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• The Pittsburgh Penguins bring the Stanley Cup home

  12-06-2017 23:43
  
  The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in Nashville on Sunday, and on Monday they brought the prize home.
  
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• FBI still searching for suspect in Border Patrol agent beating

  12-06-2017 23:12 via krqe.com
  
  DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are still on the hunt for the person or people who kidnapped and beat a Border Patrol agent.
  The agent was found Friday night along the side of the road in Dona Ana County with what are described as serious injuries to his head, chest and hands.
  He is assigned to the Deming Patrol Station but was off-duty, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement officials.
  The FBI, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office
  
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• Revised travel ban ruling: 5 takeaways

  12-06-2017 23:10
  
  An appeals court has made another roadblock for President Donald Trump's temporary ban on refugees and people from six Muslim majority countries.
  
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• Man drowns at Sandia Resort & Casino

  12-06-2017 23:04
  
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident and has not released any other details.
  
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• Former President Carter shakes hands with everyone on flight

  12-06-2017 23:01 via krqe.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter took time to shake the hand of every passenger aboard a recent commercial flight from Atlanta to Washington.
  James Parker Sheffield was aboard the flight last week and tweeted video of the smiling 92-year-old walking down the aisle and shaking hands with everyone aboard. Sheffield tells Atlanta’s WSB-TV that Carter’s enthusiasm was “authentic and humble.”
  Carter was flying to Washington ahead of Friday’s funera
  
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• Restaurant red tagged for cockroach infestation

  12-06-2017 22:58
  
  It was an immediate closure for ‘Nob Hill Thai Vegan’ after inspectors with the Albuquerque Environmental Health Department found an infestation of cockroaches.
  
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• NYC theater refuses to buckle after Trump criticism

  12-06-2017 22:55
  
  A theater is defending itself after businesses have pulled away funding due to controversy surrounding the depiction of Julius Caesar as Donald Trump.
  
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• Isotopes Park competes for Best Triple-A Ballpark in America

  12-06-2017 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Isotopes Park is one step closer to winning the title of Best Triple-A Ballpark in America.
  The park has made it to the final four in the Ballpark Digest Competition. There are two days remaining in the fan vote.
  At last check, the Isotopes were in second place, losing to the Columbus Clippers by just 5 percent.
  Last year, the Isotopes came in 12th place.
  To cast your vote, click here.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News, Sports
  
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• Expo New Mexico offers flash deal on State Fair tickets

  12-06-2017 22:44 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s another deal to try to lure in visitors to the upcoming State Fair.
  Expo New Mexico is holding a flash sale. For $99 you can get a family fun pack, which includes admission and ride wrist bands for four people.
  The sale runs through June 15. There is also another deal on Groupon good through the end of June.
  See the family fun pack deal here >>
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News Tagged: State Fair
  
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• Prosecutor: 'Fancy lawyering' can't save Cosby

  12-06-2017 22:40
  
  Jurors could begin deliberations as soon as Monday afternoon.
  
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• Vegas officer who used chokehold charged with manslaughter

  12-06-2017 22:38
  
  Police officials say Kenneth Lopera used a stun gun seven times and punched a man he was trying to arrest several times before putting him in the unapproved neck hold for more than a minute.
  
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• NMSU professors seek participants for homemade mosquito repellent survey

  12-06-2017 22:38 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Two New Mexico State University professors are looking for new ways to repel mosquitoes.
  The two say they are looking for homemade repellents, which they will test to see how well they work.
  Professor Immo Hansen says it stems from a study they did in 2014 that proved a Victoria’s Secret perfume was a better repellent than some name brand ones.
  They are asking people to fill out a survey, telling them your trick to staying bite free.
  To take the survey, clic
  
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• Gianforte to plead guilty to assault charge

  12-06-2017 22:12 via krqe.com
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte of Montana will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter the day before being elected the state’s only congressman last month, a prosecutor said Friday.
  The Republican technology entrepreneur will enter his plea in court on Monday, when he is scheduled to be arraigned and sentenced on the misdemeanor charge, Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert told The Associated Press.
  Gianforte requested the court hearing after reaching a civil se
  
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• Woman's chilling account of captivity released: ‘If he shot me it would be easier’

  12-06-2017 22:10
  
  "He said if I was a good girl, he'd teach me how to kill and I could be his partner."
  
