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• Updated: Trump’s military strikes in Syria complicated by Iran’s role

  10-04-2017 23:57
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to launch missiles into Syria risked raising tensions with Iran, a key backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad in a conflict with dangerously blurry battle lines. Tehran has condemned the missile attack on the Shayrat airfield, and officials have raised the possibility of consequences. The friction underscores a challenge […]
  
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• Mexican drug lord gets his own miniseries, made in Colombia

  10-04-2017 18:00 via krqe.com
  
  TABIO, Colombia (AP) — While the real Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is locked up in a barren, isolated cell in New York, his career as a drug lord apparently over, his fictional counterpart is free and in top form in Colombia, where the Univision network and Netflix are filming a television series about his life.
  Ironically, Guzman’s re-arrest in 2016— after two dramatic prison escapes — has created such a bloody power struggle for his Sinaloa cartel in Mexico tha
  
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• TV series to cover deadly 1993 Branch Davidian shootout

  10-04-2017 17:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual sect more than two decades ago will be filming in New Mexico starting this month.
  The New Mexico Film Office announced Monday that locations for “Waco” will include everything from the rural reaches of Santa Fe County to urban spots and the studios just outside of the capital city.
  Starring Michael Shannon and John Leguizamo, the ser
  
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• Isotopes clinch their first series of the season with 8-5 win on Sunday

  10-04-2017 17:39 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Coming off a win on Retro Night, the Isotopes followed it up with a series-clinching win on Sunday over the Salt Lake Bees. The ‘Topes showcased their bats beating the Bees 8-5 on Sunday afternoon.
  The ‘Topes are now 3-1 on the season and will wrap up their 5 game series with Salt Lake on Monday at 12 p.m.
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• Toyota announces $1.33 billion investment in Kentucky plant

  10-04-2017 17:26 via krqe.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Toyota said Monday it is investing $1.3 billion to retool its sprawling factory in Georgetown, Kentucky, where the company’s flagship Camry sedans are built.
  No new factory jobs are being added, but Toyota says the upgrades amount to the biggest single investment ever at one of its existing plants in the United States. The retooling also will sustain the existing 8,200 jobs at Toyota’s largest plant, where nearly one-fourth of all Toyota vehicles produced
  
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• Report: Countries should help those hurt by free trade

  10-04-2017 16:36
  
  WASHINGTON — The world isn’t doing enough to help workers and communities damaged by free trade, the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization say. In a report Monday, the three multinational groups repeat their longstanding view that free trade spreads broad economic benefits. Open markets and increased competition can help poor countries […]
  
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• Updated: British Vogue gets new chief editor after 25 years

  10-04-2017 16:35
  
  LONDON — British Vogue’s search for a new leader has come to an end with the naming of Edward Enninful as the magazine’s new chief editor. He will be the first male editor of British Vogue when he takes over on August 1. Enninful, who had been the creative and fashion director at W magazine, […]
  
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• Updated: US stock indexes edge higher in early trading; oil rises

  10-04-2017 16:33
  
  Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes to modest gains in early trading Monday as the price of crude oil headed higher. Utilities stocks were the only laggard. Investors had their eye on several big corporate deals. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 8 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,363 as of 10:15 […]
  
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• Updated: US airlines show improvement in annual study

  10-04-2017 16:33
  
  DALLAS — Airlines are getting better at sticking to their schedules and are losing fewer bags. Their customers seem to be complaining less often. Those are the findings of an annual report on U.S. airlines’ quality released Monday by researchers at Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Many passengers may have trouble believing those […]
  
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• Israel shuts Egypt border after terror warning Passover eve

  10-04-2017 16:14 via krqe.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel closed its Taba border crossing to the Sinai peninsula on Monday following warnings by its anti-terrorism office of an “imminent” militant attack there and urged its citizens to leave Egypt hours before the start of the Passover holiday, when Sinai is a popular destination for many secular Israelis.
  Soon after the announcement, sirens wailed in parts of southern Israel alerting residents to a rocket attack. The military said a rocket fired from Sinai exp
  
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• US could gain FIFA support through Mexico, Canada joint bid

