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Sun, 15 Jan 2017 01:14:05 GMTPolice were called to the 4100 block of North Freeway Road to investigate a report of criminal mischief resulting in property damage at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday.
The victim reported that several of his windows on his vehicle had been broken and ...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 01:14:06 GMTThe Pueblo Police Department was called to the 200 block of Quincy Street at approximately 1 p.m. Saturday, to investigate an incident of aggravated motor vehicle theft.
The victim reported the theft of his 2007 Suzuki street bike, valued at $10,000...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 01:34:03 GMTThe Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to Pueblo City-County Library District by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report....

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 02:00:31 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINHoping to attract more students into the district, Pueblo City Schools (D60) unveiled a revamped open enrollment campaign during Thursday’s work session of the board of education.
Set to begin Monday and run through March 1, the school choice process...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 02:16:53 GMTBY ANDREW DALTON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES — The force, it seems, was with Los Angeles. And San Francisco was left on the dark side.
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas and his team were on the side of the City of Angels over the City by the Bay last week, choosing L.A. as the home ...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 02:16:53 GMTBY JOHN ANTCZAK
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four mon...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 02:46:02 GMTBY STEVE PEOPLES
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black congressman days before the national holiday honoring Martin Luthe...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:02 GMTBY ERIC TUCKER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSBALTIMORE — As a younger lawyer, Loretta Lynch prosecuted New York police officers who sodomized a Haitian immigrant in a precinct bathroom. As attorney general, she’s broadened her focus to go after entire police departments for unconstitutional pra...

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:02 GMTBY MICHAEL TARM AND DON BABWIN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSCHICAGO — The Justice Department on Friday laid bare years of civil rights violations by Chicago police, blasting the nation’s second-largest department for using excessive force that included shooting at people who did not pose a threat and using st...

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:00:09 GMTBY DENNIS DARROW
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCollege and her career led Benita Duran away nearly four decades ago but she still thinks of Pueblo as her hometown.
“And I always will,” she said. “I’ve always been Pueblo proud. Even though I’ve lived in Boulder and Denver a long time, this is stil...