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Today's News

  • Jury to decide if death penalty an option

    By Jeri Clausing
    The Associated Press

    ALBUQUERQUE — John McCluskey is not the vicious pit bull or three-time loser that prosecutors have made him out to be, according to his defense attorneys. Rather, they said Monday that the Arizona inmate convicted of killing an Oklahoma couple while on the run in New Mexico is a remorseful animal lover unable to properly reason because of his abusive childhood and brain defects.

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  • Looking Back - Nov. 6, 2013

    In 1963
    Wednesday, Nov. 6 — The Student Madrigal Choir of the University of Muenster, Muenster, West Germany, will present a choral concert at Ilfeld Auditorium Saturday, under the sponsorship of Highlands University. The 57-voice choir is touring the United States for the third time and has made 12 highly successful European tours as well, according to Ronald Wynn, Highlands’ choir director.
     

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  • Looking Ahead - News - Nov. 6, 2013

    Camera Club exhibiting photos
    Meadow City Camera Club has an exhibit of photographs in the El Fidel Restaurant until Dec. 6. Eight local photographers have taken “Points of Departure,” each seeing something unique. A reception will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9 at El Fidel Restaurant.

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  • Weather - Nov. 6, 2013

    Wednesday
    Sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Clear at night, with a low around 29. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

    Thursday
    Sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 10-15 mph in the morning. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 29.

    Friday
    Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Clear at night, with a low around 30.

    Saturday
    Sunny, with a high near 60.

    Sunrise ... Sunset
    6:28 a.m. to 5:01 p.m.

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  • Photo club invites members

    Submitted to the Optic

    Photographers naturally flock together. Members of the Meadow City Camera Club in Las Vegas get together and shoot favorite scenes, then talk about the best way to process and print the results.

    They exchange ideas and inspire one another. Although most photograph digitally, now members produce innovative work in film, using old cameras or even rejuvenated Polaroids.

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  • Que Pasa - Nov. 6, 2013

    TODAY HOY
    • Story Time at Carnegie Library, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the children’s area of the public library. Free and open to the public.

    THURSDAY JUEVES
    • El Creston Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association board meeting, 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 40 Mirasol Road, Ojitos Frios Ranch Subdivision.

    UPCOMING & ONGOING

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  • Editorial Cartoon - Nov. 6, 2013
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  • Exercising and proselytizing

    One of the most beneficial things a body can do after a solid night’s sleep is to stretch, to kick-start the body into motion.

    Few would argue with that prescription. However, according to one New Mexico lawmaker, you need to be careful what you call it. According to 8th District Rep. Alonzo Baldonado, a Republican, if the stretching takes on the appearance of some yoga motions, that puts the practitioners in danger of getting too close to Eastern religions.

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  • Work of Art — Scout leaders messed up

    The aphorism, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” has an interesting pedigree, variously credited to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th century cleric, and to Virgil’s Aeneid written shortly before the time of Christ, and whose translation reads, “It’s easy to go to hell.”

    Those notions certainly apply to the three men who are likely to be facing felony charges for toppling over a huge rock in Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. The unusual formations date back to the Jurassic era.

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