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After 130 Years, No Pardon for Billy the Kid

Bill the Governor has denied a posthumous pardon for Billy the Kid. Legend says that the notorious gunslinger of the Wild West was promised a pardon in exchange for testifying in a 19th-century murder trial. But authorities in the then-U.S. territory of New Mexico allegedly broke their promise, and the pardon never came....

Opinion: What Can Explain North Korea's Behavior?

In the best attempt yet to imitate a modern-day Scrooge, North Korea is now reportedly threatening a war over Christmas lights across the demilitarized zone. This comes after a "fax attack," in which the North launched a barrage of faxes directed at South Korean companies, blaming their government for the heightened...

SKorea Holds Massive New Drills After North Attack

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea on Thursday mobilized hundreds of troops, tanks, helicopters and jet fighters for a massive military exercise aimed at sending North Korea a message of strength amid high tensions on the peninsula. The firing drills set for later in the day near the Koreas' heavily armed land border...

SKorean Troops Prepare for Possible NKorean Attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- A South Korean destroyer prowled the sea and fighter jets screamed across the skies Tuesday in preparation for possible North Korean attacks a day after staging provocative artillery drills on an island the North shelled last month. North Korea has said it would not retaliate for the...

SKorean Military Drills End With No Retaliation From North

North Korea held its fire and did not retaliate against South Korea for conducting military drills today, backing off earlier threats to unleash "brutal consequences beyond imagination." "I think they deserve credit for holding back," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a veteran conflict negotiator on private mission to...

Bill Richardson News From the Web

05/24/12 Boys swim wins CIF championship Source: Village News - Fallbrook CA Fallbrook High Schools boys swim team won its first-ever CIF championship May 19 at the Del Norte High School pool.
05/23/12 Firm Settles in N.M. Investment Scandal Source: Journal North - Santa Fe NM A California investment firm that was co-founded by a major political donor to former Gov. Bill Richardson and landed a $20 million deal with the Richardson administration has paid $250,000 in a settlement with the State Investment Council.
05/23/12 Vancouver Arts Club's Penelopiad leads Jessie... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre Company's production of The Penelopiad leads the nominations for the 30th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards with nine, including outstanding production â large theatre, direction (Vanessa Porteous), lead actress (Meg Roe) and supporting actress (Colleen Wheeler).
05/19/12 WVU Extension agents use famous feud to help spark... Source: The Register-Herald - Beckley WV The History Channel will be shining a light on southern West Virginia and the Hatfield McCoy Feud beginning next week, and a West Virginia University Extension agent will be a part of it.
05/18/12 U.S. visa for Raul Castro's daughter sparks protests Source: Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville IL Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., criticizing the visa for Castro, said she is a vociferous advocate of the regime and opponent of democracy, who has defended the regimes brutal repression of democracy activists.

Background on Bill Richardson

William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, who served as the 30th Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. Before being elected governor, Richardson served in the Clinton administration as U.S.

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