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NM federal delegation unites to back STEM bill - Albuquerque Business First (blog)
NM federal delegation unites to back STEM bill
Albuquerque Business First (blog)
“New Mexico has a rich history involving STEM fields and this bill will encourage a new generation of students to develop the skills necessary to succeed in these areas,' said U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-NM. “As education legislation moves forward in the ...
NM Delegation Members Introduce Bill to Strengthen STEM FieldsMyHighPlains
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Silver Fire now at 29 square miles in Southern New Mexico - Santa Fe New Mexican.com
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Silver Fire now at 29 square miles in Southern New Mexico
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HILLSBORO, N.M. — The Silver Fire continues to grow in Southern New Mexico, now having burned 29 square miles in the Gila National Forest west of Hillsboro. Meanwhile, the number of firefighters and support personnel assigned to the lightning-caused ...
Rare New Mexico 'Silver Fire' forces evacuationWashington Post
New Mexico fire shuts road, forces evacuationEl Paso Times
Northern NM highway reopened after firefighters block wildfire's spread on ...The Republic
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New Mexico investment funds up nearly $2 billion in quarter - Santa Fe New Mexican.com
New Mexico investment funds up nearly $2 billion in quarter
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
A legislative report shows New Mexico's endowment and pension funds grew by nearly $1.9 billion during the first quarter of the year. The Legislative Finance Committee reports (http://1.usa.gov/17FHX87 ) that the Public Employees Retirement Association ...
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What America Can Learn from New Mexico - Huffington Post
What America Can Learn from New Mexico
Huffington Post
Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) stood on the floor of the Senate and delivered his first speech as the newly elected Senator from New Mexico. The first floor speech for any member of Congress is a monumental occasion and sets the ...
Senator touts N.M. tech in first speechKRQE
Heinrich delivers first Senate floor speech, touts NM ingenuityABQ Journal
Heinrich emphasizes science in his first Senate floor speechAlbuquerque Business First
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Security in Mexico The new face of Mexican policing - The Economist
Security in Mexico The new face of Mexican policing
The Economist
ON ONE side of a low hill in the middle of Monterrey, Mexico's biggest industrial city, lies Independencia, a district so run down that donkeys still carry heavy goods to the top. On the other side is San Pedro Garza García, one of Latin America's most ...
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Summer shines and so do these 10 don't-miss shows
No matter how fine the weather may be, you just can't stay outdoors all summer.
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Conergy lights up schools in New Mexico - pv magazine
Conergy lights up schools in New Mexico
pv magazine
Two high schools in the U.S. state of New Mexico will soon be running on solar power thanks to German PV group Conergy, which is installing PV plants with a combined output of 1.2 MW at the school campuses that will cover 80% of their total annual ...
Washington Gas Energy Systems Awarded Contract to Build, Own and Operate ...Fort Mills Times
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Drought Watch: New Mexico still worst in the nation - ABQ Journal
Drought Watch: New Mexico still worst in the nation
ABQ Journal
John Fleck has written about science for the Journal since 1990. His specialties include nuclear weapons work at Sandia and Los Alamos labs and the federal budgets that drive them, along with New Mexico's tenuous water situation and the climate issues ...
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Tony snell, 6'7, 200 lbs, SG, New Mexico - ChicagoNow (blog)
Tony snell, 6'7, 200 lbs, SG, New Mexico
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Tony snell, 6'7, 200 lbs, SG, New Mexico. 8 comments. Tweet. By kevinstates, today at 6:06 am. Tony snell, 6'7, 200 lbs, SG, New Mexico. With his athleticism Snell seemingly glides easily around the court. With his wing-span, straight-line speed ...
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'Search Party' filming in New Mexico - ABQ Journal
'Search Party' filming in New Mexico
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SANTA FE (AP) — A movie about two friends trying to reunite their buddy with his estranged fiance will be filmed in New Mexico. The New Mexico Film Office says production of the movie, starring Adam Pally, Thomas Middledich and Shannon Woodward, will ...
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Colorado wildfire destroys 92 homes, forces thousands to flee
Jaenette Coyne estimates she had five minutes to leave home after calling 911 to report forest fire smoke behind her home.
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Thousands flee Colo. wildfire; 92 homes destroyed
Jaenette Coyne estimates she had five minutes to leave home after calling 911 to report forest fire smoke behind her home.
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Around New Mexico - ABQ Journal
Around New Mexico
ABQ Journal
The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that Cal Baca, chief of wildlife management at the New Mexico Game and Fish Department, said this week that the bird in New Mexico is safe. He told the Legislature's Water and Natural Resources Committee that granting ...
Inmate recaptured after escape from Clovis courtArtesia Daily Press
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Dodgers, D'backs to open 2014 season in Australia
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks will open the 2014 regular season with a two-game series in Australia.The two teams, who were involved in a benches-clearing fracas Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, will play at the Sydney Cricket Ground on March 22-23, 2014
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New Mexico bank to buy Colorado competitor - Denver Business Journal
New Mexico bank to buy Colorado competitor
Denver Business Journal
Citizens State has $80.2 million in assets, and the combined bank will have $302 million in assets and seven branches in New Mexico and Colorado, the banks said. Terms of the proposed deal were not disclosed. The purchase still faces approval by ...
Four Corners in NM to Buy Citizens State in ColoradoAmerican Banker (subscription)
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Difficult firefighting conditions in New Mexico - KOB.com
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Difficult firefighting conditions in New Mexico
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New Mexico is burning with wildfires growing and conditions ripening for new ones, but there is one fire in particular that has become a firefighter's nightmare. They can't fight it on the ground and they can't bomb it from the air the way they want to ...
Fire managers prep for NM blaze to make 'hard run'Artesia Daily Press
Air attack only option for battling new NM blazeAlamogordo Daily News
June 11 First News: A new blaze, the Jaroso Fire, has broken out SE of Chimayó ...KSFR
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Jamaica soccer coach resigns after latest loss
Theodore Whitmore has resigned as Jamaica's soccer coach amid a World Cup qualifying losing streak.
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Suit filed in New Mexico over Hepatitis A outbreak - Carlsbad Current Argus
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Suit filed in New Mexico over Hepatitis A outbreak
Carlsbad Current Argus
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A lawsuit has been filed in New Mexico against an Oregon company linked to a Hepatitis A outbreak. A spokeswoman for Seattle-based food safety lawyer Bill Marler says the suit was filed Wednesday in New Mexico's Bernalillo ...
99 with Hepatitis A in Arizona, California Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New ...Food Poison Journal
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NM man sentenced for tattooing 3-year-old - USA TODAY
NM man sentenced for tattooing 3-year-old
USA TODAY
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for using homemade instruments to tattoo the letter "I'' on the arm of his 3-year-old nephew. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Cruz Tenorio of Kewa ...
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News: Graham Norton, Fairyland, Taylor Kitsch, New Mexico - Towleroad
News: Graham Norton, Fairyland, Taylor Kitsch, New Mexico
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Two more gay couples have joined New Mexico's marriage equality lawsuit. "At an event last night held by ACLU-NM, the two Farmington couples spoke about their decision to join the lawsuit. Greg Gomez, who has been with his partner A.D. Joplin for seven ...
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