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Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:12:03 GMTBY SETH BORENSTEIN
AP SCIENCE WRITERWASHINGTON — With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that 2016...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:00:04 GMTBY PETE STRECINO
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINMoving vehicles and railroad tracks proved problematic for Puebloans the week of Jan. 8, 1917, according to The Pueblo Chieftain.
Dynamite and gunfire also were detrimental.
At about noon on Wednesday, a freight train crossing the Spring Street viad...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:00:04 GMTZACH HILLSTROM
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINSouthern Colorado Family Medicine at the St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center recently revealed details of an ongoing screening program that physicians and hospital faculty believe may be the first of its kind.
The Support, Connect and Nurture Program bega...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:00:07 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINTake a walk through the century-plus-year-old Elks Lodge No. 90 building on Santa Fe Avenue and the history sweeps over you.
The historic building at 426 N. Santa Fe Ave. was built in 1888 and now serves as the home of Lodge 90 of the Benevolant an...

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Mon, 09 Jan 2017 05:04:06 GMTBY SANDY COHEN
AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITERLOS ANGELES — “Star Wars” is still dominating the movie universe, with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” leading the box office for a fourth straight week.
The intergalactic adventure edged out the NASA drama “Hidden Figures” for the top spot this week...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 05:08:03 GMTBY DAVID BAUDER
ASSOCIATED PRESSBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Actress Meryl Streep earned a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes Sunday and in accepting, turned the spotlight away from herself.
She defended Hollywood and journalists, honored the late Carrie Fisher and took sh...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 05:08:04 GMTBY KELLI KENNEDY
ASSOCIATED PRESSFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A day before the suspect in the Fort Lauderdale airport rampage was to appear in court, a website released footage that appears to show him calmly drawing a pistol and opening fire in the baggage claim area.
The video recordi...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 05:13:55 GMTBY JAKE COYLE
AP FILM WRITER“La La Land” steamrolled, “Moonlight” swooped in at the last minute and Meryl Streep offered a stirring rebuke to president-elect Donald Trump at a schizophrenic Golden Globes that pivoted between heartfelt moments of protest and a desire to sing and...

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 05:22:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSHOUSTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott said they met Sunday with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen while she was passing through Houston on her way to Central America.
The Republican senator said in a news release that during his meeting with...