Former Congressional candidate Gary Smith spent the night in jail with charges of stalking a former rival.

Two hand grenades have been found in checked baggage in the past week at Albuquerque's airport.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is suing the NCAA over sanctions imposed over Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Murder in Rio Arriba County appears to be payback for a stolen PlayStation.

New rule makes it easier for immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship if they have immediate family who are already citizens.

Sandy Hook students return to classes for the first time today at a new school.

Starbucks to sell reusable plastic cups at a dollar apiece and will offer discounts on coffee when customers bring them in.

Israel finally finished their ridiculously huge, nearly impenetrable wall at the border to Egypt.

I would so eat a Cool Ranch Doritos taco.

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The Senate passed a fiscal cliff deal.

People died in a deadly human stampede.

A suspected bomb builder gave birth.

Putin decided Russia has a drinking problem.

It's dangerous to be funny in Egypt.

New Year's Day is a big suicide day.

Take note of celebrity air rage incidents.

A Japanese porn star got 100 of bottles if ick.

What are the most hungover cities in America?

Here's a newborn baby elephant.

Parrots hate electronic music.

The world's biggest treehouse.

A cat enjoys the holidays.

Microscope photos.

APD DWI checkpoint report.

Happy birthday Frank Langella.

Thanks to Susan Petersen, Sarah Bonneau and Helenoid for the links.

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Powerful typhoon leaves hundreds dead or missing in the Philippines.

Senate Republicans voted down an
international treaty banning discrimination against people with disabilities.

The rest of the world is pointing and laughing.

Supporters of Egypt's President Morsi confronted opponents camped outside the presidential palace, and things got violent.

Money may have been the top factor keeping House Republican women out of leadership positions.

Daniel Ellsberg calls Bradley Manning a hero.

The upcoming state legislative session could include election law changes.

New koala.

Mapping drones permitted for use here in the U.S.

Your TV is listening.

NYC, buried in carbon emissions.

This month's war frontlines photo-dispatches.

"Driving in Russia." [All 13 minutes are totally worth watching.]

I think I like this band.

Missed high fives.

The year's best book lists.

Southeastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Society.

Aren't you also "clamoring" for Pizza Hut perfume?

Yesterday evening's meteorological drama.

Attacks by militants prompt Egyptian military air strikes on the Sinai peninsula.

Mass displacement in Manila as torrential rains flood the city.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching you.

Academi LLC (a.k.a. Xe, a.k.a. Blackwater) says it will "continue to lead by example." The company agreed to a $7.5 million settlement of charges related to 17 criminal violations, including arms smuggling.

Colorado ranchers are freaked out after animal mutilations.

New image of home, sweet home.

Compelling case study on the impact of Medicaid expansion. The guv remains tight-lipped on the issue. Rio Grande Foundation head does not.

"Failing" schools will still get some cash.

Burning refinery chokes out California. Chevron says they'll make it all better.

Painted Russian rag doll synchronized swimmers win gold (and give me creepy dreams).

Winston Churchill, proto-tween.

Pilgrims in Mexico City.

Aerial footage of this morning's derailed freight train fire in Columbus, Ohio.

Newfound marine creature named after Bob Marley.

Egypt's military leadership caught in power battle with Muslim Brotherhood.

Fresh grief at the site of the Srebrenica massacre.

The Spaceport should see first tourist takeoffs by the end of next year.

Sarah Palin urges Mitt Romney to "light our hair on fire." Romney tries, gets booed.

Upcoming International AIDS Conference highlights health issue in the U.S., where African-American community suffers disproportionately.

Greg Jackson interviewed after high-profile feature on Jackson-Winklejohn Gym.

Racial profiling claims leveled at San Juan County law enforcement.

The state attorney general's image problem.

Astonishing images from an undersea photo studio.

Dude, don't pull a "Harry Reid."

Free Slurpees for all! 'Til the cups run out.

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The ugliest dog of the year.

Cutest baby dwarf bunny of the year.

D.C. is no longer a chocolate city.

Beyond the Thunderdome in Alamogordo.

Motorists in Massachusetts must pay a fee in order to contest a ticket.

Ever heard of "genetic attraction?"

Fran Tarkenton doesn't find President Obama very incredible.

A billionaire's unprecedented land donation may result in more protected areas in New Mexico.

Sandusky may appeal guilty verdict.

Sandusky's conviction could spell trouble for Penn State University.

Gaseous anomalies on Star Trek.

