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Tornadoes touch down in Okla. and Ark.; 9 hurt

Storm clouds move over Guthrie, Okla., on Thursday as a powerful storm system moved through the Midwest. In addition to…

May 30, 2013

Nation & World

Syria’s Assad ‘confident in victory’ in civil war

BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is “confident in victory” in his…

May 30, 2013

Nation & World

Iraqi forces fail to stem violence

BAGHDAD – Officials in Iraq are growing increasingly concerned about an unabated spike in violence that claimed at least another…

May 30, 2013

Nation & World

Drone strike comes despite transparency pledge

WASHINGTON – The drone attack that killed a Pakistan Taliban deputy leader this week was a clear signal that despite…

May 30, 2013

Nation & World

Federal official says Obama, Bloomberg ricin letters similar

WASHINGTON – A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun-law…

May 30, 2013

Local News

Taking aim at invasive weeds

Battles won, but not the war

May 30, 2013

Nation & World

Secret Service: Letter to White House intercepted

President Barack Obama walks off the Marine One helicopter Thursday before boarding Air Force One before leaving O’Hare International Airport…

May 30, 2013

Nation & World

U.K. police: Man charged in UK soldier’s murder

LONDON — Police have charged a man with the murder of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack…

May 30, 2013

Regional News

Limit on pot publications challenged

DENVER – A day after Colorado enacted a law taking marijuana magazines off store racks, three publications sued to block…

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Report: Reservation criminal cases rising

Purdondu1-i-syn FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Native American leaders who have criticized the federal government for years about the way authorities handled…

May 29, 2013

Local News

Humane Society to hold adopt-a-thon

“They’re all sweet. There’s not one bad cat here,” said volunteer Karen Sprague, who visits the La Plata County Humane…

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Prosecutors are eager to get Holmes notebook

Holmesdu1-i-syn DENVER – Prosecutors in the deadly Aurora theater shootings focused new attention Thursday on a notebook that defendant James…

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Gessler inches closer toward governor’s race

Secretary of state will tour Colorado before deciding whether he will run

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Denver Comic Con readies to open for weekend run

DENVER (AP) – Grab your cape and set phasers to full-on-nerd because Denver Comic Con begins today. Returning for the…

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Group fails in bid to recall Ariz. sheriff

Efforts to recall controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed when recall organizers announced Thursday they had failed to get…

May 29, 2013

Local News

The finishing touches

Zak Fleming finishes the trim on the window sills of the Strater Hotel under Thursday’s brilliant blue skies. Keep the…

May 29, 2013

Local News

Teachers frustrated as lawsuit defeated

Cortez district on record: Budget allocations unfair

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Gas, oil influence on Colo. politics at issue

DENVER – The gas and oil industry in Colorado exerts an outsize influence on state politics, and its generous political…

May 29, 2013

Regional News

State getting a climate-change czar

DENVER – Colorado is getting a climate-change czar, a new position signed into law this week after a debate that…

May 29, 2013

Local News

School’s out! Now what?

Options abound, from summer camp to crime-scene investigation

May 29, 2013

Regional News

Judge rejects Aurora suspect’s challenge to insanity law

Attorneys say legal parameters of ‘cooperation’ remain at issue

May 29, 2013

Nation & World

Bear euthanized after chasing dog in Connecticut

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Environmental authorities say they euthanized a 200-pound black bear that attempted to chase a dog into…

May 29, 2013

Nation & World

UK police: Man charged in soldier’s murder

LONDON – Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic…

May 29, 2013

Nation & World

Ohio congressmen on IRS: ‘How high up did it go?’

CINCINNATI – A Republican senator and a congressman from Ohio said Wednesday night that the key question about the Internal…

May 29, 2013