Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 Headlines

(KRQE NEWS 13) - A city spokesperson said Wednesday that "miscommunication" is to blame for at least two Albuquerque Public Schools that had no or fewer crossing guards on the first day back to school. Read more ...

As of 5:51 p.m. - A Valencia County sheriff's deputy, briefly the subject of an arrest warrant over an earlier on-duty crash, now may be cited for dunking his patrol vehicle in an irrigation ditch. Read more. ..

As of 5:21 p.m. - As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq . Read more ...

As of 4:14 p.m. - The FBI in Albuquerque has released photos of a bank robber wanted for 10 heists in at least five states including New Mexico. Read more ...

As of 3:47 p.m. - An Albuquerque soldier has died in Afghanistan after an improvised explosive hit his vehicle, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Read more ...

As of 3:20 p.m. - Albuquerque city officials at a media briefing now underway are releasing details on the fatal shooting of a violent suspect Tuesday night.  Read more ...

As of 2:42 p.m. - General Motors has filed the first batch of paperwork needed to sell stock to the public . The company says the U.S. government and other stakeholders will sell common shares worth $100 million. Read more ...

As of 2:34 p.m. - The record number of New Mexico high school graduates taking a college-entry test logged a slight increase in overall scores from last year although the results indicate most are not prepared for entry-level college courses.  Read more ...

As of 2:06 p.m. - Preserved for nearly 150 years, perhaps by its own obscurity, a short-lived Confederate prison camp began yielding treasures from the Civil War almost as soon as archeologists began searching for it in southeastern Georgia. Read more...

As of 1:42 p.m. - Midday Webcast :  Kristen Van Dyke's forecast. More details expected today on fatal police shooting Tuesday night. Worker killed in 30-foot fall at General Mills plant may have suffered medical episode first. See more ...

As of 1:23 p.m. - Two infant skeletons wrapped in 1930s newspapers and placed in doctor's bags have been found inside a trunk by workers cleaning out the basement of a 1920s Los Angeles building that's being converted to condominiums, police said. Read more...

As of 12:52 p.m. - A court in Peru revoked parole for American activist Lori Berenson and ordered that she be arrested Wednesday and sent back to prison to finish the last five years of her 20-year prison sentence for aiding leftist rebels. Read more ...

As of 12:49 p.m. - University of New Mexico President David Schmidly left Wednesday for treatment of an abdominal tumor , according to a statement from the university. Read more ...

As of 12:27 p.m. - The government's point man on the Gulf oil spill is no longer giving a timeline for completing the final stages of plugging BP's runaway well for good. Read more ...

As of 12:23 p.m. - It is not yet clear whether a workman killed in a 30-foot fall at Albuquerque's General Mills plant Wednesday morning died from injuries or first suffered a medical episode, the Albuquerque Fire Department is reporting.  Read more ...

As of 11:50 a.m. - A popular social networking website helped police catch an arson suspect after the man bragged about the crime online. Read more...

As of 11:47 a.m. - On Tuesday afternoon, Eddy County sheriffs responded to a welfare check in Carlsbad. They found Derek Ross, 35, and his 13-year-old daughter dead inside, victims of a possible murder/suicide.

As of 11:19 a.m. - As Americans bitterly debate the proposed building of a mosque near New York's ground zero, few know that Muslims have been praying quietly for years at the Pentagon only 80 feet from where another hijacked jetliner struck. Read more...

As of 10:58 a.m. - A record number of New Mexico students took the ACT this year - 66 percent, according to a new report released Wednesday. 

As of 10:45 a.m. - The government of Southern Sudan this week announced a bold $10.1 billion plan to transform the capital cities of this largely rural territory, reshaping some into the shapes of animals and fruit. See a photo gallery here of the proposed cities...

As of 10:25 a.m. - A majority of New Yorkers remain opposed to a mosque proposed as part of a planned Islamic cultural center near ground zero, and the issue will be a factor for many voters this fall, according to a statewide poll released Wednesday. What do you think of the proposed mosque?

As of 9:56 a.m. - The Minnesota Vikings say Brett Favre is about to practice with his teammates. Do you think he'll play in the regular season? Vote in this poll...

As of 9:44 a.m. - A man in his early 50s fell from a scaffolding. He was in full cardiac arrest when emergency units arrive. They worked on him for 30 minutes