Who and what's been making news from New Mexico
this past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google.com)
which tracks 4,500 worldwide news sources (trends noted are vs. last
month's total hits; * indicates new to the list). Number in parenthesis
indicates last month's Top 10 rank. All our other newsmakers sink as
illegal immigration jumps to the top of the headlines:
1. (#1 last month) Gov. Bill Richardson—894 hits (down)
2. (6) New Mexico illegal immigration—541 hits (up)
3. (2) Sen. Pete Domenici—486 hits (down)
4. (-) New Mexico Minutemen—400 hits (up)
5. (5) Sen. Jeff Bingaman—205 hits (down)
6. (3) Gov. Bill Richardson + 2008—146 hits (down)
7. (4) Virgin Galactic—138 hits (down)
8. (8) New Mexico spaceport—69 hits (down)
9. (7) X Prize—62 hits (down)
10. (9) Richard Branson + New Mexico—41 hits (down)
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