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• Colorado traffic deaths without seat belts rising

  May 21, 2012 7:57 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The number of people killed in Colorado traffic accidents while not wearing seat belts is up. The State Patrol says 187 people not wearing seat belts died in Colorado crashes last year, up from 164 in 2010. The State Patrol released the numbers while announcing a "Click... more »

• 8 students hurt in Denver school bus crash

  May 21, 2012 7:47 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver police say eight elementary school students have minor injuries after their school bus crashed on a ramp from southbound Interstate 225 to Yosemite Street. Police say the driver of the Denver Public Schools bus was changing lanes when the bus collided with another vehicle Monday morning.... more »

• DEA probed in wake of Secret Service investigation

  May 21, 2012 7:37 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department inspector general's office said Monday it is investigating possible misconduct by Drug Enforcement Administration personnel in Colombia unrelated to the Secret Service incident with prostitutes at a Cartagena hotel. The Drug Enforcement Administration said the probe began based on information provided by the Secret... more »

• Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers

  May 20, 2012 1:35 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. The advice applies only to those aged 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits,... more »

• UPDATE: 2 more activists charged related to NATO summit

  May 20, 2012 1:23 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors say two men will make initial appearances in court in Chicago as part of what they describe as an ongoing investigation of activists who planned to take part in demonstrations at the two-day NATO summit. The Cook County State Attorney's office said in a statement Sunday... more »

• Detained protesters accused of Chicago terror plot

  May 19, 2012 1:32 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets, including police stations and police cars. The trio was arrested Wednesday in a nighttime raid in the Bridgeport neighborhood... more »

• CO horse advocates want fines on NM slaughterhouse

  May 19, 2012 12:10 PM

  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A Colorado-based horse advocacy group says a New Mexico company seeking to become nation's first slaughterhouse for horses since 2007 should face fines for violating laws on waste disposal. The Albuquerque Journal reports that state Environment Department received a letter this week from Front Range... more »

• Woman hurt by bear at her home in southern Colo.

  May 19, 2012 11:59 AM

  TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say a woman is recovering after being injured by a bear outside her home near Trinidad, in southern Colorado. Agency spokesman Randy Hampton says the woman was alerted by a grandson late Friday afternoon that a bear was in the yard.... more »

• Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer

  May 16, 2012 7:46 PM

  MILWAUKEE (AP) - One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer.... more »

• Police escort school buses after rifle threat in Atlanta

  May 16, 2012 11:56 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - After a man aimed a rifle at a school bus and dropped a notebook that listed bus numbers, police in an Atlanta suburb are escorting school buses and guarding students at bus stops. The man fled when witnesses confronted him Monday morning, but police recovered the rifle... more »

• Obama calls on Congress to help small businesses

  May 16, 2012 11:32 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says Congress could help sustain the economy's "momentum" by passing legislation that would give businesses a 10 percent income tax credit if they create new jobs or increase wages this year. Obama made his pitch during a roundtable discussion with small business leaders in... more »

• Denver schools investigating 2011 CSAP results

  May 15, 2012 8:40 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver Public Schools is asking for an independent review of how certain schools in the district handled statewide tests last year. The district said Tuesday that the Colorado Attorney General's Office will conduct the investigation with help from a national firm. Superintendent Tom Boasberg says district officials... more »

• April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

  May 15, 2012 1:05 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Meteorologists say unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center calculated that April's average temperature of 57.9 degrees (14.4 degrees Celsius) was nearly 1.2 degrees (0.7 degrees Celsius) above the 20th Century... more »

• National strategy against Alzheimer's adopted

  May 15, 2012 12:59 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is declaring Alzheimer's one of the country's biggest health challenges. It's adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025 -- while offering help for suffering families today. A new website will provide families with information about dementia and... more »

• Dougherty siblings return to Ga. for court, plead not guilty

  May 15, 2012 12:45 PM

  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Three siblings accused in a multistate crime spree have pleaded not guilty to charges of pulling off a daring bank robbery in south Georgia. Ryan Dougherty, Lee Grace Dougherty and Dylan Stanley-Dougherty entered the plea Tuesday at a court hearing in Albany. They are accused of... more »

