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• Carlsbad police investigating accidental shooting death of 2-year-old

  02-02-2017 23:09 via krqe.com
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – The Carlsbad Police Department is investigating what appears to be the accidental shooting of a 2-year-old boy.
  It happened Wednesday around noon near Lamont Street and West Blodgett Street. According to the Current-Argus, Carlsbad police said the boy who is not being identified, died as a result of gunshot wounds.
  Police say several children were involved. According to police, there were adults at the scene, but the exact events leading to the shooting are still un
  
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• Updated: Wall goes up around America at miniature world in Germany

  02-02-2017 23:00
  
  BERLIN — A wall has appeared around the United States — at a popular miniature world attraction in the German city of Hamburg. Operators of the Miniatur Wunderland erected the wall complete with barbed wire this week, separating the U.S. display from the rest of the world. The site is one of Hamburg’s most popular […]
  
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• Updated: Rebuilding shattered Aleppo will take billions – and peace

  02-02-2017 23:00
  
  ALEPPO, Syria — Fighting has ended in Aleppo, and now talk is beginning to turn to the question of how to rebuild Syria’s largest city, where entire blocks have been smashed to rubble in scenes reminiscent of World War II devastation. The task will take tens of billions of dollars. But hopes for rebuilding collide […]
  
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• Kitchen closed: Cottonwood area loses several restaurants

  02-02-2017 23:00
  
  Looking to grab dinner near Cottonwood Mall? You might find yourself walking up to an empty restaurant building (or two) before settling on a destination. Lone Star Steakhouse and Zio’s Italian Kitchen are the latest to shut down in the food-centric stretch bordering Cottonwood Mall on the east. Their empty digs join the vacancy left […]
  
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• Former mint worker who hid stolen gold in rectum sentenced

  02-02-2017 23:00
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario — A former Royal Canadian Mint employee who stole 22 cookie-sized pieces of refined gold by hiding them in his rectum has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Thirty-five-year-old Leston Lawrence was found guilty last November of stealing the pieces from the mint and selling 17 of them through Ottawa Gold Buyers. […]
  
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• Updated: Democrats in a vise over Trump’s Supreme Court pick

  02-02-2017 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court has put Senate Democrats in a vise. Voters from the liberal base apoplectic over Trump’s presidency are demanding opposition at any cost. But all-out war on a well-qualified nominee could alienate independent voters who will be crucial in next year’s midterm […]
  
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• Tennessee officer dies in river after trying to rescue woman

  02-02-2017 22:48 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Metro Nashville police officer died Thursday after slipping into the swift currents of the Cumberland River while trying to get a suicidal woman out of a car that was quickly heading into the bitterly cold water, Tennessee officials said Thursday.
  The Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed “with heavy hearts” in a tweet around 8 a.m. that a fire department diver found the body of 44-year-old Eric Mumaw. Police said Mumaw was an 18-year veteran of
  
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• New Mexico increases scrutiny for conflicts of interest

  02-02-2017 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office plans to post online financial disclosure statements detailing income, investments and other business ties for hundreds of state officials including lawmakers, Cabinet secretaries and the governor.
  Agency spokesman John Blair said disclose forms will be posted online as soon as next week. In recent years, the information has been available upon request only.
  Filed by most officials on a Jan. 31 deadline, the disclosures
  
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• Suspect in fatal stolen car crash arrested

  02-02-2017 21:27 via krqe.com
  
  EDGEWOOD, N.M. (KRQE) – The suspect in a fatal car crash has been arrested.
  Paul Garcia was arrested in Edgewood Thursday.
  KRQE News 13 will have more on this story shortly.
  Filed under: Crime, Home, New Mexico, News
  
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• Grand jury indicts suspect in fatal stolen car crash

