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• US rig count increases 17 this week to 729; Oklahoma up 6

  03-02-2017 23:58
  
  HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 17 this week to 729. A year ago, 571 rigs were active. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 583 rigs sought oil and 145 explored for natural gas this week. One was listed as […]
  
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• Updated: Neil Gorsuch would be the first Protestant on the Court in years

  03-02-2017 23:54
  
  The day after Donald Trump was elected president, the Rev. Susan Springer wrote to her congregation that they should strive to behave as Godly people who spread hope even though “the world is clasping its head in its hands and crying out in fear.” That Sunday, one of the ushers at Springer’s church was Neil […]
  
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• Judge denies request to hold suspect without bond

  03-02-2017 23:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Prosecutors tried once again to get a man they consider to be a serious danger to the public locked up with no bond, and once again a judge denied the request.
  “This poses a danger to our community.. and based on his FTA history and charges in front of this court, the state is showing no conditions of release to ensure safety to the community.”
  Prosecutors are talking about Dominic Moya, the young man who was arrested last week after deputies sai
  
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• Updated: Supreme Court scheduled to hear transgender bathroom case in March

  03-02-2017 23:28
  
  The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on March 28 in the case of a transgender teenager from Virginia who sued his school board for the right to use the boys’ bathroom, a case that could shape how public schools across the country accommodate transgender students. Gavin Grimm, now a senior at Gloucester […]
  
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• ‘Terrorist in nature’: Knife attacker shot outside Louvre in Paris

  03-02-2017 23:28
  
  PARIS – A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a knife-wielding man Friday who attempted to attack security forces outside the Louvre museum. France’s prime minister called the assault “terrorist in nature.” Paris prosecutor François Molins said at a news briefing that the attacker is a 29-year-old Egyptian national and that he was unknown to […]
  
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• APS School Board Candidate: Brian David Tierney

  03-02-2017 23:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Public School Board Election is Tuesday, February 7, 2017. The election is select members of the school board for districts 3, 5, 6 and 7. Here is a look at the candidates for the upcoming election.
  Brian David Tierney is the incumbent District 7 school board candidate. Read his candidate questionnaire here »
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Education, Home, News
  
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• Updated: Lockheed Martin, Pentagon announce F-35 contract deal that shaves $728 million in costs

  03-02-2017 23:15
  
  The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin announced on Friday a contract deal for the next batch of 90 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets that shaves $728 million off the total cost of the program and brings the per-plane cost of the stealth plane below $95 million for the first time. The contract is “a good and […]
  
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• Updated: Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?

  03-02-2017 23:15
  
  HOUSTON — It may have been a blip, explained as much by the must-watch presidential debates as by some wholesale turn away from football. Or, decades from now, 2016 could be remembered as the season fans started falling out of love with the NFL. TV ratings declined 8 percent , with the presidential election partly, […]
  
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• Up to 1.87M Michigan workers’ info may have been compromised

  03-02-2017 23:15
  
  LANSING, Mich. — Social Security numbers and other personal information of up to 1.87 million Michigan workers may have been compromised, the state said Friday. The problem stemmed from a software update to Michigan’s troubled unemployment computer system, state officials said. For roughly 3½ months, it gave third-party payroll vendors and employers unauthorized access to […]
  
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• About the cover: February 3, 2017

  03-02-2017 21:35
  
  7000 Brindisi Place NW Albuquerque, NM 87114 $250,000 2,490 sq. ft. 3 bed / 3 bath Barbara Madaras 505.301.1033 Coldwell Banker Legacy 505.292.8900 Welcome to 7000 Brindisi place NW. Tucked away on a Cul-De Sac in popular Travilla, this home’s uniquely flexible floor plan offers a variety of functionality. Downstairs, the three living areas could […]
  
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• NASA Future Flight exhibit wows big game fans

