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• Lawmakers renew push to legalize marijuana in New Mexico

  26-12-2017 23:58 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The push to legalize recreational marijuana in New Mexico is being revived by legislators.
  State lawmakers behind the idea say their only hurdle is getting marijuana legalization on the ballot for voters to decide. That means getting a majority of legislators on board.
  The senator behind the bill says the goal is to legalize and regulate the drug. He believes if New Mexico joins the trend, it would significantly boost the economy.
  “What we would hope is to
  
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• Part of White House Magnolia tree to be removed for safety

  26-12-2017 23:20 via krqe.com
  GREENACRES, Fla. (AP) — A large portion of a famed Magnolia tree planted on the south grounds of the White House by President Andrew Jackson will be removed because it is weak and poses a safety risk, a spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump said Tuesday.
  Removal is planned for this week while President Donald Trump and his family are at their Florida home for the holidays.
  Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Trump, said the first lady reviewed reports from the U.S. National Arbore
  
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• Fiat Chrysler recalls nearly 1.8M trucks for shifter problem

  26-12-2017 22:59 via krqe.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 1.8 million Ram trucks mainly in North America because they can be shifted out of park without the driver’s foot on the brake or possibly without the key in the ignition.
  The recall is mainly in North America and largely covers heavy-duty trucks. All have shifters on the steering column.
  Included are certain 2010 through 2017 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups, many 2011 through 2017 Ram 3500, 4500 and 55
  
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• Lifelong best friends discover they’re actually brothers

  26-12-2017 22:41 via krqe.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — Two Hawaii men who grew up as best friends recently learned that they’re actually brothers and revealed the surprise to family and friends over the holidays.
  Alan Robinson and Walter Macfarlane have been friends for 60 years. Born in Hawaii 15 months apart, they met in the sixth grade and played football together at a Honolulu prep school.
  Macfarlane never knew his father, and Robinson was adopted. Separately, they sought answers about their a
  
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• Police: Infant dies after Phoenix father bends him in two to stop crying

  26-12-2017 22:31
  
  An infant has died after his father allegedly bent him in two because he was crying.
  
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• Suspect dead after officer-involved shooting in Roswell

  26-12-2017 22:21 via krqe.com
  ROSWELL, NM. (KRQE) – One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Roswell on Tuesday morning.
  Officials say the Roswell Police Department SWAT team was serving an arrest warrant when the barricaded suspect began shooting at police.
  Officers fired back, and the suspect was fatally shot by Roswell Police.
  Police say the warrants were in connection to an incident that happened Monday night in Roswell. The warrants were being served outside city limits at the East Pine Lo
  
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• One person dead after officer-involved shooting

  26-12-2017 22:11
  
  Officials did not release the names of the man and the officers involved.
  
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• Rosie O'Donnell's Christmas message to Paul Ryan: 'U will go straight to hell'

  26-12-2017 21:58
  
  Actress Rosie O'Donnell called Wisconsin congressman and House Speaker Paul Ryan a "fake altar boy" who will "go to hell" in a Christmas Day message posted to Twitter.
  
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• Cities sue Defense Dept. over gun-check system failures

  26-12-2017 21:54 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Three large U.S. cities filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Defense, arguing that many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren’t reported to the national background check system.
  New York City, San Francisco and Philadelphia said in court papers that the military’s broken system for relaying such information helped spur the massacre of 26 people inside a Texas church last month.
  “This failure on behalf of the Dep
  
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• Construction halted at church destroyed in Sept. 11 attacks

  26-12-2017 20:51 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Construction on a Greek Orthodox church to replace one that was crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been temporarily suspended amid rising costs and questions over how donations have been managed.
  The St. Nicholas National Shrine next to the World Trade Center memorial plaza was to replace a tiny church that was obliterated by the trade center’s south tower.
  The new building was designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, who also created the soaring white bird
  
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• COCINA: Bunuelos

  26-12-2017 20:34
  
  Sandra Ramirez share's her Abuelita's recipe for Bunuelos with us.
  
