Letters: Scavengers, Bad Reviews And Bootlegging 101 Scavenger Notes We did the Scavenger Hunt and had lots of fun. I was out of town for the last one.I had a disadvantage. I [...] Alibi \ Aug 07, 2008 Read More Letter writer Gary O’Connell (right) with Don Schrader
Jitterbug For Justice Dancer Ignites Interest In Politics Through Swing Dance and politics don’t necessarily make a natural alliance. Yet Desi Brown managed to create a symbiotic relationship between the two, while remaining [...] Aeriel Emig \ Aug 07, 2008 Read More Desi Brown and his swing dancing club have drummed up more than $51,000 for charities, peace organizations and local fundraisers. (Eric Williams)
Shield Law Gets Stomped On Frozen Mid-Step Is it really a free press when there are no guarantees for journalists protecting sources? Is it really free speech when there’s no [...] Marisa Demarco \ Aug 07, 2008 Read More
Survive An Alien Abduction Thousands of people say they were abducted by aliens, and you might be worried you’ll be next. If you suddenly find yourself floating [...] Benjamin Radford \ Aug 07, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Kat Trouble Exploring The Relationship Between The Riaa And The Attorney General; Record Store Workers Respond The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office has a new partner in fighting crime: the Recording Industry Association of America.For the first time, the [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 31, 2008 Read More A peek at Krazy Kat’s record collection, which is not under scrutiny. (Tabatha Roybal)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends DATELINE: New Zealand— Hundreds of thousands of dollars in cameras and equipment were lost by media members after a boat sank at a [...] Os Davis \ Jul 31, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Ben Radford Gives The Low-Down On Bigfoot Sex A common myth about Bigfoot—the huge, hairy, unknown beast reported by many but rarely if ever photographed—is that there’s only one of them. [...] Benjamin Radford \ Jul 31, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Marijuana Accord A Lawsuit Is Settled, But The Use Of Medical Cannabis Remains In A Legal Gray Area The first case challenging the state’s new medical marijuana policy closed with a settlement. When Eddy County Sheriff’s Department deputies seized Leonard French’s [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 31, 2008 Read More (Jeremy Eaton)
Work The Polls Big Projected Turnout Means It’s All Hands On Deck For The General Election On Election Day, Bernalillo County usually needs 2,500 poll workers—a one-day, 14-hour job that could arguably be among the most important in the [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 31, 2008 Read More County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Letters Batman Bust [Warning: spoiler alert] I thoroughly enjoyed 2005’s Batman Begins . But I’m bewildered by the apparent love affair with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark [...] Alibi \ Jul 31, 2008 Read More