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• Auxiliary bishop punched during Mass says he’s doing well

  30-01-2017 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An auxiliary bishop who was attacked during a weekend Mass in New Jersey has addressed the congregation to tell them he’s doing fine.
  The Rev. Manuel Cruz was punched in the mouth Saturday at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark during an event honoring the late baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente.
  Essex County authorities say 48-year-old Newark resident Charles Miller was in a pew when he got up, went to the altar and punched Cruz . The bisho
  
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• Repairs uncover cocaine worth $434K in airplane’s nose gear

  30-01-2017 23:38 via krqe.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say 31 pounds of cocaine that was accidentally discovered stashed in the nose of an American Airlines aircraft in Tulsa is worth around $434,000.
  Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Justin Green says the plane arrived in Miami from Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday. It was flagged for maintenance and sent later that day to Tulsa International Airport, where American Airlines has a maintenance base.
  While working on the nose gear, an airline employee noti
  
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• New Mexico lawmaker hopes to extend Daylight Saving Time

  30-01-2017 23:12 via krqe.com
  
   
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico lawmaker is hoping this year is the year the state will extend Daylight Saving Time year-round.
  State Sen. Cliff Pirtle of Roswell has introduced the bill several times before, but it has failed to pass. He said the time change throws people off.
  “There’s an increase in heart attacks, there’s more car accidents, people are less productive at work, they lose focus, and I think that’s a huge thing that sometimes gets missed.
  
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• Committee hears proposal to overhaul state’s teacher evaluation system

  30-01-2017 23:08 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A state senator’s effort to overhaul New Mexico’s teacher evaluation system is being heard by a Senate committee Monday.
  Sen. Howie Morales introduced a bill that would create a council of educators from around the state, tasked with developing a new rating system.
  Sen. Morales said the idea is to significantly reduce the weight of standardized testing in teacher evaluations. Gov. Susana Martinez has vetoed similar bills in the past.
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• Trump’s three Supreme Court finalists

  30-01-2017 22:55 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — The Supreme Court seat once occupied by Justice Antonin Scalia has sat vacant for nearly a year but that will soon change if President Donald Trump’s forthcoming nomination is successful.
  On Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, Trump will name his choice to join the high court’s nine-seat bench.
  In his now-standard superlatives, the president, surrounded by media and his ever-present glass of Diet Coke, dubbed his upcoming rollout “a very big decision on th
  
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• Wildlife Center seeks donations to repair animal enclosures

  30-01-2017 22:50 via krqe.com
  
  ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Wildlife Center that has saved and rehabbed countless animals needs your help.
  The center in Española has set up a GoFundMe page in an effort to raise money fix its enclosures. The facility has rehabbed birds, bobcats, bears and much more. Now they’re looking for a little help making a better home and better enclosures for their ambassador animals.
  “We have permanent residents animals, like Sienna — you can see she&rsqu
  
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• Air Force Academy to pay $25,000 to settle suit over records

  30-01-2017 22:50
  
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy has agreed to pay $25,000 in legal expenses to a religious freedom advocacy group to settle a lawsuit over the group’s request for records. The academy and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation announced the settlement Monday. The foundation says the academy also agreed to broaden its […]
  
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• Updated: Breaking silence, Obama speaks out on Trump immigrants order

  30-01-2017 22:49
  
  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama praised protesters who amassed across the country in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration orders, breaking his silence on political issues for the first time since leaving office. “The president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, […]
  
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• Rally cheers raising to 18 Texas’ age for adult offenders

  30-01-2017 22:45
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Advocates have rallied at the state Capitol to promote a bill seeking to raise from 17 to 18 the age at which offenders automatically enter Texas’ adult legal system. More than 200 students, teachers and other supporters of a proposal by Houston Democratic Rep. Gene Wu gathered Monday on the Capitol steps. […]
  
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• Give your home a facelift

  30-01-2017 22:41
  
  Consider the exterior of your house as your home’s way of introducing itself to the neighborhood. Not only is it the first impression people have of your home, but unless your home is on the market or these people are friends of yours it is very likely that it is the only impression they will […]
  
