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  • Russias Far East rocked by powerful quake

    The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's ...

  • Police search for flasher in Mariposa Park

    The next time the Mariposa Park flasher decides to show himself, Albuquerque police said they hope to catch him on camera with their mobile surveillance unit and take him down. "He's done it to a couple of girls, where he basically exposes himself, and then essentially vanishes," said Sgt. Trish Hoffman, of the Albuquerque Police Department. Police said they received their first ...

  • Local man opens up on Boy Scout vote

    A policy that has banned gay kids and teens from joining boy scouts was lifted Thursday. Delegates from across the country, including Albuquerque, voted on the issue. But the controversy may not be completely over. Daniel Williams says most of his childhood memories are as a cub scout and then, a boy scout. "I wasn't out as a gay boy scout when I was going through, I ...

  • North American Sports Group introduces the Sportsfest kickoff

    The first annual Albuquerque Sportsfest will be held June 8-9 at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There will be live music, fireworks and food trucks. All soccer athletes participating in Sportsfest will have the opportunity to qualify for the Kick It 3v3 Regional Championships and/or the Disney 3v3 Championships. This is the first annual Albuquerque Sportsfest, while Hoop It ...

  • Corrections officer fired over medical marijuana use

    Posted at: 05/23/2013 6:18 PM | Updated at: 05/23/2013 9:02 PM By: Nikki Ibarra, KOB Eyewitness News 4 A Bernalillo corrections officer said he was fired after he tested positive for marijuana. A drug, veteran Augustine Stanley, said he was prescribed to take. Stanley said after he lost his job, he lost everything. KOB Eyewitness News 4 spoke to the county attorney about the ...

  • Restaurateurs sound off on trendy food trucks

    Posted at: 05/23/2013 5:50 PM | Updated at: 05/23/2013 11:19 PM By: Nikki Ibarra, KOB Eyewitness News 4 You may have noticed food trucks are popping up all over Albuquerque, but some local restaurant owners said this trend is bad for their business. ABQ Food Trucks sets up pods - three or more trucks in a spot - throughout the city. The first pod debuted Thursday on the west side ...


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Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma

The ads for Alex & Emma, both in print and on television, proudly declare that it comes to us from Rob Reiner, the director of When Harry Met Sally, but dont be fooled. For every bit that the latter is a warm, engaging, funny, and knowing exploration of modern romance, the former is an awkward, trite, manufactured romantic comedy that is not particularly romantic or funny. If the ad ... ...

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  • Mother opens up about sons drug addiction death

    Posted at: 05/23/2013 6:04 PM | Updated at: 05/23/2013 9:19 PM By: Joseph Lynch, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Accidental overdoses from prescription drugs are a bigger threat to teenagers in New Mexico than automobile accidents. The Attorney General's Office brought people from around the state to Albuquerque to speak about stopping the epidemic, and they heard one woman's personal ...

  • Police search for naked runner in the Bosque

    Albuquerque police said the man has been spotted off and on for years, mostly around the trail areas, near Bridge and Central streets. The jogger has never tried to hurt anyone, but officers said running naked in a public, open space is illegal. "If he happens to be taking a jog while unclothed and runs into a group of kids, well, it crosses a certain line there with charges that he's ...

  • Suit Authorities didnt protect kids

    SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - A lawsuit filed by a victim of a suspected Santa Fe child molester claims police and other authorities repeatedly ignored his and other boy's allegations and that a New Mexico lawmaker used her political influence to protect the suspect. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 16-year-old boy who claims in 2010 Jacob Pinto offered him money to do chores. He says instead ...

  • Drought halts BioPark farm plantings

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The drought is hitting parts of New Mexico hard, and now those dry conditions have come to the Albuquerque BioPark farm. Rio Grande Heritage Farms, which is just one of the exhibits that spectators can check out at the park, will not be planting the chile and tomato crop this year because it would use too much water. BioPark officials say they will continue to grow alfalfa, ...

  • Landlord guilty of murdering tenants

    SANTA FE (KRQE) - A Santa Fe jury late Thursday convicted landlord Arthur Anaya of murdering two tenants over a late rent payment. Anaya was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Theresa Vigil, 51, and Austin Urban, 16 in January 2012. Urban had been identified as the boyfriend of Vigil's daughter. While prosecutors said late rent was being the murders, Anaya's ...

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