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• Mark Ronchetti’s 2017 Draft Predictions

  21-04-2017 23:52 via krqe.com
  
  The 2017 NFL draft will present an interesting decision for the Cowboys. They clearly need help on defense. Most urgently at cornerback and defensive end. However, what if an offensive player drops and is clearly higher rated on their draft board? The old best player versus best player at a position of need debate. The best teams in the league tend to go best player and the Cowboys have followed this trend recently. With this in mind here is a look at five possible picks for the Cowboys in the f
  
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• PNM plans to drop coal draws praise

  21-04-2017 23:50
  
  A Public Service Co. of New Mexico plan to eliminate coal-fired generation from the grid by 2031 is drawing praise from environmental groups, but cautious reactions about what power will replace it. The utility published a first draft on Thursday of its new integrated resource plan, a 20-year guideline that the company produces every three […]
  
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• Van Tate’s 2017 Draft predictions for the Dallas Cowboys

  21-04-2017 23:37 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Dallas Cowboys had one of the better drafts of 2016. What can they do for an encore in 2017? If they are to address needs, then you would expect the defensive side of the football to get help. The Cowboys need playmakers on the defensive line and secondary. They have the 28th pick of the first round.
  That pick will probably dictate the rest of the draft for the Cowboys. Do they go with a tough pass rusher like Michigan defensive end Taco Charlton or do they t
  
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• County launches search for new MDC chief

  21-04-2017 23:37
  
  The search is on for a new Metropolitan Detention Center chief. Nine months after retired court administrator Tom Ruiz was brought in as the interim jail administrator, Bernalillo County is moving forward with finding a permanent person for the job. “Bernalillo County is committed to becoming a national leader on jail and mental health reform, […]
  
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• Women’s basketball: Trakh leaving Aggies to return to USC

  21-04-2017 23:17
  
    New Mexico State women’s basketball coach Mark Trakh, who has guided the Aggies to the last three Western Athletic Conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances, is leaving to take over at Southern Cal. Trakh, the Aggies’ coach the last six years, will be in his second stint at USC, which announced the move Friday. […]
  
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• Updated: Australian man killed in New Mexico motorcycle crash

  21-04-2017 23:08
  
  CONCHAS, N.M. — New Mexico State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that left a 76-year-old Australian man dead. Police say John Scully was on State Road 104 in a remote area in the northeast part of the state on Wednesday when he lost control and crashed. Scully was pronounced dead on scene. Police […]
  
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• Texas man gets 18 years for shooting romantic rival in back

  21-04-2017 22:36
  
  NEW BOSTON, Texas — Authorities say an Northeast Texas man who shot a romantic rival in the back then drove the victim to a hospital must serve 18 years in prison. Barry Kendall Green of Simms was sentenced Thursday in New Boston. The 35-year-old Green earlier pleaded guilty to assault causing serious bodily injury. Green […]
  
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• VA makes curbing veteran suicides a top priority

  21-04-2017 21:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – U.S. Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Scott Blackburn says a top priority of the agency is to find ways to curb suicides among veterans and boost access to mental health care.
  Blackburn visited with patients, doctors and administrators at the VA hospital in Albuquerque on Friday. Staffing shortages were among the concerns raised.
  Blackburn, an Army veteran, said it’s unacceptable that about 20 veterans a day commit suicide. Of those, data shows about six rec
  
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• New visitor center opens at Kirtland Air Force base

  21-04-2017 21:00 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Kirtland Air Force Base debuted its new visitor’s center Friday.
  The ribbon cutting ceremony wrapped up a series of 75th anniversary celebrations.
  The center, located at the Truman Gate, was renamed “The Colonel Roy C. Kirtland Heritage Visitors Center” after a pioneer in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
  Organizers say the base takes a lot of pride in recognizing the history.
  “Our airman understand the notion that history makes you smarter, but he
  
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• New Mexico Legislature sues governor in escalating conflict

