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• Census: Young women in US favor jobs outside the home

  23-04-2017 23:03 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The milestones of adulthood for today’s millennials: economic security and finishing school — not rushing to get married and have a family.
  And once they are married, young women in America are less likely to see homemaking as a career.
  The share of young women 25 to 34 who opted to forgo outside employment in favor of managing a household plunged from 43 percent in 1975 to just 14 percent last year, according to the Census Bureau. Census demographers believe
  
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• Updated: Police pick up adorable intruders: A pair of pygmy goats

  23-04-2017 22:58
  
  BELFAST, Maine — Police in Maine have picked up some adorable intruders after two miniature goats escaped from their home and wandered the streets. A Belfast police officer responded Sunday morning to find the pygmy goats in a woman’s garage. They had been snacking on cat food. Officer Daniel Fitzpatrick used a cat leash to […]
  
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• Breaking: Police arrest teen involved in machete incident at grocery store

  23-04-2017 22:53
  
  Late Saturday night Albuquerque police officers arrested the teen accused of threatening employees with a machete and punching an employee at Albertson’s earlier this week, according to a spokesman for the department. Keisean Anderson, 15, was arrested and charged with assault with intent to commit a violent felony and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, […]
  
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• Police arrest teen responsible for threatening Albertson’s employees with machete

  23-04-2017 22:23 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police have arrested the teen they say is responsible for pulling a machete on employees at an Albertson’s.
  Police arrested 16 year old, Keisean Anderson, Saturday night for the incident that happened on April 17th, 2017 at the Albertson’s on Juan Tabo. Anderson is charged with assault with intent to commit a violent felony and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He’s accused of threatening employees with a machete and punching
  
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• Updated: James helps Cavs hold off Pacers, earn sweep into 2nd round

  23-04-2017 21:56
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — LeBron James made a 3-pointer with 68 seconds left Sunday and the Cleveland Cavaliers hung on for a 106-102 series-clinching victory at Indiana. James finished with 33 points and 10 rebounds as he became the first player under the current playoff format to win 21 straight first-round games. He also set a league […]
  
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• BC-BKN–Cavaliers-Pacers,LongBox

  23-04-2017 21:54
  
  BC-BKN–Cavaliers-Pacers,LongBox FG FT Reb CLEVELAND Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS James 44:44 13-25 6-9 0-10 4 1 33 Love 34:57 2-13 0-0 5-16 3 1 5 Thompson 34:07 2-6 2-2 7-11 1 3 6 Irving 36:41 10-25 7-7 2-2 0 2 28 Smith 28:49 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 3 5 Korver 18:09 1-5 […]
  
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• Italian court finds link between cell phone use and tumor

  23-04-2017 21:49 via krqe.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — A longtime Telecom Italia employee has been awarded monthly social security payments after a court found that his brain tumor was caused by improper use of a company-issued cellphone.Lawyer Stefano Bertone said Thursday that it was the first trial court verdict of which he was aware “to recognize a link between cellphone use and the development of brain tumor.”
  Bertone says the employee, Roberto Romeo, used the company cellphone for three hours a day for 15 years w
  
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• Google Home’s assistant can now recognize different voices

  23-04-2017 19:42 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s voice-activated assistant can now recognize who’s talking to it on Google’s Home speaker.
  An update released Thursday enables Home’s built-in assistant to learn the different voices of up to six people, although they can’t all be talking to the internet-connected speaker at the same time.
  Distinguishing voices will allow Home to be more personal in some of its responses, depending on who triggers the assistant with the phrase, &ld
  
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• Rain washes out NASCAR race at Bristol until Monday

  23-04-2017 18:46 via krqe.com
  
  BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — NASCAR has postponed the Monster Energy Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway because of heavy rain that is not expected to let up on Sunday. The race was pushed until Monday at 1 p.m.
  Weather has been a problem all weekend at Bristol, where Friday qualifications were washed out. On Saturday, the Xfinity Series race had a lengthy stoppage for rain.
  Cup points leader Kyle Larson will start on the pole next to Chase Elliott.
  Bristol officials this year applied a VHT resin
  
