New and Dangerous Substances Surface for This Halloween

     WHAT COULD TURN UP AT PARTIES OR IN YOUR CHILD’S TREAT BAG THIS HALLOWEEN. JACQUELINE KAKOS WITH THE NEW MEXICO POISON CONTROL CENTER SAYS IT’S EXPENSIVE … BUT SOME KIDS COULD BE GIVEN EDIBLE MARIJUANA TREATS. ONE IS A KIFF KAT BAR THAT LOOKS LIKE A KIT KAT BAR IN A GREEN WRAPPER.…MORE

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Local Donations Adding Up for Injured APD Cop

        MORE FINANCIAL HELP COMING TO THE FAMILY OF ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER. HE’S STILL ON THE CRITICAL LIST AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT BY A SUSPECT LAST WEEK DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AT EUBANK AND CENTRAL.      ON MONDAY, LOCAL PAPA JOHN’S PIZZA SHOPS DONATED ALL ITS PROFITS THAT…MORE

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Hundreds Say Farewell to Lilly Garcia

     HUNDREDS TURN OUT TUESDAY MORNING FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE GIRL’S FUNERAL. AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WORE T-SHIRTS THAT SAID “JUSTICE FOR LILLY” OR “LOVE FOR LILLY.”      LILLY GARCIA DIED LAST WEEK AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ON I-40 … RIGHT AFTER SHE…MORE

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APD Investigates Central Avenue Shooting

     NOT MUCH INFORMATION YET ON THE LATEST SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD SAYS IT HAPPENED IN THE 78-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTRAL SHORTLY BEFORE 9:00 TUESDAY NIGHT. OFFICERS SENT TO THE SCENE FOUND A MAN WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, BUT APD COULDN’T SAY PRECISELY HOW MANY.     THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.…MORE

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APD Fires Officer Charged in Homeless Camper’s Death

     WHEN DOMINIQUE PEREZ GOES TO TRIAL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER NEXT SUMMER, HE WILL GO AS A CIVILIAN. PEREZ , ACCUSED OF KILLING JAMES BOYD LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN FIRED BY APD. HE IS ONE OF TWO OFFICERS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF BOYD WHICH CAME AFTER A LONG STANDOFF WITH POLICE IN…MORE

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Albuquerque Murder Suspect Turns up in Mexico

     A MAN WANTED FOR A MURDER IN ALBUQUERQUE TWO YEARS AGO IS BACK ON U-S SOIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN MEXICO. THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE SAYS PEDRO DUENAS-MADRUGA WAS HIDING IN CANCUN. HE WAS WANTED IN THE DRUG-RELATED MURDER OF KEVIN SWINEHART.      THE MARSHALS SERVICE SAYS DUENAS-MADRUGA WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY…MORE

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60-Thousand Dollars in Stolen Property Found in NE Albuquerque

     APD’S PROPERTY CRIMES DIVISION DISMANTLES A WELL-ESTABLISHED FENCING OPERATION. SIX PEOPLE AT A HOME ON CARDENAS NORTHEAST WERE ARRESTED AFTER DETECTIVES FOUND OVER 60-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE HOME, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.      APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS IT’S NOT SURPRISING TO FIND DRUGS AS PART OF…MORE

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Feds Help NM Fund Amtrak Route Repairs

     SOME BADLY NEEDED REPAIRS WILL BE MADE ALONG AMTRAK’S SOUTHWEST CHIEF ROUTE THAT GOES THROUGH NEW MEXICO. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS AWARDED A 15 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR TRACK IMPROVEMENTS.      AMTRAK’S MARC MAGLIARI TELLS 770 KKOB THIS IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. HE SAYS THE PHILMONT SCOUT…MORE

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Rest in Peace, Lilly

     FOUR YEAR OLD LILLY GARCIA’S FUNERAL IS TUESDAY MORNING AT 9:00 AT THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH NEAR 4TH AND ALAMEDA NORTHWEST. LILLY WAS WAS SHOT TO DEATH LAST WEEK IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ON I-40 AFTER HER FATHER PICKED HER AND HER OLDER BROTHER UP FROM SCHOOL.…MORE

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NM Supreme Court Consider Physician-Assisted Suicide

     THE DEBATE OVER PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DEATH IS NOW IN THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT. THE COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS OVER THE ISSUE MONDAY.      A LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF TWO ALBUQUERQUE ONCOLOGISTS WAS FIRST FILED IN 2012. LAST YEAR A DISTRICT COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF THE DOCTORS, ALLOWING FOR PHYSICIANS TO…MORE

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