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• Train hauling sand derails in northern Colorado; no injuries

  15-05-2016 22:35
  
  TIMNATH, Colo. — Emergency crews are responding to a train derailment near an elementary school in northern Colorado. The Poudre Fire Authority says nine of the train’s cars came off the tracks and tipped Sunday afternoon while hauling sand in Timnath. No one was hurt and authorities say the train was not carrying hazardous materials. […]
  
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• 24 pilot whales die after beaching in Baja California

  15-05-2016 21:30
  
  MEXICO CITY — Two dozen pilot whales have died after beaching themselves on Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula despite efforts to move them into deeper waters. Mexico’s Navy said in a statement Sunday that its personnel worked along with soldiers, agents of the environmental ministry and local fishermen trying to save the whales on the western […]
  
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• 6 people injured in crash at Texas naval air station

  15-05-2016 21:26
  
  KINGSVILLE, Texas — Officials say six people were injured when a vehicle carrying 15 people crashed into a South Texas naval air station while being followed by Border Patrol agents. Naval Air Station Kingsville spokesman Kevin Clarke says the vehicle ran through the entry gate then collided with the base’s “final denial barrier” Saturday evening. […]
  
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• Man attempts to rob car wash with potato chip bag

  15-05-2016 20:52
  
  ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — Authorities say a man tried to rob a car wash in Northern California with an empty potato chip bag and an alleged handgun. Rohnert Park’s Department of Public Safety says in a statement that the man entered KaCees World of Water car wash Friday night and dropped an empty potato chip […]
  
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• Blowing dust causes closure of 60-mile stretch of I-10

  15-05-2016 20:41
  
  SAN SIMON, Ariz. — A 60-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico was closed Sunday because of blowing dust from a farm field. The closure runs from just east of Willcox, Arizona, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. Traffic is being detoured through Safford, Arizona, on U.S. 191 and U.S. 70. The […]
  
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• Class 4A baseball: Sandia Prep dominates, repeats

  15-05-2016 03:44
  
  It wasn’t perfect this time around, but that was still fine. Joe Martinez and Sandia Prep will take a two-hit shutout any day, especially this day. The junior lefty dominated in the Class 4A state baseball championship game for the second year in a row as the top-seeded Sundevils routed No. 2 Portales 13-0 on […]
  
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• Speak Up! More on Lobo beer, having fun with Rudy

  15-05-2016 03:40
  
  ■ LOBO FOOTBALL AND BEER: To Trey: How dare you attack diehard Lobo fans who are passionate about our teams/games. We go to cheer, yell and root the Lobos on to victory. To call Rudy obnoxious is ridiculous. Stay home then, fans being fans is what happens at games. You are probably one of those […]
  
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• Class 5A baseball: Centennial pulls out stunning win in final

  15-05-2016 03:37
  
    Redemption stories don’t get too much better than the one Junior Peña authored Saturday. Peña’s RBI triple ignited a game-winning three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning as Centennial pulled out a stunning 5-4 victory over Goddard in the Class 5A baseball championship game at Santa Ana Star Field. The Hawks (25-6) […]
  
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• Track and field: Byrd completes triumphant comeback; Cleveland teams romp

  15-05-2016 03:23
  
    Last month, Jordan Byrd wasn’t sure he’d be ready for this weekend’s state high school Class 4A, 5A and 6A track & field championships. Actually, his doctors weren’t sure. “I was always confident I’d be able to compete,” said Byrd, who had meniscus surgery April 15 on his left knee. “My doctor said it […]
  
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• Child stabbed by hypodermic needle during South Valley cleanup

  15-05-2016 03:20
  
  A child taking part in a community cleanup in Albuquerque’s South Valley was stabbed by a hypodermic needle while picking up trash, according to a Bernalillo County spokesman. The elementary-aged child’s hand was injured while participating in the South Valley Celebration on Saturday morning, Andy Lenderman said in a news release. The child was wearing […]
  
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• Blaze breaks out at metal recycling plant

  15-05-2016 00:26
  
  Shredded car parts fueled a fire at a southwest Albuquerque metal recycling plant early Saturday, according to a Bernalillo County spokesman. Crews were dispatched to a fire on Second Street near Rio Bravo just before 7 a.m. Saturday where they found “a number of piles of shredded automobile materials on fire,” Bernalillo County spokesman Larry […]
  
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