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• Jerry Sandusky’s son Jeffrey arrested on child sex charges

  13-02-2017 23:57 via krqe.com
  
  One of Jerry Sandusky’s sons was charged Monday with sex crimes involving two girls, more than five years after the former Penn State assistant coach was himself first arrested on child molestation charges.
  Jeffrey S. Sandusky, 41, was charged by state police and arraigned by a district judge in Bellefonte on 14 counts. He was jailed on $200,000 bail.
  Sandusky was a stalwart supporter of his father and accompanied his mother, Dottie, to many of his court proceedings. On Monday, Dottie acco
  
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• Local shops get ready for Valentine’s Day

  13-02-2017 23:38
  
  Albuquerque resident Richard Ferrell is sitting at a small two-top table at Chocolate Dude in Nob Hill, one hand protecting two neatly wrapped boxes of chocolate and the other petting his dog, Toast. It’s the day before Valentine’s Day, and Chocolate Dude is bursting with activity as customers try to get their special someones a […]
  
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• Arrests made in shooting of boy in drug deal in Las Cruces

  13-02-2017 23:35
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Police have made arrests in the Feb. 5 shooting of a 14-year-old boy during a marijuana deal in Las Cruces. Authorities say two 17-year-old boys and a 21-year-old man had arranged to buy marijuana from the boy and were planning to steal drugs from him. Police say one of the 17-year-olds […]
  
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• Tucson woman sentenced for sending jailed husband child porn

  13-02-2017 23:34
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tucson woman has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for mailing child pornography to her jailed husband who was awaiting trial on child porn charges. Federal prosecutors say 28-year-old Breana VanDyck received a 63-month prison term Monday. After serving her sentence, VanDyck will be on lifetime supervised […]
  
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• DHS arrested 680 immigrants in week-long roundup

  13-02-2017 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department said Monday that 680 people were arrested in roundups last week targeting immigrants living illegally in the United States. The figure is far below the totals of similar raids conducted under the Obama administration. The raids have left immigrant communities worried about stepped-up enforcement efforts and the White House […]
  
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• Seamless Medical acquired by GetWellNetwork

  13-02-2017 23:26
  
  Santa Fe-based Seamless Medical System, a venture-backed startup with an iPad-based patient engagement system, has been acquired by Maryland-based GetWellNetwork for an undisclosed price. The sale will allow Seamless, which launched in 2012 with homegrown software, to greatly expand its customer base at medical clinics nationwide, thanks to the marketing might of GetWellNetwork, said Seamless […]
  
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• Residents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancer cases

  13-02-2017 23:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Residents say the world’s first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by an advocacy group seeking compensation for descendants.
  The surveys released Friday detailed residents’ stories from areas around the 1945 Trinity Test and argue that many Hispanic families later struggled to keep up with cancer-related illnesses. The health effects of the
  
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• Verizon pulled back into unlimited data game

  13-02-2017 22:55 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon, in a major reversal, has joined other carriers in offering an unlimited data plan.
  As recently as January, Verizon’s chief financial officer said unlimited plans were “not something we feel the need to do” even though rivals had made inroads against Verizon by offering them. Verizon stopped offering such plans to new customers in 2012 and has been trying to push longtime customers off those old plans through rate hikes.
  The arrival of the iPhone a
  
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• New furniture donated to Albuquerque elementary school

  13-02-2017 22:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque elementary school received an early Valentine’s Day gift from Albuquerque firefighters.
  Conn’s Homeplus partnered up with the Albuquerque Fire Department to donate furniture to Alvarado Elementary School.
  The school has been in need of more tables and chairs for their classrooms. The students returned the favor, thanking Albuquerque firefighters for their service with handmade cards. They also got the chance to learn about fire saf
  
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• Woman accused in deadly hit-and-run connected to another car theft

  13-02-2017 22:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The woman accused of killing a mother and daughter while fleeing in a stolen van has been connected to another car theft.
  Elexus Groves is facing two counts of murder for the deaths of 14-year-old Shaylee Boling and her mother, Shaunna Arredondo-Boling, in January.
  Just a month before that, Groves was caught driving a stolen car while breaking into mailboxes in Placitas. Sheriff’s deputies say she tried to run over a deputy when he tried to arrest her.
  Now,
  