  21-04-2017 20:35 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Democrat-controlled New Mexico Legislature is suing Republican Gov. Susana Martinez over her budget vetoes, claiming she has effectively eliminated the legislative branch.
  Read the lawsuit here » 
  The lawsuit filed Friday asks the state Supreme Court to hear the case immediately.
  It’s the latest volley in a battle over how to fix the state’s financial crisis.
  The Democrat-led legislature petitioned the New Mexico Supreme Court on Frid
  
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• Trump says he will release tax reform package next week

  21-04-2017 20:06 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says businesses and individuals will receive a “massive tax cut” under a tax reform package he plans to unveil next week.
  In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump says the plan will result in tax cuts for both individuals and businesses. He would not provide details of the plan, saying only that the tax cuts will be “bigger I believe than any tax cut ever.”
  The president says the package will be released on “Wed
  
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• Updated: Gunman in Missouri utility worker deaths had criminal record

  21-04-2017 18:54
  
  ST. LOUIS — A gunman who killed two utility workers in St. Louis before killing himself had a long criminal history, including drug and assault convictions, along with financial troubles leading to bankruptcy, court records show. Police on Friday identified the gunman as Clinton Willis, who lived about a mile from where the Laclede Gas […]
  
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• Updated: Suspect in Fresno killings shouts out in first court hearing

  21-04-2017 18:51
  
  FRESNO, Calif. — The suspect in this week’s racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno entered a courtroom early Friday shouting that natural disasters striking America will increase. Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, then shouted twice during a minute-long hearing: “Let black people go in reparations.” He was charged Thursday with killing unarmed security guard Carl Williams […]
  
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• Pesticide maker tries to kill risk study

  21-04-2017 18:44 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration that’s open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species.
  Lawyers representing Dow, whose CEO is a close adviser to President Donald Trump, and two other manufacturers of organophosphates sent letters last week to the heads of three of Trump’s Cabinet agencies. The com
  
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• Updated: Trump eyes changes to Obama’s tax and Wall Street rules

  21-04-2017 18:40
  
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration embarked Friday on new efforts to study and possibly dismantle some of the tax and financial regulations established by former President Barack Obama. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to review tax regulations set last year by his predecessor, as well as two memos to potentially reconsider major […]
  
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• Updated: Attorneys general to Trump: Don’t cut drug treatment funds

  21-04-2017 18:31
  
  The top government lawyers from 19 states are telling President Donald Trump and the Republican leaders of Congress not to pass health insurance changes that would stop the flow of federal drug treatment money. A letter sent Friday by a group of attorneys general for 19 states plus Washington D.C., is the latest in a […]
  
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• San Antonio officer fatally shoots knife-wielding man

  21-04-2017 18:30
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Authorities say a San Antonio police officer has fatally shot a man who charged at him with a knife as the officer intervened in a fight between the man and the man’s girlfriend. San Antonio police Chief William McManus said the man was fighting with his girlfriend when the officer was flagged […]
  
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• Trucks loses control, plows into crowd, killing 20 in India

  21-04-2017 18:03 via krqe.com
  
  HYDERABAD, India (AP) — At least 20 people have been killed and several others seriously injured after a truck driver lost control and plowed into a group of protesting farmers in southern India Friday, officials said.
  At least 14 of those killed were electrocuted because the bus first hit an electricity pole causing high-tension wires to fall onto the crowd, police official Jaya Lakshmi said.
  The local government has ordered an investigation.
  Eyewitnesses on local TV described heart-rendi
  
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• Volkswagen to pay $2.8 billion in US diesel emission scandal

  21-04-2017 17:38 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered Volkswagen to pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty in the United States for cheating on diesel emissions tests, blessing a deal negotiated by the government for a “massive fraud” orchestrated by the German automaker.
  U.S. District Judge Sean Cox stuck to the plea deal during the sentencing hearing, six weeks after VW pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a scheme involving nearly 600,000 diesel cars in the U.S. They w
  
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• Afghan official: Army compound attacked by gunmen, 8 dead

  21-04-2017 17:35 via krqe.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 11 others, an Afghan government official said Friday.Daulat Waziri, the spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the gunmen entered the compound manned by members of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army with a military vehicle. There, they began shooting at soldiers as they prayed in a mosque in the compound, Waziri sai
  
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• UNM students cuddle with canines to destress from finals

  21-04-2017 16:10
  
  Amid the chaos of finals on campus, University of New Mexico students and faculty got to take a break from the stress by cuddling with a canine.
  