  02-02-2017 21:27 via krqe.com
  
  EDGEWOOD, N.M. (KRQE) – After more than two weeks on the run police have nabbed the man accused of being in the stolen van when it crashed into a family, killing 14-year-old Shaylee Boling and her mother.
  Police transported 24-year-old Paul Garcia to Albuquerque Police Department Headquarters Thursday afternoon.
  Paul GarciaHe kept quiet, not saying a word as he walked into the building.
  According to Santa Fe Sheriff’s deputies, Garcia was arrested at Walmart in Edgewood on
  
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• Congress backs repeal of Obama coal mining rule

  02-02-2017 21:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final legislative approval to a measure that scuttles a new regulation aimed at preventing coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams.
  The Senate’s 54-45 vote sends the measure to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.
  Republicans and some Democrats say the rule could eliminate thousands of coal-related jobs and ignores dozens of federal, state and local regulations already in place.
  The Interior Department said in ann
  
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• Repeal of health law could mean women pay more for less

  02-02-2017 20:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — From a return to higher premiums based on gender, to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, experts say women could end up paying more for less if the Obama-era health care law is repealed.
  The 2010 law ended a common industry practice of charging women more than men for policies purchased directly from an insurer. It made maternity and newborn care a required benefit for individual health plans. And it set a list of preventive services to be provided at no
  
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• Albuquerque schools face cuts due to dwindling cash reserves

  02-02-2017 20:31
  
  Albuquerque Public Schools are facing continued pressure as its cash reserves dwindle in the wake of budget reductions by Gov. Susana Martinez.
  
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• Updated: Magic Johnson returns to Lakers as adviser to Jeanie Buss

  02-02-2017 20:24
  
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Magic Johnson returned to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday as an adviser to owner Jeanie Buss, possibly signaling a change in the power structure of the 16-time NBA champion franchise. Johnson, one of the most beloved players in franchise history, will assist Buss “in all areas of basketball and business,” […]
  
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• Trump vows to repeal political limits on churches

  02-02-2017 20:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that religious freedom is “under threat,” President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.
  “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution,” Trump said during remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, a high-profile event
  
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• Radio Row boasts big name personalities, guests alike

  02-02-2017 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — There are thousands and thousands of members of the media at the Super Bowl but there’s one group that’s created an event of its own.
  More than 100 radio stations are in Houston broadcasting live in the week leading up to the big game and they sit on Radio Row.
  Jim Rome, ESPN’s John Clayton and former head coach Dan Reeves are there, just to name a few.ESPN Central Texas host David Smoak is broadcasting from his 24th Super Bowl and he’s see
  
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• Updated: Food bank CEO leaving after 22 years heading nonprofit

  02-02-2017 19:48
  
  Melody Wattenbarger, CEO and president of Roadrunner Food Bank for the past 22 years, has given noti ...
  
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• Updated: Column: Goodell makes it clear odds are against Las Vegas

  02-02-2017 19:35
  
  HOUSTON — Roger Goodell’s position on Las Vegas is evolving. Now he can at least say the city’s name without a look of disgust spreading across his face. Actually, the look may be more of a knowing smile now that the deal to move the Oakland Raiders to Sin City is teetering precariously on the […]
  
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• Updated: Man who ‘lost tooth’ hunting for Tom Brady Uggs faked story

  02-02-2017 19:33
  
  BOSTON — A Boston man who said he lost a tooth while searching for slippers signed by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady as part of a scavenger hunt now says he faked his story. Luke Barosky tried to find one of three pairs of Ugg slippers signed by Brady in December, but had no […]
  
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• Updated: Former college basketball star pleads guilty to bank robbery

  02-02-2017 19:32
  
  PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania high school basketball prospect who later starred at Seton Hall University and hoped to play professionally in the NBA or overseas, leaving behind a sometimes-troubled life, pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing a bank last year. Herb Pope Jr.’s plea before a federal judge in Pittsburgh is perhaps the saddest, most serious […]
  
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• ABQ foreign trade zone goes regional

