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Proposed e-cigarette restrictions target sales to minors, public use By Phaedra Haywood The New Mexican
Two proposals that would put the same restrictions on electronic cigarettes as those imposed on regular cigarettes will be the topic of a public hearing at City Hall soon. Both proposals would amend existing city laws that govern the sale
and use of traditional cigarettes by expanding the language in existing ordinances to include electronic nicotine delivery devices. One proposed amendment would prohibit vendors from selling electronic cigarettes to minors and prohibit minors from purchasing them. The other would ban the use of such devices in most public places, in the
Good night to be ‘Bad’ The made-in-New Mexico series receives Golden Globes for best TV drama, actor. PAge A-2
same way that smoking is currently prohibited in bars, restaurants, public transportation, stores and public buildings. City Councilor Ron Trujillo, the main sponsor of the proposed rule changes, said he proposed restricting access to the devices after getting calls from concerned parents.
Veterans groups look to replenish ranks Local organizations have planned an event Tuesday to encourage those who served in recent conflicts to join them. PAge A-8
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LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Spanish exchange frustrates consumers
Revenues uncertain as nuclear costs rise
Poor translations, late launch underscore halting effort to enroll Spanish speakers By Russell Contreras
Lab responsible for keeping plutonium pits safe would see direct impact of spending cuts
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE — Mirroring problems with the federal health care website, people around the nation attempting to navigate the Spanish version have discovered their own set of difficulties. The site, CuidadoDeSalud.gov, launched more than two months late. A Web page with Spanish instructions linked users to an English form. And the translations were so clunky and full of grammatical mistakes that critics say they must have been computer-generated — the name of the site itself can literally be read “for the caution of health.” “When you get into the details of the plans, it’s not all written in Spanish. It’s written in Spanglish, so we end up having to translate it for them,” said Adrian Madriz, a health care navigator who helps with enrollment in Miami. The issues with the site underscore the halting efforts across the nation to get Spanish speakers enrolled under the federal health
By Staci Matlock The New Mexican
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Today Breezy, plenty of sunshine. High 43, low 22.
A plutonium chemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory shows a ‘puck’ of plutonium refined from a nuclear weapon pit at Technical Area-55 in in November 1995. In recent years, a $213 million project to improve security around the lab’s plutonium facility at Technical Area-55 was delayed a year and cost an additional $41 million due to poor construction and management problems, and a multimillion-dollar plan to increase production of plutonium pits at the lab has stalled. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO
he costs of maintainLANL NUCLeAR ing and modernizing PROgRAM the nation’s nuclear ReveNUeS weapons are spiraling upward, setting taxpayers up for Fiscal year 2011: sticker shock in the next decade, $1.56 million according to recent reports and Total budget: nuclear watchdog groups. $2.55 billion The staggering costs — more Fiscal year 2012: than $350 billion over the next $1.44 billion 10 years, according to one federal Total budget: agency — already have been a $2.17 billion source of tension between federal lawmakers and the White Fiscal year 2013: $1.45 billion House as they prepare for a defense spending package and Total budget: the omnibus budget. The final $2.09 billion budget is due out soon. Fiscal year 2014: Los Alamos National Laborastill undetermined tory, the birthplace of nuclear weapons, depends heavily on funding for the nuclear stockpile and is impacted by any cuts. More than half of the lab’s revenues come from federal funding to keep the plutonium pits used in warheads safe and secure, produce new pits and help redesign warheads. A report last month by the Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost to maintain and modernize the nuclear stockpile at $355 billion by 2023. A separate report
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Obituaries Sabino A. Ortiz, 91, Santa Cruz, Jan. 9 PAge A-8
Rental scam costs Angel Fire visitors hundreds By Eric Heinz
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Friends of the Wheelwright lecture A discussion of the influence of early Spanish contact on traditional Pueblo culture, with Alan Osborne; refreshments at 2 p.m., talk follows, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, $10, 982-4636. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
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Calendar A-2
Classifieds B-5
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
ANGEL FIRE — An Oklahoma family recently lost $600 in an apparent scam that advertised an Angel Fire vacation rental on craigslist.com. Felina Wakefield of Tulsa, Okla., arrived in Angel Fire on Dec. 28 with a reservation for 11 people at 46 Mammoth Mountain, according to a report filed by Officer J.D. Harvey of the Angel Fire Police Department. But she and her family quickly discovered the vacation rental does not exist. With $600 lost and nowhere else to go, they went to the Angel Fire Fire Department to inform the authorities. “We’ve never had a problem with it — ever,” Wakefield said, adding that she booked the rental with a man who seemed to know a lot about the fake
Comics B-10
Family A-7
El Nuevo A-5
rental property. “The guy was very knowledgeable. He sent over the contract he sent me, which totally looked legit. I never signed a contract at the other places we’ve gone. He gave me the address. It shows up on Google Maps, but the preview does not exist at all.” Wakefield said she spoke to the solicitor via phone calls, text messages and emails to confirm her reservation. She said she has given the phone number to police and contacted PayPal, the online service used to pay for the unit, to try to get her money back. “You can imagine coming here with 11 people and having nowhere to go,” Wakefield said. A rental confirmation document provided by Wakefield lists Walter Avon as the person in charge of booking and
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Opinions A-9
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Police notes A-8
Sports B-1
The intersection of Mammoth Mountain Road and Arapahoe Lane in Angle Fire has no marker for unit No. 46, which was the address given to a family visiting from Tulsa, Okla. The family lost $600 after reserving what they thought was a vacation rental through a Craigslist scam. ERIC HEINZ/SANGRE DE CRISTO CHRONICLE
Tech A-6
Time Out B-9
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