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Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has reached new heights in a space jump that was clocked at speeds of 364 miles per hour.

Red Bull Stratos, the name of the mission, is hoping to break even more records with a high-altitude skydive. Baumgartner is going after the world record of a skydive of 102,800 feet previously set by U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger in 1960.

"The height of Felix's test flight was significant, as it was the first time he passed the Armstrong Line of approximately 63,000 feet, where the atmospheric pressure truly tests Felix's custom-made space suit," the Red Bull team said in a statement. more >>

Another alleged sighting of Jesus is causing a stir once again, this time in New Mexico where a man claims Jesus appeared to him on a fresh baked tortilla.

David Sandoval from Espanola couldn't believe what he was seeing last week when he sat down to eat dinner with his mother on Ash Wednesday.

There on one of his tortillas his mother made was the startling image of what resembles Jesus (see the image here). more >>

A New Mexico abortion doctor has said he will retire at the end of the year for the sake of his own sanity.

Project Defending Life and Operation Rescue announced that Dr. Bruce Ferguson told a private investigator that he is retiring on Dec. 30 and closing his clinic for his own “sanity” and that "someone else needs to carry the burden now."

Project Defending Life and Operation Rescue aims to keep women informed of the dangers of abortion, close abortion clinics, and eventually work with the government to acknowledge rights of the unborn and end abortions entirely. more >>

The Los Alamos wildfire, called Las Conchas, is still raging on in New Mexico, but it no longer poses a real danger to the military nuclear facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, or the town of 12,000.

So far, the fire that is believed to have started in the vicinity of Santa Fe National Forest has burnt more than 110,000 acres as of Saturday, July 2, and has caused authorities to issue a mandatory evacuation of the local population in Los Alamos, N.M.

Although the state of emergency at the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory has been called off, more than 10,000 residents have not been permitted to return to their homes, according to CNN. more >>

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New Mexico governor Susana Martinez assured the public on Wednesday that all resources necessary to battle the Las Conchas Fire have been made available. The fire is currently burning close to Los Alamos.

The fire started Sunday and is three percent contained, spanning over 108 miles. It has consumed 69,555 acres so far, according to InciWeb, which tracks wildfires and other natural disasters. The 12,000 residents of Los Alamos have been evacuated. And so far, the Los Alamos National Laboratory – America’s premier nuclear weapons facility in New Mexico – has been kept safe. more >>

Los Alamos National Laboratory, America’s premier nuclear weapons facility in New Mexico, assured Tuesday evening that its safety program was capable of handling the Las Conchas wildfire despite it being “a road away.”

“There are fire mitigations at all of our nuclear facilities, and I am confident in our ability to protect all of them. This is a strong team protecting a national treasure,” the lab’s director, Charles McMillan, said at a press conference in Los Alamos Tuesday.

“The Lab and our interagency partners have applied the lessons learned from Cerro Grande [fire in 2000],” Los Alamos Site Office Manager of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, Kevin Smith, said in a statement late Tuesday. more >>