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• Thief armed with sawed-off shotgun robs marijuana dispensary

  21-04-2017 16:08
  
  A week before the infamous "4/20" holiday, police say a robber—armed with a sawed-off shotgun—robbed the Seven Clover Marijuana Dispensary on Central.
  
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• More patients allege dentist overbilled, caused pain

  21-04-2017 16:08
  
  More patients are claiming an Albuquerque dentist performed unnecessary procedures and overcharged them.
  
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• Atrisco Heritage addresses prom dilemma

  21-04-2017 16:06
  
  Prom is a night nearly every high school senior looks forward to. Imagine one student's disappointment when he was turned away from buying a ticket.
  
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• Trump says Paris attack will influence France’s election

  21-04-2017 15:52 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking the unusual step of weighing in publicly ahead of a foreign presidential election, predicting that the latest attack in Paris will have a “big effect” on voters there.
  His tweet Friday comes as he tries to bolster U.S. support for hard-line proposals on immigration and foreign policy. Trump’s administration is demanding that Congress fund a bigger U.S. border wall with Mexico and is suggesting that his administration coul
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II turns 91 with quiet day, gun salutes

  21-04-2017 15:42 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain marked Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday on Friday with gun salutes, as the monarch celebrated quietly at home.
  A troop of the Royal Horse Artillery rode horse-and-gun carriages past Buckingham Palace before staging a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park at noon (1100GMT.)
  Outside the palace, a band of guardsmen in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats played “Happy Birthday” during the Changing of the Guard ceremony.
  There was a second salute with 62 guns at the
  
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• Updated: VP Pence aims to reassure Australia after tense Trump call

  21-04-2017 15:18
  
  SYDNEY — More than two months after President Donald Trump got into a spat with the leader of Australia, Vice President Mike Pence will be working to smooth over any lingering hard feelings. Pence will meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday as part of his 10-day, four-country trip to Asia. His agenda […]
  
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• Updated: Family asking judge for order on Aaron Hernandez evidence

  21-04-2017 15:11
  
  NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Family members of Aaron Hernandez are asking a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to preserve evidence so they can investigate the circumstances of his death. A medical examiner says the former New England Patriots player hanged himself while serving a life sentence for murder. Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez, filed […]
  
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• Event welcomes new urban green space

  21-04-2017 15:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A fun event is planned to welcome a new eco-friendly community park.
  The Rio Grande Water Festival will celebrate the completion of Mill Pond Refuge with live music, food, flamenco dance performance, and poetry. Activities for both children and adults will focus on issues of sustainability, such as making art with recycled materials and seed balls.
  Mill Pond Refuge addresses the local issue of water scarcity by using recycled wastewater to create wildlife habitat
  
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• Art exhibit fosters opportunity for the community

  21-04-2017 15:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –  University students are educating the community about a lesser known art form.
  ‘Print Make’ is an exhibit of original artwork by University of New Mexico print-makers which is meant to educate and inspire the public about the value of the medium.  The exhibition coincides with a series of events celebrating Printmaking at the University, including archive tours and live demonstrations at the Graduate Art Annex.
  The exhibit and symposium wil
  
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• April 21 Morning Rush: Albuquerque boy in officer-involved crash has died

  21-04-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  1. A tragic update to the crash involving an Albuquerque Police Department officer and a family of three — a mother and her two kids. The family reached out to KRQE News 13 to tell us that after three days in intensive care, Joel who was six, died Thursday.The family said “we lost the most loving, caring child. He’s a fighter and he’s now on a new journey.” The boy’s nine-year-old sister is still in intensive care. Their mother and officer Johnathan McDonnell
  
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• Free shredding event to help prevent fraud after tax season

  21-04-2017 15:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Shredding documents and securing personal information are valuable tools in the fight against fraud, especially after tax season.
  April 22 is National Secure Your ID Day. This is an opportunity to take steps to protect yourself from identity theft and get your finances in order. Locking file cabinets, shredding documents, and changing personal passwords are among the valuable tips in the fight against fraud. To assist the community in this effort, the Better Busi
  
