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Titanium triumph

Cortez’s Kokopelli Bike Co. offers 3 diverse, high-performance bicycles

Extra precaution for credit cards

Local businesses and banks extra careful after breach at Target

County approves marijuana grow facility

No opponents emerge to operation near airport

Is penmanship in peril?

Cursive is fading, but advocates say it conveys intelligence, engages creativity

School turns to digital books

Online content offers more than traditional textbooks

Only 4 in 10 students finish college where they start

The dire numbers underscore the challenges that colleges confront as they look to bring in more students and send them…

Capitol ideas

For state Legislature, 2014 looks a lot like 2013

Critics to keep eye on drilling in 2014

New issue: Unused paint

Unemployment benefits bill clears hurdle in U.S. Senate

Senate Republican leaders are saying they will support a bill to extend unemployment benefits to long-term jobless Americans if Democrats…

Rodman: Exhibition game can ‘open door’ to N. Korea

Dennis Rodman huddles with North Korean basketball players and fellow former NBA stars at a practice session Tuesday in Pyongyang,…

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – The Denver City Council wants marijuana businesses in Colorado to be granted access to federal banking institutions now…

The Blotter

Monday 11:07 p.m. People were not obeying construction signs near 18th Street and Main Avenue. 4:19 p.m. A drunken man…

Toe toppers

At left, Ellie McLean’s complaints about having to touch her toes to her head provoked laughter among classmates during a…

Will hemp be the next cash crop?

Local farmers convene to discuss viability

Down comes the snow

Purgatory wins subdivision approval

Townhomes, lodge planned at resort

Dayplanner Wednesday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

Polar weather spreads across U.S.

Record low temperatures are being set across the Midwest and East Coast as a winter storm brings subzero weather to…

Nation Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday on whether the state of Texas can enforce a law…

World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – U.N. officials are warning the Security Council that Central African Republic is on the brink of a…

China destroys 6 tons of ivory

Conservation groups are hailing China’s decision to destroy about 6 tons of illegal ivory as a sign of growing concern…

U.S. health costs continue to grow slowly

While the White House sees hard-won vindication, it’s too early to say if the four-year trend that continued through 2012…

Sudan president backs peace talks

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says warfare “will do no good” for the people of South Sudan. Sudan allowed South Sudan…

Unemployment bill first up in Senate for 2014

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, says he nearly has the votes to approve legislation for extended unemployment…