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Local Briefs

High Country Gardeners to meet Wednesday “Garden Trends for 2014” will be the topic of the Durango High Country Gardeners…

World Briefs

UK taxi driver crushed to death in windstorm LONDON – Strong winds pummeling Britain killed a taxi driver, whose car…

Power is in your hands

Colo. legislators answer questions

Our troops need ethics

Misconduct forcing many out of service

This is how Obama will fix our water needs

But what will our congressional delegates do?

Still doubting climate change?

Secretary of State John Kerry doesn’t

Nation Briefs

Massachusetts Another blast of snow makes its way to Northeast BOSTON – Another round of snow made its way into…

Syrian border town near Lebanon under seige

Syrian chief negotiator Bashar Jaafari speaks to the media after the second round of negotiations between the Syrian government and…

Fla. man guilty in music shooting

Dunn convicted of second-degree murder of teen

States fight against gay marriage

Conservatives say they support religious freedom

Would you visit a funeral and casket outlet at the mall?

LOS ANGELES – We eat there, buy our clothes there and some people suspect teenagers may actually live there. So…

Flight scrapped? You’re not alone

Cancellations highest number in more than 25 years

Worry not about last call

You could stay out drinking longer under new bill

On the phone? Too bad

You could have benefited from Random Act of Kindness Week

To each, a cup of his own

In Durango’s rich coffee shop world, there’s always a choice

One Billion Rising

Warm enough for you out there?

Guests lounge in the pool Friday at the Mission Palms in Tempe, Ariz. With large parts of the country in…

Those in pot industry relieved as regulators allow banking

DENVER – The marijuana industry breathed a sigh of relief Friday after federal banking regulators issued long-awaited permission for them…

Obama: Entire U.S. concerned about California drought

President Barack Obama waves he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, en…

Same-sex marriage on winning streak

WASHINGTON – Same-sex marriage is on a roll in the nation’s courts, signaling a mad dash back to the Supreme…

Muslims fleeing Africa violence

France plans to send an additional 400 soldiers to the Central African Republic as Muslim residents flee the capital of…

Released Afghan prisoners could be targeted

WASHINGTON – If any of the 65 Afghan militants who were released from a former U.S. prison in Afghanistan return…

Great Lakes become nearly covered with ice

U.S. Coast Guard the icebreaker Mackinaw maintains a shipping lane on the St. Marys River linking Lakes Superior and Huron.…

Obama may be burden for Senate Democrats in 2014

President Barack Obama must confront one of the biggest issues in this year’s congressional elections: President Obama himself. The president…