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• Albuquerque man wins $1 million in Mega Millions drawing

  23-08-2017 23:39 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man can now call himself a millionaire.
  Leonard Bulmer is the person who bought the $1 million winning Mega Millions ticket for the August 18 drawing.
  He says he found out he was a winner on Friday night and had to hold onto that $1 million ticket all weekend.
  Bulmer plans to pay some bills and relax, but says his lottery days aren’t over. He has his ticket ready for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. 
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• The White House renovations are complete

  23-08-2017 23:31
  
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• Officials hope to help those affected by closure of Torrance County jail

  23-08-2017 23:29 via krqe.com
  ESTANCIA, N.M. (KRQE) – Officials are trying to lessen the blow to Estancia with the closure of Torrance County Detention Center.
  Wednesday, 200 employees who are about to lose their jobs tried to get new ones with a job fair created specifically for them.
  The sudden closure of the jail is expected to have a major impact on the town.
  “It’s really not just 230 jobs, but secondary jobs support positions, the materials prisons buy from local community… It’s reall
  
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• West Wing update includes new paint, carpet and eagles

  23-08-2017 23:16 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The West Wing has fresh paint on the walls, new carpet underfoot, cool, crisp air and more than a few new eagle decorations.
  The White House renovations took place while President Donald Trump was on his “working vacation” this month. Updates included replacing the 27-year-old heating and cooling system, refreshing the paint and carpets throughout offices and meeting rooms and hanging Trump-approved wallpaper in the Oval Office.
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• Prince Harry breaks his silence about the paparazzi who photographed his mother dying

  23-08-2017 23:12
  
  "The people who chased her into the tunnel were the same people who were taking photographs of her dying."
  
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• 10 tragic lottery stories prove money doesn’t buy happiness

  23-08-2017 23:12
  
  The outcome for many lottery winners has been anything but good fortune.
  
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• Man meets his biological father after 43 years

  23-08-2017 23:00
  
  Sam Landis finally meets his biological birth father after being adopted when he was 6 months old.
  
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• Commissioners vote to expand paid military leave for Bernalillo County employees

  23-08-2017 23:00 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County commissioners voted to expand paid military leave for county employees.
  The resolution doubles paid leave from three weeks to six for non-union employees who serve in the National Guard or Reserves.
  Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada says the move helps the county stay competitive with other government employers and prevents workers from having to use vacation and sick leave for military service.
  Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins questione
  
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• Commissioners vote to expand military leave for Bernalillo County employees

  23-08-2017 23:00 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County commissioners voted to expand military leave for county employees.
  The resolution doubles from three weeks to six for non-union employees who serve in the National Guard or Reserves.
  Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada says the move helps the county stay competitive with other government employers and prevents workers from having to use vacation and sick leave for military service.
  Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins questioned the need, give
  
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• Princes William and Harry speak candidly about Diana’s death

  23-08-2017 22:59 via krqe.com
  LONDON (AP) — Princes William and Harry have spoken candidly about the death of their mother, Princess Diana, in an interview marking 20 years since she was killed in a car crash in Paris, paying tribute to the actions of their father in breaking the tragic news.
  Excerpts of the BBC interviews released Wednesday mark something of a departure for the two princes, who have largely refrained from discussing Prince Charles’ actions in other interviews d
  
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• Family of abducted Chinese scholar speak of helplessness

  23-08-2017 22:55 via krqe.com
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Family and friends of a Chinese woman who was abducted while studying at the University of Illinois said Tuesday they won’t give up on finding the missing woman.
  The boyfriend of Yingying Zhang expressed frustration at the pace of the search. With the missing 26-year-old woman’s parents standing nearby during a news conference, Xiaolin Hou said her family and friends “feel helpless” because they don’t know when their ordeal wil
  
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• Courageous dog takes snakebite to protect owner

  23-08-2017 22:53
  
  Meet Beast, a pit bull who went full beast mode when a rattlesnake threatened his owner.
  