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• Judge denies request to halt Dakota Access pipeline work

  13-02-2017 21:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected a request by two American Indian tribes for an emergency order halting construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, in Washington, D.C., said that as long as the oil isn’t flowing through the pipeline, there is no immediate harm to the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux tribes, which are suing to stop the project. But he said he’d consider the arguments more
  
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• Trump says US will deal with North Korea ‘very strongly’

  13-02-2017 21:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to “deal with” North Korea, calling it “a big, big problem” without mentioning the ballistic missile it test-fired over the weekend or any planned American response.
  The Pentagon was more pointed in its assessment of the problem. A spokesman said technical advancements in North Korea’s ballistic missile programs, demonstrated in the latest test-launch from a mobile launcher, pose a “clear, grave th
  
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• Advocates of disabled students closely watching new ed chief

  13-02-2017 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  Betsy DeVos got off to a rocky start with families of disabled children when she acknowledged being confused by a question at her confirmation hearing about a federal law that has governed special education since 1975.
  Now that DeVos is on the job at the U.S. Education Department, advocacy groups say they will be watching closely to see how much the billionaire school choice champion has learned and how her philosophy will affect the more than 6.5 million public school students who need special
  
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• Reserve officer from New Mexico arrested in Oregon shooting

  13-02-2017 20:59 via krqe.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a reserve police officer from New Mexico was arrested after a shooting in Eugene, Oregon.
  Eugene police say 44-year-old Charles Pressburg was drinking Saturday night and fired a round shortly after midnight. The Register-Guard reports police did not disclose any information about the victim, except that the person was taken to a hospital for treatment of an injury that’s not life-threatening.
  Pressburg was booked into jail on charges of assault, re
  
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• Last minute Valentine's Day treat ideas

  13-02-2017 20:59
  
  The KOB Eyewitness News 4 Today Team visited Cinnamon Café in Northeast Albuquerque to get ideas for last-minute Valentine’s Day treats.
  
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• Updated: Trump ignores reporters’ shouted questions about Flynn

  13-02-2017 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON — Embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn’s fate as one of President Donald Trump’s senior aides remained uncertain Monday following reports that he discussed U.S. sanctions with a Russian envoy before Trump’s inauguration. For a fourth straight day, White House officials would not say whether Trump had confidence in Flynn. The president has not […]
  
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• Election, Women’s March prompt women of color to seek office

  13-02-2017 20:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Weeks after the election of Donald Trump, some minority women are turning their fears into action by joining hundreds, possibly thousands of women of color, who are actively considering a run for office.
  Across the country, women are gathering signatures, attending workshops, and signing up for fundraising and public speaking classeswith their eyes on campaigns for school board seats, city councils, state offices, and even Congress.
  Nonprofit groups that encourage
  
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• Breaking: Belen High boys basketball coach facing sex charge with minor

  13-02-2017 20:42
  
  LOS LUNAS—Los Lunas police arrested 34-year-old Patrick W. Mondragon, the Belen High School’s boys basketball coach and teacher, this weekend for allegedly having criminal sexual contact with a 17-year-old minor. The alleged crime took place in the early morning hours Sunday at his home on Avenida Esplendia in Los Lunas. Mondragon is charged with one […]
  
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• DuPont, Chemours to pay $671M in chemical leak case

  13-02-2017 20:37
  
  WASHINGTON — DuPont and Chemours will pay nearly $671 million to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the release of a chemical from a plant in West Virginia more than a decade ago. Chemours was spun off from DuPont two years ago. More than 3,500 federal and state lawsuits allege that the DuPont Co. Washington […]
  
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• Updated: Judge questions effect of Trump comments on Bergdahl case

  13-02-2017 20:35
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A military judge called President Donald Trump’s scathing campaign-trail criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl “disturbing” on Monday and questioned whether it would make the public think the soldier can’t get a fair trial for walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009. During a pretrial hearing, defense attorneys played part […]
  
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• Passenger suing drunk driver after deadly crash