  02-02-2017 19:00
  
  The benefits of Albuquerque’s 42-year-old foreign trade zone just got a whole lot bigger, following federal approval to allow companies throughout the central Rio Grande area to participate. Under the expanded “Alternative Site Framework,” announced by Mayor Richard Berry Thursday morning, all companies in Bernalillo and Valencia counties, and in Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Moriarty and […]
  
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• Cardinals sign RHP Carlos Martinez to $51M, 5-year extension

  02-02-2017 18:57
  
  In the final days of negotiations, the biggest thing standing in the way of the St. Louis Cardinals signing pitcher Carlos Martinez to a long-term extension was a few hundred miles of ocean. “It’s not easy to get in touch at sea,” general manager John Mozeliak explained. But once Martinez had wrapped up the team’s […]
  
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• Updated: Cardinals’ Fitzgerald confirms he’ll return for 2017 season

  02-02-2017 18:53
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has confirmed he will be back to play a 14th NFL season. In a text to azcardinals.com’s Darren Urban, Fitzgerald confirmed a report that he had told ESPN’s Jim Trotter on Wednesday that he would play another season. “Truthful Trotter,” Fitzgerald wrote. Speaking at the PGA’s […]
  
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• Updated: Happy with winning mark for season, here’s Super Bowl pick

  02-02-2017 18:52
  
  HOUSTON — Any season when Pro Picks finishes above .500 against the spread is a good one. We’re not looking to be Super Bowl champions here, so we’re happy with our 2016-17 tally. The Falcons and Patriots certainly are seeking the NFL crown, however, and on Sunday at the home of the Texans, Atlanta (13-5) […]
  
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• Bill seeks to outlaw ‘coyote-hunting contests’ in New Mexico

  02-02-2017 18:50 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A previously introduced proposal seeks to ban coyote-hunting competitions in New Mexico.
  The bill sponsored by Sen. Jeff Steinborn would outlaw coyote-killing contests after a number of recent competitions draw anger from animal rights advocates.
  The measure would make the contests illegal in the state but not prevent landowners for hunting the predators on their property.
  In recent years, a southeastern New Mexico gun shop drew criticism for hosting a coyote hunting
  
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• Firefighters step in after puppy gets his head stuck in tire

  02-02-2017 18:49 via krqe.com
  
  BUTTE, Mont. (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — The idiom says curiosity usually kills the cat, but it can get dogs into their fair share of trouble, too.
  (Courtesy: Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department/Facebook)One Montana coonhound pup named Blaze learned that the hard way.
  According to a Facebook post by the Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department, Blaze’s owner returned home Monday to find the pup’s head stuck in a wheel. Blaze was brought to a veterinary hospital who called the local fire department
  
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• Super Bowl gambling guide: Point spread, over/under and trends

  02-02-2017 18:46
  
  Last year, a record $132.54 million was wagered on the Super Bowl between the Broncos and Panthers at Nevada sports books, which scored their eighth straight profitable Super Bowl when the Broncos upset the Panthers. In fact, the books have come out ahead in all but two Super Bowls since 1991, falling short only when […]
  
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• Former lawmaker takes job at Corrections Department

  02-02-2017 18:39 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A former lawmaker who carried several of Gov. Susana Martinez’s anti-crime bills before losing his seat has been hired by the administration to help run the Corrections Department.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Corrections Department Secretary-Designate David Jablonski announced Wednesday the former state rep. Paul Pacheco will join the department as deputy secretary.
  In his announcement, Jablonski cited Pacheco’s legislative career, his 27 years w
  
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• Police: Girl shot brother after fight over video-game system

  02-02-2017 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old Ohio girl told them she fatally shot her 15-year-old brother after they fought over a video-game system and he repeatedly hit her in the face.
  A Lucas County Juvenile Court judge on Wednesday found sufficient probable cause to charge the girl with murder in the December shooting death of her brother. The Associated Press generally doesn’t identify juveniles charged with crimes.
  Toledo police Detective Jeff Clark testified the girl told him
  
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• Cardiologist: Technology can have negative impact on health

