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Nelson Mandela: Icon, hero, flawed human

Women walk past artists’ renderings of Nelson Mandela for sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday. South Africa is readying…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Cubans reap rewards of individual enterprise

Values, ideals are changing within society

December 7, 2013

Regional News

Finding homes for female vets

Nonprofit offers help

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Pearl Harbor ceremony marks date of attack

Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over where the attack occured at a 72nd anniversary ceremony Saturday…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Feds balk at health application

Interviews with enrollment counselors, insurance brokers and a government official who works with navigators in Illinois reveal the latest change…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Just how happy are you?

Experts urge Uncle Sam to measure, pursue our well-being

December 6, 2013

Local News

Dayplanner Saturday

Christmas Bazaar, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Columba Catholic School, 1801 East Third Ave. Bird walk hosted by the Rocky Mountain…

December 6, 2013

Local News

DHS to host Native American Winter Market

presence doubles this year

December 6, 2013

Local News

Sen. Udall presses for greater local wildfire-prevention efforts

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., was joined by a bipartisan group of Western senators in support of inclusion of the new…

December 6, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Friday 5:25 a.m. An injured deer needed to be put down near 36th Street and Main Avenue. Thursday 7:07 a.m.…

December 6, 2013

Local News

‘O Christmas tree’

Lori Bryan browses through the 10th annual Festival of Trees on Friday at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad…

December 6, 2013

Regional News

Colo. judge orders wedding cake maker to serve gay couples

files complaint against shop owner

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

After derailment, feds order changes at New York railway

The emergency order by the Federal Railroad Administration was a reaction to Sunday’s wreck in the Bronx, where a train…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Jordan wins Security Council seat, replaces Saudis

Arab countries chose Jordan as a replacement, and Asian nations endorsed it to take the traditional Arab seat on the…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Water at Marine base linked to birth defects

The authors of the study on Camp Lejeune released late Thursday by the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

South Africans celebrate Mandela’s life

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela will be buried in his home town of Qunu Dec. 15, government officials say.…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Ice storm snarls holiday deliveries

Businesses of all types are struggling to get deliveries through as a major storm slows raod and air traffic throughout…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

World/Nation Briefs

MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Many flee in fear to Central African Republic airport

Jerome Delay/Associated Press<br><br>Shrouded bodies lay in a Bangui mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday after a day-long gun battle…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

AP releases dispatches for Pearl Harbor attack

In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, a small boat rescues a crew member from the water as heavy smoke…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Obama inspired by anti-apartheid campaign

During a visit to Senegal this past June, President Obama said his “first act of political activism” was an event…

December 6, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

A bird walk will be hosted by the Durango Bird Club at 9 a.m. Wednesday at For the Birds, 1560…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Airline safety under review

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into whether airline pilots are “tuning out” to possible safety hazards during flights.…

December 6, 2013

Local News

10 hours: Iron Horse tour sells out in record time

That is 26 hours faster than last year, said Jeff Frost, event director. “It keeps going quicker and quicker,” he…

December 6, 2013