The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from November 2003, page 2

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from November 2003

New tradition: Sartans vs. Artesia.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 It's not the state championship game, but maybe it should be. St. Pius X and Artesia the two best teams in Class 4A will play Saturday in Artesia's Bulldog Bowl in the semifinals....

Business 'incubator' under way.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Ground was broken on the South Valley Economic Development Center. "The SVEDC will serve as an economic development incubator and will provide technical assistance and work space for county...

Lovelace Salud! gets top marks.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Lovelace Health Plan's Medicaid Salud! program received a score of 100 percent from the Island Peer Review Organization's annual audit of health plans. The plan scored full compliance for each set...

Federal building opens.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Opus West Corp. of Phoenix has completed the 160,000-square-foot Department of Interior building at Journal Center. About 500 employees will move in. The department will consolidate five...

Presbyterian joins network.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Presbyterian Hospital has been accepted into the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions as an associate member. Presbyterian joins 161 members and supporters of the...

Las Cruces gets Ashley store.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The first Ashley Furniture HomeStore in New Mexico opens Friday in Las Cruces. The 67,000-square-foot store will have two floor-to-ceiling fireplaces, a 6-foot fountain, a clearance center and...

Cancer center accredited.(Evening)
November 24, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The Santa Fe Cancer Center at St. Vincent Hospital received a full three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The center had to demonstrate...

Kirtland rethinks fencing of trails.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 But the base commander said he is still concerned about the many unexploded bombs in the area. Putting a miles-long fence through the backcountry and blocking off hiking and...

Injured officer advocates help for mentally ill.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 Sgt. Carol Oleksak says she isn't unique. Police officers are put at risk every day by mentally ill people who live on the streets, said Oleksak, who was shot in the head in July...

Profs speculate: What Would John Do?(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 What if John F. Kennedy had not been killed in Dallas 40 years ago today? Would the United States have stayed in Vietnam as long as it did? Would Martin Luther King Jr. have...

A beautiful day, a wave. Then he was gone.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 It was over in a heartbeat really. Like a flash, the car was past 13-year-old Ray Wilkinson, his mother and little sister, leaving behind impressions of big smiles and waving...

Indians couldn't get enough of candidate Dean.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Shea Andersen Commentary What does it take to be a front-runner in Indian Country? Ask Howard Dean. The former Vermont governor swept into the National Congress of American Indians this week and barely made...

Reasons sought for acquitted Canadian's detention.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Saying she was concerned about action that "smacks of arbitrariness," a federal judge gave immigration officials until Tuesday to justify keeping Canadian David Hudak in jail. ...

The South Valley's Hubbell House a made-for-TV restoration project.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Things are looking up for the old Hubbell House in Albuquerque's South Valley. During the next two weeks, the historic, 19th-century adobe building will get a nice chunk of cash...

House OKs Medicare bill in long, overnight roll call.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 "It's hard to explain why anyone would be against adding a prescription-drug benefit to Medicare," says U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, an Albuquerque Republican. "The prescription...

Energy measure 2 votes shy for vote but 'is still kicking'.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Thomas Hargrove HARGROVET@SNHS.COM / (202) 408-2703 WASHINGTON A contentious energy policy bill was blocked in the Senate when its chief architect, U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, and other supporters were unable to muster the 60 votes...

One long trip for the Lobos.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... The University of New Mexico football team for sure never had a trip like this before. The Lobos were scheduled to fly from Albuquerque to Laramie, Wyo., early Friday evening in preparation for their noon game today against the Cowboys. They...

Prime-time performer.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 UNM freshman struggled in practice, but when the Lobos took the floor for their season opener, she turned it up a notch She's a Hoosier all right. The way New Mexico freshman...

On floor, in hearts, Feeney lives on.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 They're one man down. It's not a rally cry or slogan. It's just a fact. The University of New Mexico basketball team begins its season tonight with sorrow for a fallen teammate...

Ex-coach: Lobos can be MWC's No. 1.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The last New Mexico football coach to win a conference championship says he's been waiting 40 years to see it happen again. "It could very well happen (today)," said Bill Weeks, who...

EDITORIAL.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Bully-proofing betters our kids, our future "Nobody likes a bully." It's an old saying, but usually school bullies get away with it, unless somebody else intervenes somebody who comes to the aid of the victim and helps form a united...

