テδー CAMERA CAUGHT A COUPLE OF THEM MONDAY NIGHT. THEY SPRAYED OH-8 MORE THAN 20 TIMES ON CAMPUS. THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS. VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR RADICAL CHANGES IN HIS COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION. FIRST UP: HUGO CHAVEZWANTS TO EXTEND PRESIDENTIAL TERMS FROM SIX TO SEVEN YEARS. NEXT -- HE WANTS TO END THE AUTONOMY OF THE COUNTRY'S CENTRAL BANK ... WHICH WOULD GIVE HIM ACCESS TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BANK RESERVES. CHAVEZ SAYS HE'D USE THAT MONEY TO CREATE A "POPULAR MILITIA." ASIAN FINANCIAL MARKETS PLUMMETED THIS MORNING AMID FEARS ABOUT A CREDIT CRUNCH IN THE UNITED STATES. IN KOREA ...THE EXCHANGE BRIEFLY HALTED COMPUTER GENERATED TRADING FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE OF ALL THE SELL ORDERS. IN TOKYO, THE NIKKEI INDEX LOST 327 POINTS TODAY. JAPAN'S FEDERAL RESERVE HAS INJECTED MORE THAN THREE BILLION DOLLARS INTO MONEY MARKETS IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEADY THE DECLINE. WE CHECK WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES ON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR TODAY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR BIG-I CAM. THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION TO LOOK OUT FOR INCLUDING ROAD RECONSTRUCTION ON I-40 FROM THE SANTA FE COUNTY LINE TO SEDILLO HILL. AND WATCH OUT FOR CREWS AT WORK ON ACADEMY BETWEEN VENTURA AND LOWELL NORTHEAST. SOCCER STAR DAVID BECKHAM BEGINS TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN IN THE U-S. SPORTS IS NEXT. BARRY BONDS EXTENDS HIS HOME RUN RECORD. AND THE NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES PRACTICE MEXICO STATE AGGIES PRACTICE FOOTBALL WITHOUT THE PRESEASON DISTRACTIONS. HERE'S J-P MURIETTA. THIS AFTERNOON, ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CONSIDER ALLOWING ARMED OFFICERS ON CAMPUS. AN EARTHQUAKE IN PERU HAS KILLED MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE AND INJURED HUNDREDS. A-P-S WILL REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS TO CREATE A NEW ARMED POLICE FORCE. AND, A SMALL PLANE CRASH KILLS TWO IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. GOOD MORNING. YOUR PINPOINT FORECAST FOR MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A 7-POINT-9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF PERU'S CAPITAL LAST NIGHT. THE U-S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIMA ON PERU'S CENTRAL COAST. PEOPLE RAN OUT INTO THE STREETS, CLUTCHING CELL PHONES AND CHILDREN IN THE CITY'S BUSINESS DISTRICT. PERU'S NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE INSTITUTE REPORTS 337 PEOPLE ARE DEAD ... MORE THAN A DOZEN KILLED WHEN A CHURCH COLLAPSED IN A CITY SOUTH OF LIMA ... MORE THAN 800 HAVE BEEN INJURED FROM LANDSLIDES AND TOPPLED BUILDINGS. FISHERMEN BROUGHT IN THEIR BOATS AFTER HEARING WORD A TSUNAMI WAS COMING ... A HUGE WAVE CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE COLLAPSED A WALL AND FLOODED PARTS OF THE PORT CITY CALLAO WHICH IS NEAR LIMA. THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL IN PERU TODAY AS AUTHORITIES CHECK BUILDINGS FOR DAMAGE. OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU ANY MORE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. GUNS COULD SOON MAKE THEIR WAY INTO ALBUQUERQUE SCHOOLS. THE A-P-S POLICY AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER A PROPOSAL THIS AFTERNOON TO CREATE AN ARMED POLICE FORCE. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE AT WEST MESA HIGH SCHOOL WITH DETAILS... RIGHT NOW A-P-S POLICE AREN'T ALLOWED TO CARRY GUNS ON CAMPUS -- UNLESS THEY GET PERMISSION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT THAT COULD SOON CHANGE. LAST MONTH, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSION VOTED NINE TO TWO IN SUPPORT OF ARMING SWORN OFFICERS. THEY SENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO A-P-S, WHICH WILL CONSIDER APPROVING THEM THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE CREATING A NEW, INDEPENDENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH A CHIEF WHO REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. A-P-S WOULD THEN NEED TO SECURE FUNDING FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT MEET NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDS THE POLICE FORCE WORK WITH A-P-D AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO TRAIN ITS STAFF. A-P-S WILL ALLOW PUBLIC INPUT ON THE MATTER AT TODAY'S MEETING. IT STARTS AT FIVE, AT THE APS DELAYO-MARTIN COMMUNITY ROOM. THAT'S LOCATED AT 6400 UPTOWN BOULEVARD NORTHEAST. REPORTING FROM WEST MESA HIGH SCHOOL, GADI SCHWARTZ, EN4. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CHANGED THE DISTRICT'S GRADE- CHANGE POLICY. CONTROVERSY ERUPTED LAST MAY AFTER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CHANGED A STUDENT'S "F" TO A "D" TO ALLOW HIM TO GRADUATE. THE STUDENT'S PARENTS ARGUED THEY HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED THEIR SON WAS FAILING. TODAY'S ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE NEW POLICY WILL STATE THAT "POOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND PARENTS IS NOT SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR A GRADE CHANGE." A SOUTH VALLEY MAN IS CAUGHT WITH 29 MARIJUANA PLANTS IN HIS YARD, AND TWO MORE INSIDE, AFTER SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES GET A TIP. A SEARCH WARRANT SHOWS PEOPLE IN 44-YEAR- OLD CARLOS ALIREZ'S NEIGHBORHOOD SUSPECTED HE WAS USING DRUGS TO LURE A STEADY STREAM OF TEENS "THEY" SAY WERE GOING IN AND OUT OF HIS HOUSE. BUT AFTER A RAID BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, ALARIZ FACES ONLY DRUG CHARGES. IN AN OFF-CAMERA INTERVIEW, HE DENIED USING THE POT TO LURE KIDS. CREWS ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. STATE POLICE SAY A SMALL PLANE WENT DOWN IN HARDING COUNTY YESTERDAY BETWEEN MOSQUERO AND TREMENTINA. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD -- THEIR NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PLANE WAS FROM AND WHERE IT WAS GOING. VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A 93-YEAR-OLD MAN WHOSE LEGS TURNED UP IN TWO IRRIGATION DITCHES LAST MONTH. TODAY'S ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS DETECTIVES RECENTLY SEARCHED THE HOME AND VEHICLE OF BILLIE ROGERS' SON, LUIS, WHO LIVES IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. AMONG THE ITEMS DETECTIVES FOUND: SOME ROPE WITH BLOOD, A SAW WITH SOME TYPE OF STAIN, AS WELL AS A FOLDING SAW AND A MACHETE UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT OF ROGERS' PICK-UP. FORMER HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING STAR CODY EAST HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO BEATING HIS FATHER AND HURTING THREE TEENAGE GIRLS AT A PARTY. EAST ENTERED HIS PLEA YESTERDAY. BACK IN JULY -- INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SNAPPED AT AN UNDERAGED DRINKING PARTY HOSTED BY HIS PARENTS. THEY THINK EAST WAS ON STEROIDS. EAST IS TRAINING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL CAGE-FIGHTER. THE FORMER LOS LUNAS STUDENT WAS ACQUITTED EARLIER THIS YEAR OF RAPING A TEENAGE GIRL. PEOPLE PAID THEIR FINAL RESPECTS LAST NIGHT TO FORMER CITY ACTIVIST AND CITY CLERK MILLIE SANTILLANES. A PACKED HOUSE GATHERED AT SAN FELIPE DE NERI CHURCH IN OLD TOWN. MAYOR MARTIN CHAVEZ ALSO ATTENDED THE ROSARY FOR SANTILLANES. THE 74-YEAR-OLD DIED SUDDENLY OF A HEART-ATTACK SATURDAY MORNING. A few days ago, when we were still all in shock, fromher familyed to plan what wlie doesn't do anything in a small way laughs.r her family members. but millie doesn't do anything in a small way laughs. SAN FELIPE DE NERI CHURCH WILL HOST A FUNERAL MASS THIS MORNING AT TEN. CREWS HAVE CALLED OFF THEIR SEARCH FOR A MISSING 83- YEAR-OLD MAN, AFTER SCOURING THE BOSQUE FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. JUAN SANCHEZ'S FAMILY REPORTED HIM MISSING TUESDAY. YESTERDAY CREWS FOUND HIS CAR IN A PARKING LOT NEAR THE RIO GRANDE BY PASEO DEL NORTE. DOGS WERE BROUGHT IN -- BUT THEY DIDN'T PICK UP HIS SCENT. STATE POLICE THOUGHT OF CALLING IN DIVERS TO SEARCH THE RIVER FOR SANCHEZ. U-N-M HAS SUSPENDED ALL ACTIVITIES AT THE SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY HOUSE. INVESTIGATORS SAY 25 YEAR OLD FRAT MEMBER MICHAEL MCGUFFIN WAS VIDEOTAPING HIMSELF HAVING SEX WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS IN THE HOUSE. POLICE SAY ONE OF THE GIRLS WAS PASSED OUT. IN ADDITION TO 11 CRIMINAL CHARGES, THE UNIVERSITY HAS CHARGED MCGUFFIN WITH VIOLATING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. "if action needs to be taken we want to make sure we're proactive and not just waiting for the normal procedures to be invoked."INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GIRLS AGREED TO HAVE SEX WITH MCGUFFIN, BUT HE OFTEN GAVE THEM ALCOHOL AND DRUGS BEFOREHAND. IMAGES FROM A VIDEOCAMERA LOWERED INTO A UTAH MINE ARE ENCOURAGING HOPE THAT SIX MISSING MINERS FOUND BREATHABLE AIR SOMEWHERE. IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, MONITORING DEVICES PICKED UP SOME NOISE YESTERDAY. IT'S CREATING WHAT ONE OFFICIAL DESCRIBES AS "A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF HOPE."TODAY IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE KING -- ELVIS PRESLEY. HIS LEGACY HAS ENDURED INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. UP TO 75- THOUSAND ELVIS FANS HAVE POURED INTO MEMPHIS THIS WEEK TO PAY TRIBUTE... ALONG WITH COUNTLESS ELVIS IMPERSONATORS. WE CHECK WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES ON WE CHECK WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES ON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR TODAY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR TODAY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR UPTOWN CAM. SOME CONSTRUCTION TO LOOK OUT FOR CREWS ARE DOING SOME ROADWORK AT LOMAS AND STANFORD NORTHEAST. AND MEDIAN WORK CONTINUES ON MONTANO BETWEEN I-25 AND RENAISSANCE NORTHEAST. A STUDENT FROM NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE LARGEST SCHOLARSHIP IN THE COUNTRY. FIND OUT JUST HOW BIG IT IS... NEXT. CHECKING YOUR TOP STORIES NOW: A MAGNITUDE 7- POINT-9 EARTHQUAKE RATTLED LIMA, PERU LAST NIGHT. RIGHT NOW OFFICIALS IN PERU REPORT 337 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND MORE THAN 800 HAVE BEEN INJURED. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER REPORTS THE QUAKE SHOOK THE CAPITAL FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CONSIDER APPROVING A PROPOSAL TO CREATE A NEW POLICE FORCE WITH ARMED OFFICERS. PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE ALLOWED AT TODAY'S POLICY AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE MEETING. IT STARTS AT 5, AT THE A-P-S DELAYO- MARTIN COMMUNITY ROOM. A NEW POLL OF LIKELY VOTERS SHOWS SENATOR PETE DOMENICI .. AND OTHER REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS COULD BE IN TROUBLE AT THE POLLS IN 2008 ... BECAUSE OF THE IRAQ WAR. TODAY'S SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE GREENBERG QUINLAN ROSNER FIRM QUESTIONED A THOUSAND LIKELY VOTERS IN SEVEN STATES ... INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. 37-PERCENT SAID THEY WOULD VOTE FOR THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN. 47-PERCENT SAID THEY'D GO FOR AN "UN-NAMED"DEMOCRAT. A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE SUICIDE RATE AMONG ARMY TROOPS IS AT IT'S HIGHEST IN DECADES. 