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VOL II, Issue 6, March 25, 2015 New Mexico’s second-largest newspaper Payday Loan Rabble-rouser PAGE 13 Why Intel Will Leave N.M. Page 5 The Best Day of the Week For Not Getting Shot by APD PAGE 10 Meet Jimmy McGill’s Love Interest, Page 23 PAGE 2 • March 25, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS www.freeabq.com NEWS www.abqarts.com Editor: [email protected] Associate Editor, News: [email protected] Herrera School Buses ABQ Free Press Pulp News Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] comPilEd By ABq frEE PrEss stAff New Mexico’s second-largest newspaper Albuquerque’s VOL II, Issue6, March 25, 2015 Have dollar, Australia man getting ready to eat Advertising: [email protected] Premier Facility breakfast. Wildlife rescue officials On Twitter: will travel were called. “When I got there I actu- @FreeABQ - for - The strong dollar against the Euro is ally had to tear the box to get it out, IN THIS ISSUE hitting U.S. exports, but it’s having that’s how tightly squeezed in it was. Editor Mock Trials & beneficial effects, too. Travel overseas It’s likely it was hiding in there to feel Dan Vukelich is cheaper, especially to London, secure,” the wildlife official told the (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 NEWS Rome and Paris. Even U.S. hotel Sydney Daily Telegraph. The snake ABQ Free Press Pulp News .............................................................................................................Page Focus Groups rooms here are cheaper because there was returned to the wild. Associate Editor, News 2 are fewer foreign travelers to fill them. Dennis Domrzalski A freshman rep brings down a Senate veteran ............................................................................... Page 4 • Trial planning and issue spotting, One Euro now costs $1.10, vs. $1.55 Noisemakers (505) 306-3260 COVER STORY: It’s not if, but when Intel leaves N.M .....................................................................Page 5 in-house facilitators in 2008; it costs $1.50 to buy a British The best day of the week not to get shot by APD......................................................................... Page 10 A 42-year-old man was sentenced to Associate Editor, Arts • Mock jury services pound, vs. $2 in 2008; and it costs 80 Professor says kick Roundhouse friends of payday lenders out of office .....................................Page 13 U.S. cents to buy a Canadian dollar, or six months in jail by an Italian judge Stephanie Hainsfurther • Witness preparation ABQ Free Press local briefs ..........................................................................................................Page loonie, vs. 1-to-1 in 2008. The Austra- because his girlfriend moaned and (505) 301-0905 17 • Simulated court and lian dollar has suffered roughly the yelped too loudly during sex, accord- The mean streets of ABQ ..............................................................................................................Page 18 deliberation venues Design same fate as the loonie, and the dollar ing to the London Mirror newspaper. • Political polling Terry Kocon, Hannah Reiter, Cathleen Tiefa now fetches 120 Japanese yen vs. 100 Romero Artemio Lori complained he in 2008. “The strong dollar is likely was being punished for “being too Photography Call 505-263-8425 or email to fuel a wave of overseas vacation good at sex.” A dozen neighbors in COLUMNS Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio [email protected] the Italian town of Padua complained travel this summer. Americans, after Labreche, Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm Joe Monahan: Winners and losers of the 2015 Legislature ............................................................ Page all, love a holiday bargain,” writes they were “terrorized” by the couple’s 7 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 Joe Brancatelli, an airline industry lengthy sex sessions. Lori plans to Contributors this issue Efrain Villa: Diplomacy in a barroom in Uganda ...............................................................................Page 7 analyst. appeal. Arun Anand Ahuja, Barry Gaines, Gary Glasgow, Viki Harrison, Ariane Jarocki, Dan Klein, Betsy Texting danger Another sea of fire Model, Joe Monahan, Jerry Ortiz y Pino, Richard Oyama, Robert Reich, Tara Spurlock, Franchesca ANALYSIS & OPINION First auto crashes while texting, then A human rights activist’s plans to Stevens, Saffron Tomato, Efrain Villa trialmetrixnm.com Jerry Ortiz y Pino: Susana should fix the behavioral health crisis she created................................ Page 8 the famous video of a woman walking airdrop into North Korea 100,000 into a fountain in a shopping mall DVD and thumb-drive copies of Copy Editors Gary Glasgow editorial cartoons ......................................................................................................Page 8 while texting, now comes the tale of “The Interview” via helium balloons Jim Wagner Analysis: Your guide to ISIS/ISIL in a thousand words or less .........................................................Page 9 a woman who was hit by a freight has been met with the usual fire and Wendy Fox Dial Mayor should tell APD officers he’s sorry ......................................................................................Page 11 train while walking and texting. Like brimstone talk from the regime of Kim Letters to the editor............................... .........................................................................................Page 11 motorists and bicyclists hit by trains, Sales Manager Jong Un. “All the firepower strike Robert Reich: Corporate America is looking after itself, not America ............................................Page 14 27-year-old Sheena Keynna of Lake- means of the frontline units of the Greta Weiner, (505) 345-4080, Ext, 803 land, Fla., walked around the crossing Some of the government transparency victories in Santa Fe ........................................................Page 15 [Korean People’s Army] will launch Sales representative gates. She broke her arm after being without prior warning” to destroy the Roots of European Muslim radicalization go back to colonialism ..................................................Page 15 Jeffrey Newman, (505) 345-4080, Ext. 805 clipped by the speeding train and was balloons, North Korea’s military said thrown into the air, according to the in a statement, according to the French Operations Manager New York Daily News. news agency AFP. Kim Jong Un had Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 threatened to turn Washington, D.C., ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & MORE Symbol of into a “sea of fire” after learning that Published every other week by: Calling all Pets ...............................................................................................................................Page 19 the plot of “The Interview” would Great Noggins LLC Living: Fan map of ‘Saul’s’ scenes ................................................................................................Page oppression involve an attempt to assassinate him. P.O. Box 6070 19 Deep Dish: Missing Paul’s Monterey .............................................................................................Page California veterans, as well as tens Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 20 of thousands of people across the Deep Dish: ABQ pops with appetizing news .................................................................................Page 21 Mutant ban Publishers country rallied against a failed Theater: ‘The Glass Menagerie’ ....................................................................................................Page 22 Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich attempt by a student council at the A Georgia legislator has introduced Stages: Spotlights on upcoming performances....................................................... ......................Page 22 a bill to outlaw the splicing of University of California at Irvine to Screens: ‘Saul’s’ lady love Rhea Seehorn .....................................................................................Page 23 remove the American flag from all human and animal DNA to create Spotlights: Fun around town now ..................................................................................................Page campus buildings. The council argued werewolves, mermaids and centaurs. 24 Republican Rep. Tom Kirby of Corrections policy: Screens: Furious franchise rushes in ............................................................................................Page 25 the flag represents “colonialism and It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct Loganville, Ga., doesn’t have anything imperialism.” A vice president at UCI errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors Enter our 2015 Editor’s Choice Photo Contest…….. ....................................................................Page 25 against most mythical part-human said the “misguided” vote resulted in at the email addresses on this page. Music: Dylan’s autumn ‘Shadows’ .................................................................................................Page 26 creatures, he just doesn’t think we “vile, hateful, racist and threatening Screens: Indie ‘Seymour’………………… .....................................................................................Page 27 comments against members of the should be making them. “If they exist, Calendar of arts and entertainment events ......................................................................... Pages UCI community.” fine,” he said. Kirby doesn’t like cen- Where to find 28-31 taurs – half-man, half-horse creatures. our paper?
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