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• Updated: In an Israeli warehouse, clues about Jesus’ life and death

  19-03-2017 23:48
  
  BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — In a cavernous warehouse where Israel stores its archaeological treasures, an ancient burial box is inscribed with the name of Jesus. Not THAT Jesus. Archaeologists in Israel say Jesus was a common name in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago, and that they have found about 30 ancient burial boxes inscribed […]
  
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• Arizona woman shot, killed while 12-year-old daughter home

  19-03-2017 23:32
  
  PEORIA, Ariz. — Police have identified an Arizona woman who was shot and killed while her 12-year-old daughter was home. Peoria Police say 49-year-old Tammy Mattison was shot in the head in her apartment Friday. Officer Brandon Sheffert says the woman’s daughter and neighbor called 911 and reported that the girl’s father may have shot […]
  
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• Updated: Former dairy farmer leads Trump-Russia investigation

  19-03-2017 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON — Devin Nunes once said all he wanted to do was work on a dairy farm. Now the Republican from the rural Central Valley of California is running one of the most scrutinized, complex and politically fraught congressional investigations in recent memory. As chairman of the House intelligence committee, which holds its first public […]
  
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• 10 signs your smartphone or tablet has been hacked

  19-03-2017 22:50 via krqe.com
  
  KNOXVILLE (WATE) – If you believe your phone or tablet has been compromised, it is critical to take action quickly, but most people don’t recognize when it happens. Here’s how to tell:
  1. Slow performance
  Malware running in the background can impact the performance of your device.
  Related: Beware! Security firm finds 36 Android devices with preinstalled malware
  2. Bad battery life
  Android users have a good idea about how long their battery should last. Malware can giv
  
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• Intel documents offer no evidence of spying on Trump Tower

  19-03-2017 22:44 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two lawmakers on the House intelligence committee said Sunday that documents the Justice Department and FBI delivered late last week offered no evidence that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Tower, but the panel’s ranking Democrat says the material offers circumstantial evidence that American citizens colluded with Russians in Moscow’s efforts to interfere in the presidential election.
  “There was circumstantial evidence of collusion;
  
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• Officials: Fire near Boulder, Colorado, may be human-caused

  19-03-2017 22:43 via krqe.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Sunday in battling a small wildfire that forced people to flee hundreds of homes in the mountains just outside downtown Boulder, Colorado, and authorities said they believe the blaze may have been human-caused.
  Light winds pushed the flames in the wooded area a couple of miles west of Pearl Street, the shopping and dining hub in the heart of the university city. Crews partially contained the fire that had burned just over 60 acres, but offic
  
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• Firefighters make headway on blaze near Boulder, Colorado

  19-03-2017 22:43 via krqe.com
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Sunday in battling a small wildfire that forced people to flee hundreds of homes in the mountains just outside downtown Boulder, Colorado, and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said.
  Wind was pushing the flames in the wooded area a couple of miles west of Pearl Street, the shopping and dining hub in the heart of the university city. Crews partially contained the fire that had burned just o
  
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• Tests find drugs, alcohol in blood of Paris airport attacker

  19-03-2017 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Blood tests determined Sunday that a suspected Islamic extremist consumed drugs and alcohol before a frenzied spree of violence that ended when he took a soldier hostage at Paris’ Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.
  The Paris prosecutors’ office said toxicology tests conducted as part of an autopsy found traces of cocaine and cannabis in the blood of the suspect, Ziyed Ben Belgacem.
  He also had 0.93 grams of alcohol per liter of blood when he di
  
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• Autopsy to learn if Paris airport attacker was drunk or high

  19-03-2017 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French officials completed an autopsy Sunday to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Paris’ Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.
  The suspect, Ziyed Ben Belgacem, stopped at a bar in the wee hours Saturday morning, around four hours before he first fired bird shot at traffic police. Then, 90 minutes later, he attacked the military patrol at Orly, causing panic and the shutdown of th
  
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• Italy president hugs those like him who lost family to Mafia

  19-03-2017 22:30 via krqe.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy’s president, whose brother was murdered by Cosa Nostra, traveled on Sunday to an organized crime stronghold to honor hundreds of Italians slain by the country’s crime clans over the past decades.
  President Sergio Mattarella also praised the judges, prosecutors, police officers, union leaders, businessmen and politicians who courageously combatted or denounced organized crime.
  During the ceremony in Locri, a Calabrian town that is a long-time base of the &lsquo
  
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• Updated: Washington athlete going for gold at Special Olympics

  19-03-2017 21:31
  
  BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Stefanie Sarason will embark on the journey of a lifetime on Saturday. But first, coffee. She’ll begin the day at her favorite coffee shop — Blackbird Bakery in Winslow — for one last taste of home before wrangling her pack of luggage over to the ferry and eventually to SeaTac, where […]
  
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• Albuquerque boy, 9, wins New Mexico Spelling Bee

  19-03-2017 21:09
  
  A fourth-grader from Albuquerque has been named the new state spelling bee champion.
  
