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• New Mexico teacher accused of giving students “A’s” in exchange for back rubs

  10-05-2017 23:49 via krqe.com
  
  ANTHONY, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico teacher is being accused of giving students “A’s” in exchange for back rubs.
  A 16-year-old girl who attends Gadsen High School in Anthony, N.M. claims her social studies teacher Daniel Tena gave the option to either do book work or massaging his back.
  The student claims two girls chose to give him a massage and got “A” grades in return. Now, the girl’s father is angry.
  “I know it may not have been in the genital
  
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• Navy’s newest submarine to be the fastest and quietest yet

  10-05-2017 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBS) – Don’t let the dolphins in this promotional video distract you.
  The navy’s newest, fastest, and the quietest submarine is anything but playful.
  The Virginia Class submarines can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles, deploy a team of Navy Seals from beneath the surface, and is among America’s most lethal defense systems at sea.
  “We operate that ship with a tremendous amount of confidence as you can probably imagine.” Captain Brian Sittlow
  
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• Navy’s newest sub the USS New Mexico to be the fastest, quietest yet

  10-05-2017 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBS) – Don’t let the dolphins in this promotional video distract you.
  The navy’s newest, fastest, and the quietest submarine is anything but playful.
  The Virginia Class submarines can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles, deploy a team of Navy Seals from beneath the surface, and is among America’s most lethal defense systems at sea.
  “We operate that ship with a tremendous amount of confidence as you can probably imagine.” Captain Brian Sittlow
  
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• Federal government records $182.4 billion budget surplus

  10-05-2017 20:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government ran the second-highest monthly surplus on record this April as tax revenues were pushed higher by a change in the deadline for corporate tax payments.
  In its monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said Wednesday that the surplus for April totaled $182.4 billion, the second largest surplus after a record $189.8 billion surplus set in April 2001.
  The government generally runs surpluses in April reflecting the annual tax deadlines. This year&rs
  
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• New online feature comes to New Mexico Smith’s grocery stores

  10-05-2017 20:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Smith’s is now offering an online grocery ordering service at their stores in New Mexico.
  People can choose items online or on their app and then show up for curbside pick-up.
  Orders placed on “Clicklist” can be picked up four hours after the same day order.
  Smith’s says this new option will help people simplify their lives and make shopping more convenient.
  There are some restrictions on seasonal items, hot food, liquor and prescript
  
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• Governor details plan she says will solve budget crisis

  10-05-2017 19:47 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) — Gov. Martinez says she’s come up with a way to balance the budget without raising taxes. Now, she’s calling on lawmakers to take action.
  Gov. Martinez outlined several steps she believes could increase reserves right away. She says these aren’t new ideas, but there’s yet to be a real discussion with lawmakers about them.
  The governor spoke to a full room Wednesday at Hotel Albuquerque. It’s where she laid out her proposal she says solve
  
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• AG Hector Balderas to join in suing President Trump

  10-05-2017 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico’s Attorney General is joining others across the country suing President Trump.
  Hector Balderas and the attorneys general in California, Washington, and New York are challenging President Trump’s decision to resume federal coal leasing without the requirements set in place by the EPA.
  In 2016, then Secretary of Interior Sally Jewel put a halt to new coal leasing in order to conduct a review of environmental changes.
  In a statement, A.G.
  
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• Trump defends Comey firing, says both parties will thank him

  10-05-2017 17:45 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump defended his firing of FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, asserting in a flurry of tweets that both Democrats and Republicans “will be thanking me.” Trump did not mention any effect the dismissal might have on FBI and congressional investigations into contacts between his 2016 election campaign and Russia.
  In brief remarks to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said only that he fired Comey “because he was not doing a good job.
  
