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• Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds

  03-10-2022 23:56 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report issued Monday by the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, giving the public its first glimpse into the growing problems at Zelle.The report also found that the large banks that partly own Zelle have been reluctant to compensate customers who have been victims of fraud or scams. For instance, less than half of the money customers reported being sent via
  
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• Data: Albuquerque seeing more double homicides in 2022 than last year

  03-10-2022 23:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque is on track to break last year's homicide record, according to the Albuquerque Police Department's data. This year, APD officially recorded their 100th homicide victim on September 25. In a recent news conference, APD Police Chief Harold Medina stated he expects even more before the year is over. New Mexico prisons facing low staff, increased inmate drug useIn 2021, by the end of September, APD had only counted 88 homicides. That is 12 fewer
  
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• Man who admitted to Pajarito Mesa murder sentenced

  03-10-2022 22:52 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The man who admitted to killing a man on the Pajarito Mesa back in 2018 will spend the next 12 years behind bars. Jonathan Herrera helped beat 30-year-old Ivan Bocanegra to death, then ran over his body and tried to burn the evidence, including Bocanegra's body.Story continues below:
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• PNM unveils grid upgrade plan, possible added $1.20 monthly cost

  03-10-2022 22:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A big new plan from PNM outlines some major possible upgrades to the grid providing electrical service to many New Mexicans, including changes that could offer more data about how customers are using electricity. The utility is also forecasting that the change may cost customers an average $1.20 more per month, if approved and enacted.A regulated monopoly electrical provider, PNM unveiled what it calls its "grid modernization" plan in a news conference Monda
  
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• Study: Nearsightedness getting worse in children, pandemic at fault

  03-10-2022 21:51 via krqe.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Optometrist Dr. Denise Smith said the stream of young children coming into her office with worried parents is an alarming sign of the times. Her patients have only gotten younger and more frequent with the onset of the pandemic.
  The complaint is nearsightedness or myopia, a condition where objects further away appear blurry.
  "Now with increased digital devices and the lack of time outdoors, we're seeing it happen a lot more frequently," Smith said.
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• Systemic emotional, sexual abuse found in women's pro soccer, report says

  03-10-2022 21:48 via krqe.com
  
  An independent investigation into the scandals that erupted in the National Women's Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the sport, impacting multiple teams, coaches and players, according to a report released Monday.“Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players,” former acting U.S. Attorne
  
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• Storms and colder weather ahead for New Mexico

  03-10-2022 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Now Tropical Storm Orlene continues to provide plentiful moisture across Mexico. A large upper level low pressure system in the northern Great Plains will draw moisture up from the disturbance to our south while also bringing in moisture from the north. This double dose of moisture will really allow for showers and thunderstorms to become numerous into this afternoon and evening.
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• Albuquerque Community Safety Department took over 16,000 calls, many which would have gone to APD

  03-10-2022 20:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A year ago, the Albuquerque Community Safety Department (ACS) began handling some of the calls that used to go to the Albuquerque Police Department. Now, a year after the program first began, ACS has taken over 16,000 calls, responded to community and behavioral health issues, reportedly without any resulting deaths or serious injuries.Albuquerque created ACS as a third branch to the city's existing public safety departments, the Albuquerque Police Depa
  
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• Planned Parenthood to open first mobile abortion clinic in Illinois

  03-10-2022 19:56 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - Planned Parenthood will soon open a mobile abortion clinic in southern Illinois as part of an effort to expand access in Missouri and across other parts of the Midwest where the procedure is almost entirely banned.The mobile clinic will help reduce travel distances, wait times and other logistical barriers impacting patients in neighboring states where abortion is banned, said Yamelsie Rodriguez, President of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri."One hun
  
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• Trump rallies drift to fringe ahead of potential 2024 bid

  03-10-2022 19:44 via krqe.com
  
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Paige Cole is one of the “Anons.” The mother of three from Eastpointe, Michigan, says Joe Biden is a sham president and believes Donald Trump will soon be reinstated to the White House to finish the remainder of Biden’s term.“His whole inauguration was fake. He didn’t have real military people. He had, like, fake badges, fake people. And Trump is actually our president,” she said while waiting in line for his latest rally on Saturday
  
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• Police search for 5 women, 1 man in New York dismemberment death