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• At a glance: Insurance coverage for hearing loss is spotty

  19-03-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  About 15 percent of American adults ages 18 and older report some trouble hearing, according to federal statistics. Problems worsen so steadily as people age that nearly half of those 75 and older suffer from hearing loss.
  It is the third most common chronic physical disorder in the United States and is twice as prevalent as diabetes or cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Researchers are trying to better understand how problems develop, how they can be prevented
  
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• Duke City Gladiators get their 1st win of the year 40-38

  19-03-2017 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The Duke City Gladiators came into Saturday 0-2 on the season, dropping two very close games. They took on last year’s league champion Wichita Force on Saturday at Tingley Coliseum, and the Gladiators came out on top 40-38.
  The Gladiators, led by Donovan Porterie at QB, would look great offensively in the 1st half. They jumped out to a 14-0 lead after a game opening touchdown pass, a big stop on defense, and then another touchdown pass.
  Mental miscues hurt this Gl
  
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• Metro Champions were crowned on Saturday

  19-03-2017 20:27 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – UNM played host to this year’s Metro Baseball and Softball Championships. It was a clean sweep for La Cueva High School as the baseball team beat Rio Rancho 5-2, and the softball team defeated Cleveland 2-1.
  La Cueva baseball saw a great performance out of starting pitcher Jonathon Stroman, who went the distance striking out 6 batters and only allowing 2 runs on just 3 hits.
  La Cueva Softball had a tougher time with Cleveland, as this game was a pitcher&rsq
  
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• Updated: Oregon keeps Pac-12 unbeaten, gets to Sweet 16

  19-03-2017 20:02
  
  The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern): 9:35 p.m. Oregon has won a tight game against Rhode Island, earning a ticket to the Sweet 16 and keeping the Pac-12 undefeated in this NCAA Tournament. Next up for the conference is 11th seeded Southern California, which is in a tight game with No. 3 […]
  
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• Updated: Kentucky has narrow lead at halftime

  19-03-2017 20:02
  
  The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern): 3:38 p.m. Kentucky and Wichita State are tangled in a physical game with the Wildcats up 26-24 at halftime in Indianapolis. The second-seeded Wildcats are shooting 33 percent from the field, and the Shockers 30 percent. Bam Adebayo had 15 points and 18 rebounds in Kentucky’s […]
  
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• Updated: Kansas leads Michigan State 40-35 at halftime

  19-03-2017 20:02
  
  The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern): 6:15 p.m. Kansas led Michigan State 40-35 at halftime in their second-round NCAA Tournament game. The score was tied at 27 before the Jayhawks went on a 9-0 run. Frank Mason, Josh Jackson and Svi Mykhailiuk each scored nine points in the first half for Kansas, […]
  
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• Watch out: Mammals shrink when Earth heats up, study says

  19-03-2017 19:34 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming shrank certain animals in the ancient past, and scientists worry it could happen again.
  Warm-blooded animals got smaller at least twice in Earth’s history when carbon dioxide levels soared and temperatures spiked as part of a natural warming, a new study says.
  University of New Hampshire researcher Abigail D’Ambrosia warned that mammals — but not people — could shrivel in the future under even faster man-made warming.
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• Murder investigation underway after man found dead in Roswell

  19-03-2017 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE)– Roswell Police are conducting a murder investigation after a man was found dead in the street.
  Police say 62-year-old Dickie Tajeda was found dead outside of his home in the 400 block of East Van Buren Street by a family member around 7 a.m. Sunday morning.
  RPD says the cause of death is unknown at this time, but evidence found on scene prompted officers to start a murder investigation.
  No suspects have been named as of yet.
  KRQE will provide details as information is
  
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• Updated: You're nabbed! French gendarmes find thief stuck in window

  19-03-2017 18:27
  
  Arrests can't come any easier than this. French gendarmes called to a robbery found the suspected thief stuck in a…
  
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• One lane reopened after crash shuts down eastbound I-40 at Sedillo Hill

  19-03-2017 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Drivers are asked to avoid I-40 Eastbound at Sedillo Hill, due to an overnight crash.Traffic is currently reduced to one lane, as crews clean up debris.Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies posted the initial closure on Twitter at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, indicating all lanes were blocked. Deputies say they reopened one lane around 10 a.m.
  It is unclear whether anyone was hurt in the crash.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as information is made availab
  
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• Eastbound I-40 at Sedillo Hill reopened after crash

  19-03-2017 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Drivers were asked to avoid I-40 Eastbound at Sedillo Hill Sunday morning due to an overnight crash.Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies posted the initial closure on Twitter at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, indicating all lanes of eastbound I-40 were blocked. Deputies say they reopened one lane around 10 a.m. and fully reopened all lanes just before 2:30 p.m.
  It is unclear whether anyone was hurt in the crash.
  The cause of the crash is under investigation.
  