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• Trump meets with Russia’s top diplomat

  10-05-2017 17:30 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat to the White House Wednesday marking his highest level face-to-face contact with a Russian government official since taking office.
  The talks come one day after Trump fired the FBI director, who was overseeing an investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
  Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived at the White House and entered from its exclusive West Executive entrance,
  
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• Video: Tuesday’s statewide storms and tornadoes recap

  10-05-2017 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The severe storms that hit the east Tuesday evening dissipated overnight but not before several tornadoes were spotted across the state. Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti shows us where multiple tornadoes touched down in New Mexico.
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News, SmartTV, Top Stories, Top Video, Video Forecast, Weather
  
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• Video: Tornado and snow highlights from Tuesday’s spring storm

  10-05-2017 16:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tuesday’s storm was a big one, and now we know just how big. It spawned five tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.
  Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti shows us where multiple tornadoes touched down in New Mexico.
  One of the tornadoes was in Roy, one in Clines Corners, another in Ancho and Nogal (both in Lincoln County), and one in Clovis.
  Clovis and surrounding areas also got pummeled by huge hail, but no reports of any injuries.
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• Outcry over Netflix films prompts Cannes to change rules

  10-05-2017 16:54 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After a backlash over programming Netflix films, the Cannes Film Festival said that it will, beginning next year, only accept theatrically released films for its prestigious Palme d’Or competition.
  In a statement Wednesday, the French festival announced that it has adapted its rules to require that films in competition be distributed in French movie theaters. The festival said it was “pleased to welcome a new operator which has decided to invest in cinema but wa
  
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• Senate blocks moves to overturn Obama-era rule on drilling

  10-05-2017 16:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has blocked an effort to overturn an Obama-era regulation restricting harmful methane emissions that escape from oil and gas wells on federal land.
  The measure failed on a vote of 51-to-49 in the Republican-led chamber.
  Republican leaders were seeking to overturn the Interior Department rule under the Congressional Review Act.
  President Barack Obama finalized a rule in November that would force energy companies to capture methane that’s burned off or &ldq
  
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• VP Pence’s bunny greets military families at the White House

  10-05-2017 16:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new famous and furry animal is taking social media by storm Wednesday morning. It’s the Pence family’s pet bunny Marlon Bundo.
  The bunny even has the acronym BOTUS, the First Bunny of The United States.
  Marlon hopped into the spotlight Tuesday during an event celebrating military families at the White House.
  There reportedly hasn’t been a bunny in the white house since JFK.
  Marlon even has his own Instagram page with over 7,000 followers
  
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• Ousted FIFA ethics prosecutor: ‘Several 100 cases’ ongoing

  10-05-2017 16:26 via krqe.com
  
  MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Hundreds of prosecutions of suspected wrongdoing by soccer officials will be affected by President Gianni Infantino firing FIFA’s top judge and prosecutor.
  The ousted investigator, Cornel Borbely, said Wednesday that the workload — heavier than even most FIFA critics imagined — of the ethics committee will be impeded by the firing that Infantino sprung on his ruling council a day earlier.
  On Wednesday, Infantino declined to discuss the reasons for n
  
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• Kentucky state police find $1.5M of heroin in traffic stop

  10-05-2017 15:22 via krqe.com
  
  PRINCETON, Ky. (AP) — State police have seized 33 pounds of heroin and arrested two Utah men after a traffic stop in western Kentucky.
  The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that state police say they stopped a truck for a commercial vehicle inspection on Interstate 24 in Lyon County and found a small amount of heroin on one of the men. A search of the rest of the vehicle yielded the cache of heroin, with an estimated street value of $1.5 million.
  Troopers arrested the driver, 29-year-old Rob
  
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• Santa Fe mayor position to be full time, possible pay raise

  10-05-2017 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe mayor’s position will soon be full time and with that will come with a pay raise. The big question is how much.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican the independent salary commission is asking to hear from citizens on what the mayor should be paid when it becomes a full-time executive job next march.
  It will hear from the public twice this month on May 17 and 24.
  The commission could set the salary between $145,000 and $175,000 a y
  
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• Macron presides over quickening collapse of French politics

  10-05-2017 15:18 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The disintegration of France’s political landscape following the presidential election victory of Emmanuel Macron is picking up speed by the day.
  Marion Marechal-Le Pen, the niece of defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, is quitting politics, depriving their National Front party of one its few real stars. Marine Le Pen tweeted Wednesday her regret at the decision but added that, “as a mother, I understand it.”
  Marechal-Le Pen, 27, cited “personal
  
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• Parents of freed Nigeria schoolgirls still wait to see them

  10-05-2017 15:15 via krqe.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Parents of the 82 Nigerian schoolgirls released over the weekend from Boko Haram captivity say they still await word from the government on when they will be able to see their daughters.
  Abana Ishaya said Wednesday he was thrilled to find out his daughter was among those released in exchange for five Boko Haram commanders. He says he cannot travel the long distance from his home in northern Nigeria to the capital without the government’s invitation and assurance
  