  10-04-2017 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A final on or around the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Modern stadiums across the United States and perhaps in Mexico and Canada, too.
  A North American World Cup in 2026 with 48 nations would be far larger and played in almost all different venues than the 24-team event the U.S. hosted in 1994.
  Soccer officials planned to announce details of the joint bid by the U.S., Mexico and Canada at a news conference Monday atop the Freedom Tower at the World T
  
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• ‘Hidden Figures’ author setting next book in Baltimore

  10-04-2017 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The author of “Hidden Figures” is setting her next book around two prominent African-American households in mid-20th century Baltimore.
  Viking told The Associated Press on Monday that it had a two-book deal with Margot Lee Shetterly that will continue her quest to tell of African-Americans who have been overlooked by historians. The first book centers on the Murphy family, which owned a leading African-American newspaper in Baltimore, and the Adamses, who were i
  
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• US airlines show improvement in annual study

  10-04-2017 15:57 via krqe.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Airlines are getting better at sticking to their schedules and are losing fewer bags. Their customers seem to be complaining less often.
  Those are the findings of an annual report on U.S. airlines’ quality released Monday by researchers at Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
  Many passengers may have trouble believing those conclusions, however.
  In just the last few days Delta Air Lines suffered a multi-day meltdown — canceling more t
  
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• Audit of first-term Arizona legislator’s campaign finances underway

  10-04-2017 15:55
  
  PHOENIX — State officials are taking an in-depth look at a first-term southwestern Arizona legislator’s campaign finances after a preliminary audit conducted on a random basis raised multiple questions about spending and accounting. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is having an accounting firm conduct a comprehensive audit of the 2016 campaign finances of Democratic Rep. […]
  
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• Animal Welfare sweep leaves six animals in protective custody

  10-04-2017 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Several pets could be in safer hands Monday morning after an Animal Welfare sweep turned up hundreds of violations in Bernalillo County.
  Thursday, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Animal Cruelty Task Force issued more than 260 animal welfare violations and took six animals into protective custody.
  Nearly a dozen of animals were surrendered voluntarily.
  The sheriff’s department says sweeps like this not only protect animals but they often se
  
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• Man who allegedly killed girlfriend’s baby expected in court

  10-04-2017 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man who allegedly killed his girlfriend’s young son last year is expected in court Monday.
  Albuquerque police say 14-month-old Jayden was killed by Jorge Ortega.
  Investigators say the 29-year-old, was dating the baby’s mother and called her home to their apartment saying Jayden was unresponsive.
  Police say the boy had bruises on his stomach and head, while Ortega was drunk, and had blood on his chest.
  Ortega’s been charged with child ab
  
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• APS applying for 50K grant to study Native American learning

  10-04-2017 14:16 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools are applying for a grant to study Native American students’ learning styles and develop new policies that boost performance, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
  The district hopes to win the $50,000 grant which would fund a team of teacher researchers who would spend 16 months on the study.
  APS will submit the grant to the Spencer Foundation later this month.
  This comes shortly after Gov. Martinez vetoed the measure that would r
  
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• Crib simulates car ride experience to get infants to sleep

  10-04-2017 14:13 via krqe.com
  
  How do you get your infant to sleep? Many parents find that a ride in the car is the best therapy for a restless baby.
  You may soon see a brand new crib in stores designed to simulate the sensation of a moving car. The “Max Motor Dreams” looks a lot like a regular bassinet, but it has a large “Ford” logo on it. A speaker under the baby plays gentle engine sounds and the base of the crib rocks slowly from side to side, simulating the sensation of a moving car.
  There are al
  
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• Sweden mourns 4 killed, 15 wounded in Stockholm truck attack

  10-04-2017 14:05 via krqe.com
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedes observed a minute of silence Monday during an official day of mourning to honor the four people killed and 15 wounded in a truck attack last week on shoppers in Stockholm.
  Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told a crowd outside Stockholm City Hall that “the whole of Sweden” sympathized with the families and friends of the victims, thanking the police and other officials for their courage “from the bottom of my heart.”
  He said the countries of the f
  
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• Man hospitalized after shooting at U.S border patrol checkpoint

