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Not Everybody Digs Sparky’s Pig – 6:58pm MST
Owners of Sparky's diner in Hatch seeking permission to use 12-foot-tall pink pig as off-site advertising (By Rene Romo)

Organizer of Rave in ABQ Cited by Police – 6:50pm MST
Citations included not having a fire alarm and a reliable exit with proper lighting at warehouse where 700 people attended the rave
Several Investors Interested in Buying Western Palisades Apartment Complex – 6:24pm MST
Complex in northwest Albuquerque was shut down in December and the owner accused of violating the city's housing code (By Jeff Proctor)
Work Beginning on New Hospital for Santa Rosa – 6:17pm MST
New $14 Million Guadalupe County Hospital is scheduled to open by June 2011
More Wet Weather Coming to New Mexico – 6:00pm MST
Another storm expected to move into southern part of the state Tuesday evening (By John Fleck)
NMSU Beginning Search for New Executive Vice President-Provost – 5:31pm MST
Search committee made up of 16 members has been formed
Texas Man Killed in One-Vehicle Crash in Northeastern N.M. – 5:03pm MST
Man was a passenger in a pickup truck that rolled on U.S. 64
Heron Lake State Park Will Host Bald Eagle Watch Feb. 20 – 3:37pm MST
The first-ever event for the park will include going to locations at the lake to watch bald eagles catching fish

Latest Reports from APD – 3:23pm MST
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Snakes Stolen From Las Cruces Reptile Store – 1:44pm MST
Fourteen boa constrictors, a python and a kingsnake were taken during a break-in at Awesome Reptiles
Water Main Break In Rio Rancho – 1:32pm MST
A water main was broken this morning by a contractor working on a street project near the Chamisa Hills Golf and Country Club. (By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez)

Lobos Remain No. 15 in AP Men's Top 25 Hoops Poll – 1:20pm MST
UNM's next opponent, UNLV, climbs into AP Top 25 at No. 23 (By Jim McElroy)

Navajo Nation Funding New Jails and Courts – 1:15pm MST
Complexes will be built in Crownpoint, N.M., and Tuba City, Ariz.
Rescuers Lift 3,000 Pound Car Off Taos Man – 1:01pm MST
Man had used cell phone to call 911 to summon help after car he was working on fell on him
Nominations Being Accepted for Hall of Fame at WSMR – 12:29pm MST
Hall of Fame was established in 1980 to honor former WSMR personnel
Morning Roundup – 10:20am MST
News from around New Mexico: (By Jim McElroy)
Corrected CD Rates – 9:14am MST
The Monday Business Outlook contained incorrect CD and automobile loan rates on Page 19. The correct listings are here. The error was caused by the substitution of an old template file being mistakenly used for the time sensitive material.
Storm Impacts Northern New Mexico – 6:33am MST
Icy Roads Reported North of Albuquerque; Some Schools Delayed
Scientists from Ghana Training at Los Alamos – 6:30am MST
Nuclear specialists at the los Alamos National Laboratory spent the past week training a team from the African nation of Ghana.
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Ski Rio Revival
Top photo, Skiers get ready to climb back on a snowcat for a ride back up the mountain at Endless Blue Resort near Amalia. Marc Harrell, bottom photo, skies through untracked snow. Friday, February 6, 2010. Read more. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) ...

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AP Southwest Reports

UPDATED: Prosecutors Seek Gag Order in Sweat Lodge Case read more (new 7:17 PM MST)

Biologists Check Report of Wolf Pack in Colorado read more (new 3:56 PM MST)

Todd Named Publisher of Los Alamos Monitor read more (new 1:59 PM MST)

ConocoPhillips To Pay $175,000 in EPA Settlement read more (new 10:56 AM MST)

Hantavirus Concerns Delay Colorado Cold Case Probe Near N.M. State Line read more (new 10:52 AM MST)

State Awards Contracts To Safeguard Mines read more (new 10:48 AM MST)

San Juan Regional Boss Starting Early read more (new 10:19 AM MST)

Drip Credit Saves Money for Aztec Residents read more (new 10:16 AM MST)

Bloomfield Seeks Money for Full-Time Firefighters read more (new 10:11 AM MST)

Weather Forecast:  . . . Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the evening then chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. East winds 10 to 15 mph below canyons.     Albuquerque | New Mexico National Weather Service Radar Road Conditions | KOAT Closings List | ABQ Pollen see weather in your neighborhood Weather Station Map Albuquerque Traffic

Massacre Mystery
By Joline Gutierrez Krueger/ Journal Staff Writer
  The children were the worst of it. Among the youngest shot and killed Feb. 10, 1990, was Paula Holguin, 5. The long-haired little girl with a bullet in her brain crawled to where her father, Steven Teran, lay dead, face down in the office of Las Cruces Bowl.

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