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Discouraged voters meet enemy and it is them?

Nelly Mathov, 79, protests against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Los Angeles on Oct. 2. With the…

October 19, 2013

$Offshore fracking is on the rise in Calif.$

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Offshore fracking is on the rise in Calif.

An oil worker rides a ferry away from Freeman Island, a human-made island off the coast of Orange County, Calif.,…

October 19, 2013

Nation & World

Pa., N.J. try to legalize gay marriage

Advocates see it happening in near future

October 19, 2013

Regional News

Tribe considers buying mine

A front end loader dumps coal into a hauler Oct. 9 at a mining operation at the Navajo Mine in…

October 19, 2013

Nation & World

Gun-rights activists rally at Alamo

Wreaths are seen March 6 in front of the Alamo where a gun-rights rally was held Saturday, breaking with tradition…

October 19, 2013

Nation & World

Death penalty provision revisited

Ga. may require defendants to prove disability

October 19, 2013

Regional News

Denver Museo celebrates Mexican kitchens

“I never thought it would be so personal,” she says, opening her arms toward the four-burner hearth the museum built…

October 19, 2013

Regional News

Boulder County’s farms weigh the loss of crops

Water creeps across a field near Milliken in the aftermath of the flooding in mid-September. Farmers in Boulder County and…

October 19, 2013

Nation & World

Growing backlash to government surveillance

Software engineer and entrepreneur Jeff Lyon sits next to a computer showing the “Flagger” program he developed in San Jose,…

October 19, 2013

Nation & World

Syria war plays out on Web

People show videos through social media

October 19, 2013

Nation & World

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gets put on stand

Lawyers for Muslim Brotherhood leaders, who were arrested over the last month as part of a massive crackdown on the…

October 19, 2013

Local News

Gun accident wounds investigator

During Redwine search, weapon discharges after falling to ground

October 18, 2013

Local News

Searching for clues

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald -Vallecito, CO- 10/18/2013 – La Plata County Sheriff investigators and a K-9 team work along Middle Mountain…

October 18, 2013

Local News

Udall: Water conservation could benefit businesses

Although discussions about the Colorado River Basin are traditionally dominated by water utility mangers, anglers and rafting company owners, a…

October 18, 2013

Local News

Harvest time for kokanee

Annual ritual at Vallecito aims to build fish stock in reservoirs, stream

October 18, 2013

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Parade prep for FLC

Patrick Fredricks, left, a staff member with the Leadership Center at Fort Lewis College, and Alina Peisley, a sophomore elementary…

October 18, 2013

Local News

County conducts pot survey

Public forum to be held Wednesday at courthouse

October 18, 2013

Regional News

Unclaimed remains linger in mortuaries

Funeral director Brandon Goulding holds a container of unclaimed cremated remains at the Jenkins-Soffe Funeral Home & Cremation in Murray,…

October 18, 2013

Regional News

Charges possible for toppled ancient rock

Two of the men, who were leading a group of teenage Boy Scouts on a trip, said the top of…

October 18, 2013

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Lawyers want emails barred as evidence

Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others in the…

October 18, 2013

Local News

Marijuana, alcohol revenue would square up

Users will pay higher rate but what state makes likely equal

October 18, 2013

Local News

Plastic bag monster rallies support for fee

Charlie Shew, aka “bag man,” catches the curiosity of Needham Elementary School student Cassidy Novak, 8. Shew tried to talk…

October 18, 2013

Nation & World

Some insurgent Republicans see weaker fundraising

Fundraising fell in the July-to-September fundraising quarter for two-thirds of the 42 House Republicans elected since 2010 who signed an…

October 18, 2013

Nation & World

Two killers registered as felons after their escape

Authorities are now searching for Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, who were mistakenly freed from a Panhandle prison within the…

October 18, 2013