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• North Carolina mom says daycare worker breastfed her son

  07-02-2017 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  CARRBORO, NC (WCMH) — A mom in North Carolina is furious after, she says, a daycare worker was seen on video breastfeeding her son.
  “As a mom, you’ve taken something from me, because I wasn’t able to defend my child,” Kaycee Oxendine told WTVD. “I wasn’t there.”
  Oxendine says the daycare worker asked if she could breastfeed the child, and Oxendine told the woman no.
  “She said that she had a son and did I want her to put my child to her breast
  
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• Airbnb follows Super Bowl ad with call to house 100K in need

  07-02-2017 23:52 via krqe.com
  
  Airbnb is following up its Super Bowl ad calling for acceptance with a campaign to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in need.
  An announcement on the rental service’s website said it plans to start with refugees, disaster survivors and relief workers, but wants “to accommodate many more types of displaced people over time.” The company also said it will donate $4 million over four years to the International Rescue Committee.
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• Updated: Exhibition charts 500 years of evolution of robots

  07-02-2017 23:20
  
  LONDON — Inspired by his belief that human beings are essentially terrified of robots, Ben Russell set about charting the evolution of automatons for an exhibition he hopes will force people to think about how androids and other robotic forms can enhance their lives. Robots, says Russell, have been with us for centuries — as […]
  
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• Lawmaker wants to increase penalties for reckless driving of a stolen vehicle

  07-02-2017 23:18 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – One lawmaker is trying to increase penalties for the reckless driving of a stolen vehicle.
  It’s in direct response to the deaths of 14-year-old Shaylee Boling and her mother Shaunna Arredondo-Boling last month. The two were hit by two car thieves on the run from police.
  Under the proposed legislation introduced by Rep. Bill Rehm, prosecutors and judges would be able to increase the severity of the charges and related penalties if a stolen vehicle is invol
  
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• Suspect in 3 slayings dead after Georgia motel standoff

  07-02-2017 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  A man suspected in the killings of three women is dead after a standoff Tuesday with police at a Georgia motel, and a female suspect has been arrested, a U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said.
  William “Billy” Boyette, 44, was dead after the standoff in West Point, Georgia, and authorities had taken 37-year-old Mary Rice into custody, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Jim Joyner said in an email. The pair had holed up inside a room at the motel.
  Dominic Guadagnoli of the U.S. Marshals Se
  
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• Florida sheriff’s deputy warns a killer is ‘in our midst’

  07-02-2017 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  Authorities in Alabama issued capital murder warrants Tuesday as the search continued across two states for a man and woman wanted in the deaths of three women and the attempted killing of another.
  In Pensacola, Florida, Sheriff David Morgan doubled the number of deputies on patrol as the hunt for William “Billy” Boyette, 44, and Mary Rice, 37, entered its second week.
  Boyette and Rice are suspected in the deaths of Alicia Greer, 30, and Jacqueline Jeanette Moore, 39, whose bodies we
  
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• Trump administration to approve final permit for Dakota Access pipeline

  07-02-2017 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON – The deputy secretary of the Army will grant the final permit needed for completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Army declared in a court filing Tuesday, clearing the final bureaucratic hurdle standing in the way of the massive infrastructure project. The Army’s intention to grant a 30-year easement under Lake Oahe, which […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Court says ruling unlikely Tuesday on travel ban

  07-02-2017 23:07
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump (all times local): 1:50 p.m. A spokesman for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says it’s unlikely the court will issue a ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s travel and refugee ban. Spokesman David Madden said a […]
  
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• Parents of slain aid worker donate $120,000 to nonprofit

  07-02-2017 22:57
  
  PHOENIX — The parents of a Prescott woman who was captured and killed by Islamic State group militants are making a major donation to the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders. Kayla Mueller’s parents announced Monday that they are donating $120,000 to the organization and dissolving Kayla’s Hands, the charitable foundation they started in their daughter’s name, […]
  
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• Army to allow completion of Dakota Access oil pipeline

