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PENNSYLVANIA. ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT... TWO WESTBOUND LANES WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL SEVEN THIRTY TOMORROW MORNING. MORE LANE CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEK. IT’S PART OF A LARGER PROJECT TO RE-WORK THAT STRETCH OF INTERSTATE. WHILE IT WAS WARM AND DRY TODAY... THAT STORY IS LIKELY TO CHANGE SOON. METEOROLOGIST TY SHESKY IS IN THE PINPOINT 4 STORMCENTER TO EXPLAIN WHO COULD BE GETTING SOME RAIN AND SNOW. THE STATE FORESTRY DIVISION IS WARNING PEOPLE THAT FIRE SEASON IS ALREADY HERE, AND IT'S RELEASING RADIO ADS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S READY. 2:59-3:06 keep roof and gutters free from debris, stack firewood away from structures, keep grass and weeds mowed, and plant fire resistant vegetation. FORESTRY OFFICIALS SAY BECAUSE A LARGE PART OF THE STATE IS COMING OFF A DRY WINTER... FIRE SEASON IS HERE THREE MONTHS EARLY. IT'S EVIDENT BY RECENT FIRES ALONG THE BOSQUE, AND IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. 'we're working with our interagency partners in the federal government the tribal governments the locals and the counties really in getting the word out and really the radio ads are just one part of that effort.'THE SPOTS WILL START AIRING IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THIS MONDAY. THEY'LL PLAY ON RADIO STATIONS FROM TUCUMCARI DOWN TO DEMING. AN ALBUQUERQUE VETERAN IS UPSET--SAYING THE CITY MADE HIM TAKE DOWN A MEMORIAL FOR THOSE KILLED IN THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WARS. ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE CITY ALLOWED A GROUP TO ATTACH THESE TAGS TO TREES AT SNOW PARK IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THEY'RE NAMES OF ABOUT THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE KILLED IN THE WARS. TODAY VIETNAM VET BILL KEMP TOOK THEM DOWN SAYING THE CITY TOLD HIM TO. HE SAYS IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THE TAGS WOULD STAY UP UNTIL THEY WORE OUT...MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR OR SO. 'This is a memorial to the fallen ones and it's very hurtful to see this taken down. I didn't think it was right. I felt I should have taken more of a stand when they called me, but I didn't. So this is my way of taking a stand.'CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE GOT AN ANONYMOUS LETTER SAYING THE MEMORIAL WAS UP TOO LONG. THEY SAY THE AGREEMENT WAS TO KEEP IT UP FOR ONLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. HOWEVER--OFFICIAL S SAY IF KEMP STILL WANTS A MEMORIAL IN THE PARK THE CITY IS WILLING TO LISTEN TO HIM. A MAN IS TAZED THEN ARRESTED, AFTER ALLEGEDLY PUSHING A DETECTIVE INTO A GLASS WINDOW. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS CONDUCTING A SEARCH WARRANT FOR DRUGS AT MICHAEL SCOTT'S HOME ON MONTGOMERY NEAR SAN MATEO. THEY SAY THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED HITTING DEPUTIES. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY SCOTT FORCED A DETECTIVE INTO A WINDOW.. AND THEN TRIED TO GRAB HIS GUN. AUTHORITIES HAD TO USE A TASER TO SUBDUE THE 23 YEAR OLD. THE TUCUMCARI POLICE DEPARTMENT SEIZES MORE THAN 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A MAN'S TRUNK. THE MONEY WAS FOUND THIS WEEK WHEN POLICE PULLED OVER A DRIVER FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN. THE 34 YEAR OLD MAN SAYS HE WAS ASKED TO TAKE THE PACKAGES FROM EL PASO TO MINNESOTA....BUT HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS INSIDE. THE CASH WAS TAKEN AND LATER HANDED OVER TO THE F-B-I FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE DRIVER WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON HIS WAY. A MAN IS THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH LUNA COUNTY DEPUTIES. