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• Stevens: Thomas ‘intention to play’ after sister’s death

  16-04-2017 23:16
  
  BOSTON — Celtics coach Brad Stevens says it is point guard Isaiah Thomas’ “intention to play” Sunday in Game 1 of Boston’s first-round playoff matchup with the Chicago Bulls, a day after his sister was killed in a car accident. Stevens said Thomas went through the pregame shootaround, but added he’s been emotional and it’s […]
  
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• Updated: Supreme Court, with Gorsuch, set to hear church-state case

  16-04-2017 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON — Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and state that has its roots on a Midwestern church playground. The outcome could make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in many states. The justices on Wednesday […]
  
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• Where are the most distracted drivers? Where are the safest?

  16-04-2017 23:00
  
  WASHINGTON — Midwesterners are the safest drivers, while Northeasterners speed the most and Southern drivers are most likely to use cellphones while driving. Or so new results from a mobile application carried by drivers on their smartphones over millions of miles between April 2016 and March 2017 suggest. The differences in regional and even state-by-state […]
  
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• Updated: Meet the woman behind the White House Easter Egg Roll

  16-04-2017 22:54
  
  WASHINGTON — Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd auditioned for the job of White House social secretary and may not have known it. The veteran event planner’s creativity and handicraft were prominently on display at President Donald Trump’s inaugural luncheon at the Capitol, the fifth one she has worked on. Maine lobster and Gulf shrimp, grilled Angus […]
  
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• Toyota shows robotic leg brace to help paralyzed people walk

  16-04-2017 22:53 via krqe.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is introducing a wearable robotic leg brace designed to help partially paralyzed people walk.
  The Welwalk WW-1000 system is made up of a motorized mechanical frame that fits on a person’s leg from the knee down. The patients can practice walking wearing the robotic device on a special treadmill that can support their weight.
  Toyota Motor Corp. demonstrated the equipment for reporters at its Tokyo headquarters on Wednesday.
  One hundred such systems will be rented t
  
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• Updated: Will free college offer catch fire? NY details raise doubts

  16-04-2017 22:49
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. — Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? That’s the hope of proponents such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who made debt-free college a key talking point in their Democratic presidential campaigns. And that’s the prediction of its main champion, Democratic New York Gov. […]
  
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• Trump attends Easter service in Palm Beach

  16-04-2017 22:44 via krqe.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump attended Easter service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea near his estate in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday — an annual ritual that provided a break from a host of foreign policy crises, including escalating tensions with North Korea.
  The president attended the service with his wife, Melania, his two younger children, Barron and Tiffany, and the first lady’s parents. It’s the same church where he and the first lady were mar
  
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• US: North Korean test missile explodes on launch

  16-04-2017 22:35 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean missile exploded during launch Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, a high-profile failure that comes as a powerful U.S. aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.
  It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of missile was test-fired from the east coast city of Sinpo. But the failure will sting in Pyongyang because it comes a day after one of the biggest North Korean propaganda events of the year— celebr
  
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• Pope denounces corruption, injustices that ‘crucify’ dignity

  16-04-2017 22:35 via krqe.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday denounced how migrants, the poor and marginalized see their “human dignity crucified” every day through injustice and corruption, and urged the faithful in an Easter Vigil message to keep hope alive for a better future.
  Francis presided over the solemn late-night ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica at a time of heightened security fears following a spate of Islamic-inspired attacks and tensions over Europe’s migrant influx.
  
