A trial date has been set for the mother of Omaree Varela.

A city bus driver is under investigation after trying to kick a passenger off the bus for holding a conversation with no one.

Sometimes you just need that nicotine.

Justice Anthony Kennedy has the opportunity to roll back the new laws in Texas that closed about half of the state's abortion clinics.

Some people have no imagination: Here's a map of the US by what is most searched for on Pornhub.

Do you know about #vajayjaygate?

A farmer in Ohio spelled out "NO TRUMP" in manure across his field.

Get your "guard wig" now to win a Donald Trump look-alike contest while also protecting your noggin from assassins.

Super moon.

Roundhouse 2011: Bills on driver's licenses, social promotion and capital outlay fail.

Gov. Martinez promises to veto a tax that would keep New Mexico's unemployment fund afloat.

The cleanest fast-food joints in town.

First lady gives APS teacher a grant to install a salad bar at his school. But APS doesn't want it.

30 puppies may be euthanized in Las Cruces.

Missile hits a building in Gaddafi's compound. France and Libya could be at it for a while, the countries say.

Fire breaks out on the roof of a nuclear reactor in Japan.

Menthols may be harder to quit, says FDA.

Porn industry and religious groups unite in hatred over .xxx web suffix.

Rich countries are eating so much quinoa, Bolivians (who lived of it for centuries) can't afford it.

The world's most perfect steak can be found in Idaho, says globe-circling book writer.

The 400-pound marathoner.

U.K. students riot in the streets over fee hikes that would triple tuition.

Meanwhile, UNM academics won’t feel next year’s 5 percent budget cut, acting president Paul Roth indicated yesterday.

Not so at CNM. Several vocational programs will be cut in the fall.

Sara Lee will be swallowed by Mexico’s gigante food corporation Grupo Bimbo.

Mustachioed movie critic Gene Shalit is leaving “Today.”

Hear arts and culture critic Dave Hickey talk about “the History of Style” tonight at 516 ARTS. He’s amazing. It’s at 7 p.m. and costs $10.

The FDA unveils 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packaging.

Two “huge, mysterious gamma ray-emitting bubbles” are sitting at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers say.

Gwyneth Paltrow thinks she’s a country music singer now.

Dunkin’ Donuts rolls out sausage-pancake munchkin thingies.