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A paleontologist from Pennsylvania has his eye on a nearby dinosaur that may answer debated questions within the paleontology community.

What better place for a poet to try to reassemble the jagged memories of a past love than drunk on a busy street in Cancun?A This beautifully written piece taps into the timeless themes of both sides of the border.

The official portrait of former Las Cruces Mayor Albert N. Johnson, drawn with charcoal by a renowned artist, was unveiled to the public Saturday in a ceremony at City Hall that celebrated his legacy of service to the community.

Lt. Andy Baldwin holds a single rose before the last remaining contestants Tessa and Peyton, right, during the reality series "The Bachelor." As media critic and journalist Jennifer Pozner watched a scene unfold on reality TV in the summer of 2003, it set her mind racing.

Marshall "Mac" Bryan, Jaqueline Cai, Matthew Gormley, Andrew Nunez and 37 their closest friends graduated from Mesilla Valley Christian Schools.

In the risk-averse world before Sept. 11, 2001, neither the Pentagon nor the CIA's leadership could countenance allowing even limited forces in northern Afghanistan or neighboring countries to carry out the directive.

It was interesting to hear Don Gray say New Mexico is missing a huge opportunity by not leveraging its success in the film industry into more tourism dollars.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Vanessa Vanden Bout, 439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, gender integration advisor and force support squadron advisor, hands out patches to the Afghan Air Force female maintenance officers at Kabul, Afghanistan, International Airport, May 22, 2012.

UCSB anthropology researchers have found that hunter-gatherer and pastoralist diets result in lower rates of heart disease and related illnesses.

It's the moment after and the moment before, a celebration which the graduate thinks is all about him or her but which is really about the entire enterprise - the family effort that put the students into their moment in the spotlight.

Dr. Orcilia Ziga Forbes, a long-time education leader in Oregon, and Dr. James Middleton, president of Central Oregon Community College, will join the Oregon State Board of Higher Education as new members, and Jim Francesconi, a Portland attorney, has been reappointed and will continue to serve on the Board.

The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional schools as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education .

Our libraries and profession will be greatly enhanced by the increasing inclusion of staff from diverse backgrounds," said Molly Raphael.

From the Integrative Anthropological Sciences Program , University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; Departamento de Medicina , Universidad Mayor de San SimA3n, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Department of Anthropology , University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - It was one of the best places in the western United States to watch the annular solar eclipse, and people drove for days just to get to this dusty stretch west of Albuquerque.

Welcome to Pleiotrope, my new blog. I'm an evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico , and I'm interested in all aspects of intelligent life.

Are your children spending too much time talking and texting on their mobile phones? According to new research, it's your fault.

The cost of health insurance for University of New Mexico student could increase as much as 30% next school year as the national health care overhaul is causing a rise in premiums in most student insurance plans around the country.

The four Northern Arapaho members of North Bear rhythmically hit the drum each of them held as they began to sing in the center of the University of New Mexico Arena known as The Pit.

The United States Mint launched the 12th coin in the series of America the Beautiful quarters in front of a crowd of about 250 people at Chaco Culture National Historic Park on Thursday.