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• New Mexico posing quarantine to stop pecan weevil bug

  17-11-2017 23:50 via krqe.com
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico agriculture officials are issuing a quarantine in hopes of stopping the spread of an invasive bug threatening the state’s pecan industry.
  The New Mexico Department of Agriculture says an emergency pecan weevil quarantine will take effect Monday and last for 180 days.
  No pecan shipments from Chaves, Curry, Eddy and Lea counties will be permitted.
  Meanwhile, the agency is also working with pest control companies to remove the weevil from residential a
  
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• Seven-year-old boy runs holiday toy drive for sick children stuck in the hospital

  17-11-2017 23:46
  
  "I just want people that don't get to go home for Christmas to have a Christmas present."
  
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• NYC taxi drivers camp it up in playful pinup calendar

  17-11-2017 23:44 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City cabbies have been called a lot of things over the years … courteous, reckless, sometimes rude. But sexy?
  That’s the tongue-in-cheek goal of a quirky pinup calendar featuring a dozen New York City taxi drivers smirking and smoldering in provocative poses in and around their yellow cabs.
  The NYC Taxi Drivers Calendar was the brainchild of Phil and Shannon Kirkman, a husband-and-wife te
  
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• A video game for black women tired of people touching their hair

  17-11-2017 23:42
  
  A new video game will give you a taste of how frustrating the experience can be.
  
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• 50 Albuquerque eateries partner with Uber for food delivery

  17-11-2017 23:37 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Fifty Albuquerque businesses are joining forces with Uber to bring you some eats.
  Breve Crepes and Coffee says the ride hailing company is expanding its food delivery service to Albuquerque.
  The service is simple. You go online, order what you want and pay a booking fee, then it’s delivered right to you.
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• Police say homeless man started abandoned building fire

  17-11-2017 23:31 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New details have been revealed regarding what was behind a fire at an abandoned Albuquerque building.
  It happened Wednesday afternoon on Central near Juan Tabo. 
  Witnesses told police a homeless man started a fire. That’s when 34-year-old Jason Pugh and another man attacked that man while yelling, “You burned my house.”
  According to the criminal complaint, the victim was cut several times.
  Pugh is charged with aggravated battery.
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• Major changes made to interstate plagued with deadly dust problem

  17-11-2017 22:56
  
  After a Target 7 investigation, state highway leaders promised to make changes.
  
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• ABQ Sunport checkpoint reopens after security scare

  17-11-2017 22:50
  
  Security screening have resumed and operations have returned to normal.
  
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• Keystone pipeline leak won't affect last regulatory hurdle

  17-11-2017 22:35
  
  A state official says discovery of an oil spill from the Keystone pipeline will not affect the decision of Nebraska regulators on a massive expansion of the system.
  
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• Albuquerque Sunport checkpoint reopens after security incident

  17-11-2017 22:05 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Sunport says its checkpoint is reopen following a security incident Friday afternoon.
  Sunport officials say the checkpoint was closed about 1:30 p.m. after TSA found something unusual.
  By 2:35 p.m, officials said the issue had been resolved and operations would return to normal shortly.
  They say the closure was prompted by an unattended bag left at the entrance to the screening area.
  Security incident has been resolved, security screening resuming
  
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• Meet 'Dr. Maggot': An entomologist that helps solve crimes with insects

  17-11-2017 22:04
  
  You could say forensic science doesn't 'bug' him.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 arrested after deputy-involved shooting

  17-11-2017 22:01
  
  An overnight chase involving a stolen truck and Bernalillo County deputies ended with two people dead Friday.
  
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• Ohio Supreme Court justice describes sexual history in controversial Facebook post

  17-11-2017 21:59
  
  The gubernatorial candidate's post went viral quickly.
  
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• Oral arguments scheduled in Texas-New Mexico water fight

  17-11-2017 21:31
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lengthy battle between New Mexico and Texas over management of one of North America's longest rivers.
  
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• County music star ​Kenny Chesney helps rescue animals from US Virgin Islands

  17-11-2017 21:24
  
  Kenny Chesney teams up with Big Dog Ranch to help rescue animals from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  
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• Danica Patrick to end racing career at next year's Indy 500

  17-11-2017 21:21
  
  She told her agent, and she's been working on putting together "The Danica Double" over the last several weeks.
  
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• NFL's Jameis Winston denies claim that he groped Uber driver

  17-11-2017 21:02
  
  The Tampa Bay star says he did not make inappropriate contact with a driver in 2016.
  
