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• Months after clashes, free speech rally held in Boston

  18-11-2017 22:23
  
  The rally moved from the Boston Common to the steps of the State House, chanting "USA" and "All Lives Matter."
  
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• Teen rocks out with KISS front man Gene Simmons

  18-11-2017 21:42
  
  "I got some high-fives and 'good jobs' from other fans. It felt pretty good."
  
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• 'Partridge Family' star David Cassidy reportedly in organ failure

  18-11-2017 21:31
  
  A rep for the singer and actor says he is out of an induced coma and surrounded by family.
  
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• AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

  18-11-2017 21:17 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Hell,” ”Hells Bells” and “Back in Black,” has died. He was 64.
  AC/DC announced the death Saturday on their official Facebook page and website Saturday. A representative for the band confirmed that the posts were true. The posts did not say when or where Young died, but said the performer ha
  
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• New Mexico sees over-the-year job growth in private sector

  18-11-2017 21:14 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s unemployment rate edged lower in October to 6.1 percent, slightly less than the previous month and nearly a percentage point less than the same period last year.
  The state jobless rate is still higher than the national rate, but labor officials say New Mexico over the past year has recorded gains in the private sector that have resulted in 13,900 jobs, or 2.2 percent growth.
  Employment in the leisure and hospitality sector was up 4,000 jobs, or 4.2
  
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• Are holiday credit card promotions right for you?

  18-11-2017 21:07 via krqe.com
  Budgets and holidays don’t always go hand in hand. Putting gifts on a credit card can be tempting, but interest charges might sour your spirit and you might be drawn to credit card promotions with enticing offers such as “no interest if paid in full in 12 months” or “0 percent intro APR for 12 months.”
  They sound similar, and either can help you avoid interest for a while. But one merely defers interest , which can be more costly if you don’t underst
  
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• Spain: Ex-Caracas mayor meets leader after fleeing Venezuela

  18-11-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  MADRID (AP) — The ousted mayor of Caracas pledged to spread his protest against Venezuela’s socialist government across the world as he arrived in Spain on Saturday, a day after escaping from house arrest and slipping past Venezuelan security forces into Colombia.
  Antonio Ledezma’s flight from Bogota landed at Barajas airport in Spain’s capital, Madrid. With a Venezuelan flag draped over his shoulder, he hugged his wife and two daughters and said he would fight Venezuelan
  
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• Palestinians vow to suspend talks if US closes PLO mission

  18-11-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Palestinians threatened on Saturday to suspend all communication with the United States if the Trump administration follows through with plans to close their diplomatic office in Washington. The potential rupture in relations threatens to undermine President Donald Trump’s bid for Mideast peace — a mission he has handed his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
  Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the U.S. decision was “very unfortunate and unacceptab
  
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• Bonn climate talks end with progress despite US stance

  18-11-2017 20:55 via krqe.com
  BONN, Germany (AP) — As the first glimmer of dawn appeared across the Rhine River, delegates stumbled out of an all-night negotiating session at this year’s global climate talks, expressing satisfaction Saturday at the progress made toward creating a comprehensive rule book for fighting global warming.
  The two-week meeting in Bonn, Germany, was billed as a “blue-collar” event designed to hammer out the technical details of the 2015 Paris climate accord. But fears had loom
  
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• Is your own MD best in the hospital? Study eyes hospitalists

  18-11-2017 19:57 via krqe.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The old-fashioned, family doctor style of medicine could be lifesaving for elderly hospitalized patients, a big study suggests, showing benefits over a rapidly expanding alternative that has hospital-based doctors overseeing care instead.
  Medicare patients with common conditions including pneumonia, heart failure and urinary infections who were treated by their own primary care doctors were slightly more likely to survive after being sent home than those cared for instead by
  
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• Talk about vintage: Pottery shards show 8,000-year-old wine

  18-11-2017 19:54 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about vintage wine: Pieces of broken pottery found in the nation of Georgia provide the earliest known evidence for the origins of today’s winemaking industry.
  The eight shards, recovered from two sites about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Tbilisi, are roughly 8,000 years old. That’s some 600 to 1,000 years older than the previous record, revealed by a wine jar found in nearby Iran.
  It’s not the oldest sign of winemaking; other evidence shows that
  
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• Man gets his dying wish: To be buried with cheesesteaks

  18-11-2017 19:54
  
  A Pennsylvania man had two of his favorite sandwiches in his coffin.
  
