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Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:43:12 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says that claims of voter fraud in the U.S. elections are “fake news,” and that the U.S. is the only democracy that makes it harder for its citizens to vote.
Obama referred in his final presidential news conferenc...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:26:52 GMTBY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR AND ALAN FRAM
ASSOCIATED PRESSwWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday that the health care system is losing focus on patients, its first priority, and he offered assurances that the new administration is not planning to launch into a ...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:40:31 GMTBY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for commerce secretary said Wednesday that he favors “sensible trade,” is pro-union and believes his vast business dealings have given experience fighting other countries’ unfair trade practices.
Bill...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:42:03 GMTBY JOSH BOAK
AP ECONOMICS WRITERWASHINGTON — From Wal-Mart to General Motors to Amazon, a growing number of the world’s largest companies appear to be trying to get in step with President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that employers hire and keep jobs at home.
Trump, in response, ha...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:55:21 GMTBY SETH BORENSTEIN
AP SCIENCE WRITERWASHINGTON — Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, government scientists said Wednesday. They mostly blame man-made global warming with help from a natural El Nino, which has since disappeared.
Measuring global temperatures in s...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:58:03 GMTBY STEVE PEOPLES
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Together, they delivered a post-election autopsy with a dire prediction: Republican survival requires embracing a message of tolerance and respect in an increasingly diverse United States.
Yet on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration f...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:22:50 GMTOne dog — C0c0, an 8-pound Schnauzer Yorkie mix — was recovered Tuesday in the Colorado City area after being lost following a van accident Friday in which Texas driver Charles Roberts, 59, died. The van was transporting rescue animals, said Stephani...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:50:02 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCall it panhandling. Call it begging. Whatever you call it, there isn’t much that local government can do to restrict people from begging on city streets.
“The courts have determined that panhandling is a form of free speech,” City Attorney Dan Kogov...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 06:30:04 GMTCANON CITY — The Fremont County Community Concert Association has been awarded a $750 grant from the Southern Colorado Community Foundation.
The funds will assist the board in meeting financial responsibilities and continue to provide a variety of co...

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 06:30:06 GMTCANON CITY — Parents dropping off students at Canon City High School are urged to use a new drop-off zone established on westbound College Avenue from Yale Avenue to 12th Street.
“This new area affords the highest degree of safety for parents droppin...