99 SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES LAST YEAR. MORE THAN 25- PERCENT OF THEM DID IT WHILE SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. THE REPORT FINDS THERE "IS" A LINK BETWEEN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS ... AND EXTENDED DEPLOYMENTS. THE TOP U.S. COMMANDER IN IRAQ PREDICTS TROOP LEVELS THERE WILL BE "A GOOD BIT SMALLER" BY NEXT SUMMER. GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS IS PREPARING RECOMMENDATIONS ON TROOP REDUCTIONS AS PART OF NEXT MONTHS' REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF THE MISSION... BUT HE CAUTIONS A "QUICK OR SIGNIFICANT WITHDRAWL" COULD JEOPARDIZE HARD- FOUGHT GAINS. THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS FOUND NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH A STEEL TRUSS BRIDGE ON U-S 64 IN THE FOUR CORNERS. A CREW INSPECTED THE 71- YEAR-OLD BRIDGE NEAR SHIPROCK TUESDAY. THE D-O-T SAYS IT IS SAFE FOR DRIVERS. THE BRIDGE HAS A SIMILAR DESIGN TO THE ONE THAT COLLAPSED IN MINNEAPOLIS ALMOST THREE WEEKS AGO -- KILLING AT LEAST 9 PEOPLE. ONE THING TO NOTE - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OBTAINED D-O-T INSPECTION NOTES FROM 2006 THAT SAY THE STATE SHOULD CONSIDER REPLACING OR OVERHAULING THE BRIDGE ON U-S 64. PIECES OF STATE HISTORY ARE MISSING FROM A HOME IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. THIEVES BROKE INTO DENNIS CHAVEZ'S GRANDSON'S HOUSE. CHAVEZ IS A POLITICAL LEGEND IN NEW MEXICO. THE DEMOCRAT SERVED IN THE U-S SENATE FOR 27- YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN 1962. THIEVES STOLE SILVER TRAYS, PLATES AND GOBLETS... MANY OF THEM INSCRIBED BY GRATEFUL CITIZENS: " I just couldn't fathom why anybody would want to takecause I they must have been very ignorant or just didn't notice or whatever - because I really feel terrible - not only for the family - but because this was a piece of stuff from history disappearing." BORN IN POVERTY, DENNIS CHAVEZ PUT HIMSELF THROUGH LAW SCHOOL AND BECAME AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY WITH HIS LONG POLITICAL CAREER. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL "NOT" BE IN THE BUSINESS OF GROWING AND DISTRIBUTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA. THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY COMES AFTER NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING SAID HIS OFFICE WOULD "NOT" BE ABLE TO DEFEND STATE WORKERS AGAINST POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CHARGES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BACKERS OF THE STATE'S NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW SAY THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED: "Doctors are going to be in the position of , 'This is something that might help you. But, we can't tell you where to get it. We can't tell you what quality it's going to be. And you're on your own." THE "LYNN AND ERIN COMPASSIONATE USE ACT" LEGALIZED MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NEW MEXICO BACK IN JANUARY. THE LAW CALLS FOR THE STATE TO LICENSE ...GROW AND DISTRIBUTE THE DRUG. A 26 YEAR-OLD NEW MEXICO WOMAN HAS JUST BEEN AWARDED THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST SCHOLARSHIP. NIKIA CLARKE IS BEING OFFERED 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER GRADUATE STUDIES. THANKS TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION -- SHE LEAVES TODAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE IN BRITAIN. CLARKE IS ONE OF JUST 34 GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM 20 STATES AND 11 COUNTRIES TO BE AWARDED THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP. 38:33 "certainly it's a tremendous honor, they've really made something possible for me that wouldn't have been otherwise.-6"41:39 "i'd like to be able to give back to communities and create opportunity for individuals and societies in the same way that I've sort of been blessed in people giving back to me.-10"CLARKE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT SAINT MICHAELS IN SANTA FE. SHE HAS ALSO SPENT TIME IN THE PEACE CORPS. WHILE AT CAMBRIDGE, SHE'LL STUDY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. NOW TIME FOR ANOTHER CHECK ON THIS MORNING'S TRAFFIC, WE HAVE
