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KUNM News Archives: 2005 - May
Stories from Tue., 31 May. 2005
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Nuclear Option Episode Commentary |
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By: Andrew Bard Schmookler
Even though last week's Senate deal has forestalled the "Nuclear Option" to change the rules on confirming judges, commentator Andrew Bard Schmookler thinks the whole episode reveals a danger we Americans need to look at.
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Airdate: Tue., 31 May. 2005 |
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Domenici on New Cave Passage |
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By: Renee Blake
An underground passage discovered in Lincoln County's Fort Stanton Cave has already been mapped at more than two miles long. And the passage extended even further, beyond the lights of the explorers. An announcement was made in Albuquerque today that a team of Bureau of Land Management volunteers discovered...
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Airdate: Tue., 31 May. 2005 |
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Queen Noor of Jordan |
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By: Deborah Martinez
Queen Noor of Jordan visited Northern New Mexico recently and took time to talk about the ongoing struggles in the Middle East. As Deborah Martinez reports, the Queen encouraged graduating students to work towards peace, and voiced optimism for the same outcome between Isrealis and Palestinians.
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Stories from Fri., 27 May. 2005
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Veterans' Letters to their Families Featured in Memorial Exhibit |
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By: Renee Blake
"The Word from Home" exhibit is one of 7 venues at the New Mexico Veterans' Memorial that represent the parts of a service person's life. As Memorial Day 2005 approaches members of the Board of the Veterans' Memorial are collecting letters written by New Mexico service people to their families to add...
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Stories from Thu., 26 May. 2005
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Airdate: Thu., 26 May. 2005 |
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A Film Review: Beautiful Boxer |
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By: Jim Terr
"Beautiful Boxer" is a film about a prize winning Thai kick boxer whose career goal was to realize his childhood dream of becoming a woman. This visually beautiful film contrasts the very masculine sport of kick boxing with the very feminine manner in which the film's protagonist portrays it.
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Stories from Wed., 25 May. 2005
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Airdate: Wed., 25 May. 2005 |
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"Star Wars" Raises Concerns |
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By: Paul Ingles
The latest installment in the 'Star Wars' movie series is racking up millions at the box office since opening last week. Despite the film's PG-13 rating, many children younger than 13 are being taken to the movie by their parents, older siblings and friends. This has some people concerned, including...
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Stories from Tue., 24 May. 2005
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Voting Irregularities Charged in New Mexico in '04 Election |
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By: Jim Williams
Voting irregularities in New Mexico, and a perceived failure of many in the media to educate the public about them, were the focus of an event over the weekend in Santa Fe. Investigative journalist Greg Palast spoke alongside a panel of lawyers and activists working to change the voting system in the...
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Airdate: Tue., 24 May. 2005 |
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Melting Snowpack Prompts Flooding in Questa |
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By: Jeremiah Luriah Johnson
High temperatures melting a heavy snowpack are to blame for flooding in Questa, According to Taos County officials. Questa public works crews have been working since Monday to hold back waters from Cabresto Creek and the Red River. Tomas Trujillo, Emergency Manager of Taos County says that sandbagging...
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Airdate: Tue., 24 May. 2005 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan! |
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By: Paul Ingles
Music icon Bob Dylan is celebrating his 64th birthday today. Producer Paul Ingles is working on a two-hour special on Dylan for release later this summer that will spotlight Dylan's early career in New York City. To mark Dylan's birthday, here's a preview. Listen A preview of the public radio special...
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Airdate: Tue., 24 May. 2005 |
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"Nuclear Option" Senate Rules Change Averted |
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By: Tom Trowbridge
An eleventh-hour compromise ocer the Presidnet's judicial picks and filibuster rules has jumpstarted the stalled process for several nominees to the federal bench who've been waiting years for confirmation. U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman called the compromise a good resolution to the impasse that threatened...
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Stories from Mon., 23 May. 2005
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Airdate: Mon., 23 May. 2005 |
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Domenici Comments on Albuquerque Minimum Wage Debate |
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By: Tom Trowbridge
Albuquerque's City Council is planning to debate the possibility of a higher minimum wage for the city. Tom Trowbridge talked to U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) about it.
