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Tribe Called Quest to release final album

A Tribe Called Quest will release their final record on Nov. 11, which includes material they recorded with rapper Phife Dawg, who died in March. In a handwritten note posted on F...

DATE: Oct 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

University students say activist recruited them in class

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado Mesa University says it’s investigating after students reported that an activist recruited them during a class to work for a group supporting Hillary Clinton’s pres...

DATE: Oct 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kenny Chesney to receive Pinnacle Award at 50th CMA Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kenny Chesney will receive the Pinnacle Award during the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards, joining Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift as the only recipients. ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Report: Women won’t earn as much as men for 170 years

GENEVA – The global gap in earnings between men and women will not be closed for another 170 years if current trends continue, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Beer run! Self-driving truck goes 120-plus miles on delivery

DENVER – Anheuser-Busch says it has completed the world’s first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, sending a beer-filled semitrailer on a journey of more than 120 miles through Color...

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State officials consider killing more predators

DENVER – Colorado officials are considering a predator control plan that calls for euthanizing more mountain lions and black bears to boost the state’s dwindling deer population. ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Town scoops up record with ice cream sundae

LUDINGTON, Mich. – Guinness World Records says a roughly half-mile-long ice cream sundae that was gobbled up in Michigan this June was the longest ever. The Ludington Daily News r...

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NFL Roundup: Seahawks and Cardinals tie; Miami’s Ajayi ties league rushing record in win

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Seattle’s Stephen Hauschka and Arizona’s Chandler Catanzaro missed short field goals that would have won it in overtime and the Seahawks and Cardinals tied 6-6 on Sunday ni...

DATE: Oct 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado children killed, injured in accidental shootings

A child was involved in an accidental shooting in Colorado eight times during a 2½ year span, an Associated Press review found. The AP and the USA TODAY Network analyzed the circu...

DATE: Oct 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Heat, wind, clear skies intensify Junkins Fire

WESTCLIFFE â€” Firefighters say warmer-than-normal weather, clear skies and low humidity are intensifying a wildfire burning near Westcliffe, west of Pueblo, that has destroyed nine homes. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Associated Press Top 25: Ohio State stunned by Penn State; Houston falls again

DALLAS – Ben Hicks threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score and SMU stunned No. 11 Houston 38-16 on Saturday night for its biggest victory since the pre-death penalty Pony Expr...

DATE: Oct 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: College Sports

26,000 missing mail items found; ex-postal worker charged

STERLING – Authorities say they recovered more than 26,000 pieces of undelivered mail in northeastern Colorado and arrested a former Postal Service worker. The U.S. Attorney’s Off...

DATE: Oct 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News