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• Updated: Williams reiterates program did nothing wrong

  02-04-2017 23:24
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Latest on the NCAA championship game (all times local): 3:13 p.m. North Carolina coach Roy Williams again says his program in particular did nothing wrong in the school’s multi-year academic scandal that has led to charges from the NCAA. “Were there some mistakes made? You’re darned right there were. Were there […]
  
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• Updated: Either S Carolina or Miss St to win a 1st NCAA women’s title

  02-04-2017 23:24
  
  DALLAS — A first-time champion is set to be crowned in women’s basketball with an all-Southeastern Conference NCAA title game between South Carolina and Mississippi State. The Bulldogs will try to knock off a third consecutive No. 1 seed Sunday night, two days after ending UConn’s record 111-game winning streak on Morgan William’s breathtaking, buzzer-beating […]
  
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• Pedestrian deaths spiked in 2016, distraction cited

  02-04-2017 23:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths last year — the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday.
  Increased driving due to an improved economy, lower gas prices and more walking for exercise and environmental factors are some of the likely reasons behind the estimated 11 percent spike in pedestrian fatalities in 2016. The figures were prepared for
  
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• Phoenix officer saves bystander as car barreled toward them

  02-04-2017 22:52
  
  PHOENIX — An Arizona police officer is being called a hero for pushing a tow truck driver out of the way as a car barreled toward them. Phoenix police said the officer was standing near a tow truck Saturday night as it was loading a vehicle when a car apparently lost control, jumped past a […]
  
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• Updated: Derrick Rose to have knee surgery again, miss rest of season

  02-04-2017 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — Derrick Rose’s season is over early because of knee surgery again. The New York Knicks guard has torn cartilage in his left knee and the team said he will miss the remaining five games. “It’s tough for Derrick. He’s played hard all year,” coach Jeff Hornacek said. “I didn’t hear the real […]
  
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• Kansas’ Frank Mason III wins another player of year trophy

  02-04-2017 22:50
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Kansas guard Frank Mason III has won the James A. Naismith Trophy as the top college basketball player. The award presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club was announced Sunday in Arizona near the site of the Final Four. Mason adds to his awards haul with the honor, having already won Associated Press […]
  
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• Updated: US ambassador says ‘no love’ in dealings with Russia

  02-04-2017 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and insists President Donald Trump would fully support strong action against the Kremlin once investigations are complete. Speaking in television interviews broadcast Sunday, Nikki Haley contended there is no contradiction between her tough stance […]
  
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• Singer Luke Bryan, jokingly, gets political about ACM Awards

  02-04-2017 22:24
  
  The Academy of Country Music Awards will unite Democrats and Republicans, according to Luke Bryan, the show’s host and a part-time comedian.
  The country star, hosting Sunday’s show for the fifth straight year, joked — as usual — about his duties at the country music party held annually in Las Vegas and airing live on CBS.
  “Democrats and Republicans are going to get along on Sunday night. They’re all going to watch the ACMs together and stuff’s going to s
  
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• ‘Bathroom bill’ compromise angers Democratic gov’s allies

  02-04-2017 22:24
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gay rights groups that fiercely supported Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s winning campaign last fall because of his pledge to repeal North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” now say he betrayed them by accepting the recent compromise, calling it a “dirty deal” with Republicans.
  Many fellow Democrats also were upset with the compromise, which got rid of the provision requiring transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to their bir
  
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• Aldean wins top prize, Backstreet Boys shine at ACM Awards

  02-04-2017 22:24
  
  Florida Georgia Line may have lost entertainer of the year to Jason Aldean, but the country duo owned the Academy of Country Music Awards, thanks to some help from the Backstreet Boys.
  The boy band brought the audience to its feet at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday night, singing their anthemic classic “Everybody (Backstreets Back),” and getting fans such as Carrie Underwood, Nicole Kidman, Tim McGraw and others out of their seats to sing and dance along.
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• US ambassador says ‘no love’ in dealings with Russia

  02-04-2017 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and insists President Donald Trump would fully support strong action against the Kremlin once investigations are complete.
  Speaking in television interviews broadcast Sunday, Nikki Haley contended there is no contradiction between her tough stance and Trump’s repeated public statements seeking to minimize Russia’s role. She said Trump
  
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• In DC visit, Egypt’s el-Sissi to test ‘chemistry’ with Trump

  02-04-2017 22:21
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Making his first official visit to Washington, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump would be a significant step in the international rehabilitation of the general-turned-politician who was kept out of the Obama White House.
  But, analysts caution, there may not be much more that Egypt’s president could take from Monday’s White House visit, branded as historic by pro-government media at home.
  There has been no official word
  
