The Tumbleweeds Top 10
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. The midterm elections and Gov. Richardson's White House ambitions push the spaceport and almost everything else off the front page!
1. (#1 last month) Gov. Bill Richardson–2,170 hits (up)
2. (5) Gov. Bill Richardson + 2008–1,140 hits (up)
3. (8) Sen. Jeff Bingaman–1,080 hits (up)
4. (-) New Mexico minimum wage–704 hits (up)
5. (-) Gov. Bill Richardson + New Hampshire–523 hits (up)
6. (2) X Prize–417 hits (down)
7. (10) Sen. Pete Domenici–257 hits (down)
8. (3) Virgin Galactic–190 hits (down)
9. (9) New Mexico illegal immigration–175 hits (down)
(tie) (-) New Mexico Border Patrol–175 hits (down)
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