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• Tom Cruise appears to have injured himself during 'Mission: Impossible 6' stunt

  13-08-2017 23:40
  
  The 55-year-old actor appeared to injure himself while filming a scene for "Mission: Impossible 6."
  
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• Oprah-branded mashed potatoes, soups to hit supermarkets

  13-08-2017 23:07 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is headed to the supermarket aisle with her own line of refrigerated soups and side dishes.
  The media mogul teamed up with food giant Kraft Heinz to launch the line after creating a joint venture earlier this year.
  The new brand, called O, That’s Good!, will offer comfort foods with added vegetables, such as mashed potatoes with cauliflower mixed in. A broccoli cheddar soup has butternut squash to replace some cheese.
  “This product line i
  
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• Man accused of ramming protesters pictured with racist group

  13-08-2017 23:01
  
  Charlottesville mayor Mike Signer is calling the car-ramming on Saturday a form of 'terrorism.'
  
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• Two US service members killed, five others injured in Iraq

  13-08-2017 22:43
  
  Two U.S. service members were killed and five were injured Sunday during combat operations in northern Iraq, officials said.
  
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• Scientists name prehistoric croc after Lemmy from Motorhead

  13-08-2017 22:11 via krqe.com
  LONDON (AP) — Scientists have named a pre-historic crocodile described as “one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the earth” after late Motorhead frontman and British heavy metal icon Lemmy Kilmister.
  London’s Natural History Museum says the fossil of what’s now known as Lemmysuchus obtusidens was dug up in England in the early 20th century but was incorrectly categorized with other sea crocodiles found in the area.
  Researchers recently took anothe
  
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• APD bomb squad cleared from home during suspicious death investigation

  13-08-2017 21:37
  
  Police believed explosives were inside the home
  
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• New hope for endangered eels, Japanese summer delicacy

  13-08-2017 21:25 via krqe.com
  FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — The Japanese summer delicacy of roasted eel, braised with a tangy sauce and sprinkled with prickly mountain pepper, is in question as the creatures with their mysterious migrations become increasingly endangered.
  Soaring demand for Japanese eel, or Anguilla japonica, helped put the creatures on the International Union of Conservation of Nature’s “Red List” of endangered species in 2014. It’s spurring poaching of similar species off the U.S. ea
  
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• South Valley homicide under investigation

  13-08-2017 20:46
  
  The incident happened early Sunday, scene still active
  
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• Bomb squad called out after body found inside home

  13-08-2017 20:42
  
  Albuquerque police say they are investigating a death at a home near the 7200 block of Constitution Avenue NE.
  
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• Mother demands answers after son is shot dead inside home

  13-08-2017 20:39
  
  The teenager was found inside his home shot, dead after police say his friends called 911
  
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• No leads in 5-week-old deadly shooting, robbery

  13-08-2017 20:38
  
  Police still don’t know who is responsible for an armed robbery and deadly shooting on Ross Avenue and San Mateo five weeks ago.
  
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• Families, friends welcome home National Guardsmen after serving in Middle East

  13-08-2017 20:29
  
  Saturday was the first day in more than a year that 160 members of the 1345th and their family members got to see one another.
  
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• BCSO investigating suspicious death in South Valley

  13-08-2017 19:31 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies were called out to investigate a suspicious death in the South Valley Sunday morning.BCSO says it happened in the 1700 block of Potomac Circle SW.
  No details of the deceased have been released as of yet.
  Information is extremely limited at this time.
  BCSO is asking the public to avoid the area if possible.
  KRQE will provide updates as information is made available.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News
  
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• White House says Trump condemns hate groups

  13-08-2017 19:08
  
  President Trump condemns hate groups such as 'white supremacists, KKK and neo-Nazis,' the White House says.
  
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• Recall Rundown: Everything pulled from shelves Aug. 6-12

  13-08-2017 18:45
  
  Here are some of the biggest recalls from last week.
  
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• Bernalillo Sheriff's office investigates homicide in South Valley

  13-08-2017 18:36
  
  The incident happened early Sunday, scene still active
  
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• Elderly man found dead in elevator after he called for help and no one came

  13-08-2017 18:34
  
  An 82-year-old man's decomposing body was found in an inoperable elevator in Denver nearly a month after he passed away.
  