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• Albuquerque’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention celebrates it’s 49th year

  23-08-2017 22:19 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque’s own science fiction and fantasy convention, Bubonicon 49 is about to blast off again. This year’s Hugo Award winning artist shares her work with KRQE viewers.
  New Mexico’s annual Bubonicon convention is celebrating its 49th year, with more than 50 participants that run the gamut from authors and artists to local filmmakers. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, August 25 and continue through Sunday, August 27 at 5 p
  
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• August will close with a bang, thanks to exciting local events

  23-08-2017 22:13 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (KRQE) – This week in Albuquerque is filled with hops, movies, and a wild planetarium show.
  Albuquerque Hopfest: The 10th Annual Albuquerque Hopfest at Isleta Resort and Casino features over 70 fantastic breweries, craft beer sampling, and several local bands. General admission includes entrance to festival, 30 beer samples, a souvenir glass, music, vendors, games, an event program, and one entry in grand prize drawing. Date and Time:  August 26 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m
  
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• Valencia County Emergency Dispatch Center evacuated due to chemical smell

  23-08-2017 21:38 via krqe.com
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Valencia County Emergency Dispatch Center is being evacuated due to reports of a chemical smell.
  Valencia Sheriff’s Department Mobile Command Post is being utilized at this time to ensure all other emergency calls will be taken care.
  This is a developing story. KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.
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• Police give ‘all clear’ following Valencia County dispatch center evacuation

  23-08-2017 21:38 via krqe.com
  LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Los Lunas Police have given the “all clear” after an evacuation at the Valencia County Emergency Dispatch Center on Wednesday.
  The evacuation was due to reports of a chemical smell. The building was evacuated for about two-and-a-half hours after an “unknown chemical reaction” occurred during a test on narcotics.
  Police say the fumes sent two officers to the hospital. Those officers are said to be in good condition and expect to be relea
  
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• Charlottesville shrouds Confederate statues in black

  23-08-2017 21:15
  
  Some onlookers cheered the move as the city mourns a protester who was killed earlier this month.
  
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• The Girl Scouts are accusing the Boy Scouts of secretly trying to recruit girls

  23-08-2017 21:01
  
  The Boy Scouts say people want activities for the whole family, but the Girl Scouts call it a "takeover."
  
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• Trump calls for 'new unity' after heated campaign rally

  23-08-2017 20:48
  
  "We are one people, with one home, and one flag," the president said during his speech in Nevada
  
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• Airport restaurant looking for local artist to create mural

  23-08-2017 20:45 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Sunport has a lot of local art and now an airport restaurant is hoping to add to it.
  The Route 66 Lounge is looking for a local artist to create a mural for them. They started a competition to search for a mural that will be seen by the thousands that go through the airport.
  Owners say the theme is Route 66 and they’re looking for an artist to portray what the famous route means to New Mexicans through the mural.
  “They’re co
  
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• New Mexico senator announces funding to develop new defense system

  23-08-2017 20:34 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich, announced funding to help develop a new type of defense system for the United States Wednesday.
  The senator says $17-million will go to create Directed Energy Systems.
  The system is usually a laser that can be mounted on a plane or the ground.
  It’s used to disable enemy weapons, including explosives and rockets.
  Right now Directed Energy Systems are in the testing and research phase, but Heinrich hopes for more.
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• City of Las Vegas allows officers to coach part time

  23-08-2017 20:26 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Officers in one New Mexico town will now be able to coach teams as a part time job.
  Last week, the city of Las Vegas said it would not let officers coach on the side.
  The city says it wants officers ready in case of an emergency or if they’re needed for overtime.They said having another job like coaching may prevent that from happening.
  Chief of Police Juan Montano filed a tort claim against the city saying the order is not reasonable.
  He said the city i
  
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• Eclipse crowds may have doubled Wyoming's population

  23-08-2017 20:23
  
  The least populated state in the nation has seen total eclipses before but likely never as many people.
  
