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• NM museum to hold 'curanderismo' exhibit

  said Devorah Romanek, curator of exhibits for the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.The exhibit will coincide with a University of New Mexico curanderismo class that is expected to draw more than 200 people from around the nation.Curanderismo is the art of using   Read more »

• 'Breaking Bad' brings tourists to Albuquerque

  salt used to bathe, not the street drug also known as "bath salt.")Meanwhile, Masks y Mas Mexican folk art store near the University of New Mexico sells papier mache statues of La Santa Muerte -- Mexico's folk Death Saint who counts drug traffickers among   Read more »

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• Football. Lobo Center Farrell Named to Rimington Award Watch List

  N.M. - University of New Mexico senior center Dillon Farrell has been named to the 2013 Rimington Award preseason watch list. The award goes annually to the best center in college football. Farrell, a 2012 honorable-mention All-Mountain West selection, is 1:20 PM from Mountain West Conference Official Athletic Site Read more »

• BREAKING: Brian Urlacher quits NFL

  breaks up the pass to Neil Altomare -12 of Albuquerque at the Brian Urlacher Football Camp held at the University of New Mexico. New Mexico linebacker Brian Urlacher talks to a representative of the Chicago Bears on April 15, 2000 in Albuquerque N.M. Urlacher 11:36 AM from Albuquerque Journal Read more »

• Football. Former Lobo All-America Brian Urlacher Announces Retirement

  When Brian Urlacher graduated from Lovington High School in 1996, he had one offer from a Division I-A program -- the University of New Mexico. Seventeen years later, after a success four years at UNM followed by a certain Hall of Fame career with the Chicago 10:28 AM from Mountain West Conference Official Athletic Site Read more »

• Researchers find massive impacts dispersed chlorine, helped make Earth habitable

  planetary bodies more than 4 billion years ago according to new research conducted by scientists at the University of New Mexico and NASA Johnson Space Center. The results of the massive collisions indicate that much of Earth's supply of chlorine was blown 5/21/13 from PhysOrg.com Read more »

• NM students could win prizes for reading books

  in Albuquerque. The state is partnering with private and public organizations, including the city of Albuquerque, the University of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Isotopes. The governor's office says the goal is to prevent a drop in the reading proficiency 5:02 AM from Albuquerque Journal Read more »