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• Suicide bombers kill 44 at Palm Sunday services in Egypt

  09-04-2017 23:56 via krqe.com
  
  TANTA, Egypt (AP) — Suicide bombers struck hours apart at two Coptic churches in northern Egypt, killing 44 people and turning Palm Sunday services into scenes of horror and outrage at the government that led the president to call for a three-month state of emergency.
  The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the violence, adding to fears that extremists are shifting their focus to civilians, especially Egypt’s Christian minority.
  The attacks in the northern cities of Tanta
  
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• Teen asylum-seeker ID’d as suspect in Norway explosive case

  09-04-2017 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 17-year-old asylum-seeker from Russia was arrested Sunday in connection with an explosive device found near a busy subway station in Norway’s capital that police defused before it detonated, authorities said.
  The youth was detained on suspicion of handling explosives, but investigators do not know if he planned to carry out an attack with the homemade device, Signe Aaling, chief prosecutor for Norway’s PST security service, said.
  Aaling described th
  
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• New York derailment highlights US infrastructure concerns

  09-04-2017 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters.
  When a flood forced authorities to condemn a one-lane, century-old bridge in rural Ozark, Missouri, it was no less frustrating for the residents and business owners cut off from their shortest route into town.
  The two episodes highlight a reality about the U.S. transportation system — it is aging, conges
  
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• Updated: Music legend Chuck Berry remembered in rock ‘n’ roll style

  09-04-2017 23:53
  
  ST. LOUIS — Family, friends and fans paid their final respects to the rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry on Sunday, celebrating the life and career of a man who inspired countless guitarists and bands. The celebration began with a public viewing at The Pageant, a music club in Berry’s hometown of St. Louis where […]
  
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• Jail guard arrested on domestic violence charges

  09-04-2017 23:52
  
  A county jail guard was arrested Saturday after choking his wife and threatening her with a shotgun, according to police. Tyler Nafus, 25, has worked as a corrections officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center since 2011, a spokeswoman confirmed Sunday. On Saturday, he was arrested on charges including aggravated battery on a household member and […]
  
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• Flagstaff student posted notes about school being bombed

  09-04-2017 22:59
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Authorities say a student at a Flagstaff middle school is facing punishment after posting notes around campus saying someone should bomb the school. The Arizona Daily Sun reports (http://bit.ly/2oPvM7C) police Sgt. Cory Runge says the Sinagua Middle School student won’t face criminal charges but will be “held accountable for her actions.” Police […]
  
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• Drove for Uber? Rented out your home? Here are some tax tips

  09-04-2017 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re driving for Uber or renting out a room through Airbnb to make some extra cash, don’t forget — you likely need to pay taxes on what you earned, even if it’s a part-time gig.
  Unlike full-time jobs, where taxes are automatically withheld from every paycheck, it’s usually up to freelance workers to keep records and put aside money to eventually pay the IRS. And since the IRS considers on-demand workers to be self-employed, it also helps t
  
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• Updated: Teen asylum-seeker ID’d as suspect in Norway explosive case

  09-04-2017 22:26
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway’s security service says a 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with an explosive device found near a busy subway station in Oslo and defused before it detonated. Signe Aaling, chief prosecutor with the PST security service, said Sunday that the youth was detained on suspicion of handling explosives. Security service head […]
  
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• Urban myth proves true: Grammar vigilante is fixing UK signs

  09-04-2017 21:12 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — It’s an urban myth come true — the presence of a man dedicated to ridding the English city of Bristol of grammatical errors in its shop signs.
  He goes out at night with a self-styled device used to cover up misplaced apostrophes from street signs in the city 120 miles (195 kilometers) west of London. He uses stickers, not paint.
  The man has not been identified but he told BBC in a report broadcast Monday that he doesn’t consider his alterations of the signs
  
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• Could you pass the US citizenship test? Here, try it out

  09-04-2017 20:32 via krqe.com
  
  More states are requiring high school graduates to know at least as much about U.S. founding documents as immigrants passing the citizenship test. Can you ace it?
  An applicant must correctly answer six of 10 questions, selected from 100 possible questions, to pass the civics portion. A sample test, with the answers at the bottom:
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  QUESTIONS
  1. What does the Constitution do?
  2. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
  3. What is an amen
  
