Rare illness takes Otero County baby (7:46 a.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Rare illness takes Otero County baby (7:46 a.m.)

Rare illness takes baby (Alamogordo Daily News)
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator is continuing its investigation into the death of an Otero County baby and hospitalization of a Lea County baby due to a rare illness that infects the bloodstream and central nervous system, an OMI spokesman said.

Around the Mountain West Conference (USA Today)
Around the Mountain West Conference

A TWIST OF FETE (Las Vegas Business Press)
The holiday season used to be a time of year when many employees could count on a little extra money to help buy presents. Much-anticipated Christmas bonuses were a source of cheer for workers, but a bleak economy is forcing companies to be more creative in finding gifts other than cash.

New Mexico Department Of Health Advises Safe Way To Feed Infants - State, Feds Investigate Rare Infant Illness (Medical News Today)
As part of its investigation into a rare infection that can be associated with infant formula, the New Mexico Department of Health is advising people on the safest way to prepare formula.

Latest News (Mountain View Telegraph)
AA meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Mountainside Methodist Church on Hwy. 14. 281-0726. AL-ANON meets Wednesays at 7 p.m. and Fridays at 10 a.m. at Mountainside Methodist Church, 4 Penny Lane in Cedar Crest. 281-8620.

Stark signing: Former GJ basketball player inks letter of intent with N.M. (The Daily Sentinel)
For Emily Stark it came down to five deciding factors to where the 6-foot-5 basketball player would go to college.

Inside the inside at Care 66 means counseling, support, responsibility (The Gallup Independent)
GALLUP — The topic was "Management of External Triggers." Fred Carmack aids in counseling at the Veteran's Administration in Albuquerque, but on Mondays he drives to Gallup. About 15 men circle around him in a lounge in a VA building.

The Bounce: UA grid assistants linked to openings (Tucson Citizen)
The Arizona football program has two young coordinators who have solid résumés and come from respected coaching families. Naturally, they will be linked to other jobs at this time of year when the coaching carousel starts to spin. • Other improbable games • Downturn hits LPGA

Enemies within?: Lawyer at war with Christian extremism in the military (J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California)
While the Pentagon worries about loose nukes falling into the hands of the Taliban, Michael "Mikey" Weinstein believes there already exists a nuclear-armed American version of the Taliban: Christian fundamentalists embedded in the U.S. military.