
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• Family, friends mourn teen killed in Wednesday crash

  20-01-2017 14:54
  
  An outpouring of support has come out for an innocent teenager with a bright future killed after two people in a stolen van crashed into her family's car Wednesday. Family and friend are describing what the teen meant to them as police continue to search for the suspects.
  
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