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• Target Corp. to phase out Cartwheel Perks rewards program

  27-07-2017 23:48 via krqe.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. is ending the Cartwheel Perks rewards program that it began testing in five markets last year.
  The Star Tribune reports that the program was part of the company’s Cartwheel app, which provides in-store shoppers with digital coupons for extra savings when they check out. The Cartwheel app will remain otherwise intact.
  Cartwheel Perks allowed customers to rack up points every time they made in-store purch
  
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• Man accused of murdering Albuquerque homeowner to stay behind bars

  27-07-2017 23:39 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of murdering an Albuquerque homeowner will remain locked up.
  Kristopher Marquez is accused of stabbing to death 60-year-old Max Moreno at his home near Sixth Street and I-40 a week ago.
  Marquez appeared in District Court for a detention hearing where Judge Jacqueline Flores ruled he will be held without bond until trial.
  Marquez was just released from prison in April for robbing a Roswell Family Dollar at knife point in 2015 and pulling a knife on
  
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• Number of Twitter users hits plateau

  27-07-2017 23:34
  
  Its advertising business continues to decline as the social media site struggles to add new users.
  
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• House passes $788B bill including $1.6B down payment on Mexico border wall

  27-07-2017 23:33
  
  The 235-192 vote both eases a large backlog of unfinished spending bills and gives Trump and his House GOP allies political wins heading into the August recess.
  
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• Police search for armed robber targeting Bosque Farms businesses

  27-07-2017 23:32 via krqe.com
  BOSQUE FARMS, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are worried an armed robber will do next after already striking twice in the quiet village of Bosque Farms.
  Surveillance video shows he robbed two young female Subway employees at gunpoint Wednesday. He came in just after the lunch rush.
  Video shows him walking in and asking where the bathroom is. Then he walked into a back door, pulled the gun and ordered the girls to the register, holding the gun on them the whole time.
  He then ordered them at gunpoint
  
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• 'True Detective' taps Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali to star in Season 3

  27-07-2017 23:25
  
  "True Detective" Season 3 has found its main man.
  
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• Suspects shoot at home, strike 5-year-old boy

  27-07-2017 22:56
  
  Police are looking for two, possibly three suspects who opened fire outside a home, hitting a 5-year-old boy with one of the bullets.
  
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• Businesses are cashing in on solar eclipse watchers

  27-07-2017 22:29
  
  The Great American Eclipse will take place next month, and businesses are cashing in on the first event of its kind since 1979.
  
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• ​This online dating service is only offered for those Twitter verified​

  27-07-2017 22:13
  
  Online dating is fraught with complications. Chief among them: authenticity.
  
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• Crash closes right lane on I-25 northbound at Bernalillo

  27-07-2017 21:54
  
  Interstate 25 northbound at mile marker 240 at Bernalillo has the right lane closed at this time.
  
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• 911 calls, body cam video from Venus Williams' accident released

  27-07-2017 21:50
  
  Police have released the 911 calls and body cam video from the accident involving Venus Williams.
  
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• Victims identified in fatal ride accident at Ohio State Fair

  27-07-2017 21:39
  
  An 18-year-old who recently enlisted in the the Marines was killed in the tragedy.
  
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• Heartbroken veteran creates bucket list for his dying combat dog

  27-07-2017 21:30
  
  "Our brotherhood is a bond that should never be forgotten."
  
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• First-ever transgender infantry soldier responds to president's ban

  27-07-2017 21:11
  
  Patricia King has served in the U.S. Army for 18 years. Now, she questions if she will be able to keep her job.
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' actor's new bakery has the perfect name

  27-07-2017 21:09
  
  Direwolf bread is a real thing.
  
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• Boy Scouts executive apologizes after Trump speech

  27-07-2017 21:05
  
  The statement came after President Donald Trump spoke Monday at a Boy Scouts of America event in West Virginia.
  
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• The Latest: Military chief says transgender policy to remain

  27-07-2017 21:04 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military (all times local):
  11:00 a.m.
  The nation’s top military officer says U.S. policy on transgender individuals serving in uniform has not — and will not — change until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives the president’s policy direction and Mattis determines how to implement it.
  Gen. Joseph Dunford is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Du
  
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• The Latest: House passes $788B bill for military, wall

  27-07-2017 21:01 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the House’s $788 billion spending measure (all times local):
  5:20 p.m.
  The House has passed a $788 billion spending bill that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s controversial border wall with Mexico with a whopping budget increase for the Pentagon.
  The 235-192 vote both eases a large backlog of unfinished spending bills and gives Trump and his House GOP allies political wins heading into the August recess. Significa
  
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• The Latest: House OKs $1.6B down payment for Trump’s wall

  27-07-2017 21:01 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the House’s $788 billion spending measure (all times local):
  2:30 p.m.
  The Republican-led House has voted to make a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The vote was 230-196. Republican leaders avoided voting directly on the divisive issue Thursday. Instead, they tucked the wall provision into a broader procedural vote.
  Trump promised at nearly every rally and campaign event that
  
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• Tropical island allows you to hang out with rescued puppies

  27-07-2017 20:57
  
  Potcake Place works to re-home stray potcake pups, and volunteers can visit and play with the animals.
  
