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• Updated: Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ rules inauguration weekend with $40.2M

  22-01-2017 23:31
  
  NEW YORK — M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller “Split” blew away box-office expectations, earning $40.2 million in ticket sales over inauguration weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Though many were focused on Friday’s presidential inauguration and Saturday’s nationwide women’s marches, “Split” doubled forecasts to easily lead all films. The Universal Pictures release again brings together […]
  
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• 1 in 4 US men have cancer-linked HPV genital infections

  22-01-2017 23:31 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The first national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers.
  Most human papillomavirus infections cause no symptoms and most disappear without treatment. And most adults will get an HPV infection at some point in their lives.
  But high-risk HPV can cause cancer in the mouth and upper throat, cervical cancer in women and other cancers. Less harmful strai
  
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• Albuquerque police search for suspect after stabbing on bus

  22-01-2017 22:50
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police in Albuquerque say they’re searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a man on a city bus. They say two men fought on the bus around 7 p.m. Saturday. Police say one of the men stabbed the other multiple times before fleeing the bus near Presbyterian Hospital. The victim was initially […]
  
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• Mayor loves his team: He’s booted after protesting a call

  22-01-2017 22:41
  
  GREELEY, Colo. — Greeley Mayor Tom Norton is there for his hometown University of Northern Colorado men’s basketball team. Unless he gets ejected after protesting a referees’ call. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2j1qMFE) Norton was ejected from Saturday’s game against Weber State University when officials said he got up from his courtside seat and walked […]
  
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• Updated: Mayor loves his team: He's booted after protesting a call

  22-01-2017 22:40
  
  Greeley Mayor Tom Norton is there for his hometown University of Northern Colorado men's basketball team. Unless he gets ejected…
  
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• Updated: Gambia’s ex-leader made off with millions, luxury cars

  22-01-2017 22:33
  
  BANJUL, Gambia — Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, plundering the state coffers and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane, a special adviser for the new president said Sunday. Meanwhile, a regional military force rolled in, greeted by cheers, to secure this tiny West African […]
  
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• Updated: Trump’s ‘war with the media’ raises questions of trust

  22-01-2017 22:31
  
  NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s “running war” on the media is continuing into his presidency, with statements over the weekend calling into question the extent to which information from the White House can be trusted. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Monday will hold his first daily press briefing at which he could face […]
  
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• Facebook CEO trying to buy out land near his Hawaii estate

  22-01-2017 22:25 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went to court to gain ownership of isolated pockets of land tucked away within his sprawling estate in Hawaii, many of which are less than an acre and could be split between hundreds of owners in a situation unique to the islands.
  The 14 parcels on the north shore of Kauai initially belonged to Native Hawaiians who were awarded the land during mid-19th century, when private property was established in the islands.
  Many of the owners died without
  
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• Updated: Israeli leader delays West Bank annexation vote

  22-01-2017 21:23
  
  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a vote Sunday on an explosive proposal to annex one of the West Bank’s largest settlements, apparently to coordinate his policy toward the Palestinians with the new administration of President Donald Trump. The move put on hold legislation that threatens to unleash fresh violence and damage already […]
  
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• Updated: Royals’ Ventura killed in car crash in Dominican Republic

  22-01-2017 21:21
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm and confident demeanor helped lead Kansas City to a long-awaited World Series championship in 2015, died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday. He was 25. Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a highway leading to the […]
  
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• Updated: Russia set to move closer to decriminalize domestic violence

  22-01-2017 21:19
  
  MOSCOW — In Russia, giving one’s spouse a slap is nothing extraordinary for many people. This week, the Russian parliament is expected to take a step closer toward decriminalizing it altogether. Battery is a criminal offense in Russia, but nearly 20 percent of Russians openly say they think it is sometimes OK to hit a […]
  
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• Updated: Former mayor’s Wild West dream heads for courthouse showdown

