New Mexico Finance Authority rocked by fake 2011 report scandal
Audit chief Hector Balderas exposed a forged 2011 NMFA financial report that copied the 2010 version. Governor Martinez appointees clashed over hiring a DC firm to probe while Moody's and S and P flagged weak internal controls. Balderas warns of broader fraud and has alerted authorities.
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New Mexico Finance Authority Board
Susana Martinez
Authority
Rick May
NMFA
Martinez
Finance Authority
Moody's Investor Service
Standard & Poor's
Keystone Cops
D.C
Baloney
Hector Balderas
Balderas
New Mexico
FBI
Daniel Tanaka
Tanaka
Moody's
New Mexico Finance Authority
Rick
Nmfa Board
Editorial Syrian tragedy and Assad's last options
The piece argues Syria's 17 month uprising nears an end under Bashar al Assad with options limited to exile, wider war, or martyrdom. It notes Assad's brief modernization hopes failed, cites a 17 000 death toll and 200 000 refugees, and urges diplomatic pressure on Russia to accept Assad's exile.
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Syria
Bashar al-Assad
Assad
Moscow
Tehran
Hafez al- Assad
Iran
Jordan
Turkey
Lebanon
Kofi Annan
United Nations
U.N
Irrational infatuation with biofuels
Opinion argues Congress and the administration harmed food costs and gas prices through ethanol mandates. It links drought, high corn demand for ethanol, and rising prices for corn and grains, noting global and domestic effects on meat and staple foods, hurting low income populations.
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Congress
United States
U.S
Doonesbury on Cubital Tunnel and Ulnar Neuropathy
A reader asks about numbness and weakness in the right hand and the panel explains cubital tunnel syndrome or ulnar neuropathy. The ulnar nerve travels from the neck through the inner elbow, and tapping the funny bone can trigger shooting pains along the arm to the hand.
Cubital tunnel syndrome and elbow nerve pressure guidance
The ulnar nerve runs through the cubital tunnel at the elbow. Narrowing causes numbness and weakness in the ring and little finger, unlike carpal tunnel which affects the thumb and adjacent fingers. Treatments focus on changing activities, posture, sleeping positions, and protective devices along with possible swelling-reducing medications.
Pilot Bruce Johnstone Arrives at Barksdale AFB
Second Lt. Bruce E. Johnstone son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Johnstone from Roswell arrives for duty as a pilot with the 62nd Bombardment Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base The squadron is part of the 2nd Bombardment Wing a Strategic Air Command unit Johnstone a 1985 Kent State University graduate is married to Tricia daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth J Richardson of McKinney Texas
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Bruce E. Johnstone
Robert W. Johnstone
Roswell
62Nd
Barksdale Air Force Base
2Nd Bombardment Wing
Strategic Air Command
Johnstone
Kent State University
Kent
Ohio
Tricia
Kenneth J. Richardson
McKinney
Texas
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