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• Updated: US interior secretary starts Utah red rocks monuments review

  07-05-2017 23:44
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will start a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state’s southern red rock region should be scaled down or even rescinded. The re-evaluation of the new Bears Ears National Monument on sacred tribal lands and the Grand […]
  
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• 5 new truffle species identified in New Hampshire

  07-05-2017 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — They aren’t the type you’d sprinkle over pasta. But the University of New Hampshire researchers have found five new truffle species.
  While other types of so-called deer truffles have been found across Europe and the western United States, the particular species doctoral student Ryan Stephens found in the White Mountain National Forest have never been formally identified and named.
  More specifically, the truffles were found in Bartlett Experimental Forest, o
  
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• Science Says: Why are opioids so addictive?

  07-05-2017 22:14 via krqe.com
  
  Pleasure. Craving. Withdrawal.
  When opioids act on the brain, they trigger the same processes that give people feelings of pleasure from activities like eating, but they do it far more intensely.
  Opioids also make some brain cells pump out a chemical messenger called dopamine, which encourages more drug use. Over time, that can produce craving that continues even long after someone stops using opioids, which can lead to relapse.
  In other brain circuits, opioids initially produce drowsiness and s
  
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• Second Sandoval County Detention Center escapee captured

  07-05-2017 22:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Authorities say the second Sandoval County Detention Center escapee has been captured.
  Deputies say Paul Garcia was arrested in Los Lunas Sunday after escaping from the Sandoval County Detention Center late Friday night.
  Blake McPherson also escaped the detention center Friday night, he was captured in northeast Albuquerque Saturday morning.Details on Garcia’s arrest are limited at this time.
  KRQE will provide updates as information is made available.
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• German state charges non-EU students university tuition fee

  07-05-2017 22:05 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A southwestern German state has become the first in the country to introduce university tuition fees for students from outside the European Union.
  The state legislature in the prosperous southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg on Wednesday approved plans to introduce the fees starting with this year’s winter semester. The news agency DPA reported that new non-EU students will have to pay 1,500 euros ($1,635) per semester but the roughly 20,000 foreign students already
  
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• Utah’s boring? Jazz fans offer nightlife choices to Warriors

  07-05-2017 21:25 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City leaders and tourism officials playfully jabbed back at Golden State Warriors players who bemoaned the lack of nightlife in Utah, hoping to combat the predominantly Mormon state’s reputation as a boring place where it’s tough to get a drink.
  The tourism agency in the state capital launched a new website and video Monday titled, “There’s nothing to do in Salt Lake” that features people enjoying drinks and food at popular brew
  
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• Toxic mine pollution halted near scenic Washington lake

  07-05-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Toxic mine pollution is no longer flowing into Washington state’s picturesque Lake Chelan for the first time in nearly 60 years because of a $500 million cleanup to contain contamination from a mine, officials said this week.
  The payoff of the mine cleanup means that clean water now flows into a creek that feeds the lake, a prime recreation destination, said Kari Grover Wier, district ranger for the Wenatchee National Forest, where the lake is located.
  “Th
  
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• Updated: Israel-Germany row shines spotlight on anti-occupation group

  07-05-2017 20:33
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel — Former Israeli combat soldiers who were thrust into the center of a diplomatic row between Israel and Germany say the sudden international spotlight has given them a bigger stage to speak out against Israel’s 50-year rule over millions of Palestinians. Breaking the Silence is a group of ex-soldiers-turned-whistleblowers who view Israel’s […]
  
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• Updated: Chibok schoolgirls were swapped for 5 Boko Haram commanders

  07-05-2017 20:30
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria — Five Boko Haram commanders were released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the extremist group three years ago, a Nigerian government official said Sunday, as the girls were expected to meet with the country’s president and their families. The confirmation of the prisoner swap came a day […]
  
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• North Korea says it arrested US citizen for ‘hostile acts’

  07-05-2017 19:54
  
  North Korea has arrested a U.S. citizen for his “hostile acts,” taking the number of Americans detained in the country to four, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Sunday. Kim Hak Song, who was working for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, was detained Saturday, Yonhap said, citing the North Korea state-run Korean Central […]
  
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• Trump tries to pressure Senate Republicans on health care

  07-05-2017 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Sunday to “not let the American people down,” as the contentious debate over overhauling the U.S. health care systems shifts to Congress’ upper chamber, where a vote is potentially weeks, if not months, away.
  Some senators have already voiced displeasure with the health care bill that cleared the House last week, with Republicans providing all the “yes” votes in the 217-213 count. They
  
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• Trump pushes Senate Republicans to act on health care bill

  07-05-2017 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Sunday to “not let the American people down,” as the contentious debate over overhauling the U.S. health care systems shifts to Congress’ upper chamber, where a vote is potentially weeks, if not months, away.
  Some senators have already voiced displeasure with the health care bill that cleared the House last week, with Republicans providing all the “yes” votes in the 217-213 count. They
  