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A DISTURBANCE SOUTH OF DEMING LAST NIGHT. WHEN THEY WERE INTERVIEWING AN ALLEGED VICTIM--SOMEBODY SHOT AT THEM. AFTER HOURS OF NEGOTIATING... DEPUTIES SAY 60- YEAR-OLD DAVID HIGH CAME OUT AND FIRED AT A POLICE NEGOTIATOR. SWAT MEMBERS THEN SHOT HIGH IN BOTH LEGS. HE'S EXPECTED TO BE O-K. THERES A NEW TOOL TO SPY ON YOUR NEIGHBOR AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING POLITICALLY. BUT ITS RAISING ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT INVASION OF PRIVACY. CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH A LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSY. it's a WEBSITE... AND IT WILL LET YOU LOOK AT WHICH POLITICAL CANDIDATES PEOPLE ARE DONATING MONEY TO AND HOW MUCH. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INFORMATION WE WERE ABLE TO PULL UP IN A VERY SHORT TIME USING THE SITE. ITS CALLED FUND RACE... ITS ESSENTIALLY A MAP THAT TRACKS POLITICAL DONATIONS. THE DOTS ON THE MAP ARE COLOR CODED... RED FOR REPUBLICAN AND BLUE FOR DEMOCRAT CLICK ON A DOT AND YOU CAN SEE WHO MADE THE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION... WHO THEY GAVE TO AND EXACTLY HOW BIG OR SMALL THE CONTRIBUTION IS. 00:10-:16 'i think it terrible i think its an abuse of privacy all forms and i think this is just another step in it'1:22-1:32 'i think that should be private information i think you can state you affiliation but i think your donations are private information' BUT it's a DOUBLE EDGE SWORD... JUST AS EASILY AS YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S POLITICAL ACTIVITIES... THEY CAN LOOK AT YOUR'S. :29-:35 'i think this is a very personal decision i dont ask them who they are voting for and i dont think they should ask me'1:38-1:46 'i would be interested but i wouldn't want to step on my neighbors toes or get into their business as i wouldn't want them to get into my business as well'THE SITE HAS A SEARCH FUNCTION THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO LOOK BY ADDRESS ZIP CODE OR NAME. WE couldn't FIND ANYONE TONIGHT WHIO WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS KIND OF INFORMATION BEING PUBLIC. :37-:46 ' i'm fairly politically active and when i go i go to say i'm going but not to sneak behind somebody's back and find out who they contributed to and how much' AND THE SITE, CALLED HUFFINGTON POST DOT-COM, IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST ALBUQUERQUE. YOU CAN SEARCH NATIONWIDE... INCLUDING FRIENDS FAMILY... EVEN CELEBRITIES. WHILE REPUBLICAN FRONT RUNNER JOHN MCCAIN TOOK THE DAY OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TODAY... LONGSHOT RIVAL MIKE HUCKABEE RALLIED VOTERS IN TEXAS. THE FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS OUTDOOR WRITERS ASSOCIATION IN COLLEGE STATION. HUCKABEE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING CONSERVATION ... THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HUNTING... AND EDUCATING CHILDREN IN THE PROPER USE OF FIREARMS. HUCKABEE SAYS AN ELECTION WIN IN TEXAS WILL KEEP HIS CAMPAIGN ALIVE. HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA ARE ALSO CAMPAIGNING IN THE LONE STAR STATE. ON THIS LAST WEEKEND BEFORE THE MARCH 4TH PRIMARIES BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE FOCUSING ON NATIONAL SECURITY. CLINTON IS HINTING THAT THE SUBJECT IS HER BEST CHANCE TO STOP BARACK OBAMA. SOT: Clinton we need a president is prepared when that telephone rings at 3am without job training, without speech making. OBAMA FIRED BACK AND SAYS IT'S HIS JUDGMENT THAT STANDS UP BEST AGAINST REPUBLICAN RIVAL JOHN MCCAIN. SO FAR VOTERS IN TEXAS SEEM SPLIT. CLINTON ONCE HAD A LEAD BUT OBAMA SEEMS TO HAVE ELIMINATED IT. MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER ISRAELI STRIKES AGAINST ROCKET SQUADS IN GAZA. AT LEAST TWO DOZEN CIVILIANS INCLUDING A BABY ARE SAID TO BE