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• Winefest 2017 at Balloon Fiesta Park

  28-05-2017 23:45
  
  Sights and Sounds:Winefest 2017 at Balloon Fiesta Park
  
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• French Open at a glance: Kerber loses, Kvitova wins

  28-05-2017 23:43
  
  A French Open already missing Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova is now without No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber, too, lending even more of a feeling that the women's championship is anyone's to win.
  
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• ‘Dear Mr. President’: Dan Rather posts emotional note about Portland stabbings

  28-05-2017 23:34
  
  Rather posted an open letter to the president on his Facebook page, addressing the recent attack in Oregon that left two men dead.
  
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• Navy parachutist dies during demonstration over Hudson River

  28-05-2017 23:11
  
  A Navy spokesman said the accident occurred shortly after noon Sunday near Liberty State Park.
  
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• While campaigning, Merkel says Europeans can't 'completely' rely on US, others

  28-05-2017 23:08
  
  "The times when we could completely rely on others are, to an extent, over," Merkel said.
  
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• Macron explains his tense handshake with Trump

  28-05-2017 23:04
  
  "My handshake with him, it's not innocent," Macron said.
  
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• How to have fun in the sun without getting a sunburn

  28-05-2017 23:01
  
  It doesn't take long to get burned under the hot sun. But there are things you can do to protect you and your family.
  
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• Cancer Survivor Completes Amazing Feat

  28-05-2017 22:57
  
  Cancer survivor Sean Swarner talks about completing the Explorers Grand Slam.
  
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• Louisiana woman's stalker was secretly living in her attic

  28-05-2017 22:54
  
  Police in Louisiana have arrested a 21-year-old man on stalking, domestic abuse and theft charges after allegedly discovering he had been secretly living in the attic of his ex-girlfriend’s home
  
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• 'Lemon Aid' helping to raise money for families of fallen soldiers

  28-05-2017 22:48
  
  A Florida charity is taking the idea of a lemonade stand and using it raise money for families of fallen soldiers.
  
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• Takuma Sato of Japan wins the Indianapolis 500

  28-05-2017 22:40
  
  Sato is the first 40-year-old Indy 500 winner since in 1998, according to ESPN.
  
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• Takuma Sato of Japan wins the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500

  28-05-2017 22:12 via krqe.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — At the end of 500 miles around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it was a former Formula One driver who took the checkered flag.
  He even drove for Andretti Autosport.
  It just wasn’t Fernando Alonso.
  Takuma Sato became the first Japanese winner of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday when the former Formula One driver denied Helio Castroneves a record-tying fourth victory in the closing laps.
  “It was a tough, tough race. Helio really drives well,” said Sato. &ldqu
  
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• 1 killed, another airlifted after Louisiana tandem skydiving accident

  28-05-2017 21:57
  
  The instructor reportedly lost consciousness shortly after leaving the plane.
  
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• Indy 500: Picture of drivers, the track and more

  28-05-2017 21:48
  
  The 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place on Memorial Day Weekend 2017.
  
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• Florida parents arrested in death of infant, detectives say

  28-05-2017 21:27
  
  Detective Debra Titkanich wrote in an arrest report of the two parents, "both parents showed a reckless disregard for human life."
  
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• Indianapolis 500: What you need to know

  28-05-2017 21:09
  
  Here's a look at the Indianapolis 500, which is held on Memorial Day weekend in Indianapolis.
  
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• Teen presented slain sister's diploma

  28-05-2017 19:44
  
  Friends of a 16-year-old who was killed last year, pay tribute to her on what would have been her graduation day.
  
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• Man has amazing Etch-A-Sketch skills

  28-05-2017 19:43
  
  Danny has been a fixture at a store in northern Maine for decades. He has a whole list of talents.
  
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• 2 children, 1 deputy among 8 victims after Mississippi shooting

  28-05-2017 19:37
  
  The deceased deputy has been identified as 36-year-old William Durr.
  
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• New details in 550 collision revealed in crash report

  28-05-2017 19:24
  
  New details in 550 collision revealed in crash report
  
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• 5 years later: Boardwalk destroyed by Hurricane Sandy reopens

  28-05-2017 19:15
  
  It has been almost 5 years since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast - now one of the hardest hit boardwalk along the Atlantic has reopened.
  
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• Cancer survivor climbs to North Pole to inspire others

  28-05-2017 19:11
  
  Cancer survivor Sean Swarner talks about completing the Explorers' Grand Slam, a feat that scales the 7 highest summits on every continent and skiing from the North to South Pole.
  
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• A sister uses her gifts to send messages to fallen soldier

  28-05-2017 18:35 via krqe.com
  
  NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — She begins each time by sharpening her tools, with the sound of metal on metal echoing through the sunlit old house she calls both home and workshop. Making a violin is a methodical art. For Sonja St. John, that structure is a necessity — and the routine, in many ways, a saving grace.
  “It’s a way to stay on track even when chaos can be happening right outside,” she says.
  She finishes each new violin with another ritual, by gluing a small, handwri
  
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• Shark sightings on the rise near Massachusetts beaches

  28-05-2017 18:28
  
  With the rebound of the seal population, experts say there will be more sharks feeding in the waters near Massachusetts.
  