  03-02-2017 21:20 via krqe.com
  
  HOUSTON (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — Did you know that you can go to Houston for the Super Bowl and while you’re there, also take a trip to Mars?
  (Nexstar Media)NASA has an exhibit open to the public this week at Super Bowl LIVE called Future Flight.
  Not only is it realistic, it drops riders on the 50-yard line at NRG Stadium.
  “You see all the elements,” said Tony Castilleja, who specializes in space exploration at Boeing. “You launch from earth. You see the international spac
  
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• Three NM deaths linked to flu

  03-02-2017 21:08
  
  The deaths of three New Mexicans from flu reported today are the first of the 2016-2017 influenza season, which has ramped up in recent months, health officials said. Dead are two men from Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, and a woman from Grant County, the New Mexico Department of Health reported. Health officials warned […]
  
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• New Mexico take step toward joining popular-vote compact

  03-02-2017 21:08 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico has taken a step toward joining a movement to elect presidents by popular vote.
  A Senate committee on Friday recommended approval of a bill to join an inter-state compact that requires Electoral College voters to cast ballots for the national popular vote winner.
  Senate bill sponsor Mimi Stewart of Albuquerque says she not only is concerned about political campaigns that focus on swing states but also how presidents govern.
  New Mexico has sided with two pre
  
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• End of life bill advances in NM House after emotional testimony

  03-02-2017 21:06
  
  SANTA FE — A proposal to allow terminally ill New Mexicans to obtain medical assistance in dying generated emotional debate this morning, as doctors, religious leaders and cancer patients offered impassioned pleas to lawmakers. Several legislators also ended up in tears while sharing their own stories of family members, before the aid in dying bill cleared its […]
  
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• Breaking: Bomb squad investigating suspicious package at Presbyterian Hospital

  03-02-2017 20:06
  
  The Albuquerque Police Department’s bomb squad was called out to Presbyterian Hospital near Downtown to deal with a suspicious package someone left there Friday, according to officer Fred Duran. He said someone left an item there that hospital employees were concerned about, so the bomb squad is investigating. Eastbound Central was closed near I-25, according […]
  
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• ART construction changes could make rush hour commutes longer

  03-02-2017 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Getting through the intersection at Central and Rio Grande already takes an extra 15 minutes during rush hour. Now, it will likely take even longer come Monday.
  Curtis Flanders, the manager at the Rain Tunnel Car Spa, said during morning and evening commute traffic is constantly backed up and his business is down because of it.
  Video taken during Thursday’s morning commute shows cars at a stand still waiting for the light to change. And when it does, t
  
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• ART construction changes could make morning, evening commutes longer

  03-02-2017 20:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Getting through the intersection at Central and Rio Grande already takes an extra 15 minutes during rush hour now it’ll likely take even longer come Monday.
  Curtis Flanders the manager at the Rain Tunnel Car Spa says during morning and evening commute traffic is constantly backed up and his business is down because of it.
  Video taken during Thursday’s morning commute shows cars at a stand still waiting for the light to change. And when it does, t
  
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• New Mexico tribes write Trump on Dakota pipeline dispute

  03-02-2017 19:58 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Leaders of New Mexico’s 23 Native American nations and pueblos are expressing solidarity with opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline project in a letter to President Donald Trump.
  Tribal governors signed the letter Friday in the central rotunda of the state Capitol in a ceremony attended by Standing Rock Sioux tribal council member Robert Taken Alive.
  Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe fear that an oil leak could contaminate its drinking water if plan
  
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• Eastbound Central closed at I-25 due to police activity

  03-02-2017 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Eastbound Central has been shut down at I-25 because of police activity.
  Details about what police are responding to have not been released.
  Drivers should expect delays or seek an alternative route.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.Central Eastbound is closed at I25 due to police activity
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) February 3, 2017
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News Tagged: News App Alert
  
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• Eastbound Central at I-25 reopen after police activity

  03-02-2017 19:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Eastbound Central at I-25 was shut down Friday because of police activity.
  Details about what police were responding to have not been released. The area has since reopened.
  For live traffic information, click here.Central Eastbound is closed at I25 due to police activity
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) February 3, 2017
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News Tagged: News App Alert
  
