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• Woman kept 2 teen girls in home that smelled like 'rotting flesh'

  01-10-2017 23:56
  
  An Indiana woman kept 2 teen girls locked in her home, failing to educate, and at times, feed them.
  
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• Violence mars Catalonia independence vote, hundreds hurt

  01-10-2017 23:24 via krqe.com
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia’s defiant bid to hold a referendum on independence from Spain degenerated into ugly scenes of mayhem on Sunday, with more than 800 people injured as riot police attacked peaceful protesters and unarmed civilians gathered to cast their ballots in a vote the government had banned as unconstitutional. Thirty-three officers were also injured.
  Hundreds of police armed with truncheons and rubber bullets were sent in from other regions to confiscate ballots
  
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• Power outage affects thousands in Las Vegas, N.M.

  01-10-2017 23:20 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) –  PNM reported a power outage in Las Vegas, N.M. Sunday morning affecting 2,365 customers.
  The estimated restore time was 1:30 p.m.Outage in #LasVegas affecting 2,365 customers. Boundaries are: N=TAXI RD, S=HIGGINS RD, E=LAS VEGAS AIRPORT,… https://t.co/fMagBCqlbF
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  As of 1:37 p.m., around 1450 customers were still without power.#LasVegas outage update: 985 customers restored. Re
  
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• O.J. Simpson must follow these rules outside of prison

  01-10-2017 23:19
  
  The state of Nevada has set up a list of rules for O.J. Simpson following his release from prison after 9 years.
  
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• Buyer beware: Long-term care costs are surging

  01-10-2017 23:10 via krqe.com
  Long-term care costs are surging again and the most expensive option — a private nursing home room — may soon top $100,000 per year.
  Growing labor expenses and sicker patients helped push the median cost of care that includes adult day care and assisted living communities up an average of 4.5 percent this year, according to a survey released Tuesday by Genworth Financial. That’s the second-highest increase since Genworth started its survey in 2004.
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• Photo Gallery: Hail, Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms Hit New Mexico

  01-10-2017 23:05 via krqe.com
  Hail, heavy rain and flash flooding from thunderstorms paraded across New Mexico this weekend.
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  Warnings issued for thunderstorms moving across New Mexico
  Flooding damage widespread across Valencia County Severe Weather New Mexico Heavy rain and hail was an unwelcome sight for many in Valencia County still picking up the pieces from Friday night’s big storm.Video taken Friday shows the storm between Veguita and Belen. Courtesy of Lindsay Walraven via ReportI
  
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• Warnings issued for thunderstorms moving across New Mexico

  01-10-2017 22:53 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities are warning of hail, heavy rain and possible flash flooding from thunderstorms parading across New Mexico.
  The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings Saturday afternoon for parts of Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico and Bernalillo and Sandoval counties in central New Mexico.
  The warning areas included Albuquerque and stretches of Interstates 25 and 40
  
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• Retro gamers, rejoice! Commodore 64 mini console coming In 2018

  01-10-2017 22:51
  
  Retro Games will release its own throwback console with the Commodore 64 Mini, which will look like a smaller version of the original device.
  
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• Cool, damp weather brings relief to US wildfire outlook

  01-10-2017 22:38 via krqe.com
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Wildfire forecasters say cool, damp weather has brought relief to the northwestern U.S., northern Idaho and western Montana after a trying summer, but the fall fire season is getting underway in Southern California.
  The National Interagency Fire Center said Sunday the risk of big wildfires will be above average for Southern California through December.
  The risk is also high in central and northeastern Montana, which is gripped by a severe drought.
  The center’s mo
  
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• 1 in 5 millennials are moving home to 'chase the dream'

  01-10-2017 22:38
  
  One out of five millennials are moving back in with their parents to "live their dream."
  