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• Tesla wants to electrify big trucks, adding to its ambitions

  17-11-2017 20:56 via krqe.com
  DETROIT (AP) — After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs — and, more recently, solar panels — Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big trucks.
  The company unveiled its new electric semitractor-trailer Thursday night near its design center in Hawthorne, California.
  CEO Elon Musk said the semi is capable of traveling 500 miles (804 kilometers) on an electric charge — even with a full 80,000-pound (36,287-kilogram) load — and will cost less than
  
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• Video shows 217 skydivers making pattern as part of new record attempt

  17-11-2017 20:42
  
  A photographer specializing in aerial cinematography recorded this awesome footage of a formation skydive above the city of Eloy, Arizona.
  
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• Rev Jesse Jackson discloses Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

  17-11-2017 20:41 via krqe.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson disclosed publicly Friday that he has been seeking outpatient care for two years for Parkinson’s disease and plans to “dedicate” himself to physical therapy.
  In a Friday letter to supporters, the 76-year-old civil rights icon said family and friends noticed a change in him about three years ago and he could no longer ignore symptoms of the chronic neurological disorder that causes movement difficulties.
  “Recognition of the effec
  
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• NFL's Jameis Winston denies allegation that he groped Uber driver

  17-11-2017 20:32
  
  The Tampa Bay star says he did not make inappropriate contact with a driver in 2016.
  
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• Wife defends embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore

  17-11-2017 20:29
  
  She spoke at a press conference with dozens of other female supporters.
  
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• Rev. Jesse Jackson announces he has Parkinson's disease

  17-11-2017 20:22
  
  The civil rights leader said recognition of the disease has been "painful, and I have been slow to grasp the gravity of it."
  
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• New Mexico labs, bases to benefit from spending bill

  17-11-2017 20:19 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation say a sweeping defense policy bill awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature includes funding for federal laboratories and military bases around the state.
  The defense authorization bill for 2018 sailed through the Senate on Thursday. The House approved the measure earlier this week.
  It includes more than $14 billion for the U.S. Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration. That&r
  
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• Judge allows lawsuit against SFUAD to proceed

  17-11-2017 20:16 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A lawsuit against the Santa Fe University of Art and Design will move forward.
  According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, a judge made a ruling yesterday, refusing to dismiss the suit at the school’s request.
  54 students filed suit against the school after administrators decided to close the university, citing financial challenges.
  The students claim the university committed fraud, breached its contract and left their educational future in limbo.
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• Dentist pays $15,000 bill for veteran’s dental work

  17-11-2017 20:16
  
  "I came in for a cleaning," the retired staff sergeant says in regards to his Texas-based doctor, "And he’s like, ‘My Goodness!’”
  
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• Teens involved in deadly crash appear before judge

  17-11-2017 20:13 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Three teens allegedly involved in a deadly crash in a stolen vehicle appeared before a judge Friday.
  Last month, police say a group of teens and a twelve-year-old crashed a stolen Jeep into another car at Burbank and Menaul. That crash killed 23-year-old D’Markus Blea.
  They say 18-year-old Domonic Rougemont admitted to stealing the car and causing the crash.
  Quontez Kuvinka and Matthew Nieto were the passengers.
  Rougemont is charged with first-degree m
  
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• Head of Puerto Rico's electric power authority resigns

  17-11-2017 19:36
  
  The embattled state-owned utility has faced scrutiny over how these fledgling companies won such lucrative deals over larger, more established utilities.
  
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• Holiday box office preview

  17-11-2017 19:23
  
  This weekend, DC returns to the big screen with its superhero team-up “Justice League” and Stephen Chbosky adapts a bestselling novel with “Wonder” as Oscar contenders lie in wait to be released across the country.
  
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• Rev. Jesse Jackson announces Parkinson's disease diagnosis

  17-11-2017 18:53
  
  The civil rights leader said recognition of the disease has been "painful, and I have been slow to grasp the gravity of it."
  
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• School 'share Tables" are taking on child hunger and food waste

  17-11-2017 18:52
  
  This idea is genius!
  
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• White House requests $44 billion disaster aid bill

  17-11-2017 18:47 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Friday sent Congress a $44 billion disaster aid request that’s already under attack from lawmakers from hurricane-hit regions as way too small.
  The request, President Donald Trump’s third since hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria slammed the Gulf Coast and Caribbean, would bring the total appropriated for disaster relief this fall close to $100 billion — and that’s before most of the money to rebuild Puerto Rico’s devastate
  
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• Director of Puerto Rico power company resigns

  17-11-2017 18:47 via krqe.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The director of Puerto Rico’s power company resigned on Friday amid ongoing blackouts and scrutiny of a contract awarded to a small Montana-based company to help rebuild the electric grid destroyed by Hurricane Maria.
  Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority said Ricardo Ramos presented his letter of resignation to the company’s board effective immediately. Officials said Ramos would soon provide additional information.
  Gov. Ricardo Rossello bri
  
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• Neighbors help during massive senior living center fire