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• Duke City events to celebrate Springtime

  10-05-2017 15:06 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – This week in Albuquerque is filled with art, Mother’s Day events, and local music!
  Here’s a list of some of the events happening all over the city:
  The 20th Annual Placitas Studio Tour will feature nearly 60 Placitas artists in a variety of mediums including jewelry, woodworking, ceramics and more.  The self-guided tour is Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free.
  The New Mexico Philharmonic will be presen
  
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• Local garden tour features native landscaping

  10-05-2017 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –Eight local gardens will be on tour during an upcoming botanical artist event.
  The 2017 Placitas Garden Tour will take place on Sunday, May 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the ticketed event is open to the public. The all-day affair will feature eight micro-climate gardens, native plants, painters, vegetable gardens, and the opportunity to interact with Master Gardeners for region-specific growing information.
  For more information on the event, visit
  
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• May 10th Morning Rush: Rain showers, spotty thunderstorms and high mountain snow continues across NM

  10-05-2017 14:24 via krqe.com
  
  1. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are weighing in on President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. The president announced Comey’s dismissal Tuesday in a letter saying he agrees with the DOJ that Comey was not able to effectively lead the FBI. The FBI is currently investigating whether Trump’s campaign had ties to Russia’s meddling in last year’s U.S. election. Comey just testified during a hearing on the matter. The Trump administration says
  
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• Germany says it wouldn’t OK Turkish voting on death penalty

  10-05-2017 13:59 via krqe.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Friday that it wouldn’t allow voting in Germany in any possible referendum on whether to reintroduce the death penalty in Turkey.
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken of reinstating the death penalty — a move that would effectively finish off Ankara’s faltering bid to join the European Union — since narrowly winning expanded powers last month. Germany and other European countries vehemently oppose executions.
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• Trump firing Comey shrouds Russia probe in doubt, turmoil

  10-05-2017 13:41 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s stunning firing of FBI Director James Comey throws into question the future of a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible connections to Russia and immediately raised suspicions of an underhanded effort to stymie a probe that has shadowed the administration from the outset.
  Democrats likened Tuesday’s ouster to President Richard Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” and renewed calls for
  
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• Governor offers proposal to restore some vetoed funding

  10-05-2017 13:39 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE)- As the state’s budget hangs in the balance, Governor Martinez says she now has a solution to bring back funding she vetoed. This comes as the state supreme court analyzes those vetoes to make sure she didn’t overstep her authority. Martinez says this plan will fund the legislature using money that’s already available.
  Her office released a statement, Tuesday, announcing a proposal to allow legislators to add another analyst by shifting funds to their
  
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• Latina activist to address Santa Fe Community College grads

  10-05-2017 13:35 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Santa Fe Community College has announced Latina Democratic activist Cindy Nava will address the 2017 graduating class at the school’s commencement ceremony.
  Nava will speak to graduates on Saturday and share her story as an immigrant from Mexico who later became active in politics.
  In October 2015, Nava became the first student living in the country illegally to ever be awarded the “Rising Star Award” by the New Mexico Democratic Party. Nava now has
  
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• Deputies: Albuquerque mother and daughter missing

  10-05-2017 13:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- A little girl and her mother are missing Wednesday morning.
  Bernalillo County Sheriffs Office has issued endangered persons alert for 3-year-old Percifani Amos and 37-year-old Naomi Poush.
  Deputies say each have long brown hair with brown eyes. The mom also has a tattoo on her neck.
  BCSO say the way the two went missing is inconsistent with their past and that law enforcement are concerned about their safety.
  If you have any information about the two contact deputi
  
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• Albuquerque mother and daughter missing

  10-05-2017 13:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- A little girl and her mother are missing Wednesday morning.
  Bernalillo County Sheriffs Office has issued endangered persons alert for 3-year-old Percifani Amos and 37-year-old Naomi Poush.
  Deputies say each have long brown hair with brown eyes.
  The mom has a tattoo on her neck.
  BCSO say the way the two went missing is inconsistent with their past and that law enforcement are concerned about their safety.
  If you have any information about the two contact deputies.
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• New Mexico lawmakers speak out on firing of James Comey