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• Sandoval County: Guards didn’t follow protocol when wrong inmate was released

  27-07-2017 20:47 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – An inmate is back behind bars, after being mistakenly released from jail Wednesday.
  State Police found Ryan Griffin at around 3:00 a.m. Thursday morning at a home on Summer Shower Road, near I40 and Arroyo Vista.
  Ryan Griffin (photo courtesy of New Mexico State Police)A neighbor tells KRQE News 13 the homeowner wasn’t there at the time.
  “I was in my house with my kids, worried about my kids…” he said. “This is a quiet neighborhood, it
  
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• Caught: Escaped inmate back behind bars

  27-07-2017 20:47 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – An inmate is back behind bars, after being mistakenly released from jail Wednesday.
  State police found Ryan Griffin at around 3:00 a.m. Thursday morning at a home on Summer Shower Road, near I40 and Arroyo Vista.
  Ryan Griffin (photo courtesy of New Mexico State Police)A neighbor tells KRQE the homeowner wasn’t there at the time, “I was in my house with my kids, worried about my kids” he said adding, “…this is a quiet neighborhood, it&
  
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• This is how long the average modern couple dates before getting married

  27-07-2017 20:42
  
  How long did you date your partner before marriage?
  
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• How to avoid traffic during the Great American Eclipse

  27-07-2017 20:38
  
  Up to 7.4 million people are expected to travel during the eclipse next month. Here's how to avoid traffic as much as possible.
  
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• Girl’s birthday ruined by brazen bike thief

  27-07-2017 20:32 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – It was a bummer of a birthday for an Albuquerque girl all because of an all too common act.
  The girl was eager to have a very exciting birthday and her first plan was to go ride her new bike but when she walked outside, she found her bicycle gone.
  Her parents checked their surveillance video and found out exactly where it went.
  A thief is seen just walking up in the middle of the night taking the bike.
  Heather Marcellus, the girl’s mother, says it’s jus
  
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• Bernalillo County breaks ground on new 17,000 sq ft animal shelter

  27-07-2017 20:27 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – After using city resources for years, Bernalillo County is building a brand new, very large animal shelter.
  County officials broke ground Thursday morning on the shelter south of the Sunport, west of I25 near 2nd and Rio Bravo.
  The building is a first for the county which only has one small shelter and contracts with the city of Albuquerque and out of town shelters to house its animals.
  The shelter will be just a little over 17,000 square feet with space for 120 do
  
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• Lindsey Graham had strong words in his defense of AG Jeff Sessions

  27-07-2017 20:12
  
  The senator got biblical in rebuking President Donald Trump's criticism of the attorney general.
  
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• The historical reason why Prince George always wears shorts

  27-07-2017 20:08
  
  He's always spotted in this article of clothing, and it's not going to change anytime soon.
  
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• Dangerous Android spyware discovered, blocked by Google

  27-07-2017 19:54
  
  A dangerous form of Android spyware has been discovered by Google's Play Protect.
  
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• Wait, the Final Season of 'Game of Thrones' Might Not Air Until When!?

  27-07-2017 19:44
  
  But it's already written...
  
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• FBI: Man says wife's laughter led to killing on Alaska cruise ship

  27-07-2017 19:43
  
  A Utah man killed his wife aboard a cruise ship because she wouldn't stop laughing at him, authorities said.
  
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• Restaurant owner says he's sick of being a victim trying to run a business

  27-07-2017 19:40
  
  An Albuquerque business owner fed up with crime is taking new precautions to protect his employees.
  
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• Deputies exchange gunfire with man east of Roswell

  27-07-2017 19:18 via krqe.com
  CHAVES COUNTY, NM (KRQE) – It’s been an especially dangerous week for New Mexico law enforcement, with a series of officer-involved shootings.
  Wednesday, it was a Chaves County deputy dodging bullets.
  It all began near a rest stop off of US 380 east of Roswell when deputies responded to reports of a suspicious man. It wasn’t long before bullets were flying.
  “They were talking to this individual and he tells them right away he doesn’t’ like cops and d
  
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• Deputies exchange gun fire with man east of Roswell Wednesday

  27-07-2017 19:18 via krqe.com
  CHAVEZ COUNTY, NM (KRQE) – There are new details emerging on what led to an exchange of gunfire between police and a suspect in Chaves County Wednesday evening.
  Chavez County Police say that two deputies, went to investigate a suspicious person near a rest area on highway 380, about 40 miles east of Roswell.
  When one of the deputies tried to contact that person, 40-year-old Chadwick Taylor of Conchas Dam, he walked past them, refused to talk then pulled out a handgun firing several shots i
  
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• Today in History for July 27th: House panel votes to impeach Nixon

  27-07-2017 19:14
  
  On this day in history: a House panel voted to impeach President Richard Nixon.
  
