Read more New Mexico stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1585/new-mexico.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:15:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72813/san-fran-is-best-us-vacation-destination.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSan Francisco has topped this year’s Conde Nast Traveler list of American cities to visit. The city by the bay edged out Charleston , SC , at No. 2. Metropolises New York and Chicago made a strong showing as well, at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively. The list is based on a...http://www.newser.com/story/72813/san-fran-is-best-us-vacation-destination.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 9:00:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72587/hotel-owner-forces-latino-employees-to-change-names.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA hotel owner who demands that Latino workers change their names to Anglicized versions and not speak Spanish in his presence is causing a stir in New Mexico. Larry Whitten laid down the law: Martín (mahr-teen) and Marcos are now just Martin and Mark, and employees he considered insubordinate were...http://www.newser.com/story/72587/hotel-owner-forces-latino-employees-to-change-names.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 14:31:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71379/life-not-groovy-for-licensed-pot-sellers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Mexico has started handing out licenses to nonprofit medical marijuana producers and distributors in an effort to avoid the kind of dispensary free-for-all seen in California—but that's not making those involved sleep any easier. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, meaning growers, distributors and users—fearing both...http://www.newser.com/story/71379/life-not-groovy-for-licensed-pot-sellers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 7:27:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67899/richardson-reportedly-cleared-in-pay-to-play-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former members of his administration will not face charges in a yearlong pay-to-play investigation, a source tells the AP. A federal grand jury has been probing whether lucrative work on state bond deals was improperly awarded to a Richardson donor—derailing his nomination as...http://www.newser.com/story/67899/richardson-reportedly-cleared-in-pay-to-play-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 7:19:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67314/richardson-hails-warmer-signals-from-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tentative thaw continues in North Korea relations. On the heels of Bill Clinton's trip, Bill Richardson hosted two high-ranking officials from the North today at the governor's mansion in New Mexico and declared that Pyongyang is sending a "positive vibration" about detente. “What I sense was, one, the temperature...http://www.newser.com/story/67314/richardson-hails-warmer-signals-from-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 18:52:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67245/north-koreans-in-santa-fe-to-meet-gov-richardson.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo North Korean diplomats at the UN are traveling to Santa Fe to meet with Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor and former UN ambassador, reports CNN. The meeting is taking place at Pyongyang's request, according to the governor's office, and will focus on clean energy technology. Richardson has visited...http://www.newser.com/story/67245/north-koreans-in-santa-fe-to-meet-gov-richardson.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 4:38:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64039/7-women-idd-in-new-mexico-mass-grave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice in New Mexico have named seven of the 11 murdered women found in a mass grave outside Albuquerque several months ago, CNN reports. Police say the victims were linked through drugs and prostitution, but they have yet to identify a suspect. The women, one of whom was pregnant, were...http://www.newser.com/story/64039/7-women-idd-in-new-mexico-mass-grave.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 5:58:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60902/worlds-toughest-golf-hole-3-rugged-miles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Mexico’s ultimate golf challenge is a single, 50-foot wide hole. Sound like child’s play? Add a 2,550-foot mountain, rattlesnakes, and a 3-mile course. The Elfego Baca Shootout—a side event to the Socorro Open—requires golfers to finish with just one of 10 balls, hardly an easy task...http://www.newser.com/story/60902/worlds-toughest-golf-hole-3-rugged-miles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 15:28:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56873/nyc-probes-rattners-firm-in-pension-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York City authorities are investigating whether Quadrangle Group, formerly led by Obama car czar Steven Rattner, deceived managers of the city's pension funds, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rattner's firm, Quadrangle, paid finders fees to Searle & Co., which had been headed by now-indicted political adviser Hank Morris, for...http://www.newser.com/story/56873/nyc-probes-rattners-firm-in-pension-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 9:49:54 CDT