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Websites cracking down on nasty comments

Many websites and news companies are trying new tactics to try to limit nasty online comments.Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press Blame anonymity,…

December 26, 2013

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

HONOLULU – President Barack Obama has signed a bipartisan budget bill easing automatic spending cuts over two years, marking a…

December 26, 2013

Local News

Once a Democrat, Durango candidate looks to GOP

McMillan aims to appeal to libertarian wing of party

December 26, 2013

Local News

Post-Christmas high

Kayton Adams, 3, of Show Low, Ariz., got to try out one of his Christmas toys with his dad, Nathan…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Airport incidents lead to 2 arrests

Robert Edward Bump, 49, scaled a roughly 9-foot, barbed wire topped fence at about 5:30 p.m. at Phoenix Sky Harbor…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Wrapping around Colorado Capitol dome coming down

Construction crews Thursday began removing weatherproof wrap from the newly gilded Colorado Capitol dome that has been undergoing nearly two…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

N.M. cities see boom from gay marriages

Many people in New Mexico’s tourism industry believe the legalization of gay marriage in New Mexico could bring in more…

December 25, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Wednesday 2:24 a.m. A dog was stuck inside a cement canal at the fish hatchery, 151 E. 16th St. 3:48…

December 25, 2013

Local News

Hard work = hard body

For women, strength training doesn’t always equate to bodybuilding

December 25, 2013

Regional News

DA challenges Holmes case evaluation

Holmesdu1-i-syn Dr. Jeffrey Metzner, a University of Colorado psychiatrist with an expertise in the mental health of prison inmates, was…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Utah holdouts offer gay marriage licenses

Chris Serrano, left, and Clifton Webb kiss after being married, as people wait in line to get licenses outside of…

December 25, 2013

Local News

Dayplanner Friday

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.…

December 25, 2013

Nation & World

Optimism for 2014, poll shows

Respondents rate 2013 dismal for U.S., world

December 25, 2013

Good Earth

Surge of dolphin deaths alarm, puzzle scientists

Nearly 1,000 bottlenose dolphins – eight times the historical average – have washed up dead this year along the Eastern…

December 25, 2013

Good Earth

Yellowstone bears may lose protections

Grizzly numbers have recovered, panel says

December 25, 2013

Good Earth

In 2013, Arctic melting slowed

But report says top of world is changing

December 25, 2013

Good Earth

By saving Oregon forests, people, companies gain

Carbon credits connected to environmental, social welfare

December 25, 2013

Local News

Christmas Day cleaning crew

Guy Gervais spent a little time on Christmas morning gathering luminarias on East Third Avenue between 10th and 11th streets…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Another court defeat for Utah on gay marriage

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ rejection of Utah’s request for an emergency order to put gay marriage on…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Gay marriage battle moves to state courts

Dan Trujillo, left, and Clyde Peck get married in Salt Lake City as about 1,500 people gather in Washington Square…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Arizona, Kansas considering going to a two-tier voting system

But Bartlett, 68, who moved to Phoenix from Arkansas to be near her grown children, was tripped up because she…

December 25, 2013

Local News

Town quiet for holiday

With early start, Manna feeds almost 300 for Christmas

December 25, 2013

Local News

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

December 25, 2013

Local News

Whither the snowboarders?

New technology contributing to loss of shredders, more skiers

December 25, 2013