New technology allows someone (read: "some government agency") to identify your fingerprint from twenty feet away.

NSA refuses to release information because it would violate the NSA's privacy.

Fruit and vegetable skulls.

Mary Jane, the musical.

What is Pland?

Islamist wins election in Egypt.

On this day in 1944 Jeff Beck was born.

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A House of Representatives committee could vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over Operation Fast and Furious documents.

Ecuador's embassy in London may now be the only thing standing between Wikileaks leader Julian Assange and extradition to Sweden.

Egypt seizes with new political and constitutional upheaval as conflicting reports over ousted President Mubarak's failing health circulate.

China's reserves of rare earth minerals—essential to production of high-tech devices—are dwindling due to "excessive mining," says report.

Interactive map of West Africa's devastating drought conditions.

May's global hot flashes are not relenting in June.

Vegas roulette wheel beats 114 billion to one odds.

New state department study counts 20.9 million worldwide victims of modern slavery.

Charter schools may be underperforming when it comes to serving disabled students.

Former inmate now exonerated testifies before Senate subcommittee that solitary confinement in prisons "by its design is driving men insane."

Wildlife conservation group says black bears around the Duke City are being egregiously eliminated from the area.

Charlie Sheen's surge of "tiger blood" was in fact a "psychotic break."

Handy tip: If you're squeamish about squid sperm ruining your calamari dinner, remove the internal organs before cooking it.

Water tanks in NYC as public art.

Amorous prehistoric turtles immortalized.

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Egypt's high court orders that its parliament be dissolved.

Officers stumble across starving horses while looking for a man with a gun.

APD used stun guns, bean bag rounds and a police dog in the arrest of a 60-year-old man. Judge says: Pay up.

"Game of Thrones" sorry about using President Bush's head in scene about heads on pikes.

When is it OK to shoot someone in Albuquerque?

Drake and Chris Brown maybe got in a fist fight at a NY club, say police.

State's paying too much in jail and prison contracts.

The flavorful space between fresh and rotten.

Lara Croft to be put through harrowing attempted gang rape in Tomb Raider reboot so male players will feel compelled to protect her.

After a series of workers who make Apple products committed suicide, the company attempted to improve conditions. Yesterday, another worker committed suicide.

We're going to spy on Africa more.

Wine glass chess set makes for classiest drinking game ever.

Movies for women turn huge profits. So why doesn't Hollywood want to make those films? asks Meryl Streep.

Burger King's bacon sundae.

Ditch your car, city-dweller, and buy this folding pod on wheels.

Egypt’s polarized runoff election continues to heat up.

A damaging earthquake in Italy is the second to hit the country in 10 days.

Western countries increase diplomatic pressure on Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad in the wake of civilian massacre.

Johnny Tapia’s New York Times obituary.

Miguel Abeyta, 72, thwarts his wife’s would-be purse snatcher.

The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire is still zero percent contained, and growing.

The Trust for America’s Health named New Mexico the
riskiest state in the country for leading in the number of preventable deaths.

A new poll shows Martin Heinrich and Heather Wilson leading the race for Jeff Bingaman’s vacant senate seat, while Eric Griego and Michelle Lujan-Grisham appear to be in a dead heat for the 1st Congressional District.

Zombie-averse residents in Miami witnessed a “growling cannibal” on an overpass before he was fatally shot by police.

The virus infecting Iranian computers is called “Flame,” and it’s part of a sophisticated cyberespionage project.

Ancient Roman shipwrecks were discovered in deep waters.

It won’t be long before you, too, can assemble your own underwater robot.

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African American father and son say they were racially profiled, and APD took $17,000 in cash off their hands for no good reason.

Neil Armstrong almost never does interviews, but he spoke with Australian accountants about his trip to the moon.

Ad-Rock talks about MCA's death.

Who puts in the most hours at work, country-wise? How do you stack up?

KRQE scrutinizes New Mexico's pork barrel projects.

George Zimmerman was pretty tight with Sanford police.

Top two Mexican cartels stage public massacres to taunt authorities and frighten civilians.

Office break rooms are disgusting pits of germs, says guy who cares.

There may be no daily newspaper in New Orleans after The Times-Picayune announces cutback plans.

The company that owns Chicago's daily bought its weekly. (That's like the Journal purchasing the Alibi.)

Tennessee walking horse trainer pleads guilty to cruelty.

Egypt is voting for president for the first time.

