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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 ...
Power plant operator objects to changes in lease
The owners of a northern Arizona coal plant that sends water to the state's biggest cities has objected to changes made by the Navajo Nation in approving a lease extension. The plant's operator, Salt River Project, told tribal officials this week that amendments dealing with water rights, hiring preferences and ...
New Mexico exchange subject to sunshine laws
New Mexico's open government laws will apply to a state-run health insurance exchange that will serve as a marketplace for the uninsured to buy medical coverage. Legislation enacted this year makes clear the exchange and its 13-member governing board must comply with New Mexico's Open Meetings Act and the Inspection ...
AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it broad authority to conceal spending on the contractors that will perform most of its functions, potentially shielding the public from seeing how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. The degree of secrecy afforded Covered ...
No Jackpot Winner
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 21-22-26-30-57 Powerball: 27 (twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-six, thirty, fifty-seven; Powerball: twenty-seven) Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $222 million jackpot. The prize goes to an ...
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 ...
Santa Fe plans new compacts for charter schools
Santa Fe's public school system is moving to set new performance goals and transparency standards and for its four charter schools, a move that's surprised some of the schools' operators. The planned compacts would be customized for each school and be used in the process of renewing charters for the ...
University to revamp teacher education program
The University of New Mexico plans to revamp its College of Education, and there will be somebody new at the helm as that takes place. Dean Richard Howell is stepping down as dean to take a sabbatical before he returns to the university in another capacity. Former Dean Viola Florez ...
Gila Regional Medical Center downgrades staffers
Gila Regional Medical Center has downgraded 70 full-time hospital employees to part-time status as part of new cost cutting measures. The Silver City Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/13ugHEQ) that the hospital says the measures were needed after it saw an increase in the numbers of uninsured and underinsured patients. The hospital also ...
Iglesias to give WNMU commencement address
Captain David C. Iglesias, a former New Mexico U.S. attorney and a prosecutor in the case that inspired the movie "A Few Good Men," will give the commencement address at Western New Mexico University on Friday. Iglesias was one of eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush Administration in 2006 ...
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