AP Executive Morning BriefingThe top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Thursday, July 2, 2009: NM agricultural officials use management areas to battle invasive weeds that choke cropsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rio Arriba County rancher Delfin Quintana remembers buying hay for his cattle several years ago. It wasn’t long before the 80-year-old realized he got more than he had bargained for with those bundles. Politically connected broker paid fee for work on failed $50 million NM state investmentSANTA FE, N.M. — A Chicago-based financial firm paid a politically connected New Mexico broker to help obtain a $50 million state investment that a whistleblower lawsuit alleges was made as part of a pay-to-play scheme. New Mexico police identify 7th woman found on Albuquerque construction siteALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Medical examiners have identified a seventh woman whose remains were uncovered from an area razed for a housing development in Albuquerque, police said Tuesday. 167 hostages released from plane in Jamaica, two being heldNEW MEXICO - At least 167 passengers on board a Canjet plane were released while two were being held hostage at the Scangster International Airport in Jamaica, a media report said. |