City backs four year term for municipal judge
The city says the municipal judge’s designated term is four years, not two, delaying any contest until March 2012. Attorney Barbara Patterson did not return calls. Hector Pineda resigned. Loy was appointed by Mayor Sam LaGrone and ran in 2008. City officials LaGrone Capps and Kunko named in the petition.
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Hector Pineda
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Loy
Sam LaGrone
LaGrone
John Capps
Dave Kunko
Arson Case Ties Ford to Burned Roswell Home
Timothy Ford received about $100000 from two insurance companies as compensation for his damaged home. Detective Robert Scribner led the arson probe and arrested Ford, who proclaims innocence. Kimberly Ford, jailed on unrelated charges, alleged she and Ford arranged for two outside men to burn the house for payment.
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Timothy Ford
Robert Scribner
Scribner
Kimberly Ford
Chaves County
Mybarra
Roswell
Obama Nobel speech reframes war and peace ideals
In a Oslo ceremony Obama defends selective force while urging nonviolence in principle, citing Gandhi and King but noting Hitler and al Qaeda require different tactics. He backs diplomacy, sanctions, and humane rules of war, stressing leadership toward cooperation and global climate action.
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Obama
Mohandas Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr
Hitler
al-Qaida
Iran
North Korea
George W. Bush
U.S
America
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Europe
Nobel Committee
Swine flu estimates and vaccine progress from CDC briefing
The CDC notes that seasonal flu kills about 36 000 Americans annually while the swine flu counts likely understate elder deaths due to data gaps. Younger patients suffer higher hospitalization and death rates, with two waves seen in the United States. About 15 percent have had swine flu, 85 million doses available, and American Indians and Alaska Natives face a fourfold higher death rate.
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CDC
United States
Frieden
Alaska
Arizona men indicted in $160 million Ponzi scheme
A 40 count federal indictment unsealed charges five men from Arizona and Texas with mail and wire fraud and money laundering. The scheme allegedly drew in victims between 2002 and 2005 through a fund for loans to third parties, while funds were diverted to related businesses and personal use.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Texas
Roswell Council Approves Water Rate Increase Amid Public Backlash
The Roswell City Council narrowly approves an 8 percent initial water rate rise with a 2 percent annual hike for five years, following an amended plan supported by Councilman Lee Rogers. Citizens oppose the scheme, citing loans from water funds and a Millennium Transit loan, while officials defend transfers as necessary to keep rates low.
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Lee Rogers
Elena Velasquez
Steve Henderson
Bob Craig
Roswell
Craig
Craig’s
Sam LaGrone
Capps
Millennium Transit Services LLC
State of New Mexico
Pioneer Bank
The
Larry Fry
Millennium
Nominations Open for Teacher Awards in Roswell Area
Avery announced three silver award winners and a grand prize gold winner. Nominations are open to all teachers from preschool to college and may be submitted by students parents staff peers or community members. Forms are at local schools the Roswell Chamber of Commerce the Hispano Chamber and CCCCNM.org.
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Ists
Avery
Par
Roswell Chamber of Commerce
Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Ccccnm.org
Mybarra
Roswell-Record.com
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