…1/3-09: only members & non-members can apply!

37º in ABQ; 39% humidity at 6A…car washer shot on Fourth ST business, no one knows how it happened; Wayne Bent ends hunger strike; NE ABQ house fire, two dogs were rescued, and the Arson Squad has been called in; another took place in the Heights, man tried to extinguish the blaze, he was treated for injuries; home had smoke damage; a third took place in a NW Duke City barn that had been converted into a living space; film companies are making more money than NM gets in return, $1 goes out, 14¢ comes in: does it increase tourism & lodging revenue; rescued snowboarder only suffered minor injuries; New Year’s Eve murder in Roswell near Mesa Verde APT; Winter Storm Warnings in NW NM; QWEST still trying to restore service to emergency responders, may be completed by midweek of next week; the last free ride Rail Runner weekend; diesel fuel spill has been cleaned, had blocked I-40 in Guadalupe CNTY; Denish taking ‘the pulse of the Land of Enchantment’, but some of the current NM GOV appointees earn salaries over $100K; fire set in Dona Ana CNTY jail; a ‘deficit reduction plan’; for now, 50% gas hike is not an option; new Duke City school free meal program; fatal head-on collision on I-40 near Gallup, two EMS workers from CO; the Rio Grande Bridge in N NM, averages three suicides per year; Wind Advisories across parts of the state; man forgot settlement money at Gecko’s, an ABQ restaurant, server received a $200 tip; Brad prepared Scrambled Eggs for breakfast; $800K in marijuana seized at MX border; ‘sustainable prosperity’, have talent in state GOVT; prepare for bands of snow; 51 homicides occurred in Bernalillo CNTY during 2008; Lantern Tours held at Carlsbad Caverns today; $23 million spent on NM campaign races, more than in previous elections; hard times means a spike in bank robberies; Israel & Gaza posters, pamphlets & protests at UNM; higher taxes for Dona Ana CNTY to pay for Spaceport; skiing: cheap & easy fun; Sipapu: Land of Paradise; Brad made Singapore Noodles; we now have the latest in NORTON security systems; historic Luna Mansion is closing; needing food would embarrass school children?; switching old & new VCR: now, how to make the machine work; NM offers free film crew training; military man was lucking at a 2008 truck at Zangara Dodge; the message boxes that appeared when I turned on my PC seem to have disappeared; listened to Euro disco yesterday at work; enjoyed the ‘Mummy’ movie; during an injury investigating, the Killer Bees vs. the Scorpions; police was hit while in his vehicle on I-40; rollover crash on I-25S, as their car struck the shoulder, N of Socorro killed one child;

16 year old son of John Travolta, Jett, died after having a seizure, and falling in bathtub; making ‘adjustments’ on what you spend; player passes football to the opposing team member; recliners found in TX jail cells; digital TV program running out of subsidy money; Mel Gibson is 53 years old; most bank robbers get caught, don’t get much money; 400 quakes have shaken Yellowstone recently; the state of AK is fifty years old; more OR floods; truck hits guardrail, spills eggs on I-94 near Detroit, then freeze to the pavement; plenty of snow in Minot, ND; Obama will launch the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan; riot in ID prison; Louisiana man kills his son in order to not pay child support; the bodies of two fishermen were found in the waters off Gloucester, MA;

oil is over $45 per barrel, a 3.9% increase; diplomacy & ceasefire vs. increase in rocket attacks from both sides; injured Palestinians are being allowed into Egypt; Israel is allowing people with foreign passports can leave Gaza, and travel into Jordon; Palestinians with duel membership can leave; Israel forces have moved into Gaza; 7.6 quake rocked Papua, New Guinea, one of three that shook the island nation, and causing hotels to collapse, killing four people, and injuring five; 5.9 tremor shook AFG; the Mars rover, which was supposed to have a six month lifespan, is five years old; Rice is not being sent to the Middle East; Australia will not accept GITMO detainees; the oldest person in the world has died: 115 year old lady lived in Lisbon, Portugal: now 114 year old woman in Los Angeles is now the oldest person in the world; Austria assumes control of bank swindled by Madoff; Israel says this conflict will be neither a short, nor easy land/sea invasion; there are 300 tunnels under the Gaza Strip, what is needed is a ‘doable & sustainable peace pact’;