  02-02-2017 18:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s the first thing you likely check every morning, your smartphone. Technology is great for connecting us with friends and family, getting work done, staying up to date with news, as well as watching movies or listening to music.
  Recently, Forbes.com released information from a new survey that showed Americans check their smart phones or tablets more than nine billion times per day. About half of those surveyed check their phones in the middle of the nigh
  
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• Reddit bans forum for white nationalists from its website

  02-02-2017 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  Reddit has banned a forum for white nationalists from its social news website, citing the company’s rules against posting personal information and online harassment.
  Reddit spokesman Anna Soellner said in a statement that the company banned its “r/altright” forum on Wednesday for repeated violations of its content rules. Soellner said Reddit users can be banned for posting personal information, but her statement doesn’t cite any examples involving the banned forum.
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• GOP senators move Trump EPA pick ahead as Dems boycott vote

  02-02-2017 17:51 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans suspended Senate committee rules Thursday to muscle through President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency toward a confirmation vote after Democrats boycotted a meeting.
  It was the latest sign of political hostilities on Capitol Hill as Senate Democrats used parliamentary procedure to delay votes on some of Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Republicans used their slim Senate majority to advance and approve them.
  The seats res
  
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• Updated: Russia slow to return Olympic medals in doping cases

  02-02-2017 17:22
  
  MOSCOW — None of the Russian athletes recently stripped of their Olympic titles for doping have returned their medals, the country’s Olympic committee said Thursday. Russia has had 18 medalists disqualified in doping cases from Olympic retesting from the 2008 and 2012 Games. Ten more Russians are also obliged to return medals they won as […]
  
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• The mysterious saga of whether Trump planned to visit Harley-Davidson

  02-02-2017 17:21
  
  On Monday afternoon, a second-shift worker at Harley-Davidson’s powertrain factory in Wisconsin learned President Donald Trump was slated to visit the plant Thursday. Feeling sick to his stomach, he wrote a private Facebook message to a local protest group. The demonstrators, who call themselves the Milwaukee Coalition Against Trump, contacted Harley-Davidson through Facebook, telling the […]
  
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• Updated: Israeli leader vows new settlement as outpost is dismantled

  02-02-2017 17:20
  
  AMONA, West Bank — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday vowed to establish the first new West Bank settlement in over two decades “as soon as possible,” promising to make up for the court-ordered demolition of an illegal settler outpost. Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement was his latest step to expand Israeli settlement construction in the wake of […]
  
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• The NFL’s ongoing awkward dance with touchdown celebrations

  02-02-2017 17:20
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Last week, during the NFC’s Pro Bowl practice, Odell Beckham Jr. snagged a football and bolted for the back of the end zone, unleashing a vicious windmill dunk over the goal post. The crowd roared in approval at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. It’s what the Pro Bowl is all […]
  
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• Updated: States differ in response to Trump immigration plans

  02-02-2017 17:19
  
  A look at what some states have done or are considering after President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from communities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities: ___ STATES CONSIDERING PRO-SANCTUARY STATUS — California: Legislative Democrats on Tuesday advanced a bill that would provide statewide sanctuary for immigrants by […]
  
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• Former NFL players advocate for medical marijuana

  02-02-2017 16:22 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — Marijuana is currently on the list of substances banned by the NFL but several former players are hoping to change that.
  A cannabis convention was held Wednesday night at the Revention Music Center in Houston ahead of Super Bowl LI and Jim McMahon, former NFL quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion, was among those in attendance.
  “Marijuana is not a drug,” said McMahon. “It’s a medicinal herb. Drugs happen only when man puts their hand
  
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• White House: Trump comments on Mexico ‘lighthearted’

  02-02-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart that he was ready to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them — comments the White House described as “lighthearted.”
  The White House said Thursday that the comments, in an excerpt obtained by The Associated Press from a transcript of the hourlong conversation, were “part of a discussion about how the
  
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• US unemployment claims slide by 14,000 to 246,000

  02-02-2017 15:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign that U.S. workers are enjoying job security.
  THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that claims for jobless aid fell by 14,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 246,000. The less-volatile four-week average rose by 2,250 to 248,000. Overall, 2.06 million Americans are receiving unemployment benefits, down more than 8 percent from a year ago.
  THE TAKEAWAY: Jobless claims are a proxy for layo
  
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• Person shot in Four Hills area, police say

  02-02-2017 15:38
  
  Police are responding to a shooting in southeast Albuquerque Wednesday evening.
  
