New Mexico to require cancer vaccine for 6th-grade girls
New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require
girls entering sixth grade to be vaccinated against a sexually
transmitting virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the
governor said today.
Source: Houston Chronicle (online), March 12, 2007
Lawyer challenges terrorist watch list
A lawsuit filed in Santa Fe by an Alamosa man claims he has been held
by cops in three states because his name is on the list, violating his
rights.
Source: The Denver Post (online), July 27, 2006
Local Football Star Claims Muslim Faith Cost Him Scholarship
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a grievance
against New Mexico State football coach Hal Mumme, saying he
discriminated against a former Bay Area football star when he took
Muammar Ali’s scholarship away after repeatedly questioning him about
al-Qaida.
Source: Foxreno (Fox11, online), October 28, 2005
The parents of a toddler in New Mexico say they have
lost custody of the 3-year-old girl because they couldn’t control her
weight. Anamarie Martinez-Regino weighs 120 pounds and is 3½ feet tall —
three times heavier and 50 percent taller than an average 3-year-old,
according to the girl’s physician, Monika Mahal, who made the
recommendation that she be removed from her parents’ custody.
Source: ABC News, August 28, 2000
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