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• Former Santa Fe County deputy arrested for child molestation

  05-05-2017 23:55 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested for inappropriately touching two female family members. The molestation allegedly took place while he was a deputy.
  Los Alamos Police say they arrested Dustin Bingham, 36, on Wednesday, May 3, during a traffic stop on a warrant for eight counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor.
  According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Bingham is accused of fondling two female relatives.
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• Real estate agent charged with murder after man he drove into with Hummer dies

  05-05-2017 23:50
  
  Christopher Pino told police he was tired of people breaking into his Nob Hill property and stealing his stuff.
  
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• Updated: Punching in past 65: Older-worker rate highest since 1962

  05-05-2017 23:43
  
  NEW YORK — Retire by your mid-60s? How 1960s. More Americans age 65 and over are still punching the clock, and the last time the percentage was this high was when John F. Kennedy was in the White House. Last month, 19 percent of Americans age 65 and over were still working, according to government […]
  
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• What are the odds? 2 caught trying to steal statistics exam

  05-05-2017 23:40 via krqe.com
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Call it a statistical error: Police say two University of Kentucky students crawled through an air duct to steal a statistics exam from their professor’s office but were caught because he was working late.
  The Lexington Herald-Leader reports university police cited Henry Lynch II and Troy Kiphuth, both 21, for third-degree burglary and referred the case to Fayette County Circuit Court.
  University spokesman Jay Blanton told the newspaper the instructor left
  
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• Suspect in Albuquerque kidnapping to face trial in Mississippi

  05-05-2017 23:19 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man accused of going on a multi-state shooting and killing spree that included New Mexico will likely face trial first in Mississippi.
  A grand jury there has indicted Alex Deaton on first degree murder and other charges.
  Deaton is accused of first strangling his girlfriend, then stealing her car and shooting a jogger and a woman at a Mississippi church.
  He then allegedly carjacked an Albuquerque couple near a trail in the Foothills, shooting one of them.
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• New Mexico students compete in solar car races

  05-05-2017 23:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Students from around New Mexico put their design and engineering skills to the test.
  Hundreds of fifth graders competed in PNM’s “Solar Car Races” at the Explora Museum on Friday.
  More than 70 solar cars were built by students at seven different schools, and the top from each school had the chance to race in the finals.
  “By trying to help students at an early age identify with STEM concepts, it’s a great way to set a platform to draw
  
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• State Police graduates two dozen new officers

  05-05-2017 22:55 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state has two dozen new State Police officers.
  The department celebrated the graduation of 24 cadets Friday morning at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
  The 91st recruit class spent the last 22 weeks training, and Friday they stood up taking the oath, receiving their certificates, and finally becoming State Police officers.
  “It makes it worth being a part of, you know, the tradition, pride and honor that we have is highly upheld,” said Allan
  
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• Gov. Martinez announces special session to begin May 24

  05-05-2017 21:41 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A special legislative session has been scheduled to resolve the state’s budget crisis.
  Gov. Martinez issued a proclamation this afternoon, ordering lawmakers to return to the Roundhouse on May 24.
  The governor vetoed the budget approved by lawmakers because it called for tax-hikes.
  The governor said there are other ways to go about it.
  There is still a lawsuit against the governor pending.
  Democrats sued, saying she overstepped her authority when she cut highe
  
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• Suspect identified in Motel 76 murder

  05-05-2017 21:32
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Police have identified a suspect in a murder at a northeast Albuquerque motel.
  
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• Mexican drug lord El Chapo will be tried in US in April 2018

  05-05-2017 20:49 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday set an April 2018 trial date for Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on charges he oversaw a multibillion-dollar international drug trafficking organization responsible for murders and kidnappings.
  U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan first suggested during a pretrial hearing in Brooklyn that a trial could occur earlier next year, but he settled on April 16 after acknowledging the difficulty defense lawyers are having to communicat
  
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• National lands lifetime senior pass prices to go up

  05-05-2017 20:40
  
  Mike Rinehold of Texas is visiting the Cibola National Forest following his passion - bird photography. He says he and his wife are impressed.
  
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• UNM skiers frustrated athletic department cut program

  05-05-2017 20:25
  
  The University of New Mexico ski team is making a final push to convince the board of regents to keep the team. At a press conference Thursday morning, they shared personal stories of what the team means to them.
  
