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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona’s immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel Monday as the state’s governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she’s seeking her first full term. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals signaled it was ready to toss out the provision of Arizona’s law that criminalizes the failure to carry immigration papers showing lawful residency in the United States. - PAGE A2

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

Early voting draws more than 200K

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SANTA FE (AP) — Candidates made last-ditch appeals to voters Monday as Election Day loomed, but more than 200,000 New Mexicans already have cast ballots. Early in-person voting is up 57 percent from the 2006 general election, the last time the state elected a governor, according to the secretary of state’s office. About 207,500 New Mexicans participated in early in-person voting, which ended Saturday. About 132,500 people cast ballots through early in-person voting in 2006. As Election Day neared, there

was no letup in the flood of television advertising. All three of New Mexico’s congressional seats are up for election, but outside groups have poured nearly $6.6 million into the races in the hotly contested 1st and 2nd Congressional districts, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based watchdog group that tracks campaign finance. In the race for governor, Republican Susana Martinez and Democrat Diane Denish continued to make get-out-the-vote appeals as time ran out in the campaign. Martinez planned stops in

Grants and Deming before returning to Las Cruces, where she was to stay on election night. Martinez is the district attorney in Dona Ana County. Denish looked to President Barack Obama to help energize Democrats, particularly those who voted in 2008 for the first time or previously had been infrequent voters. Denish held a telephone town hall Tuesday evening, targeting more than 100,000 Democrats with calls that allowed them to hear Obama make a late pitch for them to cast ballots. “We can win this race tomorrow

and make Diane New Mexico’s next governor, but it’s only going to happen if Democrats vote in huge numbers,” Obama said. Martinez was leading the race, according to a poll published Sunday by the Albuquerque Journal, which showed the Republican siphoning off a quarter of Democratic voters. Four years ago, 52 percent of registered New Mexicans voted. Tur nout was 53 percent in the 2002 gubernatorial election year

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INSIDE SPORTS

Pearce’s bus tour visits Roswell

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Steve Pearce greets supporters in Roswell on his bid for Congress Monday.

GIANTS WIN WORLD SERIES

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The prize that eluded Willie and Barry at long last belongs to the San Francisco Giants, thanks to a band of self-described castoffs and misfits and their shaggyhaired ace. Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria and the Giants won the World Series on Monday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a tense Game 5 and taking the trophy home to the city by the Bay for the first time. - PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES

• Damasio M. Regalado • Jo Lyles • Linda Smith • Nancy Jones • Jamie Sue Capps - PAGE A8

HIGH ...69˚ LOW ....37˚

TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........B5 COMICS.................B3 ENTERTAINMENT.....B8 FINANCIAL .............B4 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........B8 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WASHINGTON .........A9 WEATHER ............A10

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Spirits were high inside the former restaurant and converted Republican Party of Chaves County headquarters on the corner of Main and Second streets on Monday. Volunteers who spent months working the phones or helping the GOP party, were visited by the man they hope will be their next congressional House delegate following today’s election. “It’s time,” said state Rep. Nora Espinoza, R-Roswell. “We, the people, have had enough.” Espinoza, who is running for re-

election against Democrat Ellen Wedum, rallied the crowd of supporters in the final hours before the general election. She stepped off a bus tour led by Steve Pearce, the for mer congressman seeking to reclaim his seat in Washington. “I believe we have the most energized tour in the whole country,” Pearce said to his audience. “We can’t let up right now. ... Victory is here within our reach.” The bus tour began Friday morning and traveled across the 2nd Congressional District. Pearce

planned to end the tour in Hobbs Monday night. Following his speech, Pearce told reporters that his race against opponent Democrat Harry Teague, is “going to be a close race,” though, he added that “we think we’re going to win,” he said. “We’re going to get Mr. Pearce in there,” said Alice Eppers, chairwoman of the Republican Party of Chaves County. “Let’s get a big turnout (today),” she said. “I expect we’re going to be happy.”

