New Mexico budget deficit widens beyond earlier estimates
Gov. Richardson’s administration now faces an $200 million shortfall, up from $40–80 million, prompting across the board cuts in state services. Education, courts, youth programs, motor vehicle hours, and charter schools face reductions to meet the deficit amid plans to trim tax credits and exemptions.
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Bill Richardson
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Harold Morgan
Susana Martinez
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Martinez
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Greshams Law Applied to Modern Media and News
Editorial argues Gresham's Law explains how bad information crowds out good reporting. It cites Washington Post series Top Secret America revealing vast, opaque intelligence growth and outsourcing. It notes media distraction by Breitbart Sherrod Vilsack Obama Fox News NAACP spectacle.
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Thomas Gresham
Royal Exchange
London
Elizabeth I
England
CIA
Secretary of Defense
National Intelligence
America
Andrew Breitbart
Shirley Sherrod
Tom Vilsack
Barack Obama
Fox News
NAACP
Ms. Sherrod
Obama
Sleep questions in Dear Dr Gott column
A reader describes waking patterns and insomnia with arthritis pain and asks if two extra hours matter. The doctor notes individual sleep needs vary and many factors disturb sleep. Recommend consulting a physician or sleep specialist to sort out possible insomnia and sleep apnea causes.
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Rangel Ethics Probe Highlights House Accountability Debate
The House ethics subcommittee accuses 20 term Rep Charles Rangel of failing to declare assets totaling up to 831000 and funding a private center at City College of New York with his letterhead. The Sunlight Foundation audit flags other questionable spending including 604000 on bottled water over nine months.
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Sunlight Foundation
Sallie Mae Teacher Award Honors Roswell Educator
Mercedes G. Rogers, a teacher at the Educational Services Center, was selected for the Sallie Mae Teacher Award, receiving 1000 for loan repayment or other use. She is among 100 teachers nationwide to win the newly established award. Local Beta Sigma Phi chapters honored at a rosemount banquet with Girls of the Year: Martha Browning, Belinda Duan, Teresa Waugh, Sandi Pottle, Bonnie Hinshaw, Jo Sloan, Theda Shier. The Rose Order recipients were Ava Swan, Nancy Graves, and Carlyn Jarm.
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Educational Services Center
Sallie Mae
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Beta Sigma Phi
Roswell Inn
Martha Browning
Belinda Duan
Teresa Waugh
Sandi Pottle
Bonnie Hinshaw
Jo Sloan
Theda Shier
Order of the Rose
Ava Swan
Nancy Graves
Carlyn Jarm
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