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• Feeling old? DNA supports an early evolution of our species

  01-10-2017 22:27 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A study of DNA from African fossils is providing new evidence that our species is a lot older than scientists had shown.
  It concludes Homo sapiens had appeared by at least 260,000 to 350,000 years ago. That fits with a fossil finding in Morocco that was reported in June, which suggested our species had emerged by around 300,000 years ago.
  Previously, the oldest known fossils clearly from our species were a bit less than 200,000 years old, from Ethiopia.
  For the new work, sc
  
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• HGTV’s ‘Fixer Upper’ to end after upcoming fifth season

  01-10-2017 22:25 via krqe.com
  WACO, Texas (AP) — The husband and wife team behind HGTV remodeling show “Fixer Upper” have announced that the popular series will end after its upcoming fifth season.
  In a blog post Tuesday announcing the decision, Joanna and Chip Gaines write that they need to catch their breath for a moment. The couple says their family is healthy and their marriage “has honestly never been stronger.” They say they plan “to take this time to shore up and strengthen the spot
  
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• San Juan mayor in hurricane spotlight after Trump tweets

  01-10-2017 22:22 via krqe.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The mayor of Puerto Rico’s has long won attention as a hands-on leader, but this week Carmen Yulin Cruz rose to international fame as the target of Twitter attacks by U.S. President Donald Trump.
  That includes a tweet Sunday calling her and others “politically motivated ingrates” in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
  The insult came after Saturday Night Live portrayed Cruz in a skit highlighting the latest controversy for one of Puerto Rico’s
  
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• Community rallies behind homeless man after Facebook photo goes viral

  01-10-2017 22:01
  
  "We have to help each other. And helping each other helps all of us."
  
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• OJ Simpson freed to parole after 9 years for Vegas robbery

  01-10-2017 21:30 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist that brought prison time he avoided after his 1995 acquittal in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend.
  Simpson was released at 12:08 a.m. PDT from Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada, state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told The Associated Press. She said she didn’t know immediately where Simpson was headed, adding that an unidentif
  
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• Deadly knife attacks in Marseille, France, treated as terror attack

  01-10-2017 21:28
  
  The incident is being treated as a terror attack and has been handed over to a special prosecutor in Paris, the prosecutor's office told CNN.
  
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• Union for 430 Sandia Labs employees authorizes a strike

  01-10-2017 21:27 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The union that represents 430 Sandia National Laboratories employees has voted to authorize them to go on strike.
  A lab spokeswoman tells the Albuquerque Journal that the Metal Trades Council rejected Sandia’s “last, best and final offer” during contract negotiations Friday night.
  However, a strike authorization doesn’t mean a strike is imminent and the union hasn’t notified the labs that its mem
  
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• Two dead in Silver City flash flood

  01-10-2017 21:23 via krqe.com
  SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – The identities of two people caught up in a deadly flash flood in Silver City have been released.
  Silver City Police and Silver City Fire Department responded to a call around 1:52 a.m. Saturday of a car being stuck in the San Vicente Arroyo, where the creek passes under Highway 180.
  They found the vehicle lodged against the north side of the bridge with no one inside.
  After an extended search, two bodies were recovered further downstream and later
  
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• Albuquerque police: Man who fled bait car operation arrested

  01-10-2017 21:17 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man who allegedly fled a bait car two weeks ago in southeast Albuquerque.
  According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, 26-year-old Randall Parker was booked into jail Saturday.
  Authorities say he’s facing numerous charges including two counts of receiving and transferring a stolen motor vehicle, aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon and shooting from a motor vehicle and aggravated elu
  
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• WhatsApp service disrupted in China as censorship tightens

  01-10-2017 21:11 via krqe.com
  BEIJING (AP) — The encrypted messaging service WhatsApp suffered intermittent disruptions in China on Tuesday as communist authorities tightened censorship ahead of a major ruling party meeting.
  Attempts to set up new WhatsApp accounts on some cellphones were met with network error messages. Others reported difficulty sending images and video on the service, which is owned by Facebook and offers more privacy than government-monitored Chinese social media.
  Chinese authorities are tightening
  
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• Over 700 injured as Spain cracks down on Catalan referendum

