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• Pope Francis opens free laundromat for homeless

  15-04-2017 23:12 via krqe.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has opened a new laundromat for the homeless to wash and dry their clothing.
  The laundromat, near the Vatican, has six washing machines and dryers.
  On Tuesday, Ciro Guardaccione was among the first to use the new machines. He carefully placed his clothing in the washing machine and watched it spin around.
  “This is a fantastic thing, I would like to thank Pope Francis for everything,” he said.
  The laundromat will remain open four days a week and services
  
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• Updated: Judge’s anti-death penalty protest riles conservatives

  15-04-2017 22:58
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After barring Arkansas from executing eight inmates in rapid succession because of a dispute over how it obtained one of its execution drugs, Judge Wendell Griffen went to an anti-death penalty rally, where he made a stir by lying down on a cot and binding himself as though he were a […]
  
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• Updated: Over 100 killed during Syria’s troubled population transfer

  15-04-2017 21:56
  
  BEIRUT — A stalled population transfer resumed Saturday after a deadly explosion killed at least 100, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters, at an evacuation point — adding new urgency to the widely criticized operation. The blast ripped through a bus depot in the al-Rashideen area where thousands of government loyalists evacuated the day […]
  
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• Updated: Tax Day demonstrators demand that Trump release tax returns

  15-04-2017 21:11
  
  CHICAGO — Protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities nationwide Saturday to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest. Organizers said the protests — dubbed the Tax March — were scheduled in nearly 150 cities. Trump […]
  
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• Wal-Mart to discount online-only items delivered to stores

  15-04-2017 21:02 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Starting next week, Wal-Mart will offer discounts on thousands of online-only items when customers elect to have them shipped to one of the company’s stores for pickup.
  The move is part of the retailer’s efforts to better compete with online leader Amazon.
  Initially, the discount will be available on about 10,000 items. But the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer says it will then expand the price cuts to more than one million items by the end of June.
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• Items from Patrick Swayze’s New Mexico ranch up for sale

  15-04-2017 20:18
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Several items from actor Patrick Swayze’s estate will be auctioned off later this month, including property from his ranch in northern New Mexico. The auction will be held on April 28 and April 29 in Los Angeles. The items up for sale include the leather jacket Swayze wore in “Dirty Dancing,” the […]
  
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• Aspiring tech prodigy tries to re-route self-driving cars

  15-04-2017 19:52 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Austin Russell, now 22, was barely old enough to drive when he set out to create a safer navigation system for robot-controlled cars. His ambitions are about to be tested.
  Five years ago, Russell co-founded Luminar Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup trying to steer the rapidly expanding self-driving car industry in a new direction. Luminar kept its work closely guarded until Thursday, when the startup revealed the first details about a product Russell is touting as
  
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• Rian Johnson debuts teaser trailer for ‘The Last Jedi’

  15-04-2017 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Is the Force still strong with Luke Skywalker?
  The first trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” dropped on Friday, showcasing a morose and withdrawn Skywalker. The two-minute teaser , unveiled by director Rian Johnson at the “Star Wars Celebration” fan event in Orlando, Florida, offered few clues to the film. But it notably includes Mark Hamill’s iconic hero gravely intoning, “It’s time for the Jedi to end,” from a dark cave.
  
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• Mark Hamill: Carrie Fisher Star Wars tribute is ‘therapy’

  15-04-2017 18:24 via krqe.com
  
  Mark Hamill says he’s still grieving over Carrie Fisher’s death, but sharing memories of his late friend and co-star with fans at Star Wars Celebration is “part of the process that I need to move on.”
  Hamill led an hourlong tribute to Fisher on Friday evening at the event in Orlando, Florida.
  “I’m trying to use you as therapy to get through this together,” the actor said. He called Fisher “my beloved space twin” and said they were also great
  
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• Husband of Heart singer Ann Wilson sentenced in teen assault

  15-04-2017 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The husband of Heart lead singer Ann Wilson has been sentenced for allegedly choking her nephews during a concert in suburban Seattle.
  Seattlepi.com reported Friday (https://goo.gl/6KoJxG ) that Dean Wetter pleaded guilty March 9 to two counts of assault. He was sentenced as part of a plea deal to 364 days in jail, with all the time suspended.
  Wetter will pay restitution, be on probation, undergo counseling and have no contact with the boys.
  Court documents say the incident
  
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• Judge halts Arkansas plan to execute 8 inmates in 11 days

