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• UNM welcomes international students amid travel ban

  08-02-2017 23:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The many faces of the University of New Mexico gathered Wednesday at the Student Union Building to send a message to current and future international students.
  “We’re happy to have you here, and you are totally welcome here,” said one student as she stepped in front of a camera in the SUB.
  University Communications and the Global Education Office put together an event as part of a national campaign started by Temple University. It
  
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• Updated: Carter: Renewable energy can help Trump create jobs

  08-02-2017 22:14
  
  PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday millions of jobs could be created in the United States if President Donald Trump embraced renewable energy sources such as geothermal, solar and wind power. Carter, a Democrat who was the first U.S. president to install solar panels at the White House, said he hoped the […]
  
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• Updated: Newly discovered gecko has a quick-release mechanism for escaping predators

  08-02-2017 22:10
  
  Lizards are famous for their ability to detach their tails when a predator grabs it, but a newfound species of gecko from Madagascar takes this ability to the extreme. When a predator goes to take a bite, Geckolepis megalepis gives it a mouthful of scales and flesh instead. If you think this sounds gruesome, you […]
  
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• Some Democrats push for an economic message that goes beyond trashing Trump

  08-02-2017 22:04
  
  BALTIMORE — More powerless than they’ve been in a decade, House Democrats gather here this week still searching for an appealing economic agenda. But the first three weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency have shaken them and created a greater sense of urgency than they expected, leading many to set aside what now seem like petty […]
  
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• DeVos says she’s seeking common ground

  08-02-2017 22:04
  
  WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday delivered her first public messsage since her rocky confirmation hearing, promising her new staff that she is committed to working with them to “protect, strengthen and create new world-class education opportunities for America’s students.” DeVos pledged in a 9-minute speech to challenge the Education Department to examine […]
  
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• Notebook: NM Senate talks wine, dancing

  08-02-2017 22:03
  
  New Mexico senators this week spent some time talking fine wines, Boone’s Farm and something called “corkage” — or allowing customers to bring their own wine to a restaurant. The measured passed on an 38-0 vote after a rather bubbly debate — in which a few senators shared stories about the low-class wines of their […]
  
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• APS grapples with budget woes

  08-02-2017 20:39
  
  Some New Mexico school districts are still determining how they’ll handle mid-year cuts by lawmakers that were part of a solvency package for the budget shortfall.
  
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• Senator Tom Udall speaks out against Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions

  08-02-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Senator Tom Udall is getting a lot of attention Wednesday for what he did on Capitol Hill during the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s controversial pick for Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
  Udall spoke on the Senate floor and read a letter by Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow. He read the same letter that got Senator Elizabeth Warren silenced in the chambers just hours earlier.
  Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a little-know
  
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• PNM: Power restored to northwest Albuquerque customers

  08-02-2017 19:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – PNM says an outage knocked out power to 9,732 customers in northwest Albuquerque for a very brief period Wednesday.
  The cause of the outage is unknown at this time but they are investigating.Power in #ABQ N=St Joseph; S=I-40; E=72nd; W=Tierra Pintada has been restored.We're investigating the cause.Thank you for your patience.
  — PNM (@PNMtalk) February 8, 2017
   Outage in #Albuquerque affecting 9,732 customers. Boundaries: N=St. Joseph Rd NW; S=I-40; E=7
  
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• Updated: Boy Scouts welcome first transgender boy after policy change

  08-02-2017 19:28
  
  MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization. “I am accepted,” Joe Maldonado said Tuesday night as he put on a Cub Scout uniform. The 9-year-old […]
  
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• GOP, Dem senators want congressional say on Russia sanctions

  08-02-2017 19:27 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators wants President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress before easing U.S. sanctions against Russia.
  Their legislation, dubbed the Russia Sanctions Review Act, is the latest salvo in an increasingly heated debate over Trump’s desire to improve relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The measure underscores concerns among many Democrats and a few vocal Republicans that the White House may lift or lessen the penalties without
  
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• Updated: Seattle splits from Wells Fargo over Dakota Access pipeline

  08-02-2017 19:24
  
  SEATTLE — Seattle leaders voted to cut ties with banking giant Wells Fargo over its role as a lender to the Dakota Access pipeline project as well as other business practices. The crowd erupted in cheers Tuesday and chanted “water is life” when the City Council unanimously passed the measure, which directs officials to end […]
  
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• Updated: Oklahoma town cancels dance because of old city ordinance

  08-02-2017 19:23
  
  A small Oklahoma town is echoing the story line of '80s movie "Footloose" by canceling a Valentine's Day dance because…
  
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• Liberals should welcome Gorsuch. Like Kagan, he puts law before politics.