• Judge refuses to strike Pettitte testimony in Clemens Trial

  May 14, 2012 11:26 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Roger Clemens has lost two legal moves in his perjury trial: his efforts to strike the testimony of his former teammate Andy Pettitte and to bring in information from the divorce of his chief accuser, Brian McNamee. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton rejected a defense motion Monday... more »

• US 6 closure in Clear Creek Canyon miffs kayakers

  May 13, 2012 12:48 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A project to install fiber-optic cable in Clear Creek Canyon west of Denver will prevent some kayakers from getting to the area's world-class rapids. The Denver Post reports, beginning Sunday, the state Department of Transportation will close U.S. 6 between Golden and Colorado 119 through the work... more »

• Senate hearing set on Secret Service scandal probe

  May 13, 2012 12:01 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over homeland security says he's scheduled a hearing for May 23 to review the Secret Service investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal. Sen. Joe Lieberman tells a Sunday morning news talk show that he believes the agency has done... more »

• Man returns stolen Mothers Day gift from 1958

  May 13, 2012 11:32 AM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - No matter how much digging investigators did, the crime remained open until a thief turned himself in and returned the fruits of his theft. In this case, the crime was stealing two hydrangeas in May 1958 from Centennial Park in Nashville. And the thief, 72-year-old Bill... more »

• Part of southern CO looked at for possible conservation area

  May 13, 2012 11:22 AM

  ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing creating a 5.2 million-acre conservation area in south-central Colorado and northern New Mexico to protect wildlife habitat and migration corridors. The agency proposes creating the San Luis Valley Conservation Area, which would encompass land in Saguache, Hinsdale, Mineral,... more »

• London 2012 security: 'Sonic weapon' to be used

  May 12, 2012 1:48 PM

  LONDON (AP) - Britain's Defense Ministry says an acoustic device that can be used as a "sonic weapon" will be deployed during the London Olympics. The ministry says the long-range acoustic device, which can emit an ear-piercing beam of sound, will mostly be used as a high-powered loudspeaker to issue... more »

• Men in Afghan police uniforms kill 2 NATO troops

  May 12, 2012 1:41 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO and Afghan officials say that two of the coalition service members killed in the country's south were gunned down by men dressed in Afghan police uniforms. There were conflicting reports, however, as to whether the assailants in Saturday's shooting in Helmand province were members of... more »

• Fire that killed 500,000 chickens ruled accidental

  May 12, 2012 1:36 PM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a fire that killed half a million chickens at an egg farm near Roggen was an accident. The Greeley Tribune reports the Weld County Sheriff's Office determined the April 30 fire was accidental, but investigations by the Boulder Valley Poultry egg farm continue.... more »

• Rover on the move after surviving Martian winter

  May 9, 2012 9:02 PM

  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The Mars rover Opportunity is on the go again. After spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the NASA rover moved for the first time this week, rolling off the rock outcrop where it hunkered down for the Martian winter. The mission team received... more »

• AP source: Leaks probed in terrorism case

  May 9, 2012 8:58 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official said Wednesday investigators are conducting a probe into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot in which an explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S.-bound airline flight. The official spoke on condition of anonymity about the ongoing leak investigation, which... more »

• CU, Mines get Pentagon grants for equipment

  May 9, 2012 4:13 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Defense Department has award grants for equipment to researchers at the University of Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines. The grants were among 190 announced by the Pentagon on Tuesday. Individual amounts weren't listed, but they total $54.7 million and average $288,000. The CU grants... more »

• Soldier collapses while Skyping with wife, she sees possible bullet hole

  May 6, 2012 1:15 PM

  DALLAS (AP) - The family of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan said Sunday his wife saw a bullet hole in the closet behind him after he collapsed during a Skype video chat. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's brother-in-law Bradley Taber-Thomas released a statement saying Clark's wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, was talking... more »

• Biden scoffs at bin Laden view of VP's leadership

  May 6, 2012 11:42 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says he hopes Osama bin Laden was wrong in his assessment that Biden would not be able to lead the nation if the president was killed. Biden says bin Laden was wrong about lots of things. It's an issue raised in some of... more »

• Police: Body found at Kentucky Derby track

  May 6, 2012 11:25 AM

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police say they are investigating a body found in the stable area of Churchill Downs the morning after the Kentucky Derby as a homicide. But there is no connection to Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another. Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley also said Sunday the... more »