  03-10-2022 19:35 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) — Police on Sunday launched a search for six people wanted in connection with the dismemberment death of a 22-year-old New York City woman.
  Officers found D'Asia Johnson's remains inside two suitcases in a Linwood Avenue home on Sept. 21, officials said. Police on Sunday said they were looking for five women and a man in connection with Johnson's death. Their pictures are below.Police found Johnson's remains as they performed a wellness check. The building's superintendent,
  
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• Fact Check: Businesses claim help from Lujan Grisham

  03-10-2022 19:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Local businesses are front and center in Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lujan Grisham's latest campaign ad. In it, several business owners tout the help they say they've gotten from the Governor's actions. One of those featured owners even tells viewers not to believe the "attacks" from Republican opponent Mark Ronchetti.So what programs are these business owners talking about? And what role did Lujan Grisham have in providing help? To give you the conte
  
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• United Airlines to suspend service at major US airport

  03-10-2022 19:07 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) — United Airlines will temporarily suspend service at John F. Kennedy International Airport later this month, citing their “too-small-to-be-competitive schedule” at the New York hub.The move was confirmed in a statement posted to the airline’s intranet on Monday and shared with Nexstar's WPIX in response to an inquiry about service.The suspension will take effect following the arrival of final inbound flights on Oct. 29, according to the memo, which says t
  
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• Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25

  03-10-2022 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.The Moscow region court said it will hear her appeal.
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• Abuse in women's pro soccer league was systemic, report says

  03-10-2022 19:03 via krqe.com
  
  An independent investigation into the scandals that erupted in the National Women's Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the sport, impacting multiple teams, coaches and players, according to a report released Monday.
  “Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players,” former acting U.S. Attorn
  
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• Man convicted of raping two family members faces more than 250 years

  03-10-2022 19:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – William Quintana Doizaki, the Albuquerque man convicted for repeatedly raping two family members, is expected to be sentenced Monday. In June, the 53-year-old was found guilty of multiple counts of rape and sexual contact with a minor.
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• Two accused of cheating by putting weights in fish during Ohio tournament

  03-10-2022 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  (WKBN) -- Two Ohio men are accused of putting lead weights in fish they caught during the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Championship on Friday.Tournament director Jason Fischer inspected the fish caught by Chase Cominsky and Jacob Runyan, according to the Toledo Blade. He told Nexstar that during that inspection, he felt hard objects in the belly of one of the fish.
  When he cut open one of the fish, Fischer found lead weights. It happened in at least two other fish, with one also having walleye fillet
  
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• Schools nationwide offer students mental health days

  03-10-2022 18:59 via krqe.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Schools in 12 states across the nation are allowing students to take mental health days as a move to try and combat the mental health crisis kids are facing in the wake of the pandemic. The idea is spreading and is now being proposed in at least five other states.It works like a sick day. The student's parents would call the school to let them know their child is sick and needs to stay home. In this case, they would take the day to try to seek care if it is available in an a
  
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• Jackson is active questioner as she hears first argument as Supreme Court justice

  03-10-2022 18:34 via krqe.com
  
  Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court's newest justice and the first Black woman to hold the position, proved one of the most active questioners on the bench Monday during her first argument at the High Court as the justices kicked off a new term.Bedecked in the customary black robe, Jackson occupied a seat at the far end of the bench, in keeping with the court's traditional seating arrangement based on seniority, with Chief Justice John Roberts at the center.Jackson, a former judge on two lo
  
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• Police in California investigating possible serial killings, seeking person of interest

  03-10-2022 17:22 via krqe.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (KTXL) — Police in Stockton, California, are asking for the public's help in identifying a person of interest in a “series of killings” that investigators believe are connected.Five men have been shot and killed in the city south of Sacramento since July 8. The latest killing occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 27. All the shootings happened when the victims were alone during the night or early morning, while they were walking or in their cars, police said.
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• PHOTOS: Static display still delights crowds on Day 3 Balloon Fiesta

  03-10-2022 17:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The weather kept the balloons from flying on Day Three of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but dozens inflated for a static display.Photo Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit
  
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• PHOTOS: Balloon Fiesta Day 3 - Static display still delights crowds

  03-10-2022 17:20 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The weather kept the balloons from flying on Day Three of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but dozens inflated for a static display.Photo Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit: Scott BrownPhoto Credit
  