  01-10-2017 20:51
  
  Catalonia's disputed independence referendum was in chaos on Sunday, with reports of hundreds injured as Spain's national police launched a widespread crackdown on the vote
  
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• Now a free man, OJ Simpson could rake in over $300,000 per year

  01-10-2017 20:16
  
  Newly released from prison, O.J. Simpson stands to lead a comfortable life due to NFL and Screen Actor's Guild pensions
  
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• Researchers want to know why beluga whales haven’t recovered

  01-10-2017 20:09 via krqe.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife officials have launched new research into a highly endangered population of beluga whales.
  Aided by more than $1.3 million in federal grants, the research is aimed at determining why beluga whales in Cook Inlet have not recovered.
  The white whales were declared endangered in 2008.
  Mandy Keogh (KEE-oh), a physiologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, says the population has remained suppressed at only 340 animals.
  One study will analyze t
  
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• Few anthem protests as NFL Week 4 continues

  01-10-2017 20:01
  
  Most NFL players stood for the national anthem before early Games of Week 4, this after more than 200 players knelt in response to several tweets by President Donald Trump last week
  
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• Hurricane Harvey victims showcase sense of humor in Halloween decorations

  01-10-2017 19:47
  
  Despite having two feet of water in her home after Hurricane Harvey, Brian and Tessie Bailey are trying to make the best out of a bad situation
  
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• No more flying with reindeer: Unique Alaska planes to retire

  01-10-2017 19:08 via krqe.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Claire Richardson remembers taking off in an airplane uniquely configured for Alaska when a horrible smell seeped into the passenger area.
  The captain soon came on the speaker to apologize for the odor, which was coming from 70 skittish baby reindeer headed for Texas.
  “Guess they all pooped as we lifted off from the runway,” said Richardson, a Jesuit volunteer at a Nome radio station during the 1980s flight who is now chief of staff for Alaska Lt. Gov.
  
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• Hundreds injured as Spain cracks down on Catalan referendum

  01-10-2017 18:30
  
  Catalonia's disputed independence referendum was in chaos on Sunday, with reports of hundreds injured as Spain's national police launched a widespread crackdown on the vote
  
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• Recent storms leave farms a muddy mess

  01-10-2017 18:13
  
  Farms are muddy messes because of the recent storms.
  
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• Mulvaney: Too early to judge Trump tax plan

  01-10-2017 17:21
  
  White House budget director Mick Mulvaney dismissed critics of the Trump administration's proposed tax overhaul, saying a detailed analysis wouldn't be possible until the full plan is crafted.
  
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• Trump: Tillerson 'wasting his time' negotiating with North Korea

  01-10-2017 17:15
  
  President Donald Trump on Sunday again mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should not bother trying to negotiate with him
  
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• Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health

  01-10-2017 17:03 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact — and to finally customize ways to prevent and treat disease.
  Why does one sibling get sick but not another? Why does a drug cure one patient but only cause nasty side effects in the next?
  Finding out is a tall order. Today, diseases typically are treated based on
  
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• California schools warn flutes could be tainted with bodily fluid

  01-10-2017 16:52
  
  Parents were warned Saturday that a music teacher with a nonprofit group may have handed out flutes to schoolchildren that were tainted with his own semen
  
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• Vogue Magazine publisher Si Newhouse dies at 89

  01-10-2017 16:22
  
  Newhouse died Sunday morning at his New York City home.
  
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• Assailant shot dead after knife attack at French train station

  01-10-2017 16:21
  
  Officials say at least two women were killed in the attack
  
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• Albuquerque zoo starts October by celebrating ‘Croctober’

  01-10-2017 16:17 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The ABQ BioPark will kick of the month of October with a special crocodile-themed event.
  “Croctober” is scheduled for this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Visitors can check out hands-on discovery stations and try their hand at croc-themed crafts.
  There will also be special chats and feedings throughout the day.
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• Saints kneel before, not during, anthem as NFL Week 4 begins

