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AlbuQuirky News:
Southwestern Strange
AlbuQuirky News is for those readers who enjoy marveling at the not-so-ordinary news found in New Mexico and the Southwest.
Their lucky numbers — Turning 80 on 08-08-08
How the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team got its nameTeam President Throws Isotopes Name Into Play (September 5, 2002) Gone Fission: 'Isotopes' Trademark Secured (June 6, 2002) Isotopes - Name Like No Other (May 26, 2002) One (Vote) for the Road: '66ers' Top Choice for Team (April 3, 2002) Homer Hits Home in Albuquerque (March 6, 2001)
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To Alvin Eugene Farmer and Joan Kent, 08-08-08 and 80 are "magic numbers." ( July 20, 2008)
UNM Wrestles With S/M Quandary
When University of New Mexico President David Schmidly talked about raising the stature of his faculty, this probably wasn't what he had in mind. (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)
'Hum Hearers' Don't Get Answers From Investigation
TAOS— How did the "Taos hum" become the subject of a federally staffed investigation? (Sunday, December 9, 2007)
Taoseños' Ears Still Humming
TAOS— Presbyterian minister Wayne Mell thinks it comes from inside his house, but not inside his head. Retired math teacher Sadie Boyer thinks the Rio Grande Gorge is the culprit. Rosa Herrington says her blue heeler Lucy thinks it's electric poles on the mesa. (Sunday, December 9, 2007)
City Lets Erotic Film Fest Continue
An erotic film festival in Nob Hill was allowed to continue Saturday and today, despite a warning from the city that it might violate zoning codes. (Sunday, December 2, 2007)
Aspiring Talk Show Host Selling Rights to His Program on eBay
For a guy who has never so much as sold an old video game or vinyl record album online, Scott Conner's first venture into the world of eBay bartering is a doozy. (Sunday, December 2, 2007)
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