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Grafitti artist’s paintings vandalized in Utah resort

Brown spray paint on Thursday covered a Park City mural that depicted a young boy with a pink halo and…

Masterpiece in the making

Who’s at the door? Oh, it’s Gorbachev

Associated Press file photo<br><br>Mikhail S. Gorbachev poses with Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the prime minister’s official country residence…

Nation/World

SALEM, Ore. – A new study has found that previously uninsured people enrolled recently in Medicaid went to the emergency…

Female Marines get pass on new fitness standards

The Marine Corps is delaying adopting a new minimum fitness standard for female members because the service was worried it…

Faith in government drops

Americans are increasingly more pessimistic about the government’s ability to solve the nation’s problems, according to a new poll by…

Strong winter storm pushes into the Northeast

Highway crews work to clear snow from roads on Thursday in Henniker, N.H. About 6 to 10 inches of snow…

Flu cases up so far this season

State epidemiologist Lisa Miller said the number of hospitalizations has jumped to 448 this flu season, more than 50 cases…

New parking meters confusing some

smart cards on the way

Campaign seeks a campus gun ban

86,105 signatures needed for Initiative 49

Papers praise Snowden leaks

A TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping…

Relief, confusion as new health benefits begin

Howard Kraft looks over health-care information in his Lincolnton, N.C., home Monday. All things good, bad and unpredictable converge Jan.…

Snow unlikely this weekend – maybe next week

The only snow falling in Durango on Thursday was found in the form of a paper snowflake mobile in the…

S.W. Colo. law agencies search for fleeing driver

Motorist takes Forest Service road to elude troopers

DIA claims tough marijuana policies

Officials and law enforcement at other major U.S. airports are less concerned and often have more lax pot policies than…

Critical negotiations

Crutches cause constant consternation

Station robbed on New Year’s

Durango police looking for suspect

Easy to make, harder to keep

other things in life, New Year’s resolutions require some persistence

Hospital: Ariel Sharon’s health worsens

Hospital officials say former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s condition has deteriorated sharply. Sharon has been in a coma since…

Nation/World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – Residents and emergency management officials in New England and parts of New York prepared on Wednesday for…

Nations race to stake their claims in Arctic

The United States is considering possibly building a new icebreaker as it looks to increase its presence in the Arctic…

Broken axle found at scene of North Dakota derailment

Railroad crews are hoping to repair damaged rail lines in North Dakota by today. An oil train derailed Monday near…

Telluride starts pot sales

‘business is good’

Local Briefs

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500…