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• Senior officer with Kayenta police dies in car accident

  23-08-2017 20:19 via krqe.com
  KAYENTA, Ariz. (AP) – Navajo Nation officials say a senior officer with the Kayenta Police Department has died in an off-duty car accident.
  Tribal officials say Nelson Martin was killed in a crash on Monday. His funeral was held Tuesday in Goulding, Utah.
  Martin had been with the police department since 2002.
  Officials say Martin was a member of the strategic reaction team and a school resource officer.
  They say he worked in collaboration with the Kayenta Unified School District to provide
  
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• State Dept. issues travel warning for some areas in Mexico

  23-08-2017 20:17
  
  The U.S. State Department has issued a new travel warning for certain areas of Mexico.
  
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• Trump talks unity in Phoenix, but detours into angry words for media

  23-08-2017 20:16
  
  Trump's arrival at the Phoenix Convention Center was greeted by mass protests from progressive and anti-bigotry groups.
  
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• Police search for repeat property crime offender

  23-08-2017 20:16 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police are on the hunt for what they call a high profile repeat property crime offender.
  They say he was on probation and parole for possession of a deadly weapon or explosive device by a prisoner.
  He also has multiple warrants in connection to a burglary, transferring of a stolen vehicle, and drug charges.
  He’s had nine felony arrest in the past three years in Bernalillo County, alone.
  If you have information, you’re asked to ca
  
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• Loaded firearm found in bag at Durango-La Plata County airport

  23-08-2017 20:11 via krqe.com
  DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – A loaded firearm was found by the TSA in a bag at the Durango-La Plata County airport.
  The Durango Herald reports the loaded semi-automatic pistol was detected by an x-ray machine on Sunday morning.
  The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office took the weapon and interviewed the passenger, who was allowed to continue on their flight.
  TSA said this is the third firearm found at the Durango-La Plata County airport this year.
  They also say a gun can only be taken in
  
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• Powerball Jackpot grows to $700M

  23-08-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Powerball Jackpot is growing.
  Right now it’s the second largest jackpot in history at a whopping $700-million.
  The jackpot has been slowly growing since June.
  The last time someone matched all six numbers was a one in 2922-million chance.
  Those odds have actually dropped in the past few years, after Powerball officials added 10 balls to the cage. There is now a total of 69 balls.
  If no one matches Wednesday’s Powerball numbers, the jackpot wi
  
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• $700M Powerball jackpot second largest in history

  23-08-2017 20:10 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Powerball Jackpot is growing.
  Right now it’s the second largest jackpot in history at a whopping $700-million.
  The jackpot has been slowly growing since June.
  The last time someone matched all six numbers was a one in 2922-million chance.
  Those odds have actually dropped in the past few years, after Powerball officials added 10 balls to the cage. There is now a total of 69 balls.
  If no one matches Wednesday’s Powerball numbers, the jackpot wi
  
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• This is the age when people start hating their jobs

  23-08-2017 19:55
  
  Are you there yet?
  
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• CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Woman stuffs 17 bottles of alcohol under clothes

  23-08-2017 19:40
  
  A woman was recently caught on camera stuffing bottles of alcohol into her purse and underneath her clothes.
  
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• Shark takes a bite out of paddleboard on popular beach

  23-08-2017 19:34
  
  Ashark bit a paddleboard off the coast of Cape Cod, forcing officials to close a popular beach.
  
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• State Department Science Envoy spells 'impeach' in resignation letter to Trump

  23-08-2017 19:27
  
  Professor Daniel M. Kammen used the first letter in each of his seven-paragraph resignation he tendered to Trump to spell out the word I-M-P-E-A-C-H.
  
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• Taylor Swift officially announces her new album and single

  23-08-2017 19:14
  
  So that's what all the snake posts were about!
  
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• 'Inspiring' teen with Down syndrome proves she belongs on cheer squad

  23-08-2017 19:10
  
  The Missouri girl was asked to learn 10 cheers, and now she knows close to 50.
  