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• Right-to-die bill advances in New Mexico Legislature

  03-02-2017 19:51 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A proposal that would allow terminally ill patients in New Mexico to end their lives with help from doctors is advancing in the New Mexico Legislature.
  The state House Health and Human Services committee endorsed the bill Friday on a 4-3 party-line vote with Democrats in favor after three hours of public debate and testimonials.
  New Mexico’s assisted suicide law makes it a felony for doctors to end the life of a terminally ill patient.
  In June, the New Mexico Su
  
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• County seizes roosters in cockfighting investigation

  03-02-2017 19:49 via krqe.com
  
  BERINO, N.M. (AP) – Dona Ana County authorities seized more than 200 roosters while investigating what officials believe was illegal cockfighting.
  The Sheriff’s Department says the birds were found at a home in the small community of Berino just north of Anthony.
  The department says deputies went to the home Saturday after they received information that an event was taking place. They found more than 100 people and dozens of vehicles at the property.
  The department says deputies were
  
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• Trump administration sanctions Iran on missile test

  03-02-2017 19:42
  
  The Treasury Department placed new sanctions Friday on Iran, the first move by the Trump administration in response to a ballistic missile test that led the White House to announce it was putting Iran “on notice.” The sanctions were imposed on 25 people and entities involved in helping develop Iran’s ballistic missile program, or assisting […]
  
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• Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors®: Good neighbors program

  03-02-2017 19:32
  
  Pictured above, Left to right: Rachel Donovan, Rosemary Freelin, Morgan Cannaday-Henson, Yvonne Oselio, Jackie De When you are a member of the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors®, being a good neighbor isn’t just a catch phrase, it’s a given and it also comes with a reward. GAAR is in the second year in honoring its […]
  
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• Even under a Trump administration, plenty of media organizations party on for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  03-02-2017 19:23
  
  The question facing media organizations thinking about their White House Correspondents’ Dinner plans seems simple: to party or not to party? Many news outlets host events around the dinner, from pre-dinner cocktail parties to hangover-recovery brunches — a growing phenomenon that has turned what used to be a simple dinner into a week-long frenzy of […]
  
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• Updated: Popular Canadian evangelical author prayed for refugees outside prayer breakfast

  03-02-2017 19:22
  
  President Donald Trump’s executive order last Friday making major changes to America’s immigration policies was met with silence by many evangelical leaders, but it also propelled others to speak out on behalf of refugees, including popular evangelical author Ann Voskamp. She traveled from her family’s pig farm in Canada to join about 200 other people […]
  
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• Updated: Iraqi interpreter arrives in US after ban scuttles his plans

  03-02-2017 19:22
  
  NEW YORK — Munther Alaskry and his family were just hours away from their dream as they boarded the final leg of a flight to the United States after waiting seven years for visas. But minutes after sitting down, they were yanked from the plane because President Donald Trump’s immigration order banned Iraqis from entering […]
  
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• Drury University swimmer dies after collapsing

  03-02-2017 19:21
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Drury University says a member of its swim team died after she collapsed after a practice. The university in Springfield says Wen Xu (whin SUH’) suffered a medical emergency Thursday afternoon and died later at a hospital. Xu, who was known at the school as Ariel, was a senior from Shanghai, China, […]
  
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• 4 Investigates: Officers issuing fewer DWI tickets while DWI-related deaths rise

  03-02-2017 19:05
  
  While APD’s staff has been shrinking over the years, deadly DWI crashes have been escalating in Bernalillo County.
  
