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Senate panel votes to release CIA torture report

Feinsteindu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – The Senate intelligence committee has voted to release parts of a classified report that harshly criticizes CIA…

Gunman’s mental health under review

FORT HOOD, Texas – The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member…

Exploring our Hispanic heritage

Latin American scholars descend on Durango for international conference

Dayplanner Friday

Arts and Entertainment 53rd Annual Student Juried Exhibition, reception 4:30-6 p.m., show through April 14, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery.…

Saturn moon support life?

Researchers detect ocean that could hold elements for life

Commission to pick winner of public art contest today

Public gets look at finalists for high-visibility project

Snowbound biking

The Blotter

Durango Police Wednesday 8:34 a.m. Multiple campsites with fire rings were reported near the tech Center’s Trailhead, 849 Tech Center…

With pot legal, fest going mainstream

Members of a crowd numbering tens of thousands smoke marijuana and listen to live music at the Denver pro-marijuana rally…

State targets inefficient plumbing

DENVER – Inefficient faucets, toilets and showerheads moved closer to becoming illegal in Colorado Thursday when the state House gave…

Sheriff’s comeback campaign advances

Clerk: Spruell petition has enough signatures to get on ballot

Voters OK pot sales, ATVs in Silverton

Taxes also set for retail marijuana

Critics plug oil-pipeline bill

DENVER – A bill allowing companies to use eminent domain for oil pipelines died Wednesday after sponsors heard an outcry…

Let’s build up the snowpack

The National Weather Service is calling for a 30 percent chance of rain-snow mix today with a high near 48…

Albuquerque mayor asks feds for help with city’s police force

ALBUQUERQUE – Days after violent protests led officers to launch tear gas at hundreds of unruly demonstrators, Albuquerque Mayor Richard…

Even the IRS chief says the tax code is too complex

WASHINGTON – The nation’s chief tax collector made a rare plea for overhauling the nation’s tax laws Wednesday, saying the…

Are you feeling middle class?

Delegates listen to former President Clinton speak at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Since 2008, the number of people…

Chile’s magnitude-8.2 quake causes little damage, death

Fishing boats washed ashore by a small tsunami sit in Caleta Riquelme in the northern town of Iquique, Chile, after…

Ousted leader denies claims

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – In his first interview since fleeing to Russia, Ukraine’s ousted president said Wednesday that he was “wrong”…

World Brief

Sahara storm prompts London smog warning LONDON – European pollution and dust swirling in from the Sahara created a “perfect…

In ice storms, trees suffer heavy consequences

Biologist to find which types can best withstand severe weather

Warming worsens hunger, UN says

Global warming will move food prices higher and create “hot-spots of hunger” among the world’s poorest, a United Nations scientific…

Farmer plants new seed: Can crowdfunding work?

Harvest Funders provides alternative avenue for financing

Earth Briefs

Madriddu1-i-syn Two nonprofits to receive free solar Solarize La Plata, sponsored by the Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency, has…