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• Streisand ponders ‘what might have been’ with Clinton

  07-05-2017 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand usually talks to her audience, but Saturday night she had a special message for two guests: Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  Streisand gave former president and former Democratic presidential candidate much more than a shout out at her concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, her hometown.
  She noted that she performed at President Clinton’s inauguration and then went on to list his accomplishments, including lowering taxes for some and raising t
  
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• Mets suspend Matt Harvey 3 days for violating team rules

  07-05-2017 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — No matter why Matt Harvey was suspended, it’s certainly been a messy season for the New York Mets.
  The star pitcher was banned for three days without pay by the team on Sunday for an undisclosed violation of team rules, the latest fiasco for a club beset by problems on and off the field this year.
  General manager Sandy Alderson announced the suspension in a brief statement before the game, shortly before Harvey was scheduled to start against Miami. Alderson said the r
  
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• Mets suspend Harvey 3 days for violating team rules

  07-05-2017 19:21 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mets star pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended three days by the team on Sunday for an undisclosed violation of team rules, the latest hiccup for a club beset by problems on and off the field this season.
  General manager Sandy Alderson announced the suspension in a brief statement before the game, shortly before Harvey was scheduled to start against Miami. Alderson said the right-hander had been sent home, but declined further comment.
  Left-hander Adam Wilk was called up from
  
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• The Latest: Macron win expected to lift stock markets, euro

  07-05-2017 19:20 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France’s presidential runoff Sunday between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (all times local):
  10:10 p.m.
  Stock markets and the shared euro currency are expected to rise on news that centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election.
  Jacob Kirkegaard, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, says “there will be a relief rally in Europe … this is certainly positive for th
  
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• The Latest: Macron win cheered by Paris Olympic bid group

  07-05-2017 19:20 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest on France’s presidential runoff Sunday between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (all times local):
  1:20 a.m.
  The Paris 2024 Olympic bid committee is welcoming the election of pro-business Emmanuel Macron as France’s new president, after concerns that a win for his populist rival Marine Le Pen could have damaged the bid.
  Paris and Los Angeles are the only cities left competing for the 2024 Olympics, and a decision will be mad
  
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• Priyanka Chopra dismayed by child sexual abuse in Zimbabwe

  07-05-2017 19:20 via krqe.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Actress Priyanka Chopra says she is dismayed by the level of sexual violence against children in Zimbabwe, with government officials there telling her many young girls are “asking for it.”
  Chopra spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday after visiting the southern African country as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
  She said it was “an eye-opening experience” meeting girls who had been shunned by society and thrown out of their homes after being rap
  
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• Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts

  07-05-2017 19:20 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists and conservation experts met in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun’s throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one being built on the other side of the Egyptian capital.
  The meeting, organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, brought together experts from Egypt, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Japan.
  Tareq Tawfiq, a senior ministry official in charge of the new mus
  
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• Pakistan, Afghanistan dispute toll after clashes

  07-05-2017 19:14 via krqe.com
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan said Sunday its forces killed at least 50 Afghan troops and destroyed five checkpoints in clashes along the disputed border two days earlier, while Afghanistan dismissed the account, saying only two border police and a civilian were killed.
  The two armies traded fire Friday around the Chaman border crossing, which has been closed by Pakistan, stranding people on both sides. The clashes, which ended after a few hours when local commanders contacted each othe
  
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• Stolen Ronald McDonald statue recovered undamaged

  07-05-2017 19:13 via krqe.com
  
  CLINTON, N.J. (AP) — A life-size Ronald McDonald statue stolen from a McDonald’s in New Jersey last month has been found.
  But authorities are keeping mum about where it was found and who took it.
  Hunterdon County prosecutors say the 250-pound fiberglass statue of the clown character sitting on a bench was taken from the McDonald’s restaurant in Clinton. They announced Friday that it had been found but declined to comment further.
  Restaurant owners Phil and Diane Koury say the s
  
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• German footbridge offers dizzying walk over river valley

  07-05-2017 19:13 via krqe.com
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A footbridge offering a dizzying walk over a scenic valley in northern Germany has opened.
  The dpa news agency reports that the operator, Harzadrenalin, opened the 458-meter (1,500-foot) bridge to visitors on Sunday. Adult visitors are charged 6 euros ($6.58) to cross the 1.20-meter (about 4-foot) wide bridge high over the Rappbode River and alongside a large dam.
  The Austrian firm HTB took almost 10 months to construct the bridge. Harzadrenalin didn’t revea
  
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• Houston-area student, 18, wins race for his school board

  07-05-2017 19:05
  
  PEARLAND, Texas — An 18-year-old Houston-area high school student will now join his school district’s board and become one of the youngest elected officials in the United States. Michael Floyd won a seat Saturday on the Pearland Independent School District board, beating incumbent Rusty DeBorde by almost 500 votes. Floyd told the Houston Chronicle in […]
  
