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Santa pelted with snow at ’68 Eagles game dies

‘It was his 15 minutes of fame’

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lincoln’s hometown re-enacts his funeral

150 years have passed since slaying

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For last 100 years, celebrities urge animal kindness

LOS ANGELES – These days, people pay piles of cash to pamper their pets, but problems remain on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, on movie sets and at animal shelters – even in the wild. ...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Native Americans offended by Pope

Sainthood of contentious 18th-century Spaniard at issue

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Nepalese villagers: ‘WE NEED HELP’ PAUWATHOK, Nepal – At the entrance of this destroyed mountain village, a wooden sign stands, cobbled together from debris of homes flattened by ...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protesters, family celebrate criminal charges filed

6 Baltimore police officers involved in black man’s death are suspended

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Forty years later, Vietnam veterans still search for lost loves

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – The girls walk up and down the bar-lined street in Ho Chi Minh City, enticing male tourists to come in, come in, sit down, have a drink. Next door to t...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Vietnam War 40 years on, enemies now friends but still pain

The day was full of panic, chaos and defeat

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Legacies of war: Forty years after the fall of Saigon, soldiers' children are still left behind

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Vo Huu Nhan was in his vegetable boat in the floating markets of the Mekong Delta when his phone rang. The caller from the United States had stunning news – a DNA...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former enemies recall Vietnam War's end with eyes on future

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Vietnam’s Communist leaders commemorated the 40th anniversary of the end of their war against the United States Thursday with red-flag pageantry as the two countr...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. vets come to Vietnam to confront past, and find a home

DANANG, Vietnam – When Richard Parker left Vietnam in 1970, he planned to leave his memories of napalm attacks firmly in the past. Instead, as time marched on, they haunted him. “...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Vietnamese-Americans recall losses, gains since Saigon fell

SANTA ANA, Calif. – In the chaotic final days before the Vietnam she knew collapsed in 1975, Bang Van Pham was rushed onto a U.S. military plane with her newborn son, headed to a land she ha...

DATE: May 2, 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.