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Fearless Feliz completes record jump

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Duration: 3:14
Updated: 18 Oct 2012

out of a ballon 24 miles above roswell ..... he got going so fast.... he succeeded in breaking the sound barrier. erica zucco is live from roswell... where baumgartner talked about his death defying feat tonight. erica? in a news conference this afternoon, baumgartner played things cool and humble, saying he owed his successes to the red bull stratos team, and that going up so high made him realize how small he really was. but the numbers don't lie -- this mission was one that'll go down in history. "let me tell you when I was standing there on top of the world you become so humble you do not think about breaking records anynmore, you do not think about gaining scientific data, the only thing you want is you want to come back alive." that feeling came while felix fell at 833.9 miles per hour ... or mach 1.24, in science speak. and it followed some nervewracking moments -- baumgartner's visor fogging up and a period where he began tumbling in air. "I was always trying to find out how to stop this, you know I was putting one arm out and it didn't work so I was putting another arm out but you're always late because at that speed when you're traveling at that speed with a suit thats pressurized you don't feel the air at all so its hard to predict what you have to do." the federation aeronautique internationale still has to verify the numbers- but when they do, baumgartner will hold the title of "first man to break the speed of sound in freefall". and that's not all -- at ...

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Search intensifies for missing balloonists

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Duration: 5:36
Updated: 05 Nov 2011

tonight in the search for balloonists richard abruzzo and carol rymer davis. this video is likely the last time the two were seen -- as they took flight in britain over the weekend for the gordon bennett gas balloon race. abruzzo and davis's flight appeared to be going smoothly until today -- when storms met them near the italian coast. and in the past hour governor richardson announced he's asked the state department to use us military assets in italy and albania to assist with the search. right now the lled a minute thumbnail 06:00 pm lot of information from our archives on a past crash they had -- and we're hearing from people who've flown with them. but our team coverage begins with a look at where the balloon was last tracked -- and just how dangerous gas balloon races can be. here's jeremy jojola. we found their course tracked by satellite on a website---- it shows how the storm tossed them around over the adriatic sea back and forth--- looking in our own archives...we found abruzzo himself talking about gas ballooning dangers like this. friends and family describe---richard abruzzo and his flying partner doctor carol davis as fearless and full of adventure---- tonight the two are perhaps fighting for their lives somewhere in the sea east of italy where contact was cut- off. they traveled one-thousand miles over europe until hitting a storm. we found this interview with abruzzo two years minute thumbnail 06:01 pm ago describing the dangers of gas ballooning and bad ...

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CenturyLink union battle

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Duration: 0:40
Updated: 18 Oct 2012

link are even farther apart now in their disagreement on a labor contract. in august, century link made proposals to increase healthcare costs and change job titles for their employees. cwa officials tell us...that would decrease their pay. they also told us today they don't understand why century link is hurting the staff when the company is profitable. today centurylink announced a day-to-day extension of their existing labor contracts. they were scheduled to expire yesterday. during the extension, negotiations between both parties will continue...and workers will remain on the job. three inmates are still missing

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Dozens of animal carcasses found at South Valley home

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Duration: 2:10
Updated: 05 Nov 2011

dozens of dead animals--includin ga zoo animal-- are found stockpiled on a property in the south valley. the man accused of hording the carcasses has a license to dispose of them-- but something went wrong. cristina rodda is live from arenal near coors where the city found the animal carcasses. cristina what's happpening now? just a few minutes some of the dozens of dead animals found on this property were removed-- county officials even had to use a back hoe . environemntal health officials say ruben saavedra-- is authorized to dispose animal carcasses. problem is he had dozens of dead sheep, three dead horses and other carcasses in a horse trailer and in a dump trailer -- behind his home. they even found minute thumbnail 05:00 pm the carcass of sally, a rhinosaurs from the albuquerque zoo. the city's spokesman says sally was euthanized in late december. the rhinosaurus was transported to the new mexico department of agriculture for testing since the animal was diseased. afterwards the biopark zoo asked the department of agriculture if they could dispose of the rhinosaurus and we were told the state would do it. the city spokesmans says it turns out the state contracted ruben saavedra to do it for them. " it wasn't until late last night when our bio park director rick jancer received a call from the state veterinarian that that had not happened and we were then surprised and outraged to learn that the rhinosauras was here on this property. the county says saavadra could ...

