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Water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo., on Aug. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EPA mine spill was preventable, not inevitable, report says

The Environmental Protection Agency botched the cleanup effort at the Gold King Mine by rushing to complete the job instead of taking precautions that would have prevented the disastrous toxic spill into the Animas River.

October 22, 2015
Dimitry Lazar fires his 9mm pistol at targets at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Background checks for ammunition buys moving toward ballot in California

With 300 million firearms in circulation and calls for more restrictions hitting a wall, Democrats and gun control advocates from California to Virginia are increasingly turning to other proposals such as restricting ammunition and magazine rounds and narrowing the ability to wield weapons.

October 15, 2015
Rep. Trey Gowdy heads up the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Trey Gowdy denies ex-staffer’s allegations of Benghazi committee bias

Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said Sunday that a former staffer accusing the panel of bias against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton never mentioned her before being fired "deficient performance," including mishandling classified information.

October 11, 2015
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an equal-pay measure that lets female employees challenge pay discrimination based on the wages a company pays to other employees who do similar work. Equal Rights Advocates lauded the law as "the strongest equal-pay law in the country," while the California Political Review predicted the bill would usher in "government control of wages and work." (Associated Press)

California Fair Pay Act threatens to accelerate state’s business exodus

California Gov. Jerry Brown's signing Tuesday of what is billed as the nation's toughest equal pay law drew loud applause but also alarm over the additional government regulation threatening to accelerate the state's business exodus -- with implications for Tinseltown too.

October 6, 2015
A right-to-die bill was signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown, making that state the fifth to allow physician-assisted suicide. (Associated Press)

California fifth state to allow physician-assisted suicide

California's wrenching yearlong legislative debate over the right to die culminated Monday with Gov. Jerry Brown signing into law a bill making California the fifth state to permit physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

October 5, 2015
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks to members of the media following a U.S. Senate delegation tour of the over-budget Veterans Administration hospital complex, which is under construction, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Cory Gardner, Doug Lamborn reject plan to transfer Gitmo detainees to Colorado

The Defense Department's plan to consider two Colorado prisons as possible destinations for Guantanamo Bay detainees is meeting with outrage from the state's Republican congressional delegation, demonstrating the political resistance President Obama faces as he tries to honor his promise to close down the Cuba detainee facility.

October 4, 2015