  07-02-2017 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army said Tuesday that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of the disputed four-state project.
  However, construction could still be delayed because the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which has led opposition to the pipeline, said it would fight the latest development.
  The Army intends to allow the Lake Oahe crossing as early as Wednesday, according to court
  
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• NM Senate gives green light to industrial hemp bill

  07-02-2017 21:48
  
  SANTA FE — New Mexico farmers and researchers would be able to grow industrial hemp — but not for commercial purposes — under a bill approved today by the state Senate. The hemp bill, Senate Bill 6, would authorize the state Department of Agriculture to oversee the growing of hemp — outlawed now because it’s in the marijuana […]
  
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• First lady says high profile could mean millions for brand

  07-02-2017 21:47 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump has said little about what she intends to do with her prominent position. But in new court documents, her lawyers say that the “multi-year term” during which she “is one of the most photographed women in the world” could mean millions of dollars for her personal brand.
  While the new documents don’t specifically mention her term as first lady, the unusual statement about her expected income drew swift condemnation from
  
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• Updated: Gorsuch paid $3.28 million by former firm, under 2005 deal

  07-02-2017 21:32
  
  WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch gave up a $1 million a year paycheck when he left his private law practice a decade ago for less financially rewarding work as a government lawyer and then a judge. But he managed to do quite nicely for his first four years on the federal bench even […]
  
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• Updated: Ford reveals new aluminum-sided Expedition SUV

  07-02-2017 21:13
  
  DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.’s biggest SUV is dropping some weight. Ford says the 2018 Expedition is 300 pounds lighter than the previous model thanks to a new aluminum body and a high-strength steel frame. It’s the second Ford vehicle to get the aluminum treatment, after the F-Series pickup. But it’s not the first aluminum […]
  
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• Growth in consumer borrowing slowed in December

  07-02-2017 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON — Consumers increased their borrowing in December at the slowest pace in six months, as growth in credit card usage decelerated sharply. Total borrowing rose $14.2 billion in December, smaller than November’s increase of $25.2 billion, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday. Borrowing in the category that covers auto loans and student loans rose by […]
  
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• Sen. Tom Udall to vote against Session for attorney general

  07-02-2017 21:09 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico says he won’t support fellow Sen. Jeff Session, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
  The New Mexico Democrat told The Associated Press on Monday that Session wouldn’t be an “independent” attorney general and he wouldn’t support basic rights for the nation’s immigrants.
  Udall suggested that the Republican Alabama senator will support Trump efforts to stop certain refugees and visa-
  
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• Eddy County officials: Plot targeted officers, families

  07-02-2017 21:07 via krqe.com
  
  ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) – Authorities in Eddy County say a drug investigation unveiled a plot to harm law enforcement officers and their families.
  The Artesia Daily Press reports that 17 arrests were made Feb. 1-2 as authorities went to dozens of homes and interviewed approximately 100 people during the drug investigation.
  Officials said information turned up by the multi-agency investigation indicates the alleged plot to harm officers and their families targeted specific Artesia and Carlsbad p
  
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• New: APD: Suspect arrested in home invasion that left accomplice dead

  07-02-2017 20:06
  
  Police on Monday captured a man suspected in a home invasion last month that left his alleged accomplice dead. Albuquerque police announced the arrest in a news release posted on the City of Albuquerque’s website Tuesday. Ramon Varela, 41, and Raymond Sanchez, 20, decided to break in to Sanchez’s former employer’s house near Sage and […]
  
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• Report: Declining road conditions costs New Mexicans billions

  07-02-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Deteriorating road conditions are costing New Mexico drivers big time.
  Read: TRIP Report »
  The report breaks down the big problems in New Mexico, on some of the roads you might drive every day.
  National transportation research group TRIP released a report Tuesday saying bad roads and bridges cost New Mexico motorists a total of $2.3 billion annually, as much as $1,800 per driver in some urban areas.
  The cost is a result of repairs, lost time and fuel d
  
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• Albuquerque police launch #TuesdayCopTalk

  07-02-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is trying a new way to connect with the public. The department is launching #TuesdayCopTalk on Twitter.
  On the first Tuesday of each month, members of the department will answer questions and listen to the community’s concerns live on Twitter.
  People can ask questions, or follow along with the conversation, by using the hashtag “#TuesdayCopTalk”.
  The talk will run Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30.Join us for
  
