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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Petition takes aim at NMSU sports funding vs. academics

    LAS CRUCES - More than 1,600 people have signed an online petition urging New Mexico State University to stop "propping up" athletics, while faculty have signed a letter condemning what they see as "disproportionate" financial support for football.University officials, however, say the so-called sports "subsidy" is the norm among Division I athletics programs and ...

  • Shoppers head to Las Cruces stores to stock up for three-day holiday

    Hector Mejia of Las Cruces hunts for the best value in the ketchup aisle Thursday while shopping for all the necessary items to make his Memorial Day cookout a memorable one. We all get together as a family. We have relatives from all over the place, Mejia ...


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Movie Review

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

"Enemy of the State," Tony Scott's new paranoid government conspiracy thriller, could have just as easily been titled "The Conversation II" if they'd simply purchased the rights from Francis Ford Coppola. This movie plays like a 90's updating of Coppola's 1974 classic that dealt with surveillance, the erosion of privacy, and the escalating paranoia that you can never completely be alone because so ... ...

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  • Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase after Jodi Arias jurors deadlock

    PHOENIX -- Jurors have deadlocked on a verdict of life or death for Jodi Arias in the 2008 killing of her one-time boyfriend. The judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase. Another panel will be seated and the sentencing process will begin anew in July. The jury found Arias guilty of first-degree murder May 8 and later determined the killing was cruel enough to merit consideration of the ...

  • Childs suicide prompts mother to urge communication between parents kids

    Jennifer Hodge said she missed the warning signs that her 11-year-old daughter would commit suicide. Now, she is urging other parents to talk to their ...

  • Doctor accused in ax assault cat death

    LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) - Police have arrested a well-known Los Alamos physician accusing him of tormenting his wife with an ax, terrorizing his neighbors and shooting a cat with an arrow. He also is alleged to have planned a fiery welcome if police came knocking on his door. Officers took Dr. Pavel Mourachov, 42, into custody outside his office at the Los Alamos Medical Center on Wednesday for ...

  • Las Cruces intermodal hub about 60 complete looking at July opening

    Pictured is the exterior of the Intermodal Transit Center at the southwest corner of Alameda Boulevard and Lohman Avenue. The $3.6 million project is being built primarily with federal dollars and should be completed sometime in ...

  • Hospital arrival brings out game officers

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A months-old presumed orphan showed up at an Albuquerque hospital early Wednesday morning bringing out not welfare workers but the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Officials say a Lovelace Women's Hospital employee was driving along State Route 337 outside of Tijeras when she spotted a bear cub. The black bear cub is 2-to-4-months-old, stands about a foot tall and ...

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