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• Trump expected to shrink 2 Utah monuments by two-thirds

  03-12-2017 23:51 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will announce plans next week to shrink two sprawling Utahnational monuments by nearly two-thirds, an action that environmentalists and tribal leaders called illegal and another affront to Native Americans.
  Trump has already offended Native Americans by overriding tribal objections to approve the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines and using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Dem
  
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• Suspect arrested in robbery of US Bank branch in Albuquerque

  03-12-2017 23:46 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The FBI says a man wanted in connection with a bank robbery four months ago in Albuquerque has been arrested.
  They say 45-year-old Fidel Castillo was taken into custody Saturday at an Albuquerque residence.
  The FBI announced Thursday that it was offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Castillo.
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and Albuquerque police assisted in the arrest.
  Castillo is suspected in the Aug.
  
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• Palestinian president warns US against Jerusalem recognition

  03-12-2017 23:43 via krqe.com
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president on Sunday warned that American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would jeopardize the White House’s nascent Mideast peace efforts.
  President Mahmoud Abbas’ comments came amid a diplomatic push by the Palestinian leader to rally international support against the possible American move later this week.
  “Any American step related to the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, or moving the U.S. Emba
  
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• Police arrest man after stolen vehicle chase

  03-12-2017 23:38 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man is in jail after being spotted by a police helicopter then running from officers.
  Yesterday evening, an officer says he spotted a stolen Hyundai driving around the parking lot of a hotel near Central and Louisiana.
  Police tried to stop the car, but say the driver took off at high speeds, blowing stop signs and traffic lights, even driving on the wrong side of the road.
  Officers on the ground backed off as the police helicopter kept tabs on the case.
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• Teen admits to molesting 50 children in California

  03-12-2017 23:26
  
  Eighteen-year-old Joseph Hayden Boston was brought to a police station on Saturday by his mother.
  
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• Failing to address harassment allegations can cost employers

  03-12-2017 22:46 via krqe.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When it comes to sexual harassment allegations, no employer wants to find itself in the position an Indiana university was in during the 1990s, when a woman complained to a senior administrator that the school’s chancellor had groped her.
  “Oh, no, not again,” said the administrator at Indiana University’s South Bend campus.
  A jury awarded the woman $800,000.OK
  Although a judge later slashed that to $50,000, the message was clear: Failing to add
  
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• US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation

  03-12-2017 22:35 via krqe.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Charter schools are among the nation’s most segregated, an Associated Press analysis finds — an outcome at odds, critics say, with their goal of offering a better alternative to failing traditional public schools.
  National enrollment data shows that charters are vastly over-represented among schools where minorities study in the most extreme racial isolation. As of school year 2014-2015, more than 1,000 of the n
  
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• More US kids in foster care; parental drug abuse a factor

  03-12-2017 22:14 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The number of children in the U.S. foster care system has increased for the fourth year in a row, with substance abuse by parents a major factor, according to new federal data released on Thursday.
  The annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services counted 437,500 children in foster care as of Sept. 30, 2016, up from about 427,400 a year earlier.
  The peak was 524,000 children in foster care in 2002. The number dropped steadily to about 397,000 in 2012 before
  
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• Remains of ancient sea cow unearthed on California island

  03-12-2017 21:44 via krqe.com
  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Scientists say they’ve unearthed fossil remains of a sea cow that lived in the shallow waters off Southern California’s Channel Islands some 25 million years ago.
  The fossil skull and rib cage were discovered this summer on Santa Rosa Island, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, the National Park Service announced Tuesday.
  Scientists say the remains may be from a previously unknown sea cow species but they won’t know for sure until the skull is
  
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• Big 12 looks to put 8 of 10 teams in bowls

  03-12-2017 21:31
  
  Only six Big 12 teams went to bowls last year.
  
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• CVS pushes into insurance, buys Aetna in $69 billion deal

  03-12-2017 20:56
  
  CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a $69 billion deal that could help the drugstore chain push deeper into health care services and keep a key client
  
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• Senator: It’s time for US military families to leave SKorea

  03-12-2017 20:40 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that he believes it’s time to start moving the families of American military personnel out of South Korea as North Korea pushes the U.S. closer to a military conflict.
  Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he will also urge the Pentagon not to send any more dependents to South Korea.
  “It’s crazy to send spouses and children to South Korea, given the provocation of North Korea. South Korea should be
  
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• Egypt presidential hopeful returns home, whereabouts unclear

  03-12-2017 20:40 via krqe.com
  CAIRO (AP) — There has been no official word yet as of Sunday evening on the whereabouts of an Egyptian presidential hopeful who flew home from the United Arab Emirates 24 hours ago.
  Ahmed Shafiq, a career air force officer who served as the last prime minister under ousted ruler Hosni Mubarak, flew to Cairo from the Emirates Saturday night, ending more than five years of exile in the Gulf Arab nation.
  UAE authorities arrested and deported him to Cairo Saturday after he claimed that author
  
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• Kushner: Trump still undecided on Israel’s capital

