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• Off-duty Border Patrol agent assaulted in Deming

  10-06-2017 23:46 via krqe.com
  
  EL PASO, TEXAS (KRQE) – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection say they are assisting in an investigation regarding a report of an assault aginst an off-duty Border Patrol agent.
  The agent is assigned to the Deming Border Patrol Station and was discovered on the side of the road by a motorist Friday night around 11 p.m.
  According to officials, the agent was taken to a nearby hospital for his wounds. He suffered multiple serious injuries to his head, chest and
  
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• 2 guests contract Legionnaires' disease at Las Vegas hotel

  10-06-2017 23:24
  
  Mark Bergtholdt, environmental health supervisor, says the hotel began using chlorine at high temperatures on Thursday to disinfect its rooms and water system.
  
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• Dutch police on car incident: no indication of extremist attack

  10-06-2017 23:09
  
  A car struck pedestrians outside Amsterdam’s main railway station on Saturday, injuring eight people, police said.
  
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• Geese dump droppings on Disneyland guests, hitting 17 people

  10-06-2017 23:03 via krqe.com
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disneyland visitors got more adventure than they bargained for when a flock of geese let go in flight, fouling the guests.
  Anaheim police and fire officials say 17 people, including six children, were hit by bird droppings just before 9 p.m. Friday.
  A hazardous materials team was sent to Main Street near the Sleeping Beauty Castle after a report that feces had been thrown on people.11 adults and 6 juveniles impacted. No injuries and no transports. All guests are heal
  
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• 2 Texas toddlers died after being left in car overnight, sheriff says

  10-06-2017 22:55
  
  Amanda Hawkins, 19, was charged with two counts of abandoning or endangering a child, authorities said
  
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• Paris prosecutor charge Notre Dame attacker

  10-06-2017 22:33 via krqe.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The hammer-wielding man who attacked police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral appears to have radicalized himself through the internet and was unknown to French police and intelligence services, the chief prosecutor in Paris said Saturday.
  The Paris prosecutor’s office said the 40-year-old Algerian doctoral student was given preliminary charges Saturday of attempted murder of a police officer in connection with a terrorist enterprise and crime of terro
  
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• Qatar Petroleum says production not impacted by Gulf crisi

  10-06-2017 22:32 via krqe.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — State-run Qatar Petroleum sought to reassure the public on Saturday, saying its production of oil and gas has not been impacted by tensions in the Gulf that saw several Arab states block their airspace, ports and shipping lanes to Qatar.
  Qatar Petroleum said it “immediately mobilized all available resources” to mitigate the impact of any action that could hamper its energy supplies to customers around the world.
  More than a third of the world&
  
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• Grieving dad pays tribute to daughter with Haley's Haven

  10-06-2017 22:00
  
  Haley died of a heroin overdose. Now her father is remembering her by helping other girls beat addiction.
  
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• Police say car hit pedestrians in Amsterdam

  10-06-2017 21:57
  
  Officers say pedestrians hit near main railway
  
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• Car strikes pedestrians outside Amsterdam station, 5 injured

  10-06-2017 21:55 via krqe.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Amsterdam police say that a car has struck pedestrians outside the city’s main railway station, injuring five people. The driver has been arrested.
  Police tweeted that two of the injured have been hospitalized and three others have been treated at the scene. Police also said that the driver was parked in a place where he wasn’t allowed to stop and drove off when approached by police on Saturday and ran into a wall.
  Police also say the car has been searched and t
  
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• Ann Taylor, Dress Barn, Loft, Lane Bryant: Store closures on the way

  10-06-2017 21:55
  
  Get ready for more "closing sale" signs in the windows of your local retailers.
  
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• Marches against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US

  10-06-2017 21:42
  
  Demonstrations against Islamic law Saturday in cities across the U.S. drew counter-protests by people who said they stoked unfounded fears and a distorted view of the religion.
  
