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Magdalena still suffering from water problems
In the town of Magdalena, every drop of water is precious. The town has declared life threatening conditions after their sole drinking water well dried up. Now residents have to sign to get water, one case per person every other day. "I feel bad about that but at least they still have drinking water," said Sandy Julian, Mayor of Magdalena. The town has applied for emergency ...
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4 On Your Side investigates foul smelling train
It's one train ride some Rail Runner commuters say has become unbearable because of a stench. On Wednesday, 4 On Your Side jumped on board the 517 train after a tipster complained that the train stunk so bad they had stopped riding. Immediately we noticed a strong stench coming from a compartment that joined two rail runner cars that permeated through both decks of a passenger ...
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11 tons of beef recalled
(CNN) - The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday that 22,737 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears that they may be contaminated ...
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Cousins embark on bike ride for autism
It's going to be a long ride for two cousins from New Mexico. Next month they'll gear up to bike somewhere around 2,000 miles. It started just as a physical adventure, but it turned into something a lot more personal. From Massachusetts to Florida, Boston to Key West, at least 50 miles a day. "We don't know the exact mileage because we're going to take back ...
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Trial resumes with heartbroken father
BERNALILLO, N.M. (KRQE) - "There's no way that Tera would have done this, no way." That's how Joseph Crdova says he responded in 2007 to a Valencia County Sheriff's detective delivering the news his daughter Tera Chavez was dead of an apparent suicide. Tera was found by her husband, former APD cop Levi Chavez, shot in the head with his APD-issued gun in their Los Lunas ...
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Misery [DVD]
Hollywood's courtship of horror novelist Stephen King started off so well. Their first date produced Carrie (1976), an over-the-top masterpiece of teen-anguish horror directed by Brian De Palma with such flair and style that both he and King became instant pop-culture stars. Over the n ... ...
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Roadkills up as drought drives wildlife
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Game and Fish says it's seeing an increase in the number of car accidents involving animals especially in Albuquerque's East Mountains. There have been three reported incidents in that area in the last few days. Two involved deer; the third a bear. Officers with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish officers believe the drought is playing a major role. ...
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James Gandolfini Dies Sopranos Actor Was 51
co-stars Edie Falco, left, and Lorraine Bracco. Actor James Gandolfini, 51, has died, HBO and other sources confirm. The former star of the HBO ...
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Tera Chavezs father testifies on trials 8th day
TRIAL - THE FORMER A-P-D OFFICER ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFETERA. Cordova 9 - 3:31 no way. there's no way tera would have done this. no way. she had future plans. :40 TODAY - TERA'S FATHER TOOK THE STAND. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ IS LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED. JOSEPH CORDOVA TRIED TO KEEP IT TOGETHER ON THE STAND BUT HE WAS SHAKING, ON THE VERGE OF TEARS. HE EXPLAINED TO ...
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Arizona smoke may find Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - As if New Mexico's forest fires aren't enough, smoke from a blaze in southeastern Arizona may find its way into Albuquerque overnight. The Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, citing vague weather forecasts, stopped short of issuing a health alert and instead put out what it called a smoke watch. "If pollution levels from smoke are a concern Thursday ...
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Carlsbad school district drills for oil
CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) - Tight school budgets have New Mexico schools trying to find different ways to raise money. The Carlsbad Municipal School District is doing it by pumping black gold. The district's director of finance said nearly seven acres owned by the district aren't being used, so why not put it to good use by pumping oil? "If it's a resource available to us, and ...
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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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