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• Teacher suspended after pro-Trump yearbook photos altered

  12-06-2017 22:06 via krqe.com
  
  WALL, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school district has suspended a teacher after yearbook photos of two high school students were altered to remove President Donald Trump’s name on their clothing.
  Wall Township School Superintendent Cheryl Dyer told News 12 New Jersey on Monday the yearbook’s adviser was suspended while an investigation is underway.
  One student wore a sweater vest with Trump’s name on it. Another student wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Trump M
  
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• Who were the 49 victims killed in shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando?

  12-06-2017 21:55
  
  Orlando is remembering the 49 innocent lives lost one year ago.
  
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• 1 year after Pulse shooting, community comes together to remember victims

  12-06-2017 21:51
  
  Community members are gathering to mark 1 year since the devastating shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida
  
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• Hungry bear digs into birdfeeder for quick bite

  12-06-2017 21:42
  
  A hungry bear was seen recently chomping on seeds from a birdfeeder in a New Hampshire back yard.
  
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• All-girls Little League team makes it to championship game

  12-06-2017 21:40
  
  The Colchester Thunder, in Vermont, is the Little League’s first all-girls team in that community.
  
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• Florida governor meets with Pulse first responders

  12-06-2017 21:39
  
  Gov. Rick Scott visited first responders in Orlando on Monday, the one year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
  
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• Top vodka brand brings Russia investigation into advertising

  12-06-2017 21:31
  
  "That's a good burn there, Smirnoff," tweeted one person.
  
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• Pro baseball player joins new team as Sacramento police officer

  12-06-2017 21:11
  
  After being drafted by the Seattle Mariner's and becoming the organization's top prospect, Vinnie Catricala needed a change in attire and looked to joining a new type of team at the Sacramento Police Department.
  
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• Baby panda rally: Zoo's new arrival boosts Tokyo restaurant stocks

  12-06-2017 20:59
  
  Call it "pandanomics."
  
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• These kindergartners perfectly illustrate why 'Wonder Woman' is such a big hit

  12-06-2017 20:43
  
  "If this movie completely changed the way these girls and boys thought about themselves and the world in a week, imagine what the next generation will achieve if we give them more movies like Wonder Woman."
  
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• President Trump tweets condolences to victims of Pulse shooting

  12-06-2017 20:28
  
  President Donald Trump tweeted a message of support to the Orlando community one year after the Pulse nightclub shooting.
  
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• PNM: Power restored to over 1,200 Albuquerque customers

  12-06-2017 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Power has been restored to 1,232 customers after an outage was reported in northeast Albuquerque Monday.
  Crews are working to restore power to the 118 remaining affected customers.
  PNM says the boundary of the outage is from Menaul to Lomas and from Pennsylvania to Washington.
  Power is expected to be restored by 3 p.m.
  Details about what caused the outage have not been released.Outage update: 1232 customers have been restored. Crews working diligently to restore
  
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• PNM: More than 1,300 customers affected by recent outage

  12-06-2017 20:26 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews are working to restore power to 1,350 PNM customers in northeast Albuquerque.PNM says the boundary of the outage is from Menaul to Lomas and from Pennsylvania to Washington.Power is expected to be restored before 2 p.m.Details about what caused the outage have not been released.
  Outage in #Albuquerque affecting 1,350 customers. Boundaries N=MENAUL; S=LOMAS;E=PENNSYLVANIA; W=WASHINGTON…. https://t.co/DS3iYCWrKT
  — PNM (@PNMtalk) June 12, 2017
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• GOP official calls suit against Trump 'absurd'

  12-06-2017 20:16
  
  Lindsay Jancek said Monday that the president has been committed to "complete transparency and compliance with the law."
  
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• Lawyer says Cosby encounter was consensual

  12-06-2017 20:10
  
  Jurors could begin deliberations as soon as Monday afternoon.
  
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• Sandoval County takes responsibility for prison escape

  12-06-2017 20:07 via krqe.com
  
  BERNALILLO, N.M. (KRQE)– Sandoval County representatives say two separate investigations into last month’s Detention Center escape revealed the same two issues – how the inmate was classified and a lack of supervision.
  “We are confident we know exactly what happened,” said Sandoval County Spokesperson Sidney Hill.
  Hills says it was a serious incident that never should have happened.
  Two men – 21-year-old Blake McPherson and 25-year-old Paul Garcia &n
  
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• Investigators complete security probe after Sandoval County Detention Center escape

  12-06-2017 20:07 via krqe.com
  
  SANDOVAL COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Misinformation and failure to follow policies and procedures, that is what officials say led to the escape of two Sandoval County Detention Center inmates earlier this year.
  Paul Garcia and Blake McPherson escaped from the Sandoval County Detention Center Friday, May, 5. The two were found to be missing hours after they escaped from the outdoor recreation center.
  Garcia is facing murder charges for his role in the stolen van crash that killed an Albuquerque w
  
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• Maryland, DC attorneys general sue Trump over business ties

  12-06-2017 20:05
  
  The lawsuit alleges President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by improperly retaining ties to his sprawling global business empire and by accepting foreign payments while in office.
  
