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• Death toll from Somalia car bombings climbs to 358

  20-10-2017 23:36
  
  The bombings occurred October 14, in Mogadishu, the capital city.
  
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• Plenty of bereaved military families did not hear from Trump

  20-10-2017 23:27 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Some got sympathy and solace. Some got silence. One got a promise of cash.
  Relatives of people who died in military service have recounted varied interactions with President Donald Trumpin the difficult days and weeks after the deaths of their loved ones. Despite Trump’s boast that he reaches out personally to all families of the fallen, interviews with families members did not support his claim. Some never heard from him
  
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• Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prevent Western wildfires

  20-10-2017 23:11 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As wildfires rage across California and the West, Democratic and Republican senators have joined forces to help rural communities better prepare for and prevent catastrophic wildfires.
  A bill introduced Thursday by senators from three Northwestern states would authorize more than $100 million to help at-risk communities prevent wildfires and create a pilot program to cut down trees in the most fire-pron
  
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• 8-year-old girl donates stuffed animals to police

  20-10-2017 23:01
  
  "I gave them away to the police station to give them to kids that get scared in car accidents, or see something really scary."
  
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• Police activity shuts down Comanche at San Mateo

  20-10-2017 23:00
  
  Drivers are advised to avoid the area.
  
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• Women involved in 'study' recount having electrodes strapped to scalp, branding

  20-10-2017 22:53
  
  "I started screaming and crying and just freaking out. ... I didn't understand why he was showing me this. It went to the end of the clip, and I just sat there and I cried."
  
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• Lockdowns lifted at Cleveland and McKinley middle schools

  20-10-2017 22:48 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The lockdowns at Cleveland and McKinley middle schools have been lifted.
  The lockdowns were due to police activity in the area.
  APS says the lockdowns happened too close to dismissal for school buses to run, so all students must be picked up by their parents. All parents must have their IDs.
  No further information is available.Cleveland/McKinley lockdown lifted. ALL students must be picked up by parents w/ ID.Lockdownhappened too close to dismissal 4 buses 2
  
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• Lockdowns lifted at Cleveland and McKinely middle schools

  20-10-2017 22:48 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The lockdowns at Cleveland and McKinley middle schools have been lifted.
  The lockdowns were due to police activity in the area.
  APS says the lockdowns happened too close to dismissal for school buses to run, so all students must be picked up by their parents. All parents must have their IDs.
  No further information is available.Cleveland/McKinley lockdown lifted. ALL students must be picked up by parents w/ ID.Lockdownhappened too close to dismissal 4 buses 2
  
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• Man in Navajo Nation killing sentenced to life

  20-10-2017 22:47
  
  Tom Begaye was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the May 2016 killing of Ashlynne Mike on the Navajo Nation.
  
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• 3 arrested after shooting following white nationalist speech

  20-10-2017 22:37 via krqe.com
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A man who fired a shot at anti-Nazi protesters following a speech at the University of Florida by a white nationalist has been charged with attempted murder, police in Gainesville said Friday. Two men who allegedly urged him to shoot face the same charge.
  A Gainesville Police Department report released on Friday said that Tyler Tenbrink, 28; William Fears, 30; and his brother, 28-year-old Colton Fears, all from Texas, were arrested on attempted homicide charges fol
  
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• Crash shuts down northeast Albuquerque intersection

  20-10-2017 22:01 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police are shutting down the intersection of Comanche and San Mateo.
  Information at this time is limited. According to an Albuquerque Police tweet, police the intersection is being shut down due to a vehicle accident.
  KRQE News 13 will provide updates as they become available.Reference the vehicle accident at Comanche / San Mateo traffic is shut down all 4 directions
  — Albuquerque Police (@ABQPOLICE) October 20, 2017Reference the vehicle
  
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• Company that bought Eclipse Aviation reduces workforce

  20-10-2017 21:54 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The company that bought out Eclipse Aviation with the goal of turning the company around is now laying off the workers.
  One Aviation says it’s reducing its workforce but would not say how much.
  Eclipse Aviation first opened in Albuquerque in 2001, bringing thousands of jobs. It later transformed into Eclipse Aerospace after emerging from bankruptcy.
  In 2015, there was another buyout and the company changed its name to One Aviation.
  While the compa
  
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• Trump's drawing of Empire State Building exceeds expectations at auction

  20-10-2017 21:35
  
  The president made the sketch in the '90s, and it went for $100 the first time it was sold.
  
