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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.

 

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Naked Dancer Case Headed for Trial
It was 11:30 on a September evening and they had just packed up their youngest daughter and sent her off to college. They were free — free as Mick Jagger sings, to do what they want, any old time.   (Thursday, April 09, 2009)

LANL Worker Tried To Take Gold
SANTA FE — The FBI is investigating a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee caught removing gold from a high-security facility last week.   (Wednesday, April 01, 2009)

Aliens? Underground? in Dulce?
It's hard not to wonder how a retired funeral director living in Rio Rancho became involved with investigating tales of an alleged underground alien/U.S. military base in Dulce, a town of some 3,000 people on Jicarilla Apache land.   (Sunday, January 18, 2009)

Move Over Barbie
Leaning against a bright blue wall at Linda York's Albuquerque home, a row of dolls gives off a vibe that mixes teenage pout, ethereal Gothic and little-girl cute. One doll shows his bare chest and wears black leather pants. Another has a pink wig and freckles dotting her nose. One has elf ears, horns and hooves at the end of her long pale legs.   (Sunday, January 04, 2009)