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Getting animals to dazzle on screen is a wild job

LOS ANGELES – For animal trainers on film sets, the job can be wild. Getting snakes on a plane takes a bit of heat or light, but cajoling a bear to perform for the camera can require buckets...

DATE: Sep 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Women in politics: Gillibrand and Davis memoirs

NEW YORK – “Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir” (Penguin/Blue Rider Press), by Wendy Davis, and “Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World” (Ballantine Books), by Kirsten Gillibra...

DATE: Sep 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Author says Christian novel plagiarized, sex added

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah author says a schoolteacher plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added graphic sex scenes and passed it off as her own. In a case she says brings to li...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Some inspiration to keep age from getting you down

Local author offers glimpses into lives of older athletes

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

One fast, wild ride in Grand Canyon

Historic Colo. River speed record brought to life in book

DATE: Sep 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Book offers a chorus of women on women’s clothing

Women in Clothes (Blue Rider Press), by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton & 639 Others In 1995 an advertising executive named Ilene Beckerman narrated her life story thr...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Review: Summer of the Dead has powerful plot

Summer of the Dead (Minotaur Books), by Julia Keller Small towns – where everyone knows your name and keeping secrets seems unfathomable – can be hotbeds of concealment. No one re...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Gregg Hurwitz delivers in Don’t Look Back

“Don’t Look Back” (St. Martin’s Press), by Gregg Hurwitz A single mother takes a vacation that descends into hell in Gregg Hurwitz’s latest thriller, “Don’t Look Back.” ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark

“The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief” (Gotham Books), by Alan Connor If you love solving crosswords, you know how it fe...

DATE: Aug 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Book Buzz: Lena Dunham talks OCD in new memoir excerpt

It seems that Lena Dunham and her “Girls” alter ego Hannah Horvath have even more in common than we knew. In a new excerpt from Dunham’s forthcoming memoir, Not that Kind of Girl,...

DATE: Aug 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark

The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief (Gotham Books), by Alan Connor If you love solving crosswords, you know how it feel...

DATE: Aug 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

After rejections, a book publishing deal

Mandy Mikulencak’s new novel to be published next fall

DATE: Aug 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Books

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.