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• Consumers Reports pulls Microsoft laptop recommendation

  13-08-2017 18:27 via krqe.com
  Consumer Reports is pulling its recommendation of four Microsoft laptops after one of its surveys found that users were complaining about problems with the devices.
  The consumer advocacy group said Thursday that it can no longer recommend Microsoft laptops or tablets because of poor reliability compared to other brands. Microsoft said the findings don’t accurately reflect Surface owners’ “true experiences.”
  The consumer group says Microsoft machines have performed well in
  
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• 'Annabelle' scares up $35 million during opening weekend

  13-08-2017 18:07
  
  Horror film 'Annabelle' scared up $35 million during its opening weekend.
  
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• Police investigate death at NE ABQ home

  13-08-2017 17:59
  
  Bomb squad on scene early Sunday morning to render home safe
  
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• Bomb squad responds to suspicious death investigation in northeast Albuquerque

  13-08-2017 17:50 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Police are conducting a suspicious death investigation after a man was found dead in northeast Albuquerque.
  The incident happened Saturday night in the 7200 block of Constitution northeast.Police say they responded to the scene after a person called 9-1-1 saying their roommate had shot himself. When officers arrived they found a 38-year-old man deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, but investigators say the death seems suspicious.
  While on scene, investigators
  
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• Bomb squad responds to investigation in northeast Albuquerque

  13-08-2017 17:50 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Police are conducting an investigation after a person was found dead in northeast Albuquerque.
  Police say the incident happened Saturday night in the 7200 block of Constitution northeast.
  The APD bomb squad has also been called out to the scene to search for any potential threat.
  APD is asking for citizens to avoid the area due to the active scene.
  Information is extremely limited at this time.
  KRQE will provide updates as details are made available.
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• Annual Kutz 4 Kidz provides free back-to-school haircuts Sunday

  13-08-2017 17:47 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A non-profit organization is helping kids look their best for their first day of school by giving them free hair cuts.
  “Dream Big” will hold their annual “Kutz 4 Kidz” event Sunday at the Pueblo of Isleta Recreation Center.
  Backpacks and school supplies will also be given out to kids in need.
  Members of the Albuquerque Isotopes will also be there to greet people.
  The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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• Dangerous form of Android spyware found in more than 1,000 apps

  13-08-2017 17:45
  
  Spyware that can record phone calls and send text messages has been found in more than 1,000 Android apps.
  
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• Woman killed in Charlottesville car-ramming identified

  13-08-2017 17:37
  
  Charlottesville mayor Mike Signer is calling the car-ramming on Saturday a form of 'terrorism.'
  
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• Facebook steps up video ambitions with Watch

  13-08-2017 17:27 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is launching a new section dedicated to live and recorded video.
  It’s a potential threat to Twitter, YouTube, Netflix and other services for watching video.
  People already watch a lot of videos on Facebook, but mostly when they scroll down their main news feed. Although there has already been a special video section, it mainly showed a random concoction of “suggested” videos.
  Facebook’s new Watch section builds on this. The idea is to let pe
  
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• APD: No leads in mysterious homicide of teen

  13-08-2017 17:18
  
  Albuquerque Police Department officials say they are investigating an apparent homicide that resulted in the death of a young man Friday afternoon.
  
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• Trump’s Venezuela comments pose challenges for Pence

  13-08-2017 17:00 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a role Mike Pence has come to know well.
  The vice president departs Sunday for Latin America on the heels of yet another provocative statement from President Donald Trump that he is sure to have to answer for. This time it’s Trump’s sudden declaration that he would not rule out a “military option” in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro has been consolidating power, plunging the country into chaos.
  The dramatic escalation in rhetori
  
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• The Latest: Trump aide considers Va. clash to be terrorism

  13-08-2017 17:00 via krqe.com
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s reactions to the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):
  9:10 a.m.
  President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, “meets the definition of terrorism.”
  H.R. McMaster tells ABC’s “This Week” that “anytime that you commit an attack against people to incite fear, it is terrorism.”
  One pers
  