  01-10-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  New Orleans Saints players, coaches and staff knelt before the start of the national anthem but stood in unison once it began ahead of their game against the Miami Dolphins at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
  A week ago, demonstrations were organized across the NFL in response to President Donald Trump’s criticism of players who kneel during the national anthem. The Jacksonville Jaguars’ Shad Khan was the first owner to join his players before the game, standing arm-in-arm w
  
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• O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery

  01-10-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided after his 1995 acquittal in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend.
  Simpson was released at 12:08 a.m. PDT from Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada, state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told The Associated Press. She said she didn’t know immediately where Simpson was headed in his
  
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• OJ Simpson is freed, with no word on where he went next

  01-10-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials at a remote Nevada prison where O.J. Simpson was set free early Sunday after nine years for armed robbery arranged the former football and Hollywood star’s dead-of-night departure to avoid public scrutiny.
  It worked. Simpson signed release paperwork just before midnight and disappeared into the darkness minutes into the first day he was eligible for release. Through efforts by prison officials to keep the time and place secret, there were no journalists out
  
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• Official: OJ Simpson freed from Nevada prison after 9 years

  01-10-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prison official says O.J. Simpson, the former football legend and Hollywood star, has been released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for armed robbery.
  Unlike when he walked free after his murder trial in 1995, Simpson faces parole supervision for another five years.
  Nevada state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast told The Associated Press Simpson was released early Sunday.
  The 70-year-old Simpson told the parole board that he wanted to live
  
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• Mystery couple picking up tabs at Pennsylvania restaurant

  01-10-2017 16:11 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A mystery couple has been picking up the checks for other customers at a southwestern Pennsylvania restaurant.
  KDKA-TV (http://cbsloc.al/2fCvFJR ) reports the couple has been doing that for years at the Applebee’s in Washington, Pennsylvania, but only recently have their good deeds come to light.
  Jolie Welling says she was celebrating her daughter’s birthday only to find the couple recently paid the entire tab — for 16 people. Samantha Powell, the w
  
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• Local crew traveling to Puerto Rico to help with relief efforts

  01-10-2017 15:24 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local group of former and current military members are traveling to Puerto Rico soon to help in relief efforts.
  Blake Ezuela has been working to map out a plan. “They’re people and they’re American people as well. We’re soldiers, ex and current and it’s time to help those people,” Ezuela said.
  The group is taking items like backpacks, first aid kits and water filters.
  Ezuela has family in Puerto Rico. He say his loved ones wi
  
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• Pet of the week: Smokey

  01-10-2017 15:21
  
  Pet of the week: Smokey
  
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• Chaos in Spain as Catalan independence referendum begins

  01-10-2017 15:07
  
  At least 337 people have been injured as national police descend on the region
  
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• Young girl's basketball dream comes true

  01-10-2017 15:06
  
  Young basketball star Madi Wood, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, so the Dream Factory decided to make one of her dreams come true.
  
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• In its 14th season, 'Grey's Anatomy' actually visits Seattle

  01-10-2017 14:31
  
  The long-running show, based in Seattle, has seldom filmed in the actual city
  
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• OJ Simpson walks out of Nevada prison after 9 years

  01-10-2017 13:54
  
  An upbeat O.J. Simpson walked out of prison early Sunday after serving nine years for kidnapping and armed robbery in Las Vegas.
  
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• Terrorism suspected in attack on Canadian police officer

  01-10-2017 13:42
  
  1 person is in custody following the high speed chase that injured the police officer and three others
  
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• OJ Simpson freed from Nevada prison after 9 years

  01-10-2017 13:30
  
  Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist
  
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• Jay-Z shows support for Colin Kaepernick on season premiere of 'SNL'

  01-10-2017 10:08
  
  The rapper sported a football jersey with the number seven and the words "Colin K" written on the back of it, in a show of support for former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
  
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• Substitute teacher takes knee in classroom during pledge of allegiance

  01-10-2017 09:14
  
  A substitute teacher in Massachusetts created some controversy after deciding to take a knee while students recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
  
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