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IRS: Identity theft prosecutions double in 2013

The IRS launched 1,492 criminal investigations into identity theft last year, a 66 percent increase from the year before. Prosecutions…

Iraqi government: airstrike kills 25 militants

Emad Matti/Associated Press<br><br>Security forces and civilians Tuesday gather at a crater caused by a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk,…

Gates: Obama gave up on Afghan strategy

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says in his new book, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, that President…

Big chill breaking records in East, South

The “polar vortex” is continuing to bring shivers to much of America. The arctic storm that is gripping much of…

Toyota debuts hydrogen fuel-cell car in U.S.

Toyota is touting its new hydrogen fuel-cell car at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company says…

Titanium triumph

Cortez’s Kokopelli Bike Co. offers 3 diverse, high-performance bicycles

Extra precaution for credit cards

businesses and banks extra careful after breach at Target

County approves marijuana grow facility

opponents emerge to operation near airport

Is penmanship in peril?

Cursive is fading, but advocates say it conveys intelligence, engages creativity

School turns to digital books

content offers more than traditional textbooks

Only 4 in 10 students finish college where they start

The dire numbers underscore the challenges that colleges confront as they look to bring in more students and send them…

Capitol ideas

state Legislature, 2014 looks a lot like 2013

Critics to keep eye on drilling in 2014

issue: Unused paint

Unemployment benefits bill clears hurdle in U.S. Senate

Senate Republican leaders are saying they will support a bill to extend unemployment benefits to long-term jobless Americans if Democrats…

Rodman: Exhibition game can ‘open door’ to N. Korea

Dennis Rodman huddles with North Korean basketball players and fellow former NBA stars at a practice session Tuesday in Pyongyang,…

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – The Denver City Council wants marijuana businesses in Colorado to be granted access to federal banking institutions now…

The Blotter

Monday 11:07 p.m. People were not obeying construction signs near 18th Street and Main Avenue. 4:19 p.m. A drunken man…

Toe toppers

At left, Ellie McLean’s complaints about having to touch her toes to her head provoked laughter among classmates during a…

Will hemp be the next cash crop?

farmers convene to discuss viability

Down comes the snow

Purgatory wins subdivision approval

Townhomes, lodge planned at resort

Dayplanner Wednesday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

Polar weather spreads across U.S.

Record low temperatures are being set across the Midwest and East Coast as a winter storm brings subzero weather to…

Nation Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday on whether the state of Texas can enforce a law…