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Colorado says 430 pipelines failed leak test

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission said the number of pipelines that failed represents 0.35 percent of the lines…

September 28, 2017

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California regulator admits to anxiety as legal pot nears

California voters in 2016 approved Proposition 64, which legalized recreational pot use for adults in the nation’s most populous state.…

September 28, 2017

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Wray installed as FBI director

absent at ceremony

September 28, 2017

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EPA’s Pruitt took charter, military flights that cost taxpayers more than $58,000

Pruittdu1-i-syn “When the administrator travels, he takes commercial flights,” EPA spokeswoman Liz Bowman said Wednesday, explaining that the one charter…

September 28, 2017

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EPA buys Pruitt a special booth for secret talks

Pruittdu1-i-syn EPA did not respond to questions Wednesday from The Associated Press about the government contract for the privacy booth…

September 27, 2017

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Dark days for Senate Leader McConnell as losses cast doubt

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and other GOP members…

September 27, 2017

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US middle class gets richer, but wealthy do even better

The Federal Reserve released a comprehensive report on U.S. households’ financial health on Wednesday including income and net worth of…

September 27, 2017

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Senator: Russian trolls using NFL debate to sow discord

Michael Conroy/Associated Press<br><br>Cleveland Browns fans hold a sign following the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Indianapolis…

September 27, 2017

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Scientists discover a species of giant rat

Vika, a sharp-toothed rat that grows up to 18 inches long and lives in a tree. It’s just a painting,…

September 27, 2017

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Saudi women allowed to drive in latest reform push by prince

Saudi Arabia authorities announced Tuesday that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom…

September 27, 2017

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‘Nothing, nothing.’ Aid lags in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico

Valentin and her husband say they have not seen anyone from the Puerto Rican government, much less the Federal Emergency…

September 27, 2017

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Trump, GOP tax plan cuts rates, nearly doubles deduction

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of the House Ways and Means committee in the Roosevelt Room…

September 27, 2017

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Basalt adding more affordable housing

The Aspen Times reports that officials backed moving ahead with two developments on Tuesday night. One is a joint effort…

September 27, 2017

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U.S. Interior chief wants smaller monuments, but not at home

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the new Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. Zinke has closely…

September 27, 2017

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Construction starts on models of proposed Mexico border wall

Roy Villarreal, acting chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol, San Diego Sector, speaks during a news conference in front…

September 27, 2017

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Ivanka Trump’s supply chains in China cloaked in secrecy

Ivanka Trump listens during the Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance event at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. It is no secret…

September 27, 2017

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Firebrand Alabama jurist Moore wins GOP primary runoff

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, greets supporter Patricia Jones, right, before his election party on…

September 26, 2017

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Trump plans to slash U.S. refugee admissions

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Rose Garden of the…

September 26, 2017

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Collapsed Mexico school raises questions about quake codes

Anthony Vazquez/Associated Press file<br><br>A federal police officer directs movements from the hood of a truck during rescue efforts earlier this…

September 26, 2017

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Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year

FILE – In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, Aziza Yousef drives a car on a highway in Riyadh,…

September 26, 2017

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Saudi government says it will allow women to drive

A woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia’s ban on…

September 26, 2017

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Iraq warns Kurds as they claim victory in independence vote

Turkish, left, and Iraqi soldiers greet each other as they take part in military exercises in Silopi, near the Habur…

September 26, 2017

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Senate GOP abandons latest effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he would have voted no on the GOP’s latest effort to repeal and replace the…

September 26, 2017

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Trump to visit Puerto Rico on Oct. 3 to survey hurricane damage, he says

Water drains from the Guajataca Dam in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, on Saturday. Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of…

September 26, 2017

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Trump says he’ll visit Puerto Rico next Tuesday

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of the House Ways and Means committee in the Roosevelt Room…

September 26, 2017

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Equifax CEO steps down in the wake of damaging data breach

Credit reporting agency Equifax ousted CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging…

September 26, 2017

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A-Basin, Loveland making snow with aim of October opening

Loveland and Arapahoe Basin have fired up their snow guns in the hope of opening sometime next month. Loveland spokesman…

September 26, 2017

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Colorado deputy finds 3,100 pounds of pot in moving truck

du1-i-syn The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy stopped the driver on a speeding violation Monday,…

September 26, 2017

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Trump hits ‘so-called Republicans’ as health bill withers

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, takes a question from a reporter while attending an event in Lewiston, Maine. The last-gasp Republican…

September 26, 2017

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McCain’s moment: Ailing senator plays spoiler again for GOP

FILE – In this Feb. 23, 2009, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during remarks of the Fiscal Responsibility…

September 26, 2017