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• Ranked: Big game party foods

  03-02-2017 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — A select group of fans will get to enjoy Super Bowl LI in Houston, but the rest of us will enjoy Sunday’s big game on our couches or at parties across the world.
  The game is a key element for enjoyment, yes, and some people for some reason still like the goofy, expensive commercials. But, let’s be real, the day centers around the food spread.
  Bad snacks will wreck any party. Are you looking to impress your friends or family? You have to avoid the hack snacks a
  
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• US hits 13 people, dozen companies in new Iran sanctions

  03-02-2017 17:57 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on 13 people and a dozen companies in response to Iran’s recent ballistic missile test, increasing pressure on Tehran without directly undercutting a landmark nuclear deal with the country.
  Those targeted by the Treasury Department’s action include various agents, companies and associates involved in procuring ballistic missile technology for Iran. Iranians, Lebanese, Chinese and Emirati individuals and comp
  
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• Nissan recalls Altima; door may open if window rolled down

  03-02-2017 17:55 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — You might not want to open a rear window if you’re driving a Nissan Altima.
  The company is recalling nearly 363,000 of the midsize cars worldwide from the 2015 through 2017 model years because the doors might open if a rear window is lowered.
  Documents posted Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that the latch and lock cable in the doors may not have been routed properly at the factory. In certain situations, the window assembly can interfe
  
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• Rule on guns and mentally ill people faces a GOP rollback

  03-02-2017 17:36 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — In a sign of the new climate taking hold on gun issues under a Trump administration with a Republican-led Congress, a rule to keep guns out of the hands of certain mentally disabled people is on its way to being scrapped.
  Under the rule, the Social Security Administration was to provide information to the gun-buying background check system on recipients with a mental disorder so severe they cannot work or handle their own benefit checks. Finalized in December as the Obama ad
  
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• Weed 101: Colorado agriculture office shares pot know-how

  03-02-2017 17:33 via krqe.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — North Carolina wants to know if marijuana could one day replace tobacco as a cash crop. Louisiana is wondering how pot holds up in high humidity. And Washington state has questions about water supplies for weed.
  Colorado agriculture officials this week briefed officials from about a dozen states — some that have legalized weed, others that joked their states will legalize pot “when hell freezes over” — to go over the basics of marijuana farming and swa
  
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• SolAero to launch $10M expansion in ABQ

  03-02-2017 17:32
  
  SolAero Technologies has announced a $10 million expansion at its Albuquerque plant to make solar panels for commercial satellites. The expansion will help the company meet growing demand for satellite applications. The company last June was selected to provide solar arrays for OneWeb Satellites of Virginia, which plans to launch a network of low earth […]
  
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• EU leaders say Trump worries them as rhetoric becomes policy

  03-02-2017 17:32 via krqe.com
  
  VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday sought a common stand on U.S. President Donald Trump, now that they increasingly fear that campaign rhetoric will be turned into policy and further tear their troubled bloc apart.
  At a summit in Malta, several of the 28 leaders highlighted the fundamental gap between the EU position and how Trump wants to plug migration and refugee flows from certain mostly Muslim nations, one of many potential flashpoints undermining trans-Atlantic r
  
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• Macy’s shares up after being halted amid takeover rumor

  03-02-2017 17:26
  
  NEW YORK — Macy’s shares are soaring in morning trading, after being temporarily halted on the New York Stock Exchange on a news report that Saks’ owner has approached the department store chain about a takeover. The article, posted on The Wall Street Journal’s website, reports Canadian chain Hudson Bay Co., which owns Saks Fifth […]
  
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• Rail Runner looks to add more weekend riders with expansion

  03-02-2017 16:51
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is considering changing its schedule in an effort to expand weekend ridership.
  
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• Updated: Britain’s High Court blocks new Brexit challenge

  03-02-2017 16:45
  
  LONDON — Britain’s High Court has blocked a new legal challenge to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The decision comes days after the House of Commons decisively backed a bill to authorize divorce proceedings from the 28-nation bloc, sending a measure on for committee scrutiny. That result was a victory for Prime Minister […]
  
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• Updated: Navajo, Hopi nations oppose possible closure of power plant

  03-02-2017 16:42
  
  PAGE, Ariz. — The Navajo and Hopi tribes joined forces to oppose the possible closure of a coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona. Leaders said Thursday that keeping the Navajo Generating Station in full operation benefits the tribes and state because it is an important economic driver. The Navajo Generating Station is near Page and […]
  
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• Fit February: Aerial Yoga

  03-02-2017 16:38
  
  During "Fit February," KOB Eyewitness News 4 Today explores fitness trends and ways to kick a workout routine into the next gear. In 2016, KOB 4 tried ninja moves, rock climbing, barre fusion and TRX. This year's series begins with aerial yoga.
  