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• McDonald’s tests mobile ordering before national rollout

  19-03-2017 17:19 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s has started testing mobile order-and-pay after acknowledging the ordering process in its restaurants can be “stressful.”
  The company says it will gather feedback from the test before launching the option nationally toward the end of the year. It says mobile order-and-pay is now available at 29 stores in Monterey and Salinas, California, and will expand to 51 more locations in Spokane, Washington, next week.
  The rollout comes as customers increas
  
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• Updated: Saffron growers look to get a foothold in the US

  19-03-2017 16:15
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. — As spring crocus blooms approach, some growers have visions of a fall-flowering crocus that produces saffron, the world’s most valuable spice. University of Vermont researchers have been raising the exotic spice now grown primarily in Iran and are encouraging growers to tap into what they hope will be a cash crop. It’s […]
  
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• Saffron growers look to get a foothold in the US

  19-03-2017 16:15
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. — As spring crocus blooms approach, some growers have visions of a fall-flowering crocus that produces saffron, the world’s most valuable spice. University of Vermont researchers have been raising the exotic spice now grown primarily in Iran and are encouraging growers to tap into what they hope will be a cash crop. It’s […]
  
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• Updated: No opioids, please: Clearing the way to refuse prescriptions

  19-03-2017 16:13
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — The ease of relapsing into opioid addiction has led a growing number of states to help residents make it clear to medical professionals they do not want to be prescribed the powerful painkillers. Connecticut and Alaska are two of the latest considering legislation this year that would create a “non-opioid directive” patients […]
  
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• Updated: Jimmy Breslin, chronicler of wise guys and underdogs, dies

  19-03-2017 16:11
  
  NEW YORK — Author-columnist Jimmy Breslin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker, died Sunday. He was 87. Breslin died at his Manhattan home of complications from pneumonia, his stepdaughter, Emily Eldridge, said. Breslin was a fixture for decades in New […]
  
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• Updated: Effort to replace pipes to Flint homes off to slow start

  19-03-2017 16:10
  
  FLINT, Mich. — Flint residents could still be a few years away from drinking unfiltered tap water as the city makes incremental progress on an ambitious — if not overly optimistic — timeframe to replace old water service lines that leached lead into homes and businesses. Retired National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael McDaniel, who coordinates […]
  
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• Updated: Small wildfire forcing Colorado residents from homes

  19-03-2017 15:48
  
  BOULDER, Colo. — A small wildfire burning in the mountains just outside the Colorado city of Boulder has forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that are exploding into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. Wind was pushing the flames in the wooded area just a couple of miles […]
  
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• National Museum of Nuclear Science and History dedicates new exhibit

  19-03-2017 15:34
  
  A new exhibit, called “Uranium: Enriching Your Future,” is opening at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.
  
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• Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputy shot and killed in the line of duty

  19-03-2017 13:39 via krqe.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, LA – Authorities in Louisiana say a sheriff’s deputy is dead after being shot.
  The East Baton Rouge Parish deputy has not been identified.
  Officials say the deputy was investigating a domestic situation near a theatre when the shooting occurred.
  “It’s a tragic night for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. One of our deputies has been shot and killed. Right now the sheriff is with the family We’re focused on working with the family, praying with
  
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• Man who drove suspicious car near White House is detained

  19-03-2017 12:23 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – A man who drove to a security checkpoint near the White House in a car that was deemed suspicious has been detained by the U.S. Secret Service.
  The car was stopped Saturday night about a quarter-mile from the White House.
  The Secret Service says it’s investigating. It hasn’t said what caused the car to be considered suspicious.
  Republican President Donald Trump wasn’t at the White House because he and his family are spending the weekend at his resort in
  
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• Tillerson lauds China-US contacts in meeting with leader Xi

  19-03-2017 12:05 via krqe.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The United States is looking forward to the first meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday, on the final day of a swing through Asia dominated by concerns over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
  In talks with Xi in Beijing, Tillerson said Trump places a “very high value” on communications with the Chinese president.
  Trump looks forward to “the opportunity of a
  
