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Salsa strides

Leslie Carlson, who teaches dance at Animas High School, said her salsa students asked her about doing a flash mob…

May 20, 2013

IRS official to take 5th at House hearing

Tea-party activists march outside the Internal Revenue Service office Tuesday in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the…

May 20, 2013

Nation & World

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

New details on the administration’s budget request emerged Tuesday and underscored the contradiction of the president waging a political fight…

May 20, 2013

Local News

Council sets date for public hearing on plastic-bag fee

Proponents for the fee argue that it will go a long way toward the reduction of disposable bags and the…

May 20, 2013

Regional News

Pot user sues Colorado

Brandon Baker, who said he uses marijuana for religious reasons, filed his lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Denver. The…

May 20, 2013

Local News

Steady as she goes

Jeanne Matthews with the La Plata County Road and Bridge Department checks the nozzle while painting a stripe Tuesday along…

May 20, 2013

Local News

Roger that: A tough but rewarding job

14 weeks of training, a 5-screen computer system and stressful situations

May 20, 2013

Local News

Money wars: McLachlan’s supporters beat recall insurgents

In The Durango Herald on Sunday, Citizens for Mike McLachlan paid for 7,000 inserted ads printed by a private company…

May 20, 2013

Local News

Hickenlooper signs spending bill for schools

Voters must approve tax hike in November for it to take effect

May 20, 2013

Local News

‘We’re gobsmacked by the enormity’

Part-time resident weathers the Oklahoma tornado

May 20, 2013

Regional News

Former R.I. Senate candidate to run for Colo. governor

Former Cranston, R.I., Mayor Steve Laffey is greeted by his family after his televised debate with then-U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee…

May 20, 2013

Nation & World

Tornado with 200 mph winds kills at least 37 in Oklahoma

The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city. Block after block of the community…

May 20, 2013

Nation & World

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

David Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, which will remain based in New York City. Yahoo has purchased the Internet blogging forum…

May 20, 2013

Nation & World

Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

This aerial photo shows damage to Plaza Towers Elementary School on Monday after it was hit by a massive tornado…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

Baghlan provincial council leader Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni was entering the compound in the morning when the bomber ran up on…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Tumblr CEO’s mom gushes over billion-dollar baby

David Karp, 26, dropped out of high school to concentrate on computer programming and started Tumblr six years ago.Invision for…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Government presses ahead on another leak case

During the investigation of State Department adviser Stephen Kim, law enforcement officials obtained a search warrant for some private emails…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

But McDonough and the other advisers did not tell Obama, leaving him to learn about the politically perilous results of…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Ex-U.S. Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious

There was substantial evidence in the 2011 incident that then-U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke’s motive for disclosing a memo by federal…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Poll: Ruckus over Benghazi, IRS is driven by politics

A USA TODAY poll taken by Princeton Survey Research finds nearly three of four Americans say the controversies will make…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place

If you won Saturday’s historic Powerball jackpot and you haven’t already done so, sign the ticket. Now. Finished? Now call…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Alaska volcano’s ash prompts flight cancellations

The Pavlof Volcano erupts near Cold Bay, Alaska. The volcano’s eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby…

May 19, 2013

Nation & World

Massive tornado hits Oklahoma, kills 51

Neighborhoods lay in ruins; death toll expected to rise

May 19, 2013

Local News

Righting the ship

Jake Rafferty, center, and his friends right their raft Monday afternoon after the Fort Lewis College students lodged against a…

May 19, 2013