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Cooling pump on space station shuts down

In this frame grab from video provided by NASA, two Russian flight engineers perform maintenance on the International Space Station…

Russia may answer conventional attack with nuclear weapons

A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin…

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church’s…

World Briefs

BEIRUT – The U.S. and Britain said Wednesday they were suspending deliveries to rebels in northern Syria of nonlethal aid…

Health-care signups still lagging

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking her department’s inspector general to investigate her department’s management and contracting…

Handshake GOP for Castro comments

“There used to be a pretty important principle that originated in the Republican Party, I believe, that partisan politics should…

U.S. general: Afghan pullout could reverse gains

But Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the U.S. has no plans to reopen…

Budget deal offers stability to Pentagon spending

The agreement eases some of the pain of the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that past and current defense secretaries, senior…

Some companies can kill eagles in name of green energy

A golden eagle flies over a wind turbine farm in Converse County, Wyo. To spur development and investment in green…

Grand Canyon releases plan to aid native fish

That was before Glen Canyon Dam was built near the Arizona-Utah border, making the environment less-than-ideal for spawning. Officials with…

Arctic owls fly south to U.S.

A snowy owl rests on a branch at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway Township, N.J. The…

Human food can help, but it can also hurt local ursine populations

The abundance of human food in towns and cities can help and hurt bears.Courtesy of Bear Smart Durango You would…

Small dairies struggle to survive in Colorado

In Weld County, larger producers have an edge

Pot cops preview tracking system

High-tech method all about good data

Public approval of Obama continues to fall

Poll: Large percentage of Americans unhappy with Congress

Interpreter’s signing blasted as ‘gibberish’

Advocates for the deaf say the sign language interpreter who was on stage Tuesday with President Barack Obama and other…

Dayplanner Thursday

“Raptor Identification Made Easy (Seriously)” raptor workshop, by Catherine Ortega, 11 a.m., For the Birds, 1560 East Second Ave., 382-9396.…

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Herb chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, wheat roll and ambrosia. Durango School District 9-R: Breakfast –…

Community Road Work Conditions

Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues, with a southbound single-lane closure. The lane closure will remain…

High-tech meters days away

While system down, parking free downtown

Coats for Christmas

NSA chief: Surveillance programs necessary

‘There’s no other way to connect the dots’

A happy hospital starts with the stomach

Mercy cafeteria serves more than patients, staff

U.S. charity buys ancient masks to return to Hopi, Apache tribes

“These are not trophies to have on one’s mantel,” said Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, director of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation,…