  22-01-2017 20:36
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — An obsession with the Wild West compelled then-Mayor Steve Reed to scour the country for artifacts and plan for a museum to house them all in the unlikely location of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The museum never came close to being built, and on Monday prosecutors and his lawyers will begin to pick a […]
  
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• NASA study in Hawaii paving way for human travel to Mars

  22-01-2017 20:31 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A group of NASA-funded researchers are poised to enter an isolated geodesic dome on a remote Hawaii volcano to study human behavior in long-term space exploration, including a planned voyage to Mars.
  The six scientists enter their new home Thursday on the Big Island’s Mauna Loa volcano for an eight-month stay.
  The team will have no physical contact with people in the outside world and will work with a 20-minute delay in communications, the time it would take for an em
  
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• How Trump’s executive order impacts future of ‘Obamacare’

  22-01-2017 20:07 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first executive order targets the sweeping “Obamacare” law by giving federal agencies broad leeway to chip away at the measure. But Trump still needs Congress to do away with the law for good.
  Trump signed the executive order in the Oval Office Friday, hours after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
  The one-page directive gives agencies authority to grant waivers, exemptions and delays of provisions in the
  
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• Updated: More tornadoes ahead as death toll reach 15 in southeast US

  22-01-2017 20:03
  
  ADEL, Georgia — Deadly weather in the Southeast killed 15 people and injured dozens more, authorities said Sunday, as residents along the Georgia-Florida line braced for more intense, fast-moving storms — including unusually strong “long track” twisters. On Sunday, a tornado blew through a mobile home park in rural Cook County in southern Georgia — […]
  
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• Electric buses to test autonomous driving technology

  22-01-2017 19:49 via krqe.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A study of autonomous driving technology will use electric buses in Reno, Sparks and Carson City.
  The Reno-Gazette Journal reports (http://on.rgj.com/2j1Szpm) Regional Transportation Commission electric buses will be equipped with technology to collect data on pedestrians, bikers, vehicles and traffic lights.
  Commission Director of Public Transportation and Operations David Jickling said the possibility of autonomous buses is the goal of developing safety features in coll
  
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• In debt and afraid: dealing with debt collectors

  22-01-2017 19:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)– It’s a scary place to be — in debt and afraid.
  A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report found that more than one in four consumers felt threatened when contacted by debt collectors. The first-ever national survey of consumer experiences with debt collectors found consumers often faced calls that came too often, at odd hours and contained warnings of jail time and other threats. Some were contacted for debts they didn’t owe. And many said w
  
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• More tornadoes ahead as death toll reach 15 in southeast US

  22-01-2017 19:41 via krqe.com
  
  ADEL, Georgia (AP) — Deadly weather in the Southeast killed 15 people and injured dozens more, authorities said Sunday, as residents along the Georgia-Florida line braced for more intense, fast-moving storms — including unusually strong “long track” twisters.
  On Sunday, a tornado blew through a mobile home park in rural Cook County in southern Georgia — sheering off siding, upending homes and killing seven people, officials said.
  Coroner Tim Purvis said an apparent
  
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• In Alaska, minus 59 takes toll on cars, pipes, state of mind

  22-01-2017 19:30 via krqe.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Cynthia Erickson woke up early, hoping her four furnaces were working.
  She owns a grocery store and the building that houses the post office in the village of Tanana, Alaska, which ranked as the coldest place in the state Wednesday. The official temperature at the airport with a single gravel runway was minus 54 degrees. Nearby, along the Yukon River, it was 5 degrees colder.
  “Fifty-nine below on Front Street in Tanana, Alaska,” she said, laughing. &ldq
  
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• Updated: Current, former major leaguers die in Dominican crashes

  22-01-2017 19:27
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte died in separate traffic accidents early Sunday in their native Dominican Republic. Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a highway leading to the town of Juan Adrian, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Santo […]
  
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• Texas father tried to hire hit man for daughter’s boyfriend

