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Pot magazines under scrutiny

Lawmakers may treat pot periodicals like porn

Delegation seeks farm bill passage

Congressional members say provisions will help farmers deal with drought

130 years of searchable Heralds

Supremes’ Sotomayor encourages youth council

Don’t be afraid to try new things, justice urges students

Hopeful economic reports show promise for hiring gains

Donna Van Natten with The Enterprise Center, left, and Valoria Armstrong with Tennessee American Water Co. converse during a job…

Congress talks forest health in Colo.

Tipton touts his bill seeking to mitigate fire danger

A road more traveled

Driven by economics, commuters crisscross state line

Day of Prayer

About 75 people attended a National Day of Prayer gathering Thursday afternoon at the La Plata County Courthouse. The annual…

Rebels with a cause

5-year-old shoots 2-year-old to death at Kentucky home

A 2-year-old girl was shot to death by her 5-year-old brother at this home in Cumberland County, Ky. Investigators say…

Jamestown colonists turned to cannibalism to survive, scholars say

Scholars say the remains of “Jane of Jamestown,” whose facial reconstruction is pictured, show clear signs that she was cannibalized.Carolyn…

Boston suspect’s friends accused of hiding evidence

This courtroom sketch shows defendants Dias Kadyrbayev, left, and Azamat Tazhayakov in front of Federal Magistrate Marianne Bowler. The two…

Chance for wildfires above normal

Officials with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said Wednesday in their first 2013 summer fire outlook that a…

Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps

Shutting down the prison at the U.S. naval base in Cuba is a goal that has eluded Obama since he…

Texts, TV, then trouble for bombing suspect’s pals

When he got home, Kadrybayev turned on the television to see a shaggy-haired Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his friend, classmate and, by…

Missing Pa. woman, thought dead, surfaces in Fla.

This photo taken by the Monroe County, Fla. Sheriff’s Office and released by the Lititz Borough, Pa. Police, is of…

Vermont woman disfigured in attack reveals new face

This photo combination shows Carmen Blandin Tarleton, who suffered chemical burns over 80 percent of her body when her estranged…

J.C. Penney ad apologizes to customers

That’s the gist of its latest ad, a public “mea culpa” which the mid-priced department-store put on its YouTube and…

FBI: 3 removed backpack from Boston suspect’s room

A Department of Homeland Security police officer patrols with his dog outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Mass. Three…

Paraglider crashes on Smelter Mountain

2012 Fort Lewis College graduate suffers multiple fractures in fall

North Korea sentences American to 15 years’ labor

This 1988 file photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae, right, and Lee together when they were freshmen students…

Hoping for chile weather

N.M. grapples with tough water choices as drought persists

May Day snowstorm hits Colo., Wyo., Midwest

3 feet reported to be possible in foothills

Utah TV station pulls gory ‘Hannibal’

The first three episodes of the serial-killer drama that aired on KSL-TV became increasingly graphic and “extremely gory,” drawing complaints…