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• Pet of the Week: Maria Rosa

  28-05-2017 18:18
  
  Pet of the Week: Maria Rosa
  
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• San Francisco courts test new approach to homeless crimes

  28-05-2017 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Courts around the country tried to ease the burden of fines and fees in the wake of riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 that brought attention to a torrent of traffic and other minor citations that saddled people with debt and even sent them to jail.
  But legal observers say no court appears to have made as dramatic an attempt at reform as San Francisco, where judges no longer issue warrants to arrest people who fail to show up in court or pay tickets for infractions s
  
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• Muslims thankful for support after rant, deadly attack

  28-05-2017 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Muslims in Portland, Oregon, thanked the community for its support and said they were raising money for the families of two men who were killed and others involved when someone targeted young women with an anti-Muslim rant on a light-rail train.
  “I am very thankful as a Muslim, I am very thankful as a Portlander … that we stand together here as one,” Muhammad A. Najieb, an imam at the Muslim Community Center, said Saturday.
  He said the two young wom
  
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• ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ tops box office, ‘Baywatch’ sinks

  28-05-2017 18:14 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was smooth sailing to the top spot at the box office for “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” but the waters were choppier for the Dwayne Johnson comedy “Baywatch.”
  Studio estimates on Sunday say the fifth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise commandeered $62.2 million in its first three days in theaters.
  The Johnny Depp-starrer is projected to take in $76.6 million over the four-day holiday weekend
  
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• Slain Virginia officer was a father of 3, former Marine

  28-05-2017 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia State Police special agent fatally shot by a convicted felon in a Richmond public housing complex was a father of three and former Marine who founded a youth wrestling club and mentored disadvantaged kids, authorities said.
  Special Agent Michael T. Walter, 45, died early Saturday after being shot Friday evening by Travis Ball in a neighborhood in Virginia’s capital city that has been plagued by gun violence, police said.
  Walter, who was white, was an 1
  
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• Slain Virginia drug enforcement officer called “Superman”

  28-05-2017 18:13 via krqe.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia State Police special agent fatally shot by a convicted felon in a Richmond public housing complex was remembered Sunday as a man dedicated to improving the lives of children.
  Michael T. Walter, 45, died early Saturday, hours after being shot while patrolling in the Mosby Court complex, which has had six homicides and 19 non-fatal shootings this year alone.
  “I just shook my head and said ‘not again’,” said Darlene Crutchfield, who saw
  
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• New York senators’ scandal highlights vast stipend system

  28-05-2017 18:11 via krqe.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in many states get paid extra if they hold leadership posts or oversee important committees. Extra work, the thinking goes, should equal extra pay.
  But few state legislatures have a bonus system as extensive as the one in New York’s state senate, where nearly all 63 members take home stipends nicknamed “lulus” that add between $9,000 and $34,000 to their wages.
  That stipend system has now drawn new scrutiny following an investigation that rev
  
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• Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror

  28-05-2017 18:10 via krqe.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Video interviews with survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic militants on a bus taking Egyptian Christians to a remote desert monastery are painting a picture of untold horror, with children hiding under their seats to escape gunfire.
  The videos surfaced on social media networks on Sunday, two days after 29 were killed in the attack on a desert road south of the capital. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday. It was the fourth attack against
  
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• Macron says Trump handshake was ‘moment of truth’

  28-05-2017 18:10 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says his now famous white-knuckle handshake showdown with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was “a moment of truth” — designed to show that he’s no pushover.
  Macron told a Sunday newspaper in France that “my handshake with him, it wasn’t innocent.”
  Macron added: “One must show that you won’t make small concessions, even symbolic ones, but also not over-publicize things, either.”
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• The Latest: Sofia Coppola takes directing prize at Cannes

  28-05-2017 18:09 via krqe.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — The Latest on the Cannes Film Festival (all times local):
  8:05 p.m.
  Sofia Coppola has won the Cannes Film Festival best director prize for “The Beguiled,” her remake of Don Siegel’s 1971 Civil War drama.
  The French AIDS drama “120 Beats Per Minute” won the Grand Prize from the jury. The Grand Prize recognizes a strong film that missed out on the top prize, the Palme d’Or.
  The jury also presented a special prize to celebrate the fest
  
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• The Latest: Is filmmaker’s Cannes callback an award omen?

