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• New Mexico civic, political leaders react to Justice Department letter

  03-08-2017 23:59
  
  New Mexico civic groups and political leaders are reacting to the Department of Justice's demands Thursday for Albuquerque to adopt tougher immigration policies in order to receive federal anti-crime aid.
  
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• Heavy traffic, other hassles will barrage residents during eclipse weekend

  03-08-2017 23:56
  
  Heavy traffic, other hassles will barrage residents during the weekend of the Great American Eclipse.
  
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• Check out items you can score on tax free weekend

  03-08-2017 23:51
  
  School supplies aren't the only items you can get a deal on this weekend!
  
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• Bosque Farms Police trains officers at Sandia Speedway Race Track

  03-08-2017 23:43 via krqe.com
  BOSQUE FARMS, N.M. (KRQE) – One New Mexico police department is taking a unique approach to training its officers.
  The Bosque Farms Police Department and Sandia Speedway Race Track teamed up to get officers on the track to learn how to better handle their vehicles at high rates of speed.
  “Traffic crashes are the number one cause of law enforcement deaths across the nation — 40 percent of those are single vehicle accidents. So we want to make sure that since we drive every singl
  
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• Bosque Farms Police training officers at Sandia Speedway Race Track

  03-08-2017 23:43 via krqe.com
  BOSQUE FARMS, N.M. (KRQE) – One New Mexico police department is taking a unique approach to training its officers.
  The Bosque Farms Police Department and Sandia Speedway Race Track teamed up to get officers on the track to learn how to better handle their vehicles at high rates of speed.
  “Traffic crashes are the number one cause of law enforcement deaths across the nation — 40 percent of those are single vehicle accidents. So we want to make sure that since we drive every singl
  
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• Unusual species washes ashore on beach

  03-08-2017 23:37
  
  Something very fishy is going on in Florida.
  
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• Child dies months after drinking cup of boiling water

  03-08-2017 23:30
  
  "(On) a dare, she drank boiling water from a straw," state report says.
  
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• Man accused of deliberately setting fire at church

  03-08-2017 23:28
  
  Neighbors say the fire sounded suspicious from the start.
  
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• NTSB investigates blast that killed 2 at Minneapolis school

  03-08-2017 23:27 via krqe.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were sent to a Minneapolis school Thursday to look into an apparent natural gas explosion and partial building collapse that killed two people and injured at least nine, including one critically.
  The explosion at Minnehaha Academy reduced part of a building on its upper school campus to rubble. City fire officials said Wednesday’s collapse was caused by a natural gas explosion. Contract
  
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• Musk says government likes plan for high-speed tunnels

  03-08-2017 23:19 via krqe.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says he has “verbal government approval” to build a tunnel for high-speed transportation from New York to Washington that could break ground by the end of this year.
  Musk didn’t say who gave him the approval, and he acknowledged that the deal is far from finalized.
  But the White House confirmed it had “positive discussions” about the tunnel with Musk and executives from his underground drilling enterprise, The
  
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• West Virginia governor, a Democrat, to switch to Republican

  03-08-2017 22:57
  
  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump plans a visit to the increasingly conservative state.
  
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• A Domino's employee walks to deliver pizzas after his car breaks down

  03-08-2017 22:50
  
  Not even a broken-down car could keep a delivery driver from getting pizzas and a liter of soda to the woman who ordered them.
  
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• Nearly half of Americans aren't sleeping enough

  03-08-2017 22:08
  
  Not getting enough sleep? Neither is half of America.
  
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• How to avoid fake hotel booking scams

  03-08-2017 22:01
  
  At least 15 million fake booking scams take place in the U.S. this year. Here's how to avoid becoming a victim.
  
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• Woman who encouraged boyfriend’s suicide sentenced to 15 months in jail

  03-08-2017 21:20
  
  Michelle Carter was convicted in June by a judge who said her final instruction to Conrad Roy III caused his death.
  
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• Superheroes pay special visit to patients at rehab hospital

  03-08-2017 21:18
  
  Patients like Michael Sassine waited weeks to reveal their super powers to their special visitors. Others say the hospital staff are the superheroes.
  
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• Local museum helps prepare people for solar eclipse

  03-08-2017 20:58 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is helping people prepare for a total solar eclipse.
  The solar eclipse can’t be viewed with naked eye due to safety reasons.
  Now the museum is teaching people how to watch it safely.
  On Friday at the museum from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., the museum will teach people how to build solar viewers at home.
  They will also show you what eye protection is needed to watch it.
  The solar eclipse will happen on the A
  
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• Copycat Recipes That Taste So Spot On, It's Scary

  03-08-2017 20:56
  
  Anything they can do, you can do better.
  
