Today's News

Although still somewhat under wraps, a project known as Angel Fire has been mentioned enough recently to arouse some curiosity.

Described formally as a “wide field of view persistent surveillance (WFVPS) aerial collection asset,” in an Air Force document, it is also less formally described by Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Michael Anastasio as technology for real time situational awareness on the battlefield.

The mission and the operation remain identical to previous years, but this year’s Relay for Life, Los Alamos has a new appearance.

Before, the event was held in conjunction to the Los Alamos Summer Concert series and set at Ashley Pond.

However, event chair Hilde Fitzgerald explained there were some safety concerns about the pond setting and with the municipal building being torn down right next door.

“I needed a plan B,” she said.

An improbable run through the bottom half of the state tournament bracket took Albuquerque Roadrunner all the way to the championship.

Roadrunner, which lost its first game of the tournament on the final play Saturday, bounced back to win four straight games to get to the state playoff series. Then, Thursday night, Roadrunner swept a doubleheader from the Carlsbad All-Stars to claim the state Juniors Little League title.

And getting stranger every day. Sometimes I find myself shaking my head in such disbelief that I risk injuring myself.

For example, I recently read about one of the latest drug crazes in the “club circuit.” Men who go to these clubs like to tear their shirts off and show their rippling muscles to the women. Oh, you don’t have rippling muscles? No problem! Simply rub phenylephrine HCL over your entire torso and your skin will tighten up, enhancing what muscles you do have.