  15-04-2017 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge dealt another blow Saturday to Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute eight inmates in an 11-day period, saying the men have the right to challenge a drug protocol that could expose them to “severe pain.”
  The state still hopes to begin the executions Monday and the attorney general’s office promised an appeal to overturn U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker’s order. Arkansas’ supply of one of its lethal injection d
  
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• Glen Campbell’s last studio album to be released in June

  15-04-2017 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning guitarist and singer Glen Campbell is releasing his final studio album, recorded shortly after his Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in 2011.
  The record label, Universal Music Enterprises, announced Friday that the album, “Adios,” will be released on June 9. Campbell hasn’t performed since 2012 and is in a long-term care facility, but his wife, Kim Campbell, said in a statement that he felt a sense of urgency after his diagnosis to
  
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• Hyland’s teething tablets recalled over levels of toxic herb

  15-04-2017 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  The maker of Hyland’s teething tablets has issued a recall for any remaining packages at the urging of U.S. regulators, who say the medicine has inconsistent levels of a herb that can be poisonous.
  Standard Homeopathic Co. of Los Angeles, stopped making and shipping the tablets last October. It said it’s notifying distributors and stores to return any leftover products, while consumers should throw them out.
  The recall announced late Thursday covers Hyland’s Baby Teething Table
  
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• North Korea flaunts long-range missiles in massive parade

  15-04-2017 18:06 via krqe.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang on Saturday, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions.
  Kim did not speak during the annual parade, which celebrates the 1912 birthday of his late grandfather Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founding ruler, but a top official warned that the Nor
  
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• North Korea flaunts long-range missiles in birthday parade

  15-04-2017 18:06 via krqe.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang on Saturday, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions.
  Kim did not speak during the annual parade, which celebrates the 1912 birthday of his late grandfather Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founding ruler, but a top official warned that the Nor
  
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• US senators say food aid constraints delay help amid famine

  15-04-2017 18:05 via krqe.com
  
  BIDI BIDI CAMP, Uganda (AP) — As President Donald Trump seeks to cut foreign aid under the slogan of “America First,” two U.S. senators are proposing making American food assistance more efficient after meeting with victims of South Sudan’s famine and civil war.
  Following a visit to the world’s largest refugee settlement in northern Uganda with the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told The Associa
  
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• The tone of tensions: Korean voices, North and South

  15-04-2017 18:05 via krqe.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — While the world watched the latest round of saber-rattling between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea staged a massive rally and military parade Saturday to mark the 105th anniversary of its national founder, Kim Il Sung. There weren’t any nuclear tests or ballistic missile launches to mark the day. But concerns the rising tensions could lead to a real conflict were on the minds of many Koreans on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone.
  The Associated P
  
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• Botticelli show features works never before seen in the US

  15-04-2017 17:52 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A new exhibition of Sandro Botticelli’s paintings, including some never seen in the U.S., will give museumgoers a glimpse into the artist’s own search for sanctity.
  The show, “Botticelli and the Search for the Divine,” opens Saturday at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. It showcases valuable works from the Italian Renaissance master’s catalog, including a life-size “Venus” painting being displayed in America for the first time.
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• Deals ensure cash keeps flowing to unsettled Prince estate

  15-04-2017 17:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — A year after Prince died of an accidental drug overdose, his Paisley Park studio complex and home is now a museum and concert venue. Fans can now stream most of his classic albums, and a remastered “Purple Rain” album is due out in June along with two albums of unreleased music and two […]
  
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• Updated: North Korea flaunts long-range missiles in massive parade

  15-04-2017 16:21
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang on Saturday, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions. Kim did not speak during the annual parade, which celebrates the 1912 […]
  
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• Updated: Executing multiple inmates the same day was common, now rare

  15-04-2017 16:20
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The last time that a state put more than one inmate to death on the same day was more than 16 years ago when Texas executed two condemned killers in back-to-back lethal injections — they were declared dead 33 minutes apart. Other than the moment when one of the men lashed out […]
  
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• Updated: Ex-NFL player driving truck that ran over, killed daughter

  15-04-2017 16:18
  
  PHOENIX — Authorities say a former NFL player was moving a truck that ran over and killed his 3-year-daughter in the driveway of their suburban Phoenix home. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2nO2juS ) that police say Todd Heap was behind the wheel of the truck when he accidentally struck the girl while moving the vehicle […]
  
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• Report: 65 Texas foster children in March stayed in offices

  15-04-2017 16:18
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Records show the number of Texas foster children staying in agency offices or alternate sites due to lack of placement more than doubled in March, compared to February. The Texas Department of Family Protective Services said Friday that 65 children slept at least two consecutive nights in a state office, motel or […]
  
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• Afghan official: Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94

