D  e  s  e  r  t     E  x  p  o  s  u  r  e      february 2005

Who and what's been making news from New Mexico in the past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google.com), which tracks 4,500 worldwide news sources (arrows indicate trends vs. last month).

1.  Gov. Bill Richardson—709 hits
2.  Geronimo—281 hits
3.  Sen. Jeff Bingaman—206 hits
4.  Sen. Pete Domenici—127 hits
5.  Sen. Jeff Bingaman + "re-election"—118 hits ^
6.  Gov. Bill Richardson + 2008—51 hits
7.  Billy the Kid—36 hits
8.  New Mexico + "battleground state"—24 hits
9.  New Mexico cockfighting—17 hits ^
10.  NM Rep. Steve Pearce and Otero Mesa (tie)—3 hits