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• John Coleman, Weather Channel co-founder, dies at age 83

  21-01-2018 22:52
  
  John Coleman, a former meteorologist who co-founded the Weather Channel, has died. He was 83.
  
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• The Latest: Patriots looking for another postseason comeback

  21-01-2018 22:50 via krqe.com
  The Latest on the NFL conference championships. (all times local):
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  The Patriots are looking for another comeback.
  Less than a year after rallying from a record 25-point deficit to win the Super Bowl, the Patriots were trying to be the first team ever to overcome a double-digit deficit in the AFC championship game.
  Jacksonville led 20-10 early in the fourth quarter before Tom Brady drove New England 85 yards in eight plays, hitting Danny Amendola for a 9-yard touchdown pass.
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• Icy roads causes issues near Sedillo Hill on I-40

  21-01-2018 22:43 via krqe.com
  (KRQE) – While the winter weather is a welcome sight for many around the state, it caused major issues along I-40 Sunday morning.
  The interstate was closed in both directions near Sedillo Hill in the East Mountains, as icy roads made for hazardous conditions.
  A semi-trailer even ended up on its side in the median.
  The freeway is now back open, but drivers are still urged to be cautious in that area.
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• US airline tightens rules on in-flight support animals

  21-01-2018 22:38
  
  Passengers on Delta planes will soon need documentation that their support animals are healthy and well-behaved.
  
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• Federal shutdown enters Day 2 amid blame game on both sides

  21-01-2018 22:28 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders offered no obvious solution to reopening the government and engaged in unrelenting finger-pointing during a rare Sunday session in the hours leading up to a vote to end the shutdown before the workweek began.
  The chamber’s top Democrat indicated that he would continue to lead a filibuster of a stopgap spending measure that’s slated for a post-midnight vote, while congressional Republicans appeared content to let the pressure continue to build on
  
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• Despite record performance by Beynon, Lobos lose to Aztecs

  21-01-2018 22:27
  
  Despite pouring in a school-record 41 points, Cherise Beynon and the Lobos couldn't leave California with a victory Saturday, losing to San Diego State 97-89.
  
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• Weekend of women’s marches promises continued momentum

  21-01-2018 21:53 via krqe.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of people poured into a football stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, the anniversary of women’s marches around the world, to cap off a weekend of global demonstrations that promised to continue building momentum for equality, justice and an end to sexual harassment.
  “This is a birthday party for a movement that has only begun to flex its power to change this democracy,” Anna Galland, the executive director of the progressive group mov
  
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• Same-sex active-duty couple marries at West Point

  21-01-2018 21:37
  
  Two male Army captains who met at West Point have returned there to be married.
  
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• Alleged pimp dies after confrontation with good Samaritan, woman

  21-01-2018 21:24
  
  Just moments before he died, they said witnesses saw the man beating one of his girls at a night club off Hempstead Highway.
  
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• Watch: Fiona celebrates first birthday with her very own birthday cake

  21-01-2018 21:21
  
  The Cincinnati Zoo celebrated Fiona's first birthday on Saturday, giving the world-famous hippo her very own birthday cake.
  
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• BCSO investigating after body found in northeast Albuquerque

  21-01-2018 21:09 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE)– Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating after a body was found in northeast Albuquerque.
  BCSO says a body was found just after 1:30 Sunday morning near Edith and Montano near an irrigation ditch.
  The cause of death is still under investigation, but deputies say they are treating it as suspicious.No word yet on the identity of the deceased.
  KRQE will provide updates as information is made available.
  
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• Shutdown heads into day 2 amid blame game on both sides

  21-01-2018 21:02
  
  The government shutdown enters its second day with recriminations deepening between the parties and with no sign of progress towards ending the impasse.
  
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• Shiver me timbers! New signs pirates liked booty _ and books

  21-01-2018 20:43 via krqe.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty.
  In an unusual find, researchers have discovered shreds of paper bearing legible printing that somehow survived three centuries underwater on the sunken vessel. And after more than a year of research that ranged as far as Scotland, they managed to identify them as fragments of a book about nautical voyages published in the ea
  
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• Teen spends birthday handing out gift bags to firefighters

  21-01-2018 20:24
  
  She's barely a teenager, but Mia Rodriguez is using her birthday to give back to the community.
  
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• Women's Marches draw large crowds as demonstrations continue for second straight day

  21-01-2018 19:41
  
  Demonstrations are happening in cities across the country Sunday, one day after hundreds of thousands of people across the globe marched, chanted and protested.
  
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• BCSO investigates human remains found in a NE ABQ ditch

  21-01-2018 19:41
  
  Deputies are investigating this as a suspicious death
  
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• Ryan remains non-committal about re-election

  21-01-2018 19:08
  
  House Speaker Paul Ryan is still being non-committal about whether he'll seek re-election to an 11th term
  
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• Jim Johannson, USA Hockey's general manager, dies at 53

  21-01-2018 18:45
  
  Jim Johannson, the general manager of the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, has died just a couple weeks before the start of the Pyeongchang Games.
  