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• Updated: PED wants changes to evals, testing hours

  30-01-2017 22:38
  
  The New Mexico Public Education Department is taking several steps, which eventually will be incorporated into the state plan for Every Student Succeeds Act, the successor to No Child Left Behind, according to Education Secretary Hanna Skandera. The measures, some of which are being proposed via legislation, were announced Monday during a conference call with […]
  
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• Cardinals must give Astros top 2 picks, $2M for hacking

  30-01-2017 21:42 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals were stripped of their top two picks in this year’s amateur draft Monday and ordered to give them to Houston along with $2 million as compensation for hacking the Astros’ email system and scouting database, the final step in an unusual case of cybercrime involving two Major League Baseball teams.
  Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred also banned former St. Louis executive Christopher Correa for life as he ruled the Cardinals must give the 56t
  
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• Breaking silence, Obama speaks out on Trump immigrants order

  30-01-2017 21:33 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama praised protesters who amassed across the country in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration orders, breaking his silence on political issues for the first time since leaving office.
  “The president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, said.
  In his first statement on behalf of the former president, Le
  
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• Pearce: Trump’s travel ban ‘poorly executed’

  30-01-2017 21:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) –  New Mexico’s lone Republican in its congressional delegation says President Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries was “poorly executed.”
  Congressman Steve Pearce said Monday in a statement that Trump’s executive order struck confusion throughout the Department of Homeland Security and with U.S. citizens at home and abroad.
  However, Pearce says the nation’s refugee policy needed a comprehensive assessm
  
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• Updated: Florida airport shooting suspect pleads not guilty

  30-01-2017 21:25
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One by one, a judge detailed the 22 charges against an Alaskan man accused of killing five people and wounding six others in the Florida airport shooting spree. Then, Esteban Santiago pleaded not guilty. Santiago, 26, stood in chains Monday in a red “max custody inmate” jumpsuit as U.S. Magistrate Judge […]
  
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• Muslim civil rights group challenges Trump travel ban

  30-01-2017 21:25
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Muslim civil rights group is joining the legal battle to overturn President Donald Trump’s travel ban directed at seven Muslim-majority nations. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, challenging Trump’s executive order. The lawsuit characterizes the ban as a first step in fulfilling […]
  
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• Deer’s head freed from pretzel container in Maryland

  30-01-2017 21:25
  
  BEL AIR, Md. — A deer that had a plastic pretzel container stuck on its head for several days has been freed in Maryland. The Baltimore Sun (http://bsun.md/2jv0qwe ) reports that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources on Sunday evening tranquilized and then freed the deer, nicknamed “Jughead” by residents of Bel Air who had […]
  
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• Updated: Groups begin bailing out strangers to free poor from jail

  30-01-2017 21:24
  
  CHICAGO — Activists who say too many poor people are unfairly languishing in U.S. jails because they can’t afford to post cash bail are increasingly deploying a new tactic: Bailing out strangers. Community groups are collecting donations from individuals, churches, cities and other organizations in more than a dozen cities, including New York, Chicago, Seattle […]
  
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• Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests

  30-01-2017 21:23
  
  Former president Barack Obama rejected the idea Monday that President Donald Trump had based his immigration executive order on a policy adopted by his own administration, and endorsed the protests that have been taking place across the country in response to the new restrictions. Trump has said that his move to ban the entry of […]
  
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• Bill heightens penalties for rioting against oil pipeline

  30-01-2017 21:05 via krqe.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker urged colleagues on Monday to slap tighter penalties on people involved in riots, the latest measure the Republican-controlled Legislature is considering that was spawned by ongoing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
  Under the proposal, those convicted of participating in a riot involving more than 100 people could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine — double the current penalties for a lower-end felo
  
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• NMSU warning some Muslim students not to leave

