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Iraqi government: airstrike kills 25 militants

Emad Matti/Associated Press<br><br>Security forces and civilians Tuesday gather at a crater caused by a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk,…

Gates: Obama gave up on Afghan strategy

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says in his new book, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, that President…

Big chill breaking records in East, South

The “polar vortex” is continuing to bring shivers to much of America. The arctic storm that is gripping much of…

Toyota debuts hydrogen fuel-cell car in U.S.

Toyota is touting its new hydrogen fuel-cell car at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company says…

Titanium triumph

Cortez’s Kokopelli Bike Co. offers 3 diverse, high-performance bicycles

Extra precaution for credit cards

Local businesses and banks extra careful after breach at Target

County approves marijuana grow facility

No opponents emerge to operation near airport

Is penmanship in peril?

Cursive is fading, but advocates say it conveys intelligence, engages creativity

School turns to digital books

Online content offers more than traditional textbooks

Only 4 in 10 students finish college where they start

WASHINGTON – Less than half of all students who entered college in 2007 finished school where they started, and almost…

Capitol ideas

For state Legislature, 2014 looks a lot like 2013

Critics to keep eye on drilling in 2014

New issue: Unused paint

Unemployment benefits bill clears hurdle in U.S. Senate

Senate Republican leaders are saying they will support a bill to extend unemployment benefits to long-term jobless Americans if Democrats…

Rodman: Exhibition game can ‘open door’ to N. Korea

Dennis Rodman huddles with North Korean basketball players and fellow former NBA stars at a practice session Tuesday in Pyongyang,…

Colorado Briefs

Denver: Pot stores need banking services DENVER – The Denver City Council wants marijuana businesses in Colorado to be granted…

The Blotter

Durango Police Monday 11:07 p.m. People were not obeying construction signs near 18th Street and Main Avenue. 4:19 p.m. A…

Toe toppers

At left, Ellie McLean’s complaints about having to touch her toes to her head provoked laughter among classmates during a…

Will hemp be the next cash crop?

Local farmers convene to discuss viability

Down comes the snow

Purgatory wins subdivision approval

Townhomes, lodge planned at resort

Dayplanner Wednesday

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main…

Polar weather spreads across U.S.

Record low temperatures are being set across the Midwest and East Coast as a winter storm brings subzero weather to…

Nation Briefs

Appeals court hears abortion law case NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday on whether the state…

World Briefs

U.N.: Homelessness grows in Africa nation UNITED NATIONS – U.N. officials are warning the Security Council that Central African Republic…