  22-01-2017 18:48
  
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas — A North Texas father has pleaded guilty in a 2015 murder-for-hire plot that targeted his daughter’s boyfriend. The Wichita Falls Times Record News reports (http://bit.ly/2kgEgCB ) 59-year-old Jeffrey Bryan Peyton is expected to be sentenced to 22 years in prison March 3. Peyton named his wife Christina as his accomplice. According […]
  
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• Can breakfast help keep us thin? Nutrition science is tricky

  22-01-2017 18:26 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cereal makers have happily encouraged the belief that eating breakfast can help keep us thin and bring other benefits, partly by paying for studies that seem to support the idea.
  So, does that mean breakfast is bad for you? Not that either. What it does show is how difficult it can be to sort the hype from reliable dietary advice when studies are funded by the makers of Froot Loops, nutrition science is often inconclusive, and gray areas can be spun for marketing.
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• Updated: APD: Reported home invader dies after SW ABQ resident opens fire

  22-01-2017 18:20
  
  A reported masked intruder died after a southwest Albuquerque resident opened fire during an alleged home invasion late Saturday night, according to a police spokesman. Around 11:30 p.m. the man called the police to report that two people dressed in black and wearing masks were attempting to break into his house on the 9500 block […]
  
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• APD: Reported home invader dies after SW ABQ resident opens fire

  22-01-2017 18:20
  
  A reported masked intruder died after a southwest Albuquerque resident opened fire during an alleged home invasion late Friday night, according to a police spokesman. Around 11:30 p.m. the man called the police to report that two people dressed in black and wearing masks were attempting to break into his house on the 9500 block […]
  
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• Police: Homeowner shoots and kills suspected burglar in southwest Albuquerque

  22-01-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police say a homeowner is not facing charges after shooting and killing a suspected burglar.
  Police say around 11:30 p.m. Saturday they received a call from someone in the 9500 block of Sunburst Rd. SW saying two unknown subjects were trying to force their way into a home.
  APD says the homeowner fired shots at the suspected burglars when he saw the two were armed inside one of the rooms in the home.
  When police arrived they say one of the suspects was
  
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• Nielsen: 31 million viewers saw Trump’s swearing-in

  22-01-2017 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nielsen estimates 31 million viewers watched TV coverage of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday.
  That audience total, measuring continuous coverage by 12 broadcast and cable networks, soundly beat the 20.6 million who viewed President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. But a president’s second swearing-in typically logs a drop-off in viewership. Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 was seen by 37.8 million people.
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• New Year’s resolutions for your home

  22-01-2017 17:28
  
  It’s that time of year when we’ve resolved to make our lives better. From eating healthier to getting more sleep, now is when we declare our intent to step it up a notch. Would it surprise you then, to hear your house has a thing or two of its own to resolve in 2017? We’re […]
  
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• Albuquerque Police searching for suspect in city bus stabbing

  22-01-2017 17:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police are searching for a man who was involved in a fight on a city bus that left a man fighting for his life.
  Police say the fight between two men happened on an eastbound city bus near I-25 and Central around 7 p.m. Saturday evening.
  One of the men was stabbed several times during the altercation which initially left him in critical condition. After some medical attention the victim’s condition has improved, and he is expected to survive.
  The
  
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• Updated: Trump’s victory creates uncertainty for wind and solar power

  22-01-2017 16:45
  
  HONOLULU — President Donald Trump has disputed climate change, pledged a revival of coal and disparaged wind power, and his nominee to head the Energy Department was once highly skeptical of the agency’s value. What this means for states’ efforts to promote renewable energy is an open question. States that are pushing for greater reliance […]
  
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• Trump’s victory creates uncertainty for wind and solar power

  22-01-2017 16:45
  
  HONOLULU — President Donald Trump has disputed climate change, pledged a revival of coal and disparaged wind power, and his nominee to head the Energy Department was once highly skeptical of the agency’s value. What this means for states’ efforts to promote renewable energy is an open question. States that are pushing for greater reliance […]
  