AMONG THE DEAD. THE ISRAELI MILITARY BLAMES THE HIGH CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ON HAMAS... FOR STORING WEAPONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. TONIGHT THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL HELD AN EMERGENCY SESSION IN NEW YORK TO DISCUSS THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN GAZA. U-N SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CONSIDERING A DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO ALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE. IT WOULD ALSO URGE ISRAEL TO OPEN THE GAZA STRIP'S BORDER CROSSINGS. THE INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY CHEMICAL FOUND IN A LAS VEGAS MOTEL ROOM, HEADS TO UTAH. SEVERAL VIALS OF RICIN WERE DISCOVERED IN THE MOTEL ROOM THURSDAY. THE PERSON IN THE ROOM---ROGER VON BERGEN-DORFF, REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE. TODAY, THE F-B-I WENT TO THE RIVERTON, UTAH HOME OF BERGEN- DORFF'S COUSIN. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY WERE SHOCKED BY THE SCENE TODAY. 'Very nice people so I don't know, we just woke up this morning and saw all of the hazmat and police here and we were wondering so we don't know any answers.'POLICE AND HEALTH OFFICIALS INSIST THERE'S NO APPARENT TERRORISM LINK AND SAY NO ONE ELSE HAS BECOME SICK FROM THE RICIN. THERE IS JUST ONE MORE DAY TO CATCH THE FIERY FOODS SHOW. BUT BEFORE YOU GO ...YOU MAY WANT TO LISTEN TO WARNINGS FROM SOME FELLOW SPICY FOOD LOVERS. PLUS---PRINCE HARRY'S DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN IS CUT SHORT.. BUT HOW DOES THE YOUNG PRINCE FEEL ABOUT HIS EARLY RETURN? HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AFTER THE BREAK. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO CATCH THIS YEARS FIERY FOODS SHOW AT THE SANDIA RESORT AND CASINO. WHETHER YOUR TASTE BUDS LIKE IT HOT OR MILD YOU'RE SURE TO FIND SOMETHING TO SATISFY YOUR TASTE BUDS. BUT... BE PREPARED. 'my nose went numb, i couldn't feel my face for five minutes. really it was that bad.'some of this stuff is so hot it gives me a headache, and i'm a mexican, and i eat hot stuff TOMORROW THE FIERY FOODS AND BARBEQUE SHOW WILL BE FROM 11 TO 6. ADMISSION IS 10 BUCKS FOR ADULTS... AND FREE FOR KIDS UNDER 12. FOR MORE INFORMATION....JUST LOG ONTO KOB- DOT-COM AND CLICK ON FOUR LINKS. ART FROM AROUND THE WORLD IS BEING COLLECTED IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR A UNIQUE EXHIBIT. IT'S CALLED THE 'CRADLE PROJECT'... AND IS INSPIRED BY THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA ORPHANED BY DISEASE AND POVERTY. THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO GATHER ONE-THOUSAND CRADLES FROM ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD TO SELL AT AUCTION. PROCEEDS WILL HELP AFRICAN CHILDREN AFFECTED BY H-I-V AND AIDS. THE EXHIBIT OPENS JUNE SEVENTH AT THE DOWNTOWN LOFTS... IN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. BRITAIN'S PRINCE HARRY SAYS HE'S DISAPPOINTED THAT HE WAS PULLED FROM HIS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN. THE PRINCE WAS YANKED FROM THE FRONT LINES, AFTER IT WAS REVEALED HE'D BEEN SERVING THERE SINCE DECEMBER. DURING AN INTERVIEW RIGHT AFTER HIS RETURN... HARRY TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED BEING TREATED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. HE ALSO SAID HE WANTS TO RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN AND FINISH HIS DEPLOYMENT. 