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A brisk trade in firearms and residential alarms these days.
N.M. pecan harvest expected at 45M pounds, a slight drop from 2006.
Right-turn lanes eliminated at five ABQ intersections to better accommodate bicyclists.
KRQE exposes its haunted studio.
Anyone catch the bright lights?
Mountain West, Missouri Valley conference agree to basketball scheduling. More comparisons between the two conferences.

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Comment by Edith Grove on October 29, 2008 at 9:04am: I had been wondering what the bike boxes were - I had never seen it before. I had to Google it to find out what it's supposed to be, but I doubt that very many drivers will understand what it means or respect it.

Comment by misterhinkydink on October 29, 2008 at 9:17am: I found something here about bike boxes.

Comment by John on October 29, 2008 at 9:40am: The bike boxes sound like an interesting idea. Frankly though, I was not surprised by the comments on the KOB site. Let's face it, there are some really moron cyclists in this town. We do have good efforts on the behalf of law-abiding cyclists, like the folks at BikeABQ, to educate cyclists, but somehow it's not enough. I still see the occasional half-witted bicyclist who apparently has a date with death as he rides up the wrong side of the street.

Comment by Edith Grove on October 29, 2008 at 10:47am: As usual - we need better education and respect for both sides - motorists and cyclists. Not everybody is a nutter, but I see dangerous things on a regular basis. Lately I've be seeing close calls between cars turning onto the one-ways and bicyclists cycling up the wrong way on the street. It's scary and I hope nobody gets hurt. I'm making a mental notation to triple-check for wrong way riders (besides the usual double check for wrong way cars) on Lead and Coal.

Comment by Stephanie on October 29, 2008 at 12:47pm: The meteor event last night was captured by an experimental all-sky capture system on loan from Sandia National Laboratories to Tom Ashcraft in Eldorado. Tom captured the big meteor in the northern sky last night. Tom also explains the purpose of his sky-watching. He has nice archives of past events as well.