Justice Department accuses infamous Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio of trampling civil rights in his district.

President Obama announced his support for full marriage equality, but New Mexicans don’t see it happening anytime soon.

There were Christian same-sex unions in the 10th century, says anthropologist.

Kid fell into the zebra exhibit.

Former APD union boss arrested and charged with domestic violence.

With few protections in the state, some people wind up purchasing land from folks who don’t own it.

Mitt Romney was a bully and a cutter of hair he didn’t like.

A man in his undies stabbed his computer with a samurai sword while police were looking for child porn.

Time magazine’s breastfeeding cover.

What would it be like if pterosaurs walked the Earth right now.

Fancy business types are annoyed by the way Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg dresses.

Fundamentalist Phoenix high school forfeits championship baseball game because the other team had a girl on it.

South Korea accuses North Korea of jamming GPS signals for civilian flights.

This dog is ready to play.

Double-face white shark coffee table.

Hack your triggers.

Humpback whales defend baby gray whale from orcas.

A series of earthquakes in the U.S. was likely caused by fracking wastewater.

An earthquake in Indonesia leaves the country relatively uninjured.

The guy who plays Pinkman on “Breaking Bad” has been robbed in ABQ twice.

In Sunland Park, you can’t tell who donated to a campaign.

Two APD officers who were fired for misconduct could end up back on the job.

Zimmerman makes his first court appearance and will stay in jail.

Trayvon Martin’s family talks about the second-degree murder charge announced yesterday.

J.K. Rowling’s writing a book for adults.

Lil B’s 90-minute lecture at NYU.

This leaf may be able to easily wean opiate addicts off their drug. But the herbal remedy may soon be banned in the U.S.

Our oil’s coming from new countries.

The photos that created America’s child labor laws.

Debate about women, motherhood and work plays out between Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney.

"Since there is an infinite number of alternative universes, there must be one in which there isn't an infinite number of alternative universes. Perhaps this is the one."

Ze Frank is back!

Car commercials with shooting.

21 states—not N.M.— have stand-your-ground laws. In Florida, that law prevents the man who killed a teen from being arrested.

Islamic extremist shot in the head by French police after a gunfight.

President Obama stops in Lea County to talk about how he digs oil companies.

Timsanity

Survey says Americans think politicians are talking about religion too much.

Our own Rep. Steve Pearce pushes a national bill that would require drug testing for everyone receiving food stamps or unemployment benefits.

Three supermarket chains say no to pink slime.

Hacktivists steal more data than criminals.

Chase results in APD-involved shooting on Laguna land.

Romney's campaign is like an Etch A Sketch.

NASA helps Angry Birds developers understand space physics.

A regularly updated database of all the nipples on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Being bilingual makes you smarter.

Pianist covers all of Mastodon's metal concept album Leviathan.

Freestyle dough acrobatics at the World Pizza Games.

Why are there loud booms every night in Clintonville?

Doctor Who's next companion.

Never mind a dog. Get yourself a fox.

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Lobos victorious, will face Louisville in the second round of the NCAA tourney.

Santa Fe's Casanova con man released from jail.

Jury finds Rutgers student who spied on his gay roommate with a webcam guilty of a hate crime. His roommate committed suicide.

George Clooney arrested while protesting Sudan's president.

50 Native American foster kids in San Juan County but only two Native American foster homes.

Feds cough up $4 million to help N.M. schools that are in bad shape.

Aboriginal attorney says Rodarte's fall fashion collection is sickening.

Skip the TSA security lines after paying $100 application fee.

Martin Chavez' former roommate has been accused of embezzlement. Problem for the campaign?

Osama bin Laden sought to kill President Obama so Biden would be prez.

Senators say we'd be shocked to know how the government uses the Patriot Act.

How the music industry works.

How to make a portrait gourd.

People who hate Radiohead.

Fruit flies drink booze when they don't get laid.

Courtesy of Emily Apodaca

Tyrus and Tiffany Toribio

In October, we spoke with Emily Apodaca, aunt of the toddler that was found buried in playground sand in 2009. Apodaca’s sister, Tiffany Toribio, had confessed to smothering her son. The article questions whether the struggling mother sent distress signals to police and city services before the child’s death.

When Marjorie Childress wrote the report for the Alibi, Toribio was undergoing psychological evaluations. Her defender, Lelia Hood, was planning to pursue a “not guilty by reason of insanity” defense.

This morning, Toribio opted instead to plead guilty to suffocating her son at Alvarado Park. She will likely do 33 years.

Navajo Nation suing Urban Outfitters for titling some products “Navajo.”

Arizona public schools ban Bless Me Ultima, the landmark novel by local literary legend Rudolfo Anaya.

Image of Jesus appears in a tortilla in Española.

Request your FBI file.

HuffPo article on the owner of Effex, an LGBT rights activist and a Christian Republican.

Farewell, heartthrob Davy Jones.

Recycling photos from around the world.

Understanding fluffed marshmallow vodka.

The Aquabats have a TV show.

Girls make beats.

Han Solo in carbonite crayons.

50 worst baby names.