  08-02-2017 19:23
  
  Many liberals will be tempted to instinctively oppose Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation – because he is a self-proclaimed conservative, or because he was nominated by a divisive (even dangerous) president, or because of the shameful way that President Barack Obama’s nominee for the same vacancy was denied fair consideration. Succumbing to this impulse, […]
  
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• Texas senator responds to Trump’s vague ‘destroy’ comment

  08-02-2017 19:17
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — A state senator who may have been the target of President Donald Trump’s suggestions that he and a Texas sheriff could “destroy” her career says she’ll keep pushing to reform asset forfeiture laws. Republican Sen. Konni Burton of Colleyville said in a statement Wednesday, “I will not be discouraged.” Trump’s comment came […]
  
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• 5 tornadoes confirmed as people tell survival tales

  08-02-2017 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — National Weather Service teams were studying scenes of severe weather damage in Louisiana and Mississippi on Wednesday to determine where tornadoes struck and just how powerful they were.
  At least four confirmed tornadoes hit Louisiana and one hit Mississippi on Tuesday, meteorologists said. There may have been more still in Louisiana, but it could take several days to find the evidence, Christopher Bannan said.
  “Confirmation teams look for a concentrated, focused
  
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• Pentagon looking to rent space at Trump Tower

  08-02-2017 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The United States military is looking to rent space at Trump Tower for use when President Donald Trump returns to his longtime home in New York City.
  A Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday that the Department of Defense was looking for the space “in order to meet official mission requirements.”
  “The Department of Defense is working through appropriate channels and in accordance with all applicable legal requirements in order to acquire a limited amount of lea
  
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• Updated: ‘We’re in this together’: The fun of Tinder with a live audience

  08-02-2017 18:06
  
  Three years ago, Lane Moore, a writer and comedian in New York, came home to find her two roommates Tinder-swiping in their living room. Moore was curious about this dating app everyone was talking about. So she downloaded it and made a video of her roommates swiping on Tinder. Then a lightbulb went off. Moore […]
  
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• Judge reminding NFL retirees of concussion settlement

  08-02-2017 17:57
  
  PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Philadelphia is urging NFL retirees to register for a concussion settlement that could cost the league $1 billion over 65 years. About 22,000 retirees are encouraged to get baseline neurological testing. The league expects more than 6,000 of them to eventually be diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The […]
  
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• Updated: Police: Driver in double fatal Tesla crash was intoxicated

  08-02-2017 17:55
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The driver of a speeding Tesla electric car that crashed and burned in Indianapolis, killing her and a passenger, was too drunk to drive, according to a police report released Wednesday. The report, which includes toxicology test results, said 27-year-old driver Casey Speckman had a blood-alcohol level of 0.21 percent and 44-year-old passenger […]
  
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• President’s tweet sends Nordstrom shares tumbling

  08-02-2017 17:55
  
  NEW YORK — Nordstrom shares have taken a tumble after President Donald Trump tweeted that the department store chain had treated his daughter “so unfairly.” The company announced last week it would stop selling Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessory line, saying that was based on the sales performance of the first daughter’s brand. The president’s […]
  
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• Updated: Trump defends travel ban, questions judges

  08-02-2017 17:53
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed the court that is deliberating his immigration and refugee executive order for having motivations he described as “so political.” Speaking to a group of police chiefs and sheriffs, Trump honed in on the language used in a provision detailing presidential powers to limit “inadmissible aliens.” The provision […]
  
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• Federal court denies re-hearing of Ten Commandments case

  08-02-2017 16:55 via krqe.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – A federal appeals court in Denver has denied a petition asking it to review a lower court ruling requiring the removal of a Ten Commandments monument in New Mexico.
  The Daily Times reports that a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th circuit had previously left in place the lower court ruling regarding the monument outside Bloomfield’s City Hall. Petitioners asked the full court to review the case, and it has declined to do so.
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• Trump’s list of underreported terror doesn’t back up claim

  08-02-2017 16:44 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House list of what it calls underreported terrorist attacks did not support President Donald Trump’s claim that the media are downplaying a “genocide” carried out by the Islamic State group. But it did shine new light on the difficulty in defining the scope, source and motives behind the violence carried out in the name of radical Islam.
  A close review of the 78 attacks listed by the White House shows almost all the attacks were reported by the n
  
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• Boy Scouts welcome first transgender member

  08-02-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  
  MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization.
  “I am accepted,” Joe Maldonado said Tuesday night as he put on a Cub Scout uniform.
  The Record reported (http://bit.ly/2lqlgPh ) the 9-year-old joined Pack 20 in Maplewood following the organization’s decision to allow transgender scouts. Maldonado was ba
  
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• Boy Scouts welcome first transgender boy after policy change