  30-01-2017 20:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico State University is warning students from the seven Muslim-majority nations listed on President Donald Trump’s travel ban not to leave the country.
  Chancellor Garrey Carruthers wrote Sunday to students and faculty that the school is asking those from the named countries not to leave the United States because they may not be able to return. Carruthers says even if students and faculty are permanent residents of the U.S., it is still unclear when the
  
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• Suspected drunk driver crashes into Albuquerque house

  30-01-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A suspected drunk driver gave a family quite the scare early Monday morning. He plowed right into the corner of their house causing significant damage.
  The driver has been identified as 21-year-old Willie Chance.
  Witnesses say after crashing, he tried to get his truck unstuck.
  Chance was arrested for DWI and reckless driving.
  Fortunately no one was in the room he hit and no one was hurt.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News
  
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• Teacher accused of child abuse to stay out of jail while waiting for trial

  30-01-2017 20:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former teacher accused of abusing a special needs student will remain out of jail while awaiting trial.
  Investigators say back in 2014, Rio Grande High School special education teacher Julian Viescas grabbed a 14-year-old student and shook her by the face. It allegedly happened after that student, who is blind and in a wheelchair, scratched him.
  Viescas has been charged with child abuse.
  In court Monday, the judge released him on his own recognizance. Under con
  
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• Updated: Happy Galentine’s Day, ladies! And thanks ‘Parks and Rec’

  30-01-2017 19:40
  
  NEW YORK — Move over Friendsgiving. Galentine’s Day is on the way. Designating Feb. 13 for the ladies has endured since 2010, when Amy Poehler’s “Parks and Recreation” character, Leslie Knope, declared the fictional holiday her favorite day of the year on the NBC show: “Ladies celebrating ladies,” Knope explained of her Galentine’s breakfast bash […]
  
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• Florida airport shooting suspect pleads not guilty

  30-01-2017 19:40 via krqe.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One by one, a judge detailed the 22 charges against an Alaskan man accused of killing five people and wounding six others in the Florida airport shooting spree. Then, Esteban Santiago pleaded not guilty.
  Santiago, 26, stood in chains Monday in a red “max custody inmate” jumpsuit as U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Seltzer took the unusual step of reading the entire 17-page indictment aloud in court — with repeated emphasis on the victims’ nam
  
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• Trump to announce his Supreme Court pick at 8 p.m. EST Tuesday

  30-01-2017 19:39
  
  President Donald Trump plans to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court in prime time Tuesday, he said Monday morning via Twitter. “I have made my decision on who I will nominate for The United States Supreme Court,” he said. “It will be announced live on Tuesday at 8:00 P.M.” Trump announced last week that […]
  
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• Updated: Blank’s approach made ‘Inflategate’ a blip on Falcons’ radar

  30-01-2017 19:37
  
  ATLANTA — The “Deflategate” scandal has hovered over the Patriots for parts of three seasons, thanks to appeals of Tom Brady’s four-game suspension, finally served at the beginning of this season. New England’s Super Bowl opponents had their own scandal — but it was a blip on the news radar that most fans long forgot. […]
  
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• Houston mayor says protests won’t hurt Super Bowl activities

  30-01-2017 19:30
  
  HOUSTON — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says demonstrations during Super Bowl week won’t prevent fans from having a good time. Turner said Monday that demonstrations like the one Sunday outside Super Bowl headquarters with protesters opposing President Trump’s travel restrictions from some Muslim countries are “about people exercising their constitutional right to voice their opinion.” […]
  
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• George HW Bush is released from Houston hospital

  30-01-2017 19:29
  
  HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from a Houston hospital where he received treatment for pneumonia for more than two weeks. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement Monday that the 92-year-old Bush is thankful for the prayers and kind messages he’s received during his stay at Houston Methodist Hospital […]
  
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• Updated: Storms preview ocean-rise damage to California cities, roads

  30-01-2017 18:16
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Ocean rise already is worsening the floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, climate experts say, and this month’s damage and deaths highlight that even a state known as a global leader in fighting climate change has yet to tackle some of the hardest work of dealing with it. The […]
  