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4 dogs fatally maul T or C woman

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Duration: 2:35
Updated: 05 Nov 2011

dogs mauled her. joe vigil spent the afternoon in truth or consequences...w here he talked to a woman who witnessed the attack. joe. people are absolutely stunned over what these dogs did. and people are furious with their owners-who weren't home when the dogs somehow escaped to the streets. we minute thumbnail 10:00 pm want to warn you some of these details are disturbing. what these three dogs did to 48 year old margaret salcedo was--- without a doubt---the most horrible thing t or c resident laura russell has ever seen. "i couldn't sleep at all last night. i still have her screams in my head. and i still have the images when il close my eyes." people describe salcedo as a loving person without a mean bone in her body. she

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Farewell to Carla Aragon at KOB-TV 4

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Duration: 2:15
Updated: 11 Apr 2012

Tom Joles offers a look back at the career of co-anchor Carla Aragon who leaves KOB-TV 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 30 after 14 years.

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College students turn to donating eggs for money, to help

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Duration: 3:16
Updated: 19 Sep 2012

one profession is targeting female college students to help couples get pregnant. college women can make thousands of dollars selling their eggs.. but our sharon erickson looked into whether the money is worth the risk. ivan avila and barbara rodriguez have been together for 20 years. unable to conceive naturally ... they're turning to the "new mexico center for reproductive medicine". "we was running out of time, so we do it now or never." but asking for help is only half the battle for many couples. many need an egg donor... and becoming one is no easy task. so, fertility clinics across the country are reaching out to healthy college students. "i read an advertisement about it in the daily lobo, the newspaper for unm." "that is part of our advertising is to college students because they are a great age and in general healthy and fertile and have time to help in this process." and many are answering the call... with some financial encouragement. people like "nicole"... are donating their eggs here at the fertility center. but it's not all about the money. "they're volunteering to do this, they're doing it cause they want to do it, and they're usually just wonderfully nice people that want to help somebody." "i don't want children, so why not help somebody if you can?" and there are plenty of families in need. "approximately 10-15 percent of the population will have trouble with infertility." "nicole" filled out an extensive family history, got screened for genetic ...

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Nonprofits sue over state's medical marijuana licensing

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Duration: 1:57
Updated: 23 Jun 2012

non-profits that want to sell medical marijuna... are suing governor susana martinez and the state health department. gadi schwartz got his hands on that lawsuit. he is live in santa fe with what's in it. out of 116 applications- only 25 non- profits have been approved to sell marijuana in the state legally. those who are stuck in the red tape are now taking it to court. biomed prescriptions- glidden agriculture medical marijuana inc- all - have spent time and money forming non profit groups - selecting a board- and setting up a business- before they could even apply to sell medical marijuana. a lawsuit filed in district court today is saying many of those non profits have jumped through all the necessary hoops- but still have not been given a license to sell medical cannabis- while a select few have... no producer has actually been denied at all since the program began in fact everytime the program goes through a review process of any of the applications those applicants have actually been given the opportunity to revise their proposals. the lawsuit alleges the selection process is too vague- and seeks to call to court the health department and governor susana martinez - who in the past has vowed to do away with the program. health officials say they are working on new guidelines that will more clearly spell out what applicants need to have - so licenses can be approved more quickly. we want to make sure that we can provide the best services for the patients so yeah ...

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Mars Rover lands tonight

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Duration: 0:51
Updated: 06 Sep 2012

for some los alamos national lab scientists... the "curiosity" rover is set to land on mars. about 10 lanl scientists are in california to watch the landing -- which is set to happen at around 11-30 our time tonight. those scientists will be handling the rover once it lands. we caught up with one of the scientists in los alamos who helped build the rover. the primary mission for the curiosity rover is one mars year which is about two earth years, and we hope and expect the instrumentation and the rover will be running around mars for over a decade. the curiosity rover will study the martian environment to determine if it is - or ever was - favorable for life. the bradbury science museum in los alamos is having a free viewing party tonight. it starts at 10 pm. team usa has racked up a lot

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Company hopes to provide medical marijuana for dogs

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Duration: 1:25
Updated: 02 Nov 2012

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Man acquitted of charges from refusing to show TSA agent ID

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Duration: 0:44
Updated: 08 Nov 2012

we have reaction just in to our newsroom... from a seattle man arrested after refusing to show his id to security agents at the sunport ... and filming the incident. just about an hour ago... an albuquerque jury cleared phil mocek of all charges. "it's been a long time - i feel good that we had police and tsa on record saying that you don't have to show id to fly and that you can use a camera at the airport." phil mocek fad charges including disorderly conduct, and concealing his identity... following the 2009 incident. the defense argued mocek didn't hide his identity... because he had a boarding pass with his name on it.

