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Jul 10, 2009 5:58 AM CDT

7 Women ID'd in New Mexico Mass Grave

Police in Albuquerque hunting serial killer after 11 bodies found

(Newser) - Police in New Mexico have named seven of the 11 murdered women found in a mass grave outside Albuquerque several months ago, CNN reports. Police say the victims were linked through drugs and prostitution, but they have yet to identify a suspect. The women, one of whom was pregnant, were...

World's Toughest
Golf Hole:
3 Rugged Miles

Jun 3, 2009 3:28 PM CDT

World's Toughest Golf Hole: 3 Rugged Miles

NM hosts challenging extreme golf tournament

(Newser) - New Mexico’s ultimate golf challenge is a single, 50-foot wide hole. Sound like child’s play? Add a 2,550-foot mountain, rattlesnakes, and a 3-mile course. The Elfego Baca Shootout—a side event to the Socorro Open—requires golfers to finish with just one of 10 balls, hardly an...

NYC Probes Rattner's Firm in Pension Scandal

Apr 22, 2009 9:49 AM CDT

NYC Probes Rattner's Firm in Pension Scandal

Quadrangle paid finders fees to indicted adviser's company

(Newser) - New York City authorities are investigating whether Quadrangle Group, formerly led by Obama car czar Steven Rattner, deceived managers of the city's pension funds, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rattner's firm, Quadrangle, paid finders fees to Searle & Co., which had been headed by now-indicted political adviser Hank Morris,...

New Mexico
Bans Death Penalty

Mar 19, 2009 3:14 AM CDT

New Mexico Bans Death Penalty

Guv abolishes executions after wrestling with conscience

(Newser) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has signed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican. Richardson, who formerly supported capital punishment, said replacing execution with life in prison without the possibility of parole was “the most difficult decision of his political life.” He...

9th Body
Unearthed in
New Mexico
Desert

Feb 25, 2009 3:00 AM CST

9th Body Unearthed in New Mexico Desert

All may be victims of serial killer

(Newser) - A ninth body has been unearthed in the New Mexican desert in what one expert believes is the work of a serial killer, reports KRQE-TV. Only one of the victims in the secret graveyard outside Albuquerque—a prostitute reported missing in 2003—has been identified. There are currently 24 women...

Kilmer on NM: If I Run,
I'll Be the Next Governor

Feb 6, 2009 1:37 PM CST

Kilmer on NM: If I Run, I'll Be the Next Governor

(Newser) - Val Kilmer is pretty confident about a future in New Mexico politics—assuming that’s his next move. “If I run, I’m going to be the next governor,” the actor and affirmed Democrat tells the AP. He's considering a campaign next year, when term limits will bar...

Mississippi Has Most Teen Pregnancies

Jan 7, 2009 11:41 AM CST

Mississippi Has Most Teen Pregnancies

State passes Texas and New Mexico in nationwide uptick

(Newser) - Mississippi has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the US, the AP reports. Some 68 Mississippi women out of 1,000 aged 15-19 got pregnant in 2006—the most recent year for which data are available, and in which the US rate rose for the first time in 15...

Richardson: Not So Easy Going Home Again

Jan 6, 2009 12:31 PM CST

Richardson: Not So Easy Going Home Again

Mixed reactions greet return of Santa Fe's political dynamo

(Newser) - His cushy Cabinet post yanked out from underneath him, Bill Richardson is heading home to the state that made him a national player, reports the New York Times. And while New Mexico might be a let-down for Richardson, (“Sometimes your own dreams and plans must take a back seat...

Richardson
Camp Mum
to Vetters
on Pay-to-Play

Jan 5, 2009 7:42 AM CST

Richardson Camp Mum to Vetters on Pay-to-Play

Gov. tight-lipped about investigation

(Newser) - Bill Richardson’s sudden exit from the prospective Obama Cabinet is causing some Democrats to question the transition team’s vetting process. Sources tell Politico that Richardson evaded the team’s questions about the “pay-to-play” investigation he cited as his reason for backing out. The investigation has been public...

Amid Probe,
Richardson
Drops Bid for
Commerce

Jan 4, 2009 1:06 PM CST

Amid Probe, Richardson Drops Bid for Commerce

(Newser) - Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into a lucrative state contract awarded to a firm that backed the New Mexico governor's political activities. Barack Obama's transition office said today that Obama has accepted Richardson's withdrawal.

Kilmer for NM Governor?

