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• The Container Store to open in July

  09-02-2017 23:24
  
  We now know when New Mexico’s first location of The Container Store will open. The company announced its plans to debut on July 8 in 18,000 square feet at Albuquerque’s Coronado Center. The retailer has said it is piloting its smaller-footprint model in Albuquerque. The Texas-based chain specializes in organizational products for areas like closets, […]
  
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• Updated: Appeals court: Decision on Trump travel ban coming Thursday

  09-02-2017 23:15
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court in San Francisco said Thursday it will release its ruling by the end of the business day in the legal fight over whether to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations. A panel of three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
  
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• Updated: Puerto Rico nationalist returns to serve term cut by Obama

  09-02-2017 23:13
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera unexpectedly returned to the island Thursday to serve the remainder of a sentence commuted by outgoing President Barack Obama, the San Juan mayor’s office said. A mayoral official said Lopez disembarked from an American Airlines jet that landed in the capital, San Juan, just […]
  
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• Updated: San Francisco denies permit for ‘Summer of Love’ concert

  09-02-2017 23:11
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A war of words has erupted over a concert planned to mark the Summer of Love in San Francisco. The city at the center of the counterculture movement in the 1960s is gearing up for celebrations that included a “Summer of Love 50th Anniversary” concert that was to be a focal point […]
  
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• Man wanted in California homicide case arrested in Arizona

  09-02-2017 23:11
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a man wanted in California in a homicide case has been arrested in Arizona. U.S. Marshals Service officials say 31-year-old Ricardo Sarabia was taken into custody Tuesday evening in Phoenix. They say Sarabia was wanted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and San Fernando police. Authorities say Sarabia is a […]
  
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• State lawmakers introduce bill to protect babies born showing signs of life

  09-02-2017 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – State lawmakers will once again tackle the topic of late term abortion. This year there’s a unique bill on the table.
  It’s called the “Born Alive Bill,” sponsored by Republicans lawmakers Rod Montoya, David Gallegos, Rick Little and Yvette Herrell.
  The bill requires doctors to resuscitate babies — even those born as the result of an abortion — if they show signs of breathing, a heartbeat, clear movement or even a pulsation in the
  
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• L.L. Bean freezes pension, offers early outs

  09-02-2017 21:29
  
  FREEPORT, Maine — L.L. Bean is moving to cut costs by freezing pensions and offering voluntary early retirements, and company officials say they are taking a hard look at its generous shipping and return policies. The Freeport-based outdoors retailer will freeze its defined-benefit pension plan and boost its 401(k) savings contributions to all 5,000 workers, […]
  
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• Updated: Lobbyist: Trump supports privatizing air traffic control

  09-02-2017 21:28
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he supports privatizing America’s air traffic control system, according to a top airline industry lobbyist who was in the meeting. Nick Calio, president and CEO of Airlines for America, the trade association that represents the major airlines, said after the White House meeting […]
  
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• Updated: Kellogg CEO: No ‘discernible’ impact from online boycott

  09-02-2017 21:28
  
  NEW YORK — Kellogg says it saw no “discernible” effect from an online boycott spurred by its decision to pull ads from a website formerly run by one of President Trump’s top aides. CEO John Bryant said it’s difficult to gauge the impact of such consumer actions given the volume of its sales, but that […]
  
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• After years of faltering, stock pickers see signs of hope

  09-02-2017 21:28
  
  NEW YORK — They’re some of the most-shunned people in investing, and if there were ever a time for them to make a last stand, it’s now. After watching hundreds of billions of dollars head out the door, stock-picking managers of mutual funds say conditions are starting to turn in their favor, and they’re in […]
  
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• Updated: With health law in jeopardy, more than 12M still sign up

  09-02-2017 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON — More than 12.2 million people have signed up for coverage nationwide this year under the Obama-era health care law even with the uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s vow to repeal and replace it. A count by The Associated Press shows that many consumers returned to the program despite its problems. Aside from […]
  
