…1/2-10: almost official

24º in ABQ; 68% humidity at 6A…I have been spoiled, being able to stay up later than usual, and stay in bed longer; the murder rate increased by 40% in Bernalillo CNTY during 2009; vehicle drove into a home in NE ABQ, then left the scene; house fire at Second & Griegos; a man was found unconscious & bleeding at Copper & TX in NE ABQ; equine disease appearing in TX counties bordering NM; Burger King break-in in Deming; faulty sensor caused Continental flight to return to SunPort; the Duke City will require people to have permits to sell homemade food; for the second year in a row, NM won the Grand Marshal Trophy in the Pasadena Parade, a float that contained 50K roses; Brad started taping his latest painting; the number of Duke City bank robberies have dropped; truck smashed into tree as Constitution & WA; NM residents will be able to view online large contracts entered into by the state; first Duke City baby was a boy; pool plunge raised $800 for Ronald McDonald House; two women were injured when their car crashed into a home this PM, and they were trapped in the vehicle; there was an ABQ police ‘situation at Wal-Mart on Coors near I-40; two canines pardoned by NM GOV; ate at Two Fools, had another wonderful meal; a temporary tax hike for NM?; an elderly couple found dead in NE Duke City APT complex, signs point to a murder–suicide; Holiday greetings to all my YouTube viewers;

‘transparency’ & ‘czar’ are the latest ‘banned’ words; another fire, another five people killed, this time in Palm Springs, CA; police chase truck who stole a vending machine that was tied to the back of the vehicle; the fall of the [D] in 2010?; 1906 San Fran quake survivor has died at the age of 107 years old; soup kitchen served caviar as part of holiday meal; NC bans smoking in bars & restaurants, a state that produces about half of America’s tobacco; twenty-five illegal tunnels uncovered under Nogales, AZ; new INTEL says that al Qaeda is planning to attack the US again, and soon; during the last month, three American Airlines planes have suffered mishaps: the wings of two jets touched the runway, and another slide off the tarmac; a Delta flight returned to Boston when the pilot smelled smoke in the cabin; the end of corporate tax breaks?; more states may legalize marijuana?; pancakes in a can have made its creator millions of dollars; snow in New England;people in Rome also took the “New Year’s Plunge”; four ships hijacked off Somali coast; volcano erupted in E Congo; bomber struck at a PAK volleyball game, killing nearly 100 people; Iran threatens to make its own ‘nuclear fuel’; militants vs. insurgents;