A star, no, but Bear's a grit player.(Special Section)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS Next time Hollywood makes a movie about high school football, it could do worse than cast La Cueva fullback Matthew Quillen in a supporting role. He's...

The hands of time.(Special Section)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS Mike Byrne has clocked four years as QB at St. Pius X and has marched the Sartans into the playoffs each season A pitiful display of quarterbacking was...

La Cueva title would put Bears among elite.(Special Section)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS It is a tradition-rich school that drips success, expects success and demands success. As it should. There is no reason the La Cueva High Bears shouldn't be the bully...

City teams could make playoff noise this year.(Special Section)
November 22, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS City schools fizzled and their southern and eastern New Mexico opponents sizzled in last year's 4A and 5A high school football playoffs. The city boys...

CORRECTIONS.(Weekend)
November 22, 2003... Correction: See story,"N.Y. bankers give glory to Johnson", 11/18/03 page A1. A Tribune story on Tuesday incorrectly stated the mission of Moody's Investors Service of New York City. The firm is a credit ratings agency, not a banking...

Shots took son's wife.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Indian Congress A Rosebud Sioux leader told an Albuquerque audience about his pleas for FBI help in an unsolved case. Brimming with the hope of expectant parents, Shawn and...

Events cry 'no fair' at 2004 dates.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Last month's decision to move the start of the 2004 New Mexico State Fair to include Labor Day weekend is affecting other events, such as the Socorro County Fair and the New Mexico Wine...

State still in gutter for DWI deaths.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Peril on the Road New Mexico drivers continue their crashing and killing ways, stalling once again as the fifth worst state in the nation for alcohol-related deaths on...

Cry for help goes out to parents, teachers, all.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 STANDING UP TO BULLIES The worst way to stop a bully is to ignore the situation. So says Judith Vessey, a nursing professor at Boston College who has been working with the...

NICE ANSWER.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: STORY BY SUE VORENBERG * THE TRIBUNE STANDING UP TO BULLIES Second of two parts Thursday: The problem with bullies. In a groundbreaking effort, one Albuquerque school fosters bully-proofing. A key component: unending...

Rio Grande High seeks fourth leader.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Rio Grande High School will soon start searching for an additional principal to join its leadership team. The announcement that Rio is seeking a fourth principal comes a few...

Police: Title ills may just be slip-ups.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 An investigation into suspicions an Albuquerque company improperly transferred vehicle titles without the owners' knowledge might come down to simple errors, a State Police spokesman said...

Foes' QB: Expect a duel, Lobos.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Wyoming's players don't have a bowl game to shoot for, but quarterback Casey Bramlet says the Cowboys won't lie down for the Lobos. The University of New Mexico is aiming for a share...

Big daddy to wolf pup.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Lobos freshman Benson was a Houston high school stud. At UNM, though, he's still learning. It can be overwhelming, but he's found a solid basketball family. Looks like he's going to...

Moore, veterans crowd starting lineup.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Don Flanagan says he won't be taking any chances on unproven newcomers to start tonight's season-opener against the Southern California Trojans. Instead, he'll tip off with some of...

My roomdog is glad his regular beatings are over.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg Joe Buckley, my Lobo-hating roommate, had just one thing to say at the end of our last cyber battle of the year. "Thank God this nightmare is over," he muttered, walking out of the room after the Dogs beat...

Frisky but nameless, she meowed for me.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary My new kitten is looking at me again. And she's got that "helter-skelter" look in her saucy green eyes. Much as with a human toddler, destruction of everything she sees is her mission. She runs through...

'She's my soul mate'.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 Mary Ellen Capek and Sue Hallgarth want what most other married couples take for granted: recognition Mary Ellen and Sue got married. It's as simple and as complicated as that. The...

Aloof actress frustrates emotional tale of dying AIDS victims.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 REVIEW Parker Posey is a wasted filler in "The Event," playing an assistant district attorney investigating a series of assisted suicides involving AIDS patients in New York....

One man's trash is their art treasure.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 SANTA FE The way Darlene Fortier sees it, there are two kinds of people in this world: looker-upers and looker-downers. And she is definitely a looker-downer. This has nothing...

CHEAP EATS.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Usually Cheap Eats recommends just one luscious item under $5 that you don't want to pass up. But today, we're recommending an entire menu, where nothing is more than $3. Yes,...

