Nation & World - The Durango Herald

Curators show the power of the pen

National Archives display celebrates the art of signature

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wanna rock a Stratocaster?

Very first production model can be yours – to the tune of $250,000

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Chicken from hell’ gets a proper name

NEW YORK – It’s called the chicken from hell: a birdlike dinosaur some 7 feet tall that weighed around 500 pounds when it roamed western North America on its long, slender hind legs. ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spring 2014: Drought and flooding

The first day of spring? Some people in Maine were shoveling 6 inches of new snow. And in Michigan, college students couldn’t even burn a snowman. OK, so it was a fake snowman. Bu...

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Are your pets living in the lap of luxury?

Americans spent $56B on furry, winged companions

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel steps up talk of threat of force on Iran

JERUSALEM – A rising chorus of Israeli voices is again raising the possibility of carrying out a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in what appears to be an attempt to draw renewed...

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia formally annexes Crimea

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin completed his annexation of Crimea on Friday, signing a law making the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia just as Ukraine itself sealed a deal pulling it cl...

DATE: Mar 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taliban launch two attacks in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – Four gunmen with pistols stuffed into their socks attacked a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday, just hours after militants killed 1...

DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

West ups stake with new Russia sanctions

WASHINGTON – Raising the stakes in an East-West showdown over Ukraine, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Vladimir Putin’s inne...

DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Florida executes man in deaths of 2 women STARKE, Fla. – A Florida man has been executed for killing two female co-workers by beating them with a hammer and setting them on fire ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmaker derides general’s sentence

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The Army general at the center of a sexual misconduct case that put the military justice system itself on trial was spared prison Thursday and sentenced to a reprimand and...

DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Searchers checking ‘best lead’ yet

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A freighter used searchlights early Friday to scan rough seas in one of the remotest places on Earth after satellite images detected possible pieces from the missing...

DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World