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• Tax filers in most states claim deduction targeted by GOP plans

  18-11-2017 19:19
  
  The change could alter the bottom lines for millions of taxpayers who itemize.
  
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• Jack-Jack has powers, and 'The Incredibles 2' has a teaser trailer

  18-11-2017 19:14
  
  Here's a first look at the long-awaited superhero sequel.
  
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• AAA expects 50 million Americans to travel over Thanksgiving

  18-11-2017 18:36 via krqe.com
  If you’re traveling over Thanksgiving, you’ll have even more company than last year.
  AAA predicts that 50.9 million Americans will travel over the holiday, a 3.3 percent increase over 2016 and the most since 2005. The auto club credits a growing economy and low unemployment for putting people in the traveling mood.
  More than 45 million will travel by car between next Wednesday and the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the auto club said Thursday. About 4 million will fly, a 5 percent increa
  
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• LaVar Ball on Trump's role in son's release from China: 'Who?'

  18-11-2017 18:31
  
  The boisterous sports dad downplayed President Trump's part in getting his son and two other UCLA basketball players home after a shoplifting incident.
  
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• Museum of the Bible, built by Hobby Lobby owner, opens in DC

  18-11-2017 17:44 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years ago, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a new way to express his Christian faith. His family’s $4 billion arts and craft chain was already known for closing stores on Sundays, waging a Supreme Court fight over birth control and donating tens of millions of dollars to religious groups.
  Now, Green would begin collecting biblical artifacts that he hoped could become the starting point for a museum.
  On Friday, that vision will be realized when the 430,0
  
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• Man accidentally shoots wife in church while discussing gun safety, police say

  18-11-2017 17:32
  
  Wayne Reid, 81, was showing his unloaded handgun to other members of the church during a luncheon where the conversation turned to "bringing guns to church and protecting themselves."
  
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• Manhunt continues after Pa. police officer fatally shot

  18-11-2017 17:00
  
  Officer Brian Shaw had been with his department less than a year.
  
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• Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher

  18-11-2017 16:56 via krqe.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered object from another star system that’s passing through ours is shaped like a giant pink fire extinguisher.
  That’s the word this week from astronomers who have been observing this first-ever confirmed interstellar visitor.
  “I’m surprised by the elongated shape – nobody expected that,” said astronomer David Jewitt of the University of California, Los Angeles, who led the observation team that reported on the c
  
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• Mother: 4 people refused to help after she was shot in California rampage

  18-11-2017 16:55
  
  Tiffany Phommathep thought she was going to die as she frantically drove around asking people for help.
  
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• See 20 years of Earth's season changes in under a minute

  18-11-2017 16:03
  
  A NASA oceanographer says it's like watching planet breathe.
  
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• NM Football Friday Week 13

  18-11-2017 15:54 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)-
  Week 2 of the playoffs is on tap in this weeks edition of the Football Show. We start things off with a look at the Class 6A State Playoffs. Rio Rancho went down to play Las Cruces at the Field of Dreams, then its Manzano hosting Clovis, and then Jared Chester has a look at the rivalry between La Cueva and Eldorado. The other side of the bracket is also discussed with a few special guests in studio from Cleveland High School.NM Football Friday Week 13 Pt. 2
  In this bloc
  
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• Russia awaits decision on possible ban from 2018 Winter Olympics

  18-11-2017 15:50
  
  The nation faces a punishment for state-backed doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
  
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• Study suggests women less likely to get CPR from bystanders

  18-11-2017 15:35 via krqe.com
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason.
  Only 39 percent of women suffering cardiac arrest in a public place were given CPR versus 45 percent of men, and men were 23 percent more likely to survive, the study found.
  It involved nearly 20,000 cases around the country and is the first to examine gender differences in receiv
  
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• Malcolm Young, 'driving force' and co-founder of AC/DC, dies at 64

  18-11-2017 15:13
  
  The rock band announced the death of the guitarist on Saturday, calling him "a perfectionist and a unique man."
  
