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Thrift-store burglar draws probation

Casey Under a plea agreement with the 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday in District Court, Christopher Casey must…

Homeless people motivate businesses to move benches

Panhandlers are a motivation

House presses Senate to pass domestic surveillance changes

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Thursday urged Senate leaders to consider the House-passed bill to renew the USA…

Wolf Creek land-swap proposal is OK’d

Billionaire clears hurdle toward development

Young marijuana-shop robber pleads guilty to avoid prison

Griffith, 20, sentenced to Youthful Offender System

Boy Scouts’ leader says ban on gay adults not sustainable

Pascal Tessier, center, was hired in April as the nation’s first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader.Associated…

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

Dylan Redwine’s family says father moved remains

Hatfield was on ‘Dr. Phil’ show

Dylan Redwine’s family appears again on Dr. Phil

phone, Mark Redwine denies killing his son

Oil slicks spread 9 miles off California, foul beaches, air

Volunteers such as John Ziegler of Pismo Beach, Calif, are collecting oil that has drifted onto the beach north of…

From legal battle to the board of director’s ballot

Volunteer at Thrift Store fights for right to run for leadership

Justice: NSA may have to wind down bulk collection this week

Republican presidential contender Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., argued on the Seante floor Wednesday against reauthorizing the Patriot Act, which called…

Iranian leader rejects probe of nuclear claims

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday told military commanders that his country would not give in to “excessive…

Nation Brief

NEW ORLEANS – A committee of lawyers representing businesses and individuals who claim damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico…

World Brief

SANAA, Yemen – The United Nations set the date for peace talks on Yemen for next week in Geneva, while…

Some fear militants will destroy ruins

extremists advance on ancient Roman city in Syria

Businesses rethink hosting biker events

reconsider risks after Waco shootout

Letters show bin Laden wanted to focus on U.S.

U.S. releases al-Qaida leader’s seized documents

Storm will move into Colorado on Friday night

Horse meteorlogist hedges his bet toward ‘wetter’

FLC’s Engineers Without Borders lend helping hand

Students mark decade of bringing water systems to third world

Local Briefs

Rep. Scott Tipton will host these town-hall meetings: Durango Town Hall will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the…

Powerhouse plugs back in to Durango

Facility and plaza available for new events

The Blotter

Wednesday 1:31 a.m. Someone was revving the engine of a Ford van at East Fourth Avenue and 11th Street. The…

Finances testing school district

Superintendent looking for ideas to economize