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• Nor’easter blankets Southern New England with snow

  09-02-2017 21:11 via krqe.com
  
  EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Eyewitness News reporters and meteorologists are covering a nor’easter expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds to the area on Thursday.
  The Pinpoint Weather Team expects the heavy snowfall to continue through the late afternoon. Accumulations of 12″-18″ are anticipated before the snow tapers off between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. With the combination of wind gusts up to 30-45 mph, the near-whiteout conditions will make driving dangerous t
  
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• Trump shows interest in privatizing air traffic control

  09-02-2017 20:48 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he is interested in privatizing America’s air traffic control system and improving the nation’s airports and roads, which he called obsolete.
  Trump also promised to roll back government regulations and said he will announce a plan in the next three weeks to reduce taxes on businesses. But he sounded skeptical about raising fees that airline passengers pay to fund airport improvements.
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• Lobbyist: Trump supports privatizing air traffic control

  09-02-2017 20:48 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told airline and airport executives Thursday that he supports privatizing America’s air traffic control system, according to a top airline industry lobbyist who was in the meeting.
  Nick Calio, president and CEO of Airlines for America, the trade association that represents the major airlines, said after the White House meeting that Trump was “extraordinarily positive” when airline executives urged him to spin off air traffic contro
  
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• Top US commander says more troops needed in Afghanistan

  09-02-2017 20:39 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A few thousand more troops are needed to help end the stalemate in Afghanistan, according to a senior U.S. military commander who also told lawmakers Thursday that Russian meddling is complicating the counterterrorism fight.
  Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, didn’t provide the Senate Armed Services Committee with an exact number of additional forces. But he said they could come from the United States or other countries in the America
  
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• Bernalillo Co. District Attorney adds new tools to fight repeat criminals

  09-02-2017 20:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It is no secret New Mexico has a big crime problem and Albuquerque tops the list.
  Thursday, the U.S. Attorney and the new District Attorney in Bernalillo County announced how they plan to tackle it.
  The state has been working with the feds to get the worst of the worst criminals off the streets and now they are about to step it up.
  District Attorney Raul Torrez says he has designated four of his prosecutors to work with the feds in going after repeat violent
  
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• Atomic bomb test effects report to be released

  09-02-2017 19:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — A report is scheduled to be released on the health effects of the people who lived near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test on July 16, 1945.
  The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium will release the health assessment report Friday on residents of a historic Hispanic village of Tularosa near the Trinity Test in the New Mexico desert.
  Scientists working in the secret city of Los Alamos, New Mexico, developed the atomic bomb as part of the Manhatt
  
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• PNM to help Bernalillo area residents with electric bills

  09-02-2017 19:42
  
  PNM is offering help to financially struggling families in Bernalillo.
  
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• New Rio Rancho contact center looking to fill over 500 positions

  09-02-2017 19:39 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, NM (KRQE) – Safelite AutoGlass officially opened its fifth contact center Wednesday in Rio Rancho. The new facility has seats for up to 1,000 customer service representatives.
  The company has hired 400 people so far which leave more than 500 positions open in both customer service and inbound sales positions.
  The June 2016 announcement from Governor Susana Martinez noted that the four-year commitment to 900 new jobs was the largest single job creation in New Mexico since 2009.
  
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• Dog rescued from Thursday morning garage fire

  09-02-2017 19:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – Albuquerque Fire Department responded to a house fire Thursday morning on the 1800 block of Cielo Oeste Pl NW.
  When firefighters arrived, they found the homes’ garage fully engulfed in flames but were able to extinguish the fire within minutes.
  Two occupants safely evacuated without injury. One dog was rescued by firefighters and had to be revived with oxygen.
  The home suffered extensive smoke and water damage. The family will be displaced until repairs can b
  
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• Blake’s opens new Ariz. store, celebrates 65th birthday

