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Utah county bans pets from puppy mills

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s most populous county banned the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, joining a growing number of cities around the country in a step designed to red...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Just like people, dogs need surgery to fix cleft palates

LOS ANGELES – Dogs, like people, can be born with cleft palates. Some die from pneumonia or malnourishment. Some with the defect, which is basically a hole in the mouth, are euthanized. ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy

TUNIS, Tunisia – It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had prompted the opposition to walk out of the cons...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

U.N.: Most fail gender parity goal in education PARIS – More than half of the world’s countries have failed to achieve gender parity in education for girls in primary and secondar...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pentagon giving up on building new Syrian rebel force

Military to focus on aiding groups already fighting

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doctors group pushes for probe Charity seeks answers on hospital attack

KABUL, Afghanistan – A day after President Barack Obama apologized for a tragic U.S. airstrike that killed at least 22 people at a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in northern Afghani...

DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House speaker’s race now wide open

Chamber in ‘total confusion’ after McCarthy drops out

DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Hundreds attend SeaWorld meeting LONG BEACH, Calif.– Protesters and supporters filled a meeting room Thursday where a California commission was considering a vast expansion to the...

DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. airman who thwarted French train attack stabbed in brawl

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, celebrated as a hero for helping to stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a b...

DATE: Oct 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

3 win Nobel for work in understanding cells

Tomas Lindahl, Paul L. Modrich and Aziz Sancar were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for having mapped and explained how the cell repairs its DNA and safeguards its genetic ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

DAs air concerns about early releases

Prosecutors fear many inmates pose threat

DATE: Oct 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Obama apologizes to doctors group WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday for the American air attack that killed at least 22 people...

DATE: Oct 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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.