  08-02-2017 16:37 via krqe.com
  
  MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization.
  “I am accepted,” Joe Maldonado said Tuesday night as he put on a Cub Scout uniform.
  The 9-year-old joined Pack 20 in Maplewood following the organization’s decision to allow transgender scouts, The Record reported (http://bit.ly/2lqlgPh). Maldonado had be
  
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• Remembering Hans Rosling, the visualization pioneer who made data dance

  08-02-2017 16:22
  
  Professor Hans Rosling, a statistician and epidemiologist who brought dramatic flair to animated visualizations of dry public health data, has died in Finland of pancreatic cancer, according to the foundation he started with his children. For much of the public not steeped in the arcana of epidemiological data sets or data visualization techniques (a.k.a. normal […]
  
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• Bannon’s right. The media is the ‘opposition.’

  08-02-2017 16:22
  
  Stephen Bannon, the White House strategist, roving provocateur and now foreign policy guru for President Donald Trump, stirred up a hornet’s nest recently when he called the national media “the opposition party.” Mainstream media organizations howled in protest at Bannon’s mischaracterization of their role and pledged anew their dedication to fairness, truth and accuracy. As […]
  
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• Yemen reviews deadly US raid on al-Qaida, but stops short of issuing ban

  08-02-2017 16:21
  
  Yemen’s top diplomat said the country has called for a “reassessment” of a Jan. 28 raid that left multiple civilians and a U.S. service member dead, but did not issue an outright ban on future American-led missions, a report said Wednesday. The statement by Yemen’s foreign minister, Abdul-Malik al-Mekhlafi, to the Associated Press followed a […]
  
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• Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Sessions’ character

  08-02-2017 16:21
  
  WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama senator’s character. In an extraordinarily rare move, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., interrupted Warren’s speech in a near-empty chamber, as debate on Sessions’s […]
  
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• NFL offseason: From Tony Romo rumors to Colin Kaepernick’s future to marijuana

  08-02-2017 16:21
  
  The NFL’s offseason has arrived. The confetti is done falling on the New England Patriots’ fifth Super Bowl victory. The testimonials to the reaffirmed all-time greatness of quarterback Tom Brady have been made, and Coach Bill Belichick already has lamented that the Patriots are five weeks behind in their preparations for next season. So it […]
  
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• Santa Fe reconsiders “sanctuary” label in new resolution

  08-02-2017 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The city of Santa Fe is reconsidering using the term “sanctuary city” in a resolution reaffirming immigrant-friendly policies as President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds.
  Drafters have removed the word “sanctuary” from a proposed resolution designed to emphasize Santa Fe’s positions on using law-enforcement resources to question citizens’ immigration status and other immigrant-friendly policies.
  The move to ba
  
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• Report: Only 1/3 New Mexico families access child care help

  08-02-2017 15:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A new report says only around a third of families eligible for child care assistance take advantage of the program in New Mexico – one of the nation’s poorest states.
  Children, Youth, and Families Department Secretary Monique Jacobson says a new report looking into child care in the state found that more families could be signing up for the program but the state is doing better than others.
  The report released Wednesday says New Mexico ranked 10th natio
  
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• Travel ban decision in hands of federal appeals court judges

  08-02-2017 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court will decide whether to reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the judges hammered away at the administration’s motivations for the ban, but also directed pointed questions to an attorney for two states trying to overturn it.
  It was unclear which way the three judges of the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals would rule, though legal experts said the states appeared to have the
  
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• Traffic ignoring school bus stop, mom says

  08-02-2017 15:52
  
  An Albuquerque mom wants something done about traffic around her son's school bus stop in her downtown Albuquerque neighborhood.
  
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• Local cupcakery offers delicious Valentine’s treats

  08-02-2017 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Put the heart shaped box aside and give your Valentine something they can actually enjoy.
  Smallcakes, a cupcakery, has a wide selection of cupcakes made daily that will surely make the one you love smile.
  Owner, Andrea Henderson, stopped by KRQE This Morning to discuss what’s available the Valentine’s Day.
  There’s nothing normal about any of the cupcakes offered at this bakery. From Pink Vanilla to Lemon Drops, Smallcakes has a flavor for e
  
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• ABQ 365 details Valentine’s Day events

  08-02-2017 15:12 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Whether you’re a visitor, lived here your entire life, or are somewhere in the middle, you are bound to be looking for something to do.
  With Albuquerque’s feel of a small town in a big city, repetitiveness seems to become the norm.
  So those who are looking to get out of the same-old, same-old, look to ABQ 365 to help you venture from your comfort zone.
  ABQ 365 is Albuquerque’s online source for community happenings, by the co
  
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• February brings awareness to the heart in more ways than one