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• Inventor of World Wide Web wins computing’s ‘Nobel Prize’

  09-04-2017 19:32 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Most people who search on Google, share on Facebook and shop on Amazon have never heard of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. But they might not be doing any of those things had he not invented the World Wide Web.
  Berners-Lee, 61, is this year’s recipient of the A.M. Turing Award, computing’s version of the Nobel Prize.
  The award, announced Tuesday by the Association for Computing Machinery, marks another pinnacle for the British native, who has already been knighted by
  
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• NASA spacecraft halfway between Pluto and next smaller stop

  09-04-2017 18:00 via krqe.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is now halfway between Pluto and its next much, much smaller stop.
  New Horizons — which reached the milestone this week — is bound for an even more remote object called 2014 MU69. Like Pluto, the object orbits in our solar system’s twilight zone known as the Kuiper Belt, but is barely 1 percent its size. MU69 is nearly 1 billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto.
  The spacecraft will swoop past MU69
  
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• Updated: Coin toss to determine next leader of Illinois village

  09-04-2017 17:12
  
  The next village president in a southern Illinois community will be decided by a coin toss. The Southern Illinoisan in…
  
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• Updated: Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt kill 43, wound dozens

  09-04-2017 16:35
  
  TANTA, Egypt — Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least 43 people and wounding about 100 in an assault claimed by the Islamic State group. The blasts came at the start of Holy Week leading up to Easter, and just weeks […]
  
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• Northwest Albuquerque home destroyed after overnight fire

  09-04-2017 16:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Firefighters say a northwest Albuquerque home is a total loss after an overnight fire.
  Albuquerque Firefighters were called to a house near Costa Blanca and Cadiz Street around 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
  When crews arrived on scene they saw heavy flames pouring from the house.
  AFD says the homeowners were able to evacuate themselves, but one was transported to the hospital for evaluation.
  Despite the crew’s hard work, the house what unable to be saved.
  The cause
  
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• Hit-and-run driver kills Fort Worth man in wheelchair

  09-04-2017 16:26
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police are looking for a driver who struck and killed a man in a wheelchair and drove off. Authorities say 56-year-old Kurt Wheeler, of Fort Worth, was in his wheelchair on a street on the city’s east side when he was hit Saturday night. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports […]
  
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• US carrier strike group heads toward W. Pacific near Korea

  09-04-2017 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a Navy carrier strike group is moving toward the western Pacific Ocean to provide a physical presence near the Korean Peninsula.
  North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests and continued pursuit of a nuclear program have raised tensions in the region, where U.S. Navy ships are a common presence and serve in part as a show of force.
  On Saturday, President Donald Trump and South Korea’s leader, Acting President Hwang Kyo-Ahn, spoke by phone. T
  
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• Norway police defuse explosive device, arrest suspect

  09-04-2017 15:26 via krqe.com
  
  STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norway’s police have defused an explosive device found near a busy subway station in the capital and arrested a suspect.
  The discovery of the explosive Saturday night brought police to evacuate late night bars and restaurants.
  Police Chief Vidar Pedersen confirmed that the device, initially described as “bomb-like,” was an explosive. The police Twitter account said it had been defused or neutralized.
  Police would not give any details about the sus
  
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• The Latest: US official condemns ‘barbaric attacks’ in Egypt

  09-04-2017 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on the bombing of two churches in Egypt (all times local):
  9:45 p.m.
  The U.S. State Department is condemning in the strongest terms what it calls the “barbaric attacks” on Christian places of worship in Egypt.
  Bombs at two Coptic churches in northern Egypt killed more than 40 people and wounded about 100 others on Palm Sunday. The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for the explosions.
  In a statement Sunday, State Department spokesman Mark Ton
  
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• The Latest: Trump: el-Sissi will handle bombings ‘properly’

  09-04-2017 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on the bombing of two churches in Egypt (all times local):
  5:30 p.m.
  President Donald Trump is joining in the international condemnation of the church bombings in Egypt, and he says he is “so sad to hear of the terrorist attack” against the U.S. ally.
  Trump says in a tweet Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, “will handle the situation properly.”
  The Palm Sunday attacks on Coptic Ort
  
