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Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:02:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — Colorado senators arranged themselves in familiar partisan lines Monday as they limped through another gun debate that seems destined for a stalemate.
The Republican Senate advanced two bills favored by gun-rights activists.
One would enha...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:02:04 GMTBY JILL LAWLESS
ASSOCIATED PRESSLONDON — The Speaker of Britain’s House of Commons said Monday that he strongly opposes letting U.S. President Donald Trump address Parliament during a state visit to the U.K.
Speaker John Bercow’s unusual public intervention makes it unlikely Trump...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:24:02 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe man who was fatally shot by Pueblo police officers on the South Side early Sunday morning was identified Monday.
Andrew Byrd, 33, of Pueblo was shot by officers near the intersection of Small and Acero Avenues, according to Pueblo County Coroner ...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:41:12 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINRichard Mestas, who has been serving as GOAL Academy’s acting executive since July 2016, has been named the sole finalist for the position of executive director by the GOAL board of directors.
The announcement initiates a 14-day waiting period, durin...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:39:04 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINFlorence Police Department said Monday morning that a two-block area is cordoned off while authorities search for suspected explosives in a residence.
“Florence Police are working alongside Colorado State Patrol, the Fremont County Sheriff’s office a...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:52:03 GMTBY DARLENE SUPERVILLE
ASSOCIATED PRESSPALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump made his first visit to the headquarters Monday for U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command.
A room full of troops in fatigues from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines awaited the presiden...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:57:24 GMTBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer thinks actress Melissa McCarthy could dial it back a bit if she reprises her impression of him “Saturday Night Live.”
McCarthy lampooned Spicer in a sketch that shows him taunting reporters, firin...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:08:03 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCANON CITY — A U.S. District Court judge presiding over a civil lawsuit filed in the death of an inmate at the Fremont County jail has denied two defendants’ requests to dismiss the lawsuit.
In a 22-page ruling issued Friday, Judge William Martinez d...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:00:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSLONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to reach the milestone of 65 years on the throne.
The queen’s Sapphire Jubilee was marked Monday with a 41-gun salute by World War I-era field guns in London’s Green Park, and another ...

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:34:06 GMTBY JAKE COYLE
AP FILM WRITERNEW YORK — Melissa McCarthy lampooned White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch where she taunted reporters as “losers,” fired a water gun at the press corps and even used the lectern to ram a Wall Street Journal journ...