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• Egypt acquits American woman detained for 3 years

  16-04-2017 22:34 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted Aya Hijazi, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen who has been held in detention for nearly three years over accusations related to a non-governmental organization she founded to aid street children.
  Authorities arrested Hijazi, her husband and six others in May 2014 on charges of abusing children that were widely dismissed as bogus by human rights groups and senior U.S. officials, who called for her release.
  The arrests came as part of a wider cla
  
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• Mass evacuation in Syria postponed after blast kills 80 kids

  16-04-2017 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The evacuation of more than 3,000 Syrians that was scheduled to take place Sunday from four areas as part of a population transfer has been postponed, opposition activists said, a day after a deadly blast that killed more than 120 people, many of them government supporters.
  The reasons for the delay were not immediately clear. It came as shells fired by the Islamic State group on government-held parts of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour wounded two members of a Russian media
  
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• Hundreds march against far-right French presidential hopeful

  16-04-2017 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators in France marched on Sunday to protest far-right National Front leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, saying that basic freedoms would disappear if she were elected.
  Some protesters threw firebombs at police during the march from suburban Aubervilliers to a Paris neighborhood where Le Pen is scheduled to hold a rally on Monday. Officers responded with tear gas during the small skirmishes.
  Fernanda Marrucchelli said Le Pen’s anti-immig
  
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• Ready, aim, visit: American Revolution Museum at attention

  16-04-2017 20:23 via krqe.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With muskets polished, flags aloft and one very commanding tent in place, Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution is at the ready.
  After nearly two decades of planning, the museum that tells the dramatic story of the founding of the United States opens April 19, the anniversary of the shots fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 that ignited the war.
  The museum also reveals how a diverse population — including women, Native Americans,
  
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• Updated: Trump: China, US working on ‘North Korea problem’

  16-04-2017 19:07
  
  SEOUL, South Korea — President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that China was working with the United States on “the North Korea problem,” and his vice president told American and South Korea service members that the North’s latest “provocation,” a failed missile launch shortly before his arrival in Seoul, laid bare the risks they face. […]
  
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• Oman’s mountains may hold clues for reversing climate change

  16-04-2017 18:52 via krqe.com
  
  WADI ABDAH, Oman (AP) — Deep in the jagged red mountains of Oman, geologists are searching for an efficient and cheap way to remove carbon dioxide from the air and oceans — and perhaps begin to reverse climate change.
  They are coring samples from one of the world’s only exposed sections of the Earth’s mantle to uncover how a spontaneous natural process millions of years ago transformed carbon dioxide into limestone and marble.
  As the world mobilizes to confront climate ch
  
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• Hundreds dress up as Chaplin’s ‘Tramp’ at star’s Swiss home

  16-04-2017 18:40 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of Charlie Chaplin fans dressed as his “Tramp” character have gathered at the silent film star’s former home in Switzerland, marking what would have been his 128th birthday.
  The Chaplin’s World museum, which opened a year ago, said 662 people sporting the star’s distinctive bowler hat and cane gathered Sunday at the Manoir de Ban in Corsier-sur-Vevey, above Lake Geneva.
  The Manoir de Ban is where Chaplin lived his last 25 years, raising
  
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• ‘Fast and the Furious’ on road to record global debut

  16-04-2017 18:40 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The eighth installment in the “Fast and the Furious” is on the path to becoming the biggest worldwide debut of all time, besting both “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Jurassic World.”
  Universal Pictures on Sunday estimated that “The Fate of the Furious” would earn a record $532.5 million worldwide over the holiday weekend, thanks to a particularly robust showing in 63 territories, including China.
  If the figures hold, it
  
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• Clifton James, sheriff in 2 James Bond films, dies at 96

  16-04-2017 18:40 via krqe.com
  
  Clifton James, best known for his indelible portrayal of a southern sheriff in two James Bond films but who was most proud of his work on the stage, has died. He was 96.
  His daughter, Lynn James, said he died Saturday at another daughter’s home in Gladstone, Oregon, due to complications from diabetes.
  “He was the most outgoing person, beloved by everybody,” Lynn James said. “I don’t think the man had an enemy. We were incredibly blessed to have had him in our lives.
  