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• Chicago police seek 2nd teen in Facebook sexual assault case

  02-04-2017 22:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, and further arrests are expected, police said Sunday.
  A day after announcing the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on sexual assault and child pornography charges, police said they were looking for a 15-year-old suspect in the March 19 attack, which investigators have said involved five or six males. Investigators didn’t specify h
  
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• Birthday surprise for ageless Doris Day: She’s actually 95

  02-04-2017 22:21
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — To Doris Day’s many admirers, the pert and fresh-faced charmer who starred in “Pillow Talk” and “Move Over Darling” is ageless.
  But Day turns 95 on Monday — which is a birthday surprise to even the star herself, who has long pegged her age to a 1924 birthdate that would make her 93. Media outlets have variously reported her as between 93 and 95.
  A copy of Day’s birth certificate, obtained by The Associated Press from Ohio’s
  
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• A ‘sci-fi’ cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study finds

  02-04-2017 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly brain tumors, final results of a large study suggest.
  Many doctors are skeptical of the therapy, called tumor treating fields, and it’s not a cure. It’s also ultra-expensive — $21,000 a month.
  But in the study, more than twice as many patients were alive five years after getting
  
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• Dirty air from global trade kills at home and abroad

  02-04-2017 21:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A study that measures the human toll of air pollution from global manufacturing and trade shows how buying goods made far away can lead to premature deaths both there and close to home.
  More than 750,000 people die prematurely from dirty air every year that is generated by making goods in one location that will be sold elsewhere, about one-fifth of the 3.45 million premature deaths from air pollution. The study says 12 percent of those deaths, about 411,000 people, are a
  
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• Updated: Washington’s high-court fights date to Washington himself

  02-04-2017 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Wondering when Supreme Court nominations became so politically contentious? Only about 222 years ago — when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. This year’s brouhaha sees Senate Democrats and Republicans bracing for a showdown over President Donald Trump’s nominee, Neil Gorsuch. It’s the latest twist in the political wrangling […]
  
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• Windows update will bring 3-D, game tools and doodling

  02-04-2017 20:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A major update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 system will start reaching consumers and businesses on April 11, offering 3-D drawing tools, game-broadcasting capabilities and better ways to manage your web browsing.
  This “Creators Update” also aims to make future updates less disruptive.
  Microsoft said Wednesday that it will roll out the Creators Update to some 400 million Windows 10 devices worldwide over time. Though there’s no set schedule, devices that
  
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• Updated: Mexican newspaper closes citing insecurity for journalists

  02-04-2017 20:07
  
  MEXICO CITY — A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity and impunity for killings of journalists in one of the world’s deadliest countries for media workers. Norte executive Oscar Cantu Murguia informed readers of his decision in a farewell letter […]
  
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• Questions, answers about funding threats to sanctuary cities

  02-04-2017 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is issuing a fresh threat to withhold or revoke law enforcement grant money from communities that refuse to cooperate with federal efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally.
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement this week combined two issues at the fore of the promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities. He said the Justice Department would deny money to cities that violate a federal law dealing with informat
  
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• Updated: Chicago police seek 2nd teen in Facebook sexual assault case

  02-04-2017 18:57
  
  CHICAGO — An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, and further arrests are expected, police said Sunday. A day after announcing the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on sexual assault and child pornography charges, police said […]
  
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• I-40 westbound reopened after fatal crash

  02-04-2017 18:54
  
  Interstate 40 westbound has been reopened after an early Sunday morning fatal crash shut down the road for several hours, according to an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman. The interstate was shut down at Coors NW around 3 a.m. while officers investigated the rollover crash, officer Andrew Henry said. “It is unknown at this time whether […]
  
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• Teacher raises $80K to buy 650 bikes for entire school class

  02-04-2017 18:32
  
  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina teacher has raised more than $80,000 to buy 650 bicycles for every student in her school.
  Katie Blomquist teaches at Pepperhill Elementary in North Charleston. WCIV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2nCxNAY ) she began her online fundraising campaign right after Labor Day last year with a goal of raising $65,000. Blomquist says she came up with the idea after a student told her that he wanted a bike, but his family couldn’t afford one.
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• Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department introduces Moped Unit on April Fool’s Day

  02-04-2017 18:06
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department showed off its sense of humor for April Fool’s Day.
  No, the county has not launched a moped unit, but a video posted to the department’s Facebook page Saturday offered a humorous look at what one might look like.
  The video features an officer on a moped pursuing a suspect and then taking her into custody.Of course the filmmakers came clean at the end with a “gotcha” for April Fool’s Day
  
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• Updated: 14-year-old’s school project turns into spice blend business

