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Dad charged over boys broken arm
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An Albuquerque father is facing serious charges after a school nurse discovered his son had a broken arm. Allen Wilson faced a judge Saturday in his first court appearance on a child abuse charge. According to a criminal complaint Wilson grabbed his 7-year-old son by his left arm, yanking him off the ground and dropping him onto a couch after the boy had run outside. This ...
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Story rejected in alleged DWI crash
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A man tried to pin the blame on a neighbor to get out of DWI charges, but police say he couldn't talk his way out of the mess he left behind. Police say Martin Gutierrez was drunk when he drove into his neighbor's fence Thursday night. According to a criminal complaint the neighbor heard the loud crash and came outside to find Gutierrez behind the wheel and of ...
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Poker dispute ends in stabbing APD
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque police say an argument over a poker game led to a man being stabbed. Cops say Lewis Maxwell, 35, and his cousin, Stephen Steward, 42, got into an argument over Maxwell's 14-year-old son winning a poker game during a house party on Taurus NW near Shooting Star. Steward demanded that Maxwell and his wife give him a ride home. As they were driving police say ...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert Oxbow wins the Preakness Stakes
Lisa Scotti, of Baltimore, reads hhere program before the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. The 138th Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike ...
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Top APS students 5.0 GPA is best ever
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A Manzano high school grad isn't just valedictorian of her class. She's the valedictorian of all of Albuquerque Public Schools. Katherine Cordwell has the highest grade-point average in APS history: a 5.0. Cordwell earned straight A's, took advanced-placement courses and more than 36 high school credits when she only needed 25 to graduate. Katherine will walk ...
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The Horse's Mouth [DVD]
Great artists are not always great men, especially Gulley Jimson, the brilliant scoundrel at the heart of The Horse's Mouth. Played by Alec Guinness in what many consider to be the consummate character actor's finest comic performance, Gulley is an irredeemable rogue who we love anyway, which is testament to both Guinness' acting prowess and his writing ability, as he penned the screenplay ... ...
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DA clears officers in two APD shootings
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The District Attorney's Office has cleared two Albuquerque cops in two different police shootings. In September 2010 police say Chandler Barr came at Officer Leah Kelly with a butter knife in his hand at Second Street and Central Avenue downtown. Kelly shot him twice in the stomach. On Friday the DA's office said she won't face charges. Barr is suing the city ...
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Armed robbers hit marijuana dispensary
SANTA FE (KRQE) - Santa Fe sheriff's deputies are looking for three thieves who pulled a medical marijuana holdup Friday morning. Three men armed with guns burst into New Mexico Top Organics, a licensed distributor, and tied up the employees. They stole marijuana and an employee's car, a 2003 silver Honda CRV license plate ...
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Carruthers begins preparations to become next NMSU president
LAS CRUCES - Garrey Carruthers' schedule is packed these days.There's meeting with New Mexico State University deans and Faculty Senate leaders, plus talking with university lawyers and student groups - and don't forget regularly gleaning insight from Interim President Manuel Pacheco, usually in 1.5-hour increments."Even though I'm here and I've been here for 10 ...
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Plane crash kills former Aztec mayor
SANTA FE (KRQE) - A plane crash at the Aztec Municipal Airport Saturday morning killed Michael "Mike" Arnold, the former mayor of the city and current manager of the airport. New Mexico State Police report Arnold, 62, was alone in the single-engine aircraft when it crashed on takeoff about 11 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, a State Police spokesperson said. Arnold was mayor of ...
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Report Car drives into Va. parade crowd
The AP said it happened at about 2:30 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival. The event celebrates the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, ...
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He is the most evil, vile, demonic criminal. He is dead to me. There will be no visits, there will be no phone calls. He can never be Daddy again. I have no sympathy for the man.
Angie Gregg
Gregg was speaking about her father Ariel Castro who allegedly kidnapped, raped and held captive for a decade, three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Metro Hotel on Pitt
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