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• Trump: ‘Who paid for’ rallies seeking release of tax returns

  16-04-2017 18:39 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump says “someone should look into who paid” for the rallies around the country Saturday that urged him to release his tax returns.
  Trump tweeted Sunday: “I did what was an almost an impossible thing to do for a Republican-easily won the Electoral College! Now Tax Returns are brought up again?”
  Trump was the first major-party nominee in more than 40 years not to release his returns and he reneged on a campaign commitment to release
  
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• Mass transit advocates hope for boost from highway collapse

  16-04-2017 18:39 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The collapse of an interstate in the heart of Atlanta has more than 2 million metro residents sitting in even more traffic in the already congested city, and mass transit advocates hope the headaches will spur new interest in expanding rail and bus routes.
  Many commuters come from surrounding counties that have long resisted mass transit, creating a car-centric region shaped by issues of race and class for more than four decades.
  Georgia transportation officials hope to reop
  
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• ‘Groundhog Day’ show will go on, star a question mark

  16-04-2017 18:39 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Producers of the Broadway musical “Groundhog Day” said it will open as planned, but injured star Andy Karl’s status was unclear.
  Karl hurt himself during a preview performance Friday, forcing the cancellation of Saturday’s matinee. Understudy Andrew Call was to fill in for him at the Friday night performance.
  In a statement Saturday, producers said the musical is scheduled to open Monday at the August Wilson Theatre, with further performance informat
  
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• Updated: Mass evacuation in Syria to proceed after blast kill 68 kids

  16-04-2017 18:04
  
  BEIRUT — More than 3,000 Syrians were expected to be evacuated Sunday from four areas as part of a population transfer that was briefly stalled a day earlier by a deadly blast that killed more than 120 people, many of them government supporters. As the evacuations were expected to begin Sunday, shells fired by the […]
  
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• Updated: A year on, few answers from probe into Prince’s death

  16-04-2017 17:43
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — It’s been nearly a year since Prince died from an accidental drug overdose in his suburban Minneapolis studio and estate, yet investigators still haven’t interviewed a key associate or asked a grand jury to consider whether criminal charges are warranted, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. Prince was 57 when […]
  
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• Updated: Border wall could leave some Americans on ‘Mexican side’

  16-04-2017 17:42
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The last time U.S. officials built a barrier along the border with Mexico, they left an opening at the small road leading south to Pamela Taylor’s home on the banks of the Rio Grande. Taylor hadn’t been told where the fence would be built, and she doesn’t know now whether officials are […]
  
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• Trump boasts of hiring only the best, but picks haunt him

  16-04-2017 16:53 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to boast that he hires only the best people. But his personnel choices keep coming back to haunt him.
  One of the people Trump hired for the White House was working as a foreign agent while advising him during the election. His campaign chairman caught the Justice Department’s attention for similarly surreptitious work. And a third campaign adviser was reportedly surveilled by the FBI as part of an investigation into whether or not he was
  
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• North Korean medium-range missile test fails, US says

  16-04-2017 15:59 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean medium-range missile exploded seconds after it was launched on Sunday, U.S. officials said, a high-profile failure that came hours before the U.S. vice president arrived in South Korea, and as an American aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.
  The U.S. had good intelligence both before and after the launch, said a White House foreign policy adviser traveling with Vice President Mike Pence, who arrived in Seoul in t
  
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• ‘Yes’ side has 6-point lead in Turkish referendum

  16-04-2017 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — With four-fifths of the ballots counted in Turkey’s historic referendum, those who back constitutional changes greatly expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers have a 6-point lead, the official Anadolu news agency said.
  The results from Sunday’s vote are expected to have a huge effect on Turkey’s long-term political future and on its relations with the European Union and the world.
  More than 55 million people in this country of about 80 mill
  
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• Turkey’s Erdogan eyes referendum win; critics claim fraud

  16-04-2017 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Voters in Turkey’s landmark referendum Sunday appeared to approve constitutional changes that will greatly expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to near-complete results carried by Turkey’s official news agency.
  Opposition figures, however, vowed to challenge many of the ballots in the tight race.
  Erdogan has long sought to broaden his powers, but a previous attempt failed after the governing party that he co-founded fell short of enough
  
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• Turkey votes to expand president’s powers; critics cry fraud

