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V.23 No.37 |

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The Daily Word in Zeus, health care and Rebel Donut

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South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The Navy is searching for a missing pilot after two jets crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

A woman in Blackstone, Mass., was arrested after the remains of three infants were found in her home.

Sorry, Mr. President. I was expecting Beyoncé.

Around 250,000 people in Virginia will lose their health insurance at the end of November.

Rebel Donut is going to be featured on the show “Donut Showdown” tonight on the Cooking Channel!

A crafty thief used her kid as she stole a credit card, then proceeded to give herself the royal treatment with a shopping spree.

A woman and her 2-year-old son are on the mend after two dogs brutally attacked them.

On comparing Albuquerque violence to other cities …

Zeus, the world's tallest dog, passed away this week. RIP big guy.

V.23 No.7 |

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The Daily Word in Viagra for horses, unpaid premiums and flavored condoms

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It looks like Google Doodle brought out the big guns for Valentine's Day … oh yeah, it's Valentine's Day.

Joel McHale has been chosen to host the White House Correspondents dinner. It might get a little “Soup”-y.

Oscar Pistorius is “consumed by sorrow” over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend.

Word to the wise: If you don't pay your premiums, you don't keep your insurance.

A former teacher is accused of phoning in a bomb threat to the school he used to work at. Where do they find these people?

The mayor will announce the new police chief some time this morning.

So wait … does Viagra help horses run faster? So where should I place my bets? But let's keep this on the hush-hush, know what I'm saying?

Just in case you're getting flavored condoms for tonight …

V.21 No.43 |

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The Daily Word in plankton, clowns, weather, six-toed-cats, and more right wing rape garbage

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A sort-of in depth article about the looming ABQ Health Partners and Lovelace split.

Watchdog group says a LANL weapons laboratory is dangerous. LANL says it's fine.

The U.S. Department of the Interior named the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad a historic landmark.

Putin said something inappropriate.

Even though he's been found guilty of massive tax evasion, rest assured that Silvio Berlusconi will remain in politics.

This senate candidate said in a debate that if you get pregnant after being raped, it's because God wants it to happen.

Video of a very large group of clowns at a convention in Mexico City.

Here's a bunch of hyperbolic and cliched statements from weathermen and others about Hurricane Sandy.

This large-scale man-made plankton bloom project reminds me of James DeMeo's cloudbusting experiments.

Hot Rod Rosie died.

The descendents of Hemingway's six-toed cats live on in great numbers and sponsored by Pfizer.

Is Beck's still Beck's if it's made in America and doesn't taste like Beck's?

James Bond the Mountie.

How Facebook works now.

Here is a website listing and rating New Mexico's ghost towns.

On this day in 1988 the L.A. Times reported that Larry Flynt allegedly hired a hit man to kill Hugh Hefner, Frank Sinatra, Bob Guccione, and publisher Walter Annenberg.

V.20 No.31 | 8/4/2011

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The Daily Word with drunk children, airline shutdowns, dyslexia, gluten and Amy Winehouse secrets

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Santa Fe 12-year-old charged with DWI.

What’s cuter: A cat/bunny or a mariachi trio serenading a Beluga whale?

It’s plague season: the fifth case of Hantavirus has been reported in N.M.

After nickel-and-diming the debt ceiling, lawmakers ran out to summer recess before resolving an FAA shutdown that’s costing taxpayers $1 billion a month.

Morrissey / The Smiths will become comic book heroes. Also, Marvel unveils biracial Spider-Man.

The U.S. is finally joining the developed world by moving birth control under health insurance coverage—but there are some catches and a whole lot of misinformation.

A new font designed to help dyslexics read.

The FDA still hasn’t defined when foods can be labeled “gluten free.”

If your house was on fire, would you take this stuff with you?

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak stands trail.

Pro-bike mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania says “Nice parking job, asshole!” to a Mercedes ... with a tank.

Steer clear of ground turkey for a while.

Haiti braces for tropical storm Emily, more devastation.

Everyone stop what you’re doing: Miley Cyrus got a “gay marriage” tattoo.

Also, Amy Winehouse was secretly engaged.

V.19 No.16 |

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The Daily Word 04.22.10: Gathering of Nations, South Park, Quakes of Immodesty

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The first Earth Day was 40 years ago today.

Should New Mexico give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants?

She was sentenced to nine years after dragging an elderly man with her car, but she's out after little more than a year.

The APS solution: Bigger classes.

Gathering of Nations starts today. (Red Earth will reunite.)

Mom's mystery infection.

Lawyer: He shot his 100-pound pregnant girlfriend in self-defense.

The Havasupai in Arizona won a fight with a university over the misuse of their DNA.

Obama tells Congress to regulate Wall Street's bullshit.

Sarah Palin's Christian nation.

WellPoint used a computer algorithm to target breast cancer patients and cancel their health insurance with allegations of fraud.

Earthquakes happen because women aren't modest enough, says a prayer leader in Tehran.

"South Park" self-censors an ep about the Prophet Muhammed after warnings show up on a radical Islamic group's website.

Kate Gosselin creeped some people out. (She's famous just so we can hate her, no?)

That is one patriotic (racist) pickup.

V.18 No.29 | 7/16/2009
"They did a couple tests on me, and I waited five hours,” says Froozan Parwana. "They didn't do much to me. I was dehydrated. The bill was like $345."
Eric Williams ericwphoto.com

News Feature

Health Care on Life Support

New Mexicans tell us what reform looks like

Froozan Parwana is one of more than 400,000 New Mexicans without health insurance.

Her trip to the emergency room last summer was a harsh introduction to what awaits patients without medical coverage. Parwana's bladder was pressing against her appendix, causing her white blood cell count to surge. After a few tests and a five-hour stint in the waiting room, doctors told Parwana she wouldn't need surgery unless her condition got worse. The visit cost more than $300. The hospital bill forced Parwana to take fewer classes last fall at CNM, where she studies engineering. "There is always that risk of something serious happening," Parwana says.

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