• Congressional leaders say Taliban is stronger

  May 6, 2012 11:12 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The heads of the House and Senate intelligence committees say the Taliban has only grown stronger since President Barack Obama deployed 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan in 2010. The remarks by California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers run counter to Obama's declaration... more »

• NY medical schools chart progress with stem cells

  May 6, 2012 11:09 AM

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Almost halfway through a $600 million state program supporting stem cell research, eight medical schools around New York are reporting progress on projects such as replicating liver cells and eradicating leukemia cells. A new report from Associated Medical Schools of New York updates work at the... more »

• Aspen Ski Area rallies to highlight climate change

  May 6, 2012 10:50 AM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Aspen Ski Area hosted a ski race without snow Saturday to highlight the effect climate change has on the outdoor recreation industry. Auden Schendler, Aspen Skiing Company's vice president of sustainability, says "climate change is already pounding businesses and communities, whether you're a ski resort, an... more »

• Colorado ag officials warn of livestock disease

  May 5, 2012 2:53 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado officials are warning livestock owners to take extra precautions now that two horses in New Mexico have been found with a painful disease. State agriculture officials say two confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis in horses were reported in New Mexico this week. The disease can cause... more »

• Coroner: Man drowned in Chaffee Co. boating accident

  May 5, 2012 2:49 PM

  BUENA VISTA, Colo. (AP) - A coroner has ruled that a 32-year-old Leadville man who was involved in a boating accident at Clear Creek Reservoir accidentally drowned. Chaffee County Coroner Randy Amettis tells The Pueblo Chieftain that David Lucero died Thursday. Witnesses say the man was on a small aluminum... more »

• 2 women claim discarded lotto ticket

  May 2, 2012 7:36 PM

  BEEBE, Ark. (AP) - When she plucked a winning lottery ticket out of the trash, Sharon Jones' luck changed instantly. The $1 million prize let the Arkansas woman pay off debts, give thousands of dollars to her children and buy a gleaming new pickup truck. But now her jackpot is... more »

• CSU board OKs 9 percent in-state tuition increase

  May 2, 2012 7:15 PM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State University's governing board has approved a 9 percent increase for in-state undergraduate tuition. The Coloradoan reports that under a budget that the board approved Wednesday, in-state undergraduates will pay $6,875 in tuition for the next academic year. Non-residents will pay $22,667. The budget... more »

• Man facing 1994 murder charge loses appeal

  May 2, 2012 5:05 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A man now accused of a 1994 slaying has lost his latest bid to overturn his conviction for a 1989 murder in Fort Collins. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday refused to allow Douglas Thames' appeal. He's serving a life prison sentence for the 1989... more »

• Obama's secret trip leaked, then the leak stopped

  May 1, 2012 8:11 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House attempt to keep President Barack Obama's trips under wraps for security purposes briefly unraveled Tuesday morning. An Afghanistan-based news organization, TOLOnews, tweeted a report early that Obama was already in Kabul. Others in the United States picked up on the Tweet. The White House... more »

• Grocery bag bans in effect for some CO stores

  May 1, 2012 12:13 PM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Grocery shoppers in Aspen and Carbondale are getting free reusable bags as a ban on plastic shopping bags go into effect. The bans going into effect on Tuesday require shoppers to bring their own reusable bags, buy paper sacks at the store for 20 cents apiece,... more »

• US settles over mortgage insurance denied to women

  April 30, 2012 7:57 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has settled a first-of-its-kind discrimination case against the nation's largest mortgage insurer for requiring women on maternity leave to return to work before the company would insure their mortgages. The lawsuit filed last July against the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. alleged a violation of... more »

• Mesa County DA apologizes for wrong murder arrest

  April 30, 2012 4:36 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - The Mesa County District Attorney's Office is apologizing to a man who served nearly 16 years in prison for the 1994 rape and murder of a Palisade woman before he was exonerated by new testing of DNA evidence. A hearing has been scheduled for Robert... more »

• Bill to pay Colo. wildfire victims gets hearing

  April 30, 2012 4:24 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Republicans are making their case to create a commission to pay victims of a Colorado wildfire southwest of Denver that killed three people and damaged two dozen homes last month. Republican Attorney General John Suthers opposes the proposal and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper has expressed concern. Hickenlooper's... more »

