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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2012
Page
1
Oil and gasoline costs fall lifting businesses and consumers after weeks of expected record fuel prices. The report notes relief as prices retreat and markets adjust, signaling softer energy inflation ahead of ongoing political and economic developments.
Top 5 web items highlight ENMU Ruidoso graduates a record 400 strong in the 118th commencement. Martinez speaks at NMMI as political hopefuls field questions. Invaders rise to 3-0 with a decisive victory.
Kevin Garnett scored 27 points and 13 rebounds guiding Boston to a 107-91 victory over Philadelphia to take a 2-1 edge in the Eastern Conference semifinals. His dominant second quarter overshadowed a late Game 2 foul and kept the Sixers from rallying.
Ratko Mladic, frail at 70 and in a suit, confronts families in the public gallery as his genocide trial opens. He is charged with leading Serb forces in a 1992-95 campaign that killed 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica and shelled Sarajevo, drawing global condemnation. The case unfolds two decades after the Bosnian war left about 100,000 dead.
In New Mexico exemptions from required vaccines tripled since 1999 to nearly 3400, while pertussis cases grew from 85 in 2009 to 274 in 2011 per state Department of Health data. The report highlights a surge in whooping cough alongside rising vaccine exemptions.
Coronado, 64, bonded out of Chaves County Detention Center after a reduction from 250 000 to 50 000 cash or surety bond on three counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and two counts of criminal sexual contact. The alleged victim is 16 with learning disabilities. The incident occurred April 12 and involved a runaway from Artesia picked up near a church before case referral to the sheriff.
Mayor Del Jurney praised Roswell Police Department officers as heroes and thanked them for their work. He cited nationwide assault and injury statistics and noted the 40,000 annual APD calls while proclaiming May 16 as Roswell Police Day. City officials expressed pride and appreciation for the officers.
The House voted 222 to 205 to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act for five years amid clashes with Democrats over protections for immigrant victims Native Americans and gays. Republicans argue the bill shields taxpayers and preserves law enforcement procedures on Indian lands.
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