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Library’s Literary Festival kicks off

Tom Perrota, local writers part of festivities

Intrigue surrounds Silverton-area plane crash

on Cessna that slammed into Grizzly Peak

World Briefs

BOGOTA, Colombia – A diplomatic breakthrough leaves many problems standing between Colombia and the prospect of peace after generations of…

Putin, Obama to meet on Monday

in Syria, Ukraine to be discussed

Nation Briefs

WILMINGTON, Del. – The police shooting of a man in a wheelchair was “unjust,” his mother said Thursday, but authorities…

McConnell offers stopgap spending bill

The action of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., followed a decisive Senate vote blocking a bill that would have stripped…

Hajj tragedy adds to woes of Saudi rulers

than 700 trampled to death near Mecca

Tour vehicle collides with charter bus; 4 dead

Officials with the Seattle Police Dept. work at the scene of a crash Thursday in Seattle. Four people died in…

Pope Francis appeals to Congress

Thousands line streets in Manhattan to greet pontiff

Durangoans provide earful to Legislature’s transportation committee

Communities ask legislative group for money

Riverview Elementary campus visited by bear

locked out while animal tranquilized, moved

A righteous time

Problematic meters

will test new credit-card meters next year

Whales return to Long Island Sound after long hiatus

In this Sept. 12 photo provided by Dan Lent, a humpback whale breaches the water in Long Island Sound off…

The Blotter

Tuesday 7:58 a.m. Someone reported that a business sign at 19th Street and Main Avenue was blocking a sidewalk. 8:42…

Lost Dog lost forever

One of the Lost Dog Bar & Lounge’s claims to fame has been its clubs for single-malt scotch, bourbon, vodka…

Suspect in 4 of 11 Phoenix freeway shootings charged

Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., makes his initial appearance before a judge at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, in Phoenix.Rob Schumacher/The…

Tech Center building evacuated Wednesday

Construction led to gas pipe damage

Nation & World Briefs

BERLIN – Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions…

Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton ‘shrill’

Contender’s brashness reason some will vote for him

Champagne makes run for DA official

Assistant district attorney says he believes he can run ‘smarter, more effective’ office

Earth Briefs

The 2015 Apple Days Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at Buckley Park, on…

Bill could let VA finish Denver hospital

The funding measure would let the VA transfer $625 million from other accounts in its own budget, the amount the…

‘Doomsday’ seed vault preserves food of the past – and ensures its future

People view the total solar eclipse in Svalbard, Norway. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in 2008 as a “backstop”…