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• Albuquerque police launch Tuesday Cop Talk

  07-02-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department is trying a new way to connect with the public. The department is launching #TuesdayCopTalk on Twitter.
  On the first Tuesday of each month, members of the department will answer questions and listen to the community’s concerns live on Twitter.
  People can ask questions, or follow along with the conversation, by using the hashtag “#TuesdayCopTalk”.
  The talk will run Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30.Join us for
  
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• Hearing for suspects in fatal stolen car crash postponed

  07-02-2017 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (KRQE) – A hearing for two accused car thieves charged with the murder of a 14-year-old and her mother has been rescheduled.
  Paul GarciaPaul Garcia, 24, and 21-year-old Elexus Groves were supposed to find out if they could get out of jail while they wait for their trial but the hearing has been reset for Friday.
  Police say the duo was in the stolen van that crashed into a family killing 14-year-old Shaylee Boling, and her mother Shaunna Arredondo-Boling last month.
  Both ar
  
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• Updated: KatyCats rejoice! Katy Perry returns to Grammys

  07-02-2017 19:32
  
  LOS ANGELES — Katy Perry is returning to the Grammy Awards to the delight of fans who have been waiting to hear new music from the pop singer whose last album, “Prism,” came out in 2013. The Recording Academy also announced Tuesday that Grammy nominees Kelsea Ballerini and Lukas Graham will perform Sunday at the […]
  
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• Army suspends coach for 2 weeks in ‘WakeyLeaks’ case

  07-02-2017 19:31
  
  WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army has suspended defensive coordinator Jay Bateman for two weeks for mishandling information about the Wake Forest football team. West Point also fined Bateman $25,000 for his role in the so-called WakeyLeaks scandal and ordered him to attend ethics training. The academy said it will use the forfeited money for such […]
  
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• Updated: Gummies: The odder they are, the more I love them

  07-02-2017 19:30
  
  The heart wants what it wants, and many days, mine wants to eat an entire bag of Haribo gummies. I want gummies coated in sour dust, gummies that have been scientifically engineered to light up all of my brain’s pleasure centers. They should be in ridiculous shapes: sunny-side-up eggs, sharks, dinosaurs, french fries, bottles of […]
  
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• Device that burned Graham County woman was military flare

  07-02-2017 19:27
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — Davis-Monthan Air Force Base says military officials have confirmed that a device that badly burned a Graham County woman was an Air Force flare. The county Sheriff’s Office says the device exploded into flames Jan. 31 when 49-year-old Diane Briscoe discovered it in a desert area near her Fort Thomas home and […]
  
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• Updated: GM posted $9.4B net profit in 2016, but encore may be tough

  07-02-2017 19:24
  
  DETROIT — At an investors’ conference during Detroit’s auto show in January, confident General Motors executives told investors to expect improved pretax profits for 2016 and 2017, thanks to strong sales in key markets and cost cuts. On Tuesday, the company partly delivered, reporting a 16 percent increase in last year’s pretax income. An encore […]
  
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• New Mexico bill to spare wild bears stalls in Legislature

  07-02-2017 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Legislature is showing little interest in rewriting regulations that can require the euthanizing of wild bears and other wild animals that attack humans to test for rabies.
  The proposal responds to public outrage over the decision to kill a mother black bear last year following an attack on a marathon runner in the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico.
  A committee in the state House of Representatives declined Monday to act on legisla
  
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• Senate confirms DeVos as education secretary

  07-02-2017 18:37 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie.
  The Senate historian says it was the first time a vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nomination.
  Two Republicans joined Democrats Tuesday to vote to derail DeVos’ nomination. Democrats cited her lack of public school experience and financial interests in organizations pushing charter schools. DeVos has said she would di
  
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• Trump advisers’ tax credit plan for infrastructure has risks

  07-02-2017 18:34 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has promised to revitalize America’s aging roads, bridges, railways and airports, but a plan put forward by his economic advisers relies on a transportation financing scheme that hasn’t been tried before and comes with significant risks.
  The plan was set out just before the election by billionaire leveraged buy-out specialist Wilbur Ross, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary, and conservative economics professor Peter Navarro, whom
  
