The era when travelers will be able to catch a flight from New Mexico to outer space moved a step closer this week with the official start of construction of Spaceport America.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill Wednesday repealing the death penalty in his state, his office confirmed.
Question: I've just received the statement for my workplace retirement savings account -- 99% of which is invested in an S&P 500 index fund -- and it shows a loss of 37.5% for 2008. I'm 60, make about $100,000 and I was hoping to retire next year. What immediate next step should I be taking to recover my account value? --Benjamin, Albuquerque, New Mexico
There's not much to see at the future home of Spaceport America, touted as ground zero for commercial rocket traffic. Deep in the New Mexico desert, you'll find shrubs, scorpions - and Jerry Larson. His company, Up Aerospace, has signed on as the first tenant of the $220 million spaceport, where construction will begin in 2009.
Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states
The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.
Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting
Throughout the West - in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - battles are raging over proposed coal plants. Caught up in two big ones is The Blackstone Group, the global asset manager than went public last year.
SI.com's Gennaro Filice analyzes the matchup.
An energy bill that would require automakers to raise their average fuel economy standards, increase ethanol use, and raise taxes on the oil industry hit a procedural roadblock in the Senate Friday, but senators vowed to work during the weekend to find a way to advance the bill.
The era when travelers will be able to catch a flight from New Mexico to outer space moved a step closer this week with the official start of construction of Spaceport America.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill Wednesday repealing the death penalty in his state, his office confirmed.
Question: I've just received the statement for my workplace retirement savings account -- 99% of which is invested in an S&P 500 index fund -- and it shows a loss of 37.5% for 2008. I'm 60, make about $100,000 and I was hoping to retire next year. What immediate next step should I be taking to recover my account value? --Benjamin, Albuquerque, New Mexico
There's not much to see at the future home of Spaceport America, touted as ground zero for commercial rocket traffic. Deep in the New Mexico desert, you'll find shrubs, scorpions - and Jerry Larson. His company, Up Aerospace, has signed on as the first tenant of the $220 million spaceport, where construction will begin in 2009.
Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states
The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.
Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting
Throughout the West - in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - battles are raging over proposed coal plants. Caught up in two big ones is The Blackstone Group, the global asset manager than went public last year.
SI.com's Gennaro Filice analyzes the matchup.
An energy bill that would require automakers to raise their average fuel economy standards, increase ethanol use, and raise taxes on the oil industry hit a procedural roadblock in the Senate Friday, but senators vowed to work during the weekend to find a way to advance the bill.
An energy bill that would require automakers to raise average fuel economy standards hit a roadblock Friday in the Senate, but senators vowed to work over the weekend to find a way to advance the legislation.
The nation's three nuclear weapons laboratories have had almost 60 serious accidents or near misses in the past seven years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.
You don't need a rocket to send scientific instruments into space. A really big balloon works just as well, according to an international research team that plans to take a closer-than-ever look at the sun.
We floated over the Rio Grande and skirted the tops of green cottonwood trees with the Sandia Mountains in the distance while school kids pointed and waved at us. We waved back.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico has received notice from the NCAA of four potential rules violations involving three members of the Lobos' football coaching staff.
With consumers screaming about abuses, more than 30 states have enacted laws banning gift cards and certificates with short expiration periods and requiring issuers to turn over cash from expired cards to the state. Eight states have added such laws in 2007 alone.
A CBS reality series in which youngsters run their own town has prompted complaints from one of the children's parents, and may have skirted New Mexico's child-protection laws.
Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting. DRUGS The U.S. Government estimates that Mexican traffickers receive more than $13.8 billion in revenue from illicit-drug sales to the United States; 61 percent of that revenue, or $8.5 billion, is directly tied to marijuana export sales. Americans spend $65 billion on illegal drugs each year. Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy "The extensive licit cross-border traffic between the two countries provides ample opportunities to deliver their illicit products to the U.S. market." Source: State Department's INCSR: page 13 VISAS All the hijackers sought tourist visas. Hani Hanjour, believed to be a pilot on AA #77 that crashed into the Pentagon, had a student visa and was admitted for a stay of two years. Source: 9/11 Commission Hijacker Khalid Al-Midhar on AA #77 that crashed into the Pentagon, was here on a B-1 visa, but his B-2 visa had expired. Marwan Al-Shehhi,
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The family of a 5-day-old girl abducted over the weekend made its first public statement Monday as the woman police suspect kidnapped Mychael Dawodu waived extradition to Texas, a prosecutor said.
New Mexico's highways were cleared Monday, a day after ice and snow had closed a section of Interstate 40 east of Albuquerque, a state spokesman said.
More voters than ever used electronic voting machines during Tuesday's midterm elections and scattered glitches were reported across the country.
More than 140 years ago, Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, uttered a famous piece of advice to an advice-seeker: "Go West, young man." Democrats seem to be heeding that advice as they look to expand their electoral base.
They come from all walks of life to the searing desert heat in Phoenix, Arizona: parents, some who are also teachers; administrators and school board representatives.
A rock carving discovered in Arizona might depict an ancient star explosion seen by Native Americans a thousand years ago, scientists announced today.
I'm 44 years old and my wife, who doesn't work outside our home, is 51. I earn $100,000 a year and put 10 percent of that salary into a non-matching 40(k). I also invest $3,600 in a Roth IRA every year. In addition to the $130,000 we have in those accounts, we also have $350,000 of equity in our home, which will be paid off when I'm 56, plus we own a rental condo, a second home and property in New Mexico. I'd like to retire when I'm 60, but I'm worried I'm not doing enough to achieve that goal. Am I on the right path?
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declared a state of emergency Friday in four counties along the Mexican border that he said have been "devastated" by crimes such as the smuggling of drugs and illegal immigrants.
The New Mexico secretary of state's office is predicting the heaviest turnout in state history.
Over much of the United States, bad weather won't be available as a handy excuse for not voting Tuesday.
In Arizona and New Mexico, one season seems to have trumped another: monsoon over wildfire.
It was an honor bestowed that I was allowed to mix the cake.
The X Prize Foundation and the New Mexico Office of Space Commercialization are joining forces to stage the multi-faceted X Prize Cup, a two-week long event that allows for privately financed, passenger-carrying space vehicles to compete for prizes.
The battle for the Democratic presidential nomination played out on several fronts Monday as Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts sought to solidify his status as the Democratic front-runner, while his rivals looked to shake things up.
If Intel's formula for success as a chipmaker were written down, it would fit nicely on an index card and possess an Einsteinian elegance: C+E+E=W+D, or "copy everything exactly equals world domina...
When Lee and Donna Haeger decided in 1991 that suburban Chicago was too cold, too expensive and too fast-paced for retired life, they sought out its polar opposite. And they found it, they thought, in the tiny and newly popular retirement town of Silver City, N.M., situated less than 100 miles from the Mexican border.
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