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Guild Cinema will not be punished for porn festival (Video)
The Guild Cinema will not be punished by the city for hosting a pornography festival over the weekend.
Albuquerque's Zoning Enforcement Office issued a notice of violation Monday to the theater after its three-day Pornotopia festival, said Bob White, city attorney.
UNM to research rare form of breast cancer
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UNM will work with the University of Texas to fight a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer.
The University signed an agreement Monday with the University of Texas-Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to collaborate on research projects for inflammatory breast cancer.
Students help make campus sustainable
The University put students to work to make campus more sustainable.
A Community and Regional Planning class was employed to research practical ways to increase sustainability, instructor Bill Fleming said.
AP: Chavez defeated over reforms
by Frank Bajak
The Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela - Humbled by his first electoral defeat, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
AP: Report: Iran not a nuclear threat
by Pamela Hess
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A new U.S. intelligence report concludes that Iran's nuclear weapons development program has been halted since the fall of 2003 because of international pressure - a stark contrast to the conclusions U.
Health Department proposes rules for medical marijuana
The Associated Press
SANTA FE - Patients, caregivers or private entities could get licenses from the state Department of Health to provide marijuana under New Mexico's medical marijuana program, according to proposed regulations released by the department Monday.
AP: U.S. HIV rates could be higher than reported
by Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press
ATLANTA - Advocacy groups say new government estimates will show at least 35 percent more Americans are infected with the AIDS virus each year than the government has been reporting.
Government officials acknowledge they are revising the estimate, which they say is not yet complete.