I got busted the other day. The Lady of the House found out I’ve been spending money on lottery tickets. Actually it wasn’t so much that I got busted as I told her. “Oh well we didn’t win the $20 million last night,” I said. “I didn’t know we were buying lottery tickets,” she said […]
Rite of passage: the busted wing
August 24, 2011
Landon Hall For my 5-year-old daughter, a broken arm actually has been a positive learning experience. She’s learned that her body isn’t invincible — and yet it’s not fragile, either. She’s learned how the body works, and how it heals. On Aug. 2, she fell while playing hide-and-seek with the neighbor kids, smacking her elbow […]
Teaching myths busted
May 5, 2010
By Penny Bailey: Clovis Municipal Schools One of my family’s favorite shows is “Mythbusters”. It’s a show where two special effects guys join forces with scientists and together they test old myths, sayings, and just about anything else. It is fun to see if something I’ve always heard about is busted or plausible. Well, without […]
Arrests ‘just part of life’ for some
August 21, 2008
By Grant McGee: CNJ columnist I saved a newspaper clipping from 1994 when Willie Nelson was busted while taking a nap at a Texas roadside park.
DA battles meth
December 18, 2004
Agents from the Region V Drug Task Force and narcotics officers from the New Mexico State Police catalog chemicals found when agents stopped a mobile methamphetamine laboratory in October 2002. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth) By David Irvin: CNJ staff writer Yellow space suits, high-powered rifles and your parents screaming as some stranger drags them away. […]