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• Taco Bell bringing back Taco Lover's Pass for National Taco Day

  03-10-2022 16:58 via krqe.com
  
  (WXIN) -- Taco Bell is helping customers celebrate National Taco Day by offering a month-long taco pass.Only on Tuesday (National Taco Day), Taco Bell Rewards members can buy the Taco Lover's Pass for $10 (plus tax). What are the ‘absolute best’ nachos in your state?The pass allows Rewards members to redeem one taco a day for 30 consecutive days. Any of the following seven tacos qualify for the promotion:Crunchy TacoCrunchy Taco SupremeSoft TacoSoft Taco SupremeSpicy Potato Soft Taco
  
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• Former UNM athletic director wants all charges dismissed

  03-10-2022 15:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Attorneys for Former University of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs is asking a judge to dismiss all charges against him. Krebs is accused of using thousands of taxpayer dollars on a lavish golf trip to Scotland for himself, his family and a former coach. Krebs is also accused of diverting tens of thousands of public dollars to benefit his friends and family.Story continues below:
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• Former UNM athletic director files motion to have charge dismissed

  03-10-2022 15:52 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Former University of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs is set to appear in court Monday. Krebs is asking a judge to dismiss one of the charges against him. Krebs is charged with multiple counts of embezzlement, unlawful interest in a public contract and other charges.Story continues below:
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• Ad legend Dan Wieden, who coined Nike's 'Just Do It,' dies

  03-10-2022 14:49 via krqe.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Dan Wieden, who coined the phrase for which Nike is still famous, died Friday at his Portland home at the age of 77.Wieden formed Wieden + Kennedy with David Kennedy on April Fool's Day 1982 in Portland.Wieden, who stepped away from an everyday role with the company in 2015, is credited with coining the phrase, "Just do it."Story continues below:
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• Kim Kardashian to pay $1.26M to settle SEC's crypto promotion charges

  03-10-2022 14:48 via krqe.com
  
  Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that she promoted a cryptocurrency on Instagram without disclosing she’d been paid $250,000 to do so.The SEC said Monday that the reality TV star and entrepreneur has agreed to cooperate with its ongoing investigation. Man dead after falling from escalator at Pittsburgh’s Acrisure StadiumThe SEC said Kardashian failed to disclose that she was paid to publish a post on her Instagram acc
  
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• KRQE Newsfeed: Emergency firewood, Safe outdoor spaces vote, Rain continues, UNM crime stats, World Record attempt

  03-10-2022 14:47 via krqe.com
  
  Monday's Top StoriesFBI called to Albuquerque SunportNew Mexico State University holding LGBT+ events throughout October2022 American Indian Arts Festival featured at Indian Pueblo Cultural CenterBooks set in New MexicoLocal group urges state lawmakers to end Albuquerque rent control prohibition These loans no longer qualify for Biden’s student loan forgiveness programAlbuquerque schools accepting donations for ‘Socktober’ eventHomicide detectives investigating ‘susp
  
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• Rain showers continue across New Mexico

  03-10-2022 14:31 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A large low-pressure system to our north is dragging along a cold front, drawing in moisture and bringing lift across the northern and central parts of the state. Rain showers continue to fall this morning across the four corners and the northwestern I-25 corridor. Some showers may move into the Albuquerque metro by late morning, but the city's better chance for more widespread precipitation will be later this afternoon and evening.
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• University of New Mexico releases 2021 crime stats

  03-10-2022 14:13 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico released its 2021 crime stats for all of its campuses. The report compares stats in 2019, 2020 and 2021.Story continues below:
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• Mora County emergency firewood project provides firewood to residents

  03-10-2022 13:56 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – This year's wildfire season destroyed acres of forest up north, leaving Mora County residents, without resources for firewood. Now they're getting a little bit of help just in time for winter. The Forest Service and National Guard is working together to make sure the residents in Mora County, have firewood heading into the winter months, something a lot of them depend on to stay warm.  "It is getting cold. Now we're in the thirty’s in the morni
  
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• Five cases to watch as a conservative Supreme Court begins its new term

  03-10-2022 13:26 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) -- When the Supreme Court starts its new term Monday, the six Republican-appointed justices are expected to resume the project they began last term of remaking U.S. constitutional law in a conservative image.With many Americans are still reckoning with a term that eliminated the federal abortion right in the Dobbs decision, expanded Second Amendment and religious rights and shrank the U.S. government's power to curb climate change, the 6-3 conservative majority court has chosen a set
  