'and as i say, once you are out in the middle of the desert and all you depend on is one another to look out for each other then it comes down to the fact you are mates, all ranks aside, you are mates and you look out for each other.' THE PRINCE ADDED THAT EVEN THOUGH HE'S DISAPPOINTED ABOUT LEAVING... HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE TAKING A BATH. A NEW YORK CAB DRIVER WHO WAS ONCE CALLED A HERO FOR HELPING A BABY.. IS NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY. EARLIER THIS WEEK THE DRIVER TOLD POLICE A MAN ABANDONED A LITTLE GIRL IN HIS CAB. HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO... SO HE TOOK THE BABY TO A NEARBY FIREHOUSE. BUT NOW POLICE IN NEW YORK SAY THAT'S A LIE... THEY SAY THE CABBIE CAME UP WITH THE SCHEME AFTER ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WANTED TO GET RID OF HIS BABY. POLICE SAY THE BABY WAS BORN TO A 14 YEAR OLD... THEY ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THE 27 YEAR OLD FATHER. THEY'RE OFF AND RUNNING IN ALASKA. MUSHERS PARADED THROUGH THE STREETS OF ANCHORAGE... FOR THE CEREMONIAL START OF THE IDITAROD DOG SLED RACE. THE ACTUAL RACE STARTS TOMORROW. 96 DOG TEAMS WILL TAKE PART IN THE 11-HUNDRED MILE JOURNEY TO THE TOWN OF NOME. THIS IS THE 36TH YEAR FOR THE RACE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE. WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THE NEW MEXICO-BYU FINISH AND HEAR FINISH AND HEAR FROM THE LOBOS... AND THE AGGIES LOOK FOR A WIN ON THE ROAD ...HIGHLIGHTS NEXT WITH LEE FARIA... BUT NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S POWERBALL AND NEW MEXICO LOTTERY NUMBERS. THE AGGIES WERE KNOCKED OFF BY THE NEVADA WOLF-PACK LAST THURSDAY NIGHT...THEY COULD MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS WITH A WIN AT FRESNO... NEVADA WOLF-PACK LAST THURSDAY NIGHT...THEY COULD MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS WITH A WIN AT FRESNO... FRESNO STATE OPENED ON A 7- NOTHING RUN... BUT THE AGGIES GOT BACK IN THE GAME BY GOING INSIDE...HATILA PASSOS WITH THE NICE MOVE...AGGIES ONLY DOWN 6 AT THE HALF... === WE MOVE TO THE SECOND AND THE AGGIES TRYING TO GET INTO THE LANE AGAINST THE ZONE ...HERB POPE WITH A STRONG TWO...AND THE AGGIES PULL OFF THE ROAD WIN 69-TO-64... THE NEW MEXICO LOBOS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BATTLE THE UNLV RUNNING REBELS TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE PIT...BUT WE THOUGH WE WOULD TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THE NEW MEXICO BYU FINISH...DAIRESE GARY IS IN PERFECT POSITION TO GET THE FOLLOW AND WIN THE GAME...BUT HE IS MUGGED BY TRENT PLAISTED...BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO THE LOBOS THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE EXCUSES... NOW BELIEVE IT OR NOT JOE LINARDI OF ESPN STILL HAS THE LOBOS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT EVEN WITH THE LOSS TO BYU... LINARDI SAYS THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WILL GET 3-TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT...HE HAS THE LOBOS AS A 12-SEED PLAYING WASHINGTON STATE IN DENVER...THEY WOULD BE IN THE EAST BRACKET... AS WE TOLD YOU UP NEXT FOR THE LOBOS IS UINLV...TODAY THEY WERE AT HOME AGAINST THE TCU HORNED FROGS ...AND HERE THE REBELS GO HIGH- LOW JOE DARGER WITH THE HOOP... === THEN IT'S WINK ADAMS GETTING TWO DOWN LOW...THE REBELS BEAT THE HORNED FROGS 74- TO-55... THE HIGHLAND HORNETS FACING MANZANO ...AND THE HORNETS HAVE TWO GO TWO GUYS ...CHAD ADAMS TO XAVIER BLOUNT FOR THE HOOP AND HARM AND THE HORNETS BEAT THE MONARCHS 59-TO-58... THE LA CUEVA BEARS ON THEIR HOME FLOOR... TAKING ON ALBUQUERQUE HIGH...ISIAH HOWARD WITH THE OUTSIDE TOUCH NAILS THE 3- BALL AND THE BEARS GO ON TO BEAT THE BULLDOGS 42-TO-40... THE NEW MEXICO BASEBALL TEAM WAS A WINNER TODAY AS THEY BEAT TEXAS STATE 11-TO-10...THE LOBOS ARE NOW 7- AND-OH ON THE YEAR...ONE MORE WITH TEXAS STATE THEN IT'S ON TO ARIZONA STATE... THE 3RD ROUND OF THE HONDA CLASSIC... AND THERE IS A 3-WAY TIE AT THE TOP...LUKE DONALD WITH THE BIRDIE PUTT...HE SHOT A 4-UNDER 66 AND IS 6-UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT...ALSO AT 6-UNDER IS MARK CALCAVECCIA AND MATT JONES... FORMER LOBO MICHAEL LETZIG SHOT A 68 AND IS 3- UNDER...