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• Yellowstone supervolcano could erupt sooner than we think

  12-10-2017 23:50
  
  The supervolcano could spew 250 times more rock and ash than Mount St. Helens did in 1980, killing 57 people.
  
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• ​Man tried to sell drugs that featured Superman logo, police say

  12-10-2017 23:20
  
  Police in one rural community are warning that drugs featuring a Superman logo seem to be geared toward children.
  
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• Disabled man to ride 88 miles in wheelchair to raise money for children's charity

  12-10-2017 23:15
  
  "I'm attempting to do 88 miles on the Tanglefoot Trail in my wheelchair. Not attempting, I'm going to do it."
  
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• 6 steps to make sure your car doesn't smell like garbage

  12-10-2017 22:56
  
  Here's how to make your car smell fresh and clean again.
  
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• Facebook promises action on Russia ads

  12-10-2017 22:09
  
  Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg says the social media giant is "cooperating fully" with federal investigators after it found 3,000 ads coming from Russia which targeted Americans during the 2016 campaign.
  
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• US, Israel to exit UN agency over alleged anti-Israel bias

  12-10-2017 21:00 via krqe.com
  PARIS (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it is pulling out of the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for “fundamental reform” in the agency.
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel plans to follow suit.
  While the Trump administration had been preparing for a likely withdrawal from UNESCO for months, the timing of the State Department’s statement Thursday was une
  
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• Border wall prototypes being built in California

  12-10-2017 20:44
  
  It may not be the real thing yet, but pieces of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall are popping up in southern California.
  
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• New neon ART signs installed along Central

  12-10-2017 20:39 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – You could call it a sign that the Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project is nearing completion.
  The station at Coors and Central now has a new 30-foot sign. The signs will be a staple for the ART bus stops.
  They will light up in neon and the colors can be changed to read for Lobo games.
  ART officials say the signs represent the history of Central.
  Four cameras will be added and will also feed in directly to the Real Crime Center. They will also install 911 button
  
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• Aerospace professionals talk future of flight, what New Mexico has to offer

  12-10-2017 20:29 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Leaders from across the United States are in Albuquerque to hear about the future of flight.
  Aerospace professionals are at Hotel Andaluz talking about opportunities in the space and aviation industry.
  Among the leaders in town are lieutenant governors from several states who are hearing about what New Mexico has to offer in the industry.
  This is the first time the event has been held in New Mexico.
  Presenters include Aerospace leaders from NASA an
  
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• Navajo, Hopi tribes get funding to ease coal plant shutdown

  12-10-2017 20:07 via krqe.com
  PAGE, Ariz. (AP) – The federal government is awarding nearly $420,000 to the Navajo and Hopi tribes to prepare for the closure of a coal-fired power plant and mine.
  The Navajo Generating Station in Page and the Kayenta Mine will shut down in 2019 unless a new owner for the power plant is found.
  The U.S. Department of Commerce announced financial support Wednesday for communities dealing with the declining use of coal.
  The Navajo Nation will get nearly $155,000 for a commercial plan to ease
  
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• Man accused of robbing Circle K in federal custody

  12-10-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of robbing a Circle K last week and shooting two people is now in federal custody.
  The State has dropped its charges against Erik Reddick and Thursday morning he went before a federal judge.
  Police say Reddick robbed the Circle K on Wyoming near Candelaria on October 6 and fired shots as he got away.
  Police tracked down Reddick at a Denny’s parking lot and arrested him.
  Circle K is part of a nationwide chain.
   
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• Quiz: National Bullying Prevention Month

  12-10-2017 20:03 via krqe.com
  October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying and cyberbullying is a serious issue across the United States that affects more people than you may realize. Try this quiz, and learn about the different forms of bullying going on today.Take Our Survey(App users click here to take quiz)
  Filed under: Brain Break
  
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• What is Swedish 'death cleaning'?

  12-10-2017 19:54
  
  Sure, it sounds morbid, but it's actually a pretty smart idea.
  
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• How California's wildfires are affecting wine country's harvest season

  12-10-2017 19:47
  
  Which grapes have been harvested? Will the smoke affect the wines' taste?
  