  02-04-2017 17:34
  
  DENVER — Emily Rudnick remembers vividly the first time she and her dad mixed up a batch of the sneakily hot spice that bears her family name. She and her dad stopped by the Savory Spice Shop in Denver and picked up the 15 ingredients — including five different chilies — that make up Rudspice, […]
  
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• Updated: Goodbye, Gestalt Gardener? Cuts threaten more than NPR

  02-04-2017 17:01
  
  BELZONI, Miss. — In a Mississippi Delta hamlet that calls itself the “Catfish Capital of the World,” public radio is one of Gus Mohamed’s constant companions on his long commutes past cotton and soybean fields. One of his favorite shows, “Gestalt Gardener,” bears some hallmarks of public broadcasting stereotypes: quirky voices, cheesy music and zealous […]
  
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• What to Watch: Could North Carolina backtrack affect Texas?

  02-04-2017 16:54
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — As Texas grapples with whether to embrace a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill,” that state is working to water down its own. North Carolina state lawmakers last week approved legislation not fully repealing the law that caused national uproar and costly boycotts of concerts and NCAA sporting events — but taking a big […]
  
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• Texas, Louisiana brace for possible flooding and tornadoes

  02-04-2017 16:54
  
  DALLAS — A storm system rumbling eastward through Texas toward the lower Mississippi Valley could pelt the region with large hail and cause flash-flooding and spawn tornadoes. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center says the storms are likely to cause significant wind damage near and north of the Interstate 20 corridor in east Texas […]
  
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• Updated: Nearly 9 months later, Central Park blast remains a mystery

  02-04-2017 16:47
  
  NEW YORK — Detective Paul Arroyo and Special Agent Peter D’Antonio are frustrated. For nearly nine months, the investigators have tried to find out how exactly a small, clear plastic bag full of readily available, highly explosive chemicals found its way to Central Park on July Fourth weekend. The homemade concoction blew up when a […]
  
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• Fatal rollover car accident closes I-40 westbound overnight

  02-04-2017 15:22
  
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque motor officers are investigating a fatal rollover accident at Coors and I-40 westbound.
  It happened around 2:45 a.m. causing westbound traffic on I-40 is shut down at Coors Blvd NW. for several hours.
  NM Roads shows the area is now clear of the accident.
  It is unknown what caused the accident, according to police.
  KRQE will update this story as more information becomes available.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, News
  
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• Grim search resumes in Colombia after deadly flood

  02-04-2017 15:04
  
  MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — A grim search for the missing resumed at dawn Sunday in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a small city, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more wounded and homeless.
  People pried through piles of rocks and wooden planks that entombed homes. Streets were covered in thick sand, mud and tree limbs from the rivers and rainforest that surround the city. There was little drinking water and no power, wh
  
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• Desperation sets in as flood death toll in Colombia tops 200

  02-04-2017 15:04
  
  MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — Townspeople desperately searched their ruined homes and the local hospital for loved ones Sunday after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, causing more than 200 deaths, many of them children, and leaving hundreds more missing and injured.
  Neighborhoods were left strewn with rocks, wooden planks, tree limbs and brown muck after heavy rain caused the three rivers that surround Mocoa to rise up and surge through the city of 40,0
  
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• Desperation in Colombia amid search for flood survivors

  02-04-2017 15:04
  
  MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — People in a small city in southern Colombia searched desperately Sunday for loved ones after heavy rains sent floodwaters, mud and debris surging through homes, killing at least 207 and leaving many injured or missing.
  The streets of Mocoa were covered in thick sand, mud and tree limbs from the rivers and forest that surround the city. There was little drinking water and no power, which forced authorities to suspend the search and rescue effort during the night.
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• Pope visits Italian region rebuilt after deadly 2012 quakes

  02-04-2017 15:03
  
  CARPI, Italy (AP) — Greeted by tens of thousands of faithful, Pope Frances on Sunday visited Italy’s northern Emilia Romagna region that has largely been rebuilt after a pair of deadly earthquakes five years ago, an example meant to give hope to central Italy, which is still reeling from more devastating temblors last year.
  Francis’ first stop was the quake-damaged Duomo cathedral of Carpi, where he laid a bouquet of white flowers at the foot of a statue of the Madonna inside.A
  
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• Fire hits Dubai high-rise complex near world’s tallest tower

  02-04-2017 15:03
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An inferno burned early Sunday in a high-rise tower complex being built alongside Dubai’s largest mall, its thick black smoke shrouding the world’s tallest building nearby in this desert metropolis where skyscraper blazes remain a worry.
  Though authorities said the fire caused no injuries, the blaze happened just a block away from the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai tower, which burned in an inferno seen around the world on New Year’
  
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• Updated: Highway salad: Crash covers German autobahn in vegetables