  03-12-2017 20:39 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital or whether to proceed immediately in moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. That’s according to his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.
  Kushner said Sunday that the president continues to weigh his options ahead of an announcement on the matter that is expected this week.
  “The president is going to make his decision,” Kushner said
  
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• Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets

  03-12-2017 20:38 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI, responding to revelations that an FBI agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian election meddling because of anti-Trump text messages.
  Trump, two days after his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, again denied that he directed FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating Flynn.
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• Holiday display company: Next best thing to Santa’s workshop

  03-12-2017 20:36 via krqe.com
  MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — Inside the large, nondescript warehouse of a company behind some of New York City’s most beloved holiday displays, it always looks a lot like Christmas.
  American Christmas in Mount Vernon is essentially a decorations attic for the nation’s largest city and the surrounding area. It’s piled high with every imaginable holiday decoration to adorn city streets and skyscrapers.
  There are huge candy canes, toy soldiers, wreaths, trees, pine cones and mi
  
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• New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to pay Danone for recall

  03-12-2017 20:17 via krqe.com
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An arbitration tribunal has ordered New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to pay Danone of France $125 million for recall costs stemming from a 2013 food scare.
  The recall was made out of concerns, which proved later to be untrue, that some Fonterra products supplied to four Danone Nutricia baby formula plants in Asia were tainted by bacteria that can cause botulism.
  Danone recalled products from eight regional markets.
  Fonterra said Friday that it was disappoin
  
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• Bernalillo Cty. officials: Missing man is at 'elevated risk'

  03-12-2017 19:17
  
  The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office needs your help in searching for an Albuquerque man who has been missing since Thursday.
  
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• 'Coco' tops box office for second straight week

  03-12-2017 19:10
  
  Pixar's "Coco" is the top film at the box office for the second straight week, grossing an estimated $26.1 million
  
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• Lobo Baseball, NM Automotive Dealers Association help with KOATs for Kids

  03-12-2017 19:02
  
  New Mexico's Automotive Dealers Association donated $2,000 while the Lobo Baseball team went shopping and sorted all the new coats.
  
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• Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama heading to College Football Playoff

  03-12-2017 19:01
  
  There was a lot of debate coming into college football's selection Sunday, but Alabama is officially in.
  
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• Bernalillo Cty. officials to attend mental health behavior conference

  03-12-2017 18:45
  
  When it comes to improving mental health issues, Bernalillo County is leading the nation.
  
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• Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

  03-12-2017 18:37 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are expanding the genetic code of life, using man-made DNA to create a semi-synthetic strain of bacteria — and new research shows those altered microbes actually worked to produce proteins unlike those found in nature.
  It’s a step toward designer drug development.
  One of the first lessons in high school biology: All life is made up of four DNA building blocks known by the letters A, T, C and G. Paired together, they form DNA’s ladder-like rung
  
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• A whale’s tale: Longest painting in North America restored

  03-12-2017 18:36 via krqe.com
  NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A museum has restored the longest painting in North America so it can share the story of American whaling with the public.
  The quarter-mile-long (0.4-kilometer-long) panorama toured the U.S. after it was completed in 1848. A section was featured at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
  But the panorama deteriorated after so much traveling on wagons and trains, rolling and unrolling. Paint dried up and flaked off, and the panorama was put into storage.
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• McConnell: No government shutdown this week over immigration

  03-12-2017 18:28
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says there won't be a government shutdown this week over the hotly disputed issue of protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as children
  
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• What would banning Russia mean for the Winter Olympics?

  03-12-2017 18:12
  
  As the IOC prepares for a key vote, what would banning Russia mean for the Winter Olympics?
  
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• Special Olympian masters her sport

  03-12-2017 18:04
  
  Dana started karate when she was 13, now she's about to take a shot at getting her fourth-degree black belt.
  
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• 1 dead, several injured after driver plows into pedestrians in NYC

  03-12-2017 17:17
  
  Police say a man drove into a group of people in New York City and then fled, leaving one person dead and several others injured.
  
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• WATCH: Partial implosion of former Detroit Lions stadium fails

  03-12-2017 15:58
  
  Michigan's Pontiac Silverdome was set for a partial demolition Sunday morning but the building failed to come down after the charges detonated.
  
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• Pet of the week: Jake

  03-12-2017 15:21
  
  Pet of the week: Jake
  
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• Convicted sex offender Brock Turner wants new trial in Stanford sex assault case

  03-12-2017 15:21
  
  Brock Turner is appealing his 2016 conviction after being sentenced to six months behind bars for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party
  
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• In series of tweets, Trump blasts FBI; says he never asked Comey to stop Flynn probe

  03-12-2017 14:55
  
  "I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!," the president tweeted
  
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• 1 dead, 3 injured after driver plows into pedestrians in NYC

  03-12-2017 13:50
  
  Police say a man driving down a New York City street struck at least four people, killing one and injuring three
  
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• Trump says he never asked Comey to stop Flynn probe

  03-12-2017 13:38
  
  "I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!," the president tweeted
  
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• People traveled for hours to say their final goodbyes to a former Las Cruces officer, J.R. Stewart

  03-12-2017 11:17
  
  Hundreds of family members, friends and officers lined the sidewalks to mourn a former Las Cruces officer who was killed in a car crash earlier this week
  
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• More than 100 kids take part in fantasy flight to the North Pole

  03-12-2017 08:25
  
  "It's about bringing joy to the families, it's about taking them out of a not so happy situation and giving them a family day together."
  