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Stories from Fri., 20 May. 2005
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BBC Reporter Greg Palast on the State of Investigative Journalism |
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By: Jim Williams
In Part Two of his conversation with Jim Williams, BBC Reporter Greg Palast talks of a waning of investigative reporting and the need for independent media.
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Stories from Wed., 18 May. 2005
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Parents and Students Rally In Support Of Suspended Teacher |
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By: Deborah Martinez
About 50 adults and teenagers rallied with protest signs at a recent Santa Fe School Board meeting to voice their displeasure at the firing of a popular teacher.
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Airdate: Wed., 18 May. 2005 |
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BBC Reporter Greg Palast Looks For Votes in New Mexico |
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By: Jim Williams
BBC Reporter Greg Palast talks with KUNM's Jim Williams about his visit to New Mexico to help the legal challenge to the state's 2004 voting procedures. The first of a two part interview.
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Airdate: Wed., 18 May. 2005 |
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French Ambassador to the U.S. Visits New Mexico |
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By: Jeremiah Luriah Johnson
Jean-David Levitte, the French Ambassador to the U.S. is visiting New Mexico. He will meet with many local company CEOs, as well as with University of New Mexico officials in an attempt to create new business, educational and tourism links between New Mexico and France.
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Stories from Tue., 17 May. 2005
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Airdate: Tue., 17 May. 2005 |
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Hedda Gabler |
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By: Roy Durfee
A classic play of the nineteenth century moves into the 21st century with a production at The Cell, in downtown Albuquerque. Reviewer Roy Durfee has been there...
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Airdate: Tue., 17 May. 2005 |
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Open Election Ordinance |
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By: Renee Blake
Public campaign financing is the ballot initiative currently undertaken by Albuquerque City Councilman, Eric Griego. Griego is heading up a plan for election reform and Renee Blake has the story.
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Stories from Mon., 16 May. 2005
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Airdate: Mon., 16 May. 2005 |
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City Councilor Griego Unveils Campaign Reform Legislation |
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By: Paul Ingles
Albuquerque city councilor, Eric Griego, held a press conference to unveil campaign reform legislation that he plans to formally introduce at the next city council meeting. He is backed in this effort by Common Cause of New Mexico and the New Mexico League of Women Voters. This proposal has been dubbed...
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Airdate: Mon., 16 May. 2005 |
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Los Alamos Cerro Grande Fire Follow-up |
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By: Tom Trowbridge
As we informed you last week on the KUNM Evening Report, a group of claimants who suffered losses in the Los Alamos Cerro Grande Fire, five years ago felt they were treated unfairly and illegally in the Fire Claims process conducted by federal officials. And, as Tom Trowbridge reports in this follow-up,...
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Airdate: Mon., 16 May. 2005 |
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Domenici on Clovis Town Hall Meeting |
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By: Renee Blake
According to U.S. Senator Pete Domenici several thousand turned out in Clovis today for a town hall meeting to discuss strategies for overturning the Pentagon recommendation that Cannon Air Force Base close. Domenici told New Mexico journalists during a telephone news conference that he thinks a key...
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Airdate: Mon., 16 May. 2005 |
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The First Amendment Rights of the Journalist |
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By: Deborah Martinez
Laws that prevent reporters from having to reveal their sources is the substance of a federal shield law advocated by author and renowned attorney Floyd Abrams. Abrams discusses this issue as well as many other free speech interest in this story by reporter Deborah Martinez.
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Stories from Fri., 13 May. 2005
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Airdate: Fri., 13 May. 2005 |
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Curry County Residents Speak Out on Cannon Base Closing |
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By: Renee Blake
New Mexican residents of Curry County explain how Cannon Air Force Base directly affects the county's day to day economic well being.
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Airdate: Fri., 13 May. 2005 |
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Solar Power Expert Installs System on Hopi Reservation |
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By: Carol Boss
The decision to bring solar power to the Hopi reservation has been a spiritual and cultural one and a necessary economic choice for some of the villages. Hopi solar electrician, Debby Tewa, speaks about the advantages of solar self-reliance for her people.