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• Updated: 4 dead mourned in Mississippi storm as living begin recovery

  22-01-2017 16:26
  
  PETAL, Miss. — Cynthia Holland has to repair her liquor store. William Carey University has to find a place to hold classes. Michelle Kirk has to allay her 11-year-old daughter’s anxieties while living in a damaged house. And families will mourn four people who died after a tornado with winds above 136 mph tore a […]
  
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• Updated: Some question push for tougher penalties for attacking cops

  22-01-2017 16:25
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Eric Greitens is pushing to toughen Missouri’s already stiff penalties for attacking a police officer, reflecting similar efforts underway in other states and pleasing many in Missouri’s law enforcement community, which has been on the defensive since the police killing of an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson more than two […]
  
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• As Trump takes office, 120+ DC restaurants donate profits to diversity groups

  22-01-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Tens of thousands of activists marched through the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as America’s 45th president.
  The Women’s March on Washington drew a wide cross-section of hundreds of organizations, ranging from Planned Parenthood to the ACLU and AFL-CIO, all of which oppose Mr. Trump’s divisive rhetoric and administrative priorities.
  While the Trump inauguration lacked serious star power, cel
  
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• Officials investigate train derailment that kills at least 32 in India

  22-01-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  
  INDIA (KRQE) – An investigation is underway for a train derailment in Southern India that killed at least 32 people and injured 50 others.
  The country’s officials said seven coaches were thrown off the tracks Sunday morning with some landing on another train that was on a parallel track.
  Rescue workers are trying to cut open the mangled coaches.
  India’s railway system is the world’ third largest, but lacks modern signaling and and communication systems. It also has p
  
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• Officials investigate train derailment that killed at least 32 in India

  22-01-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  
  INDIA (KRQE) – An investigation is underway for a train derailment in Southern India that killed at least 32 people and injured 50 others.
  The country’s officials said seven coaches were thrown off the tracks Sunday morning with some landing on another train that was on a parallel track.
  Rescue workers are trying to cut open the mangled coaches.
  India’s railway system is the world’ third largest, but lacks modern signaling and and communication systems. It also has p
  
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• Mississippi to request federal disaster declaration following deadly tornado

  22-01-2017 13:20 via krqe.com
  
  HATTIESBURG, MS (KRQE) – Mississippi officials said they will reach out to President Donald Trump to request a federal disaster declaration.
  This after at least four people have died and more than 20 people suffered injuries from a tornado in the southern part of the state.
  A door to door search is underway to make sure there are no other victims. Dozens of firefighters and police officers from the state have helped with the search efforts.
  “It’s going to bring us together
  
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• Updated: Italy rescue crews hold out hope of more hotel survivors

  22-01-2017 10:49
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy — Rescue crews digging through an Italian hotel buried in an avalanche say there could be additional survivors more than three days after tons of snow came barreling down a mountainside. Rescuers told reporters in the central Apennine mountains on Sunday morning there are air pockets in some of the Hotel Rigopiano’s wreckage. […]
  
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• Updated: Defiant women to Trump: Your agenda won’t go unchallenged

  22-01-2017 09:10
  
  WASHINGTON — In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged. “Welcome to your […]
  
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• Updated: Trump turns to routine matters after day of bashing media

  22-01-2017 09:06
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who spent his first full day in office berating the media over their coverage of his inauguration, will spend Sunday engaged in more routine matters, like overseeing the swearing in of high-level staffers. On the second full day of his administration, Trump will see the “assistants to the president” sworn […]
  
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• Aggies men’s basketball wins a 16th straight game

