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What do you think of UNM basketball coach Steve Alford's contract extension?
I think he got too much money
I think he got just the right amount
I think he did not get enough money
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Headlines
Continuous news coverage during the day
Updated: Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010, 7:21 PM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010, 7:32 AM MDT
(KRQE NEWS 13) - As of 6 p.m. -A Santa Fe district judge Wednesday rejected a move by a businessman to throw out the search warrants for his home and business stemming from a county corruption investigation.
As of 5:46 p.m. - Update: A garage storing chemicals behind a Main Avenue office building caught fire in Durango, Colo., Wednesday forcing evacuations and sending two first responders to a hospital, fire officials reported. Read more ...
As of 4:59 p.m. - Expanded and Updated : Several environmental groups are crying foul over the recent hire of a former Bureau of Land Management official as the president of New Mexico's leading oil and natural gas industry group. Read more ...
As of 4:45 p.m. Rangers were conducting a high-altitude rescue in Grand Teton National Park after several climbing parties got caught in a lightning storm. Read more ...
As of 3:52 p.m. - A garage believed to be storing chemicals is burning behind a Main Avenue office building in Durango, Colo., fire officials are reporting. Read more ...
As of 3:12 p.m. - There were wide smiles, thoughtful gifts and polite - if corny - jokes. But away from the cameras , some dark clouds hung over new British leader David Cameron's first trip to the White House for talks with President Barack Obama. Read more ...
As of 2:59 p.m. - The Questa Municipal Airport, Moriarty Airport, and the Albuquerque International Sunport will benefit from about $900,000 in Federal Aviation Administration grants . Read more ...
As of 2:32 p.m. - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that the outlook for the economy remains "unusually uncertain" but that the Fed plans no specific steps "in the near term" to try to fuel the struggling recovery. Read more...
As of 2:29 p.m. - Anthony "Joe" Montoya sat in the Santa Fe District Court Wednesday during his motion hearing. His attorney asked for the court to throw out a search warrant on his homes, claiming investigators took more items than what was specified.
As of 2:22 p.m. - A Swiss man who awoke to find a small bear sitting on top of his tent in New Mexico's Manzano Mountains chased the animal off with rocks. Read more ...
As of 1:37 p.m. - The Associated Press has learned that the Justice Department will file no charges after a lengthy investigation into the Bush administration's firing of U.S. attorneys that included David Iglesias of New Mexico. Read more ...
As of 1:27 p.m. - The Taliban denounced the international conference on Afghanistan's future, saying the "vague and terrible agenda" shows that the U.S. & its allies intend to abandon the country and blame their ultimate defeat on the Afghan government. Read more...
As of 1:24 p.m. - Michael Gilpin, 59, pleaded guilty to 100 counts of possession of sexual exploitation of a child . He was immediately sentenced to serve the next 10 years of his life in prison.
As of 1:11 p.m. - Midday Webcast : Kristen Van Dyke's forecast. N.M.'s money problems continue: $32 million shortfall in fiscal year just ended; $160 million gap this year. New report says N.M. among states most at risk for water shortages as temperatures rise by midcentury. See more ...
As of 12:52 p.m. - A half-dozen environmental groups are crying foul over the recent hire of a former Bureau of Land Management official as the president of New Mexico's leading oil and natural gas industry group. Read more ...
As of 12 p.m. - An Israeli court has sentenced an Israeli Arab to 102 years in prison for the murders of a teenage American girl, a Czech tourist and an Israeli man in 2003. Read more...
As of 11:57 a.m. - After many months of financial troubles, the company that owns and manages Albuquerque Studios will restructure their nearly $100 million debt to stay in business.
As of 11:45 a.m. - Rod Blagojevich stood up in court and told the judge the opposite of what he has been saying for months. He said that he won't testify in his own defense to charges that include trying to sell an appointment to Obama's old Senate seat. Read more...
As of 11:27 a.m. - Pueblo, transportation and Federal officials were joined Wednesday by local officials to celebrate a ribbon-cutting ceremony to showcase the newly constructed Interstate 40/Exit 102 Interchange.