• Van plunges off NYC road near zoo, killing 7

  April 29, 2012 2:01 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say a van plunged off a roadway near the Bronx Zoo in New York City, killing seven people, including three children. Police say the van was headed south Sunday afternoon on the Bronx River Parkway, a highway in the city. It bounced off the median,... more »

• CU: Cost of pot fest crackdown still unknown

  April 29, 2012 1:36 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - University of Colorado officials say it will take a few weeks to determine the cost of a crackdown on the 4/20 marijuana celebration on the Boulder campus. University spokesman Bronson Hilliard tells The Daily Camera the school is waiting for invoices from agencies that assisted in... more »

• With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC

  April 29, 2012 12:05 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - One World Trade Center is expected to claim the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday, as workers erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet tall. That's just high enough to peak over the roof of the... more »

• Edwards' fate hinges on ex-right-hand man and wife

  April 29, 2012 11:54 AM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - An ambitious aide and his agreeable wife are among the star witnesses at former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' trial. Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri, testified this week that Edwards knew money from his campaign supporters was being spent to hide his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter,... more »

• Developer looking to sell south Georgia town

  April 29, 2012 11:50 AM

  TOOMSBORO, Ga. (AP) - A developer in south Georgia is looking for someone to buy a small town. Toomsboro, a small community with about 700 residents, has one convenience store, a florist, a custom cabinet shop and a post office. The Coastal Courier reports that developer David Bumgardner, who owns... more »

• Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid

  April 29, 2012 11:45 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted. Officials say it's too busy surviving to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams of payback and U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that, in time,... more »

• Magnitude 3.8 earthquake shakes Southern California

  April 28, 2012 3:15 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A small earthquake has rattled homes in Southern California and caused buildings to sway in downtown Los Angeles. Some people were shaken out of bed but there are no reports of injuries or damage. A server at a San Bernardino diner says "it felt like a... more »

• Consolation prize: Santorum heads to Jay Leno show

  April 28, 2012 3:10 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican Rick Santorum discontinued his bid to become president this year, but he's earned a trip to Jay Leno's couch. "The Tonight Show" announced Friday that the former Pennsylvania senator will appear on Leno's Burbank stage on May 8. It will be his first appearance on... more »

• Homeless man's body pulled from creek in Boulder

  April 28, 2012 3:06 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a homeless man whose body was found in a creek near downtown Boulder. Sgt. Fred Gerhardt tells The Daily Camera the man reportedly was drinking with other homeless men until around 4 a.m. Friday. The group saw the man go... more »

• Plan to close post offices put on hold... for now

  April 22, 2012 1:54 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A plan to shutter 53 post offices across Colorado and hundreds of others elsewhere in the nation has been put on hold - at least for now. David Rupert, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service's Colorado operations, tells the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel the service... more »

• More than 100 national parks waive entrance fees

  April 22, 2012 12:30 PM

  YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - Entrance fees are being waived this week at Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in northwest Wyoming, as well as at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The National Park Service is offering free visitor admission in honor of National Park Week from Saturday... more »

• 3 killed, 1 critically injured in Denver crash

  April 22, 2012 12:09 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Authorities say three people were killed and another was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in southwest Denver. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says it appears the SUV involved was traveling at a high rate of speed at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the driver lost control of... more »

• Report: Wal-Mart hushed up bribe network in Mexico

  April 22, 2012 11:48 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart says allegations it hushed up bribery by executives in Mexico are "not a reflection of who we are or what we stand for." The New York Times reports a vast bribery campaign by top executives of its Mexican subsidiary was carried out to build stores... more »

• Japanese tsunami debris reaches Alaska shores

  April 22, 2012 11:40 AM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal scientists say that a volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from the last year's tsunami in Japan. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the sports balls were spotted by a... more »

• Swing-state unemployment down, Obama's chances up

  April 22, 2012 11:34 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The improving economy is swinging the pendulum in President Barack Obama's favor in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be decided. Recent polls show Obama gaining an edge over his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, in several so-called swing states - those that are... more »

