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Assad accuses West of backing al-Qaida in Syria

Bashar Assad also lashed out at Jordan for allowing “thousands” of fighters to enter Syria through its borders and warned…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Options narrow for Venezuelan opposition

Opposition activists and independent observers called the judge’s declaration blatant and legally unfounded favoritism from a purportedly independent body that…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Trespassing accusation leaves Sanford on his own

This is a side view of the home of Jenny Sanford taken Wednesday on Sullivan’s Island, S.C., where she says…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

New Zealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage

Lawmakers voted 77 to 44 in favor of the gay-marriage bill on its third and final reading Wednesday night. People…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Illinois House approves use of medical marijuana

The proposed legislation creates a four-year pilot program that requires patients and caregivers to undergo background checks, limits the amount…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Appeals court hears challenge to gay therapy ban

It’s the “pivot point” of the legal debate, Judge Morgan Christen of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Arizona moves to force sale of turned-in guns

In Arizona, however, the Republican-controlled Legislature is now moving to save such guns. Prompted by a gun buyback event in…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Britain’s Iron Lady laid to rest with full pomp

Alastair Grant/Associated Press<br><br>Mark Thatcher and his wife, Sarah, watch as the coffin of his mother, former British Prime Minister Margaret…

April 17, 2013

Good Earth

Shipwreck uncovers Chinese poachers

“It is bad enough that the Chinese have illegally entered our seas, navigated without boat papers and crashed recklessly into…

April 17, 2013

Good Earth

The sound of croaking

Alarm grows over vanishing Caribbean frogs

April 17, 2013

Good Earth

China fidgets as cities’ heat rises

Higher readings linked to warming produced by humans

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. waits for an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington after speaking about gun legislation on the…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Conflicting reports of arrest in Boston bombings

Shannon Walsh, 15, places flowers on a memorial to Boston Marathon bombing victim, Martin Richard, 8, near the Richard family…

April 17, 2013

Local News

Tax credit for working poor passes Senate

GOP protests about paying $100M bill fail to persuade

April 16, 2013

Local News

Former baseball star coming to Durango

Strawberrydu1-i-syn While the nine-time Major League Baseball All-Star originally scheduled his visit as a vacation, he may not have time…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Gettinâ€™ a boost at Bowker Games

Cole Perez, 15, gets some help from Camren Cordell, an eighth-grader at Escalante Middle School, during a relay race at…

April 16, 2013

Local News

From salon to garage

Cortez woman joins the 1.5-percenters – females in auto repair

April 16, 2013

Local News

Hermosa man gets 3 years for death

Medical examiner: Fatal wound not self-inflicted

April 16, 2013

Nation & World

Fertilizer plant blast injures dozens of people in Texas

Among the damaged buildings was the West Rest Haven Nursing Home, from which first responders evacuated 133 patients, some in…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Activists’ bid to force uranium-mine cleanup fails

Decades ago, Colorado’s uranium belt north of Dove Creek and west of Telluride provided high-paying jobs and much of the…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Area real estate market trending upward

Home sales up in the county, flat in Durango

April 16, 2013

Education

Students flip for ‘flipped learning’

Classroom lecture is now homework

April 16, 2013

Nation & World

Letter with ricin sent to Miss. senator

An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, congressional officials…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Dems seek to advance Colorado election bill

GOP secretary of state opposes measure

April 16, 2013