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Airdate: Fri., 13 May. 2005 |
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Psychotherapist and Peace Activist Returns from Iraq |
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By: Paul Ingles
Albuquerque psychotherapist and peace activist Dr. Kathleen O'Malley has just returned from her third trip to Iraq in the last three years. O'Malley was there before the US-led invasion in early 2002 and again in January of 2004. On these recent trips with the Christian Peacemakers Organization, she...
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Stories from Thu., 12 May. 2005
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A Doctor Talks about His Latest Book |
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By: Renee Blake
A doctor who grew up around Native American healers is now using both practices to help people. Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona spoke with Renee Blake about his latest book, "Coyote Wisdom." For more information on this, please call (505)471-0357.
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Airdate: Thu., 12 May. 2005 |
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Native American Doctor Merges Medical Disciplines |
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By: Renee Blake
Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona grew up around Native American healers and is now using his native knowledge along with his medical school studies to help people heal. His latest book is "Coyote Wisdom."
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Airdate: Thu., 12 May. 2005 |
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A David Mamet Play Showing at Sol Arts |
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By: Roy Durfee
A David Mamet play with the relevance to academics and students is currently showing at Sol Arts in Albuquerque.
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Airdate: Thu., 12 May. 2005 |
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Call-in Show Discusses Nuclear Weapons Storage and More |
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By: Arcie Chapa
A virtual town hall was held this morning on the KUNM call-in show. Among the studio guests were Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and the city's new police chief Ray Schultz. Among the topics callers asked about were all-ages music shows downtown, nuclear weapons storage in the city and funding for the...
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Stories from Wed., 11 May. 2005
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Airdate: Wed., 11 May. 2005 |
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Petition Submitted by Victims of Los Alamos Fire |
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By: Tom Trowbridge
A petition was submitted to Governor Richardson this week by some victims of the Los Alamos Cerro Grande Fire. It was five years ago this week that the fire forced the evacuation of the community of Los Alamos.
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Airdate: Wed., 11 May. 2005 |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Getting Its Review |
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By: Paul Ingles
The nuclear non-proliferation treaty, signed in 1970, obliges 183 nations to never develop nuclear arms, and holds five nuclear powers - the U.S., Russia, Britain, France, and China - to pledge a move toward nuclear disarmament. The treaty is getting its "once-every-five-years" review this month at a...
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Stories from Tue., 10 May. 2005
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Vietnam Veterans Travel to Discuss Their New Books |
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By: Jeremiah Luriah Johnson
Zen monk and peace activist Claude Anshin Thomas will be talking about his book at the Albuqerque Zen Center this evening, and will appear at Bookworks on Wednesday and in Santa Fe on Friday and Sunday. Ezell Ware Jr. will be discussing his book "By Duty Bound" tonight at the Borders On Santa Fe Plaza...
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Airdate: Tue., 10 May. 2005 |
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The Liberal Void and America's Spiritual Disease |
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By: Andrew Bard Schmookler
Even if one believes that the urgent moral danger to America has arisen from the other side of the political divide, commentator Andrew Bard Schmookler thinks it's important that one also asks how one's own side may have contributed to the present crisis. Full text: Take for example the failure of...
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Airdate: Tue., 10 May. 2005 |
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The Presidents' Tour: A New Free Trade Agreement |
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By: Nick Layman
Talk of a new free trade agreement with five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, also known as CAFTA-DR, has heated up. As a part of a two day, ten city tour, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsored an event to propose the idea to business leaders.
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Stories from Mon., 9 May. 2005
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Airdate: Mon., 9 May. 2005 |
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Health Officials Enforcing an Anti-Meth Campaign |
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By: Daniel Krocker
Over the past decade Methamphetamine has devastated rural America. Now, crystal meth has invaded the Navajo Nation. But Navajos are fighting back. The tribal council has passed a law making the drug illegal on the reservation, and health officials are barnstorming schools and chapter houses with an anti-meth...
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Airdate: Mon., 9 May. 2005 |
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America Celebrating Pete Seeger's 86th Birthday |
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By: David Dunaway
This week America's most famous singer of folksongs, Pete Seeger, celebrates his 86th birthday. All across the U.S. from Boston to Honolulu, citizens have created a singing birthday card to Seeger. With no organization other than a website, www.seegerfest.com, church groups and communities are getting...
