An Australian champion sheep shearer has set an unofficial world record after clipping a sheep that had become so overgrown its life was endangered.… MORE
Gain a sixth sense with this vibrating vest
With his Versatile Extra-Sensory Transducer, or VEST, neuroscientist David Eagleman hopes to do more than teach deaf people to learn how to feel sounds through vibrations. CNN’s Rachel Crane reports.… MORE
Deep sea creature stuns explorers
While mapping uncharted waters near Hawaii, NOAA explorers captured incredible footage of deep sea creatures.… MORE
APS Board Bites Back
SOME ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TOLD THOSE ATTENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S PUBLIC MEETING THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS REACTED LIKE A LYNCH MOB TO THE BOARD’S HANDLING OF FORMER APS SUPERINTENDENT LUIS VALENTINO. VALENTINO RESIGNED MONDAY WITH AN 80 THOUSAND DOLLAR BUYOUT AND PAY THROUGH THIS MONTH … ADDING UP TO NEARLY 100 MILLION DOLLARS.…… MORE
Rapid Transit Meeting Thursday
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS MOVING FORWARD ON A NEW TYPE OF BUS SYSTEM ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE THAT IT’S CALLING “ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT.” IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT, MOST OF THE FUNDING…80-MILLION DOLLARS…WOULD COME FROM WASHINGTON. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL’S “ROAD WARRIOR,” COLUMNIST D’VAL WESTPHAL, SAYS SOME WONDER IF IT’S ALL WORTH IT.…… MORE
Stepdad Cries in Court
THE FIRST DAY OF STEPHEN CASAUS’S TRIAL IN THE DEATH OF 9 YEAR OLD OMAREE VARELA IS DONE. PROSECUTORS ON WEDNESDAY TOLD THE COURT IN OPENING ARGUMENTS THEY THINK BOTH CASAUS AND OMAREE’S MOTHER, SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS, BEAT HER SON TO DEATH. THE DEFENSE POINTS TO THE MOTHER, WHO TOLD REPORTERS SHE “KICKED HIM…… MORE
Missing Hiker Found Dead
RESCUE CREWS SCOURING THE SANDIAS FOR MISSING HIKER BRYAN CONKLING FIND HIM … BUT NOT ALIVE. STATE POLICE SGT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS SEARCHERS LOCATED A BODY IN THE LA LUZ TRAIL AREA, WHICH WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO BE THAT OF THE 40 YEAR OLD CONKLING. CONKLING WENT MISSING LAST WEEKEND. ARMIJO…… MORE
Wasting Time and Money in Albuquerque
EVER WONDER JUST HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPEND SITTING IN TRAFFIC IN ALBUQUERQUE? A TEXAS A&M STUDY ESTIMATES DUKE CITY DRIVERS WASTED 36 HOURS STUCK IN TRAFFIC WHILE COMMUTING LAST YEAR. THE COST OF THAT WASTED TIME COMES IN AT 886 DOLLARS FOR TIME AND GAS. WASHINGTON D-C MOTORISTS LOGGED THE…… MORE
Plea Deal Gets Murder Defendant Long Sentence
IT’S 33 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EMILIO MARQUEZ. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE 21 YEAR OLD MADE A PLEA DEAL ON WEDNESDAY THAT RESOLVES SEVERAL FELONY CASES, INCLUDING THE MURDER OF CNM STUDENT JARED CLARK. MARQUEZ COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE THAN 100 YEARS BEHIND BARS IF FOUND GUILTY IN EACH CASE.…… MORE
Child Support Warrant Nets Big Money
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CHILD SUPPORT WARRANT ROUND-UP AND AMNESTY IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR. THE STATE SAYS IT COLLECTED OVER 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS DURING THE WARRANT ROUND UP AND AMNESTY. THE ROUND-UP ALSO RESULTED IN 110 ARRESTS WHILE THE AMNESTY ALLOWED 183 NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS TO COME FORWARD AND SETTLE…… MORE
