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• How to buy a house that hasn’t been built yet

  24-02-2018 23:34 via krqe.com
  (AP)- Trisha and Dennis Rawlings, a couple in their early 30s, are moving to suburban Chicago and leaving their over-60-year-old first home in the St. Louis area behind.
  “We were looking at potentially buying a house,” Trisha says. But in the area where they want to live, the options within their budget were limited to purchasing an older home or building a new one.
  The couple loved the features of a modern, new-construction neighborhood with a pool, a clubhouse and excellent wa
  
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• GOP tax law boosts income taxes, budgets in some states

  24-02-2018 23:20
  
  Pushes to reduce taxes have arisen in Republican-leaning states, including Iowa, Michigan, Utah and Georgia.
  
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• Dems release memo rebutting GOP on Russia probe

  24-02-2018 23:13
  
  The document claims to correct the record regarding alleged FBI surveillance abuses and the Russia investigation.
  
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• Redacted Democratic memo on FBI surveillance, Russia probe released

  24-02-2018 22:26
  
  The document claims to correct the record regarding alleged FBI surveillance abuses and the Russia investigation.
  
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• Trump tweets support for arming teachers, says 'up to states'

  24-02-2018 22:25
  
  "Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them."
  
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• ‘Vicar of Dibley’ actress Emma Chambers dies at 53

  24-02-2018 22:11 via krqe.com
  LONDON (AP) — British actress Emma Chambers, known for her roles in “The Vicar of Dibley” television series and the romantic comedy “Notting Hill,” has died at 53.
  Her agent John Grant said Saturday that Chambers had died of natural causes on Wednesday evening.
  “Over the years, Emma created a wealth of characters and an immense body of work. She brought laughter and joy to many, and will be greatly missed,” he said.
  Chambers was well known in Britain for
  
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• Governors skeptical of Congress, but welcome new gun debate

  24-02-2018 21:57
  
  The Feb. 14 mass shooting in Florida is drawing much of the attention at the National Governors Association meeting.
  
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• UN Security Council adopts Syria ceasefire resolution

  24-02-2018 21:34
  
  The 30-day truce would allow for the delivery of emergency aid and the evacuation of the wounded in some of Syria's hardest-hit areas.
  
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• Report cites Los Alamos lapses in handling of toxic metal

  24-02-2018 21:17 via krqe.com
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new federal report says Los Alamos National Laboratory violated regulations to protect workers from exposure to a metal that can cause lung disease and cancer.
  The Energy Department inspector general’s report says the nuclear weapons lab didn’t properly track beryllium and didn’t assure that contaminated areas were safe before work continued.
  Lab spokesman Matt Nerzig says Los Alamos hasn’t scaled back measures to protect workers but is &ldqu
  
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• Fine dining in Seoul: A taste of something different

  24-02-2018 21:06 via krqe.com
  SEOUL (Nexstar) — When you think about Korean food, you usually think about barbecue or Bulgogi, but Aaron Nolan found out there’s a flavor for fine dining in Seoul.
  In the heart of the Gangnam district, you’ll find a little bit of everything. From high fashion to high rise plastic surgery centers, the district has it all including Jungsik.
  “Koreans are familiar with family style more than fine dining or dining out,” explains chef Jeongho Kim.
  But, Kim noticed a shi
  
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• PHOTOS: Team USA dominates to win curling Gold

  24-02-2018 21:04 via krqe.com
  While much of the nation was sleeping, Team USA slid a dominant game to bring home the country’s first ever gold medal in curling. Team USA wins Curling goldPYEONGCHANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 24:Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Trump's daughter and senior White House adviser, holds Luke Shuster, son of skip John Shuster of the U.S team next to athletes Cory Christensen and Rebecca Hamilton as she attends the Men's Gold Medal Curling match between Sweden and United States of America at Gangneung Cur
  
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• New Mexico ruling cites limit on police duty in DWI testing

  24-02-2018 21:04
  
  The New Mexico State Supreme Court has overturned a lower court and ruled that police don't have to help drunken-driving suspects arrange to exercise their right under state law to have an independent blood-alcohol test.
  
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• Companies pull back from the NRA

  24-02-2018 20:49
  
  A growing number of large companies have announced they are cutting or reducing ties with the gun rights group.
  
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• Judge swears in new top federal prosecutor for New Mexico

  24-02-2018 20:48
  
  The state's chief federal judge has sworn in a new U.S. Attorney for New Mexico.
  
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• US gymnasts: Sport rife with verbal, emotional abuse

  24-02-2018 20:32
  
  The gymnasts describe a win-at-all-costs culture left some with lifelong injuries, suffocating anxiety and debilitating eating disorders.
  
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• Local teams square off in district tournament play

  24-02-2018 20:05
  
  Prep basketball was back at it Friday night, when several teams faced off in district tourney play.
  