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• Amateur photographer captures impressive shot of the royal family

  26-12-2017 20:23 via krqe.com
  (KRQE) – Prince Harry’s fiance Meghan Markle went to her first Christmas church service with the royal family and an amateur photographer captured the best shot.
  Karen Murdoch snapped a remarkable frame on her iPhone.
  She posted it to Twitter, where is got 12,000 likes.
  She says she and her daughter screamed and yelled until they got the royals to smile.
  “We were fangirling a bit. We were going ‘Hiya! Happy Christmas!’ If I’m totally honest, we were being
  
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• Kremlin: Russia election boycott campaign may be illegal

  26-12-2017 20:14 via krqe.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin hinted Tuesday at possible legal repercussions for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny over his calls for a boycott of the March presidential election.
  President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, wouldn’t comment on the Election Commission’s decision to bar Navalny from running but said the “calls for boycott ought to be carefully studied to see if they are breaking the law.”
  As expected, Russia’s top election body
  
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• Suspected repeat offender Majestic Howard to be released again before trial

  26-12-2017 20:08 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A suspected repeat offender at the center of several high-profile cases, is set to be released again despite attempts by the state to keep him locked up Tuesday.
  Last week, 29-year-old Majestic Howard was arrested after allegedly crashing into a sign outside Twisters in the Northeast Heights.
  Police say he used a stolen car and had a stolen gun on him.
  He is connected to 11 other felony cases, which have been dismissed because he is “incompet
  
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• Repeat offender Majestic Howard to be released again before trial

  26-12-2017 20:08 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A repeat offender who’s been connected to several high-profile cases will soon be back on the streets.
  Last week, 29-year-old Majestic Howard was arrested after allegedly crashing into a sign outside Twisters in the Northeast Heights.
  Police say he used a stolen car and had a stolen gun on him.
  He is connected to 11 other felony cases, which have been dismissed because he is “incompetent to stand trial.”
  In court Tuesday, the state tri
  
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• 6 local hospitals face fines for injury, infection rates

  26-12-2017 20:06
  
  Six New Mexico hospitals will be fined a portion of their Medicare payments in the coming year for having higher rates of patient injury and infections.
  
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• Man accused of trying to run over deputy on Christmas

  26-12-2017 20:05 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man is behind bars after the Bernalillo County Sheriff Office says he tried to run over a deputy on Christmas.
  According to a criminal complaint, deputies got calls that a man was beating a woman at the Sonic on Coors and Blake just before 10 p.m. last night.
  When they got there, a deputy saw what looked like a woman being choked in the back of a car by a man on top of her.
  The deputy approached the vehicle but says 20-year-old Andres Encinias backed out i
  
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• More pregnant women are using pot, study finds

  26-12-2017 19:57
  
  More pregnant women seem to be using pot -- sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety, a new study
  
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• 'Hazardous' gaming habits could soon be labeled as health problem

  26-12-2017 19:50
  
  "Gaming disorder” and “hazardous gaming” labels are being proposed for people who are consumed by gaming in unhealthy ways.
  
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• K9 helps parents find narcotics

  26-12-2017 19:34
  
  A new weapon in the fight against addiction is making her debut
  
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• Halloween or Christmas? Man in T-Rex costume clears snow

  26-12-2017 19:16
  
  Is there a better way to clear the driveway? We think not!
  
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• January will be a mega-special month for moon gazers

  26-12-2017 19:10
  
  Brace yourselves for an unusually brighter January night sky, you stargazers.
  
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• Investors to overhaul student housing properties near ENMU

  26-12-2017 19:02 via krqe.com
  ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – New York investors have plans to renovate student housing properties near Eastern New Mexico University’s campuses in Roswell and Portales as part of an effort to increase occupancy rates and boost residential real estate markets in the two communities.
  The Roswell Daily Record reports that Up Realty LLC, which includes Brooklyn real estate investor Gershon Eichorn, recently closed on a $3.75 million loan with Massachusetts-based lender UC Funds to finance the re
  
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• US industries can start counting their benefits from tax law

  26-12-2017 18:51 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Craft breweries are raising a glass to the Republicans’ new tax overhaul: It cuts the excise tax on beer. Retailers, long saddled with heavy tax bills, will get relief. So will some high-profile names in corporate finance, led by Wells Fargo.
  The tax measure that President Donald Trump signed into law Friday distributes benefits across a range of American industries, from construction to health care.
  “As a general rule of thumb, everybody’s doing well un
  
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• Minnesota couple delivers Christmas Day baby on side of road

  26-12-2017 18:49 via krqe.com
  CHISAGO CITY, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota couple delivered their baby on the side of a road while rushing to the hospital on Christmas Day, just two minutes after the mother’s water broke.
  Taylor and Hannah Lindeman told the Star Tribune that they were forced to pull over along Highway 8 at the edge of Chisago City and Wyoming to wait for an ambulance.
  Taylor Lindeman says they were on the way to a St. Paul hospital in minus-2 degree (minus-19 Celsius) weather, but the baby &l
  
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• Christmas storm brings a record 34 inches of snow to Pennsylvania city

  26-12-2017 17:06
  
  If folks in Erie, Pennsylvania were dreaming of a "White Christmas," they got their wish.
  