  17-11-2017 18:32 via krqe.com
  Dozens of neighbors rushed to the scene of a massive late-night fire that injured at least 20 people at a Pennsylvania senior living community, wrapping the elderly in blankets and carrying them to ambulances in makeshift gurneys.
  Larry Kingsland, 62, said Friday he and scores of people who live around the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community ferried elderly residents to medics as firefighters rescued them from the blaze.
  “Everyone saw how devastating the fire was and we all had the sam
  
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• VA exploring idea of merging health system with Pentagon

  17-11-2017 18:16 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of its effort to expand private health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs is exploring the possibility of merging its health system with the Pentagon’s, a cost-saving measure that veterans groups say could threaten the viability of VA hospitals and clinics.
  VA spokesman Curt Cashour called the plan a potential “game-changer” that would “provide better care for veterans at a lower cost to taxpayers,” but he provided no specific d
  
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• 10 things a dermatologist wants you to know in winter

  17-11-2017 18:16
  
  Exactly how to keep your skin happily hydrated.
  
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• Things you may not know about Thanksgiving

  17-11-2017 18:10
  
  Thanksgiving Day has a very interesting history.
  
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• Spring runoff, late rains boost reservoirs in New Mexico

  17-11-2017 18:09 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Federal water managers say good spring runoff and heavy rains in the fall helped to boost reservoir levels in New Mexico this year.
  The Bureau of Reclamation announced this week that the Rio Grande in 2017 marked its highest spring runoff since 2008. The Rio Chama, the largest tributary to the Rio Grande in New Mexico, had its sixth best spring runoff since 1956.
  Officials say the good flows allowed for the first time in four years a full allocation of water to tho
  
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• Save precious time and oven space with crock-pot stuffing

  17-11-2017 17:24
  
  Give that bird some room!
  
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• Navy 'holding the crew accountable' after obscene skydrawings

  17-11-2017 17:15
  
  People in rural Washington state got a surprising view after a Naval aircraft crew had a little too much fun.
  
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• Jennifer Hudson splits from fiancé David Otunga

  17-11-2017 16:57
  
  The signer requested and received a protective order against him amid a custody battle.
  
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• Paleta shop offers classic treat with a twist

  17-11-2017 16:55
  
  When many people think of paletas in Albuquerque, they might picture an icy treat from a pushcart paleteria . But a new Albuquerque shop is putting a twist on the dessert, both to tempt taste buds and spread a little education.
  
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• Navy admits flight crew created phallic skydrawing over Washington town

  17-11-2017 16:53 via krqe.com
  OKANOGAN COUNTY, WA (WCMH) — The U.S. Navy says a flight crew who drew a phallic symbol over a Washington town will face punishment.
  According to The Spokesman-Review, residents of Okanogan, Washington, began reporting a skydrawing of male genitalia over the town, Thursday.
  “After it made the circles at the bottom, I knew what it was and started laughing,” Ramone Duran told The Spokesman-Review. “It was pretty funny to see that. You don’t expect to se
  
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• Sen. Hatch to Dems saying tax cuts are for rich: 'Bull crap'

  17-11-2017 16:49
  
  The fired-up Utah lawmaker said he's helped disadvantaged people "my whole stinking career."
  
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• Boston Dynamics has a robot that can backflip now

  17-11-2017 16:31
  
  Atlas the robot is preparing for Tokyo 2020.
  
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• US probes effectiveness of VW air bag wiring recall

  17-11-2017 16:23 via krqe.com
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that a Volkswagen recall may not fix a wiring problem that can stop the front driver’s air bag from inflating in a crash.
  The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers nearly 416,000 vehicles including the 2010 to 2014 CC and Passat, the 2010 to 2013 Eos, the 2011 to 2014 Golf, GTI, Jetta and Tiguan, and the 2012 to 2014 Jetta Sportwagen.
  VW recalled the cars in August of 2015 because wiring i
  
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• This 16-foot-tall wedding cake took one month and 15 people to make

  17-11-2017 16:22
  
  That's a cake not a castle.
  
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• Guns to Art exhibition hopes to spark conversation about gun violence prevention

  17-11-2017 16:09 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – With multiple mass shootings in the past few weeks making headlines, people across the country are searching for a way to respond.
  Students at one local school are channeling their creativity into forming pieces of art that they hope sparks more conversation about gun safety.
  Decommissioned firearms are not the easiest tool for artists to work with, but students at Santa Fe Community College are using them anyways, reshaping them into pieces of art. It’s all i
  
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• 2 found dead after deputy-involved shooting

  17-11-2017 15:58
  
  Coors is shut down in both directions south of I-40 after an erratic overnight chase led to a deputy-involved shooting.
  
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• Would you serve up Flamin' Hot Cheetos turkey this Thanksgiving?

  17-11-2017 15:52
  
  Kick your Thanksgiving up a notch with this flamin' hot recipe!
  
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