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• The Latest: Egypt says suicide bomber behind church bombing

  09-04-2017 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on the bombing of two churches in Egypt (all times local):
  3:15 p.m.
  Egypt’s Interior Ministry says a blast at a church in Alexandria was caused by a suicide bomber who tried to storm the entrance before being stopped by police.
  The ministry said three policemen were among those killed in Sunday’s attack, without providing an overall toll. The Health Ministry said 11 people were killed and another 35 were wounded.
  It was the second of two attacks on Copt
  
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• Hot air balloon accident in Turkey kills Frenchman; 7 hurt

  09-04-2017 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A hot air balloon hit a high-voltage transmission line in central Turkey and crashed Sunday near a popular tourist destination, killing a French tourist and injuring at least seven people, the transport ministry said.
  Turkey’s Ministry of Transport said the balloon was carrying 20 passengers, including six foreigners, when it hit the electric line during its descent in Cappadocia due to adverse wind conditions.
  “A French citizen lost his life and seven people &m
  
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• Tillerson says missile strikes carry a message for others

  09-04-2017 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian air base in retaliation for a chemical weapon attack carries a message for any nation operating outside of international norms. He didn’t specify North Korea, but the context was clear enough.
  “If you violate international agreements, if you fail to live up to commitments, if you become a threat to others, at some point a response is likely to be undertaken,” Tillerson told A
  
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• Somalia’s new army chief survives car bomb that kills 13

  09-04-2017 15:08 via krqe.com
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s new military chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on Sunday that killed 13 people, police say.
  Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Jimale had just been sworn into office and was traveling in a convoy with senior military officials when the bomb exploded near Somalia’s defense ministry compound in Mogadishu, police say.
  Five soldiers and at least 8 civilians travelling in a passing minibus were killed, said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police off
  
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• Trump officials say no new US focus on ousting Syria’s Assad

  09-04-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chemical weapons attack in Syria that triggered retaliatory American airstrikes hasn’t shifted U.S. priorities toward ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad, top Trump administration officials said.
  After last Tuesday’s chemical attack, President Donald Trump said his attitude toward Assad “has changed very much” and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson even said “steps are underway” to organize a coalition to remove him from power. But
  
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• Trump advisers: US seeks to fight IS and oust Syria’s Assad

  09-04-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Sunday left open the possibility of additional U.S. military action against Syria following last week’s missile strike but indicated that the United States was not seeking to act unilaterally to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.
  In his first televised interview, H.R. McMaster pointed to dual U.S. goals of defeating the Islamic State group and removing Assad. But he suggested that Trump was seeking a globa
  
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• Assad speaks with Iran’s president, who affirms support

  09-04-2017 13:13
  
  BEIRUT — Syrian state media says President Bashar Assad has spoken with his Iranian counterpart following last week’s U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the strike on Friday a “blatant violation” of Syrian sovereignty and affirmed his country’s support for Assad’s government. Assad accused the U.S. of trying […]
  
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• Updated: Swedish store hit by truck regrets ‘damaged goods’ promotion

  09-04-2017 09:56
  
  STOCKHOLM — The Swedish department store that was rammed by a stolen beer truck, leaving four people dead and 15 injured in Stockholm, said Sunday it regrets an announcement that it would reopen two days after the deadly attack to sell damaged goods at a “reduced price.” The Ahlens department store apologized “for a bad […]
  
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• Updated: Stockholm suspect was failed asylum-seeker; 2nd man arrested

  09-04-2017 09:56
  
  STOCKHOLM — The Stockholm truck attack suspect from Uzbekistan was a rejected asylum-seeker who eluded authorities’ attempts to deport him by giving police a wrong address, Swedish police said Sunday while announcing the arrest of a second suspect. Jan Evensson of the Stockholm police told a televised news conference that the 39-year-old suspect’s request for […]
  
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• Three baseball sweeps in 2-6A

  09-04-2017 08:05
  
  La Cueva, Eldorado and Clovis all swept District 2-6A baseball doubleheaders on Saturday. ...
  