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• 3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  10-06-2017 21:37
  
  The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
  
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• Groovy: Woodstock site gets national historic recognition

  10-06-2017 21:32 via krqe.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The site of the 1969 Woodstock music festival is now officially recognized for its place in history.
  Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in the Hudson Valley town of Bethel has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Cuomo says the festival that drew nearly half a million people to Max Yasgur’s dairy farm was a “pivotal moment in both New York and American history,” and the recognitio
  
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• New Mexico launches Zika awareness campaign

  10-06-2017 21:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Department of Health is launching a campaign to educate people about Zika.
  The focus will be providing information to pregnant women and their partners who may be traveling to areas where the mosquito-borne virus is prevalent.
  State officials said Friday that the campaign will include television and radio spots as well as billboards and movie theater advertising.
  The virus is currently transmitted in vacation spots that are popular among New Mexicans, i
  
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• UK premier strikes tentative deal with N Ireland party

  10-06-2017 21:21 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May struck a deal in principle with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on Saturday to prop up the Conservative government, stripped of its majority in a disastrous election.
  The result has demolished May’s political authority, and she has also lost her two top aides, sacrificed in a bid to save their leader from being toppled by a furious Conservative Party.
  But the ballot-box humiliation has seriously — and possibly
  
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• Adam West, who played 1960s-era Batman, dies at 88

  10-06-2017 21:14 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam West, whose straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a campy 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad Caped Crusader into the national consciousness, has died at age 88, his publicist Molly Schoneveld said Saturday.
  West died Friday night after “a short but brave battle with leukemia,” his family said in a statement.
  West played the superhero straight for kids and funny for adults. He initially chaffed at being typecast after “Batman” went off
  
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• Adam West learned to embrace Batman role he couldn't shake

  10-06-2017 20:58
  
  When West took on the tights, he stoked the stoicism for laughs: a superhero letting everyone know he was in on the joke.
  
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• Mice completely protected by new Zika vaccine

  10-06-2017 20:21
  
  A new experimental Zika vaccine has given mice 100 percent protection against a potentially lethal dose of the virus.
  
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• Scientist: Baby lobster count drops off US coast, Canada

  10-06-2017 20:09 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of young lobsters is declining in the Gulf of Maine despite years of record-breaking harvests, a University of Maine marine scientist has warned.
  Rick Wahle quantifies the population of baby lobsters in the gulf, a key lobster fishing area about the size of Wisconsin, at monitoring sites in New England and Canada every year. His American Lobster Settlement Index, released this month, shows monitoring sites from New Brunswick to Cape Cod had some of the low
  
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• Celebrities react to the death of 'Batman' actor Adam West at 88

  10-06-2017 20:01
  
  West passed away after a battle with leukemia.
  
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• Missing Person

  10-06-2017 19:01
  
  BCSO looking for missing man
  
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• How Verizon hopes to grab digital ad dollars with Yahoo

  10-06-2017 18:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon has a simple goal in buying Yahoo: It wants to challenge Google and Facebook in the huge and lucrative field of digital advertising. But Verizon faces its own challenge in doing so, given that it will be competing against a slew of other companies also looking to break in.
  Verizon wants to become a strong third choice for advertisers by adding Yahoo’s popular sites and billion users worldwide to its own media business, which includes AOL and Verizon’s ho
  
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• Meet the pet of the week: Cricket

  10-06-2017 18:42
  
  Cricket is a 2-year-old, blue-eyed Welsh Corgi mix. He is playful and also enjoys daily walks!
  
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• ​Albuquerque No. 1 in Stolen Cars

  10-06-2017 18:40
  
  Albuquerque Number 1 in Stolen Cars
  
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• Coyote battles mama bear for trash can meal

  10-06-2017 18:13
  
  The two animals faced off in a California man's driveway.
  
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• 'Batman' TV series actor Adam West dies at 88

  10-06-2017 18:06
  
  West passed away after a battle with leukemia.
  
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• Snow leopard at Albuquerque zoo dies from cancer

  10-06-2017 17:46
  
  The Albuquerque Biopark Zoo is mourning the loss of its female snow leopard. In March, the zoo posted on Facebook that 14-year-old Kachina had been diagnosed with cancer in January. On Friday the zoo posted an update saying Kachina had died.
  
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• Shakespeare coming to Civic Plaza

  10-06-2017 17:46
  
  The works of William Shakespeare are coming to Civic Plaza, thanks to Albuquerque’s Vortex Theatre.
  
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• Cibola Forest campsite fees waived for Saturday

  10-06-2017 17:45
  
  Saturday is National Get Outdoors Day, and you can celebrate by enjoying the recreation sites at Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands for free.
  
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• GameStop data breach: Your payment card info could be at risk

  10-06-2017 17:18
  
  The Texas-based electronics retailer confirmed a suspected data breach this week.
  
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• Faster-moving sea ice forces polar bears to use more energy

  10-06-2017 17:11 via krqe.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapid global warming has sped up the movement of sea ice off Alaska’s coasts, and already at-risk polar bears are paying a price, a new U.S. study says.
  Most sea ice moves throughout the year and the iconic white bears are on a perpetual walk to stay within their preferred habitat, said U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist George Durner, lead author of the study.
  He compares it to living on a treadmill that has picked up speed because ice is thinner, mor
  
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• 6 fast facts about obesity in the U.S.