  16-04-2017 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a historic referendum Sunday that will greatly expand the powers of his office, although opposition parties questioned the outcome and said they would challenge the results.
  With nearly all ballots counted, the “yes” vote stood at 51.41 percent, while the “no” vote was 48.59 percent, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The head of Turkey’s electoral board confirmed the “yes” victory
  
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• Christians celebrate Easter across conflict-torn Mideast

  16-04-2017 15:58 via krqe.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday across the Middle East, where many are struggling to maintain their embattled communities in the face of war, religious violence and discrimination.
  Thousands of worshippers flocked to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected.
  This year the holiday was celebrated on the same day by both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox worshippers.The denomination
  
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• Kristen’s Easter Sunday Forecast

  16-04-2017 14:28 via krqe.com
  
  SUNDAY: A nice but cool start to our Easter with morning temperatures in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Although you’ll likely need a light sweater or jacket this morning, no need this afternoon! Expect high temperatures to climb well above seasonal normals with the Albuquerque-metro area topping out near 80°. A cold front slipping in over the Eastern Plains will cool temperatures a few degrees and also help trigger a few spotty storms. Developed storms have the potential to be strong to severe
  
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• Trump: China, US working on ‘North Korea problem’

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that China was working with the United States on “the North Korea problem,” and his vice president told American and South Korea service members that the North’s latest “provocation,” a failed missile launch shortly before his arrival in Seoul, laid bare they risks they face.
  While the North did not conduct a nuclear test, the specter of a potential escalated U.S. response trailed Pence as he
  
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• The Latest: Turkey’s leader calls vote ‘historic decision’

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the referendum in Turkey, set to decide whether more power should be concentrated in the hands of the president (all times local):
  10:20 p.m.
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says unofficial results show a referendum that will significantly expand the presidency’s powers winning with a margin of 1.3 million votes.
  Erdogan struck a conciliatory tone while speaking to reporters in Istanbul about the referendum results on Sunday night.
  He thanked all
  
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• The Latest: Fight near Turkish polling station leaves 3 dead

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the referendum in Turkey, set to decide whether more power should be concentrated in the hands of the president (all times local):
  3:50 p.m.
  Turkey’s state-run news agency says the death toll in a fight outside a polling station in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir has risen to three.
  Anadolu news agency said a land feud may have been the reason for Sunday’s deadly quarrel, while the private Dogan news agency reported it as caused by “d
  
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• The Latest: EU leaders urge Ankara to move slowly post-vote

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the referendum in Turkey, set to decide whether more power should be concentrated in the hands of the president (all times local):
  12:20 a.m.
  The European Union’s top officials have responded cautiously to the outcome of Turkey’s constitutional referendum and are calling on the government to seek a broad consensus as changes to the country’s system of government are implemented.
  EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, EU foreign policy chief
  
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• The Latest: Ballots without official seals to be counted

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the referendum in Turkey, set to decide whether more power should be concentrated in the hands of the president (all times local):
  6:40 p.m.
  Turkey’s Supreme Election Board has announced that ballot papers that don’t bear the board’s official seal will be deemed valid and counted.
  The board said it made the unprecedented decision Sunday after many voters who cast their votes in the country’s historic presidential referendum complained t
  
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• Pope decries ‘vile’ attack on Syrians in Easter address

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the “latest vile” attack on civilians in Syria.
  Both in his impromptu homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square and later in his formal “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message delivered from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis reflected on a litany of suffering in the world, includ
  
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• Pence: North Korea ‘provocation’ shows the risk to military

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that North Korea’s “provocation” underscored the risks faced by American and South Korean service members, hours after the North conducted a failed missile launch shortly before Pence’s arrival.
  Pence landed in South Korea at the start of a 10-day trip to Asia and was quickly confronted with the stakes facing the United States as Pyongyang seeks to flex its muscles around the birth anniversary of t
  
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• Fugitive Mexican ex-governor moved to Guatemalan prison