  09-02-2017 19:36
  
  Blake’s Lotaburger is continuing its march into Arizona. New Mexico’s homegrown burger chain on Thursday announced it would be opening a third location in Tucson and a new store in Gilbert, its first in the Phoenix metro area. The chain also said it was moving its store near Gibson and Broadway to a location at […]
  
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• Updated: ‘House of Cards’ filming takes over Baltimore County Council chambers

  09-02-2017 19:33
  
  It seemed on Thursday that a shadow Congress was forming just an hour north of the real deal. But that official-looking “U.S. House of Representatives” seal hanging on the wall of the Baltimore County Council Chambers in Towson, Maryland, was purely fictional – the “House of Cards” crew had taken over the meeting space for […]
  
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• Updated: Domino’s Pizza launches wedding registry before Valentine’s

  09-02-2017 19:33
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Forget the fine china. Domino’s Pizza has launched a wedding registry site that allows couples to order the pie of their dreams. Domino’s spokeswoman Jenny Fouracre says the company launched the site just in time for Valentine’s Day so couples “passionate about pizza” can “register for something they both truly love […]
  
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• Most undocumented immigrants live in urban areas, study shows

  09-02-2017 19:32
  
  Over 60 percent of the 11.1 million undocumented immigrants in the United States are concentrated in just 20 major metropolitan areas, a far higher proportion than U.S. residents as a whole who live in urban areas, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday. In 2014, these 20 metro areas were home to 6.8 […]
  
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• Analysis: Marco Rubio’s plea for civility

  09-02-2017 19:32
  
  Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to silence Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on the Senate floor earlier this week drew massive media attention — and outrage among partisans of all stripes. By contrast, few people paid much attention to the speech Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, R, gave in the aftermath of the shushing of Warren. They […]
  
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• The Latest: Trump ‘positive’ on air traffic control change

  09-02-2017 18:08
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s meeting with airline executives (all times local): 11:55 am A top airline industry lobbyist says President Donald Trump was “extraordinarily positive” when airline executives urged him to support privatizing America’s air traffic control system. Nick Calio is president and CEO of Airlines for America, a trade association. […]
  
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• Updated: ‘Nioh’ is game of complex fighting systems; only the hardcore need apply

  09-02-2017 18:07
  
  “Nioh” Developed by: Team Ninja (Koei Tecmo Games) Published by: Sony Interactive Entertainment Available on: PlayStation 4 — In 2010, novelist Nicholson Baker wrote about learning to play games later in life for The New Yorker. “(The) first thing I learned is that video games – especially the vivid, violent ones – are ridiculously hard […]
  
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• Comcast should stop claiming it provides America’s ‘fastest Internet,’ advertising watchdog says

  09-02-2017 18:07
  
  Comcast’s claims that it offers the “fastest Internet in America” and the “fastest in-home WiFi” risks misleading consumers and should be stopped, according to an advertising watchdog administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. The ruling Wednesday from the National Advertising Review Board found that Comcast’s reliance on Ookla’s Speedtest.net data masks important details […]
  
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• Bob Costas steps down from NBC’s Olympic hosting duties after 24 years

  09-02-2017 18:07
  
  Could there actually be an Olympics without Bob Costas’s steady and comforting presence at NBC’s anchor desk? We’re about to find out. Costas, who has held the prime-time gig since 1991, is being replaced by Mike Tirico, who came to NBC from ESPN last April. The move is effective with the 2018 Winter Olympics, which […]
  
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• Bond for Texas murder suspect set at whopping $4 billion

  09-02-2017 18:05
  
  KILLEEN, Texas — A Texas court official has imposed a $4 billion bond on a 25-year-old man charged in a fatal shooting. Bell County Justice of the Peace Claudia Brown recently set the bond for Antonio Marquis Willis, who is charged with murder in the December killing. County sheriff’s Deputy Chief Chuck Cox told the […]
  
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• Charges allege conspiracy to sell fake Native American art