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• Bumps ahead for ‘Obamacare’ repeal as Americans air worries

  05-05-2017 20:23 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives.
  Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with 20 GOP defections — was preceded by several near-death experiences for the legislation, even though repealing Obama&r
  
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• US rig count rises 7 this week to 877; Texas up 6

  05-05-2017 20:19
  
  HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by seven this week to 877. A year ago, only 415 rigs were active amid a slump in energy prices. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 703 rigs sought oil and 173 explored for natural […]
  
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• Updated: Senate asks Page for documents on his contacts with Russia

  05-05-2017 20:06
  
  WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump’s former foreign policy advisers says a Senate committee investigating Moscow’s interference in the election wants him to turn over information about contacts he — or any other campaign associate– had with Russians. The request comes in a two-page letter from senators that Carter Page shared with The Associated […]
  
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• Updated: Russia: Syrian safe zones plan to take effect at midnight

  05-05-2017 20:06
  
  MOSCOW — A Russian plan to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria is to go into effect at midnight on Friday, but it will be at least another month before all the details are worked out and the safe areas are fully established, according to Russian officials. Also, prospects for the success of the deal […]
  
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• Updated: Yellen says women still face challenges in workplace

  05-05-2017 19:54
  
  PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that women have made major strides in the workplace in the past 125 years, but she expressed concern about barriers that are still holding women back today. In a speech at Brown University, Yellen cited a recent study that showed that boosting the participation […]
  
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• Updated: Agency: Woman tried to smuggle heroin taped onto buttocks

  05-05-2017 19:47
  
  NOGALES, Ariz. — Officers at a southern Arizona border crossing found nearly three pounds (1.3 kilograms) of heroin in packages taped onto a woman’s buttocks and stuffed into the back of her jeans. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the 47-year-old Nogales, Arizona, woman was detained Tuesday after the heroin was found during an […]
  
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• PNM: Rio Rancho power outage caused by balloons

  05-05-2017 18:31 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – More than 2,000 customers in Rio Rancho were affected by a power outage Friday.
  PNM says 2,217 customers were affected but crews have been able to restore power to all of them.
  PNM says the outage was caused by balloons.Outage update for #RioRancho: Power has been restored to all customers. Outages caused by balloons.
  — PNM (@PNMtalk) May 5, 2017Outage update for #RioRancho: 2,040 customers have been restored. Full est. restore time is around 1pm. Cause
  
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• Endangered wolves heading home

  05-05-2017 18:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –Two Mexican Grey wolves born in captivity are heading home.
  New Mexico wildlife managers gave the go-ahead for the federal government to release them into the wild.
  This is part of a program aimed towards increasing wild wolves’ genetic diversity in New Mexico and Arizona.
  The move comes after a federal court lifted a temporary restraining order to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife from setting the endangered animals free.
  The case is still in front of a feder
  
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• Updated: Senator cites fee she says FBI paid for hacking tool

  05-05-2017 18:26
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, California, shootings, even though the FBI considers the figure to be classified information. The FBI also has […]
  
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• Baad boys: Police recapture goat stolen from Minnesota park

  05-05-2017 18:12
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — It was a four-legged kidnapping under the cover of darkness at a Minnesota park. Police say two St. Paul officers were patrolling Indian Mounds Park about 1 a.m. Friday when their squad car was nearly struck by a speeding SUV which had blown through a stop sign. The officers gave chase […]
  
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• Updated: Baad boys: Police recapture goat stolen from Minnesota park

  05-05-2017 18:08
  
  It was a four-legged kidnapping under the cover of darkness at a Minnesota park. Police say two St. Paul officers…
  
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• Updated: Vogue’s Anna Wintour made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II

  05-05-2017 18:03
  
  LONDON — Britain’s monarch has met a queen of the fashion world, as Vogue editor Anna Wintour was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Wintour was made a dame — female equivalent of a knight — for services to fashion and journalism in a Buckingham Palace ceremony on Friday. […]
  
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• Updated: Dakota Access pipeline developer involved in tree dispute

  05-05-2017 18:02
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota regulators who want to fine the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline over the reporting of Native American artifacts during construction are now looking into whether the company removed too many trees while laying pipe in the state. The Public Service Commission planned to discuss both matters during a […]
  
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• State seeks to try Victoria Martens suspects separately

  05-05-2017 16:11
  
  Prosecutors want the case against three people in the brutal slaying of 10-year-old Victoria Martens to proceed as separate trials.
  
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• Mumps, rat lungworm cases grow in Hawaii

  05-05-2017 16:08 via krqe.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed four more people have mumps in the state, which brings this year’s total to 20 people.
  In addition, one more person has been confirmed to have rat lungworm, which brings the disease total to 14 people.
  The state says there are at least two separate clusters of mumps cases.
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said in December the country had been in the midst of its worst mumps outbreak in a decade. More
  
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• New Mexico governor prepares to defend of sweeping vetoes

  05-05-2017 15:23 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Time is running out for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez to submit a legal defense of her decision to defund the Legislature and all state universities and colleges.
  Martinez has until the end of Friday to respond to an accusation she overstepped her constitutional authority by vetoing funding for the Legislature and all institutions of higher education starting July 1.
  The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing a request to rescind the vetoes. The GOP governor and Democ
  
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• Highlands University gets award for revamped building