  13-02-2017 20:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The passenger in a drunk driving crash that killed three people in Albuquerque, has filed a lawsuit against the driver.
  Jacob Jaramillo ran a red light on the Big-I frontage road in 2015, slamming into 20-year-old Gracie Sinfield and brothers 23-year-old Sergio Mendez-Aguire and 27-year-old Roberto Mendez. All three were killed.
  Jaramillo is serving a 16-year prison sentence for the deadly crash.
  Now, his passenger, 17-year-old Adrian Montelongo is suing him. He
  
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• Jury to hear arguments over Las Conchas Fire damages

  13-02-2017 20:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A jury is scheduled to hear arguments over how much money in damages two New Mexico pueblos will receive from the Las Conchas Fire. The fire was caused when a tree fell onto power lines back in 2011.
  In 2015, the Jemez Electric Co-op and Tri State Generation were sued for damages. A certified arborist says the co-op did not properly train inspectors.
  The fire destroyed dozens of homes on the Jemez and Cochiti Pueblos. The flooding that followed was even more dest
  
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• Fidelity to add 135 positions at ABQ center

  13-02-2017 20:10
  
  Fidelity Investments announced Monday that the financial services company will hire 135 new Albuquerque employees in the coming months. Fidelity already has 975 employees in Albuquerque at its 216,000-square-foot support center in Mesa Del Sol and its branch at ABQ Uptown. “We’re pleased to offer these competitive jobs that come with the opportunity to grow […]
  
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• Updated: K-State coach Bill Snyder diagnosed with throat cancer

  13-02-2017 19:28
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hall of Fame coach Bill Snyder has been diagnosed with throat cancer, though treatments are going well and he expects to be on the field when Kansas State begins spring practice next month. The 77-year-old Snyder addressed his health in a statement Monday, shortly after rumors began to circulate that he […]
  
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• Belen basketball coach accused of molesting teen

  13-02-2017 19:27 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A Belen high teacher and basketball coach has been arrested on child molestation charges.
  Officials say 34-year-old Patrick Mondragon is accused of having criminal sexual contact with a 17-year-old. He was arrested at his home in Los Lunas early Sunday.
  Police say a woman called officers after she walked in Mondragon and the teen on the couch.
  Belen School District officials say Mondragon has been suspended without pay.
  Mondragon was booked into the Valencia C
  
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• Updated: Andre The Giant set for big upcoming documentary on HBO

  13-02-2017 19:03
  
  The tall tales and colossal career of Andre the Giant will be told in an upcoming HBO documentary. WWE, HBO Sports and the Bill Simmons Media Group will produce “Andre The Giant,” a documentary film examining the life and career of one of professional wrestling’s truly biggest stars. Andre Rene Roussimoff, a native of France, […]
  
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• Drivers see higher premiums after not-at-fault crashes

  13-02-2017 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Most drivers don’t expect to be hit with a rate hike on their auto insurance after a car accident that wasn’t their fault. But a consumer group says it happens, and it’s a problem.
  The Washington-based Consumer Federation of America says it found rate hikes on annual premiums as high as $400, in some cases.
  In the report released Monday, the group analyzed premium quotes in 10 cities, including New York and Chicago, from five of the nation’s larges
  
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• Updated: Drivers see higher premiums after not-at-fault crashes

  13-02-2017 18:57
  
  WASHINGTON — Most drivers don’t expect to be hit with a rate hike on their auto insurance after a car accident that wasn’t their fault. But a consumer group says it happens, and it’s a problem. The Washington-based Consumer Federation of America says it found rate hikes on annual premiums as high as $400, in […]
  
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• Updated: Cavs trade ‘Birdman’ Anderson to Hornets for 2nd-round pick

  13-02-2017 18:56
  
  CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers traded injured center Chris Andersen and cash to the Charlotte Hornets for a protected second-round draft pick. The move made Monday opens a roster spot for Cleveland and gives the defending NBA champions another asset to use for future deals. The NBA trading deadline is Feb. 23. Andersen, best known for […]
  
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• Updated: Senators try to speed up deployment of self-driving cars

