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NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor

NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor

A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque police said Thursday. (May 17)

Documentary TV series to film in NM

A new version of Carl Sagan's 1980 Public Broadcasting Service series "Cosmos" will be filming in Santa Fe through early June. State film officials say the production of "Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey" will mean jobs for at least 80 New Mexico crewmembers, principal actors and background talent. Writer, director ...

Sci-Fi thriller to be filmed in NM

A sci-fi thriller about three college freshmen who disappear while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest will film in New Mexico. The New Mexico Film Office says "The Signal," starring Academy Award nominee Laurence Fishburne and others, will film mid-May through the end of June in and around Albuquerque, ...

Louis Ponce, brother-in-law of Bobbi Salinas-Norman, walks through the apartment on May 10, 2013, where Salinas-Norman was found dead.   Ponce discovered  The remains of Salinas-Norman, a Chicana activist, teacher and author, last week and authorities say she may have been dead for more than a year.    (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican,Luis Sanchez Saturno)

Mummified body of Chicana author found in NM home

A 70-year-old woman whose mummified body was recently found in her Santa Fe apartment was identified as a Chicana activist, teacher and author. Santa Fe police said the decomposed remains of Barbara Salinas-Norman were discovered last week and authorities say she may have been dead for more than a year. ...

FILE - This Jan. 27, 2013 file photo shows actor Steven Michael Quezada at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Quezada, along with Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state’s first Latina congresswoman, are scheduled to address a League of United Latin American Citizens New Mexico convention, beginning May 17, aimed at tackling education reform. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

'Breaking Bad' actor to address NM LULAC

"Breaking Bad" actor Steven Michael Quezada and Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state's first Latina congresswoman, are scheduled to address a League of United Latin American Citizens New Mexico convention aimed at tackling education reform. Around 800 activists from around New Mexico are expected to take part of the three-day state ...

In this May 8, 2013 photo, artwork is shown at Masks y Mas, an Albuquerque shop that sells 'Day of the Dead' art year round. Disney announced Tuesday that it was a withdrawing a "Dia de los Muertos" trademark request it made to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office amid uproar on social media from Latino activists, writer and artists. Disney had sought to secure naming right for an upcoming animated movie inspired by the holiday. Critics said the move to trademark a cultural holiday was insensitive.  (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Social media raises concern about Disney trademark

When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the cartoonist had an idea. The trademark was for an animated movie by Disney and Pixar Animation ...

FILE - This March 12, 2013 file photo shows the air traffic control tower at Chicago's Midway International Airport. Seventy-two 72 airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night, including at Midway, due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The FAA had announced earlier this year that it would eliminate midnight shifts of air traffic controllers at 69 airport towers and two regional approach control facilities in order to meet across-the-board, automatic spending cuts required by Congress. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

FAA to staff 72 airport control towers at night

Seventy-two airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. The FAA had announced earlier this year that it would eliminate midnight shifts of air traffic controllers at 69 ...

Correction: Film Resurgence story

In a story May 2 about the film industry in New Mexico, The Associated Press reported erroneously that direct spending by the industry in New Mexico for the first two quarters of fiscal 2013 was $236 million. That was the estimated financial impact of the industry. Direct spending was $78.7 ...

This Aug. 29, 2011 file photo shows a DC-10 air tanker dropping fire retardant  on the Powerline Fire near Warm Springs, Ore. The U.S. Forest Service announced May 6, 2013 that it has chosen seven aircraft offered by contractors to be the next generation of firefighting aircraft, among them a DC-10. Awarding of the contracts must wait to see if any bidders file protests. The Forest Service has used the DC-10 when needed in the past, but the new contract would be the first time the agency has planned use of such a large aircraft for firefighting. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Rob Kerr)

Feds add bigger, faster planes to wildfire fleet

As the wildfire season ramps up across the West, the U.S. Forest Service is adding bigger, faster planes to its fleet to fight the fires. The forest service announced Monday that it has selected contractors to provide seven air tankers that fly faster and drop a larger payload of fire ...

FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., asks a question during the committees's hearing on immigration reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. About the proposed bill Sessions says, “The supporters promoted the bill aggressively before anybody saw the language, and certain Republicans and conservative voices sort of held their fire, but that's beginning to change.” Sessions was a leading voice in the Senate against the bill in 2007 and is reprising that role this time around, making floor speeches, issuing press releases and holding briefing calls with reporters to argue that the bill would unlock a much larger volume of immigration into the U.S. than advertised, to the detriment of U.S. workers and jobs.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Study sets off immigration bill squabble

A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the ...

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