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• Trump Health Dept. dismisses Obama appointed surgeon general

  23-04-2017 18:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has relieved Dr. Vivek Murthy of his duties as U.S. Surgeon General.
  A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services says Murthy was asked to resign after “assisting in a smooth transition” under President Donald Trump.
  Murthy was a holdover from the Obama administration.
  Murthy’s deputy, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, is serving as acting surgeon general and leader the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corp
  
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• Sessions on Hawaii remark: ‘Nobody has a sense of humor’

  23-04-2017 18:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says “nobody has a sense of humor anymore.”
  That’s his assessment after drawing ire for seeming to dismiss the state of Hawaii as merely “an island in the Pacific.”
  Last week, Sessions criticized a federal judge’s ruling in Hawaii that blocked the Trump administration’s immigration ban.
  Sessions told radio host Mark Levin: “I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can
  
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• Report: Anti-Semitism rises, but violence against Jews falls

  23-04-2017 18:45 via krqe.com
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, but other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on U.S. university campuses, according to a report released Sunday.
  Researchers at Tel Aviv University said assaults specifically targeting Jews, vandalism and other violent incidents fell 12 percent last year. They recorded 361 cases compared to 410 in 2015, which had already been the lowest number in a decade. The figure repo
  
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• Global finance leaders dodge conflict with Trump White House

  23-04-2017 18:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global finance leaders sought to avoid conflict with the Trump administration over trade and environmental policy and welcomed signs the world economy is pulling out of the doldrums.
  The International Monetary Fund dropped a sharp condemnation of trade protectionism and references to climate change from a statement at the close of its spring meetings with the World Bank. Gone was a call for nations to “resist all forms of protectionism” that had been in an Oct
  
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• California moves – slowly – toward resuming executions

  23-04-2017 18:45 via krqe.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has long been what one expert calls a “symbolic death penalty state,” one of 12 that has capital punishment on the books but has not executed anyone in more than a decade.
  Prodded by voters and lawsuits, the nation’s most populous state may now be easing back toward allowing executions, though observers are split on how quickly they will resume, if at all.
  Corrections officials expect to meet a Wednesday deadline to submit revised leth
  
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• ‘The Fate of the Furious’ laps new films at box office

  23-04-2017 18:17 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Fate of the Furious” sped into first place at the box office again, leaving new thriller “Unforgettable” and historical drama “The Promise” in the dust.
  Universal Pictures’ eighth installment in “The Fast and the Furious” franchise earned $38.7 million over the weekend, down 61 percent from its debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
  The new competition didn’t stand a chance against the high-octane fil
  
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• Trump heads into tough week with budget, health care battles

  23-04-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading into one of the most challenging weeks of his presidency, juggling a renewed health care push and a looming budget deadline. It’s all complicated by a potential showdown with Democrats over paying for a border wall.
  The symbolic 100-day mark for the administration is Saturday. That’s the same day government could shut down without a budget deal. Trump has announced a rally in Pennsylvania that day.
  Despite Trump’s dismis
  
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• French vote in most unpredictable contest in generations

  23-04-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Amid heightened security, French voters began casting ballots for their next president Sunday in a first-round poll that could help determine the future of Europe and serve as a litmus test for the spread of populism around the world.
  More than 50,000 police and gendarmes were deployed to protect 66,000 polling stations for the election, which comes just three days after a deadly attack on Paris’s famed Champs-Elysees Avenue in which a police officer and a gunman were sl
  
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• French vote for Macron, Le Pen shuts out mainstream politics

  23-04-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French voters shut out the country’s political mainstream from the presidency for the first time in the country’s modern history, and on Monday found themselves being courted across the spectrum for the runoff election.
  The May 7 runoff will be between the populist Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, and French politicians on the moderate left and right immediately urged voters to block Le Pen’s path to power.
  The defeated far-left candidate, Jean-Luc
  
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• France’s next leader: centrist Macron vs. far-right Le Pen

  23-04-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to a runoff in France’s presidential election, remaking the country’s political landscape and setting up a showdown over its participation in the European Union.
  French politicians on the left and right immediately urged voters to block Le Pen’s path to power in the May 7 runoff, saying her virulently nationalist anti-EU and anti-immigration politics would spell disaster for France.
  