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• Martinez brothers get inductions

  09-04-2017 08:05
  
  The induction of the Martinez brothers — Ramon, Pedro, and Jesús — into the Albuq ...
  
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• Lobos kick sand in face of Colorado Mesa

  09-04-2017 08:05
  
  It kind of felt like a day at the beach in Albuquerque's North Valley on Saturday.All...
  
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• Honest; Davie’s club is taking to the air

  09-04-2017 08:05
  
  At the approximate halfway point of spring practice, UNM football coach Bob Davie says, the best thi ...
  
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• Analysis: Lobo hoops coaching search facing new challenges

  09-04-2017 08:05
  
  Friday, Gov. Susana Martinez used her line-item veto power to remove state funding for New Mexico co ...
  
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• Sensory gym opens for special needs children

  09-04-2017 06:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Live Laugh Play Sensory gym, on Coors is unlike most kids are used to.
  “They have things that go up, and things that swing and things that bounce,” said Jennifer Sandoval.
  At this sensory gym, kids cannot only play together, but also with their parents, and they opened their doors Saturday.
  “As a parent, I can get on all of this equipment with him, which is a great way for him to learn and feel safe,” said Sandoval.
  The gym was designe
  
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• Emergency responders practice plane crash scenario

  09-04-2017 06:44 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) –  Emergency crews were on scene and chatter cluttered the airwaves. The injured lie stunned and weary amidst pieces of airplane wreckage.
  It would be a terrifying scene, were it real. Fortunately, the scene at Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Saturday, was only a test.
  “Test our plans and policies, procedures that we have in place, validate them, make sure they’re accurate, then give the first responders an opportunity to come out and practice with real p
  
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• Local dad: BioPark failed to provide enough disabled parking spots

  09-04-2017 06:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque dad whose son has cerebral palsy says he is upset with the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo for not providing enough disabled parking spaces for families who need them.
  “He has sensory issues so he really likes to go to the zoo to relax,” said Kenneth Medina.
  But, it was anything but a relaxing day at the BioPark Zoo for Medina and his son Saturday.
  “All the handicapped spots were blocked off, there wasn’t any open,” said Medin
  
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• Albuquerque man facing charges after allegedly sending dog after officers

  09-04-2017 05:35 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– An Albuquerque felon with a long rap sheet is facing new charges for allegedly letting his dog chase after officers and bite one.According to a criminal complaint, police responded to a home near Central and Coors to reports that 56-year-old Anthony Blackshear had punched his girlfriend.
  When police spoke with the woman, she told police he hit her in the face and mouth.
  An officer later spotted Blackshear on a bicycle with a dog. When officers went after him, the
  
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• MDC inmate facing additional charges after allegedly trying to steal from infirmary

  09-04-2017 05:17 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– An MDC inmate charged with assault with a deadly weapon is facing new charges after trying to steal from the jail infirmary.
  According to a criminal complaint, 24-year-old John Leigh went in to see a medic for a sunburn.Jail officials say the medics then caught Leigh reaching into the dirty sharps container and after being caught he pleaded for needles.Corrections officers were called to search Leigh and found a syringe in his shirt pocket and a surgical scalpel i
  
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• Former owner of Albuquerque sports bar sentenced to prison

  09-04-2017 04:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE)– The former owner of an Albuquerque sports bar is headed to prison for cheating the feds.Last year James Coleman pled guilty to federal charges that he lied about his business’ income on his federal tax returns between 2002 and 2009.
  He was the owner of Sneakerz Bar and Grill near San Mateo and Montgomery which closed back in 2015.
  Coleman has now been sentenced to 18 months behind bars.
  On top of the 18 months behind bars, he’ll be required to pay back
  
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• UNM students volunteer to help clean up city

  09-04-2017 04:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– College students were taking the city by storm Saturday morning.
  UNM’s annual Spring Storm brought out nearly a-thousand student volunteers Saturday to donate their time on various projects throughout the community.Some students volunteered with charity organizations while others helped clean up and beautify public spaces.
  The event was organized by UNM Associated Students.
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• BioPark Zoo holds event to raise awareness of dangers Apes face in the wild

