News 2008-06-06 Andanh.com

Restaurants adapt to tomato scare; feds list safe varieties
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) -The New Mexico Environment Department continues to try to narrow down the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes.

Two walk away from I-25 rollover
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Two women walked away with minor injuries after a rollover on Interstate 25 this morning.

Father charged with shooting son
BELEN, N. M. (KRQE) - A Belen man accused of shooting his son has been arrested.

San Felipe de Neri holds 302nd fiesta
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque's oldest church is having a party.

APS, fire inspectors revisit code problems
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Now that public school administrators and city fire inspectors are talking to each other again it appears the follow-up to code problems identified at dozens of schools is about to happen.

Heights bank branch robbed
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An armed robber stuck up a bank in Albuquerque this morning.

Stocks plummet as oil prices rise
WALL STREET (KRQE) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 400 points today as oil prices shot up, nearing $140 a barrel.

New Mexico CulturePass
The state of New Mexico's Department of Cultural Affairs and Tourism has partnered with Travelocity to produce the New Mexico CulturePass.

State Forestry: Fire near Artesia human-caused
ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) - State Forestry Division law enforcement officers say a blaze that burned 3,194 acres along the Pecos River near Artesia was human-caused.

Richardson off to Europe, Middle East on development mission
SANTA FE (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson is traveling to Europe and the Middle East on an economic development mission and to meet with foreign leaders including the prime minister of Israel and the king of Spain.

FDA releases list of apparently safe tomato sources
WASHINGTON (KRQE) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today said tomatoes from a variety of states and countries have tested ruled out from the recent salmonella outbreak.

McDonough named interim NMSU president
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico State University regents have named James McDonough as the school's interim president.

Robbery suspect prompts summer program lockdown
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Officials locked down a summer program today as police searched for a suspected bank robber.

Intel subpoenaed over business practices
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KRQE) - Intel Corp. says it has received a subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission.

Cars hit dummies as police watch
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The state Department of Transportation on Thursday staged pedestrian crashes using dummies to help officers learn how to better deal with those crashes.

Trial delayed in Las Cruces child's death
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A trial has been delayed for a Las Cruces man accused of leaving his home to buy beer while his infant daughter suffocated in a laundry basket.

Smooth election: priceless; Unused ballots: $1.2 million
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Bernalillo County was so prepared for Tuesday's primary election it printed five ballots for every voter and then shredded the $1 million surplus.

APD separating kids from dangerous water
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque's natural and man-made waterways might look like a fun place to hang out, but police on ditchbank patrol are telling kids to stay away.

Mayor lathered over sex-offender transfer
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A plea deal that sent a convicted sex offender from Mora to live in either Bernalillo or Sandoval counties has Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez ordering legal action.

Temblor tickles Chama area
CHAMA, N. M. (KRQE) - What if they gave an earthquake and nobody felt it?

Knowledge, friends are power in Congress, ex-Rep. Luján says
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - In Washington where power is all about experience and seniority, the four newcomers to be elected to Congress from New Mexico in November will all be on the bottom rung of the ladder.

Prosecutor: British man fatally shot wife, kid
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 10:33 PM ET WOBURN, Mass. (AP) - Opening statements have been made in the Massachusetts trial of a British man accused of killing his wife and baby.

Levitating train from L.A. to Las Vegas gets boost
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 10:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward. A transportation bill signed by President Bush...

Wildfires chase dozens from homes in Calif., N.C.
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 9:53 PM ET LEBEC, Calif. (AP) - Fire officials say a Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuation of about 50 homes northwest of Los Angeles is now...

NOAA: Caribbean monk seal becomes extinct
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 9:53 PM ET HONOLULU (AP) - The Caribbean monk seal has gone extinct. The sea mammal had long been thought to be extinct, but the National Oceanic...

"Bad painting" exhibit on view at Austrian museum
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 7:33 PM ET VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Bad painting that makes good art. That's the theme of an exhibit at Vienna's Museum of Modern Art with such offerings as a...

UK engineers defuse, safely destroy WWII-era bomb
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 5:13 PM ET LONDON (AP) - The British Army says the Royal Engineers have safely disposed of a giant, rusting bomb discovered in London earlier this week.