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• Centrist Macron vs. far-right Le Pen in fight to lead France

  23-04-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to a runoff in France’s presidential election, remaking the country’s political landscape and setting up a showdown over its participation in the European Union.
  French politicians on the left and right immediately urged voters to block Le Pen’s path to power in the May 7 runoff, saying her virulently nationalist anti-EU and anti-immigration politics would spell disaster for France.
  
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• Author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann shot in Kenya

  23-04-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Italian-born author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann was shot at her Kenyan ranch and airlifted for treatment after herders invaded in search of pasture to save their animals from drought, officials said Sunday.
  Gallmann, known for her bestselling book “I Dreamed of Africa,” which became a movie by the same name starring Kim Basinger, was patrolling the ranch in Laikipia when she was shot in the stomach, local police chief Ezekiel Chepkowny said.
  The
  
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• Searchers recover body of man who fell out of a canoe

  23-04-2017 17:56
  
  DENVER — Searchers have recovered the body of a 66-year-old Colorado man who drowned after falling out of a canoe on Wellington Lake southwest of Denver. Jefferson County officials say Henry Wendel and his wife fell into the water on March 22. They had life vests with them, but were not wearing them. Two employees […]
  
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• Who stashed gold inside a British piano? It’s a mystery

  23-04-2017 17:42 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful heirs to a trove of gold coins found stashed inside a piano and worth a “life-changing” amount of money.
  The school that owns the piano and the tuner who found the gold are now in line for a windfall after a coroner investigating the find declared it treasure. But a couple who owned the piano for three decades before donating it to their local school will likely miss out.
  Coroner John Ellery sai
  
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• Updated: Crime victims: Alabama is wrong to post personal info online

  23-04-2017 16:49
  
  Tiffany Lawson’s ex-boyfriend kicked in her door, beat her and poured hot cooking oil onto her face, back and legs in Birmingham, Alabama. The 2013 attack replayed in her mind when she tried to sleep in the months that followed, and left her with burns over half of her body. Her ex was sentenced to […]
  
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• Updated: Doctor’s arrest brings attention to US female circumcisions

  23-04-2017 16:47
  
  DETROIT — Zehra Patwa learned only a few years ago that during a family trip to India at age 7, she was circumcised, which is common for girls in parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Patwa, 46, doesn’t remember undergoing the procedure, which is also called female genital mutilation or cutting and which […]
  
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• Updated: Just a minute: FIU baseball

  23-04-2017 16:46
  
  Who says baseball is slow? Florida International and Marshall played for 69 seconds on Sunday morning, before FIU got a…
  
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• 11 candidates vie for French presidency in high-stakes race

  23-04-2017 13:19 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — From far left to far right, young to old, 11 candidates are vying for France’s presidency in an election that is being watched as an indicator of populism’s global appeal. The traditional contenders are joined — and often have been overshadowed during the campaign — by rivals pledging to scrap long-held expectations, such as France’s participation in the European Union and NATO.
  French voters cast ballots Sunday in the first round of the election.
  
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• Funeral services held for Ohio victim of Facebook killer

  23-04-2017 13:18 via krqe.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Funeral services have been held for a Cleveland retiree whose shooting death was posted on Facebook.
  Family members on Saturday recalled Robert Godwin Sr. as a loving, gentle person who taught the importance of forgiveness.
  The 74-year-old Godwin was shot Easter Sunday along a Cleveland street.
  Gunman Steve Stephens led police on a 2-mile chase in Erie, Pennsylvania, before fatally shooting himself Tuesday.
  Tonya Godwin-Baines, one of Godwin’s 10 children, said the f
  