  05-05-2017 15:22 via krqe.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – Highlands University has received a New Mexico Architectural Heritage Award for transforming a Las Vegas historical landmark into a state-of-the-art facility.
  The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Historic Preservation Division recently announced the northern New Mexico university was getting the honor after remodeling the Highlands Trolley Building for the school’s Media Arts and Technology Department.
  The revamped building includes 3-D printers, a lar
  
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• Lone GOP congressman in New Mexico backs health overhaul

  05-05-2017 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s lone Republican congressional representative joined the GOP majority Thursday in voting for an overhaul of President Barack Obama’s health care law.
  Rep. Steve Pearce said he supported the bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act because it will restore power to the states on health care issues.
  The legislation would rework subsidies for private insurance, limit federal spending on Medicaid for low-income people and cut taxes on upper-income i
  
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• Job fair and scavenger hunt among the highlights of NM expo

  05-05-2017 15:05 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One local tourism expo is drawing participants with a scavenger hunt, potential jobs, and plenty of entertainment.
  The Travel and Tourism Expo of New Mexico, New meXpo! 2017, is presenting a jam-packed day of entertainment including vendors, a job fair, $500 scavenger hunt, beer garden and more. The expo will be held at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum on Sunday, May 7.  Doors open at 10 a.m. and run until 6 p.m. for $5.  Admission is free with an ac
  
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• ART of the deal: Businesses get clever with construction-related sales

  05-05-2017 15:04
  
  As the construction on Albuquerque's Rapid Transit project continues, the businesses along Central are getting more creative to get customers in the door.
  
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• Popular vendor market kicks off 2017 season

  05-05-2017 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local market has a record number of new vendors and will introduce fresh produce programs as it launches the Summer season.
  The Rail Yards Market’s 4th Season will feature new vendors, new themes, and the introduction of the Rail Yards Recipe Basket program.  The recipe basket program strives to make fresh produce available to the general public, while the popular Double Up Food Bucks program is also back.  The market’s new season off
  
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• Live music highlights Historic Old Town Summer series

  05-05-2017 15:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s Old Town is getting ready to roll out the red carpet for live music and more in 2017.
  Every weekend from May to September, Old Town will offer free live concerts as part of their Summertime in Old Town event series.  With beautiful plazas, great food, unique local shops, and live music on the gazebo, Old Town is a popular destination.  The free concerts will kick off with a performance on Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m.  Various ac
  
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• BCSO: Burnt body belonged to missing man

  05-05-2017 14:58
  
  Authorities have determined that the charred remains of a man found near Tijeras belong to a person reported missing three days earlier.
  
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• Putin supports plan to investigate reported abuse of gays

  05-05-2017 14:54 via krqe.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Russia’s human rights ombudsman he will speak with law enforcement officials about the reported torture of gay men in Chechnya.
  Tatyana Moskalkova asked Putin on Friday to support her request to form a group in Moscow to investigate the treatment of gays in the southern Russian region.
  Putin agreed to her proposal for investigating what he called “the well-known information, or rumors” about what is happening to peop
  
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• US employers added 211,000 jobs, rate fell to 4.4 percent

  05-05-2017 14:36 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring rebounded in April as U.S. employers added 211,000 jobs, a sign the economy’s sluggish growth in the first three months of the year may prove temporary.
  The Labor Department says the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.4 percent from 4.5 percent, reaching its lowest level in a decade.
  The figures suggest that businesses expect consumer demand to rebound after a lackluster showing in the first quarter, when Americans boosted their spending at the slowest pace i
  
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• May 5th Morning Rush: Motion filed to separate murder trials in Victoria Martens’ case

  05-05-2017 14:25 via krqe.com
  
  1. The GOP health care bill is heading to the senate after it narrowly cleared the house. It’s a small step closer to repealing and replacing Obamacare. Senate leaders are expected to make changes to the bill or they could even craft their own legislation. The plan that passed is largely similar to the bill crafted by GOP leaders earlier this year. One difference, the coverage of pre-existing conditions. The bill still allows states to “opt out” of regulations, requiring insure
  
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• US military member killed in Somalia on anti-extremist work

  05-05-2017 14:15 via krqe.com
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says a service member has been killed in Somalia during an operation against the extremist group al-Shabab.
  A statement Friday from the U.S. Africa Command says the service member was killed Thursday during the operation near Barii, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of the capital, Mogadishu.
  The statement says U.S. forces were conducting an advise-and-assist mission with Somalia’s military.
  Both the United States and Somalia in recent we
  
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• House repeal of ‘Obamacare’ hands hot potato to wary Senate

  05-05-2017 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are claiming a triumph by finally approving their centerpiece bill scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law.
  But its pathway through the Senate will be at least as bumpy. And there’s little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives.
  The House approved the bill Thursday by a vote of 217-213. There were 20 GOP defections.
  Senators are already talking about preventing some of the House bill’s Medicaid cuts. Some
  
