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White Chiller

Start to finish: 5 minutes Servings: 1 Ingredients: Ice 4 ounces sauvignon blanc wine 1 ounce silver or blanco tequila Juic...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Granola bars to replace M&M’s as school snack

WASHINGTON – Kids, your days of blowing off those healthier school lunches and filling up on cookies from the vending machine are numbered. The government is onto you. For the fir...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Dark Island Cooler

Start to finish: 5 minutes Servings: 1 Method: Â½ vanilla bean 4 ounces cabernet sauvignon wine 1 ounce spiced rum 2 ounces ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Rose Tinted Glasses

Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled 2 ounces St. Germaine elderflower liqueur 8 ounce...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Watermelon Bellini

Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: ¾ cup watermelon chunks 1/3 cup frozen peach chunks ½ ounce lemon juice ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Chill out: the ’80s classic summer drink is back

The wine cooler has a bit of an identity problem. Is it a wine spritzer? A wine cocktail? Sangria? And what about that wild child moment in the ’80s when it was the hottest thing on the part...

DATE: Jul 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Indianapolis one of best U.S. cities for happy marriages

Inattentive husbands? Nagging wives? Sleeping in separate beds? You’ll have to jet off to some other city to find that marital nonsense. In Indianapolis, couples are living in pur...

DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Family

Obama to girls in Senegal: You are role models

DAKAR, SENEGAL – Hundreds of students from the Martin Luther King all-girls high school in Dakar warmly welcomed first ladies Michelle Obama and Marieme Sall of Senegal on Thursday. ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Family

Religion Briefs

FBI to pull bus ads over community concerns SEATTLE – The FBI says it’s pulling some advertisements off buses in the Seattle area, after some people complained that they stereotyp...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon missionaries at record high

Lowered age requirement boosts numbers

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Gay-marriage rulings divide religious leaders

Religious leaders on opposing ends of the gay-marriage debate alternately referred to Wednesday as a tragic and a celebratory day after the Supreme Court’s decisions on two same-sex marriage...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Freshly squeezed lemonade is dressed in patriotic colors

If you’ve never tasted fresh lemonade, you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s just so much more vivid than the supermarket stuff, much more about the lemon and less about the sugar. ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

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.