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• Erin Moran, Joanie Cunningham in “Happy Days,” dies at 56

  23-04-2017 13:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” died Saturday at age 56.
  A statement from the sheriff’s department in Harrison County, Indiana, said the dispatcher “received a 911 call about an unresponsive female. Upon arrival of first responders, it was determined that Erin Moran Fleischmann was deceased. An autopsy is pending.”
  The dispatcher confirmed to The A
  
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• N. Korea detains US citizen; 3rd American being held

  23-04-2017 10:12 via krqe.com
  
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen, officials said, bringing to three the number of Americans now being held there.
  Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detained on Saturday, according to Park Chan-mo, the chancellor of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.
  Park said Kim, who is 58, taught accounting at the university for about a month. He said Kim was detained by officials as he was trying to leave the country from P
  
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• Man accused of child abuse shares same name, age as man listed in prior child abuse documents

  23-04-2017 08:20
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- A man accused of horrific child abuse may be the same man who pleaded no contest to child abuse charges almost a decade ago.
  
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• ART-impacted businesses welcome new city loan program

  23-04-2017 08:18
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The city has launched a new loan program called the Central Loan Fund for businesses affected by Albuquerque Rapid Transit – and one business owner is veryexcited about the initiative.
  
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• Updated: French voters begin casting ballots in presidential election

  23-04-2017 08:09
  
  PARIS — French voters began casting ballots for the presidential election Sunday in a tense first-round poll that’s seen as a test for the spread of populism around the world. Over 60,000 polling stations opened at 0600 GMT for voters who will choose between 11 candidates in the most unpredictable election in decades. Opinion polls […]
  
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• Updated: French vote for president in litmus test for Europe’s future

  23-04-2017 08:09
  
  PARIS — Amid heightened security, French voters began casting ballots for their next president Sunday in a first-round poll that’s being seen as a litmus test for the future of Europe and the spread of populism around the world. More than 50,000 police and gendarmes were deployed to protect 66,000 polling stations for the election, […]
  
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• Updated: France begins presidential vote in test for populism

  23-04-2017 08:09
  
  PARIS — Amid heightened security, French voters began casting ballots for their next president Sunday in a first-round poll that’s seen as a litmus test for the spread of populism around the world and a vote on the future of Europe. More than 50,000 police and gendarmes were deployed to the 66,000 polling stations for […]
  
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• New Lobos basketball coach throws first pitch at Isotopes game

  23-04-2017 08:06
  
  Saturday night, new Lobo basketball coach Paul Weir threw out the first pitch at the Isotopes game and talked with KOB about how he's settling in.
  
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• Motel explosion in Loveland leaves 5 injured, heavy damage

  23-04-2017 08:02
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. — An explosion and fire in a Loveland motel has left at least 5 people hurt, including a firefighter, and heavy structural damage. The Reporter-Herald (http://bit.ly/2pS0HAA ) reports that Battalion Division Chief Greg Ward said fire crews were already at the front of Rosebud Motel on an unrelated medical call Saturday night when […]
  
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• Immigrants add billions to U.S. economy

  23-04-2017 08:02
  
  CHICAGO–The reason immigrant appreciation efforts, like the "Day Without Immigrants" this...
  
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• Editorial: At last, some good news regarding oil and gas

  23-04-2017 08:02
  Slowly rebounding gas and oil prices, coupled with news that major multinational energy companies ha ...
  
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• DEAR ABBY: Widower in new relationship is shunned by sisters-in-law

  23-04-2017 08:02
  
  DEAR ABBY: My wife of 43 years died nine months ago after losing her four-year battle with cancer ...
  