Nov 7, 2008 10:34 AM CST

Kilmer for NM Governor?

Former Batman mulls run: 'a worthy, serious endeavor'

(Newser) - Val Kilmer’s considering a run for governor of New Mexico, he tells Cindy Adams of the New York Post. “There's sort of a rumor around that I'm maybe thinking about running to be governor of New Mexico? Well, it's sort of true,” says the star of Batman ...

Talking Heads
Vow Restraint
... Sort of

Nov 4, 2008 8:10 AM CST

Talking Heads Vow Restraint ... Sort of

Networks vow some restraint

(Newser) - Television news executives have vowed they won't jump the gun and project a president-elect until one man has 270 electoral votes. And they won't count electoral votes until polls are closed, reports the Los Angeles Times. But if key states in the East and Midwest back Obama, viewers will likely...

John McCain, Here's How You Can Still Win This Election

ANALYSIS

Oct 26, 2008 12:11 PM CDT

John McCain, Here's How You Can Still Win This Election

Forget about Pa.; focus on Virginia, Florida, FiveThirtyEight says

(Newser) - John McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick...

Hard Times Turn Latino Voters
to Obama

Oct 25, 2008 7:53 PM CDT

Hard Times Turn Latino Voters to Obama

Their support in key Western states could decide election

(Newser) - Campaign workers walking Latino precincts in Las Vegas are finding padlocked doors, foreclosed homes, jobless residents—and more voters supporting Barack Obama, the Los Angeles Times reports. "The economy is so bad, and I am afraid McCain has the same ideas as President Bush," one man told a...

West Turning Blue, Dems Say

Aug 29, 2008 12:54 PM CDT

West Turning Blue, Dems Say

Party boasts strong voter registration, turnout in Mountain states

(Newser) - The Mountain West has historically gone for the GOP, but thanks to aggressive grass-roots organizing, Democrats believe they have a shot at turning red states blue, Politico reports. More field offices, opened much earlier than the GOP's, have boosted registration in Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada. “This presidential cycle...

West Primed for Dems' Taking

OPINION

Aug 18, 2008 3:15 PM CDT

West Primed for Dems' Taking

Washington's neglect has voters yearning for change, Colo. senator writes

(Newser) - The West has long been a Republican stronghold, but Democrats have a chance there in November, Ken Salazar writes in the Los Angeles Times. Salazar himself beat the Republican establishment to win a Colorado Senate seat in 2004. Independents are now the region’s largest voting bloc, he writes, and...

Swing States Loom Large

Analysis

Jun 24, 2008 5:35 PM CDT

Swing States Loom Large

Insiders look at which might move left or right

(Newser) - Forget the old swing-state conventional wisdom. Salon rounds up some experts and asks where the electoral map might flip in November:

The eastern Rust belt (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan) is John McCain’s best hope. Ohio is traditionally weakest for Democrats, but the Michigan primary remains a problem, and aging Pennsylvanians

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Wildfires Tamed in
Calif., Rage in NM

Jun 21, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

Wildfires Tamed in Calif., Rage in NM

2K people still evacuated in Santa Cruz County

(Newser) - Firefighters almost completely contained a Northern California blaze today as fires in New Mexico threatened to spread, buoyed by lightning and high winds, the AP reports. The California fire, in Santa Cruz County, has leveled up to 15 homes and led to the continued evacuation of 2,000 people. Officials...

Fuel Costs Squeeze Services for Native American Tribes

Jun 17, 2008 2:26 AM CDT

Fuel Costs Squeeze Services for Native American Tribes

Social service delivery, rides for elderly hit by skyrocketing prices

(Newser) - Higher gas prices are forcing Native American tribal governments to cut back on transportation services, reports Reznet News. The Rosebud Sioux tribe provides its police, education and social services departments with transportation, as well as rides for the elderly and trips to medical appointments. But with coffers running on empty,...

Conservative Pearce Wins
GOP Primary for Domenici Seat

Jun 4, 2008 11:29 AM CDT

Conservative Pearce Wins GOP Primary for Domenici Seat

Dems predict an easier win for Tom Udall

(Newser) - New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce edged out Rep. Heather Wilson in the GOP primary for retiring Sen. Pete Domenici's seat yesterday, Politico reports. The results pleased Democrats, who predict that Pearce, who ran as an unapologetic conservative, will be a weaker opponent to Democratic Rep. Tom Udall in November than...