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• Officials: Police had Champs-Elysees attacker in their grasp

  21-04-2017 14:59 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Champs-Elysees gunman who shot and killed a police officer just days before France’s presidential election was detained in February for threatening police but then freed, two officials told The Associated Press on Friday. He was also convicted in 2003 of attempted homicide in the shootings of two police officers.
  The French government pulled out all the stops to protect Sunday’s vote as the attack deepened France’s political divide.
  “Nothing must ha
  
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• Authorities: Human remains found inside a Mesilla Park home

  21-04-2017 14:49 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials say human remains have been found inside a Mesilla Park home.
  Sheriff’s detectives were called to the scene Tuesday morning when a woman who was cleaning out the house reported finding what appeared to be human jaw bones inside a box.
  Detectives say the bones appear to be very old and suspect they were dug up from an unknown location.
  Sheriff’s officials say the home belonged to someone who died in January and le
  
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• Officials confirm deaths of 2 endangered wolf pups

  21-04-2017 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Wildlife officials have confirmed that two endangered Mexican gray wolf pups died last month.
  The Arizona Department of Game and Fish detailed the cases in a monthly report released Thursday.
  The agency says a female pup with the Hoodoo Pack was found dead in Arizona in March. The cause remains under investigation.
  A male pup with Arizona’s Bluestem Pack died after being captured for a medical evaluation. Officials say testing confirmed the animal had canine
  
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• New Mexico official named chairman of aerospace group

  21-04-2017 13:50 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico Lt. Gov. John Sanchez has been selected as the chairman of the National Aerospace States Association.
  The nonprofit organization is made up of lieutenant governors and governor-appointed delegates with the goal of fostering economic development and promoting state perspectives when it comes to federal aerospace policy.
  Sanchez says New Mexico in recent years has taken steps to offer incentives to attract new jobs and investment from aerospace and aviation c
  
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• New information on Aaron Hernandez suicide

  21-04-2017 13:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Investigators say they found three handwritten notes next to a bible inside Aaron Hernandez’s prison cell.
  Right now it’s immediately clear what those notes say.
  Hernandez died early Wednesday morning after he hanged himself in his prison cell.
  The former tight end had just been served a life sentence without parole after being convicted of the June 2013 murder of Odin Llyod.
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• Police: intruder and victim could both face charges in apartment break in

  21-04-2017 13:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –Police say a man who may have been drinking was attempting to break into an apartment near Chama and Southern.
  They say the person inside had a weapon and may be a felon.
  Officers say at least two shots were fired.
  Both the intruder and the person inside were hit.
  They suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
  Police are still investigating, but say both parties could face charges.
   
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• Police: Called to home because of gunshot disturbance

  21-04-2017 13:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police activity earlier Friday morning at Chama and Southern.
  Several officers were called to the home around 2:15 a.m.
  One person who called 911 told KRQE News 13, “about 45 minutes ago I heard a gunshot, and my room is directly across from where it happened.”
  At this time there is no other known information confirmed by police.
  Someone was placed in the back of an ambulance.
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• Iraq officials: 26 hostages, including Qatari royals, freed

  21-04-2017 13:19 via krqe.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Two Iraqi officials say that 26 hostages, including members of Qatar’s ruling family, have been released after 16 months in captivity in Iraq.
  The two — a government and a security official — told The Associated Press that the hostages were released on Friday into the custody of the Iraqi Interior Ministry. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
  The group was kidnapped in December 2015 from a dese
  
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• Dortmund bus attack suspect bet against the team

  21-04-2017 13:17 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) —German prosecutors say they believe a 28-year-old German-Russian man suspected of carrying out a bombing attack on the Borussia Dortmund soccer team’s bus acted alone.
  Prosecutors’ spokeswoman Frauke Koehler told reporters Friday that according to the latest information, there are “no indications of possible helpers or accomplices.”
  Suspect Sergej W. was arrested by authorities early Friday morning in the vicinity of the southwestern city of Tuebingen a
  
