New Mexico House elections face high stakes for GOP gains
Democrats hold both chambers and the governor's office appears unlikely to flip. Republicans must net 11 House seats without losing any to claim a majority. Redistricting and court challenges loom large as independents favor checks and balances in this 70-seat chamber race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Congress
New Mexico
Senate
Dianna Duran
GOP
Linda Lopez
Jerry Ortiz Y Pino
Linda Lovejoy
Navajo Nation
Janice Arnold Jones
Elec
House
Editorial: Drop ethanol subsidies and let tax credits expire
The Detroit News argues against extending the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and the import tariff on ethanol. It notes E15 allows broader use in post 2006 cars, but stresses the costs to gas stations and liability fears for automakers. The piece urges allowing both the tax credit and tariff to expire at year end 2010, calling them subsidies for fuel consumption and imports. It highlights divisions between Growth Energy and Renewable Fuels Association over support measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
ExxonMobil
Growth Energy
Renewable Fuels Association
Detroit News
Vitamin C and Skin Wrinkles What Diet Says
Dear Dr Gott discusses collagen synthesis and sunscreen, noting vitamin C from foods may reduce wrinkling. A CBS News study of 4 000 women aged 40 to 74 linked higher C intake with fewer wrinkles and drier skin, though sun protection and genes also matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Gott
Britain Cuts State Spending Sparks Global Debate
Britain unveils sweeping austerity under Chancellor Osborne aiming to shrink the entitlement state with large-scale cuts, including raising retirement age to 66 by 2020. The plan echoes Thatcher era reforms and provokes protests, while Britain presses a decade of debt reduction as France debates raising its retirement age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Osborne
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Osborne
Parliament
BBC News
Paris
Roswell Boys Club Names Its Boys of the Month
The Roswell Boys Club selects Anthony Rocha son of Helen Rocha as youth of the month and Matt Medina son of Mr and Mrs Richard Medina as junior youth of the month. Rocha has four years of club activity and Medina two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Japan
United States
Borman
Air Force Tech
Richard G. Edmondson
Thomas Wilkerson
Andersen Air Force Base
Guam
43Rd Wing
Mountain Home A.F.B
Idaho
Gail
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bruce King
Jay Miller
la Tusa
Hotmail
Jay
Editorial
Doonesbury
Gorttr
Ukkep Mepia Syndicate
Lake Jackson
Texas
Ron Paul
Uncle Sam
Cal
Thomas