Shots from a loose cannon.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 He looks as though he'll pop a blood vessel at any moment. He's ornery and angry. Mad as heck, really. And he's not going to stop until he gets a good laugh out of you. ...

Hey, women! We have to curb the junk, save the world.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 You remember Susan Powter. How could you forget her? She's the one who blasted onto the infomercial scene in the mid-1990s with a white-blonde crew cut, a cleavage-revealing...

A feast of facts.(Evening)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE Want the real story of Thanksgiving? The truth about turkeys? The scoop on volunteering? Well, pilgrim, we've got it. Here is La Vida's gift to you:...

Court administrator faces site shift.(Afternoon)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Being named Metro Court administrator is a moving experience for Marc Saavedra. Moving, as in transporting the entire Metro Court operation from its current home at...

Small biz snatches loans at brisk pace.(Afternoon)
November 21, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3675 The number of loans to New Mexico small businesses backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration rose to the second-highest level ever during the past year. Bank loans guaranteed...

LESSON IN TORMENT;.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: STORY BY SUE VORENBERG * THE TRIBUNE STANDING UP TO BULLIES First of two parts Friday: New programs aim to stop the bullying behavior. J.R. knows what it's like to be grabbed, hit and pushed on the schoolyard. He's...

Ethnic equity raised after APS hire.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 "You can't give the Anglo a sweet deal and not take care of the Hispanic," a board member says. What's sauce for the Anglo is sauce for the Hispanic, an Albuquerque Board of Education...

Tales of good health.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... INSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD TRIB TODAY CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Stacia Spragg/Tribune PHOTO: Color H.D. (Harley-Davidson) (left) and his brother G.B. (Grizzly Bear) poke their heads out while they wait for another...

New city well will measure aquifer's rise.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Jerry Cline Park, on the south side of I-40 at Louisiana Boulevard, is at the center of Albuquerque's "cone of depression." But Mayor Martin Chavez was anything but depressed...

Water group taps manager.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Mark Sanchez, who heads the staff for the Albuquerque City Council, has a new job: chief of staff of the joint city-county water authority. Sanchez officially starts his duties with the...

City, county stick to their sides as votes divide water authority.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 City and county officials are still struggling to bring a new joint water authority to life. And they're still voting along partisan lines: Albuquerque city councilors versus Bernalillo...

Court administrator's first task: moving.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Being named Metro Court administrator is a moving experience for Marc Saavedra. Moving, as in transporting the entire Metro Court operation from its current home at...

5 parents charged after kids play hooky.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 West Mesa High freshman Edgar Hernandez was hanging out at home and ditching school the day prosecutors charged his parents. His father came home from work, got out of his truck and was...

Teasing can be playful but not if it's hurtful.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 STANDING UP TO BULLIES Teasing isn't always a bad thing. In some cases, it's a healthy way for children to learn more about each other and build self-confidence but there's...

Local groups express contempt for energy bill.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 New Mexico environmentalists, including a former Republican governor and the group Republicans for Environmental Protection, are urging opposition to the federal energy bill moving...

FRIEND of the FRIENDS.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 A free clinic helps keep healthy the beloved companions of the homeless and low-come Ken Aragon knows tough luck. A recent fall at a construction job left him with a shattered...

Bowl boss makes no guarantees.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Hold your horses, New Mexico, or at least any travel plans just yet to the San Francisco Bowl. That's the message from San Francisco Bowl Executive Director Gary Cavalli, who says...

Perfect agony.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 SPORTS EXTRA An in-depth look at sports figures, issues and trends in the sports world The La Cueva Bears are 10-0 and possibly the best prep football team in city history....

Come on, Lobos, this postseason, let's ride the trolley.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE The Lindsey Line The postseason has new meaning for The Linz. The Linz thanks Lobos coach Rocky Third-And-Long for this change. In the past, the postseason for The Linz meant a trip to maybe...

Q&A with Ruben LaCour, Rio Grande Ravens basketball.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton This product of the South Valley has two seasons of varsity experience and a deft outside shooting touch. LaCour, 17, is one of five returning starters for the Ravens, who are expected to make a push for a state...

Laramie bound, he has job down cold.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoorE@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 When Rudy Garcia first got a glance of the Lobos' 2003 football schedule, he knew there would be a good chance he'd be digging out the team's arctic gear this week. Garcia, the...