• Small plane crashes near Centennial Airport

  April 22, 2012 11:24 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a small plane crashed onto a road east of Centennial Airport in Arapahoe County. Becky O'Guin, a spokeswoman for the South Metro Fire Department, tells The Denver Post the single engine Beechcraft Bonanza failed to gain altitude after takeoff, crashed through a... more »

• Afghan official: Explosives seized, attacks stopped

  April 21, 2012 1:53 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan security forces have arrested five militants with 22,000 pounds of explosives that they smuggled into the country from Pakistan, as well as another three suspects allegedly planning to assassinate the vice president. A spokesman for the National Director for Security says three of the five... more »

• Police arrest CO teen accused of plotting murder

  April 21, 2012 1:28 PM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a Basalt teenager has confessed to hatching a plan to beat an acquaintance, tie him up and leave him to starve to death in the woods. Basalt Police Sgt. Stu Curry tells The Aspen Daily News the 15-year-old suspect was arrested Friday on an... more »

• Winter Park ending its ski season Sunday, few staying open

  April 21, 2012 12:28 PM

  WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) - Only a handful of Colorado ski resorts will have their lifts running after this weekend. Winter Park is closing for the season Sunday. Breckenridge has ended daily operations, but it is open this weekend and next weekend with limited terrain. Loveland plans to keep operating... more »

• Ex-sheriff out of jail formerly named after him

  April 21, 2012 12:25 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a former sheriff who acknowledged trading methamphetamine for sex has been released from jail. Officials at the Arapahoe County jail say Patrick Sullivan was released Saturday morning. He was sentenced April 3 to 38 days in jail, with credit for eight days already served,... more »

• Michelin recalls 77,000 tires for safety problem

  April 21, 2012 11:52 AM

  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Michelin is recalling more than 77,000 bus tires because sidewall defects can cause them to lose air rapidly, increasing the risk of a crash. The Michelin XZU2, XZU3, and XM505 tires involved in the recall were produced from 2005 to fall 2011 at Michelin's plant in... more »

• Army probes drug use by soldiers in Afghanistan

  April 21, 2012 11:42 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly obtained data shows that the U.S. Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan over the last two years on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other drugs. During that time, eight soldiers died of drug overdoses. While the cases represent just a slice of... more »

• Report concludes Colo. wildfire caused by prescribed burn

  April 18, 2012 6:55 PM

  DENVER (AP) - An investigation into a deadly Colorado wildfire has confirmed that it was caused by a prescribed burn set by the state forest service. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday it found no criminal violation in its review of the Lower North Fork fire, which began March... more »

• Judge in John Edwards case recuses herself from hearing

  April 18, 2012 6:48 PM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The judge overseeing John Edwards' criminal trial has recused herself from considering whether to quash a subpoena issued to a former speech writer for the two-time presidential candidate. The Democrat's lawyers are seeking an extensive list of financial records and other documents from Wendy Button, a... more »

• 3 Secret Service employees out amid scandal

  April 18, 2012 6:43 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service says three employees are out of the agency in the wake of a prostitution scandal in Colombia. Of the three workers forced out in the scandal, one is a supervisor who was allowed to retire. Another is a supervisor who has been designated for... more »

• Cuba rebukes Obama over summit talk of democracy

  April 18, 2012 12:33 PM

  HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban government is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama for calling for democratic change in Cuba. The strongly worded statement published in Communist Party newspaper Granma says "we Cubans will take care of Cuba." It also thanks regional leaders for demanding that Cuba be included in future... more »

• Recruitment by for-profit colleges targeted

  April 18, 2012 12:30 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senators say for-profit colleges are using too much taxpayer money to recruit students. Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., introduced a bill Wednesday to prohibit colleges of all kinds from using dollars from federal student assistance programs to pay for advertising. Federal student aid... more »

• Private company's 1st space station visit on track

  April 16, 2012 6:04 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A private U.S. company is on track to become the first commercial visitor to the International Space Station. NASA said Monday there's a good chance that SpaceX will make its April 30 launch date. More software testing is needed before a final "go" is given.... more »

• Michael Vick calls Ala. cockfighting law "weakest"

  April 16, 2012 5:59 PM

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has made another effort to say animal cruelty is wrong, urging Alabama lawmakers to increase penalties for cockfighting. Vick says in a statement Monday that Alabama's cockfighting law is the nation's "weakest" because the $50 fine is the maximum punishment. Vick... more »

• Denver archaeological dig a tourist attraction?

