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1/19/2013

Same-sex military couples struggle for recognition

Posted 11:03 AM 1/19/2013 by Matt Stafford

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Overall, the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" has gone smoothly during the nearly year and a half that gays have been allowed to serve openly. For some same-sex military couples, however, frustrations are mounting. Because of the 1996 law denying federal (More)

Denver rally calls for campaign finance changes

Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy

1/16/2013

Penn. detective: Prankster registered as 'Obama'

Posted 5:46 PM 1/16/2013 by Matt Stafford

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how a prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."Butler County Detective Scott Roskovski says nobody voted using the bogus voter registration card, though filling it out (More)

GOP business idea dies hasty death in Legislature

1/15/2013

Preparing to honor another hero

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Posted 6:09 PM 1/16/2013 by Matt Stafford

At the Center for American Values in Pueblo, portraits of more than 140 Medal of Honor recipients hang on the walls.

Retired Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha, who served at Fort Carson, will soon be one of the newest additions. He'll be honored in a ceremony at the White House in February (More)

Local pastor equates homosexuals to child molesters, cannibals, rapists

1/14/2013

AP Interview: George P. Bush weighing run in Texas

Posted 5:50 PM 1/14/2013 by Matt Stafford

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in Texas, where his family already is a political dynasty. He's hoping a run for Texas land commissioner next year and his Hispanic roots can help the state's Republican Party (More)

Colin Powell says GOP having 'an identity problem'

Obama backs gun limits, concedes tough fight ahead

Gessler: Voting system still vulnerable to fraud

Ex-President George H.W. Bush leaves the hospital

1/12/2013

RFK children speak about JFK assassination in Dallas

Posted 11:34 AM 1/12/2013 by Matt Stafford

DALLAS (AP) - Two children of the late Robert F. Kennedy spoke in Dallas as a year of observances begins for the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his sister, Rory, were interviewed Friday night in front of an audience in downtown (More)

1/9/2013

Court upholds decision on elk thinning in Rocky Mountain Nat. Park

Posted 6:27 PM 1/9/2013 by Matt Stafford

DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court is upholding the National Park Service's decision not to reintroduce wolves to Rocky Mountain National Park to control the elk population. WildEarth Guardians had argued that the Park Service violated environmental laws when it ruled out using (More)

Drought relief for farmers in 43 Colorado counties

1/7/2013

Changes to BLM's Wild Horse Program may stem from Colorado incident

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Posted 8:14 PM 1/7/2013 by Matt Stafford

Changes are here for the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Program; the BLM is charged with managing public land and the wild animals on it. A Colorado Springs activist for protecting wild horses and burros says she believes the changes come from a heated conversation Interior (More)

1/6/2013

CIA may have misled filmmakers in Bin Laden mission flick

Posted 10:29 AM 1/6/2013 by Matt Stafford

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are accusing the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film, "Zero Dark Thirty," by telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind. The film shows waterboarding and similar techniques as important (More)

1/5/2013

Vets face confusion using GI Bill at state schools

Posted 10:27 AM 1/5/2013 by Matt Stafford

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness. Under the (More)