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  • Okla. Medical examiner expecting more bodies

    The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...

  • Big jump in HIV among Navajo in New Mexico

    A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ...

  • Crews could head to Okla. as early as Tuesday

    Posted at: 05/20/2013 11:39 PM | Updated at: 05/20/2013 11:41 PM By: Maria Guerrero, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Dozens of American Red Cross volunteers across New Mexico will find out as early as Tuesday morning if they will be heading to Oklahoma to help in the recovery efforts. Meanwhile, people with loved ones in the tornado-ravaged state are desperate to know if their loved ones are ...

  • Traffic ticket insurance scam or safeguard

    Posted at: 05/20/2013 11:26 PM | Updated at: 05/20/2013 11:31 PM By: Jill Galus, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Health insurance, life insurance, and car insurance are among types of protection most people would not go without. But what about traffic ticket protection, with a promise that you will never have to pay out-of-pocket for a traffic fine again. For the past few weeks, KOB Eyewitness ...

  • Martinez popular across party lines

    Posted at: 05/20/2013 10:56 PM By: Gadi Schwartz, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Governor Martinez has some surprising support outside of her party. KOB Eyewitness News conducted a survey in collaboration with Survey USA and found 66 percent of New Mexicans are happy with the job she is doing. She fairs well with both men, 62 percent approval, and women, 70 percent approval. But not everyone ...


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The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko) [Blu-Ray]

The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko) [Blu-Ray]

Keisuke Kinoshitas The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko) is a striking experimental mixture of Japanese folklore, theatrical traditions, and stunning cinematic camerawork. The story, which is derived from a novel by Shichir Fukazawa, is based on the lege ... ...

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  • NMSU study on red light cameras shows mixed results

    University of New Mexico study on red-light enforcement cameras in Albuquerque. LAS CRUCES - Four years after traffic enforcement cameras were installed at some of the busiest intersection in town, debate still rages as to whether they have improved safety or merely acted as a revenue generator for the city, as some alleged from the start.And, a $30,000 study being conducted by New Mexico State ...

  • Garlic Vitamin B Las Cruces readers share their strategies for dodging mosquitoes

    LAS CRUCES - Health officials offer their common-sense advice to avoid mosquito bites. Remove standing water around your house. Wear DEET-based repellent. Stay inside in the morning or evening. After all, West Nile virus is nothing to ignore, already infecting five people in Doña Ana County, and a 12 others statewide. It's much worse in Texas. Sun-News readers have their own, ...

  • State supressed $11 million fraud case

    SANTA FE (KRQE) - A New Mexico cabinet secretary lied twice about why a fraud investigation into a luxury homebuilder was dropped in 2011, then admitted he hadnt reviewed all the evidence before re-opening the investigation earlier this month. And New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Superintendent J. Dee Dennis, Jr., said he only re-opened the investigation after News 13s Larry Barker began ...

  • N.M. child ADHD rates lower than natl average

    Posted at: 05/20/2013 8:48 PM By: Nikki Ibarra, KOB Eyewitness News 4 A new study by the CDC found that Attention Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder rates among children three to 17 are higher than recent ...

  • Help from New Mexicans already on the way to Okla.

    New Mexicans have already sprung into action and are providing aid to victims of the Oklahoma hurricane. The Red Cross may deploy volunteers to the area as early as tomorrow morning. For those looking for family members Regional CEO, Rahim Balsara said there is help on the web. "There is a website that is called Safe and Well," he Balsara said. "That when people who are ...

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