  April 15, 2012 1:35 PM

  DENVER (AP) - State officials are considering a proposal to turn a Denver-metro area archaeological dig into a tourist attraction. The Denver Post reports the Colorado Economic Development Division this month will examine the proposal to turn the Lamb Springs Archaeological Preserve south of Chatfield State Park into the "Colorado... more »

• Taliban launch coordinated attacks across Afghan capital, 3 other eastern cities

  April 15, 2012 1:19 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Battles continue to rage in Afghanistan's capital. The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on as many as seven sites across Kabul today. Targets include NATO bases, the parliament and Western embassies. At the same time, militants carried out assaults in the capital cities of... more »

• 9 months later, Roger Clemens back for perjury retrial

  April 15, 2012 1:13 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the retrial of Roger Clemens. Clemens is back in court nine months after the first attempt by the government to prove that the seven-time Cy Young Award winner lied when he denied using steroids and human growth hormone before... more »

• Issa: Secret Service incident likely not the first

  April 15, 2012 12:55 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior House Republican says he doubts that a Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia was a one-time incident. Rep. Darrell Issa warns the agency that protects the president that Congress will want to make sure it doesn't happen again. Issa, who leads the House Oversight... more »

• Texas eatery serves $12K, 10-course Titanic meal

  April 15, 2012 12:50 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) - A restaurant in Texas is among many around the world offering diners a replica of the last meal aboard the Titanic, on the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking. Twelve people gathered Saturday at Cullen's in Houston for a lavish 10-course dinner much like the one the... more »

• Guns N' Roses inducted to Rock and Roll Hall without Axl Rose

  April 15, 2012 12:02 PM

  CLEVELAND (AP) - Hard rockers Guns N' Roses have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without lead singer Axl Rose. Guns N' Roses burst onto the scene with both barrels blaring in the mid 1980s. Their debut album, "Appetite for Destruction" was a shot in the... more »

• Former Broncos, Bears wide receiver arrested on battery

  April 15, 2012 11:43 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago Bears player David Terrell is being held on $10,000 bond for a domestic battery charge. Court documents allege he grabbed his ex-girlfriend during an argument inside his high-rise Chicago apartment and threatened to throw her off a balcony. The 33-year-old was charged with misdemeanor domestic... more »

• Bill Cosby: Trayvon Martin case about guns, not race

  April 15, 2012 11:31 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Actor and comedian Bill Cosby says the debate over the killing of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer should be focused on guns, not race. In an interview aired Sunday, Cosby said calling George Zimmerman a racist doesn't solve anything. Cosby says the bigger question is... more »

• Don't wait for federal benefit checks in the mail

  April 15, 2012 11:14 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits. The federal government issues 73 million payments a month, but is phasing out paper checks for all benefit programs. So beneficiaries will have... more »

• More tornadoes possible Sunday in battered Midwest

  April 15, 2012 11:03 AM

  WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) - Residents are scouring through damaged homes in western Oklahoma and Iowa after overnight tornadoes swept through the nation's midsection, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. The National Weather Service says more than 100 tornadoes had been reported across the Midwest and Plains by early... more »

• Tribes, government agree to $1 billion settlement

  April 11, 2012 7:51 PM

  YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The federal government says it will pay more than $1 billion to settle a series of lawsuits brought by American Indian tribes over mismanagement of trust lands. The settlement announced jointly by the Justice Department and the Interior Department resolves claims brought by 41 tribes from... more »

• AG vows thorough review in Trayvon Martin case

  April 11, 2012 11:11 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department will take appropriate action in the Trayvon Martin case if it finds evidence that a federal criminal civil rights crime has been committed. The attorney general made the comment in an appearance Wednesday before a civil rights organization founded... more »

• Ala. judge orders man to jail for sagging pants

  April 11, 2012 11:06 AM

  PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in central Alabama say a man has been given a three-day jail sentence for contempt of court for wearing so-called saggy pants. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that 20-year-old LaMarcus D. Ramsey was in Autauga County Circuit Court on Tuesday to enter a plea on a... more »