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• Senate's ethics panel could be unusually busy next year

  18-11-2017 14:11
  
  "No one relishes being in a position to pass judgment on others, especially one of their peers," a former chief counsel of the panel says.
  
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• Parents of N.C. boy whose skull was crushed by rotating restaurant wall file lawsuit

  18-11-2017 13:54
  
  The boy was caught in a small space between the wall and window at the Atlanta landmark.
  
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• Trump campaign created own rules on sexual harassment

  18-11-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — “You can do anything,” Donald Trump once boasted, speaking of groping and kissing unsuspecting women.
  Maybe he could, but not everyone can.
  The candidate who openly bragged about grabbing women’s private parts — but denied he really did so — was elected president months before the cascading sexual harassment allegations that have been toppling the careers of powerful men in Hollywood, business, the media and politics. He won even though more
  
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• The Latest: Zimbabweans gather in thousands near State House

  18-11-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s political turmoil (all times local):
  4:30 p.m.
  Thousands of Zimbabweans have gathered near State House, President Robert Mugabe’s official residence.
  While Mugabe lives in a private mansion elsewhere, State House is where official functions are held. It is where negotiations have taken place for the departure of Mugabe, who is under military house arrest.
  Huge crowds have rallied Saturday in the capital, Harare, in a demonstratio
  
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• The Latest: Zimbabwe ex-minister: Party to recall Mugabe

  18-11-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s political turmoil (all times local):
  6:45 p.m.
  A former Zimbabwe Cabinet minister tells The Associated Press the ruling party will recall President Robert Mugabe “as early as tomorrow.”
  Former war veterans minister Tshinga Dube spoke as thousands of residents of the capital pushed closer to the official State House in a massive rally calling on Mugabe to go. He remains under military house arrest and is said to be resisting
  
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• The Latest: South Africa: ‘Early days’ in Zimbabwe talks

  18-11-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s political turmoil (all times local):
  3:10 p.m.
  South African President Jacob Zuma two days ago said Zimbabwe’s political situation “very shortly will be becoming clear.” Now Zuma says the situation is in “early days.”
  Zuma says he’s cautiously optimistic it will be “resolved amicably” as Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe resists stepping aside.
  Zuma spoke with Mugabe under military
  
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• The Latest: Mugabe, army commander to meet again Sunday

  18-11-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe’s political turmoil (all times local):
  8:15 p.m.
  Zimbabwe’ state-run broadcaster says President Robert Mugabe will meet Sunday with the army commander who put him under house arrest. This will be the second meeting as their talks continue on the longtime leader’s departure.
  The broadcaster cites Catholic priest Fidelis Mukonori, who is called the chairman of the negotiating team.
  Others on the negotiating team include acting
  
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• Amid national focus on harassment, Trump moves unscathed

  18-11-2017 13:49 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — “You can do anything,” Donald Trump once boasted, speaking of groping and kissing unsuspecting women.
  Maybe he could, but not everyone can.
  The candidate who openly bragged about grabbing women’s private parts — but denied he really did so — was elected president months before the cascading sexual harassment allegations that have been toppling the careers of powerful men in Hollywood, business, the media and politics. He won even though more
  
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• Leonid meteor shower may have left behind an amazing find

  18-11-2017 13:25
  
  Scientists in Europe are hunting for unique space material after a blazing fireball lit up the night sky in Finland.
  
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• 8-year-old collects food, coats and money for the homeless

  18-11-2017 08:54
  
  "I just want them to be warm."
  