  15-04-2017 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of militants killed in an attack by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military has risen to 94, an Afghan official said Saturday.
  Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nangarhar, said the number of Islamic State group dead was up from the 36 reported a day earlier. A Ministry of Defense official had said Friday the number of dead could rise as officials assessed the bomb site in Achin district.
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• US launches qualification tests for upgraded nuke bomb

  15-04-2017 13:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the first in a new series of test flights that are part of an effort to upgrade one of the nuclear weapons that has been in the U.S. arsenal for decades.
  An F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert B61-12 bomb over the Nevada desert last month to test the weapon’s non-nuclear functions as well as the plane’s ability to carry the weapon.
  With a puff of dust, the mock bomb landed
  
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• Trump White House drops policy of identifying visitors

  15-04-2017 13:22 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Breaking with the practice of President Donald Trump’s predecessor, the White House is keeping secret the lists of visitors to the building.
  The Trump administration cited privacy and national security concerns on Friday, but the decision angered government watchdog groups who accused Trump of reneging on his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington. The groups see the visitor logs as important tools for monitoring which individuals or groups may be tr
  
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• The Albuquerque Fire Department investigates hospital gas leak

  15-04-2017 13:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Fire Department checked out a possible gas leak at the Westside Lovelace Medical Center.
  Crews got their just before 11 Friday night to investigate a unknown odor on the second floor.
  They say the smell disappeared and they were unable to identify it.
  Fire crews say five people were treated and released at the scene after feeling ill from the odor.
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• Updated: Afghan official: Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94

  15-04-2017 09:19
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan — The number of militants killed in an attack by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military has risen to 94, an Afghan official said Saturday. Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nangarhar, said the number of Islamic State group dead was up from the 36 […]
  
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• Updated: Judge halts Arkansas plan to execute inmates by end of month

  15-04-2017 09:17
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge on Saturday halted Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute several inmates before the end of the month because one of its execution drugs is about to expire. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a preliminary injunction requested by the inmates to block the executions. Arkansas was set to execute […]
  
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• Updated: Arkansas’ multiple execution plan in limbo after rulings

  15-04-2017 09:17
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ push to resume executions after nearly 12 years with an already compromised plan to put eight men to death over 11 days is in limbo after a judge blocked the use of a lethal injection drug a supplier says officials misleadingly obtained and the state’s highest court halted the execution […]
  
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• College football: New Adams State signee makes history

  15-04-2017 08:05
  
  A number of women have played high-level college football over the years, including Katie Hnida at N ...
  
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• College baseball: Lobos rally for second straight win

  15-04-2017 08:05
  
  The big hits kept coming for the University of New Mexico baseball team Friday night.J ...
  
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• Lobo baseball get series win against Missouri State

  15-04-2017 07:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Ray Birmingham and his University of New Mexico Lobos finished Friday night just like Thursday with a win. The Lobos defeated Missouri State 9-5 to win the three game series with one to play. Sophomore outfielder Jared Mang continued with his hot hitting. Mang delivered his second home run in as many games.
  Mang also had an rbi double to bring in the Lobos first run of the game. The Lobos went into the third inning trailing 4-0 before cutting the deficit in half.
  
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• Woman charged in murder-for-hire released from custody

  15-04-2017 06:34
  
  It was back in February 2015 when Christy Vasquez’s boyfriend, Raymond Gutierrez, was found shot dead in his car on Albuquerque’s west side.
  
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• Elementary school arts program braces for funding cuts

  15-04-2017 06:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After outrage over Albuquerque middle schools doing away with sports, another program is concerned about how budget cuts will affect local students.
  A nonprofit is launching a campaign, asking for people’s help to save arts education.
  Despite having a waiting list of classrooms eager to participate in this program, the nonprofit released a video Friday afternoon to announce that without help, it will actually have to cut the number of classes it works with
  
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• Airline makes dream come true for World War II pilot

  15-04-2017 06:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the youngest pilots to fly in World War II lives in Albuquerque. Earl Richards hasn’t lost his love of flying the friendly skies, and his favorite company just made the 92-year-old veteran’s dreams come true.
  You’ll find Richards once a week at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown.
  “Oh, I love this hotel,” he said.
  He’s a regular here because this is where the Southwest Airlines crew members stay when they’re in Albuque
  
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• Trump nominates vocal critic to head Export-Import Bank, casting uncertainty on agency’s future

  15-04-2017 06:03
  
  The White House announced Friday that it will nominate an outspoken critic of the Export-Import Bank to head the agency, following a week in which President Trump appeared to reverse his position on the controversial bank. Former Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., who voted twice against reauthorizing the bank while in Congress, will be nominated as […]
  
