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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Ex-treasurer helps brother’s campaign… from prison

By | 07.04.08 | 11:47 am

The Albuquerque Journal’s Northern Bureau reports that even from prison, convicted former state treasurer Robert Vigil is exerting political influence — in this case by contributing $6,000 toward the reflection of his brother, state Rep. Richard Vigil, D-Ribera.

 

The Los Alamos Monitor’s Carol Clark sheds some light on the personality of convicted and imprisoned U.S. spy Robert Hanssen by interviewing an FBI agent who worked under Hanssen during a period of the 22 years Hanssen was selling secrets to the Soviets.

 

In a piece entitled, "Working for the Worst Spy in History," Hanssen is described as having been incompetent in his role as an FBI manager but brilliant with computers, as the agent recalls how he would hack people’s computers just to show he could.

 

“He thought he would never get caught because he worked counterintelligence, so he knew how not to get caught. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone lasting that long, passing that much information,” the agent told Clark.



Meanwhile, Roswell is revelling in its "Roswalien experience" — five days of "UFO-ology" , the Roswell Daily Record reports, while Elephant Butte expects record crowds and beautiful weather over the Fourth of July weekend, with higher numbers of visitors expected because of the price of gas, the Las Cruces Sun-News says.

 

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