5 European divers missing in Indonesia
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 4:23 PM ET JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A search is under way off eastern Indonesia for five missing European scuba divers.

Ancient Greek grave found during subway work
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 3:23 PM ET ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek authorities say subway construction work in the northern city of Thessaloniki has unearthed an ancient grave with a wealth...

UN: Zimbabwe aid cutoff endangers 2 million people
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 2:53 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N.'s top humanitarian official says at least 2 million people in Zimbabwe are facing a greater risk of starvation,...

Man convicted in Navajo Lake beating death
AZTEC, N.M. (KRQE) - Jurors found a Colorado man guilty of beating his girlfriend to death during a camping trip to New Mexico last July.

Eight more salmonella cases reported
SANTA FE (KRQE) - The state Department of Health is reporting eight more cases of salmonella linked to tomatoes.

Campsite murder trial underway
FARMINGTON, N. M. (KRQE) - Jonathan Hunt was "a drunk on a witch hunt" when he killed his girlfriend during a July camping trip to Navajo Lake, according to the prosecution in his murder trial.

Funeral held for veteran State Police officer
LAS CRUCES, N. M. (KRQE) - More than 1,000 people attended funeral services today for New Mexico State Police Lt. Michael Avilucea who died in a rollover crash last week.

State: 40 New Mexicans sick with salmonella
SANTA FE (AP) - Forty New Mexicans have become ill with a strain of salmonella linked to tomatoes.

Gila National Forest to implement fire restrictions next week
SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) - The Gila National Forest will put fire and smoking restrictions into effect next Wednesday because of dry conditions.

Suspect in Las Cruces woman's death to undergo psychiatric exam
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A judge has ordered psychiatric examinations for an Indiana woman charged with murder in the stabbing death of her daughter's roommate in her college dormitory room.

Hang-up slows count in Dona Ana County
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Officials at four election precincts in Dona Ana County mistakenly placed absentee ballots into regular ballot boxes, tabulation officials said, delaying the vote count late Tuesday.

Web sex sting snags Hobbs man
CLOVIS, N. M. (KRQE-KBIM) - A Hobbs man who believed he was meeting a 13-year-old girl for sex showed up with a cooler of beer and a bottle of Viagra, according to the Curry County Sheriff's Department.

Man's body recovered from Sumner Lake
FORT SUMNER, N.M. (AP) - The body of a Fort Sumner man has been recovered from Sumner Lake, three days after authorities say he fell off a jet ski and drowned.

Wildfire burning near Ruidoso
RUIDOSO, N. M. (KRQE) - A wildfire burning through grass and pine has charred about 500 acres near Hale Lake southeast of Ruidoso, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is reporting.

Social Security numbers end up in Dumpster
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE-KBIM) - A janitor cleaning a building that the state Department of Workforce Solutions had just moved out of threw employment records into the trash, officials said.

Kintigh unseats Foley in vocal race
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE-KBIM) - An ugly race for the Republican nomination for state representative in district 57 has unseated the incumbent.

Food boxing highlights seniors' need
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The Roadrunner Food Bank held a friendly competition today to highlight a serious problem: as the cost of groceries continues to rise some elderly are forced to choose between buying food and paying for rent or medication.

Verizon buys Alltel; local impact unclear
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Thousands of New Mexicans will be impacted by a $28 billion deal between two wireless giants, but it's not clear whether it'll affect jobs.

Stocks fall sharply
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 4:23 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A spike in crude oil prices put Wall Street in a tailspin. The key averages lost about 3% on news that crude closed at a new...

Consumer borrowing rises at slower pace in April
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 3:23 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers relied a lot less on their credit cards in April. The Federal Reserve says credit card debt that month rose at the slowest...

Oil rises jump more than $10 to new record high
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 2:33 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices have shot up more than $10 to a new record above $138 a barrel after a Morgan Stanley analyst predicted prices could hit...

Intel, AMD hit with subpoena in FTC probe
Associated Press - June 6, 2008 2:23 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Intel and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices say they've been subpoenaed by the Federal Trade Commission about possible...

Hollywood-style escapee sentenced to year and a half in prison
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An Albuquerque man who escaped from police custody by jumping from a second-story parking garage was sentenced today to a year and a half in prison.

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