  22-01-2017 08:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Aggies have won a 16th straight game, beating UMKC 94-71 Saturday Night. The Aggies are now 18-2 overall and 5-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.
  Senior Guard Ian Baker led the Aggies with 20 points. Johnathan Wilkins added 15 points so did Jemerrio Jones. Four Aggies would score in double figures. Braxton Huggins had 31 points in an earlier win over the Kangaroos. He settled for 10 Saturday night. The Aggies are on the road Thursday at Sea
  
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• Aggies men’s basketball win 16th straight game

  22-01-2017 08:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Aggies have won a 16th straight game, beating UMKC 94-71 Saturday night. The Aggies are now 18-2 overall and 5-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.
  Senior Guard Ian Baker led the Aggies with 20 points. Johnathan Wilkins added 15 points, so did Jemerrio Jones. Four Aggies would score in double figures. Braxton Huggins had 31 points in an earlier win over the Kangaroos. He settled for 10 Saturday night. The Aggies are on the road Thursday
  
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• Lobo women’s basketball team takes fall at Wyoming

  22-01-2017 08:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wyoming remains the only women’s basketball team undefeated in Mountain West play. The Cowgirls put together a solid fourth quarter to turn away Mike Bradbury and the Lobos 68-52 Saturday.
  The Cowgirls went on a 14-0 run with a little under four minutes left in the game to seal the win and improve to 7-0 in league play. The Lobos dropped to 5-3, 9-9 overall. Lobos senior guard Cherise Beynon led the Lobos with 20 points. She now only needs 21 to r
  
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• Lobo women’s basketball team takes a fall at Wyoming

  22-01-2017 08:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Wyoming remains the only women’s basketball team undefeated in Mountain West play. The Cowgirls put together a solid 4th quarter to turn away Mike Bradbury and the Lobos 68-52 Saturday.
  The Cowgirls went on a 14-0 run with a little under 4 minutes left in the game to seal the win and improve to 7-0 in league play. The Lobos dropped to 5-3, 9-9 overall. Lobos senior guard Cherise Beynon led the Lobos with 20 points. She now only needs 21 to reach 1,000 in her care
  
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• Lobos get double double from Brown, Williams in win over Wyoming

  22-01-2017 08:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The good times continue for Craig Neal and his Lobo basketball team. The Lobos defeated the Wyoming Cowboys 78-71 Saturday night to improve to 5-3 in league play and 12-8 overall. The Cowboys are 13-7 overall and 3-4 in the Mountain West.
  The Lobos got double doubles and a combined 47 points and 21 rebounds from stars Elijah Brown and Tim Williams. Brown led all scores with 33 points and 10 rebounds.
  “I just tried to get to my spots and shoot the same shot
  
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• Lobos get a double double from Brown and Williams in win over Wyoming

  22-01-2017 08:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The good times continue for Craig Neal and his Lobo basketball team. The Lobos defeated the Wyoming Cowboys 78-71 Saturday night to improve to 5-3 in league play and 12-8 overall. The Cowboys are 13-7 overall and 3-4 in the Mountain West.
  The Lobos got double doubles and a combined 47 points and 21 rebounds from stars Elijah Brown and Tim Williams. Brown led all scores with 33 points and 10 rebounds. “I just tried to get to my spots and shoot the same shot that I
  
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• Socorro schools step closer to starting truancy court

  22-01-2017 08:05
  
  The Socorro Consolidated Schools District is another step closer to having its own truancy court....
  
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• Report lists UNM head qualities

  22-01-2017 08:05
  
  Search firm detailed traits desired for next president of school
  
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• No place to play – legally – in the Sandias

  22-01-2017 08:05
  
  Tubers and sledders defy the rules and head to the mountains for snow
  
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• Former Torrance County manager to sue

  22-01-2017 08:05
  
  mountain view telegraphFormer Torrance County Manager Joy Ansley has sent a letter to...
  
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• Despite fiscal crisis, several crime bills raised anew in NM legislature

  22-01-2017 08:05
  
  Death penalty, three-strikes law are among measures to be debated
  
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