News 2008-08-06 Andanh.com

Criminal pasts put voter forms at risk
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Would-be voters approached by registrars outside supermarkets, at a fair or even on a college campus may be giving personnel information to convicted criminals, some with fresh charges pending, KRQE News 13 has discovered.

Solo Cup closing costs Belen
BELEN, N. M. (KRQE) - Belen took an economic shot to the jaw today when the Solo Cup Company announced it is closing its plant and terminating all 215 employees.

Gallup votes wet; Eunice stays dry
GALLUP, N. M. (KRQE) - Voters in Gallup today approved a proposal to allow Sunday liquor sales at restaurants and bars, while a restaurant measure in Eunice failed by seven votes, according to unofficial returns.

Nob Hill rape, murder trial begins
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - More than three years after the rape and bludgeoning of an Intel executive in her Nob Hill home, a transient charged with her murder is facing a jury.

Puppy dumped with ears snipped off
LOS LUNAS, N. M. (KRQE) - Valencia county officials are looking for whoever sliced the ears off a pit bull puppy possibly to prepare it for dogfighting.

City moves woman from hazardous house
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque Safe City Task Force officers have discovered what they describe as a biohazard after being called to check on a woman's apartment.

Rain-swollen canal collapses into crops
LAS NUTRIAS, N. M. (KRQE) - Monday's rains also flooded an alfalfa crop in the Socorro County community of Las Nutrias just south of Belen.

Court rejects Albuquerque 'Kendra's law'
SANTA FE (AP) - The New Mexico Court of Appeals says an Albuquerque ordinance requiring treatment for some mentally ill people conflicts with state law and can't be enforced.

Chucky Aragón admits hauling marijuana
LAS CRUCES, N. M. (KRQE) - Charles "Chucky" Aragón, an Albuquerque drug dealer who's already done time in federal prison, appears to be headed there again. Aragón, 53, pleaded guilty Monday to a federal

Flood alerts expand
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The National Weather Service has extended the flood advisory for central Sandoval County to 9:15 p.m. and added the southern Jemez Mountains to the alert.

FDA approves this winter's flu vaccine
WASHINGTON (KRQE) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the formulas for this winter's flu vaccine.

Line forms days early for school slots
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Dozens of West Side parents are camping tonight outside Chaparral Elementary School determined to get their kids into popular before- and after-school programs.

Wicked weather whacks area, floods school
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Damaging weather hit north-central New Mexico Monday flooding streets, sparking a power line fire and sending several inches of water coursing through the gym and other buildings at Manzano High School.

Highway 4 reopens after mudslide cleared
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The only highway in the Jemez River valley is back open after road crews cleared a mudslide left by heavy rains.

Alleged prostitution ring busted at Albuquerque office
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Police have arrested a man they say ran a prostitution ring out of an Albuquerque office building.

Crews tear out gym floor after storm
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - After heavy rains on Monday, officials say parts of the Manzano High School gym won't be ready for students when classes resume this Friday.

Belen cup factory closing doors
BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) - A Belen factory that makes paper cups is closing up shop.

Teenage bullrider injured last month recovering
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Recovery continues for a 17-year-old Lousiana boy injured when a bull threw him and trampled him during the National High School Rodeo in Farmington last month.

Ranger returns 9 months after being shot
ABIQUIÚ LAKE, N. M. (KRQE) - Monday was an emotional day for Army Corps of Engineers' park rangers at Abiquiú Lake when one of their own returned nine months after being shot and left for dead.

Couple killed when motorcycle flies into canyon
DIXON, N. M. (KRQE) - A Velarde couple died sometime Sunday night when their motorcycle slid off State Route 75 and down a steep, rocky embankment.

Homeowner finds dynamite in ceiling
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A Doña Ana County homeowner fixing a leak in his roof found 20 pounds of dynamite in the ceiling of his residence.

Stocks stage strong rally to close sharply higher
Associated Press - August 5, 2008 4:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Stock prices closed sharply higher on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 332 points to 11,615.77.

Oil prices plunge again
Associated Press - August 5, 2008 3:43 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Crude oil futures prices ended lower on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The near-month contract for the benchmark grade fell $2.24...

Prosecutor chastised; murder defendant freed
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A defendant convicted of killing a young man in a barrage of bullets is now free and will stay that way because of a prosecutor's courtroom conduct, a court has ruled.

Computer thieves target four schools
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - What appears to be a gang of thieves who keep targeting four West Side schools has struck again wiping out one of the computer rooms at Mary Ann Binford Elementary School.

Santa Fe traffic cameras get first OK
SANTA FE (KRQE) - A Santa Fe City Council committee tonight advanced a plan adopting Albuquerque's profitable and controversial program of enforcing traffic laws with automated cameras.

