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  • Drag queen bingo fundraiser helps fight against HIV and Aids

    A very unusual bingo game was held for a good cause Sunday. The New Mexico AIDS Sevices hosted It’s not your Grandmother’s Bingo! It event was billed as a drag queen bingo fundraiser to help fight against HIV and AIDS. The bingo hosts were "dolls" from an Albuquerque drag theater group. New Mexico AIDS Services said it helps to put some humor into such a sad ...

  • Art in the Park kicks off in Corrales

    The Art in the Park summer series kicked off in Corrales today. Local artists show off their work from sculptures, paintings and even metal work. The shows will happen on the third Sunday of every month until October. One woman visiting from Durango told KOB Eyewitness News 4 she was happy she happened to be in New Mexico for the first show. "The music is nice, the atmosphere is ...

  • Powerball a win for NM students

    Although no one scored the ultimate prize, it's still a win for New Mexico teens. "Our revenues go back to the Legislative Lottery Scholarship programs," Tom Romero, CEO of New Mexico Lottery, said. "So it's a great beneficiary. The money goes back to the ...

  • Evening Webcast May 19 2013 Evening Webcast May 19 2013

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Crystal Gutierrez and Chris Gilson with your evening headlines and ...

  • Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...


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Wedding Crashers [DVD]

Wedding Crashers [DVD]

One could make a substantial argument that there are precisely two ways to have fun at a wedding: Either you go with someone you love or you pick someone up at the wedding. Thats it. Going to a wedding solo -- and, worse, leaving a wedding solo -- can be one of modern lif ... ...

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  • Navajo Nation PD still without chief

    FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) - A police department in northern New Mexico has gone five years without a leader and it doesn't look like they will be getting a permanent police chief anytime soon. The Navajo Nation Police Department has gone without a permanent leader since 2008 when then Chief Jim Benally was put on paid leave without an explanation. The Farmington Daily Times reports district ...

  • Guns badge stolen from retired APD officer

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A retired Albuquerque police lieutenant was the victim of a crime in her own home. Thousands of dollars worth of items were stolen and police say the thieves who did it did not do much to cover their tracks. It appears the burglary duo was pretty brazen. The retired lieutenant says not only did they steal guns, but they also took her police badge. Dennis Kay Karty, 20, and ...

  • Man in poker dispute stabbing faces judge

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The man accused of stabbing his cousin over a poker game found himself going back to jail Sunday morning. Lewis Maxwell was in court on an aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge, accused of stabbing his cousin Stephen Steward. According to a criminal complaint, the two got into an argument when Maxwells 14-year-old son won a poker game. When Maxwell was giving ...

  • Police Man wields vacuum to attack caregiver

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Police say Tyrone Stephens used a vacuum to assault his caregiver Saturday, by striking him on the back and shoulder. According to a criminal complaint, Stephens and his caregiver got into an argument over a Stephens possibly being involved in a drug deal at a southwest Albuquerque park. When they returned home Stephens walked up behind his caregiver held a Dirt Devil vacuum ...

  • Key events in Las Cruces history

    LAS CRUCES - As Las Cruces' population reaches 100,000, a key milestone for the city, the Sun-News looks back on big events in the city's history. 1860, Las Cruces population is 768 (Mesilla, 2,420; El Paso, 428) 1870, Las Cruces population reaches 1,240 1881, Associate Judge William Bristol sentences Billy the Kid to death for killing Sheriff William Brady 1890, Las Cruces ...

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