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Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:42:04 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINShe didn’t ask what high school anyone went to, but her punch-line humor that she most often carries through meetings lasted until the final gavel.
Pueblo County Commissioner Liane “Buffie” McFadyen chaired her last board meeting Monday with a few la...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:34:03 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPilot testing operations at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant resumed Monday, officials said.
Officials said the depot has been successful in the destruction of 155 projectiles in the first of three campaigns to destroy mustard agent-...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:46:25 GMTBY JILL COLVIN AND STEVE PEOPLES
ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — Facing a week of high-profile tests for his administration-in-waiting, President-elect Donald Trump predicted Monday that all of his Cabinet picks would win Senate confirmation even as Democrats charged that Trump’s team was ignoring stand...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:59:23 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINWhen the spirit is this willing, it doesn’t matter if the body is weak.
A few weeks shy of 92, Rose Valdez suffers from macular degeneration and glaucoma in both eyes. She has survived cancer, has a pacemaker, has overcome a broken back, hand and sho...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:00:29 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is raising serious doubts about Colorado’s practice of not refunding court fees and other costs to people who are convicted of crimes but later exonerated.
Most justices hearing arguments in the case on Monday seemed c...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:02:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s hopeful that a half-dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks will be in place by “day one.”
McConnell met with the president-elect for about an hour in New York on Monday.
H...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 18:10:03 GMTBY CURT ANDERSON
AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITERFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Iraq war veteran held in the fatal shooting of five people inside Fort Lauderdale’s airport answered questions in a clear voice Monday as he was appointed public defenders and told he could face the death penalty.
Esteban...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:34:03 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINSALIDA – A 21-year-old Aurora man who was crossing a county road on foot was struck and killed by a motorist at 8:20 p.m. Sunday.
The victim, identified as Karter Hopkins, was crossing Chaffee County Road 162 from a private drive near Mount Princeton...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:38:22 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The Kremlin says a declassified report by U.S. intelligence agencies that accuses President Vladimir Putin of meddling in last year’s presidential election is baseless and “beginning to remind us of a full-fledged witch hunt.”
President...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:02:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — High winds have overturned some large vehicles in the Colorado Springs area.
The National Weather Service says a wind gust of 101 mph was reported at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs on Monday morning. Gusty winds...