Can the human race tell aliens from gods?

Beautiful rot.

MIT alleviates an age-old human frustration: getting ketchup out of the bottle.

Today Egyptians vote in the first competitive presidential election in the Arab world.

The Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia may not be an isolated incident.

The Kirtland jet fuel leak could be larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Huge drop in the number of metro area meth lab busts linked to law enforcement budget cuts.

The U.S. is fast approaching a “fiscal cliff.” An M.I.T. professor thinks we should cross our fingers and jump.

A Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA locate Bin Laden was convicted of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison.

Yesterday’s commercial rocket launch could signify a new era of private sector space travel.

Morgan Stanley is investigated for sharing insider Facebook IPO information with a select group of investors.

Democratic Congress members think Governor Scott Walker may have lied under oath about his motives for pursuing an anti-union agenda in Wisconsin.

Arizona white supremacist gets a 40-year federal sentence for a 2004 Phoenix bombing.

Fox News' Roger Ailes says Jon Stewart “basically admitted” to him that he’s a socialist.

Obama and Romney are neck and neck in the polls, but the prez gets Betty White’s vote.

From now on, APD officers will use lapel cameras on every call.

The city’s hearing officer is fired after the mayor and police chief deem him overly biased.

The vice squad is investigating two “massage” parlors for ties to global sex trafficking after making prostitution arrests.

Three agents caught up in secret service prostitution debacle turn down lie-detector tests.

Anti-military protestors in Cairo were violently attacked; eleven died of their injuries.

Chinese dissident leaves U.S. embassy, where he sought protection after allegedly suffering abuse during house arrest.

Nobel-prize winner Aung Sun Suu Kyi is “cautiously optimistic” as she assumes her seat in Myanmar’s parliament.

As Gingrich prepares to bow out of the primary, Ron Paul supporters continue their quiet campaign to win delegates.

Johnny Depp’s Tonto costume is modeled after a painting by a white artist whose images aren’t historically or ethnographically accurate.

Caught with your foot in your mouth? Embarrassing public gaffe? God forgives you, according to Rick Perry.

Recent male rush to amp testosterone levels troubles doctors, if not pharmaceutical companies.

Wife of avid Guinness world records collector: “He’s crazy. I would never vote for him.”

Advances in food science could result in less ouchie boo-boos.

Turks and Americans are 22 percent convinced the End Is Near. The French? Much more skeptical.

U.S. to ease its combat mission in Afghanistan.

Burqueños prison gang exhibits civic pride.

Foreigners stick their foreign fingers in our chile market.

Reies Lopez Tijerina, a Chicano activist, mounted an armed raid to make a citizen's arrest of New Mexico's district attorney in the '60s. He's speaking at the Statehouse today.

Tour the Old Main, home of the lethal 1980 prison riot.

To protect his riches, this wealthy man adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his daughter.

Anonymous hacks emails and accuses Ron Paul of being linked to a neo-Nazi group.

Washington the state passes a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.

Komen yanked its funding from Planned Parenthood, so supporters around the country donated enough in a single day to make up the difference.

Baratunde Thurston on how to be Black.

Remember when we sold guns to cartels so we could track them? And then it didn't work out so well?

This cheerleader can dead lift 250.

Meet supergiant—not the band, the amphipod.

Marchers in Egypt protest military mishandling of a soccer riot that killed 74.

The most common regrets of folks at the end of their lives.

Rest in peace:

Sonic Youth collaborator and artist Mike Kelley

"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius

Poet Wislawa Szymborska

Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee

The man who played Mr. Pitt on "Seinfeld," Ian Abercrombie

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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.

Turkey-shapes-made-from-other-food competition. David Byrne entered two.

Tavern Taxi will drive you home for free this weekend if you've had a few drinks. Good for anywhere in Bernalillo County. 999-1400.

Black Friday shopping rage.

Businesses struggle on Lead, and road construction through the holiday season could mean local shops won't survive.

More UFO sightings in New Mexico than usual.

Worst movies ever.

Since the Republicans don't want him, ex-Gov. Gary Johnson might go Libertarian.

Sandiago's Mexican Grill cooks up a Thanksgiving feast for foster kids and their families.

Egyptians protest the military regime.

Journalist talks about her assault in Egypt by riot police.

The world's first full face transplant.

The rogue ad man behind Buy Nothing Day and the Occupy movement.

Changes to the Catholic mass.

Famous people who died in 2011.