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• Suspect in cold case killing back in jail after failing drug test

  15-04-2017 06:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man arrested for a cold case killing is back in jail Friday night.
  Jedidiah Rose was arrested in August. Albuquerque police say Rose murdered 43-year-old Rick Brodbeck back in 1996.
  Investigators linked Rose to the crime with DNA  recovered during another arrest. When they questioned him, police say he admitted killing Brodbeck and stealing his truck.
  Rose was out of jail, awaiting trial, but arrested again after failing a drug test earlier this week.
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• Arkansas judge blocks state from using lethal injection drug, halting executions

  15-04-2017 05:31
  
  An Arkansas judge issued a temporary restraining order late Friday effectively halting the state from executing six men it had planned to put to death this month. The state was prepared to execute the men in an 11-day span starting Monday, a move that drew strong criticism from opponents of the death penalty who said […]
  
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• Blaise Fountain ready for senior season

  15-04-2017 05:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Blaise Fountain is headed into his senior season and ready to be a leader on this UNM Offensive Line. The community college transfer feels like he knows the offense inside and out now heading into his senior season.
  The Lobo center saw action in every game last season and snapped every ball to the quarterbacks, even though he injured himself before the season started.
  “I broke it in the beginning of fall camp and we just kind of jerry rigged it and got it g
  
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• Trump lawyer says sanctuary city directive is ‘narrow’

  15-04-2017 04:53
  
  A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Friday that an executive order targeting so-called sanctuary cities and counties was “narrow” and would not result in a loss of massive funds to governments that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities. During a hearing on lawsuits filed by San Francisco and Santa Clara County […]
  
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• Girl donates Easter baskets to hospitalized kids

  15-04-2017 04:43
  
  A 7-year-old girl is making sure other sick kids have a happy Easter.
  
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• Updated: Man gets maximum on rape, voyeurism charges

  15-04-2017 03:56
  
  Emotional pleas for a lighter sentenced dismissed by judge
  
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• Albuquerque police searching for car burglary suspect

  15-04-2017 03:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are looking for this man after a violent confrontation at an Albuquerque grocery store.
  They say Scott Herman pointed a gun at a man after burglarizing his vehicle.
  It happened almost a year ago, but police are still looking for him.
  Police say the victim returned to his vehicle after shopping at the Smith’s on Tramway southeast to find his car ransacked.
  When the victim questioned Herman who was sitting in a nearby truck, police say Herman pulled th
  
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• Updated: College’s closing leaves Santa Fe in lurch

  15-04-2017 03:52
  
  City would need almost $40M to pay its debt on 64-acre campus
  
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• Thousands make annual pilgrimages to Chimayo, Tome Hill

  15-04-2017 03:15
  
  Thousands are making the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo near Espanola. It happens every year on Good Friday.
  
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• Grants city councilor dead after apparent shooting accident

  15-04-2017 02:24 via krqe.com
  
  GRANTS, N.M. (KRQE) – A Grants city councilman is dead after what appears to be a shooting accident during target practice.
  The Cibola County Sheriff says 64-year-old Eddie Dickens was out shooting off Lobo Canyon Road Thursday afternoon.
  They say when he didn’t come home, Dickens’ family went looking for him. They found him with a single gunshot wound to the chest.
  The sheriff says Dickens’ family found him with a single gunshot would to the ches
  
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• Community mourning death of Grants Councilor after apparent shooting accident

  15-04-2017 02:24 via krqe.com
  
  GRANTS, N.M. (KRQE) – A Grants city councilman is dead after what appears to be a shooting accident during target practice.
  The Cibola County Sheriff says 64-year-old Eddie Dickens was out shooting off Lobo Canyon Road Thursday afternoon.
  They say when he didn’t come home, Dickens’ family went looking for him. They found him with a single gunshot wound to the chest.
  “We really feel for his wife Shirley and his boys,” said Jose Rodriguez.
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• Local textile company supplying jobs to immigrants and refugees

  15-04-2017 01:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- Kei and Molly Textiles is a downtown printing company with unique and colorful designs.
  “We’re inspired by New Mexico, we’re inspired by our backgrounds,”  said Kei Tsuzuki, the co-owner of the business.
  Yet, most of the staff at Kei and Molly Textiles isn’t from New Mexico or even the United States.
  “Esther’s from the Republic of Congo,” said Tsuziki.
  Most of the women behind the work are immigrants and ref
  
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• Student threatened on way to school, letter from principal says

  15-04-2017 01:39
  
  A young Albuquerque girl was apparently followed and threatened by two men in a car.
  
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