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• Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest person

  27-07-2017 19:00
  
  The world's richest person is now worth $90.9 billion.
  
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• Hospital using 'RoboDocs' to interact with patients

  27-07-2017 18:55
  
  Healthcare in Central Florida is getting high-tech with robots showing up at bedsides.
  
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• DOJ says key part of Civil Rights Act does not protect sexual orientation

  27-07-2017 18:54
  
  Lower federal courts have been split on this issue for years.
  
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• Cultural Atlas: Mission to Mars

  27-07-2017 18:45 via krqe.com
  The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is conducting field geology… 33.9 million miles away.
  The martian rover, “Opportunity”, has been on a fact-finding mission for 13 years, giving NASA and an exclusive group of scientists a steady flow of information on the Red Planet.
  One of those scientists is Dr. Larry Crumpler.
  Crumpler is one of only two scientists in the U.S. based out of a museum, giving daily instructions to the vehicle on Mars.  Primary duties in
  
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• Rockies’ Pitcher Chad Bettis counts his blessings after return from testicular cancer

  27-07-2017 18:42 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) – Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis continues his rehab stint with the Albuquerque Isotopes with his eyes completely focused on the blessings in his life. Bettis is coming back from testicular cancer.
  He had surgery and chemotherapy treatments after finding out he had the illness back in March. Bettis said he would never have found out, had it not been for his wife’s pregnancy.
  “The doctor relayed the information to my wife, then put it in my head tha
  
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• Rockies’ Pitcher Chad Bettis counts his blessings after return from cancer

  27-07-2017 18:42 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis continues his rehab stint with the Albuquerque Isotopes with his eyes completely focused on the blessings in his life. Bettis is coming back from testicular cancer.
  He had surgery and chemotherapy treatments after finding out he had the illness back in March. Bettis said he would never have found out, had it not been for his wife’s pregnancy.
  “The doctor relayed the information to my wife, then put it in my head th
  
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• Can NM learn from Arizona's plan to combat dangerous dust storms?

  27-07-2017 18:35
  
  The state of Arizona applied and received a $54 million grant from federal officials. They're widening the interstate and putting up a two layer dust detection system.
  
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• FBI seek public’s help in finding cyclist bank robber

  27-07-2017 18:21 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – The FBI is asking for your help tracking down a man who robbed an Albuquerque bank.
  Authorities say the man robbed a Wells Fargo bank located at 1406 Bridge Blvd SW Wednesday and took off on a bicycle. Agents describe him as a white male in his 40’s or 50’s, around six feet tall, with a mustache and wearing a UNM Lobos hat.
  If you have any information you’re asked to call 843-STOP.
  The FBI could pay up to $1,000 as a reward.
  Filed under: Albuquerq
  
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• What's up, Doc? Bugs Bunny is an old wabbit

  27-07-2017 18:15
  
  On the anniversary of his debut, check out the "Looney Tunes" icon's first official appearance in "A Wild Hare."
  
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• Coca-Cola is ditching Coke Zero for a new diet drink and the internet feels betrayed

  27-07-2017 18:13
  
  R.I.P Coke Zero as we knew it.
  
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• Alaska's senators receive 'troubling message' from Trump administration

  27-07-2017 18:08
  
  "This is the U.S. government, not the Corleone family," said a group condemning the calls from the Interior secretary.
  
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• Joint Chiefs blindsided by Trump's transgender ban

  27-07-2017 17:35
  
  The Pentagon is asking the White House for a written directive spelling out its intentions and directions on transgender policy.
  
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• Man is reunited with 2 of 3 dogs after being told they were put down

  27-07-2017 17:30
  
  Steven Mendoza was reunited with two of his dogs after he was told they were illegally euthanized.
  
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• KOB4 visits 'The Night Shift' set

  27-07-2017 17:29
  
  "The Night Shift" on NBC shoots in part at Albuquerque Studios near I-25 and University. KOB Eyewitness News 4 got a look at the set and spoke with actors about what’s in store for the season, and what they think of the state after several years shooting here.
  
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• New device helps tiniest victims of the opioid crisis

  27-07-2017 17:21
  
  Health care workers are combining music therapy and pacifiers to ease the pain of babies born to mothers who used opioids during their pregnancy.
  
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