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  • Oklahoma principals recall day tornado hit

    It was like any other day. If anything, it might have been a little better than usual -- with more deserved honors for the kids, more jokes and songs, more smiles. Even Mother Nature, after storms the previous day, seemed at first to cooperate as the sun shone ...

  • Man rescued from Sandia Mountains

    Posted at: 05/24/2013 9:40 PM | Updated at: 05/24/2013 10:29 PM By: Danielle Todesco, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Search and Rescue officials are always on-call to help out hikers, especially during a busy holiday weekend like Memorial Day. This year, it kicked off with a rescue. An elderly man had to be helped down from the Sandia Mountains after falling and hitting his head. Officials said ...

  • Teen helps officers catch drunk drivers

    Posted at: 05/24/2013 6:14 PM | Updated at: 05/24/2013 9:30 PM By: Nikki Ibarra, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Local and state police will have more patrols and more checkpoints to catch people who start their summer by driving drunk. Candace Johnston, however, has a mission. The 13-year-old is young, but she knows the dangers of getting into a car with a drunk driver. "They kept ...

  • Albuquerque Wine Festival to draw in tourists boost economy

    Where there is wine, there is usually a celebration. And, New Mexico wine makers have a lot to celebrate. The Albuquerque Wine Festival this weekend will bring together vineyards that are part of a $60 million industry in the Land of Enchantment. Organizers say the festival is expected to bring in around $750,000. And, the impact on surrounding businesses and increase in tourists could ...

  • Family friends remember Karleen Zetina

    Every time we saw her, she had a smile on her face - that's what many are remembering Friday night. An Albuquerque teenager, who inspired people with her courage, has lost her battle with cancer. KOB 4 first told you about 17-year-old Karleen Zetina in March - when West Mesa High School held ...


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The Pianist

The Pianist

Roman Polanski survived the Holocaust when he was seven years old because his father cut a hole for him a barbed wire fence. He lived with various families over the years while his father spent four years in a concentration camp and his mother died in the gas chamber. Although he has insisted in interview after interview that his Palme d'Or-winning film The Pianist, about a young Jewish mu ... ...

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  • Albuquerque high school teacher arrested for touching a student www.privateofficer.com

    - A CibolaHigh School teacher was arrested on Thursday, charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor. 37-year-old Antonio Ortega allegedly took advantage of a 17-year-old female student in his classroom on Wednesday - the last day of school. According to the criminal complaint, the language arts teacher and golf coach at the school allegedly came up from behind her, placed his hands on her ...

  • City honors church stabbing heroes

    Posted at: 05/24/2013 7:32 PM | Updated at: 05/24/2013 8:49 PM By: Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4 It has been almost a month since a man went on a stabbing spree during mass at an Albuquerque church. The City of Albuquerque honored the off-duty public safety officers Friday who jumped in to stop him. But don't call them heroes – that’s what each of the men will ...

  • Urban Outfitters takes heat for clothing line

    Urban Outfitters is in hot water with Attorney General Offices around the country for a line of merchandise that mimics prescription pill bottles. Officials accuse the store - popular with hipsters and young adults - of making light of the serious epidemic of prescription drug abuse. "Not only is it in poor taste, I think it demeans the entire effort of what we are doing here in New ...

  • New Mexicos bridges could see trouble

    Posted at: 05/24/2013 8:04 PM | Updated at: 05/24/2013 8:16 PM By: Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4 The Washington State bridge collapse has New Mexicans wondering about bridge safety in their state. One recent report shows hundreds of the state's bridges could be in trouble. About 18 percent of the state’s bridges are structurally deficient or obsolete by federal ...

  • Man on the run picks wrong house to hide out in

    Posted at: 05/24/2013 6:01 PM | Updated at: 05/24/2013 7:20 PM By: Nikki Ibarra, KOB Eyewitness News 4 A man runs from police and breaks into a house to hide out, but Daniel Silva picked the wrong house and wrong homeowner. Police stopped Silva as he was driving near 2nd and Menaul. He then came face to face with a guy who had a lot to protect. Leonard Martinez is usually not home ...

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