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• Spacewalking astronaut copes with frayed tether, bad jetpack

  20-10-2017 21:27 via krqe.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacewalking astronaut successfully replaced a blurry camera outside the International Space Station on Friday, but had to contend with a balky jetpack and a frayed safety tether.
  Both jetpacks and safety ties are crucial for saving a flyaway astronaut.
  NASA said Joe Acaba was always securely attached to the orbiting outpost and never in any danger during the nearly seven-hour spacewalk.
  But one of his tethers had to be replaced shortly after he and station co
  
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• Rio Olympic head leaves prison; will face corruption charges

  20-10-2017 20:51 via krqe.com
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carlos Nuzman, who headed last year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics, left prison Friday after his arrest two weeks ago on eventual charges that he arranged bribes to land the games for Brazil.
  The 75-year-old Brazilian is standing trial for money laundering, tax evasion, and racketeering, though it’s unclear how long that will take under Brazil’s slow-moving justice system.
  Brazilian and French authorities say Nuzman helped directed $2 million to Papa Mass
  
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• High school football team lets opponent in wheelchair score touchdown

  20-10-2017 20:46
  
  "Thank you from the bottom of my hears for the impact that this will last a lifetime for him."
  
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• Father of newborn baby accused of selling heroin in maternity ward

  20-10-2017 20:46
  
  His girlfriend had given birth to their child the same day.
  
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• Courageous bus driver honored for saving 30 students during bus fire

  20-10-2017 20:30
  
  "He had backpacks in his arms, and he was getting kids off the bus really fast."
  
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• Man in killing of Navajo Nation girl set to be sentenced

  20-10-2017 20:28
  
  A man who pleaded guilty to the murder and sexual assault in the death of an 11-year-old girl on the largest American Indian reservation is set to be sentenced.
  
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• See the incredible costumes these parents make for their son in a wheelchair

  20-10-2017 20:27
  
  His costumes get more amazing every year!
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder disappears during trial

  20-10-2017 20:22
  
  The Milwaukee man took off his electronic monitoring bracelet and disappeared in the midst of his trial.
  
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• Local miniature train club teaches public how to spruce up their garden

  20-10-2017 20:21 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Garden RailRoaders club is teaching people how to lay down their own train tracks in their garden.
  The Train Tracks in Your Garden Show is happening all weekend at the Botanical Gardens.
  There will be demonstrations from members of the RailRoaders club on how to spruce up your garden with miniature G-scale model trains.
  Members will showcase their personal collection of model trains as well as some local public displays.
  The event ki
  
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• Local miniature train club teaches people how to spruce up their gardens

  20-10-2017 20:21 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Garden RailRoaders Club is teaching people how to lay down their own train tracks in their garden.
  The Train Tracks in Your Garden Show is happening all weekend at the Botanical Gardens.
  There will be demonstrations from members of the RailRoaders Club on how to spruce up your garden with miniature G-scale model trains.
  Members will showcase their personal collection of model trains, as well as some local public displays.
  The event k
  
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• Hawaii boat crash spurs new concerns about foreign fishermen

  20-10-2017 20:12 via krqe.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — A boat that ran aground off Honolulu while transporting foreign fishermen to work in Hawaii’s commercial fishing industry has raised new questions about the safety and working conditions for foreign laborers in this unique U.S. fleet.
  A long, cramped journey to the United States for a group of fishermen from Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Kiribati ended with a U.S. Coast Guard rescue last week after their fishing vessel smashed into a reef just off Waikiki’
  
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• Playboy just featured its first-ever transgender Playmate

  20-10-2017 20:08
  
  “It’s the most beautiful compliment I’ve ever received.”
  