  10-05-2017 13:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico lawmakers are speaking out on President Trump’s decision to fire Comey.
  Democratic U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich told MSNBC Tuesday night “This sends the message that the president thinks he is above the law and that people should be deeply concerned.”
  Meanwhile, Democratic Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham says “Now more than ever, we have to have an independent, non-partisan investigation.”
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• Chelsea Manning releases 1st statement since clemency win

  10-05-2017 13:01 via krqe.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The soldier imprisoned for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military documents to WikiLeaks released her first statement Tuesday since being granted clemency, saying she hopes to use lessons she’s learned in prison to help others.
  Chelsea Manning, who is scheduled to be released from prison next week, thanked former President Barack Obama, who granted her clemency in the final days of his presidency. She also said letters of support from fellow
  
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• Deja vu as softer South Korean leader could alienate ally US

  10-05-2017 12:59 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The recently elected liberal leader of South Korea is seeking warmer ties with North Korea, clashing with the Republican in the White House intent on snuffing out the North’s nuclear weapons program.
  The election victory of Moon Jae-in in South Korea confronts Washington with a scenario it faced a decade-and-a-half ago, when differences on how to deal with Pyongyang fueled tension with an ally that hosts U.S. forces.
  Only now, the stakes are much higher.
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• US reports another drop in arrests at Mexico border

  10-05-2017 12:57 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests of people caught trying to enter the United States from Mexico without authorization declined again last month, a likely sign that fewer would-be immigrants are trying to cross the border illegally.
  President Donald Trump has highlighted the falling numbers as a sign that his tough approach on immigration is working. Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric and more aggressive enforcement of immigration laws may be discouraging people from crossing illegally.
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• Rick Perry to visit Los Alamos National lab

  10-05-2017 12:53 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) –The U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will visit the department’s Los Alamos National Lab, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
  The former Texas governor will receive briefings on the lab’s capabilities in support of national security.
  He’s also scheduled to tour the lab’s nuclear weapons and global security facilities while meeting with experts.
  Filed under: Home, New Mexico, News
  
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• Local Senator pushing for physics program in middle schools for girls

  10-05-2017 12:41 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A national program looking to launch mid-school girls into a career in math and sciences could start in Albuquerque. The goal is to change the face of the state’s workforce. It’s called “See the Change.”
  “If we get students especially female students focused on physics in the mid school. The likelihood is they’re going to end up running NASA someday,” Senator Michael Padilla said.
  Senator Padilla also said just like the m
  
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• Santa Fe’s Notorious Nightmare Neighbor

  10-05-2017 06:00 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Think Santa Fe and perhaps the historic Plaza comes to mind. Or maybe the magnificent Santa Fe Cathedral? Or how about the staircase at the Loretto Chapel? But definitely NOT 1004 Calle Feliz. Hidden away in a pleasant central Santa Fe neighborhood is the City Different’s most infamous address.
  “It’s disgusting. It’s filthy,” Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales said.
  “It’s just an eyesore,” Santa Fe City Councilor Ron
  
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• Paul Weir continues to build his first Lobo staff and team

  10-05-2017 05:54 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Paul Weir is still getting to know his new surroundings. The new men’s basketball coach at the University of New Mexico says he hasn’t had much time to explore his new city, Albuquerque, where he is signed to live in for the next five years. Weir has been too busy building his coaching staff and adding new players.
  Weir has added a couple of guards and a forward and sounds pleased with how things have gone so far.
  “I feel really good a
  
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• Aggies hopes of going to NCAA Women’s Golf Championship on the ropes

  10-05-2017 05:51 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – If they are going to make it to the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, the New Mexico State Aggies will need the mother of final rounds.
  The Aggies sit in 13th place with one round to go. They are also 17 strokes out from sixth place at the moment. Washington holds that spot at 11 over par.
  The top six will advance to the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. Top ranked Stanford leads the Albuquerque Regional and is the only under par team. Stanford is th
  
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• Artesia claim 5A titles with a sweep in state championship golf