As of 11:16 a.m. - Rain storms moving toward the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday threatened to shut down undersea efforts to seal BP's ruptured well, interrupting work just as engineers get close to plugging the leak with mud and cement. Read more...
As of 11:03 a.m. - Police came across the single-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 40 near Paseo Del Volcan on Tuesday. The driver, Phillip A. Herrera, 22, showed signs of intoxication so they arrested him. He faces an aggravated DWI charge.
As of 10:48 a.m. - Obama moved to push sanctions against N. Korea over its nuclear weapons program, as S.O.S. Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates showed solidarity with S. Korea during a visit to the
area that separates it from the North. See a photo gallery of their stay in South Korea...
As of 10:40 a.m. - There are crowds waiting in Raton in hopes that the racetrack and casino will be approved.
As of 10:33 a.m. - Two carloads of assailants attacked a hydroelectric station in southern Russia early Wednesday, killing two workers and setting off bombs. Read more...
As of 10:28 a.m. - New Mexico was one of 14 states highlighted as being most at-risk for water shortages by mid-century as warmer temperatures deplete supplies and agricultural and consumer demand rises.
As of 10:21 a.m. - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says Baghdad's political troubles won't keep American troops from leaving the country as planned at the end of 2011. Read more...
As of 10:09 a.m. - Pennsylvania's labor department is defending its decision to issue work permits to Kate Gosselin's sextuplets for the reality show "Kate Plus 8." Read more entertainment news on KASA.com...
As of 9:52 a.m. - The University of New Mexico released the details of a contract that will keep Steve Alford in Cherry and Silver until the 2019-2020 season Tuesday. What do you think of the contract extension? Vote in the poll attached to this story...
As of 9:42 a.m. - Apple's iPad has only been around since April, but since its release some have drawn only two conclusions: It's a great machine for playing games. Game developers haven't come close to exploiting its potential. Read the iPad review here...
As of 9:25 a.m. - Perdue Farms Inc. is recalling thousands of pounds of frozen chicken nugget products officials say could contain foreign materials. More details on the recall...
As of 9:17 a.m. - The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week featured swimsuits for 2011 that are long on style and, uh, not for your grandmother. See the photo gallery here...
As of 8:57 a.m. - President Barack Obama is set to sign a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations Wednesday, nearly two years after Wall Street's failures knocked the economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Read more...
As of 8:48 a.m. - Teens will get first-hand experience into the life of a firefighter this week as Rio Rancho Fire Rescue hosts their annual Fire Camp. During the three-day program about 50 kids will learn the basics of what it takes to be a firefighter and EMT.
As of 8:29 a.m. - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., ordered flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff from sunrise July 20, 2010, until sundown July 25 in honor of the late U.S. Army Specialist Christopher J. Moon who died from wounds he received on July 6 while conducting a combat patrol in the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. “All of the Navajo Nation grieves the loss of another of our young men defending freedom,” President Shirley said. “Specialist Christopher Moon was an exemplary young man and soldier, and our hearts go out to his family. His service will always be remembered.”
As of 8:21 a.m. - A United Airlines jetliner hit severe turbulence while flying over Kansas, injuring 30 and jolting one woman out of her seat so forcefully that she left a crack when she hit the side of the cabin, authorities and a witness said. Read more...
As of 8:19 a.m. - The attorney general's Consumer Protection Division is alerting consumers about scams currently circulating in New Mexico.
As of 8:12 a.m. - A drug gang that carried out the first successful car bombing against Mexican security forces likely used an industrial explosive that organized crime gangs in the past have stolen from private companies, a U.S. official said Monday. Read more...
As of 8:07 a.m. - A new commander has taken over the Albuquerque district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
As of 7:58 a.m. - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday he will reconsider the department's decision to oust a black employee over racially tinged remarks after learning more about what she said. Read more...
As of 7:33 a.m. - Groups opposed to Arizona's tough new immigration law are planning "civil disobedience" on July 29, the day the legislation takes effect. Read more...
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