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• Lobo football wraps up spring with their Showcase

  23-04-2017 07:08 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- It was a perfect day for football on Saturday morning. The Lobos held their final spring practice at University Stadium and it was open to the fans, showcasing their skills on the gridiron. The fans in attendance seemed to be enjoying the display of UNM’s drills.
  No one likes to see spring come to an end, but especially the seniors on this UNM roster. “Man I am telling you this is my last spring and it’s kind of hard to say. It seems like everything h
  
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• The Richard A. Harper Memorial Track Meet wraps up on Saturday

  23-04-2017 07:07 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- The Richard Harper Memorial always brings some of the state’s best track athletes. This year’s meet was no different, as Jordan Byrd made it out along with distance runner Amanda Mayoral.
  To find out all of the times and team scores from the day, click here. 
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News, Sports, Top Stories, Top Video
  
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• Lobo Baseball wins 2nd straight against UNLV

  23-04-2017 07:04 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE)- UNM took another one from UNLV on Saturday. UNM defeated the Rebels 14-3. UNM’s Jack Zoellner opened things up for the Lobos in the bottom of the 1st. The senior 1st baseman would hit a 3 run homerun deep to right field.
  He finished with 5 RBI’s on the day and is now at 9 homeruns on the season. UNM betters to 22-16-1 overall and 13-2-1 in MW Conference play.
  UNM and UNLV will finish their series on Sunday at 12 pm.
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• The truth is out there: ‘The X-Files is coming back

  23-04-2017 06:53 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The truth is out there: “The X-Files” is coming back.
  Fox said Thursday it has ordered a second chapter of what it’s calling an “X-Files” ”event series.” The 10-episode series will air during the upcoming 2017-18 TV season.
  The 1993-2002 drama about paranormal events and UFOs returned in 2016 for a six-episode run with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
  Fox said Duchovny and Anderson will be back as Mulder and Scully for
  
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• Man accused of shaking three-month-old baby appears in court

  23-04-2017 06:47
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- As New Mexicans attended events in support of ending child abuse Saturday, a father accused of shaking his three-month-old baby appeared in court.
  
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• Girl Scouts use cookie money to help dogs in need

  23-04-2017 06:38 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One local Girl Scout Troop is giving back to our four-legged friends. They donated their time, their cookie money and a set of new skills to dogs in need.
  Jill Dahringer doesn’t have much experience with a hammer and nail, but that’s not keeping her and her friends, Kristen Hosfelt and Haley Mead, from giving it their all.
  “It was fun. I liked learning how to use it,” said Hosfelt.
  The three are part of a Junior Girl Scout Troop that
  
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• Thousands take part in March for Science in Albuquerque

  23-04-2017 06:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Thousands across the country celebrated Earth Day by marching for science Saturday. That was also the case Saturday afternoon in Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza.
  Marchers said it was an opportunity to address growing concerns.
  “We’re out here to support the concept of science and its importance in our society,” said Bejay Cole. “How do we decide which direction to take our country? A lot of us feel that science is actually the best method.
  
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• 3 month old in critical condition, father charged with child abuse

  23-04-2017 06:27 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- Neighbors in a quiet Westside neighborhood say they were woken up to sirens and commotion Monday morning.
  “When we looked outside to see what was going on, the place was surrounded by a bunch of cop cars,” said a neighbor.
  Officers were called to a home on Sheffield Place for an unresponsive three month old baby.
  “My son on the way to school he told me that he saw somebody getting arrested,” said that neighbor that asked to remain anonymous.
  
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• Dozens of volunteers celebrate Earth Day by planting trees in Albuquerque community

  23-04-2017 05:33 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Dozens of volunteers celebrated Earth Day by bringing an infusion of nature to the Wells Park neighborhood.
  Community members planted about 120 trees of various species including desert willow, New Mexico olive, and red oak trees.
  Among those getting their hands dirty Saturday morning was City Councilor Isaac Benton.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, National, World, New Mexico, News
  
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• Santa Fe organization hopes to raise money to help disabled children

  23-04-2017 05:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The David Fellers Healing Art Foundation held a march in Albuquerque today, aiming to help disabled children.
  The Earth Day Rock, Roll, N Run event started with a three mile run, or walk, at Tingley Beach. Organizers with the Santa Fe-based organization said the money raised will go towards medical equipment for children with disabilities in Nicaragua. The foundation president said this was all inspired by someone who was very close to her.
  “We found an are
  
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