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🌱 How officials finally identified the wrong-way driver near Los Alamos

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  • How officials finally identified the wrong-way driver near Los Alamos

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.
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  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 95 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Driver Killed in Wrong-Way Crash with Chumash Bus Identified as Church Vandal (noozhawk.com) — A deadly wrong-way crash on Highway 101 near Los Alamos in June has now been linked to a Santa Barbara man previously convicted of vandalizing Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Authorities used DNA to confirm the driver's identity, while injured Chumash Casino employees on the bus were treated locally and the church continues to face costly mosaic repairs.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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