  10-06-2017 16:26
  
  The annual medical costs for obesity in the United States is $147 million annually.
  
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• Theresa May's top advisers resign after UK election shock

  10-06-2017 16:25
  
  May's co-chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill announced their resignations Saturday.
  
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• Study: Albuquerque had most cars stolen per capita in 2016

  10-06-2017 16:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – A new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau says the Albuquerque metro area had the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2016.
  A new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau says the Albuquerque metro area had the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2016.
  The report says more than 10-thousand cars were reported stolen.
  That’s 1,114 vehicle thefts per 100,000 people last year.
  Second on the list was Pueblo, Colorado.
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• Mixed reaction to Sony’s clean edits of ‘Ghostbusters,’ more

  10-06-2017 16:12 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Imagine watching “Step Brothers” with the whole family. You might be able to now.
  Sony Pictures on Tuesday unveiled their Clean Version initiative, which makes available the less violent, salacious and profane broadcast television and airplane edits of certain movies when you purchase the regular title on a streaming service.
  Clean versions are available now for 24 films including “Step Brothers,” ”Ghostbusters” and “White House
  
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• Gadgets to get dad this Father's Day

  10-06-2017 16:09
  
  Here are some gift ideas for tech-savvy dads.
  
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• Look out for PrideFest Traffic

  10-06-2017 15:56
  
  Traffic alert during Albuquerque Pride Parade
  
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• Gunmen attack mosque in Afghanistan, killing 3

  10-06-2017 15:36
  
  The ministry said that nine others were wounded in the Friday night attack in Gardez.
  
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• Terrifying: Sharks circle California kayaker

  10-06-2017 15:27
  
  Marine biologist Giancarlo Thomae was kayaking in Monterey Bay when he captured remarkable drone footage of baby great white sharks circling in the water.
  
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• US spy planes help Philippine troops quell siege

  10-06-2017 15:21 via krqe.com
  
  ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) — American spy planes are helping Filipino troops quell a nearly three-week siege by Muslim militants in a southern city where 13 Philippine marines were killed in the biggest single-day loss for government forces, officials said Saturday.
  A U.S. Navy aircraft provided surveillance for the local troops as the battle raged in Marawi on Friday, confirming the involvement of the U.S. military in helping to end the urban insurrection at the request of the Philippine go
  
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• Trump dodges tapes question, denies seeking Comey ‘loyalty’

  10-06-2017 15:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Punching back a day after his fired FBI director’s damaging testimony, President Donald Trump accused James Comey of lying to Congress and said he was “100 percent” willing to testify under oath about their conversations.
  Trump cryptically refused to say whether those private exchanges were taped — a matter at the heart of the conflicting accounts of what passed between them at a time when Comey was leading an FBI investigation into Russia’s
  
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• Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US

  10-06-2017 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Demonstrations against Islamic law Saturday in cities across the U.S. drew counter-protests by people who said they stoked unfounded fears and a distorted view of the religion.
  Hundreds marched through downtown Seattle, banging drums, cymbals and cowbells behind a large sign saying “Seattle stands with our Muslim neighbors.” Participants chanted “No hate, no fear, Muslims are welcome here” on their way to City Hall, while a phalanx of bicycle police o
  
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• Eric Green's Saturday Forecast

  10-06-2017 15:15
  
  Eric Green's Saturday Forecast
  
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• Android malware with ability to inject code downloaded more than 50,000 times

  10-06-2017 14:45
  
  Dvmap is the first Android-targeting malware that can insert malicious code into system libraries.
  
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• EU ready for Brexit negotiations, says Merkel

  10-06-2017 14:34
  
  Britain voted to leave the EU in a referendum last year.
  
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• French fries may lead to higher risk of death, study says

  10-06-2017 14:25
  
  People who ate fried potato products twice a week doubled their risk of death.
  
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• London Bridge attacker tried to rent larger truck, police say

  10-06-2017 13:57
  
  Three men rammed into pedestrians on London Bridge on the night of June 3.
  
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• US forces help Philippines battle ISIS-linked fighters

  10-06-2017 13:21
  
  The forces have been deployed at the request of the government, the US embassy said.
  
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• 11-year-old struck, killed by MBTA commuter rail train

  10-06-2017 11:49
  
  An 11-year-old boy was struck and killed by a commuter rail train in Salem, Massachusetts Friday
  
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