  10-04-2017 14:04 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Customs and border protection, along with New Mexico state authorities, are investigating a checkpoint shooting that occurred late Sunday night.
  That landed one man in the hospital.
  The border agency said Sunday night around 6 p.m. the U.S border patrol was questioning a man at a Las Cruces immigration checkpoint on I-25.
  They said he brandished a gun and fired one shot in the direction of agents.
  The agents then fired back and secured the scene.
  That man was then
  
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• Alleged Russian hacker arrested in Spain at US request

  10-04-2017 14:04 via krqe.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — An alleged Russian hacker has been detained in Spain at the request of American authorities, an arrest that set cybersecurity circles abuzz after a Russian broadcaster raised the possibility it was linked to the U.S. presidential election.
  Pyotr Levashov was arrested Friday in Barcelona on a U.S. computer crimes warrant, according to a spokeswoman for Spain’s National Court, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with court rules.
  Such arrests aren’t unusual
  
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• Gorsuch takes Supreme Court seat after divisive confirmation

  10-04-2017 14:02 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a divisive confirmation process behind him, Judge Neil Gorsuch is about to take his place as the newest Supreme Court justice.
  The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado is to be sworn in Monday after a bruising fight that saw Republicans change the rules for approving Supreme Court picks — over the fierce objection of Democrats.
  First up is a private ceremony in the high court’s Justices’ Conference Room, with Chief Justice John Roberts admi
  
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• Egypt’s Christians bury dead after church bombings

  10-04-2017 14:02 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian Christians were burying their dead on Monday, a day after Islamic State suicide bombers killed at least 45 people in coordinated attacks targeting Palm Sunday services in two cities.
  Women wailed as caskets marked with the word “martyr” were brought into the Mar Amina church in the coastal city of Alexandria, the footage broadcast on several Egyptian channels.
  Coptic priests, boy scouts, and mourners carrying flowers joined a procession into the church, th
  
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• Updated: Egypt’s Christians bury dead after IS church bombings

  10-04-2017 12:45
  
  CAIRO — Egyptian Christians are burying their dead a day after at least 44 people were killed in twin suicide bombings at Palm Sunday services in two separate cities. Women wailed as caskets marked with the word “martyr” were brought into the Mar Amina church in the coastal city of Alexandria on Monday, the footage […]
  
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• Updated: Trump security adviser urges Russia to rethink Syria support

  10-04-2017 09:23
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is calling on Russia to re-evaluate its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, leaving open the possibility of additional U.S. military action against Syria. In his first televised interview, H.R. McMaster pointed to dual U.S. goals of defeating the Islamic State group and removing Assad from power. […]
  
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• Updated: Newest justice joins high court amid competing caricatures

  10-04-2017 08:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Somewhere between the Republican caricature of the next justice of the Supreme Court as a folksy family guy and the Democrats’ demonization of him as a cold-hearted automaton, stands Neil Gorsuch. Largely unknown six months ago, Gorsuch has seen his life story, personality and professional career explored in excruciating detail since he was […]
  
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• Updated: Attorney general supports district attorney in no-bail jail dispute

  10-04-2017 08:05
  
  Amendment's rollout has sparked conflict between judges and prosecutors
  
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• Proposed Route 66 license plate wall reaches funding target

  10-04-2017 08:05
  
  The wall can be transported to events such as fairs and parades
  
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• APS vies for $50K grant to study Native American learning

  10-04-2017 08:05
  
  Native youth have the lowest graduation rates of any ethnic group in the U.S.
  
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• Lobo Softball prevents Nevada sweep on Sunday

  10-04-2017 07:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lobos remain in 2nd place in the Mountain West Conference after preventing a Nevada sweep on Sunday, 9-6. The Lobos are now 19-15 overall on the season and 5-4 in MW play. Utah State is the lone team ahead of UNM in the MW standings.
  UNM trailed for most of this game, but caught fire in the 5th inning. They got 8 runs and 4 of those runs came off of one swing of the bat from Chelsea Johnson. She hit a towering grand slam home run to lengthen the Lobo lea
  
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• Isotopes clinch their 1st series win of the season with 8-5 win on Sunday

  10-04-2017 06:59 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Coming off a win on Retro Night, the Isotopes followed it up with a series clinching win on Sunday over the Salt Lake Bees. The Topes showcased their bats beating the Bees 8-5 on Sunday afternoon.
  The Isotopes are now 3-1 on the season and will wrap up their 5 game series with Salt Lake on Monday at 12 p.m.
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• Spaceport relay race tests runners

