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Obama chooses Yellen to head Fed

Current vice chairwould be the first woman to take lead

October 8, 2013

LA students get iPads, then the games begin

Instead of solving math problems or doing English homework, as administrators envisioned, more than 300 Los Angeles Unified School District…

October 8, 2013

Nation & World

Briton, Belgian win Nobel

Belgian physicist Francois Englert, left, and British physicist Peter Higgs are getting the Noble Prize in physics for their research…

October 8, 2013

Nation & World

Hints of compromise on budget emerge

President Barack Obama says he will not negotiate with House Republicans while they are threatening “economic chaos” by refusing to…

October 8, 2013

Local News

Business support is spotty for Amd. 66

Despite new endorsement, backers mostly neutral

October 7, 2013

Local News

Election law changes benefit voters

La Plata County clerk explains what is new

October 7, 2013

Regional News

Electrical issues stall NSA data center opening

Electrical failures are complicating the opening of a sprawling new data storage center for the National Security Agency in Bluffdale,…

October 7, 2013

Local News

Colo. highway advocates present plan to Legislature to increase sales tax

The meeting made clear that there’s plenty of work to do before voters will be willing to accept a tax…

October 7, 2013

Regional News

Denver parents accused of keeping four boys in filth

The parents, Wayne Sperling and Lorinda Bailey, appeared in court Tuesday on felony child-abuse charges. Authorities say their four boys,…

October 7, 2013

Local News

Fighting childhood poverty

Crosses Project redux at FLC

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

Missing in Rio on the rise; Brazil police accused

Activists and residents of Rio de Janeiro’s slums say the the number of missing people is increasing, and many say…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

U.N. and chemical watchdog to destroy Syrian weapons

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a letter to the U.N. Security Council obtained by The Associated Press that the goal…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

Early snow kills thousands of cattle in South Dakota

Chris Huber/Associated Press<br><br>Roads and streets were being reopened Monday after a record-breaking snow storm hit South Dakota over the weekend.…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

SEAL attack target behind Kenya plots

Navy SEALs targeted al-Shabab fighters in Somalia during a weekend raid in Somalia. The SEAL team was trying to capture…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

3 share Nobel Prize in medicine

The Nobel Prize for medicine will be shared by Americans James Rothman, Randy Schekman and German-born researcher Thomas Sudhof for…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

U.S. expects to sign pact with Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants to convene a council of elders to review and accept any agreement with the United…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

High court weighs limits on campaign contributions

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is one of the petitioners asking the Supreme Court to remove restrictions on…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

Insurers confident health-plan websites will succeed

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt says the Obama administration didn’t have enough time to test the federal…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

Israeli lawmakers pay rare visit to Ramallah

Israeli MP Labour Party member Hilik Bar, left, visits Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to try to help encourage peace talks…

October 7, 2013

Local News

Furnace smokes arts center

No apparent damage done

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

White House open to short-term hike in debt limit

President Barack Obama thanks workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington during a visit to the agency’s headquarters…

October 7, 2013

Nation & World

Judge’s decision will determine BP’s fine for oil spill

On Monday, more than three years later, clips from the spill cam were projected on a screen in a New…

October 7, 2013

Regional News

No impact seen on ski season from furloughs

Michael Berry, spokesman for the National Ski Areas Association, said most expansion projects and construction that require federal approval have…

October 6, 2013

Nation & World

Debt limit becoming focus of crisis

Obama calls for immediate vote, but negotiations on shutdown in a deadlock

October 6, 2013