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Turkey’s leader meets with protesters

ISTANBUL – A meeting between Turkey’s prime minister and representatives of anti-government protesters ended early today without a clear resolution…

June 13, 2013

Nation & World

U.S. whites falling to minority in under-5 age group

WASHINGTON – In a first, America’s racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group,…

June 13, 2013

Nation & World

Terrorists change tactics after leaks

Lawmakers say America less safe since Snowden’s disclosures

June 13, 2013

Nation & World

1 dead, dozens hurt in La. plant explosion

This photo shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday.…

June 13, 2013

Nation & World

Santa Monica gunman’s weapon assembled in bedroom

LOS ANGELES – The assault-style rifle used by a Santa Monica gunman to kill five people last week appears to…

June 13, 2013

Local News

Train starts small wildfires

D&SNG takes numerous precautions to minimize danger in fire season

June 13, 2013

Local News

Backcountry users asked to keep eye out for signs of missing boy Dylan Redwine

Dylan Redwinedu1-i-syn Anyone hiking or four-wheeling this summer in the backcountry, especially around Vallecito Reservoir, is asked to keep an…

June 13, 2013

Daily update

Thursday Dayplanner

Meetings and Events Gently used book sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Wall of History on the main level of Mercy Regional…

June 12, 2013

Local News

Searchers: No signs of missing Texas man

Stehlingdu1-i-syn Twenty searchers continued the hunt Thursday for Mitchell Dale Stehling, a 51-year-old Texas man who has been missing since…

June 12, 2013

Local News

Durango’s weather now from Durango

Sounds obvious, but data used to come from airport

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Obama OKs increase of military support to Syrian rebels

A Syrian woman cries near Dar El Shifa hospital while the body of her brother, killed by Syrian Army, lies…

June 12, 2013

Local News

Swift Energy gearing up to construct new well site

Firm executives are saying fracking may not be needed

June 12, 2013

Local News

‘Opening our arms and our hearts’

The Rev. Koenigsfeld is leaving St. Columba after 10 years

June 12, 2013

Regional News

2 found dead in Black Forest Fire

Fire surpasses Waldo Canyon as state’s most destructive; 360 homes lost

June 12, 2013

Local News

EPA cleans up Rico’s mineral legacy

Settling ponds and wetlands help clean contaminated water from mines near Rico. An abandoned water treatment tank sits in the…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case

CLEVELAND – A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Iran nuke policy ‘unchangeable’ no matter who wins

A banner showing Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, a nuclear negotiator, is carried at a campaign rally, two days prior…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Pa. girl’s double-lung transplant a success

Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, center, received a lung transplant Wednesday at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.Murnaghan Family, File/Associated Press PHILADELPHIA – A…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A man who confessed to killing five people during a six-month crime spree in southeastern Texas 15…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Six months after the Newtown school shooting, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Kuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds

BAGHDAD – Kuwait’s prime minister discussed ties with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Wednesday, signaling improving relations between neighbors…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

NY judge: Fed plan for morning-after pill sales OK

NEW YORK – President Barack Obama’s administration can go forward with its new plan to make the morning-after pill available…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Fukushima plant steps closer to fuel-rod removal

OKUMA, Japan – Damaged vehicles, twisted metal and other debris remain strewn about Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant. Scores of…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule

HOUSTON – The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to the Boy Scouts of America’s new…

June 12, 2013