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UPDATED: Ex-LA Cop Suspected in Calif. Killing Rampage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings — and who threatened to kill police — is a suspect in an overnight shooting... Read more »
UPDATED: Denver Shooting Victims ID’d
Police are investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and her two young children in Denver Wednesday as a possible murder-suicide, the El Paso Times reported. Denver police found the... Read more »
Poll: Western Voters Value Public Land
DENVER (AP) — Western voters see the region’s vast public lands as an economic asset and support limiting energy exploration on them, even as they remain concerned about the nation’s... Read more »
Wallow Fire Timber Salvaging OK’d
ALPINE, Ariz. (AP) — The Apache Sitgreaves National Forest has signed off on a project to salvage timber from trees destroyed by a massive wildfire. The project approved this week... Read more »
Mom, 2 Children Killed in Denver Shooting
DENVER (AP) — Two children under 10 years old and a woman were killed, and a third child was wounded in an apparent shooting at a house in northeast Denver,... Read more »
Aspen Backs Off 14-MPH Speed Limit
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — It doesn’t look like Aspen will enact a 14 mph speed limit in one of its neighborhoods after all. City Council members had suggested the odd... Read more »
Catholic Hospital Makes Surprising Claim About Fetuses in Lawsuit
DENVER (AP) — It was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its... Read more »
Golfer Vijay Singh Drops Out of Phoenix Open; Admits Using Deer-Antler Spray
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Vijay Singh today withdrew from the Phoenix Open, a day after saying he used deer-antler spray and was “absolutely shocked” that it may contain a banned... Read more »
Blind Skiers Take to Western Slopes
WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) — Taking a deep breath, Wally Mozdzierz points his skis down the icy slope and leans forward. He hears the snow crunch and feels the contours... Read more »
Authorities Announce Release of ‘Sexually Violent Predator’ in Durango
The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is advising the public that a man convicted of attempting to sexually assault a child has been released from prison to live in Durango,... Read more »
Ariz. Utility To Discuss Clean-Air Plans
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — The operator of a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation has scheduled a public meeting to discuss recently proposed pollution controls. The Salt River Project... Read more »
Mexico Breaks Up Alleged Sex-Slave Cult
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration authorities said Tuesday. The... Read more »