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• With tears, tattoos, Prince fans remember him a year later

  21-04-2017 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For Prince fans, the one-year anniversary of his shocking death from an accidental drug overdose is a time for sadness and celebration.
  It was a year ago Friday that the music superstar was found dead at Paisley Park, the suburban Minneapolis recording complex where he lived.
  Fans from around the globe have flocked to Paisley Park, now a museum, for a four-day celebration that includes performances by Prince’s former bandmates and panel discussions. Fans who didn&r
  
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• Suspect in Fresno killings shouts out in first court hearing

  21-04-2017 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The suspect in this week’s racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno entered a courtroom early Friday shouting that natural disasters striking America will increase.
  Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, then shouted twice during a minute-long hearing: “Let black people go in reparations.”
  He was charged Thursday with killing unarmed security guard Carl Williams at a Motel 6 a week earlier.
  Authorities say Williams was the first of four killings by Muhammad. Po
  
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• Prince fans to mark anniversary of music superstar’s death

  21-04-2017 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For Prince fans, the one-year anniversary of his shocking death from an accidental drug overdose will be a time for sadness and celebration.
  It was a year ago Friday that the music superstar was found dead at Paisley Park, the suburban Minneapolis recording complex where he lived.
  At Paisley Park, which has been turned into a museum, a full four days of events are on tap, ranging from concert performances by Prince’s former bandmates to panel discussions. Fans who
  
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• Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing

  21-04-2017 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The suspect in this week’s racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno shouted Friday that natural disasters will increasingly hit the United States as he was ushered into a cramped courtroom for his first appearance before a judge.
  Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was supposed to be officially informed about the first-degree murder charge he is accused of in the shooting death of an unarmed security guard.
  Authorities have said he then killed three more people in the r
  
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• California gunman to appear in court on murder count

  21-04-2017 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The suspect in this week’s Fresno, California, mass shooting is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face arraignment for a first-degree murder charge in a killing five days earlier.
  Kori Ali Muhammad was charged Thursday with killing unarmed security guard Carl Williams at a Motel 6 in Fresno a week earlier.
  Williams was the first of four killings by Muhammad, authorities said.
  Muhammad said Williams had shown him disrespect while Muhammad was visiting a woma
  
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• Teacher accused of kidnapping teen expected in court

  21-04-2017 12:49 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The abducted by her former teacher that sparked a nationwide manhunt is expected to be back with her family soon.
  The teacher Tad Cummins is waking up in police custody Friday morning.
  Law enforcement officials are thanking residents in a small California community today after they tipped off the sheriff’s department.
  The break came when Griffin Barry ran into Cummins when the former teacher asked for some gas money.
  A few days later Cummins came back
  
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• Caretaker’s suspicions led cops to missing teacher, student

  21-04-2017 12:49 via krqe.com
  
  COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — After the caretaker of a remote northern California property became suspicious of two people he initially thought were in distress, his tip led police to a teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student and taking her on a 2,500-mile cross-country journey.
  Griffin Barry said the pair told him their names were John and Joanna and they needed money for food, gas and a place to stay, ABC News Good Morning America reported Friday. But Barry, 29, said he became sus
  
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• Bernalillo County to expand adaptive traffic signal system

  21-04-2017 12:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – Bernalillo County leaders say they want to make it easier for people to drive, walk and bike down one busy street. They say a recent study proves a new traffic signal system is saving commuters time on the road, so they’re expanding it to take advantage of the system’s success.
  It’s described as an intelligent system that adapts to the number of cars on the road.
  The cameras count traffic in real-time. Once a certain number of cars line up at
  
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• Food truck app developed in Albuquerque connecting vendors to customers

  21-04-2017 12:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – If you like food trucks, one Albuquerque entrepreneur is trying to make it easier for you to satisfy your cravings and all you need is your cell phone.
  Next time you’re looking for lunch, your search could be streamlined with the help of two apps designed to connect customers with cooks.
  The system’s called “Tasty Spot” app created by father and self-proclaimed “foodie” Todd Bisio.
  “We as consumers had a hard time sometimes fin
  
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