Winds are huffing and puffing, a giant pig roast is about to begin, and victims of identity theft will soon be less like of being falsely arrested for someone else’s crime.

5. The winds are back, it’s dry out there and Red Flag warnings for dangerous wildfire conditions are up for some parts of New Mexico. Keep up to date on the latest wind forecasts and warnings plus pollen counts, fire restrictions and wildfire resources in the new KRQE.com Wind section. http://www.krqe.com/subindex/weather/winds

4. Another teen has been caught trying to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the state at Columbus. This time it was a 16-year-old Deming girl border agents say was driving a 1998 Lincoln Town Car with about 15 pounds of pot hidden in its seats.

3. The almost-cancelled “World’s Largest Matanza” is on for Saturday at the sheriff’s posse grounds in Belen. http://blogs.krqe.com/2012/02/21/17975/

2. Relatives cleaning out the home of their late great-aunt and great-uncle found trove of comic including prized first and early issues featuring Superman, Batman and Captain America. The great-uncle bought the 345 comics as a child starting in the 1930s and carefully preserved them. The Associated Press reports the collection sold at auction today for $3.5 million.

1. A new device and coming smart-phone app are changing the way cops in the field confirm identities. As On Assignment report Kim Holland reveals on News 13 at 10 p.m., that simple process would have saved an identity-theft victim from being arrested for someone else’s crime.

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