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• Statements begin New Mexico school funding trial

  12-06-2017 20:03
  
  Attorneys for public school districts and parents of students are giving opening statements in a trial about the adequacy of funding in New Mexico.
  
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• Gianforte pleads guilty to assault in incident with reporter

  12-06-2017 20:02
  
  Greg Gianforte, the Montana congressman-elect who was accused of "body slamming" a reporter, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Monday morning.
  
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• Drowning confirmed at Sandia Resort & Casino

  12-06-2017 19:57
  
  One person drowned Sunday at Sandia Resort & Casino.
  
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• 9th Circuit rules against Trump's revised travel ban

  12-06-2017 19:52
  
  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the second version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
  
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• Moving truck thefts become regular occurance in Albuquerque

  12-06-2017 19:44
  
  Despite high number of moving truck thefts, U-Haul not warning customers.
  
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• Defense: Teen who sent texts urging suicide 'very troubled'

  12-06-2017 19:40
  
  A psychiatrist says a Massachusetts woman charged with using text messages to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself when they were teenagers was a "very troubled youngster" who initially tried to talk him out of taking his life
  
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• Another US appeals court keeps Trump’s travel ban blocked

  12-06-2017 19:33 via krqe.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Another federal appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban.
  The ruling Monday from a unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deals the administration another legal defeat as the Supreme Court considers a separate case on the issue.
  The judges say the president violated U.S. immigration law by discriminating against people based on their nationality and that Trump failed to show their entry into
  
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• Cosby defense gives closing argument in sex assault case

  12-06-2017 19:25 via krqe.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s trial raced toward a close Monday with his lawyer telling the jury that the comedian and the woman who accuses him of drugging and molesting her were lovers who had enjoyed secret “romantic interludes.”
  Declining to take the stand in his own defense, the 79-year-old entertainer left it to his attorney to argue that Cosby’s 2004 sexual encounter with Andrea Constand was consensual. Lawyer Brian McMonagle said that while Cosby had b
  
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• Boeing wants to test technology that would make pilots a thing of the past

  12-06-2017 19:14
  
  Boeing hopes to start testing the pilotless technology next year.
  
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• Lost Jackson Pollock painting found in a garage could be worth $15 million

  12-06-2017 19:02
  
  The Pollock painting is expected to fetch $10 to $15 million at auction
  
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• Reading Harry Potter makes you a better person, science says so

  12-06-2017 18:55
  
  Harry Potter fans are probably already well aware of this!
  
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• Former President George H.W. Bush celebrating 93rd birthday

  12-06-2017 18:53
  
  Former President George H.W. Bush is celebrating his 93rd birthday with family on the Maine coast.
  
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• New rule allows pharmacists to prescribe birth control

  12-06-2017 18:50
  
  The New Mexico Pharmacy Board has adopted a new regulation that allows pharmacists for the first time to write prescriptions for hormonal contraceptives, meaning a woman won't need to visit a physician in most cases to obtain birth control.
  
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• Pro baseball player switches uniforms

  12-06-2017 18:49
  
  After being drafted by the Seattle Mariner's and becoming the organization's top prospect, Sacramento's Vinnie Catricala needed a change in attire and looked to joining a new type of team.
  
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• 50 years after Loving: What happened to the couple who pushed for interracial marriage?

  12-06-2017 18:37
  
  It was on June 12, 1967 that marriage laws in the United States would be forever changed.
  
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• Photos: Pulse, one year later

  12-06-2017 18:25
  
  Monday marks the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
  
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• Video: Passengers jumps out of suspect vehicle during police chase

  12-06-2017 18:14
  
  A wild police chase was caught on camera in Stillwater, Okla., and it shows the passengers jumping out of the suspect vehicle as the chase ensued.
  
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• Gymboree closing up to 450 stores amid Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing

  12-06-2017 17:59
  
  A popular children’s clothing company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close hundreds of stores.
  
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