Weather experts warn that more devastating weather can be expected on Monday after tornadoes ripped through the U.S. from Texas all the way to Minnesota on Sunday, May 19.

Yahoo buys Tumblr, promises not to "screw it up."

Kim case adds focus to how the feds probed a working journalist.

Miranda Pacheco, who killed a bicyclist three years ago, is in jail again for reckless driving.

DEA claims that marketing heroin to teens is making Albuquerque's drug problems worse.

Protest to take place on Monday morning for Damian Garcia, a transgender student at St. Pius High School, over which cap and gown he will wear on graduation day.

"Worm" arrested for alleged assault and throwing a rival's moped into the ocean ...

Rio Arriba County residents comment on Sheriff's department's shorter business hours.

Games, food and safety.

"The Mad Men effect."

A Valencia County man is mad at Governor Martinez and some cows.

"This is Jail, get over it."

In Denmark, public transportation is completely awesome.

Eco-fugitive Paul Watson is hiding out somewhere at sea.

Collection of the "Rahm Emanuel likes Nickelback" dude's protest signs.

Latest on the "Innocence of Muslims" video, backlash, and weirdness.

How the restricting of the "Innocence of Muslims" video in some countries demonstrates web-firms' role in free speech and censorship.

Anyone can make a "reply-all" goof.

Someone stole the strategic maple syrup reserve!

"This Man Beats Women" advisory on Chris Brown CDs.

Record-setting tightrope-walkers did it without a net.

Anthrax-tainted heroin in the U.K.

Gallery of "On The Road" book covers.

Lynette from "Shit 'Burquenos Say" is now working for UNM.

On this day in 1965, Lost in Space premiered.

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As we reported in June, heroin is on the rise in our city. "We know there is a significant increase in heroin sales in Albuquerque, but we just don't know how much is out there," said Capt. Matt Thomas in an interview. "We tend to see different trends in drug prevalence, where it went from cocaine to meth and now to heroin."

At this week’s Council meeting, Jennifer Weiss spoke of her son’s death. She found the 18-year-old in his bedroom on Saturday. She said he’d overdosed. For about a year, Weiss has been speaking out about the problem as the president of the Heroin Awareness Committee. She and others asked the Council to find funding for a teen treatment center. Read the full story.

Geronimo's great-grandson objects to bin Laden's codename.

How did they find bin Ladin?

House approves antiabortion package.

A lot of heroin in Albuquerque ($300K sold daily), says the Sheriff's Office.

"Seal Team 6, a unit so secretive that the White House and the Defense Department do not directly acknowledge its existence."

PRC investigates whether the gas company broke any rules during the cold snap.

Intel's air permit has been updated in spite of neighbors' health complaints.

The AP won't cover today's GOP presidential primary debate because of restrictions placed on the press by sponsors FOX News and the South Carolina Republican Party.

Pelosi wants more transparency in fraking.

Last WWI vet dies. He was 110.

Obama's mom.

Things are getting better, so Glenn Beck became irrelevant, argues WaPo columnist.

Therapy kangaroo.

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