…11/30-08: for every sale, there is a holiday

40º in ABQ; 67% humidity at 6A…boy found at Holloman AFB, he had been dead since 11/11/08; NM craftsman provided an ornament for the White House tree; windy day; Duke City bar donated money to help those with HIV & AIDS; scrapbook found in NM from Bataan Death March given to NM NATL Guard; grants & bonds pay for police equipment; ‘Casino Royale’, very good James Bond movie; wind advisories across NM, snow falling near Raton on I-25; some NM gangs have 10K members; Chimayo man killed during trailer fire; NMSU may take over College of Santa Fee; Domenici started his political career the same year as Joe Biden; Valencia CNTY puppies abandoned, some died, owner had moved away; relatives of KOAT anchorwoman celebrate twenty-ninth anniversary; Festival of Lights vs. Balloon Fiesta: safer, less expensive, more chances it will be held, from beginning to end, starts the spirit of Christmas; copper thefts continue at electrical co-op in Socorro CNTY, causing $10K in damage; gangs’ graffiti sprayed on homes, their form of communication; last night, six vehicle collision on Rte. 68 near Pilar, some vehicles ignited, two fatalities, two other seriously injured, traveling both directions, the cause is unknown; ABQ ambulance worker stroke Duke City police officer; N NM landmark is a vacation site’s places to see before your life ends; Las Cruces police officer run over, shot the driver who struck him; fire burned Belen trailer home, man ignited structure out of anger; local caterers suffering during recession; Lobos attended the Cancun Challenge; initial Superblitz weekend a success; ‘our’ Las Vegas will not turn off natural gas to residents who are behind payments; Snob Hill wants more revitalizations to Central; heavy AM snow in N NM; early to bed tonight; $50K to pay for ABQ police gear; car crash on US 550 killed one woman, slammed into pipe; and did we have sex!; Domenici has been married for fifty years; local banquet halls doing better doing holidays;


ATL, Philly, Chicago, NYC & Cleveland have travel delays; NATL AVG price for gas is $1.825 per gallon, below $2 in 47 states [except AK, HI & NY], with AK the highest & MO the lowest; Stephen King’s stories were not meant to be movies; current teen idols Jonas Brothers produce a book; carbon monoxide kills CO family; Second Amendment Weekend in one state; vandals glued the locks of SC stores; the movie ‘Milk’ had a good opening weekend; ‘Quantum of Solace’ earned $19.5 million; tornado watches across parts of FL; when ‘black’ becomes ‘gay’; $10.6 billion spent on Black Friday, an increase from 2007; TX arrests at cockfight; shooting in ATL mall wounded pregnant woman in the leg; Bruce Wayne gives up being Batman?; Hillary nominated as Obama’s SECY of State; keep hands clean to prevent infections; Dick Clark is 79 years old; the ‘lipstick on the pig’ slogan Sarah Palin continues campaigning for other candidates; $41 billion was spent this weekend…in holiday shopping, it’s hearts vs. wallets, and how to travel, without costing a fortune; New England lost, 33 – 10; the Patriots have satisfied the ‘Andy Warhol time span of fame’; VCU beat Lobos, 67 – 55; FORD may sell Volvo: Chrysler may give up JEEP;

bad weather a factor in today’s Endeavour landing, flew into CA; tensions rising between PAK & India; pockets of protests remain active in Mumbai; Muslims feel they will pay the price off this attack; Ukrainian First Lady tours Pittsburgh HOSP; Porsche stops production; light-water nuclear power plants for Arab nations, including Iran; six Americans killed, during sixty hours of siege in Mumbai; what defines a ‘disability’?; terrorists entered through rear entrance, where there were no metal detectors; Switzerland legalized heroin!; 21 year old PAK man captured alive: the goal was to kill 5K people, and appear on TV; ‘enemies should be killed’; protests at Thai airports have hurt that country’s economy; seven men killed at MX soccer field in an upscale area; eight people also died in MX seafood restaurant; Indian Security Minister resigned; Somalia, the new safe haven for pirates, terrorists & members of al Qaeda or Taliban;