Track down criminals with Twitter.

Bank of America rolls out even sneakier fees.

Yoga championships. It’s a thing.

The life of the robot.

Belen police chief: "It always raises a red flag for us when we see a sex offender trying to get into the girls bathroom."

Some APD officers make more than the mayor.

Have you seen this missing girl?

JFK mistress speaks out in book form.

15.5 pound baby born in China.

Mickey D's minty green Shamrock Shake goes nationwide.

The ancestor to all animals.

R.I.P. Florence Green, the last WWI
veteran.

Can porn be copyrighted?

A website in Iceland helps residents avoid accidental incest.

Maps of stereotypes.

Some yoga is dangerous, but it's mostly awesome, says some guy in his new book.

"Extremely dangerous" cage fighter on the loose.

When rabid cows attack.

The always entertaining Rio Grande Sun police blotter.

Photo gallery of the decaying quarantine (Typhoid Mary was a guest) and drug rehabilitation facility on North Brother Island in the East River, New York City.

Now that you've seen the new Ferris Bueller Honda ad, you don't have to watch the Superbowl!

Queensland, Australia is flooding for the second summer in a row.

Anonymous are about to make a pile of emails relating to the 2005 Haditha massacre available on Pirate Bay.

Worried about potential libel claims? Let's revisit the "small penis rule."

Photo Gallery of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's (decaying, of course) Heritage U.S.A. theme park.

U.S. drones purposely killing funeral attendees and rescuers in Pakistan?

Today in 1914 William S. Burroughs was born.

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Barnes, an Iraq War veteran, died at age 24 in Mount Rainier National Park.

Would we have known the name Benjamin Colton Barnes if he hadn’t killed someone else before rushing to his own death in Mount Rainier National Park on New Year’s Day? Or would he have been just another young Iraq War veteran on a suicide trajectory?

Columnist Alex Limkin, also a vet, asks this question in his column From the Foxhole.

A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes, according to a study published in November. It also indicates military suicides have been on the rise since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

17-year-old student stabbed and killed at school.

City pays woman back after police destroyed her weed.

State lawmakers looking to banish the $50 million cap for film rebates imposed last year.

Look inside the Fukushima containment vessel.

Santa Fe's minimum wage will be the highest in the country.

Congress is going to hold off on PIPA and SOPA votes.

Romney may lose to Gingrich in South Carolina.

College students are playing the fainting game. I thought that was for kids.

Hackers retaliate after Megaupload is shut down.

A matrilineal state in India (where women rule).

If that capsized cruise ship dumps its fuel, it will pollute one of the most pristine segments of the Mediterranean.

Why is it hard to believe in evolution?

Advice that doesn't make sense until you're too old to need it.

Pulitzer Prize: Meh.

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The Mayor’s Office released yesterday afternoon a list of legislative priorities for 2012. Albuquerque’s asking for:

• A law that would allow cities and counties to ban fireworks sales

• A law that criminalizes organized retail theft where stolen merchandise is resold on the black market

• $50 million for the I-25/Paseo interchange

• $500,000 to clean up trash along I-40 and I-25

• Adding a Silver Alert for Albuquerque to the state’s Amber Alert system. This could help the families of seniors who struggle with dementia or Alzheimer’s find their loved ones if they go missing.

APD shoots and kills suspected burglar at St. Pius High.

Casey Anthony releases first installment of her video diary.

5-year-old boy falls into open manhole in the Lead construction zone, family says, and swallows sewage.

The final tally of U.S. casualties in the Iraq War: 4,486.

Mom wraps up real-live sergeant as Christmas present.

Songs Michele Bachmann should have resigned to.

iPhone app will pay you to work out.

Robert Frank chosen to be UNM’s president.

Inspirational Tweets from Kanye West.

Best sub-headline of the year thus far: At the Iowa caucuses, the corpse of the Republican Party was wandering around Des Moines, hungry for brains.

Drunk woman rubs her butt on a $30 million abstract painting.

Facebook makes in-person conversations redundant.

Scientists distort light for the Pentagon to create time holes.

“Code Red Velvet,” a song about the cupcake that threatened national security.

Romney wants Big Bird to run on advertisements.

Vegan bodybuilders.

Satellite discovers a buried city in Egypt.

Scotch in a can.

11 things to expect in the future.

Turns out God is a woman and she just stabbed her son with a screwdriver.

Americans are getting poorer, unless you're a congressman in which case you're probably a MILLIONAIRE.

I hope there's a giant at my funeral.

Photo gallery of deserted London Christmas morning.

I love the sea dwelling cone snail, their venom can get you high and they eat things alive with utmost decorum.

Whale sperm is not the reason the world's oceans are salty.

German insurance firm rewards top employees — with an orgy.

The Sacramento Bee has an "Crime Q&A" section on their website.

Kay Stevens, Rat Pack blowj.... er, sidekick died at age 79.

Rio Grande Sun police Blotter 2011.

Five reasons not to leave the house on new years eve.

On this day in 1984 Bernhard Goetz turned himself in to NYPD because he shot a couple kids on a New York City subway a couple weeks previous.

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