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Permit upheld for Christo’s Arkansas River project

DENVER – An appeals board is upholding the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to grant the artist Christo a permit for his Over the River project, which involves temporarily suspending 5.9...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Reading scores mixed in N.M.

SANTA FE – The state’s high school students improved their reading proficiency scores on standardized tests this year, but there were declines for students in grades 4-6, Gov. Susana Martine...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hagel: Budget squeeze is hurting the military

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION – Mandatory budget cuts have begun to hurt military readiness, but the armed forces will continue to do their job, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Frid...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Violence, rallies flare in Egypt

CAIRO – Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied Friday in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in the second-largest city of Alexandria, where tw...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge puts parts of new Kan. abortion law on hold

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked some of the state’s new abortion restrictions that were set to take effect next week, including a requirement that providers said ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Appeals court lifts hold on Calif. gay marriages

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the state of California to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a 4½-year freeze. ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House panel pressing IRS figure to talk

WASHINGTON – A Republican-led committee Friday increased pressure on Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner to break her silence on who in the tax agency was behind decisions to make ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Snowden’s dad worries about son’s ties to WikiLeaks

WASHINGTON – The father of Edward Snowden, the former defense contractor accused of disclosing details about secret U.S. surveillance programs, is concerned that his son’s recent association...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Neighbor testifies in Zimmerman trial SANFORD, Fla. – Two neighbors and a police officer gave accounts Friday in George Zimmerman’s murder trial that seemed to bolster the neighbo...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

Much of the West to endure high temperatures

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge: Hobby Lobby won’t have to pay fines

OKLAHOMA CITY – Hobby Lobby and a sister company will not be subject to $1.3 million in daily fines beginning Monday for failing to provide access to certain forms of birth control through i...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Record heat wave to hit West

LAS VEGAS – A high pressure system parking over the West is expected to bring temperatures this weekend and into next week that are extreme even for a region used to baking during the summer...

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World