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Robbie Romero update

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Duration: 4:04
Updated: 17 Sep 2011

he now alive in santa fe? hear where police are in the robbie romero case. it's a bombshell we broke first on kob... a possible break in the robbie romero case... more than a decade after his disappearance. we first brought you the story at noon yesterday... take a look at these photos... on the left is robbie romero who disappeared from santa fe when he was 7 years old. and on the right ...19-year- old robert terrezas -- the man police questioned to minute thumbnail 12:00 pm determine if he could be robbie romero. romero's older brother, ricky tells us he met terrezas through some friends ... and says terrezas told him his real name is robert romero... and that he didn't remember much about his childhood. so evelyn romero -- robbie's mother -- tells us she called santa fe police... and they took a dna sample to see if it's a match. now they are waiting for the results. we spoke with evelyn romero... and santa fe police this morning... who are all waiting for the dna results in this case. sharon erickson joins us now... and sharon, we could know as early as next week if this is in fact robert romero. that's right joe. police say they're at a stand-still right now... until those dna results come in. originally it was going to take anywhere from 3-to-6 months to process those results ... but because this is such a high-profile case, we could find out as soon as monday. since june of 2000 ... this poster has hung on the wall at the santa fe police department-- but officers ...

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Census worker, resident clash

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Duration: 2:21
Updated: 29 Oct 2012

our cameras were rolling when an argument between a census worker and homeowner prompts a police response. the homeowner claims the worker was intimidating... and got too aggressive. the worker showed us a ripped up census form. here's jeremy jojola with an example of how some people really don't like the census. jeremy. we can use this opportunity to show you what census workers can and can not do when they approach your home. and what should not happen if people refuse to answer the census. in this case, the cops were called. the arugment already started before our photographer showed up to the home of rooney o'brien near san mateo and lomas. she says this census worker put his foot into her door without her permission. 4:13, yes, i called the police because you threatened me i didn't threaten you your foot was in my door, sir no, no, no. if you look at where my foot was...." the worker says o'brien ripped up his census form...and then continued to argue 4:24 here's your paper... please get off my property... excuse me. please get off my property. the census worker believes he can stay. 5:08 i told you-- i asked you to get off my property-- you id i don't have to i don't have to, i have a federal right to be here. eventually the cops came and took down a report after roony called police. "sorry that the police had to get involved, so it's a waste of their time. not real happy because my name is now on the report. i just really wanted to get....i was intimated threatened ...

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Local business linked to $163M Medicare scam

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Duration: 1:54
Updated: 07 Nov 2012

ederal agents and local police carry out major raids in new york and los angeles--trying to round up suspects in one of the biggest medicare fraud cases in us history connected to one group. that criminal enterprise is an armenian-american ring based in those two cities. more than 70 people are connected to the ring. agents say 7 of those suspects were operating right here in albuquerque...... and tonight they are on the run. jeff maher shows us how investigators say new mexico played a role. at heatsource minute thumbnail 10:02 pm stoves and grills, owner cyd ault just learned that a business that was right next door to her is being connected to a 163-million dollar nationwide medicare scheme. "that's shocking to me that they were right next door, it's shocking." a chinese massage parlor now sits in the place where rio bravo medical supply was. new mexico us attorney kenneth gonzales says rio bravo was actually a dummy corporation -- where seven eastern- europeans were using the stolen id's of doctors and medicare beneficiaries to file medicare claims. ault says she and her husband knew the group looked suspicious. "we just thought it was an odd case, they never had any customers, they sat outside of their van smoking cigarettes all day long" "i also found a lot of stuff in the dumpster that they just pitched, wheelchairs, walkers, all kinds of stuff that looked very useable that they just threw away" according to gonzales -- the group filed more than two-point- one ...

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