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Feds suggest counseling over detention for tribal youth

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal officials have revised their guidelines for handling juvenile criminal cases in tribal courts with recommendations that favor treatment, counseling and foster care over...

DATE: Feb 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bundy, 15 others plead not guilty in Oregon refuge case

Group involved in 41-day standoff

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis Obama’s sacrificial lamb High-court pick to face long odds

WASHINGTON – Wanted: Top legal mind with Supreme Court aspirations, to serve as a national political football. Candidate must be camera-ready and prepared for disappointment. Contact Barack ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado woman guilty of cutting baby from stranger’s womb

BOULDER – A Colorado woman who prosecutors said was obsessed with having a baby and concocted elaborate lies to convince those close to her that she was pregnant was convicted Tuesday of cut...

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-surgery tech pleads not guilty to stealing painkillers

DENVER – A former surgery technician pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges of stealing painkillers intended for patients at a Colorado hospital. Prosecutors say Rocky Allen...

DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Six-hour standoff ends with Mississippi officer dead, 3 injured

Suspect killed after police storm residence

DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California detective keeping an eye out for bee rustlers

Thefts can cost owners thousands of dollars

DATE: Feb 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Woman says she fought attacker, tried to protect unborn baby

Attacker tried to claim baby was hers

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI goes through evidence at wildlife refuge

Forty-one-day armed standoff in Oregon ended on Thursday

DATE: Feb 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Effort to make it easier to deliver death sentence fails in Colorado

Ellen Roberts joins Democrats in opposition

DATE: Feb 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man shot at End-O-Day Motel in Durango

Joshua Gonzales flown to Albuquerque hospital in critical condition

DATE: Feb 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez police likely to face lawsuit in Make My Day case

A Denver attorney has confirmed that a civil lawsuit is likely against the Cortez Police Department in connection to a 2014 Make My Day criminal trial. In a 1,154-word letter date...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News