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SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said he tried to choke her about a week ago during an altercation that…

November 19, 2013

Business

Prospectors seek fortune in legal pot

Marijuana opens business opportunity for an array of folks

November 19, 2013

Business

Mold vanquisher finds niche

‘Eco-friendly’ elixir to combat virulent scourge hits mark

November 19, 2013

Business

Business Briefs

Carolyn Striker has joined Mumbling Marmot Tutoring as a tutor serving Durango and Bayfield specializing in cognitive skills, study skills,…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Tornado outbreak cost could exceed $1 billion

Although damage estimates are far from final, Sunday’s outbreak could exceed the billion-dollar mark, making it the costliest severe weather…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Puerto Rico’s glowing lagoon goes nearly dark

Puerto Rican officials are investigating why the bioluminescent Grand Lagoon at the Nature Reserve of Las Cabezas de San Juan…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The Civil Air Patrol Senior Squadron will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Mancos, 150…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Internet gambling in New Jersey tested and defended

New Jersey is preparing to test its new Internet gaming system which is scheduled to go online next week. The…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square

Egyptian revolutionaries are taking to the streets in Egypt to protest both the military government and the Islamist government that…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Senators push Obama on Iran deal

President Barack Obama says he believes the proposal Western nations are negotiating with Iran will give the U.S. and its…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Attorney defends NSA violations

“Complicated technology systems frequently don’t work as they expect them to,” Robert Litt, general counsel for the Director of National…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Obama popularity falling

A Washington Post/ABC News poll says 55 percent of respondents now disapprove of Obama’s performance, the worst rating of his…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Dinosaur fossils fail to sell

This photograph provided by Bonhams auction house shows the “Montana Dueling Dinosaurs,” fossils of two dinosaurs discovered on a Montana…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Winter-like storm drawing a bead on Four Corners

Paul Frisbie, forecaster with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, said temperatures in the valleys of Southwest Colorado likely…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Karzai to support deal on U.S. troops

The United States and Afghanistan are hammering out final language for an agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

ROME – The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest…

November 19, 2013

Education

All-boys NYC schools serve at-risk population

is delivering above-average results

November 19, 2013

Education

Education Briefs

Joseph Bruchac – writer of poetry, short stories, novels, anthologies and music that reflect his Abenaki Native American heritage and…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Poll: Guv slides, still leads GOP field

51 percent of Coloradans support fracking

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Police: Son suspect in murder-suicide try

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds campaigns with his son Gus in Halifax, Va., in 2009. Deeds is hospitalized with stab…

November 19, 2013

Daily update

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.…

November 19, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

The city of Durango Community Development Department’s fall construction of the Downtown Sidewalk Improvement Project has resumed. Each side street…

November 19, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Herbed baked chicken, chicken gravy, chopped spinach, carrots, salad bar, wheat roll and strawberry shortcake. Durango…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Federal funds will help bring more local food to schools

Durango School District 9-R awarded $100,000 grant

November 19, 2013