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Colorado sells more than $1 billion of marijuana in 2016

DENVER – Newly released state figures show Colorado’s marijuana dispensaries sold $1.3 billion worth of recreational and medical pot in 2016. The Denver Post reports that the Colo...

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Stephen King and son Owen King to team up at book convention

NEW YORK – This year’s BookExpo will feature a popular father-and-son combination: Stephen and Owen King. Convention organizers ReedPop told The Associated Press on Tuesday that t...

DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Rushdie novel takes on age of Obama, and Trump

NEW YORK – Salman Rushdie’s next novel will be a take on the age of Obama, with an added dash of Trump. The author best known for Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses is wor...

DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Yemen denies banning U.S. raids

CAIRO – Yemen’s foreign minister said Wednesday his country has asked for a “reassessment” of a U.S. raid last month that killed several women and children, but denied reports that his gover...

DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Megan Rapinoe left off U.S. women’s soccer roster

CHICAGO – Midfielder Megan Rapinoe has been left off the U.S. roster for a training camp ahead of the SheBelieves Cup tournament. Midfielder/forward Kealia Ohai also was not among...

DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl appearance spurs huge digital sales

NEW YORK – The Super Bowl was a triumph for fans of the New England Patriots but it also became very lucrative for Lady Gaga. The superstar singer who performed at the halftime sh...

DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Chicago aquarium euthanizes ancient lungfish

CHICAGO – An Australian lungfish that entranced visitors to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for more than 80 years has been euthanized due to old age, the popular tourist attraction announced Monda...

DATE: Feb 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pooh the cat gets a pair of bionic legs

SOFIA, Bulgaria – A cat named Pooh has been given a new lease of life in Bulgaria, becoming the country’s first “bionic cat” with a pair of prosthetic hind legs. Veterinary surgeo...

DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Arena to experiment with U.S. soccer roster against Jamaica

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – After a dismal 0-0 tie against an inexperienced group of Serbians in his first game as U.S. coach in more than a decade, Bruce Arena gets one more look at the domestic p...

DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New Mexico Land Office suggests land swap for border wall

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn is proposing a federal land swap in order to make room for President Donald Trump’s promised border wall. In a letter to ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cubs, Rockies trade pitchers

DENVER – The Chicago Cubs have acquired Eddie Butler from the Colorado Rockies for James Farris in a swap of right-handed pitchers. As part of Wednesday’s trade, the teams exchang...

DATE: Feb 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Gasol scores 24; Grizzlies beat Nuggets, 119-99

DENVER – Marc Gasol scored 24 points, Mike Conley had 18 and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 119-99 on Wednesday night. Memphis led for most of the game...