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Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:46:43 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — Colorado officials hope to start widening a congested stretch of Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock in 2019.
The Colorado Department of Transportation said Friday that the five-year project can begin in two years — if the state ...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:48:03 GMTBY MARLEY JAY
AP MARKETS WRITERNEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average is trading closer than ever to the 20,000 mark Friday as U.S. stock indexes close in on all-time highs following a shaky start. The federal government’s December jobs report showed that wages jumped by the ...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:12:45 GMTBY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Congress certified Donald Trump’s presidential victory Friday over the objections of a handful of House Democrats, with Vice President Joe Biden pronouncing, “It is over.”
House Democrats objected to the votes from at least 10 states, ra...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:16:04 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities say a lone shooter opened fire at the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, international airport Friday, killing “multiple” people before he was taken into custody. The airport suspended operations as law enforcement authoriti...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:32:55 GMTBY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP ECONOMICS WRITERWASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in December, capping a year of slower but solid hiring and providing the last major snapshot of the economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit from President Barack Obama.
Friday’s report from th...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:33:16 GMTBY JULIE PACE AND DEB RIECHMANN
ASSOCIATED PRESSPresident-elect Donald Trump says he’ll ask Congress to investigate leaks to the media on U.S. intelligence alleging Russia meddled in last year’s election by hacking Democratic emails.
Less than an hour before he was to be briefed Friday by the dire...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:33:17 GMTBY TAMI ABDOLLAH
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — After the U.S. government disclosed its first technical report publicly connecting Russia’s intelligence services to U.S. hacking, the phones started ringing inside cybersecurity firm Rendition Infosec LLC.
Worried customers were follow...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:32:10 GMTBY KAREN VIGIL
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe Southern Colorado Safe Streets Task Force is trying to locate two wanted street criminals.
Federico Valles, 23, is a Hispanic male, 6 feet tall, 170 pounds, black hair and brown eyes. Valles has a warrant for contempt of court on the charge of bu...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 06:30:03 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCANON CITY — A public defender who has been found in contempt of court faces a sanctions hearing Feb. 7 in Fremont County District Court.
Deputy Public Defender Jonah Wexler was found in contempt of court by Fremont County District Court Judge Ramsey...

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 06:30:04 GMTLA VETA — The Colorado State Forest Service is overseeing a project designed to protect a vital Las Animas County water resource.
Throughout 2016 and continuing through early 2017, firefighters from the Stonewall Fire Protection District are hand-thi...