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Japan shrine still flashpoint 68 years after war

The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is visited by thousands every year to remember the soldiers who died during World War…

August 15, 2013

U.N. chief rips settlements

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is “deeply troubled” by Israel’s expansion of settlements in the West Bank. He made his…

August 15, 2013

Local News

No glove? Catch the ball in your cup of beer

La Plata County Extension Office Director Darrin Parmenter caught a foul ball in his beer during Tuesday night’s Rockies game…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

NASA gives up trying to fix planet-hunting telescope

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to look at how it can continue using the broken Kepler spacecraft. The…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

Death toll continues to soar across Egypt

World condemnation widened for the bloody crackdown Wednesday on Morsi’s mostly Islamist supporters, including an angry response from President Barack…

August 15, 2013

Local News

No new details in Redwine case

The Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the FBI and Colorado Bureau of Investigation, searched Redwine’s home as part of its…

August 15, 2013

Local News

Investigators search Mark Redwine’s house

Sheriff says he expects to learn today if anything significant was found

August 14, 2013

Local News

Boys of the gridiron

‘Sometimes it hurts, but it goes away’

August 14, 2013

Local News

Shut-down Mancos mill fined $337,167

State board says mercury, arsenic at unacceptable levels

August 14, 2013

Local News

Grand jury indicts ex-undersheriff

Cronk to face charges of embezzlement, misconduct

August 14, 2013

Local News

Climbing the twin mountains of cancer

Durango woman among those facing harsh treatments, high bills

August 14, 2013

Local News

The Goose is back in the saddle again

Galloping Goose No. 5 from Dolores arrived in Durango on Wednesday, thanks to a lift from Cortez construction firm Skanska.…

August 14, 2013

Regional News

Recall elections won’t be all-mail

State Supreme Court decision allows more time to get on ballot

August 14, 2013

Regional News

Prosecutors deny charges they interfered with Holmes’ defense

Prosecutors also denied discouraging witnesses from speaking to the defense or warned them that defense lawyers would manipulate their statements…

August 14, 2013

Regional News

New state air-quality drilling rules delayed

Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission originally aimed to have new proposed air-quality rules by November. At a regular meeting Thursday,…

August 14, 2013

Local News

Guv hits trail for school-tax campaign

Opponent: Including local taxes, state is ‘anything but undertaxed’

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

American, US Airways attorneys ready for merger fight

Unlike many industry watchers, attorneys for the two airlines said that they were not surprised by the Justice Department’s decision…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

Court challenge fails to stop California gay marriages

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt gay marriages in the state, leaving opponents of same-sex…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

Terror groups turning online

Al-Qaida fighters have been turning increasingly to secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards to plan attacks and avoid…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

Manning offers apology for leaks

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning broke his silence and offered an apology for leaking information to WikiLeaks in 2010. The former…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

All 18 on India submarine feared dead

All 18 crewmembers aboard an Indian submarine are feared dead after an explosion set off an explosion on board the…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

Eurozone’s longest-ever recession comes to an end

The eurozone’s longest recession has finally ended, The European Union’s statistics office said Wednesday that the 17 EU countries that…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

Experts: Fort Hood victims shot while lying down

Pathologists who conducted several autopsies of the victims described the wounds caused by an FN 5.7 semi-automatic pistol while testifying…

August 14, 2013

Nation & World

Kids missing from Obama vacation – so far at least

President Barack Obama is spending much of his vacation playing golf – at least so far. His daughters – Malia,…

August 14, 2013