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Nation & World

Panel approves Syria attack

President Barack Obama is suggesting that he could go ahead and order a military strike on Syria if Congress fails…

September 4, 2013

Good Earth

Support generated for desert tortoises

Vegas center plans to put down suffering animals

September 4, 2013

Good Earth

Arabia’s last leopards

struggles to save endangered cats

September 4, 2013

Good Earth

Sun powers low-income residents’ homes

Nonprofit launches a new solar-energy program in Colorado

September 4, 2013

Nation & World

Pot use up, study shows

The nationwide survey made public Wednesday found that 7.3 percent of Americans 12 or older regularly used marijuana in 2012,…

September 4, 2013

Good Earth

Navy training, testing might be killing whales, dolphins

The Navy said that the studies focused on waters off the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, Southern California and…

September 4, 2013

Nation & World

Autopsy: Ariel Castro hanged himself in prison cell

Ariel Castro hanged himself Tuesday night, about a month after he was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years…

September 4, 2013

Nation & World

Study suggests some will struggle to pay new health care premiums

A new study shows that average premiums for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul plan will be a…

September 4, 2013

Local News

N.M. man leads deputy on high-speed chase

Reportedly hits speeds in excess of 80 mph on East Animas Road

September 3, 2013

Local News

Trail construction underway

City Park extension begins next week

September 3, 2013

Local News

Pro-marijuana tax campaign launched

Supporters say levies would legitimize industry

September 3, 2013

Local News

Did ethics case mar fundraising at FLC?

Complaint delayed foreign-outreach efforts

September 3, 2013

Local News

School tax initiative makes ballot – barely

46 percent of signatures invalidated

September 3, 2013

Local News

BLM narrows proposed Chaco drilling sites to four

companies had nominated 38 parcels for leases

September 3, 2013

Local News

Deciphering a scrambled language

Dyslexia presents unique challenges, opportunities

September 3, 2013

Local News

Mancos student to be on national TV

Mary Oswald of San Juan Hand Therapy in Durango, where crews came to film recently, said that the program will…

September 3, 2013

Business

Verizon foresees few changes to U.S. wireless business

Verizon is buying the 45 percent of its wireless business owned by British cellphone carrier Vodafone. That will let Verizon…

September 3, 2013

Business

Yellen, Summers weighed for Fed head

Fed Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers are the leading candidates to replace Ben Bernanke as…

September 3, 2013

Business

With Nokia deal, Microsoft takes a gamble

Software giant will pay $7.2 billion for phones, patents

September 3, 2013

Nation & World

Weapons of less-than-mass destruction for Syria?

Last week, USA TODAY reported on the two prime candidates – the CrashPAD and the Passive Attack Weapon (PAW) –…

September 3, 2013

Nation & World

Syria uncertainty hangs over Obama’s overseas trip

Before his scheduled departure Tuesday night, Obama urged lawmakers meeting with him at the White House to support his plan…

September 3, 2013

Nation & World

Egypt president: Brotherhood’s fate with judiciary

Adly Mansour’s interview with Egyptian state television, the first since his appointment, aired on the same day that a military…

September 3, 2013

Nation & World

War vote on Syria looms for White House hopefuls

Senate Republicans eyeing a possible presidential run in 2016 could be hurt by a looming decision they will have to…

September 3, 2013

Nation & World

Syria moving troops, weapons, rebels say

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government is moving military equipment and troops around as it tries to protect military assets in…

September 3, 2013