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Do the poor have it easy?

Most of America’s rich think so

DATE: Jan 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama: Cut cost of college

Congress would have to OK $60B plan

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

Where’s Fidel? Rumors abound

His continued absence renews talk of his death

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

House GOP to target immigration policies

Votes planned to overturn Obama’s actions

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

World Brief

Sri Lanka swears in new president COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was sworn into office Friday and vowed to curtail the powers amassed by his pr...

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

Nation Briefs

Pentagon to merge POW-MIA offices WASHINGTON – The Pentagon took initial steps Friday to set up a new agency that will direct the troubled effort to search for America’s missing w...

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

Pipeline plan clears Nebraska hurdle

State high court tosses lawsuit to block Keystone XL project

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

Fears of wider threat grow

Officials seek answers about terror suspects’ pasts

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

Archaeologist donates Atari game

BISMARCK, N.D. – A University of North Dakota researcher who took part in a famous dig for discarded video games at a New Mexico landfill has donated one of the cartridges to the school to ...

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

Elvis’ 1st record sells for $300K

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An acetate recording of the ballad “My Happiness,” the first song Elvis Presley ever recorded, sold at auction Thursday night for $300,000. An undisclosed Inter...

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

December employment gain caps best year for US labor market since 1999

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

French police kill gunmen in twin attacks, free 16 hostages

By LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS – With explosions and gunfire, security forces Friday ended three days of terror around Paris, killing the two ...

DATE: Jan 9, 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.