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• Stranger stays on shooting scene to comfort dying officer

  23-08-2017 18:57
  
  Officer Thomas Orr was killed in a shooting Sunday night in Kansas City.
  
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• Pigs rescued from blaze served up as sausages to firefighters who saved them

  23-08-2017 18:43
  
  Out of the fire and into the frying pan?
  
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• This is why plane windows never line up with your seat

  23-08-2017 18:14
  
  Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with safety.
  
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• Elon Musk just revealed the SpaceX space suit's design

  23-08-2017 18:14
  
  The first people Musk sends to space will be going in style.
  
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• Mosquitoes linked to Zika virus found in Socorro County

  23-08-2017 18:13 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say mosquitoes capable of transmitting the Zika virus have been found in New Mexico’s Socorro County.
  Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health and New Mexico State University said Tuesday that it’s the first time a species of mosquito capable of transmitting Zika virus has been found in Socorro County.
  However, there have been no identified human cases of Zika virus in the county so far.
  The addition of Socorro County brings the total
  
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• Fast-food franchisee confronted over 'disgusting' kitchen videos: 'Too bad'

  23-08-2017 17:52
  
  The owner mixed sauces with his bare hands, grabbed utensils from a pile of dirty dishes and even implemented the five-second rule.
  
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• To E or not to E – USC didn’t in spelling Shakespeare’s name

  23-08-2017 16:49 via krqe.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Visitors to the University of Southern California might well be muttering, “What fools these mortals be” as they stroll past a statue of the legendary queen of Troy and notice William Shakespeare’s name seemingly misspelled at its base.
  To USC officials, it’s much ado about nothing.
  “To E, or not to E, that is the question,” the school responded in a statement Tuesday when asked why Shakespeare’s name is missing the last letter E
  
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• Charlottesville has found fabric big enough to cover 2 Confederate statues

  23-08-2017 16:45
  
  Hunting down swaths large enough to drape over the monuments of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson proved tough.
  
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• Devil worshiper sues school district over civil rights, alleged defamation

  23-08-2017 16:44
  
  A self-proclaimed devil worshiper says his daughter was unfairly and repeatedly strip-searched at her school because of the family's beliefs.
  
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• Dutch activists in legal battle to urge action on pollution

  23-08-2017 16:43 via krqe.com
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Environmentalists went to court Wednesday to demand that the Dutch government take urgent action to improve air quality, arguing that authorities haven’t done enough to meet European Union-mandated targets.
  The summary hearing in The Hague was part of a crowd-funded legal battle by the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, which says that the government must do more to reduce harmful airborne pollution.
  Lawyer Edward Brans, representing the state, said that
  
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• Bourbon, pizzas and now spaghetti sauce cover Arkansas roads

  23-08-2017 16:35 via krqe.com
  CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — It’s a smorgasbord on Arkansas highways, with the third food spill in as many weeks.
  A truck driver distracted by a GPS unit crashed near the intersection of U.S. 278 and Arkansas 24 at Camden early Monday and spilled a truckload of spaghetti sauce. On Aug. 2, a tank car filled with bourbon crashed on Interstate 40 in eastern Arkansas and motorists on Interstate 30 had to leave the highway at Little Rock on Aug. 9 after a truck accide
  
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• Many mothers aren't putting babies to sleep correctly — and it's risking their lives

  23-08-2017 16:33
  
  This new study's findings are very concerning.
  
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• Whole Foods shareholders to get their say on Amazon deal

  23-08-2017 16:26 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods shareholders will vote on whether to bless a union with Amazon that the organic grocery chain’s CEO called “love at first sight.”
  Before agreeing to the $13.7 billion offer, Whole Foods had been under intense shareholder pressure to improve results and retain customers who have more choices about where to get natural foods.
  Approval from Whole Foods shareholders on Wednesday is one of the steps required to close the deal. The companies also nee
  
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• Student arrested, accused of punching teacher

  23-08-2017 16:01
  
  Police say they arrested a high school student that punched a teacher several times.
  
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