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• McDonald’s sets recycling goals for 2025

  21-01-2018 18:38 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s says it aims to use all recycled or other environmentally friendly materials for its soda cups, Happy Meal boxes and other packaging by 2025.
  The world’s biggest burger chain also wants all of its 37,000 restaurants worldwide to recycle customer waste by that year.
  It has a ways to go: The company says 50 percent of its packaging now comes from recycled or other environmentally friendly sources and about 10 percent of its restaurants recycle customer
  
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• I-40 eastbound reopened at Sedillo Hill

  21-01-2018 18:33
  
  Icy road conditions prompted an hour long shutdown Sunday
  
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• New small cars unveiled at auto show but will anyone buy?

  21-01-2018 17:45 via krqe.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Among the many shiny models vying for attention at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show are the revamped Volkswagen Jetta, Hyundai Veloster and Kia Forte.
  But cars — particularly small ones — are having a tough time getting buyers to look their way as SUVs grow in popularity.
  Car sales are expected to hit a record low this year after steadily declining for several years. SUVs surpassed cars for the first time in 2016, and the gap only widens: Au
  
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• Senator, Army veteran blasts President Trump as 'draft dodger'

  21-01-2018 17:24
  
  Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, who lost both of her legs during an explosion in Iraq while serving in the US Army, has blasted President Donald Trump as a "five-deferment draft dodger"
  
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• New Jersey's first lady says she’s a victim of sexual violence

  21-01-2018 16:46
  
  At a women's march Saturday, New Jersey’s new first lady publicly disclosed that she was a victim of sexual violence while attending college.
  
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• VP to troops: 'You deserve better' than shutdown

  21-01-2018 16:17
  
  Vice President Mike Pence is blasting Congress for playing politics with military pay by failing to keep the government open
  
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• The ‘Boogie Oogie Oogie’ band wins? Grammy’s big shocks

  21-01-2018 16:12 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — There was little doubt who should take home the album of the year Grammy in 1984. That was Michael Jackson with a little record called “Thriller.” He won, of course, but the Recording Academy hasn’t always been seen to make the right call over its 60 years. And you don’t have to point to just Milli Vanilli to find some surprising decisions. Here are some others.
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  The winner of album of the year honor in 1981 wasn’t Barbra Streisand,
  
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• Taos teen inventors get kicked out of Taos Middle School lab

  21-01-2018 16:03 via krqe.com
  TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – A group of Taos teens who got national attention for making a unique invention, say they don’t even have a place to work anymore.
  They’ve been working out of Taos Middle School but they say they got the boot and they have no idea why.
  “About a week ago, we got kicked out of our laboratory,” said Indigo Acosta.
  Indigo and his friends developed the NanoForm two years ago.
  The NanoForm is a material that can make any worn fabric, essentially, indest
  
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• Deadly Kabul hotel siege ends after 12-hour standoff, 18 dead

  21-01-2018 16:01
  
  Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said that 153 people -- including 41 foreigners -- had been rescued from the hotel.
  
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• 'The Shape of Water' wins top Producers Guild Award

  21-01-2018 15:25
  
  Guillermo del Toro's fantastical romance "The Shape of Water" has won the top honor from the Producers Guild of America
  
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• Click, tap, buy: Holiday shoppers spent record amount online

  21-01-2018 15:21 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers spent a record amount online during the holiday season.
  That’s according to Adobe Analytics, which reports online shopping during the holiday season reached $108.2 billion, up almost 15 percent from $94.4 billion the year before. The research arm of software maker Adobe says more than a third of online holiday revenue came from purchases made on smartphones or tablets.
  Adobe Analytics says people likely spent more due to low unemployment rates and a strong st
  
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• Windy and colder today

  21-01-2018 14:59 via krqe.com
  Snow will be limited to northern and northeast New Mexico today while most of the state will contend with strong wind along with much colder temperatures. The snow chances will be across the Northern Mountains, the San Juans in southern Colorado and in the Northeast Highlands today. Additional accumulation will range from 1-4″ for most spots in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
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  Afternoon temperatures today will be 20°-30° colder comp
  
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• A Cold Night Ahead

  21-01-2018 14:59 via krqe.com
  Snow is tapering off and cold temperatures are settling in. Low temperatures tonight will be dipping back into the single digits, teens and 20s for most of central and northern New Mexico. The snow will taper off across the mountains overnight and skies will clear out tomorrow afternoon. There will be less wind for Monday, but afternoon temperatures will stay chilly. Temperatures will then slowly warm-up by midweek.
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• Shutdown heads into day 2 with divides deepening

  21-01-2018 14:39
  
  The government shutdown went into a second day Sunday with recriminations deepening between the parties and with no sign of progress towards ending the impasse.
  
