I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Two long-serving senators, Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Byrd of West Virginia, reportedly collapsed at the inaugural luncheon earlier today.
MSNBC reported:
Sens. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., were stricken Tuesday at an inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama.
Kennedy reportedly suffered convulsions, but details are still sketchy. According to senators interviewed by television news afterward, those in attendance at the luncheon were asked to be silent while the two senators were treated.
MSNBC aired footage of Kennedy being loaded into an ambulance while John Kerry, Kennedy’s fellow Massachusetts senator, and others watched. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was at the same table as Kennedy and told ABC News that Kennedy was in good spirits beforehand and was joking with those at his table.
ABC News is reporting that Kennedy is in stable condition. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said Kennedy was in good spirits on the way to the ambulance and was just exhausted from the day’s events.
Update: The Associated Press reports Byrd is fine and was never hospitalized. He was upset with what happened to Kennedy.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, 91, also left the luncheon early, but his office and others said his health was not the reason.Byrd “is currently in his own office…and is doing fine, though he remains vcery concerned about his close friend, Ted Kennedy,” said Mark Ferrell, a spokesman for the West Virginia Democrat.