  09-02-2017 17:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In one of the largest investigation conducted under the Native American Arts Act, a federal grand jury in New Mexico has indicted four people on charges accusing them of conspiring to import and fraudulently sell Filipino-made jewelry as made by Native Americans.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the indictment Tuesday stems from an investigation that began in early 2015, involved several federal agencies and resulted in a previous indictment.
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• Plane from Columbus diverted to St. Louis

  09-02-2017 16:51 via krqe.com
  
  ST. LOUIS, MO (WCMH) — A plane that flew out of John Glenn Columbus International Airport was diverted to St. Louis, Thursday.
  According to a representative with John Glenn Airport American Airlines flight 534 was diverted but there is no information available at this time as to why.
  All passengers have been deplaned, according to the spokesperson. A person with the St. Louis airport says the plane landed about an hour ago, and they are currently doing a security check.
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• Price nears Senate confirmation as Trump health secretary

  09-02-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are ready to overpower Democrats and push another of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees through the Senate, the man who will help lead the GOP drive to erase and replace the health care law.
  The Senate voted 51-48 Wednesday to short-circuit Democratic delaying tactics against Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., Trump’s choice for health secretary. Final approval of Price seemed certain, a vote that would elevate the long-time proponent of dismantling Pre
  
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• A divided, testy Senate nears OK of Trump health secretary

  09-02-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed President Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary toward confirmation Thursday in the testy Senate’s fourth consecutive brawl over Cabinet picks.
  Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., seemed certain to win confirmation to head the Health and Human Services Department by a mostly party-line vote, testament to each side’s divergent views of him and the raw feelings that have enveloped Washington.
  Republicans see the conservative seven-term House mem
  
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• A divided, testy Senate confirms Trump health secretary

  09-02-2017 16:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans won Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary early Friday in the testy chamber’s fourth consecutive brawl over Cabinet picks.
  Senators approved Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to head the Health and Human Services Department by a strictly party-line 52-47 vote in the dead of night. A debate that Democrats prolonged until nearly 2 a.m. EST Friday was dotted with bitter accusations, reflecting the raw feelings enveloping Was
  
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• Top US general says more troops needed in Afghanistan

  09-02-2017 16:35 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says he needs a “few thousand” more troops to properly train and advise the Afghan military.
  Gen. John Nicholson didn’t provide an exact number while testifying Thursday before a Senate committee. He says the additional forces could come from the U.S. or its allies.
  There are currently about 8,400 U.S. troops conducting counterterrorism operations against insurgents and working with Afghanistan’s military.
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• UNM students on edge after student murdered near campus

  09-02-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Students at the University of New Mexico are on high alert, Thursday, as police investigate a student’s murder near campus.
  “It is pretty unsettling, honestly,” said UNM Junior Lindsey Nelson.
  Nelson lives close to campus. She takes Stanford to school every morning, but Nelson had no idea her route took her past the same spot where a student was shot and killed, Tuesday.
  “It is upsetting to have that happen so close to where I walk every d
  
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• UNM students not surprised someone was killed feet from campus

  09-02-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Students at the University of New Mexico are on high alert Thursday as police investigate a student’s murder near campus.
  “It is pretty unsettling, honestly,” said UNM Junior Lindsey Nelson.
  Nelson lives close to campus. She takes Stanford to school every morning, but Nelson had no idea her route took her past the same spot where a student was shot and killed on Tuesday.
  “It is upsetting to have that happen so close to where I walk every d
  
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• Police: UNM student found dead Tuesday, died from gunshot wound

  09-02-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department say Thursday that the death of a University of New Mexico student was from a gunshot wound.
  Police found 26-year-old Juan Romero dead on the sidewalk near Central and Stanford Tuesday morning. His death is being investigated as a murder.
  Officers have not released any additional details only saying that they are looking for surveillance video that may show what happened.
  The university says it is reaching out to his family to off
  
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• Police: Man found dead near UNM died from gunshot wound

