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Missing UNM Student Found – 7:24pm MDT
Student Had Traveled Around Before Being Spotted By Police (By Astrid Galvan/Lights and Sirens)
Locks, Bars Kept Mentally Disabled Residents in ABQ Group Home – 6:58pm MDT
One resident told told EMS personnel she wanted to go to the hospital so she could get "out of jail" (By Olivier Uyttebrouck)
Two Structure Fires Keep Crews Busy – 6:46pm MDT
Albuquerque firefighters responded to a house fire about 6:30 p.m. Monday in the 11,000 block of Paso Fino SW and another building fire early today (March 16). (By Rozanna M. Martinez )
Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Fatal DWI Crash – 6:34pm MDT
Beverly Chacon was driving a vehicle that smashed into a car and killed an Albuquerque woman who once had cared for one of Chacon's children (By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez)
City Conducting Internal Investigation of ABQ's Cultural Services Department – 6:12pm MDT
No information released on nature of allegations involved in investigation into possible misconduct (By Dan McKay)
Monastery Lake Closed Wednesday Through Friday – 5:18pm MDT
Lake near Pecos is being closed to fishing and other activities to accommodate filming of the movie "True Grit"

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State Board of Finance Rejects Emergency Aid for Rio Rancho Schools – 3:57pm MDT
District facing increased costs because of rising enrollment for several years
Company Plans Scrap Metal Recycling Plant in ABQ – 3:46pm MDT
Western Metals Recycling says plant could be in operation by early summer
Mountain Lion Spotted in Neighborhood Near Downtown Santa Fe – 2:53pm MDT
Game and Fish personnel searching for mountain lion; Department urging anyone who sees the animal to contact the agency
Warm, Then Wet for Northern New Mexico – 2:35pm MDT
Albuquerque will have the warmest weather we've had so far this year (maybe over 70 by Thursday?) before another storm arrives in New Mexico Friday. (By John Fleck)
New Mexico Getting a New State Historian – 2:22pm MDT
Rick Hendricks is replacing Estevan Rael-Galvez, who is now executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in ABQ
Voters Deciding Whether To Continue Property Tax for Springer Schools – 1:06pm MDT
The two-mill levy provides about $58,000 a year for maintenance and improvements of school buildings
Schedule Set for Boating Safety Education Courses – 12:17pm MDT
The New Mexico Boating Safety Basics course will be offered nine times, from March through November, at Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Thursday Is `Cheer on UNM Lobos Day' and Friday Is `Cheer on NMSU Aggies Day' in N.M. – 11:41am MDT
Governor proclaimed the days in honor of the teams' appearances in the NCAA men's basketball tourney
9:55am – Gallup Man Gets 9th DWI Arrest
42-year-old was involved in rollover crash on U.S. 285 near Roswell Saturday night.
Will Dems Pass Health Care Without a Vote? – 9:44am MDT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering a move called "deem and pass" that could allow for passage of health care in the House without members recording their votes. (By Michael Coleman)

9:15am – Farmington Officer Won't Face Charges
Policeman was accused of shoving his girlfriend in nightclub parking lot last month.
8:45am – Crash Kills Off-Duty Border Agent in El Paso
25-year-old Gadsden High School graduate joined U.S. Border Patrol at age of 18.
8:20am – Santa Fe Rec Center To Require Photo IDs
New policy, prompted by reports of fights and thefts, to begin on April 1.
7:55am – Former Durango Cop Cleared of Underage Sex Charges
DA calls former officer's behavior with 15-year-old 'troubling' but not criminal.
7:30am – California Slaying Victim May Be From Zuni
Redlands, Calif., police visit pueblo in effort to ID burned body found off I-10.

7:05am – Fired Tucumcari Police Chief Hired in Roosevelt County
Roger Hatcher will serve as a sheriff's deputy for a maximum of nine months.
6:40am – Artesia Man Sentenced to 26 Years for Raping Teen
46-year-old maintains he is innocent of forcing sex on 13-year-old girl in 2007.
6:15am – Kirtland Teacher On Leave After ABQ Incident
Second-grade teacher accused of assaulting cheerleaders after basketball game.
5:45am – World Pays Attention to Latest Juarez Killings
Weekend deaths of three with ties to U.S. consulate sparks international outrage. (By Bruce Daniels)

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Lobos Get No. 3 Seed
Members of the UNM men's basketball team celebrate upon hearing that they were named No. 3 seed in their bracket and would be heading to San Jose, CA, to play Montana on Thursday, during the NCAA Selection Show at the Pit. Sunday, March 14, 2010. Read more. (Morgan Petroski/Albuquerque Journal) ...

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UPDATED: Land Commissioner Lyons Files To Run for PRC read more (new 6:55 PM MDT)

UPDATED: Environment Group Wants Part of Southwest Set Aside for Jaguars read more (new 6:31 PM MDT)

Helicopter Rescues Horse Stranded on Arizona Sandbar read more (new 4:24 PM MDT)

UPDATED: Hurt Dog Shows Up at Emergency Room in Farmington read more (new 11:10 AM MDT)

Las Cruces Police Net 30 Cell Phone Violations on Monday read more (new 10:51 AM MDT)

Lesbian USAF Sgt. Discharged After Outing by Police read more (new 9:12 AM MDT)

N.M. Man Convicted in Roswell Slaying read more (new 9:09 AM MDT)

N.M. Farmers Say Water Allotment Isn't Enough read more (new 8:44 AM MDT)

ABQ Officials Say Mentally Disabled Were Locked Up read more (new 8:40 AM MDT)

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We Might Not Like It, But The Bailout Worked
By Winthrop Quigley/ Journal Staff Writer
  You wouldn't know it from listening to certain politicians, bloggers and talk radio shouters, but the much-reviled financial system bailout begun by George W. Bush and continued under Barack Obama has worked far better than anyone dared imagine. There is precious little to like about the bailout, other than the fact that it saved pretty much everybody's bacon.

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