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Flash flood severe thunderstorm warnings in place throughout NM

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for parts of east central New Mexico until 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. Locations impacted include Elida, Floyd and Dora. Residents in these areas are encouraged to take ...
Man pleads guilty to misrepresenting jewelry as produced by a Native American

Andrew Gene Alvarez, 60, of Wofford Heights, California, was sentenced to 30 months of probation to be followed by a year of supervised release. He is also prohibited from presenting any jewelry he produces as being of Native American origin or produced by Native Americans. Alvarez was indicted in 2012 and charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. According to the indictment, ...
Murders unsolved as Fathers Day nears

EL RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) - It's two years to the day a family was found brutally murdered in their El Rancho home in Santa Fe County. So far there have been no arrests in the case as New Mexico State Police say they continue to follow leads. It was Father's Day, June 19, 2011, when Lloyd, his wife Dixie and their 21-year-old son Steven Ortiz were found dead in their home. All were murdered ...
Over 2400 lose power in Uptown area

PNM is reporting over 2,400 customers are without power in the Uptown area of Albuquerque. The issue, according to PNM, is voltage issues at a nearby substation. The boundries of the outage are N. Menaul, S. Constitution, E. Moon and W. Pennsylvania. PNM is unsure when power will be restored. PNM outage ...
PNM 2400 without power in Uptown Albuquerque

Power should be restored to all but 400 customers currently without electricity, according to a tweet sent out by PNM at about 4:00 p.m. Crews are working to restore power and identify a cause. Restore times and other updates will be provided as they become ...

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In the Bedroom

(Note that, in order to fully discuss the details of this film, certain plot elements must be revealed. If you have not seen the film and do not want to know the specifics of what happens, go see it and then come back. I say this because the film works most effectively when you know very little about the plot.) ...

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Tornado warning issued near Tucumcari

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Quay and San Miguel counties in eastern New Mexico. The warning at 3:28 p.m. places a severe storm capable of producing a tornado nine miles northwest of Tucumcari and moving east at 20 mph. Locations in the path of the storm include Ute Lake State Park. Anyone in the path of the storm should be seeking ...
Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally

Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...
NMSU regents to vote on provost procedure Thursday

LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University regents will vote Thursday on whether to allow President Garrey Carruthers to pick the school's provost from the pool of presidential finalists. NMSU requires a national search for the university's top academic official, but Carruthers says four candidates were already vetted in the presidential search. The public is welcome to attend the ...
Matthew Depew Columbine survivor dies working on power lines in New Mexico

Matthew Depew, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School shootings who was working for Xcel Energy in Carlsbad, N.M., died Saturday while working on power lines, according to local authorities.Depew, 30, was reportedly working to restore a power outage on State Road 360 when he was electrocuted at about 6:40 a.m., and all attempts to save his life were unsuccessful, according to a press ...
NM meadow-jumping mouse could become endangered

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the New Mexico meadow-jumping mouse as an endangered species under the Endangered Species ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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New economical material could jumpstart e-cars, green energy

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid electric vehicles.

The new material has the highest oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity in alkaline media of any non-precious metal catalyst developed to date. This activity is critical for efficient storage of electrical energy.

The new catalyst doesn't use precious metals such as platinum, which is more expensive per ounce than gold, yet it performs under certain conditions as effectively as many well-known and prohibitively expensive precious-metal catalysts developed for battery and fuel-cell use.

Moreover, although the catalyst is based on nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes, it does not require the tedious, toxic and costly processing that is usually required when converting such materials for catalytic use.

"These findings could help forge a path between nanostructured-carbon-based materials and alkaline fuel cells, metal-air batteries and certain electrolyzers," said Zelenay. ...