  02-04-2017 12:46
  
  A stretch of Germany's autobahn has been partially shut down after a truck carrying 15 tons of vegetables tipped over,…
  
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• Highway salad: Crash covers German autobahn in vegetables

  02-04-2017 12:46
  
  A stretch of Germany's autobahn has been partially shut down after a truck carrying 15 tons of vegetables tipped over,…
  
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• Updated: UK boat race likely to go ahead despite WWII bomb discovery

  02-04-2017 12:10
  
  Police say that the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race is likely to proceed as planned despite the discovery of an exploded…
  
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• Updated: Oxford-Cambridge boat race to go on after WWII bomb removed

  02-04-2017 12:10
  
  The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race will proceed as planned Sunday after police removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb found…
  
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• Gladiators get another shot at unbeaten Venom

  02-04-2017 08:05
  
  The last time the Duke City Gladiators and Amarillo met, on March 11, the visiting Venom won 70-69 i ...
  
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• Can you hear me hanging up? A fraud averted!

  02-04-2017 08:05
  
  The "can you hear me" scam is undergoing some diabolical changes, with improved voice technology ens ...
  
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• State needs USDA funds for water development

  02-04-2017 08:02
  
  Olivier Uyttebrouck's story "Rural Water Woes" in Sunday's Journal reported on the elimination of th ...
  
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• Pearce unfazed by Trump’s Twitter threats

  02-04-2017 08:02
  
  Republican Rep. Steve Pearce was among those fiesty Freedom Caucus members who torpedoed the GOP's O ...
  
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• Editorial: Leading the nation in Medicaid births underscores once again NM’s need for education reform, economic development

  02-04-2017 08:02
  
  It's probably no surprise that the percentage of babies born into Medicaid families is higher in sta ...
  
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• Lobo Baseball drops their first conference game

  02-04-2017 07:20
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lobo Baseball finally has a mark in their conference loss column, after losing to Fresno State on Saturday in extra innings 2-1. Newly added pitcher Johnathon Tripp looked flawless early. The right hander went 4 scoreless inning and looked to have the Bulldogs baffled. He would end up going 7 innings giving up just 2 hits and only allowing 1 run.
  The Lobos would answer and tie the game in the 6th, but unable to string any hits together UNM would fall after g
  
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• The Craig Neal Era has come to an end at UNM

  02-04-2017 07:06
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After four seasons as head coach of the University of New Mexico Men’s Basketball Team, Craig Neal was fired late Friday night. “Noodles” held a career record of 76-52, and only showed strong promise after being hired after Steve Alford left the program.
  UNM Athletics sent out a letter on the Neal situation and here is a portion:
  “The University of New Mexico is grateful for the service and dedication that Coach Neal gave to Lobo bask
  
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• Albuquerque man accused in dozens of armed robberies arrested

  02-04-2017 07:02
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Dozens and dozens of violent hold-ups in just four months and police say it was all the work of one man.
  Now, that accused crook is behind bars at last, facing charges for armed robbery at fast food restaurants and gas stations all over town.
  Police say Robert Martinez, 38 has been busy holding up fast food restaurants and gas stations since November of last year and he’s racked up quite the rap sheet.
  “You are being charged with 71 counts of robbery
  
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• First urgent care opens in Los Lunas

  02-04-2017 06:44
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE)- When an ambulance is heard in Valencia County, it isn’t staying there. With no hospital in the county, patients are taken to Albuquerque.
  “The access to care has been a real challenge,” said Dr. Hank Taliaferro.
  There are plans for a new hospital, but nothing has ever been built. In February, the City of Belen even filed a lawsuit against Valencia County, claiming tax payers were being ripped off, paying money for a non-existent hospital.
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• Albuquerque man catches thief stealing bike, confronts him

  02-04-2017 06:29
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A good samaritan catches a man stealing a bike and records the whole entire incident on his phone.
  Chris, who asked KRQE News 13 to not use his last name, said he had just finished eating dinner at the Monte Vista Fire Station Restaurant in Nob Hill Tuesday night, when he walked out of the restaurant and noticed something was not right.
  “I literally just see some guy just going at it with bolt cutters on this chained bike here,” he said.
  At that
  
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• New Mexico actress wraps up first season of hit series

  02-04-2017 06:19
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – She’s taken the screen by storm, starring in the new FX series Legion.
  Despite the rising recognition and life in Los Angeles, this actress says she feels most at home in New Mexico.
  “It’s just, like, an exhale.” said Amber Midthunder. “I just feel relaxed.”
  A fierce, go-getter, Kerry Loudermilk is a superhuman in the FX series Legion, based on the Marvel Comics.
  “She doesn’t stop to consider consequences, she jus
  
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