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Regional News

Forest Service running out of money to fight wildfires

Agency diverting money from other programs to fill gap

August 20, 2013

Regional News

N.M. county issues same-sex marriage licenses

Char Ullman, 51, left, and Carrie Hamblen, 45, get married at the Doña Ana County Courthouse in Las Cruces, N.M.,…

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Marijuana patients protest privacy breaches

Health board rejects petition requesting a secure registry

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Denver family evicted after mother’s killing

Agency spokesman makes case for compassion

August 20, 2013

Business

Reviews mixed for Swift books

Firm has leased 50,000 net acres of mineral rights in S.W. Colo.

August 20, 2013

Business

Businesses seek cure for health-care cost surge

‘We’re going to work as hard as we can to hire as few people as possible’

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Media in Egypt stoke the heat – and now feel it

Journalists covering the turmoil in Egypt are coming under increasing danger from police and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Report: 95 percent odds that humans are to blame for warming

The world’s top group of climate scientists is preparing to report that man-made global warming is “extremely likely,” putting the…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Attacks in Hezbollah area test supporters’ resolve

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been shaken by recent bombings in Beirut bringing a sense of fear and unease to…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Afghan military is looking to count a few good men

If the Afghan government is going to take over all military operations in Afghanistan from U.S. forces next year, it…

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Pot industry: Not cheap, but it’s legal

Ganjapreneurs facing high operational, application fees

August 20, 2013

Local News

My, what big claws you have!

Gans, left, and Hu watch a black bear from the safety of their home Monday on Junction Street, near Birket…

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Holmes reporter loses in N.Y. court

DENVER – New York-based reporter Jana Winter lost another round Tuesday in her battle to protect her confidential sources for…

August 20, 2013

Local News

Herald’s front page earns Top 10 vote

The Durango Herald’s Page 1A on Tuesday with images of kids’ first day back to school grabbed the attention of…

August 20, 2013

Local News

County permit process gets easier

Red tape being reduced for one-time special events

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Justices far from being tech savvy, Kagan says

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says her fellow justices aren’t the most technologically advanced people. She said justices still send…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Medical care costs rise more than wages

Workers saw a modest rise in the average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance this year, but they’re probably not overwhelmed…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Near drowning discussed by Italy astronaut

European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano talked on his online blog about how he nearly drowned during a spacewalk outside…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

CIA admits Iran coup role

The CIA, in recently declassified documents, has formally acknowledged that the spy agency helped to plan and execute the coup…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Prosecutors end Hasan case

FORT HOOD, Texas – Military prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Iran Foreign Ministry to handle nuclear talks

Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says the election of moderate President Hasan…

August 20, 2013

Education

Summer: Time for innovation, not rest

Students keep learning, teachers try out new programs

August 20, 2013

Education

New tests tough for New York students

BUFFALO, N.Y. – New York, the second state to test students under new, rigorous standards adopted across the country, said…

August 20, 2013

Education

Massive online classes: What it’s like to enroll

Free courses offer opportunity, if you can finish

August 20, 2013