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Ukraine clashes resume, fires light up night sky

Protests are spreading across the Ukraine as opposition members continue to put pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych to step down.Darko…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

WASHINGTON – The nation’s union membership held steady at 11.3 percent last year, but losses among state and government workers…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Natural gas soars as cold grips homes, drillers

The frigid winter of 2014 is setting the price of natural gas on fire. On Friday, the price in the…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Internet community helps crack grandma’s code

The front of an index card is filled with letters written by Dorothy Holm. A brain tumor took away Holm’s…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Study: New Madrid fault zone alive, active

LOS ANGELES – The New Madrid fault zone in the nation’s midsection is active and could spawn future large earthquakes,…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Norway’s curlers get funky

Members of the Norway’s Men’s Olympic Curling Team, from left, Thomas Ulsrud, Torgor Nergard, Christoffer Svae and Havard Vad Petersson…

January 24, 2014

Local News

Roberts wants emergency radios fixed

Fire chiefs: Upgrade top priority

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Bombings rock Egyptian capital, killing 6 people

An Egyptian man stands in rubble after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo Friday. Six people…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Former Virginia Gov. McDonnell, wife plead not guilty

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are free on their own recognizance after pleading not guilty Friday…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Poll: Uninsured rate among adults drops

WASHINGTON – It may just be the start of a new trend. The uninsured rate dropped modestly this month as…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Hagel ordering full review of nuclear force

WASHINGTON – With public trust and safety at stake, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered immediate actions Thursday to define the…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

FDA to update rules for food nutrition facts labels

A new Agriculture Department study suggests that more people read nutrition labels “always or most of the time.” The Food…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

U.S., Canada boards back new safety rules WASHINGTON – Warning that a “major loss of life” could result from an…

January 23, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Durango Fire Protection District Wednesday 5:42 a.m. Firefighters responded to a structure fire at the 500 block of East Seventh…

January 23, 2014

Local News

Almost done

Miguel Garcia puts the final touches on freshly laid concrete Thursday morning over what was an exposed water-main break. The…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

Woman’s rape linked to religion, police say KOLKATA, India – A 20-year-old Indian woman said she was gang-raped on the…

January 23, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Plant identification course available Barbara Tobin Klema will teach the scientific method of plant identification in an eight-week course from…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Opposition meets with Ukraine president

Protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych are spreading throughout the country, with protesters breaking into regional governors’ offices to put…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Syria group set for talks

Ahmad al-Jarba, leader of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group, says his group has set no timetable for reaching a…

January 23, 2014

Local News

Water finally flows in subdivision in south-central area

Silver Hills customers get the first delivery

January 23, 2014

Local News

Lawsuit overturns political-funds law

State must treat minor and major candidates equally

January 23, 2014

Local News

Wildfire-prevention ideas don’t find love in Denver

Building codes, fees, mandates prove unpopular

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Panel calls for agency to end spying

Task force urges phone records to be destroyed

January 23, 2014