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  • Slash movie casting call

    The Casting Gang is looking for 350 extras, both women and men over 18 years of age with a valid driver's license. They ask you bring a photo of your face and a resume with you if you have ...

  • Officials Skyrocketing cost of heroin sends dealers looking for cheaper options

    The cost of heroin is skyrocketing in Santa Fe, according to police, and now dealers are taking more dangerous risks with their products because of the ...

  • Midday Webcast May 20 2013 Midday Webcast May 20 2013

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Elizabeth Alvarez with your afternoon headlines and John Smith with the ...

  • LULAC reports more English-only demands LULAC reports more English-only demands

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two cases of Spanish being banned at New Mexico high school games were examples of a disturbing pattern that needs to be monitored and addressed, perhaps with lawsuits, a civil rights group said Monday. The League of United Latin American Citizens has heard of a least five cases of high school players being ordered this school year not to speak Spanish during games and ...

  • ABQ taking steps to keep city pools clean ABQ taking steps to keep city pools clean

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - According to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control, more pools are showing signs of fecal contamination. Albuquerque aquatic officials say there's not too much to worry about in city pools. "We have great automated chemical controllers, we have state of the art pool equipment, we just recently installed over six ultra violet light sanitation ...


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Movie Review

Ocean's Eleven

Steven Soderbergh's retro-funk update of the original Rat Pack movie Ocean's Eleven is a vivacious, quirky, throwaway crime-comedy about the seemingly impossible heist of $160 million from three of Las Vegas' biggest casinos. It's everything the 1960 original wanted to be while avoiding the sloppiness that was inherent to a project completely subverted to the whim of Frank Sinatra, Dean Ma ... ...

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  • Free film to be shown Wednesday at NMSU

    LAS CRUCES - The film "Two Americans" will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hardman Hall, Room 106, at NMSU. The event is free and open to the public. The life of a 9-year-old child is forever changed when her Mexican parents are arrested for working at a local car wash. Fighting to rescue them from deportation, Katherine Figueroa becomes the poster child of a movement to oust ...

  • City of Las Cruces sets Memorial Day closures

    LAS CRUCES - Most city offices and services will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. Police and fire services will not be affected, however, RoadRunner Transit will not operate. The Las Cruces Regional Aquatic Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1 to 4:30 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 p.m.; East Mesa Bataan Memorial Pool will be open from noon to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 6:30 pm. ...

  • Council takes up jobs police oversight

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The Police Oversight Commission and a city budget with expanded hiring are going to be big deals at Albuquerque's City Council meeting Monday night. Councilors Trudy Jones and Brad Winters are set to introduce a plan to suspend the commission until it's better evaluated. But other commissioners don't like that idea and want town hall meetings for people to voice ...

  • Unemployment rate down in NM

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The unemployment rate is down is New Mexico. Workforce Solutions is reporting the unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in April. That's down from 6.9 percent in March. The state saw a 1 percent job growth in the last year. But people in New Mexico are still looking for work or better jobs. Around 6,400 people showed up at job fairs at the Marriott Pyramid North just last ...

  • 2 arrested in NM killing related fire

    According to the Las Vegas Optic, 31-year-old Jose E. Montoya and 30-year-old Gary Esquibel were taken into custody Sunday in connection with Las Vegas police's investigation of the killing Saturday. Las Vegas police say Angel Arroyo was fatally shot during an argument in an apartment rented by Esquibel. Firefighters discovered Arroyo's body. According to police, the apartment was ...

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