Nation & World
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LOS ANGELES – The deal is done, and the Playboy Mansion has a new owner. Daren Metropoulos, who lives next door, said Tuesday that escrow has closed on his $100…
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MILWAUKEE – City leaders blamed outside agitators Monday after a second night of violence wracked Milwaukee’s mostly black north side in protest at the fatal shooting of a black man…
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NEW YORK – The daylight slaying of a mosque leader and his associate set off fear and anguish Sunday among Bangladeshi Muslims in a New York City neighborhood. Police hunted…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment Briefs
The Durango Chamber Singers are currently auditioning for tenors and basses for their 2016/2017 season beginning Aug. 22. Rehearsals are 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.…
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New York Police officers Wednesday pulled a man through a window as he scaled the side of Trump Tower using suction cups.Julie Jacobson/Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – A hot tub’s…
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CHICAGO – A federal judge refused Tuesday to lighten Rod Blagojevich’s original 14-year prison sentence for corruption, rejecting pleas for lenience by the now white-haired former Illinois governor who attended…
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WASHINGTON – Rising global temperatures are linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, along with other nasty infections, a new study shows. About a dozen species…
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SINKING SPRING, Pa. – A couple featured in news stories about their difficulties getting medication for a daughter, Willow, who had a heart transplant were found shot to death in…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Northern California authorities say two skydivers are dead. San Joaquin Sheriff’s Sgt. Brandon Riley said the bodies were found Saturday in a vineyard, near the city of…
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WASHINGTON – An internal Federal Aviation Administration report urged greater safety oversight of the hot air balloon tour industry three years before the agency’s head rejected similar recommendations from a…
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NEW YORK – A new poll shows about three out of four Americans believe Donald Trump will further divide the country if elected, but doubts remain about Hillary Clinton’s ability…
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STOCKTON, Calif. – Prosecutors in Northern California say a gun stolen from Stockton’s mayor was used to kill a 13-year-old boy last year. The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office…
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Prosecutors will not retry a man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy, saying they can no longer prove their case in the 15-year-old slaying. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment Briefs
The Durango Arts Center’s BoysART program is intended for art-loving boys ages 12-15. This year, BART will feature multiple creative sessions taught by local artists: Dan Groth will teach collage…
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A source says President Barack Obama has selected Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side to house his presidential library. The library is expected to help provide jobs to the area,…
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WASHINGTON – The driver killed when his Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode was traveling at 9 mph above the speed limit just before hitting the side of a…
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Now that eliminating sexual harassment is a top priority for the National Park Service, Director Jonathan Jarvis is laying out the steps he is taking to create a “zero tolerance”…
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MIAMI – Florida mosquito control officials worry they won’t be able to keep up their efforts to contain the bugs that carry Zika without federal funding, even as concern mounts…
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas’ strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, giving more…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer was shot and killed on Tuesday while searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting, police said. Capt. Robert Melton…
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BALTIMORE – A judge on Monday found the highest-ranking officer charged in Freddie Gray’s arrest and death not guilty on all counts, dealing a devastating blow to prosecutors, who have…
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PENN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – Joshua Lee Long, a 26-year-old man who’s incarcerated by Cumberland County in connection with a string of burglaries in Pennsylvania, is facing new charges after police…
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Purgatory Resort will host the Mountain Marmot Trail Race from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 24. Registration for the race is capped at 300 and was already 60 percent…
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“Snowdown Follienesia” will be a beach-themed evening of entertainment to benefit Snowdown Board Emeritus Bob Larson. Larson recently suffered a spinal injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down.…
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he’s deployed 47 U.S. troops to South Sudan amid a worrisome outbreak of fighting there. Obama tells Congress in a letter that the troops…
Business
Business Briefs
The Payroll Department has promoted Eric Malone to president and Tanya Campbell to director of operations. Bryan Dear, founder of the long-standing Durango business, will step into an advisory role…
Local News
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Crow Canyon Archaeological Center will hold a talk on the history of Mata Ortiz ceramics, a demonstration and a pottery sale at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at 23390 Road K…
Education
Education Briefs
Taylor Graham recently graduated from Ithaca College’s School of Communications with a degree in emerging media. The curriculum at Ithaca focuses on blending liberal arts and professional study. In New…
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A gunman killed two bailiffs and injured a deputy sheriff at a county courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, authorities said Monday. “The suspect has been shot and killed,” Sheriff L.…
Local News
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The city of Durango is using the herbicides Cornerstone, Plateau, and Perspective to improve the quality of right of ways, parks and open spaces through July 30. The weed control…