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• Updated: Delta operations recovering; Trump blames airline for delays

  30-01-2017 18:16
  
  DALLAS — Delta Air Lines, recovering from a weekend technology outage, cancelled more flights Monday but said that the issue has been resolved. By early Monday, 110 flights had been canceled and the airline said more may follow. Delta canceled about 170 flights Sunday night after the outage prevented some departures. President Donald Trump blamed […]
  
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• Updated: Google Doodle honors Fred Korematsu, who fought president’s executive order on Japanese internment

  30-01-2017 18:15
  
  “If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don’t be afraid to speak up.” — Fred Korematsu — Monday, as Google honors civil rights leader Fred Korematsu through its home-page Doodle, some of the most memorable words about the man and his actions — he once defied a president’s executive order that was rooted […]
  
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• Updated: Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brain

  30-01-2017 18:15
  
  CHICAGO — Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says. Benefits were greatest in computer users and in those without a gene variation linked with Alzheimer’s disease. But even among seniors with that trait, mental decline that sometimes precedes dementia was […]
  
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• ‘It was a slaughter’: Deadly terrorist attack at mosque leaves Quebec shaken

  30-01-2017 18:15
  
  QUEBEC CITY – Gunmen attacked a suburban Quebec City mosque as worshipers were finishing their prayers Sunday night, killing six people and wounding 19 others, five of them critically – a horrific assault that put Canadian Muslims on edge, and that government officials immediately labeled a terrorist act. A spokeswoman for the Surete du Québec, […]
  
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• Five surefire,* can’t-miss,** prop bets for Sunday’s ‘big game’

  30-01-2017 18:03 via krqe.com
  
  *This analysis is for entertainment purposes only. Using this information to contravene any law or statute is prohibited.
  **Seriously, don’t take this seriously. Prop bets are fun but are a farce. This is a crapshoot and you have to be off your rocker to take this advice.(NEXSTAR) — Football fan or not, the Super Bowl is a spectacle to behold and celebrate.
  It’s a day dedicated to chicken wings and figuring out new ways to put cheese in and on different foods. But might I add a
  
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• Senate vote on State pick to trigger debate on Trump

  30-01-2017 18:02 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pressing ahead on President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of State, with a procedural vote likely to trigger an extended debate over the president’s executive order banning travel from specific Muslim-majority countries and U.S. policy toward Russia.
  Rex Tillerson, Trump’s pick to be the nation’s chief diplomat, needs the backing of just 51 senators on Monday evening to put his nomination on track for confirmation later this we
  
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• Big businesses fighting back against Trump

  30-01-2017 17:46 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Following a tumultuous first week of the Donald Trump administration, some of the United States’ biggest businesses are responding. Unhappy with his policies, his treatment of others, or the tone of his tweets, several CEOs are speaking with their budgets to protest President Trump.
  Starbucks
  The Seattle-based coffee giant announced plans to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in direct response to Trump’s executive order to prevent citizens from seve
  
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• New UNM LoboLife site features NM adventures

  30-01-2017 17:05
  
  When University of New Mexico students begin their education, they often focus on in-classroom studies. But creators of the new online community "Lobo Life" hope to get them off campus and hooked on exploring New Mexico.
  
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• Silver Alert cancelled for Helen Lucero of Albuquerque

  30-01-2017 16:19
  
  UPDATE: Police say 78-year-old Helen Lucero and her dog have been found safe and authorities have cancelled the Silver Alert.
  