  13-02-2017 18:55
  
  WASHINGTON — In the first major congressional attempt to address the advent of self-driving cars, two senators said Monday they’re launching a bipartisan effort to help to speed up the deployment of the vehicles on the nation’s roads. Republican John Thune of South Dakota, the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and […]
  
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• Gun industry seeks to ease gov’t restrictions on silencers

  13-02-2017 18:55 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — They are the stuff of legend, wielded by hit men and by James Bond. For decades, buying a silencer for a firearm has been as difficult as buying a machine gun, requiring a background check that can take close to a year.
  Now, emboldened by the election of Donald Trump as president, the industry has renewed a push in Congress to ease those restrictions, arguing that it’ll help preserve the hearing of gun users.
  “We look at this as a Second Amendment issue. We look
  
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• Search continues for man facing assault and child abuse charges

  13-02-2017 18:14
  
  The scene is clear at a northeast Albuquerque apartment complex after police searched for an armed suspect-- and even urged residents to stay inside.
  
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• Judge questions effect of Trump comments on Bergdahl case

  13-02-2017 18:09 via krqe.com
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A military judge called President Donald Trump’s scathing campaign-trail criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl “disturbing” on Monday and questioned whether it would make the public think the soldier can’t get a fair trial for walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.
  During a pretrial hearing, defense attorneys played part of a video exhibit in which Trump repeatedly says at campaign appearances that Bergdahl is a “traitor” who
  
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• Bergdahl hearing expected to focus on criticism from Trump

  13-02-2017 18:09 via krqe.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will try Monday to convince a judge that he cannot get a fair trial on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy because of highly charged statements made by President Donald Trump.
  The pretrial hearing before a military judge at Fort Bragg is expected to focus on statements that Trump made during the presidential campaign.
  Bergdahl is scheduled for trial in April and could face a life sentence if convicted of misbehavior
  
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• Updated: Yellen faces Congress at time of haziness over Trump’s plans

  13-02-2017 17:10
  
  WASHINGTON — The frenetic first three weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency have left political leaders divided and dizzy with uncertainty over what happens next. This week, it will be Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s turn to weigh in — if she chooses to — on how the economy could fare in the early months of […]
  
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• Updated: Baby bomber: Derek Jeter’s wife, Hannah, announces pregnancy

  13-02-2017 17:07
  
  NEW YORK — Derek Jeter’s wife, Hannah, says they are expecting their first child together, a girl. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit star made the announcement Monday in an essay on her husband’s Player’s Tribune website. The announcement includes a photo of the 42-year-old Yankees legend holding a bouquet of pink balloons. She says Derek already […]
  
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• North Korean missile test may have been big step forward

  13-02-2017 17:03 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Beyond the usual, lofty propaganda, North Korea’s test of a new intermediate-range ballistic missile contains an important, potentially worrying development.
  The country’s jubilant young dictator, Kim Jong Un, said the missile provides the country with another nuclear attack capability.
  Sunday’s launch — the first major North Korean challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump — is drawing intense scrutiny from outside weapons experts be
  
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• Judge considers shortening ex-soldier’s sentence due to PTSD

  13-02-2017 17:01
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A judge in central Colorado is considering reducing a former soldier’s sentence for drunkenly shooting his friend based on whether he is receiving adequate mental health care in prison. The Gazette of Colorado Springs reports (http://bit.ly/2kCD7BV ) that 4th Judicial District Judge Lin Billings-Vela said on Thursday that reports that former […]
  
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• Verizon latest carrier to return to unlimited cell plans

  13-02-2017 16:55
  
  NEW YORK — Verizon is the latest mobile carrier to bring back unlimited plans, but its version is pricier than offerings from rivals T-Mobile and Sprint. AT&T only lets customers sign up for unlimited plans when they also subscribe to DirecTV, which AT&T owns. But its prices are similar to Verizon’s for a family; Verizon […]
  
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• GOP must decide what to do with health law taxes

  13-02-2017 16:48 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans love cutting taxes, especially if they were authored by a president named Barack Obama. But as they push their wobbly effort to erase his health care overhaul, they’re divided over whether to repeal the levies the law imposed to finance its expanded coverage for millions of Americans.
  It’s a trillion-dollar dilemma — actually closer to $1.1 trillion. That’s the 10-year price tag the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office puts on revenu
  