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• Albuquerque non-profit launching new campaign naming West Mesa murder victims

  21-01-2018 14:21 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s been nine years since the West Mesa murders but a local organization wants to launch a new campaign to help police solve the old case.
  Street Safe New Mexico plans to rent four billboards around the metro, hoping the ads will lead to a break in the cold case.
  “They are hard to ignore and as you are driving to work we want you to take a look at this billboard and say I had totally forgotten about that. And then remember it because we should not be
  
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• Dozens dressed as Tyrannosaurus rex descend on public square

  21-01-2018 13:53
  
  His name means "king of the tyrant lizards," but sometimes Tyrannosaurus rex just wants to party.
  
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• Global female empowerment marches enter second day

  21-01-2018 11:35
  
  Demonstrations are scheduled in cities across the country Sunday, a day after hundreds of thousands of people across the globe marched, chanted and protested.
  
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• Body of Montecito woman found, brings mudslide death toll to 21

  21-01-2018 11:12
  
  Faviola Benitez Calderon was one of three people still missing after the catastrophe swept away homes and lives in the coastal town of Montecito.
  
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• 3-year-old dies after shooting at California liquor store

  21-01-2018 08:56
  
  Sheriff's deputies received a call about the shooting around 7:45 p.m. local time.
  
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• Deadly Kabul hotel siege ends after 12-hour standoff, government says

  21-01-2018 08:35
  
  Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said that 153 people -- including 41 foreigners -- had been rescued from the hotel.
  
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• How shutdown affects key parts of federal government

  21-01-2018 08:18
  
  Thousands of federal employees began their weekends with doubt, uncertain of when they'll be able to return to work and how long they'll have to go without being paid.
  
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• Duke City Gladiators hold Open Tryouts on Saturday

  21-01-2018 06:51 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- It was a successful day for the Duke City Gladiators, as the team found 2 players in this year’s open tryout at Tingley Coliseum. The players have not made the team yet, but they do have an invite to this year’s training camp and Head Coach Dominic Bramante seemed very excited about the two.
  “Whether you have 100 or 10 you want to see some talent, and today we saw some talent. 2 players one at the running back spot and one at the linebacker slot and the
  
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• Dr. Martin Luther King Track and Field Invitational wraps up Saturday

  21-01-2018 06:51 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- The UNM track & field team opened up their 2018 season with a bang on Friday and Saturday. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational wrapped up on Saturday at the Convention Center and the Lobos had some strong performances.
  Lobos earned some historically significant results on Saturday, including 6 marks that rank in the program’s all-time top 10.
  This meet marks the 1st of 5 home meets that start up the 2018 indoor season. They will be back in action next S
  
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• The Lobo Men showcase a thrilling victory over SDSU on Saturday 79-75

  21-01-2018 06:49 via krqe.com
  ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (KRQE)- It was their 2nd win in a row, and a 2nd victory that had a thrilling finish. Fresh off of their comeback win over UNLV the Lobos hosted Mountain West Rival San Diego State on Saturday and after trailing by 10 at the half comeback to win 79-75.
  This UNM team looked very good in the 2nd half, and defensively really stepped it up. SDSU came out on fire in the first half, but UNM would neutralize their shot and outscore them 41-27 in the 2nd half.
  “Quite honestly it w
  
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• New Mexico is already feeling the effect of government shutdown

  21-01-2018 06:19
  
  Vets, federal employees are hit hard
  
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• New technology at UNM medical center combines pacemaker, defibrillator

  21-01-2018 05:34
  
  It's one of the most serious conditions, and a costly one for patients.
  
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• Lobos rally behind Jackson, beat San Diego St. 79-75

  21-01-2018 05:34
  
  Antino Jackson scored New Mexico's five points in the closing moments, including the go-ahead jumper with 22 seconds left, to lift the Lobos to a 79-75 victory Saturday over San Diego State.
  
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• Members of Congress to donate pay during shutdown

  21-01-2018 05:32
  
  "I don't think it's right for me to get paid during a government shutdown while my constituents are being furloughed, and important and necessary services are being limited or halted all together."
  
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• Grandmother startled, avoids potential scam when caller identifies himself as a relative

  21-01-2018 05:23
  
  A new phone scam in the metro might be targeting grandparents, with at least one caller saying they are a relative and backing it up with personal information.
  
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• Birth control may help prevent some cancers in women

  21-01-2018 05:21
  
  Oral contraceptives were found to slash the risk of developing endometrial cancer by 34 percent.
  
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• Stop feeling guilty for sleeping in on Saturdays

  21-01-2018 03:30
  
  A Swedish study found that getting extra shut-eye on the weekend could sometimes be beneficial to one's health.
  
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• Large fire burns in Bloomfield, evacuations lifted

  21-01-2018 03:17
  
  Residents in the evacuated areas of Bloomfield are allowed to return to their homes.
  
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