  09-02-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The cause of death for a man found dead near the University of New Mexico earlier this week has been determined.
  According to the Albuquerque Police Department, 26-year-old Juan Romero died from a gunshot wound. Romero’s body was found Tuesday in the area of Stanford and Central.
  Police say Romero’s death is being investigated as a murder.
  If you have any information you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 843-STOP.
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• Tribe files legal challenge to pipeline’s finish

  09-02-2017 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and the full pipeline should be operational within three months, the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday, even as an American Indian tribe filed a legal challenge to block the work and protect its water supply.
  The Army granted Energy Transfer Partners formal permission Wednesday to lay pipe under Lake Oahe, clearing the way for completion of the 1,200-mile, $3.8 bil
  
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• US officials stop vetting Nauru refugees for resettlement

  09-02-2017 16:04 via krqe.com
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. officials stopped screening refugees held on Nauru for potential resettlement in the United States this week but will return to the Pacific atoll to continue working toward a deal that President Donald Trump has condemned as “dumb,” an Australian minister said Thursday.
  Immigration Minister Peter Dutton would not say when U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials would return to Nauru to conduct what Trump describes as “extreme vetting
  
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• Updated: Yum blames Pizza Hut’s problems on weak image for delivery

  09-02-2017 15:56
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Pizza Hut is struggling in the U.S., and executives are blaming its reputation for being more of a sit-down restaurant than a pizza delivery chain. Yum Brands Inc. said Thursday that Pizza Hut’s sales declined 4 percent at established locations during the fourth quarter. The company said it has brought in outside […]
  
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• Updated: The Latest: Tribe files legal challenge to pipeline’s finish

  09-02-2017 15:56
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. — The Latest on the proposed four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline (all times local): 8:45 a.m. One of two American Indian tribes fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has filed a legal challenge to try to block its completion. The Cheyenne River Sioux worries a pipeline leak could contaminate its […]
  
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• Updated: German court halts plan to deepen Elbe River over rare plant

  09-02-2017 15:55
  
  BERLIN — Germany’s top administrative court has ordered plans to deepen the Elbe River be revised because of potential risks to a rare aquatic plant. The ruling sent shares in logistics company HHLA, which operates container terminals at the Port of Hamburg, tumbling more than 11 percent Thursday. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig said […]
  
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• Updated: France gets 70 new starred restaurants in Michelin Guide

  09-02-2017 15:55
  
  PARIS — The Michelin Guide has awarded one or more of its coveted stars to 70 new restaurants in France. The only new three-star restaurant in the guide’s 2017 edition is the “1947” at the Cheval Blanc hotel in the tony Alpine ski resort of Courchevel. Michelin praised the establishment’s chef, Yannick Alleno, for providing […]
  
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• Updated: Cops: Drunken bus driver stranded St. Louis basketball team

  09-02-2017 15:55
  
  The Saint Louis University men's basketball team lost a game to St. Bonaventure - and then its bus. The Billikens…
  
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• A look at the judges who will rule on Trump’s travel ban

  09-02-2017 15:45 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide as soon as Thursday whether to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which temporarily suspended the nation’s refugee program and immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries that have raised terrorism concerns. Here’s a look at their backgrounds, judicial decisions and questioning during arguments in the case this week:
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• Several arrested as deportation fear prompts Phoenix protest

  09-02-2017 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police made several arrests as protesters blocked enforcement vans from leaving a U.S. immigration office in Phoenix, fearing that a mother of two was headed for deportation.
  The protest surged late Wednesday at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility after Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos was taken into custody during a routine check-in with the agency, according to media reports.
  The activists said it was an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to dep
  
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• GM recalls older sports cars to fix air bag sensor problem

  09-02-2017 15:22 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling 107,000 older sports cars worldwide because a faulty sensor can disable the front passenger air bag.
  The recall covers the 2006 to 2010 Pontiac Solstice and the 2007 to 2010 Saturn Sky. The two-seat cars are no longer made and both brands have been scrapped by the company.
  GM says in government documents that a sensor that determines if a child is sitting in the passenger seat can bend and become damaged over time. That can open an electrical circ
  
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