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• Stuck in an opioids crisis, officials turn to acupuncture

  24-02-2018 19:57 via krqe.com
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Marine veteran Jeff Harris was among the first to sign up when the Providence VA hospital started offering acupuncture for chronic pain.
  “I don’t like taking pain medication. I don’t like the way it makes me feel,” he said.
  Harris also didn’t want to risk getting addicted to heavy-duty prescription painkillers.
  Although long derided as pseudoscience and still questioned by many medical experts, acupuncture is increasingly being embraced
  
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• Police experts urge intensive training if teachers are armed

  24-02-2018 19:38 via krqe.com
  The idea of arming teachers to take out a shooter is alarming some law enforcement experts, who say it takes more than just being a good shot at a gun range.
  They say it would require specialized and repeated training to teach educators the proper tactics and enable them to conquer their fear and remain calm and clear-thinking in a fast-moving, life-or-death situation.
  “Simply putting a gun on the premises and hoping someone’s going to do the right thing with it is baseless,” s
  
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• Damascus suburb strikes kill scores, UN votes for cease-fire

  24-02-2018 19:37 via krqe.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and dozens wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to 500, as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria.
  The weeklong bombardment has overwhelmed rescuers and doctors at makeshift hospitals, many of which have also been bombed. Activists say that terrified residents h
  
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• Australia leader urges US to maintain global leadership role

  24-02-2018 19:37 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Australia’s prime minister on Saturday urged the United States to maintain its global leadership role and spoke out against a growing sentiment of isolation in America and elsewhere while highlighting the importance of international partnerships and alliances.
  Malcolm Turnbull also encouraged Washington to consider rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade pact that President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. from in 2017.
  “American leadership in the world
  
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• HFPA investigating actor Brendan Fraser’s groping claim

  24-02-2018 19:36 via krqe.com
  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says it is investigating actor Brendan Fraser’s claim that its former president, Philip Berk, groped him in 2003.
  Fraser, 49, best known for his role in “The Mummy” trilogy, made the accusation in an interview with GQ magazine .
  A statement from the HFPA, the organization that puts on the Golden Globes, says the interview “includes alleged information that the HFPA was previously unaware of” and is looking into the accusation.
  
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• Admirers line streets, overpasses to see Billy Graham’s motorcade

  24-02-2018 19:32
  
  Thousands of well-wishers are expected to view the procession of "America's Pastor."
  
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• Man says he kicked Chevy Chase in self-defense during traffic dispute

  24-02-2018 19:20
  
  The New York man claims the comedian climbed into a vehicle and tried to punch him during a profanity-laced incident.
  
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• Police: Texas woman defecated in her pants to hide drugs

  24-02-2018 19:02
  
  The woman hid a crack pipe, 2.3 grams of crack cocaine and a Valentine’s Day card in her excrement.
  
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• Carbs, fat, DNA? Weight loss is finicky, new study shows

  24-02-2018 18:31 via krqe.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — A precision nutrition approach to weight loss didn’t hold up in a study testing low fat versus low carb depending on dieters’ DNA profiles.
  Previous research has suggested that a person’s insulin levels or certain genes could interact with different types of diets to influence weight loss.
  Stanford University researchers examined this idea with 600 overweight adults who underwent genetic and insulin testing before being randomly assigned to reduce fat or ca
  
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• Shibutani siblings overwhelmed to finally meet long-distance fans

  24-02-2018 18:10
  
  The U.S. skating stars weren't finished in PyeongChang after winning a bronze medal.
  
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• Major airlines pull back from the NRA

  24-02-2018 17:48
  
  A growing number of large companies have announced they are cutting or reducing ties with the gun rights group.
  
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• Report: California pot growers lagging in getting licenses

  24-02-2018 17:38 via krqe.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly two months after recreational marijuana became legal in California, less than 1 percent of the state’s known growers have been licensed, according to a report released Monday by a pot industry group.
  The 38-page report from the California Growers Association says 0.78 percent, or 534, of an estimated 68,150 marijuana growers were licensed by the state as of Feb. 7. The association cited such obstacles to licensing as cost and regulatory barriers.
  A study pub
  
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• Indiana woman says cemetery lost casket of long-dead father

  24-02-2018 16:59
  
  A woman who was planning on burying her mother in the same plot as her father made a shocking discovery.
  
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• Superagers’ youthful brains offer clues to keeping sharp

  24-02-2018 16:36 via krqe.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these “superagers” to uncover their secret.
  The work is the flip side of the disappointing hunt for new drugs to fight or prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
  Instead, “why don’t we figure out what it is we might need to do to maximize our memory?” said neuroscientist
  
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• Twin brothers arrested a week apart for child pornography

  24-02-2018 16:31
  
  One was a high school track coach in California, and the other coached and taught at a separate school.
  