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• Updated: AP FACT CHECK: Conway says she misspoke on ‘massacre’

  03-02-2017 16:35
  
  A top aide to President Donald Trump said Friday she misspoke when she cited a 2011 “massacre” in Kentucky that never happened. A day earlier, during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Kellyanne Conway defended Trump’s temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations by saying that former President Barack Obama instituted a similar policy […]
  
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• UNM Health Sciences Center to host forum on child well-being

  03-02-2017 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is hosting a conference on abuse and other childhood adversities as the state recovers from a string of high-profile cases that spurred public outcry.
  Tuesday’s event will include experts in prevention.
  Organizer and medical school professor Elaine Bearer says officials want to raise the consciousness and understanding about the issues of childhood adversity and how it can be collectively addressed in New Me
  
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• US Defense chief Mattis reassures Japan, South Korea

  03-02-2017 15:48 via krqe.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday reassured two key U.S. treaty allies, South Korea and Japan, that President Donald Trump, who has raised doubts about the value of such partnerships, is fully committed to defending them.
  “I want there to be no misunderstanding during the transition in Washington that we stand firmly, 100 percent shoulder-to-shoulder with you and the Japanese people,” Mattis told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
  Earlier in the day, in
  
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• US added a healthy 227K jobs last month; rate up to 4.8 pct.

  03-02-2017 15:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers stepped up hiring last month, adding a healthy 227,000 jobs, and more Americans began looking for work, a sign that President Donald Trump has inherited a robust job market.
  January’s job gain was the best since September and exceeded last year’s average monthly gain of 187,000, the Labor Department reported Friday.
  The unemployment rate ticked up to a still-low 4.8 percent last month from 4.7 percent in December. But the rate rose for a mostly
  
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• With unity elusive, GOP talks more of repairing health law

  03-02-2017 15:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are increasingly talking about repairing President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a softening of tone that comes as their drive to fulfill a keystone campaign promise encounters disunity, drooping momentum and uneasy voters.
  GOP lawmakers insist they’ve not abandoned their goal of repeal, though they face lingering disputes about whether that vote should come before, after or simultaneously with a replacement effort.
  Republicans triumphantly
  
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• Group wants Feb. 2 to become Prairie Dog Day in New Mexico

  03-02-2017 15:22
  
  The people at Prairie Dog Pals in Albuquerque want to replace Groundhog Day in New Mexico.
  
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• Phone calls to elected officials can make a difference

  03-02-2017 15:21
  
  Every day in Washington, D.C. five people make decisions on behalf of New Mexicans. They asked for citizens’ votes, and they still want voters to be involved in the democratic process.
  
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• Latest tech gadgets from CES 2017

  03-02-2017 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s some of the hottest and most innovative products from the largest trade show.
  The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is a trade organization that provides a platform to unite technology leaders to connect and collaborate. They just wrapped up this year’s Consumer’s Electronics Show (CES).
  CTA’s Digital Answer Man, Jim Barry, joined KRQE This Morning show to talk about the hottest products and gadgets from CES 2017.
  This y
  
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• Tasty treats for the big game

  03-02-2017 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – There’s nothing better than watching football with great tasty treats.
  Rede To Cater is a local catering service that has few ideas on how to make the perfect football dishes.
  Chef Victor Rede joined KRQE This Morning in the kitchen to cook up special meals for the big game.
  Rede demonstrated how to make a roasted salsa and Red Chile marinated tacos.
  Roasted Salsa ingredients:
  Chile of choice: jalapenos, serranos, big jims, habaneros, et
  
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