Newsbreak New Mexico 12pm Webcast 11/1/12

Newsbreak New Mexico 12pm Newscast with Vanessa Dabovich

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Navajo Nation endorses Heinrich
I-70 fatal crash victims identified
PRC employee suspended without pay
ABQ school shooting plots continue 





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Navajo Support Split Between Wilson and Heinrich

Newmexico.watchdog.org - The normally solid Democratic bloc of Navajo voters is split between the candidates for New Mexico’s open U.S. Senate seat.  Heather Wilson, the Republican candidate, has a glowing letter from the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council praising her leadership and explicitly endorsing her candidacy.  Martin Heinrich, the Democrat, is claiming a terse resolution of a Navajo legislative committee that voted 11-1 to throw the endorsement his way.  

There’s a shift in the winds blowing across the vast Navajo lands. Add to this the possibility that long-time Democratic State Representative Ray Begaye may lose his seat over reports that he abused the powers of his office and may have fraudulently obtained expense reimbursements. Democrats are fearful that a seat they have long taken for granted may go to Begaye’s Republican challenger, Sharon Clahchischilliage. And the Navajo Nation has not given its endorsement to Barack Obama’s re-election. 

 They endorsed him in 2008, but this year are letting their silence speak their dissatisfaction with his EPA’s assault on the San Juan Generating Station and his policies on the coal industry. James Monteleone of The Albuquerque Journal finally gets some answers to explain how both Senate candidates can claim the endorsement of the Navajo Nation. Read More News New Mexico

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Newsbreak New Mexico 8am Webcast 11/1/12

Newsbreak New Mexico 8am Newscast with Vanessa Dabovich

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Santa Teresa Industrial Park reopened after hasmat spill
Super PACs make final push in the state
ABQ school shooting plots continue 
PRC employee suspended without pay






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Pearce visits naturalization class in Anthony


Wednesday, Congressman Steve Pearce visited the Women’s Intercultural Center in Anthony, where he spoke at a local citizenship class for immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship.

“It is inspiring to meet those who come here in search of the unique liberty, opportunity, and blessings that we enjoy as Americans,” Pearce said. “We are blessed to live here in the United States. It is an even greater blessing to share the pursuit of happiness with those who are willing to come here, follow our laws, and participate in the American system.  I know my fellow New Mexicans will join me in welcoming these individuals into our society with open arms as they seek to provide for their families and enjoy a better quality of life in the United States,” Pearce continued. “I look forward to hearing their voices as we strive to improve our communities, our government, and the nation as a whole.”

The stop today was part of a five-day, twenty-city bus tour of southern New Mexico.  Pearce kicked off the bus tour yesterday in Hobbs, and made stops in Carlsbad and Artesia.  Later today, he will spend time with voters and local candidates in Anthony and Las Cruces. 

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Navajo Nation endorses Heinrich in U.S Senate race

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The Navajo Nation Council says it is endorsing Democrat Martin Heinrich in New Mexico's U.S. Senate race. 

Navajo Nation Council Delegate Russell Begaye said Tuesday the council is backing Heinrich because of his support for "issues of great importance to Navajo," such as social security, veterans' benefits, and Indian health care. 
The endorsement comes after the Navajo Nation Council sent Heinrich's Republican opponent, Heather Wilson, a letter earlier this month in support of her energy platform.


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Victims identified in highway 70 crash

Las Cruces Police are continuing to investigate Wednesday morning’s crash on U.S. Highway 70 that claimed the lives of a 15-year-old high school student and his mother.

 Keian Padilla, 15, and his 35-year-old mother Marcia K. Parra were pronounced dead at the scene of today’s crash on U.S. Highway 70 just east of the Sonoma Ranch overpass. 
Padilla and Parra were the only occupants of a 4-door sedan that was headed eastbound on Highway 70 when it was struck by an Isuzu Rodeo that was traveling westbound and crossed the center divide. 
The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Both directions of Highway 70 were closed for several hours while traffic investigators gathered evidence and plotted the scene. 


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PRC employee suspended without pay

A Public Regulation Commission employee was suspended for mixing political and state business.

 Pipeline Safety Bureau supervisor Sefie Anaya was suspended for 10 days without pay. 
Anaya's state-issued cell phone number was found on the state Democratic Party website. Using government phones for political work is a violation of the PRC's code of conduct. 
Anaya, who is chairman of the Socorro County Democratic Party, says an intern mistakenly put his work number on the website. 
The number has been removed from the site.

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School shooting plots continue in central NM

Once again students are in trouble as word of a possible shooting plot rattles an Albuquerque middle school. For now, however, Albuquerque public schools officials say the threat does not appear to be credible. 

This comes in the wake of four reported threats against students and schools since mid September, three of them in Albuquerque and one in Belen. 
The latest incident started at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when a student brought a drawn diagram with areas of the school on it to the principal at Hoover Middle School. 
The two-sided drawing had what APS officials are calling cryptic messages about guns and money. There were five names on the paper, but APS suspects six people were involved, all of them minors. 
Three students have denied any involvement but have been suspended. 


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Global temperature rise ended sixteen years ago

NewsNM commentary (Spence) - Would it be cynical to try to use the horrific damage on the east coast to trumpet a political position? We saw Bill Clinton trying to blame Hurricane Sandy on global warming in Colorado the day after the storm suggesting Mitt Romney doesn't care about death and destruction. Al Gore piled on. The trouble with these dubious tactics is we have had tropical cyclones for all of recorded history. Despite dire predictions after Katrina that we were facing much more frequent storms the last seven years have been relatively calm. Still, anytime we have a storm that make landfall in a vulnerable spot on the map where there is a concentration of media outlets, the man-made climate change crowd uses the situation as a chance to promote funding more bankrupt green energy ideas. Nobody ever points out the fact if these people get their way it will drive up the price of reliable energy. None of these political hucksters seems to be willing to talk about real data (see below). The mainstream media also gave scant coverage of it. Take a close look at the temperature graph.
Daily Mail - Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released... and here is the chart to prove it:
The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. This means that the "pause" in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. The figures, which have triggered debate among climate scientists, reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012, there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. The new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued quietly on the Internet, without any media fanfare, and, until today, it has not been reported.  This stands in sharp contrast to the release of the previous figures six months ago, which went only to the end of 2010 – a very warm year.  Ending the data then means it is possible to show a slight warming trend since 1997, but 2011 and the first eight months of 2012 were much cooler, and thus this trend is erased.
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