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• Updated: NHL luminaries praise All-Star Game’s 3-on-3 format

  30-01-2017 16:06
  
  LOS ANGELES — When it comes to the NHL All-Star Game, less is definitely more. While the NFL’s Pro Bowl spent years struggling with ballooning scores, little defense, a lack of effort and concerns over its long-term viability, the NHL seemingly remedied many of those same issues by changing to a 3-on-3 format last year. […]
  
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• Man accused of killing Albuquerque officer due in court

  30-01-2017 16:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of gunning down Albuquerque Police officer Daniel Webster is expected back in court Monday.
  Davon Lymon has already been convicted of federal charges for having the gun used to kill Officer Webster during a traffic stop in 2015.
  Lymon is facing charges of first-degree murder, tamping with evidence, shooting at or from a motor vehicle, forgery, resisting arrest and receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle. He entered a not guilty plea earlier thi
  
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• Updated: Head of German railway quits abruptly after 8 years

  30-01-2017 15:45
  
  BERLIN — The head of Germany’s national railway has resigned abruptly after nearly eight years at the helm of the government-owned company. Deutsche Bahn said that its board of directors on Monday approved CEO Ruediger Grube’s request to step down with immediate effect. It didn’t give reasons for Grube’s move. German media reported that his […]
  
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• Updated: Walgreens pushs back deadline, lowers price for Rite Aid

  30-01-2017 15:44
  
  Walgreens is lowering the price it will pay to buy drugstore rival Rite Aid and raising the number of stores it will unload to ease monopoly concerns. The companies initially planned to sell no more than 500 stores, but that was pushed to 1,200 Monday. Walgreens will now spend between $6.50 to $7 per share […]
  
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• Updated: Trump team compares travel ban to 2011

  30-01-2017 15:44
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 10:05 a.m. The Trump administration is defending its immigration order affecting seven majority-Muslim countries by comparing it to a 2011 policy on Iraqi refugees. In 2011, President Barack Obama imposed more stringent checks on Iraqi refugees after two Iraqis were charged with terrorism offenses […]
  
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• Markets Right Now: US stocks open lower on Wall Street

  30-01-2017 15:42
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening broadly lower, led by industrial and technology companies. American Airlines slumped 3.1 percent in early trading Monday, and Cognizant Technology Solutions lost 2.4 percent. Rite Aid plunged 18 percent after Walgreen Boots Alliance cut the price it […]
  
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• 6 killed in Canada mosque shooting; Trudeau calls it terror

  30-01-2017 15:22 via krqe.com
  
  QUEBEC CITY (AP) — A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers left six people dead in an attack that Canada’s prime minister called an act of terrorism. Police arrested two suspects.
  More than 50 people were at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre when the shooting erupted Sunday night. Five are in critical condition and 12 others suffered minor injuries, University of Quebec Hospital Centre spokeswoman Genevieve Dupuis said Monday. The dead ranged in age from age 35 to
  
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• Local art center gears up for recycled art exhibit

  30-01-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – This year’s show is geared towards inspiring everyone to imagine a world where anyone can make art fly.
  Recycled Heart Art Street, a program of Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless and Harwood Art Center are collaborating to join together to bring the Duke City Recycled Heart.
  Recycled Heart is an exhibit featuring mixed media and recycled art by ArtSteet Artists. 
  ArtStreet Coordinator, Mindy Grossberg, and ArtStreet Artist, Albert Rosa
  
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• CrossFit Petroglyph gears up for fitness challenge

  30-01-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – Just as January comes to a close, most might be finding the motivation to keep their “Get Fit” resolutions dwindling, but one local training facility wants to help.
  CrossFit Petroglyph is hosting a month long challenge that will help those lose weight fast and find motivation.
  Head Coach and Owner, Tory Boucher, and Winner of last year’s Fitness Challenge, Kara Fichtner, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to talk about the details of the c
  
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• Monday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Protests over immigration ban expected to continue

  30-01-2017 15:02 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Some House and Senate Democrats will gather on the steps of the Supreme Court to demand that President Donald Trump withdraw his executive order banning refugees from seven Muslim Middle East countries from entering the U.S. It sparked protests at airports across the country including at the Sunport Sunday. Demonstrations at major airports are expected to continue where immigration lawyers are expected to once again be camped out helping immigrants and refuge
  
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• Stolen truck discovered by family trying to avoid traffic

  30-01-2017 15:01
  
  After thieves stole a truck from one Albuquerque family, an alternate route they took to avoid the backup led them straight to their stolen vehicle.
  
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