  09-04-2017 04:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Humankind’s closest relatives are getting the royal treatment at the zoo.
  It’s all part of the BioPark’s “Great Aperil” series running throughout the month of April.
  There were lots of activities for the whole family including craft and coloring stations designed to raise awareness about the threats to ape populations in the wild.
  Saturday’s fun wasn’t just for the humans the chimps got in the action, too.
  The BioPark is h
  
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• 97-year-old man participates in annual 100 mile Century Ride

  09-04-2017 04:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A 97-year-old man is inspiring a whole fitness center to get up and get moving by riding 100 miles on a spin bike.Defined Fitness on Juan Tabo started the Century Ride 7 years ago in honor of Larry Johnson, who’s been a member of the gym for 20 years.Organizers say spots in the class fill up fast due to Larry’s popularity at the gym. Those who participated say they wanted to be there with him another year to complete the ride.
  The group has five hours
  
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• High winds, blowing dust causing problems across Southwest

  09-04-2017 04:04
  
  LORDSBURG, N.M. — High winds and blowing dust are causing problems across the Southwest. It’s causing a closure on Interstate 10 along the New Mexico and Arizona border. State transportation officials in both states say they’re diverting traffic off I-10 to Highway 70, at San Simon, Arizona, and Lordsburg, New Mexico. No timeline was given […]
  
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• Roswell City Council approves Joe Neeb as new city manager

  09-04-2017 04:03
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. — The Roswell City Council has approved the mayor’s recommendation of Joe Neeb (Neb) as the new city manager. All seven of the city councilors who attended Friday’s special meeting voted in favor of Neeb. Mayor Dennis Kintigh recommended Neeb for Roswell’s top day-to-day administrative position from among three candidates who visited the […]
  
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• Judge concerned by man’s alleged attack on his wife

  09-04-2017 02:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- A judge had strong words today for a man involved in a SWAT situation Thursday night. John Embry is charged with aggravated assault and battery against his wife.
  When Albuquerque Police were called the Embry’s home on Sweetwater, neighbors said they saw him on his second story balcony acting erratic, and yelled at police to shoot him.
  In a criminal complaint, it states Embry threatened his wife with a knife saying he’d cut out her eyes, cut off her nose
  
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• Speak Up! Readers applaud Neal’s letter to the Journal

  09-04-2017 01:35
  
  COACH NEAL, your letter in the Journal sports section on Saturday was nothing but class! The photograph of you was excellent. Your kind words to everyone in New Mexico and the people who inspired you means a lot to everyone. We will always remember the good times and you gave us many. Thanks and vaya […]
  
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• Prep golf: “Shootout in the Desert” is Monday at The Canyon Club

  09-04-2017 01:23
  
  Track and field has the Marilyn Sepulveda meet. Wrestling has the Joe Vivian Classic. The Sun Country Golf Association hopes to give high school golfers — in New Mexico and El Paso — a prestigious regular-season tournament of their own. On Monday at The Canyon Club, some of the state’s top teams will compete in […]
  
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• Man in Drunk Lives Matter shirt charged with drunken driving

  09-04-2017 01:12 via krqe.com
  
  NEWVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania say they arrested a man wearing a Drunk Lives Matter shirt for drunken driving.
  Police say 44-year-old Elwood Gutshall III’s blood-alcohol content was about two and a half times the state’s legal limit for drivers when he was pulled over early on March 19 in Newville. He was wearing a green St. Patrick’s Day shirt with the saying on it.
  Online court records don’t list an attorney for Gutshall, who faces a preliminary heari
  
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• Camping cockatoo: New push to lift bird ban at campsites

  09-04-2017 01:12 via krqe.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A yearslong fight over letting a cockatoo named Tootsie onto Rhode Island campgrounds might have finally reached a compromise.
  A proposal to let some exotic pets onto state-owned campsites was vetoed in 2012 by then-Gov. Lincoln Chafee. Another attempt stalled in the legislature in 2015.
  Now, Democratic state Rep. Evan Shanley said he’s found a way to make it work after meeting with the state veterinarian and environmental officials. His bill would allow cocka
  
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