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• Two suspects in custody after overnight SE SWAT scene

  02-02-2017 15:34
  
  Police are questioning two people after a chase led to a SWAT standoff for several hours in southeast Albuquerque Wednesday night.
  
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• New Mexico AG joins with water users in Rio Grande fight

  02-02-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Texas and New Mexico are locked in a battle before the U.S. Supreme Court over management of one of the longest rivers in North America and there’s no indication the case will be dismissed.
  So New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is joining forces with downstream users on the Rio Grande to develop a new strategy that he says will incorporate the best available science.
  He’s aiming for a solution that protects New Mexico’s water and the regi
  
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• Use Big Game as learning opportunity for kids

  02-02-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The big game is just around the corner and parents can use this as an opportunity to teach kids basic lessons in math, reading, and geography.
  Sylvan Learning Center, a tutoring organization, has come up with great ways to incorporate learning while watching the big game.
  Sylvan Learning Center’s Director, Katie DeLouise, and Director of Education, Myranda Sadler, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to talk about lesson ideas.
  While children may not
  
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• Thursday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Southeast Albuquerque SWAT situation ends, 2 in custody

  02-02-2017 14:59 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Two people are now in custody after a SWAT situation near Southern and Pennsylvania that ended just before 1 a.m. Albuquerque police say it started with a robbery at the Wendy’s on Menaul Boulevard. Police say they tracked two suspects to an apartment and called SWAT to help when the suspects barricaded themselves inside. Detectives say they’re working to determine any possible charges.
  Full story: 2 taken into custody after southeast Albuque
  
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• Updated: US unemployment claims slide by 14,000 to 246,000

  02-02-2017 14:47
  
  WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign that U.S. workers are enjoying job security. The Labor Department says claims for jobless aid fell by 14,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 246,000. Weekly unemployment claims have now come in below 300,000 for 100 straight weeks, longest streak since 1970. The […]
  
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• Stolen drum kit recovered at store where victim works

  02-02-2017 14:26
  
  About two weeks ago someone broke into an Albuquerque musician’s car and took his drums. Last Friday, he said his stuff ended up here at a Guitar Center where he works -- and he was working at the time his stuff was brought in.
  
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• Prison officials: 1 hostage dead, another alert and talking

  02-02-2017 14:20 via krqe.com
  
  SMYRNA, Del. (AP) – Delaware prison officials say one hostage is dead and a second is alert and talking after authorities entered a building at the state’s largest prison where inmates had taken staff members hostage.
  Officials announced in a statement Thursday morning that the building where the disturbance occurred at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center is now secure. The prison is in Smyrna, about 15 miles north of the state capital of Dover. Officials say after authoriti
  
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• Red, blue states split over Trump’s ‘sanctuary city’ order

  02-02-2017 14:18 via krqe.com
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on “sanctuary cities” has triggered divergent actions from blue and red states, revealing the deep national divide on immigration as some move to follow his order and others break with the U.S. government to protect immigrants in the country illegally.
  California, the nation’s largest state, is pushing for a statewide sanctuary that would prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration
  
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• Houston-based Sport Star’s gear protecting players in big game

  02-02-2017 14:17 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — Houston-based Sport Star Athletics promises safety, innovation and quality in their gear and their dedication has taken them all the way to Super Bowl LI.
  Founded in 1991, Sport Star has become one of the leading brands for chin straps and other athletic gear.To make their chin strap the safest in the business, they constantly adapt to the changing needs of the football industry.
  Every single chin strap goes through a system of checks and balances to ensure that u
  
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