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• School board elections in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho

  07-02-2017 17:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday, February 07, 2017, is Election Day for school boards in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.
  Albuquerque Public Schools:
  Four Albuquerque Public School Board seats are up for grabs. Voters are electing board members in districts three, five, six, and seven. Eligible voters may cast ballots at any of the 32 voter locations from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
  Find your voting location here »
  Learn more about the candidates here »
  Central New Mexico Commu
  
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• School Board Elections: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, CNM

  07-02-2017 17:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday, February 07, 2017, is Election Day for school boards in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.
  Albuquerque Public Schools:
  Four Albuquerque Public School Board seats are up for grabs. Voters are electing board members in districts three, five, six, and seven. Eligible voters may cast ballots at any of the 32 voter locations from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
  Find your voting location here »
  Learn more about the candidates here »
  Central New Mexico Commu
  
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• New bistro planned for former Blackbird Buvette

  07-02-2017 17:53
  
  Zullo's Bistro will bring new Italian option to Downtown
  
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• UK says lawmakers to get vote on Brexit before deal approved

  07-02-2017 17:12
  
  LONDON — Britain’s government has bowed to pressure and says lawmakers will get to vote on a European Union exit deal before it is finalized by the bloc. Brexit Minister David Jones told the House of Commons on Tuesday that Parliament would get to approve the deal “before it is concluded” and before the European […]
  
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• Updated: Rushdie novel takes on age of Obama, and Trump

  07-02-2017 16:43
  
  NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie’s next novel will be a take on the age of Obama, with an added dash of Trump. The author best known for “Midnight’s Children” and “The Satanic Verses” is working on a narrative set against “the panorama” of American life since Barack Obama’s arrival at the White House in 2009. […]
  
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• Updated: Despite a new law, China is failing survivors of domestic violence

  07-02-2017 16:43
  
  BEIJING — A key provision of China’s anti-domestic violence law, a promise to issue restraining orders, is not being properly implemented, putting women at risk and blunting the force of legislation touted as a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s social policy. In China, domestic violence has long been a hidden epidemic. The government agency in […]
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Marijuana operation found after house fire

  07-02-2017 16:42
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say investigators found marijuana and a grow operation after firefighters put out a fire in a home in a desert area north of Phoenix. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says a neighbor reported the fire early Monday morning and that responding firefighters put out the fire, which started in the garage and […]
  
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• Tom Brady, teammates exult at Super Bowl parade

  07-02-2017 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Super Bowl MVP quarterback Tom Brady and his teammates are taking turns hoisting the Lombardi Trophy to the roars of adoring Patriots fans.
  Tens of thousands of people clad in New England garb are lining the streets of Boston for a snowy parade celebrating the Patriots’ fifth Super Bowl victory.
  Some grinning players aboard the World War II-era amphibious duck boats carrying the team through downtown are waving black “Roger That” T-shirts bearing the li
  
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• Patriots fans revel at parade in snowy Boston

  07-02-2017 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — It’s snowing sideways in downtown Boston, but that isn’t stopping tens of thousands of New England Patriots fans from lining a parade route.
  Fans wearing team jerseys and caps are braving the bad weather for a glimpse of the Super Bowl-winning team.
  Super Bowl MVP quarterback Tom Brady won his fifth championship ring in Sunday’s win against the Atlanta Falcons, and he’s a crowd favorite. Ahead of Tuesday’s parade, many fans were shouting: “
  
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• Navajo Nation president vetoes funding for disaster relief

  07-02-2017 16:18 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has vetoed a resolution that would have provided funding for disaster assistance.
  The Daily Times of Farmington reports that Begaye on Sunday line-item vetoed the resolution, which would have provided $242,576 in supplemental funding to 33 chapters to help residents respond to recent winter weather. The funding would have come from the Unreserved Undesignated Fund Balance.
  In a memorandum sent to Speaker LoRenzo Bates and the c
  
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• Nation’s only Latina governor denounces ‘racist’ charge

