Civic civility high while traffic stops draw ire in Santa Fe
In the closing week of New Mexico's legislature, civility rates high but action slow with leadership changes from deaths and elections. The piece cites new speakers and pro tems, trial lawyers, and spaceflight liability debates as stalled. It questions traffic stop practices on I-40 and contrasts state and federal politics.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Ben Lujan
Senate
Tim Jennings
Congress
Spaceport
Dom
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Texas
Jay Miller
la Tusa
Hotmail
Private Mars voyage could launch new space tourism era
Editorial argues Dennis Tito’s privately funded 501 day Mars circumnavigation plan could bypass NASA funding, test private sector capability, and spark a space tourism boom. It notes NASA’s current robotic Mars work, SpaceX unmanned flights, and potential future mining profits from space while acknowledging risks and costs.
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Mars
Dennis Tito
Great Red Planet
Terra Firma
NASA
Spacex
International Space Station
Space
Tito
Niagara Falls
Jacksonville Daily News
Annie on Broadway riffs on Hooverville politics and sequester
A Broadway revival of Annie uses a Parody of Margaritaville to critique Washington. The lyrics satirize government gridlock and fiscal policy under the Obama era and sequestration, blaming both parties for partisan dysfunction.
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America
Annie
Ronald Reagan
Hooverville
Obama
Herbert Hoover
Washington
House of Representatives
Dear Doctor K explains how PET scans assess treatment and disease
The piece explains PET scans as an imaging method that shows how body parts function, not just shape. It covers uses in cancer treatment monitoring and cancer spread, heart and neurological conditions, tracer administration, procedure steps, duration, safety, and that scans require stillness with immediate post tracer activity.
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Local 4-H Leader Award Spotlighted in SE District
Janice Dupree received a Southeast District 4-H Leader Award from her local council. The 11 year Little Britches and Old Cow Pokes club adviser has led 4-H Week events, Valentine programs, county contests, horse shows, and community pride projects across a 10 county New Mexico area including Chaves County.
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Janice Dupree
New Mexico
Chaves
Dupree
Little Britches and
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