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• Ex-Santa Fe County deputy to be retried in partner’s death

  07-05-2017 17:33
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — An ex-deputy accused of killing his partner in 2014 following what authorities have said was an alcohol-fueled argument will be tried again after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict the first time. Tai Chan’s retrial is scheduled to begin Monday in Las Cruces. The former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy […]
  
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• Grieving dad runs for school board in gang-scarred suburb

  07-05-2017 16:13
  
  BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Robert Mickens was just a regular dad who went to his daughter’s high school basketball games in their New York town, worried about whether she studied enough and sometimes got on her case for spending too much time gabbing with her friends. Everything changed in September. That’s when his 15-year-old Nisa and […]
  
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• Updated: University of Texas stabbings put campus carry law to test

  07-05-2017 16:09
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — It was the nightmare scenario that had been at the heart of the debate over Texas’ new law allowing concealed handguns on college campuses: a knife-wielding attacker stabbing and slashing his way through a crowd of panicked students. But no gun-toting student or professor pulled a pistol to stop the man in […]
  
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• Nepal wants to limit age for Everest after 85-year-old dies

  07-05-2017 16:07 via krqe.com
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Family and supporters honored Sunday the 85-year-old climber who died attempting to regain his title as the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, while Nepali officials stressed the need to limit the age for such a daunting physical challenge.
  The death of Min Bahadur Sherchan has revived concerns about allowing elderly people to attempt scale mountain peaks where the conditions are harsh and oxygen level low.
  Under Nepali law, climbers have to be at least 16 years
  
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• Pro-EU Macron wins France’s presidency, Le Pen hopes dashed

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Ripping up France’s political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and dashing the populist dream of far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
  Macron, who had never run for office before, celebrated with thousands of jubilant, flag-waving supporters outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday night.
  The European anthe
  
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• Pro-EU Emmanuel Macron becomes France’s youngest president

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Ripping up France’s political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and dashing the populist dream of far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
  Macron, who had never run for office before, celebrated with thousands of jubilant, flag-waving supporters outside the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday night.
  The European anthe
  
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• Nigerian president meets freed Chibok schoolgirls

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy at meeting Sunday with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed after being held captive for three years by Boko Haram Islamic extremists.
  “We’ve always made it clear that we will do everything in our power to ensure the freedom & safe return of our daughters & of all BH (Boko Haram) captives,” Buhari said on his Twitter account.
  Photos tweeted by the president show dozens of the freed girls at B
  
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• Nigeria leader meets Chibok girls, leaves for medical trip

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy Sunday night at meeting with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed from Boko Haram extremists — then jolted the country by announcing he was leaving for London immediately for medical checkups as fears for his health continue.
  “We’ve always made it clear that we will do everything in our power to ensure the freedom & safe return of our daughters” and all captives of Boko Haram, Buhari said o
  
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• French voters pick new president amid heightened security

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French voters decided Sunday whether to back pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron or far-right populist Marine Le Pen as their next president, casting ballots in an unusually tense and important presidential election that also could decide Europe’s future.
  With Macron the pollsters’ favorite, voting stations opened across mainland France at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) under the watch of 50,000 security forces guarding against extremist attacks. A security scare caused by
  
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• Centrist Emmanuel Macron becomes France’s youngest president

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Ripping up France’s political map, French voters elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president ever Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France’s place as a central pillar of the European Union.
  A jubilant crowd of Macron supporters roared with delight at the news, waving red, white and blue tricolor flags at a victory party outside the Louvre Museum in Paris.
  
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• 82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrive in Nigeria’s capital

  07-05-2017 16:05 via krqe.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Five Boko Haram commanders have been released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, says a Nigerian government official.
  The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to reporters on the matter.
  The confirmation of the prisoner swap Sunday comes a day after the young women were liberated after more than three years in captivity by the Islamic militants.
  There was no immediate comment about the exchange from the Nigerian
  
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• Calorie counts still come to some menus, despite rule delay

  07-05-2017 14:42 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Calorie counts are popping up on some restaurant menus and for prepared foods at supermarkets, whether you want to see them or not.
  A federal regulation requiring food sellers to post the nutrition numbers by Friday was postponed again this week until next year, after years of delays amid opposition from pizza chains, convenience stores and grocers. But many chains had been scrambling to comply, and say they don’t plan to alter course right now.
  “We were running
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Ringling’s final show coming to Facebook Live

  07-05-2017 14:41 via krqe.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus first wowed audiences in the 19th century. For the iconic American spectacle’s final act, it will broadcast the final performance on a 21st-century medium: Facebook Live.
  The company told The Associated Press this week that the final circus show on the evening of May 21 will be streamed live on the social media network and on the circus’s website. The final performance will be in Uniondale, New York.
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• US to seek social media details from certain visa applicants

