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Sun, 29 Jan 2017 06:38:45 GMTBY STEVE HENSON
MANAGING EDITORI’ll admit, when it comes to Twitter, I’m an amateur compared to President Donald Trump.
I have about 1,090 followers; he has 21.8 million. He controls the news; I just try to report some of it.
He’s the most powerful person in the world; I’m just a ...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:04:02 GMTColorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat, explained his opposition to the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be U.S. Attorney General:
“The U.S. attorney general must ensure equal justice under the law, regardless of race, religio...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:04:03 GMTState Rep. Paul Rosenthal’s bill to legalize the taking of “ballot selfies” sailed through the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
HB1014, also sponsored by Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, would end the prohibition on voters makin...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:40:04 GMTBY WILLIAM MATHIS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — New York City’s Kennedy airport became a scene of anguish and desperation Saturday for the families of people detained after arriving in the U.S. from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
Many flights to the U.S. alread...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:42:02 GMTGrant Devall Franco, 34, of the 2000 block of Belmont Avenue, was arrested Friday on suspicion of aggravated intimidation of a victim or witness. He was being held at jail without bail pending a court appearance.

Diego Adrian Garcia, 34, of the 270...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:46:02 GMTBY JULIE PACE AND VIVIAN SALAMA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had an hourlong discussion Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin — the first since Trump assumed office last week — raising questions over the fate of U.S. sanctions against Moscow and whether the two will...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 02:37:59 GMTBY HILLEL ITALIE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till’s alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book.
Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturd...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 02:37:59 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSVICTORIA, Texas — An early-morning fire Saturday destroyed a Texas mosque that was a target of hatred several years ago and experienced a burglary just a week ago.
A clerk at a convenience store spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Ce...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 03:01:30 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office was recently recognized by the Special Olympics of Colorado for all the work it has done in support of the organization over the past year.
Special Olympics of Colorado named PCSO its 2016 Agency of the Year in reco...

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 03:01:30 GMTTHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Colorado House of Representatives on Friday approved a resolution sponsored by Rep. Daneya Esgar, D-Pueblo, and Rep. Clarice Navarro, R-Pueblo, to commemorate the USS Pueblo.

They sponsored HJR1006, commemorating North Korea’s 1968 capture of ...