  10-04-2017 06:54 via krqe.com
  
  TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (KRQE) – For Spaceport America’s first annual Spaceport Relay Race, runners must cross a vast desert that colonists from Mexico in the 1600’s called the Jornada del Muerto, journey of the dead man. It is a name you still see on maps today.
  Spaceport America, New Mexico’s purpose made launch facility, sits right in the middle of the hot and forbidding terrain.
  24 teams of runners started 180 miles away in El Paso, Texas on Sa
  
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• MDC corrections officer accused of threatening wife with shotgun

  10-04-2017 06:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A night of birthday celebrations takes a nasty turn.
  Now, a Metropolitan Detention Center correctional officer is facing charges, accused of attacking his wife and kids even chasing his wife out with a shotgun.
  “You’re charged with aggravated battery against a household member, and child abuse,” said Judge Michelle Castillo Dowler in court during Tyler Nafus’ arraignment.
  Nafus, 25, is used to being at MDC locking up inmates, but
  
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• Two Sandia Labs scientist could soon save you money

  10-04-2017 06:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The work of two Sandia Labs scientists may soon start saving you money. The pair says their study of metal moving on metal could cut cost for cell phones, charging cables, headphones and more.
  “This is a chamber for experimental devices that can reproduce conditions like those in outer space.”
  Nicholas Argibay shows off the high-tech equipment he uses to study metal on metal connections for satellites in space.
  “I am a tribologist. That&rsq
  
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• Albuquerque mom mourns death of son killed in stabbing

  10-04-2017 06:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – His family admits he had a rough past, but says he was working hard to get his life back on track until something tragic happened.
  “I just asked him how he was doing and he said, ‘hey ugly, I love you,’ and that was it,” said Renee Wahler.
  Those were the last words Wahler heard from her son, Kenneth Torres, before he was killed last month.
  “I just, was in total disbelief. I just did not want to hear it,” she said.
  Rio Rancho Po
  
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• Motorcycle organization searching for answers in member’s recent death

  10-04-2017 06:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Members of the motorcycle community are speaking out looking for answers into the killing of one of their members.59-year-old Earl Roybal was shot and killed at the Hose It self-service car wash near Coors and Quail back in March.Friends and family of Roybal, who sometimes went by Payaso, say they’re upset that no charges have been filed in the case.
  APD says the shooter called police. News 13 cameras captured a man detained in the back of a patrol car.The N
  
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• Updated: Ford says hybrid police car catches bad guys, saves gas too

  10-04-2017 06:21
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. — The next time the cops chase you down for speeding, they could be driving a fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid. Ford Motor Co., which sells more police cars in the U.S. than any other automaker, says it will offer a police pursuit version of the hybrid Fusion midsize sedan, in response to requests from […]
  
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• Hundreds gather for massive Easter egg hunt at Mariposa Basin Park

  10-04-2017 05:48 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Some local kids got a head-start on Easter with a massive egg hunt and a visit with the Easter bunny himself.
  Harvest Fellowship in Taylor Ranch held its Easter Eggstravaganza at Mariposa Basin Park Sunday afternoon featuring an egg hunt and plenty of other activities for kids.
  Of course the Easter Bunny was there for photo ops.Organizers estimate close to a-thousand people turned out, but with more than 50-thousand eggs hidden around the park there was plenty of
  
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• Lobo baseball settles for a tie at San Jose State

  10-04-2017 04:58
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — The University of New Mexico baseball team surrendered a two-run, game-tying home run in the ninth inning and ended up in a 5-5 tie with San Jose State on Sunday due to a drop dead time rule determined prior to the game for travel arrangements. The Lobos (18-12-1 overall, 11-2-1 Mountain […]
  
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• Isotopes outslug Bees

  10-04-2017 04:56
  
  The Isotopes offense was clicking on Sunday en route to a 13-hit performance as Albuquerque defeated visiting Salt Lake 8-5. The win keeps the Topes tied with the El Paso Chihuahuas atop the PCL’s Pacific Southern division at 3-1. Three different Isotopes recorded three hits on the afternoon.  Right fielder Noel Cuevas finished 3-for-4 with […]
  