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• Twitter users zero in on Atlanta mayor-elect for making gumbo from mix

  26-12-2017 16:59
  
  "Only thing I'm lovin' from New Orleans today is the Zatarain's Gumbo base," Keisha Lance Bottoms' tweet said.
  
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• Syria rebels, opposition reject Russia-proposed talks

  26-12-2017 16:43 via krqe.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels and opposition groups on Tuesday rejected Russia’s proposed peace talks, accusing Moscow of failing to pressure its ally, President Bashar Assad, to end the conflict.
  In a series of statements, 40 rebel groups, including some of Syria’s most prominent, as well as political opposition groups, said the talks expected next month are an attempt to “circumvent” the U.N.-led process, which has made virtually no progress since it began in 2014.
  
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• Power restored to 1,193 customers in northeast Albuquerque

  26-12-2017 16:24 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)- A power outage in northeast Albuquerque affected 1,195 customers Tuesday morning.
  PNM says the outage ran north to south from Montgomery Boulevard to Menaul Boulevard and east to west from Carlisle Boulevard to Stanford Drive.
  1,193 customers now have power restored with 3 customers still out.
  A backhoe in the area hit a power line.
  Crews are making final repairs in order to safely restore power for the remaining 3 customers. Estimated restore time for them is 12:3
  
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• A historic tree on the White House South Lawn is coming down

  26-12-2017 16:24
  
  The Andrew Jackson Magnolia tree was planted on the South Lawn of the White House almost 200 years . The time has come for it to be taken down.
  
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• Homeless shelter makes thousands of meals

  26-12-2017 16:18
  
  Joy Junction gave out thousands of meals to people in need over the past five days.
  
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• Struggling mom receives amazing gift

  26-12-2017 16:14
  
  Emotions run high as a community comes together to help a mom get back on her feet after battling drug abuse.
  
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• Church stuns Waffle House workers with $3,500 Christmas tip

  26-12-2017 16:07
  
  Employees of a Waffle House restaurant have received a huge tip of over $3,500 from Ohio churchgoers whose pastor preached about generosity at Christmas.
  
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• Mutilated body marks city's 74th homicide

  26-12-2017 16:02
  
  Neighbors walking their dog discover the unidentified corpse
  
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• Local band ‘Mood Swing’ lends a cheerful sound with old-timey swing music

  26-12-2017 15:39 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Local band “Mood Swing” charms early morning viewers with early 20th-century music.
  Local swing band, Mood Swing, is part swing, part country, part folksy and all fun, according to local old-timey folk music enthusiasts, and several KRQE staffers. The local musicians brightened a sleepy post-Christmas morning with their unique, easy-going and energizing 4-piece band performance.
  Mood Swing can be seen at local venues, including the weekly Corrales Growers Ma
  
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• Winter experiment proves science can be fun for all, including the christmas tree

  26-12-2017 15:37 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Nuclear Museum will host one-day camps on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Presidents Day. Both will cover creating and building in the style of the historic figures Archimedes and Leonardo Da Vinci.
  The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History will host a very special one-day “Science is Everywhere” Camp on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 15, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students ages 6 through 12 can enjoy their one-day break from school by exp
  
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• One minute of focused self-care could change lives for the better

  26-12-2017 15:34 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One minute per hour of focused self-care could change lives for the better, and there’s a free app to help.
  According to the 2014 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults, a whopping 87% of U.S. adults 65 or older have at least one chronic disease. Moreover, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention pegs 38% of U.S. adults as obese with the rate growing so fast that by 2030, 44% (nearly half!) of all U.S. adults are expected to
  
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• Iconic White House tree to be cut down

  26-12-2017 15:19
  
  The south facade of the White House will undergo a dramatic change this week
  
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• December 26th Morning Rush: Man accused of groping girls at Coronado Mall