• Feds clarify comments on Pinon Ridge uranium mill

  April 10, 2012 8:14 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Federal regulators are clarifying a letter they sent regarding the Pinon Ridge uranium mill that Energy Fuels Corp. wants to build in southwest Colorado. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent a letter in February saying it had substantiated a concern that Colorado health officials didn't provide an... more »

• Nike and Reebok settle NY fight over Tebow apparel

  April 10, 2012 4:07 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Reebok and Nike have settled their dispute over Tim Tebow New York Jets jerseys. A deal was noted in papers filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Nike had filed a lawsuit saying Reebok was infringing on its licensing rights by selling Tebow jerseys and T-shirts.... more »

• CO lawmakers enter final month

  April 8, 2012 1:10 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers are entering their final month of the 2012 session with plenty left to do - but without the caustic atmosphere one might expect in the closing days of an election year. The state's divided Legislature has until May 9 to balance the budget and make... more »

• Political, legal fights over school vouchers' fate

  April 8, 2012 12:39 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Political fights and court battles are brewing around the country over using public dollars to make it easier for parents to afford private schools for their kids. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently won passage of legislation that expands statewide a voucher program in New Orleans as part... more »

• Fla. woman pleads not guilty in 'toxic tush' case

  April 8, 2012 12:34 PM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida woman accused by authorities of illegally injecting toxic substances into women's buttocks as an enhancement procedure has pleaded not guilty. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports Oneal Ron Morris sent a written plea of not guilty to a Broward County judge on Thursday.... more »

• NC Moravians mark 240 years of Easter service

  April 8, 2012 12:03 PM

  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Moravian Christians in North Carolina held their Easter sunrise service for the 240th consecutive year. Believers gathered starting at 2 a.m. Sunday amid brass bands and immaculately tended graves at a Winston-Salem cemetery they call "God's Acre." It's one of the oldest and largest sunrise services... more »

• Natural gas glut means drilling boom must slow

  April 8, 2012 11:47 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural gas producers are retrenching. The underground salt caverns and depleted... more »

• Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies

  April 8, 2012 11:06 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A spokesman says CBS newsman Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died. He was 93. CBS spokesman Kevin Tedesco says Wallace died Saturday night. Wallace was on the staff of "60 Minutes" when it began in 1968, and was one of... more »

• Surgeon General leads walk for health in Denver

  April 4, 2012 8:59 PM

  DENVER (AP) - U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin is inviting the public to take a walk for health. She was in Denver on Wednesday, as the Colorado Center for Health and Wellness at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus sponsored a one-mile walk. The walk was held to... more »

• Photo ID at the ballots nixed by Colo. lawmakers

  April 4, 2012 8:54 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Senate Democrats nixed a proposal to ask voters whether people should provide photo identification before casting their ballot. A Senate committee rejected the proposal Wednesday on party-line vote. House Republicans previously passed the measure. The measure died on the same day Minnesota lawmakers referred a measure to... more »

• NASA extends planet-hunting mission through 2016

  April 4, 2012 8:50 PM

  MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (AP) - NASA has decided to keep its planet-hunting spacecraft running for several more years. The space agency said Wednesday the Kepler spacecraft will search for alien worlds through fiscal year 2016. The $600 million mission was launched in 2009 to track down other Earths in a... more »

• Rocket carrying secret payload launches from California

  April 3, 2012 8:11 PM

  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A rocket carrying a classified payload has launched from the California coast. Liftoff occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch of the Delta IV rocket was delayed nearly a week as engineers worked to fix an issue... more »

• Study: Lending to small business stalls in Feb.

  April 3, 2012 11:35 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The pace of lending to small businesses appears to be at a standstill. A study by PayNet, a financial research firm, shows that lending was virtually unchanged in February. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index came in at 98.3 in February, up from 98.2 in... more »

• Ex-Colo. sheriff to be arraigned on drug charges

  April 3, 2012 11:32 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A former Arapahoe County sheriff accused of trading methamphetamine for sex is facing arraignment in an Arapahoe County courtroom. Sixty-nine-year-old Patrick Sullivan was the sheriff in Arapahoe County from 1984 until 2002. He faces charges of possession of methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, attempting to influence a... more »