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• ‘Meet a Muslim’ events hope to dispel misconceptions

  13-08-2017 17:00 via krqe.com
  FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — When Moina Shaiq realized even her friends were scared to ask her about her religion for fear of offending her or sounding uneducated, she put an advertisement in a California newspaper: “Questions and answers about being Muslim.”
  The ad offered ideas for questions: Are women oppressed in Islam? What is the Islamic view of terrorism? How does Islam view other religions?
  She set up shop at a coffee house in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fremont, hopin
  
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• Mayor pushes to remove 2 Confederate statues

  13-08-2017 17:00
  
  A Kentucky mayor is pushing to remove 2 Confederate statues from the lawn of a former courthouse.
  
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• Iran lawmakers raise missile, Guard spending to challenge US

  13-08-2017 17:00 via krqe.com
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Chanting “Death to America,” Iran’s parliament voted unanimously Sunday to increase spending on its ballistic missile program and the foreign operations of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, part of a sanctions bill mirroring a new U.S. law targeting the country.
  While offering hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding, the lawmakers’ bill offered a tactic as old as the slogan shouted since the 1979 Islamic Revolution — using Americ
  
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• Barcelona target Dembele remains suspended by Dortmund

  13-08-2017 17:00 via krqe.com
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund says France forward Ousmane Dembele remains suspended from team training “until further notice” as he agitates for a move to Barcelona.
  Dembele, who was fined by the club for missing training on Thursday, was initially suspended for Saturday’s German Cup game against FC Rielasingen-Arlen, but the decision to extend it was made between chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke, sporting director Michael Zorc and coach Peter Bosz.
  Zorc s
  
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• Albuquerque-area contractor sentenced in fraud case

  13-08-2017 16:57
  
  An Albuquerque-area contractor has been ordered to spend 27 months in federal prison and pay more than $410,000 in restitution in a tax evasion and fraud case.
  
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• Report: New Mexico VA office denies 90 pct of Gulf War claims

  13-08-2017 16:55
  
  A Veterans Affairs office in New Mexico during the 2015 fiscal year denied more than 90 percent of benefit claims related to Gulf War illnesses, marking the ninth-lowest approval rating among VA sites nationwide, according to a federal report.
  
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• Report: New Mexico VA office denies 90 pct of Gulf War illness claims

  13-08-2017 16:52
  
  A federal report shows that a Veteran Affairs office in New Mexico during the 2015 fiscal year denied more than 90 percent of benefit claims related to Gulf War illnesses, marking the ninth-lowest approval rating among VA sites nationwide.
  
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• US officials says confrontation with NKorea not imminent

  13-08-2017 16:51 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. national security officials said Sunday that a military confrontation with North Korea’s is not imminent, but they cautioned that the possibility of war is greater than it was a decade ago.
  CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s national security adviser, tried to provide assurances that a conflict is avoidable, while also supporting Trump’s tough talk. They said the United States and its allies no longer
  
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• US officials say confrontation with NKorea not imminent

  13-08-2017 16:51 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. national security officials said Sunday that a military confrontation with North Korea’s is not imminent, but they cautioned that the possibility of war is greater than it was a decade ago.
  CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s national security adviser, tried to provide assurances that a conflict is avoidable, while also supporting Trump’s tough talk. They said the United States and its allies no longer
  
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• After 30 years, museum gets stolen piece by modern master

  13-08-2017 16:50 via krqe.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — More than three decades after thieves made off with a valuable painting from the University of Arizona Museum of Art, officials say they have recovered the long sought piece from an antique dealer in New Mexico.
  Curators at the museum that was home to Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” spent years hoping to get it back after two people stole the painting the day after Thanksgiving in 1985.
  That dream finally came true when furniture and antique dealer David
  
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• Confrontation with North Korea not imminent, say US officials

  13-08-2017 16:22
  
  A confrontation with North Korea not imminent, say US officials.
  