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Airdate: Mon., 9 May. 2005 |
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Author Sally Denton Comes to Albuquerque |
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By: Roy Durfee
New Mexico author Sally Denton will be in Albuquerque this week on a book tour for her latest literary confrontation with family roots.
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Stories from Fri., 6 May. 2005
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Airdate: Fri., 6 May. 2005 |
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Miracle Dog Quentin Survives the Gas Chamber |
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By: Renee Blake
"Miracle Dog: How Quentin Survived the Gas Chamber to Speak for Animals on Death Row" is a book and a story that has inspired Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez.
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Airdate: Fri., 6 May. 2005 |
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Military Recruiters Receive Children's Personal Information |
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By: Sean Kindred
If your child is a student in the Albuquerque public school system, his or her personal information is being sent out to military recruiters. That is, unless you choose to have that information withheld - an option many parents are unaware of, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by the American Civil...
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Airdate: Fri., 6 May. 2005 |
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Article Suggests Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory be Shut Down |
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By: Tom Trowbridge
An article appearing in today's Albuquerque Journal reports on a Michigan Congressman's suggestion that Los Alamos National Laboratory be shut down in response to recent problems there.
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Stories from Thu., 5 May. 2005
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Airdate: Thu., 5 May. 2005 |
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New Documentary Portrays Soldiers Fighting in Iraq |
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By: Hadley Harper
Although the war in Iraq is probably the biggest headline in the news these days, and can get to be an abstraction, a new documentary puts a face on those Americans doing the fighting.
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Airdate: Thu., 5 May. 2005 |
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People Gather for a "National Day of Reason" |
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By: Jeremiah Luriah Johnson
In Albuquerque today a group of several hundred convened to counter the government-proclaimed National Day of Prayer with a National Day of Reason.
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Airdate: Thu., 5 May. 2005 |
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Rallies Continue in Opposition to "Nuclear Option" |
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By: Jim Williams
Rallies continue around New Mexico in opposition to the so-called "nuclear option", the potential weakening of the judicial nominee filibuster in the U.S. Senate. A noon gathering was held outside the offices of one of New Mexico's senators in Albuquerque today.
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Stories from Wed., 4 May. 2005
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Airdate: Wed., 4 May. 2005 |
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Cultural Beliefs Making Bone Marrow Transplants Difficult |
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By: Daniel Krocker
If you have a blood disease like leukemia and you need a bone marrow transplant, you have a much better chance of finding one...if you're white. The reality is hitting home for the families of two boys in northern Arizona, one Navajo, one Hopi.
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Airdate: Wed., 4 May. 2005 |
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Efforts to Ban Alcohol at Music Shows in Progress |
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By: Jeremiah Luriah Johnson
The state alcohol and gaming department is stepping up efforts to ban alcohol sales at "all-ages" music shows, even to those of drinking age.
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Stories from Tue., 3 May. 2005
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Airdate: Tue., 3 May. 2005 |
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Social Security Benefits Should Be Protected |
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A vote on a resolution urging congress to protect social security benefits is expected to attract a crowd of interested citizens to the Albuquerque Council Chambers.
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Airdate: Tue., 3 May. 2005 |
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This Week is "Cover the Uninsured Week" |
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By: Tom Trowbridge
This week has been designated as "Cover the Uninsured Week" by a broad coalition of organizations in New Mexico...it's part of a national effort co-chaired by former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
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Airdate: Tue., 3 May. 2005 |
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Proposal Discussed for Raise of Minimum Wage |
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A proposal to boost the minimum wage in the city of Albuquerque prompted much discussion...but resulted in no action by the council last night.
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Stories from Mon., 2 May. 2005
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Airdate: Mon., 2 May. 2005 |
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Cars are a Burden, Not a Blessing |
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By: Don Schrader
Air pollution, collision fatalities, and social isolation are just a few of the negative effects of America's dependency on automobiles. Don Schrader submits that there are also a host of secondary effects that make cars more of a burden than a blessing.
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Airdate: Mon., 2 May. 2005 |
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Book Brings a New Vision for Faith and Politics |
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By: Roy Durfee
A new book, called "God's Politics," claims to offer "A new vision for faith and politics in America." Reviewer Roy Durfee has sampled that vision...
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