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State law lets any member of the bar be appointed as a public defender. Gov. Jay Nixon was assigned a client, but Nixon's spokesman says you can't appoint an attorney without the attorney's consent.

Also: Top military official removed from post in North Korea, where young leader may be purging old guard; Microsoft and NBC call it quits — MSNBC.com will become NBCNews.com; some Egyptians protest as Secretary of State Clinton passes by.

Also: NPR's Senior Vice President for News resigns over harassment allegations; scientists say they've found space inside a huge Egyptian pyramid; and the Houston Astros win the World Series.

Republicans are feeling pressure to deliver the first overhaul of the federal tax code in more than 30 years after the collapse of the long-promised dismantling of the Affordable Care Act.

Hurricane Irene bears down on the East Coast. In Libya, the hunt continues for Moammar Gadhafi. An explosion rocks a U.N. building in Nigeria.

From solo acoustic sketches to orchestral arrangements, the year had great roots music for everyone.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine sorted through 10,000 studies to determine the good and bad health effects of marijuana. Tight drug restrictions impede research, they say.

PHOENIX (AP) — A first grade teacher who grew up in New Mexico has been named Arizona's top English Language Learner teacher for 2016. Victoria Gonzales…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's top elections official says she will run for re-election in 2018. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced…

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's top emergency management official is scheduled to tour shelters for the homeless in the south of the state that are…