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• Weather delays launch at day three of Balloon Fiesta

  03-10-2022 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Monday is the third day of the 2022 Balloon Fiesta. Due to weather, the launch is on hold until further notice as officials monitor the weather. Balloons will be doing a static display for pilots who choose to do so. Rain showers continue across New MexicoDuring a pilot briefing each morning, officials determine if balloons are safe to go up. Conditions for flight are known as 'green flag,' 'yellow flag,' and 'red flag.' The yellow flag remains up at the fi
  
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• Launch canceled due to weather at Balloon Fiesta day 3

  03-10-2022 13:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –Due to weather, there will be no launch Monday at Balloon Fiesta. According to a tweet from Balloon Fiesta, there will be no flights Monday and competitions will also be canceled. A static display will be allowed at the launch field for pilots who choose to.Rain showers continue across New Mexico
  
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• Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brando's Oscar, dies at 75

  03-10-2022 12:52 via krqe.com
  
  (WGHP) — An activist known for her speech on behalf of actor Marlon Brando in the 1970s died Sunday, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist who declined Brando's Oscar for "The Godfather" in 1973, has died after a fight with breast cancer. She was 75.
  In June, the Academy apologized to Littlefeather for her treatment when she took the stage to speak on Brando's behalf during the broadcast, and she attended an in-pers
  
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• Supreme Court to hear case that could have massive impact on US water quality

  03-10-2022 02:20 via krqe.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a case between Idaho landowners and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a dispute that could redefine the scope of the country’s clean water regulations.  The first case of the justices’ new term, landing just ahead of the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary, will feature arguments about wetlands and when they can or cannot be regulated by the federal government.  Although technical in nat
  
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• New Mexico State University holding LGBT+ events throughout October

  03-10-2022 02:17 via krqe.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – If you're in Las Cruces or near the New Mexico State University (NMSU) in October, you might notice a range of celebrations going on. A group with the university has announced multiple LGBT+ events and activities they will be hosting throughout the month.
  “LGBT+ Programs is celebrating the most student traffic we have ever seen,” LGBT+ Programs Director Zooey Sophia Pook said. “Our clubs – AgGays, Gender Diverse Aggies,
  
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• 2022 American Indian Arts Festival featured at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

  03-10-2022 01:57 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center hosted a two-day festival during the weekend. The celebrations focused on Native American art.The Albuquerque American Indian Arts Festival featured the work of 45 artists, from pueblos both in and out of state. Guests were able to visit each one and get a deeper explanation of their art. Remote control balloon pilots practice for world record attemptThe organizer of Sunday's art festival said Balloon Fiesta brought in some
  
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• Man dead after falling from escalator at Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium

  03-10-2022 01:27 via krqe.com
  
  PITTSBURGH, Pa (WTAJ) — One man is dead after falling from an escalator at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Sunday.Around 4:45 p.m. ET, Pittsburgh Police and EMS within Acrisure Stadium responded to a man who reportedly fell from an escalator inside the stadium, according to a press release from Deputy Public Information Officer Amanda Mueller.
  Paramedics on the scene immediately administered care and transported the man to the hospital in critical condition. Authorities say the man later
  
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• FBI called to Albuquerque Sunport

  03-10-2022 01:10 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were called to the Sunport Sunday morning. They said there was a security threat, but they haven't specified what that entails.
  The American Airlines Flight 928 from Texas to New Mexico had to be evacuated after landing at the Albuquerque International Sunport.Local group urges state lawmakers to end Albuquerque rent control prohibition Airport officials said there were 179 people aboard the flight,
  
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• Books set in New Mexico

  03-10-2022 00:00 via krqe.com
  
  NEW MEXICO  (Stacker) -- Every state has its hallmark writers.
  Mississippi has William Faulkner and his incomparable (fictional) Yoknapatawpha County and Missouri can lay claim to Mark Twain. The state of Maine is gifted with Pulitzer winner Richard Russo and horror icon Stephen King. Rural Pennsylvania is the playground of the much-heralded (and occasionally maligned) John Updike, and when many bibliophiles think of New Jersey, they also think of Richard Ford's series of novels featuring r
  
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