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• GOP health victory may be fleeting as wary Senate awaits

  05-05-2017 14:09 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans wasted no time on Friday showing they have little use for the House bill to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act amid fears among Americans that people already sick won’t be able to get affordable insurance.
  “At this point, there seem to be more questions than answers about its consequences,” said moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, whose vote may prove one of the hardest to get for President Donald Trump a
  
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• North Korea accuses US, South Korea of assassination attempt

  05-05-2017 13:55 via krqe.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korean spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving biochemical weapons.
  North Korea’s Ministry of State Security said Friday in a statement carried on state media that it will “ferret out and mercilessly destroy” the “terrorists” in the CIA and South Korean intelligence agency for targeting its supreme leadership.
  North Korea frequently lambasts the U
  
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• Some Santa Fe kids lose summer programs amid budget woes

  05-05-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – More New Mexico families are looking to find new plans for their kids this summer.This comes after the state’s budget crisis forced cuts to a summer school program.
  KRQE News 13 told you last month how Albuquerque Public Schools decided to make rollbacks to its K-3 summer program.
  Now those cuts are coming to the Santa Fe school district, too according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.The paper reports the district announced four schools will face cuts to thei
  
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• Some Santa Fe kids lose summer program amid budget woes

  05-05-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – More New Mexico families are looking to find new plans for their kids this summer.This comes after the state’s budget crisis that forced cuts to a summer school program.
  KRQE News 13 told you last month how Albuquerque Public Schools decided to make rollbacks to its K-3 summer program.
  Now those cuts are coming to the Santa Fe school district, too according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.The paper reports the district announced four schools will face cuts to
  
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• Renovations are making the Kentucky Derby even more posh

  05-05-2017 13:25 via krqe.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Toni Goodman was close enough to see the horses kicking up dirt as they raced past, having spent a mere $5 for her trackside seat to an event just days before the Kentucky Derby.
  But the 56-year-old Kentucky native won’t be anywhere near Churchill Downs on Saturday to watch the Run for the Roses.
  “I think the Derby’s great,” Goodman said before the start of a claiming race featuring also-rans. “It lets people come in to see how beautiful
  
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• New Swiss solar plane completes 1st test flight, aims higher

  05-05-2017 13:21 via krqe.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — A group of Swiss adventurers says they have completed the first test flight of a new solar-powered airplane they hope will eventually reach the edge of space.
  The team says pilot Damian Hirschier performed a seven-minute flight at low altitude with the SolarStratos plane in “ideal” conditions early Friday.
  The maiden flight took place at the Payerne airfield in western Switzerland where another experimental plane, Solar Impulse, performed many of its test flights
  
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• Soda tax advocates shifting focus to other cities

  05-05-2017 13:17 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Soda tax advocates are now shifting their focus to other cities in the U.S. after Santa Fe voters disapproved of the sugary drink tax earlier this week.
  This morning KRQE News 13 has new numbers that show just how much money was spent.
  The soft drink industry and advocacy groups spent at least $3.25 million on the election campaign.
  That’s at least $163 per vote.
  The capital city was blanketed with advertisements on T.V., radio, and other outlets.
  On Tues
  
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• Festival to honor Smokey Bear in Capitan

  05-05-2017 13:04 via krqe.com
  
  CAPITAN, N.M. (KRQE)- The community is invited to help Smokey Bear celebrate his birthday.
  It’s all part of the Smokey Bear days in Capitan.
  The two-day festival starting Friday and continuing on to Saturday is an event filled with family-fun activities and fire prevention education.
  It also honors the real-life Smokey Bear.
  As a cub, he was saved by firefighters during the devastating Capitan Gap wildfire in 1950.
  The little black bear rose to international fame and his image ha
  
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• TSA urges truck and busing industry to be alert for possible terrorism attacks

  05-05-2017 12:56 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Transportation Security Administration is urging the trucking and busing industry to be on alert for possible terrorism.
  The TSA recommends the industry be vigilant about the use of commercial vehicles in terrorist attacks, like the one last summer in France, and the one during the winter in Berlin.
  TSA says terrorists have carried out 17 known vehicle ramming attacks worldwide since 2014, resulting in 173 deaths and more than 650 injuries.
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• Police: Hernandez cited Bible passage John 3:16 in suicide

  05-05-2017 12:51 via krqe.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez wrote a reference to a biblical passage in ink on his forehead and in blood on the wall of his prison cell before he hanged himself with a bed sheet, state police said in an investigative report released Thursday.
  The former New England Patriots tight end was found naked April 19 at the Souza-Baranowski prison, where he was serving a life sentence in the 2013 murder of a man who had been dating his fiancee’s sister. His suicide came
  
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