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• Former state official convicted of fraud, embezzlement in trouble again

  03-12-2017 06:51 via krqe.com
  Santa Fe, N.M. (KRQE) – He was convicted of misusing state money as a member of the Public Regulation Commission, now he’s on the wrong side of the law again.
  You may remember the abrupt end to Jerome Block Jr.’s time as a member of the PRC. In 2011, Block Jr. resigned from his elected post when he plead guilty to fraud, embezzlement and theft and was convicted of using state money for personal gain.
  Sentenced to probation, he later ran into trouble again after failing mul
  
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• SSN: Mickey’s Report on Dak Prescott silencing the outside noise

  03-12-2017 06:47 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of a huge Thursday Night win over the Washington Redskins 38-14.
  Silver Star Nation’s Mickey Spagnola is back and has an update from the Ford Center.
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• Fifth-grader opens 'Little Free Pantry' to help families in need

  03-12-2017 06:45
  
  10-year-old Mackenzie Greenwood took it upon herself to help families in her hometown with a unique food pantry.
  
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• NMSU becomes bowl eligible for the first time since 1960 after Sat. win

  03-12-2017 06:43 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – It was 57 years in the making, as the New Mexico State Football team is now bowl eligible after defeating South Alabama in their regular season finale 22-17.
  This marks the 1st time since 1960 that the Aggies are Bowl Game eligible. They finish their season at 6-6 after the win on Saturday.
  It was an emotional win for a program that has come a long way in Head Coach Doug Martin’s tenure.
  Martin credited the fans that showed up in bunches to Saturdays game in
  
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• Football State Champions crowned Saturday

  03-12-2017 06:41 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE) – The 2017 New Mexico High School Football season is officially over, as State Champions were crowned across the state. Here are the scores from Championship Saturday:
  6A: 1-Manzano wins first ever state title after defeating 2-La Cueva 14-7.
  5A: 1-Artesia wins 30th state tile after defeating 2-Belen 48-14.
  4A: 4-Ruidoso takes the state title after defeating 3-Robertson 57-54.
  3A: 1-Eunice takes state title after beating 2-Capitan 34-14.
  Filed under: Home, New Mexic
  
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• Barrett leads No. 8 Ohio State past No. 3 Wisconsin 27-21

  03-12-2017 06:24
  
  Ohio State (11-2) claimed its first conference crown since its 2014 national championship season.
  
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• Two in jail for robbing stores at gunpoint

  03-12-2017 06:21
  
  Detectives say they stole more than $450
  
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• Volunteer photographers capture holiday memories at ‘Help Portrait’ event

  03-12-2017 06:11 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s that time of year. Holidays cards with the latest family portraits are being mailed across the nation. But, photo shoots are a luxury many families can’t afford.
  Saturday, a national movement is helping change that in Albuquerque, thanks to the help of local photographers who donated their time.
  “Help Portrait is about giving back,” said photojournalist Adolphe Pierre-Louis, who volunteered Saturday morning.
  Most days, he is capturing
  
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• State of addiction: Tale of two addictions with heroin

  03-12-2017 06:10
  
  The story of two people's struggle with heroin addiction, and the toll it takes not just on them, but their families too.
  
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• Bryant, No. 1 Clemson pound No. 7 Miami 38-3 for ACC crown

  03-12-2017 05:49
  
  The Tigers (12-1) came in ranked atop the College Football Playoff and should remain that way following Sunday's final poll.
  
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• Marine veteran opens brewing company to help other veterans

  03-12-2017 05:32
  
  Brad Nadeau is turning his love of beer into a mission to help other former servicemen and women across the state.
  
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• Twinkle Light Parade first major event to travel along ART line

  03-12-2017 05:20
  
  Albuquerque's Nob Hill shone bright Saturday night with the return of the Twinkle Light Parade. But this year provided a bit of a change for the popular event, now that the nearly completed Albuquerque Rapid Transit corridor runs down the parade route.
  
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• Vehicle theft suspect arrested after barricading himself in house

  03-12-2017 05:16
  
  Albuquerque police say they have closed off Charleston Street between Central and Zuni on the East Side after a stolen vehicle suspect barricaded himself in a house Saturday evening.
  
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• Following daughter’s suicide, local mom creates documentary on perinatal depression

  03-12-2017 05:10 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – When a New Mexico mom lost her daughter to a form of postpartum depression, she vowed to make sure no other new or soon-to-be moms experience that same pain.
  Kassy Williams, just 21-years old, took her own life in 2014 after suffering from perinatal depression. Her mom, Susan Aguayo, believes Kassy would still be alive today, had her family known more about her illness.
  “This is the beginning of the journey being able to give more awareness about how Kassy
  
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