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• Crawfish swarm into Michigan, prompting alert and confusing residents

  03-08-2017 20:50
  
  There are a number of people who hear the word "crawfish" and think "yum," but that's not the case in Michigan.
  
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• Construction to create more parking at Balloon Fiesta Park underway

  03-08-2017 20:48 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Construction to create more parking is progressing at Balloon Fiesta Park.
  Over the last year, Balloon Fiesta Park has lost close to 2,000 parking spaces as a result of new construction.
  They hope to fix it with a new lot north of the park.
  The lot will be covered with asphalt and officials say should hold about 1,000 cars and 25 to 50 RV’s.
  Now those spaces are for volunteers only.
  They say it will open up other spaces around the park for visitors.
  To
  
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• Community honors World War II journalist

  03-08-2017 20:39 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The community is remembering a Pulitzer Award winning journalist. It’s first ever Ernie Pyle Day.
  Pyle was a news columnist and correspondent during World War II.
  He lived in Albuquerque when he wasn’t in the field reporting.
  During the war, Pyle was gunned down by a Japanese machine gunner.
  Thursday community members honored the work he did.
  The ceremony included a proclamation from the governor’s office that also honored all World War II v
  
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• Family affected by hot car death testifies in court, accused await ruling

  03-08-2017 20:29 via krqe.com
  PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – Are a mother and daughter daycare workers who left two kids in a hot car, killing one of them, such a threat they should stay locked up? That is what a judge was tasked with determining Thursday.
  It was an emotional hearing in Portales. The family of the mother and daughter accused in this case filled one side of the courtroom. The other side was filled with the family of 1-year-old Maliyah Jones who died after being left in a hot car, arguing they shouldn’t b
  
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• Daycare workers’ in court after being accused of leaving toddlers in hot car

  03-08-2017 20:29 via krqe.com
  PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) –Two New Mexico daycare workers accused of leaving two toddlers in a hot car, killing one of them are in court Thursday as a judge determines if they will remain locked up pending a trial.
  It happened at the home daycare called “Taylors Tots” last week.
  One-year-old Maliyah Jones died, while two-year-old Aubrianna Loya remains in critical condition.
  Mother and daughter, Sandi and Mary Taylor were in charge of their care. They told police Sandi took 12 chil
  
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• Daycare workers accused of leaving toddlers inside hot car appear in court

  03-08-2017 20:29 via krqe.com
  PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – Two New Mexico daycare workers accused of leaving two toddlers in a hot car, killing one of them, are in court Thursday as a judge determines if they will remain locked up pending a trial.
  It happened at the home daycare called “Taylors Tots” last week.
  One-year-old Maliyah Jones died, while two-year-old Aubrianna Loya remains in critical condition.
  Mother and daughter, Sandi and Mary Taylor, were in charge of their care. They told police Sandi took
  
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• Recall Rundown: The biggest recalls you may have missed in July

  03-08-2017 20:18
  
  Here are some of last month's biggest recalls.
  
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• Cultural Atlas: The Great American Solar Eclipse

  03-08-2017 20:14 via krqe.com
  A grand solar event is on its way to North American, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is getting you ready!
  It’s the Great American Solar Eclipse, happening August 21.  While you can’t look directly at the event, the Natural History Museum’s Jim Greenhouse stops by the Living studios to show us a handful of ways to observe it.
  You can get hands-on in these crafts Friday, August 4 at the museum. Greenhouse and other volunteers will be teaching ways t
  
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• Mural dedicated to Ashlynne Mike vandalized

  03-08-2017 20:12 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A mural dedicated to 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike, the girl kidnapped and murdered on the Navajo Nation last year was vandalized.
  The mural covered the walls of the Navajo Route 562 tunnel.
  The mural was found over the weekend covered in graffiti.
  On Monday, the upper Fruitland Chapter decided to paint over it.
  Now, all that’s left are the words, “one love.”
  The decision to paint over it came a day before the man who killed her, Tom Begaye Jr.
  
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• Next phase of work to begin on New Mexico Highway 41

  03-08-2017 20:11 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The state is working to improve a highway that is notorious for dangerous crashes.
  The New Mexico DOT says the next phase of work on New Mexico Highway 41 will begin on September 25.
  Crews will be working to add shoulders and smoothing some dips along the nine-mile stretch from the south end of Galisteo to an area known as Clark Hill.
  Construction is expected to be complete sometime next year.
  Officials also say it will cost nearly $22-million.
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• Perfect locations for watching the Great American Eclipse

  03-08-2017 19:55
  
  Here are the perfect spots for watching next month's eclipse.
  
