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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
State Seizes Overweight Child
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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