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• Lobos share the football field with UNLV on senior night

  18-11-2017 08:15 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Twenty Lobo seniors played in front of the hometown crowd for one last time Friday night. For one last time the Lobos also fell short at home. The UNLV Rebels kept their bowl hopes alive by coming back to beat the Lobos in the final minute of the game 38-35. The Lobos appeared poised to play spoiler, scoring on a 41 yard Lamar Jordan touchdown run with only one minute and 11 seconds left in the game.
  It made the score 35-30 New Mexico. With time running down UNLV
  
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• Weir booed as Lobos and Aggies engage in Rio Grande basketball rivalry

  18-11-2017 08:03 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE)-Paul Weir didn’t know what to expect as the University of New Mexico men’s basketball coach, going to play rival New Mexico State, the program he left for the Lobos. Weir was booed loudly. His Lobos also left Las Cruces defeated by the Aggies 75-56.
  There were a couple of tense moments on the court with players bumping one another. One incident led to a technical foul for each team. Weir, who had security close by, got his own technical late in the game. NMSU
  
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• UNLV defeats Lobos in final minute

  18-11-2017 07:20
  
  UNLV's Armani Rogers set a school rushing record for quarterbacks with 193 yards and completed two big passes in the final minute to give the Rebels a 38-35 victory over New Mexico on Friday night.
  
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• New Mexico's ACLU now urging BCSO to wear body cameras

  18-11-2017 06:38
  
  Two people are dead after a Friday morning run-in with the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office. Deputies opened fire after catching up with a stolen truck driving recklessly throughout the city. This is the 9th deputy-involved shooting this year. The American Civil Liberties Union now urging BCSO to wear body cameras.
  
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• Facebook needs your input for its 2018 visit

  18-11-2017 06:37
  
  Facebook's "Community Boost" project will visit 30 U.S. cities next year t teach people digital skills to create opportunities for themselves or their small businesses.
  
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• Neighborhood does Halloween again for girl with cancer

  18-11-2017 06:33
  
  While many people are planning for Thanksgiving dinners next week, in one neighborhood it's October 31 all over again.
  
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• Aggies down Lobos 75-56 in Weir's return to Las Cruces

  18-11-2017 06:33
  
  It's Rio Grande Rivalry time when UNM plays NMSU in Las Cruces
  
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• Menendez juror says television series was '95 percent accurate'

  18-11-2017 06:27
  
  It was a trial that captivated the country. The Menendez brothers' murder trial was the first trial of its kind to be televised. This year it the gained new life when "Law and Order" went from stories ripped from the headlines to true crime.
  
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• Lujan Grisham tells Senate leader to leave race

  18-11-2017 06:25
  
  New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham says Democratic Sen. Michael Padilla should end his bid for lieutenant governor over claims he harassed women as a city of Albuquerque supervisor.
  
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• Woman linked to web of crime pleads guilty

  18-11-2017 06:24
  
  A woman accused of stealing a house pleaded guilty to 10 felony charges Friday.
  
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• Luna Community College placed on notice by education board

  18-11-2017 06:10 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Luna Community College has been ordered by the Higher Learning Commission to show that it deserves to keep its accreditation.
  School administrators received a letter from the commission last week, saying they have until Feb. 1 to show the college is meeting accreditation standards.
  Earlier this year, a peer review team found the college was out of compliance with several core components and cited problems with financial oversight and administrative and governance str
  
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• Some navigation changes will come with ART

  18-11-2017 06:09
  
  If you drive in Albuquerque, chances are you know orange cones and barrels well, especially if your route includes Central Avenue.
  
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• City takes steps to demolish ’40-year’ nuisance property

  18-11-2017 06:04 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Neighbors call it an “eyesore” that’s attracted criminals and drug users for decades. Now, the city is finally taking steps to get the westside home demolished.
  “Very good. We had seen (City Councilor) Ken Sanchez and told him and he said he was going to get it done so now we’re very happy,” said Eluid Archuleta, who lives near 557 Dolores Drive NW.
  Archuleta grew up on the street and says the property has been a problem t
  
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• New Mexico homes featured in Hollywood hits

  18-11-2017 06:01 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The film industry is big business in New Mexico, and local residents are trying to get in on the act by renting out their property to filmmakers.
  Most often, though, film crews say it happens by chance. Someone will unexpectedly knock on your door if they suspect your home fits the script.
  In Corrales, it started with a note on the front gate.
  A film crew interested in a home to shoot a dinner scene three years ago wanted to turn New Mexico into Mexico.
  (Pho
  
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