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Judge denies mistrial motion in case against ex-cop in wife's death The Levi Chavez murder trial will continue this morning with testimony from prosecution witnesses. Whether the case would go forward at all was, for a tense 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon, in serious doubt while state District Judge George P.

New Mexico's teacher preparation colleges rank poorlyNew Mexico – and most other places – fared poorly on a national study released Tuesday that rated teacher preparation colleges. But deans from education schools around the state and nation objected to the study, which was based mainly on analysis of course syllabi and textbooks.

Inez Brown, mother of four, showed up at Pajarito Elementary School in the South Valley on Tuesday and left 30 minutes later with a milk crate brimming with zucchini, a watermelon, frozen poultry and a few loaves of bread. She was one of 65 households that can receive free food through August as part of a new program sponsored by a $50,000 grant from Morgan Stanley.

A man was stabbed and killed after a dispute between neighbors over a barking dog escalated into a confrontation at a West Central gas station on Tuesday morning, police said. The victim, identified as 27-year-old Michael S. Sanchez, underwent emergency surgery, but he died about two hours after being repeatedly stabbed, police said.

The DWI crashes were among the worst of the worst. In March 2010, Del Lynn Peshlakai, 19, and sister Deshauna, 17, of San Juan County, were in Santa Fe for a high school basketball tournament when they were killed by a repeat drunken driver. A few weeks later, Mariah Arguello, 18, was on her way home to Las Vegas, N.