  28-05-2017 18:09 via krqe.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — The Latest on the Cannes Film Festival (all times local):
  7:10 p.m.
  Among those spotted on the Cannes red carpet ahead of the award ceremony was filmmaker Robin Campillo. His AIDS drama “120 Beats Per Minute” earned some of the best reviews of the festival.
  Campillo told French broadcaster Canal Plus he had returned to Paris after the screening of his film, but returned after getting a call asking him back for Sunday’s award ceremony.
  Does that sugge
  
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• Dismay, anger in France at vandalism of De Gaulle’s tomb

  28-05-2017 18:09 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — French politicians are reacting with anger and dismay after the tomb of France’s wartime hero and former President Gen. Charles de Gaulle was vandalized.
  French media say police are hunting for two people, one of whom was filmed Saturday by security cameras knocking a cross off the top of the tomb in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, the village in eastern France where De Gaulle lived and is buried.
  President Emmanuel Macron, in a statement Sunday from his office, asked that th
  
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• To many Americans, Memorial Day has lost its meaning

  28-05-2017 18:08 via krqe.com
  
  ANNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Allison Jaslow heard it more than once as the long holiday weekend approached — a cheerful “Happy Memorial Day!” from oblivious well-wishers.
  The former Army captain and Iraq War veteran had a ready reply, telling them, matter-of-factly, that she considered it a work weekend. Jaslow will be at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to take part in the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. She’ll then visit Section 60,
  
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• Manchester attack transforms Britain’s election campaign

  28-05-2017 18:08 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Until a week ago, two things were widely agreed about Britain’s upcoming general election: it was producing the dullest campaign in recent memory and the result was a foregone conclusion. It would be a coronation march for Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May.
  Then a bomb blast killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, bringing campaigning to a shocked halt. When the debates, ads and stump speeches resumed three days later, they were delivered to a jittery nation
  
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• BA says most flights running; angry passengers face delays

  28-05-2017 18:08 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Airways said “many” of its IT systems were back up and running Sunday, but travelers still faced cancellations and delays after a global computer failure grounded hundreds of flights.
  BA chief executive Alex Cruz said the airline was running a “near-full operation” at London’s Gatwick Airport and planned to operate all scheduled long-haul services from Heathrow. But he said there will still be delays, as well as some canceled short-haul f
  
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• Slain Virginia officer was father, former Marine

  28-05-2017 17:36
  
  Police said 45-year-old old Special Agent Michael T. Walter died early Saturday after being shot Friday evening by Travis Ball.
  
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• Man arrested hours after breaking into burger chain and triggering a SWAT call

  28-05-2017 17:35
  
  Bernalillo County Deputies say Marcio Lujan, 38, may have also set fire to a neighboring business
  
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• Frequent Facebook usage shrinks your brain's gray matter, says study

  28-05-2017 17:15
  
  More than 2 billion people are registered on the popular social media site, and more than half of them use its mobile app on a daily basis.
  
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• House intel Democrat wants review of Kushner's clearance

  28-05-2017 17:07
  
  Adam Schiff says the government needs to 'get to the bottom' of the allegations.
  
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• NJ nightclub shooting leaves 1 dead, 5 injured, police say

  28-05-2017 15:55
  
  Police say officers responded to the unidentified club on Main Street after reports of a shooting at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
  
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• French designer shows off DIY robot in public for 1st time

  28-05-2017 15:46 via krqe.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A French designer has shown his humanoid DIY robot to the public for the first time.
  The life-size plastic model responded to English-language commands Friday, picking up and dropping a small ball and swiveling its head to follow people.
  Designer Gael Langevin unveiled the robot at a technology fair in Romania this week. The idea developed from a prosthetics hand he made in 2011, the first-ever made on a 3-D printer. The robot is made with a 3-D printer and micro-
  
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• Firefighters investigate a fire at southwest Albuquerque home

  28-05-2017 15:42 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Firefighters are investigating a Sunday morning house fire.
  Crews say they arrived at the home on Secret Oasis Ave. near 106th street around 5:30 a.m.
  The first fire department unit on scene saw smoke and flames coming from outside the home.
  No injuries were reported as firefighteres say everyone inside the home safely evacuated.
  AFD says the fire was contained to outside the home and the house suffered only minor damage.
  Fire crews are investigating how the fire
  
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• 8 people dead after shootings in Mississippi, police say

  28-05-2017 15:41
  
  The suspect is in custody.
  
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• How to prevent sunburn

  28-05-2017 14:58
  
  Here's how to protect yourself from getting a sunburn.
  
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• Portland mayor says 2 men who confronted attacker died heroes

  28-05-2017 14:38
  
  Mayor Ted Wheeler said 'their actions were brave and selfless and should serve as an example, an inspiration to us all.'
  
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• Officers: IS snipers, suicide bombers slow advance in Mosul

  28-05-2017 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The advance of government troops slowed on Sunday in the last push to drive Islamic State group militants from remaining pockets of Mosul, two Iraqi military officers said.
  On Saturday, U.S.-backed Iraqi forces began a new offensive to recapture the Old City from three directions. Hours after announcing the push, the government said two military officers were killed in clashes in the Shafaa neighborhood on the Tigris River.
  IS militants have deployed snipers, suicide car bom
  
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