…3/2-10: I will be near

32º in ABQ; 78% humidity at 6A…GAQ; should ABQ city employees be tested for using drugs?; pay a parking meter by using a cell phone?; many NM cities are holding elections today; imposter pulled over a real ABQ policeman; should Duke City police officers be allowed to take their cars home if the live outside the city limits?; the Lobos’ men’s basketball team rank eighth; cell phones may be allowed in ABQ schools…but not in classes;

Hell Week, Day Two; and more PDI requests; Chris’ brother works at UNMH; a lot of nurses have called in sick today; man with a gun was sighted on the UNM campus yesterday PM; we remain in Code Purple; tougher admission standards for UNM?;

snow in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Asheville; rain in Fresno, Portland, OR, Orlando & Tampa; snow for GA, TN & the Carolinas; NATL Guard help cleaning WV snow; rain & snow in ATL; roof collapsed from snow in OH; central FL twisters, all the way to JAX & Key West; floods near Sao Paulo, Brazil; a variety of bad weather along parts of I-75 & I-95; temps from the 20s to 80s;

GM recalls Chevy & Pontiac models, could have power steering problems; tremors could happen in Seattle & Los Angeles; outhouse races in MI; Miami prisoners do their own ‘American Idol’ show; NYC cabbie overcharged 574 customers; the ‘Senate Only’ elevator?; Jerry Brown wants to run for the GOV of CA position; the DOW slightly ended up; Boston wedding website is a scam; alcohol–marijuana use by teens is increasing; USPS is ‘hemorrhaging’ money; this is ‘Read Across America’ Day with the Cat in the Hat; MA newlyweds spend their first night as a couple, in jail; Ford is Number One in auto sales; starting next week, DC will allow same–sex ceremonies;

Chilean quake shortened the day by one microsecond; severe tremors could occur in Indonesia, Iran & Japan; the S American country now needs water purifiers, and it ‘knew’ a quake would occur; oil is $79.59 per barrel; gold is $1,127 an ounce; man in Britain was fined for walking his dog, while driving his car; if necessary, Iran will use ‘smart’ bombs; gangs forming in Chilean neighborhoods; there have been 131 aftershocks, some reaching 6.9 in magnitude; an Italian parliament filled with politicians that are former showgirls?; the tremor has increased the price of copper; China’s bonds with the US could have political & monetary repercussion; some trains in India are for ‘women only’;