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Woman Missing on Grand Canyon Trip
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a Colorado woman who’s reported missing from a private river trip in Grand Canyon National Park. Park rangers say... Read more »
Colorado a Gun-Control Test Case
DENVER (AP) — After the annual late-summer harvest on his farm in the eastern reaches of Colorado, Greg Brophy has a few friends over, breaks out the handguns and semi-automatic... Read more »
Briton Sentenced in Arms-to-Iran Plot
EL PASO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a British businessman to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for trying to buy surface-to-air missile parts from undercover U.S. agents to... Read more »
New Science Bldg. for Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A new building is opening at the Grand Canyon that will house the national park’s science and resource management staff. A ribbon cutting... Read more »
Body Found Along I-40 Near Kingman
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Mohave County sheriff’s officials are trying to identify a man whose burned body was found next to Interstate 40 in the Kingman area. The Daily Miner... Read more »
NAU Asst. Coach Found Dead
PHOENIX (AP) — Police say a 39-year-old assistant football coach at Northern Arizona University who died Saturday had suffered from pre-existing health conditions. But Phoenix police spokesman Trent Crump said... Read more »
Giffords, Kelly Launch Gun-Control Push
PHOENIX (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband today launched an initiative aimed at curbing gun violence on the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed... Read more »
Colo. Shooting Kin Call Theater Invitation ‘Disgusting’
DENVER (AP) — Relatives of those killed at a Colorado movie theater rejected an invitation Wednesday to attend its planned reopening, calling it a “disgusting offer” that came at a... Read more »
Lawyers in Colo. Shooting Back in Court
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Colorado theater shooting are back to court today in advance of a crucial hearing in the case. State District Judge... Read more »
Tucson Desert Museum Aquarium To Open
TUCSON (AP) — The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is about to open its first major new exhibit in a decade. The museum outside Tucson on Saturday will open its new Warden... Read more »
Judge Won’t Block Neb. Pipeline Suit
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lancaster County district judge has refused to block a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Nebraska’s new pipeline siting law. Judge Stephanie Stacy on Monday denied... Read more »
Members-Only Pot Clubs Open in Colo.
DENVER (AP) — With reggae music pumping in the background and flashing disco-style lights, members of the recreational pot club lit up in celebration of the new year — and... Read more »