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former governor who had become a symbol of government corruption in Mexico was transferred to a Guatemalan military prison on Sunday hours after being captured in a hotel following six months on the lam.
  Ex-Veracruz state Gov. Javier Duarte looked pale and visibly tired as he was brought to the military base in Guatemala’s capital guarded by two dozen police officers. Prosecutors in Mexico directed the Foreign Relations Department to request his extradition to
  
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• Fugitive Mexican ex-Gov. Javier Duarte detained in Guatemala

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The former governor of Mexico’s Veracruz state who is accused of running a corruption ring that allegedly pilfered millions of dollars from state coffers was detained in Guatemala after six months as a fugitive and high-profile symbol of government graft in his country.
  Javier Duarte, pale and visibly tired, was brought Sunday to a prison at a military base in the Guatemalan capital
  A statement from Mexico’s federal Attorney General’s Office said Dua
  
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• Amid tensions, Pence visits military camp near Korean DMZ

  16-04-2017 13:02 via krqe.com
  
  CAMP BONIFAS, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that China was working with the United States on “the North Korea problem,” and his vice president visited a military base near the Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas a day after the North conducted a failed missile launch.
  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who has called the failed missile launch “a provocation,” arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday morning for a briefing with military lead
  
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• Scam of the Week: Research turns deal for home into a ‘no sale’

  16-04-2017 08:05
  
  He was a "man of God," hoping to rent out his four-bedroom Albuquerque home (already furnished) afte ...
  
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• Nelson gets two-year extension to coach Lobos

  16-04-2017 08:02
  
  Business is progressing as usual for the University of New Mexico volleyball program, head coach Jef ...
  
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• Editorial: Tax bill could restore NM fiscal sanity

  16-04-2017 08:02
  
  There is plenty of drama surrounding the budget standoff in Santa Fe as the state dips into dwindlin ...
  
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• Decision on kindergarten vindicated

  16-04-2017 08:02
  
  CHICAGO–There are a few precious moments in every parent's life when you realize you didn' ...
  
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• Budget negotiations require help from outside mediators

  16-04-2017 08:02
  
  Since I left the governorship seven years ago, I have made it a policy to not become embroiled in st ...
  
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• Trevor Rogers Throws a shutout on Saturday in front of a bleacher full of scouts

  16-04-2017 07:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- Carlsbad Ace, Trevor Rogers is the top prospect out of New Mexico in high school baseball. The senior stands in at 6’6 and has a fast ball that tops out around 97 MPH. The Carlsbad hurler finally made it out to the metro on Saturday, and went on to get the win in a 3 hit shutout.
  Carlsbad defeated Volcano Vista 4-0 on Saturday afternoon in front of a lot of MLB scouts. The senior has had a lot of interest from the bigs this whole year. “We have probably had, I bel
  
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• Piedra Vista takes out Cibola 11-0

  16-04-2017 07:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- Class 6A District 1 had a clash on Saturday as Piedra Vista came to the metro to take on Cibola. The Panthers showed their skill at the plate on Saturday, as they scored 11 runs in their 11-0 victory.
  Piedra Vista is now 3-2 in district play, while the Cougars drop to 0-5.
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• Zach Gentry runs for 55 yard TD in Michigan Spring Game

  16-04-2017 07:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Eldorado Graduated and former Eagle stand out QB, Zach Gentry made the highlight reel on Saturday in Michigan’s annual Spring Game. The QB to Tight End transfer seems to be making the transition just fine, as he broke off for a 55 yard touchdown.
  He showed his speed, his agility, and his size to perfection on this play. The transition might just work out for the Eldorado QB, as he enters next season.
   
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• Bomb teams host all-inclusive Easter egg hunt

  16-04-2017 06:53 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  A group of local explosives experts are turning their training into an unlikely treat for kids of all ages and abilities.
  Bomb team members combined with a droning tone may seem to spell trouble for some. But those gathered at the USS Bullhead Memorial Park Saturday morning weren’t disarming explosives.
  They were handing out candy.
  That steady ding translated to a treasure transmitter for Albuquerque kids, like a beacon for eager Easter egg seekers. T
  
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