If McKay leaves, it'll be payback time.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 It's Year Two. If you're not into bucking trends, you've probably been busy finding just the right farewell card for Ritchie McKay. The University of New Mexico men's basketball...

Bank loans to biz near record pace.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3675 The number of loans to New Mexico small businesses backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration rose to the second-highest level ever during the past year. Bank loans guaranteed...

Sachs' company bags Hispano award.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 When Rob and Danny Sachs were growing up in Belen, playing with model rockets in their back yard, they made a promise to themselves. The Sachs boys were going to own an...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Face it, APS: We can't afford Garrity contract If Albuquerque Public Schools' credibility were not on the line, this week's public relations disaster would be amusing. But it is. So it isn't. The rehiring of district...

Corrections.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Correction: See story "Grant set to get Duke City on its feet," 11/18/03 Page A4 *The Tuesday story about a $200,000 grant to the Albuquerque Alliance for Active Living should have said a news conference announcing the grant was at Valle...

Corrections.(Evening)
November 20, 2003... Correction: See story "Wildlife refuge's fest welcomes the eagle-eyed," 11/18/03 Page A4 *A photo caption Tuesday might have led some readers to believe that whooping cranes regularly migrate through the Bosque del Apache Wildlife...

West Mesa sees success keeping kids in.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS The West Mesa High experiment with study halls has captured 400 students and gotten great reviews, the school's principal said. "It went very well,"...

Glum view on energy revamp.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Thomas Hargrove HARGROVET@SNHS.COM / (202) 408-2703 WASHINGTON New Mexico's senators gave decidedly low-voltage support to a massive overhaul of U.S. energy policy even though they had powerful influence over its design. The...

BULLY CRUNCH.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Schoolyard bullies torment one in 10 children every day in the United States and in Albuquerque. The damage they do leads to depression, failing grades, suicide and even more violence. Coming Thursday and Friday, The Tribune examines the...

Dean impresses guv, Indians on city tour.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Gov. Bill Richardson today stopped short of calling Howard Dean the man to beat in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Barely. Dean swept through...

Gallup center misses Indian honor.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: W. James Honaberger JHONABERGER@ABQTRIB.COM /823-3638 A Gallup-based alcohol abuse prevention center was among 16 finalists in Harvard University's 2003 American Indian tribal governance awards but did not make the cut for the...

Teacher's death shocks TVI.(Evening)(Obituary)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 The professor, also an associate dean, had been reported missing but was found dead after shooting himself in Colorado, his wife said. Jon Gill Bentley saw a bright future in his...

Five APS truancy cases filed in Children's Court.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Truancy cases against five Albuquerque parents were filed in court today. Criminal complaints charged that the parents "knowingly allowed" their four boys and a girl to be chronically...

Metro Court names administrator.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Marc Saavedra previously was on interim status despite a DWI conviction and more than a dozen traffic offenses. The acting Metro Court administrator has gotten the job...

Lobos want more than bowl.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 All season, the University of New Mexico defense has been breaking its huddles with the team's rallying cry. "We always holler, 'Conference champs,' when we're breaking huddles," UNM...

Leg up on practice.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Stacia Spragg/Tribune PHOTO: Color Albuquerque High School senior Jaclyn Pino receives a boost from teammates, including Allie Weeda (right), to adjust a snagged net during basketball...

Opening opponent a mystery for McKay, Lobos on Saturday.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 They might as well be preparing for the invisible man. Coach Ritchie McKay's basketball team knows next to nothing about the opponent in Saturday's season opener. McKay hasn't been...

Laramie downright frosty over Lobos.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 WOLFTRACKS There's a reason the Wyoming Cowboys haven't played a home game this late in the season since 1939. The forecast for Laramie on Saturday, when the Lobos play the...

Madrid: Shut down two local contractors.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid has asked district court to stop two Albuquerque contractors from doing business. The Attorney General's Office petitioned Second...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
November 19, 2003... Bouquets & brickbats Brickbat: secession The West Side isn't going anywhere, and neither should the recent blustering about secession. Three West Side Republican lawmakers Sen. Joe Carraro, Rep. Thomas Anderson and Rep. Eric...

Judge accepts deal in APS student 'snitch' case.(Afternoon)
November 19, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 A federal court judge approved a settlement between Albuquerque Public Schools and a former Cibola High student who says school officials used him last year to "bust a drug...