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• New Mexico seeks comments on statewide bicycle network

  12-10-2017 19:29 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico transportation officials want to establish a statewide bicycle network and they’re asking for the public’s help.
  The Transportation Department announced Wednesday that it has set up a website where cyclists and others can share information as part of the planning process for prioritizing routes that are safe and offer the most connectivity.
  The agency has contracted with Bohannan Huston, Inc. and Alta Planning + Design to develop the NM Bike Pla
  
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• Feds shut down trucking company tied to immigrant smuggling case

  12-10-2017 19:29
  
  Federal safety regulators have shut down the troubled Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed was traveling around 100 mph

  12-10-2017 19:25
  
  A motorcyclist who was killed Wednesday night was traveling around 100 miles per hour at the time of the crash, police say.
  
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• 'Only the beginning': Trump signs order on health care

  12-10-2017 19:21
  
  After the Senate's failed efforts to end Obamacare, the president signed an executive order aimed at wider access to health insurance plans featuring lower premiums.
  
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• Watch 2017 Atlantic hurricanes race across tropics in this NOAA timelapse

  12-10-2017 19:20
  
  The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is one for the record books.
  
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• NMDOT crews prepare for upcoming winter season in New Mexico

  12-10-2017 19:18 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico Department of Transportation crews are preparing to clear the roads and highways for the upcoming winter season.
  Crews have been preparing their salt and sand spreaders, snow plows and graders.
  “Our crews across the state are ready to respond to winter weather so we can keep the traveling public safe,” said NMDOT Secretary Tom Church in a press release. “If you must get behind the wheel during winter weather conditions please take t
  
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• Tips on where to catch balloon landings

  12-10-2017 19:09
  
  If you're a Balloon Fiesta fan, you 'll spend a lot of time watching balloons launch, but you can also get some great views when they land.
  
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• Dry weather could erase gains made by firefighters in California wildfires

  12-10-2017 19:08
  
  "It's going to continue to get worse before it gets better," the state's top fire official said of the blazes that have taken at least 24 lives.
  
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• Trump’s health care end run reflects frustrations

  12-10-2017 19:01 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated over setbacks in Congress, President Donald Trump wielded his rule-making power Thursday to launch an end run that might get him closer to his goal of repealing and replacing “Obamacare.”
  Whether Trump’s executive order will be the play that breaks through isn’t clear.
  Experts say consumers aren’t likely to see major changes any time soon, although the White House is promising lower costs and more options.
  Some experts warned that
  
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• Calling it a beginning, Trump signs health care order

  12-10-2017 19:01 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite federal rules so consumers can have wider access to health insurance plans featuring lower premiums. He called his new executive order a “beginning” and promised more actions to come.
  Frustrated by failures in Congress, Trump is moving to put his own stamp on health care. But even the limited steps the president outlined Thursday will take months for the federal bureaucracy to finalize in r
  
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• Olympic hopefuls enjoy flexible work schedule while training

  12-10-2017 18:55
  
  Even medalists need a job when they're not sliding around.
  
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• New hope for those who suffer with sleep apnea

  12-10-2017 18:51
  
  A new procedure is available for those who suffer from sleep apnea.
  
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• PHOTOS: Day 5 of Balloon Fiesta

  12-10-2017 18:50
  
  ulocal users share their photos from Day 5 of Balloon Fiesta.
  
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• UAE stops issuing new visas for North Korean laborers

  12-10-2017 18:49 via krqe.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Thursday it would stop issuing new visas to North Korean workers, becoming the latest Gulf country to limit Pyongyang’s ability to evade sanctions and raise money abroad amid tensions with the U.S.
  A statement by the UAE Foreign Ministry did not address the hundreds of North Korean laborers already working in the Emirates. A call to the UAE’s Embassy in Washington was not immediately returned.
  The statement said t
  
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• Army schedules hearing to consider Bowe Bergdahl plea

  12-10-2017 18:47 via krqe.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will appear in court next week to enter an expected guilty plea to charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009.
  The Army announced that Bergdahl will enter a plea Monday at Fort Bragg. The news release didn’t elaborate on what his plea would entail, but two individuals with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press last week that Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty to desertion
  
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• Caught on camera: Officers save woman from burning car

  12-10-2017 18:37
  
  Two police officers on their way to another assignment helped pull a woman from a burning car early Sunday morning.
  