  08-02-2017 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  When it comes to February, most often think of Valentine’s Day, but what many might not know is that the entire month is dedicated to the heart.
  February is Heart Health Month in hopes of bringing awareness to making the right daily choices to improve heart health.
  Dr. Eugene Sun with Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBSNM) joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss major risk factors when it comes to heart disease.
  The Centers for Disease
  
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• Israeli rights groups move to strike down settlement law

  08-02-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A pair of Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country’s Supreme Court to overturn a new law legalizing dozens of settler outposts in the West Bank, opening what is expected to be a lengthy legal battle over the contentious legislation.
  The legal challenges added new uncertainty to the law, which has drawn fierce international condemnations and been questioned by Israel’s own attorney general.
  The law, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
  
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• Israeli groups sue to stop settlement legalization law

  08-02-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — In the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious new law legalizing thousands of West Bank settlement homes, two Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country’s Supreme Court to overturn the measure.
  Adalah and the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center appealed to the high court, asking it to block implementation of the bill passed in parliament this week that sets out to legalize dozens of settler outposts built on privately owned Palestinian la
  
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• Disney’s Iger announces 2019 opening for Star Wars lands

  08-02-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company will open its Star Wars-themed lands at California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Walt Disney World in 2019.
  The 14-acre attractions were announced in 2015 and are under construction at the parks. Disney says the lands will include attractions and entertainment alongside aliens and droids. The attractions represent the parks’ largest single themed land expansion ever.
  During the company’s earnings call Tuesday, Ige
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Senate vote expected for Jeff Sessions

  08-02-2017 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A Senate vote is expected to happen Wednesday night on Senator Jeff Sessions as the nation’s next Attorney General. Democrats have been staging another marathon floor debate, all night long objecting to his nomination. At one point, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was reprimanded for delivering a critical speech about the Alabama senator, receiving a rare rebuke from leadership. She’s now barred from speaking on the floor for the rest of th
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Senate to vote on Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions

  08-02-2017 15:00 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. A Senate vote is expected to happen Wednesday night on Senator Jeff Sessions as the nation’s next Attorney General. Democrats have been staging another marathon floor debate, all night long objecting to his nomination. At one point, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was reprimanded for delivering a critical speech about the Alabama senator, receiving a rare rebuke from leadership. She’s now barred from speaking on the floor for the rest of th
  
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• Albuquerque to create Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs

  08-02-2017 14:53
  
  As the Trump administration is making immigration reform a priority, Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said he wants immigrants and refugees to feel welcome in the city.
  
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• Juvenile inmate population declines; assaults, drugs on the rise

  08-02-2017 14:52
  
  Assaults, drugs and graffiti incidents in New Mexico’s juvenile justice facilities are on the rise, yet the youth inmate population has shrunk, according to a Legislative Finance Committee report.
  
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• Study: Several NM roadways in bad shape, getting worse

  08-02-2017 14:40
  
  A national transportation research group just released a lengthy report analyzing the condition of New Mexico's roadways, highway safety, congestion and cost breakdowns for it all.
  
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• Report: NM ranked fifth for sexually transmitted diseases

  08-02-2017 14:36
  
  A new report released by backgroundchecks.org puts New Mexico in fifth place nationally among the "most sexually diseased states."
  
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• Devos vows to be ‘tireless advocate for all students’

  08-02-2017 14:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos vowed to be a “tireless advocate for all students” after being confirmed for the job by the slimmest possible margin in a culmination of an unusually contentious nomination fight.
  With two Republicans joining Democrats in a marathon effort to oppose the wealthy Republican donor, it took Vice President Mike Pence to break a 50-50 tie by casting the deciding vote Tuesday.
  Despite the win, DeVos, who spent more than two decades pro
  
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• State Board of Finance to address state’s court system funding Wednesday

  08-02-2017 14:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wednesday, an emergency meeting of the state Board of Finance is planned to figure out how New Mexico will pay for its court system.
  This as the state is said to run out of money to pay jurors as early as next month.
  Wednesday, the state Board of Finance will take on how to make sure the state does not run out of money for jury trials.
  New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Daniels has for months been asking for more money to pay jurors in the state.
  He is w
  
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• Sen. Sessions on track for confirmation as attorney general

  08-02-2017 14:15 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is working overtime toward confirming President Donald Trump’s close ally, Sen. Jeff Sessions, to become the nation’s top law enforcement officer as attorney general.
  The Alabama Republican appears headed toward confirmation on Wednesday evening by a nearly party-line vote. Democrats harshly criticized Sessions for being too close to Trump, too harsh on immigrants, and too weak on civil rights.
  “There is simply nothing in Senator Sessions&rsqu
  
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