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• Taliban suicide bomber strikes Pakistan rally, killing 13

  13-02-2017 16:46 via krqe.com
  
  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck police escorting a protest rally in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, killing at least 13 people and wounding nearly 60 in an attack claimed by a breakaway Taliban faction.
  The blast ripped through the crowd of hundreds of pharmacists, who were protesting new amendments to a law governing drug sales. Six police officers, including a former provincial counterterrorism chief, were among those killed, police said.
  Police initially
  
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• Taliban suicide attack targeting police at rally kills 13

  13-02-2017 16:46 via krqe.com
  
  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck police escorting a protest rally in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, killing at least 13 people and wounding nearly 60 in an attack claimed by a breakaway Taliban faction.
  The blast ripped through the crowd of hundreds of pharmacists, who were protesting new amendments to a law governing drug sales. Six police officers, including a former provincial counterterrorism chief, were among those killed, police said.
  Police initially
  
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• Updated: Hamas names shadowy militant as new leader in Gaza

  13-02-2017 16:40
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas has named a shadowy militant commander as its new leader in the Gaza Strip, an official media outlet confirmed on Monday, placing one of the Islamic militant group’s most hard-line figures in charge of its core power base. The appointment of Yehiya Sinwar, who was freed by Israel in […]
  
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• Updated: Up, up and away: Passenger-carrying drone to fly in Dubai

  13-02-2017 15:34
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Up, up and away: Dubai hopes to have a passenger-carrying drone regularly buzzing through the skyline of this futuristic city-state in July. Mattar al-Tayer, the head of Dubai’s Roads & Transportation Agency, made the announcement on Monday at the World Government Summit. The drone — a Chinese-made EHang 184 — […]
  
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• Kansas State coach Bill Snyder says he has throat cancer

  13-02-2017 15:34
  
  MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder says he has throat cancer but that his coaching duties won’t be affected. The 77-year-old Snyder said Monday in a news release that his prognosis is “excellent” and that he expects to be on the field for the start of spring practice on March 29. Snyder […]
  
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• Updated: Top French banker: Le Pen’s euro exit would cost billions

  13-02-2017 15:33
  
  PARIS — France’s central bank chief says that presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s proposal to leave the euro currency would cost the country more than 30 billion euros ($32 billion) a year in extra debt interest. Francois Villeroy de Galhau vigorously defended the euro on France-Inter radio Monday, warning voters not to believe Le Pen’s […]
  
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• Updated: Judge to hear arguments on Dakota Access pipeline work

  13-02-2017 15:33
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is hearing arguments on whether to stop work on the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline until a legal battle with American Indian tribes is resolved. The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux argue the pipeline threatens drinking water and cultural sites. The tribes also say it […]
  
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• Boeing workers, Machinists rally ahead of unionization vote

  13-02-2017 15:33
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two days before South Carolina Boeing employees vote on whether to join a union, workers and union members are holding a rally in support of collective bargaining rights. Boeing workers and members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are rallying Monday at the Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport Hotel […]
  
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• Valentine’s Day gifts for baby

  13-02-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Valentine’s Day is all about showing someone how much you love them and it’s important not to forget the baby in your life.
  Wheel N Deal Mama, a blogging site for parents, offers information from parenting advice to DIY projects for baby and has great ideas perfect to spoil baby on Valentine’s Day.
  Laura Dieckman with Wheel N Deal Mama joined KRQE’s This Morning team to discuss some great products for baby.
  Chew beads are perfect for
  
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• Monday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Rain, snow showers expected to continue Monday

  13-02-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. Rain, snow & wintry mix showers will continue to push north-northeast Monday. Be sure to give yourself extra time for the morning commute. Temperatures warming to the 30s, 40s and 50s late day will cause snow levels to rise this afternoon (+7500ft) expect on and off showers Monday.
  Full story: Kristen’s Monday Morning Forecast
  2. Many of you in the metro are waking up to wet, slushy roads Monday morning. But as you head further east on I-40, yo
  
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