  07-02-2017 16:13 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The nation’s only Latina governor is denouncing a charge by a white former mayor of Santa Fe that she is a racist.
  A spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says comments made by former Santa Fe Mayor David Coss at an immigrant rights rally Monday were “are sad and ignorant.”
  Coss told a crowd of immigrant advocates outside the New Mexico Statehouse that New Mexico voters in November showed it was a state “that rejected the racism of Dona
  
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• Twitter broadens its campaign against hate and abuse

  07-02-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has broadened its campaign against hate speech and abuse.
  The company said Tuesday that it has begun identifying people who have been banned for abusive behavior and it will stop them from creating new accounts. In July, the company banned conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor of the right-wing site Breitbart News, for “participating in or inciting targeted abuse of individuals.”
  But the company had been under fire for failing, for nearly
  
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• Markets Right Now: US stocks open higher

  07-02-2017 15:42
  
  NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening higher in Wall Street, led by gains in industrial and technology companies. Company earnings were a big focus for investors in early Tuesday, and several stocks were making big moves after reporting their results and forecasts. Health […]
  
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• Albuquerque officials called to affirm support of immigrants

  07-02-2017 15:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque councilors are considering reaffirming a years old resolution declaring the city immigrant friendly.
  Lawmakers in 2000 voted unanimously to declare Albuquerque immigrant friendly. Now, some members of the City Council and dozens of members of the public are calling for the council to reaffirm that action in light of recent actions by President Donald Trump.
  A memorial was introduced Monday and is scheduled to be discussed Feb. 22.
  The 2000 declaration c
  
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• Breaking: Body found near UNM early Tuesday

  07-02-2017 15:34
  
  Albuquerque police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found early Tuesday morning near UNM. Officials said the body was found near Central and Stanford SE around 3 a.m. Police are calling this a violent crimes investigation, but have not said how the victim may have died.
  
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• US trade deficit last year hit highest level since 2012

  07-02-2017 15:17 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed slightly in December, but the improvement wasn’t enough to keep the deficit for the entire year from rising to the highest level since 2012. That should provide fuel for President Donald Trump’s contention that America needs a tougher approach to trade.
  The deficit in December fell 3.2 percent to $44.2 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. A gain in exports of commercial aircraft, heavy machinery and autos offset a
  
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• Tuesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Judges to make decision on President Trump’s travel ban

  07-02-2017 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A three-judge panel will determine whether a district court judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s ban will remain in place. Trump’s executive order bars citizens and refugees of seven Muslim-majority countries for several months or indefinitely for some. A Washington state federal judge suspended key parts of the order. Two Attorneys General are now backing that judge. The Department of Justice also got involved urging the courts t
  
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• Local tea boutique offers fun Valentines event

  07-02-2017 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – If chocolate is the plan for your Valentine this year, why not enjoy a chocolate themed menu, this even includes the drinks.
  The Fragrant Leaf Tea Boutique, a locally-owned purveyor of artisanal loose-leaf teas and tea accessories from Asia, is hosting a Valentine’s Day menu perfect for chocolate lovers.
  Owners Nadine and Robin Scala, joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss the upcoming event, plus demonstrating how to make a Ho
  
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• Nuclear Museum hosts STEM Day

  07-02-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s not just a place to learn the story of the Atomic Age or to check out interesting exhibits, one local museum is offering fun events for the whole family.
  The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History(NMNSH) is hosting a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math  Day or also known as STEM Day.
  Jennifer Hayden with NMNSH joined KRQE’s This Morning show to talk about STEM Day and demonstrate a fun “Science I
  
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• Shannon Loves Flowers gears up for Valentine’s Day

  07-02-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – When it comes to February, flowers are typically on everyone’s mind, whether you want to receive them or gift them to your sweetheart and there’s one local flower shop that wants to help make the process easy.
  Shannon Loves Flowers is a local flower shop that has a bouquet for everyone’s budget.
  Owner, Shannon Chavez, joined KRQE’s This Morning show to discuss the different Valentine bouquet options.
  A beautiful mixed flower arrangeme
  
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