…10/24-09: a journey starts better on a full stomach

43º in ABQ; 68% humidity at 6A…’hard hat’ tours will begin at Spaceport America in December of this year; Brad made Lobster Rolls; Halloween masks can contain & spread flu germs; double homicide reported in Cibola CNTY; six otters released into N NM rivers; there was another fatal crash yesterday AM in Tijeras Canyon; Roswell man shot in the stomach; former NM VFW leader guilty of embezzlement, used debit card to make $122K in personal purchases; did this special legislative session ‘do the right thing’?: only time will tell; NM participated in a global ‘Thriller’ dance event; local woman whose husband died in Iraq has dog tags stolen from her purse; vandals damage N NM football field; Santa Fe B’day budget & staff have been cut; family brewery in PA is still thriving, its business carved into a MTN; AK REP linked to $200K in corruption, illegally receiving gifts for favors; it’s back to the trillion dollar health care reform bill; Obama wants to give more money to small businesses; CA parents protest honoring Harvey Milk; another child, this time in CA, killed by attacking pit bulls; largest solar power plant is ready to operate in FL; ’Thriller’ is the theme for this year’s Halloween; the swine flu is now considered a NATL emergency; NY boy faces a world of trouble for faking his own suicide, and displaying it on his global website; ‘bong water’: an illegal drug?;

Russian airliner made a safe, but emergency landing in Moscow when the plane reported landing gear problems; Taliban forces tell Afghans not to vote in next month’s runoff elections; China preparing itself against cyber attacks; China: the land of billionaires; baby born on AirAsia plane has free flights for life, so does his mother;