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• Updated: Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria’s Assad

  10-04-2017 04:36
  
  Officials in the Trump administration on Sunday demanded Russia stop supporting the Syrian government or face a further deterioration in its relations with the United States. Signaling the focus of talks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will have in Moscow later this week, officials said Russia, in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bears at […]
  
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• Updated: Lawsuit seeks White House visitor logs

  10-04-2017 04:34
  
  A coalition of government watchdog groups plans to sue the Trump administration on Monday with the aim of compelling the White House to continue President Barack Obama’s practice of releasing logs of lobbyists and others who visit the complex. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the website where such records had been publicly […]
  
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• Belen man arrested after allegedly chasing girlfriend down I-25

  10-04-2017 04:31 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– A man accused of chasing his girlfriend down I-25 is sitting in jail facing multiple charges.According to a criminal complaint, Isleta Police say they responded along I-25 to reports of a truck doing donuts in the median and driving the wrong way through traffic.
  Police say they found 29-year-old Lance Swapp’s girlfriend about a mile down the highway waving frantically for help.
  When police made contact with her, she told them Swapp pulled over and started f
  
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• Then and now: How glaciers around the world are melting

  10-04-2017 04:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past decade, scientists and photographers keep returning to the world’s glaciers, watching them shrink with each visit. Now they want others to see how a warming planet is melting masses of ice in a series of before-and-after photos.
  In the Geological Society of America’s GSA Today journal , a group of ice researchers and a photographer-filmmaker published pictures showing how much five of the world’s glaciers have thinned.
  “There is somet
  
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• APD arrests convicted armed robber with help of gym membership

  10-04-2017 03:46 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– APD nabbed a convicted armed robber with the help of his gym membership.
  According to a criminal complaint, 26-year-old Rickey Vigil pretended to buy something at the Walgreens on Coors back in March. When the cashier, who was eight months pregnant, opened the cash drawer, police say he pushed her against the shelving behind her causing her to fall to the floor.
  Police says Vigil grabbed more than $200 and ran out and that’s when the woman standing behind hi
  
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• Police: Alleged drunk driver admits to crashing into Albuquerque market

  10-04-2017 03:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– An alleged drunk driver caused hundreds of dollars in damage to a Central Avenue business reportedly on purpose.According to a criminal complaint, 35-year-old Nathaniel Curley, who self-identifies as Kira Robles, crashed into the Fiesta Flea Market Saturday night.
  Police say when asked about how much alcohol he had to drink, Curley responded with “not enough”.
  The complaint states Curley told police he crashed into the business on purpose upset after f
  
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• Watch their steps: Track journey of Yosemite bears online

  10-04-2017 02:34 via krqe.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Wildlife enthusiasts around the world can now follow the daily journey of Yosemite National Park’s black bears from their laptops and smartphones, tracking the iconic animals as they lope up steep canyons and cross vast distances in search of food and mates.
  Park rangers unveiled keepbearswild.org on Monday showing where select bears fitted with GPS collars are heading. The tracking tool, which pings the bears’ steps from satellites, have already revealed
  
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• Updated: College giving degrees to 6 family members, 5 posthumously

  10-04-2017 01:41
  
  A Boston college is presenting honorary bachelor's degrees to six members of a New Hampshire family, five of them posthumously.…
  
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• Friends, family, seek answers in motorcyclist’s shooting death

  10-04-2017 01:40
  
  It’s been two weeks since motorcyclist Earl “Payaso” Roybal was shot and killed at a busy northwest Albuquerque car wash, and his girlfriend said she continues to be frustrated that the man who shot him has not been arrested. “I don’t feel like I’m any closer to knowing what’s happening,” Libby Miller told the Journal […]
  
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• Updated: Tillerson’s Russia trip highlights emergence from shadows

  10-04-2017 01:15
  
  WASHINGTON — Criticized for his low-profile diplomacy, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is emerging from the shadows with a leading public role in shaping and explaining the Trump administration’s missile strikes in Syria. And, he’s set for an even higher-profile mission, heading to Moscow under the twin clouds of Russia’s U.S. election meddling and its […]
  
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