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Franky Micklestone  |  by movies.monstersandcritics.com. All rights reserved. 12.04 | 17:12

Advocates for redeveloping the 27-acre Santa Fe rail yards property on the east side of Barelas say the efforts look - once again - like they might be back on track.
With two new stations coming this month and everyone now paying for tickets, ridership on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express is averaging about 2,000 riders every day - about twice as many as the low point from late last year.
Peace activists are now on the agenda of the University of New Mexico Board of Regents after university to give up weapons-related research.

Law enforcement agents made the first concerted move today in what they hope is the beginning of the end of a violent gang war that has claimed the lives of at least 11 people, including two children, over the past four years.
Big-city school districts are proving they can make headway in student achievement and some - including Albuquerque Public Schools - are even closing the gap between racial groups, according to a national study.
Zookeepers in San Francisco are hoping the third time will be the charm for an Albuquerque-born ape.

Bicyclists, pedestrians, North Valley residents and business owners are invited to a meeting Saturday to discuss a proposed trail along Alameda Road from Fourth Street Northwest to the North Diversion Channel.
Albuquerque police say they are baffled by the stabbing death of a man early today in the Northeast Heights.
Southern New Mexico farmers aren't too worried about a recent cold spell, and agriculture experts say near-freezing weather during the weekend may have helped some crops.

It was cold today in Washington, but Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez spent the day there talking about global warming and climate change with the likes of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Intel CEO Paul Otellini.
Bernalillo County commissioners on Tuesday heard concerns that the hiring process for a new county fire chief may not be fair.

Like it or not, the new president and new basketball coach will be paid well at the University of New Mexico.
After seeing $3.4 million go toward buying out a University of New Mexico president and Lobos men's basketball coach as well as hiring their replacements, undergraduates will see their own tuition and fees rise several hundred dollars starting next semester.

Neighbors of a newly approved cemetery in the North Valley say they intend to sue Bernalillo County and the landowner in hopes of killing the development.

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