Anthrax attack victims may soon get some long-awaited answers
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 3:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Victims of the 2001 anthrax letters may soon get some long-awaited answers from the government.

Two tiger attacks in Missouri
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 3:43 AM ET ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri isn't the place you'd think tiger attacks would happen, but it's had 2 of them this week.

US plans NYC flight auction next month
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 2:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The government will auction off a take-off and landing slot at Newark Liberty International Airport next month.

Convicted Mexican-born killer executed
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 1:43 AM ET HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Texas has executed a Mexican-born condemned prisoner for the 1993 rape-slayings of 2 teenage Houston girls.

Olympic flame sets off on final relay
Associated Press - August 5, 2008 8:33 PM ET BEIJING (AP) - The Olympic flame is being carried on the final leg of a long and sometimes contentious global tour, two days before the official...

Hiroshima mayor urges next president to support nuke ban
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 2:53 AM ET HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - The mayor of the city obliterated by the first atomic bomb is urging the next American president to support a ban on nuclear...

Helicopter plucks Italian mountaineer from K2
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 2:43 AM ET ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani military spokesman says an army helicopter has rescued a frostbitten Italian climber from K2's base camp...

Bush: North Korea has work to verify denuclearization
Associated Press - August 5, 2008 11:33 PM ET SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Bush says North Korea has much to do before the U.S. can remove it from the terror blacklist.

Bush still has concerns over N. Korea nuke program
Associated Press - August 5, 2008 11:03 PM ET SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Bush says North Korea has much to do before the U.S. can remove it from the terror blacklist.

Wild Card Glance
Associated Press - August 6, 2008 3:23 AM ET W L Pct GB Boston 65 49 .570 Minnesota 62 51 .549 2 1/2

Nob Hill murder suspect on trial
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - More than three years after the rape and bludgeoning of an Intel executive in her Nob Hill home, a transient charged with her murder is facing a jury. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug 5, 2008)

Rain breaches irrigation canal
LAS NUTRIAS, N. M. (KRQE) - Monday's rains also flooded an alfalfa crop in the Socorro County community of Las Nutrias just south of Belen. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug 5, 2008)

Odor prompts inspection, eviction
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque Safe City Task Force officers have discovered what they describe as a biohazard after being called to check on a woman's apartment. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug 5, 2008)

Criminals signing up voters
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Would-be voters approached by registrars outside supermarkets, at a fair or even on a college campus may be giving personnel information to convicted criminal, some with fresh charges pending, KRQE News 13 has discovered. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug 5, 2008)

Another day, another deluge
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Powerful storms soaked the metro area again tonight drowning neighborhoods across the city and sending people scrambling for cover. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug 5, 2008)

Mental-health group fetes Domenicis
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The National Alliance on Mental Illness is honoring retiring Sen. Pete Domenici and his family for their contributions to mental health with a Bolo Ties and Jeans gala on Aug. 16. (KRQE News 13 at 4 p.m. Aug. 5, 2008)

Solo Cup closing Belen plant
BELEN, N. M. (KRQE) - Belen took an economic shot to the jaw today when the Solo Cup Company announced it is closing its plant and terminating all 215 employees. (KRQE News 13 at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 5, 2008)

Manzano repairs could run $150k+
Manzano High School suffered at least $150,000 in damage from heavy rains on Monday, and now crews are scrambling to get the school ready for the first day of classes on Friday. (KRQE News 13 at Noon, Aug. 5, 2008)

Police: Business was prostitution ring
An Albuquerque man is accused of running a prostitution ring out of a Central Avenue office. (KRQE News 13 at Noon, Aug. 5, 2008)

Wounded ranger returns to work
ABIQUIÚ LAKE, N. M. (KRQE) - Monday was an emotional day for Army Corps of Engineers' park rangers at Abiquiú Lake when one of their own returned nine months after being shot and left for dead. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug. 4, 2008)

Tents pitched for school sign-up
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Dozens of West Side parents are camping tonight outside Chaparral Elementary School determined to get their kids into popular before- and after-school programs. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug. 4, 2008)

Prosecutor conduct springs murder defendant
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A defendant convicted of killing a young man in a hail of bullets is a free man and will stay that way because of a prosecutor's courtroom conduct, a court has ruled. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug. 4, 2008)

Runoff closes roads, floods school
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Damaging weather hit north-central New Mexico today flooding streets, sparking a power line fire and sending runoff coursing through the gym and other buildings at Manzano High School. (KRQE News 13 at 10 p.m. Aug. 4, 2008)

APS computer thieves strike again
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - What appears to be a gang of thieves who keep targeting four West Side schools has struck again wiping out one of the computer rooms at Mary Ann Binford Elementary School. (KRQE News 13 at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 4, 2008)

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