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Tourist numbers in Paris thinned

Terror attack, cold season likely suspects

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Defector urges continued pressure TOKYO – Shin Dong-hyuk, the North Korean prison-camp survivor who has admitted that parts of his well-known tale are inaccurate, has urged his su...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Youngest Selma march participant describes the day

NEW YORK – “Steady, loving confrontation.” Those were the first words Lynda Blackmon Lowery says she heard from the mouth of Martin Luther King Jr. “And those three wo...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Gunshots fired outside VP Biden’s home Multiple gunshots were fired outside Vice President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware, and a vehicle fled the area on Saturday night, Secret Serv...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tipped-wage system stirs debate

7 states have already eliminated it

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama gears up to pitch tax plan

‘Middle-class economics’ theme of annual speech

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Romney, Clinton offer signs 2016 will be about economy

CORONADO, Calif. – Not yet in the presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mitt Romney already are previewing the likely focus of the 2016 campaign, a competition over who’s better able...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In Islam, Muhammad’s image has long, complicated history

Dozens of Pakistani lawmakers rumbled through the streets of Islamabad on Thursday with one voice: Death to the blasphemers. Death to the blasphemers. Death to the blasphemers. Th...

DATE: Jan 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scientists get big idea from diapers

NEW YORK – This idea is not just in its infancy, it’s literally in diapers. A new trick for revealing tiny details under a microscope draws on a technology that helps make dispos...

DATE: Jan 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Remember this Alamo, too

Replica built for ’60 movie losing battle to time, nature

DATE: Jan 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

2016 will be about the economy CORONADO, Calif. – Not yet in the presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mitt Romney already are previewing the likely focus of the 2016 camp...

DATE: Jan 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Europe buckles down against terrorism

Brothers in Charlie Hebdo attack were quietly buried in France

DATE: Jan 17, 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.