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• Experts: Underwater archaeology site imperiled in Mexico

  24-02-2018 16:27 via krqe.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pollution is threatening the recently mapped Sac Actun cave system in the Yucatan Peninsula, a vast underground network that experts in Mexico say could be the most important underwater archaeological site in the world.
  Subaquatic archaeologist Guillermo de Anda said the cave system’s historical span is likely unrivaled. Some of the oldest human remains on the continent have been found there, dating back more than 12,000 years, and now-extinct animal remains push t
  
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• New genetic link reveals some ovarian cancer passed down by fathers

  24-02-2018 16:04
  
  The researchers found that women whose paternal grandmothers had ovarian cancer were twice as likely to develop ovarian cancer themselves.
  
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• Billy Graham's body to make 130-miles journey from mountains to Charlotte

  24-02-2018 15:19
  
  Thousands of well-wishers are expected to view the procession of "America's Pastor."
  
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• Science Says: European art scene began with Neanderthals

  24-02-2018 15:14 via krqe.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art.
  That’s been proposed before, but experts say two new studies finally give convincing evidence that our evolutionary cousins had the brainpower to make artistic works and use symbols.
  The key finding: New age estimates that show paintings on cave walls and decorated seashells in Spain were created long before our species entered Europe. So there’s no way Homo sapiens coul
  
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• New exhibit examines Native American imagery in US culture

  24-02-2018 15:12 via krqe.com
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Bold. Visionary. A spectacular success.
  The words in an online promotion for a new museum exhibit in Washington, D.C., describe an 1830 U.S. law that forced thousands of American Indians from their lands in the South to areas west of the Mississippi River.
  Provocative, yes, says the co-curator of the exhibit “Americans” that opened last month at the National Museum of the American Indian. Bold and visionary in imagining a country free of American Indians
  
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• Arming teachers: Some schools say it 'can be done right'

  24-02-2018 15:11
  
  Around the country, there are teachers and other school staff willing to carry their weapons in the halls.
  
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• Chilly winds whip up!

  24-02-2018 15:06
  
  Chilly winds whip up!
  
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• US curlers' first gold medals were the wrong ones

  24-02-2018 14:29
  
  After making history, these Olympians had to have their brand new gold medals swapped out for the right ones.
  
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• Canadian athlete arrested after taking a car at Olympics

  24-02-2018 11:16
  
  Police on Saturday said the three allegedly got into a car in front of a bar and drove it near the Pyeongchang athletes village before they were detained by police on patrol.
  
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• American men win Olympic curling gold, beat Sweden 10-7

  24-02-2018 10:30
  
  John Shuster skipped the United States to victory on Saturday for only the second curling medal in U.S. history.
  
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• Google’s digital assistant branches out to Nest camera

  24-02-2018 09:44 via krqe.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s voice-activated assistant is branching out to Nest’s deluxe security camera in an expansion that may amplify the privacy concerns surrounding internet-connected microphones.
  The virtual assistant is being offered to owners of the Nest Cam IQ in a free update rolling out Wednesday. The move comes just two weeks after Nest moved back under Google’s direct control after spending nearly 2 1/2 years as a separate company owned by the sam
  
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• Turpin parents facing more charges in case of abused children

  24-02-2018 09:39
  
  The parents have pleaded not guilty to 37 charges, including torture, false imprisonment, abuse of a dependent adult and child abuse.
  
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• 2018 Winter Olympics: Norway sets Winter Games record with 38 medals

  24-02-2018 09:28
  
  These are the highlights as events continue in PyeongChang.
  
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• Trump talks new gun measures, gun owners talk 'betrayal'

  24-02-2018 09:11
  
  The NRA, which spent about $30 million in support of Trump's presidential campaign, is firmly opposed to raising the legal age for the purchase of long guns from 18 to 21.
  
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• Ledecka gets second Olympic gold, this time in snowboarding

  24-02-2018 07:34
  
  The Czech star, top-ranked on the snowboarding circuit but never a threat until now in skiing, is the first to win gold medals in both sports.
  
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• Lobos get to .500 after 6-0 shutout

  24-02-2018 07:31
  
  The Lobo baseball team was looking to get to .500 in the second of a four-game set against Central Michigan at home, and they came away with that and their first winning streak of 2018.
  
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• Sled hockey a quietly burgeoning sport in ABQ

  24-02-2018 07:30
  
  People come to the Land of Enchantment for all kinds of reasons: The weather, the landscapes, the culture…but the ice?
  
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• Memo calls into question what courthouse security officers can do in emergencies

  24-02-2018 07:23
  
  They sport badges, and have handcuffs and guns attached to their belts.
  
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• 'A total distraction': ABQ teacher union head blasts proposal of arming instructors

  24-02-2018 07:21
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday once again floated the idea of allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons, in the wake of last week's Florida high school shooting that killed 17.
  
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