  10-05-2017 05:48 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – They are known for championship football and the nickname “Titletown.”
  The Artesia Bulldogs added championship golf to their resume Tuesday by sweeping the boys and girls title in Class 5A golf. It was familiar territory for the Artesia girls golf team.
  The defending champions won by the slimmest of margins, edging the St. Pius Sartans by a stroke to take their second consecutive state title.
  St. Pius junior Ashlee Garrett was the tournament’s m
  
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• Valencia County decides to cut jobs due to budget shortfall

  10-05-2017 05:26 via krqe.com
  
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The budget crisis will mean job cuts for Valencia County.
  KRQE News 13 told you last week the county is facing a $700,000 budget shortfall.
  They had to come up with ways to balance the budget by Tuesday night to avoid job cuts, but at the special meeting County Commissioner Charles Eaton said they will be cutting 4 percent of the jobs, or about 20 positions.
  That 4 percent will not include any public safety positions.
  “Sad that some of us are going to be losi
  
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• Thunderstorm and tornado warnings in effect across New Mexico

  10-05-2017 02:28 via krqe.com
  
   
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  A powerful spring storm will continue to impact New Mexico through the day Wednesday. The severe storms which hit the east Tuesday evening will dissipate overnight and give way to scattered showers throughout the day on Wednesday.  Mountain areas could pick up a few inches of snow as they cold core of the main storm comes in Wednesday afternoon. The storm will shoot east of the state on Thursday leading to improving weather conditions.
  
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• New Penguin Chill exhibit to be one of BioPark’s most sophisticated

  10-05-2017 01:28 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – To say the Albuquerque zoo is betting on penguins is an understatement.
  With attendance sagging, the city hopes the $12 million Penguin Chill exhibit will mean more crowds.
  Now, KRQE News 13 is getting a better look at the attraction with a virtual tour of the exhibit. It shows the penguins will have one fancy home.
  The interior of the exhibit will have the feel of an ice-breaker ship.
  Once it opens in the spring, keeping the penguins cool in the desert won&rsquo
  
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• Video shows grocery store thief stealing Albuquerque woman’s purse

  10-05-2017 01:24 via krqe.com
  
   
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque woman has a warning for anyone who takes a purse into the grocery store, and the warning comes in the form of a video that shows thieves distracting her while they rip her off.
  A woman went to the grocery store as usual, but instead of leaving with a basket full of food, she left with a lesson in just how sneaky thieves can be.
  It was a trip to the Smith’s at Paseo del Norte and Wyoming that ended with an Albuquerque woman getting
  
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• Police: 1 injured, 1 arrested after southeast Albuquerque stabbing

  10-05-2017 01:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say one person was arrested Tuesday after a stabbing in southeast Albuquerque.
  It happened just after 4:00 p.m. at 8300 Central SE. Police say when officers arrived on scene they learned that the offender was still in the area. Officers were able to find the suspect and take them into custody.
  One person was taken to UNM Hospital. Albuquerque police say their condition is not known at this time but they are expected to survive.
  Police have not identified t
  
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• Albuquerque police catch man accused of stealing from bait car

  10-05-2017 00:47 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department bait car has caught another thief, who has some unique tattoos.
  Officers say they caught 45-year-old Eric Brown taking items from a bait car near San Pedro and Gibson.
  APD put the bait car out after reports of an increase in auto theft.
  Officers were watching as Brown took the items. They followed him down the street where they were able to arrest him.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Crime, Home, News
  
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• Albuquerque elementary students build aquatic robots

  10-05-2017 00:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Their teachers said this type of competition is a perfect way to show off the skills they’ve learned in the classroom.
  “They have built an underwater robot, and built it throughout the year, aligning it with common core standards,” said Alma Ripley, the assistant principal at Carlos Rey Elementary.
  Fourth and fifth graders from Susie Rayos Marmom and Carlos Rey Elementary Schools got a chance to show off their engineering skills today at the Sea
  
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• Portales man enters plea agreement in 2015 murder case

  10-05-2017 00:01 via krqe.com
  
  PORTALES, N.M. (AP) — A man accused in the 2015 death of another Portales resident who was held captive, burned and beaten has agreed to a plea deal.
  Prosecutors said Tuesday that 40-year-old David Smith has agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping.
  They say Smith will be sentenced to 15 years in prison, but serve 12 ½ years with the remainder on supervised probation.
  A hearing is scheduled Friday.
  Smith was indicted in December 2015 on first-degre
  
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