  26-12-2017 15:14 via krqe.com
  1. A man with a history of inappropriate behavior involving children could soon face more charges. This is after being accused of assaulting three young girls over the weekend at the place parents probably thought was safe. Police were first called to Claire’s Accessories at Coronado Center on Saturday, where an 11-year-old said Michael Chavarria inappropriately touched her inside the store. That same day, APD says two other girls, in two separate incidents, claim Chavarria also groped the
  
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• Police: Parents killed by daughter's boyfriend after warning her of his racist views

  26-12-2017 14:51
  
  "I don't think there's anything else they could have done. But who could ever foresee anything this horrible."
  
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• Woman, 2 children shot to death at Phoenix apartment complex

  26-12-2017 14:47 via krqe.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a man shot and killed a woman and two children at an apartment complex in Phoenix before getting into a shootout with officers.
  Police were called to the scene Monday afternoon on a report of a shooting and found a woman dead outside.
  Sgt. Jonathan Howard says officers tried to talk to the suspect, who had barricaded himself inside an apartment. Howard says the unidentified man indicated to them that he had killed two children.
  Several hours later, Howar
  
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• Man arrested in Phoenix killings of estranged wife, 2 kids

  26-12-2017 14:47 via krqe.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — A man shot and killed a woman and two children at a Phoenix apartment complex before getting into a shootout with officers, authorities said.
  Police responded Monday afternoon to a report of a shooting and found a woman dead outside. Officers later found the bodies of a 10-month-old and an 11-year-old inside the apartment.
  Police tried to talk to the suspect, who barricaded himself inside the apartment, Sgt. Jonathan Howard said. Several hours later, after the unidentified m
  
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• In break with tradition, Trump doesn’t host a state dinner

  26-12-2017 14:35 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump couldn’t stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. “Magnificent,” he declared at one point on the trip.
  But Trump has yet to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the U.S. with similar trappings.
  Trump spoke dismissively of st
  
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• Stolen dog reunited with Denver owner

  26-12-2017 14:29
  
  On Saturday, we reported on a sad incident, the rudimentary outline of which has become far too common in the Duke City.
  
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• Best friends shocked to discover they are biological brothers

  26-12-2017 14:20 via krqe.com
  OAHU, HAWAII (KRQE) – Two men who have been best friends for six decades recently found out they are biological brothers.
  Alan Robinson and Walter Macfarlane of Hawaii first met in 6th grade, when they played on the same football team.
  Neither knew their birth mother.
  Without the other knowing, they both turned to family DNA matching websites.
  They had several matches in their DNA and later learned they have the same mother.
  “It was a shock. It was definitely a shock, but then w
  
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• Renowned Albuquerque doctor to expand practice

  26-12-2017 14:19 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local doctor catering to professional athletes is expanding his business.
  Dr. Beau Hightower, president of Elite OSM, continues working out of the Jackson Wink Gym. It is something he has done for years.
  His patients include UFC fighters, professional athletes and celebrities who are looking to receive treatment for injuries or aches and pains.
  Hightower decided it was time to open a second location. He has branched out to the Northeast Heights, openi
  
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• Authorities warn of gift card scam

  26-12-2017 14:12 via krqe.com
  (KRQE)- There is a scam warning for anyone who received a gift card this holiday season.
  Criminals have figured out how to use the cards before you do by copying numbers off gift cards on public displays. They scratch off panels on the back to get the security code and put them back on the rack.
  Once the card is purchased and activated, they drain the balance.
  They even use stickers that cover up scratched-off security panels so buyers do not realize the cards have been tampered with.
  
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• Holiday traveler's dog found after being stolen along with car

  26-12-2017 14:08
  
  Brian Gardner, from Denver, will be reunited with his dog Baxter after a holiday travel stop in Albuquerque turned him into a victim of crime.
  
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• Man arrested after repeatedly calling 911 to complain about small clams

  26-12-2017 13:56
  
  In a 911 call released by the police department, the Florida man told the dispatcher, “I ordered something, and it was extremely so small."
  
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• Neighbors: man who admittedly set house on fire was seeing faces, shadows

  26-12-2017 13:52
  
  A Sunday house fire shook a tiny New Mexico village over the holiday weekend, but on Christmas Day there are still more questions than answers about what drove the property owner himself to allegedly admit to setting it.
  
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