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• Store owner fights off 'ninja' robber

  12-10-2017 18:30
  
  The video shows the ninja robber confront the clerk who began to fight back with a 2x4.
  
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• Researchers find the universe's 'missing matter'

  12-10-2017 18:27
  
  These researchers are now one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of space.
  
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• Trump signs 'truly historic' order on health care aimed at giving more options

  12-10-2017 17:58
  
  Two weeks after the latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare failed, the president signed an executive order to promote health care choice and competition.
  
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• 20+ Halloween movies your family will want to watch again and again

  12-10-2017 17:52
  
  Fall just wouldn't feel right without 'em.
  
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• Seth MacFarlane explains his Harvey Weinstein joke during the 2013 Oscars

  12-10-2017 17:50
  
  "This came from a place of loathing and anger."
  
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• US ski jumpers, Nordic combined athletes 1 step closer to Olympic berth

  12-10-2017 17:49
  
  U.S. Olympic hopefuls compete in national competition in Lake Placid
  
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• Southwest Airlines announces plan for service to Hawaii

  12-10-2017 17:31 via krqe.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — Southwest Airlines officials say they plan to begin offering flights to and from Hawaii and expect tickets to go on sale next year.
  The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that the Dallas-based airline made the announcement on Tuesday, and its officials say it will soon begin the public application process to obtain the Federal Aviation Administration certification that allows aircraft to operate to and from the mainland and Hawaii.
  Though th
  
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• Man led troopers on chase because 'it was on his bucket list'

  12-10-2017 17:31
  
  A short chase by the Iowa State Patrol ended Thursday morning with an excuse from the driver troopers have never heard before.
  
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• Florida man hid cameras in his Airbnb bedroom

  12-10-2017 17:27
  
  The guests noticed something suspicious about the room's smoke detector.
  
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• TIME-LAPSE: Day 6 is Kid's Day at Balloon Fiesta

  12-10-2017 17:26
  
  Another beautiful time-lapse from Day 6 of Balloon Fiesta.
  
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• Girl Scouts hit back after Boy Scouts open program to girls

  12-10-2017 17:10
  
  "The Boy Scouts' house is on fire"
  
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• Family held captive by Taliban-linked group freed

  12-10-2017 17:10
  
  U.S. officials say Pakistan secured the release of Canadian Joshua Boyle, his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their children.
  
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• New Mexico Transportation Dept. seeks comments on statewide bicycle network

  12-10-2017 16:47
  
  New Mexico transportation officials want to establish a statewide bicycle network and they're asking for the public's help.
  
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• James Van Der Beek comes forward about his experience with sexual assault

  12-10-2017 16:47
  
  He said that during his early days in Hollywood, he'd also been groped and cornered by older, powerful men.
  
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• State Police search for man who left reintegration facility

  12-10-2017 16:41 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State Police are looking for a man who walked away from a reintegration facility.
  Gustavo A. Alvarado left the Albuquerque Boys Reintegration Center where he was being housed Thursday.
  He was last seen leaving the facility in a white Chevrolet Suburban with silver rims and dark tinted windows.
  Alvarado is a 20-year-old Hispanic male, who is five-foot-six, has brown eyes and black hair.
  Alvarado was convicted of a violent felony offense as
  
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• Police search for offender that "left" detention center

  12-10-2017 16:41
  
  New Mexico authorities are looking for a young man who left a state facility for juvenile offenders.
  
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• Dog found close to death has unusual X-ray

  12-10-2017 16:33
  
  "No one, nothing breathing or living deserves to be treated like that and dumped for death," said the man who found the dying dog.
  
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• 'Despacito' most watched YouTube video ever

  12-10-2017 16:26
  
  It's managed to draw over 4 billion views and counting!
  
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• Father charged in death of 15-day-old daughter whose body was left in woods

  12-10-2017 16:06
  
  An autopsy determined that the 15-day old infant died from blunt force trauma to her head, and her father was arrested and charged in her death.
  
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• US pulling out of UN cultural agency over perceived anti-Israel bias

  12-10-2017 15:58
  
  The United States had already suspended its UNESCO funding in 2011 over its vote to include Palestine as a member.
  
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