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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.

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Obama explains ‘Why I’m a Christian’ during visit to Albuquerque

By | 09.28.10 | 4:13 pm

President Barack Obama, dogged by persistent rumors he is a Muslim, explained why he is a Christian during an hour-long discussion with residents in an Albuquerque front yard Tuesday.

“I’m a Christian by choice,” the president said. “I came to my Christian faith later in life. And it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead: being my brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, treating others as they would treat me.”

Fact check: 9/11 terrorists did not enter U.S. from Canada

By | 06.17.10 | 12:35 pm

Although it’s been mentioned twice recently (by GOP congressional candidates Steve Pearce and Tom Mullins), the idea that the 9/11 terrorists came across the northern border is a myth.

“As the 9/11 Commission reported in July 2004, all of the…

Nation’s top court declines to get involved in case of N.M.’s lone 9/11 victim

By | 05.18.09 | 2:24 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to step into the middle of a dispute between the widow and son of New Mexico’s only known victim from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, KOAT-TV reports.

Civil liberties advocates want law to guard against domestic spying

By | 01.14.09 | 8:17 am

The American Civil Liberties Union plans to lobby the Legislature to pass a law that would guard against collecting information on Americans lawfully protesting government policies. The effort comes as authorities in some jurisdictions appear to be crossing the blurry line between protecting civil rights and ensuring national security.