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• Snapchat’s not-growing pains are a boom for Instagram

  13-08-2017 16:15 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook once failed to buy Snapchat; ever since, it’s tried to copy it, mostly without success.
  Until now. Facebook’s Instagram Stories, a clear Snapchat clone, has more daily users than Snapchat itself — and parent company Snap Inc. should be very worried.
  Snap’s stock price has fallen 45 percent since its initial public offering in May. While the doom doesn’t spell imminent death, it’s a sign that Snapchat could be relegated to the sid
  
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• Albuquerque police investigate possible shooting death of a teen

  13-08-2017 15:39
  
  The teenager was found inside his home shot, dead after police say his friends called 911
  
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• No longer king of the jungle: New fund to aid Africa’s lions

  13-08-2017 15:30 via krqe.com
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park is home to fewer than 50 lions after years of poaching decimated not only them but also their prey. Small patches of lion skin are sold at local fetish markets for $10, and their bones have a thriving market in Asia.
  Sightings have become so rare that it once took researchers conducting a lion survey in the area two months before they spotted one of the big cats. Conservationists, however, believe the park could one day rebou
  
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• AFD investigates vacant home fire in southwest Albuquerque

  13-08-2017 15:29 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Fire crews are working to determine what started a fire at a vacant home in southwest Albuquerque.
  It happened just after 8 p.m. Saturday on Aster Road near Bridge.
  AFD said a neighbor called in flames and smoke coming from the home.
  Firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames.
  No one was hurt.
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• The Latest: Threat of ethnic violence looms in Nairobi slum

  13-08-2017 15:18 via krqe.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on Kenya following its elections (all times local):
  7:10 p.m.
  Witnesses in Kenya say machete-wielding members of two rival ethnic groups are confronting each other in a Nairobi slum following days of election violence.
  The stand-off between members of the Luo and Kikuyu groups is occurring in Mathare, where police and rioters have clashed in the days since Kenya’s diputed Aug. 8 election.
  An Associated Press journalist at the scene says some of the pe
  
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• The Latest: Kenya president says violent protests illegal

  13-08-2017 15:18 via krqe.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on Kenya following its elections (all times local):
  4:25 p.m.
  The office of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says recent protests over the country’s disputed election have been violent and unlawful.
  Presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu said Sunday that any peaceful protests are a constitutional right and would be protected by police.
  “But sadly, we have seen violent protests, in which property has been damaged, and lives have been endangered,&rd
  
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• The Latest: Kenya police deny 24 death toll, say it is 6

  13-08-2017 15:18 via krqe.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on Kenya following its elections (all times local):
  4:00 p.m.
  The Kenyan police force is denying a report by a Kenyan human rights group that its officers have killed 24 people in election violence since Tuesday’s vote.
  The National Police Service said on Facebook Sunday that police have killed six “criminals” who were looting and rioting and attacked police officers in the past two days.
  Police say they are aware of the shooting death of
  
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• Ryan Howard is now an Albuquerque Isotope

  13-08-2017 15:18 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- The news was announced on Saturday that the Colorado Rockies had agreed to a minor league deal with first baseman Ryan Howard, and that night the former NL MVP was in an Isotope uniform.
  37 year old Howard did not get any playing time on Saturday, but the hope has to be that he still has some pop left in his bat. Howard hasn’t played in the majors since 2016, but with the playoffs approaching the Rockies could use more power in their lineup.
  Howard is of course kno
  
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• Venezuela rejects Trump talk of ‘military option’

  13-08-2017 15:17 via krqe.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government energetically rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of a potential “military option” to resolve the country’s political crisis on Saturday, calling it the most egregious act of belligerence against Venezuela in a century and a threat to stability in the region.
  The stinging rebuke came in a statement read by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in a meeting with foreign diplomats, including Lee McClenny, the top
  
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• Teton Saltes makes the move to Offensive Line

  13-08-2017 15:16 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- Former Valley Viking and highly recruited, Teton Saltes seemed to be fitting in on the UNM Defensive Line in his now Redshirt Freshman year. On the Lobos annual Fan Photo day at DreamStyle Stadium the team showcased their new and improved pass game, their always explosive run game, but also Teton Saltes at Offensive Tackle.
  “Teton could be a heck of a defensive lineman, but he may be able to walk over there like right now and start for us on the offensive line, you
  
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