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  • NMSU study on red light cameras shows mixed results

    University of New Mexico study on red-light enforcement cameras in Albuquerque. LAS CRUCES - Four years after traffic enforcement cameras were installed at some of the busiest intersection in town, debate still rages as to whether they have improved safety or merely acted as a revenue generator for the city, as some alleged from the start.And, a $30,000 study being conducted by New Mexico State ...

  • Garlic Vitamin B Las Cruces readers share their strategies for dodging mosquitoes

    LAS CRUCES - Health officials offer their common-sense advice to avoid mosquito bites. Remove standing water around your house. Wear DEET-based repellent. Stay inside in the morning or evening. After all, West Nile virus is nothing to ignore, already infecting five people in Doña Ana County, and a 12 others statewide. It's much worse in Texas. Sun-News readers have their own, ...

  • James Gandolfinis remains await autopsy

    By law, medical examiners in Italy are required to carry out the postmortem 24 hours after the body's arrival in the morgue, a hospital spokesman said. Before Italian authorities can release his remains for transport back to the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Rome must issue a death certificate. Gandolfini was not alive when he arrived by ambulance at the Policlinico hospital late ...

  • 2013 Public Payrolls NMSU spending 2.6 percent more on salaries...

    Of the $605 million in spending allocated to all NMSU campuses for the 2012-2013 school year, about 42.6 percent is slated for salaries, according to the latest available numbers. That $204 million for salaries is up 2.6 percent, or $5.3 million, from last ...

  • Magdalena still suffering from water problems

    In the town of Magdalena, every drop of water is precious. The town has declared life threatening conditions after their sole drinking water well dried up. Now residents have to sign to get water, one case per person every other day. "I feel bad about that but at least they still have drinking water," said Sandy Julian, Mayor of Magdalena. The town has applied for emergency ...


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Misery [DVD]

Misery [DVD]

Hollywood's courtship of horror novelist Stephen King started off so well. Their first date produced Carrie (1976), an over-the-top masterpiece of teen-anguish horror directed by Brian De Palma with such flair and style that both he and King became instant pop-culture stars. Over the n ... ...

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  • 4 On Your Side investigates foul smelling train

    It's one train ride some Rail Runner commuters say has become unbearable because of a stench. On Wednesday, 4 On Your Side jumped on board the 517 train after a tipster complained that the train stunk so bad they had stopped riding. Immediately we noticed a strong stench coming from a compartment that joined two rail runner cars that permeated through both decks of a passenger ...

  • 11 tons of beef recalled

    (CNN) - The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday that 22,737 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled on fears that they may be contaminated ...

  • Cousins embark on bike ride for autism

    It's going to be a long ride for two cousins from New Mexico. Next month they'll gear up to bike somewhere around 2,000 miles. It started just as a physical adventure, but it turned into something a lot more personal. From Massachusetts to Florida, Boston to Key West, at least 50 miles a day. "We don't know the exact mileage because we're going to take back ...

  • Trial resumes with heartbroken father

    BERNALILLO, N.M. (KRQE) - "There's no way that Tera would have done this, no way." That's how Joseph Crdova says he responded in 2007 to a Valencia County Sheriff's detective delivering the news his daughter Tera Chavez was dead of an apparent suicide. Tera was found by her husband, former APD cop Levi Chavez, shot in the head with his APD-issued gun in their Los Lunas ...

  • Roadkills up as drought drives wildlife

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Game and Fish says it's seeing an increase in the number of car accidents involving animals especially in Albuquerque's East Mountains. There have been three reported incidents in that area in the last few days. Two involved deer; the third a bear. Officers with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish officers believe the drought is playing a major role. ...

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