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• US says 2 more American victims confirmed in Cuba attacks

  20-10-2017 20:07 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two more U.S. government workers have been confirmed to be victims of invisible attacks in Cuba, the United States said Friday, raising the total to 24.
  The tally has inched upward since the U.S. first disclosed in August that embassy workers and their families in Havana had been harmed by unexplained, mysterious incidents affecting their health. The Trump administration later said it had determined the incidents were “specific attacks” that are ongoing, but i
  
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• It makes total sense that KFC follows only 11 people on Twitter

  20-10-2017 20:06
  
  They've each got something special in common.
  
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• Neighbor fatally shoots suspect after seeing man being beaten, robbed

  20-10-2017 19:57
  
  A man saw the struggle and grabbed a gun.
  
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• 8,400 buildings destroyed in California wildfires

  20-10-2017 19:32
  
  The number of buildings razed was increased as crews inspected damage in hard hit areas.
  
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• Wife gets hilarious revenge on husband who called her a 'sandwich maker'

  20-10-2017 19:17
  
  It seems as though he might have bitten off more than he could chew.
  
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• Senate passes budget blueprint with eye toward tax reform: Here's what's next

  20-10-2017 19:09
  
  Congress' fight for tax reform is just getting started.
  
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• Dramatic video shows deputy risking life to save others during California wildfires

  20-10-2017 19:06
  
  "We were trying to get to as many people as we could. We were pushing into a complete fear zone."
  
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• Trump promises tax cuts as Senate GOP paves way with budget

  20-10-2017 18:59 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised tax cuts Friday “which will be the biggest in the history of our country” following Senate passage of a $4 trillion budget that lays the groundwork for Republicans’ promised tax legislation.
  Republicans hope to push the first tax overhaul in three decades through Congress by year’s end, an ambitious goal that would fulfill multiple campaign promises but could run aground over any number of disputes. Failure could cos
  
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• Trump pledges biggest tax cuts ever as Senate paves way

  20-10-2017 18:59 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised tax cuts Friday “which will be the biggest in the history of our country!” following Senate passage of a $4 trillion budget that lays the groundwork for Republicans’ promised tax legislation.
  Republicans hope to push the first tax overhaul in three decades through Congress by year’s end, an ambitious goal that would fulfill multiple campaign promises but could run aground over any number
  
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• Man attacks people at Polish shopping mall; 1 dead, 7 hurt

  20-10-2017 18:51 via krqe.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A man attacked people with a knife Friday at a shopping mall in southeastern Poland, killing one person and wounding seven others, police said. Shoppers detained the attacker until police could arrive.
  The attack took place Friday afternoon at the VIVO! mall in the town of Stalowa Wola, according to Andrzej Wierszyna, a spokesman for the town’s police. The alleged attacker was a 27-year-old Polish resident of the town, he told The Associated Press.
  His weapon wa
  
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• Mother shares powerful post on daughters' finding joy

  20-10-2017 18:44
  
  Last year, a Tennessee mother’s powerful message to her daughter about the effects of bullying went viral. And this year, that same mother has another post going viral, this time about a very special trip to Disney World.
  
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• New Mexico senators advocate for nuclear oversight board

  20-10-2017 18:25 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are pushing to ensure a federal oversight panel will have the resources it needs to continue monitoring operations at national laboratories and other nuclear sites around the country.
  Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have proposed as part of a major defense spending bill that the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board report to Congress each year on what additional resources are needed to ensure that operat
  
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• How to make this creepy gin Halloween cocktail

  20-10-2017 18:14
  
  Complete with oozing eyeballs.
  
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• Hurricane Maria death toll rises to 49 in Puerto Rico

  20-10-2017 18:04 via krqe.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says the death toll from Hurricane Maria has risen to 49 in the U.S. territory after officials confirmed a death from a bacterial disease that spreads through animals’ urine.
  The governor did not identify the victim. Medical officials said the person died from leptospirosis. They are investigating at least 74 other suspected cases of the disease.
  The illness is not uncommon in the tropics, particularly after heavy rains o
  
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