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• Appeals court refuses to stop oil in Dakota Access pipeline

  19-03-2017 12:04 via krqe.com
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – An appeals court has refused to stop the imminent flow of oil through the Dakota Access pipeline.
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Saturday denied a request from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes for an emergency order. That means the pipeline to move North Dakota oil to Illinois could be operating as early as Monday.
  The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes have been trying to stop that from happening while th
  
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• Updated: French police release father of Orly Airport attacker

  19-03-2017 10:24
  
  PARIS — French police have released the father of the Orly Airport attacker who was shot and killed while taking a soldier hostage. The Paris prosecutor’s office, which took charge of the probe after the Saturday morning attack, says the brother and a cousin of the suspect, Ziyed Ben Belgacem, remain in custody. The father […]
  
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• Updated: Autopsy to learn if Paris airport attacker was drunk or high

  19-03-2017 10:24
  
  PARIS — French officials were conducting an autopsy Sunday to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Paris’ Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen. The suspect, Ziyed Ben Belgacem, stopped at a bar in the wee hours Saturday morning, […]
  
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• Trump will have to answer for betrayal of his supporters

  19-03-2017 07:05
  
  WASHINGTON–So much for the forgotten men and women. Judging by President Trump's initial f ...
  
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• Secretary McQueen turns back on science

  19-03-2017 07:05
  
  Few state agencies are as little known yet have as much reach into the lives of New Mexicans as the...
  
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• Questions about judiciary’s role for nominee Neil Gorsuch

  19-03-2017 07:05
  
  WASHINGTON–This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will question Neil Gorsuch about the...
  
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• Editorial: Deaths emphasize our debt to military, police

  19-03-2017 07:05
  
  In New Mexico we celebrate–and often take for granted–our U.S. military forces....
  
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• Boxing: A solid night for Duke City fighters

  19-03-2017 07:05
  
  It was a good night for the local professional fighters Saturday as three from the Albuquerque metro ...
  
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• Rio Rancho man builds tiny home from the bottom up

  19-03-2017 05:49 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – A Rio Rancho man wanted to give himself a big challenge to build something small. Somehow, he managed to pack a big project into something tiny.
  “Its got its own living room. Its got its own office. Its got its own bathroom, toilet, shower. Its got kitchen, and its got two bedrooms. All in 140 sq ft,” said Kevin King.
  King said it all started a few years ago when he noticed the tiny home trend growing across the country.
  “When I saw it, I said, t
  
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• Video: Alleged drunk driver at scene of deadly crash

  19-03-2017 05:43 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- It was a bad scene as a lone New Mexico State Police officer, pulled up to a wreck along I-25 near the San Felipe Pueblo exit on February 24.
  In new video released from that night’s crash, witnesses are seen running to a car with three Colorado women inside, all three fighting for their lives.
  Debris can be seen scattered across the interstate in dash cam video. Witnesses waved down the officer for help as they tried to render aide.
  “Okay go ahead and stand
  
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• New Mexico governor: Special session coming soon

  19-03-2017 05:43
  
  It’s not a question of if, but when with a special session be called by Governor Martinez.
  
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• Police: Man who shot girlfriend held without bond

  19-03-2017 05:42
  
  Albuquerque police say they have a man in custody that allegedly shot at his girlfriend’s house over a dozen times.
  
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• Civic plaza to receive makeover

  19-03-2017 05:42
  
  Big changes are coming to Downtown Albuquerque, the city plans to give civic plaza a 5-million dollar makeover.
  
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• New Mexico congressional leaders host town halls

  19-03-2017 05:35
  
  Two New Mexico Congressional leaders hosted town halls in different parts of the state Saturday.
  
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• Albuquerque Police arrest alleged drunk driver for 9th DWI

  19-03-2017 04:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Albuquerque Police arrested an accused drunk driver Friday night, but not before they say he nearly hit several officers with his pick-up while trying to get away.
  APD says this is 61-year-old Steve Martinez’s 9th DWI arrest according to MVD records.Police say Martinez drove up to their DWI checkpoint at Lomas and Broadway Friday night, then sped through the checkpoint nearly hitting several officers standing in the road.
  APD says they used spike strips and
  
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• AFD: Three semi-tractors destroyed after northeast Albuquerque fire

  19-03-2017 04:15 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Three semi-trucks were completely destroyed in a fire in northeast Albuquerque.
  It happened around 11 a.m. Saturday morning on Broadway near I-40.
  AFD says crews were able to put out the fire without incident, but the three tractor trailers were a total loss.
  The cause of that blaze is under investigation.
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