GOP ready for election See VOTING, Page A6

WASHINGTON (AP) — A takeover of the House in sight, Republicans brimmed with confidence while Democrats braced for losses on the eve of recession-era elections for control of Congress and dozens of statehouses. “The American people are in charge,” declared GOP leader John Boehner, vowing to shrink the size and cost of government if his party wins power on Tuesday. Favorites and underdogs alike went through their final campaign paces on Monday, beckoning voters to tur n out in the small towns of swing House districts and the large urban centers where statewide races are won and lost. “It does us no good that people are supporting us if they don’t turn into voters,” said Marco Rubio, a Republican rated a strong favorite for a Senate seat in a tangled multi-candidate race in Florida. “When people vote, we win,” said Sen. Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansas Democrat whose re-election bid was written off weeks ago by strategists in her own party. President Barack Obama was home from the cam-

N.M. film industry Al-Qaida told Saudis about plot in ‘pivotal moment’ ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — From a meager handful of productions eight years ago, New Mexico has built a reputation with the movie business thanks to an attractive incentive program and a governor who has marketed the state’s blue skies, expansive vistas, lonely highways and mild weather. But states like Utah are knocking at the back door with threats to bolster their own tax incentives, and New Mexico’s political landscape is about to change. Gov. Bill Richardson, one of the industry’s biggest supporters, leaves office at the end of the year because of term limits, and tough financial choices lie ahead of the incoming governor and state legislators. Both gubernatorial candidates — Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and Republican prosecutor Susana Martinez — say they support the industry, but the most immediate challenge for the state’s next leader will be plugging a projected $260 million budget shortfall. “It’s a really interesting time,” said Lisa Strout, director of the New Mexico Film Office. “Eight years of tremendous growth and success in our film industry is on the line and we need to take a serious look at the long term. This is ours to lose right now, and if we don’t stop being on the defensive and get offensive real quick, it’s going to have a disastrous effect on us.” Nearly 150 major productions have been filmed in New Mexico over the last eight years, resulting in thousands of jobs, new sound studios, college training programs, new film-related businesses and an overall financial impact of more than $3.5 billion, according to the film office. The film incentives were first adopted in 2002 by Republican Gov. Gary Johnson. Richardson, a See FILM, Page A6

SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — Infor mation that helped thwart the plot of U.S.bound mail bombs wired to explode on cargo planes came from an al-Qaida insider who was secreted out of Yemen after surrendering to Saudi authorities, Yemeni security officials said Monday. The tip reflects how Saudi Arabia has worked aggressively for years to infiltrate al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which is operating in the unruly, impoverished nation on its southern doorstep. The tip came from Jabir al-Fayfi, a Saudi who was held for years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007. Soon after, he fled Saudi Arabia and joined the al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen, until he turned himself in to Saudi authorities in late September. Yemeni security officials said they believe al-Fayfi may have been a double agent, planted by Saudi Arabia in Yemen among alQaida in the Arabian Peninsula militants to uncover their plots. The officials said that after his return to the kingdom, he told authorities that al-

See GOP, Page A6

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Yemeni police are seen at a checkpoint in the capital San'a, Yemen, Monday.

Qaida was planning to send bomb-laden packages. The of ficials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. T ribal leaders in Yemen aware of the situation, and similarly speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed al-Fayfi’s role. Saudi of ficials did not respond to calls for comment. Saudi Arabia has been recruiting informants in the terrorist network and also has been paying Yemeni tribal chiefs — and

even gives cash to figures in the Yemeni military — to gain their loyalty. President Barack Obama thanked Saudi King Abdullah, a top U.S. ally, in a Saturday telephone call for the “critical role” by Saudi counterterrorism authorities in uncovering the plot. After the Saudi alert, two bombs hidden in packages mailed from Yemen and addressed to synagogues in Chicago were discovered Friday on planes transiting See YEMEN, Page A6


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