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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — It seemed a clockwork killing: Motorcycle riders flashed by and attached a magnetic bomb onto a car carrying a nuclear scientist working at Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility. By the time the blast tore apart the silver Peugeot, the bike was blocks away, weaving through Tehran traffic after what Iran calls the latest strike in an escalating .... - PAGE A2
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WASHINGTON (AP) — What gives? Some of Mitt Romney’s rivals are waging a fierce attack that you’d never think would come from the mouths of Republicans who claim Ronald Reagan as their hero. They’re blasting the GOP front-runner for aggressive, wealth-creating business tactics. The criticism, mostly from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, didn’t seem to matter much in New Hampshire, where Romney claimed a comfort-
able primary victory. Gingrich was fourth and Perry was sixth. But the sniping may have more resonance in next-inline South Carolina, which is far more economically depressed, and in Florida. Both states are struggling with high joblessness and weak housing markets. South Carolina’s primary is Jan. 21, Florida’s is Jan. 31. Trying to tap into populist sentiment, Gingrich and Perry are accusing Romney of being a fat-cat venture capitalist during
his days running the private equity firm Bain Capital, laying off workers as he restructured companies and filled his own pockets. A group backing Gingrich is airing TV ads in South Carolina showing distraught people who say they lost their jobs to Bain’s restructuring practices while Romney was at the helm. Jon Huntsman, a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, at first joined Gingrich and Perry in the attacks on Romney. But on Wednesday after his
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Donna Croney, left, raises her hand skyward while praying at the Roswell House of Prayer, Tuesday evening, during the 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting being held this month.
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third-place finish in New Hampshire, Huntsman backed away in part from such criticism while continuing to assail Romney’s four years as Massachusetts governor. The Bain Capital attacks are nearly identical to criticism once leveled at Romney by one of the nation’s best-known Democrats, Ted Kennedy, when Romney tried to claim Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat in 1994. Whether that tactic helped
other communities across the world has just kicked off in Roswell. A citywide, faith-based initiative, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, has
Gov to push foster background checks
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez said Wednesday she will support a proposal that would require background checks on foster parents and relatives before foster children are placed in their homes. Martinez told attendees at the Children’s Law Institute conference that state of ficials have identified loopholes that allow some foster children to be placed in dangerous homes. She said some family members who have taken in foster children have been found to have criminal records, like rape convictions. Under a proposal by Sen. Sander Rue, R-Albuquerque, officials with the state Children, Youth and
Families Department will have access to an FBI database when placing foster children with relatives and close family friends. “It’s simple,” Martinez told the audience. “CYFD, working with the state police, will be able to immediately run a background check on potential foster parents, before the kids are placed with those relatives. This will help us keep kids safer.” After speaking, Martinez told the Associated Press that she would push for lawmakers to take up the bill despite the legislative session’s focus on solely budget matters.
begun. Natasha Mackey, who relocated to Roswell three weeks ago from Rio Rancho, spearheaded the effort along with her husband, Steven.
“It’s really a time for us as a community to come together (and) ask for God’s wisdom,” Mackey said. It began Sunday See 21 DAYS, Page A3
The former Building 748
Police arrested Xavier Barela, 35, on one count of armed robbery, one count of robbery and one count of aggravated assault, Wednesday. “Detectives with the Roswell Police Department secured an arrest warrant and arrested Barela, less than 24 hours after the two ar med robberies were reported,” said Officer Erica O’Bryon, spokeswoman for the police. On Tuesday night a man approached a 60-year-old woman on Riverside Drive, pulled a gun and demanded her purse. Her husband witnessed the incident. A little while later, the same thing occurred in the 2000 block of West First Street when a man pulled a gun on a second victim. See RPD, Page A3
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Jose Vargas of Coronado Wrecking and Salvage out of Albuquerque works on the demolition of Building 748 on the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell campus, Wednesday morning. The old Air Force building has been empty for years and has been used as a storage facility by the school.
ENMU-R Foundation Compromise plan offered Board names Patton on state Senate redistricting SANTA FE (AP) — Two Republican incumbents are lumped together in the same southeastern New Mexico district under a new bipartisan plan for revamping the boundaries of state Senate districts. Gov. Susana Martinez and other Republicans along with groups of Democrats and Native Americans outlined the
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plan Wednesday to a state district court judge, who will decide how to realign districts for population changes during the past decade. Lawyers for the Democratic-controlled Legislature are the only ones opposing the compromise proposal. The Legislature continues to favor a plan passed by the House and
Senate last year during a special session. The goal in redistricting is to equalize district populations as much as possible to ensure that each New Mexican’s vote has equal weight. That’s necessary to comply with the legal requirements of one person, one vote. See SENATE, Page A3
The Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Foundation Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Betty Patton as its new interim president. Patton replaces Bob Cates, who recently resigned from the position to focus on family health matters. She will serve the remainder of Cates’ term, which runs through April. “I am excited and honored to have been asked to
fill Bob Cates’ position as president of the ENMURoswell Foundation Board of Directors,” Patton stated. “His years of service and dedication to the foundation were phenomenal. It will be a big job to fill these shoes.” Patton began serving on the foundation board in 2011, but she is well acquainted with ENMU-R. See PATTON, Page A2