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Comcast announces closure of call center in Colorado

FORT COLLINS – Comcast has announced it is expected to close a Colorado call center two years after opening the $10 million office. The Coloradoan reported Wednesday that the c...

New Mexico woman sentenced to 18 years in child abuse case

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico woman has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of multiple felony charges including child abuse. The Farmington Daily Times repo...

U.S. long-term mortgage rates rise, with 30-year at 3.56%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week but remained at historically low levels. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on the 30-year, fixed-rate mor...

Reality star ‘The Situation’ released from federal prison

NEWARK, N.J. – “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is now a free man. The 37-year-old reality television star’s publicist says he was released from prison i...

Huge rock slide closes highway in canyon west of Boulder

BOULDER – A state highway in the foothills west of Boulder is closed indefinitely after blasting work triggered a huge rock slide. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the rocks tu...

New Mexico stays out of opioids settlement with Purdue

SANTA FE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is declining to join a tentative settlement agreement over the role OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation’s opioid addicti...

Archives of New Mexico history professor to be preserved

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The archives of a former history professor known for leading efforts to restore the first African American Church in Las Cruces are being donated to the city’s museum syst...

Counterfeit NBA championship rings seized at airport

LOS ANGELES – Twenty-eight counterfeit NBA championship rings have been seized by federal authorities at Los Angeles International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection sa...

Study: Colorado leads in religious discrimination complaints

COLORADO SPRINGS – A U.S. human resources company has reported Colorado leads the nation in complaints based on religious discrimination. The Gazette reported Tuesday that for ...

Authorities find body of girl, 5, in New Mexico

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – Authorities say they have found the body of a 5-year-old New Mexico girl who was reported missing Sunday. FBI Special Agent James Langenberg, who heads the agency...

FBI reviewing Colorado Springs police shooting of black teen

COLORADO SPRINGS – The FBI says it’s reviewing the fatal police shooting of a black teenager in Colorado Springs to determine whether it involved a civil rights violation. KOAA-TV...

Colorado students appear in blackface in social media photo

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University says four students appeared in blackface in a photo on social media, but the school says it can’t take any action against them because the post was p...