  07-05-2017 14:38 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department wants to review social media, email addresses and phone numbers from some foreigners seeking U.S. visas, as part of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors.
  The department, in a notice published Thursday in the Federal Register, said it was seeking public comment on the requirement. But it also said it is requesting a temporary go-ahead from the White House budget office so the plan can take effect for
  
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• Court revives baggage fee lawsuit against American Airlines

  07-05-2017 14:38 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit seeking the return of baggage fees to passengers whose luggage was delayed or lost on flights with an airline that merged with American Airlines.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the lawsuit provided sufficient evidence for its claim that the former US Airways promised to deliver bags when passengers landed.
  The ruling overturned a lower-court decision that dismissed the lawsuit. A spokesman for
  
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• Slum pope/billionaire: Francis to meet with President Trump

  07-05-2017 14:31 via krqe.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Oh, to be a fly on the wall.
  When Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump at the Vatican next month, the world will be watching how the Argentine “slum pope” interacts with the brash, New York billionaire-turned-president.
  On many issues and priorities, the two men couldn’t be more different. Francis wants bridges between nations, not the walls Trump is building. Francis brought back a dozen Muslim Syrian refugees with him when he went to Greece
  
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• Wind and fire danger will return to New Mexico today.

  07-05-2017 14:30 via krqe.com
  
  Wind and fire danger will return to New Mexico today.   Strong southerly winds will crank up the wind with gusts from 35-40 mph for most of the state.   These winds combined with drier air moving in from the west will raise the Fire Danger across the state.  Red Flag Warnings have been issued for most of central New Mexico and along the I-40 corridor.  This means you should not do any outdoor burning this afternoon.
  Showers and storms will also be possible across no
  
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• Updated: Tense France chooses new president, deciding Europe’s fate

  07-05-2017 08:20
  
  PARIS — Voters across France were choosing a new president Sunday in an unusually tense and important election that could decide Europe’s future, making a stark choice between pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen. With Macron the pollsters’ favorite, voting stations opened across mainland France at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) under […]
  
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• Updated: French voters pick new president amid heightened security

  07-05-2017 08:20
  
  PARIS — French voters decided Sunday whether to back pro-business independent Emmanuel Macron or far-right populist Marine Le Pen as their next president, casting ballots in an unusually tense and important presidential election that also could decide Europe’s future. With Macron the pollsters’ favorite, voting stations opened across mainland France at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) […]
  
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• Tax inquiries are legitimate, but phone calls aren’t

  07-05-2017 08:05
  
  The state's tax collectors are again this year contacting some people for more information before se ...
  
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• Rep. Pearce says health care bill an improvement

  07-05-2017 08:02
  
  When House Republicans first tried to replace Obamacare last month, Rep. Steve Pearce–a me ...
  
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• Give skis a chance: Decision to cut team sets Lobo Pride aside

  07-05-2017 08:02
  
  On April 13, the University of New Mexico's vice president for athletics, Paul Krebs, informed the U ...
  
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• Editorial: A win-win at Pit

  07-05-2017 08:02
  
  University of New Mexico graduate and successful local entrepreneur Larry Chavez is making an indeli ...
  
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• Isotopes take game 1 with Las Vegas on Saturday

  07-05-2017 06:50 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The Isotopes opened up their four game series with Las Vegas on Saturday night with an 11-5 victory. The Topes jumped out early and didn’t quit, they finished 14 hits and turned three double plays in the field.
  The Isotopes start off 15-14 on the season. Game 2 will be on Sunday at 1:35 p.m.
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• 1st round State High School Baseball wraps up

  07-05-2017 06:32 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- The 1st round games for the 2017 High School State Baseball Tournament wrapped up on Saturday. There were a few upsets across the state.
  Click here to look at all of the teams moving on to the quarterfinals.
   
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• Lobo Baseball takes game 2 against Air Force on Saturday

  07-05-2017 06:28 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)-Lobo Baseball lost game one with Air Force on Friday night but bounced back with four home runs in their 17-10 victory on Saturday. The Lobos got 2 homers from Jack Zoellner and a dinger from both Luis Gonzalez and Carl Stajduhar.
  UNM betters to 27-20-1 overall and still remain in first place in the Mountain West with a 17-4-1 record. The Lobos and Falcons will finish their series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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• Prep track and field: Melrose sweeps 1A championships

  07-05-2017 06:25
  
  Melrose (Class 1A), Hagerman (2A) and Tucumari (3A) won boys state championships Saturday at the Class 1A-3A state track and field meet at the University of New Mexico. The Buffaloes scored 68 points, five better than Reserve. In 2A, the Bobcats’ 70 points were 16 better than both Logan and Lordsburg. The Rattlers won a […]
  
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