News

Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster

Contaiminated water is leaking from some of the steel storage tanks at the wrecked Fukusima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, raising…

August 21, 2013

Nation & World

Manning case unlikely to affect other leak probes

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing…

August 21, 2013

Nation & World

NSA releases court opinions

The National Security Agency says it collected thousands of emails and other Internet communications from Americans with no terrorist connections…

August 21, 2013

Nation & World

Court orders Mubarak to be freed

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be put under house arrest if he is released from prison after two years…

August 21, 2013

Good Earth

Mosquitoes far worse this summer in parts of U.S.

Ryan Miller of Arlington, Va., has been lobbying his local government to use pesticides this year to fight mosquitoes. Because…

August 21, 2013

Good Earth

Tour de Farms will visit Durango, Animas Valley

A 30-mile ride through the north Animas Valley is sold out. A few slots remain for the short tour of…

August 21, 2013

Good Earth

His lonely mission

N. Dakota’s sole Sierra Club staff member pushes back against industry

August 21, 2013

Good Earth

The hazards of corporate agriculture

Durango, critic says too few control too much, public pays price

August 21, 2013

Good Earth

Climate panel: Humans cause warming

The scientists, whose findings are reported in a draft summary of the next big U.N. climate report, largely dismiss a…

August 21, 2013

Nation & World

Reported Syria attack tests U.S. hope to avoid war

Syrian anti-government activists are accusing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad of launching a chemical attack that killed at…

August 21, 2013

Nation & World

Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing…

August 21, 2013

Local News

‘A sacred mystery’

Lifespan slightly shorter in La Plata County

August 20, 2013

Local News

Setting up a little security shock

Dale Klotz, territory manager for Gallagher Animal Management, makes connections on an electrical fence surrounding beehives in Hermosa during a…

August 20, 2013

Local News

Old flags wave goodbye

comes in mortuary oven

August 20, 2013

Local News

Electronics account for lionâ€™s share of recycling revenue

Fees are attached, such as $3 for game stations, $15 for laptops and $5 for microwaves, according to a fee…

August 20, 2013

Local News

Lightning keeps firefighters busy

causes crews to pull back from small fires for safety

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Forest Service running out of money to fight wildfires

diverting money from other programs to fill gap

August 20, 2013

Regional News

N.M. county issues same-sex marriage licenses

Char Ullman, 51, left, and Carrie Hamblen, 45, get married at the Doña Ana County Courthouse in Las Cruces, N.M.,…

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Marijuana patients protest privacy breaches

board rejects petition requesting a secure registry

August 20, 2013

Regional News

Denver family evicted after mother’s killing

spokesman makes case for compassion

August 20, 2013

Business

Reviews mixed for Swift books

has leased 50,000 net acres of mineral rights in S.W. Colo.

August 20, 2013

Business

Businesses seek cure for health-care cost surge

‘We’re going to work as hard as we can to hire as few people as possible’

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Media in Egypt stoke the heat – and now feel it

Journalists covering the turmoil in Egypt are coming under increasing danger from police and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.…

August 20, 2013

Nation & World

Report: 95 percent odds that humans are to blame for warming

The findings are from a draft of the 5th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report obtained by USA TODAY. The…

August 20, 2013