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• Your kitchen sponge is filled with germs and microwaving it doesn't make a difference

  03-08-2017 19:54
  
  The sponges examined in this study were dirtier than a toilet. Yuck!
  
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• Venomous snakes suddenly show up in neighborhood

  03-08-2017 19:49
  
  Officials have been called in to figure out why venomous snakes have suddenly shown up in a neighborhood.
  
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• ACLU-NM decries Sessions 'sanctuary' demands on Albuquerque

  03-08-2017 19:45
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico is denouncing demands for Albuquerque to adopt tougher immigration policies in order to get access to federal law enforcement funds.
  
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• Dad of Afghanistan robotics team member confirmed dead after mosque attack

  03-08-2017 19:43
  
  Tuesday's brutal attack on the mosque killed 33 worshippers as they prayed, according to provincial officials.
  
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• Los Lunas police search for suspects linked to Days Inn robbery

  03-08-2017 19:40 via krqe.com
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – New video released by Los Lunas police shows the moments a Days Inn was robbed at gunpoint.
  Now they are asking for your help identifying the suspects.
  It happened at the Days Inn on Main Street on July 29.
  In the surveillance video, you can see two men asking the clerk about renting a room.
  Seconds later he pulls out a gun from his waistband.
  The suspect, kept the gun concealed at first then points it at the clerk, demanding she give him all of the money.
  The
  
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• The River runs through him

  03-08-2017 19:38
  
  "I think the flow of the river is likened to how we live our life every day, it's time passing down. "
  
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• Driver in pursuit dead after crashing into church

  03-08-2017 19:34
  
  One person is dead after crashing into a church following a pursuit with New Mexico police.
  
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• Scaramucci cancels online event

  03-08-2017 19:32
  
  Anthony Scaramucci wants to tell his own story.
  
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• This Instagram-famous couple is breaking fitness boundaries together

  03-08-2017 19:18
  
  "I figured I’d try to make her proud."
  
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• Surveillance video shows moment earthquake knocks out power for thousands

  03-08-2017 19:13
  
  Surveillance cameras at an Oklahoma fire department were recording as a 4.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the state and knocked out power for thousands.
  
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• New app connects dog walkers, owners

  03-08-2017 19:12
  
  Rover is a network connecting dog sitters and walkers with owners. Some users are making as much as six-figures with the app.
  
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• Thrill-seeking couple gets married mid-roller coaster ride

  03-08-2017 18:53
  
  “I DOOOOooooo.....!”
  
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• Robert Hardy, Cornelius Fudge in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 91

  03-08-2017 18:49
  
  The actor played Britain's prime minister as well as the fictionally based minister of magic.
  
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• Trump announces new ways to help veterans get medical care

  03-08-2017 18:42 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants to make it easier for veterans to get medical care and is promoting new ways to use technology to help.
  President Donald Trump says the goal is to greatly expand access, especially for mental health care and suicide prevention.
  Trump says veterans in rural areas will also benefit. The initiatives Trump announced Thursday at the White House include using video technology and diagnostic tools to conduct medical exams. Veterans also will be able to use m
  
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• Baltimore police investigating drug-planting charges, why body cam was turned off

  03-08-2017 18:33
  
  Baltimore police are investigating allegations that an officer planted drugs and why a second officer turned off his body camera at a scene.
  
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• Plane helps make one of the biggest sky art drawings in the US

  03-08-2017 18:32
  
  The flight's path ultimately depicted a drawing of a plane that spanned across nearly 20 states.
  
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• Testimony in New Mexico educational funding trial to end Friday

  03-08-2017 18:28
  
  A high-stakes legal battle focused on the plight of New Mexico's most vulnerable public school students is headed toward the finish line.
  
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• ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star arrested for indecent assault and battery

  03-08-2017 18:15
  
  Tom Wopat is performing in a play in the Massachusetts town he was arrested in, and the show will go on.
  
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• ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star arrested for indecent assault and battery, report says

  03-08-2017 18:03
  
  Tom Wopat is performing in a play in the Massachusetts town he was arrested in, and the show will go on.
  
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• Transcripts reveal Trump's early diplomatic tone with Mexico, Australia

  03-08-2017 18:02
  
  Transcripts obtained by The Washington Post reveal a forceful diplomatic tone in calls to Mexican and Australian leaders.
  
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• The Internet is going wild over this hidden detail on Sour Patch Kids packaging

  03-08-2017 17:44
  
  How clever!
  
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